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　　2010届湖南省长沙一中高三下学期第一周周考
　　英语试卷
　　(时间：60分钟；总分：100分)
　　Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choiarked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best pletes the sentence. （10*1 point）
　　1. The original patent for a refrigerating machine was issued in 1834 to Jacob Perkins, ______ American engineer.
　　A. a B. an C. the D. /
　　2. You have yet to answer my question _________ I can count on your vote.
　　A. that B. if C. whether D. /
　　3. The weather forecast is not for cooler weather; ______, it is expected to be warmer.
　　A. if anything B. if ever C. if at all D. if only
　　4. —Have you been to South Africa?
　　—No, I ______ last year, but Dad wouldn’t let me.
　　A. were to go B. was gone C. went D. was to have gone
　　5. In this experiment, they are wakened several times during the night and asked to report what
　　they _________.
　　A. had just been dreaming B. have just been dreaming
　　C. are just dreaming D. had just dreamt
　　6. —Why didn’t you go to see the play?
　　—_______ the whole story, I decided not to see it.
　　A. Having been told B. Having told C. Being told D. Telling
　　7. All the other boys have geography books and they will be ahead of me if I don’t get _____.
　　A. it B. the one C. one D. that
　　8. Are you sure that there are no pages ______, and that it is just like the others, only second-hand?
　　A. missed B. miss C. being missed D. missing
　　9. The debate was launched by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC--including ordinary listeners and viewers to say what _____ good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether they thought it was worth keeping.
　　A. was B. were C. is D. are
　　10. I thin’d better go to the technical school and _____ that you’ll be able to work as a technician in our factory.
　　A. in B. over C. since D. after
　　Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.(12*2points)
　　When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.
　　11 she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, at the age of 34, her goal was to bee the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.
　　12 that Fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was 13 dense that she could hardly see her support boats. Sharks traveled toward her lone figure, only to be 14 away by rifle shots. Against the frigid grip of the sea, she struggled on - hour after hour - while millions watched on national 15 .
　　Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered 16 . They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to 17 . She never had until then. 18 only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.
　　Still warming her cold body several hours later, she told a reporter, "Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I 19 the land I might have made it." It was not fatigue or even the cold water 20 defeated her. It was the fog. And she was unable to see her goal.
　　Two months later, she tried again. This time, 21 the same dense fog, she swam with her faith and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that 22 behind that fog was land and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick bee the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, eclipsing（使失色）the men’s record by two hours!
　　11. A. Already B. However C. Therefore D. Although
　　12. A. In B. On C. At D. For
　　13. A. very B. too C. quite D. so