湖南省长沙市县第二中学2021年高二英语期末试题含解析

湖南省长沙市县第二中学2021年高二英语期末试题含解析一、选择题1.—Idofeelsorryaboutspoilingyourplans.

—_____Iknowyoudidn’tmeanto.

A.Forgetit.

B.Whynot?

C.Noway!

D.Pardonme参考答案：A略2.________freezingsnow,whichisstillheavy,willcometo________endthisweekend.A.The;an

B.A;an

C.The;the

D.A;the参考答案：A3.Evenifsheis______theproposalnow,wecan’trelyonhersupport;sheisthekindofpersonwhoblowshotandcold.A.inhonourof B.infaceof C.inneedof D.infavourof参考答案：D4.Helookedatushopefullyandsaid“

allofyousucceedthistime．Iwillbe

waitingforgoodnewsfromyou．”A．wish

B．hope

C．may

D．will参考答案：C5.Iwouldappreciate______ifyoucouldwritetomeassoonaspossible.A.that

B.this

C.it

D.one参考答案：C略6.However____tothestoryheis,hehastoputitawayandfocushisattentiononstudythisweek.A.interested

B.anxious

C.addicted

D.curious参考答案：C7.Everytime

hethoughtofhispast,hecouldn'thelpbursting

.A.when;outtears

B.that;intocrying

C.which;intotears

D./;outcrying参考答案：D8.Whatareyougoingtodothisweekend?______.Iftimepermits,ImaygotoShanghaiwithmyfriends.A.Don’tmentionit

B.Itdoesn’tmatter

C.Forgetit

D.Itdepends参考答案：D9.Nowit’sbeenpossibleforustobetakeninto“space”,

wecanexperienceweightlessnessforashorttime.

A.which

B.when

C.where

D.that参考答案：C略10.Doyouknowthegirl_______inaT-shirt?A.dressing

B.dressed

C.puttingon

D.toware参考答案：B11. —Hi,Jack!DoyouthinkRussiaisaniceplaceforthesummervocation? —Well,ifIwereyou,I______myholidayinFrance. A.spent B.hadspend C.willspend D.wouldspend参考答案：D12.Hecrossedtheroad,_______thespotwherethecathadbeeninvestigating.A.keepinghiseyeson

B.tokeephiseyesonC.andkeepinghiseyeson

C.keephiseyeson参考答案：A13.—Theguardkeeps

watchatthegate.—Sohedoes.Onlythose

knowswellcouldbeletin.

A.close;who

B.tight;whom

C.tight;that

D.close;he参考答案：D14.Greatlyencouragedbywhattheteachersaid,theboyreturnedtohisseat,__________tostudyharder.A.beingdetermined B.todetermine C.determined D.havingdetermined参考答案：C15._________thechildrenareexcited-thisisthefirsttimethey'vebeenabroad.A.Noproblem

B.NowayC.Noidea

D.Nowonder参考答案：D考查固定短语辨析。句意：难怪孩子们这么兴奋，这是他们第一次到国外。Noproblem不麻烦，没事儿；Noway没门；Noidea不知道；Nowonder难怪。根据题意，故选D。16.Iwasvery________tofindthatthecinemawasnotaccessibletotheelderlyorpeopleinwheelchairs.A.annoyed

