湖北省鄂州市实验中学2023年高二英语下学期期末试题含解析

湖北省鄂州市实验中学2023年高二英语下学期期末试题含解析 一、 选择题 1. Japan's popular new prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, now offers hope that Japan will _________ the reforms needed to boost long-term growth. A. push ahead with    B. cut back on C. run out of    D. put up with 参考答案： A 【详解】考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：日本受欢迎的新首相小泉纯一郎现在提出希望：日本将推动长期增长所需的改革。A. push ahead with推进；B. cut back on减少；C. run out of用完；D. put up with容忍。故选A。 2. — How much salt did you put in the soup?    — I’m sorry to say, _______. I forget.    A. no        B. no one         C. none           D. nothing 参考答案： C 3. ___ the fact that he found math boring, he was still good at it.          A. Despite           B. Though                 C. While                   D. As          参考答案： A 略 4. After he retired from office, Rogers ______ painting for a while, but soon lost interest. A. took up    B. saved up      C. kept up     D. drew up 参考答案： A 5. What a pity! He has been unable to raise enough money to have the big clock ______. A. repairing               B. repaired                C. repair                               D. to repair 参考答案： B 6. The report was not concrete and in a way lacked persuasion, but ______, I felt it is fair.    A. above all             B. in others words  C. on the whole             D. on average 参考答案： C 略 7. Whether a person wants to prepare for employment or _____ additional skills to be more competitive, higher education is the key route to achieving these goals. A. acquire    B. assist   C. recycle   D. win 参考答案： A 8. Dr. Peter, ________ headmaster of the school, told us, _________ fifth of pupils here go on to study at Oxford and Cambridge. A. a; the                    B. the; a                             C. the; 不填                      D. 不填; a 参考答案： D 9. Nowadays each classroom is equipped with the whiteboard system in the majority  of schools in Wuxi, making the internet more          to the students. A. alternative B. effective C. practical D. accessible 参考答案： D 10. It was the news ______ he got the first Prize _____ made his father excited. A. which; that        B. which; which       C. that; that        D. that; which 参考答案： C 11. — What about go fishing this weekend, Tim?    —        and I’ll go swimming.        A. It isn’t my cup of tea                   B. It’s all the same to me C. With pleasure                             D. Never mind 参考答案： A 12. They are coming into an area _____ we have no access, so we have to operate with the help of the local police．          A．with which           B．to which             C．for which             D．to where 参考答案： B 略 13. “You are too selfish. It’s high time you 　　　　 that you are not the most important person in the world.” Peter said to his boss angrily.     A. realized            B. realize         C. will realize     D. have realized] 参考答案： A 14. After the doctors’ discussion about the mistakes they were making, new life-saving systems were designed to prevent those errors from ______. A. repeating              B. repeated                 C. being repeated  D. to be repeated 参考答案： C 15. Gone are the days of limited channels, with viewers ________ program schedules. A. at the request of B. at the turn of C. at the edge of D. at the mercy of 参考答案： D 【详解】考查介词短语辨析。句意：观众们只能任由节目表支配的电视频道有限的日子已经一去不复返了。 A. at the request of应……的要求；B. at the turn of在转弯处；C. at the edge of在……的边缘；D. at the mercy of 受……支配。根据“limited channels”可知此处表示“受……支配”，故D项正确。 二、 完型填空 16. 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A.B.C.D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and equipped with the rented video we had been dying to     36  . I was feeling a little   37   , as I was carrying our shopping，bags of snacks and the    38    .They were so heavy that I decided to   39   some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can   40   I noticed a poor man walking his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He _41    a paper bag with his dirty hand. He headed over to another nearby garbage can and started  42    it. I suddenly felt very 43  because I was about to do away with a new drink just  44  it was heavy. I knew this man would take all he could  45    , so I walked up to him and  46   the drink and some snacks to him. The man looked up   47   and took what I gave him. A huge smile spread  48   his face and this caused me to feel indescribable  49    . I felt like I  50   be happier with myself, but then he said, “This is my son’s lucky day!” With that, he  51    me happily and started off on his bike. I even heard him  52   a song as he rode away. I got a warm feeling inside and I knew I had done something good for the man and his family. I now understand what is    53    by the saying “Giving is getting”. Since then, every time I have the   54   to do something nice, the picture of the man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind. This is the  55    of charity. 36. A. watch