场口中学期末适应性考试5月检测高二英语试题命题人：傅雪群复核人：高二备课组一．单项选择：20分1. —I think I‘m going to die.—, Joe. You only have a cold.A. Don‘t mention itB. Take it easyC. It‘s hard to sayD. Take care2. The gasoline . Let‘s fill the car up at the next gas station.A. is running outB. has run outC. is being run outD. has been run out3. John is not very — he often forgets what he promises to do.A. flexibleB. reliableC. confidentD. honest4. It is high time that we_________ to paint the wall.A. beginB. beganC.have begunD.would begin5.If you are addicted to________, it will be difficult to quit.A.smokingB.smokeC.smokedD.be smoking6. He was very busy yesterday；otherwise，he ______ to the meeting.A．would come B．came C．would have come D．will come7. We were required not to any important details before it was made public.A. try outB. make outC. let outD. break out8. Nancy was very disappointed to hear the news. I wish I her about that.A. hadn‘t toldB. didn‘t tellC. wouldn‘t tellD. can‘t tell9. People wrote letters to get in touch in the past. Nowadays email has the way peoplecommunicate.A. directedB. conveyedC. transformedD. sponsored10.It is the teacher _____taught me when I was a child _____ I‘m going to visit.A.that, whichB. who, thatC. who, whichD. whom, that11. I had not listened to my mother‘s advice on taking an umbrella. Later that afternoon, I was nearly ______ the rain.A. taken byB. trapped toC. caught inD. beaten by12. ______ you see near the North Pole is nothing but ice and snow.A. ThatB. WhatC. WhichD. Who13. —Are you coming to the English evening?—I‘m not sure. I ________ go to the concert instead.A. mustB. wouldC. shouldD. might14. —Can I use your tape recorder for a while?—Yes, ____________.A. go aheadB. it‘s up to youC. that‘s all righ tD. not at all15. They thought _______ not right to be late that night.A. thatB. itC. it isD. this16. Is there a shop around ______ I can get some stamps and envelops?A. whichB. whereC. thatD. how17. —Do you remember he came?—Yes, of course. He came by train.A.thatB. whenC. whereD. How18. The accident was ____ his careless driving.A.due toB. becauseC. because ofD. Both A and C19. He lost his way in the forest, but he managed to get through it ______.A. completelyB. eventuallyC. quicklyD.automatically20. ----I _____to go for a walk.-------But I_____ going shopping.A.would like; feel likeB. feel like; feel likeC. feel like; would like D would like; would like 二．完形填空 20分I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ___21___ and when I was 14 he said, ―You‘re never going to be ___22___ but a failure.‖After five years of ___23___ jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best ___24___ that could have happened to me. I ___25___ I wanted to do something positive (积极的) with my life because I wanted to prove to ___26___ that what people said about me was ___27___. Especially her mother, who had said to me, ―Let‘s ___28___ it, you‘ve failed at everything you‘ve ever done.‖ So I tried hard with my ___29___ and went to college. My first novel (小说) ___30___ while I was at college.After college I taught during the ___31___ in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a ___32___ in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ___33___ that job to write full time ___34___ I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself—___35___ was a working-class boy who‘d ___36___ school early, now teaching at the university.My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I‘m rich and ___37___, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. ___38___ what does it mean? I ___39___ wish all the people that have put me down had ___40___: ―I believe in you. You‘ll succeed.‖21.A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful22.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing23.A. low B. poor C. good D. useful24.A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing25.A. admitted B. decided C. planned D. told26.A. me B. them C. her D. it27.A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty28.A. see B. know C. understand D. face29.A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition30.A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back31.A. day B. night C. month D. year32.A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success33.A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up34.A. while B. if C. when D. or35.A. there B. here C. it D. that36.A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated37.A. tired B. calm C. nervous D. famous38.A. And B. But C. However D. Well39.A. just B. exactly C. so D. very40.A. praised B. said C. answered D. advised三．