2022-2023學年安徽省滁州市定遠縣第二中學高二英語下學期期末試題含解析

1、2022-2023學年安徽省滁州市定遠縣第二中學高二英語下學期期末試題含解析一、 選擇題1. English is the language that is most widely used in the world, but English language is very hard to learn.A. /; the B. /; a C. The; the D. A; an參考答案：A略2. Maybe you have been to many countries, but nowhere else _such a beautiful palace.A.can you find B.y

2、ou could find C.you can find D.could you find參考答案：A3. _ he did was quite right. A. What B. Which C. That D. Who 參考答案：A4. _good service , the restaurant offers different kinds of traditional Hunan dishes.A. Far from B. Apart from C. Instead of D. Regardless of參考答案：B5. Tom is going to talk about the g

3、eography of his country ,but I would rather he _more on its culture.A focus B focused C would focus D had focused參考答案：B6. With a lot of difficult problems_, Kim Jong-un of Korea is having a hard time. A. settled B.settling C. to settle D. having settled參考答案：C7. How long do you think it will be _ we

4、get the loan?Perhaps two or three months. A. until B. before C. when D. that 參考答案：B8. The film brought the hours back to me _ I was taken good care of in that faraway village.A. until B. that C. when D. where參考答案：C9. _ I saw her, I knew she was the woman the police were looking for.A. Even though B.

5、 Now thatC. As if D. The instant 參考答案：D10. Tom prepared well for the job interview, for he couldnt risk _the good opportunity.A. to lose B. losing C. to be lost D. being lost參考答案：B11. The driver was at _ loss when _ word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding.A. a; the B. /;/ C. the; the D

6、. a; /參考答案：D12. My MP4 player isnt in my bag. Where _ I have put it?Acan BmustCshould Dwould參考答案：答案：A 此題考查can表示猜測時的用法。句意：我的MP4沒有在我的書包里，我會把它放在哪里呢？表示可能性時，只有can可用于疑問句中。13. The discovery of new evidence led to _.A. the thief having caughtB. caught the thiefC. the thiefs being caughtD. the thief to be ca

7、ught 參考答案：C略14. There is much chance _ Bill will recover from his injury in time for the race. A. whichB. thatC. untilD. if參考答案：B15. He likes to_his own success in the presence of ladies.Ashow up Bshow onCshow off Dshow around參考答案：C16. If the weather had been better, we could have had a football mat

8、ch. Bit it _ all day.A. rainedB. rainsC. has rainedD. had rained參考答案：A17. There are 63 students in our class _, including Catherine, who came to our class last week . Aat all Bafter all Cabove all Din all參考答案：D18. A study _ in the U.S.A. in 1977 showed that the chemical ASA in aspirin could prevent

9、a stroke.A. carrying out B. carried out C. working out D. worked out參考答案：B19. Hi，Tom. This is Mary. I visited the Statue of Liberty today. _！It is one of Americas most famous symbols ! AWhatBDont tell me COh，how I envy you DHow excited I was參考答案：C二、 書面表達20. 閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。Three Umbrell

10、asSally was a college student in London. She wanted to buy her mother a nice and useful birthday present, but not too expensive.One day after a quick and simple lunch, she went shopping. Having looked for half an hour, she came across a shop selling umbrellas at a good price.So she decided to take o

11、ne. She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any color1 .” Then she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her class finished. On her way home in the train that evening she felt hungry, so she went to the buffet car. She left the black umbrella above

12、 her seat. But when she got back, she found it was gone! Sally burst into tears.The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what was wrong.When she explained the black umbrella she had bought for her mother had disappeared, and that she had to get off at the next station, the three other

13、passengers asked her for her mothers address so that they could send the umbrella to her in case someone returned it after Sally got off the train.The next week, Sally got a letter from her mother saying “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”寫作

