云南省昆明市第十八中学2022-2023学年高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析

云南省昆明市第十八中学2022-2023学年高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、选择题1.——Welostthegameinthelastminute.

——______.Butluckily,youhaveenteredthenextround.A.Thatcouldn’tbeworse B.It’sapityC.Don’tmentionit D.Nevermind参考答案：B略2.Ifeelitisyourhusbandwho_______forthespoiledchild.

A.istoblameB.isgoingtoblame

C.istobeblamed

D.shouldblame参考答案：A3.Johnisvery_______

------ifhepromisestodosth.,he’lldoit.A.independent

B.confident

C.reliable

D.

flexible参考答案：C4.Mostofusfound______difficulttofinishtheworkinsuchashorttime.

A.this

B.which

C.what

D.it参考答案：D5.—IstheWhiteHouse_________toordinaryvisitors?—Ofcourse.A.adjustable

B.available

C.reasonable

D.accessible参考答案：D6.Wewereallsurprisedwhenhemadeitclearthathe____officesoon.A.leaves B.wouldleave C.left D.hadleft参考答案：B【详解】考查时态。句意：当他表示他很快就会离职时候我们都很惊讶。根据“made”和“soon”可知，此处表示过去将要发生的动作，应该用过去将来时，故B项正确。7.Thisisanovel,but_________,itcanbelooked_________abiography.A.inotherwords,for

B.ontheotherhand,as

C.foronething,of

D.asamatteroffact,on参考答案：b略8.WhentalkingabouttheMid-autumnFestival,we______thinkofmooncakesandfamilyreunion.A.normally

B.practically

C.eventually

D.seemingly参考答案：A9.AninterestingsuggestionformeasuringtheatmospherearoundMarshasbeen_________,thusleadingaheateddiscussionamongthescientists.A.comeup

B.putforward

C.sweptup

D.accusedof参考答案：B10.1havespentallmylifelivinginmybrother'sshadow,______hardforanypossiblewaytoshowmyself.A.tosearch

B.havingsearched

C.beingsearched

D.searching参考答案：D11.Bothstudentsandparentsappreciatethegreatimportanceschoolshave_______toeyesightprotection.A.reacted

B.attended

C.attached

D.adapted参考答案：C【详解】考查动词短语。句意：学校对眼睛保护非常重视，对此学生和家长都非常赞赏。A.reacted反映；B.attended参加；C.attached附上；D.adapted适应。本句中，主句为Bothstudentsandparentsappreciatethegreatimportance；schoolshave________toeyesightprotection为定语从句，先行词为importance，关系词that在从句中作宾语，可以省略。attachimportanceto为固定短语，意为“重视……”。故选C。12.

Ican’tthankyou______foryourselflesshelp,withoutwhichIcouldn’thavesucceeded.

A.too

B.toomuch

C./

D.tooenough参考答案：B13._________,thatkindoffriedricesells__________.A.Tastedgood;well

B.Tastingwell;goodC.Tastinggood;well

D.Tastingwell;good参考答案：C26.——Why?Tom,yourshirtissodirty!

——Mum,I________myroomupstairsallthemorning.A.cleaned

B.havecleaned

C.wascleaning

D.havebeencleaning参考答案：D略15.--I’vegotacoughandthisplacehurts.I’mafraidofgettingadeadlydisease.--__________.We’llhaveyouexamined.A.Don’tmind

B.Youshouldlearntoprotectyourself

C.Keepcalm.You’llrecoversoon.

D.Takeiteasy参考答案：D31.Thistrainingprogramcangiveyoualiftatwork,________increaseyourincomeby40%.A.aswellas

B.solongas

C.somuchas

D.assoonas参考答案：A略17.Theyarestillverycautiousabout______sideeffectthenewmedicinewillbringabout,althoughtheexpertshavetrieditonabout2,000patients.A.which

B.that

C.where

D.what参考答案：D18.Themanagerwasunabletoattendthemeetingbuthesenthisassistantasa_____.A.comfort

B.substitute

C.favor

D.draft参考答案：B二、单词拼写19.单词拼写1．Thetheoryistoo

(抽象的)forustounderstand.2．Itisverydifficulttop

whatwillhappeninthefuture.3．Theartistscombineddifferentt

inthesamepainting.4．Itwastoohot，sotheoldmanmovedintothes

ofthetalltree.5．Itise

thatthepeoplepresentarenotinfavoroftheplan.6．Theyoungmandecidedtoa

anewmethodthistime.7．She

(企图)totakeholdoftherope，butfailed.8．Theeyeisoneofthemost

(脆弱的)organsofthebody.9．Itis

(可笑的)ofyoutobeafraidofyourownshadow，whichfollowseverywhereyougowhenthereislight.10．Isthisprogrammeantfora

(特定的)age-group?参考答案：1.abstract2.predict3.techniques4.shadow5.evident6.adopt7.attempted8.delicate9.ridiculous10.specific三、阅读理解20.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Englishisfastbecomingthelanguageofsciencearoundtheworld，butwhatisitsfutureamongeverydayspeakers?OneexpertpointsoutthatthepercentageofnativeEnglishspeakersisdeclining(降低)whilethelanguagesofotherrapidlygrowingregionsarebeingspokenbyincreasingnumbersofpeople.ButEnglishwillcontinuetoremainwidespreadandimportant.However，BritishlanguagescholarDavidGraddolsaysEnglishwillprobablydropindominance(主导)bythemiddleofthiscenturytorank，afterChinese，aboutequallywithArabic，Hindi，andUrdu."ThenumberofpeoplespeakingEnglishasafirstlanguagecontinuestorise，butitisn'trisingnearlyasfastasthenumbersofmanyotherlanguagesaroundtheworld，simplybecausethemainpopulationgrouphasbeenlargelyinthelessdevelopedcountrieswherelanguagesotherthanEnglishhavebeenspoken，"hesays.InarecentarticleinthejournalScience，Mr.Graddolnotedthatthreelanguagesthatarenotnearthetopofthelistofthemostwidelyspokennowmightbetheresoon.TheseareBengali，Tamil，andMalay，spokeninsouthandsoutheastAsia.DavidCrystal，theauthorofTheCambridgeEncycloρediaoftheEnglishLαηguage，saysabout1.5billionoftheworld'ssixbillionpeoplespeakitasasecondtonguecomparedtothe400millionnativespeakers.ButanotherexpertontheEnglishlanguagesaysMr.Graddolunderestimates(低估)thefutureofitsdominance."AlltheevidencesuggeststhattheEnglishlanguagesnowballisrollingdownahillandisgettingfaster，butnobodyquiteknowswhat'sgoingtohappenbecausenolanguagehasbeeninthispositionbefore."hesaid.71.InDavidGraddol'sopinion，Englishwill

.A.remainwidespreadandimportantB.bemoreimportantthananyotherlanguageC.loseitsdominantpositionD.dieawayinthenearfuture72.Theunderlinedsentenceinthelastparagraphimpliesthat

.A.snowballswillrolldownfasterthanlanguageballsB.theEnglishlanguage