高二英语Unit 3 单元测试
考试时间 （60分钟）
第一大题 单项选择题（15小题，共30分）
从A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
知识运用
I.单项选择
1. -- Oh, dear! I've broken a window.
--_______ . It can't be helped.
A. Never mind B. All right
C. That's fine D. No at all
2. He felt that he_______ the coldness that had grown between them.
A. was blamed to B. was to blame for
C. was to be blamed for D. blamed
3. It was a time_______ the killer whales helped the whalers catch the baleen whales.
A. when B. that C. then D. which
4. The conference will begin in an hour; ________ , let's have a rest.
A. on the meantime B. in the meantimes
C. in the meantime D. in meanwhile
5. That's the best way to ________ into the dangerous area.
A. get people get B. stop people to get
C. keep people getting D. prevent people getting
6. If we would throw ourselves, heart and soul,_______ our studies, we should eventually get good result.
A. out of B. out C. into D. on
7. She was scared _______ when hearing the sound of explosion.
A. to death B. death C. of death D. with death
8. Chinese, as most people think, is the most beautiful ________ in the world.
A. word B. voice C. sound D. tongue
9. After the war, a new school building was put up ________ there had once been a theatre.
A. that B. where C. which D. in which
10. A fast food restaurant is the place ________ , just as the name suggests, eating is performed quickly.
A. which B. where C. there D. what
11. We visited the factory ________ makes 80 percent of the toys in the city.
A. where B. there C. in which D. which
12. -- You've left the light on.
-- Oh, I have. ________ and turn it off.
A. I'll go B. I've gone C. I go D. I'm going
13. -- What are you going to do this afternoon?
-- I am going to the cinema with some friends. The film ________ quite early, so we __________ to the bookstore after that.
A. finished; are going B. finished; go
C. finishes; are going D. finishes; go
14. -- Did you have a good time at the party?
-- Thanks. I appreciated _________ to your home.
A. to be invited B. being invited
C. to have invited D. having invited
15. _________ from other continents for millions of years, Australia has many plants and animals not found in any other country in the world.
A. Being separated B. Having separated
C. Having been separated D. To be separated

第二大题 完形填空 （20小题， 共30分）
Pearls(珍珠) are valuable white gems (宝物) which come from the ocean. Actually they are 16 by oysters, small shell fish that live on the 17 of the ocean.
18 oysters（牡蛎，蚝） will make pearls; not all oysters produce them. Oysters produce pearls only when they are 19 by sand. If a 20 of sand enters the oyster's 21 , the oyster becomes hurt because the 22 grain of sand irritates(使…… 不适，刺激) the smooth, soft skin of the oyster. The oyster tries to 23 itself by producing a white 24 that looks like milk. The oyster covers the 25 with a milky fluid. The fluid protects the oyster. Later the white liquid become 26 . This hardened liquid forms a shell, or bead, around the sand. At this time a pearl is beginning to 27 .
The white pearl grows 28 inside the oyster's shell. 29 , it takes about six or seven years for the oyster to produce a pearl. Not all oysters produce pearls 30 most oysters sometimes take sand into their 31 . Only sand which the oyster cannot get rid of will 32 it. In other words, if an oyster "swallows" some sand, it will manage to "spit it out". If the oyster cannot get rid of the 33 , then it will produce the white fluid to 34 itself. Actually, only about one in a thousand oysters will produce a pearl; that is, 35 than one percent.
16. A. invented B. brought C. produced D. caused
17. A. bottom B. base C. floor D. ground
18. A. Only some B. Only
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