高二英语Unit 12基础训练
I第一节:单项填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
1. — I prefer western food. It’s a kind of healthy food.
— _______ But western food is said to be high in sugar and fat.
A. Is that right? B. How do you know that?
C. Do you really think so? D. Who told you that?
2.He narrowly escaped_ _____in the fighting.
A. to kill B. to be killed C. killing D.being killed
3.－Why do people prefer to take a window seat on the plane?
－Because the window_____the outside world.
A.takes a view of B.keeps a view of C.has a view of D.gives a view of
4.The weather report says it will_____cold tomorrow.
A.turn up B.turn out C.turn on D.turn in
5.She drew the______before switching on the light.
A.shades B.masks C.coverings D.curtains
6.－It's______that he said:"I am______to help you."
－Don't take it seriously.He is always playing that trick.
A.sure;sure B.certain;certain C.sure;certain D.certainly;surely
7.－How much is the rent of the house,Mrs Sandra?
－One hundred dollars,the electricity and telephone fee_______.
A.containe B.containing C.including D.included
8.Please find some books that______these matters.
A.light upon B.give light upon C.throw light upon D.throws light upon
9.A lot of people here,______,John,would rather have coffee.
A.for example B.for instance C.namely D.such as
10.What is the______between Nangjing and Shanghai?
A.distance B.length C.width D.height
11.The boy listens to the teacher______,so everything seems easy to him.
A.attention B.attentively C.attentive D.attend
12.A man who hesitates______everything cannot do anything successfully.
A.to do B.doing C.for doing D.in doing
13.He observed her______across the street.
A.to come B.comes C.coming D.came
14.I______what you said but I don't______you.
A.believe;believe B.believe in;believe
C.believe in;believe in D.believe;believe in
15.It is so nice to hear from her.______,we last met more than thirty years ago.(2002 Beijing)
A.What's more B.That is to say C.In other wordsd. D.Believe it or not
16. _______ in her most beautiful skirt, the girl tried to make herself _______ at the party.
A. Dressed; noticed B. Dressing; noticed
C. Dressed; noticing D. Dressing; being noticing
17. — Have you finished the work?
— Not yet. I _______ to do it just a moment ago.
A. set off B. set up C. set out D. set down
18. If you wish for any _______ explanation, you had better apply in person to chief of police.
A. farther B. further C. much farther D. more far
19. Obviously what he said just now is a story of _______. In fact, a car can’t reach that speed.
A. science B. truth C. fact D. fiction
20. The two leaders have ___ the foundations of a new era in cooperation between their countries.
A. laid B. lied C. lain D. set
II第二部分：完形填空　（共２０小题；每小题１.5分，满分３０分）
Among the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified as science fiction. Hundreds of titles are published every year and are 21 by all kinds of people. What’s 22, some of the most successful films of recent years have been 23 on science fiction stories.
It is often 24 that science fiction is a fairly new development in literature, but its ancestors can be found in 25 written hundreds of years ago. These books often 26 for the presentation of some form of ideal 27, a theme which is28 often found in modern stories.
Most of the classics (名著) of science fiction, 29, have been written within the last one hundred years. Books 30 writers, such as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, to mention just two well-known authors, 31 been translated into many languages. 32 science fiction writers don’t write about men from Mars or space adventure stories. They are more 33 in predicting the effect of 34 progress of soc
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