2021-2022学年云南省昆明市第十六中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析

1、2021-2022学年云南省昆明市第十六中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. Most of my friends shop at the stores the goods are very cheap.A. which B. what C. why D. where参考答案：D2. The Southern States wanted to _ from the Union, so the American Civil War _. A. get away with; broke up B. get away from; broke into C. break away from

2、; broke out D. break away from; was broken out参考答案：C3. -What do you think of his suggestion that safety standards _ ?-It is well worth consideration in my opinion.A. will improved B. should improve C. be improved D. will be improved参考答案：C4. Scientists say it may be five or six years _ it is possible

3、 to test this medicine on human patients. A. since B. after C. before D. when参考答案：C略5. Havent seen you for ages! Where have you been?I went to Ningxia and stayed there for one year, _ as a volunteer.A. teach B. teaching C. taught D. to teach参考答案：B6. He still remembers when he was a little boy, he us

4、ed to go to that workshop and watch _. A. to repair trucks B. trucks to repair C. trucks being repaired D. trucks repairing参考答案：C7. Its clear that if we read English articles every day, we _ improve our English.A. are bounded to B. are bound to C. bound D. bound to 参考答案：B8. Little Jim gave his mothe

5、r a beautiful painting that he had done himself for her birthday, _ pleased her a lot.A. what B. which C. that D. why参考答案：B略9. The manager and general engineer _ very strict _ his employees and _ his work as wellAis; with; in Bare; with; in Cis; with; with Dare; in; in 参考答案：A略30. _you return those b

6、ooks to the library immediately, you will have to pay a fine.A. Until B. Unless C. If D. Provided参考答案：B略11. When the customer with no legs said he needed a pair of shoes, the salesman stood there idea what he should say. A. having notB. having noC. not havingD. not to have参考答案：B略12. The invention of

7、 steam engine greatly sped up the industrial revolution, which _ a lot to the take-off of the world. A. turned B. contributed C. constructed D. exposed 参考答案：B13. Later in this chapter cases will be introduced to readers _ consumer complaints have led to changes in the lawAwhere Bwhen Cwho Dwhich参考答案

8、：A14. No matter how I tried to read it，the sentence didnt _to me.Aunderstand Bmake out Cturn out Dmake sense参考答案：33.答案D 解析make sense讲得通；有意义。略32. the urgently-need food and tents, soldiers are working hard to repair the road to the earthquake-hit area.A. DeliveredB. To deliver C. DeliveringD. Having

9、delivered参考答案：B16. _ form the hill, I can see the school more clearly.A. Seeing B. Seen C. To see D. See参考答案：A17. Smell the flowers before you go to sleep, and you may just _ sweet dreams.A. make up withB. end up withC. put up withD. catch up with参考答案：B 试题分析：考查固定短语。句意：在你睡觉之前闻花香，你可能会结束甜蜜的梦。end up wit

10、h以结束，故选B项。 18. The building _ now will be used as our reading room.A. being built B. to be built C. built D. is built参考答案：A19. I still cannot believe that I am this prize that I won last year.A. taking down B. taking over C. taking in D. taking up参考答案：D二、 新的题型20. 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或使用括号内单词的正确形式填空A

11、merican English has its own idioms. Lets say you buy something in a shop. And 61 you pay for it, you say: This cost 62 an arm and a leg! What do you really mean by 63 (say) so? Do you have to give them your arm and your leg? I hope not. Lets listen to an American English conversation 64 (see) if we

12、can find out what this means.A: Did you buy that new computer?B: Yeah, I did. But I 65 have bought it.A: Why do you say so? Is there anything wrong with it?B: Not exactly, but, as a matter of fact, it cost the way more than I 66 (expect) it to be.A: 67 did it cost?B: Let me just tell you it cost an

13、arm and a leg!When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it actually means that 68 price is very, very high, much 69 (high) than we can accept. If you use this 70 in the United States, everyone there will understand you. But this is an informal phrase, so dont use it in

14、a formal business setting.参考答案：61.when /after 62.me 63.saying 64.to see/ and see 65.shouldnt/oughtnt to 66.expected/ had expected 67. How much 68.the 69.higher 70.phrase/idiom/expression三、 阅读理解21. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan sees an epidemic (流行病) sweeping across Americas farmland

15、. It has little to do with the usual challenges, such as flood, rising fuel prices and crop-eating insects. The countrys farmers are getting older, and there are fewer people standing in line to take their place. National agricultural census (普查) figures show that the fastest-growing group of farmer

16、s is the part over 65. Merrigan is afraid the average age will be even higher when the 2012 statistics are completed.Merrigan, a former college professor, is making stops at universities across the country in hopes of encouraging more students to think about careers in agriculture. Aside from trying

17、 to stop the graying of Americas farmers, her work is made tougher by a recent blog posting that put agriculture at No. 1 on a list of “useless” college degrees. Top federal agriculture officials are talking about the posting, and it has the attention of agricultural organizations across the country

18、.“There couldnt be anything thats more incorrect,” Merrigan said. “We know that there arent enough qualified graduates to fill the jobs that are out there in American agriculture.”In addition, a growing world population that some experts predict will require 70% more food production by 2050, she sai

19、d.“I truly believe were at a golden age of agriculture. Global demand is at an all-time record high, and global supplies are at all-time record lows,” said Matt Rush, director of the Texas Farm Bureau. “Production costs are going to be valuable enough that younger people are going to have the opport

20、unity to be involved in agriculture.”The Department of Agriculture has programs aimed at developing more farmers and at increasing interest in locally grown food. The National Young Farmers Coalition has also been pushing for state and federal policy changes to make it easier for new farmers.Ryan Be

21、st, president of Future Farmers of America, has been living out of a suitcase, traveling the country and visiting high school students about careers in agriculture. The 21-year-old Best hopes his message that this is a new time in agriculture will motivate the next generation to turn around the statistics. “Never before have we had the innovations (创新) in technology which have led to agriculture in this country being the most efficient it has ever been,” he said. “Theres really