广东省梅州市商业学校高二英语上学期期末试题含解析

1、广东省梅州市商业学校高二英语上学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.-My goodness! I cant imagine _that old. .A. to be B. to have been C. being D. having been参考答案：C2. Canada is a country _ many different nationalities as well as one with foreign immigrants _ the majority of i

2、ts population.Aconsisting of; making upBmaking up of; occupied withCmade up of; consisting ofDconsisted of; taking up参考答案：A句意：加拿大既是一个外国移民占大部分人口的国家，也是一个由许多不同民族构成的国家。 consist of“由组成”；make up“构成”。3. At that timeour manager came in, in his new suitAto dress Bdressing Cbeing dressed Ddried参考答案：D4. With t

3、he word “PM2.5” _ appearing in media reports, people pay greater attention to it and seek health tips for smoggy days. A. constantly B. instantly C. roughly D. firmly参考答案：A5. -You paid already? Ok, whats my share of the bill? - . It wasnt very much.ADont worry about it. B. Its my pleasure. CNone of

4、your business. D. Its up to you.参考答案：A6. -Ive got to go now. -Must you? I _ you could stay for dinner with us.A. thinkB. thoughtC. have thoughtD. am thinking参考答案：B7. Buried _ the book, he didnt hear the sound.A. in B. atC. on D. to参考答案：A【详解】考查介词用法和固定搭配。句意：因为埋头于读书，他没有听到这声音。be buried in为固定搭配，意为“埋头于做某事

5、，专心于做某事”。本句是非谓语，还原为：Because he was buried in the book, he didnt hear the sound.因为主从句的主语一致，所以从句的主语省略，把was去掉，变成buried in。故选A。8. Big companies in Germany generally the euro,while small manufacturers are nervous.Big banks are in favor;small ones are against.A.consist ofB.complain ofC.approve ofD.dream o

6、f参考答案：C提示:题意为:德国的大公司基本赞同欧元,而小企业则很紧张;大银行赞同,小的反对。approve of表示“赞同”。9. In China，peach is a_of long life and therefore makes an ideal birthday present.Asymbol BsignCsignal Dsymptom参考答案：A10. But for the help of my English teacher, I the first prize in the English Writing Competition.Awould not win Bwould

7、not have wonCwould win Dwould have won参考答案：B11. What has the professor been devoted to recently? material for his new book.A. Collected B. Collecting C. To collect D. Having collected参考答案：B12. You should remember the cause and avoid it the next time you _ the same situation.A. come out B. come about

8、 C. come up D.come across参考答案：D13. Janes grandmother had wanted to write _ childrens book for many years, but one thing or another always got in _ way.Aa; / Bthe；the C/; the Da；the参考答案：D2015浙江卷 考查冠词。句意：简的奶奶很多年来一直想写一本(关于)孩子的书，但总是被这事或那事耽搁了。第一空a childrens book中的a表示“一本”，所以用不定冠词a；而第二空涉及的in the way是固定用法，表

9、示“挡道，阻碍”，所以用定冠词the。综合以上内容可知选D项。本题的第一空有些考生可能会错选the，认为是特定情况，但要注意the表示确切的某地或某时的状况，而此处没有限定childrens book的相关信息。14. Ill never trust such a man _ you described. A. that B. what C. whoever D. as参考答案：D15. She kept a little notebook, in which _ the telephone numbers and email addresses of her friends.A. wrote

10、 B. have written C. was written D. were written参考答案：D16. The population of the city _from less than half a million in 1949 to over two million.A.have increased B.has increased C.have improved D.has improved参考答案：B二、 书面表达17. 摘要写作summary（5分）As I got into a taxi one afternoon, the driver was very angry

11、about something that had happened to him earlier that day. Heres how he told the story:“One of my passengers left a wallet in my cab this morning. Nearly three hundred dollars in it. I spent more than an hour trying to trace the guy. Finally I found him at his hotel. He took the wallet without a wor

12、d and glared at me as though Id meant to steal it.”“He didnt give you a reward?” I asked.“Not a cent. But it wasnt the money I wanted,” he fumbled, then exploded, “If the guy had only said something”Why was the driver so upset? All he wanted was something simple, but even more valuable than money: t

13、o be thanked for his efforts. In short, what he wanted, what he needed but did not get, was a little bit of gratitude.要求：1. 以约30个词概括文章大意。 2. 可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子。3. 概括准确，语言规范。参考答案：The passage tells us that a taxi driver got angry and disappointed, because he received nothing for his efforts to r

14、eturn the lost wallet to its owner, not even a simple word of gratitude.三、 阅读理解18. Every year 2.2 million tons of oil are spilled into the ocean. Actually, this only amounts to a small percentage of the total 1.6 billion tons of oil shipped around the world each year. However, this spilled oil has t

15、errible effects on ocean life, including the coastlines where the oil washes up onto shore. Some of the largest spills in history were caused by oil tankers running into each other or by an oil tanker sailing into shallow water and hitting the bottom of the ocean. After these spills, officials try t

16、o discover who or what was at fault to help prevent similar accidents in the future. One of the worst oil spills in history occurred along the Alaskan coastline in 1989. In this accident, 42,000 tons of oil spilled from a tanker which resulted in terrible damage to this sensitive natural area. In th

17、is spill, the tankers captain, who was tired from overwork and drinking alcohol, had gone to take a rest. He gave control of the ship to the third mate. The third mate was unfamiliar with the path the ship took, and he ran the ship onto Blighe Reef. Blighe Reef is a natural underwater rock wall near

18、 the Alaskan coast. Damaged by the reef, the ship leaked oil out into the ocean. More than 1,600 kilometers of coastline were affected by the oil spill. Some scientists who studied nature in the area guessed that 580,000 birds and 5,500 otters died when the oil from the spill covered their skin. As

19、well, smaller shellfish and other sea creatures were later eaten by seals, whales, and other animals. The most oil ever spilled was actually dumped on purpose as an act of ecological warfare. The term ecological warfare means to fight by doing harm to nature in the area under attack. In 1990, Iraq s

20、ent soldiers into Kuwait and set off the Persian Gulf War. As part of the Iraq war plan, 9,000,000 tons of oil were let out into the Persian Gulf by Iraq. This oil covered 1,500 square kilometers of water in the Persian Gulf. The oil also damaged 650 kilometers of the coastline of both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. In some places, oil floating on the water was measured to be 43 centimeters thick. Water birds, water plants, and baby fish were all seriously a