高二上学期英语期中测试2[必修五]

1、高二上学期期中测试题第一卷（选择题 共85分）第一部分:英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节:单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)1. It is difficult for us to learn a lesson in life _weve actually had that lesson.A. until B. after C. since D. when 2. Peter received a letter just now _ his grandma would come to see him soon.Asaid Bsays Csaying Dto say3. -Co

2、uld you turn the TV down a little bit?-_. Is it disturbing you?A. Take it easy. B. Im sorry. C. Not a bit D. It depends4. The students in the class were _ four groups before they started the game.A divided into B separated into C divided from D separated into5. Most of the people _ to the party were

3、 famous scientists.A. invitedB. to invitedC. being invitedD. inviting6. As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area _.A. need repairingB. needs to repairC. needs repairingD. need to repair7. -“Did you have any difficulty in todays homework?” -“No, in fact I found _.” A.

4、 it very easy to doB. it very easy done C. very easy for doingD. very easy to do it8. There was a traffic jam. _，he was late.A As a result B As a result of C As the result D As result9. The _of the clock _me that I was late.A view; reminded B sight; recalledC sight; reminded D view; recalled10 I wil

5、l _ Jane today, as she cant come to the meeting herself.A take place B take place of C take the place D take the place of11. -They havent finished all the work up to now.-They _.A should B ought to C are supposed to D are supposed to have12Come and see me whenever _.A you are convenient B you will b

6、e convenient C it is convenient to you D it will be convenient to you13. Tom is good at his work, but he seems to _ confidence.A lack B lack of C lacking in D short of14. The class _ 80 students is hard to manage.A consisting of B consists of C making up of D made up 15. Only then _the importance of

7、 my health.A did I realize B had I realized C I realized D I had realized第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 “Where would we be right now if I did not have the restaurant? How else would I be able to provide for our family? Who give me, a man wit

8、hout 16，a job?” My father 17 say these things on our car rides to the stores that supply our 18.He would tell me stories of long, hard hours spent 19 in the hot kitchen and helping all the 20. Now I 21 late on weekends to welcome him when he comes home， 22 that he will tell me something 23 .He alway

9、s knows how to inspire me. I could never understand 24 he grew to be so wise without even having the opportunity to complete high school.“Make sure you get a job 25 you have to wear a tie!” hed always say with a smile. They were like a paintbrush(画笔) that began 26 this beautiful picture in my head t

10、hat I have entitled(有资格的)my 27 in life.My father has worked day in and day out，with few days off, for 20 years, never 28 .He would explain how this is 29 he had to do to make my 30 better. My father worked so I 31 go to the best schools. He worked to supply me with 32 that would provide a job where

11、I had to wear a tie.My father is a 33 in which I can only hope to catch a reflection(反省)of myself. He is the one I strive to model myself after. 34 , when I make a great name for myself as a doctor, someone will ask, “Where did you get such a great work ethic (道德) ?”“My father!” I ll say, adjusting(

12、调整) my 35 and I ll smile.16. A work B education C money D an education17. A used to B would C always D might18. A family B kitchen C restaurant D hotel19. A to work B work C works D working20. A friends B cooks C customers D waiters21. A hold up B keep up C stand up D stay up 22. A wished B wishing

13、C hoped D hoping23. A wonderful B interesting C big D wise24. A why B how C where D when25. A when B where C which D that26. A drawing B describing C imagining D painting27. A job B success C goal D future 28. A complained B complains C complaining D complaint29. A what B that C which D why30. A job

14、 B life C days D future31. A would B could C should D should32. A opportunities B hopes C occasions D possibilities33. A model B mirror C hero D example34. A The other day B Another day C Some days D One day35. A tie B suit C dress D shirt 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳

15、选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI first went to Harrow in the summer term. The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen. It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him into the pool. I made quite a habit of this with boys of my own size or less.One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on t

16、he side of the pool. He was no bigger than I was, so I thought him a fair game. Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet, I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and a being of great strength masking its way by face strokes (

17、猛力地划)to the shore. I fled, but in vain. He overtook me, seized me violently, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool. I soon climbed out on the other side, and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys.” Do you know what you have done?” they said, “Its Amery; he is in Grade Six. He i

18、s champion at gym; he has got his football honor.”I was frightened and felt ashamed. How could I tell his position when be was wrapped in a bath towel and so small.” He didnt seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word,” My father, who is a great man, is also small.” At this be laughed,

19、 and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed.36. The writer thought Amery” a fair game” because the boy . A. looked like an animal B. was fond of gamesC. was of similar size D. was good at sports37. The writer f

20、elt” ashamed” because . A. he was laughed at by other boys B. Amery turned out to be in the same gradeC. he pushed Amery hard and hurt him D. he played a joke on an outstanding athlete38. By saying “My father, who is a great man, is also small”, the writer . A. tried to please Amery B. challenged Am

21、eryC. threatened Amery D. admired his father39. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The writer could run faster than Amery. B. The writer liked playing on boys of all sizes.C. Amery was a student in Grade Four.D. Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior.BHuntingThe days of the hunter are almost

22、 over in India. This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and partly because some steps have been taken, mainly by banning tiger-shooting, to protect those animals which still survive.Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter. I disagree with this view. Surely out earlie

23、st forefathers, who at first possessed no weapons, spent their time digging for roots, and were no doubt themselves often hunted by meat-eating animals.I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinks people will admire his courage in overpowering dangerous animals. Of course,

24、 there are some who truly believe that the killing is not really the important thing, and that the chief pleasure lies in the joy of the hunt and the beauties of the wild countryside. There are also those for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and risk death by design; these me

