天津市第三中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷
一、单选题（共15题，每题1分，共15分）
1．—Could you help me solve this puzzle, Tom?
—______________ I'm really not good at this game.
A．Never mind. B．You got me there.
C．It's up to you. D．Sounds a good idea.
2． Let's keep to the point or we ____ any decisions.
A．will never reach B．have never reached
C．never reach D．never reached
3． You should understand the traffic rule by now. You've had it ____ often enough.
A．explaining B．to explain C．explain D．explained
4． The ____ of spicy, salty, sweet and sour flavors makes Gong Bao Chicken hard to resist.
A．decoration B．construction C．competition D．combination
5． Susan has ____ more than 5,000 dollars in the last three months, with which she can buy new bicycles for those poor children.
A．accelerated B．accompanied C．accumulated D．acknowledged
6．—May I help you？You seem to be having some problems.
—________，thanks. I think I can manage.
A．All right B．No problem
C．It's all right D．There's no way
7． Frank put the medicine in a top drawer to make sure it would not be ____ to the kids.
A．accessible B．relative C．acceptable D．sensitive
8．Various efforts ________ in the past decades to protect the environment.
A．had made B．have made C．were made D．have been made
9． in the early 20th century, the school keeps on inspiring children's love of art.
A．To found B．Founding C．Founded D．Having founded
10． In the modern information age, one can't avoid____ by various kinds of advertisements.
A．surrounded B．surrounding
C．being surrounded D．to be surrounded
11． — Have you heard that Space X sent a Tesla car into space?
— Yes. ____ they have achieved is amazing.
A．Where B．What C．That D．How
12．No student ______go out of school after eleven o'clock at night without the teacher's permission.
A．will B．must C．may D．shall
13． The English play ____ my students acted at the New Year's party was a great success.
A．for which B．in which C．at which D．on which
14． I had just nodded off to sleep ____ I was woken up by an almighty crash from their house.
A．when B．what C．why D．that
15． The witnesses ____by the police just now gave very different descriptions of the fight.
A．being questioned B．questioned
C．having questioned D．to be questioned
二、完形填空(共15题，每题1分，共15分）
完形填空
Mr.Robinson had to travel somewhere on business,and as he was in a hurry,he decided to go by 16． .He liked sitting 17． a window when he was flying,so he got onto the plane,he looked for a window seat.He 18． all of them taken except one.There was a young man sitting beside it,and Robinson was 19． that he had not taken the one by the window.Anyhow,he went towards it.
When he 20． it,however,he saw that there was a notice on it,written 21． large letters, 22． "This seat is kept for proper balance.Thank you."Mr.Robinson had never seen such a notice before ,but he thought the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in its room 23． made it necessary to have the passengers probably balance.So he walked on and found 24． empty seat,not beside the window 25． .Two or three other people 26． to sit in the window seat next to the young man，but they also read the notice and went on.
Then when the plane was nearly 27． ,a very beautiful girl 28． into the plane.The young man,who was watching the passengers coming in, 29． took the notice 30． the seat beside him,and by this means,he succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip.
16．A． air B． water C． train D． bus
17．A． on B． nearly C． beside D． far from
18．A． wanted B． found C． thought D． hoped
19．A． surprised B． surprising C． amusing D． amused
20．A． arrived B． sat on C． reached D． left
21．A． through B． by C． with D． in
22．A． said B． saying C． spoken D． speaking
23．A． and B． this C． who D． which
24．A． another B． other C． the other D． the only
25．A． to sit B． to be sat
C． to sit on D． to be sat in
26．A． stuck B． tried C． managed D． refused
