新课标人教版高二英语必修5-期中考试试卷

汇璟中学2013—2014学年度第一学期期中考试

高二英语试卷

第一卷选择题

一.最佳选择

1．The young man acted strangely during the interview.He made a bad________on the employer. A．impression B．expression C．experience D．opinion

2．He didn’t believe it was true until he________her offer of a job.

A．swept up B．sped up C．picked up D．took up

3,________to train his daughter in English，he put an ad like this in the paper “________，an English teacher for a ten­year­old girl”．

A．Determined；Wanted B．Determined；Wanting

C．Determine；Wanted D．Determining；Wanting

4．Although she has a lot of problems，she manages to remain ________.

A．optimistic B．cautious C．concerned D．anxious

5．The girl，almost________ to death at the sight of the snake，shut her eyes and dared not have a second look at it.

A．frightening B．was frightenedC．frightened D．having frightened

6．What the doctor warned us is that the ________ sleep may cause anger，poor memory and poor concentration.

A．want in B．plenty of C．lack in D．lack of

7．The children ran away________all directions the moment they caught sight of their teacher coming near. A．in B．to C．from D．off

8 As we all know________life is hard for any of us. If we want to live________happy life，we must work harder.

A．/；/ B．/；a C．a；/ D．a；a

9．Those trucks，filled with all kinds of relief supplies，are________to the earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan.

A．speeding up B．keeping up C．holding up D．sweeping up

10．As we all know，it is impolite to read others’________letters without their permission.

A．selfish B．published C．private D．public

11.The audience________before TV sets are listening to Yi Zhongtian’s stories with their eyes________upon him.

A．seating；fixing B．seated；fixing C．seated；fixed D．seating；fixed

12．Her parents’ quarreling with each other________is the main cause for leading to her family’s breaking up.

A．strictly B．constantly C．hardly D．occasionally

13．Talking of Project Hope is always________all of us of the big-eyed girl called Su Mingjuan. A．recalling B．remembering C．reminding D．referring

14．．The student________in the games on the MP4 during class didn’t notice his teacher behind him. A．absorbing B．to absorb C．be absorbed D．absorbed

15．．The stud ent________in the games on the MP4 during class didn’t notice his teacher behind him.

A．absorbing B．to absorb C．be absorbed D．absorbed

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II.语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1－15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die.But people now live __1__ than they used to.Yet, all living things still show the __2__ of aging, which will eventually __3__ in death. Aging is not a disease, but as a person passes maturity (成熟期), the cells of the body and the __4__they form do not function as well as they did in childhood and teenage years.The body provides less __5__ against disease and is more __6__ to have accidents.

A number of related causes may __7__ to aging.Some cells of the body have a fairly long life, but they are not __8__ when they die.As a person __9__，the number of brain cells and muscle cells decreases.Other body cells die and are replaced by new cells.In an aging person the __10__ cells may not be as workable or as capable of growth as those of a young person.

Another __11__ in aging may be changes within the cells __12__.Some of the protein chemicals in cells are known to change with age and become less elastic (有弹性的)．This is why the skin of old people wrinkles (起皱) and hangs __13__.This is also the reason why old people__14__ in height.There may be other more important chemical changes in the cells.Some complex cell chemicals, such as DNA and RNA, store and pass on information that the cells need.Aging may affect this __15__and change the information-carrying molecules so that they do not transmit the information as well.

1．A.shorter B．longer C．happilier D．harder

2．A.function B．effect C．affect D．sign

3．A.lead B．give C．run D．result

4．A.hands B．feet C．heart D．organs

5．A.energy B．protection C．vigor D．power

6．A.likely B．probable C．possible D．alike

7．A.attend B．contribute C．add D．devote

8．A.replaced B．reborn C．recovered D．surrendered

9．A.grows B．gets C．ages D．times

10．A.old B．left C．new D．right

11．A.factor B．effectC．reason D．element

12．A.owe B．own C. themselves D．them

13．A.loose B．tight C．smooth D．wet

14．A.increase B．shrink C．lengthen D．decrease

15．A.improvement B．procession C．approach D．process

Ⅱ阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

A

The printed word is just about the most important way we have of communication with one another.Look around you at the books in school, at the newspapers at home, at the posters on walls and the stamps you stick on envelopes before posting them.Consider, too, the importance of being able to understand the instructions printed on packages of food and medicine sold in shops.

In these and in many other ways, the printed word has become so important that it is difficult to imagine how