江苏省镇江市句容下蜀中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析

江苏省镇江市句容下蜀中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析 一、 选择题 1. In a(n)     to help preserve history, the Greek government established a committee to undertake the professional restoration of the Acropolis. A. order B. purpose C. aim D. attempt 参考答案： D 2.  ----Do you take _______possession of the jewels? ----No. My mother is in ________possession of them.     A. the; the          B. the; /            C.  /; /            D.  /; the 参考答案： C 3. _____ he says sounds right, so she is willing to follow him _______ he will go.   A. Whatever , wherever                 B. No matter what, wherever  C. No matter what, no matter where     D. Whether, wherever 参考答案： A 4. In history, every great culture had its own ideas of beauty ______ in art and literature. A. expressed             B. to express                  C. being expressed          D. to be expressed 参考答案： A 5. They live in a beautiful village, with many trees and flowers _______ it. A. surrounded     B. surrounds     C. surrounding   D. to surround   参考答案： C 6. After one month good preparation, they were certain that their play, ______ staged, would prove a great success. A．since  B．unless   C．once  D．until 参考答案： C 7. She ______Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely. A. picked out        B. made out         C. made up          D. picked up 参考答案： D 8. Before he left for his vacation he went to the bank to _____ some money. A．pull             B．pick         C．gain        D．draw 参考答案： D 9. She is in a poor _______ of health, which worries her mother a lot. A. position       B. situation           C. case                D. state 参考答案： D 10. He was old, and he wanted to ________the business to his son. A. turn over  B. turn down C. turn out  D. turn to 参考答案： A 句意：他老了，他想把生意移交给他的儿子。turn over“移交”； turn down“拒绝；把……调低”； turn out“结果是”； turn to“向……求助”。 11. Linda is careless sometimes ,but _________,she is a hard -working student. A. to tell you the truth    B. believe it or not C. that is to say    D. on te whole 参考答案： D 选D。Linda有时候很粗心，但一般来说，她是一个刻苦的学生。on the whole 基本上，大体上。 12. This medicine can cure you ____ your illness.     A for         B with         C of          D in 参考答案： C 13. So _______ in the darkness that he didn't dare to move an inch.    A. he was frightened        B. was he frightened      C. frightened he was        D. frightened was he 参考答案： D 14. They've won their last three matches,          I find a bit surprising.     A. which         B. that            C. when         D. what 参考答案： A 15. He is quick to________ himself to the new life here. A．adopt                           B．adore                           C．adapt                         D．adept 参考答案： C 16. -- I won’t do it any more.   --- ________? A. Why don’t            B. Why don’t do it any more C. Why not               D. Why not to 参考答案： C 二、 书面表达 17. 最近，你校的校园网将开辟一个英语学习交流博客．(blog)。请你根据下面的内容提示，为校园广播站写一篇广播稿，介绍这个博客，并欢迎同学们积极参与。 1．时间：2018年2月1日开通； 2．目的：促进交流，提高英语水平： 3．内容：交流经验，提出问题，参与每周讨论等； 注意：1．词数100左右： 2．请勿提及学校真实姓名； 3．可适当加入细节，以使内容充实，行文连贯。 4．信的开头与结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。 Dear fellow students， Good news for you! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    That’S all．Thank you． 参考答案： 三、 阅读理解 18. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选最出佳选项。 Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go to work or school every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening. One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own. Then, in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends. On summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one's free time digging, planting, watering and doing a lot of things that are needed in a garden.  Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one enjoys the reward of his hard work. Some people, however, take no interest in country things; for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinema and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and two weeks' visit to the seaside every summer is all the country life they want. The rest they will leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night. 59.Some people prefer to live in the country because_________. A. they cannot afford to rent a flat in London B. they can make more money in th