1、四川省广元市苍溪县八庙乡中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. He had wanted to write _ childrens book for many years, but one thing or another always got in _ way.A. a; / B. the; theC. /; the D. a; the参考答案:D考查冠词句意:许多年来,他都想写一本儿童读物,但是一件又一件的事情挡道;一本儿童书籍;修饰以辅音字母开头的单词用a;固定搭配get in the way意为:妨碍,挡道,故选D.2. As we go into the new cent
2、ury,we need to be ready to go with the winds of trust,conscience and intuition, we are open to the unexpected and are alert and are adaptable,life will become a wonderful journey. A.Until B.Unless C.though D.If参考答案:D考查连词辨析。句意:随着我们进入新世纪,我们需要准备好和信任,良知和直觉作伴。如果我们能接受意料之外的事情,能保持警觉,能够适应,生活将是精彩的旅程。使用if引导条件状
3、语从句,until直到;unless除非;though虽然。故选D。3. She is always busy doing housework _ I come to visit her family.A. every time when B. at every time C. every time D. at each time参考答案:C4. While hosting the Academy Awards, Billy Crystal always keeps a toothbrush with him _ he started practicing stand-up as a chil
4、d, he told himself jokes in front of the mirror, brushing his teeth.A. because whenB. because thatC. whenD. as参考答案:A【详解】考查原因状语从句和时间状语从句。句意:在主持奥斯卡颁奖典礼时,比利克里斯托总是随身带着一把牙刷,因为当他还是个孩子的时候就开始练习站立表演,他一边刷牙一边对着镜子给自己讲笑话。结合语境,_ he started practicing stand-up as a child, he told himself jokes in front of the mirr
5、or, brushing his teeth是原因状语从句,应用because引导。且在该原因状语从句中,he started practicing stand-up as a child是时间状语从句,应用when引导,he told himself jokes in front of the mirror, brushing his teeth是主句。综上,故选A。5. Jack works hard and carefully, and he is thought to be a _ young manager in our company by all of us.A. creativ
6、e B. sensible C. promising D. talented参考答案:C6. Tom, can you give me a/an _ that the homework will be finished on time next time?A. mission B. remark C. guarantee D. attraction参考答案:C略7. -Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week.-Sorry, sir, but I was _ for 15 minutes on the way
7、here in the traffic jam.Aheld up Bput upCtaken up Dgiven up参考答案:A试题分析:句意:-杰克,这是你这周第三次迟到了吧。-对不起,先生,我在路上遇到了交通阻塞结果被堵了15分钟。hold up阻挡; put up 举起; take up拿起,占据; give up放弃。根据句意故选A。考点:考查动词短语的用法。点评:本题难度适中。动词短语是高考常考的内容,需要考生平时的积累。不仅熟记它们的意义还要掌握它们的用法及区别。即学即练:He has a very small room and most of the space is _ by
8、 a grand piano.A. held up B. put up C. taken up D. given up解析:C。句意:他有一个非常小的房间,里面放着一架大钢琴,占去了一大半地方。8. Some people with similar experiences find it easy to to his troubles.A. referB. replyC. relateD. resemble参考答案:C【详解】考查实义动词辨析。句意:有相同经历的人发现很容易理解他遇到的麻烦。refer to参考,涉及;reply to回答;relate to 理解;resemble to 与相
9、似。按常理,因为有过相似的经历,才能更容易理解别人,感同身受。故选C。9. Its required that the students _ mobile phones in their school, so seldom _ them using one.A. should not use; you will seeB. not use; will you seeC. mustnt use; will you seeD. not use; you will see参考答案:B10. Nancy had to shout to make herself above the sound of t
10、he music.Ahear Bhearing Cheard Dto be heard 参考答案:C略11. Im so _to the teacher who gave me lots of help.A.availableB.essentialC.qualifiedD.grateful参考答案:D12. The actor pretends to be a fierce, man, but _ he is timid and shy. A. in action B. in addition C. in reality D. in short参考答案:C略13. They want to m
11、ake it clear to the public _ they are doing an important and necessary job.A. what B. which C. that D. all参考答案:C14. The prize will go to the writer _ story shows the most imagination.A. whose B. that C. which D. what参考答案:A15. _theirnationalities,wewillmakefriendswithanyonewhois friendly. A.Regardles
12、sof B.Despiteof C.Exceptfor D.Thanksto 参考答案:A16. As a child, Jack studied in a village school,_ is named after his grandfather.A. whichB. whereC. what D. that参考答案:A17. He _ the things in the old case which he wanted to keep.A. left aside B. set aside C. tested out D. turned around参考答案:B18. The world
13、 seven continents and four oceans.A. consists of B. is formed of C. is consisted of D. is made of参考答案:A二、 短文改错19. 短文改错The summer holiday is coming. My classmates and I are talking about how to do during the holiday. We can chose between staying at home and take a trip. If we stay at home,it is comfo
14、rtable but there is no need to spend money. But in that case,we will learn little about world. If we go on a trip abroad, we can broaden your view and gain knowledges we cannot get from books. Some classmates suggest we can go to places of interest nearby.I thought that it is a good ideA.It does not
15、 cost many,yet we can still learn a lot.参考答案:The summer holiday is coming. My classmates and I are talking about to do during the holiday.We can between staying at home and a trip.If we stay at home,it is comfortable there is no need to spend money.But in that case,we will learn little about world.I
