1、2011-2012学年云南省玉溪一中高二下学期期中考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * Experts think that _ recently discovered painting may be _Picasso. A the;/ B a; the C a; / D the; a 答案： D It is not how much we do but how much love we put into what we do _ matters. A who B which C whom D that 答案： D Under no circumstances _ lend Paul a
2、ny money. A you should B you shouldnt C should you D should you not 答案： C - Why does the lake smell terrible - Because large quantities of water _. A have been polluted B has polluted C have polluted D has been polluted 答案： A I _ through that bitter period without your generous help. A couldnt have
3、gone B didnt go C would go D hadnt gone 答案： A By the time Jack returned home from America, his son _ from college. A graduate B has graduated C had graduated D had been graduated 答案： C She was good at physics _she found it boring. A despite B in spite of C in spite the fact that D despite the fact t
4、hat 答案： D The experiment show that proper amount of exercise, if _ regularly, can improve our health. A carry out B carried out C to carry out D being carried out 答案： B Listen! Do you hear someone _ for help A call B calling C to call D called 答案： B His first book _ next month is based on a true sto
5、ry. A published B to publish C to be published D being published 答案： C Im not going to _ their smoking any longer. A catch up with B put up with C end up with D keep up with 答案： B - Our holiday cost a lot of money. - Did it Well, that doesnt matter _ you enjoyed yourselves. A unless B as soon as C a
6、s long as D though 答案： C We feel _ our duty to make our school a better place. A this B it C that D one 答案： B - The film is, I have to say, not a bit interesting. - Why Its _ than the films I have ever seen. A much less interesting B far more interesting C no more interesting D any less interesting
7、答案： B Last year the number of students who graduated with a driving license reached 200,000, a(n) _ of 40,000 per year. A average B number C amount D quantity 答案： A 完型填空 Michel is a young girl who works for the police 36 a handwriting expert. She has helped 37 many criminals (罪犯 ) by using her speci
8、al talents. When she was fourteen, Michel was already 38 interested in the differences in her friends 39 that she would spend hours 40 them. After 41 college she went to France for a 42 two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science. Michel says that it is 43 for people to hide their
9、handwriting. She can discover _44 of what she needs to know simply 45 looking at the writing with her own eyes, 46 she also has machines 47 help her make 48 different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often 49 great help to the police. Michel believes that handwriting is a good 50 of what ki
10、nd of person the 51 is. I wouldnt go out with a fellow 52 I didnt like his handwriting. She says. But she 53 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman 54 she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be 55 , however. 【小题1】 A with B by C like D as A search B follow C catch D ju
11、dge A so B too C quite D extra A books B letter C tongues D handwriting A writing B studying C settling D uncovering A attending B finishing C starting D stepping into A powerful B natural C special D common A main B safe C easy D impossible A most B nothing C little D sight A with B by C of D about
12、 A so B for C thus D but A they B in which C that D those A up B out C for D into A of B to C with D for A test B sign C means D habit A thief B criminal C writer D policeman A whether B unless C if D after A adds B tells C repeats D cries A before B after C so D and A necessary B all right C import
13、ant D quite easy 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 B 【小题 6】 B 【小题 7】 C 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 B 【小题 11】 D 【小题 12】 C 【小题 13】 B 【小题 14】 A 【小题 15】 B 【小题 16】 C 【小题 17】 C 【小题 18】 A 【小题 19】 A 【小题 20】 B 阅读理解 Your body, which has close relations with the food you eat, is the most important t
14、hing you own, so it needs proper treatment and proper nourishment(食物 ). The old saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” is not as silly as some people think. The body needs fruit and vegetables because they contain vitamins. Many people take extra vitamins in pill form(丸剂 ), believing that th
15、ese will make them healthy. But a good diet is made up of nutritive food and this gives all the vitamins you need. The body doesnt need or use extra vitamins, so why they waste money on them In the modern Western world, many people are too busy to bother about eating properly. They throw anything in
16、to their stomachs, eating hurriedly and carelessly. The list of illnesses caused or made worse by bad eating habits is frightening. 【小题 1】 The old saying referred to in the passage tells us that . A eating apples regularly does lots of good to our health. B the apple is the best among all kinds of f
17、ruits C apples can take the place of doctors D an apple is a sure cure for illness 【小题 2】 In the second paragraph, the writer tries to let us know . A our bodies need food, or we cant live B often eating apples is a good habit C taking extra vitamin pills is completely useless D a good diet is of gr
18、eat importance for our health 【小题 3】 In the modern western countries . A people wont want to pay more attention to their eating B people throw everything into their stomachs without chewing. C list of peoples illness are caused or made worse by bad eating habits D people are only too busy to cook me
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27、fiction and mysteries B parenting and teaching C literature and arts D language study 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D Some people are pessimistic(悲观的 )when they think about the future. They say that, a hundred years from now, we will have used up most of the earths resources. We will have made our se
