2014年高考定时训练(7)英语试卷
—Mr.Black, I think you have good taste in ________ art.So would you like to take ________ look at the painting.
—Yes, I'd love to.
A.不填;a | B.a;the |
C.不填;the | D.an;a |
—Baby, you should learn to share with others. Give ________ half of the apple to the little boy looking at you.
—I will, Mum.
A.another | B.other |
C.the other | D.other's |
—Do you think he can get first prize in jumping?
—Impossible now. He ________ to do so,but he has just hurt his leg.
A.would expect | B.was expected |
C.has expected | D.is expected |
After the flooding, people were suffering in that area, ________ urgently needed clean water, medicine and shelter to survive.
A.which | B.who |
C.where | D.what |
Prices of the houses in Chongqing are quite high, while those in Shenzhen are ________.
A.more than twice as higher |
B.as more than twice higher |
C.as twice more than high |
D.more than twice as high |
The question ________ you should take this medicine should be decided by your family doctor.
A.why | B.what |
C.whether | D.that |
The news of a famous educator's coming to our school for a visit was ________ on the radio yesterday.
A.turned out | B.found out |
C.given out | D.carried out |
It's too late. Go to bed right away.Forget you need to get up as early as you can ________ the early train?
A.catch | B.catching |
C.caught | D.to catch |
To the great disappointment of the poor workers, a great part of their wages were ________ by the boss for no good reason.
A.kept away | B.kept off |
C.kept up | D.kept back |
—I'm really angry at Tom. He never listens to me.
—________, Ellen. Things will work out.
A.Don't mention it | B.I don't think so |
C.Take it easy | D.No problem |
According to the rules and regulations, all payments ________ be made in cash in the shopping center.
A.shall | B.can |
C.must | D.should |
Hardly ________ twelve when they realized that it was too late to catch the last train.
A.the clock had struck |
B.the clock had been struck |
C.had the clock been struck |
D.had the clock struck |
________, the pay isn't attractive enough, though the job itself is quite interesting.
A.Generally speaking | B.On the contrary |
C.In particular | D.To be honest |
Programs,________to join the old and the young together, are growing in popularity all over the world.
A.designed | B.to be designed |
C.designing | D.having designed |
Everybody knows about it now! But no one knows ________ once prevented the rumor from spreading.
A.what was it that | B.what it was that |
C.how it was that | D.why it was that |
The first flights of the new airlines that will take tourists into space are ready to take off in 2012, and getting a seat on one is not all that different from booking a trip someplace on Earth. You can sign up on the website of, say, Virgin Galactic,the most wellknown of the new space tourism companies, or go to an approved travel agency and put down a large deposit. Soon you will be able to buy travel insurance,just as you can for any other vacation.
Until now,space tourism has been limited to the ultrawealthy. Just seven people have paid tens of millions of dollars each for a trip to the International Space Station aboard a Russian rocket.
But that could change this year, when Virgin Galactic intends to start offering flights just beyond the space barrier on a rocket ship it has built, featuring five minutes of weightlessness during a twoandahalfhour tour. At $ 200,000 a seat, this will open the final frontier to far more people.
At least two other specialty airlines have jumped in as well, taking reservations and deposits for future space flights.Allianz, the big insurer, will introduce an insurance product in 2012, lending space tourism the trappings of the regular travel industry.
“Just to be able to sell space travel as a regular part of your business, really, just how cool is that?” said Lynda Turley Garrett, president of Alpine Travel of Saratoga, Calif.,who is one of 58 accredited space agents for Virgin Galactic in the United States.
In five years,Ms.Garrett has sold three seats. But she expects that to change once passengers start going up and coming down to tell their friends. “By 2017,it'll be just like scheduling a flight to L.A.,” Ms.Garrett predicted.
If you want to book a flight to space in 2012, you can________.
A.go to any travel agency |
B.telephone Virgin Galactic |
C.pay a visit to Allianz |
D.sign up on the website of Virgin Galactic |
From Paragraph 2 we can know that ________.
A.only the extremely rich people can afford the space trip |
B.seven people have paid tens of millions of dollars for a space trip |
C.Russia is the first country to build the space station |
D.ordinary people are not allowed to take space tour |
Which of the following is true of Virgin Galactic?
A.It is one of the approved space agencies. |
B.It is a famous space tourism company. |
C.It sells insurance products to space tourists. |
D.Its rocket has carried space passengers successfully. |
What does the underlined word “trappings” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to?
A.Standard uniforms. |
B.Traditional decorations. |
C.Symbolic signs. |
D.Personal belongings. |
What does Ms. Garrett think of the future space travel?
A.Common. | B.Changeable. |
C.Flexible. | D.Reasonable. |