安徽省安庆市莲洲中学高二英语期末试卷含解析

安徽省安庆市莲洲中学高二英语期末试卷含解析一、选择题1.___

_,hekeeponstudyinghardinspiteofalldifficulties.

A.Toourcredit

B.Totheircredit

C.Toyourcredit

D.Tohiscredit参考答案：D2.Mr.Smithdoesn’tlikeallthatemptytalkbetweenSusanandJoan,whichhethinkswilldefinitelygetthem________.A.anywhere

B.anything

C.nowhere

D.nothing参考答案：C3.Itisthesecondtime_______thepoorarea.

A.thathevisited

B.whenhevisited

C.thathehasvisited

D.whenhehasvisited参考答案：C略4.Overtheyears,someOlympicsportseventshavebeen_________andhavebeenreplacedbynewones.A.dismissed.

B.removed

C.invented

D.resigned参考答案：B5.It________wehadstayedtogetherforacoupleofweeks________Ifoundwehadalotincommon.A.wasuntil;when B.wasuntil;that

C.wasnotuntil;when D.wasnotuntil;that参考答案：D6.ScientistsgenerallyagreethattheEarth’sclimatewillwarmupoverthenext50to100years_______ithaswarmedinthe20,000yearssincetheIceAge.

A.aslongas

B.asmuchas

C.asfaras

D.aswellas参考答案：B7.Themedicalteam________tendoctorsandsixnurses.A．makesup

B．consistsofC．addsup

D．consistsin参考答案：B8.Hedidn’tgetasatisfactoryresult._______,hefailed.

A.TostartwithB.Franklyspeaking

C.Inotherwords

D.Inaword参考答案：C略9.Whatapity!Imissedmeetingmybossattheairportbecausemycarwas______inthetrafficjam.

A.brokenup

B.keptaway

C.heldup

D.keptup参考答案：C略10.Asshe________thenewspaper，Granny________asleep.

A.read;wasfalling

B.wasreading;fell

C.wasreading;wasfalling

D.read;fell参考答案：B11.Youdon’thaveto_______yourson;heknowstheimportanceoflearningandalwaysworkshardathislessons.

A.push

B.draw

C.pull

D.rush参考答案：A略12.Themallreceivedaticketforspeeding.He

havedrivensofast.A.can’t

B.wouldn’t

C.shouldn’t

D.mustn’t参考答案：C13..When_____aboutthesecretofhissuccess,Stevengaveusasmileandsaidnothing.

A.asking

B.havingasked

C.ask

D.asked参考答案：D略14.Mikefoundhismissingcarinthestreetoutsidehishouse,

newlycleanedandpolished.A.looked

B.lookingC.tolook

D.tobelooking参考答案：B句意：Mike发现他丢失的汽车在他房子外面的街上，看起来刚刚被清洗和擦亮过。句中look的逻辑主语为hismissingcar，之间的关系为主动关系，故用现在分词，选B。15.---Whichwouldyouprefer,juiceorCola?---________.I’dlikecoffee.

A.Yes,both

B.SureIwould

C.No,please

D.Neither,thankyou参考答案：D16.IamsorrythatIcannotmeetyouattheairport.I____Changshabythetimeyoucomebackfromabroad.A．amleaving

B．willleave

C．willhaveleft

D．haveleft参考答案：C二、新的题型17.EachIndiantribe(部落)hadadifferentlanguage．ManyIndiansneverlearnedanylanguageexcepttheirown．DoyouknowhowIndiansformdifferenttribestalkedtoeachother?Theyhadtwowaystotalkwithoutsound．

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Signlanguageisawayoftalkingbyusingsigns.Indiansusedsignlanguagewhentheymetstrangers．Inthisway,theycouldfindoutwhetherthestrangerwasafriendoranenemy．InIndiansignlanguage,signsweremadewiththehands．Onesignmeant“man”．Anothermeant“horse”．

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Heshowedwherethesunhadbeenatthetime．Indiansusuallyusedsignalswhentheywantedtosendmessagestosomeonefaraway.Tomakesignals,anIndianmightuseapony．Hemightuseablanket．Orhemightuseamirrororfirearrows．Tosignalthathehadseenmanyanimals,anIndianrodehisPonyina1argecircle.SometimestheIndiangaveasignallikethisandthenwentawaytohide．Thismeantthattherewasdanger．