16、f we go on a trip abroad, we can broaden view and gain we cannot get from books.Some classmates suggest we can 或 go to places of interest nearby.I that it is a good idea.It does not cost ,yet we can still learn a lot.20. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加
17、:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(),并在其下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意:1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。As school students, we run into one difficult after another in the process of learning. Everyone have their own ways to deal with them. Here I would like to share with mine.When I am faced
18、 with a problem, I usually chose to refer to relevant learning materials or web pages. In this way, I can not only work them out but also improve my ability to overcoming problems all by myself.However, when it is something which goes beyond my competence, I normal turn to my classmates or teachers
19、for help. Sometimes I also ask my parents for advice. As result, I have made steady progresses in my studies.参考答案:As school students, we run into one difficult after another in the process of learning. Everyone difficulty have their own ways to deal with them. Here I would like to share with mine.ha
20、s with When I am faced with a problem, I usually chose to refer to relevant learning materials or web choose pages. In this way, I can not only work them out but also improve my ability to overcoming it overcomeproblems all by myself.However, when it is something which goes beyond my competence, I n
21、ormal turn to my that normallyclassmates or teachers for help. Sometimes I also ask my parents for advice. As result, I have made asteady progresses in my studies.progress【分析】这是一篇说明文。作者分享了自己在遇到学习困难时的解决方式。【详解】第一处:考查名词。句意:作为学生,我们在学习的过程中遇到一个又一个困难。根据one可知,其后应加名词,difficulty是名词,意为“困难”,故将difficult改为difficu
22、lty。第二处:考查主谓一致。句意:每个人都有自己的处理方式。分析句子结构可知,everyone做主语时谓语动词用单数,故将have改为has。第三处:考查动词。句意:我想分享我的方法。结合句意可知,share是及物动词,其后直接加宾语,此处没有分享的对象,故去掉share后面的with。第四处:考查时态。根据usually可知,此处的时态应该是一般现在时,故将chose改为choose。第五处:考查代词。句意:我不仅可以解决问题。结合语境可知,此处应用it指代前文的a problem,故将把work后面的them改为it。第六处:考查非谓语动词。句意:我不仅可以解决问题,而且可以提高自己克服
23、问题的能力。结合句意可知,此处用动词不定式表示目的,故将overcoming改为overcome。第七处:考查定语从句连词。分析句子结构可知,when引导的状语从句部分是由一个定语从句组成,something是先行词时,关系代词应用that,而不是which,故将which改为that。第八处:考查副词。句意:我通常向我的同学或老师寻求帮助。分析句子结构可知,normal是形容词,不能修饰动词,normally意为“正常地、通常地”,故将normal改为normally。第九处:考查固定搭配。句意:结果,我在学习上取得了稳步的进步。结合句意可知,as a result意为“结果”,故在resu
24、lt前面加入a。第十处:考查名词的数。结合句意可知,make progress是固定搭配,意为“取得进步”,且progress是不可数名词没有复数,故将progresses改为progress。【点睛】定语从句中只能用that的情况:定语从句修饰的词(即先行词),前面有形容词最高级时;先行词被the very/the only/the same/the last等修饰时;先行词被序数词修饰时;先行词正好是anything/everything/nothing/few/all/none/little/some等词时;小题7考查了此项。先行词前面有who which等疑问代词时;先行词既有人,也有
25、物时。三、 阅读理解21. If you could be anybody in the world, who would it be? Your neighbour or a super star? A few people have experienced what it might be like to step into the skin of another person, thanks to an unusual virtual reality(虚拟现实)device. Rikke Wahl, an actress, model and artist, was one of the
26、 participants in a body swapping experiment at the Be Another lab, a project developed by a group of artists based in Barcelona. She swapped with her partner, an actor, using a machine called The Machine to Be Another and temporarily became a man. As I looked down, I saw my whole body as a man, dres
27、sed in my partners pants, she said. Thats the picture I remember best.The set-up is ly simple. Both users wear a virtual reality headset with a camera on the top. The video from each camera is sent to the other person, so what you see is the exact view of your partner. If she moves her arm, you see
28、it. If you move your arm, she sees it.To get used to seeing another persons body without actually having control of it, participants start by raising their arms and legs very slowly, so that the other can follow along. Eventually, this kind of slow synchronised(同步的)movement becomes comfortable, and
29、participants really start to feel as though they are living in another persons body.Using such technology promises to alter peoples behaviour afterwards-potentially for the better. Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism-the bias(偏见)that humans have against those
30、who dont look or sound like them. Researchers at the University of Barcelona gave people a questionnaire called the Implicit Association Test, which measures the strength of peoples associations between, for instance, black people and adjectives such as good, bad, athletic or awkward. Then they aske
