高二英语综合能力检测题.doc

1、高二英语综合能力检测题（三）I单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1Im sorry to keep you waiting Ill make shorter work of this Im not in a hurry A Take it easy B Take your time C Not at all D Do as you please2The couples went into the forest, but before long they became _ they walked down different

2、paths A lost Bmissing C separated D reunited3We waited and waited we had been looking forward to A Then came the hour B Then did the hour come C The hour came then D The hour then came4Why didnt you buy that pair of trousers I disliked its Besides, the color didnt suit me A pattern B manner C size D

3、 standard5, the building gave us a deep impression A Designing beautifully B Beautifully designed C Design beautifully D Beautifully designing6The news false A turned toB turned up C turned intoD turned out7You should have prepare your speech for the meeting,Smith Yes, I know But how could I the mee

4、ting date fixed so soon A while B with C as D after8We didnt expect them for us when we arrived there so late A to be waiting B to wait C to have waited D to have been waiting9 we know, a lot of people with disabilities have been very successful in many fields A So far as B As good as C As well as D

5、 So long as10Why was he fined He happened to several flowers in the park A see to pick B be seen picking C see picking D be seen pick11On National Day the children sing songs their motherland A instead of B in front of C in praise of D in need of12China became the 143rd member of the World Trade Org

6、anization on December 11, 2001, thus its 15-year wish to join the global trade body A having realized B realized C realizing D to realize13I think I recognize the song she is singingIt sounds A pleasant B familiar C special D strange14They cant get along well with each other because they have nothin

7、g A in all B after all C in common D at all15Can I help you Id like a room with a bath How much do you A offer B afford C charge D spareII完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1635各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 “Unless I get a rise, Ill have to talk with the 16, Henry Manley,” George Strong said to

8、himselfGeorge liked his job and he liked the town 17 he lived, but his wife kept telling him that his pay was not enough to 18 the needs of the familyThat was 19 he was thinking of taking a job in Birmingham, a nearby city about 50 miles 20 He had been offered a 21 in a factory there, and the pay wa

9、s far better George lived in Wyeford, a middle-sized townHe 22 liked the place and didnt like the 23 of moving somewhere else, but if he took the job in Birmingham, he 24 move his family there Henry Manley was the manager of a small 25 producing electric motors The company was 26 deep trouble becaus

10、e, among other reasons, the Japanese were 27 such things at very low pricesAs a result, Manley had to 28 his own prices and profits （利润）as well, 29 he would not get any orders at allEven then, orders were still not coming in fast enough, so that there was no money for 30 for his workersSomehow, he h

11、ad to struggle along and keep his best 31 as wellHe sighed（叹息）Just then the phone rang His secretary told him that George Strong wanted to see him as soon as possibleManley 32 again He could guess what it was about Strong was a very young engineer33 had no future 34 it could attract and keep men lik

12、e him Manley rubbed his forehead; his problems seemed 3516A worker B boss C secretary D engineer17A where B how C which D why18A support B spend C meet D have19A why B how C what D where20A far B far-away C away D. far-away21A car B telephone C house D job22A partly B really C hardly D somewhat23A f

13、act B idea C suggestion D plan24A will have to B had to C would have to D have to25A store B company C town D place26A at B in C with D for27A collecting B buying C seeking D selling28A improve B cut C raise D keep29A therefore B however C otherwise D and so30A pay B improvement C raises D rise31A w

14、orkers B secretary C machines D products32A smiled B sighed C rang D thought33 A George B Manley C The factory D The company34A unless B until C if Deven if35A over B finished C endless D settled III阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 AOne of the qualities that most people ad

15、mire in others is the willingness to admit ones mistakesIt is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like “I was wrong about that,” and it is even harder to say, “I was wrong, and you were right about that” I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake

16、fifteen years agoHe told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons（纸箱）Then he talked of an accident and I began to remember the incident he was describingI was about eight years old at the time, and I ha

17、d gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shoppingOn that particular day, I must have found my way to the food department where the accident took placeThere must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was a big show of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartonsThe cart

18、ons were put three or four feet high I must have stopped in front of them to admire the showJust then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the pile of cartons For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the cartons back together, so I went to workThe manager heard the noise

19、 and came pushing over to see what had happenedWhen he appeared, I was on my knees checking some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the person who was to blame He scolded me loudly and wanted me to pay for those broken eggsMy face turned red an

20、d I tried to explain, but it did no good Even though I quickly forgot the incident, the manager did not36How old was the author when he wrote this article A About 8 years old B About 18 years old C About 23 years old D About 15 years old37Who was to blame for knocking off the pile of cartons A The a

21、uthor B The manager C A woman D The authors mother38Which of the following statements is NOT true A The woman who knocked off the pile of cartons was seriously scolded by the manager B The author was loudly scolded by the manager C The author didnt remember the incident until the manager talked of i

