英语试卷
一、单项填空
21. _____ fewer people send letters to one another, the hobby of stamp collecting has steadily
been in decline.
A. Before B. Although
C. As D. If
22. ---Is there a science museum in your city？ ---Yes, but it _____ at the moment. A. was built
B. is being built
C. has been built D. would be built 23. ---Is Mary still working in your company？
---Not since July. She and her husband ______ to New York as soon as she got a job there. A. moved B. have moved C. had moved D. would move
24. _____ the website of the Department of health in your city, and you will learn a lot about first aid.
A. Searching B. Search searched
25. Shower water is considered _____ and no longer usable until the chemicals and wastes are removed from it.
A. to pollute B. to be polluting C. to be polluted
D. to have polluted
C. To search D. Having
26. ---What shall I do if I get lost in a strange town ？
---Ask whoever is available in the street for help, just as you _____ do in your own town．
A. should
B. must
C. might
D. will
27. Each year, a set of new words is added to the dictionary, _____ the changing tastes and
habits of a nation.
A. to reflect B. reflecting
D. to have reflected
C. having reflected
28. It remains to be seen _____ the new product will be well accepted on the local market.
A. that whether
29. There have been many occasions _____ I’ve been on a plane and we hit some bad sudden
violent movements.
A. which
B. when
C. where
D. as
B. what
C. where
D.
30. Our company’s latest toy product is of the highest quality and it is just _____ your children
need. A. what
B. which
C. how
D. whose
31. What a pity! Considering his ability and experience, he _____ better.
A. could have done
B. must have done
C. couldn’t have done D. needn’t have done
32. Jim came back early last night. It was not yet eight o’clock _____ he got home.
A. before B. that
C. when
D. until
33. The father couldn’t figure out _____ made his son spend so much time in preparing for this
match.
A. what it was that C. it was what that
B. that it was what D. what was it that
34. ---The old store enjoys a good reputation in this area.
---I can’t agree more. There are very few, _____, complaints about their services.
A. if anything D. if ever
B. if any
C. if so
35. ---What do you think it is that matters much at home？ ---It is the atmosphere _____ you feel relaxed and comfortable.
A. where
B. that
C. which
D. what
二、完形填空
Everyone hates to wait in lines. But it’s not always the length of the wait we find so ___36___. Our behavior when waiting is only ___37___ defined by the length of the wait. “Often the psychology of queuing is more ___38___than the statistics of the wait itself,” said the MIT researcher Richard Larson, an expert on waiting lines.
One obvious ___39___of queuing psychology is that we get bored when we wait in line. This issue is ___40___ in many ways, from magazines in hospital waiting rooms to mirrors in elevators ___41___we can check our appearance.
We really ___42___ it when we expect a short wait and then get a long one. But studies show that we are much more ___43___when we are given an idea of how long we’ll be waiting. Walt Disney Co knows this ___44___ than anyone else. It posts estimated waiting times for attractions in its theme parks. But according to Larson, these times are ___45___ so that visitors get to the front of the queue more quickly than they expect. It keeps them ___46___.
But perhaps the biggest influence on our feelings about waiting in a line has to do with our sense of ___47___. When it comes to queues, the universally acknowledged ___48___ is first come, first served. Any deviation （违反） from this principle is regarded as unfair and can ___49___ violent queue rage （大怒）.
江苏省无锡市第一中学2020┄2021届高三综合练习英语试卷
