浙江省杭州二中高二英语上学期期末试卷新人教版

2013学年第一学期杭州二中高二年级英语期终考试（学考模拟）

选择题部分

一、单项填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. There was _______ time _______ the sky was blue and the air was clean.

A. / ; that

B. a; when

C. the; that

D. the; when

2. I’m afraid I’m _______ your opinion of quitting all physical exercise for the

coming exam.

A. against

B. on

C. for

D. in

3. The fund-raising party was quite a success last year; why don’t we have _______

one?

A. the other

B. some

C. another

D. other

4. —Do you like the movie?

—To be honest, I’ve never seen _______ one before.

A. a more boring

B. the most bored

C. a more bored

D. the most boring

5. It’s time we _______ for the hotel, and believe it or not, it is the first time

that I _______ to this city.

A. leave; came

B. should leave; came

C. have left; have come

D. left; have come

6. It is necessary that every child _______ the same educational opportunities.

A. have

B. would have

C. has

D. had

7. After the horrible gun shooting, a survey found that 52% of the American people supported “major bans on guns or _______ owning guns illegal”.

A. to make

B. made

C. making

D. make

8. Nelson Mandela devoted himself _______ for freedom of all people and a better

South Africa, which explains why so many people felt sad for his death.

A. strongly

B. entirely

C. extremely

D. freely

9. Alice’s father always brings her a nice gift _______ he returns home from his business trip.

A. by the time

B. the first time

C. at the time

D. every time

10. Great to get your email! I had given up hope of hearing from you. Still, _______.

A. no news is good news

B. time will tell

C. better late than never

D. all is well that ends well

二、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下面的材料，掌握其大意，然后在11—25各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选

出最佳选项。

An old man lived in the suburb of London, and he would wake up every morning

and go to the subway. He would get the train right to Central London, and then sit

at the street corner and beg. He would do this every 11 day of his life. He sat

at the 12 street corner and begged for almost 20 years.

His house was 13 , and a stench (恶臭) came out of the house and it smelled horribly. The neighbors could not stand the smell anymore, 14 they asked the police officers to clean the place. The officers 15 down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had 16 over the years.

The police counted the money, and they soon 17 that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house in anticipation to 18 the good news with him. When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no 19 for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.

He said nothing at all: he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, got into the train, and sat at the street corner and 20 to beg.

__21 , this old man had no great plans, 22 or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story except staying 23 on the things we enjoy doing, commitment (专心，敬业). We should remain true to our 24 , although it may mean committing ourselves to things that people around us would normally 25 . Just keep it in mind that commitment attracts wealth.

11. A. single B. simple C. hard D. terrible

12. A. wide B. dark C. same D. lonely

13. A. small B. dirty C. splendid D. neat

14. A. but B. so C. yet D. as

15. A. knocked B. climbed C. jumped D. rolled

16. A. stolen B. delivered C. collected D. hidden

17. A. admitted B. denied C. agreed D. realized

18. A. enjoy B. share C. hear D. announce

19. A. doubt B. evidence C. need D. time

20. A. refused B. continued C. learned D. requested

21. A. Sadly B. Surprisingly C. Obviously D. Luckily

22. A. cars B. friends C. jobs D. dreams

23. A. focused B. calm C. open-minded D. selfish

24. A. course B. god C. money D. country

25. A. agree B. enjoy C. disapprove D. advise

三、阅读理解（本题有两节，共16小题，每小题2分，共32分）

第一节：阅读下列材料并做26—37题。从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Much of the American anxiety about old age is a purposeful distance from the reality of death. One of the striking qualities of the American character is the unwillingness to face either the fact or meaning of death. On the contrary, in the novels of many famous American writers—from Hawthorne to Faulkner and Hemingway —one finds a tragic depth that is under the surface thinness of the ordinary American death attitudes. By an effort of the artistic imagination, the great writers faced