2021-2022學(xué)年山西省忻州市北城中學(xué)高二英語下學(xué)期期末試題含解析

2021-2022學(xué)年山西省忻州市北城中學(xué)高二英語下學(xué)期期末試題含解析一、選擇題1.Afteralongabsence,Iwentbacktocollege,______topickupwhereI’dleftoff.A.hoping

B.hope

C.tohope

D.hoped參考答案：A2.Lookingatthe______ofchildrenplayinginthegarden,theoldmansmiledhappily.A.sight

B.view

C.scene

D.scenery參考答案：C3.Thereareanumberofcases_______familymembersorfriendsquarrelwitheachotherandbecomeenemies.

A.that

B.which

C.where

D.when參考答案：C4.Themusicianrecallsthathewassointerestedintheinstrumentthathedrewsixlinesonhisdeskinschool,________guitarstrings,andpracticeddayandnight.A.havingresembled B.resembledC.resembling D.toresemble參考答案：C【詳解】考查現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語。句意：音樂家回憶說他對樂器如此感興趣以致于他在學(xué)校的課桌上畫了六條線，像吉他弦，日夜練習(xí)。此處resemble與其邏輯主語sixlines是主動關(guān)系，故用現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語，故選C。5.______heavily,therescuepartystilloccupiedthemselvesinsearchingforsurvivals.A.Itwaslateandraining

B.BeinglateandrainingC.Lateandrainingasitwas

D.Lateandrainthoughitwas參考答案：C考查讓步狀語從句。句意：盡管已近深夜又下著大雨，救援小組仍然忙著搜尋幸存者。Lateandrainingasitwas=thoughitwaslateandraining.選C。

6.Weliveinanage_____moreinformationisavailablewithgreateasethaneverbefore.A.why

B.when

C.towhom

D.onwhich參考答案：B7.KarlMarxhadtriedtobecomeapoetwhenyoung,onlytoendupas_____failure.Buthewon______greatsuccessinphilosophyandpolitics.A.\,a

B.a,\

C.\,\

D.a,a參考答案：B8.—Youmustapologize________yoursister________beingsorude.—Noway.Itwasherfault.A．with；about

B．a(chǎn)t；forC．to；with

D．to；for參考答案：D9.—DoyouthinkJackistoblame?—Yes，itwasveryrude________facialpapertotheguestsattable.A．ofhimtothrow

B．forhimtothrowC．thathethrew

D．enoughtothrow參考答案：A10.When_______thetwocountries,wehavefoundtheyhavemuchincommon..A.compared

B.compare

C.beingcompared

D.comparing參考答案：D11.Inhisweekly_______tothenation,ObamasaidthejointeffortwasshowingresultsandthatLibyancivilianshadexpectedtheirsupporttothemilitaryoperation.A.assignment

B.address

C.appointment

D.arrangement參考答案：BA項職務(wù)；任務(wù)

B。演講；地址

C。約會；任命D。安排；布置12.Althoughthescientistisclaimingamajorbreakthroughinthefightagainstcancer,Iam

abouthischancesofcuringthepatients.A.curious

B.anxiousC.sceptical

D.optimistic參考答案：C【詳解】考查形容詞。A.curious好奇的；

B.anxious焦慮的；

C.sceptical懷疑的；

D.optimistic樂觀的。句意：盡管這位科學(xué)家聲稱在與癌癥的斗爭中取得了重大突破，但我對他治愈病人的可能性表示懷疑。結(jié)合句意可知答案為C。13.--Maryfailedthedrivingtestagain.--Really?Canyou_______forthatthistime.A.explain B.accountC.describe D.introduce參考答案：B【詳解】考查動詞。A.explain解釋；B.account把------視為；C.describe

描述；D.introduce介紹。句意：——瑪麗又沒通過駕駛考試?！娴膯?這次你能解釋一下嗎?accountfor“對------做出解釋”，故選B。14.—Thetripshouldn’ttakemorethananhour.—______.Itisatleasttwohours.A.Iguessso B.That’sit C.Youmustbejoking D.Itdepends參考答案：C15.Asacandidate,youmustmakeagood________oneveryoneyoumeetifyouwanttowintheelection.A.decision

B.situation

C.impression

D.position參考答案：C二、書面表達(dá)16.閱讀下面背景提示，根據(jù)提示和所給寫作內(nèi)容用英語寫一篇120詞左右的短文。EarthHourisaglobalWWF(WorldWildlifeFund)climatechangeplan.Thecampaigninvites，individuals，businesses，governmentsandcommunitiestoturnofftheirlightsfrom20:30to21:30onthelastSaturdayinMarcheveryyeartoshowtheirsupportforactiononclimatechange.Morethan3000citiesfrom80countriesandareastookpartinit.注意:1.字?jǐn)?shù)120左右;2.開頭結(jié)尾己給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。參考詞匯:做秀—show不便—inconvenienceDearEditor，LastweekourclasshadaheateddiscussiononEarthHour.