25、n go out after dangerous animals like tigers, even if they say they only do it to rid the countryside of a threat. I can respect reasons like these, but they are clearly different from the need to strengthen your high opinion of yourself.The greatest big-game hunters expressed in their writings some

26、thing of these finer motives(动机).One of them wrote.“You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly and on the animals own territory(领地)。You must fix forever in your mind all the wonders of that particular day. This is better than letting him grow a few years older to be attacked a

27、nd wounded by his own son and eventually eaten, half alive, by other animals, Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing not if you respect the thing you kill, not if you kill to enrich your memories, not if you kill to feed your people.”I can understand such beliefs, and can compare these hunters

28、 with those who hunted lions with spears(矛) and bravely caught them by the tail. But this is very different from many tigershoots I have seen, in which modern weapons were used. The socalled hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained elephants. Such methods made tigers seem no more d

29、angerous than rabbits.40. There is no more hunting in India now partly because_.A. it is dangerous to hunt there B. hunting is already out of dateC. hunters want to protect animals D. there are few animals left to hunt41. The author thinks modern hunters kill mainly_.A. to make the countryside safe

30、B. to earn peoples admirationC. to gain power and influence D. to improve their health42. What do we learn about the big-game hunters?A. They hunt old animals B. They mistreat animalsC. They hunt for food D. They hunt for money43. What is the authors view on the tiger-shoots he has seen?A. Modern hu

31、nters lack the courage to hunt face-to-faceB. Modern hunters should use more advanced weaponsC. Modern hunters like to hunt rabbits instead of tigersD. Modern hunters should put their safety firstCEarly one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell a

32、sleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had been c

33、aught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. T

34、hey came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he sh

35、ould make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practiced sewing machine.Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric l

36、ight, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unc

37、onscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages

38、to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.44. According to the passage, Elias Howe was_.A. the first

39、person we know of who solved problems in his sleepB. much more hard-working than other inventorsC. the first person to design a sewing machine that really workedD. the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams45. The problem Howe was trying to solve was_.A. what kind of thread to useB. ho

40、w to design a needle which would not breakC. where to put the needleD. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle46. Thomas Edison is spoken of because_.A. he also tried to invent a sewing machineB. he got some of his ideas from dreamsC. he was one of Howes best friendsD. he als

41、o had difficulty in falling asleep47. Dreams are sometimes called” secret messages to ourselves” because_.A. strange images are used to communicate ideasB. images which have no meaning are usedC. we can never understand the real meaningD. only specially trained people can understand themDIn 1977, a

42、dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world. In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to find

43、out the cause of her illness with confidence, so she was sent to Hammersmith Hospital in London. She was then only semi-conscious and on the "Dangerously Ill" list. A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only to discover that they, too, were confused by the very unusual symptoms (症状

44、). While they were discussing the baby's case, a nurse asked to speak to them. "Excuse me," said Nurse Marsha Maitlan, "but I think the baby is suffering from thallium (铊) poisoning." "What makes you think that?" Dr. Brown asked. "Thallium poisoning is extremel

45、y rare." "A few days ago, I was reading a novel called A Pale Horse by Agatha Christie," Nurse Maitlan explained. "In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms are described. They're exactly the same as the baby's." "You're very thoughtfu

46、l and you may be right," another doctor said. "We'll carry out some tests and find out whether it's thallium or not." Tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium, a rare metallic substance used in making special glass. Once they knew the cause of the illnes

47、s, the doctors were able to give the baby the correct treatment. She soon recovered and was sent back to Qatar. Later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (杀虫剂) used in Qatar. 48. The one who first suggested the correct cause of the baby's illness was _. A. a docto

48、r in Qatar B. Nurse Maitlan C. Dr. Brown D. Agatha Christie 49. The baby was sent to London because _. A. she was born there B. the hospitals in Qatar were full at that time C. she was the daughter of a doctor in London D. the Qatar doctors were not sure whether they could cure her 50. As far as we

49、can tell from the passage, Agatha Christie _. A. had never met this baby B. had spent a long time studying the baby's case C. visited the baby in the hospital at Hammersmith D. gave Nurse Maitlan some advice on the phone 51. It seems likely from the passage that the baby's illness had someth

50、ing to do with _. A. a dangerous pair of glasses B. the water in Qatar C. a harmful substance used to kill insects D. a dead writer EThe man from the west stopped and drew back his arm. "Youre not Jimmy Wells," he said in a quick and angry way, "Twenty years is a long time, but not lo

51、ng enough to change a man nose from a Roman to pug." "It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one,” said the tall man, "youve been under arrest for ten minutes. Silky Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and phones us she wants to have a word with you. Going quietl

52、y, are you? Thats sensible. Now before we go to the station heres a note I was asked to hand you. You may read it here at the window. Its from Patrolman Wells.?" The man from the West opened the little piece of paper handed him. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a littl

53、e by the time he抎 finished. The note was rather short. Bob: I was at the right place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldnt do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man (便衣) to do the job. 52. The man from the W

54、est must have broken the law _. A. in Chicago B. in New York C. in his hometown D. somewhere else 53. The man from the West recognized the tall man not to be the one he had been waiting for because the tall man _. A. had a different accent from his B. had a different nose from his friends C. was his

55、 another old friend D. said "Chicago wants to talk with you?" 54. The two men may have walked _. A. for ten minutes B. arm in arm C. face to face D. both A and B 55. We can suppose Jim _. A. was afraid of the man from the West B. got another man to help him when necessary C. had an appointment with Bob 20 years ago D. had something else to do and couldnt come himself 第II卷（共65分）第一节、完成句子（共10小题，每小题2分，满分 20分。）用所给短语的正确形式填空。In place lead to deal with take up make no difference sweep up apart from in addition to know about expose to56. When does the incoming manager _ his job?57. The le