湖南省长沙市梅园中学2019年高二英语期末试题含解析

1、湖南省长沙市梅园中学2019年高二英语期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. -Look! How long _ like this? -Three weeks on end! Its usual here that rain _ without stopping at this time of the year. A. has it rained; pours B. has it been raining; poursC. is it raining; is pouring D. does it rain; is pouring参考答案：B略2. The professor, _ the proje

2、ct, made a comment on the report.A. was opposed to carry out B. opposed to carry out C. opposed to carrying out D. was opposed to carrying out参考答案：C3. The missing boys were last seen _ near the river.A. to playB. to be playingC. playD. playing 参考答案：D4. _ what may happen, I wont change my mind.A Even

3、 if B Although C Perhaps D No matter参考答案：Dno matter what无论什么，引导让步状语从句。5. Walt, feeling a bit tired, decided to stop off _ in Hong Kong on the way to Singapore. A. brieflyB. constantlyC. finally D. gradually参考答案：A略6. _the big snake ,the little girl stood under the tree _ out of life.A Seeing ; fright

4、ened B Seeing ; frightening C Seen ; frightened D To see ; frightening参考答案：A7. I smell something _ in the kitchen.Can I call you back in a minute?Aburning Bburnt Cbeing burnt Dto be burnt参考答案：A8. Only _ a human being.A. when is it hungry a lion will attack B. when it is hungry a lion will attack C.

5、when it is hungry will a lion attack D. when is it hungry will a lion attack参考答案：C9. Football is different from most careers because employers do not advertise that they have a _ job in the newspapers or on the Internet.A. empty B. vacantC. perfect D. hard参考答案：B10. Only if Mr. White gets a job _ hav

6、e enough money to build his own house.A he can B he could C can he D could he参考答案：C11. For all the professional athletes, _to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.A. access B. attachment C. appeal D. approach参考答案：A略12. Many people are congratulating Professor Li on _

7、 he has achieved in the field of art.A. which B. who C. that D. what参考答案：D13. The pavements are designed to provide easy access for the blind to _conveniently, which is bound to_ active effects on peoples opinion on the governments performance. A. walk ; produce B. walking ; producing C. walk ; prod

8、ucing D. walking ; produce参考答案：D略14. Offered the position of chairman. Smith , preferring to keep his current job.A. withdrew B. calculatedC. declined D. applauded参考答案：C考查动词。A. withdrew收回，撤回；B. calculated计算，估计；C. declined下降，拒绝； D. applauded喝彩，鼓掌。担任主席一职。史密斯拒绝了，他更愿意保住现在的工作。故选C。15. Im thinking of the t

9、est tomorrow. Im afraid I cant pass this time._！Im sure youll make it.AGo ahead BGood luckCNo problem DCheer up参考答案：D16. -Did you have your mother your clothes yesterday?-No, I had them in the laundry.A. washed; washed B. wash; wash C. washed; wash D. wash; washed参考答案：D17. _, the pay isnt attractive

10、 enough, though the job itself is quite interesting. A. Generally speaking B. On the contrary C. In particular D. to be honest参考答案：D二、 翻译18. 我把我用来写小说的钢笔弄丢了。（用定语从句）参考答案：I lost the pen, with which I wrote my novel.三、 阅读理解19. 根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A serious problem for todays socie

11、ty is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives.It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. 51First,employers should take the responsibility for their employees. 52 But when a company must take life-long responsibility

12、for its employees,it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs. 53 This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement.This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for daily life without trying

13、 to earn extra to cover their retirement years.This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly.This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions.Furthermore,some ins

14、titution should be created for senior citizens,which can help provide a comfortable life for them. 54The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly,particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young. One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some

15、working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.55 Therefore,it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.A. Every coin has two sidesB. To sum up,all these options have advantages a

16、nd disadvantages.C. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.D. Its unfair to let the government to share all the responsibilities.E. To make this possible,a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose.F. Another way of solving the problem is to return the re

17、sponsibility to the individual.G. Unfortunately,as the present situation in our country shows,this is not a truly practical answer.参考答案：51-55 CEFGB略20. Have you ever heard of blogs (博客)? If you havent, you should have. Its here, its growing and its having an influence on our life. Surf the Internet

18、and youll find blogs everywhere. A blog, shortened from “weblog”, is a public Internet journal written by one person or a group of people. It is a website in which a person or a group can place news, personal thoughts, text, photos, video or audio files, or links upon which visitors can comment. A b

19、log lets you post on the Internet without having to know web design or be technical. You are given an environment to make dated entries on the topic of your choice which are “published”, so other people can read them.Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is ca

20、lled “blogging”. Blogging has revolutionized Internet publishing in the last several years because it gives everyone with Internet access the opportunity to become an online writer. Objects, such as “text and photos” in a blog can be called “blog posts”, “posts”, or “entries”. The person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”.Now, somewhere around the world, a blog is created almost every 6 seconds. Because its great potential, Bill Gates views it as important as e-mail, BBS, and MSN. Hes trying to make blog