2006届高三英语12月阶段性测试卷（时间：120分钟 出卷人： 高三英语组）第一卷第一部分： 英语知识应用（共两节，满分50分）第一节： 语法和词汇知识（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。1. -How often do you eat out? -_, but usually once a week. A. Have no idea B. It all depends C. As usual D. Generally speaking2. If you fail _ first time, why not try _ second time? A. the; theB. the; a C. a; / D. a, a 3. It is so nice to hear from her. _, we last met more than thirty years ago. A. Whats more B. That is to say C. In other words D. Believe it or not4. Im so _ that I can hardly keep my eyes _.A, asleep, open B, sleeping, opening C, sleepy, open D, sleepy, opened5. I hope you dont mind me asking, _ where did you go?A. so B. and C. yet D. but 6. -Its kind _ you to come to see me. -Its a pleasure. You were so kind _ me. A. of; with B. for; with C. of; to D. for; to7. -Have you read the paper? -Yes, but I dont think there is _ new in it. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. what8. There are many books on the subject in the bookstore but wed like to choose the _ one.A, latter B, later C, latest D. last9. Shall we _our discussion and have some tea or coffee, please?A. break off B. break down C. break into D. break out 10. My sister and I had a quarrel over _ to wash dishes. A. which turn it wasB. it was which turnC. whose turn was itD. whose turn it was11. It may rain - youd better take an umbrella _.A. in case B. in this case C. in no case D. under the case 12. Would you _ your voice a little so that everyone can hear you? A. rise B. put C. lift D. raise 13. That passenger was very impolite to the conductor, _, of course, made things even worse.A. who B. which C. what D. that14. -Has Sam finished his homework today? -I have no idea. He_ it this morning. A. did B. has done C. was doing D. had done15. I was about to leave the office _ the telephone rang. A. when B. after C. before D. as16. You should have the flowers _ once in a while.A. watering B. watered C. to be watered D. being watered17. -How soon shall we start the bicycle trip? -_. A. In five days time B. In five days time C. In five days time D. For five days18. -What a beautiful picture.-_.A. Dont you think so? B. In fact, its ugly indeed.C. So it is D. Do you really enjoy it?19. -Dont put the waste on the ground, young man, -Oh, Im sorry. I _the dustbin thereA. hadnt seenB. didnt see C. cant seeD. wasnt seeing20. -Thank you for your CD - ROM. Ill return it as soon as I can. - _. Ive got another one to spare.A. No problem B. No hurryC. With pleasureD. Nothing much第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意， 然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.My friends told us that taking the “hard 36 ”to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didnt know what to 37. But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the 38 , which was relatively modern and 39 . During the 14-hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not 40 at all. It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much 41 . However, We had energy, First we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the tickets seller 42 us that tickets would not be on_ 43_for another two days. We were a little worried about getting 44 , but we made up our minds to 45 for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way 46 the“ gypsy”taxi drivers that tried to 47 us one hundred yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it 48 cost us thirty yuan to get 49 we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets. 50 the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we 51 . The most important lesson about China I ever 52 , is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much 53 . We were not able to get tickets, but the 54_ agents（代理）could. While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very_ 55_. It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place, there arent any words to describe it.21A. chair B. bedC. seat D. bench22A. provide B. expectC. happen D. think23A. plane B. busC. ship D. train24A. quick B. cleanC. simple D. long25A. bad B. goodC. easy D. hard26A. troubl