四川省德阳市新中学校高二英语下学期期末试卷含解析

1、四川省德阳市新中学校高二英语下学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. Tom was about to close the windows _ his attention was caught by a bird.A. when B. suddenly C. and D. till 参考答案：A2. Only after the woman had her own child _ how difficult it was to be a mother.A. she realized B. had she realized C. she had realized D. did she realize

2、参考答案：D略3. _ is impossible for us to offer him any help.A. This B. It C. That D. which参考答案：B4. -What your father said proves to be right. - Oh, yes. How I regret_ his advice when I chose my career. A.not following B. not to follow C. being followed D. not follow参考答案：A5. Eating too much fat can _ hear

3、t disease and high blood pressure.A. attend toB. cause toC. contribute toD. devote to参考答案：C【分析】【详解】考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：吃太多脂肪会导致心脏病和高血压。A. attend to照顾，处理； B. cause to错误表达，无此短语；C. contribute to促成；D. devote to致力于。从heart disease 和 high blood pressure可知是吃太多导致的结果，故选C。6. Charles Babbage is generally considered _

4、 the first computer. A. having invented B. inventing C. to have invented D. to invent参考答案：A略7. The Food-for-Life Programme has helped people by sending emergency food aid to countries during times of trouble, the Food-for-Growth Programme which targets people at risk.A. so does B. as doesC. so has D

5、. as has参考答案：D考查as引导的非限制性定语从句。句中出现逗号，结合选项此处考查as引导的非限制性定语从句，代替前面的整个句子，as正如。句意：The Food-for-Life Programme计划通过在困难时期发送紧急粮食救援来帮助人们，这正如the Food-for-Growth一样，以处于危难中的人为目标。故选D。8. The government of China has_time and time again its position on the relations between China and Japan.Aclarified Bproved Cmade su

6、re Dshowed 参考答案：A9. _ an important decision more on emotion than on reason, and you will regret it soon.A. Based B. Basing C. Base D. To base参考答案：C10. Do you know _ they got to know each other?It was last year _ they both taught Chinese in the USA. A. when it was that; thatB. when it was that; whenC

7、. when was it that; whenD. when was it that; that参考答案：B11. The students are _ to go out of their school without permission to be sure they have enough time to study. A. kept B. allowed C. forbiddenD. ordered参考答案：C12. You have no idea how she finished the relay race _ her foot wounded so much. A. for

8、 B. when C. with D. as参考答案：C略29. I dont want _any misunderstanding.A. being B. there being C. there to be D. there having been参考答案：C略14. Because of the smoke from the steam engines， early underground lines needed large holes to the surface at regular intervals， so that people could get fresh air and

9、 would not choke. A. led B. leading C. lead D. having led参考答案：B15. Why not _the Music Club? Sorry, I cant sing or dance.A. to join B. join C. joining D. join in参考答案：B二、 完型填空16. Once there was a very brilliant creative and learned man. He gained much _11_while traveling throughout the world. Unfortun

10、ately he lost his legs and left arm in a traffic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so _12_that he was afraid he would spend his life _13_ and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n)_14_way.One day, he remembered how he had always loved getting _15_. He re

11、alized that he still had partial_16_of his right hand and could write with _17_. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”He _18_ where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He thought of people in _19_. Many of them had hope of reg

12、aining their _20_ . Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to _21_them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that writing to the prisoners would be _22_. However,

13、 it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back._23_with the intention, the man began sending _24_ messages of Gods love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the _25_. He poured his heart and soul into his words, _26_ his ex

14、perience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any _27_. Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone _28_read his letters. However, this was his _29_chance，so he determined to continue.At last, he received a letter from the

15、prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to _30_!”We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of encouragement and strength.11. A. wealthB.

16、 faithC. confidenceD. experience12. A. depressedB. embarrassedC. ashamedD. thrilled13. A. writingB. sufferingC. weepingD. wandering14. A. abnormalB. regularC. comfortableD. meaningful15. A. lettersB. e-mailsC. presentsD. prizes16. A. senseB. strengthC. shapeD. function17. A. affectionB. cautionC. di

17、fficultyD. confidence18. A. estimatedB. doubtedC. assumedD. wondered19. A. hospitalsB. prisonsC. churchesD. charities20. A. familiesB. lettersC. freedomD. conscience21. A. releaseB. reachC. defendD. know22. A. acceptableB. reasonableC. forbiddenD. considered23. A. FacedB. SatisfiedC. FilledD. Impres

18、sed24. A. holyB. dailyC. one-wayD. round-way25. A. pointB. worstC. degreeD. limit26. A. sharingB. learningC. gainingD. enriching27. A. successB. replyC. helpD. progress28. A. curiouslyB. patientlyC. carefullyD. actually29. A. onlyB. betterC. extraD. lost30. A. ruinB. the groundC. piecesD. the bottom

19、参考答案：11. D 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. C 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. C这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个人虽然自己因为车祸残疾了，但还是想着怎么尽自己最大的努力去帮助囚犯的感人故事。【11题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A. wealth财富；B. faith信仰；C. confidence 自信；D. experience经历；经验。从上下文可知，他通过环球旅行，获得了很多经验（experience)。故选D。【12题详解】考

20、查形容词词义辨析。A. depressed沮丧的；低落的；B. embarrassed尴尬的；C. ashamed羞愧的；D. thrilled激动的。从上文可知，他失去了双腿和左臂，只剩下右手的拇指和另一个手指，所以他的情绪非常低落（depressed)。故选A。【13题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A. writing写作；B. suffering痛苦；C. weeping哭泣；D. wandering闲逛。他很担心他的人生一直都会承受这种痛苦（suffering)。故选B。【14题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。A. abnormal反常的；B. regular定期的；C. comfortable舒

