广东省汕头市金山中学2020―2021年高二英语上学期期中试题（含解析）

1、广东省汕头市金山中学2020-2021年高二英语上学期期中试题（含解析）本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，满分135分，考试用时120分钟。第一卷 选择题部分(满分85分)第一部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分) 第一节 单项填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. He had a flash of inspiration _ he saw the lovely little girl.A. the instantB. the instant whenC. in an instantD. for an instant【答案

2、】A【解析】【详解】考查时间状语从句。句意：他一看到那个可爱的小女孩，就灵光一现。A.the instant 一就，引导时间状语从句；B.the instant when在那一刻，when之后引导的为定语从句； C.in an instant 瞬间，马上；D.for an instant片刻。分析句子可知，空白处及之后内容为时间状语从句，结合句意可知，选项A符合题意。故选A。2. _for the error, the young woman left and sobbing.A. Blamed ; frustratedB. To be blamed ; frustratingC. To bl

3、ame ; frustratedD. Blamed; frustrating【答案】A【解析】【分析】【详解】考查非谓语动词和形容词。句意：这个年轻的女人因为这个错误而被指责后，沮丧地哭着离开了。第一空，分析句子结构可知blame在句中应用非谓语动词形式，与逻辑主语构成被动关系，故应用过去分词作状语，故排除B、C选项；第二空，主语为the young woman，应用-ed结尾形容词frustrated，作状语。故选A。3. To keep fit, Professor White _ cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired

4、.A. took onB. put forwardC. put upD. took up【答案】D【解析】【分析】【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：为了保持健康，怀特先生在退休后开始从事骑自行车，把它作为一种常规的运动形式。A. took on呈现，承担； B. put forward 提出；C. put up搭起，张贴；D. took up 拿起，开始从事。根据句中的“to keep fit”和“a regular form of exercise”可知，怀特先生开始从事骑车健身运动了。故选D。4. _his research paper, Smith experienced various

5、hardships for nearly half a year.A. AccomplishingB. To accomplishC. AccomplishedD. Having accomplished【答案】B【解析】【分析】【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：为了完成他的研究论文，史密斯经历了近半年的各种艰难困苦。分析句子可知，句中有谓语动词experienced且句中无连词，故应用accomplish的非谓语动词形式，accomplish意为“完成”，动词词性，“完成研究论文”是“经历了近半年的各种艰难困苦”的目的，故应用不定式在句中作目的状语，不定式符号to后接动词原形，句首单词首字母大写

6、，故应用To accomplish。故选B项。5. His attention _ on reading the book, he didnt notice me coming in.A. was concentratedB. was concentratingC. concentratedD. to be concentrated【答案】C【解析】【分析】【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：他把注意力集中在看书上，没有注意到我进来。根据句意可知，句中涉及固定短语“concentrate on”，意为“集中注意力于，全神贯注于”，句中有谓语动词didnt notice且句中无连词，concentra

7、te应用非谓语形式，attention与concentrate之间为逻辑上被动关系，应用过去分词。故选C项。6. Caught in a dilemma, .A. it was hard to make a decision.B. nothing seemed to be of help.C. making a decision seemed hard.D. he found it hard to make a decision.【答案】D【解析】【详解】考查形式宾语和不定式。句意：他进退两难，发现很难做出决定。本句用it做形式宾语，结合句式：主语+动词+it+形容词+不定式，主语是he，谓语

8、动词是found，形容词是hard，不定式部分是to make a decision，连起来是he found it hard to make a decision。故选D项。7. Mary wanted to lie for her absence, but her inner voice told her _.A. not do itB. not to doC. not toD. do not to【答案】C【解析】【详解】考查不定式的省略。句意：玛丽想为她的缺席撒谎，但她内心的声音告诉她不要撒谎。固定短语：tell sb （not）to do sth.意为“告诉某人（不要）做某事”，不定

