2021年江蘇省常州市武英中學高二英語上學期期末試題含解析

2021年江蘇省常州市武英中學高二英語上學期期末試題含解析一、選擇題1.Headdedthatstateandlocalgovernmentsmighthaveto____spendingasaresultofdecliningtaxrevenue.A.cutback B.cutoffC.cutout D.cutin參考答案：A【詳解】考查動詞短語辨析。句意：他補充說，由于稅收下降，州和地方政府可能不得不削減開支。A.cutback削減；B.cutoff切斷；C.cutout切斷；D.cutin插嘴，根據(jù)題意，故選A。2.—Let'sgoto_______cinema.—Goodidea.That'lltakeourmindofftheproblemfor________while,anditwilldousgood.

A.the;the

B.the;a

C.a;the

D.a;a參考答案：B3.Here______youwanttosee.A.themanagercomes

B.comesthemanager

C.comesamanager

D.iscomingamanager參考答案：B4.Whenlast

valuable,thosebooksenjoyedgreatsuccess.A.finding

B.found

C.beingfound

D.tobefound參考答案：B5.Although______toagainandagain,hestilldidn’tunderstandit.

A.explain

B.toexplain

C.explained

D.explaining參考答案：C6.OnDamon’swaytotheairport,it_________himallofasuddenthathehadforgottenhergirlfriend’sbirthday.A.hit

B.knocked

C.occurred

D.beat參考答案：A7.JennyhopesthatMr.SmithwillsuggestagoodwaytohaveherwrittenEnglish________inashortperiod.

A．improved

B．improving

C．toimprove

D．improve參考答案：A8.Thenewjobcreatedthismonthwon'ttakeinnewapplicants,

employthemillionsthatlosttheirjobsintherecenteconomiccrisis.A.regardlessof

B.letaloneC.apartfrom

D.suchas參考答案：B【詳解】考查介詞短語辨析。A.regardlessof不管；B.letalone更不用說；C.apartfrom除了；D.suchas諸如。句意：本月新增的就業(yè)崗位不會吸納新的求職者，更不用說雇傭在最近的經(jīng)濟危機中失去工作的數(shù)百萬人了。根據(jù)句意可知此處表示“更不用說”，故B項正確。9.Thedoctorwillseeyouagainnextweek._____,youmustrestasmuchaspossible.

A.Somehow

B.However

C.Meanwhile

D.Indeed參考答案：C10.______JackMahassteppeddownaschairmanofAlibaba,hestillremainsonitsboardofdirectors.A.Since

B.BeforeC.While

D.Until參考答案：C【詳解】考查連詞辨析。A.Since自從；B.Before在……之前；C.While雖然；D.Until直到。句意：雖然馬云已經(jīng)辭去阿里巴巴董事長一職，但他仍然是阿里巴巴的董事會成員。故C選項正確。11.He______busyyesterday,orhe______youwithyourexperiment.A.was;hadhelped

B.was,wouldhavehelped

C.hadbeen;wouldhave

D.were;wouldhavehelped參考答案：B12.Theexplanationofourteacherwillmakethereadingeasy______.

A.tobeunderstood

B.understanding

C.tounderstand

D.understood參考答案：C略13.—WhywasMr.Wang_____themanagerofthedepartment?—Becausehedidwellinsale.

A.appointedtobe

B.madeas

C.sentto

D.chosento參考答案：A14.Suddenlyithitme__________difficultitwasformymothertogetamaster’sdegreeinChinainthe1960s.A.what B.how C.which D.whether參考答案：B句意：我突然想起在60年代，我的母親獲得碩士學位是多么困難。Ithits/hitsb.+從句表示“某人突然想……”。故選B。15.Finally,thePresidenthadtoleaveoffice_____publicpressureinordertoeasethetensionofthesituation.A．infavorof

B．inhonorof

C．inreturnfor

D．inresponseto參考答案：D16.Attheschoolopeningceremony,ourheadmasterrequiredusstudentstoraiseourcompetitive_________inmodernsociety.

