2021-2022学年贵州省遵义市虾子镇中学高二英语下学期期末试卷含解析

1、2021-2022学年贵州省遵义市虾子镇中学高二英语下学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. The poor artist made a _ by making sketches of _ animals.A. living, alive B. life, live C. living, living D. life, alive参考答案：C2. They woke up, finding everything around _. A. changing B. change C. changed D. to change 参考答案：C3. -How do you like the footbal

2、l match you watched last night,Alice?- I want to watch it a second time.A.just so so B.Thats boring C.That depend D.That couldnt be better参考答案：D4. _ in a friendly way, their quarrel came to an end.A. Being settled B. Settled C. Settling D. Having settled 参考答案：B略5. -What are you going to do this comi

3、ng national holiday? -I have no plan. _ the two of us going camping in the mountain. A. What if B. Why dont C. Why not D. How about参考答案：D6. Modern people are busy working ，struggling to make ends meet. _, most of them suffer from stress and anxiety.A. On the contrary B. Above allC. As a resultD. In

4、turn参考答案：C7. Have you got any idea for the summer vacation?I dont mind where we go_ theres sun , sea and beach .A. as if B. as long as C. not that D. in order that参考答案：B8. It is you, I think, rather than your wife, _ to blame for your sons bad behavior at schoolAthat is Bwho isCthat should Dwho are参

5、考答案：D9. _ he does his work, I dont mind what time he arrives at the office. A. So far as B. So long as C. As far as D. So as参考答案：B略10. It was not until I got home _ that I had left my keys in the office.A. before I found B. when I found C. did I found D. that I found 参考答案：D11. Many white-collar peop

6、le, working in big cities, like to live in the country where there is a(n) _ of peace and calm. A. glory B. atmosphere C. fantasy D. passion参考答案：B12. Beckworth shook his head as if he Dont trust her.A. had said B. would say C. were saying D. says参考答案：C13. _ you eat the correct foods_ be able to keep

7、 fit and stay healthy.AOnly if; will you BOnly if; you will CUnless; will you DUnless; you will参考答案：A14. Your _ as a student will be excellent if you develop a habit of reflecting on how you learn.A. operation B. growth C. character D. performance参考答案：D15. -Did you enjoy your holiday in London,Betty

8、?- .We couldnt have chosen a more pleasant place.A.Sounds great B.Not at all C.Never mind D.Absolutely参考答案：D34. The article _ now will appear in tomorrows newspaper.A. writing B. to write C. being written D. write参考答案：C略17. If you _ the chat room ten minutes ago, you _ what we were talking about!A.

9、joined, would know B. had joined, would know C. joined, would have known D. had joined, would have known参考答案：D二、 填空18. 请根据句意和汉语意思填出单词的适当形式。 36. He was _ (羞愧) of cheating in the exam. 37. She pursued her goal _(雄心勃勃地).38. I like pets but I cant raise one, because I am _(过敏的) to animals fur.39. The ne

10、w teaching method _(结合) education with pleasure.40. There stood a man in his _ (二十来岁) wearing glasses.参考答案：36.ashamed 37.ambitiously 38.allergic bines 40.twenties19. In the 1830s, William Procter and James Gamble started a small factory in Cincinnati, in which candles and pieces of soap _41_ (produc

11、e). However, the market for candles suddenly fell as a result of Thomas Edisons _42_ (invent) of the electric light. The situation appeared to be hopeless for Mr. Procter and Mr. Gamble, _43_ an accident saved their company.One day in 1879, a forgetful worker forgot _44_ (stop) his machine when he w

12、ent to lunch. A lot of air made its way into the mixture. Instead of _45_ (throw) away the mixture, he made it into soap. The soap was cut, packed and shipped. Filled with air bubbles (气泡), the new soap was _46_ (light) than water. _47_ (nature), it floated. The soap was given the name “Ivory Soap”.

13、To _48_ (they) surprise, Mr. Procter and Mr. Gamble received lots of letters _49_ the buyers for that “accidental” soap. They wanted more of _50_ soap, which floated!You may wonder why that product was so popular. In Cincinnati, many people bathed in the Ohio River and the floating soap would never

14、get lost. Ivory Soap became a best selling thing because of the workers mistake.参考答案：41. were produced 42. invention 43. but 44. to stop 45. throwing 46. lighter 47. Naturally 48. their 49. from 50. the本文是一篇故事。由于电灯的出现，蜡烛市场需求突然下滑；一家蜡烛和肥皂工厂的工人无意中把充满气体的混合物充进了肥皂，生产出了能够漂浮的“Ivory Soap”。【41题详解】考查时态语态。本文讲述过

15、去发生的事情，所以使用一般过去时，且本句主语candles and pieces of soap与动词produce构成被动关系，所以使用一般过去时的被动语态。故填were produced。【42题详解】考查名词。空格处在本句中做介词短语as a result of的宾语，故用名词形式invention（发明）。句意：因为爱迪生的发明，蜡烛的市场突然下滑。故填invention。【43题详解】考查连词。句意：对Mr. Procter和Mr. Gamble来说，目前的情况好像没有希望了，但是一个事故挽救了他们的公司。上下文之间是转折关系，故填but。【44题详解】考查动词的固定用法。动词短语f

16、orget to do sth忘记要做某事；forget doing忘记做某事；句意：1879年一个健忘的工人去吃饭的时候忘记要把机器关掉。根据语境可知，应该使用forget to do sth。故填to stop。【45题详解】考查动名词。句意：没有把这些混合物扔掉，他把它充进了肥皂里。在英语中介词的后面通常接名词、代词或动名词做宾语，本句中要使用动名词做of的宾语。故填throwing。【46题详解】考查形容词比较级。因为肥皂里有气泡，所以这种新肥皂要比水还要轻。所以要使用比较级形式lighter。故填lighter。【47题详解】考查副词。句意：自然地，它能够漂浮起来。副词通常在句中做状

