广东省河源市优胜中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析

1、广东省河源市优胜中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. the white-flag dolphin, _ rare chinese mammal, is in _ dangerous state of dying out. a. the; / b. the; thec. a; ad. a; /参考答案：c2. i always confuse john with dave, though they dont look _.a. alike       b. like   

2、      c. likeable         d. likely参考答案：a3. the _ of booking tickets in advance is that you can get better seats.    a. approach      b.

3、0;advantage      c. union              d. state参考答案：b4. _her,  he waved a hello.a. seeing    b. seec. saw    d. having seen参考答案：a考查分词。句意：看到她，他挥了挥手。该句逗号之前是句子状语，see与其逻

4、辑主语之间he之间是主动关系，应该用现在分词seeing做状语。故选a.5. _ by keeping down costs will power-data hold its advantage over other companies.a. yetb. justc. still  d. only参考答案：d6. some groups still have difficulties _ access _ social services.a. gain; inb. gaining; toc. to gain; tod. gaining; of参考答案：b7. the meeting

5、was over, but the problem _ unsolved. a. kept             b. left            c. continued           d. remained 参考答案：d8. the manager has to go on

6、 a business trip. his company will be left in _ of his secretary.a. charge            b. need          c. place        d. the charge 参考答案：d9. do you still remember t

7、he day when we went to the great wall? i cant remember it well, but       sometime last autumn?       a. might it be                      &#

8、160;     b. could it have been  c. could it be                            d. must it have been参考答案：b 10. doctor are doing researchto find ou

9、t what happens physically when people     smoking.a. quit   b. decline   c. refuse   d. stopped参考答案：a11. a survey of the opinions of experts    _that three hours of outdoor exercise a week        

10、0; good for ones health.    a.show; are      b.shows; is            c.show;is          d.shows;are  参考答案：b略12. unless_, this law will make life difficult for fa

11、rmers.a. changed    b. changing    c. being changedd. is changing参考答案：a13.      english-speaking people are very tolerant of mistakes and often dont even notice them. they are much more interested in what you are saying,      

12、; how you are saying it.         a. other than                      b. more than           

13、0; c. less than               d. rather than 参考答案：d24. only when people have enough to eat and plenty to wear _ to talk about environmental protection.a. it makes sense          &#

14、160;                b. does it make sense   c. that it makes sense                              

15、;        d. do they make参考答案：b略15.  these issues are directly relevant _ the needs of slow learners.    a. with                        

16、            b. for                                    c. against 

17、                                    d. to 参考答案：d16. after john stayed in shanghai for a couple of days, he got the impression

18、_ the city was very fascinating.      a. which            b. why                c. where            

19、 d. that参考答案：d略17. in preparing scientific reports of laboratory experiments, a student should _ his findings in logical order and clear language.a. finish  b. proposec. raise      d. present参考答案：dpresent“呈现；描述；出示”，故选d项。18. when shall we start?let's _ the time for the tr

20、ip. what about 8:30? is that all right?a. set    b. meet   c. make     d. take参考答案：a19. -how long has your grandma_?    -about three months.afallen ill    bbeen ill  cfall ill  dbe ill参考答案：b二、 书面表达20. 读写任务（共1小题，满分25

21、分）  阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。     if you wake up this morning feeling healthy, you are more blessed than millions who will not survive this week. if you have never experienced the danger of battle, or the pains of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

22、if you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back , you are richer than 75% of this world . if you have money in the bank, or in your wallet, you are among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy. if your parents are still alive and still married , you are very rare , even in the united states .if

23、 you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not . if you can read this, you are more blessed than over two billion people in world that cannot read at all . 写作内容  ks5u1. 以约30个词概括这段短文的内容；  2. 以“should we comp

24、lain about our life”为题，发表自己的观点，该部分大约120词，包括以下内容要点：(1).我们是否应该抱怨我们的生活：(2).实际生活中，许多学生牢骚满腹，抱怨各种不公、压力过大、考试太多、作业太多等；(3).部分学生认为生活条件差，不如别人；(4).作为学生，我们应该怎么做。写作要求  1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；  2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。  概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。  参考答案：possible version : 

25、 should we complain about our lifethis passage tries to persuade readers that they should feel blessed for their present life, for compared with those countless unfortunate people in the world, they are living a happy enough life.in my opinion, we shouldnt complain about our life any longer. we are

26、lucky enough to live comfortably and study in bright classrooms compared with a great many people in poor areas.however, as everybody can see, some students are always complaining as if the whole world did them a great wrong. they are not content with what they own. they often complain of too much h

27、omework to do, too many exams to take, poor food to eat, other peoples shortcomings to deal with, and poor family. in a word, they feel very stressed and that there is almost nothing that can make them happy.anyway, i think we should bear in mind that we are students and that we should concentrate o

28、n our study rather than complain about our life.三、 阅读理解21. most children, even the youngest of children, are delighted to be around cats and dogs. but these pets carry plenty of germs and allergens（过敏原）, prompting researchers to ask: are cats and dogs really safe for children？a study finds that, con

29、trary to many parents fears, owning cats or dogs does not increase a childs risk of developing allergies, and in fact, may actually protect them. the studys lead author, dr. dennic ownby of the medical college of georgia, says that even he was “very surprised” by the results. ownby and colleagues fo

30、llowed more than 470 children from birth to age 6 or 7, comparing those exposed to cats and dogs during their first year of life to those who were not.by using skin-prick tests for detecting common allergies, the researchers found that, contrary to what many doctors had been taught for years, childr

31、en who had lived with a pet were not at greater risk.even more remarkable, children who had two or more dogs or cats had an even greater reduction, up to 77 percent, in risk of allergies. researchers suggest this protective effect may be the result of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carr

32、ied by dogs and cats. exposing young children to these bacteria helps" exercise" their immune systems early in life so that they're better able to resist allergic diseases later.there's something very important in that first year of life when the immune system is developing that we

33、 can retrain it away from an allergic response, said dr. william davis.    and while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs or cats just to reduce a childs allergy risk, they say if a family already has one or more animals, there's no need to get rid of them. 56. why do the researchers feel “very surprised” by the results of the study?abecause the results are contrary to their expectationbbecause so many chi