上海高二英语下学期练习题(含答案)

一、语法：01.2018-2019学年洋泾中学高二下英语3月月考

One of the most___17___（fascinate）things about television is the size of the audience.A novel can be on the “bestseller”lists with a sale of fewer than100,000copies,but a popular TV show might have70million TV

can make anything or___18___well-known overnight.This is the principle behind“quiz”or“game”shows,___19___

put ordinary people on TV to play a game for prizes and money.A quiz show can make anyone a star,and it can give away thousands of dollars.Charles Van Doran,an English instructor,became rich and famous after winning money on several shows.He even had a career as a television personality.But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doran was cheating.It turned out that the sho w’s producers who were pulling the strings,gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand.Why?Because___20___the audience didn’t like the person who won the game,they turned the TV off.The result of this cheating was a huge scandal.___21___（base）on his story,a movie under the title“Quiz Show”

is on40years later.Charles Van Doran is no longer involved with T V.But game shows are still here,though they

___22___（not,take）as seriously.In fact,some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible.There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together,or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on T V,or that punish losers by humiliating them.The entertainment now is to see___23___people will do just to be on T V.People still win money,but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.

答案：17.fascinating18.anyone19.which20.if21.Based22.aren’t taken23.what

二、语法：02.2018-2019学年洋泾中学高二下英语3月月考

Conflicts and disappointments are natural side effects of the human experience,but for a certain personality type

known as a“drama queen”，life’s little setbacks can trigger explosive emotional outbursts and other irrational behaviors. The team“drama queen”or___24___（frequently），“drama king”—is usually applied to someone with a demanding or overbearing（蛮横的）personality who___25___（tend）to overreact to seemingly minor incidents.A drama queen often views the world in absolutes,and only has two settings on her emotional control button:zero and ten.

In literature,the character Scarlett O’Hara from Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind would be considered a drama queen by today’s standards.This type of person is self=centered and self-absorbed,often viewing friends and relatives as lesser beings___26___（assign）to take care of her personal needs.Her worst enemy is solitude（独处），so she tends to be very outgoing and sociable,___27___many of her friendships tend to remain at surface level.Others who have experienced the drama queen’s sudden outbursts in the past may have a feeling of walking on egg shells around her,___28___（not want）to be the person who delivers upsetting news or offends her in any way.

In adult life,___29___（consider）a drama queen or a drama king is generally not a good thing.Co-workers or superiors may fear confronting such a person at the workplace,since she usually does not take personal criticism very well.She may find___30___out of the social or political loop（圈）at work,since her tendency to overreact or lash out at others irrationally makes it difficult for others to trust her with sensitive information.

答案：24.less frequently25.tends26.assigned27.although28.not wants29.being considered30.herself