B.annoying

C.annoy

D.toannoy

参考答案：A二、完型填空17.AnelephantnamedBozowashugebutgentle.However,onedayBozo___41___.Healmostattackedthemanwhocleanedhiscage,and___42___childrenatthecircus(马戏团).Sohisownerdecidedto___43___thegiant.Toearnmoney,theownerheldacruel___44___.Hesoldticketsto___45___Bozo'sexecution(行刑).Ontheday,threemenrosetoaimtheirgunsattheanimal.Justbeforethe___46___wasgiventoshoot,amansteppedoutandsaidtotheelephant'sowner,“Sir,thisis___47___.Bozoisn'tabadelephant.”“Butheis，”themanargued.“Wemustkillhim___48___hekillssomeone.”“Sir,givemetwominutesaloneinhiscage，”thevisitorbegged,“andI'll___49___toyouthatheisn'tabadelephant.”Aftersomemomentsofdiscussion,theowner___50___agreedtoallowthemanin.Beforetheelephantrushedtowardshim,themanbeganto___51___him.Bozoseemedtoimmediately___52___downuponhearingtheman'swords.Afterawhile,theanimal___53___liftedthemanupandcarriedhimaroundhiscagebeforecarefullyputtinghimbackatthedoor.Asthecagedoorclosed___54___him,themansaidtoBozo'sowner,“Yousee,he'sagoodelephant.His___55___isthathe'sanIndianelephantandunderstandsone___56___.”HeexplainedBozoneededsomeonewhocouldspeakhislanguage.“Sir,I___57___thatyoufindsomeonetocomeinsometimesandtalktotheelephant.Ifyou___58___，you'llhavenoproblems.”Peoplealsobecomediscouragedandangrywhentheyaren't___59___，butgreatrelationshipsareformedbypeoplewhospeakeachother'slanguage.Whenpeopleunderstandwhatyouunderstand,you'respeakingtheirlanguage!It'sthebeginningoftrue___60___.41.A.fled

B.changed

C.died

D.grew42.A.frightened

B.pleased

C.joined

D.challenged43.A.punish

B.sell

C.cure

D.kill44.A.meeting

B.party

C.exhibition

D.situation45.A.perform

B.witness

C.monitor

D.plan46.A.signal

B.right

C.chance

D.decision47.A.unimportant

B.impossible

C.uncommon

D.unnecessary48.A.if

B.because

C.before

D.though49.A.promise

B.prove

C.refer

D.show50.A.finally

B.almost

C.suddenly

D.voluntarily51.A.playwith

B.speakto

C.lookafter

D.smileat52.A.sit

B.come

C.settle

D.quiet53.A.rudely

B.coldly

C.gently

D.heavily54.A.behind

B.with

C.under

D.for55.A.idea

B.problem

C.wish

D.truth56.A.lesson

B.sentence

C.person

D.language57.A.insist

B.order

C.suggest

D.ensure58.A.do

B.agree

C.work

D.like59.A.trusted

B.understood

C.supported

D.cared60.A.love

B.friendship

C.communication

D.story参考答案：41.B

42.A

43.D

44.C

45.B

46.A

47.D

48.C

49.B

50.A

51.B

52.D

53.C

54.A

55.B

56.D

57.C

58.A

59.B

60.C这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。本文主要讲了一只向来温柔的大象开始攻击人，所以雇主决定杀了它，一个参观者阻止了雇主，并且向雇主证明了大象并不是想伤害人，他只是听不懂除了印度语之外的语言，其实人也是一样，只有很好的沟通，有共同的语言，才能更好的相处。【41题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A.fled逃跑；

B.changed改变；

C.died死亡；

D.grew成长。前面提到Bozowashugebutgentle，而后文提到Healmostattackedthemanwhocleanedhiscage,可知，这只象之前一直是很温柔的，后面却攻击人，所以它前后变化是很大的。故B选项切题。【42题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A.frightened吓；B.pleased高兴；C.joined加入；

D.challenged挑战。前面提到大象攻击人，所以这里指的是吓到了马戏团的孩子。故A选项切题。【43题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A.punish惩罚；

B.sell卖；

C.cure治愈；D.kill杀害。根据后文的threemenrosetoaimtheirgunsattheanimal.Justbeforethe___6___wasgiventoshoot,可知，这个人决定杀了大象。故D选项切题。【44题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A.meeting会议；B.party聚会；C.exhibition展览；

D.situation情况。根据后文的Hesoldticketsto___5___Bozo'sexecution(行刑).可知，他为了挣钱，举办了一场观看大象行刑的展览。C选项切题。【45题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A.perform表演；

