:高三英语上学期unit9--10测试卷

:一、单项选择
1. We should prevent such a silly mistake______ again.
A. occurring         B. to occur    C. to be occurred      D. from being occurred
2. It’s so nice to hear from her.______, we last met more than thirty years ago.
A. What’s more     B. That is to say   C. in other words      D. Believe it or not
3. The factory has ______ workers because of the drop in sales.
A. laid out     B laid off    C. laid aside     D. laid down
4. She was depressed and felt totally ________ about the future.
A. hopeful    B. hopeless      C. anxious    D. unfortunate
5. She made a few mistakes playing the violin, but you should make ____ for her since she’s only been playing for a year.   A. allowances   B. promises  C. room   D. way
6. Please ask the lawyer what his _____would be to take the case to court.
A. wage    B. income     C. fee    D. welfare
7. I hope the weather _______ by this afternoon, because we want to go out.
A. cleans up     B. cleans out    C clears up   D. clears out
8．It was raining outside, _____, I couldn’t find a taxi.
A. to make things better  B. to make things worse C. still worse  D. still better
9．Tom got a small salary every month, so he couldn’t_______.
A. make ends meeting           B .make his ends meet
C .make ends meet                    D. make end meet
10. After the robbery, the shop installed a sophisticated alarm system as insurance _______ future losses.  A. for     B. from   C. against   D. towards
11. The computer revolution may well change society as ______as did the Industrial Revolution.
A. certainly        B. insignificantly   C. fundamentally       D. comparatively
12. The committee is under _____ to reach agreement before midnight.
A. duty         B. pressure      C. control     D. influence