宁夏回族自治区银川一中高二上册第一学期末考(9)

第三部分：语言知识运用（共三节，满分55分）

第一节完形填空（共20小题，每小题11分，满分20分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Is the world really __41__ mad? The other day I was sitting in a small restaurant having

a quiet drink and a talk with a few friends when it suddenly __42__ me that almost everyone in

the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long __43__ the whole room was filled with smoke. I asked with an apology for __44__ to open a __45__ to stop myself __46_!

Nowadays air pollution is something 47 we hardly question any more. __48__, I still

can’t walk down the streets in any of the big cities without __49__ that people are suffering

from the air pollution. It is time for the governments in the world to introduce emission (废气排出) controls on all cars and __50 __ the public transport system to encourage people to __51__ their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lessons each morning and it really makes him

__52__ when he climbs above the smog layer and looks down __53_ it and thinks, “I’m breathing that!” This kind of __54__ results from the bad management of resources. Waste things should,

__55__ can, be treated properly. Houses building, road construction and industrial development are all earthmoving (or earth reducing) operations and can change the balances of __56__ created even millions of years. I would like to __57__ serious study done on all these main works __58__ they are built. Also, there should be __59__ national parks set up to keep the most beautiful

parts of our countries in their natural __60__.

41. A. going B. coming C. rising D. returning

42. A. met B. occurred to C. happened D. showed

43. A. ago B. after C. before D. now

44. A. leave B. pay C. question D. permission

45. A. room B. window C. bottle D. hole

46. A. talking B. killing C. being poisoned D. dying

47. A. which B. what C. as D. that

48. A. However B. Although C. Therefore D. So

49. A. thinking B. persuading C. deciding D. learning

50. A. increase B. reduce C. raise D. improve

51. A. wash B. leave C. drive D. repair