17、语修饰形容词副词动词或整个句子。本句中naturally在句中做状语修饰整个句子。故填Naturally。【48题详解】考查固定短语。短语to ones surprise让某人惊讶的是，其中要使用所有格ones修饰surprise。句意：让他们惊讶的是他们收到了很多顾客的来信要求购买这种肥皂。故填their。【49题详解】考查介词。动词短语receive sth from sb收到来自某人的某物；句意：让他们惊讶的是他们收到了很多顾客的来信要求购买这种肥皂。故填from。【50题详解】考查定冠词。不定冠词a/an表示泛指，定冠词the表示特指；本句中定冠词the修饰soap，特指能够漂浮的肥皂

18、。故填the。三、 阅读理解20. Pop singers, actors and sports stars are not the only ones todays teenagers seek to imitate. It turns out that the legendary American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) has a sincere following among many young people.She may seem a curious choice for teenage devotion. Many might thin

19、k of Emily Dickinson as someone locked away from the world, a spinster (未婚女性) living and writing in her bedroom as if she were in a self-made prison. In a way, though, many teens are reclusive just like this. Uncertain and a little afraid of the approaching world of adulthood, it seems safer to many

20、 to keep to oneself.Except-it turns out that Emily Dickinson wasnt quite like this. A new exhibition at the Morgan Library in New York is encouraging a different perspective on the poet. The designer of the show, Carolyn Vega, told the BBC that while it is true that Dickinson liked to keep herself t

21、o herself, she also took a great interest in life beyond the front door of her fathers house in Amherst, Massachusetts.According to Vega, Dickinson was deeply connected to her world through family, friendships, and literary mentors and editors. She also read many books and was aware of the political

22、 realities that were going on around her, including the American Civil War.Another expert gives us a clue into the appeal of Dickinsons poems to the young. Cassandra Atherton, an Australian academic, fell in love with the writers work as a teenager. “Emily Dickinson was my poster girl,” she told the

23、 BBC. Atherton took it so far as to model her teenage look on the only known photograph of Dickinson. She would arrive at school dressed in white and her hair tied in a tight bun. She identified with the poet as a fellow outsider.The title of the New York exhibition, “Im nobody! Who are you?”, from

24、one of her poems, tells us a little about Dickinsons approach to life and writing. She seemed to have thought, “The less I am to myself, the more interesting the world will become.” And when reading a large number of the 1,800 poems she wrote, the world seems just like that - a place we thought we k

25、new, but which Dickinson represents to us in a brand new way.32. What is the article mainly about?A. The achievements of Emily Dickinson.B. Emily Dickinsons approach to writing.C. A new exhibition offering a different view on Emily Dickinson.D. The reasons for Emily Dickinsons appeal to young people

26、.33. The underlined word “reclusive” in the second paragraph probably means someone who _.A. likes to be aloneB. is uncertain about himself or herselfC. is curious about somethingD. is afraid of the unknown34. How did Dickinson influence Cassandra Atherton when she was young?来源:学,科,网A. She loved Dic

27、kinsons work so much that she designed a poster about her.B. She was so fascinated by Dickinson that she dressed the way she did.C. She pursued a career in researching poems because of Dickinson.D. She identified with the poet and kept her photograph with her all the time.35. What does the New York

28、exhibition reveal about Emily Dickinson?A. She was uninterested in politics.B. She felt awkward socializing.C. She was not limited to her own world.D. She did a lot of research about the American Civil War.参考答案：3235 DABC21. 阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。“Mister DArcy is not a policeman. He is h

29、owever, very wise. He knew the police would search his apartment. He also knew how police think. So, he did not hide the letter where he knew they would look for it. ks5u“Do you remember how Germont laughed when I said the mystery was difficult for him to work out because it was so simple?” ks5uDupi

30、n filled his pipe with tobacco and lit it. “Well, the more I thought about it, the more I realized the police could not find the letter because DArcy had not hidden it at all.“So I went to visit DArcy in his apartment. I took a pair of dark green eyeglasses with me. I explained to him that I was hav

31、ing trouble with my eyes and needed to wear the dark glasses at all times. He believed me. The glasses permitted me to look around the apartment while I seemed only to be talking to him.“I paid special attention to a large desk where there were a lot of papers and books. However, I saw nothing suspi

32、cious there. After a few minutes, however, I noticed a small shelf over the fireplace. A few postcards and a letter were lying on the shelf. The letter looked very old and dirty.“As soon as I saw this letter, I decided it must be the one I was looking for. It must be, even though it was completely d

33、ifferent from the one Germont had described.“This letter had a large green stamp on it. The address was written in small letters in blue ink. I memorized every detail of the letter while I talked to DArcy. Then when he was not looking, I dropped one of my gloves on the floor under my chair.“The next

34、 morning, I stopped at his apartment to look for my glove. While we were talking, we heard people shouting in the street. DArcy went to the window and looked out. Quickly, I stepped to the shelf and put the letter in my pocket. Then I replaced it with a letter that looked exactly like it, which I ha

35、d taken with me. I had made it the night before. ks5u“The trouble in the street was caused by a man who had almost been run over by a horse and carriage. He was not hurt. And soon the crowd of people went away. When it was over, DArcy came away from the window. I said goodbye and left.“The man who almost had an accident was one of my servants(雇员). I had paid him to create the incident.”Dupin stopped talking to light his pipe. I did not understand. “But, Dupin,” I said, “why did