广东省汕头市金山中学2015-2016学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷 Word版含答案

2015-2016学年高二上学期期末考试

英语试题 2016.1

命题人：黄晓洁 杨锟

本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必分别将答题卡和答题卷上的姓名、考试号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写，用2B铅笔将考试号对应的信息点涂黑。

2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

第一部分 英语知识运用

第一节 单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分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. —How did the terrible situation _____?

—Neither side agreed to cooperate with each other.

A. result from B. come about C. result in D. come across

2. After a whole afternoon’s heated discussion, they finally ________ to us what had been

decided.

A. told B. declared C. stated D. made

3. _________, in some areas the electricity was cut off, ______ residents in 8 counties spend their

lunar

New Year’s Eve in darkness.

A. Making matters worse; making B. What was worse; to make

C. Worse still; making D. To make matters worse; to make

4. __________ three times in a row, the boxer decided to give up fighting.

A. Having defeated B. Having been defeated C. To be defeated D. Defeating

5. I ______ ill that day, ______ I would have taken part in the competition.

A. was; otherwise B. had been; otherwise C. were; or D. was; or

6. The great success of this project has been largely _______ the support given by the 30 local

businessmen. A. instead of B. thanks to C. due to D. as a result

7. Rather than______ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ______ a bicycle.

A. ride ; riding B. riding ; to ride C. ride ; to ride D. to ride ;

riding

8. Getting a notebook to help you keep a schedule of the things will _______ you putting things

off.

A. stop B. keep C. make D. allow

9. It was not ______ she took off her glasses ______ I realized she was a famous film star.

A. when ; that B. until ; that C. until ; when D. that ; when

10. Since the couple were laid off, the ________ of their family have become worse and worse.

A. setting B. environment C. circumstances D. surroundings

11. It was in the lab ___ was taken charge of by Professor Zhang ___ they did the experiment.

A. where; that B. which ; where C. that ; where D. which; that

12. Tom’s mother kept telling him that he should work harder, but ____ didn’t help.

A. she B. what C. which D. it

13. His interests ___ from sports to music.

A. range B. extend C. go D. change

14. -- If he had been warned, he ______ that food.

-- Luckily he was sent to the hospital immediately.

A. would not take B. would not have taken

C. should have taken D. would have taken

15. She looks after him as if he _____ her own child.

A. had been B. were C. was D. would be

16. Nack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent; ______, I can’t speak too highly of him.

A. in the way B. in a word C. by the way D. on the contrary

17. Her voice was shaking ______ all her efforts to control it.

A. even though B. despite of C. in spite of D. even if

18. It was said that ______ was all ______ he said.

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

19. We are totally opposed ____ any change in the plan. A. of making B. to making C. to make D. against

making

20. ______ I recognized her though I hadn’t seen her for ages.

A. No sooner did I catch sight of her than B. Hardly had I caught sight of her than

C. No sooner had I caught sight of her than D. Hardly did I catch sight of her when

第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“A” for Attitude

English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a

killer composition. In my second year, my teacher 21 me to give spelling tests to the class. I

had a 22 time of my junior year. Mrs. Alexander 23 me to sit at her desk and take over the

class when she had to

leave the room. Only my senior English class was 24 ,

as we had a

teacher right out of college who expected college-level work. Every student received a "C" or "D"

grade the first quarter. 25

English was still my favorite subject.

I graduated from high school, 26

early and had children.

27 about my English, I often

helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a

columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A"