根据以英语作为母语的人数计算，英语可能是世界上第三大语言，但它是世界上最广泛的第二语言。精品小编准备了2016届高一英语下册Unit 3单元质量检测试题，供练习。

Ⅰ.单项填空

1.Our game of basketball ________.We had been playing for about half an hour when it started to rain heavily.

A.has interrupted    B.had interrupted

C.was interrupted    D.had been interrupted

答案与解析：C　game与interrupt 构成被动关系，排除A、B项，由后句可知事情发生在过去，用一般过去时。

2.He proved himself a true gentleman and the beauty of his

________ was seen at its best when he worked with others.

A.advantage        B.appearance

C.qualification     D.character

答案与解析：D　考查名词词义辨析。句意为：他证明了自己是一个真正的绅士，他的人格魅力在与他人合作时表现得最佳。advantage 优点，长处;appearance 外表，外貌;qualification 资格;character 品质，性格。

3.After more than ten minutes' break，the speaker________the story from where he left off.

A.kept on      B.went on

C.made up     D.took up

答案：D

4.__________ he didn't help me with my work.Instead，just __________.

A In a way; in my way

B.On a way; on the way

C.In the way; on the way

D.By the way; on my way

答案与解析：A　in a way“在某种程度上”;in one's way“挡道;挡路”均为固定搭配。

5.The board are discussing the possible ________ they can take of the present economic situation.

A.notice       B.advantage

C.use      D.best

答案与解析：B　本题实则考查take advantage of短语的用法。该结构中advantage提至前面充当discuss的宾语，advantage后为定语从句。

6.We can't ________ on having good weather for the outing.

A.evaluate     B.calculate

C.predict      D.conclude

答案与解析：B　题意：我们不要指望旅游时会有好天气。calculate on/upon为固定搭配，意为“指望……”。

7.—The tree is so tall.

—Yes.It ________ nearly 20 metres.

A.measures        B.is measured

C.measure         D.to be measured

答案与解析：A　measure此处意为“量起来……”，为不及物动词，后接量的结果，不用于被动语态或进行时态。

8.—What a beautiful day!

—Yes，it's ________ that I'd like to take a walk.

A.such nice weather    B.so a nice weather

C.such a nice weather   D.so nice weather

答案与解析：A　weather为不可数名词，不能与不定冠词连用，排除B、C两项;so用于修饰形容词或副词，such用于修饰名词，故A项正确。

9.Milu deer，a species with large horns，which used to be ________ in China long ago，is a rare animal nowadays.

A.ordinary        B.common

C.popular         D.usual

答案与解析：B　common强调平凡或时常发生而不特别。ordinary是依照一般标准来判断，侧重“平淡无奇”;popular“流行的”;usual强调符合个人习惯或规章制度。

10.It was generally believed that the show was not as successful as expected，but ________，I think it was a great success.

A.personally        B.directly

C.publicly         D.secretly

答案与解析：A　personally“亲自地;就本人而论”，符合题意。

11.—I have been worried about the possible danger of driving on a railway line.

—Do not be afraid;God will ________ us.

A.turn over        B.watch over

C.go over         D.look over

答案与解析：B　本题考查动词短语辨析。watch over“照看，看守”，符合题意。

12.—Irene won the first place in the physics competition.

—So what?I don't like science，________.

A.anyway         B.therefore

C.though         D.otherwise

答案与解析：A　anyway用做副词时可用于句首、句中或句尾，意为“无论如何;总之”。

13.Once new difficulties ________ in our new job，we should learn to use our brains to solve them.

A.rise         B.cause

C.raise       D.arise

答案与解析：D　题意：一旦在我们新工作中出现新的问题，我们应当开动脑筋想办法解决。arise“出现”为不及物动词，相当于come up。

14.The problem facing us is so serious that we have to ______ it first.

A.take interest        B.deal with

C.make with      D.work on

答案与解析：B　deal with此处相当于do with，意为“处理”。