上海市杨浦区2012届高三二模英语试题

II.    Grammar and vocabulary  (25%)

Section A

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

25.   In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys--13.8%, far _____ the national average.

       A. over                                                    B. beyond

       C. below                                                  D. on

26.   Doctors should take special care when treating children because their breathing rate is different from _____ of adults.

       A. one                                                      B. those         

       C. some                                                    D. that

27.   After being a teacher, he found himself _____ his student badly, the same way he was treated by his former teacher.

       A. treated                                                        B. being treated

       C. treating                                                D. treat

28.   Best-selling author and race car driver Han Han offered a 20 million RMB reward to _____ could prove his works were ghostwritten (代笔)。

A.no matter who                                      B. who

       C.whoever                                               D. whomever

29.   _____ for her powerful and pure voice, Houston was the winner of 6 Grammys and 22 American music awards.

       A. Being known                                        B. Knowing

       C. Known                                                 D. Having been known

30.   To prepare for the Olympic Games in summer, London _____ its largest ever exercise to test the response of emergency services.

       A. planned                                                B. is planning

       C. had planned                                          D. plans 

31.   The man won’t be sent to prison _____ he does volunteer work in the community for at least two years.

       A. in case                                                        B. even if

       C. on condition that                                          D. as far as

32.   More teens begin to realize the basic principle _____ there is more to a person than physical beauty.

       A. that                                                     B. whether

       C. in which                                               D. when

33.   On the ocean floor _____. However, to bring them to the surface requires expensive equipment and trained people.

       A. do some sunken ships lie                        B. some sunken ships do lie

       C. lie some sunken ships                                   D. some sunken ships lie