9、式的否定形式为在to之前加not，所以排除选项A、选项D；另根据句意可知，空白处填不撒谎，因为上文中已经使用了动词lie，所以为了避免重复，不定式可以省略，但通常保留不定式符号“to”。所以选项C为正确选项。故选C。8. Only if _many different questions _all the information you need to know.A. do you ask; will you acquireB. you ask; will you acquireC. do you ask; you will acquireD. you ask; you will acquir

10、e【答案】B【解析】【详解】考查部分倒装。句意：只有你问很多不同的问题，你才能获得所有你需要知道的信息。“only+状语从句”位于句首时，主句中的主语和谓语要部分倒装，此处主句为一般将来时，应将will提前到主语you之前；从句使用正常语序。故选B。9. Not only _ standard English, but _ how to operate computers.A. does he speak, he knowsB. he speaks, does he also knowC. does he speak, does he also knowD. he speaks, he kno

11、ws【答案】A【解析】【详解】考查倒装。句意：他不仅会说标准的英语，而且还会操作电脑。not onlybut(also)连接两个分句，当 not only位于句首，前一个分句用部分倒装来表示强调，而but(also)后的分句仍用陈述语序。故选A。10. When many people reach is called Wuzhen in China, they usually get the impression _ the famous town is beautiful but commercialized in some way.A. where; thatB. which; whatC

12、. what; thatD. where; which【答案】C【解析】【分析】【详解】考查名词性从句。句意：当许多人到达中国所谓的乌镇时，他们通常会有这样一种印象：这个著名的小镇很漂亮，但在某种程度上被商业化了。第一空，空处为宾语从句，从句中缺少主语，指代事物应用what；第二空，空处为同位语从句，解释说明impression的内容，从句中不缺少成分，句意完整，故用只起连接作用的that引导。故选C。11. Many journalists were sent to _ the terrible disaster immediately the earthquake broke out.A.

13、 interviewB. investigateC. coverD. criticize【答案】C【解析】【分析】【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：地震一发生，许多记者就被派去报道这场可怕的灾难。A. interview采访，访问；B. investigate调查；C. cover报道；D. criticize批评。根据句意和句中journalists可知，记者应该是被派去“报道”这场可怕的灾难，cover意为“报道”，动词词性，符合句意。故选C项。12. From the _ look of Toms mother, we knew that she was quite _what he ha

14、d done.A. annoying; annoyed withB. annoying; annoyed atC. annoyed; annoyed at;D. annoyed; annoyed with【答案】C【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意：从Tom母亲恼怒的表情我们知道她被Tom所做的事惹恼了。annoying“令人烦恼的”常用来修饰物；annoyed“恼怒的”，常用来修饰人；此处表示恼怒的表情用annoyed；be annoyed with“被惹恼”，故选C。13. Jane opened the window to _ a little air and sunshine.A. adap

15、tB. appealC. adoptD. admit【答案】D【解析】【分析】【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：简打开窗户，让空气和阳光进来。A. adapt适应；B. appeal呼吁；C. adopt采用；D. admit允许进入。根据“Jane opened the window”可知，简打开窗户的目的是让空气和阳光进来。故选D。14. He would be in a better university now_ to too many computer games when young.A. were he not addictedB. if he was not addictedC.

16、 had he not addicted himselfD. had he not been addicted himself【答案】C【解析】【分析】【详解】考查虚拟语气。句意：如果小的时候不让自己如此地沉迷电脑的话，他现在会上更好的大学。根据when young可知此处虚拟的是过去的情况，故用过去完成时，省略if，had提前，排除A、B两项；沉迷于addicted oneself to, 故选C。【点睛】15. Do you know who our teacher will have _ an article for the newspaper?A. writtenB. wroteC.

