2016高二英语期末考试,2016高二英语练习册答案：能力提升篇

一 单项填空 （从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的选项） 1. The rule demands that everyone ______ quiet in the school library. A. keeps B. keep C. will keep D. should be kept 2. Peter was lucky and escaped ______ because he was the one nearest to the door. A. to be caught B. catching C. to catch D. being caught 3. Our dog was missing for days but eventually it ______, looking a bit thinner than before. A. turned up B. turned to C. turned on D. turned down 4. George had come down ______ when his parents found him in a small village. A. to beg B. begging C. being begged D. to begging 5. Neil Armstrong had the ______ of being the first man to walk on the moon. A. administration B. distinction C. application D. explanation 6. There were not any track and field ______ for women in the Olympic Games until 1928. A. incidents B. accidents C. events D. affairs 7. He arrived at Washington D.C., where he ______ by one of his best friends. A. met B. has met C. was met D. is met 8. Hearing about World War II again brought back ______ memories for many people. A. peaceful B. painful C. cheerful D. skilful 9. To our great surprise, the seven-year-old girl ______ a story about a trip to the moon. A. was made up of B. made up C. was made from D. made for 10. —Excuse me, could you give me some paper ______? —Certainly. Here you are. A. to write B. writing C. to write on D. written

二 完形填空 I never believed in Santa Claus. None of us kids did. Mom and Dad 1 to let us believe in him. They couldn’t afford expensive 2, and they didn’t want us to think we weren’t as good as other kids who, on Christmas morning, 3 all kinds of toys under the tree that were supposedly (据说) left by Santa Claus. Dad lost his 4 after getting in an argument with his boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no 5 at all. On Christmas Eve, Dad 6 us kids out into the 7 night one by one. I had a blanket wrapped (缠绕) around me, and when it was my turn, I 8 to share it with Dad, but he said “No, thanks.” The 9 never bothered him. I sat next to Dad and we looked up at the sky. “10 your favorite star,” Dad said. He told me I could have it for ever. He said it was my 11 present. “You can’t give me a star!” I said. “No one 12 the stars.” “That’s right,” Dad said. “No one else owns them. You just have to claim (认领) it 13 anyone else does, like the fellow Columbus claimed America for Queen Isabella.” I thought about it and realized Dad was 14. “I want that one,” I said. “That’s Venus (金星). It is only a planet. It 15 only from reflected (反射的) light.” “I like it anyway,” I said. “It’s Christmas. You can have a(n) 16 if you want.” That evening over Christmas dinner, we all discussed outer space. We all 17 about the other kids who believed in Santa Claus and got 18 for Christmas but some cheap plastic toys. “19 from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long 20,” Dad said, “you’ll still have your stars.” 1. A. encouraged B. refused C. allowed D. followed 2. A. stars B. meals C. presents D. clothes 3. A. found B. bought C. brought D. sent 4. A. order B. job C. memory D. way 5. A. money B. dinner C. time D. chance 6. A. took B. pushed C. carried D. worked 7. A. cloudy B. noisy C. deserted D. warm 8. A. hated B. afforded C. decided D. offered 9. A. cold B. night C. problem D. difficulty 10. A. Watch out B. Leave out C. Look out D. Pick out 11. A. birthday B. Christmas C. wedding D. graduation 12. A. wishes B. wants C. likes D. owns 13. A. when B. as C. after D. before 14. A. right B. wrong C. sad D. sorry 15. A. rises B. shines C. moves D. comes 16. A. earth B. sun C. planet D. moon 17. A. laughed B. worried C. thought D. admired 18. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing 19. A. Hours B. Seconds C. Minutes D. Years 20. A. remembered B. forgotten C. missed D. left 三 阅读理解 Thirty workers at a Turkmenistan television network have been fired after a cockroach （蟑螂） was seen crawling （爬行） across the newsreader’s desk during a live broadcast, it has been reported. As the newsreader began the 9 pm news program, Vatan, viewers across the Central Asian country spotted something unusual crawling slowly across the studio table: a large brown cockroach. The program, complete with （连同） cockroach, was aired again at 11 pm that night. The national station was bombarded（炮轰） with calls from a large number of viewers, who said the cockroach’s guest appearance had put them off their dinner. It was only at 9 am the following day that horrified officials from Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Culture discovered the cockroach’s guest appearance. And they immediately informed the country’s president, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedo. The president was so horrified that he fired 30 workers from the station, the Guardian reports. The fired workers included journalists, directors, camera operators, and technical staff. 1. Thirty workers at the TV station were fired because ______. A. they didn’t work hard enough B. a big cockroach appeared on the screen C. there were too many workers at the station D. the station had reported something wrongly 2. The underlined word “spotted” (in Para. 2) can be replaced by ______. A. placed B. sent C. killed D. noticed 3. According to the text, the news program Vatan was broadcast ______. A. only once B. twice C. three times D. four times 4. The president heard about the cockroach’s appearance on TV ______. A. by watching the news program Vatan B. by visiting the main state TV station C. from officials of the Ministry of Culture D. from telephone calls made by viewers

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