高考模拟考试英语试题(内部版)
第一部分:英语知识运用(共两节，满分50分)
第一节:单项填空(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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
1. In 1990, _____ Belgian inventor by _____ name of Bakelite invented the first of the modern plastics.
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the；/
2. With the prices going up every day, 300 yuan a month can hardly cover his _____ of living.
A. standard B. cost C. price D. salary
3. It’s a little surprising that a house made of wood or bamboo may stay up in an earthquake while
_____ made of steel and concrete may fall down.
A. one B. that C. it D. what
4. ---I didn’t go to Mary’s party last night because my car broke down.
---You could have borrowed mine. I ______ it.
A. hadn’t used B. wasn’t using C. didn’t use D. wouldn’t use
5. The discovery of new evidence has led to _____.
A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief
C. the thief being caught D. the thief to be caught