2022-2023学年山西省运城市堡子中学高二英语期末试卷含解析

2022-2023学年山西省运城市堡子中学高二英语期末试卷含解析一、选择题1.Don’tusewords,expressions,orphrases_______onlytopeoplewithspecificknowledge,

A.beingknown

B.havingbeenknown

C.tobeknown

D.known参考答案：D略2.Icouldhavetoldthewholestorytoyouifyouhadn’t______sooften.A.brokenout

B.brokenin

C.brokenaway

D.brokeninto参考答案：B3.ThispartofcountryresemblesEngland_______itsscenery.A.on

B.in

C.of

D.for参考答案：B4.Inordernottobedisturbed,Ispentthreehours________inmystudy.

A.locking

B.locked

C.tolock

D.tobelocked参考答案：B略5.MrGedionhas________himselfasoneoftheforemostdoctorstreatingcancerpatients.A．established

B．provedC．confirmed

D．persuaded参考答案：Aestablish...as“确立……作为……”。6.Wethinkthatit’slove,generosityandperseverance_______maketheworld________itistoday.A.what;that B.that;what

C.which;what

D.which;that参考答案：B7.语音(每题1分，共计5分)1.

ugly

A.reputation

B.business

C.consume

D.accustomed2.

speech

A.stomach

B.technical

C,march

D.character3.

robot

A.tough

B.growth

Clong

D.done4.

breath

A.faith

B.southern

C.breathe

D.within5.

waved

A.improved

B.limited

C.needed

D.grasped参考答案：1-5DCBAA8.—Didyouhearwhathesaidjustnow，Tom?—Sorry，I________tomusic.A．waslistening B．amlistening C．hadlistened D．havelistened参考答案：A9.It’simportantto______betweenthehabitsofapersonandthecustomsofapeople.A.determine

B.identify

C.explore

D.distinguish参考答案：D10.Theschooladvisershelpyoutalkthroughyourproblemsbuttheydonotgiveyouanydirect_______.A.solution B.target C.measure D.function参考答案：A11.——________Davidthismorning?

——Notyet,butheissuretobeherebeforenoon.

A.Haveyouseen

B.Willyousee

C.Doyousee

D.Didyousee参考答案：A略12.TomandJackarebothveryclever._________,Tomis____________Jack.A.Allinall;asacleverboyas

B.Inotherwords;ascleveraboyasC.Thatistosay;asacleverboyas

D.Inword;ascleveraboyas参考答案：B13.Thecarclubcouldn’t_____tomeetthedemandsofallitsmembers.A．assume

B．guaranteeC．ensure

D．confirm参考答案：B【详解】考查动词词义辨析。A.assume假定；B.guarantee保证；C.ensure确保；D.confirm确认。句意：那家汽车俱乐部不能保证满足所有会员的要求。guaranteetodo表示“保证做……”，故B项正确。14.Aquarrel________，whichmadehim________hisfamily.A.wasbrokenout;breakawayB.brokeout;breakawayfromC.wasbrokenaway;breakdownD.brokedown;breakout参考答案：B15.Evenafterthetests,noonecouldgivemydiseaseaname,soit’sdifficulttoknow____thefuturewillbelike.

A.that

B.how

C.what

D.whom参考答案：C16.Nowadaysmanypopstarsbegintouserecycledpaper_________plastictopackagetheirphotos.

