吉林省白山市第一中学2014届高三8月摸底考试英语试题1.docVIP

吉林省白山市第一中学2014届高三8月摸底考试英语试题 一、单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 21. Dan Brown , _____author of The Da Vinci Code, is _____very famous American writer. A. a; the B. the; the C. the; a D. a; a 22. You look frozen. Sit down by the fire and I you some hot tea. A. make B. was making C. made D. will make 23. She seems to prefer American TV Shows to talking to me. A. to watch B. to be watching C. watching D. having watched24. Although it in the desert most of the year, people still live there. A. doesn’t rain B. didn’t rain C. hasn’t rained D. hadn’t rained 25. --- What do you think of their new house? --- It’s very modern, but they have some antique________ in it. A. furniture B. furnitures C. piece of furnitures D. piece of furniture 26. Today, _____rapid transportation and communication, the whole world seems to be smaller. A. regardless of B. in spite of C. instead of D. because of 27. Mike has an active mind; he can retell a story _________ anybody else in the classroom． A. more vividly than B. much vivid than C. as vivid as D. so vividly as 28. We should make full use of whatever happens to us. There is always____ to learn from every experience. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything 29. Actually, girls can be ________ they want to be just like boys, whether it is a pilot, an astronaut, or a general manager. A. wherever B. however C. whatever D. whoever 30. The old couple have been married for 40 years and never once ___________ with each other. A. they had quarreled B. they have quarreled C. have they quarreled D. had they quarreled 31. --- Why did you major in Literature? --- I________ listened to my mother. She wants me to major in Business. A. will have B. should have C. must have D. have had 32. They moved to England in 2007 and lived in a big house, ________ to the south. A. the windows of which opened B. th