22、t D It was the author who put the cartons back together39The tone of the article expresses the authors A anger to the manager for his wrong doing B admiration for the managers willingness to admit his mistake C dissatisfaction with the woman who knocked off the pile of cartons D regret for the mista

23、ke he had made in the store B Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer （扫盲志愿者）The training I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however When I began to discover what other peoples lives were like because they could

24、 not read, I realized the true importance of readingMy first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of threeIn the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didnt know which bus to takeWhen I told her I would get her a bus schedule（时刻表）

25、she told me it would not help because she could not read itShe said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldnt always remember what she neededSince she didnt know words, she could not write out a shopping listAlso, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the p

26、roduct had a different label （标识）, she would not recognize it as the product she wantedAs we worked together, learning how to read built Maries self-confidence（自信心），which encouraged her to continue in her studiesShe began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarketAft

27、er this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his readingShe sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime storiesWhen his eyes became wide with excitement as

28、 she read, pride was written all over her face, and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid offAs she described this experience, I was proud of myself as wellI found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before As a l

29、iteracy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping othersIn fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did40What did the author do last summerA She worked in the supermarket B She gave single mothers the help they neededC She helped someone to learn to readD She w

30、ent to a training program to help a literacy volunteer41Why didnt Marie go to the supermarket by bus at firstA She liked to walk to the supermarketB She lived far away from the bus stopC She couldnt afford the bus ticketD She couldnt find the right bus42How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted

31、 in the supermarketA She knew where the goods were in the supermarketB She managed to find the goods by their looksC She asked others to take her to the right placeD She remembered the names of the goods43Which of the following statements is TRUE about MarieA Marie could do things she had not been a

32、ble to do beforeB Marie was able to read stories with the help of her sonC Marie decided to continue her studies in schoolD Marie paid for her own lessonsC Smokers who want to kick the habit might soon get help from a product thats being tested at the University of Buffalo of dental medicine: a mout

33、hwash that makes cigarettes taste badIt could be on the market within a yearThe anti-smoking rinse itself tastes rather pleasant But if you light up within six to eight hours of drinking it, your cigarette will taste like burnt rubber and you wont smoke past the first puff, explains DrSebastian Cian

34、cio, director of the center for Dental Studies at the University of BuffaloMetal ions（离子）are what makes it taste bad to smokers, he addsCiancio is heading up a pilot study in which ten smokers, each of whom normally smoke at least a pack of cigarettes a day, are rinsing their mouths three times dail

35、y with the anti-smoking solutionAnother ten are getting a placebo（无效对照剂） Before this study, only the inventor had tested the anti-smoking rinse a chemist who does not wish to be identified and a few of his friends, who say it enabled them to quit smokingAnd Ciancio has no shortage of volunteers: The

36、 waiting list to take part in the study is already full“People are desperate,” he says“If the pilot study is successful, it will be expanded” Not only might the patented formulation（获得专利的配方）help give up smoking, Ciancio adds, but it also appears to reduce plaque（牙斑），gingivitis（牙龈炎）and halitosis（口臭）

37、Manufacturing the rinse, he estimates, would cost nearly the same as ordinary mouthwashes44The underlined word “rinse” in Paragraph 2 probably means A a type of cigarette B a certain sweet C a certain kind of food D a special liquid45Which of the following is TRUE about the anti-smoking rinseA It is

38、 said that some of the chemists friends have given up smoking because of itB No one wants to be tested C It is very popular with the smokersD It is allowed to be sold at the same price as ordinary mouthwashes46What does the writer mean by saying “People are desperate” in Paragraph 4?A People are suf

39、fering from the smoking habitB People are eager to do anything that can help them get rid of their smokingC People are disappointed with themselvesD People dont want to live any longer47Why does the writer write the passageA To describe a test B To advise people to buy the productC To introduce a ne

40、w product D To encourage smokers to give up smokingD Do you make more money than your parents do Will your children live better than you do now These are questions sociologists ask when they talk about social mobilitySocial mobility is the movement from one class or level of living to anotherMost Am

41、ericans are very concerned with upward mobilityUpward mobility is the improvement in a persons income, schooling, and classMost Americans try to live better than their parents didSociologists ask whether American institutions encourage upward mobilityThey ask whether America has an open-class system

42、 or a closed-class systemIn an open-class system, many people improve their living standardsIn a closed-class system, most people live at the same level their parents lived at Some sociologists think that America has an open-class systemThey point to unions that keep the wages and living standards o

43、f laborers highThey point to open door colleges that give children of poor parents a good educationOther sociologists think that America has a closed-class systemThey say that the wealthy can afford the very good schoolsThey add that racial and economic prejudice（偏见）keeps minorities from moving into

