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　　上海交通大学附属中学2010届高三上学期期中考试
　　英语试卷
　　（满分150分，120分钟完成。答案一律写在答题卡、答题纸上）
　　命题：刘骁审核：韩立新编辑：卢立臻
　　第I卷(共105分)
　　Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary ( 25)
　　Section A (16)
　　Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choiarked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best pletes the sentence.
　　25. On the large board in the main hall of the airport, you can easily find the different destinations ________ which airlines can ta.
　　A. in B. of C. by D. to
　　26. Often, the fact that unemployed people get help from government ________ this from happening, but not always.
　　A. to prevent B. prevents C. preventing D. prevented
　　27. Most people don’t think of a stamp as a receipt, but that is ________ it really is ---- a proof of just how muoney you paid in advance for mail delivery.
　　A. who B. how C. what D. why
　　28. In his lecture, the education expert emphasized the fact that nowadays children are exposed to many influences ________ that of their families.
　　A. rather than B. other than C. except for D. but for
　　29. While learning to cook, Marge found that cooking was much harder than the most difficult istry experiments: beans and chicken ________ burn and stick to the pan.
　　A. should B. must C. need D. would
　　30. The police helicopter managed to land on the roof and rescued all the people ________ the fire burnt up to the top of the building.
　　A. after B. before C. until D. while
　　31. It was only after he had spent several nights digging around the cross ________ he decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was wasting his time there.
　　A. that B. how C. and which D. what
　　32. There is little, ________, farming in that area and all you can see is miles of wild countryside.
　　A. if so B. if such C. if not D. if any
　　33. The activities of the international marketing researchers are frequently much boarder than ________.
　　A. the domestiarketers have B. the domestiarketers do
　　C. those of the domestiarketers D. that which has the domestiarketers
　　34. ________ to the reproductive rates of other small mammals, that of the bat is very low indeed.
　　A. pared B. It is pared C. To be paring D. Have pared
　　35. Clara Bow, a popular actress in the 1920’s, retired ________ she was unable to make the transition from silent films to sound films.
　　A. though B. nevertheless C. because D. provided
　　36. Earthquakes can damage a tree ________ violently, and it can take several years for the tree to heal.
　　A. to cause shaking B. when causes it shaking
　　C. by causing it to shake D. to cause to shake it
　　37. Tornados, powerful and destructive wind storms, oost often in the spring when hot winds ________ over flat land encounter heavy cold air
　　A. which to rise B. risen C. are rising D. rising
　　38. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the United States ________ Henry, Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.
　　A. as was B. than was C. than did D. as did
　　39. Not until actually faced with water scarcity ________ appreciate the value of water to a region.
　　A. one can B. one cannot C. can one D. cannot one