17、to writeD. write【答案】D【解析】【分析】【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：你知道我们老师将要让谁为报纸写文章吗？A. written写（过去分词）；B. wrote写（过去式）；C. to write写（不定式）；D. write写。将此句转化为陈述句：our teacher will have who_ an article for the newspaper. 根据have sb. do sth.表示“让某人做某事”，此处是省略to的不定式，因此应填动词原形。故选D项。”16. Do you think George has passed the driving test?N

18、o. If so, he _his car to our college yesterday.A. would driveB. droveC. would have drivenD. had driven【答案】C【解析】【分析】【详解】考查虚拟语气。句意：你认为乔治通过驾照考试了吗？没有。如果通过了，他昨天就驾车来我们大学了。根据句意，如果这样的话（乔治已经通过驾照考试），他昨天就驾车来我们大学了，可知是对过去的虚拟。If so=If he had passed the driving test，主句使用情态动词+have done。故答案选C。17. If you pay for the

19、computer in cash, you could have a 5% discount; _ we can deliver it to you for free.A. in demandB. in additionC. in returnD. in place【答案】B【解析】【分析】【详解】考查介词短语。句意：如果你用现金付电脑，可以打5%的折扣，此外，还可以免费送货。A. in demand有需求，B. in addition此外，C. in return做为回报，D. in place 在适当的位置，现金付款可以享受打折另外免费送货。【点睛】18. In the front of

20、the hall _ a group of pupils, who were listening to the lecture attentively.A. seatedB. satC. sitD. was sitting【答案】B【解析】【详解】考查时态和倒装。句意：在大厅的前面坐着一群学生，他们正在聚精会神地听讲座。本句是倒装句，介词短语在句首，句子需要全部倒装。本句主语是a group of pupils，sit表示“坐”，seat表示“使就座”，seat后面一般加人，表示使人就座，结合句意，此处表示一群学生坐在某地，所以谓语动词是sit，根据后文的were，可知用一般过去时态，故选B项

21、。19. _ is the kindness of the nurse that the patient can never be _ to her.A. So; too thankfulB. Such; too thankfulC. So; that thankfulD. Such; enough thankful【答案】B【解析】【分析】【详解】考查such和so的使用和固定搭配。句意：这个护士是如此的热心，以至于那位患者再怎么感谢她都不为过。suchthat与sothat都可以引导结果状语从句，意为“如此以致”，so为副词，意为“这么，那么”，但such可以作代词，意为“这样的人/事”，

22、第一空处作主语，故用such；第二空考查固定用法can never be too+adj.“再都不为过”。故选B。【点睛】20. We all believe that the project, if _ according to plan, will definitely work out well.A. carrying outB. being carried outC. carried outD. to be carried out【答案】C【解析】【分析】试题分析：考查非谓语动词。句意：我们有信心，如果根据计划执行，这个项目会成功的。分析可知此处使用非谓语形式，the project与

23、carry out之间是被动关系，用过去分词作状语，选C项。 考点 : 考查非谓语动词【详解】第二节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、 B、C、 D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Leslie Morissettes son, Graham, was six years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia (白血病). Throughout Grahams treatment in the hospital, Graham connected with everyone he met, from

24、 _21_patients to younger children. “He would _22_ his toys to other sick children or act silly to make them laugh.” Morissette said. “Grahams special spirit is what kept me_23_. He gave me the energy and the _24_to fight with him.” In 1997, when he was eight years old, Graham passed away. Inspired b

25、y how Graham lived his life caring about others, Morissette founded the _25_Grahamtastic Connection in his late sons honor. The organization provides free technologyincluding computers, iPads and robotsto children _26_ against cancer and other serious illnesses.One of the major goals of Morissettes

26、work is to _27_kids to their classrooms. This helps them continue their education despite multiple hospitalizations and days _28_ from school.The robots “_29_” children right into the classroom in real time. They can _30_ the robots right from their hospital bed or home. If a child is unable to atte

27、nd school, they can _31_log on to their tablet or laptop and _32_the robot. They can walk up and down the school paths, and go to lunch with their friends. But the real magic happens _33_ classes. The robot enables them to walk down the hallway with their friends, talking about their weekend, their

28、favorite foods and other things. Its a really great _34_ that gives children the feeling of control, when their world is maybe out of control.“Every time I can help a child in need, I feel as if Graham is looking _35_,” Morissette said. “I believe that Grahams love lives on in the work that I do. An

29、d Im proud and privileged to be able to do it in his honor.”21. A. lonelyB. elderlyC. dailyD. lively22. A. lendB. submitC. returnD. apply23. A. laughingB. imaginingC. goingD. lying24. A. strengthB. warmthC. opinionD. direction25. A. associatedB. nonprofitC. unconditionalD. appointed26. A. reactingB.

