2021年广东省茂名市黄岭中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析

2021年广东省茂名市黄岭中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析一、选择题1.Jackislateagain.Itis__________ofhimtokeepotherswaiting.A.typical

B.average

C.tough

D.afraid参考答案：A2.Youcannotimaginethatawell-behavedgentleman________besorudetoalady.A.might

B.need

C.should

D.would参考答案：C3.Mr.Smithrecommendedthatshe______alotofreadinginChinese.A.do

B.willdo

C.does

D.doing参考答案：A4.WordspreadsthatLiuFang_______concertseverydaysincelastmonth.A.performed B.hadperformed

C.performs

D.hasbeenperforming参考答案：D5.Hecan't________herhappinesswithhisown.A.identity

B.identifyC.identification

D.identifies参考答案：B根据语境，由于此空是在can't情态动词之后，只能用动词原形，故只有B项符合题意。identifysth.withsth.意为“认为某事物与另一事物等同”。6.It'stimeI________home.Mymothershouldbewaitingformefordinnernow.A．return

B．mustreturn

C．returned

D．willreturn参考答案：C7.Theriverwouldsoon______ifitcontinueddrought.

A．dieout

B.dryout

C．die

away

D.dryup参考答案：D8.------CanIhelpyou?

--------No,thankyou.I__________now.A.havebeenserved

B.haveserved

C.ambeingserved

D.amserving参考答案：C略9.AmanwaskilledinhisownhouselastFridayandthepolicearecollectingevidencethatis______thecase.

A.familiarwith

B.addictedto

C.relevantto

D.inneedof参考答案：C10.Heisa________musician,ashecouldwritesomemusicfromhischildhoodandnowheisveryfamousallovertheworld.A.ambitious

B.talented

C.clever

D.diligent参考答案：B11.参考答案：b略12.Incommunication,asmileisusually__________strongsignofafriendlyand_______open

attitude.A.the,/

B.a,an

C.a,/

D.the,an参考答案：C【名师点睛】对于冠词的考查，几乎每次考试都会考查，考查的形式也多样，一般以选择题为主，而在做此类题时要注意：首先注意审清题意是否要使用，其次判断单复数。13.Lastnight,Imetwiththefellow____youthinkispleasantto____.

A.whom,talkwith

B.who,tobetalkedto

C.who,workwith

D.whom,getalongwith

参考答案：C14.Thehostesswasfriendlyandthefoodwasdelicious.____,thepartywasverypleasant.A.Afterall

B.Aboveall

C.Inall

D.Allinall参考答案：D15.Nowadays,manyyoungpeople__________selflessnessoftentalkagoodgamebuthaveahardtimeputtingtheirwordsintoaction.A.lacking

B.lackedC.lackingof

D.lackedin参考答案：A【详解】考查现在分词作后置定语。句意：现在，许多缺乏无私的年轻人经常嘴上说得好听，但很难把他们的语言付诸行动。此处people和lack之间是一种主动关系，展示现在分词作后置定语，故选A。16._____,Icouldnotmemorizethetext.A.HoweverharddidItry B.HoweverhardItriedC.HoweverItriedhard D.HoweverIhadtriedhard参考答案：B【详解】考查让步状语从句。句意：无论我多努力，都没能记住这些长单词。However引导让步状语从句的结构是：However+adj/adv.+主谓，根据句意选B。二、完型填空17.Intoday’sAmericansociety,highschooldropout(辍学)hasbecomeabigproblemthreateningsocialandeconomicstability,asmanycasesoffamily___21___oreventragedies,causedbyyouthdropout,arecatchingheadlinesinmedia.Droppingoutisdefinedasleavingschoolwithoutahighschooldiploma(毕业证书)orequivalent___22___suchasaGeneralEducationalDevelopment(GED)certificate.Althoughstudentswhodropoutcomefromvariousbackgrounds,several___23___factscanbenoticed.Nationaldatashowthatstudentsfromlow-income,blackorsingle-parentfamiliesaremuchmorelikelytodropoutofschoolthantheirfellowstudents.___24___performanceisalsoplayingarole.Studentsreceivingpoorgradeswhich,inturn,leadsto___25___self-recognition,aresuretobeonthehigh-risklistofdroppingout.Inrecentyears,advancesintechnologyhave___26___thedemandforahighlyskilledlaborforce,changingahighschooleducationintoaminimumrequirementforentryintothelabormarket.Ashighschoolcompletionhasbecomea(n)___27___requirementformanyentry-leveljobs,dropoutsarehavingareallyhardtimeintoday’sjobmarket.Onaverage,dropoutsaremorelikelytobeunemployedthanhighschoolgraduatesandtoearnlessmoneyevenifthey___28___findjobs.Employeddropoutsinavarietyofstudiesareusuallyworkingatunskilledjobsorat___29___serviceoccupationsofferinglittleopportunityforpromotion.Consideringtheseriousconsequencesdroppingoutmaybringabout,nationalleadershavedemandedthatschools,communities,andfamiliestakemajormeasurestokeepstudentsatschool.Tomakeschoolattendancecompulsory(强制的)lookslikeaneffectivemeasure.___30___,manypeoplefearthatitwillnotgofarascompulsoryattendanceusuallyindicatesmonitoringonstudents,whichmightcause___31___fromthestudents.OthersincludingPresidentTrump,focustheirdropoutpreventioneffortsonaprogramto___32___classsize,replacinglargehighschoolswithsmallerlearningcommunitieswherepoorstudentscanget___33___instructionfromexperiencedteachers.Combinedwithfrequenthomevisitsbyteachers,whichdefinitely___34___familiestoparticipateinpreventionefforts,theprogramisreportedtotakeeffectandthenationwideschoolattendanceis___35___.21.A.reunion B.conflicts C.establishments D.happiness22.A.opportunities B.lengths C.terms D.qualifications23.A.common B.strange C.possible D.positive24.A.Financial B.Communicative C.Academic D.Social25.A.separate B.negative C.significant D.standard26.A.fueled B.changed C.challenged D.supposed27.A.unbearable B.joint C.single D.basic28.A.eventually B.attentively C.readily D.generally29.A.long-lasting B.hard-working C.low-paying D.public-recognizing30.A.Furthermore B.However C.Otherwise D.Therefore31.A.objection B.attention C.welcome D.study32.A.maintain B.evaluate C.narrow D.complete33.A.individualized B.popularized C.materialized D.socialized34.A.spare B.encourage C.corner D.sponsor35.A.callingup B.settingup C.pickingup D.finishingup参考答案：21.B

