甘肃省庆阳市镇原县平泉中学2013-2014年度高一下学期期中考试英语试题附解析.docVIP

一、单项选择（共20题，每题1分） 1. The boy _______ Steve, who is very good at the computer, ____ Bill Gates in our school． A. with the name, is compared to B. who called; compared with C. calling; is compared to 　　　D. whose name is ; compared with 2. They use computers to keep the traffic_____ smoothly. A. being run B. run C. to run D. running 3. He’s got into the habit of running a while before going to bed, don’t ____ him from doing it. A. ask B. prevent C. make D. refuse 4. ______ in a heavy rain, the teacher fell ill and couldn’t but ______ for a leave. A. caught; to ask B. catching; ask C. catching; to ask D. caught; ask 5. Full of _____, she closed her eyes. A. fright B. frighten C. frightened D. frightening 6. The reason ____ I was late for the school was _____ I was held up by traffic jam in the morning. A. why; because B. that; why C. why; that D. that; because 7. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread out farther, _____New York is an example. A. for which B. in which C. of which D. from which 8. Why are you so anxious? It isn’t your problem_______. A. on purpose B. in all C. on time D. after all 9. As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area______. A. need repairing 　　B. needs to repair C. needs repairing 　D. need to repair 10. ______most of the earth’s surface is covered by water, fresh water is very rare and precious. A. As B. If C. Once D. Although 11. Between the two generations, it is often not their age, _____ their education that causes misunderstanding. A. like B. as C. or D. but 12. The river behind our town has turned clean again as new measures are ____ to prevent it ___ any father. A. taken; polluting B. taking; being p