山焦中学2008届高三英语理科班第二次阶段性考试卷.docVIP

山焦中学2008届高三年级第二次阶段考试 英 语 试 卷 2007-10-19 第I卷第部分 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，总分15分） 第 完型填空（共20小题；每小题分，满分0分） Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers（垃圾回收处理官员.You may think that this is rather 16 , and it is better to call a spade a spade. But dustmen can be as 17 as people of any other occupation（职业）,though we must that their job is not a 19 one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are 20 .We are likely to forget their 21 .Our dustbins are 22 regularly, but we 23 stop to think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to 24 the rubbish, the general 25 soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages. During the first few days it was regarded as a 26 But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so 27 any more. 28 the strike continued, people could not 29 the hills of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to 30 it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of West End of London, was 31 high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This was a(n) 32 attraction that the people of London were not at all 33 to see. Even when the strike was over, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps now the English people 34 the work of their dustmen rather more 35 and wont take them for granted any more. 16. A. clever B. silly C. interesting D. reasonable 17. A. sensitive B. careless C. hopeful D. shy 18. A. realize B. believe C. know D. admit 19. A. necessary B. difficult C. romantic D. heavy 20. A. away B. up C