Yours,LiHua參考答案：17.假定你是李華。你校將于周四晚上舉辦一場英語演講比賽。請你用英語給外教Charlie寫一封邀請函，邀請他擔(dān)任評委。要點如下：1.比賽時間、地點：6月8日，周四晚7點至9點，報告廳。2.演講主題：中西文化差異。3.參賽選手：高二學(xué)生。4.評判內(nèi)容：語音、語調(diào)（intonation）、內(nèi)容等。注意：1.詞數(shù)80左右；2.可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________參考答案：DearCharlie,I'mhonoredtoinviteyoutobethejudgeofanEnglishspeechcontesttobeheldthisThursdayevening,July6th,atthelecturehall.CompetitorsarefromGradeTwoandthetopicofthespeechisaboutculturedifferencesbetweenChinaandwesterncountries.Speecheswillbegradedbasedoncompetitors'pronunciation,intonationandthecontentofthespeech.Thetwo-houreventwillbeginat7:00p.m.,andpleasebeherealittleearliersoIcanexplaintoyoumoredetails.Pleasecontactmeat1234567ifnecessary.Lookingforwardtoyourcoming!Yourssincerely,LiHua本篇書面表達(dá)是一封邀請信，要求根據(jù)學(xué)校將于周四晚上舉辦一場英語演講比賽。用英語給外教Charlie寫一封邀請函，邀請他擔(dān)任評委。應(yīng)該以第一人稱為主，用一般現(xiàn)在時和將來時來寫。要注意邀請信的格式：要先說明寫信的目的，然后交代1.比賽時間、地點：6月8日，周四晚7點至9點，報告廳。2.演講主題：中西文化差異。3.參賽選手：高二學(xué)生。4.評判內(nèi)容：語音、語調(diào)（intonation）、內(nèi)容等。最后交代希望對方到來。寫作時要注意目的明確，條理清楚，還要盡量使用一些高級詞匯和句型增加文章亮點，如不定式toinviteyou和tobeheld的運用，一般將來時的被動結(jié)構(gòu)willbegraded；還運用了詞語behonoredto,

basedon,Lookingforwardto等。三、閱讀理解18.

Dodogsunderstandus?

Becarefulwhatyousayaroundyourdog.Itmightunderstandmorethanyouthink.

Abordercollie(牧羊犬)namedRicorecognizesthenamesofabout200objects,sayresearchersinGermany.Thedogalsoappearstobeabletolearnnewwordsaseasilyasa3-year-oldchild.Itsword-learningskillsareasgoodasthoseofaparrotorchimpanzee(黑猩猩).

Inoneexperiment,theresearcherstookall200itemsthatRicoissupposedtoknowanddividedtheminto20groupsof10objects.Thentheownertoldthedogtogoandfetchoneoftheitemsandbringitback.Infourtests,Ricogot37outof40commandsright.Asthedogcouldn'tseeanyonetogetclues,thescientistsbelieveRicomustunderstandthemeaningsofcertainwords.

Inanotherexperiment,thescientiststookonetoythatRicohadneverseenbeforeandputitinaroomwithseventoyswhosenamesthedogalreadyknew.TheownerthentoldRicotofetchtheobject,usingawordthedoghadneverheardbefore.

Thecorrectobjectwaschoseninsevenoutofl0tests,suggestingthatthedoghadworkedouttheanswerbyprocessofelimination(排除法).Amonthlater,Ricorememberedhalfofthenewnames,whichisevenmoreimpressive.

Ricoisthoughttobesmarterthantheaveragedog.Foronething,Ricoisabordercollie,abreed(品種)knownforitsmentalabilities.Inaddition,the9-year-olddoghasbeentrainedtofetchtoysbytheirnamessincetheageofninemonths.

It'shardtoknowifalldogsunderstandatleastsomeofthewordswesay.Eveniftheydo,theycan'ttalkback.Still,itwouldn'thurttosweet-talkyourdogeverynowandthen.Youmightjustgetabig,wetkissinreturn!60.Fromparagraph2weknowthat

.A.animalsareascleverashumanbeingsB.dogsaresmarterthanparrotsandchimpanzeesC.dogshavesim