廣東省茂名市第十五高級中學高二英語期末試題含解析一、選擇題1.Heisworkinghardforfearthathe___.

A.

fails

B.

failed

C.

wouldfail

D.

fail參考答案：D2.-WhatdoyousupposemadeAlicesosad?-__________thecomputertest.A.Becauseshehadn’tpassed

B.Forshedidn’tpassC.Shefailedtopass

D.Herfailingtopass參考答案：D3.Theabilitytostoreknowledgemakescomputersdifferentfromeveryothermachine

invented.A．ever

B．thus

C．yet

D．as參考答案：A

4.Wewereabouttogooutforawalk______itbegantorain.A.while

B.before

C.as

D.when參考答案：D5.Thestudentcouldn’t______whattheteacherwastryingtoexplain.A.recognize

B.grasp

C.study

D.achieve參考答案：B6.Thereisinhiswords.Weshouldhaveatry.

A.something B.anythingC.nothing D.everything參考答案：A提示:考查不定代詞用法。句意:他話中有話,我們應試一試。something“某事,值得注意的事”。

7.

Whileshopping,peoplesometimescan’thelp______intobuyingsomethingtheydon’treallyneed.

A.topersuade

B.persuading

C.beingpersuaded

D.bepersuaded參考答案：C8._____nottomisstheflightat18:20,themanagersetoutfortheairportinahurry.A.Reminding

B.Reminded

C.Toremind

D.Havingreminded參考答案：B9.Joejustwantedtoplayajokeonher.Hedidnotmean____Sarah.

A.hurting

B.tohurt

C.hurted

D.hurts參考答案：B10.Ifyougotoasocialoccasioninanothercountry,______thatsocialrulescanbedifferent.A.remember

Btoremember

C.remembering

D.toberemembered參考答案：A11.Pollysaidthathedideverything______shecouldtocomforthissisterwhocriedafterbeingrefusedbyHarvard.

A.what

B.which

C.when

D.that參考答案：D12.Letmesaysorrytoher?Noway!Iwoulddie

Iapologizetoher!A.after

B.before

C.until

D.

while參考答案：B13.Tonyissaid________toNewYork，andnowheisstudyingmedicineinafamouscollegeinAmerica.A．havegone

B．tohavegone

C．going

D．togo參考答案：B14.Isitonlywhenyoufail_________youwillbeawareofyourmistakes?A.that

B.and

C.or

D.unless參考答案：A15.—Couldyouexplainittomeasecondtime?I’mafraidIcan’tfollowyou.—_____A.Isthatclear?

B.That’swhatImean.C.MaybeIcanshowyouwiththischart.

D.Youareveryslowindeed.參考答案：C16.Adoctorcanexpect_____atanyhourofthedayornight.A.calling

B.tocall

C.beingcalled

D.tobecalled參考答案：D解析：expect后跟不定式作賓語,call與doctor之間是被動關系。17.Wecanhardlybelievesuchayoungboy______travelaroundtheworldallbyhimself.A.may

B.need

C.should

D.must參考答案：C二、新的題型18.閱讀填句TopPoetryWritingTipsTip1：Poetryinvolveswork，restandplay.1Itinvolveshardwork，especiallyintheearlystagewhenyouaredecidingontheoverallformandtoneofthepoem，andgettingthebonesofitontothepage.Butwritingpoetryshouldbeaplayfulactivity，too.Havefunplayingaroundwiththelanguage，theideasandthemusicinsidethepoem.Tip2:

2Poetryhasbeendefinedas“thebestwordsintheirbestorder”．Chooseyourwordscarefullyfortheirsoundsandmeanings.Butpoetryisalsoaboutsilence.Justasthewhitespaceonthepageisneededtoshapethepatternofwords，thethoughtsthatareleftunsaid，thepauses，andthequiethintswilladdsomethingextratoyourpoem.3

