湖南省益阳市普丰中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析

湖南省益阳市普丰中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析 一、 选择题 23. After inspecting the building, specialists discovered some faults that otherwise ___________.        A. were overlooked              B. would be overlooked      C. had been overlooked          D. would have been overlooked 参考答案： D 略 2. John is interested in eco-travel and ________. A．so his brother is     B．so is his brother C．his brother is so     D．so his brother does 参考答案： B 3. --There is still a copy of the book in the library. Will you go and borrow            ? --No, I’d rather buy          in the bookstore.. A.it; one              B.one; one           C.one; it          D.it; it. 参考答案： A 4. The government has supplied food and clothes of high ________ to the people in the disaster-hit areas. A．quality　　B．expense C．quantity  D．value 参考答案： A 此处强调的是质量而非数量，故用quality。expense“花费；开支”；quantity“数量”；value“价值”。 5. When the clock __________ twelve o’clock, Cinderella suddenly remembered her godmother’s words and rushed away from the prince. A. struck          B. beat           C. alarmed         D. settled 参考答案： A 6. – How about _____ Christmas evening party? -- I should say it was _________ success. A. a, a    B. the, a      C. a, /     D. the, / 参考答案： B 7. Did you regret _____ your opinion that we should stay at home on Sunday? A. to put up    B. to put forward   C. putting up    D. putting forward 参考答案： A 33. ______ the new policy, we are now living in a grand, new apartment.     A. In that                   B. Due to                     C. Thanks to                  D. In hope of 参考答案： C 略 9. The majority of the people       in favour of the plan. However, I        the plan on the grounds that it is too expensive. A. were; approved of     B. were; objected to    C. was; prepared for    D. was; longed for 参考答案： B 略 10. Last week, there were millions of people_____ the Laurence World Sports Award live on TV. A.watch        B.to watch   C.watched        D.watching 参考答案： D 11. The special news program analyzed the extent _________ people’s daily lives have been changed by modern inventions since the 1890s. A. in which B. at which C. on which D. to which 参考答案： D 略 12. So ______ to Coca-Cola that he can hardly go without it. A. addicted is he B. is he addicted C. addicted he is D. he is addicted 参考答案： A 【详解】考查部分倒装。句意：他对可口可乐如此上瘾，以至于他几乎离不开它。分析句子可知，“so后接形容词或副词位于句首时，其后用部分倒装。本句为:so+形容词+be+主语。故A选项正确。 【点睛】英语部分倒装用法归纳 1. 否定副词位于句首时的倒装 在正式文体中，never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly, scarcely, no sooner, no longer, nowhere 等含有否定意义的副词若位于句首，则其后要用部分倒装。 【注意】 (1) 对于not…until句型，当not until…位于句首时，其后的主句要用倒装语序。 He didn’t leave the room until the rain stopped. / Not until the rain stopped did he leave the room. 雨停了之后他才离开这房间。 (2) 某些起副词作用的介词短语，由于含有否定词，若位于句首，其后要用部分倒装。 On no accounts must this switch be touched. 这个开关是绝不能触摸的。 但是，in no time(立即，马上)位于句首时，其后无需用倒装语序： In no time he worked out the problem. 他马上就算出了那道题。 2.“only+状语”位于句首时的倒装 当一个状语受副词only的修饰且置于句首时，其后用部分倒装语序。 3. “so+adj. / adv.”位于句首时的倒装 副词so后接形容词或副词位于句首时，其后用部分倒装。 So cold was the weather that we had to stay at home. 天气太冷，我们只好呆在家里。  4.“so+助动词+主语”倒装 当要表示前面提出的某一肯定的情况也同样适合于后者，通常就要用“So+助动词+主语”这种倒装结构。 【注意】 (1) 若前面提出某一否定的情况，要表示后者也属于同样的否定情况，则应将其中的so改为neither或nor (2) 注意该结构与表示强调或同意的“so+主语+特殊动词”结构的区别 5. 由not only…but also引出的倒装 6. 虚拟条件句的省略与倒装 当if引导的虚拟条件从句中含有had, were, should等时，如将if省略，则要将had, were, should等移到主语前，构成倒装句。 分析句子可知，“so+a副词so后接形容词或副词位于句首时，其后用部分倒装。本句为:so+形容词+be+主语。故A选项正确。 13. It _______ long before we _______ the result of the experiment.   A. is; will know    B. is; know   C. will not be; will know D. will not be; know 参考答案： D 14. Don’t be worried . I’ll ____ your pet dog when you’re away.  A. deal with    B. take care     C. look into       D. care for 参考答案： D 略 15. The accident was ________ the driver’s careless driving rather than bad weather. A. because        B. thanks to      C. accustomed to       D. due to 参考答案： D 16. By the time he was 50, he had become        president of       company. A. /, an       B. /, a       C. a, an       D. a, the 参考答案： b 略 二、 书面表达 17. 书面表达（满分25分） 中美中学生交流项目安排一批美国中学生来华一周体验中国文化，在网上挑选适合住宿的家庭（homestay family）。假如你是光明中学的学生李华，愿意接受一位美国学生入住你家，请用英语给项目美方负责人写一封邮件，说明你的家庭和住宿条件，你本人的优势以及你帮助美国中学生体验中国文化的打算。 注意：1．可适当增加细节；       2．词数：100左右；开头和结尾已给出不计入总词数； Dear sir, I am writing to request the valuable chance to be one of the homestay families for the American students.______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Looking forward to your reply.                                                                                   Li Hua 参考答案： 三、 阅读理解 18.       Scientists have discovered a gene （基因）that plays a role in violence （暴力）in men ill-treated in childhood