江苏省南通市海安县李堡中学2021年高二英语期末试题含解析

江苏省南通市海安县李堡中学2021年高二英语期末试题含解析
一、选择题
1. The fireworks _____ by the workers sent the whole building into fire.
A. set off
B. took off
C. put off
D. sent off
参考答案：
A
略
2. They took a hell of a risk and suffered a great deal but it .
A. paid back
B. paid up
C. paid off
D. paid down
参考答案：
9.C.考查短语意思，pay off “如愿以偿”
3. ______ in her music, she even didn’t hear my calling her name beside her.
A. Absorbing
B. Absorbed
C. To be absorbed
D. Being absorbed
参考答案：
B
4. The boy on the grass is my classmate.
A. lain
B. laying
C. is lying
D. lying
参考答案：
D
5. It was at this shop _______ I bought my skirt. How about coming to my home to have a look tonight?
A. that
B. where
C. which
D. what
参考答案：
A
6. A huge balloon is telling people in Paris how good or bad the air quality is. When it's good, the balloon shines green. ________, it's red.
A. When worse
B. If bad
C. Though terrible
D. Whenever good
参考答案：
b
略
7. 28．Lily and Phoebe are on close terms with each other; so they like to a hotel room each other when they are on holiday．
A．share; with B．relate; to
C．compare; with D．regard; as
参考答案：
A
略
8. From his ________ look, we could see that the professor hadn’t expected that we could raise such
_________ questions to him.
A. confusing; confusing
B. confused; confused
C. confusing; confused
D. confused; confusing
参考答案：
D
试题分析：考查形容词。

句意：从他困惑的表情，我们能看出那位教授并没有想到我们会提出如此令人困惑的问题。

Confusing令人困惑的；confused感到困惑的。

故选D。

9. by the beauty of nature, the girl from London decided to spend another two days on the farm.
A. Attracting
B. Attracted
C. To be attracted
D. Having attracted
参考答案：
B
10. —Jim has been in hospital.
—Oh, really? I ________. ________ visit her.
A. didn’t know; I’ll go and
B. don’t know; I have meant to
C. don’t know; I meant to
D. haven’t known; I was going to
参考答案：
A
11. The stronger the ______ is, the more quickly a person will learn a foreign language.
A.Admiration
B. communication
C. association
D. motivation
参考答案：
D
12. It is not what we do once in a while _____ shapes our lives, _____ what we do consistently.
A. which; that;
B. that; that
C. which; but
D. that; but
参考答案：
d
略
13. On the river bank ______where he once lived.
A. stand a house
B. standing a house
C. did a house stand D．stands a house
参考答案：
D
14. It is no use without taking action.
A. complain
B. complaining
C. being complained
D. to be com,plained
参考答案：
B
15. , he talks a lot about his favorite singers after class.
A. A quite student as he may be
B. Quite student as he may be
C. Be a quite student as he may
D. Quite as he may be a student
参考答案：
B
16. It is you, I think, rather than your wife, _________ to blame for your son’s bad behavior at school．A．that is B．who is C．that should D．who are
参考答案：D
17. –How do you find ____ park?
–Well, ____ great one. It has left a deep impression on me.
A. /; the
B. /; a
C. the; a
D. the; the
参考答案：
C
18. Because of the heavy snowstorm, we have to put off the visit to the painting exhibition __________ in the nearby city until tomorrow.
A. to hold
B. having been held
C. holding
D. being held
参考答案：
D
19. His daughter has ___________ the young politician for five years.
A. got married with
B. been married to
C. been married with
D. got married to
参考答案：
B
略
二、翻译
20. 这是我们的朋友经常做出的解释。

