英语：2012届浙江省宁波市八校高三下学期期初测试试题201202.docVIP

浙江省宁波市八校2012届高三下学期期初测试试题（英语） 注意事项: 1．答卷前，考生务必将本人的班级、姓名、学号考试号填在答题卡的密封线内。 2．将答案填在答题卡相应的位置上。在试卷上答题无效。 3．。．1. Nicknames are interesting. If ______ man were unusually strong, he might adopt _____name such as Armstrong. A. a; the B. a; a C. a; 不填 D. the; a . Those who put their money away in the bank know very well that interest rate could go ______. A. both ways B. all ways C. neither way D. either way 3. Unlike the earth, Mars is too cold and Venus is far too hot _______ there to be any life. A. as B. so C. like D. for 4. The little man was _______ one meter fifty high, who is often laughed at. A. almost more than B. hardly more than C. nearly more than D. as much as 5. The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life ________ some trees waving in the howling wind． A B. being C. was D. to be 6. The old lady got up just before sunrise, as she often does, _____along the beach and get some fresh air. A. walked B. to walk C. walking D. having walked 7. I can not understand why Libya will become so complicated ________ I understand more from the medium. A. after B. before C. while D. when 8. We’d better take umbrellas—I’m sure it _____ when we arrive in London; it’s always wet there at this time of year. A. will rain B. is raining C. will be raining D. would rain 9. I would have attended your birthday party last night but for the fact that it ______ at that time. A. would rain B. was raining C. had rained D. had been raining 10. －What does the sign over there say? －“No person ____________ bring drinks into the student computer pool.” A. will B. may C. shall D. must 11. It was a great _____ for her to be pleasant to people she didn’t like. A. attempt B. trouble C. effort D. practice 12. A volcano in Indonesia erupted on November the 16th, 2010, and __