新课程高二上学期英语期末测试题
Ⅰ、单项选择（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案.
1. Who can ______ the difference ______ there two plants?
A. judge; among B. find, among
C. tell, between D. make, between
2. It will be 3 days ______ he ______ back from his hometown.
A. when, will come B. after, will come
C. since, comes D. before, comes
3. The old man ______ in the professor’s talk is in fact himself.
A. who referred to B. was referring to C. referred to D. was referred to
4.
A. as, for B. for, like C. with, as D. for, as
5. Who’s ______ a book on my desk?
A. lay B. laid C. lying D. lain
6. I like
A. especially B. specially C. strongly D. strangely
7. The rooms need ______. Our guests are coming tomorrow.
A. to clean B. cleaning C. cleaned D. being cleaned
8. –I’m sorry ______ waiting for so long.
--Never mind. But you ______ earlier next time.
A. to have kept you, ought to come
B. to have kept you, ought to have come
C. to keep you, should come
D. to keep you, should have come
9. ______ a group of children, the professor entered the classroom.
A. Follow B. Followed by
C. Following with D. Being followed
10. He ______ the exam this time, for he had been absent from school
because of his illness and he ______ study.
A. failed to, failed in B. failed to, failed to
C. failed in, failed in D. failed in, failed to
11. The topic ______, let’s change it.
A. doesn’t fit to discuss B. isn’t fit discussion
C. doesn’t fit for discussion D. isn’t fit for discussion
12. The top soil was ______ by the heavy rain.
A. washed out B. washed off
C. washed away D. washed in
13. –Would you like to ______ us for supper this evening?
--Yes, I’d like to.
A. drop in at B. drop in on
C. drop in to D. drop in for
14. Can you give me a piece of paper ______?
A. to writer B. to write with
C. to be written D. to write on
15. She likes to wear clothes ______ her own measure.
A. are made to B. which are made to
C. be made to D. make to
16. ______ his accent, we know that he is from the south.
A. Judging from B. Judging with
C. Judged by D. Judged from
17. If the hurricane had happened in the daytime, it would have caused
______.
A. more people died B. more people dying
C. more dead people D. more deaths
18. ______ any food at the party tomorrow?
A. Is there likely to have B. Is there likely
C. Is there likely to be D. Has there been likely
19. The door opened and ______ with a group of his classmates behind,
with sweat on each face.
A. rushed in the boy B. in rushed the boy
C. in did the boy rush D. in did rush the boy
20. The weatherman ______ millions of people, ______ there would be no
hurricane.
A. repeated this to, saying B. repeated this again to, saying
C. said this to, and told D. said this again, and telling
Ⅱ、完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
In 1820 Bob Johnson risked his life 1 a tomato on the steps of the town hall in
2 most likely disappointed. They 3 he would die 4 . Everyone knew tomatoes were a 5 poison.
In fact, 6 people 7 tomatoes. They all thought the fruit was poisonous. The French 8 them and called them love apples. They saw them as fruits 9 and touched, 10 not eaten. 11 name for the tomato was wolf peach. That meant it was pretty 12 dangerous.
You could call this 13 of looking at tomatoes 14 . You could
15 call it prejudice(偏见).
But 16 were prejudiced against tomatoes. The Indians of South America weren’t. They 17 tomatoes for thousands of years. 18
the pratice of eating tomatoes travelled to
about sixty-five pounds of tomatoes 20 .
1. A. eat B. to eat C. ate D. eating
2. A. was B. had C. were D. turned to
3. A. understood B. thought C. hoped D. knew
4. A. by six o’clock B. never C. right away D. suddenly
5. A. dying B. deadly C. died D. dead
6. A. days and months B. now and then C. since many years D. for years and years
7. A. were eating B. ate C. have eaten D. had been eating
8. A. raised B. fed up C. grew D. support
9. A. to be looked at B. looking at C. looked at D. to look at
10. A. or B. and C. but D. if
11. A. Standard B. Another C. The other D. Other
12. A. also B. but C. then D. either
13. A. way B. idea C. means D. opinion
14. A. carefulness B. silly C. foolishly D. wrong
15. A. also B. and C. or D. but
16. A. all people not B. not all people
C. all the people not D. not al the people
17. A. have eaten B. have been eaten
C. had been eating D. had been eaten
18. A. Through Indians B. By those people
C. Because of D. From them
19. A. have eaten B. eats
C. would have eaten D. ate
20. A. a day B. an hour
C. a week D. a year
Ⅲ、阅读理解（共15 小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
Wearing the wrong type of glasses will do harm to your eyes. This is not true for adults(成年人), although incorrect glasses may not be good for children under 10. Ready-made glasses, and not wearing glasses when you should, won’t do harm to your eyes, but you may see better with glasses that are specially made for you.