14、內(nèi)容1. 以約30個詞概括短文的要點;2. 然后以約120個詞寫一篇短文，并包括如下要點:(1) 所讀故事對你的啟發(fā);(2) 記敘一個與該故事中Sally或陌生人的行為相類似的故事;(3) 你對親人的感恩或?qū)λ松菩牡母屑?。寫作要?. 在作文中可以使用自己親身的經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學校名稱。3. 標題自定。評分標準概括準確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。參考答案：Love our mother Sally, a college student, bought her mother an umbrella as a

15、 birthday present but lost it on the train. Moved by her kindness and respect for her mother, some passengers on the train sent her mother three umbrellas. Sally loved her mother and remembered her mothers birthday. As a 17-year-old girl, I love my mother very much as well. I send my mother flowers

16、on Mothers Day. Last year, on mothers 45th birthday, I bought my mother a very good comb from store. When I showed it to my mother and told her it was good for her health to comb her hair often, she burst into tears and then smiled to my father and me. Never had I imagined that a simple gift would m

17、ake her so moved. Mothers love is the most precious in the world. I think we can show our love for our mother by doing small things. What is most important is to our love every day.Love and get loved Some strangers sent Sallys mother three umbrellas after they saw Sally in tears because she had lost

18、 the umbrella she would send her mother as a birthday present. From the story of three umbrellas, we can see that people will love you in return if you give love to others. When I was 16 years old, I was in hospital for a small operation. It was difficult for me to reach out my hands for drinks or f

19、ood. An old lady who was taking care of her husband in the room often came to my bedside to help me. Furthermore, she often told funny stories and made my days there full of joy. She prepared delicious soup for me and her husband. I have been very grateful to her for all that she did. Last year, at

20、her 56th birthday, I sent her a big birthday cake and spent a good day at her home. Love is a two-way street. Love others, and then you will get loved.21. 讀寫任務（共1小題 滿分20分）閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。I was brought up in the countryside by my grandmother. She was very courageous and inspiring woman a

21、nd was very beautiful, too. In comparison with her or some of my classmates, I always felt that I was not beautiful or pretty. In fact, when I was studying in middle school, I thought I was not as good as other students and just because of these negative feelings, I was not very confident. One day,

22、I went to the shoe shop to buy a pair of new shoes. When I got there, I noticed a foreign lady talking to a salesgirl. But the salesgirl didnt understand what the foreigner was saying. They both looked worried. I went up to help them. The lady is an Australian. She wanted to buy a pair of travelling

23、 shoes. So I told it to the salesgirl. The lady was very glad when she took them. She spoke high praise for my spoken English and said that I was a pretty girl. Both of them expressed their thanks to me. As a matter of fact, no one had ever praised me like that before. It was so encouraging. Suddenl

24、y I felt confident and happy. It is true that those words turned my life around. 【寫作內(nèi)容】1以約30個詞概括短文的要點。2然后以約120個詞寫一篇記敘文，描寫表揚或稱贊給人帶來的愉快和鼓舞，并包括以下要點：a）敘述你或你的朋友被老師或其他人表揚的一次真實或虛構(gòu)的經(jīng)歷；b）被表揚后的感覺是怎么樣的；c）這次稱贊、表揚帶來的影響。【寫作要求】1. 可以參照閱讀材料的篇章結(jié)構(gòu)，組織故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學校名稱。3. 作文題目已在答題卷中給出。評分標準概括準確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容

25、合適，篇章連貫。參考答案：略三、 閱讀理解22. Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English ruler tried to conquer(征服) Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to

26、 the south of Ireland. The result in that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south is an independent country.In the 1840s the main crop, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This,

27、and a shortage(短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851.For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, ma

28、ny people will work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace.The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde,

29、 a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Creeks”. Since independence, Ireland has revived(復興) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other ki

30、nds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.8. What does the author tell us in Paragraph 1?A. How the Irish fought against the English.B. How Ireland gained independence.C. How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.D. How two “Irelands” came into being.9. We

31、 learn from the text that in Ireland _.A. food shortages in the 1840s led to a decrease in populationB. people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countrysideC. it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory workerD. different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments10. The last paragraph is mainly about_.A. the Irish character B. Irish cultureC. Irish musical instruments