2020学年高二年级英语期末考试试卷

2020-2020学年高二年级英语期末考试试卷

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21. Dave wanted to study till ________ midnight, but sleepiness got_____ best of him.

A. 不填; the

B. 不填; 不填

C. the; the

D. the; 不填

22. At times, worrying is a normal________ to a difficult event or situation—a loved one being_______ in an accident, for example.

A. response; injured

B. reaction; wounded

C. reply; hurt

D. reflection; died

23. If I hadn’t stood under the ladder to catch you when you fell, you_______ now.

A. wouldn’t be smiling

B. couldn’t have smiled

C. didn’t smile

D. won’t smile

24. ________ the Internet is bridging the distance between

people, it may also be breaking some homes or will cause other family problems.

A. When

B. If

C. While

D. As

25. _______ today, he would get there by Saturday.

A. If he leaves

B. Was he leaving

C. Would he leave

D. Were he to leave

26. After he retired from office, Rogers _______ painting for a while, but soon lost interest.

A. saved up

B. kept up

C. took up

D. drew up

27. When he was young, he used to ________ hard at his lessons.

A. devote to working

B. devote himself to work

C. be devoted to work

D. be devoted to working

28. At assembly, our monitor made a speech, swearing to try our best to study well______ us students.

A. in memory of

B. on behalf of

C. in honor of

D. in favor of

29. They swear they will push ahead with the experiment

whatever _____they might meet with.

A. disadvantages

B. shortcomings

C. troubles

D. hardships

30. He told me how he had given me shelter and protection, without which I ______of hunger.

A. would be died

B. would have died

C. would die

D. will die

31. ________ with a difficult situation, Arnold decided to ask his boss for advice.

A. Faced

B. Having faced

C. To face

D. Facing

32.Though you may hate some customs in other countries, ______ , you must remember “Do in Rome as Rome does”. A. likewise B. therefore C. otherwise

D. anyway

33. What the leader referred to in the report was really something _______.

A. worthy of considering

B. worth to be considered

C. worthy to be considered

D. worth being considered

34. Generally speaking, ______ according to the directions,

the drug has no side effect.

A. when taking

B. when taken

C. when to take

D. when to be taken

35. If the weather had been better, we could have had a picnic. But it ______ all day.

A. rained

B. rains

C. has rained

D. is raining

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分) My dad has been driving a truck for almost his entire life.He’s usually__36__all the weekdays and comes home only at weekends.Sometimes he stays__37__for two weeks at a time.__38__I don’t get to see him as often as I wish，we remain very__39__.

My dad is the type of person who doesn’t let you__40__up anything that you start.When I was eleven，my father bought me a piano.At first I was so__41__about it that I would spend hours and hours learning how to play.Then it got __42__.I was so tired of it that I asked if I could stop.Much as I tried，he__43__me to go on.Now I have been playing for almost five