（届江苏省南京市高三第二次英语模拟试卷）
Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty, _______ countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow.
| A．which | B．when | C．where | D．what |
Fred seems very clear. His ideas led to _________ a pay raise.
| A．his awarded | B．his being awarded |
| C．him to award | D．him to be awarded |
--- How did you sleep last night?
--- Like a log. Never slept ________.
| A．well | B．worse | C．badly | D．better |
Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true ________ it comes to classroom tests.
| A．before | B．as | C．since | D．when |
________ there, the southwest desert contains a remarkable variety of plants.
| A．Rarely as it rains | B．Sometimes it rains |
| C．It rarely rains | D．Although rarely rains |
You can use a large plastics bottle, _________ cut off, as a plot to grow flowers in.
| A．its top is | B．the top of which |
| C．whose top | D．with its top |