高考英语复习考生一定要注意阅读能力的提高，为此威廉希尔app 整理了2015-2016学年高三英语第一次摸底考试题，请考生练习。

第一节单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例: It is generally considered unwise to give a child _______he or she wants.        A. however     B. whatever   C. whichever     D. whenever 答案是B.

21. When we want to find ________ certain information in a text quickly， we scan ______ text for key words and phrases， dates， numbers， etc.        A. the; a        B. /; the C. a; the         D. /; / 22. ---The patient has tried quite a few kinds of medicine. ---But _______ has had any effect on his disease.        A. none B. some C. little   D. no one 23. It is reported in the papers that the old coins _______under the earth for about 200 years by the time they were discovered.        A. had buried        B. had been buried        C. buried       D. were buried 24. Today' s teens don't see anything strange in the fact that the computer _______ a central place in their social lives.        A. puts up      B. turns up     C. makes up   D. takes up 25. Desertification， the name for ______ happens when farmable land is turned into desert， is a growing world problem.        A. which       B. where        C. what               D. how 26. ______ you get into university in the future， you would have to go and take the chance. A. Will                  B. Should      C. Would              D. Could 27. ---Your sister nearly _______ all her spare time to her study during the three years.        ----That's right， or she ________ the first place in her school in the College Entrance Examination. A. devoted; wouldn't have taken                 B. spent; wouldn't have taken C. had devoted; hadn't taken                      D. had spent; couldn't take 28. _______ there are many different types of food， some animals spend their lives eating only one type.        A. Although    B. Where       C. If       D. Unless 29. ---Has Li Lei finished his work today? --- I have no idea， but he ______ it when I saw him this morning. A. had done          B. would do          C. was doing        D. would have done 30. The Burj Dubai Skyscraper will reach a height of 700 meters，_______ is said to be the highest building around the world.        A. it       B. that    C. where       D. which 31. ---Has Jerry returned to Shanghai?        ---No， her father _______ in the USA for anther year for her master's degree.        A. agreed her to stay                   B. permitted her to stay        C. promised her to stay                      D. approved she staying 32. --- I' ve studied watching birds as one of my interests. Could I make some suggestions?    ---_______________.        A. You will make it        B. It doesn't matter       C. Go right ahead D. Take it easy 33. ____by a greater demand for vegetables， farmers have built more green houses.        A. Driven       B. Being driven      C. To drive    D. Having driven 34. —Christmas is drawing near. Are you going to Beijing for the holiday?        一I haven't decided yet. I ________ go home， but it all depends.        A. must        B. shall                 C. need          D. might 35. ---Johnson， I've no experience in repairing a computer. I wonder if you could teach me? ---___________. What time suits you best?        A. Help yourself    B. Go ahead   C. If you like it      D. With pleasure 第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分〉

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 There was great public interest when a big hole suddenly appeared in the middle of a field.  __36__ explosives experts (爆破专家) and engineers were called in to explain how it had got there. They offered   37   explanations， but none of them could be sure   38  the hole had been caused. They thought that a huge shell (炮弹) which must have been under the ground for many years had burst   39  . But it was not possible to  40  this. A simple explanation was offered by a man， who said that he was   41  in "flying saucers"一the strange objects visiting the earth from space. The man's explanation may have been   42  ， but it was much more  __43__ than the one given by the army. After   44  the ground carefully， the man said that he had seen special      45   on the soil quite near the hole. These， he said，  46   only have been caused by a flying saucer.   __47  ， the leaves on some trees nearby had turned yellow because of a   48   hot gas which had come from the saucer just before it came to land. ___49_ the man， it was quite clear that people from another world had been circling the earth   50   something had gone wrong. So they had been   51   to come to land in order that the saucer could be   52   . The hole was caused as the saucer   53   the earth， and the strange marks nearby were made when it rose into the   54   again. This， said the man， was the   55   explanation of how the hole had appeared.

36. A. FactoryB. CarC. MotorD. Army

37. A. clearB. variousC. difficultD. few

38. A. whenB. whereC. howD. whether

39. A. at lastB. strangelyC. slowlyD. quickly

40. A. sayB. explainC. proveD. study

41. A. goodB. cleverC. expertD. surprised

42. A. nonsenseB. wasteC. factD. scenery

43. A. crazyB. interestingC. funnyD. terrible

44. A. diggingB. watchingC. landingD. examining

45. A. holesB. marksC. plantsD. shells

46. A. mightB. couldC. shouldD. would

47. A. BesidesB. HoweverC. OtherwiseD. What's worse

48. A. brightB. cleanC. strangeD. familiar

49. A. According toB. Owing toC. Referring toD. Pointing to

50. A. untilB. whenC. afterD. before

51. A. askedB. orderedC. allowedD. forced

52. A. destroyedB. operatedC. repairedD. cleaned

53. A. landed in B. struck C. flew over D. met

54. A. field B. trees C. air D. hole

55. A. easiest B. biggest C. strangest D. simplest