高二第一学期英语期末试题

2014--2015学年第一学期高二英语期末试题 Ⅰ.语音题：在四个选项中找出与所给单词画线部分相同的选项（5分） southern A . soup B . enough C . proud D . cough father A . thank B . wealthy C . three D . with patient A . decade B . wagon C . canvas D . affect humor A . thus B . rude C . university D . lunch chance A . children B . character C . chemistry D . Christmas Ⅱ.单选题：从A.B.C.D.中选出正确的选项（25分） I have some trouble____ the silk dress. A. washing B . wash C. To wash D . washed 7. The little boy pretended ____ what the teacher said. A. understand B. understanding C. To understand D. understood 8. _____ he is old , he can still carry this heavy bag. A. Though B. Since C. For D. So 9. ____ well you can drive, you must drive carefully. A. So long as B. In order that C. No matter how D. The moment 10. ____ I suggest , he always disagree. A. However B. Whatever C. Whichever D. Whoever 11. You can ____ choose an optimistic attitude _____ choose a pessimistic attitude. A. or, either B. either, or C. X , also D. both, and I lived and succeeded ____ business, thanks _____ the treatment of the doctors and also to Mike’ s amazing attitude toward life. A. to , in B. for , to C. in , to D. in , for 13. I _______ computer games when I was his age. A. used to play B. used to playing C. was used to play D. was used to playing 14. He had the book ______ and sold it around the world. A. published B . publishing C. To publish D . publish 15. He raised his voice to make himself _____ . A. hear B. hearing C. to hear D. heard 16. A man named Levi Strauss realized that the normal trousers _____ too quickly. A. wore off B. wear off C. wear out D. wore out 17. The trousers look _____ and sold _____. A. good, good B. good, well C. well, well D. well, good 18. The ground is _____ with _______ leaves. A. covering, falling B. covered, falling C. covered , fallen D. covering, fallen 19._______many times, he still could not understand. A. Having been told B. Having told C. He having been told D. Telling 20. When I came in , I saw Dr. Li _____ a patient. A. examine B. to examine C. examining D. examined 21. Police wear yellow color vest to warn people _____ their presence. A. that B. of C. about D. what 22. When someone is _____ , we say that he or she feels blue. A. with low spirits B. in low spirits C. in high spirits D. with high spirits 23.He prefers bright colors, _____ his wife likes dark colors. A. on the contrary B. on the whole C. believe it or not D. at the same time 24. Not only _____difficult to understand, but it was too long. A. it was B. it made C. did it make D. was it 25. On the wall ______two large pictures. A. hangs B. hang C. hanged D. are hanging 26. We sometimes do or say something that may ______other people. A. injure B. destroy C. hurt D. wound 27. I am terrible sorry for that, please accept my ______ apology. A. good B. since C. sincerely D. sincere 28. He apologized not for having done something wrong, but for the inconvenience he _______. A. had caused B. had been caused C. would take D. has done 29. We couldn’t eat in a restaurant because _____ of us had _____ money on us. A. all, no B. any, no C. none, any D. no one, any 30. Sorry, I can’t answer your question . I know _____ about the news . A. none B. little C. few D. neither 三， 完形填空。(10分) It was a cold spring morning in the city of London in England. The weather was very cold, and many people were ___31__. So there were many people in the ___32___ waiting room. At the ___33___ of the queue(人或车辆等的行列，长队) was an old woman. The woman was a __34__.She did not live in London. She lived in the ___35___. She was in the city to visit her daughter. She wanted to see the doctor __36___ her back hurt. “ If I get there early, I can see the doctor quickly.” She thought. So she was the first in the queue. She sat ___37__ to the doctor’s door. An Indian came into the waiting room, and walked quickly to the doctor’s door. The old woman thought he was a queue jumper. She stood up and took his arm. Slowly, she said, “ We ___38___ here before you. You must __39___ for your turn. Do…you…understand?” The Indian answered, “ No, madam. You don’t understand! All of you are ___40__ me! I’m the doctor.” 31. A. fine B. ill C. well D. bad 32. A. country’s B. hospital C. teacher’s D. doctor’s 33. A. head B. foot C. last D. first 34. A. jumper B. person C. baby D. visitor 35. A. city B. country C. England D. house 36. A. when B. why C. because D. whether 37. A. nearest B. farther C. nearer D. farther 38. A. all are B. come all C. all were D. were all 39. A. look B. ask C. wait D. sent 40. A. before B. after C. behind D. against 四、阅读理解：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最恰当的答案。（共30分，每题2分） A Mr. Black gave his wife money every Friday evening, but she always spent it before the next Wednesday. For the next three days she had none. Every Tuesday evening Mr. Black asked her, “ But what did you spend all that money on?” and she always answered, “ I don’t know.” One Friday Mr. Black brought home an exercise book and a pencil and gave them to his wife along with the money. “ Now look!” he said to her, “ When you get money from me, write it down on the first page, and on the next page write down what you spend the money on.” When Mr. Black came home the next Tuesday, his wife came to him and showed him the book. “ I have done what you told me,” she said happily. On the first page she had written “ Friday, 28th June, I got 18 pounds from John.” And on the next page, “Tuesday, 2nd July, I have spent it all.” 41. Mr. Black ______ how she had spent the money. A. wanted to know B. knew quite well C. was very clear D. didn’t want to know 42. By _______ evening there was no more money left for Mrs. Black. A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday 43. Mr. Black told his wife to write down ________ on the next page. when she spent the money where she spent the money why did she spend so much money what she bought with the money 44. __________ Mrs. Black began to write down how much her husband had given her. At the beginning of July On Tuesday evening On Friday evening Every Wednesday 45. In the end, Mr. Black was sure __________. that his wife had a habit of saving money that most of the money had been spent on food about how the money had been spent that his wife spent her money without much care B One day a rich lawyer was walking through the street. He stopped to watch a man who was beating a donkey(驴). The donkey seemed to take no notice. After a while, the lawyer said to him, “ Why are you doing that?” “ To make the donkey go.” Replied the man. “ Have you the right to beat the poor animal like that?” “ Certainly I have,” answered the man. “ It is my donkey and I can do what I like to do with what is mine.” The lawyer thought for a minute and then told the man that he did not think that was really right. But the man didn’t listen to what he said. So the lawyer took his own stick and began to beat the man about the head and shoulders. “ Stop!” cried the map. “What have I done to deserve(应受) this?” “Oh,” replied the lawyer, “ this is my stick and I have the right to do what I like to do with what is mine.” 46. In the street the lawyer saw a man _______ a donkey. A. walking by B. sitting on C. feeding D.beating 47. The donkey seemed to ________. A. enjoy the beating B. be dead C. understand his master D. pay no attention 48. The lawyer didn’t think the man ________ beat the donkey like that. A. had any excuse to B. needed to C. had any value to D. had the right to 49. The lawyer began to beat the man to ____________ give the man a lesson make the man hurt save the donkey stop the donkey from going 50. The sentence “ What have I done to deserve this?” means_________ “It is none of your business.” “Why didn’t you stop me beating my own donkey?” “You should not beat me for what I have done.” “You have nothing to do with this matter.” C James Watt was an English boy. He liked to ask questions and was always thinking hard. One day he was sitting in the kitchen with his grandmother. He saw a kettle on the stove. Soon steam began to rise out of the kettle, and the lid was shaking. “Grandma, what’s in the kettle?” he asked. “Water, my child. Nothing but water.” “But I know there is something . It pushes the lid up.” “Oh, that’s only steam.” “How does the steam get under the lid.” “I