湖北省荆州市石首佰牙口中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析

湖北省荆州市石首佰牙口中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析 一、 选择题 1. The most pleasant thing of the rainy season is that one can be entirely _____ dust. A. set free B. for free C. free from D. free with 参考答案： C 【详解】考查形容词短语辨析。句意：雨季最好的事情就是完全没有灰尘。A. set free释放；B. for free免费的；C. free from免于；D. free with坦白。根据常识可知，雨季灰尘减少，故选C。 2. Lily didn’t remember the exact date of the storm, but she knew it was ____Sunday because she was at _____ church. A.a; the         B. a; \          C. the; a          D. the; \ 参考答案： B 24. Only if _____ your work before nine _____ go out to play.    A. do you finish; can you               B. you finish; you can    C. you finish; can you                D. do you finish; you can 参考答案： C 略 4. Little 　　　　 about their own safety， when they were crossing the road in the wrong way. A. do the pedestrians care                    B. the pedestrians did care       C. the pedestrians do care             D. did the pedestrians care 参考答案： D 5. When the boss appeared at the door suddenly, the workers all pretended ______ hard at their machines. A. to work          B. to be working      C. to have worked    D. having worked 参考答案： B 6. Visitors             not to touch the exhibits.       A. will request      B. request       C. are requested     D. are requesting 参考答案： C 7. People are often at a loss when frequently seeing smog level predictions ________ each other in different official forecasts. A. contradict B. acknowledge C. allocate D. circulate 参考答案： A 考查动词。A. contradict反驳，与…矛盾；B. acknowledge承认；C. allocate分配；D. circulate循环。句意：当频繁地看到雾霾水平预测上不同的官方预报互相矛盾时，人们经常不知所措。故选A。 8. .---I’m sure Andrew will win the first prize in the final. ---I think so. He       for it for months. A. was preparing B. has been preparing C. had been preparing D.is preparing 参考答案： B 9. It is reported that many new houses _______ at present in disaster area. A. are being built   B. were being built  C. was being built   D. is being built 参考答案： A 10. With the police _____the way, we had no difficulty in finding the house. A. leading     B. to lead       C. to be leading     D. led 参考答案： A 11. ---- David, you did a good job in this discussion. ---- I surfed the Internet for some background knowledge, so I was ______ able to say more about the topic.    A. commonly        B. comparatively       C. effectively        D. separately 参考答案： B 12. --- With fast economic development, more and more people can afford a vacation abroad. --- ________. I intend to go to Europe next year. A. That sounds fine   B. That goes without saying    C. That all depends   D. No one knows for sure 参考答案： B 13. Though he tried many ways to solve the problem, ______ worked; he decided to turn to his tutor for help.     A．none of which      B．all of them    C．none of them      D．all of which 参考答案： C 14. In the reading-room, we found Winifred ______at a desk, with her attention ______on a novel. A. sitting; fixing     B. seating; fixed      C. sitting; fixed       D. seated; fixing 参考答案： C 15. An army spokesman stressed that all the soldiers had been ordered ____ clear warnings before firing any shots.     A. to issue       B. being issued        C. to have issued  D. to be issued 参考答案： A 略 二、 完型填空 16.   It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the    41   of one building, a group of engineering seniors gathered, discussing the exam due in begin in a few minutes. On their faces was confidence. This was their last exam—then on to graduation and    42   .   Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they   43  get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take   44  of the world.   The approaching exam, they knew, would be an easy task. The professor had said they could bring 45  books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not 46 each other during the test.      47  they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles  48  on the students' faces as they noticed there were only five essay-type questions.   Three hours had passed  49  the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a   50 expression. Paper in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.   He looked at the 51  faces before him, and then asked，“How many completed all five questions？”  52  a hand was raised.   “How many answered four？”still no hands.   “Three? Two？”The students moved restlessly in their seats.   “One, then? Certainly somebody finished one.” But the class    53  silent.   The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 54  ，”he said. “I just want to impress upon you that,   55  you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the  56  you don't know. These questions you could not answer are ly  57  in everyday practice.” Then, smiling, he added，“You will all   58  this course, but remember—even thoug