高二英语下册期中试卷
英语试题（普通班）
本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟 ；命题人 王晓玮
第一卷
第一部分：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.
1. People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and this____ creates further problems.
A. in turn B. in all C. in case D. in time
2. --- Look! Everything here is under construction.
---What’s the pretty small house that _______ for?
A. is being built B. has been built C. is built D. is building
3.Before making your speech, you’d better _____your thoughts and ideas.
A.collect B.gather C. get D. prepare
4. Whenever he was asked why he was late for class, he would answer carelessly, always ______ the same thing.
A. saying B. said C. to say D. having said
5 .—It’s been a wonderful evening. Thank you very much.
—_______.
A.My pleasure B.I’m glad to hear that
C.No,thanks D.It’s OK
6.This text_______ our understanding of the importance of estuaries(港湾).
A.devotes to B.offers
C.provides D.contributes to
7.----How long do you think it is ______he arrived here?
----No more than half a year, I believe.
A.when B.that C.before D. since
8. The frozen peas used for treatment ______.
A. aren’t fit to be eaten  B. are unfit for eating
C. aren’t fit to eat them  D. aren’t fit to eat
9. Don’t worry about it. ______ I’ll tell him the truth.
A. The moment he will come B. Immediately he came
C. On arriving here D. On his arrival
10. It is generally quite warm here in winter. But sometimes it ______ be very cold.
A. can   B. will    C. may   D. must
11.----It is said that our headmaster will adopt a new measure to rest the quality of the teachers.
---- ______that is the ______?
A.What if; case B.What about; thing C.What if; end D.How about; result
12. —I haven’t found any money though I’ve searched the drawer bottom up.
—Then, I’m afraid there is left.
A. nothing B. no one C. none D. neither


13．The two cakes are of _________ size, but the one they bought last week was twice ________ size of them.
A．the; the B．a; the C．a; a D．the; a
14. What do you think to make herself ?
A. Mary will say; believe B. will Mary say; believe
C. Mary will say; believed D. will Mary say; believe
15．Nearly all educators believe that a challenging situation can often _______ the best qualities of a person.
A．bring up B．bring about C．bring forward D．bring out
第二部分:完形填空 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，从短文后每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 16 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and 17 , but rather when he was weak and ill.
My father was 18 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible disease 19 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 20 . On night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started talking about 21 , and I told them about one of my 22 . I said that we must very often give things up 23 we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends—but it always 24 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 25 up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up 26 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. 27 , he answered his own question: “ I 28 the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also 29 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated（愤怒的）at someone, I 30 remember his words and become 31. If he could replace his great pain by a feeling of love for others, 32 I should be able to give up my small irritations. In this 33 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I 34 what other things I could have learned from him if I had
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