高一英语第二学期期末考试试卷(含答案)

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II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A (18’)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.

Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

25. ________ a successful scientist, you need to have a curious mind and be able to work on your

own.

A. Becoming B. To become C. Become D. Having become

26. It was about ten o’clock ________ I heard Ellen scream next door.

A. since B. before C. if D. that

27. The first civil service exam was held in 1995 and since then more and more people ________

for it, with applications reaching a peak over the last two years.

A. had signed up B. have signed up

C. signed up D. sign up

28. Poor countries will experience more flooding, and the disappearing of entire ecosystem

________ many of the world’s poorest people depend.

A. that B. which C. on which D. of which

29. What really worries us is _________ the explorers can accurately locate themselves with the

old device in case of bad weather.

A. that B. where C. what D. whether

30. Little Tommy was seen _________ with his building blocks happily alone at home yesterday.

A. to play B. play C. to be playing D. was playing

31. The kill is the exciting moment in the life of the lions as they spend most of their time, about

20 hours a day, ________.

A. to sleep B. to be sleeping C. sleeping D. slept

32. We will discuss ________ information is, or can be, organized in the course of journalism.

A. that B. what C. whether D. how

33. ________ by the three tough boys is something the little boy doesn’t want to talk about any

more.

A. Bullied B. Bullying C. Having bullied D. Being bullied

34. The banyan tree is such an interesting plant _________ all those who see it are impressed.

A. that B. as C. as to D. why

35. It was not until he took a tour of Rome _________ how great the city was.

A. did he know B. that he knew C. that did he know D. where he knew

36. To learn English well, you should put yourself in situations ________ you’ll be forced to

communicate in English.

A. when B. how C. where D. that

37. Susan is definitely the most popular teacher in our school, and always tries to make her

students _________ in her lectures.

A. to be interested B. interest C. interesting D. interested

第 2页 共 9页 38. ________ is mentioned above that the number of the students in senior high school is

increasing.

A. It B. What C. As what D. As

39. The number 9.11 is a special number, one, I think, ________ will be remembered by the

Americans forever.

A. that B. as C. which D. what

40. Robert Earl Hughes, who was the heaviest person ever ________, was born in Illinois in

1926, ________ 11.5 pounds.

A. weighed; weighing B. weighing; weighing

C. weighed; weighed D. weighing; weighed

41. The fact really shocked us __________ a bristlecone pine tree in Nevada had been around for

4,6000 years.

A. how B. that C. why D. which

42. _________, he didn’t know what to say in front of Jenny, whom he had admired for nearly

three years.

A. So well-prepared was he B. As he was well-prepared

C. Well-prepared as he was D. As well-prepared as he was

语法填空 10’

(1)

IN the children’s story Pinocchio, the wooden boy’s nose grows longer when he doesn’t tell

the truth. The story has since been used as a warning by parents to stop their children from

__1__(lie).

But believe it or not, this old fairy tale has some truth in it, because a new study shows that

your nose can give you away if you lie. However, instead of growing longer, researchers say our

noses heat up if we tell tall tales.

Live Science reported that __2__ the change of body temperature is difficult to see with

the naked eye, heat cameras can help us identify it. Researchers from the University of Granada in

Spain introduced thermographic (热感成像的) cameras into their experiment. These kind of

cameras were first used in wars to search for people because it can detect (探测) the heat _3___

(come)from human bodies. This is the first time that it _4____ (use) in psychological (心理学的)

research.

__5__(watch) the participants through the thermographic camera, researchers soon noticed

the temperature change on their faces ---– when they told a lie, their nose started to heat up, as

well as the muscles around the inner corner of their eyes. They also found that people’s faces got

hotter when they were feeling anxious, and cooler when they did difficult mental tasks.

This change in temperature all comes from a part of the brain called the insula (脑岛). Here’s