高二下学期末英语测试题.docx

1、高二下学期末英语测试题 高二下学期末英语试题I. 观察所给单词的读音，从中找出其划线部分与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项。(每题1分,5分)1. news A. research B newspaper C Christmas D. Thursday2. medical A. uncle B. medicine C tiresome D. society3. terrify A. type B. physics C. primary D. oxygen4. longer A. London B. prove C. lock D. lonely5. right A. enough B. phot

2、o C. delight D. elephantII单项填空(每题1分，15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可填入空白处的正确答案。1I cant walk _fastPlease walk a bit slowerAsuch BtooCthat Dthe same2He is going to hospital _a medical examination next weekAto give Bto be givenCto have given Dto have been given3What will you have us _today，Boss？Type some business

3、lettersAto do BdoCdoing Ddone4The accident has _to be a good thing after allAturned out Bbeen turned outCturned in Dturned over5The professor said that your discovery was_Aof great value Bgreat valueCgreatly valued Din great value6He came to the meeting _his serious illnessAin spite Beven ifCas a re

4、sult of Ddespite7When I visited the city of Rome，I found the buildings，squares and parks _in very different stylesAto be designed and built Bto design and buildCdesigned and built Ddesigning and building8_the top of the pagoda(塔)，the scenery of the whole city can be seen clearly under your feetAView

5、ing BViewedCSeeing DTo be seen9At last they got the letter they_Ahave expected Bwere expectingChad expected Dhad been expecting10.Much as he liked the book,_he didnt have enough money to buy itA. but B. and C. therefore D./11.It wont be too long before we _a way smooth away these difficulties.A. wor

6、k out B. will work out C. had worked out D.are working out12. Mary has been looking forward in the past 10 years to _the Great Wall.A. paying a visit to B. call on C. being on a visit D. call at13.We teachers must see to _that every student can understand.A. all B. that C. it D. one14._the coach was

7、 content with was _his team won the match.A. Whats; which B.That; that C. What; that D. That; what15.-What do you think they are in praise of?-_.A. For Tom to win the first prize B. Toms winning the first prizeC. Tom won the first prize D. Because Tom won the first prizeIII. 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分；满分30分

8、） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 Switzerland(瑞士) is famous for its watches. However, this country didnt 16 the watch. It was the British 17 did it. Here is a story of 18 the watch was 19 to Switzerland. Many years ago, an Englishman was 20 to Italy. 21 his way he stopped in a small tow

9、n in south Switzerland. This Englishman travelled in a carriage inside 22 there was a carriage watch. This was the 23 kind of watch. A native shop assistant 24 to see the watch. He 25 what it was and asked the Englishman 26 it. “It is a carriage watch. ”said the man. “ This machine 27 the time but n

10、ow it isnt working.”At once the shop assistant 28 to try to repair it. So the traveller 29 him the watch. The assistant was a very wise man. So it was not 30 that he managed(设法) to repair it. He 31 remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveller had 32 on his journey(旅行), he made a watch of 33

11、the same type. 34 the watch-making was 35 in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world.16.A.make B.invent C.produce D.develop17.A.which B.who C.where D.they18.A.why B.that C.how D.when19.A.carried B.sold C.sailed D.brought20.A.travelling B.riding C.walking D.running21.A.

12、On B.In C.At D.From22.A.which B.that C.it D.whom23.A.proper B.smallest C.earliest D.biggest24.A.wanted B.seemed C.happened D.discovered25.A.wondered B.thought C.understood D.discovered26.A.on B.about C.of D.with27.A.gives B.tells C.strikes D.counts28.A.failed B.helped C.insisted D.offered29.A.served

13、 B.shared C.showed D.handed30.A.surprise B.surprised C.surprising D.surprises31.A.however B.besides C.but D.even32.A.gone B.done C.come D.spent33.A.correctly B.specially C.exactly D.naturally34.A.Thus B.So C.Otherwise D.However35.A.opened B.started C.done D.returnedIV. 阅读理解（本题共20小题，计40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给

14、的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 AOn the first day of class, Mr Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature(生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. La

15、ter, we had a test about that. When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone elses in our class. What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldnt wait to get the answer. Very simple, Mr Whiteson explai

16、ned. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?We should have guessed it out, Mr Whiteson said.

