安徽省宿州市皇殿中学2022-2023学年高二英语下学期期末试卷含解析VIP

1、安徽省宿州市皇殿中学2022-2023学年高二英语下学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. -Mom，guess what?Ive won the 1st prize!-This _ a celebration! Lets go to prepare a party.Ahelps out Bworks outCcalls for Dpays off参考答案：C【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：-妈妈，猜猜是什么？我赢得了第一名。-这真的需要庆祝一下，我让我们去准备个派对吧。A. helps out 帮助解决；B. works out解决，计算出；C. calls for 要求，需要；D. pays

2、off偿清。根据句意可知，此处表达“需要”的意思，结合四个选项，故选C。2. Although some boys in his situation _ crime to get money for food and clothing , he never did.A. must have turned to B. might have turned toC. should have turned to D. could have turned to参考答案：B3. The letters PLA _ the Peoples Liberation Army.A. mean for B. tur

3、n for C. long for D. stand for参考答案：D4. Thanks a million for the favor you have done us. _. A. You are too politeB. It doesnt matter C. NO problem D. No way参考答案：C5. Mark have hurried. After driving at top speed, he arrived half an hour early.A. neednt B. wouldnt C. mustnt D. couldnt 参考答案：A6. Hot _ th

4、e night air was, we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey.A. althoughB. asC. while D. however参考答案：B略7. -Would you like some wine?-_.A. Yes, just little B. No. Thank you just the sameC. No. I dont want D. Yes, Id like参考答案：B8. The holiday was ending, it _ to both of them that th

5、ey still had loads of homework to do.Ahappened Boccurred Cthought Dtook place参考答案：B2.The meeting _ tomorrow will be of great importance. All of us should attend it. A. held B.to be held C.being held D.is going to be held 参考答案：B略10. Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year, _ a

6、 record US$57.65 a barrel on April 4.A. have reached B. reachingC. to reach D. to be reaching 参考答案：B11. The car club couldnt _ to meet the demands of all its members.Aassume BguaranteeCensure Dconfirm参考答案：B【详解】考查动词词义辨析。A. assume假定；B. guarantee保证；C. ensure确保；D. confirm确认。句意：那家汽车俱乐部不能保证满足所有会员的要求。guara

7、ntee to do表示“保证做”，故B项正确。12. E-mail, as well as telephones, _ an important part in daily communication.Ais playing Bhave played Care playing Dplay参考答案：A略13. This_my first experience,I stayed at the top and watched them.A.being B.to be C.been D.is参考答案：A14. There is no doubt that his knowledge of Frenc

8、h was adequate _ the job. A. to B. for C. with D. at参考答案：B15. His spare time is made full use_ law. A. to study B. study C. of studying D. of to study参考答案：D二、 填空16. I used to hunt and have killed quite a few deer. There was great _61_(excite) in waiting and shooting. One cold morning in winter, I we

9、nt alone to _62_ hillside. I carried my gun and three thick _63_(sandwich). I found a natural hiding place, _64_(clear) the snow and settled down. I sat there _65_(wait) for about an hour. Nothing showed.Suddenly, a beautiful male deer appeared less than 20 feet away from me. Surely I couldnt miss i

10、t. The fact _66_ I couldnt miss it made me wait for him to realize I was there. I waited for him to run with a start.To my surprise, he came towards me! He was curious, I suppose. He must have known about men and _67_(they) guns. But he walked right up _68_ I was sitting. Then he stopped and looked

11、at me!What happened next was hard _69_(believe). But it all seemed quite natural. I reached up and scratched his head. And he liked it. That big, wild, beautiful deer bent his head. He _70_(practical) asked for more.I scratched his body and fed him my last sandwich. Then he went his way, down the hi

12、ll. I just watched him go-a strong deer carrying a proud head.参考答案：61. excitement62. a 63. sandwiches 64. cleared 65. waiting66. that 67. their 68. where 69. to believe 70. practically三、 阅读理解17. When Lady Gaga releases a new, pleasing and easily remembered single, it quickly goes around the world. N

13、ow scientists have discovered the same thing happens with the songs of another creature-the humpback whale. The mammals become absorbed by new tunes just like people do, and the most popular original whale songs spread globally like hit singles.Male humpback whales are famed for the loud, long and c

14、omplicated songs they make during the mating season. Each song lasts for 10 to 20 minutes and the males can sing nonstop for 24 hours. At any one time, all the males in a population sing the same song.But a study shows that this song changes over time and spreads around the oceans. Dr. Ellen Garland

15、 of Queensland University, said: “Songs move like cultural communication from one population to another, causing all males to change their song to a new version.”Researchers recorded songs from six neighboring populations of whales in the Pacific over a decade. They found that new versions of the so

16、ngs appear over time and always spread from west to east. It takes two years for songs that appear in the waters off Australia to be heard in French Polynesia.Most of the new songs contain material from the previous year mixed with something new. “ It would be like getting an old Beatles song togeth

17、er with U2,” she said. “ Occasionally they completely throw the current song out of the window and start singing a completely new song”.Dr. Garland believes that a small number of whales may migrate to other populations carrying the new songs with them, or that they are heard by passing whales.The r

18、esearchers suspect whales adopt new songs to make themselves distinct. Dr. Garland said: “ we think this male search for new songs is in the hope of being that little bit different and perhaps more attractive to the opposite sex.”17What is the main idea of the text?AThe humpback whale likes to hear

19、Lady Gagas songs.BThe humpback whales tunes sound like Lady Gaga.CLady Gagas new single gained worldwide popularity.DThe songs of humpback whales can spread globally.18According to the text, we can learn that_Ahumpback whales dont like living in groups.Bnew songs contain nothing that is in the old s

20、ongs.Chumpback whales in the west change their tunes first.Dfemale humpback whales can sing loud and long songs.19According to the text, male humpback whales sing new songs to _A. follow the fashion.B. attract female whales.C. communicate with each other.D. get accepted by another population.20In which part of the website may the text appear?A. News B. Amusement.C. Education. D. Health参考答案：17D 18C 19B 20A试题分析: 本文是科普类阅读，讲述的是当Lady Gaga发行自己的新专辑时，轻而易举地享誉全球时，科学家惊喜地发现同样的音乐天才鲸鱼也有“发行音乐专辑并唱歌”的权利。17D