2021-2022学年广东省清远市连山壮族瑶族自治县高级中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析

1、2021-2022学年广东省清远市连山壮族瑶族自治县高级中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. _ I believe , and you will find Tom is very outgoing.AHaving a talk with the studentBOne talk with the studentCGiven a talk with the studentDIf you have a talk with the student参考答案：D2. I know little English now, though I_ it for four years in univ

2、ersity. A. studied B. had studied C. have studied D. was studying参考答案：A3. The road conditions were quite good， was more than we could expect. A. which B. what C. that D. it参考答案：A4. Itwillbesomeyearsbeforesomeforeigndoctorschangetheimpressiontheyhave_Chinesemedicine,_,intheiropinion,isnothingbutrawhe

3、rbsandnoteffectiveatallintreatingdiseases.A.for;which B.on;what C.to;that D.on;which 参考答案：D5. It _I that _against you. A. am，is B. is，is C. is，am D. was，am参考答案：C。解析：在强调句型中，如果强调部分是原句的主语，that后面的谓语动词部分要与主语保持一致，排除A、B两项，D项中的时态不一致。6. If you _a belief, principle or feeling, you decide that you will not be

4、influenced by it.A. set apart B. set downC. set up D. set aside参考答案：D考查动词短语辨析。A. set apart分开；B. set down记下；C. set up建立；D. set aside不理会。句意：如果你抛开信念、原则或情感，你的决定将不会受它的影响。故选D。7. A recent survey in the High School Attached to Hunan Normal University shows that 90 percent of Internet users employ it mostly

5、to search for answers to questions. A. to be conducted B. having conducted C. conducted D. conducting参考答案：C8. We keep the students_of the current news by reading newspapers while there was no television. A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. informed参考答案：D9. We tried to find a table for eight, but

6、they were all _. A. taken up B. given away C. kept away D. used up 参考答案：A10. _ hard late into the night, he soon fell ill in bed. HYPERLINK / A. To work B. Working C. Having worked D. Being worked HYPERLINK / HYPERLINK / 参考答案：C 11. The computer is under repair at the moment. Just wait _ and then it

7、can be used.A. for a whileB. at a time C. in a minute D. at one time参考答案：A12. In my view, education plays a less important role in kids growth than parents love.-But thats your opinion. .A. You said it B. I share your opinion C. I beg to differ D. I cant agree more参考答案：C13. My parents always make me

8、 _ I can achieve more if I try my best.A. believing B. believed C. believe D. to believe参考答案：C14. We have found that a boy matching your entered the amusement park just now.A. instruction B. explanationC. description D. application参考答案：C【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们发现一个符合你的描述的男孩刚才进入了游乐园。Ainstruction指示；Bexplana

9、tion解释；Cdescription描述；Dapplication申请。match description表示“匹配你的描述”，故C项正确。15. We are invited to a party _ in our club next Friday.A. held B. to be held C. being held D. holding 参考答案：B16. Not until the press reported the pollution _ why the water supply had been cut off.A. people knew B. people had know

10、nC. did people know D. had people known参考答案：C17. In most countries, either paper or other things made from metal _ recycled for future use. A. are B. will be C. is D. has been参考答案：A18. More attention should be _ the safety of school buses, which has become _ big concern of the whole society.A. paid

11、to improving; a B. paid to improve; theC. paid to improving; the D. paid to improve; /参考答案：A二、 书面表达19. 书面表达:( 25分)假设你是新华中学的学生张华，班里从外地转来一名同学李明，他一时无法融入新的班集体中，感到很苦恼。请根据下列要点用英语给他写封信：*帮他分析原因 *给他提出建议 *陈述你帮助他的具体打算 注意：词数100120Dear Li Ming，_Best regards.参考答案：Dear Li Ming，Im very glad to become your classmate

12、. I know you are worried about your study and dont know how to adapt yourself to the new environment. Here are some suggestions about it and I hope they can help you.You know we always become puzzled when we go to a new environment because we dont know anything about the people around us and even do

13、nt know what to do. I think you should make friends with the students in our class. Then if you have any problem, you can ask us or our teachers for help. Well try our best to help you.After class. Ill show you around our school and tell you something about it. If you have any problem，please tell me

14、 and I will give you my advice not only on study but also on your life here.All in all, I hope you can adapt yourself to the new environment and we can become good friends.Best regards.Zhang Hua20. 假如你是双鸭山市第一中学学生会主席。你了解到学校学生对“全国戏曲进校园”(National Opera on Campus)活动很感兴趣且学校决定承办一次戏剧演出。请写一则通知告诉全校学生活动的情况。通知

15、内容包括:1. 说明事由;2. 演出信息(时间、地点、内容等);3. 欢迎参加。注意:1. 词数100左右;2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。_参考答案：My dear fellow schoolmates,My name is Li Hua, president of the Student Union in our school. Ive heard that most students in our school have great enthusiasm for the activity named “National Opera on Campus”. To satisfy you

16、r thirst, the Student Union are planning to organize an opera show in our school.As scheduled, the show will be held in our school hall next Friday. It is expected to start at 2:30 pm and last about 2 hours. In addition, the show is supposed to offer you a variety of performances related to opera, i

17、ncluding singing, dialogues, movements as well as facial make-up, which surely wont make you disappointed. So its really something you cant miss. Whoever is interested in it is welcome to be present on time. Looking forward to your participation!the Student Union【分析】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求写一则通知。【详解】第1步：根据提示可

