2022-2023学年天津穿芳峪中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析

1、2022-2023学年天津穿芳峪中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. - What caused the party to be put off? - _ the invitations.A. Tom delayed sending B. Toms delaying sendingC. Tom delaying to send D. Tom delayed to send参考答案：B试题分析：考查动名词做主语的用法：问句是：什么导致会议被推迟的？回答应该是主语的内容，回答是省略式，完整的句子是：Toms delaying sending caused the party to be

2、 put off。Toms是逻辑主语，delay后面接动名词，选B。考点; 考查动名词作主语点评：做题时要学会分析句子成分，如果缺少主语的话，动词要用动名词做主语，但是有的句子是省略式，考生可以把句子还原再进行判断。2. - My son is learning English. What dictionary shall I buy for him? - What about this one? It is _ for beginners. A. intendedB. operatedC. offeredD. delivered参考答案：A3. Please remain _; the wi

3、nner of the prize will be announced soon.A. seating B. seated C. to seat D. to be seated参考答案：B4. She has _ quickly to the new climate since she settled down in that city. A. stuck B. devoted C. adapted D. suited参考答案：C5. Not until quite recently _that language is closely related to culture. A. he rea

4、lized B. did he realize C. had he realized D. he did realize 参考答案：B.6. With the price of petrol increasing, all consumers wish scientists to invent new advanced biofuel as a(n) _ to gasoline.A. avenue B. application C. substitute D. alternative参考答案：D考查名词。句意：随着汽油的价格增加，所有消费者希望科学家发明新的先进生物燃料代替汽油。avenue大

5、街，方法，途径；application应用； substitute代用品，代替者（和for搭配）；alternative供替代的选择（和to搭配）。故选D。7. _ the project in time, the workers were working at weekends.A. Completing B. Having completed C. To have completed D. To complete参考答案：D略8. She is accustomed to _ like that.A.be spoken B.being spokenC.speak D.being spoke

6、n to参考答案：D略35. Her parents had had a very anxious moment but everything _ all right in the end. A. turned up B. turned down C. turned out D. turned on参考答案：C略10. Not until she took off her dark glasses _ she was a famous film star. A. I realised B. that did I realise C. did I realise D. that I realis

7、ed 参考答案：C11. Hurry up！ Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the school gate. Oh！ I thought they without me.A. had gone B. are going C. have gone D. went参考答案：A12. Mary recommended me _ an English dictionary, which I thought would be of great help.A. should buy B. bought C. to buy D. buy参考答案：C13. Mary

8、 has done very well, _ she has only one year experience of teaching.A. for thatB. as soon asC. consideringD. in that参考答案：C略14. Customers are asked to make sure that they the right change before leaving the shop.A. will giveB. have been given C. have given D. will be given参考答案：B15. Your task will be

9、to examine the of constructing a new factory in the United Kingdom.A. conclusion B. convenience C. possibility D. occasion参考答案：C二、 填空16. 用方框内短语的适当形式填空apart from；call for an end to.；or else；wrap up；for good；on ones behalf；all in all；answer for1.Its a good composition, a few spelling mistakes.2.Our ge

10、neral manager cant be here today,so Im speaking.3.You will have toyour crimes one day.4.We will work for our motherland .5.Hurry up,youll be late.6.Lets the discussion.7.,Id prefer to see the movie.8.Everyone in the country the war;they wanted to live a peaceful life.参考答案：1.apart from2.on his behalf

11、3.answer for4.for good5.or else6.wrap up7.All in all8.called for an end to三、 阅读理解17. Fear can be fun. Many young people queue up to ride very fast and scary roller coasters（过山车）， screaming but enjoying themselves, Other people like to read goose bumps（鸡皮疙瘩）” books or watch horror movies at night, sc

12、ared to death but feeling excited. Why do people like being scared?Fear is an ancient way of surviving. Being scared makes animals, including humans escape from danger and save themselves. It is because of fear that we have lived through millions of years of evolution. Those who lacked a strong fear

13、 response were more likely to be killed, leaving the more fearful and careful to pass their genes onto the next generation.How do scientists explain why shaking over such scary things is fun? Some kids will go to a scary movie and love it and laugh over it, others will feel anxious and hide their fa

14、ces and some wont even set foot in the cinema, said Ned Kalin, a US scientist. Which kind of person you are depends partly on experiences youve had and partly on your genes.What happens in the brain when something frightens you? Nerves that begin at the eyes and ears lead to a part of the brain call

15、ed the amygdala, When you suddenly see a snake, for example, the amygdala makes you freeze, sweat, have a quickened heartbeat, or run very fast. However, seeing the snake also uses another part of the brain, the cortex. It analyzes the situation, and if it finds that the snake is only made of rubber

16、 it tells your heart and the rest of your body to calm down. Think of the amygdala as the engine and the cortex as the brake.Back to the first question: Why do some people like to make themselves scared? One reason is that we can play games with fear, find ways to reduce the scariness by looking awa

17、y or thinking of something else, Kalin said. To believe we have control over a situation gives us a feeling of power. Scary movies or novels are good practice to prepare young people for the real thing, Thrills such as roller coaster rides also go to the brains pleasure centre. And there might be so

18、me evolutionary advantage to being able to adjust this system that is there to protect people.43. How many questions are answered in the passage?A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 544. Some people like to be scared because _.A. they are afraid that the fear genes will be passed onto their childrenB. its a good pract

19、ice to get prepared for the real frightening situationC. it can help them show their own personalitiesD. they will feel powerful after getting rid of fear45. Which of the following is true about the people who are not easily scared?A. Their cortex is better at analyzing the situations.B. They are mo

20、re likely to suffer from potential danger.C. They are born unaffected by anything horrible.D. They lack a strong response towards threat.46. What is the best title of the passage?A. Ready to scream? B. How to be scared?C. Willing to shake? D. Why to be scared?参考答案：43. B 44. D 45. B 46. A本文是一篇科普类短文阅读。文章主要解释为什么人们爱看恐怖电影，坐过山车等惊险游戏的原因。【43题详解】细节理解题。作者先后回答了一下这三个问题：Why do people like being scared?/ How do scientists explain why s