广东省揭阳市盛遵中学2023年高二英语期末试卷含解析

1、广东省揭阳市盛遵中学2023年高二英语期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. Its reported that our team won in the match!Great！_AGood luck BGood idea CCongratulations DAll the best参考答案：C句意为：据报道我们队赢了比赛。太棒了！祝贺你！congratulations意为“祝贺你”。2. These volunteers are raising_money for the AIDS patients.Aa great many Ba great deal of Ca lots of Damount

2、of参考答案：B3. _flights had to be put off because of the hurricane all those days .A. A great many of B. A great number of C. A great deal of D. The great number of 参考答案：B4. When _ by the teachers，a student tends to study harder than usual（）Ato be praisedBpraisingCpraisedDto praise参考答案：C考查过去分词的用法，when引导

3、的从句谓语动词praise与其逻辑主语a student是动宾关系，构成被动的关系，因此使用过去分词praised，完整表达是When （he is）praised by the teacher，故答案为C5. They dont come to the book club any more, for _ reasons or other.A. some B. allC. either D. both参考答案：A句意：他们不再来图书俱乐部了，因为这样或那样的原因。6. When he woke, he found himself _ on a chair, with his hands _ b

4、ack.A. seated, tying B. sitting; tyingC. sat; tied D. seated; tied参考答案：D7. The last one _pays the meal. -Agreed!A. arrived B. arrives C. to arrive D arriving参考答案：C8. I listened carefully to his long boring speech, but could not what he was talking about. A. pick out B. make out C. bring out D. give

5、out参考答案：9. If this bill is not paid within five days, your gas supply will be _.A. cut down B. cut up C. cut out D. cut off参考答案：D 10. Barbara is easy to recognize as she the only one of the the women who _evening dress.A.wear B.wears C.has worn D. have worn参考答案：B11. My brother felt it very _ to driv

6、e for 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting. A. nervous B. absurd C. alarmed D. embarrassed参考答案：B略12. In April，thousands of holidaymakers remained_abroad due to the volcanic ash cloud.Asticking BstuckCto be stuck Dto have stuck参考答案：B略13. Nobody wants to_ especially in public.A. make fun of B. be made

7、 fun of C. making fun of D. made fun of 参考答案：B略14. Although the entrance to the cave was very narrow, those visitors managed to_through it.A. press B. squeeze C. break D. cut参考答案：B15. Im interested in a one- bed room. Do you have any _?A. convenient B. available C. possible D. personal参考答案：B二、 填空16.

8、 用所给短语的适当形式填空1. Mr. Thompson spoke _his country at the conference.2. Under no circumstances can I_ people smoking.3. Jim _ the companys success.4.When you can arrive _ to me.Anyway, I have enough time to wait for you.5. I can subscribe to some magazines for you _you read them carefully.6. _can I agr

9、ee with you on such a serious problem.7. _, I consider it to be a superior to plastics.8. Consequently, as time goes on, different opinions can _.9. Nobody can _ the environmental problems which is becoming more and more serious.10. They work hard because they need to make enough money for food, clo

10、thing, shelter, _.参考答案：1. on behalf of 2.put up with 3.made contributions to 4.makes no difference5.so long as 6.In no circumstances 7.On the whole e into existence9.be casual about 10.and so on三、 阅读理解17. Its already challenging enough for environmentalists to keep beaches clear of washed up trash(垃

11、圾) and plastic debris(残骸), but the most difficult problem lies in cleaning up all of the millions of tiny microplastics that are impossible to pick up and separate from the sand.Fortunately, a group of engineering students succeeded in developing a massive new vacuum cleaner that can collect micropl

12、astics without removing any of the sand from the beach. The 12 Canadian students from the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec built their Hoola One plastic vacuum cleaner as a class project.We did some research and we realized there was no machine around the world to do this kind of job, Hoola One co

13、-founder Sam Duval told Hawaii Public Radio. So we told each other, We will invent it, and we did it.As a means of testing their machines efficiency, they recently used it on the sands of Hawaiis Kamilo Beach, which is also notorious for being one of the dirtiest beaches in the world. Though their f

14、irst prototype(原型)experienced a number of technical issues, the students managed to fix the problems and tidy up the beach.Using a handheld tube, the machine sucks(吸入)up plastic and sand and dumps them all into a massive tank of water. Since rocks and sand are heavier than plastic, they sink to the

15、bottom of the tank so they can be dumped back onto the beach. The plastic, on the other hand, floats to the top of the tank.According to Hawaii Public Radio, the team left the Hoola One vacuum on the island as a donation to the state department- They are now researching the ecological effects of the

16、 vacuum on the beach while they search for funding and sponsorships(赞助)to produce more Hoola One vacuums.7. What is the hardest problem of keeping the beach clean?A. Picking up plastic debris.B. Removing trash on the sea.C. Separating plastics from the sand.D. Clearing up all the microplastics.8. Wh

17、at do we know about the Hoola One plastic vacuum cleaner?A. It can collect plastics without removing sand from the beach.B. It has been used widely on the beaches around the world.C. The students tested its efficiency on Hawaiis Kamilo Beach.D. The students gave up the first prototype due to several

18、 failures.9 What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?A. The working procedure of the vacuum cleaner.B. The invention process of the vacuum cleaner.C The ecological impacts of the vacuum cleaner.D. The special materials of the vacuum cleaner.10. What words can best describe the 12 Canadian students?A. Genero

19、us and stubborn.B. Confident and persistent.C. Devoted and wealthy.D. Admirable and humorous.参考答案：7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B本文是说明文。对环保主义者来说，保持海滩上没有被冲上岸的垃圾和塑料碎片已经是一个很大的挑战，但最困难的问题是如何清理数以百万计的微小塑料微粒，这些微粒是不可能从沙子中分离出来的。现在来自于加拿大的12名学生发明了一款可以清理微小塑料微粒的真空吸尘器。【7题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段中的Its already challenging enough for env

20、ironmentalists to keep beaches clear of washed up trash(垃圾) and plastic debris(残骸), but the most difficult problem lies in cleaning up all of the millions of tiny microplastics that are impossible to pick up and separate from the sand.（对环保主义者来说，保持海滩上没有被冲上岸的垃圾和塑料碎片已经是一个很大的挑战，但最困难的问题是如何清理数以百万计的微小塑料微粒，

21、这些微粒是不可能从沙子中分离出来的）可知，保持海滩清洁最难的问题是如何清理数以百万计的微小塑料微粒，因为这些微粒是不可能从沙子中分离出来的。故选D。【8题详解】细节理解题。根据第四段中的As a means of testing their machines efficiency, they recently used it on the sands of Hawaiis Kamilo Beach, which is also notorious for being one of the dirtiest beaches in the world.（为了测试他们的机器的效率，他们最近把它用在了夏威夷卡米洛海滩的沙滩上，卡米洛海滩也是世界上最脏的海滩之一）可知，学生们在夏威夷的卡米洛海滩上测试了他们的机器的效率。根据上文可知，Hoola One plastic vacuum cleaner正是这些学生们发明的新机器。故选C。【9题详解】主旨大意题。根据第五段中的Using a handheld tube, the machine sucks(吸入)up plastic and sand and dumps them all into a massive tank of water. Since rocks and sand are heavier