阅读理解 30分ABritain‘s oldest man made his first visit to London yesterday at the age of 101. Mr John Evans, who spent 60 years working as a miner in South Wales, had never found the time or money to make the trip from his home in Forest–fach, near Swansea. ―There was a trip to the White City, but it was ten shillings‘ return from Swansea—too much I thought. All my money went to the family then,‖ he said. But when British Rail offered him an all–expense–paid birthday gift to the capital, he just could not refuse.He arrived at Paddington Station in his best suit, favorite Panama hat and a red rose in his buttonhole. ―It‘s very exciting. There‘s no doubt about it,‖ he said.Until yesterday he had never been far from h ome. ―But I‘ve been on the seas to that faraway land called Fracombe 21 miles from home,‖ he joked. During the next two days Mr Evans will be taken on a short tour of London to see the sights. Top of his list is a visit to the House of Parliament.The only arrangement he does not like is the wheelchair provided for him if he gets tired. ―I don‘t like the chair—people will think I am getting old,‖ he said. His secret for a long and healthy life has been well publicized—no wine, no tobacco and no anger.Before setting off from Swansea with his 76–year–old son, he said jokingly, ―I‘m glad to see they‘ve given me a return ticket.‖41. Mr. Evans didn‘t go to see the world because he .A. had already been on the seas to FracombeB. was too busy to go too far away from homeC. couldn‘t afford both the time and moneyD. believed ―East or west, home is the best‖42. Mr Evans didn‘t like the wheelchair because .A. he was not used to traveling in itB. the wheelchair was not easy to operateC. he preferred walking to sitting in it at homeD. he thought he was still young enough to manage the trip43. The probable explanation to Mr Evans‘ long life lies in .A. his good living habitsB. his hard working for the familyC. his sticking to his hometownD. his living conditions near the SwanseaBCatherine Destivelle is a rock star. She loves rock, but she can‘t sing or play the guitar! She is a rock climber and a big star in France and Italy. She is the most famous woman climber in the world because she often climbs without ropes. She climbs in many countries but most often in the French Alps near Chamonix, where she lives. She started climbing near her home in Paris when she was five. Then, at fourteen, she joined the French Alpine Club to learn more, but immediately she climbed better and more quickly than the older members of the club. She won her first competition in Italy in 1995.Three years ago she found a new route up the Dru Mountain near Chamonix. The climb took eleven days and for four days the snow was so heavy that she could not move. Last year other climbers tried to follow the new Destivelle Route, but they failed. They are going to try again this year.People always ask her about her climbing. She says, ―I climb because I‘m in love with mountains. I like touching the rock and reading the face of the rock. I like it a lot. I felt at home on the side of a mountain. I prepare well before I go, so I‘m never worried.‖Catherine chooses new mountains from books—like buying from a shopping catalogue(目录)! ―I see a nice mountain and I go to climb it!‖ Her next mountain is in Pakistan. She is going there next month. ―It‘s much bigger than the Dru, so it‘s going to take longer to climb. An American climber, Jeff Lowe, is coming with me to help.‖44. Catherine Destivelle is called ‗a star‘ because ________.A. she won a competition in 1995B. she loves rocksC. she‘s a famous woman climberD. she found a new route up to the Dru Mountain45. She had great trouble finding a new route up the Dru Mountain because _______.A. she lost her wayB. the climb took 11 daysC. she needed help from an American climberD. there was heavy snow46. On the side of a mountain she feels _______.A. independentB. easy and happyC. energetic and challengedD. nervous47. We can infer from the passage people often ask her ―________‖.A. Why do you like climbing?B. Are you in love with an American climber?C. Do you enjoy reading books on mountains?D. What do you do before you go climbing?CAt one time, people used to travel to foreign countries because they thought the building, the food, the national dress there would be different from home. Nowadays, however, one large city is very like another. They all have their Hilton or Sheraton Hotels which look like Hilton or Sheraton Hotels everywhere. They all have their McDonald‘s, their KFCs, their Pizza Huts. Office buildin gs look the same everywhere, and most city centers are full of office buildings. And, of course, people are driving the same brands of Japanese or European cars, usually wearing the same kinds of clothing and watching the same American movies and TV shows. Airports are the same everywhere and the world‘s