高二英语下学期期末考试试题及答案

高二下学期期末考试英语试题及答案

第一卷（选择题，满分115分）

第二部分英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

was on ____Sunday in____May of 2012 that the famous expert in phonetics,passed away.

, the B./, / C./, the , a

22.——I hear that Charlie is absent from school because of his being ill.

——_____,let's go to see him.

ever so any necessary.

't ___the speaker now;he will answer the questions later.

the same mistake again made his parents unhappy; ___ by his parents, he left _____ .

A. His being made; criticizing; disappointed

B. He has made; criticized; disappointed

C. He had made; criticized; disappointing

D. His making; criticized; disappointed

wasn't the first time he ____ think it's high time we _____ strong actions against him. A．betrayed; take B．had betrayed; took

C．has betrayed; took D．has betrayed; take

boy looked at his mother in________，not daring to believe it's true.

A．amazement B．absence C．surprised D．astonished

Lang is my favorite regard him as________other pianists.

A．superior to B．more superior to

C．superior than D．more superior than

28.Police are now searching for a woman who is reported to _____since the flood hit the area last Friday.

been missing got lost missing lost

law requires equal treatment for all, ____race, religion and sex.

spite of terms of C. In addition to of

30.The project aims to ensure that poorer people are not____from the benefit of computer technology.

out off down up

31．The origin of Chinese culture________more than 5,000 years ago.

A．is dated back to B．dates back to C．was dated from D．dated back to

can't bear ________，so I hope you can come on time.

A．to keep waiting B．to keep to wait

C．being kept waiting D．being kept to wait

！There are ________ grazing over there.

A．two herds of cattles B．two head of cattle

C．two head of cattles D．two herd of cattle

34.——If she had taken the entrance exam,she would be a student of our school now.

——I think so .

would have a try. B. Why not have a try

has to try it. shouldn't have given up.

35.________________this possible effect may put us in a dilemma.

A. Overlooked overlooked D. To overlook

第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题分，满分30分）

Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children．Eighteen! In order 36 to keep food on the table, the father, a goldsmith by profession worked almost eighteen hours____37__ day at his trade．Despite their seemingly 38 condition, two of the eldest children had a dream．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art. 39 , they knew well that their father would never be able to 40 either of them to study at the Academy．After many long discussions at night in their 41 bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact．They would toss （掷）a coin．The 42 would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, 43 his winning brother for the academy．Then, in four years, he would support the other one．Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and 44 Nuremberg．Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, 45 his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate the time he graduated, he was beginning to 46 considerable fees for himself．

When the young artist 47 home and said to his brother, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your 48 . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will

49 you．"

Albert rose and wiped the 50 from his cheeks．"No, brother．I cannot go to Nuremberg．It is too 51 for me．Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my 52 ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas 53 a pen or a brush．"

More than 450 years have 54 ．By now, among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, "The Praying Hands" is one 55 creation that can catch the world's hearts．

．fully B．merely C．completely D．entirely

．a B．every C．one D．each ．demanding B．promising C .careless ．Therefore

B．And D．But

．study B．give C．send D．offer ．separated B．messy C．crowded D．unusual

．loser C．old D．younger ．advertise C．expect D．require

．flew away to behind C．left from D．went off to ．deserved C．desired D．envied

．earn C．draw D．spend

．arrived C．reached D．got

．fate C．top D．turn

．take charge of up for C．take care of D．make use of ．smiles C．tears D．hints

．latter C．later D．late

．hands C．pictures D．mines

．with C．through D．in ．remembered C．passed D．changed ．mysterious C．skillful D．touching

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning,a middle,and an endwith commercials （商业广告）thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.""Drink Good Wet Root Beer.""Fill up with Pacific