效实中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

说明：本试卷共有7大题，共110分，考试时间100分钟。

I. 单项选择（每小题1分，共20分）

1. A person ________ with H7N9 viruses will be more likely to die of lung dysfunction.

A. developed B. infected C. injected D. progressed

2. Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed at least 3 people and injured more than 180 others, and currently FBI has figured out how it __________.

A. came up B. came out C. came across D. came about

3. —Was it under the tree _______ you were away talking to a friend?

—Sure. But when I got back there, the bike was gone.

A. that B. where C. which D. while

4. Since entry into high school the students have been ________ staying up late in the evening and getting up early in the morning.

A. admitted to B. allergic to C. accustomed to D. attached to

5. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity was so __________that few people could understand it at that time.

A. controversial B. religious C. abstract D. contradictory

6. I hate _______ in the winter when the weather is wet and freezing cold.

A. it B. that C. this D. one

7. Unfortunately, George cannot be with us today so I am pleased to accept this award _______ him.

A. in honor of B. take the place of C. on behalf of D. in favor of

8. ______with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.

A. Compare B. Comparing C. To compare D. Compared

9. —Do you think I can wear sports clothes for his wedding?

—No, sports clothes are not _________.

A. abnormal B. appropriate C. average D. accurate

10. With my money ________, I had to stop shopping and went back home.

A. ran out of B. ran out C. running out of D. running out

11. The accident ________ the death of 6 passengers was ________ the driver’s carelessness.

A. resulted from; led to B. resulting from; led to

C. resulted in; due to D. resulting in; due to

12. A lot of people as well as the president of the animal protection association ____________ experiments on animals.

A. are opposed to do B. oppose to doing

C. is opposed to doing D. oppose doing

13. Thank you for all your hard work last week. I don’t think we ______ it without you.

A. can manage B. could have managed

C. could manage D. can have managed

14. You are allowed to go out______ you promise to be back before 11 o'clock tonight.

A. so long as B. so far as C. as soon as D. as far as

15. Don’t be too general. Please give a ________suggestion on how to deal with this difficulty.

A. specific B. flexible C. delicate D. fragrant

16. Had it been possible I would have gone to the movies, but I _______ busy.

A. had been B. am C. was D. would be

17. Huge quantities of information ________available on the internet, but whether the information ________ reliable needs to be further proved.

A. is, is B. are, is C. is, are D. are, are

18. —Mary was being badly treated when John happened to pass by and helped her out.

—I think it was not a pure ________but had been well planned.

A. coincidence B. consequence C. incident D. contradiction

19. ______ having a busy schedule, Ariel Lin attended an environmental art exhibition.

A. Despite of B. In spite of C. Thanks to D. Even though

20. Which of the following is NOT right?

A. It was not until I reached London that I realized that my English was so poor.

B. Not until I reached London did I realize that my English was so poor.

C. I didn’t realize that my English was so poor until I reached London.

D. It was not until I reached London that did I realize that my English was so poor.

II. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

21. A. situation B. occasion C. ceremony D. meeting

22. A. game B. match C. contest D. competition

23. A. curious B. serious C. anxious D. generous

24. A. ordinary B. common C. fashionable D. popular

25. A. understood B. made C. shared D. recognized

26. A. word B. message C. letter D. reminder

27. A. clever B. simple C. attractive D. easy

28. A. exchanged B. changed C. expected D. received

29. A. After B. As C. While D. Before

30. A. wasting B. spending C. lasting D. taking

31. A. dropped B. visited C. forgot D. called

32. A. idea B. decision C. chance D. hope

33. A. call B. lace C. phone D. ring

34. A. preparation B. reason C. arrangement D. appointment

35. A. great B. perfect C. excellent D. smart

36. A. crisis B. conveniences C. customs D. services

37. A. about B. on C. in D. at

38. A. first B. last C. middle D. family

39. A. some B. no C. any D. little

40. A. wife B. husband C. parents D. children

III. 阅读理解（33分）（每小题1.5分）

A

William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered "little of childhood but its pain". In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family — both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry.???????? Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn't lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.???????? Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats's poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.???????? He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats's Death in 1939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines:???????? Earth, receive an honoured guest:??????? William Yeats is laid to rest.???????? Let the Irish vessel (船) lie??????? Emptied of its poetry.

41. Which of the following can describe Yeats's family?A. It filled Yeats's childhood with laughter.?

B. It was shocked by Yeats's choice.?

C. It was a typically wealthy family.?

D. It had an artistic atmosphere.?

42. According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats's life?

A. Yeats founded the first Irish theater.?

B. Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry.?

C. Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s.?

D. Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize.?

43. What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden's lines?

A. Envy B. Sympathy C. Emptiness D. Admiration

44. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Yeats's literary achievements B. Yeats's historical influence

C. Yeats's artistic ambition D. Yeats's national honor

B

To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely story the Christians (基督教徒) ever cooked up. For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil. So when Colu brought the tomato back from South America, a land mistakenly considered to be Eden, everyone jumped to the obvious conclusion. Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato was shut out of the door of Europeans.????????What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake, a plant that was thought to have come from Hell. What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots which looked like a dried-up human body occupied by evil spirits. Though the tomato and the man were quite different except that both had bright red or yellow fruit, the general population considered them one and the same, too terrible to touch.????????Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s most of the Western people continued to drag their feet. In the 1880s, the daughter of a well-known plant expert wrote that the most interesting part of an afternoon tea at her father's house had been the "introduction of this wonderful new fruit -- or is it a vegetable?" As late as the twentieth century some writers still classed tomatoes with mandrakes as an "evil fruit".????????But in the end tomatoes carried the day. The hero of the tomato was an American named Robert Johnson, and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 1820, people journeyed for hundreds of miles to watch him drop dead. "What are you afraid of?" he shouted. "I'll show you fools these things are good to eat!" Then he bit into the tomato. Some people fainted. But he survived and, according to a local story, set up a tomato-canning factory.45. The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because _______.

A. it made Christians evil B. it was the apple of Eden

C. it came from a forbidden land D. it was religiously unacceptable

46. What can we infer from the underlined part in Paragraph 3?

A. The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down.

B. There was little progress in the study of the tomato.

C. The tomato was still refused in most western countries.

D. Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato.

47. What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato publicly?

A. To make himself a hero.

B. To remove people's fear of the tomato.

C. To speed up the popularity of the tomato.

D. To persuade people to buy products from his factory.

48. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To challenge people