2015年江苏高考英语试题概要1.doc

21. The number of smokers, _______ is reported, has dropped by 17 percent in just one year. A. it B. which C. what D. as 22. Schools should be lively places where individuals are encouraged to _______ to their greatest potential. A. accelerate B. improve C. perform D. develop 23. ---Jim, can you work this Sunday? ---_______? I’ve been working for two weeks on end. A. Why me B. Why not C. What if D. So what 24. Much time _______ sitting at a desk, office workers are generally troubled by health problems. A. being spent B. having spent C. spent D. spending 25. _______ Li Bai, a great poet, was born is known to the public, but some won’t accept it. A. That B. Why C. Where D. How 26. It is so cold that you can’t go outside _______ fully covered in thick clothes. A. if B. unless C. once D. when 27. The university started some new language programs to _______ the country’s Silk Road Economic Belt. A. apply to B. cater for C. appeal to D. hunt for 28. It might have saved me some trouble _______ the schedule. A. did I know B. have I known C. do I know D. had I known 29. The whole team _______ Cristiano Ronaldo, and he seldom lets them down. A. wait on B. focus on C. count on D. call on 30. The real reason why prices _______, and still are, too high is complex, and no short discussion can staisfactorily explain this problem. A. were B. will be C. have been D. had been 31. The police officers decided to conduct a thorough and _______ review of the case. A. comprehensive B. complicated C. conscious D. crucial 32. Some schools will have to make _______ in agreement with the national soccer reform. A. judgements B. adjustments C. comments D. achievements 33. ---Why didn’t you invi9te John to your birthday paty? ---Well, you know he’s _______. A. an early bird B. a wet blanket C. a lucky dog D. a tough nut 34. Many of the things we now benefit from would not be around _