31、d them to control the body of a dark skinned digital character using virtual reality glasses, before taking the test again. This time, the participants bias scores were lower. The idea is that once youve put yourself in anothers shoes youre less likely to think ill of them, because your brain has in
32、ternalised the feeling of being that person.The creators of The Machine to Be Another hope to achieve a similar result. At the end of body swapping, people feel like holding each other in their arms, says Arthur Pointeau, a programmer with the project. Its a really nice way to have this kind of expe
33、rience. I would really, really recommend it to everyone.32. The word swapping (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to_.A. exchanging B. building C. controlling D. transplanting33. We can infer from the experiment at the Be Another lab that_.A. participants will live more passionately after the experi
34、mentB. we can learn to take control of other peoples bodiesC. our feelings are related to our bodily experience D. the Machine to Be Another can help people change their sexes34. In the Implicit Association Test, before the participants used virtual reality glasses to control a dark skinned digital
35、character, _.A. they fought strongly against racismB. they were more biased against those unlike them C. they changed their behaviour dramaticallyD. they scored lower on the test for racism35. It can be concluded from the passage that_.A. technology helps people realize their dreamsB. our biases cou
36、ld be eliminated through experimentsC. virtual reality helps promote understanding among peopleD. our points of view about others need changing constantly参考答案:A C B C32A 词义猜测题。根据第一段中“A few people have experienced what it might be like to step into the skin of another person, thanks to an unusual vir
37、tual reality(虚拟现实)device.”可知该词为“互换”的意思,故选A。33C 推理判断题。根据第四段中“Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism-the bias(偏见)that humans have against those who dont look or sound like them.”以及“The idea is that once youve put yourself in anothers shoes youre less likely to thin
38、k ill of them, because your brain has internalised the feeling of being that person.”可知我们的情感与我们的身体体验是相关联的, 故选C。34B 细节理解题。根据第四段中“The idea is that once youve put yourself in anothersshoes youre less likely to think ill of them, because your brain has internalised the feeling of being that person.”可知,通
39、过实验,让那些原本不喜欢黑人、有种族歧视的人能亲身体验那种感受,故选B。35C 归纳总结题。根据最后一段中“ At the end of body swapping, people feel like holding each other in their arms,”以及第四段中“The idea is that once youve put yourself in anothers shoes youre less likely to think ill of them, because your brain has internalised the feeling of being th
40、at person.”可知虚拟现实可以改善人与人之间的关系,使得他们能够互相理解和尊重,故选C。22. It was once common to regard Britain as a society with class distinction. Each class had unique characteristics.In recent years, many writers have begun to speak the decline of class and classless society in Britain. And in modern day consumer soci
41、ety everyone is considered to be middle class. But pronouncing the death of class is too early. A recent wide-ranging society of public opinion found 90 percent of people still placing themselves in particular class; 73 percent agreed that class was still a vital part of British society; and 52 perc
42、ent thought there were still sharp class differences. Thus, class may not be culturally and politically obvious, yet it remains an important part of British society. Britain seems to have a love of stratification.One unchanging aspect of a British persons class position is accent. The words a person
43、 speaks tell her or his class. A study of British accents during 1970s found that a voice sounding like a BBC newsreader was viewed as the most attractive voice, Most people said this accent sounded educated and soft. The accents placed at the bottom in this study, on the other hand, were regional(地
44、区的)city accents. These accents were seen as common and ugly. However, a similar study of British accents in the US turned these results upside down and placed some regional accents as the most attractive and BBC English as the least. This suggests that British attitudes towards accent have deep root
45、s and are based on class prejudice.In recent years, however, young upper middle-class people in London, have begun to adopt some regional accents, in order to hide their class origins. This is an indication of class becoming unnoticed. However, the 1995 pop song Common People puts forward the view that though a middle-class person may want to live like common people they can never appreciate the reality of a working-cla