2006-2013年高考英语四川卷(40)

A. is being rebuilt     B. has been rebuilt         C. is rebuilt              D. has rebuilt
12. Before driving into the city, you are required to get your car ____.
A. washed                    B. wash                        C. washing              D. to wash
13. In our class there are 46 students, _____ half wear glasses.
A. in whom                  B. in them                    C. of whom            D. of them
14. This training program can give you a lift at work, ____ increase your income by 40%.
A. as well as                 B. so long as                 C. so much as           D. as soon as
15. He will come to understand your efforts sooner or later. It’s just a matter of _____.
A. luck                         B. value                       C. time                D. fact
16. I make $2,000 a week, 60 surely won’t make ______ difference to me.
A. that a big                 B. a that big                  C. big a that            D. that big a
17. Scientists study ____ human brains work to make computers.
A. when                       B. how                         C. that                 D. whether
18. We are said to be living in ____ Information Age, ____ time of new discoveries and great changes.
A. an; the                            B. 不填; the                 C. 不填; a              D. the; a
19. I got close enough to hear them speaking Chinese, and I said “Ni Hao” just as I ____ do in China.
A. must                        B. might                       C. can                 D. should
20. It’s surprising that your brother _____ Russian so quickly—he hasn’t lived there very long.
A. picked up                 B. looked up          C. put up              D. made up
第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）
     Lightning flashed through the darkness over Sibson’s bedroom skylight（天窗）.Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder ____21___ he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly _____22____ his two-story wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.
    Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to     23      ; he opened the door to the basement（地下室）, and flames      24      out. Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. “I felt      25      because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,” he explains.
    But the phone didn’t work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was      26      by a wall of flames. Sibson realized he was trapped（困住）.
    Sibson’s house was three kilometers    27  the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be     28      .
    Up a hill nearby lived Sibson’s neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm   29  his ears. He jumped out of bed, took his     30      and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the    31     . That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.
    Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to    32    the house. But Huggons said, “There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson    33    and die in that fire.”
    “Anyone there?” Huggons called out. Then he heard “Help! I’m trapped!” coming from the second-floor balcony（阳台）. He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his     34     .
    After one more    35    inside the house, Huggons gave up and     36    around back.
    The wind parted the smoke just     37     for him to catch sight of Sibson. But there was no way to get to him. He    38    the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. He took it over to the balcony and     39     Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off.
    Sibson is still     40     when he tells the story. “I was alone that night,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Huggons.”
21. A. before                 B. while                       C. since                D. until
22. A. on                    B. in                          C. through              D. over