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盐城市2015届高三英语上学期期中试题 第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. —The speech contest is due to be held next week. See to ________ that you’re ready on time! —No problem. I have been preparing for it recently. A. everything B. all C. yourself D. it 22. A situation often appears where we know what a character means and how to read it but it has ________ our minds when we want to write it down. A. slipped B. crossed C. occupied D. eased 23. About a month ago, October 9 to be ________, French writer Patrick Modiano, 69, won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature. A. flexible B. precise C. honest D. fair 24. The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy; ________ it was littered with pots and pans. A. therefore B. anyhow C. instead D. though 25. Residents in the neighborhood where a gunman killed several people have to ________ the question of whether their houses are safe. A. push for B. wipe away C. relate to D. wrestle with 26. Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but ________, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. A. that B. which C. one D. whose 27. ________ from a popular video game, the TV series Swords of Legends made 27-year-old Li Yifeng find success as an actor this summer. A. Adapted B. Having adapted C. Being adapted D. To be adapted 28. —Could you please tell me ________ that prevents her from being happy? —She has taken the driving test three times but hasn’t passed yet. A. what it is B. it is what C. how it is D. it is how 29. The proportion of elderly people increases in Britain and medical advances make it possible to keep alive patients who ________ previously. A. would die B. had died C. should have died D. would have died 30. The true traveller sets out to make an independent, unhurried journey to the unknown, travelling ________ few people have se