高二级英语科上期终考试题
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分32.5分) 略
第二部分：单项选择：（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21.After the meeting, I ________ to write a report on our next term’s work.
A. set about B. made off with C. set out D. set off
22.______ of the truth of the report, he told his colleagues about it.
A. Convinced B. Convincing C. To convince D. Having convinced
23. The students of the music school study________.
A. music but also some other subjects
B. some other subjects as well as music
C. no subjects but music
D. neither music nor some other subjects
24.---The boy said he could lift the heavy stone.
--- ______ is no doubt about that.
A. There B. It C. This D. What
25.That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but _______the police.
A. called in B. calling in C. call in D. to call in
26. The information you give in the application form is too ________. You should focus on something special about yourself.
A. common B. original C. ordinary D. general
27. With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ______ each year. A. is being washing away B. is being washed away
C. are washing away D. are being washed away
28.______ ice on the road, I told the driver to slow down.
A. There was B. There to be C. There being D. Being
29. She _______ go away when her old friend came to see her.
A. was going to B. would C. was about to D. was to
30. It took her ten years to ______ her publishing business.
A. take up B. put up C. build up D. bring up
31. When he left, he ______ a dark shirt.
A. had on B. put on C. in D. was dressing
32. Last year the number of death increased by 2%-5% _______the year before last.
A. comparing to B. comparing with C. to compare with D. compared with
33. That’s an unpleasant thing to say about your father after _____ he’s done for you. A. something B. anything C. all D. that
34. The winner of the Grand Slams said that he had owed his success to many people, his parents________.
A. after all B. by chance C. on purpose D. in particular
35. I have always been honest and straight forward, and it doesn’t matter ______ I’m talking to.
A. who is it B. who it is C. it is who D. it is whom

第三部分：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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