B.witness目睹；

C.monitor屏幕；

D.plan计划。根据后文有人让雇主停止行刑可知，他卖票让人目睹大象行刑。B选项切题。【46题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A.signal信号；

B.right权利；

C.chance

机会；

D.decision决定。根据前文他们举着枪对着大象，可知这里指的是射击的信号。故A选项切题。【47题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。A.unimportant不重要的；

B.impossible不可能的；

C.uncommon不同寻常的；

D.unnecessary不必要的。根据后文的Bozoisn'tabadelephant.可知，这个人认为杀了大象是没有必要的。故D选项切题。【48题详解】考查连词词义辨析。A.if如果；

B.because因为；

C.before之前；

D.though尽管。这里指的是要在大象杀人之前杀了大象。故C选项切题。【49题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A.promise许诺；B.prove证明；C.refer提到；

D.show展示。这里指的是参观者想向雇主证明大象不坏，不会杀人。故B选项切题。【50题详解】考查副词词义辨析。A.finally最终；B.almost几乎；

C.suddenly突然；D.voluntarily自愿。根据前文的Aftersomemomentsofdiscussion可知，这里指的是讨论一会儿后最终决定让这个参观者进到笼子里。故A选项切题。【51题详解】考查动词词组词义辨析。A.playwith和……一起玩；

B.speakto说；

C.lookafter照顾；

D.smileat向……微笑。根据后文的hearingtheman'swords.可知，这个人开始跟大象说话。故B选项切题。【52题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A.sit

坐；

B.come来；

C.settle定居；

D.quiet安静。这里指的是大象听了这个人的话后立即安静了下来。quietdown安静下来。D选项切题。【53题详解】考查副词词义辨析。A.rudely粗鲁地；B.coldly寒冷地；C.gently温柔地，轻轻地；

D.heavily重地。根据后文的carefullyputtinghimbackatthedoor.可知，大象是轻轻的把这个人举起。故C选项切题。【54题详解】考查介词词义辨析。A.behind在……后面；

B.with和；

C.under在……下面；D.for为。根据前文的puttinghimbackatthedoor.可知，笼子的门是在这个人后面的。故A选项切题。【55题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A.idea想法；

B.problem问题；

C.wish愿望；

D.truth真理。根据下文的HeexplainedBozoneededsomeonewhocouldspeakhislanguage.可知，这里指的是大象的问题是这是一只印度象，所以需要能讲大象语言的人。故B选项切题。【56题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A.lesson课程；

B.sentence句子；

C.person人；D.language语言。根据后文的speakhislanguage可知，大象只懂一种语言。D选项切题。【57题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A.insist坚持；B.order预定；

C.suggest建议；

D.ensure确保。这里指的是这个人建议雇主找一些人和大象说话。故C选项切题。【58题详解】考查动词词义辨析。这里指的是如果你这样做，你就没有问题了。故A选项切题。【59题详解】考查动词词义辨析。A.trusted信任；B.understood理解；

C.supported支持；

D.cared照顾。这里指的是当人们不被理解时他们也会生气，愤怒。故B选项切题。【60题详解】考查名词词义辨析。A.love爱；

B.friendship友谊；

C.communication交流；

D.story故事。这里指的是当人们说同一种语言时，才是交流的开始，因为只有相同的语言才能更好的沟通。C选项切题。三、阅读理解18.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。Iamoneofthosepeoplewhoareterribleatsayingno.Itakeontoomanyprojectsatonce,andspendtoomuchofmytimedoingthingsI’drathernotbedoing.Igetstuffdone,butit’snotalwaysthebestIcando,orthebestwayIcouldspendmytime.

That’swhymynewestgoal,bothasaprofessionalandaperson,istobeaquitter.

Beingaquitterisn’tbeingsomeonewhogivesup,whodoesn’tseeimportantthingsthroughtotheend.Idesiretobetheoppositeofthat.ThequitterIwanttobeissomeonewhogetsoutwhenthere’snovalueinwhathe’sdoing,orwhenthatvaluecomesattheexpenseofsomethingmoreimportant.

