2022-2023学年广东省茂名市米粮中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析

1、2022-2023学年广东省茂名市米粮中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. Unemployment in USA is likely to remain high in 2011, and _ for the next few years.A. possibly B. necessarily C. gradually D. normally参考答案：A略2. It is _ to have achieved so much in such a short time.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything参考答案：A3.

2、Mr. Smith was warm-hearted and always ready to help others; _, he was respected by everyone.A. in returnB. in conclusionC. in advanceD. in addition参考答案：A考查介词短语。句意：史密斯先生是热心肠的，总是乐于帮助别人；作为回报，他被所有人尊敬。in return作为回报；in conclusion总之；in advance提前；in addition此外。故选A。4. -Can you tell me who is the president of

3、 your company?-The person now.A. interviewing B. being interviewed C. to be interviewed D. interviewed参考答案：B5. Sorry, Im late. Thats OK. Youre here and thats what _. A. does B. works C. stays D. counts参考答案：D6. Weveworkedoutamethod_ourproductioncanbegreatlyraised. A.that B.what C.ofwhich D.bywhich参考答

4、案：D7. Regular public broadcasting followed shortly afterwards, first _ on 1l May 1928 in New York and on 20August 1929 in London.A. beginningB. beganC. to beginD. was begun参考答案：A8. There is _ thing as a free lunch. A. not such B. no such a C. one such a D. no such参考答案：D9. The Smiths have just moved

5、here and they are busy with their new house and _. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing参考答案：A句意：史密斯夫妇刚搬到这里,他们忙于新房子的一切。everything （有关的）一切；something 某事，某物；anything 任何事；nothing 什么也没有。根据句意可知答案为A。10. The thieves got_and ran away.A. scared B. afraidC. frightening D. scaring参考答案：A“get过去分词”往往用来

6、表示一个被动的动作，如get hurt/killed/burnt等，此处指“小偷们受到了惊吓，跑掉了”，故应用A项。B项不用于被动结构，只表状态，C、D两项常用来描述一件事(物)的性质而非人的心理状态。11. Have you ever visited Hangzhou No. 2 High School?Yes. When I was in Zhejiang, I _ it twice.A. have visited B. visited C. had visited D. would visit参考答案：B12. May I ask you a(n)_ whether you will a

7、ccompany my old father while I am away?A. favourB. approvalC. assessmentD. sympathy 参考答案：A13. Ive read another book this week. Well, maybe _ is not how much you read but what you read that counts. A. this B. that C. there D. it参考答案：D14. Some people have no idea that by helping a criminal they could

8、_ with a prison sentence.A. come up B. end up C. put up D. catch up参考答案：B15. -You dont so well, Betty. Whats the matter with you?-Im going to have the first round of interview tomorrow, so Im_.A. feeling on cloud nine B. feeling hot under the collarC. felling down in the dumps D. feeling butterflies

9、 in my stomach参考答案：D【详解】考查习惯用语。句意：-贝蒂，你不太好。怎么了？-我明天要去第一轮面试，所以我感到心里七上八下的。A. feeling on cloud nine飘飘然；B. feeling hot under the collar怒气冲冲；C. felling down in the dumps情绪低落；D. feeling butterflies in my stomach七上八下。由上文可知，贝蒂此刻是因为明天的面试感到紧张，心里七上八下，故选D。【点睛】本题考查习惯用语，对学生对英美文化的了解和俗语成语的掌握和熟悉要求比较高。因此学生平时应多积累这方面的知

10、识，以免造成在做题和考试中因为知识匮乏造成的丢分情况。16. Excuse me, Mr. Brown. _ you speak Chinese?Yes, butt only a little.A. ShallB. Must C. May D. Can参考答案：D17. Though they stopped their fight, they still stood there, _ each other.Astaring at Bgazing at Cglaring at Dlooking at参考答案：C18. Can you show me Mr.Jaffers office，plea

11、se?_.But I dont know if he is in at the moment.AThanks BGo onCSure DYou are welcome参考答案：C二、 短文改错19. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( )，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。In th

12、e summer vacation, our family travelled to Xiamen and paid visit to my brother there.The journey we were walking on was long and bored. But as soon as I arrived, I fall in love with the city. The reason is because it is a very charming place.The streets are cleaning and the sky is blue. If you walk

13、along the coast, you can feel the wind to blowing on your face. The sea is vast and sometimes you can find a boat or a ship. You may also do some fishing as far as it is permitted. Besides, I think the driver there drive too fast in the street. You can never be too careless when crossing the street.

14、参考答案：In the summer vacation, our family travelled to Xiamen and paid visit to my brother athere.The journey we were walking on was long and bored. But as soon as I arrived, I fall in love boring fellwith the city. The reason is because it is a very charming place.The streets are cleaning and the tha

15、t cleansky is blue. If you walk along the coast, you can feel the wind to blowing on your face. The sea is 去掉 vast and sometimes you can find a boat or a ship. You may also do some fishing as far as it is longpermitted. Besides, I think the driver there drive too fast in the street. You can never be

16、 too However drivers careless when crossing the street.careful.固定搭配：对的访问，可知在pay后加a。.句意：旅途是令人厌烦的。故把bored-boring。 .本文在讲过去的事情，根据as soon as I arrived,可知主句用一般过去时态，故把fall-fell。. The reason做主语，后面的比偶语从句用引导，故把because-that。.句意：街道是干净的，天空是蓝色的。用形容词作表语，故把cleaning-clean。. 句意：你会感觉到风正吹在你的脸上。此处是现在分词做宾语补足语，feel+宾语+doi