（put forward ）
参考答案：
It is an explanation often put for ward by our friend
三、阅读理解
21. To settle the question about whether to invite a rock group to their city, the mayor took a
60
A．12,094 B．11,789 C．11,49 D．15,024
61．The undecided people _______．
A．thought it would help the city B．thought it would do harm to the city
C．hadn’t made up their minds D．didn’t take part in the poll at all
62．According to the results, _____．
A．the rock(摇滚乐) group would be invited to the city
B．the rock concert wouldn’t be held in the city
C．a new theater would be built quickly
D．the quarrel would last for a long time
63. Which group has the largest number of people who didn’t decide?
A. The group about whether to buy the tickets.
B. The group about whether they feared the damage or not.
C. The group about whether or not it would help the city.
D. We don’t know.
参考答案：
DCAC
22. Aging brings wrinkles，sagging bodies and frustrating forgetfulness．But getting older is not all bad for many people．Mounting evidence suggests aging may be a key to happiness．There is conflicting research on the subject，however，and experts say it may all boil down to this：Attitude is everything．
Older adults tend to be more optimistic and have a more positive outlook on life than their younger and stressed opposites．The big question is why seniors are happier．A recent study suggests one reason：Older adults remember the past through happy memories．Aging can bring more cheer as people become more comfortable with themselves and their roles in society．The older adults said they were enjoying more time with their family，spending more time on hobbies and having greater financial security and did not have to work．
But others are doubtful about the link between happiness and growing older．
"The notion that those in old age are happiest is misleading，" said Richard Easterlin， a professor of economics at the University of Southern California．"It is based on comparing people of different ages who are the same in terms of income，health，family life．" Easterlin added，"When you take account of the fact that older people have lower income than younger，are less healthy，and more likely to be living alone，then you will find it hard to accept that they are happier．
In fact，scientists have found that as people age，their health declines and social networks disappear as their friends die，which can make the elderly less happy．
Even if one does give in to age's dark side，health and happiness don't always go hand﹣in﹣hand．It's all about attitude．Research by the University of Chicago's Yang suggests that attitude about life and happiness，is partly shaped by the era in which a person was born．It turns out that individuals who adapt the best to changes also have the highest expected levels of happiness．
Despite the conflicting findings about aging and happiness，the good news is that there doesn't appear to be a limit to how much happiness one can achieve in one's life．"Most people desire happiness，" Easterlin said．"To my knowledge，no one has identified a limit to attainable happiness．"
（1）What does the last paragraph mainly tell us？
A．The key factor to older adults' happiness
B．There is a conflict between aging and happiness
C．No one can define the limit to happiness．
D．The relationship between health and happiness．
（2）Why are some seniors happier according to some experts？
A．They focus on what makes them feel good．
B．They have their own circle of friends．
C．They have better income after retirement．
D．They can go outing frequently．
（3）What can we learn from the passage？
A．People of the same age have the same sense of happiness．
B．Attitude may play a very important role in happiness．
C．People who adapt the best to changes are more likely to be unhappy．
D．Older adults who have more valuable life experience are more optimistic．
（4）What's the topic discussed in the passage？
A．Whether aging or attitude brings happiness．
B．Why seniors adapt the best to changes in society．
C．What the limit to an elder person's happiness is．
D．How older people feel compared with younger people．
参考答案：
CABA
【分析】本文主要写了衰老可能是幸福的关键．而态度在幸福中可能起着非常重要的作用．
【解答】1．C 主旨大意题．根据最后一段最后一句To my knowledge，no one has identified a limit to attainable happiness就我所知，没有人能确定幸福的限度．所以答案选C．
2．A 推理判断题．根据第二段Older adults remember the past through happy memories．老年人记忆过去幸福的回忆．可以推断出年轻人关注的是什么让他们感觉良好．所以答案选A．
3．B 推理判断题．根据句子Attitude is everything．态度决定一切．可以推断出态度在幸福中可能起着非常重要的作用．所以答案选B．
4．A 主旨大意题．本文主要写了衰老可能是幸福的关键．而态度在幸福中可能起着非常重要的作用．所以A选项是衰老还是态度会带来幸福，所以答案选A．
【点评】考察学生的推理判断能力和联系上下文的的能力，在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．此类的填空题一定要联系上下文，根据上下文的内容加上自己的理解，再作出正确的判断。