高二上学期期中英语考试

高二上学期期中测试

英语试卷

(满分120分，100分钟完卷)

Ⅱ．单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

21．The mayor recommend that the prizes ______at once.

A．presented B．be presented C．should present D．would present

22．---The plane is due to take off at 9;50 from the airport.

---_______we fail to arrive there in time?

A.Only if

B.As if

C.Even if

D.What if

23．The street was named after a great man _____ his great contributions to the city.

.A．in honour of B.instead of C.in case of D.in need of

24.______ you would drop in,I would have stayed home, waiting for you.

A. Had I known

B.I had known

C. Were I to know

D.Did I know

25．Was it at the school was named after a heroine he spent his childhood ?

A．which, that B．where ,which C．where ,that D．there ,that

26．______by the bullets _____ at them from all directions, the enemy went into the forest.

A．Be confused ; flying B．Confusing;flew

C．Confused;flying D．Having confused;flown

27．---Did you criticize him for his mistakes?

----Yes, but_____it.

A.I’d rather not do

B.I’d rather not doing

C. I’d rather not have done

D. I’drather not did

28．Allen is said a new computer program recently,but I don’t know when she will finish it .

A．to have designed B．to design

C．to be designing D．to have been designing

29．This computer doesn’t work properly ,because a certain virus has ___ the operating system.

A．broken up B．broken down C broken out D.broken away

30. ----How are you recently ?

-----I have been_____ a high fever for sever days.

A.suffering

B.suffering from

C.suffered Dcatching

31.After Yang Liwei succeeded in circling the earth, ____our astronauts desire to do is ____

they will walk in space some day.

A. what; what

B.what; that

C. that; that

D. that; what

32．We ______him to stop surfing the Internet, but he wouldn’t.

A．persuaded B．try to persuade

C．suggested D．tried to persuade

33．Here is my card. Let’s keep in_______ .

A．connection B．relation C．friendship D．touch

34. The sound of happy laughter ______ memories of his childhood.

A．called for B.called up C．called in D．called on

35．The Group of Eight ______ of the eight richest countries in the world.

A.contains

B.makes

C.consists

D.is consisted

Ⅲ．完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business .He enjoyed his 36 and traveling .

Then ,after returning to the United States from a 37 trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic(USSR),Mr Cousins got sick .Because he had pushed his body to the 38

of its strength on the trip ,a change began to take place 39 him .The material between his bones became 40 .

In less than one week after his return ,he could not 41 .Every move that he 42 .was painful .He was not able to sleep at night .The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr Cousins’ problem and he might never 43 over the illness. Mr Cousins ,however ,refused to give up 44 .

Mr Cousins thought that 45 thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body .He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. 46 ,he felt that happy thoughts or 47 might cure his illness .

He began to 48 on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television . Mr Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the 49 gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night .

50 the doctor could not help home , Mr Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could 51 his experiments with laughter .For eight days , Mr Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television ,reading funny books ,and sleeping 52

he felt tired .Within three weeks ,he felt well 53 to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for 54 .

After a few months , Mr Cousins returned to work ,He had laughed himself back to 55 . 36．A．time B．holiday C．sleep D．work 37．A．boring B．tiring C．dangerous D．pleasant

38．A．top B．degree C．problem D．limit

39．A．from B．around C．inside D．beside 40．A．weak B．ill C．false D．painful 41．A．speak B．breathe C．stand D．see

42．A．made B．did C．took D．gave

43．A．look B．get C．turn D．think

44．A．effort B．hope C．treatment D．arrangement