30、 guardingC. goingD. battling27. A. inviteB. showC. connectD. limit28. A. gainedB. missedC. sufferedD. graduated29. A. turnB. transformC. exchangeD. transport30. A. buildB. operateC. teachD. separate31. A. hardlyB. randomlyC. mostlyD. simply32. A. call inB. catch onC. give awayD. leave behind33. A. o

31、verB. duringC. betweenD. within34. A. responsibilityB. abilityC. personalityD. technology35. A. inB. outC. downD. over【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. C【解析】这是一篇记叙文。主人公Morissette的儿子Graham因病去世，受到儿子在生活中关心他人的激励，同时为纪念已故的儿子，Morissette创立了非营利组织Graha

32、mtastic Connection，为与疾病作斗争的儿童提供免费技术，让他们在接受治疗的同时继续接受教育。【21题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Graham在医院接受治疗的整个过程中，与他遇到的每一个人都有联系，从年老的病人到年幼的孩子。A. lonely孤独的；B. elderly年老的，年长的；C. daily日常的，每日的；D. lively活泼的，充满活力的。根据句中“younger”可知空格处应用elderly，表示Graham与遇到的每一个人都有联系，从年老的病人到年幼的孩子。故选B项。【22题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：他会把玩具借给其他生病的孩子，或者装傻逗他们笑。A.

33、lend借出，借给；B. submit提交；C. return返回；D. apply申请。根据下文“ act silly to make them laugh”可知句中表示的是他会把玩具“借给”其他生病的孩子，lend sth. to sb.意为“借给某人某物”，符合句意。故选A项。【23题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：Graham的特殊精神是我前进的动力。A. laughing笑；B. imagining想象；C. going走，去；D. lying躺。根据后文“He gave me the energy”可知Graham给了我能量，由此可知，句中指的是他的精神是我前进的动力，keep me

34、 going意为“使我继续下去”，句中表示的是使我继续前进，同他一起与疾病作斗争。故选C项。【24题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：他给了我和他一起战斗的能量和力量。A. strength力量；B. warmth温暖；C. opinion意见；D. direction方向。根据句中“and”可知空格处单词与energy为并列关系，故应用strength，表示Graham给了Morissette和他一起与病魔战斗的能量和力量。故选A项。【25题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：受Graham在生活中如何关心他人的激励，Morissette为纪念他已故的儿子，创立了非营利组织Grahamtastic

35、Connection。A. associated联合的；B. nonprofit非营利的；C. unconditional无条件的；D. appointed指定的。根据后文“The organization provides free technology”可知该组织提供免费技术，由此可知，这是一个非营利组织。故选B项。【26题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：该组织向与癌症和其他严重疾病作斗争的儿童提供免费技术，包括电脑、iPad和机器人。A. reacting反应；B. guarding保卫；C. going走，去；D. battling斗争。根据后文“against cancer and o

36、ther serious illnesses”可知，这个组织的目的是向与疾病作斗争的儿童提供免费技术，battle against意为“与斗争”。故选D项。【27题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：Morissette工作的一个主要目标是把孩子们和他们的教室联系起来。A. invite邀请；B. show展示；C. connect连接，联系；D. limit限制。根据后文“This helps them continue their education”可知，上文提到能够帮助孩子们继续接受教育，由此可知，应该是把孩子们和他们的教室“联系”起来，让他们继续接受教育。故选C项。【28题详解】考查动词词

