2022-2023学年湖南省邵阳市邵东县第三中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析

1、2022-2023学年湖南省邵阳市邵东县第三中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. After questioning the man for six hours, the police _ the information they wanted.A. seizedB. recoveredC. appealed D. obtained参考答案：D2. Over the past ten years , sea ice _ in the Arctic because of global warming. A. had decreasedB. decreased C. is decrea

2、sing D. has been decreasing参考答案：D3. -Did the policeman let you in? -No,_ I told him who I was.A. if B. as if Cas though Deven though参考答案：D4. Mr Smith,who got _ of the _ speech, started to read a novel A. tired, boring B. tiring,bored C. tired,bored D.tiring, boring 参考答案：A略5. He was educated at the l

3、ocal high school，_he went on to Beijing University（）Aafter thatBafter whichCin whichDin that参考答案：B考查定语从句，句意：他在当地的一所中学接受教育，之后他去了北京大学指代前面整个句子内容，用which引导非限制性定语从句，after和in的区别：两者均可与一段时间连用，表示在之后，但 after 表示以过去时间为起点的一段时间以后，因此通常与过去时连用；而 in 则表示从现在算起的一段时间以后，因此通常用于将来时或含有将来意义的句子所以用after which6. -I havent seen Bo

4、b these days, and I wonder how things go with him?-I _him the other day. He said he worked in a chemical works.A.am going to see B. have seen C. saw D. had seen参考答案：C7. It is in this village, _ Mary was born 35 years ago, _ she will build her first school, _ inspires everyone to help her.A. that; wh

5、en; which B. where; that; which C. that; when; that D. where; when ; that参考答案：B8. What will you buy for your husbands birthday? I want to buy a _ wallet for him.A. black leather small B. small black leather C. small leather black D. black small leather参考答案：A9. According to the experts, the antique _

6、 to the Han Dynasty, but they cant identify the exact year.A. dates back B. is dating back C. has dated back D. was dating back参考答案：A10. Some insects _ the color1 of their surroundings to protect themselves.A. take in B. take off C. take on D. take out参考答案：C11. I feel it is you as well as your wife

7、that _ for your sons bad performance at school. A. are to blame B. is going to be blamed C. are to be blamed D. is to blame参考答案：A12. 语音知识1.physicist A.false B.instruct C.aspect D.positive2.wedding A.credit B.severe C.contribute D.tablet3.rough A.delight B.neighbourhood C.bright D.laugh4.furnished A.

8、rejected B.linked C.attended D.analysed5.defeat A.break B.beat C.creative D.bread参考答案：DADBB13. Tina has been working so hard at English that she _the find English exam.A. is bound to passing B. is bound to passC. will be bound to passD. will be bound to passing参考答案：B略14. He is a talkative man, but h

9、e didnt say a word in todays discussion. I am not sure how to_ hissilence.A. read B. master C. grasp D. treat 参考答案：A略15. In the dream Peter saw himself by a fierce wolf and he woke suddenly with a start.A. chased B. to be chased C. be chased D. having been chased 参考答案：A略二、 填空16. Yuan Longping was bo

10、rn in 1930.Since he graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953,he 61 (devote)his life to finding ways 62 (grow)more and more rice.As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time 63 (hungry)was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside. Yuan sear

11、ched 64 a way to increase rice harvests without 65 (expand) the areas of the fields.In 1950,Chinese farmers could produce about 56 million tons of rice.In 66 recent harvest,however,nearly 200 million tons of rice were produced.These increased harvests mean that 22% of the worlds people 67 (feed)from

12、 just 7% of the farmland in the world.Yuan LongPing is now circulating his knowledge in India and many other less 68 (develop)countries to increase their rice harvests. 69 (thank)to his research,the UN is trying to rid the world 70 hunger.Using his hybrid rice,farmers are producing harvests twice as

13、 large as before.参考答案：61.what62to produce63has been64disturbing65without66however67increased68are fed69countries70Using61句意：袁隆平种植了杂交稻。这是宾语从句，缺少主语且指物，故用what。62使用make it+形容词+不定式的句型。故填to produce。63和Since then搭配用现在完成时。故填has been。64修饰problem使用形容词。故填disturbing。65袁隆平寻找一个方法增加水稻收成而不扩大田地面积。故填without。66上句“Chin

14、ese farmers could produce about 56 million tons of rice.”和下句“nearly 200 million tons of rice was produced.”是转折关系，而且空两边都是逗号，故填however。67修饰harvests用非谓语动词。因为harvests和increase是被动关系，用过去分词。故填increased。68the worlds people 和feed是被动关系，这篇文章使用一般现在时。故填are fed。69many other后面接可数名词的复数。故填countries。70用杂交稻，农民的收成是以前的两

15、倍。用现在分词作状语。故填Using。【备注】文章介绍中国“杂交稻之父”袁隆平对解决世界饥饿问题做出的贡献。三、 阅读理解17. What does it mean to say that we live in a world of persuasion? It means that we live among competing interests. Your roommates need to study for an exam may take priority（优先）over pizza. Your instructor may have good reasons not to cha

16、nge your grade. And the object of your romantic interest may have other choices.In such a world, persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our point of view. When we persuade, we want to influence how others believe and behave. We may not always prevail othe

17、r points of view may be more persuasive, depending on the listener, the situation, and the merits of the case. But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to ensure that our position receives the attention it deserves.Some people, however, object to the very idea of persuasion. They may regar

18、d it as an unwelcome interruption into their lives. Just the opposite, we believe that persuasion is unavoidable to live is to persuade. Persuasion may be ethical（合乎道义的）or unethical, selfless or selfish, inspiring or degrading. Persuaders may enlighten our minds or prey on our vulnerability (弱点). Et

19、hical persuasion, however, calls on sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners. Such persuasion can help us apply the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make. Therefore, the most basic part of education is learning to resist the one kind of persuasion and to

20、 encourage and practice the other.Beyond its personal importance to us, persuasion is necessary to society. The right to persuade and be persuaded is the bedrock of the American political system, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution（美国宪法）.59According to the passage, persuasion means _