贵州省重点中学高二英语下学期期中试题

2014高二第二学期半期英语考试题 I. 单项填空 (共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分) 1. —I’m thinking of the driving test tomorrow. I’m afraid I can’t pass this time. — _____! I’m sure you’ll make it. A. Go ahead B. Good luck C. No matter D. Cheer up 2. Everywhere humans have cut down _____ forests in order to grow crops, or to use _____ wood as fuel or as building materials. A. the; the B. the; / C. /; the D. /; / 3. Tom arrived ______ Shanghai at 10:30 _____ March 5th. A. at ; in B. in; on C. at; in D. in; at 4. He is a ________ musician, as he could write some music from his childhood and now he is very famous all over the world. A. ambitious B. talented C. clever D. diligent 5. With no one to ______ in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless. A. turn on B. turn off C. turn around D. turn to 6. ________ the teacher really wants to teach the students is to develop their potential abilities. A. That B. Which C. What D. How 7. I could see James was terrified of _____________ by us. A. to be abandoned B. abandoning C. being abandoned D. to abandon 8. It was Old Tom, the killer whale _______ saved James. A. that B. which C. what D. when 9. The year 1945 __________ the end of a great war in China. A. witnessed B. saw C. discovered D. watched 10. The company’s new car has to______ in two months. A. being designed B. be designed C. design D. designed 11. He found the book is worth _________ again. A. being read B. be read C. to be read D. reading 12. She was often heard ___________ in the next room. A. sing B. sung C. to sing D. to singing 13. Both the young and the old enjoy__________ by others. A. to be praised B. being praised C. praising D. praised. 14. I told myself the killer whales weren’t ________ but ________to people. A. danger; friend B. dangerous; friend C. dangerous; friendly D. danger; friend 15. The disabled man is happy _________ many things he can do, like writing and having speech. A. to find B. to have found C. finding D. to be found 16. ---- Mum, must I finish the work this afternoon? ----- No, you _______. You may do it tomorrow. A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. won’t D. can’t 17. The bus accident in Guiyang last month ____________ six people’s death. A. result from B. result in C. resulted in D. resulted from 18. They still remember the days ______ they studied together in Beijing. A. that B. which C. what D. when 19. As the day was fine, I made the suggestion ______for a walk in the park. A. that we go B. we will go C. should we go D. we go 20. _________ many children like KFC, I think they’d better not eat it too often. A. Because B. Although C. When D. If II. 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分) I was standing at the kitchen window, five-year-old Spencer, my oldest son, ran into the house __21__, "We need a doctor out here. We need a doctor. Hurry, Mom." "What's wrong?" I asked. Spencer anxiously told me he had found a dead bird that needed a doctor. Dutifully（尽职地）, I got a small plastic bag from the cupboard and took Spencer's hand, __22__, that's the sort of thing mothers do. While my son led me out of the door and __23__ the bird, I explained that if the creature was indeed dead, a doctor could not __24__it. When we arrived at the __25__ scene, it was obvious that the baby bird was dead. Spencer and I could see the nest high up in the tree. My son and I __26__ the probable age of the baby bird, its inability to fly well, and exactly __27__ the fall had caused its death. "I think his mummy and daddy really __28__ him," Spencer observed. I __29__ my boy's hand and tried to ease （减轻） his __30__ by saying that I was sure they did, __31__ they would be okay because the little bird had gone to Heaven to be with God and PoPo-my deceased(去世的) grandfather. I made Spencer believe that the bird's mommy and daddy knew that their little one would be __32__ and loved. I told Spencer that PoPo loved little birds, and that I _33__ he was in Heaven holding and playing with the baby bird __34__. I picked up the little creature's body, slipped it into my plastic bag and __35__ placed the bird in the rubbish bin. __36__ was said about the matter for the rest of the day. Spencer went right back to play __37__ he had never been interrupted, and I returned to my work in the kitchen At breakfast the next morning, Spencer sadly explained to his father that he had found a baby bird the day before that fell from its nest. "It was dead, Daddy." Trying to __38__ Spencer's spirits and reminded him that the little bird was really __39__, I asked our son to tell Daddy __40__ the baby bird was. Spencer, looking solemn-faced(严肃地脸色) at his dad, stated, "In the rubbish bin with Mama's granddad, PoPo. 21. A. saying B. screaming C. declaring D. telling 22. A. in fact B. at least C. of course D. after all 23. A. ahead B. toward C. over D. of 24. A. come B. wake C. save D. support 25. A. accident B. kitchen C. familiar D. angry 26. A. discovered B. discussed C. studied D.