28、as so dirty that we will not be able to eat fish from them. There will be so many people in the world that we will have to use all the countryside for housing; there will be no farmland left. Other people have a different idea about the future. In their view, the city of the future will be a huge py
29、ramid-shaped(金字塔形的 ) building, which will be floating on the surface of the sea. About 5,000 families will live there, and there will also be schools, shops in it. In a hundred years time, people will not need to use oil. They will heat their homes with power from the sun. Think of space. Perhaps a
30、station will be set up on the moon; people will be able to visit the moon as tourists. They may even spend their holidays in space, travelling from planet to planet. What an interesting picture! Many people dont think about the future. “I dont care. Ill be dead. ”they say. But it is our duty to care
31、 because the world of a hundred years time will be the world of our childrens and their children after them. 【小题 1】 How many viewpoints are discussed here about the future A Two B Three C Four D Five 【小题 2】 In the pessimistic view, people will in a hundred years time. A have to use power from the se
32、a B have to live on the moon C be able to grow food on the sea D find it difficult to live on the earth 【小题 3】 Where will people live in the future in the optimistic view A On the moon B On the sea C In pyramids D On other planets 【小题 4】 The writer of the article seems to agree . A with those who lo
33、ok at the bright side of the future B with those who take a pessimistic view about the future C with those who wont trouble their heads about the future D to none of these viewpoints 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 A Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history have though
34、t about the problem. One of these, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that could fly. But they were never built., Throughout history, other less famous men have wanted to fly. An example was a man in England 800years ag
35、o. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into the air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. He fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body. The first real step took place in France in 1783. Two brothers, the Mongolfiers, made a very
36、 large “hot air balloon”. They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year, the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a she
37、ep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted 8 minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled
38、about 8 kilometers. 【小题 1】 Leonardo da Vinci . A said that man would fly in the sky one day B built a kind of machine which never flew C drew many beautiful pictures of the birds D made designs of flying machines 【小题 2】 Eight hundred years ago an Englishman . A made a kind of flying machine B tried
39、to fly with wings made of chicken feathers C wanted to build a kind of balloon D tried to fly on a large bird 【小题 3】 In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly . A lost his life B flew only 8 minutes C was not wounded D succeeded in flying 【小题 4】 The very first air passengers in the balloon were . A t
40、he King and Queen B two Frenchmen C two animals D the Mongolfiers 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 C Recently some American scientists have given a useful piece of advice to people in industrialized nations They say people should eat more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more tha
41、n 10,000 years ago 【小题 1】 The scientists say that the human life has changed greatly Our bodies have not been able to deal with these changes in lifestyle and this had led to new kinds of sicknesses 【小题 2】 So they are called diseases of civilization Many cancers and diseases of the blood system are
42、examples of such diseases. Scientists noted that people in both the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age enjoyed very little alcohol or tobacco, probably none 【小题 3】 However, a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and that of today. Stone Age people hunted wild
43、animals for their meat, which had much less fat than domestic ones They ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables and fruits They did not have milk or any other dairy products, and they made very little use of grains【小题 4】 We eat six times more salt than our ancestors We eat more sugar We eat twice as much
44、 fat but only one third as much protein and much less vitamin C. 【小题 5】 But scientists say that we would be much healthier if we eat much the same way the ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet food. A Stone Age people lived a simple life. B But today, we enjoy eating a lot
45、 of these. C In that case, they would live much healthier. D Ancient people also got lots of physical exercise. E These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times. F People today probably dont want to live like our ancestors. G Modern people used to suffer from diseases of civilization. 答案： 【小题
46、1】 C 【小题 2】 E 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 B 【小题 5】 F 【小题 1】根据前文人们应该吃 1万年前人们吃的东西，在那种情况下，人们将活得更为健康。 【小题 2】根据前面提及的 this had led to new kinds of sicknesses。以及后面的 they are called diseases of civilization可知 E符合。 【小题 3】根据前文 enjoyed very little alcohol or tobacco, probably none可知古代人不抽烟喝酒，接下来应该说古代人还经常锻炼。 【小题 4】根据前面三句话可知
47、古代人有很多好的习惯，而现代人恰恰相反。 【小题 5】根据后半句 But scientists say that we would be much healthier if we eat much the same way the ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet food.可知现代人不想像古代人那样生活。 短文改错 短文中共有 10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。格式如下： 增加：在此处加一个漏字符号 ( )，并在其下面写出修改的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线 ( )划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。 注意： 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2只允许修改 10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。 Do you think animals can tell you what the weather will like Some people believes the groundhog can, that is a small furry animal. There is a special day in Americ
