2014届江苏省镇江市高三上学期期中调研英语试卷（解析版）

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1. 难度：中等

On account of fuel supplies being finite and many people being wasteful, we will have to install ________ solar heating device in our home.

A. some type of a B. some types of a          C. some type of                   D. some types of

2. 难度：中等

 The priest made the ________ of the cross when he entered the church.

A. mark                  B. signal               C. sign                          D. gesture

3. 难度：中等

 The couple ________their old house and sold it for a vast profit. 

A. did for  B. did in  C.did with  D. did up 

4. 难度：中等

I went there in 1984, and that was the merely occasion when I ________ the journey in exactly two days.

A. must take               B. must have made             C. was able to make  D. could take

5. 难度：中等

There are still many problem ahead of us, but by this time next year we can see light at the end of the ________.

A. battle                 B. day                   C. road               D. tunnel

6. 难度：中等

I know he failed his last test, but really he’s ________ stupid.

A. something but       B. anything but           C. nothing but                D. not but

7. 难度：中等

________, Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class.

A. Although he is a socialist                 B. Even if he is a socialist

C. Being a socialist                                 D. Since he is a socialist

8. 难度：中等

 Traditionally, local midwives would ________ all the babies in the area.

A. handle  B. produce  C. deliver  D. help

9. 难度：中等

What’s the chance of ________ a general election this year?

A. there being            B. there to be             C. there be                     D. there going to be

10. 难度：中等

Thousands of people turned out into the streets to ________ against the local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.

A. contradict              B. reform           C. counter         D. protest

11. 难度：中等

Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will ________.

A. pull back                 B. pull up           C. pull through  D. pull out

12. 难度：中等

His remarks were ________ enrage everybody at the meeting.

A. so as to          B. such as to               C. such to                    D. as much as to

13. 难度：中等

 The meeting was put off because we ________ a meeting without John.

A. objected having    B. were objected to havingC. objected to have D. objected to having

14. 难度：中等

 Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customer’s ________ rather than the company’s.

A. benefit              B. availability      C. suitability                D. convenience

15. 难度：中等

Which of the following sentences conveys a fact?  

A. Mary and her son must be home by now. 

B. Careless reading must give poor results. 

C. It’s getting late, and I must leave now.

D. He must be working late at the office.