四川省德阳市双东中学高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析

1、四川省德阳市双东中学高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. Bad health _ her into taking early retirement.Aforced BforbadCallowed Dpermitted参考答案：Aforce sb. into doing sth.“强迫某人做某事”。2. The medical research shows eating too much fat can _ heart disease and blood pressure, so you must be more careful with your diet. A.contribute

2、 to B. refer to C. attend to D. devote to参考答案：A3. _ you devote yourself to the English study will you make rapid progress.A. If only B. On condition thatC. Only ifD. Unless参考答案：C4. Id like to make an appointment with Doctor Smith. Would 9:00 tomorrow be all right? _. Her schedule is full in the morn

3、ing.A. Yes, shes free then B. Im afraid not C. You must be joking D. Well, it depends参考答案：B5. Thats the best way you thought of _ into the dangerous area. A. stopping people getting B. to keep people gettingC. preventing people from getting D. to stop people getting参考答案：D6. The _ people is a lot bet

4、teroff than they were forty years ago. A. normal B. average C. regular D. usual参考答案：B7. .-He tried to explain it to me but I just couldnt understand.Do you?-_.A.Not likely B.Not certainly C.Not really D.Not cleverly 参考答案：C句意：-他想向我解释，但是我就是不能理解。你呢？四个选项的含义分别是：A.Not likely不可能，B.Not certainly不确定，C.Not re

5、ally不完全（理解），D.Not cleverly不聪明，根据情景选C。【考点】交际用语。【举一反三】 - Tom was caught late again this morning.- _? As far as I know, he had promised to be on time.A. So what B. Why not C. What for D. How comeD句意：-汤姆今天早上又被抓住迟到了。-怎么回事？据我所知，他答应会准时的。四个选项的含义分别是：A. So what那又怎样？B. Why not为什么不？C. What for为什么？D. How come怎么回

6、事？表示惊讶的语气，根据情景选D。8. -Why didnt you come to meet me, Bill?-Sorry, dear. But I really forgot where I was _ to meet you.A. demanded B. supposed C. delighted D. squeezed参考答案：B9. We all know that, _， the situation will get worse.A. not if dealt carefully withB. if not carefully dealt withC. if dealt not

7、carefully withD. not if carefully dealt with参考答案：Bif引导条件状语从句时位于句首，故A、D两项错误； not 应放在实义动词之前，所以C项也错误。故只有B项正确。从句补充完整就是： if it is not carefully dealt with。if, whether等词后的it is或it was常常省略。10. - My key is gone. Have you seen it anywhere?- Oh, it is in the room _ we had a talk last night.A. that B. which C.

8、 where D. what参考答案：C11. When it comes to job interviews, first _ including the way you speak and dress, are extremely important. A. impressions B. appointments C. assignments D. considerations参考答案：A12. Only lately about the dark secrets behind the seemingly-happy marriage of the golf star Tiger Wood

9、s.A. the public have known B. were the public knownC. have the public known D. the public knew参考答案：C13. He came running along and climbed _ the train just as it was about to leave. A. aboard B. board C. abroad D. on abroad 参考答案：A14. - What do you suppose made Alice so sad?- _ the computer test.A. Be

10、cause she hadnt passed B. For she didnt passC. She failed to pass D. Her failing to pass参考答案：D15. The further falling of the stock market as reported today has _ a fresh wave of selling.A. set off B. given off C. put off D. got off参考答案：A16. The government has adopted some new measures which will for

11、bid motorcycles _ on the road in the near future.A. to run B. run C. to running D. not running 参考答案：A略二、 书面表达17. Guided Writing (25)Directions: Write an English composition in 120 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.作为高中生，无论生活上还是学习上，你或多或少都会有压力。想想你的压力是什么？是什么造成了你的这些压力？你是如何应对

12、这些压力的？参考答案：略略三、 阅读理解18. Contrary to popular belief, people who sleep six to seven hours a night live longer, and those who sleep eight hours or more die younger, according to the latest study ever conducted on the subject. The study, which has tracked the sleeping habits of 1.1 million Americans for

13、 six years, weakens the advice of many sleep doctors who have long recommended that people get eight or nine hours of sleep every night.“Theres an old idea that people should sleep eight hours a night, which has no more scientific basis than the gold at the end of the rainbow,” said Daniel Kripke, p

14、rofessor of psychiatry（精神病学）at the University of California at San Diego who led the study published in a recent copy of JAMA Psychiatry.The study was not designed to answer why sleeping longer may be harmful or whether people could extend their lifespan by sleeping less.But Kripke said it was possi

15、ble that people who slept longer tended to suffer from short-term absence of sleeping, a condition where weak breathing puts stress on the heart and brain. He also stressed that the need for sleep was similar to that for food, where getting less than people want may be better for them.The study quic

16、kly caused warnings and criticism（批评）, with some sleep experts saying that the main problem of Americas sleep habits was deprivation（剥夺）, not sleeping too much.“None of this says sleep kills people,” said Daniel Buysse, a psychiatrist at the university of Pittsburgh Medical Center.“You should sleep

17、as much as you need to feel awake, alert and attentive the next day,” Buysse added. “Im much more concerned about people short-changing themselves on sleep than people sleeping too long.”“Sleeplessness produces a variety of health consequences that were not measured in the study,” critics said.12. T

18、he traditional idea about sleeping is that _.A. people who sleep longer die youngerB. people who sleep less than six or seven hours live longerC. people need to sleep less to keep healthyD. people need to sleep eight or nine hours a night13. Which of the following statements does NOT agree with the

19、study made by the American scientists according to the passage?A. People can extend their lifespan by sleeping less.B. Sleeping longer may be harmful to peoples health.C. People should sleep as much as they need to keep awake, alert and attentive.D. It is possible that people who sleep longer tend t

20、o suffer from short-term absence of sleeping.14. “The gold at the end of the rainbow” mentioned in the passage shows that _.A. sleeping is quite valuable in our livesB. the traditional idea that people should sleep eight hours a night has no scientific basis at all.C. sleeping longer is as valuable

21、as the gold at the end of the rainbow.D. the idea of long sleeping hours comes from the gold at he end of the rainbow.15. What is the best title for this passage?A. A new idea challenges the scientistsB. Sleep less, live longerC. Sleep more, die youngerD. A new idea about sleeping causes criticism参考答案：12. D 13. C 14. B 15. D这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了一个最新研究：每晚睡6到7个小时的人活得更长，而睡8个小时或更长时间的人则容易英年早逝。这个说法引起了警告和批评【12题详解】D 细节理解题 根据第一段weakens the advice of many sle