A.spirit

B.awareness

C.intention

D.ambition參考答案：B二、完型填空17.完形填空（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1―15各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并將答案寫在答案卷上。Whileattendingaconference,Ireturnedtomyhotelroomlateoneevening.TheoverheadlightoutsidemydoorwasburnedoutandIhad1

findingthekeyhole.WhenI

2

toopenthedoor,I

3

aroundthewallforalightswitch.Ifoundaplatewhereaswitchwasonceinstalled...butnoswitch!

Notdiscouraged（灰心的）easily,Iremembered

4

alampbythebedwhenIdeposited（寄存）myluggageearlierintheday.Ifoundthebedinthe

5

andthenthelamp,butwhenIswitchediton,nothing

6

!IthoughtthatperhapsifIopenedthecurtainsImightbeabletousewhateverlightcomesinfromthe

7

tofindanotherlamp.SoI

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mywayslowlyacrosstheroomtothecurtainsand...nodrawstring!Ifinallystumbled（跌跌撞撞地走）arounduntilIfoundadesklampwhichactually

___9

!ThateveningIdiscoveredinawholenewwayjusthowdarktheworldcanbeandhow____10___lightis!Butevenmorenecessarythanphysicallightisthelightthatshinesfrompeople--thelightof

11

andfaith.Because,formanypeople,theworldisadarkand_____12__place.Forsomeonetodayjustmaybestumblingindiscouragementorsadnessorfearandinneedofsomelight.Soletyourlightshine.Whateverlightyou_13___

maybeabeacon（信號燈）ofhopeandencouragement.Andifyoufeelthatyourlightis___14

acandleinaforest,remember—thereisn’tenoughdarknessinalltheworldto__15

thelightofonesmallcandle.1.A.confidence

B.respect

C.admiration

D.difficulty

2.A.managed

B.failed

C.wished

D.meant3.A.listened

B.felt

C.sensed

D.looked

4.A.equipping

B.producing

C.seeing

D.removing5.A.light

B.dark

C.room

D.corner

6.A.happened

B.operated

C.fired D.developed7.A.machine

B.street

C.room

D.car8.A.wound

B.forced

C.made

D.lost9.A.helped

B.affected

C.worked

D.inspired

10.A.good

B.bad

C.important

D.necessary

11.A.existence

B.love

C.delight D.wisdom12.A.lonely B.color1ful C.friendly D.complex13.A.make

B.offer

C.take

D.contribute14.A.notmorethanB.otherthan

C.nomorethan

D.ratherthan

15.A.putout

B.giveout

C.getover

D.setup參考答案：略三、閱讀理解18.Cloningissuggestedasameansofbringingbacka,usuallyachild,killedtragically．Someparentscanunderstandthatwish,butitmustfirstberecognizedthatthecopywouldbeanewbabyandnotthelostchild．Hereliesthedifficulty,forthesadparentsareseekingnotanewbabybutareturnofthedeadone．Sincetheoriginalwouldbefondlyrememberedashavingparticulartalentsandinterests,wouldnottheparentsexpectthecopytobethesame?Itispossible,however,thatthecopywoulddevelopquitedifferently．Isitfairtothenewchildtobeplacedinafamilywithsuchunnaturalexpectations?Copyingisalsosuggestedasameansbywhichparentscanhavethechildoftheirdreams．Couplesmightchoosetohaveacopyofafilmstar,baseballplayerorscientist,dependingontheirinterest．Butbecausepersonalityisonlypartlytheresultofgeneticinheritance（遺傳）,conflictswouldbesuretoariseiftheclonedchildfailedtodevelopthesameinterestsastheoriginal．WhatifthecopyofEinsteinshowsnointerestinscience?Orthebaseballplayerturnstoacting?Successalsodependsuponfortune．Whatifthechilddoesnotliveuptothehopesanddreamsoftheparentssimplybecauseofbadluck?Everychildshouldbewantedforitself,asanindividual．Inmakingacopyofoneselforsomefamousperson,aparentisdeliberately（深思熟慮地）specifying（詳細說明）thewayheorshewishesthatchildtodevelop．Inrecentyears,particularlyintheU．S．,muchimportancehasbeenplacedontherightofindividualstoreproduceinwaysthattheywish．SoIsuggestthereisagreaterneedtoconsidertheinterestsofthechildandtorejecttheseproposedusesofcloning．63．Whathappenstoparentsincloningalostchild?

