解析版广东省肇庆市学年高二上学期期末质量检测试题英语.docx

1、解析版广东省肇庆市学年高二上学期期末质量检测试题英语I、语言知识及运用 （共两节，满分45分）第一节：完型填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Valentines Day is a popular festival of love and romance. There are 1 legends associated with the festival along with the belief that birds began to mate from this day. Hist

2、orians trace (追踪)its 2 to an ancient Roman festival. It is said that in ancient Rome, people 3 a holiday on February 14th to honor Junothe Queen of Roman Gods and Goddesses. On the following day, February 15th，the festival of Lupercalia was celebrated to honor the Roman God of Agriculture.An interes

3、ting 4 was followed on the festival of Lupercalia to bring together young boys and girls who otherwise were strictly 5 . On the eve of the festival, names of young Roman girls were written on a slip of paper and placed into jars. Each young man 6 a girls name from the jar and was paired with the gir

4、l during the festival. Sometimes the 7 lasted for a year until next years celebration. Quite often，the couple would fall in love with each other and 8 marry. The custom lasted for a long time until people felt that it was un-Christian and that mates should be chosen by sight, not 9 .The pairing of y

5、oung boys and girls set the mood of the Valentines Day Festival as we know today. But it was 10 due to the efforts and daring of a priest St Valentine that the festival got its 11 and clearer meaning. The story goes that Emperor Claudius II of Rome found it 12 to get soldiers and felt the reason why

6、 men did not join the 13 was that they did not wish to leave their wives and families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. St Valentine challenged Claudiuss 14 order and secretly married couples. When his disobedience was 15 ，Valentine was put to death on February

7、14, around 270 AD. After his death Valentine was named a saint.【小题1】A. acceptableB. familiar C. variousD. unrelated【小题2】A. possibilityB. developmentC. eventD. origin【小题3】A. studiedB. observedC. handled D. discussed【小题4】A. movementB. celebrationC. competitionD. custom【小题5】A. respectedB. educatedC. se

8、paratedD. organized【小题6】A. spoke outB. brought outC. pulled outD. drew out【小题7】A. pairingB. dating C. playingD. celebrating【小题8】A. fortunatelyB. occasionallyC. finallyD. surprisingly【小题9】A. orderB. riskC. nameD. luck【小题10】A. usuallyB. actuallyC. reallyD. factually【小题11】A. historyB. storyC. fameD. na

9、me【小题12】A. strangeB. slowC. awfulD. tough【小题13】A. warB. partyC. armyD. game【小题14】A. unfinishedB. unjustifiedC. unrecognizedD. unconcerned【小题15】A. discoveredB. attackedC. memorizedD. promised【答案】【解析】军。故选C。考点：文化类阅读。第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中所给词语的正确形式填空，并

10、将答案填写在答题卡上标号为1625的相应位置上。American Idol is a TV show and annual American singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. It is based on the British show Pop Idol, in which thousands of young singers, aged 16-28, audition（试演）for the chance 【小题1】 (choose) as the new singing idol. The

11、 program seeks to discover the 【小题2】 (good) young singer in the country through 【小题3】 series of nationwide auditions. Auditions 【小题4】 (hold) in key cities around the country, with judges removing some contestants(选手), 【小题5】 there are only 30 left. These 30 compete, on air, and the viewing public vot

12、es for 【小题6】 three favorites each week, over the course of the next three weeks. Those nine contestants, along 【小题7】 one “wild card” chosen by judges, continue on to the next stage of the competition, 【小题8】 takes place over several weeks. The outcome of the latter stages of this competition is wholl

13、y determined by public voting. There are three judges assessing the contestants 【小题9】 (perform) in order to facilitate(推动) the voting.Of these ten, two winners are chosen to appear in a live half-hour telecast（电视广播）the following evening to compete 【小题10】 a top-dollar record deal.【答案】【解析】II、阅读（共两节，满分

14、50分）第一节：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面几篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AImagine someone has crossed the seas joining five continents by swimming. It is a major success for anyone. But it is an even greater success for Philippe Croizon, who has no arms, and no legs! His achievements show that we

15、can all achieve great thingsno matter who we are.Philippe Croizon was 26 years old when he had an accident. The doctors had to remove both of his arms and legs. “When they cut off my last leg I wanted to die. I suffered great depression and my spirit was as low as you can get. But you have to chooseand I chose to live!” said Croizon.While he was recovering in hospital, Croizon saw a television programme about a woman who had been swimming across the English Channel. After watching the programme Croizon decided to do it. He began to exercise every