Ⅲ. 单项选择

(   )1. —________ is the weather like today?

—It’s _________.

A. How; windy   B. What; windy   C. How; wind     D. What; wind

(   )2. Last night I heard a n oise _________ thunder.

A. as          B. like            C. so            D. from

(   )3. My  school is about twenty ________ walk from here.

A. minute     B. minutes        C. minute’s     D. minutes’

(   )4. The snowstorm killed _________ people.

A. over eight hundred of      B. hundreds of

C. more than eight hundredsD. eight hundreds

(   )5. The cleaners rolled ________ their trousers and were in a hurry ________ the snow.

A. up; to remove     B. up; removed   C. /; to remove    D. /; removed

(   )6. The headmaster _________ the students to leave school early.

A. made           B. let              C. ordered        D. had

(   )7. You will find _________ useful to learn even a little English.

A. that            B. it               C. this            D. they

(   )8. Which of the symbols means “ per cent”?

A. @            B. $                C. &             D. %

(   )9. You felt unhappy yesterday, __________?

A. didn’t you       B. did you     C. don’t you      D. do you

(   )10. Shanghai is _____the east of China. Japan is ______the east of China.

A. in; in           B. at; on       C. in; to         D. at; to

(   )11. There ______ a large number of students in our school. The number of the students    _______ over three thousand.

A. is; is          B. are; are       C. is; are         D. are; is

(   )12. I don’t know if Tom _________ here tomorrow. If he ________, I’ll tell you.

A. comes; comes                 B. will com; comes

C. comes; will come              D. will come; will come

(   )13. The teacher told me _________when I left the classroom.

A. lock the door                  B. to lock the door

C. to knock at the door             D. knock at the door

(   )14. The wetland can ________ food and shelter ______ plants and animals, including different kinds of birds.

A. provide; for    B. provide; with   C.  make; for    D. provides; for

(   )15. When I was working on a Maths problem, a good idea went ______my head.

A. over          B. in            C. about        D. through