广东省东莞市南开实验学校高二英语下学期期初试题新人教版.docx

1、广东省东莞市南开实验学校高二英语下学期期初试题新人教版高二下学期期初考试英语试题本试卷共11页，四大题，满分135分。考试用时120分钟。I.语言知识应用 （共两节；满分45分）第一节: 完形填空 (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1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。It was 4 oclock in the morning, when I received the phone call.“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 1 in with severe

2、 burns on his face, neck and arms. Weve called for a (n) 2 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was 3 .The doctor described the accident, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue

3、 hamburgers. When they 4 the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed (喷洒) too much gasoline (petrol). The flames 5 my sons shirt tail and shot from his waist to his head. 6 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and rolled him on the grass. While it saved his life,

4、it was not in 7 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars (伤疤). So, he had to return to college with scars.When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very 8 scar on her arm. “Ann, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It doesnt mean they wont 9 it, but

5、 it means it will not matter to them if it doesnt matter to you.”I 10 this wisdom (智慧) on to my son. He took my advice to 11 and returned to school with his head held high glad he was alive.By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not matter, so he made the 12 to giv

6、e up any plastic surgery (外科手术).We all have “scars” that 13 people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judg

7、ing yourself by these same 14 standards(标准). Put your imperfections out of your 15 and concentrate (集中) on what you value within yourself, and your beauty will shine through.1Abrought Bgiven Cturned Dshown2Adoctor Bhospital Chelicopter Dambulance3Aserious Bterrible Cdangerous Dimportant4Agot Blit Cb

8、urned Dmoved5Atook Bheld Ccaught Dattracted6APersonally BTechnically CSadly DFortunately 7Ashape Bplace Cfact Dtime8Anervous Bformal Cobvious Damusing9Aadmit Bnotice Chate Dhide10Apassed Bkept Chanded Dsent11Alife Bheart Cconsideration Dpractice12Amistake Bsurvey Cdecision Dinstruction13Ainvite Bcau

9、se Callow Dimpress14Afalse Bstrict Csimilar Damusing15Ahead Bheart Csight Dmind第二节 语法填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面句子，并按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填上一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填在答题卡标号为1625的相应位置上。16. He ran all the way to the station only _( find ) the train had left. 17. What can prevent us _( get ) marrie

10、d next year?18. The enemy was reported _( run ) away two days before. 19. Visitors who are visiting the historical museum _( request ) not to touch the exhibits.20. That is the day _ youll never forget. 21. He will go to the hospital _( examine ) by the doctor.22.The house in which there are quite a

11、 lot pieces of furniture needs _ ( clean ) badly. 23. A Chinese TV series with the theme of anti-Japanese war during the Second World War _( broadcast ) on Dongguans television screens now, drawing great attention from viewers.24. I show the doctor the place _ I felt pain.25.The boy with whom we wer

12、e playing yesterday evening is afraid of _( attack ) by the dog.II. 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，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。( A )You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon

13、they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead. Of course he is not dead. With any luck he is not even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump fro

14、m fast moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high

15、building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft plastic.But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training

16、. Often a stuntmans success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment. Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and

17、sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute failed to open, and he was killed. 26. Stuntmen are those who .A. often dress up as actors B. prefer to lead dangerous livesC. often perform seemingly dangerous actionsD. often fig

18、ht each other for their lives27. Stuntmen earn their living by .A. playing their dirty tricks B. selling their special skillsC. jumping out of high windows D. jumping from fast moving trains28. When a stuntman falls from a high building, .A. he needs little protection B. he will be covered with a ma

19、ttress C. his life is endangered D. his safety is generally all right29. Which of the following is the main factor of a successful performance?A. Strength. B. Exactness. C. Speed. D. Carefulness.30. What can be inferred from the authors example of the Norwegian stuntman?A. Sometimes an accident can

20、occur to a stuntman. B. The percentage of serious accidents is high. C. Parachutes must be of good quality. D. The cliff is too high. ( B )country. After only a few short weeks, his father received a telegram reading that John had died while saving a fellow soldier. Filled with sadness, the old man

21、cried. On the coming Christmas morning, a soldier called on him and gave him a picture of John. The following spring, the old man became ill and passed away. According to his will, all of his works of art would be auctioned (拍卖) on Christmas Day, when he had received the greatest gift of his life. T

22、he day soon arrived and art collectors from around the world gathered to buy some of the worlds greatest paintings. The auction began with a painting of the old mans son. “Who will open the bidding (出价) with $100?” the auctioneer (拍卖人) asked. Minutes passed, but no one spoke. Finally, a neighbor of

23、the old mans spoke. “Can I take the painting for ten dollars? It is all I have, and he is a good man.”“Will anyone go higher?”called the auctioneer. After more silence, the auctioneer said, “Going once, going twice, gone.” The gavel(槌) fell. “Now we can get on to the real treasures,” someone shouted

24、 angrily. But the auctioneer said that the auction was over. Someone asked,“Its over? We didnt come here for a picture of some old guys son. There are millions of dollars worth of art here!”The auctioneer replied, “Its very simple. According to the will of the father, whoever takes the son . gets al

25、l.”31. Why did they travel around the world?A. They wanted to visit some well-known artists.B. They had their own companies around the world.C. They wanted to visit all kinds of places of interest.D. They wanted to collect the worlds finest art.32. When did the old man die?A. The morning when the so

26、lider visited him.B. Several months after John died.C. A few days after John served in the army.D. The day he received the news of Johns death.33. The underlined words “the greatest gift” in Paragraph 3 refer to _.A. a picture of John B. the painting John collectedC. the finest work of art D. the te

27、legram about his son34. A neighbor of the old mans bought the painting of John _.A. because he knew the will of the old manB. to pick up the worlds greatest paintingsC. in honor of John, who was worth respectingD. because no one else was willing to buy it35. It can be inferred from the passage that

28、_.A. the old man and the auctioneer were good friendsB. no art collectors wanted to buy Mr. Coopers collection of artC. John was a successful art collector and an excellent artistD. the old man, Mr. Cooper, loved his son very much( C )For a while, my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers

29、. They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. “Come on!” My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. “Youll feel great.” Well, I had no

30、thing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left o

31、ur neighborhood jogging army, Im not alone in my opinion. First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet will have a real pounding ruining down a road for two or three miles. I developed foot, leg, and back problems. Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging, and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesnt kill hundreds of people, but if you have any phys