22.D

23.A

24.C

25.B

26.A

27.D

28.A

29.C

30.B

31.A

32.C

33.A

34.B

35.C【分析】这是一篇教育文化类阅读。作者在文章中主要讲的是在今天的美国社会，高中辍学一天天成长为一个大问题并且威胁社会和经济稳定。退学的定义是指没有高中文凭或相同资历而离开学校。国家数据显示，来自低收入，负能量或单亲家庭的学生更有可能会比他们的同学辍学，此外学生的成绩太差，导致消极的对自我价值的认识，这也是在辍学列表的有着高风险的一个。作者还讲述了为了减少这种现象，美国还采用了用较小的学习社区取代大型高中，在这里穷苦的学生可以从有经验的老师上获得具有个人特色的教导，从而降低辍学率。【21题详解】名词词义辨析。A：重聚；B：冲突，矛盾；C：确立，制定；D：幸福，快乐。根据空后面的tragedies（悲剧）可知，二者应表示并列，根据选项得只有选项B符合文意，故选B。【22题详解】名词词义辨析。A：机会；B：长度；C：条款；术语；D：资格，资历。句意为：退学的定义是指没有高中文凭或相同资历而离开学校，再根据选项，故选D。【23题详解】形容词词义辨析。A：共同的；B：奇怪的；C：可能的；D：积极的。句意为：虽然辍学的学生来自不同的背景，但仍要注意一些相同的事实。故选A。【24题详解】形容词词义辨析。A：金融；财政的；B：交际的；爱说话的；C：学术的；理论的；D：社会的。句意为：国家数据显示，来自低收入，负能量或单亲家庭的学生更有可能会比他们的同学辍学．结合语境语义可知空中内容应与前文对应，根据选项，应为"理论"上的性质…故选C。【25题详解】形容词词义辨析。A：单独的，分开的；B：负的，消极的；C：重大的，有效的；D：标准的，合规格的．句意为：反过来，学生的成绩太差，导致消极的对自我价值的认识，这也是在辍学列表的有着高风险的一个。故选B。【26题详解】动词词义辨析。A：加燃料，推动；B：改变；C：挑战；D：假定。句意为：近年来，技术的进步…了高技术劳动力的需求，结合语境语义，应该为推动了高技术劳动力的需求，故选A。【27题详解】形容词词义辨析。A：难以忍受的；B：共同的；连接的；C：单一的；D：基础的．句意为：高中所完成的学习任务已成为许多入门级的工作的一个…要求，辍学在今天的就业市场越来越艰难了．可知应该为基本的要求，故选D。【28题详解】副词词义辨析。A：最后，终于；B：聚精会神地；C：容易地；D：普遍地．句意为：平均而言，辍学是比高中毕业生更容易失业，赚更少的钱，即使他们最终找到工作。故选A。【29题详解】词语搭配题。A：持续时间长；B：努力工作的；C：低薪的；D：社会认可的。句意为：在各种各样的研究中，被雇佣的辍学者通常从事非技术性工作或…的服务职业，而很少有机会获得晋升机会。结合语境语义，故选C。【30题详解】副词辨析。A：．此外；而且；B：然而；C：否则；另外；D：因此。结合语境语义，许多人担心它不会走得太远，因为强制出席通常意味着对学生的监控。可知此处应该表示转折关系。故选B。【31题详解】名词词义辨析。A：反对；反对派；B：注意力；C：欢迎；D：学业。句意为：强制出席通常意味着对学生的监控，这可能会造成学生对它的…结合语境语义，应该是学生的反对，故选A。【32题详解】动词词义辨析。A：维持；继续；B：评价；估价；C：使变狭窄；D：完成．根据空后面的用较小的学习社区取代大型高中，可知应该是缩小班级的规模。故选C。【33题详解】形容词词义辨析。A：具有个人特色的；B：大众化的；C：实体化的；D：社会化的。用较小的学习社区取代大型高中，在这里穷苦的学生可以从有经验的老师上获得具有个人特色的教导。故选A。【34题详解】词语搭配题。A：节约，吝惜；B：鼓励；C：使陷入绝境；D：赞助。句意为：与教师经常性的家访结合，肯定能鼓励家庭参与到预防工作中，结合语境语义，故选B。【35题详解】动词词义辨析。A：接通；B：设置，设立，安装；C：上升；D：完成。句意为：据报道，该计划生效，全国学校的出勤率也在…，结合语境语义，应该为出勤率在上升。故选C。【点睛】在做完形填空时一定要注意and/but/so/besides/however/furthermore/moreover/inaddition/what’smore/though等词汇、固定结构的运用。它们连接了上下文，起着承上起下的作用。像but（但是）、however（然而），表示转折，这说明前后的内容相反或相对。把握住这一点，做起题来就会得心应手。本题第10小题，结合语境语义，许多人担心它不会走得太远，因为强制出席通常意味着对学生的监控。可知此处应该表示转折关系。故选B。三、阅读理解18.Batteriescanpoweranythingfromsmallsensorstolargesystems．Whilescientistsarefindingwaystomakethemsmallerbutevenmorepowerful,problemscanarisewhenthesebatteriesaremuchlargerandheavierthanthedevicesthemselves．UniversityofMissouri（MU）researchersaredevelopinganuclearenergysourcethatissmaller,lighterandmoreefficient．“Toprovideenoughpower,weneedcertainmethodswithhighenergydensity（密度）”，saidJaeKwon,assistantprofessorofelectricalandcomputerengineeringatMU．