高二英语下学期期中考试3
高二英语试卷
本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共100分，考试时间120分钟。
. 第一卷（共70分）
第一节：单项填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
1. The director’s new film turned out to be ____ failure, but as we know, success often comes after___ failure.
A. a; a B. x; x C. a; x D. x; a
2. Eating too much fat can ____ to heart disease and high blood pressure.
A. devote B. attend C. contribute D. turn
3. I was telling them about my travels when she _____ with her own story on her visits to Hawaii.
A. broke in B. broke out C. broke up D. broke down
4. ---I hear John has taken up his business in London.
---Really? He has no business ___ and I’m sure he’ll fail.
A. feeling B. idea C. sense D. opinion
5. Mr. Smith flew to New York this morning, his assistant ____him there next Saturday.
A. joining B. to join C. will join D. wants to join
6. The couple looked at the score that their __ son had got in the exam, ____.
A.disappointing; disappointed B. disappointed; disappointed
C. disappointed; disappointedly D. disappointing; disappointing
7. ---The boss expressed his satisfaction with your wonderful work.
----Really? I ____ better under more favorable conditions.
A.could do B. should do C. must have done D. could have done
8. The foreign friends you referred to ____ looking forward to _____ around our university.
A. are, being shown B. being, being shown
C. being, shown D. are, be shown
9. ― Why do you want to change your job?
― I’ve been _______ typing and _______ so many telephones every day.
A. tired of; answered B. tiring from; answered
C. tired of; answering D. tiring from; answering
10. ― Shall I ___ the raincoat?
― No hurry! Leave it ___ it is. It’s raining again.
A.put on; where B. put away; in the place C. put on; there D. put away; where
11. --- Where was it ___ the accident happened yesterday?
--- In front of the market.
A. when B. that C. which D. how
12. It was with great joy ___ he received the exciting news ____ his children had been found.
A. that; that B. which; that C. that; which D. that; x
13. His father sent him to Paris to study law, but ___ he developed his love for the theatre.
A. besides B. moreover C. instead D. therefore
14. ___ in diving suits, they walk around in this magic world.
A. Dressing B. Dressed C. Wearing D. To wear
15. The moment she came back, she __ to clean the kitchen.
A. set off B. set about C. set out D. set up
16. I found him sitting in his chair, completely_____ a magazine.
A. absorbing B. being absorbed in C. absorbed in D. absorbing in
17. You should go to the city in July, the best time ___ the South American winter cools off the city.
A. where B. when C. on which D. which
18. ---What can I do if the ship is caught in a storm or strikes submerged reefs? Oh, terrible!
----Don’t be so silly! With a (n) ____ captain, I can say that you’ll land on New York safe.
A. seasoned B. reasoned C. experiencing D. determined
19. It is possible to tell the time in day light ___ a cat’s eyes.
A. from looking at B. by looking into C. with looking at D. for looking upon
20.--It’s great that we’ll go on an organized trip tomorrow.
--But _____ tomorrow, we’d delay it.
A. It should rain B. Were it rain C. Would it rain D. Should it rain.
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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