广东省江门市新会三江中学2022-2023学年高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析

广东省江门市新会三江中学2022-2023学年高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、选择题1.Eventhebestwriterssometimesfindthemselves______forwords.A.lose

B.lost

C.tolose

D.havinglost参考答案：B2.______theygrowtheymakesurethatwhatisleftinthegroundafterharvesting______anaturalfertilizerforthenextyear’scrop.A.Whatever;become

B.Whichever;become

C.Whatever;becomes

D.Whichever;becomes参考答案：C3.Theoldmansaidtheaccident______hiscarelessdriving,soalotofmoney_____bepaidbythedriver.

A.wasdueto,wasdueto

B.dueto,wasdueto

C.isdueto,wasdueto

D.isdueto,wasdueto参考答案：A4.StephenHawkingbelievesthattheearthisunlikelytobetheonlyplanet

lifehasdevelopedgradually.

A.whose

B.where

C.which

D.what参考答案：B略5.In_______filmTransformers,ShiaLaBeoufplays______mannamedSamWitwicky.A.a;the

Bthe;a

C.the;the

D.a;a参考答案：B6.Inordertofindthemissingchild,villagers________alltheycanoverthepastfivehours.

A.did

B.do

C.havebeendoing

D.haddone参考答案：C7.—Lucy,godothewashingplease.—_______Ijustdidityesterday.A.It’syourturn. B.It’suptoyou.

C.Sowhat? D.Withpleasure.参考答案：A8.--CouldIborrowyourdictionaryforafewminutes,please?

--

.

A.Byallmeans

B.It’suptoyouC.Idon’tcare

D.Youneverknow参考答案：A9.Scarcely________herhomeworkwhenshewentout.A.shehadfinished

B.shehasfinished

C.didshefinish

D.hadshefinished参考答案：D10.Thelittleboywassokeen________thedetectivestorythathespentthewholedayreadingit.

A.over

B.above

C.off

D.on参考答案：D11.Though______money,hisparentsmanagedtosendhimtoakeyuniversity.A.lacked

B.lackingof

C.lacking

D.lackedin参考答案：C12.Thereason_______hegaveatthemeetingwasnottheexactreason_______hefailedtoshowupontime.A.why;that

B.which;that

C.that;why

D.that;which参考答案：C13.——DidyouknowanyChinesebeforeyouarrivedinBeijing?

——Never________it,actually.A.hadIlearned

B.haveIlearned

C.Ihavelearned

D.Ihadlearned参考答案：A略14.

In1900,aspirinwassoldinshopsasatablet_________500milligramsofASA.

A.contains

B.includes

C.containing

D.including参考答案：C15.Shehadthewholehouseredecoratedtoher_______.

A.preference

B.like

C.taste

D.desire参考答案：C16.Asanewdiplomat,heoftenthinksofhowhecanreactmore_________(合适地)onsuchoccasions.A.apparently

B.appropriatelyC.approximately

D.approvingly参考答案：B【详解】考查副词辨析。句意：作为一名新外交官，他经常想在这种场合下如何更恰当地作出反应。apparently显然地，表面上；appropriately适当地，恰当地；approximately近似地，大约;许；approvingly赞成地，认可地。分析选项可知B符合题意。17.Soseriously______

intheaccidentthathewassenttohospitalatonce.

A.hewaswounded

B.washehurt

C.hedidinjure

D.didhehurt参考答案：B二、新的题型18.Asuperheroisafictionalcharacterwithspecialpowers.SincethefirstsupermanstorywaswrittenintheUSAin1938,superheroes

61._________（appear）invariouscomicbooksaroundtheworld.Butmorerecentlytheyhavebecomebetterknown62._________filmcharacters.Althoughsuperheropowersvary63._________(wide),supermanstrengthandtheabilitytoflyarecommon.Somesuperheroesdonothavespecialpowers64._________

havedevelopedsomeotherimportantabilities.65._________(protect)friendsandfamily,asuperhero’sidentityisnormallykeptsecret,whichoften66._________(mean)superheroeshave67._________complicateddoublelife.Therehavebeen68._________(success)superheroesincountriesotherthantheUSA.ExamplesincludeCybersixfromArgentinaandtheheroesofAKComicsfromEgypt.Japanistheonlycountry69._________hasmanysuperherocharactersastheUSA.However,mostJapanesesuperheroesareshort-lived.WhileAmericanentertainmentcompaniesreinventsuperheroes,70._________(hope)theywillstaypopular,Japanesecompaniesfrequentlyintroducenewcharacters.参考答案：61.haveappeared62.as63.widely64.but65.Toprotect66.means67.a68.successful69.that70.hoping三、阅读理解19.Oneofthemainchallengesfacingmanycountriesishowtomaintaintheiridentityinthefaceofglobalizationandthegrowingmulti-languagetrend.“OneofthemainreasonsforeconomicfailureinmanyAfricancountriesisthefactthat,withafewimportantexceptions,mother-tongueeducationisnotpracticedinanyoftheindependentAfricanstates.”saidNevilleAlexander,DirectoroftheProjectfortheStudyofAlternativeEducationinSouthAfricaattheUniversityofCapeTown.InresponsetothespreadofEnglishandtheincreasedmulti-languagetrendsarisingfromimmigration,manycountrieshaveintroducedlanguagelawsinthelawsinthelastdecade.Insome,theuseoflanguagesotherthanthenationallanguageisbannedinpublicspacessuchasadvertisingposters.Oneofthefirstsuchlegalprovisionswasthe1994“Toubonlaw”inFrance,buttheideahasbeencopiedinmanycountriessincethen.Sucheffortstogovernlanguageuseareoftendismissedasfutilebylanguageexperts,whoarewellawareofthedifficultyincontrollingfashionsinspeechandknowfromresearchthatlanguageswitchingamongbilingualsisanaturalprocess.ItisespeciallydifficultfornativespeakersofEnglishtounderstandthedesiretomaintainthe“purity”ofalanguagebylaw.SincethetimeofShakespeare,Englishhascontinuallyabsorbedforeignwordsintoitsownlanguage.Englishisoneofthemostmixedandrapidlychanginglanguagesintheworld,buttherehasnotbeenabarriertoacquiringprestigeandpower.AnotherreasonforthefailureofmanynativeEnglishspeakerstounderstandtheroleofstateregulationisthatithasneverbeentheAnglo-Saxonwayofdoingthings.Englishhasneverhadastate-controlledauthorityforthelanguage,similar,forexample,totheAcademicFrancaiseinFrance.Theneedtoprotectnationallanguagesis,formostwesternEuropeans,arecentphenomenon—especiallytheneedtoensurethatEnglishdoesnotunnecessarilytakeovertoomanyfields.Publiccommunication,educationandnewmodesofcommunicationpromotedbytechnology,maybekeyfieldstodefend.61.NevilleAlexanderbelievesthat

.A.mother-tongueeducationisnotpracticedinallAfricancountriesB.lackofmother-tongueeducationcanleadtoeconomicfailureC.globalizationhasledtotheriseofmulti-languagetrendsD.globalizationhasresultedintheeconomicfailureofAfrica62.Theunderlinedword“futile”(inparagraph2)mostprobablymeans“

“.

A.useless

B.practical

C.workable

D.unnecessary63.WhydomanyEnglish-speakingcountriesnotsupportthelanguageprotectionefforts

describedinthepassage?A.Theythinklanguage