2021-2022学年湖北省宜昌市宜都中学高二英语期末试题含解析

1、2021-2022学年湖北省宜昌市宜都中学高二英语期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. The brain _ grey and white matter, _ weighs just over a kilo. A. consists of, it B. consist of, which C. is made up of, it D. is made up of, which参考答案：D2. - What about going out for a walk after supper? - _ . A. I couldnt agree more B. Im afraid not C. I beli

2、eve not D. I dont think so 参考答案：A3. .The suggestion he _ is that all the students _ the orphan. A. come up with, help B. came up with, help C. come up with, will help D. came up with, will help 参考答案：B略4. Nokia, the worlds largest mobile phone maker, said that over the first nine months of the year i

3、t _ 23 million handsets in China, an increase of 77 percent _ the same period a year ago.A. has sold; compared toB. had sold; compared toC. sold; comparing withD. was selling; compared with参考答案：B根据主句的动词said与从句中的时间状语“over the first nine months of the year”得知，第一个空应用过去完成时had sold; 第二个空填compared to/with

4、, 意为“与相比较”。5. What he impressed _ me most is that he will never blame his failure _ others.A. with ; to B. about; on C. on ; on D. on ; to参考答案：C6. 参考答案：A略7. -The earthquake was _ , and the mountain was roaring.- Oh, you must have been _. A. frightened; frightened B. frightening; frightening C. frigh

5、tened; frightening D. frightening; frightened参考答案：D8. Her concert was _ big success last night.I think it surely makes _ difference for a new talent.A. /; / B. a; a C. a; the D. a; /参考答案：B9. I was _ of giving up the research when someone caught my eye in the bushes.A. at that pointB. to the pointC.

6、on the pointD. beside the point参考答案：C10. Johns success has nothing to do with good luck. It is years of hard work _ has made him what he is today. A. why B. when C. which D. that参考答案：D11. It was raining heavily. Little Tom felt cold, so he stood _ to his mother. A. close B. closely C .closed D. clos

7、ing 参考答案：A12. In our school students are _ according to how much they know and how old they are. A. classified B. combined C. listed D. clarified参考答案：A略13. Dont sit around feeling sorry for yourself. Be optimistic and_. A. look at B. look forward C. look ahead D. look behind参考答案：C14. -Will you go to

8、 the history museum tomorrow? -Sure I will, _it rains heavily.A. in case B. as if C. as long as D. even if参考答案：D略15. 一None of us knows exactly how the new machine works.一 . So we are badly in need of an expert.A. A piece of cake. B. Not really. C. Thats the point D. Take it easy.参考答案：C16. _ the proj

9、ect in time, the staff were working at weekends.A. Completing B. Having completed C. To have completed D. To complete参考答案：D17. _ the website of Entertainment in Baidu, and you will learn that the Korean singer PSY has released a new song named Gentleman.A. Having searched B. To search C. Searching D

10、. Search参考答案：D18. Mr. Brown is _ a teacher to us；we look on him as our friend.A. less thanB. more than C. more or less D. more and more 参考答案：B二、 单词拼写76. - The candidate is losing his edge in the election.-Thats for sure. The of his supporters have abandoned him and choose to support his opponent ins

11、tead.77. - I owe you an .- What for? You havent done anything wrong.-For my absence of your birthday party last night.78. - The food and the drinks in the window are not meant for .-If they are not meant to be consumed, what are they used for then? -They are samples for display.79. - Oh! The road in

12、 front of the school gate is blocked again!-We need proper measures to ensure the free of traffic at peak time.80. - Everyone shall have equal access to education, of his wealth or class.-I cant agree more. Equal education guarantees a promising generation for our country.参考答案：76. majority 77. apolo

13、gy 78. consumption 79. flow 80. regardless三、 阅读理解20. In the late 1960s, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a forest of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public

14、 transportation and parking lots.Skyscrapers are also consumers and wasters of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscrapers office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts-enough to supply the entire city of

15、 Albany, New York, for a day.Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss ( or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical brick wall filled with insulation (绝缘) board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipmen

16、t, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare(眩目的光) as well as heat gain.However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings. Sk

17、yscrapers put a strain on a citys sanitation facilities(卫生设备),too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone produce 2.25 million gallons of wastes each year-as much a city the size of Stanford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000.Skyscrap

18、ers also affect television reception, block bird flyways and air traffic, In Boston in the late 1960s, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common. Still ,people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them-persona

19、l pride and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of space to rent.36. The main purpose of the passage is to _A. compare skyscrapers with other modern structuresB. describe some architectural designs of skyscrapersC. describe skyscrapers and their effect on the environmentD. encourage using bricks in the construction of skyscrapers37. According to the passage, what is one disadvantage of skyscrapers that have mirrored walls?A. The surrounding air is heated.B. Construction time is increased.C. The windows