44、 better job positions48What is the best title for the passageA SociologistsB America An Open-Class SystemC A Look at Social MobilityD Racial and Economic Prejudice in America49Which of the following would NOT be an example of how an open-class system works?A A student from a poor family gets a free

45、college educationB A labor union gets a big pay increase for its workersC A young woman cant get a good job because she doesnt have the money to stay in schoolD 85 of the people in a country have an improvement in living standard50According to the passage, social mobility refers to A the movement fr

46、om one level of living to anotherB the improvement in a persons income, schooling and classC the existence of an open-class system in a societyD the existence of a closed-class system in a society51According to sociologists, what factor determines that American institutions support for upward mobili

47、tyA They adopt an open-class system B They adopt a closed-class systemC Minorities have chance for better job positions D None of the aboveE It seems strange that while three-quarters of the worlds surface is covered with water, getting an adequate（充足的）supply of it thats fresh, clean, and safe to us

48、e for drinking, cooking and washing, is one of the most important problems that face humanityMost of the earths water is salt water in the oceans, only three per cent is fresh and only a small part of that is possible to be usedIt may be trapped deep underground, and anyway unequally exist around th

49、e globe, so the happening of droughts and floodsOf the remaining fresh water, much is polluted and dangerous to use A large part of UNICEFs（联合国儿童基金会的）work is bringing safe water to people and educating them in basic health careSome diseases spread by polluted water are the most common causes of deat

50、h and illness in children under five in the developing worldAlthough water gives life, it can also carry some kinds of diseasea leading cause of blindness among childrenMosquitoes and flies that live near in water bring yellow fever, malaria (疟疾) and sleeping sickness, so good piped water supplies a

51、re needed to reduce the need for people to gather in such an areaIn the country, women and children spend a major part of their time going out to collect water, often walking many miles each day to provide just the limited family needs for cooking, washing and drinking And they cant carry much while

52、 walking over rough fields bearing heavy buckets Because children have to play their part in family life, and that includes getting water, they may be unable to go to school, or be so tired when they get there that they have difficulty learning They may even have to spend the day without a drink as

53、there may be not any clean water there, either Last year, UNICEF aimed to get almost 90,000 water systems set up, to benefit 20 million people, working where it is most badly needed, often just to ensure keeping aliveA well may mean the difference between life and death52What is the main reason for

54、the inadequate supply of fresh waterA Most of it is polluted B Most of it is almost impossible to getC Most of it is in the seas D Floods and droughts have taken place time and again53Which of the following statements is NOT trueA Water can spread diseases B There would be no life without waterC Wat

55、er has something to do with some childrens death and illnessD Some children become blind because of water54The purpose of this passage is to A inform the readers B comfort the readersC persuade the readers D frighten the readers55Children help to collect water because A they are not able to go to sc

56、hool B they have to spend the whole day without a drinkC they have difficulty learning D they must help their parents with houseworkIV短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）In order to prepare the exam, I bought a new dictionary One 56day, I forgot my bag with the dictionary inside it in the classroom 57for about t

57、wo hour When I went back, the bag was not there 58At first, I thought someone might have taken it by the mistake 59So I put up many missed notices, hoping the bag would 60be returned However, words came that the bag was found 61in the washing room and my loved dictionary had stolen 62I felt angry Ho

58、w can so a thing happen on the campus 63I suggest that the education department would pay more attention 64to students moral training 65V书面表达（满分25分）假定你昨天亲眼目睹了一起交通事故，请用英语写一篇简单的介绍。内容要点如下：1在十字路口，一骑车者加速闯红灯。2一辆汽车正好驶来，并从骑车者身上辗了过去。十分钟后，此人死于送往医院的途中。3造成交通事故频发的原因：一是车辆大量增加；二是有些人不遵守交通规则。注意：词数不少于100Key:15 BCAAB6

59、10 DBAAB 1115 CCBCC 1620BACAC 2125DBBCB 2630BDBCC 3135ABDAC 3640CCABC 4145DBADA 4650BCCCA 5155ABDAD 56prepare后加for 57forgotleft 58hourhours 59去掉the 60missedmissing 61wordsword 62had后加 been 63sosuch 64wouldshould或去掉would 65 One possible version: With the increase of cars and buses on the roads the nu

60、mber of traffic accidents is increasing rapidly these years Yesterday I saw with my own eyes a dreadful traffic accidentIt was at a crossingThe traffic light had turned redBut a man didnt stop his bicycleInstead, he rode his bike even fasterAt that time, a car was coming just in his wayIt was too la

61、te for him to realize the coming dangerThe car knocked him off the bike, then ran over himTen minutes later, the man died on the way to hospital Such dreadful accidents are common in large citiesBesides the increase of cars and buses, I think, another important cause is that some of us seldom obey the traffic rulesIve learned a lesson from yesterdays accident and hope that something must be done to prevent such accidents