湖北省恩施市三岔中学高二英语联考试题含解析

湖北省恩施市三岔中学高二英语联考试题含解析 一、 选择题 1. After a heated discussion, the employees presented many ______ suggestions which might help improve the quality of the company’s product.    A. accurate B. optimistic C. positive D. temporary 参考答案： C 2. --- Can those __________ at the back of the classroom hear me ?    --- No problem.    A. seating          B. sit           C. seated       D. sat 参考答案： C 3. I will pay _______ I can afford for the present. A what I think    B what do I think    C when I think        D when do I think 参考答案： A 略 4. Their use was limited by laws, the first of which ______ the 14th century. A. dates back to B. dated from     C. dates back     D. dating back to 参考答案： A 5. Lorry, __ university student from America, teaches us __ history of western art． A．an; the     B．a; the C．the; /       D．the; a 参考答案： B 略 6. The man tried to break into the shop during the night, but got ________ in the chimney. A. stuck             B. to be stuck    C. sticking                  D. to stick 参考答案： A 7. —Did you enjoy yourself on your vacation in Hainan? —Yes. I’ve never taken _____ one before. A. the more relaxed  B. a most relaxed C. the most relaxing   D. a more relaxing 参考答案： D 答句的意思是"我从来没有度过这么放松的假日(即我在海南过的假期是最放松的)"。 8. ________ the cost, the couple sent their two daughters to the best private schools. A. Despite            B. Unless           C. If              D. Despite the fact that 参考答案： A 9. If they win the final tonight, the team are going to tour around the city ________ by their enthusiastic supporters. A. being cheered B. be cheered C. to be cheered D. were cheered 参考答案： C 考查非谓语动词用法。根据句意可知是将来时同时表示被动，所以使用不定式的完成时表将来被动的动作。句意：如果他们赢得决赛，这支队伍将巡游全城接受支持者的欢呼。 10. I ______ a debt of gratitude to all my family. A. devote B. contribute C. owe D. attach 参考答案： C 【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我欠我全家一个人情。A. devote致力于；奉献于；B. contribute贡献；C. owe欠；感激；归功于；D. attach附加；依附。短语owe sth to sb“把……归功于；欠某人某物”，根据句意故选C。 11. They desired that they_______ the right to vote. A. had         B. have    C. are       D. were 参考答案： B 12. Many retired people  ____________ gardening as a hobby. A. take up  B. take over     C. take out       D. take in 参考答案： A 13. Xiao Hua has learnt to _____ HIV. A. live on                B. live to                        C. live for          D. live with 参考答案： D 14. This book is said to be special which ____ many events not found in other history books.   A. writes             B. covers            C. prints              D. reads 参考答案： B 略 15. ---Why are you looking so sad, Tom? ---The football game ______ for tomorrow will not be held because of the bad weather. A. planned                         B. planning                C. to plan                           D. to be planned 参考答案： A 16. The head of China’s environmental agency, Zhou Shengxian, also ______ it at the press conference, “Modern technology ______ ecology an apology.” A．says; makes    B．puts; makes   C．put; owes  D．said; owed 参考答案： C 二、 书面表达 17. 书面表达（满分25分） 最近，联合国一个考察团来你市参观考察，请你根据下列所提供的信息，写一篇文章，宣传我国人民近几年来生活水平发生的巨大变化，生活质量的显著提高：1.家庭轿车拥有量成倍增长；2.住房条件有了很大改善，房屋变大了，变新了；3.旅游的人多了，走得更 远了，然而，所有这些在二十年前是想象不到的。 注意：1.文章的开头已为你写好，可适当发挥，使文章连贯，生动。           2.词数：100左右。           3.参考词语：小康：well-off  生活水平living standards Great changes have taken place in our country in recent years. _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 参考答案： 略 三、 阅读理解 18. 阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。 How to wash clothes in a flash LAUNDRY is never an easy part of housework. But if piles of sweaty (汗水浸湿的) T-shirts and smelly socks drive you crazy, then two Chinese scientists might have the answer.     Long Mingce and Wu Deyong of Shanghai Jiao Tong University have invented a kind of cotton that cleans itself. No need for soap or water, the scientists say. All you have to do is put the clothes out in the sun.     According to the Guardian, this magical self-cleaning ability comes from a special chemical mixture. The material is covered with this mixture. It can break down dirt and remove bad smells after only a few hours in the sun.     One of the chemicals is called titanium dioxide (二氧化钛). Scientists have known for some time that titanium dioxide can clean fabrics (织物). However , it only works under ultraviolet (紫外的) light and so is not yet widely used – ultraviolet light cannot be seen.    “We knew that self-cleaning cotton fabrics with titanium dioxide coating had already been developed, but they cannot work, or they work weakly, under sunlight,” Long said. “If we want to use the fabrics in daily life, we must develop cotton that cleans itself under daylight.”    The scientists worked hard for years to find a better chemical. Finally , they added silver iodide (碘化银) into the mixture. This made the chemical reactions in sunlight faster. The new mixture is also nearly seven times better than the former one with pure t