云南省昆明市第十八中學2022-2023學年高二英語上學期期末試卷含解析一、選擇題1.——Welostthegameinthelastminute.

——______.Butluckily,youhaveenteredthenextround.A.Thatcouldn’tbeworse B.It’sapityC.Don’tmentionit D.Nevermind參考答案：B略2.Ifeelitisyourhusbandwho_______forthespoiledchild.

A.istoblameB.isgoingtoblame

C.istobeblamed

D.shouldblame參考答案：A3.Johnisvery_______

------ifhepromisestodosth.,he’lldoit.A.independent

B.confident

C.reliable

D.

flexible參考答案：C4.Mostofusfound______difficulttofinishtheworkinsuchashorttime.

A.this

B.which

C.what

D.it參考答案：D5.—IstheWhiteHouse_________toordinaryvisitors?—Ofcourse.A.adjustable

B.available

C.reasonable

D.accessible參考答案：D6.Wewereallsurprisedwhenhemadeitclearthathe____officesoon.A.leaves B.wouldleave C.left D.hadleft參考答案：B【詳解】考查時態。句意：當他表示他很快就會離職時候我們都很驚訝。根據“made”和“soon”可知，此處表示過去將要發生的動作，應該用過去將來時，故B項正確。7.Thisisanovel,but_________,itcanbelooked_________abiography.A.inotherwords,for

B.ontheotherhand,as

C.foronething,of

D.asamatteroffact,on參考答案：b略8.WhentalkingabouttheMid-autumnFestival,we______thinkofmooncakesandfamilyreunion.A.normally

B.practically

C.eventually

D.seemingly參考答案：A9.AninterestingsuggestionformeasuringtheatmospherearoundMarshasbeen_________,thusleadingaheateddiscussionamongthescientists.A.comeup

B.putforward

C.sweptup

D.accusedof參考答案：B10.1havespentallmylifelivinginmybrother'sshadow,______hardforanypossiblewaytoshowmyself.A.tosearch

B.havingsearched

C.beingsearched

D.searching參考答案：D11.Bothstudentsandparentsappreciatethegreatimportanceschoolshave_______toeyesightprotection.A.reacted

B.attended

C.attached

D.adapted參考答案：C【詳解】考查動詞短語。句意：學校對眼睛保護非常重視，對此學生和家長都非常贊賞。A.reacted反映；B.attended參加；C.attached附上；D.adapted適應。本句中，主句為Bothstudentsandparentsappreciatethegreatimportance；schoolshave________toeyesightprotection為定語從句，先行詞為importance，關系詞that在從句中作賓語，可以省略。attachimportanceto為固定短語，意為“重視……”。故選C。12.

Ican’tthankyou______foryourselflesshelp,withoutwhichIcouldn’thavesucceeded.

A.too

B.toomuch

C./

D.tooenough參考答案：B13._________,thatkindoffriedricesells__________.A.Tastedgood;well

B.Tastingwell;goodC.Tastinggood;well

D.Tastingwell;good參考答案：C26.——Why?Tom,yourshirtissodirty!

——Mum,I________myroomupstairsallthemorning.A.cleaned

B.havecleaned

C.wascleaning

D.havebeencleaning參考答案：D略15.--I’vegotacoughandthisplacehurts.I’mafraidofgettingadeadlydisease.--__________.We’llhaveyouexamined.A.Don’tmind

B.Youshouldlearntoprotectyourself

C.Keepcalm.You’llrecoversoon.

D.Takeiteasy參考答案：D31.Thistrainingprogramcangiveyoualiftatwork,________increaseyourincomeby40%.A.aswellas

B.solongas

C.somuchas

D.assoonas參考答案：A略17.Theyarestillverycautiousabout______sideeffectthenewmedicinewillbringabout,althoughtheexpertshavetrieditonabout2,000patients.A.which

B.that

C.where

D.what參考答案：D18.Themanagerwasunabletoattendthemeetingbuthesenthisassistantasa_____.A.comfort

B.substitute

C.favor

D.draft參考答案：B二、單詞拼寫19.單詞拼寫1．Thetheoryistoo

(抽象的)forustounderstand.2．Itisverydifficulttop

whatwillhappeninthefuture.3．Theartistscombineddifferentt

inthesamepainting.4．Itwastoohot，sotheoldmanmovedintothes

ofthetalltree.5．Itise

thatthepeoplepresentarenotinfavoroftheplan.6．Theyoungmandecidedtoa

anewmethodthistime.7．She

(企圖)totakeholdoftherope，butfailed.8．Theeyeisoneofthemost

(脆弱的)organsofthebody.9．Itis

(可笑的)ofyoutobeafraidofyourownshadow，whichfollowseverywhereyougowhenthereislight.10．Isthisprogrammeantfora

(特定的)age-group?參考答案：1.abstract2.predict3.techniques4.shadow5.evident6.adopt7.attempted8.delicate9.ridiculous10.specific三、閱讀理解20.閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。Englishisfastbecomingthelanguageofsciencearoundtheworld，butwhatisitsfutureamongeverydayspeakers?OneexpertpointsoutthatthepercentageofnativeEnglishspeakersisdeclining(降低)whilethelanguagesofotherrapidlygrowingregionsarebeingspokenbyincreasingnumbersofpeople.ButEnglishwillcontinuetoremainwidespreadandimportant.However，BritishlanguagescholarDavidGraddolsaysEnglishwillprobablydropindominance(主導)bythemiddleofthiscenturytorank，afterChinese，aboutequallywithArabic，Hindi，andUrdu."ThenumberofpeoplespeakingEnglishasafirstlanguagecontinuestorise，butitisn'trisingnearlyasfastasthenumbersofmanyotherlanguagesaroundtheworld，simplybecausethemainpopulationgrouphasbeenlargelyinthelessdevelopedcountrieswherelanguagesotherthanEnglishhavebeenspoken，"hesays.InarecentarticleinthejournalScience，Mr.Graddolnotedthatthreelanguagesthatarenotnearthetopofthelistofthemostwidelyspokennowmightbetheresoon.TheseareBengali，Tamil，andMalay，spokeninsouthandsoutheastAsia.DavidCrystal，theauthorofTheCambridgeEncycloρediaoftheEnglishLαηguage，saysabout1.5billionoftheworld'ssixbillionpeoplespeakitasasecondtonguecomparedtothe400millionnativespeakers.ButanotherexpertontheEnglishlanguagesaysMr.Graddolunderestimates(低估)thefutureofitsdominance."AlltheevidencesuggeststhattheEnglishlanguagesnowballisrollingdownahillandisgettingfaster，butnobodyquiteknowswhat'sgoingtohappenbecausenolanguagehasbeeninthispositionbefore."hesaid.71.InDavidGraddol'sopinion，Englishwill

.A.remainwidespreadandimportantB.bemoreimportantthananyotherlanguageC.loseitsdominantpositionD.dieawayinthenearfuture72.Theunderlinedsentenceinthelastparagraphimpliesthat

.A.snowballswillrolldownfasterthanlanguageballsB.theEnglishlanguage