高二英语下学期期末复习题

Unit 20 Archaeology

一、单项选择

1. No one can _____ himself _____ genius.

A. describe; as

B. describe; as a

C. describe; with

D. describe; with a

2. He has a strong objection _____ in public.

A. to being laughed at

B. to be laughed at

C. to laugh at

D. to laughing at

3. In the western countries, people like to decorate their houses _____ holly _____ Christmas.

A. with; in

B. with; on

C. with; at

D. about; at

4. Children are naturally curious _____ everything around them, in other words, they're curious _____ everything works.

A. of; that

B. about; how

C. for; what

D. as to; when

5. The champions of the Athens Olympics of China _____ a holiday last week and they are still _____ holiday.

A. went on; on

B. were on; on

C. went on; at

D. were on; at

6. What _____ me most is that such a pretty girl _____ interest in raising pigs.

A. interests; takes so much

B. takes interest to; has such great

C. interest; show so much

D. interesting to; feels so much

7. Wait till you are more _____. It's better to be sure than sorry.

A. inspired

B. certain

C. calm

D. satisfied

8. At the present time, most parents _____ their hopes _____ their children.

A. put; in

B. pin; with

C. pin; on

D. put; with

9. In dry weather, the flowers will have to be watered if they _____.

A. have survived

B. are to survive

C. would survive

D. will survive

10. --- Excuse me, may I ask you some questions?

--- Sorry, I'm too busy and haven't even a minute to _____.

A. spend

B. spare

C. share

D. stop

11. In the botanic garden we can find a(n) _____ of plants that range from tall trees to small flowers.

A. species

B. group

C. amount

D. variety

12. The reason _____ was lack of medical care.

A. that he died

B. why he died

C. for his death

D. A, B and C

13. The reason for my absence was _____ I was ill.

A. because

B. that

C. why

D. since

14. The package is two kilograms _____ weight.

A. by

B. at

C. in

D. on

15. Our government's anger _____ to their ambassador.

A. were conveyed

B. conveyed

C. conveys

D. was conveyed

16. The well-known singer _____ at the piano by Comrade Wang.

A. was companied

B. was accompanied

C. companied

D. accompanied

17. _____ from the moon, our earth, with water _____seventy percent of its surface, appears as a "blue ball".

A. Seen; covered

B. Seeing; covering

C. Seen; covering

D. To see; to cover

18. The castle _____ the 14th century.

A. dates back

B. dated back to

C. dates from

D. dated from