广东省惠州市永湖中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析

1、广东省惠州市永湖中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. the information you give in the application is too general. you should _ something special about yourself.a. spy on    b. depend on    c. cut back on    d. focus on参考答案：d【详解】考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：你在申请中提及的信息太大众化了，你应该集中在关乎你自己的一些特别的东

2、西上。a. spy on侦查, 暗中监视；b. depend on依靠，依赖c. cut back on缩短，削减；d. focus on集中注意力于，聚焦于。故选d。2. it was lucky that little jack was not at home when the fire broke out；otherwise，he  his lifeahad lost    bwould lose    cwould have lost    dmight lose参考答案：c略3. th

3、ank you for your beautiful scarf. thats _ what i need in such a cold winter.a. exactlyb. finallyc. luckilyd. honestly参考答案：a4. it is reported that a space station _ on the moon in years to come.a. will be building       b. will be built      c. h

4、as been building     d. has been built参考答案：b2015·安徽卷考查动词的时态和语态。主语a space station是谓语动词build的承受者，用被动语态；时间状语in years to come表示的是将来的时间，故用一般将来时。因此本题应用一般将来时的被动语态，故b项正确5. a survey showed people were confused about _ they should eat to stay healthy.  a. thatb. wherec. whatd. ho

5、w参考答案：c6. _  queuing up, he looked around to see if there is someone who he knew.    a. while  b. as if   c. after   d. because参考答案：a7. - the little girl is a talented pianist.- everyone in her family is musical. _.a. its a nightmare.    &#

6、160;                        b. i really appreciate it.c. its just in their blood.                 &#

7、160;  d. thats not the point.参考答案：c8. i'd like to go to see the film with you，dad.sorry，my son，but only the grown-ups are_ into the cinema.arequired      b. intended       cadmitted       d. supposed参考答案：c9

8、. dont be upset. i think tom, rather than you, _. a is to blame     b are to blame     c is to blamed          d are to blame参考答案：a10. his failure in the college entrance examination suggested that he _ hard.a. not

9、study      b. should not study      c. study    d. had not studied参考答案：d11.  proper first aid can save a seriously injured person，especially when he is bleeding heavily or          

10、0;  a is poisoning            b has poisoned            c was poisoned             d has been poisoned参考答案：d12. he used to _ in th

11、e countryside, but now he has got used to _ in chengdu.a. live; live         b. living; live         c. live; living       d. living; living 参考答案：c13. dont  pretend _.look!you are holdi

12、ng your english book upside down.a to read         b to have read      c to be reading      d reading参考答案：c14. we all know that, _, the situation will get worse.   a. not if dealt carefully with 

13、         b. if not carefully dealt with   c. if dealt not carefully with          d. not if carefully dealt with参考答案：b15. why not stay at home _ the road is so slippery after the heavy snow?a. in case 

14、;                 b. as long as                  c. now that               d. even if参考答案：

15、c16. i wish i _ able to tell him all about it last night.   a. should be   b.  were   c.  had been   d.  was 参考答案：c略17. weve got no coffee. lets have tea _.a. either  b. however  c. yet        &#

16、160;   d. instead参考答案：d18. failing in getting high marks is closely connected with bad learning habits and a _ of proper exercises.a. limit                         &

17、#160;                     b. lack                            

18、0;  c. sense                          d. demand 参考答案：b19. he argued        smoking, and insisted that it was     &#

19、160;  argument that smoking was harmful to health.a. for; beyond    b. against; over    c. for; over      d. against; beyond参考答案：d二、 书面表达20. 最近教育部就高中取消文理分科的可能性和可操作性，广泛征集意见。消息一经传出，立即成为人们热议的话题。社会各方对此存在严重分歧。支持者认为，取消文理分科有利于学生全面发展。分科会导致部分文科

20、学生缺乏科学精神，部分理科学生不关心社会问题。反对者认为，取消文理分科将加重学生学习负担。分科尊重学生个体差异。请你给china daily写一篇文章，阐述分歧，并发表自己的观点（至少两点）。 要求：1）可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。 2）词数：150字左右。短文开头已为你写好，不计入词数。 参考词汇： 1文理分科：separate students into science and art 2文科生；liberal art students 3理科生：science students the ministry of education has been collecting opi

21、nions on the possibility and feasibility of ending the separation of science and arts in high schools. 参考答案：one possible version most experts advocate the ending of the division of science and arts. they indicate that the separation of subjects strongly affects the overall quality of our people. it

22、will result in some art students' lacking the spirit of exploring science as well as some science students' not oaring about important issues, such as society and human beings. to them, without the separation, students ate more likely to develop all-around abilities. however, many students a

23、nd parents oppose this opinion, saying that canceling the separation of subjects means putting more pressure and burdens on students, white focusing on fewer courses enables students to excel in specific areas. furthermore, each student has his or her strengths and weaknesses, which needs to be resp

24、ected. in my opinion, even though our society needs more experts rather than people who are "jack of all trades but master of none", separating subjects too early is not good for students' future development. what's more, it is unrealistic to talk about this issue if the present sy

25、stem of examination isn't reformed. therefore, the ministry of education had better take a cautious attitude toward this problem.三、 阅读理解21. we know the famous onesthe thomas edisons and the alexander graham bellsbut what about the less famous inventors？what about the people who invented the traf

26、fic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)？shouldn't we know who they are? joan mclean thinks so. in fact，mclean，a professor of physics at mountain university in range，feels so strongly about this matter that she's developed a course on the topic. in addition to learning “who” invented “what”，h

27、owever，mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and “how” questions. according to mclean，“when students learn the answers to these questions，they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.” her students agree. one

28、young man with a patent(专利权) for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of mclean's statement. “if i had not heard the story of the windshield wiper's invention，”said tommy lee，a senior physics major，“i never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something

29、 so constructive.” lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent to an umbrella producer. so，just what is the story behind the windshield wiper？well，mary anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to new york city. the day was cold and stormy，but anderson still wanted to see the sights，s

30、o she jumped aboard a streetcar. noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield，she found herself wondering why there couldn't be a built-in device for cleaning the window. still wondering about this when she returned home to birmingham，alabama，anderson s

31、tarted drafting out solutions. one of her ideas，a lever(操作杆) on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside，became the first windshield wiper. today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations. it's hard to imagine driving without garrett a.morgan's traffic light. it's equally impossible to picture a world without katherine jblodgett's innovation that makes glass invisible. can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?32.by mentioning “traffic light” and  “windshield wiper”，the author indicates that countless inventions a