2021-2022學(xué)年湖南省常德市袁公渡中學(xué)高二英語下學(xué)期期末試卷含解析

1、2021-2022學(xué)年湖南省常德市袁公渡中學(xué)高二英語下學(xué)期期末試卷含解析一、 選擇題1. It turned out that the examination that I paid special attention to was _ not difficult.A. specially B. usually C. actually D. especially參考答案：C略2. She started singing to the baby and was greeted with a smile. Which of the following can replace the underli

2、ned word?A. offered B. rewardedC. valued D. awarded參考答案：B考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. offered提供；B. rewarded報(bào)答；C. valued珍惜；D. awarded獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。句意：她開始給孩子唱歌，孩子則報(bào)以微笑。下面哪個(gè)詞能替換劃線詞？故選B。3. The Tower of London is _ the Church tower.A. twice high than B. two times as high asC. twice higher as D. three times the height of參考答案：D4. Givin

3、g up my job to go back to full-time education was a big _, but now I know it was the best decision I ever made. A. project B. commitment C. competition D. ambition參考答案：B5. As the wages were low, there were few _ for the job. A. employees B. applicants C. workers D. researchers參考答案：B略6. Dont give up.

4、But what can we do? I cant see there is a chance _ we will win. A .if B. which C. whether D. that參考答案：D7. Many professionals use speciallized terms to communicate ideas that are hard to explain in simple language.A. careful B. specific C. general D. frequent參考答案：B8. We all look forward _ your beauti

5、ful country.A. to visiting B. to visit C. to D. visiting 參考答案：A9. When I talked to him just now in the hall, he to me that he had seen you. Aapologized Bcomplained Cmentioned Dreferred參考答案：C略10. We_ an old man lying in the road, who was badly ill.A. came alongB. came byC. came acrossD. came up參考答案：C

6、11. I felt as if I had been caught doing something awful. I rubbed at my face, trying to _ my thoughts. Why was I in here? What could I tell her?A. calculateB. smoothC. addressD. gather參考答案：D【詳解】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：我覺得好像我做了什么可怕的事情。我揉了揉臉，想整理一下思緒。為什么我在這里？我能跟她說什么？A. calculate計(jì)算； B. smooth使光滑；C. address處理，演講；D.

7、 gather整理，收集。分析句子可知，我能跟她說什么？說明我腦子很亂，需要整理思緒。故選D。12. There are a small number of people involved, possibly _twenty.A. as few asB. as little asC. as many asD. as much as參考答案：A13. _different life today is _what it was 30 years agoA. What; from B. How; fromC. How; withD. What; with參考答案：B14. Jenny, I hate

8、 to say it, but you really must go!_.A. All right, if you insist B. Not likelyC. Mind your own business D. You must be kidding參考答案：A15. So difficult _it to live in an English-speaking country that I determined to learn English. A. I have felt B. have I felt C. I did feel D. did I feel參考答案：D略16. 語音知識(shí)

9、(共5小題,每小題1分,滿分5分)從每小題的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)涂黑。1. behalf A. panic B. shadow C. glance D. actual2. bathe A. warmth B. withdrawal C. growth D. faith3. nuclear A. erupt B. result C. pollution D. consume4. scholar A. technique B. branch C. bunch D. exchange5. flood A. shoot B.

10、boot C. blood D. typhoon參考答案：17. It is not until January ,2013 the Presidential election of the United States comes to an end well know who is the new president A. before; that B. that; that C. that ;when D. when ; that參考答案：D18. The light will be thrown _ the cause of cancer by research that is now

11、in progress. A. to B. upon C. in D. for參考答案：B19. She loves the song , because her mother was once the singer of it.A. in practice B. in theory C. in particular D. in reality參考答案：C二、 新的題型20. Millions of people all over the world use the word OKIn fact, some people say the word is used more often than

12、 any other word in the worldOK means all right or acceptableIt expresses agreement or approval 36 Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw（喬克托語）The Choctaw word “okeh” means the same as the American word okayExperts say early explorers in the American West s

13、poke the Choctaw language in the nineteenth centuryBut many people doubt thisLanguage expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word “OK” in reports published in the 1960sHe said the word began being used in the 1830s 37 Some foreign-born people wrote “ all correct” as “o-l-l-k-o-r-r-e-c-t”, and used

14、 the letters OKOther people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long agoThey said he put the first letters of his name-O and K-on each object people gave him to send on the train 38 The organization supported Martin Van Buren for president in 1840They called their group the O

15、K clubThe letters were taken from the name of the town where Martin was born-Old Kinderhook, New YorkThen there is the expression A-OKIt is a space-age expressionIt was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut Alan ShepardHe was the first American to be launched into spaceHis flight ended when hi

16、s spacecraft landed in the ocean, as plannedShepard reported, “Everything is A-OK.” 39 One story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been receivedThere are also funny ways to say okay 40 These expressions were first used in the 1930sTo

17、day, a character on the American television series “The Simpsons” says it another wayHe says okely-doke ASome people say okey-dokey or okey-dokeBStill others say a political organization invented the wordCTherefore, it has become popular in that area from then onDBut many experts dont agree on what

18、the expression meansEStill, language experts do not agree about where the word came from.FIt was a short way of writing a different spelling of the word “all correct”.GHowever, some experts say the expression did not begin with the space age參考答案：36-40 EFBGA三、 閱讀理解21. I have never forgotten the firm

19、belief I had in the arrival through the chimney (煙囪) of the little Santa Claus (圣誕老人), the kind, white-bearded old man who at midnight left in my tiny shoe a present I found the next morning.Midnight! Its the perfect hour children dont know. What great efforts I made not to go to sleep before the li

20、ttle old man appeared!I had both a great desire and great fear of seeing him, but could never stay awake until then, and the next day my first look was for my shoe. He never failed to carefully wrap (包裝) every present for me. I would run barefoot to get my treasure. It never was a very expensive pre

21、sent, for we were not rich. It was a cookie, an orange, or very simply a fine red apple. But it felt so precious that I barely dared to eat it. What a great role imagination plays in a childs life!I do not at all agree with the idea that the lies about Santa Claus should be stopped. Doubts and truth

22、 come all too soon on their own. I very well remember the first year, when I was five or six, I doubted that it was not Santa Claus who put the cookie in my shoe. Since then, it has never tasted as good as the first few years of my life.I noted that my son believed in him longer; boys are more na?ve

23、 (天真的) than little girls. Like me, he made great efforts to stay awake until midnight. Like me, he loved the cookie baked in Heavens kitchens. And like me, the first year of his doubts was the last year of the visit of the good old man.9. As a little girl, the author loved the gifts on Christmas Day

24、 because _.A. they usually cost a lot of moneyB. she always got the very gifts she asked forC. they were beautifully wrappedD. she believed they were from Santa Claus10. According to the article, what role does imagination play in a childs life?A. It adds value to the common Christmas gifts.B. It makes a child curious about everything.C. It encourages him to climb the chimney.D. It makes him doubt whether Santa Claus really exists.11. By saying “Doubts and truth come all too soon on their own” in Parag