37、义辨析。句意：这有助于他们尽管在多次住院治疗和缺课的情况下能够继续接受教育。A. gained获得；B. missed错过；C. suffered遭受；D. graduated毕业。根据句中“multiple hospitalizations”可知，因为治疗疾病这些孩子要住院治疗，由此可知，他们是有很多时间不能去学校上课，miss from school表示“不能去学校上课”，符合句意。故选B项。【29题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：机器人将孩子们实时“运送”进教室。A. turn转动；B. transform转换；C. exchange交换；D. transport运输，运送。根据上文可知他

38、们的技术能够帮助孩子在住院的情况下接受教育，由此可知，这里是通过技术手段，让机器人将孩子们实时“运送”进教室，这里的“运送”指的是虚拟条件下的运送。故选D项。【30题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们可以在病床上或家里操作机器人。A. build建造；B. operate操作；C. teach教；D. separate分离，分开。根据后文“they can _ log on to their tablet or laptop and _ the robot”可知，他们可以通过登录平板电脑或笔记本电脑来召唤机器人，由此可知，他们可以在病床上或家里对机器人进行“操作”。故选B项。【31题详解】考查

39、副词词义辨析。句意：如果一个孩子不能上学，他们可以简单地登录到他们的平板电脑或笔记本电脑，把机器人找来。A. hardly几乎不；B. randomly任意地；C. mostly主要地；D. simply简单地。根据后文“log on to their tablet or laptop and _ the robot”可知，他们只需要登录平板电脑或笔记本电脑就可以召唤机器人，由此可知，这个操作过程是简单的。故选D项。【32题详解】考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：如果一个孩子不能上学，他们可以简单地登录到他们的平板电脑或笔记本电脑，把机器人找来。A. call in找来，请来；B. catch on

40、理解，明白；C. give away捐赠；D. leave behind留下，遗留。根据上文“The robots “_” children right into the classroom in real time.”可知，是机器人将孩子们实时“运送”进教室，所以这里应该是把机器人找来，才能实现“运送”的功能。故选A项。【33题详解】考查介词词义辨析。句意：但真正的魔力发生在课间。A. over在上面；B. during在期间；C. between在中间；D. within在（某段时间）之内。下文提到了和朋友们一起走在走廊里，谈论他们的周末，他们最喜欢的食物和其他事情，这些应该是在课间休息时

41、发生的事情，between意为“在中间”，句中指两节课中间，符合句意。故选C项。【34题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是一项真地很棒的技术，当孩子们的世界失去控制时，它会给他们一种控制的感觉。A. responsibility责任；B. ability能力；C. personality个性；D. technology技术。根据上文“The organization provides free technology”可知，这一切都是借助这个组织提供的技术实现的，由此可知，句中指这是一项很棒的“技术”。故选D项。【35题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：每次我能帮助一个需要帮助的孩子，我都觉得Gra

42、ham好像在看着。A. in在里面；B. out在外面，外出；C. down向下；D. over穿过，翻转。根据下文“I believe that Grahams love lives on in the work that I do.”可知，Morissette相信Graham的爱存在于他的工作中，由此可知，每当他帮助一个孩子，他都会觉得Graham好像在看着他的善举，look down意为“俯视，向下看”，符合句意。故选C项。第二部分 阅读理解（共两节； 满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并

43、把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。AGrandma was going to turn eighty-two on Friday. I heard Mom ordering a cake from the bakery over the phone. “Dont put any icing on it,” she said, “Just a plain angel cake.” Angel cake with fresh strawberries was her favorite. So Mum was ready.That afternoon when Dad came home he sh

44、owed me the phone he had bought for Grandma. “It has speed-dialing,” he said. “She wont have to push so many buttons when she calls the doctors office or her sister.” Dad looked pleased. “Her fingers are so stiff with arthritis (关节炎) that the phone seems a good idea.”But what about me? Here I was wi

45、th only one dollar in my pocket and one night to think of a gift. Even though Mom always insisted that “its the thought that counts,” I had a big problem. My mind was even more empty of ideas than my wallet was empty of money.When I have a problem, it sometimes helps to shoot a few baskets in the dr