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AnIndianheldthecornersofablanketinhishands．Thenhebegantoswingtheblanketfromsideinfrontofhim．AnIndiancouldsendmanydifferentsignalswithhisblanket．Hecouldalsosendmanysignalswithamirror．Heusuallyusedthemirrortowarnsomeoneofdanger．

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Atnight,Indiansusedfirearrowsforsignaling．

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Theycouldtalktooneanotherbyusingsignalsorsignlanguage．A.Theblanketsignalwasvisiblefromfaraway．B.NowyoucanseethatIndiansdidn’tneedtolearneachother’slanguage.C.Theyusesignlanguagetocommunicatewitheachother.D.Ofcourse,mirrorscouldbeusedonlywhenthesunwasshining．E.Totellthetimeofdaywhensomethinghappened,anIndianpointedtothesky．F.Onewaywasbysignlanguage；anotherwaybysignals．G.AnIndianuseamirrortotellthattherewasadangernearby.参考答案：36.F37.E38.A39.D40.B试题分析：文中讲述了印度的每个部落都有自己的语言，以及他们每个部落的之间的交流。36.F由下文Theyhadtwowaystotalkwithoutsound他们有两种交流方式可知关键词是twoways，所以答案是F。37.E由下文Heshowedwherethesunhadbeenatthetime他会在那个时间指着太阳，可知此处谈论的是他们如何指示时间，所以答案是E，即：当说明白天发生的事情时，他们会指向天空。38.A由下文AnIndianheldthecornersofablanketinhishands．Thenhebegantoswingtheblanketfromsideinfrontofhim．AnIndiancouldsendmanydifferentsignalswithhisblanket可知关键词是blanket，备选答案中只有A项符合题意。39.D由前文Hecouldalsosendmanysignalswithamirror．Heusuallyusedthemirrortowarnsomeoneofdanger．可知关键词是mirror，备选答案中只有D符合题意。40.B由下文Theycouldtalktooneanotherbyusingsignalsorsignlanguage他们之间的交流是通过使用符号语言，所以他们不需要使用自己本身的语言，所以答案是B。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。WhentheSpanishfirstbroughtchocolatebacktoEurope，itwasstillbeingservedasadrink，butsoonwentthroughanimportantchange：thechilipepper(红辣椒)wasreplacedbysugar.Thenewsweetenedchocolatedrinkwassoexpensivethatfewcouldafford，butbythe17thcenturythedrinkwascommonamongEuropeannoblemen.InEngland，whichwassomewhatmoreequality-favoredthantherestofEurope，chocolatewasmorewidelyavailable.ThosewhocouldafforditcouldenjoychocolatedrinksinthenewcoffeeandchocolatehousesofLondon.Ascacaotreebecamemorecommonlyavailable，peoplebeganexperimentingwithnewwaysofusingit.Chocolatebegantoappearincakesandotherfoods.Butitwasn’tuntil1828thatthe“modernear”ofchocolatemakingandproductionbegan.Theintroductionofcocoapowdernotonlymadecreatingchocolatedrinksmucheasier，butalsomadeitpossibletocombinechocolatewithsugarandthenremixitwithcocoabuttertocreateasolid.OthersbegantobuildonVanHouten’ssuccess，experimentingtomakenewchocolateproducts.In1849，EnglishchocolatemakerJosephStorrsFryproducedwhatwastheworld’sfirsteatingchocolate.Today，theSwissarefamousfortheirchocolate，andrightlyso.Inthelate19thcentury，theydevelopedanumberofprocessesthatcontributedgreatlytocreatingthesolidchocolatecandythatweallenjoytoday.Twomajordevelopmentsoccurredin1879.First，DanielPeter，aSwisschocolateproducer，hadtheideaofusingpowderedmilk(inventedbySwissChemistHenriNestlein1867)tomakeanewkindofchocolate，milkchocolate.Second，RudolphLindtinventedaprocesscalled“conching”，which