Watching too much television is bad for your eyes. This is not true. People with easily affected eyes may find that they get red and aching from staring at a fixed distance for long periods, but there won’t be any lasting effects.
Carrots will help you see in the dark. Carrots are rich in betacarotene(胡萝卜素), which the body can change into vitamin A, too little of which can cause night blindness. However, people in some countries don’t need to worry about vitamin A deficiency(缺乏). Night blindness is more likely to be connected with another vision problem.
1. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. Ready-made glasses will do harm to one’s eyes.
B. Wearing the wrong type of glasses may do harm to children’s eyes.
C. The human body is unable to change betacarothene into vitamin A.
D. Watching too much television may do harm to children’s eyes.
2. Night blindness is most likely caused by ______.
A. staring for long periods B. too much betacarotene
C. not enough vitamin A D. vision problems
3. According to the article eye problems can be corrected by ______.
A. wearing specially-made glasses B. performing eye exercises
C. cutting back on television D. eating more carrots
4. Watching too much television can cause ______.
A. night blindnese B. lasting eye problems
C. a number of vision problems D. eye trouble for a limited time
5. The main purpose of this arricle is to ______.
A. tell people of the importance of their eyes
B. tell people how to protect their eyes
C. tell people to have more carrots
D. tell people something about their eyes
B
Everybody may have seen the film “Death on the
In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Deleville. Doctors there were unable to find out the cause of her illness, so she was sent to a famous hospital in
“I think the baby is suffering from thallium (n. 铊) poisoning. ” said the nurse. “A few days ago, I read a story ‘A Pale Horse’ written by Agatha Christie. Someone uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms (n.症状) are written in the book. They are exactly the same as the baby’s.”
“You’re very good at observing things,” said a doctor, “and you may be right. We’ll carry out some tests and find out whether the cause is thallium poisoning or not.”
The tests proved that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium. Once they knew the cause, the doctors were able to give her correct treatment. The baby soon got well and was sent back to Deleville A week later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (n. 杀虫剂) used in Deleville.
6. The baby was sent to a hospital in
A. her parents were living in
B. the hospitals in Deleville were full at that time
C. she was the daughter of a famous doctor in
D. doctors in Deleville were not sure about the cause of her illness
7. When the baby was first sent to the hospital in
A. quite easy to treat
B. the result of thallium poisoning
C. a common one
D. extraordinarily serious
8. The one who first suggested the correct cause of the baby’s illness was ______.
A. a doctor in Deleville B. a famous doctor
C. Agatha Christie D. an ordinary nurse
9. From this passage it seems that the baby’s illness had something to do with ______.
A. a dead writer
B. the water in Deleville
C. a dangerous murderer
D. a harmful substance (n. 物质) used to kill pests
10. As far as we can tell from the story, Agatha Christie ______.
A. had never met this baby
B. had spent a long time studying the baby’s illness
C. visited the baby both in Deleville and
D. gave the nurse some advice on the telephone
C
Since telegrams are paid by the number of words, that is to say that every word costs money. People had to use as few words as possible. Little words like “a”, “an” and “the” disappear. So do all those auxiliary (助动的) verbs that English students hate: do , does, is, …. So a news reporter who wanted to know how old a famous film star named Cary Grant was sent her a telegram, saying, “How old Cary Grant?”
Unfortunately, although the little words have gone, nobody knows where they have gone. So the reporter received a reply from Cary Grant which read: “Old Cary Grant fine. How you?”
