高二英语测试题 学生版

高二英语测试卷（2012.8）本卷满分120分，考试时间90分钟第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分32分）第一节：单项填空（共12 小题；每小题1分满分12分）1．一I wonder if I could possibly use your car for tonight?一．I’m not using it anyhow．A．Sure，go ahead B．I don’t knowC．Y es，indeed D．I don’t care2. W e are said to be living in the ______ Information Age, _____ time of new discoveries and great changes.A. an; theB./ ; theC. /; aD. the ; a3. English is a language shared by several d iverse cultures, each of ___ uses it somewhat differently.A. whichB. whatC. themD. those4．“Aren’t they meeting us here?”“Well, they ___________, because they weren’t at home when I rang a few minutes ago．”A．must be B．can’t be C．must D．needn’t be5. Mistakes don’t just happen; they occur for a reason. Find out the reason, and then making the mistake becomes ______.A. favorableB. preciousC. essentialD. worthwhile6. US President Barack Obama ________ a national speech at the 10th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks．A．addressed B．delivered C．spoke D．recited7. China recently tightened its waters controls near the Huangyan Island to prevent Chinese fishing boats from ______in the South China Sea.A. attackingB. having attackedC. being attackedD. having been attacked8. It is hard for the Greek government to get over the present difficulties ____ it gets more financial support from the European Union.A. ifB. unlessC. becauseD. since9. S taying in a hotel in Shanghai one day costs ____ renting a house in my hometown for a week.A. the three times price ofB. three times the price ofC. as much as three timesD. as much three times a10. --These days I can only sleep for four or five hours at night as I’m too bus y with myresearch work..--If you keep going on like that, you are sure to ______ sooner or later.A. break downB. get downC. calm downD. put down11. At school, some students are active ______ some are shy, yet they can be good friends withone another.A. whileB. althoughC. soD. as12. New technologies have made ____ possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.A. thatB. thisC. oneD. it第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I'm left 13 . Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other 14 ?I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, 15 children from different races and religions played and studied 16 in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone's 17 from Ismail's. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just 18 our differences. Perhaps，our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well 19 or otherwise.We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we 'd 20 the countryside on our bicycles，hoping to 21 the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his 22 .When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail's family later returned to their village, and I 23 touch with him.One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I 24 my destination. The driver acknowledged my 25 but did not move off. Instead, he looked 26 at me. “Raddar?" he said, using my childhood nickname (绰号).I was astonished at being so 27 addressed (称呼).Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two 28 we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something 29 to describe.If we can allow our children to be30 without prejudice, they'll build friendships with people，regardless of race or religion, who will be 31 their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and 32 we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, “W e happy few. W e band of brothers".13. A. interested B. pleased C. excited D. puzzled14. A. parties B. races C. villages D. cities15 A. why B. which C. How D. when16. A. around B. together C. Alone D. apart17. A. drop B. move C. Throw D. roll18. A. refused B. made C. accepted D. sought19. A. meant B. paid C. preserved D. treated20. A. search B. explore C. discover D. desert21. A. get through B. deal with C. take away D. come across22. A. arrival B. choice C. company D. effort23. A. lost B. gained C. developed D. missed24. A. ordered B. stated C. decided D. chose25. A. attempt B. instructions C. opinions D. arrangementsD. carelessly26. A anxiously B. fixedly C. disappointedly27. A. strangely B. familiarly C. Fully D. coldly28. A. departures B. months C. decades D. years29. A. hard B. funny C. possible D. clear30. A. them B. us C. themselves D. ourselves31. A. from B. byotherwise C. With D. against32. A. still B. C. instead D. then第二部分：阅读理解（第一节14小题，第二节5小题；每小题 2 分，满分38 分）ABelow is a page adapted from an English dictionary.33. What does the w ord “p ump” mean in “H e ran in every five minutes to pump me ab out the case”?A. T alk with.B. Listen to.C. Ask for information.D. Provide with evidence.34. When Sally says “The TV program kept pumping out commercials”, she may be_____.A. annoyedB. interestedC. excitedD. worried35. What will the government most probably provid e if it is engaged in a pump-priming program?A. Raw materials.B.Sums of money.C. Human resources.D. Media support.36. When Sylvia says “His sp eech was OK but it had no real punch”, she thinks it was not_____.A. fluent and impressiveB. interesting and powerfulC. informative and significantD. logical and movingBY et some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far. A price has been paid, they say, for the conquest (征服) of time and distance. T ravel is something to be enjoyed, not endured（忍受）. The boat offers leisure and time enough to appreciate the ever-changing sights and sounds of a journey. A journey by