17、 After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cats), hadnt he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teach

18、ers and textbooks are not always correct. 36. We failed in the test because we didnt _. A. take notes while listeningB. show interest in what Mr Whiteson saidC. listen to the teacher carefullyD. think carefully37. We got angry because _. A. Mr Whiteson didnt tell us the truth about cattytigerB. we f

19、ailed in the test C. we didnt know why he played the joke on usD. there was no cattytiger38. We didnt find out it was a lie for _. A. we simply believed our teacher very muchB. we took notes carelesslyC. we hadnt watched the skull carefully enoughD. Mr Whiteson spoke too fast39. Mr Whiteson gave us

20、a special lesson _. A. to show his special way of teachingB. to play a joke on usC. to help us learn our lessons betterD. so that we would no longer believe him40. Mr Whiteson meant that _. A. teachers couldnt make any mistakesB. textbooks might be wrong sometimesC. we should speak up if we thought

21、our teacher or the textbook was wrongD. we shouldnt believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell liesBThe cold and icy land that is the Eskimos home is a dangerous one. The Eskimo once believed that to be safe from danger he had to obey taboos(禁忌). Taboos were rules that told him what he m

22、ust do and must not do. The Eskimo had taboos connected with almost everything he did. He had to keep them in mind at all times. He believed that to break one would bring disaster. For the Eskimo, it was taboo to store reindeer（驯鹿） and seal (海豹) meat together. He could not even eat them on the same

23、day. He believed the Goddess Sedna had separated the land animals from the sea animals. He thought bringing them together would cause the hunting to be bad. There were other taboos concerning animals. When a dead seal was brought into the house, the women had to stop working. They had to give its sp

24、irit a drink of water. If they did not, the spirit would be angered. It would keep other animals from being caught. When the Eskimo broken a taboo, he believed a black cloud formed around his head. He had to tell the others in the village what he had done. He thought that if he did not tell his neig

25、hbors, they would catch the black cloud. Then the whole village would have bad luck. 41. This passage mainly tells us about _. A. the way the Eskimos treated their neighboursB. how the Eskimos got along with others C. how the Eskimos store their seal meatD. the things that the Eskimos could and coul

26、d not do42. Why did the Eskimos separate reindeer and seal meat? A. They went bad easily if they were kept together. B. They thought keeping them together caused bad hunting. C. The Eskimos did not like to eat reindeer or seal meat. D. They did not have big enough rooms to store them. 43. From the t

27、hird paragraph we can see that _. A. the spirit of the dead seal enjoyed drinking water B. the spirit of the dead seal would be angry if he was not given water C. the Eskimos believed that animals had spirits D. the seal was dead, but its spirit was still alive44. If black cloud was formed around hi

28、s head, the Eskimos believed _. A. the man would have bad luckB. the man would catch more animals C. the villagers would lose their livesD. all the villagers would have bad luck except him45. Which of the following is true? A. Taboos are of great importance to some people. B. The Eskimos like land a

29、nimals better than sea animals. C. There are many black clouds where the Eskimos live. D. The Eskimo taboos are about everything on earth. CDear Mr. Harrington, I saw your name on a list of teachers of French who wished to spend their holidays in France this summer. Im a teacher of English in Saint-

30、Simon, a small village in the Loire Valley, just south of Saumw. I should very much like to spend some time in England, because it is many years since I had a chance to practise my English. Perhaps we could exchange houses for three weeks in late July or early August. I have heard a lot about a holi

31、day in Cumbria and the Lake District. I have been eager to spend a holiday in Cumbria ever since I first saw pictures of the fox-hunting, and read about the fine hunting dogs that you have in your part of the country. I am very interested in fox-hunting and I take my dogs out hunting in the local forest whenever I can. I shall tell you more about Saint-Simon countryside when you expre