深圳实验中学2014-2015学年第一学期期末测试高二英语·含解析及答案.doc

【深圳实验中学2014-2015学年第一学期期末测试高二英语】 第一部分：语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1 15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。Richard Wagner and his wife, Cosima, had agreed not to give each other Christmas presents. Wagner had been out of work for several months. Cosima had to look after their children at home. They were too 1 . But Wagner was planning a surprising 2 .For more than two months Wagner had been creating a piece of music to be performed outside Cosimas room on Christmas morning. He had based it on themes later to be used in his opera Siegfried, plus a nursery 3 he had written for their children two years before. He 4 the Siegfried Idyll three weeks before Christmas and arranged for conductor Hans Richter to recruit (招募) the members of the small band. Richter conducted secret rehearsals (排练), first in Zurich then at a hotel in Lucerne, in order to give a 5 performance.Wagner invited philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to the 6 rehearsal on Christmas Eve and they arrived at the Wagners home together. There they found Cosima 7 the Christmas tree and preparing gifts for children 8 .At seven oclock on Christmas morning, the musicians arrived and 9 arranged themselves on the stairs outside Cosimas room. They began to 10 .“My mind passed from one 11 to another when I awoke to the light of dawn,” Cosima said later. “ 12 sounds from Siegfried came into my ears. It was as if the houseor more accuratelyour entire being, was drinking in 13 . Birdsong and sunrise, together with music from Siegfried, soothed (慰藉) me and I realized that I was not dreaming, but was enjoying the most 14 things. At last I understood all of Richards writing was going on in secret.”Anyway Wagner had kept his 15 not to buy his wife a Christmas present. However, he did give her a surprising gift.( )1. A. meanB. poorC. cruel D. careless ( )2. A. giftB. dinner C. party D. opera ( )3. A. songB. story C. poem D. article ( )4. A. practicedB. designed C. started D. completed( )5. A. repeated B. safeC. perfect D. simple ( )6. A. finalB. public C. legal D. official( )7. A. buying B. plantingC. building D. decorating( )8. A. fluently B. freely C. clearly D. carefully( )9. A. secretly B. heavilyC. patientlyD. curiously( )10. A. playB. drink C. shout D. applaud ( )11. A. surprise B. idea C. dreamD. thought ( )12. A. Strange B. FamiliarC. Sharp D. Distant ( )13. A. smell B. sight C. light D. music( )14. A. beautifulB. frequentC. effectiveD. accurate ( )15. A. writing B. promise C. habit D. right理查德瓦格纳和他的妻子柯西玛说好了不互送礼物他们实在是太穷了。但瓦格纳还是在圣诞节送给了妻子一个意外的礼物。1. B 形容词辨析。mean吝啬的；poor贫穷的；cruel残忍的；careless粗心的。根据上文“Wagner had been out of work for several months. Cosima had to look after their children at home.”可知，这里应该是指瓦格纳和柯西玛家里比较穷(poor)，故选B。2. A 名词辨析。由文章最后一段“However, he did give her a surprising gift.”可知，瓦格纳在给他的妻子准备一份意外的礼物(gift)，故选A。3. A 名词辨析。根据“For more than two months Wagner had been creating a piece of music”可知，这里是指歌曲(song)，故选A。4. D 动词辨析。practiced练习；designed设计；started开始；completed完成。歌曲只有在谱写完成(completed)之后才可以排练，故选D。5. C 形容词辨析。repeated重复的；safe安全的；perfect完美的；simple简单的。此处是指为了有一个完美的(perfect)表演，瓦格纳指导乐队成员组织秘密的排练。故选C。6. A 形容词辨析。final最终的；public公开的；legal合法的；official官方的。此处指这首歌曲的最终(final)彩排。故选A。7. D 动词辨析。根据常识，圣诞节是在装饰(decorating)圣诞树，故选D。8. D 副词辨析。fluently流利地；freely自由地；clearly清晰地；carefully仔细地，认真地。此处指瓦格纳的妻子在精心(carefully)为孩子们准备礼物，故选D。9. A 副词辨析。secretly秘密地，悄悄地；heavily猛烈地；patiently耐心地；curiously好奇地。此处指音乐家们悄悄地(secretly)准备即将到来的表演，故选A。10. A 动词辨析。此处指音乐家们开始演奏(play)歌曲。故选A。11. C 名词辨析。根据下文“I realized that I was not dreaming”可知，此处指柯西玛以为自己在做梦(dream)。 故选C。12. B 形容词辨析。根据上文“He had based it on themes later to be used in his opera Siegfried”可知，歌剧齐格费里德是瓦格纳的作品，所以他的妻子自然很熟悉(familiar)。故选B。13. B 名词辨析。根据下文“Birdsong and sunrise, together with music from Siegfried, soothed me”可知，此处指柯西玛觉得所有的东西都沉浸在音乐里。故选B。14. A 形容词辨析。此处指美妙的音乐。故选A。15. B 名词辨析。根据文章首句“Richard Wagner and his wife, Cosima, had agreed not to give each other Christmas presents.”可知，此处是指瓦格纳并没有违背他和妻子许下的不给对方买圣诞礼物的诺言。故选B。第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空。My son Roy really enjoys his new life at Harvard University. I got an e-mail from him this morning, 16. reminded me of the first day when we moved into this house.Little Roy ran around the new house 17. (excited) and tried to move his own things into the house. Suddenly, he knocked over a bottle of paint on the shelf, 18. (make) the white wall messy. He had a very worried expression on his face. I didnt blame him, 19. did his mother. I smiled and held his hand up. “Take it easy, Roy. Now lets do something to make 20. look nice.” I took out a brush. “You see, Im 21. magician. I can change it into a big tree.”We spent the whole morning painting. The wall became beautiful 22. trees and birds on it. Blue sky and white clouds 23. (paint) by Roy. His mother helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.Many years 24. (late), Roy said to me, “Never have I worried about making mistakes since that day. Thats 25. I believe I can find out ways to solve problems.”儿子寄给母亲的一封信让这位母亲回忆起多年前的一件事：年幼的罗伊不小心把颜料洒在了墙上，然后母亲和罗伊一起用这些颜料在墙上作画，使墙变得很漂亮，弥补了罗伊犯下的这个美丽的错误。文章告诉我们：不要害怕犯错误，因为我们一定能够找到解决这些问题的办法。16. which。考查非限制性定语从句。which引导定语从句修饰an e-mail from him，并在从句中作主语。17. excitedly。考查词形变化。此处修饰动词应该使用副词。18. making。考查非谓语动词。make与knocked之间并没有连词，应该使用非谓语动词，故用现在分词作伴随状语。19. nor/ neither。 考查连词。前后两个句子都表示否定，故用表示否定的连词neither或者nor。20. it。考查代词。此处it代指he knocked over a bottle of paint on the shelf, 18 (make) the white wall messy。21. a。考查冠词。此处修饰名词magician缺少冠词