高二英语上学期单元检测卷（M5U1）

命题人：曾健 审核人：严寿明

第一卷(选择题共115分)
第一部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题目，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1.----The woman biologist stayed in Africa studying wild animals for 13 years before she returned.
-----oh, dear! She ______ a lot of difficulties!
A. may go through B. might go through
C. ought to have gone through D. must have gone through
2. My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever; _____, he could neither eat nor sleep.
A. as a result B. after all
C. any way D. otherwise
3. Modern plastics can ____ very high and very low temperatures.
A. stand B. hold C. carry D. support
4. Bill was doing a lot of physical exercise to build up his________.
A. ability B. force C. strength D. mind
5. John was late for the business meeting because his flight had been ____ by a heavy storm.
A. kept B. stopped C. slowed D. delayed
6. There was nothing they could do______.
A. but wait　　　 B. except waiting
C. only to wait　 D. unless they waited
7. The number of deaths from heart disease will be reduced greatly if people ____ to eat more fruit and vegetables.
A. persuade B. will persuade C. be persuaded D. are persuaded
8. My mother always gets a bit ___if we don’t arrive when we say we will.
A. anxious B. ashamed C weak D. patient
_____ such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.
A. Having suffered B. suffering C. To suffer D. suffered
9. When we plan our vacation, mother often offers ____suggestions.
A. careful B. practical C. effective D. acceptable
10. I couldn’t ____. The line was busy.
A. go by B. go around C. get in D. get through
11. ----Go for a picnic this weekend, OK?
---- ______. I love getting close to nature.
A. I couldn’t agree more B.I afraid not.
C. I believe not D. I don’t think so.
12.The parents suggested ___ in the hotel room but their kids were anxious to camp out during the trip.
A. sleep B. to sleep C. sleeping D. having slept
13. It remains ________ whether Jim’ll be fit enough to play in the finals.
A. seen B. to be seen C. seeing D. to see
14. AIDS is said ______ the biggest health challenge to both men and women in that area over the past few years.
A. that it is B. to be C. that it has been D. to have been
15.—How about seeing the new movie at the theatre tonight?
— ________   ,but I’ve got to go over my notes for tomorrow's exam.
　　A. All right B. Sounds great
　　C.I can，t   D. No, I am terribly sorry


第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very 16 trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don't act in the 17 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, "I love you" is too 18 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine's Day is even more 19 Finally my father has a bad temper. When he's very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his 20 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside her.
"Mom, I have a question to ask you."
"What?"
"Is there love between you and Dad?"
My mother stopped her work and 21 her head with 22 in her eyes. She didn't answer immediately.
I was very 23 because I thought I had hurt her. I was 24 a great embarrassment and I didn't know what to do. But at last I heard my mother’s words:
"Susan," she said thoughtfully, "Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it 25 in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can 26 be seen anywhere
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