2022-2023学年湖南省湘西市民族第二高级中学高二英语下学期期末试卷含解析

1、2022-2023学年湖南省湘西市民族第二高级中学高二英语下学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. Chinas contribution to the world economy should be reflected in having a bigger_ in the worldAtalk Bspeech Cvoice Dsound参考答案：C2. They were sailing down the river _ they saw something terrifying ahead of them.A. while B. as C. then D. when参考答案：D3. Stand

2、ing on the top of the hill, I would not do anything but _ the flowing of the smog around me.A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoyed D. to enjoy参考答案：A解析：but用作“除了”解,当其前含有实义动词do时, 则but后的不定式短语要省去to。4. I sent my invitation to a wrong address by mistake. Otherwise , Mr. Green _ to me .A. would have repliedB. had

3、repliedC. would replyD. replied参考答案：A试题分析: 句意：我把请帖发错地址了。否则，格林先生就会给我回复了。Sent说明事情已经发生，所以，格林没有回复，对过去事情的虚拟，使用would have done的节构，故选A项。5. Is there any news about my application for the job? I regret _ you that we have chosen someone else for the job.A. telling B. tell C. told D. to tell参考答案：D6. - How do y

4、ou think I should respond to his words? - You can do it _ you like.A. no matter how B. however C. no matter what D. whatever参考答案：B7. The word “media” basically refers to _ we commonly call newspapers, magazines, radios and televisions. A.which B.that C.what D.where参考答案：C略8. Nowadays, scientists are

5、working hard to find a best way of treating addictions _ drugs. A. of B. in C. on D. to参考答案：D9. When I said that some people are stupid I was not _ you.A. talking to B. referring to C. turning to D. listening to参考答案：B略10. Its said that the Olympic Games _ in Beijing in 2008 will cover more events th

6、an any other Olympics did.A. holding B. to be held C. held D. to be holding参考答案：B解析：hold与the Olympic Games之间是被动关系,且2008奥运会尚未举办,应用不定式表将来。11. Word came _ Bingzhou and Wucheng Road would be widened to ease the traffic burden.A. when B. that C. which D. /参考答案：B26. I _use a clock to wake me up because at

7、 six oclock each morning the train comes by my house. A. couldnt B. mustnt C. shouldnt D. neednt参考答案：D略13. Is there any possible way to help them get rid of such a bad habit?To tell the truth, its very hard. But we _ on this problem, trying to improve the situation .A. worked B. had worked C. are wo

8、rking D. had been working参考答案：C试题分析：句意：-有可行的方法来改掉坏的习惯？-说句实话，很难。但是我们正在解决这个问题，试图提高现状。从第一句可以看出现在还没有改掉习惯，所以应是现在正在想法去解决，故选C。考点：考查动词的时态用法。点评：本题难度适中。动词的时态是高考的热点，它出现在单选和短文改错中的次数较多，需要考生一定掌握不同的时态的用法。即学即练：The five-year-old girl _ by her parents.A is looked B has looked for C is being looked for D has been look

9、ed解析：C。在带有介词的动词短语用于被动语态句中，介词不能省，否则就变成了不及物动词短语，而不能用于被动语态的句子中。14. The _ on her face suggested that she was not satisfied with our work.A. impression B. sightC. appearance D. expression参考答案：D【详解】考查名词辨析。句意:她脸上的表情表明她对我们的工作不满意。impression印象; sight情景,视力; appearance表面,外表;expression表情。根据句意可知此处选表情（expression），

10、A、B、C不符合句意，故选D。15. You will be a job when you are here, for I totally understand you have to work in order to pay for your schooling. A. guaranteed B. supplied C. carried D. hosted参考答案：A二、 填空16. English is now the first language of about 400 million people, the mother language of 12 countries and th

11、e official language of one-fifth of the land area of the world, _41_ means one _42_ every seven people in the world speaks English.More and more people have found it important _43_ (learn) English well in recent years. In Italy, for example, English is a must for many technical jobs. In China, Engli

12、sh is the _44_ (important) foreign language that is learned at school.The English language has never stopped changing. It always borrows words and phrases from other cultures to enlarge _45_ (it) vocabulary. _46_ (actual), modem English is quite different from what _47_ (use) hundreds of years ago.E

13、nglish is so widely used that it has become the standard language for_48_ (communicate) internationally. About 75% of the worlds mail _49_ (be) in English. About 60% of the worlds telephone calls are made in English and about 60% of the worlds radio programs are broadcast in English. Whats more, ove

14、r half of the worlds books and magazines are written in English. In _50_ word, English is now the worlds first language.参考答案：41. which 42. in 43. to learn 44. most important 45. its 46. Actually 47. was used 48. communicating 49. is 50. a本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了英语的广泛性，学好英语对我们越来越重要。【41题详解】考查关系词。句意：这意味着世界上每七个人中

15、就有一个人说英语。此句为非限制性定语从句，修饰前面的句子，从句缺少主语成分，故用which引导从句并作主语。故填which。【42题详解】考查介词。句意：这意味着世界上七分之一的人说英语。one in every seven为分数表达形式“分子（基数词）+in+分母（基数词）”，故填in。【43题详解】考查动词不定式。句意：近年来，越来越多的人发现学好英语很重要。分析句子结构可知，it作形式主语，真正的主语为动词不定式，故填to learn。【44题详解】考查形容词最高级形式。句意：在中国，英语是在学校学习的最重要的外语。据提示知，此处应填形容词的有关形式，空前有the，而形容词最高级形式前通

16、常有the。故填most important。【45题详解】考查代词。句意：它总是从其他文化中借用单词和短语来扩大它的词汇量。分析句子结构知，空后有名词vocabulary，此处应填形容词性物主代词its，表示“它的”。故填its。【46题详解】考查副词。句意：事实上，现代英语与几百年前使用的英语有很大的不同。一些副词放在句首，并用逗号与主句隔开，是对整个句子进行说明或解释，表明说话人对话语的看法或态度。故填Actually。【47题详解】考查动词形式。句意：事实上，现代英语与几百年前使用的英语有很大的不同。分析句子结构知，what引导引导主语从句，指的是前面提到的English，根据句意可知

17、，use应用被动语态；根据从句中hundreds of years ago，可知时态应用过去时。故填was used。【48题详解】考查动名词。句意：英语被广泛使用，已经成为国际交流的标准语言。空前有介词for，后面动词应用动名词doing形式，故填communicating。【49题详解】考查谓语动词单复数。句意：世界上大约75%的邮件是用英语写的。分数后有“of+名词”，of后的名词mail为不可数名词，故谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。故填is。【50题详解】考查冠词。句意：总之，英语现在是世界第一语言。in a word为固定短语，表示“总之，简言之”，故填a。三、 阅读理解17. On

18、e morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.Though he was t

19、ired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream.He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting

20、caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found

21、the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine.Elias Howes was not the only one

22、 in finding the answer to his problem in this way.Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.To know the value of dreams, you have to underst

23、and what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have

24、 really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes ca

25、lled “secret messages to ourselves”.8. The problem Howe was trying to solve was_.A. what kind of thread to useB. how to design a needle which would not breakC. where to put the needleD. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle9. Thomas Edison is spoken of because _ .A. he also tried to invent a sewing machineB. he got some of his ideas from dreamsC. he was one of