21、服的；D. meaningful有意义的。从上文提示可知，他担心自己再也不能过有意义的生活了。故选D。【15题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A. letters信件；B. e-mails邮件；C. presents礼物；D. prizes奖品。从下文可知，他记得自己曾经非常喜欢收到信件（letters)，所以他决定给需要鼓励的人写信。故选A。【16题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A. sense感觉；B. strength力量；C. shape形状；D. function功能。根据上下文可知，他意识到他的右手还有部分的功能(function)，故选D。【17题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A. affectio

22、n喜爱；B. caution小心；C. difficulty困难；D. confidence自信。他还能够费劲地（with difficulty)写点什么。短语with difficulty“困难地；吃力地”，故选C。【18题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A. estimated预计；B. doubted怀疑；C. assumed假设；D. wondered好奇；想。上文提到他决定给需要鼓励的人写信，这里指他想(wonder)到哪里找这些需要鼓励的人。故选D。【19题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A. hospitals医院；B. prisons监狱；C. churches教堂；D. charities慈

23、善。从下文So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners.可知他想到了很多监狱(prison）里的人们。故选B。【20题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A. families家人；B. letters信；C. freedom自由；D. conscience道德心。根据常识判断，对于监狱中的犯人来说，他们希望获得freedom (自由）故选C。【21题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A. release释放；B. reach到达；C. defend辩护；防护；D. know知道。为了他的计划，他觉得他必须得让犯人们收

24、到他的信件，所以用reach(到达）。故选B。【22题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。A. acceptable可接受的；B. reasonable合理的；C. forbidden禁止；D. considered考虑。根据上下文可知，监狱官回信说写信给犯人是可以的、可接受的（acceptable)，但让犯人回信是违反监狱的规定的。故选A。【23题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A. Faced面对；B. Satisfied满意；C. Filled装满；D. Impressed印象深刻。有了这样的打算，他开始给犯人写信，filled with表示“充满”，故选C。【24题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。A. hol

25、y圣洁的；B. daily日常的；C. one-way单程的；D. round-way往返的。从上文可知，只能男子给犯人写信，犯人无法回信，所以说是one-way(单程的）。故选C。【25题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A. point要点；B. worst最坏；C. degree程度；D. limit限制。句意：他每周写两次，以测试他的力量和能力的极限。固定词组to the limit表示“到的极限”，故选D。【26题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A. sharing分享；B. learning学会；C. gaining获得；D. enriching充实。他全身心地投入到写信当中，与犯人分享（share

26、)自己的人生经验。故选A。【27题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A. success成功；B. reply回答；回复；C. help帮助；D. progress发展。对他来说，写这些信是很困难的，特别是在没有任何回信（reply)的情况下。故选B。【28题详解】考查副词词义辨析。A. curiously 好奇地；B. patiently耐心地；C. carefully仔细地；D. actually实际上。他经常会感到很失落，有时候会想，实际上（actually)是否会有人读他的信。故选D。【29题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。A. only唯一的；B. better更好的；C. extra额外的；D.

27、lost迷失的。但对他来说，这是他唯一的（only)希望，所以他决定继续写下去。故选A。【30题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A. ruin废墟；B. the ground地面；C. pieces片；块；D. the bottom底部。实际上，他的信很受犯人的欢迎，他的信件在牢房之间被传递，由于纸张薄，以至于到最后信都快成碎片了（fall to pieces)。故选C。三、 阅读理解17. Never-say-die AttitudeIn 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a

28、spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However, bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the ideaIt just could not be done. It was not practicalIt had never been done before.Roebling could not ignore the v

29、ision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington，an up-and-coming engineer, that the bridge i

30、n fact could be built.Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build the

31、ir dream bridge.The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was injured and left with certain account of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move.“We told them so.

32、”“Crazy men and their crazy dreams.”“Its foolish to chase wild visions.”Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scraped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap, Washington was never discouraged and st

33、ill had burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever.He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the taskAs he lay on his bed in his hospital room，with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze

34、 blew the white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the top of the trees outside for just a moment. It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly

35、 developed a code of communication with his wife.He touched his wifes arm with that finger, indicating to her he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.For 13 year

36、s Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wifes arm until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute of ones indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to t

37、he engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 years patiently decoded the message of her husband and told the engineers what to do. Perhaps this is one of the best ex

38、ample of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal.50. Why did the bridge building experts think that Washingtons idea could not be done?A. because the poor technology at that time B. because they didnt accept new ideas.C. because they didnt

39、 believe in John RoebelingD. because it was not practical and on one had done it before51. What happed on the Rebellings when the project started only a few months?A. Roebeling died and Washington handicappedB. Washington died and Roebeling handicappedC. The Roebelings diedD. the bridge collapsed52.

40、What does the underlined word “scraped” in paragraph nine means?A. continued B. given up C. insisted on D. disappeared53. Which of the followings are the right orders?a. John Roebeling had an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. b. John Roebeling died in an ac

41、cident c. John Roebeling convinced his son to build the bridge with himd. people laughed at the Roebelings for they couldnt continue their projecte. the bridge stands in all its gloryf. Washington.moved his finger with the help of his wife to make the project be under way againA. a b c d f e B. b a d c f e C. a c b d f e D. a d c b f e54. What made the Roebelings success?A. Their never-say-die attitude and the support of their familyB. Their devotion to