airlines are all flying the same aircraft, Boeings or Airbuses.What, therefore, is the purpose of foreign travel for people who are not on business? What do tourists hope to experience in a foreign country that they cannot experience at home? Why do they travel to foreign countries at all? The answer could be that people are very interested in the past. It is a nation‘s history that is its main attraction. Most of today‘s tourists travel overseas to fi nd outwhat foreign countries and cultures used to be like, not what they are like today. The words ―cultural tourism‖ are now part of the language of tourism, and it is the museums and works of art in many countries that are their main attractions.If they are lucky many countries also usually have at least a few beautiful places for tourists to visit.Finally there is perhaps a nation‘s greatest attraction: its people. A nation is not just its historical buildings, its works of art or beautiful places, and it is also the people who live in it. This is why a country such as Thailand attracts millions of people every year. They come mainly because of the friendliness of the Thai people, and it is why the Pacific Islands are also so popular. There may not be much to see or do in Fiji, but there are lots of friendly, smiling people to make visitors feel welcome.48. The passage is mainly about __________.A. the importance of tourismB. different foreign culturesC. how to plan an overseas tripD. why people travel to foreign countries49. The writer thinks that large cities in foreign countries __________.A. are similar to one anotherB. share the same aircraftC. do not have good hotelsD. do not offer a warm service to foreigners50. The writer believes that many tourists are interested in foreign ________.A. hotelsB. historyC. carsD. ProgramsDHave you wondered why different animals or pests have their particular colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.Birds, especially seagulls are very fond of locusts (飞蝗), but birds can‘t easily catch locusts because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colour of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But when crops are ripe, locusts take on exactly the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are usually easily found and eaten by their enemies. So they have to hide themselves in terror for lives and appear only at night.If you study the animal life in any part of the world, you will find the main use of colouring is to protect them. Bears, wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests. They are usually invisible to the eyes of hunters, because they have the colour much like the barks of trees.An even more strange act remains to be noticed. A kind of fish living in seas can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid is over, its enemies cannot find it, and it quickly swims away. Thus, it has existed up to now though it is not powerful at all.51. This passage mainly talks about _______.A. the change of colour in locustsB. the protective colouration of animals and pestsC. how a certain sea fish protects itselfD. animals or pests can dye themselves different colours52. Locusts are pests but they aren‘t easily wiped out by their enemies because _______.A. they are powerful enoughB. they are dangerous to their enemiesC. they take on the same colours as cropsD. they fly very fast53. The pests that have different colours from plants usually appear at night because _______.A. their enemies can easily find them and eat themB. they have the habit of coming out in darknessC. it‘s easy for them to destroy plants in darknessD. birds take their rests when night comes54. What does the underlined word ―invisible‖ in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Can‘t be seen.B. Can be seen.C. Can‘t move.D. Can‘t change.55. A certain fish living in seas has lived through millions of years because_______.A. it is the most powerful in the seaB. no other fishes can swim as fast as it canC. it can send out a kind of liquid which makes its enemies unable to find itD. the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies四．短文改错 10分An English lady was finally decided that she really should learn to drive. And after many attempts, she past her driving test and told her husband that, to celebrate, he was going to drive him over to France for a holiday. But then a week after the trip, she suddenly announced that they wouldn‘t take the holiday. ―How did you change your mind?‖ he asked her by surprise. ―Well, it is all because of the business of driving on right,‖ she said. ―I have been practic ed for three weeks now, but I still couldn‘t get used to it—in fact, I‘ve nearly killed three peoples. ‖五．书面表达 20分近年以来，越来越多的中学生去国外读书，请你就此谈谈你的看法。
