山东省东营市石油大学附属中学2023年高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析

1、山东省东营市石油大学附属中学2023年高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. How time flies!Yeah. It seems like yesterday that I graduated from college. I cant believe I for 10 years!A. had worked B. am workingC. workedD. have been working参考答案：D2. He stopped his friends, beginning his story_, declaring his innocence(清白). A. sooner or

2、 later B. more or less C. over and over again D. here and there参考答案：C3. Our teacher looked here and there on our playground _looking for something.Aeven though Beven if Cas if Donly if参考答案：C4. Books are a worthy invention of human history since they make it possible for us to make a_of humans though

3、ts.A. plan B. sign C. point D. record参考答案：D5. For a moment nothing happened .Then _ of the falling stones and soils.A .noises had come B .came noises C. noises would come D .did noises come 参考答案：B6. Im sorry, the sales manager is not _. He is on the telephone at the moment.A. enthusiastic B. greedy

4、C. optimistic D. available参考答案：D7. As he was getting worse and worse, he asked his lawyer to _ a will, leaving all his property to his grandson.A. take up B. call upC. draw up D. turn up参考答案：Cdraw up“起草”； draw up a will“起草一份遗书”， 符合句意。take up“占据”； call up“打电话”； turn up“出现”。8. I think you should phone

5、 Jenny and say sorry to her. _. It was her fault. A. No way B. Not possible C. No chance D. Not at all 参考答案：A略9. 34Some birds are very lively in their sports; the same is true some insects Ain Bfrom Cof Dto参考答案：C略10. The young man suggested the problem worth paying attention _ at the meeting.A. to b

6、e discussed B. to been discussed C. being discussed D. be discussed参考答案：A略11. As the director, he is always about every detail of the opening ceremony of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.Aparticular Bespecial C special Ddirect参考答案：A12. I had just posted the letter when I remembered that I hadnt _ the ch

7、eque.A. imposedB. involvedC. enclosedD. contained参考答案：C略13. -Dont worry, Mum. The doctor said it was only the flu.-_! Ill tell Dad theres nothing serious.A. What a reliefB. CongratulationsC. How surprisingD. Im so sorry参考答案：A14. By the 1850s Noah Websters first book was selling one million copies a

8、year , _ it one of the most popular school books ever .A. make B. made C. making D. to make参考答案：C15. My suggestion is _ we should start making preparations for the evening party now.A. that B. what C. one D. which参考答案：A略16. Whenever I get into trouble, I always _ Peter. A. carry on B. count on C. tu

9、rn on D. move on 参考答案：B17. We have missed the train! _, therell be another in ten minutes. A. Thats fine B. Never mind C. Come on D. Dont mention it参考答案：B略18. These farming methods have the same goal: to avoid _ the environment or peoples health.A. to damage B. damage C. damaging D. damaged参考答案：C二、

10、短文改错19. 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，该行右边横线上画一个勾（ ）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误，则按下列情况改正：此行多一词：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉；在该行右边的横线上写上该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符（），在该行右边的横线上写上该加的词。此行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。Most families in China hoped their single children willhave happy future, and they are strict with

11、 their children. So do teachers in schools! Many children are given so much homework that they have hard any spare time to have sports. The children are forbidden to do anything but to study. No wonder so many children are tired about lessons. Some even attack or kill his parents and teachers! I bel

12、ieve many people have already read this kind of news in newspapers or magazines.Shouldnt we draw a lesson from the accidents? Now our governmentis carrying out a plan to solving the education problems.参考答案：1. hopedhope 2. future前加a 3. doare 4. hard-hardly 5. 去掉第二个to6. aboutof 7. histheir 8. solvings

13、olve三、 阅读理解20. 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。每个空格只填1个单词。For more than twenty years scientists have been seeking to understand the mystery of thesixth senseof directionBy trying out ideas and solving problems one by one，they are now getting closer to one answerOne funny idea is that animals

14、might have a built-in compass(指南针)Our earth itself is a big magnet(磁体)So a little magnetic needle that swings freely linesitself with the big earth magnet to point north and southWhen people discovered that idea about athousand years ago and invented the compass，it allowed sailors to navigate (航海)on

15、 oceanvoyages, even under cloudy skies. Actuallly the idea of the living compass came just from observing animals in natureMany birds migrate twice a year between their summer homes and winter homesSome of them fly for thousands of kilometers and mostly at nightExperiments have shown that some birds

16、 can recognize star patternsBut they can keep on course even under cloudy skiesHow can they do that?A common bird that does not migrate but is great at finding its way home is the homing pigeonNot all pigeons can find their way homeThose that can are very good at it，and they have been widely studied

17、 One interesting experiment was to attach little magnets to the birds heads to block theirmagnetic sensejust as a loud radio can keep you from hearing a call to dinnerOn sunny days, that did not fool the pigeonsEvidently they can use the sun to tell which way they are goingBut on cloudy days，the pig

18、eons with magnets could not find their wayIt was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic senseSimilar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybeesThese insects also seem to have a special sense ot directionIn spite of the experiments，the idea of an animal compass seemed pr

19、etty extraordinaryHowwould an animal get the magnetic stuff for a compass.An answer came from an unexpected sourceA scientist was studying bacteria that live in themud of ponds and marshesHe found accidentally little rod-like bacteria that all swam together inone directionnorthFurther study showed t

20、hat each little bacterium had a chain of dense particles inside，whichproved magneticThe bacteria had made themselves into little magnets that could line up with theearths magnetThe big news was that a living thing，even a simple bacterium，can make magnetiteThat ledto a search to see whether animals m

21、ight have it. By using a special instrument called magnetometer，scientists were able to find magnetite in bees and birds，and even in fishIn eachanimal，except for the beethe magnetic stuff was always in or closer to the brainThusthe idea of a builtin animal compass began to seem reasonable The Magnet

22、ic Sense The Living CompassPassage outlineSupporting detailsThe existence of the earth magnet and the invention of the navigating compassOur earth is a big magnet and a little freely (71) magnetic needle lines itself with the earth magnet to point north and south.(72) on the idea above, the navigating compass was invented.The possibility of birds built-in compasses One piece of evidence is the (73) of many birds betwe