Wegetinvolvedinsomething,realizewedon’twanttobeapartofit,butkeepongoing.Wesay“Well,I’vealreadyinvestedsomuchtimeinthis,Imightaswellstickitout.”Afriendofmineoncetoldme,“IknewIwasanadultwhenIcouldstopreadingabook,evenaftergetting500pagesintoit.”Oddthoughitsounds,wealltendtodothis.

Iproposetheopposite:quitasoftenaspossible,regardlessofprojectstatusortimeinvested.Ifyou’rereadingabook,anddon’tlikeit,stopreading.Cutyourlosses,realizethatthesmartestthingtodoisstopbeforeyourlossesgrowevenmore,andquit.Insteadofreadinganentirebookyouhate,readhalfofabadoneandhalfofagoodone.Isn’tthatabetteruseofyourtime?

Stepbackforasecond.Let’slearnhowtosay“no”atthebeginning,orinthemiddle,andfreeupmoreofourtimetodothethingswe’dliketobedoing,andthethingsactuallyworthdoing.

Sayingnoishard,andadmittingamistakenyesisevenharder.Butifwedoboth,we’llstarttomakesurethatwe’respendingourtimecreatingvalue,ratherthanincreasingourlosses.Let’sbequitterstogether.56．Theauthorwantstobeaquitter,becausehe/she

.A．wishestohavemoretimeforrelaxationB．hopestoimprovehis/herpersonalityC．expectstomakemoreefficientuseofhis/hertimeD．hasfoundithardtodoseveralthingsatonetime

57．Inwhatcircumstancesdoestheauthorsuggestquittingisagoodidea?

A．Whenyouknowataskcannotbefinished.

B．Whenyoufeeltiredandneedarest.C．Whenyoumeetwithdifficultiesalongtheway.D．Whenyourealizewhatyouaredoingisnotworththetime.

58．Themessagetheauthortriestoconveyisto

.

A．learntosayno

B．createmorevalue

C．liveyourlifetothefullest

D．stopdoingmanythingsatatime参考答案：CDA19.Asksomeonewhattheyhavedonetohelptheenvironmentrecentlyandtheywillalmostcertainlymentionrecycling.Recyclinginthehomeisveryimportantofcourse.However,beingforcedtorecycleoftenmeanswealreadyhavemorematerialthanweneed.Wearedealingwiththeresultsofthatover-consumptioninthegreenestwaypossible,butitwouldbefarbetterifwedidnotneedtobringsomuchmaterialhomeinthefirstplace.Thetotalamountofpackagingincreasedby12%between1999and2005.Itnowmakesupathirdofatypicalhousehold’swasteintheUK.Inmanysupermarketsnowadaysfooditemsarepackagedtwicewithplasticandcardboard.Toomuchpackagingisdoingseriousdamagetotheenvironment.TheUK,forexample,isrunningoutofitforcarryingthisunnecessarywaste.Ifsuchpackagingisburnt,itgivesoffgreenhousegaseswhichgoontocausethegreenhouseeffect.Recyclinghelps,buttheprocessitselfusesenergy.Thesolutionisnottoproducesuchitemsinthefirstplace.Foodwasteisaseriousproblem,too.Toomanysupermarketsencouragecustomerstobuymorethantheyneed.However,afewofthemarecomingroundtotheideathatthiscannotcontinue,encouragingcustomerstoreusetheirplasticbags,forexample.Butthisisnotjustaboutsupermarkets.Itisaboutallofus.Wehavelearnedtoassociatepackagingwithquality.Wehavelearnedtothinkthatsomethingunpackagedisofpoorquality.Thisisespeciallytrueoffood.Butitalsoappliestoawiderangeofconsumerproducts,whichoftenhavefarmorepackagingthannecessary.Therearesignsofhope.Asmoreofusrecycle,wearebeginningtorealizejusthowmuchunnecessarymaterialwearecollecting.Weneedtofacethewastefulne