17、ng sth.，故把to blowing的to去掉。7.句意：只要允许，你也可以钓鱼。As long as只要，故把far- long。8.句意：然而，我认为那里的司机在大街上开得太快。此处表示转折，故把Besides-However。9.句意：然而，我认为那里的司机在大街上开得太快。“那里的司机”应该是一个复数概念，故把driver-drivers。10.句意：当你穿过大街的时候，越细心越好。根据句意可知把careless-careful。【名师点睛】“cannot too”结构表示“无论怎么也不算过分”、“越越好”、“要格外”的意思。表示此意的结构有下列几种：1. cannot +动词+t

18、oo +形容词或副词。如：We cannot be too careful in doing experiments.我们做实验时越仔细越好。2. cannot + over动词/cannot + be +over-形容词。如：We cannot overemphasize the importance of learning a foreign language.我们无论怎么强调学习外语的重要性也不过分。3. cannot+动词+too much （much enough）。如：We cannot praise him too much.我们无论怎样表扬他也不算过分。4. cannot +动

19、词+形容词或副词+enough。在“cannot too”结构中的too可换成enough; not也可换成never, hardly等否定词。如：You can never be strong enough.强壮的身体有百利无一害。5. cannot +动词+too many +可数名词（或too much +不可数名词）。如：I think it right that one cannot learn too much knowledge.我认为一个人的知识越多越好。【名师点睛】reason理由（名词），reasonable合情合理的（形容词）1. reason （1）the reason

20、 for sth. /doing sth.为某事或做某事的理由。the reason for his being late他迟到的理由（2）reason理由（名词），在句中做主语，后面的表语从句用that引导。The reason was that he had little education.理由是他受教育少。（3）reason理由（名词），作先行词，在定语从句中作原因状语时用why引导定语从句，比如：The reason why he was late for class was that his mother was ill.他上课迟到的理由是她的妈妈病了。reason理由（名词），作

21、先行词，在定语从句中作主语或宾语时用that/which,比如：The reason that/which she gave me was that she had got up late.他给我的理由是他起床晚了。2. reasonable合情合理的（形容词），连系动词后面作表语。What he said sounded reasonable.他说的话是合情合理的。三、 阅读理解20. Parents play a very important role in childrens development, but that doesnt mean that parents should sp

22、end all their money in educating their children. Or else, it would be unfair to them. However, some modern Chinese parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia without caring about the money. They also want their children to take ext

23、ra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor coupl

24、es will buy a computer for their son or daughter.However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.Parents can see that their childrens skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize

25、though, is that todays children lack self-respect and self-confidence.The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents arent teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.Parent

26、s can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing housework.Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. Its an enjoyable but difficult experiment. A good cook always tries to improve his coo

27、king, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and aro

28、use his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities arent merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.8. According to this passage, there are som

29、e problems with _.A. the Chinese childrens skillsB. the education system of ChinaC. the Chinese parents idea of educating their childrenD. the Chinese childrens hobbies9. The writer of this passage seems to agree that parents in China _.A. are too strict with their childrenB. are too rich to educate

30、 their childrenC. are too poor to educate their childrenD. have some problems in educating their children correctly10. We can conclude that cooking at home helps children_.A. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future.B. learn how to become strong and fatC. learn how to serve their parent

31、sD. make their parents believe that they are clever11. The last paragraph shows that_.A. broken radios and television sets are usefulB. an engineer must fix many broken radiosC. ones curiosity may be useful for his later lifeD. a good student should spend much time repairing radios参考答案：8. C 9. D 10.

32、 A 11. C父母在孩子的成长中起很大的作用，但是很多家长在教育孩子方面存在认识误区。给孩子最好的教育是在生活的实际技能培养中教会孩子快乐，自信和聪明。8. 推理判断题。根据第一段的描述The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education.中国人认为教育越过越好。因此家长们在教育方面花过度不合理的钱。可推断中国父母对孩子的教育理念由问题。故选C。9.

33、 推理判断题。根据文章第二，第三段作者的观点However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.但是，大部分家长没有明白的是他们能给孩子最好的早期教育通常是非常便宜的。What most parents fail to realize though, is that todays children lack self-respect and self-confidence.大部分家长没有意识的是今天的孩

34、子们缺少自尊和自信。可知作者认为中国的父母对于正确教育孩子方面是有些问题的。故选D。10. 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段内容Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. Its an enjoyable but difficult experiment.教孩子做饭能提高孩子后期生活中需要的很多技能。做饭要求耐心和时间。这是一个愉快但是苦难的实验。可知孩子在家中做饭会从中受益并且为将来做准备。故选

35、。11. 段落大意题。根据最后一段的内容Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. These activities arent merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important一些你给孩子玩的破机器会

36、激发他的好奇心和兴趣。这些活动会交给孩子思考，这更重要。可知孩子的好奇心对他后来的生活很重要。故选C。【名师点睛】推理判断主要的解题策略有：（1）根据不同文体，推断目的意图。不同的文章可能有不同的写作目的, 通常作者的写作目的有以下三种：1) to entertain readers（娱乐读者，让人发笑），常见于故事类的文章。2) to persuade readers（说服读者接受某种观点）常见于广告类的文章。3) to inform readers（告知读者某些信息）多见于科普类新闻报道类文化类或社会类的文章。阅读时要善于根据文章的文体来学会推断作者的情感态度和目的。（2）根据用词风格，推断情感态度。一篇好的文章，其用词风格常常直接流露或蕴含作者的内心世界和情感态度。所以阅读时要善于捕捉表达或暗示情感态度的词句或短语，捕捉那些烘托气氛，渲染情感的词句，进而很好地洞察作者的思想倾向，是支持、反对抑或中立？对于选项而言，要分清选项中的褒义词、中性