2011-2012高二第二学期期末考试英语试1

2011 – 2012 高二第二学期期末考试英语试题

 

（答案写到答题卡上）

一、请找出下列各项划线部分与其它不同的选项 （20分）：

  1. A. usual    B. useful    C. just    D. mistake

  2. A. without    B. southern    C. shout    D. trousers

  3. A. salt    B. almost    C. half    D. also

  4. A. dark    B. farther    C. party    D. towards

  5. A . study    B. use    C. student    D. music

  6. A. swim    B. fine    C. fish    D. finger

  7. A. coffee    B hobby    C. monkey    D. shop

  8. A. this    B. these    C. that    D. three

  9. A. cool    B. book    C. soon    D. moon

 10. A. books    B. maps    C. desks    D. pigs

二、选择最佳答案（40分）

11.  We need someone to look after the kids , and your name ____.

A. comes to mind   B. make up mind   C. out of mind   D. put in mind

 12.  I’ll tell you ____ that I am not going to leave.

     A. here from there   B. here and now   C. then and now   D. this and that

 13.  There is ____ on the front page of today’s paper.

     A. something interesting   B. interesting something

     C. anything interesting   D. interesting anything

 14.  He always managed ____ what he wants.

     A. getting   B. get   C. to obtain   D. obtaining

 15.  We’ll have to ____ how much food we’ll need for the party.

     A. work   B. count out   C. calculated out   D. work out

 16.  Some diseases can be ____ by mosquito .

     A. transmitted   B. translated   C. pass on   D. send

 17.  It is time that we ____ about our future .

     A. think   B. thought   C. thinking   D. to think

 18.  I ____ my thanks to you .

     A. own   B. owe   C. have   D. keep

 19.  The children are finding it hard to ____ their new school .

     A. be known   B. used to    C.   adapt to   D. liked

 20.  When the teacher asked me to answer the question , I wish I ____ the answer .

     A. know   B. knew   C. would know   D. had known

 21.  Radio can reach ____ audiences .

     A. mass   B. crowd   C. a great deal of   D. group

 22.  They had a wonderful holiday , ____ the bad weather .

     A. without   B. despite   C. no matter   D. don’t think

 23.  Her ____ has increased to 70 kilos .

     A. income   B. height   C. weight   D. body

 24.  A memorial was built ____ those who died for their country .

     A. in honor to   B. with the honor to   C. In honor of   D. because

 25.  You can visit the whole palace except for these private ____ .

     A. house   B. furnitures   room   D. apartments

 26.  The weather could be a crucial ____ in tomorrow’s game .

     A. factor   B. event   C. fact   D. matters

 27.  In spite of their quarrel , they ____ the best of friends .

     A. stopped   B. remained   C. keeps   D. stayed

 28.  His studies ____ by the war .

     A. was stopped   B. stopped   C. were interrupted   D. was interrupted

 29.  The purpose of the law is to protect the rights of the ____ .

     A. person   B. single   C. group   D. individual

 30.  He was pale with ____ after his sleepless night .

     A. tire   B. tired   C. good rest   D. fatigue

三、完型填空（20分）

In class , I was telling my students the story 31 the hare and tortoise . 32 the end I said , “ Everybody, 33 slow and steady wins the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn 34 the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide. “ Do you 35 next time ? When I’m entering 36 the 37 race ,I should wish that Billy 38 Tom and Sandy all fall 39 half-way.”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish the hare would fall asleep !”

“ he must have wished that.” Sonny said. “Otherwise how could he be  40 stupid to race with the hare? He new very well that the hare ran a hundred times 41 than he himself did.”  “ He didn’t have 42 a wish.” I insisted. “ He won the race by perseverance (毅力) ，by pushing on 43.”

Sonny thought for a 44 . “ That’s a lie !” he said . “ He won it because he was 45 . If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep ,the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be 46 steady as you 47 or a hundred times steadier but he’s never have the race !.That’s true .”

I gave 48 . Today’s children are not like 49 we used 50 be. They are hopeful!

31.  A. of     B. from     C. in     D at

32.  A. On    B. At       C. In     D. About

33.  A. should be    B. do    C. make    D. remember

34.  A. from    B. about    C. on    D. of

35.  A. meaning    B. means    C. mean    D. thinking

36.  A. for    B. with    C. of    D. out

37.  A. 60 meters    B. 60 meter    C. 60 – meter    D. 60 – meters

38.  A. with    B. near    C. close to    D. and

39.  A. sleep    B. asleep    C. sleeping    D. sleeps

40.  A. so    B. as    C. such    D. very

41.  A. fast    B. fastest    C. faster    D. the fastest

42.  A. so    B. such    C. very    D. much

43.  A. steady    B. steadying    C. steadily    D. by steady

44.  A. time    B. while    C. soon    D. few

45.  A. luck    B. luckily    C. lucky    D. happy

46.  A. as    B. very    C. much    D. too

47.  A. like    B. so    C. as    D. likes

48.  A. in    B. off    C. up    D. out

49.  A. when    B. how    C. where    D. what

50.  A. /      B. to      C. not      D. can

四 阅读理解（8分）

In 19th century England people liked to go to the seaside. In those days, ladies wore long bathing dresses, and men wore bathing suits. Women did not walk about on the beach(沙滩) in their bathing dresses. They hired a bathing machine A bathing machine was used for changing in, and for taking the bather down to the sea. It cost 1 pence（便士）to hire a machine and an attendant（侍者）.when she had paid, the bather climbed up the back steps and got into the bathing machine. Then she changed into her bathing dress. When she had changed, the machine was pulled down to the sea. The bathing machine stopped in the water and the bather went down the front steps into the water. If she did not want to get into the sea, the attendant pulled her in.

51. A 19th century English lady bathing in the sea would wear something like ______.

A.         B.           C.             D.

52. Who used the bathing machine ?

   A. women bather                B. Both men and women bather

   C. Bathers who couldn’t swim      D. Bathers who couldn’t walk

53. A bathing machine was mainly used for ________.

   A. giving the bather a pleasure ride on the beach

   B. giving the bather some exercise before getting into the water

   C. protecting the bather from catching cold from the sea wind

   D. protecting the bather from being seen in a bathing dress out of water

54. In the 19th century people who used the bathing machine usually did the following things. Which is the right order for doing them ?

a. Chinging into bathing clothes

b. Getting out of the bathing machine

c. Paying 2 pence

d. Getting into the bathing machine

e. Being taken down the beach

Getting into the water

   A. e,d,a,b,f,c        B. c,d,a,e,b,f        C. c,d,e,a,b,f        D. d,a,e,b,f,c

五 Writing (12分)

　　请以：“ A little thing ” 为题，写一篇不少于100个单词的短文，记述曾经发生在你身上的一件有意义的小事，要求立意新颖，语言流畅，无语法错误。