2023-2024学年广东省广州市华南师范大学附属中学高三英语第一学期期末调研试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．--- Where is your new home now?
--- In the new developed zone. But I ______ downtown for five years.
A．lived    B．had lived
C．have lived    D．was living
2．－You know, people have different opinions about the construction of the project.
－We welcome any comments from them, favorable or _______.
A．so    B．otherwise
C．else    D．rather
3．－ Mike, our team will play against the Rockets this weekend. I am sure we will win.
－ ________!
A．Congratulations    B．Cheers
C．Best wishes    D．Good luck
4．---I saw no more than one motorcar in the shop. Will you go and buy       ?
---No, I’d rather find         in other shops.
A．it; one
B．one; it
C．it; the one
D．the one; it
5．I ______ football since I left university.
A．didn’t play    B．don’t play
C．won’t play    D．haven’t played
6．The        why he is absent today is        he has got a bad headache.
A．reason; that    B．reason; because
C．cause; that    D．cause; because
7．— Why do you look very upset?
— The electricity was cut off suddenly and my essay ________ unfinished since.
A．was left    B．has left
C．had been left    D．has been left
8．The little boy stared at the strange man questioningly, not ________ whether to believe what he had said.
A．to know    B．knowing
C．known    D．having known
9．Computers can do nothing．But once ______what to do, they show extraordinary power to do a great deal．
A．to program    B．being programmed
C．programmed    D．having programmed
10．The security judge was very _________ when she explained that the driving licence was necessary for her work .
A．reasonable    B．natural    C．ridiculous    D．available
11．--- How did you like the concert last night?
--- I enjoyed it very much, but the dancers ______ a better job.
A．could have done    B．couldn’t have done    C．could do    D．had done
12．________ has greater potential than flammable ice being mined from underneath the South China Sea when it comes to a global energy revolution.
A．nothing    B．neither
C．no one    D．none
13．_____what they say about me, I’m going to continue my work.
A．In terms of    B．Regardless of
C．Instead of    D．In favor of
14．Another study of 302 volunteers at hospitals in Chicago focused on individual differences in the degree ______ people view “volunteer” as an important social role.
A．by which    B．to which    C．in which    D．from which
15．As is often the case, there are always some obstacles in the way，something ________ before we realize the real goal of education.
A．to be got through    B．got through
C．getting through    D．having been got through
16．In  Beijing,  more  than 21,100 people ________ to donate their bodies by the end of 2017, as the city promoted a body donation campaign from 1999.
A．have applied    B．had applied
C．would have applied    D．applied
17．When was _____ you last met Jennifer? I haven’t seen her for ages.
  A．it that              B．it                  C．it what              D．what
18．The deal，        next week，will allow Charney to make a great fortune in the stock market.
A．completed    B．being completed
C．to be completed    D．having been completed
19．-- Are you happy with this laboratory?
-- Not a little. We can’t have ________.
A．a worse one    B．a nicer one    C．a worst one    D．a nicest one
20．The new product is beyond all praise and has quickly taken over the market ________ its superior quality.
A．in terms of    B．on account of
C．on behalf of    D．on top of
第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
21．（6分）Following Mo Yan' s Nobel Prize last October, the usually silent Chinese literary circle got warmed up again. A Shanghai writer named Jin Yucheng surprised nearly everyone by making his new novel full of Shanghai dialect(方言).
Published last month, the350,000-word genreBlossoms (Fan Hua) is a novel about the changes in Shanghai over 30 years, drawing clear images of the city through the stories of many common people. There is no main story like most novels, but every story in it could run independently. While Putonghua is the standard choice for Chin
ese literature today, Jin’s use of the Shanghai dialect appears both different and bold.
"I have seen too many novels that look similar to each other. Chinese literature is getting monotonous both in language and form. I want to be special with my own language, "Jin told the Global Times.