高三英语暑假作业（三）

一、单项选择

1. --- _______, Jane! The Hong Kong University has offered me a scholarship.

--- Great! When are you going?

A. So what B. Guess what C. What for D. What if

2. Doctor Zhang, an honest expert on _______ subject, will give us a lecture on nation-wide water shortage _______ next Friday.

A. the, / B. the; the C. a; / D. a; the

3. --- Please do me a favor — _______ my friend John to Youth Club at 7:30 tonight.

--- With pleasure. A. to invite B. inviting C. invite D. invited

4. Luckily, all the passengers were reported _______ the air crash which happened last month in

Bali. A. to survive B. to have survived C. having survived D. to have been survived

5. Mr. Chen donated the property to the Hope Project, with one condition _______ he could be

allowed to choose the site of the school.

A. which B. that C. what D. when

6. --- There must be dozens of clues to the identity of the thief, but I can’ t find any.

--- Keep looking. _______ is sure to turn up.

A. One B. It C. That D. He

7. The Shanghai health department _______ the N7H9 virus on March 10, but reported the virus

to the national health department 12 days later.

A. conveyed B. consulted C. confirmed D. convinced

8. We were lucky enough to be invited to Hengdian and had a chance to watch the workman

prepare the _______.

A. sign B. sight C. scene D. view

9. Marie witnessed everything but it is amazing that she _______ say nothing about the murder.

A. can B. may C. must D. should

10. A good student should recognized his own weaknesses, have control over his mood and know

how to _______ the best in himself.

A. bring out B. bring up C. bring about D. bring in

11. City authorities in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, ordered on Sunday that unban

residents kill all their poultry (家禽) and livestock, _______ public health.

A. in spite of B. regardless of C. on account of D. in face of

12. It is announced that the most delicious cake in the world _______ this Sunday. Would you

please come and enjoy it then?

A. is being made B. is to make C. will be made D. has been made

13. A crowded floating restaurant boat loaded with _______ guests sank in the Tigris River in

central Baghdad late on Thursday, leaving at least eight people dead and several others missing.

A. dozens of B. dozen of C. two dozens of D. two dozens

14. With increasing stretches of the country’ s coastal water severely polluted, _______ measures

are required to control offshore activities, especially offshore projects.

A. urgent B. universal C. absolute D. advanced

15. --- Where should I put the Chinese vase, Tom?

--- _______. Beside the TV? No I think right here would be better.

A. Do as you please B. It doesn’t matter to me C. Let me see D. It makes no difference

二、完形填空

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you

__16__, one day something good will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if

not for that __17__ disappointment.”

Mother was __18__, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had __19__

myself for a sports announcer. I hitchhiked (搭车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of every

station --- and got __20__ every time.

In one studio, a __21__ lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an __22__ person.

“Go out of the town and find a small station that’ll give you a __23__,” she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, where I had finished my high school education and had __24__ in

the school football team. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father advised

me to have a try in a newly-built store, Montgomery Ward, which wanted a man to __25__ its

sports department. The job sounded just right for me. __26__ I wasn’t hired.