A.orrather

B.otherthan

C.ratherthan

D.morethan参考答案：C略二、完型填空17.完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Mostpeoplebelievetheydon’thavemuchimagination.Theyare

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.Everyonehasimagination,butmostofus,oncewebecomeadults,forgethowto

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it.Creativityisn’talways

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withgreatworksofartorideas.Peopleatworkandintheirfreetime

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thinkofcreativewaystosolveproblems.Maybeyouhaveagoaltoachieve,atrickyquestiontoansweroryoujustwanttoexpandyourmind!Herearethreetechniquestohelpyou.Makingconnections.Thistechniqueinvolvestaking

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ideasandtryingtofindlinksbetweenthem.First,thinkabouttheproblemyouhavetosolveorthejobyouneedtodo.Thenfindanimage,word,ideaorobject,forexample,acandle.Writedownalltheideas/words

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withcandles:light,fire,matches,wax,night,silence,etc.Thinkofasmanyasyoucan.Thenextstageistorelatethe

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tothejobyouhavetodo.Soimagineyouwanttobuyafriendanoriginal

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;youcouldbuyhimticketstomatchortakehimoutforthenight.NOlimits!Imaginethatnormallimitationsdon’t

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.Youhaveasmuchtime/space/money,etc.asyouwant.Thinkaboutyourgoalandthenew

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.Ifyourgoalistolearntoski,

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,youcannowpractiseskiingeverydayofyourlife(becauseyouhavethetimeandthemoney).Now

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thistoreality.

MaybeyoucanpractiseskiingeverydayinDecember,oreveryMondayinJanuary.Besomeoneelse!Lookatthesituationfroma

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pointofview.Goodbusinessmenusethistechniqueintrade,andsodowriters.Fictionwritersoftenimaginetheyarethe

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intheirbooks.Theyaskquestions:Whatdoesthischaracterwant?Whycan’tshegetit?Whatchangesmustshemaketogetwhatshewants?Ifyourgoalinvolvesotherpeople,putyourselfintheir

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.Thebestfishermenthinklikefish!11.A.wrong