A．Parentsexpecttoomuchfromthecopy．B．Parentsmaygetaquitedifferentcopy．

C．Parentsaresuretohaveanidenticalcopy．

D．Parentslosethetalentsofthelostchild．64．What,intheauthor’sopinion,affectsthesuccessofparents’dreams?

A．Theclonedchild’snaturaltalent．

B．Theclonedchild’sinterestinEinstein．

C．Theclonedchild’spersonality．

D．Theeffortsoftheparents．65．Inthethirdparagraph,theauthorimpliesthat______．

A．theclonedchildisviewedasindependent．

B．therightofgrowinginhisownwayistakenawayfromtheclonedchild

C．parentscarefullyprotecttherightsoftheclonedchild．

D．parentsareeagertowishtheclonedchildtobesomebody．66．Inthispassage,theauthorismainlyconcernedabout______．

A．thefutureofaclonedchild．

B．thepossibilityofcloningpeople．

C．theimportanceofcloningalostchild．

D．theproblemsofcloninglife．參考答案：略19.DearAmy,Myin-lawsarealltheproductsoffailedmarriages,sotherearebloodsandstepstodealwithonbothsidesoftheaisle.Foryears,myin-lawshavetoldmychildrenthatmywife’sstepmother’sgrandchildrenaretheircousins.Thisaloneisnottrue,sincethesekidsareonlyinvolvedinourlivesduetomarriage.Ijustkeeptalkingtomykidsandexplainingtothemthewaythefamilytreeworksandthatthesekidsarenottheircousins.Atonepoint,myoldestsongotmadandtoldoneofthesekidsthathewasnothisrealcousin,andthenmyin-lawsconfrontedmysonaboutwhathesaid.Theywereapparentlyupsetaboutit.Amy,Iamnotgoingtocreateaworldthatdoesnotexist.Theyarestuckontakinginthesekidsthathavezeroactualbloodrelationtothematall.Istandmygroundonthis,andmywifejustthinksthatIambeinganass.Yourthoughts?DisturbedDadDisturbedDad,Beforeyouspendtherestofyourlifecarefullystudyingafamilytreeateverypotluckdinner,rememberthat“family”isn’tsomeexclusiveclubthatyougettojoinbyhavingtwoormoreofthesamebiologicals.Peopleinhighlyfunctioningandinclusivefamilieswilltellyouthatallyouhavetodotobeapartofanyfamilyistobeconsideredpartofthefamily.Thismeansbeingincluded,regardlessofyourbiologicalstatus,andrevelinginrelationshipsthatareauntlike,grandparent-likeorcousinlike.Itiswisetoexplaintruthfullyallofthesemanyandvariedrelationshipstoyourchildren,buttouseloadedtermslike“realfamily”onlyunderlinesyouremotionalignoranceaboutrelationships.Yourin-lawsaredoingawonderfulthingacceptingthesechildren,soputdownthegenealogychartandapologize.Afterall,ifwefollowyourlogic,thenyourin-lawsshouldn’tbeacceptingyouasfamilyeither;youaren’trelatedtothembyblood,soyouaren’ttheir“realfamily.”Thegoodnewsis,ifyoucontinuetotreatyourwife’sfamilythisway,youwon’thavetoworryaboutkeepingthebloodsandthestep-sinthisfamilystraight—givenyourlackofgoodmanners,thesefamilymembersmightdisregardyouinfavorofsomeonewhoismoreopen,acceptingandinclusive.Amy

38.TheDisturbedDad’sin-lawswereupsetbecause_______.A.theyallhadfailedmarriages B.theyknewoftheDad’sthoughtsC.oneofthegrandsonsgotmad D.somekidshadnobloodrelation39.