高二英语上学期复习试题I
I单选：
1.— Since you like the fur coat so much, why not buy it?
— Well, I can't afford ______ coat.
A. that expensive a B. a that expensive
C. that an expensive D. an expensive that
2. ——How is it that you are late for class again?
——________.
A. By bus and then on foot B. It's quite all right
C. Because I missed the bus D. It's far from school
3. As we know, the sooner coastal populations are _____ a coming tsunami (海啸), the greater their chances of escaping.
A. used to B. informed with C. warned of D. known about
4. It was 2 hours’ wait by the time the announcement , saying my flight was
canceled.
A．had been made B．was made C．made D．was making
5. I told you that you shouldn't waste your time playing the computer games, _____?
A. didn't I B. did I C. should you D. shouldn't you
6. Always acting in a strange way, Einstein must have ___to people around to be mad.
A. shown B. imagined C. appeared D. thought
7. He never thought that they would choose him ______ captain of the football team though he was already in _____ late twenties.
A. /; his B. a; his C. the; the D. a; the
8. Mr. Green told his children to keep in _____ the rules of safety when they swam.
A. minds B. mind C. their minds D. their mind
9. _____ the reason may be, physicalpunishment to children is illegal(违法).
A. For whatever B. Whatever C. No matter how D. However
10. I don’t feel very well. I think I’m _____ with the flu.
A. going up B. dropped in C. getting in touch D. coming down
11. , the dancers practice hard to make their dreams come true .
A．Instead of being disabled B．Being disabled
C．Disabled as they are D．In case of being disabled
12. –Do you like swimming in a lake?
–_____. I think swimming in big rivers is a lot more interesting.
A.No problem B. Not so badly C.Probably not D.Not all that much
13. Understanding the culture habits of another nation, especially _____ containing as many as different subcultures as the United States, is a complex task.
A. the one B. one C. that D. those
14. During the voyage the sailor caught a deadly disease _____, in those days, medical science was helpless.
A. that B. which C. to which D. against which
15. The room is furnished _____.
A. with a modern furniture B. with a set of modern furniture
C. for a piece of modern furniture D. for some modern furniture
II. Cloze test.
May Paxton graduated from the Missouri School for the Deaf at Fulton near the year 1909. Three years later she went to 1 Dr. Katherine B. Richardson about becoming a nurse. Dr. Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City, Missouri. She had never 2 of a deaf nurse. Dr. Richardson told May that her pay would be very 3 and that the work would be difficult. 4 , May said that hard work did not frighten her. Dr. Richardson thought well of her, and 5 May as a student nurse.
Dr. Richardson never 6 her decision. In fact, she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf woman. The first was Miss Marian Finch of Aberdeen, South Dakota, who was 7 of hearing. The second was Miss Lillie “Bessie” Speaker of St. Joseph, Missouri. These three were called “the 8 angels(天使) of Mercy Hospital” during the time they worked there.
May and Marian did not 9 each other before Marian was hired by the hospital. When Marian first 10 to the hospital, Dr. Richardson introduced May to Marian. She showed them to the room they were to share. During the next two days, the two girls wrote 11 to each other. Finally, other 12 asked Marian if she knew that May was deaf. Marian ran to the bedroom and asked May in sign if she really was deaf. May answered in sign. Then, 13 the joke sunk in, the two girls burst into laughter.
May was always conscientious(认真的) about 14 orders. Only once did she disobey D
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