湖北省黄冈市重点中学2014届高三下学期3月月考 英语试题
第一部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节：单项填空(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。
1. Color shapes our view of ______ world and it may have ______far more influence on our lives than many of us realize.
A. a; a B. the; / C. the; the D. the; a
2. It is said that sandstorms will become more ______as a result of global warming.
A. frequent B. normal C. formal D. rare
3. The young man helped the company recover, so his boss gave him an apartment ______.
A. in return B. in turn C. in charge D. in fact
4. Part of the reason Charles Dickens loved his own novel, David Copperfield, was ______ it was rather closely modeled on his own life.
A. what B. why C. that D. whether
5. He used to be ______ shy but now he can talk freely to anyone he meets.
A. extremely B. nearly C. actually D. briefly
6. “XiJinping’s report,” a smile on his face, he continued, “______ to several hot topics, discusses how to increase peasants’income.”
A. referring B. refers C. having referred D. referred
7. It is believed that high achievers are ambitious, hard working, and work toward personal standards of excellence ______ material rewards.
A. other than B. or rather C. rather than D. or else
8. — Could I make it 14th July? —______.
A. You can manage it B. That’s fine with me
C. Not a bit of it D. Go ahead with it
