高二期中练习题

高二期中测试练习题(一) 时间90分钟 满分100分 Ⅰ.单项填空(每小题1分，共15分) 从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 1．Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent________ you respond to it. A. that B. Whether C. how D. what 2．Mr. Smith ________ these days. I think he should take a holiday before he burns out. A. has been overworking B. overworked C. had overworked D. was overworking 3．Alice Lillian Ellis, born on September 11, 1907 in Boston, was ________ of nine children. A. the third oldest B. the third old C. the third older D. the oldest third 4．Although ________ considerable success as an artist, the young man keeps working hard. A. achieving B. achieved C. to achieve D. having achieved 5．—How about ________ party? —Cool! It was really ________ great fun ! Pity you weren't there. A. a; a B. the; a C. the; 不填 D. a；不填 6．Who does that shop assistant think he is? He behaves as if he ________ the grocery. A. own B. owned C. will own D. has owned 7．—Will my son be all right soon, doctor? —Well, he ________ be, if he takes these tablets. A. may B. must C. should D. can 8．The story took place in Europe in the days before automobiles ________ everyone used horses. A. which B. Where C. when D. as 9．—Hey! Here is a message on my cell phone, telling me to send money to... —Delete it ! It's a trick. Many a person________ by such tricks. A. has been cheated B. have been cheated C. were cheated D. was cheated 10．—Look, the paint is starting to come off ________ the wall is damp. —Well, we'd better have the wall repainted some day. A. when B. where C. if D. once 11．—Hi, Bob, I can't find my electric shaver! —Sorry, I ________ it and I guess I put it on the top shelf with my things. A. used B. had used C. am using D. was using 12．—Have you heard about Apple iPhone 4? —Sure. It is very hot these days. I'm thinking about getting________. A. one B. them C. that D. it 13．—Well, a soup, a salad, and anything ________， sir? —An apple pie, please. A. follows B. to follow C. followed D. following 14．Everybody likes to work with ________ is reliable and easy to get on with. A. whom B. who C. whomever D. whoever 15．The woman pulled her hat low down ________ her eyes in order not to be recognized by the angry crowd. A. under B. Below C. on D. over Ⅱ.完形填空(每小题1分，共20分) 阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 It was her giggling that drew my attention. Note taking really wash't all that funny. Walking over to the offender, I asked for the __16__. Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet __17__ between teacher and student. When she finally__18__ it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn't draw it.” It was a hand－drawn__19__ of me, teeth blackened and the words “I'm stupid” coming out of my mouth. I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind, __20___, was working angrily as I struggled not to __21__ . I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some __22__ to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it! Thankfully, I was able to keep myself __23__ . When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how __24__ this was for me. I told them there must be a reason__25__ and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom. As I __26__ the notes later, many of them said something like, “I've got nothing __27__ you.” or “I'm sorry you were hurt.” Some kids said, “We're afraid of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I __28__ were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too ____29__， too strict... Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of__30__ my students, I had begun commanding them to __31__. Where I thought I was driving them to success I was __32__ driving them away. I had some apology to do. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one__33__ by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for __34__. This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the __35__. 16. A. note B. advice C. reason D. Help 17. A. battle B. competition C. argument D. conversation 18. A. took B. thought C. turned D. handed 19. A. statue B. graph C. picture D. poster 20. A. otherwise B. however C. therefore D. besides 21. A. leave B. cry C. explain D. argue 22. A. good B. harm C. favor D. punishment 23. A. amused B. controlled C. uninterested D. relaxed