18、知，本篇为一则通知：假如你是双鸭山市第一中学学生会主席。你了解到学校学生对“全国戏曲进校园”(National Opera on Campus)活动很感兴趣且学校决定承办一次戏剧演出。请写一则通知告诉全校学生活动的情况。通知内容包括:1. 说明事由;2. 演出信息(时间、地点、内容等);3. 欢迎参加。第2步：根据写作要求，确定关键词（组），如：president of the Student Union in our school.（我们学校的学生会主席）；have great enthusiasm for the activity named “National Opera on Camp

19、us”（对“校园国剧”活动充满热情）；As scheduled（按照预定时间）；等。第3步：根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态问题。第4步：连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一定要规范清晰，保持整洁美观的卷面是非常重要的。【点睛】本文内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。另外全文中没有中国式英语的句式，显示了很高的驾驭英语的能力。Ive heard that most students in our school have great enthusiasm for the activity named “National Opera on Camp

20、us”.句中使用宾语从句，且过去分词作后置定语；the show will be held in our school hall next Friday.句中使用一般将来时态的被动语态；dialogues, movements as well as facial make-up, which surely wont make you disappointed.非限制性定语从句用在句中；Whoever is interested in it is welcome to be present on time.句中使用whoever引导的主语从句。三、 阅读理解21. Why Laughter Ma

21、ttersAlthough most people believe that laughter is one of the natures great treatments for a whole range of mental and physical diseases, it is still a serious scientific subject that researchers are trying to figure out.“Laughter above all else is a social thing,” says Baltimore neuroscientist, Rob

22、ert Provine, who has studied laughter for decades. “All laughter groups laugh ha-ha-ha basically the same way. Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter. There is a pattern generator(发生器) in our brain that produces this sound.”Laughing is our first way of commu

23、nicating. Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches them how to laugh. They just do. People may laugh at a prank(恶作剧) on April Fools day. But surprisingly, only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke. Laughter is mostly about social responses rather to a joke.

24、Deaf people laugh without hearing and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, showing that laughter isnt dependent on single sense but on social interactions.And laughter is not just a people thing. Chimps(黑猩猩) tickle(挠痒) each other and even laugh when another chimp pretends to tickle them.Jaak

25、Panksepp, a Bowling Green University Psychology professor, studies rats that laugh when he tickles them. It turns out rats love to be tickledthey return again and again to the hands of researchers tickling them.By studying rats, scientists can figure out whats going on in the brain during laughter.

26、Northwestern University biomedical engineering professor, Jeffrey Burgdorf has found that laughter in rats produces a chemical that acts as an antidepressant(抗抑郁药). He thinks the same thing probably happens in humans, too. This would give doctors a new chemical target to develop drugs that can fight

27、 depression.Even so, laughter itself has not been proved to be the best medicine, experts said. Margaret Stuber, a professor at University of California, studied whether laugher helped patients. She found that distraction(分心) and mood improvement helped, but she could not find a benefit of laughter

28、alone.“No study has shown that laughter produces a direct health benefit,” Provine said, largely because its hard to separate laughter from just feeling good. But he thinks it doesnt really matter: “Isnt the fact that laughter feels good when you do it enough?”33. The most important finding of Rober

29、t Provines research is that _. A. laughter makes a person feel good B. laughter depends on different senses C. rats like to be tickled very much D. laughter is a social response shared by all creatures34. What can we learn from the passage? A. Patients will recover if they laugh enough. B. Laughing

30、is one of our means of communication. C. A new medicine has been developed based on the laughter research. D. Scientists have known what is happening in a human brain when he laughs.35. According to the passage, scientists studied rats in order to find _. A. if they can laugh B. if they like laughin

31、g C. what laughter in rats produces D. how rats react while being tickled参考答案：ABC22. Roger Rolls was the first black governor in the history of New York State, USA. He was born in one of New Yorks notorious(臭名昭著) slums. The children born here rarely did decent work after they grew up. However, Roger

32、 Rolls was an exception, for he was not only admitted to the university, but also he became a governor. At his inaugural(就职的) press conference, a reporter asked him, “What made you become the governor?” Faced with more than 300 journalists, Rolls did not mention his struggle but only spoke of his pr

33、imary school schoolmaster-Pierre Paul.In 1961, Pierre Paul was engaged as the director and principle of Nobita Primary School. When he entered this school, he found the children here didnt cooperate with the teachers. Pierre thought up many ways to guide them, but none was effective. Later, he found

34、 these children were very superstitious(迷信的), so when he gave lectures, he added a program of palm reading as a means of fortune-telling, with which he encouraged the students.When Rolls Jumped from the hathpace (高台) and walked to the platform with his small hands stretched out, Pierre Paul said, “A

35、s soon as I see your slender little fingers, I know you will be the governor of New York State in future.” At that moment, Rolls was shocked because only his grandmother inspired him once, saying that he could become the governor of New York State, so he remembered that remark and believed him.From

36、that day on, the “New York State Governor” was like a banner that constantly inspired him to study energetically and make progress. Rolls no longer stained his clothes with mud, nor did he speak in foul (污秽的) language. He began to straighten his back when he was walking. In the next more than 40 yea

37、rs, he demanded himself according to the identity of a governor. At the age of 51, he finally became the governor of New York State.Put up a banner of faith for yourself and you will have the drive to struggle and the vitality of life.21. In terms of Roger Rolls success, what did he mention made him become the governor of New York State? A. That he was born in a poor family.B. His strong belief and his hard struggle.C. His great achievements in his university.D. Pierre Pauls and his grandmothers encouragement.22. We know f