B.unbelievable

C.reasonable

D.realistic12.A.putupwith

B.catchupwith

C.makeuseof

D.keeptrackof13.A.equipped

B.compared

C.covered

D.connected14.A.skillfully

B.routinely

C.vividly

D.deeply15.A.familiar

B.unrelated

C.creative

D.imaginary16.A.presented

B.marked

C.lit

D.associated17.A.ideas

B.ambitions

C.achievement

D.technique18.A.experience

B.service

C.present

D.object19.A.work

B.last

C.exist

D.change20.A.possibilities

B.limitations

C.tendency

D.practice21.A.infact

B.inparticular

C.asawhole

D.forexample22.A.devote

B.adapt

C.lead

D.keep23.A.private

B.global

C.different

D.practical24.A.features

B.themes

C.creatures

D.characters.25.A.positions

B.dreams

C.images

D.directions参考答案：11—15ACDBB

16—20DACCA

21—25DBCDA略三、阅读理解18.Humanshavesewnbyhandforthousandsofyears.Itwassaidthatthefirstthreadwasmadefromanimalmuscleandsinew(肌腱).Andtheearliestneedlesweremadefrombones.Sincethoseearlydays,manypeoplehavebeeninvolvedintheprocessofdevelopingamachinethatcoulddothesamethingmorequicklyandwithgreaterefficiency.CharlesWiesenthal,whowasborninGermany,designedandreceivedapatentonadouble-pointedneedlethateliminatedtheneedtoturntheneedlearoundwitheachstitch(缝合)inEnglandin1755.Otherinventorsofthattimetriedtodevelopafunctionalsewingmachine,buteachdesignhadatleastoneseriousimperfection.FrenchmanBarthelemyThimonnierfinallyengineeredamachinethatreallyworked.However,hewasnearlykilledbyagroupofangrytailorswhentheyburneddownhisgarmentfactory.Theyfearedthattheywouldlosetheirjobstothemachine.AmericaninventorEliasHowe,bornonJuly9,1819,wasawardedapatentforamethodofsewingthatusedthreadfromtwodifferentsources.Howe’smachinehadaneedlewithaneyeatthepoint,anditusedthetwothreadstomakeaspecialstitchcalledalockstitch.However,HowefaceddifficultyinfindingbuyersforhismachinesinAmerica.Infrustration,hetraveledtoEnglandtotrytosellhisinventionthere.Whenhefinallyreturnedhome,hefoundthatdozensofmanufacturerswereadaptinghisdiscoveryforuseintheirownsewingmachines.IsaacSinger,anotherAmericaninventor,wasalsoamanufacturerwhomadeimprovementstothedesignofsewingmachines.Heinventedanup-and-down-motionmechanismthatreplacedtheside-to-sidemachines.Healsodevelopedafoottreadle(脚踏板)topowerhismachine.Thisimprovementleftthesewer’shandsfree.Undoubtedly,itwasahugeimprovementofthehand-crankedmachineofthepast.SoontheSingersewingmachineachievedmorefamethantheothersforitwasmorepractical.Itcouldbeadaptedtohomeuseanditcouldbeboughtonhire-purchase.TheSingersewingmachinebecamethefirsthomeappliance,andtheSingercompanybecameoneofthefirstAmericanmultinationals.However,SingerusedthesamemethodtocreatealockstitchthatHowehadalreadypatented.Asaresult,Howeaccusedhimofpatentinfringement(侵犯).Ofcourse,EliasHowewonthecourtcase,andSingerwasorderedtopayHoweroyalties(版税).Intheend,Howebecameamillionaire,notbymanufacturingthesewingmachine,butbyreceivingroyaltypaymentsforhisinvention.66. BarthelemyThimonnier’sgarmentfactorywasburneddownbecause__________.A.peopledidnotknowhowtoputoutthefireB.EliasHowethoughtThimonnierhadstolenhisinventionC.thesewingmachinescouldn’tworkfinallyD.workerswhofearedthelossoftheirjobstoamachinesetfire67. WhydidthecourtforceIsaacSingertopayEliasHowealifetimeofroyalties?A.BecausethejudgewasagainstSingerforhisunfriendlyattitude.B.BecauseHowehadalreadypatentedthelockstitchusedbySinger.C.BecauseSingerhadborrowedmoneyfromHoweandneverrepaidit.D.BecauseSingerandHowehadbothinventedthesamemachine.68. Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthispassage?A.AStitchinTimeSavesNine B.TheCasebetweenHoweandSingerC.PatentLawsontheSewingMachine D.TheEarlyHistoryoftheSewingMachine参考答案：66-68.DBD略19.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。Languagehasapowerfulinfluenceoverpeopleandtheirbehaviour.Thisisespeciallytrueinthefieldsofadvertising.Visualcontentanddesigninadvertisinghaveaverygreatimpactontheconsumers，butitislanguagethathelpspeopletoidentifyaproductandkeepitinmind.Thechoiceoflanguagetoshowspecificmessageswiththeintentionofinfluencingpeopleisofvitalimportance.TheEnglishlanguageisknownforitsextensivevocabulary.Whilemanyotherlanguageshaveonlyoneortwowordstocarryaparticularmeaning，Englishmayhavefiveorsix.Moreover，themeaningsofthesefiveorsixwordsmaydifferveryslightlyandinaverysubtle(微妙的)way.Itisimportanttounderstandtheconnotation(内涵)ofaword.“Armchair”，forexample，suggestscomfort，whereas“chair”causesnoparticularfeelings.Differentpeoplesometimesinterpretlanguageindifferentways.Boththemassmedia，whenreportingnewsitems，andmarketingandadvertisingpersonnelhavetoconsidertheemotivepowerofthewordstheyuse.First，theymakeadecisionaboutwhattocommunicateandwhattowithhold(保留)．Onewayinwhichadvertisersadaptlanguagetotheirownuseistotakecompoundwordsandusethemasadjectives.Examplesofthesecompoundsare：top-quality，economy-size，chocolate-flavoured，feather-lightandlonger-lasting.ThesecompoundshavebecomepartoftheEnglishlanguage.Thelanguageofadvertisingalwaysemphasizes(强调)whyoneproductstandsoutincomp