高二英语下册开学考试卷

一、单项填空：每题1分，共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。
1. Our ancestors (祖先) celebrated___ birth of ___ child by giving red eggs.
A. the, a B. the, the C. /, a D. /, the
2. –I just hear that the tickets for tonight’s show have been sold out.
--Oh, no!___.
A. I don’t mind B. I knew it already
C. I was looking forward to that D. It’s not at all interesting
3. ____ was once regarded as impossible is very common today.
A. That B. Which C. What D. Who
4. Where there are small children around, it is necessary to put bottles of pills out of___.
A. hand B. reach C. hold D. place
5. I ___ him to take the job, but I didn’t succeed.
A. persuaded B. tried to advise
C. did my best to make D. tried to persuade
6. China is larger than ____ country in Africa.
A. any other B. any C. other D. the other
7. Americans eat ___ as they actually need every day.
A. twice protein as much B. protein as much twice
C. protein as twice much D. twice as much protein
8. ___ at the door before entering please.
A. Knock B. To knock C. knocking D. Knocked
9. Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely___ to the outside world.
A. having been lost B. to be lost C. lost D. losing
10. Look! There ____ a hill in front of the village in the painting.
A. stands B. be C. lives D. lies
11. Your plan will ___ a lot of money.
A. call at B. call on C. call for D. call up
12. –What made her mother so angry?
--___the exam.
A. Because she didn’t pass B. Her not passing
C. She didn’t pass D. Because her not passing
13. ___ the news of the victory in the newspaper, all people jumped with joy.
A. When read B. To read C. On reading D. On being read
14. If anything____ you, let me know first.
A. happens to B. is happened to C. happens on D. is happening
15. My heart was seriously___ by what he said yesterday.
A. injured B. wounded C. beaten D. hurt
二、完形填空：每题1分，共20分
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Anna lived on the side of a valley. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses 16 Anna’s were washed away. Anna’s house was high enough to escape the flood, but when the water had disappeared and the other houses were 17 there with no roof and no walls and all covered with 18 . Her house was 19 quite all right. 20 her house was small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, Anna took in one of the families that had lost 21 in the flood. She 22 her home with them until it was 23 for them to rebuild their house. Anna’s friends were 24 when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give 25 so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 26 .
“Well,” she 27 her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I 28 lived was very poor, because her husband had been 29 in the war and she had a lot of children, 30 I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas, so I’m going to 31 only one present for us.’ She came back 32 a girl who was 33 younger, and who had no parents. ‘Here is our presents,’ she said to her children. They were 34 to get such a present. The girl grew up as their sister. 35 was that present.”
16. A. down below B. just around C. next to D. above
17. A. rising B. appearing C. falling D. standing
18. A. water B. trees C. dust D. mud
19. A. just B. still C. yet D. already
20. A. So B. But C. Although D. Since
21. A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something
22. A. made B. found C. shared D. built
23. A. possible B. necessary C. important D. valuable
24. A. worried B. disappointed C.
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