高二下学期英语单元测试.doc

尤溪第五中学2005—2006学年度第二学期单元测试(unit11\12)

英语试题

命题人：高二英语备课组

第一卷（三部分，共80分）

一.听力: 看英语周报unit13(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

二: 单项填空(共200小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

1.A new cure for the disease is______to be discovered.

A.like

B.likely

C.possible

D.probable

2.Do you agree to the plan______at the meeting?

A.to put forward

B.to put away

C.put forward

D.put u p

3.The director on land asked the pilot to______his position.

A.locate

B.grasp

C.announce

D.arrange

4.They were filled with joy when they______in this beautiful island.

A.set free

B.set foot

C.paid visit

D.reached

5.He was______by new hope.

e to life

e true

C.rejuvenated

D.boomed

6.The Olympics has already______our country's breathtaking e conomic progress,

A.showcased

B.achieved

C.boomed

D.grasped

7.Don't forget to take the_______with you.

A.luggages

B.baggages

C.two pieces of luggages

D.two

luggages

8.After the president made an official announcement,

she expressed her_____opinion.

A.personal

B.private

C.single

D.individual

9.The test we held last time is obviously bad because it____ _incorrect learning.

A.relies upon

B.leads to

C.refers to

D.depends on

10.The airline______for a plane to take us to Boston yesterda y.

A.called

B.arranged

C.asked

D.sent

11.______teaches______.

A.Failure;success

B.Success;failure

C.Fail;succeed

D.Succeed;fail

12.He narrowly escaped______in the fighting.

A.to kill

B.to be killed

C.killing

D.being killed

13.－Why do people prefer to take a window seat on the plane?

－Because the window_____the outside world.

A.takes a view of

B.keeps a view of

C.has a view of

D.gives a view of

14.The weather report says it will_____cold tomorrow.

A.turn up

B.turn out

C.turn on

D.turn in

15.She drew the______before switching on the light.

A.shades

B.masks

C.coverings

D.curtains

16.－It's______that he said:"I am______to help you."

－Don't take it seriously.He is always playing that trick.

A.sure;sure

B.certain;certain

C.sure;certain

D.certainly;cu rely

17.－How much is the rent of the house,Mrs Sandra?

－One hundred dollars,the electricity and telephone fee_______.

A.containe

B.containing

C.including

D.included

18.Please find some books that______these matters.

A.light upon

B.give light upon

C.throw light upon

D.throws light upon

19.What is the______between Nangjing and Shanghai?

A.distance

B.length

C.width

D.height

20.A man who hesitates______everything cannot do anything succe ssfully.

A.to do

B.doing

C.for doing

D.in doing

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Among the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified as science fiction. Hundreds of 21 are published every year and are read by all kind s of people. What’s 22 , some of the most successful films of recent years have been 23 on science fiction stories.

It is often thought that science fiction is a fairly new 24 in literature, 25 its ancestors (祖先) can be found in books written hundreds of years ago. These 26 often cared for the presentation of some form of ideal 27 , a theme which is 28 often found in modern stories.

Most of the classics (名著) of science fiction, 29 , have been written within the last one hundred years. Books 30 writers, such as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, to 31 just two well-known authors, have been translated into many languages. 32 science fiction writers don’t write about men from Mars of space adventure stories. They are more