But perhaps the shortest telegram in the English language was from an Irish (爱尔兰的) writer called Wilde. He was living in
11. The best title to this passage is : ______.
A. The shortest Telegram in the World
B. How to Use the Language of Telegrams Correctly
C. How to Save Little Words in Telegrams
D. News Reporters and Film Stars
12. From the two examples in the passage, we can draw a conclusion that
the writer ______ in telegrams.
A. was against using small words
B. thought it necessary to express one’s ideas clear
C. was for the use of as many words as possible
D. thought the film star and the writer set us good examples
13. The answer the news reporter wanted to get from Cary Grant is: Old
A. is fine. How are you B. got a fine. And you
C. is thirty-four of age D. is missing you very much
14. People always try to use as few words as possible in telegrams because
______.
A. they hate to use small words
B. they want to save money
C. they want to save the receivers’ time
D. just a few words are enough to make everything clear
15. What does “!” mean in the last paragraph?
A. Yes. B. No. C. That’s all right. D. I don’t know.
Ⅳ、单词拼写。
根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母或汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1. On o__________ days I get up at 8 o’clock, but on my birthday I was up early.
2. He was b__________ hard when he finished the race.
3. The professor gave an interesting l__________ on 19th century literature.
4. His illness is the c__________ of his failure in the examination.
5. There is little water and few plants growing in the d__________.
6. The p__________ water does harm to people’s health.
7. She can’t see anything. She lost her s__________ in an accident.
8. Hearing the news, he jumped with j__________.
9. It’s a s__________ to tell a lie.
10. I’ll buy it when I can a__________ it.
Ⅴ、单句改错（每句有一处错误，共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Many scientists believe that life begins 1. ______
in the ocean. For age man used the ocean 2. ______
to discover and explore new lands. Now man
spends a great deal time and money in discovering 3. ______
the ocean. We know it is rich at minerals(矿物) 4. ______
which the world needs. We know too that 5. ______
it contains enough food for all people in 6. ______
the world. We know that if the salt was taken from it.
it’s water would turn the deserts 7. ______
in rich farm lands. We know a great deal about 8. ______
this land frontier(新领域), as it has called. 9. ______
But we still need to learn many more about it. 10. ______
Ⅵ、书面表达（10分）
假如你是学生会主席李华。学校要举行一次英语演讲比赛，请根据下列要领写一份通知，向全校播出。
1. 主题：我爱我校
2. 日期：6月17日（星期五）下午2:00
3. 地点：学校会议室
4. 要求：每班推选2人参加，可由本班演讲会产生，每人限时3分钟。
注意：
1. 开头语已写出。
2. 词数：80——100
Boys and girls
May I have your attention, please?
高中学生学科素质训练
新课程高二上学期英语
期末试题参考答案
Ⅰ. 1.C 2.D 3.C 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.B 10.D 11.D 12.C
13.B 14.D 15.B 16.A 17.D 18.C 19.B 20.A
Ⅱ. 1.D 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.B 8.C 9.C 10.C 11.B 12.B
13.A 14.B 15.A 16.B 17.C 18.D 19.B 20.D
Ⅲ. 1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.D 6.D 7.D 8.D 9.D 10.A 11.B 12.B
13.C 14.B 15.C
Ⅳ. 1. ordinary 2. breathing 3. lecture 4. cause 5. desert
6. polluted 7. sight 8. joy 9. shame 10. afford
Ⅴ. 1. begins—began 2. age—ages 3. deal—deal of
4. at—in 5. √ 6. people –the people 7. it’s—its
8. in—into 9. has—has been 10. many--much
Ⅵ. Boys and girls:
May I have your attention, please.
This is Li Hua. I’m going to make an announcement on behalf of the students’ Union.
We’re going to hold an English speech contest with the topic. “I love my school”. Two students from each class are required to take part in it. You’d better first hold a class contest and choose the best speakers.
The contest is to take place at 2:30 p. m. Friday, June 17 in the school meeting—room. Please remember. The time limit for each speaker is 3 minutes.
That’s all. Thank you.