“Theradioisotope（放射性同位素）batterycanprovidepowerdensitythatismuchhigherthanchemicalbatteries．”Kwonandhisresearchteamhavebeenworkingonbuildingasmallnuclearbattery,presentlythesizeandthicknessofapenny,intendedtopowervariousmicro/nanoelectromechanicalsystems（M/NEMS）．Althoughnuclearbatteriescancauseconcerns,Kwonsaidtheyaresafe．“Peopleheartheword‘nuclear’andthinkofsomethingverydangerous,”hesaid,“However,nuclearpowersourceshavealreadybeensafelypoweringavarietyofdevices,suchaspace-makers,spacesatellitesandunderwatersystems．”Hisnewideaisnotonlyinthebattery’ssize,butalsoinitssemiconductor（半导体）．Kwon’sbatteryusesaliquidsemiconductorratherthanasolidsemiconductor．“Thekeypartofusingaradioactivebatteryisthatwhenyouharvesttheenergy,partoftheradiationenergycandamagethelatticestructure（晶体结构）ofthesolidsemiconductor,”Kwonsaid,“Byusingaliquidsemiconductor,webelievewecanminimizethatproblem．”TogetherwithJ．DavidRobertson,chemistryprofessorandassociatedirectoroftheMUResearchReactor,Kwonisworkingtobuildandtestthebattery．Inthefuture,theyhopetoincreasethebattery’spower,shrinkitssizeandtrywithvariousothermaterials．Kwonsaidthatbatterycouldbethinnerthanthethicknessofhumanhair．68．JaeKwongaveexamplesinParagraph4_________．A．toshowchemicalbatteriesarewidelyapplied．B．tointroducenuclearbatteriescanbesafelyused．C．todescribeanuclear-poweredsystem．

D．tointroducevariousenergysources．69．AccordingtoJaeKwon,hisnuclearbattery_______．A．usesasolidsemiconductor

B．willsoonreplacethepresentones．C．couldbeextremelythin

D．haspassedthefinaltest．70．Thetextismostprobablya________．A．sciencenewsreport

B．bookreview

C．newspaperad

D．sciencefiction参考答案：BCA19.Nigelreceivedarewardforhisexcellenceinstudy.Itbeganwhenhewasselectedtohelptheteachersinthecomputerlaboratories.Thepeakofhisschoolcareercamenotwhenhetoppedtheschoolbutwhenhewasselectedforthenationwidecompetition.Unlikeeveryoneelse,NigelwantedtojointhecontestbecausehelikedmakingsomethingoutoftheLegosets.Nigelspentthenexttwomonthsrebuildingtherobot.ItwasduringthetimethatNigelfoundoutabouttheprizesforthecompetitionaswellasanothercompetitor,Alicia,fromaneighboringschool.Hisearlyintentionswereforgotten.Gettingthethousand-dollarprizewasmoreimportantthananythingelse.NigeldecidedtobefriendAlicia.Unawareofhisintentions,shetoldhimallabouttherobotthatshehadbeenbuildingforthecompetition.Heevenhelpedhertoputthefinishingbranchestoherrobot.Hewasgladwiththewaythingshadprogressed.Hisrobotwasabletobecomeaballwithitsarms,whichAliciahadfailedto