46、iveway. Dribble, shoot, rebound.For a while I just played without even trying to think. I began to remember back before Granddad died, when we used to visit them in Kentucky, Granddad showed me how to do a jump shot. Thinking about Granddad made me sigh. Grandmas life was a lot happier when he was a

47、live.Swish! Id made two in a row.Suddenly, I remembered a green glass dish in the shape of a leaf that Grandma used to keep on a table back in Kentucky. It was always full of those red-and-white-striped peppermint candies. I hadnt thought of that dish for a long time. Maybe it was lost or broken whe

48、n Dad rented the truck and brought Grandma and the belongings to Ohio.Just thinking about that candy dish made me taste the peppermint slowly dissolving on my tongue. I could almost hear Grandma saying，“Help yourself to a piece of peppermint, Burt.” That voice had a smile behind it. It was a voice I

49、 hadnt heard for a long time.Aha! I took one last shot, then dribbled to the back door, ran up the steps two at a time, and grabbed my wallet.36. What do you know about the authors grandma?A. She has difficulty moving fingers.B. She loves high-tech products.C. She doesnt like a plain cake.D. She has

50、 a sweet tooth.37. What does the underlined word “dissolving” mean in the last paragraph but one?A. Melting.B. Chewing.C. Swallowing.D. Fading.38. What would the writer probably buy in the end?A. Something decorative for candies.B. Something bringing good memories.C. Something convenient to use.D. S

51、omething to Grandmas taste.39. What is the best title of the text?A. The Good Old DaysB. The Gift of GratitudeC. The Thought That CountsD. The Inspiration from Basketball【答案】36. A 37. A 38. B 39. C【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者给奶奶准备生日礼物的故事。【36题详解】推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Her fingers are so stiff with arthritis (关节炎) th

52、at the phone seems a good idea.（她的手指因关节炎而僵硬，所以这个电话作为礼物似乎是个很好的主意。）”可知奶奶的手指动起来有困难。故选A。【37题详解】词义猜测题。画线句“Just thinking about that candy dish made me taste the peppermint slowly dissolving on my tongue. （一想到那盘糖果，我就尝到了在舌头上慢慢溶解的薄荷味。）”中的“taste the peppermint（尝到了薄荷味）”可知糖在舌头融化，所以“dissolving ”的意义为融化，故选A。【38题详解

53、】推理判断题。根据第五段最后一句“Thinking about Granddad made me sigh. Grandmas life was a lot happier when he was alive.（想到爷爷，我不禁叹了口气。他活着的时候奶奶的生活要快乐得多。）”结合倒数第二段“Just thinking about that candy dish made me taste the peppermint slowly dissolving on my tongue. I could almost hear Grandma saying，“Help yourself to a pi

54、ece of peppermint, Burt.” That voice had a smile behind it. It was a voice I hadnt heard for a long time.（一想到那盘糖果，我就尝到了在舌头上慢慢溶解的薄荷味。我几乎能听到奶奶说:“吃块薄荷吧，Burt。”那声音背后带着微笑。那是一个我很久没有听到的声音。）”可知作者想起了以前的欢乐的事情，一些具有从前记忆的东西也许能让奶奶开心，可推测作者最后会去买带来美好回忆的东西作为礼物。故选B。【39题详解】主旨大意题。根据第三段“But what about me? Here I was with

55、only one dollar in my pocket and one night to think of a gift. Even though Mom always insisted that “its the thought that counts,”（但是我呢?我只有一美元在我的口袋和一个晚上想一件礼物。尽管妈妈总是坚持认为“心意才是最重要的”，）”可知作者想要给奶奶买礼物，但是钱不够，妈妈的观点是“心意是最重要的”，结合下文作者想了很久才想到带着美好记忆的礼物，可知“心意才是最重要的”适合做本文的标题，故选C。BOnce there was a circle that was mi

56、ssing a piece. A large triangular wedge (三角形楔子) had been cut out of it. The circle wanted to be whole with nothing missing, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete, it could roll only very slowly. As it rolled slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It ch

57、atted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It took the mis