train also has a special charm about it. Lakes and forests and wild, open plains sweeping past your carriage window create a grand view in which time and distance mean nothing. On board a plane, however, there is just the blank blue of the sky filling the narrow windows of the airplane. The soft lighting, in-flight films and gentle music make up the only world you know, and the hours progress slowly.Then there is the time spent being“processed” at a modem airport. People are conveyed like robots along walkways; baggage is weighed, tickets produced, examined and produced yet again before the passengers move to another waiting area. Journeys by rail and sea take longer, yes, but the hours devoted to being “processed” at departure and arrival in airports are luckily absent. No wonder, then, that the modern high-speed trains are winning back passengers from the airlines.Man, however, is now a world traveler and cannot turn his back on the airplane. The working lives of too many people depend upon it; whole new industries have been built around its design and operation. The holiday-maker, too, with limited time to spend, patiently endures the busy airports and the limited space of the flight to gain those extra hours and even days, relaxing in the sun. Speed controls people's lives; time saved, in work or play, is the important thing — or so we are told. Perhaps those first horsemen, riding free across the wild, open plains, were enjoying a better world than the one we know today. They could travel at will, and the clock was not their master.37. What does the writer try to express in Paragraph 1?A. T ravel by plane has speeded up the growth of villages.B. The freedom of movement has helped people realize their dreams.C. The speed of modern travel has made distances relatively short,D. Man has been fond of traveling rather than staying in one place.38. How does the writer support the underlined statement in Paragraph 2?A. By giving examples.B. By analyzing cause and effect.C. By following the order of time.D. By giving instructions.39. According to Paragraph 3, passengers are turning back to modem high-speed trainsbecause_______.A. they pay less for the ticketsB. they don’t have to waste time being “processed”C. they ran enjoy higher speed of travelD. they feel safer during the travel40. What does the last sentence of the passage mean?A. They preferred traveling on horseback.B. They needed the clock to tell the time.C. They enjoy tree and relaxing travel.D. They could travel with their master.41. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The high speed of air travel is gained at a cost.B. T rain travel has some advantages over air travel.C. Great changes have taken place in modern travel.D. Air travel benefits people and industries.CHarvard researchers have created a tough, low-cost, biodegradable (可生物降解的) material inspired by insects' hard outer shells. The material's inventors say it has a number of possible uses and someday could provide a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic. The material, made from shrimp ('虾) shells and proteins produced from silk, is called "shrilk." It is thin, clear, flexible and strong.A major benefit of the material is its biodegradability. Plastic's toughness and flexibility represented a revolution in materials science during the 1950s and '60s. Decades later, however, plastic's very durability (耐用性) is raising questions about how appropriate it is for one-time products such as plastic bags, or short-lived consumer goods, used in the home for a few years and then cast into a landfill where they will degrade for centuries. What is the point of making something that lasts 1,000 years?Shrilk not only will degrade in a landfill, but its basic components are used as fertilizer(肥料), and so will enrich the soil.Shrilk has great potential, the inventors said. Materials from which it is made are plentiful in nature, found in everything ranging from shrimp shells, insect bodies to living plants. That makes shrilk low cost, and its mass production possible should it be used for products demanding a lot of material.Work on shrilk is continuing in the lab. The inventors said the material becomes flexible when wet, so they're exploring ways to use it in wet environments. They're also developingsimpler production processes, which could be used for non-medical products, like for computer cases and other products inside the home. They're even exploring combining it with other materials, like carbon fibers, to give it new properties.42. Paragraph I of the passage is mainly about shritk's_____.A. major featuresB. interesting nameC. remarkable designD. basic elements43. What has become a concern about plastic?A. Producing it cheaply.B. Using it properly.C. Developing its properties quickly. ,D. Evaluating its contributions fairly.44. According to the inventors, shrilk has great potential partly because_____.A. it can help plastic degradeB. it can be found in living thingsC. its raw materials are abundant in mature D its mass production has been realized .45. What are the inventors doing in the lab?A. T esting ahrilk's use in wet conditions.B. Replacing carbon fibers with shrilk.C. Making shrilk out of used household goods.D. Improving shrilk's flexibility for medical purposes.46. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. Recent Progress in Environmental ProtectionB. A Possible Alternative to PlasticC. The Harm of One-time ProductsD. Benefits of Insects in Scientific Research第二节: 阅读下面的短文并从方框中的A-F 中为每段文字选出最佳标题，选项中有一项为多余项。