Ifyouhavecreatedenoughsolidsteppingstonesinwordsandthoughts，thenthereaderwillfollowyoutotheendofthepoemwithoutfallingin.Tip3:

4Poetsoftenturntowritingapoemwhentheyexperienceastrongemotionandhavetheneedtoexpressit.Thereadingofotherpeople'spoetrycanalsogivecomfortorasensethatyouarenotaloneinhowyouarefeeling.Butbecarefulnottoswampyourpoemwithabstractemotionsanddon'ttellyourreadershowtothinkorfeel.Tip4：Writingpoetrycanbedifficulttostartandhardtoletgo.Itisoftendifficulttoknowhowtostartapoem，butthetrickistorecognizethebeginningsofthemineverydaylife.5

Theycanstartfromrememberingafunnyconversationthatyou'veoverheardatthebusstop，yesterday'snightmare，asecretyou'vebeentoldoraninterestingpostcardthatyounoticeinashop.Ifyoucatchyourselfthinkingaboutsomethingformorethanaminuteortwo，that'swhenyoureachforapenandsomepaperandstartjottingdownthoughts，wordsandphrases.A．Don'tbescaredofthegapsthatyouleave.B．Poetryneedsanemotionandacontrolofit.C．Poetryrequiresbothwordsandsilence.D．Writingagoodpoemrarelycomeseasily.E．Poetrysetsthesceneforreaderstostepinto.F．Poemsdon'thavetocomefromexcitingevents.G．Youmustwriteyourfeelingsandviewswithapassion.參考答案：DCABF[語篇解讀]這是一篇說明文。主要介紹了怎樣寫出優美的詩歌，詩歌需要有激情的語言，詩歌需要情感等。1．解析：從后面的Itinvolveshardwork，especiallyintheearlystage可知寫詩需要努力工作，尤其是在剛剛開始的階段，與D項寫出一首好詩不是輕而易舉的信息是一致的，因此選D。2．解析：這是總括全段的一個句子，結合本段的第二句話和第三句話，提到了words和silence，因此C項符合題意。3．解析：上文的句子強調了有的時候你的思想不需要暴露出來，不說出來，那些停頓，那些隱藏的暗示等都是寫詩需要的，因此不必害怕你的詩歌中留下的空白，因此選A。4．解析：這也是一個概括全段大意的句子，分析段落中的核心詞匯emotion，comfort，alone，abstractemotions等都與情感有關，因此選B，詩歌需要情感并且也需要控制情感。5．解析：結合上句中的everydaylife和下文舉出的在公共汽車站的例子和昨天的噩夢，你被告知的秘密等，這些都是很普通的事情，因此與F項詩歌不必來自于那些激動人心的事件的信息是一致的。三、閱讀理解19.Mostpaintersdiscoverastyleofpaintingthatisfitforthemandsticktothat,especiallyifpeopleadmiretheirpictures.ButPicasso,thegreatSpanishpainter,waslikeamanwhohadnotyetfoundhisownparticularstyleofpainting.Hekeptonstrugglingtofindtheperfectexpressiontillhisdeathin1973.SomeofPicasso'spaintingsarerich,softcolor1edandbeautiful.Othersareuglyandcruelandstrange.Butsuchpaintingsallowustoimaginethingsforourselves.Theyforceustosaytoourselves,“Whatdoesheseethatmakeshimpaintlikethat?”Andwebegintolookunderthesurfaceofthethingswesee.Picassopaintedthousandsofpicturesindifferentstyles.Sometimeshepaintedthenaturallookofthings.Sometimesheseemedtobreakthemapartandthrowthepiecesinourfaces.Heshoweduswhatthemindknowsaswellaswhattheeyessee.Attheageof90,heremainedascuriousabouttheworldashehadbeenwhenhewasyoung.Thatiswhypeoplehavecalledhim“theyoungestpainterintheworld.”28.TheuglycruelandstrangepaintingsbyPicasso_______.A.makeustrytonoticesomethinghiddeninthethingsB.allowustoaskquestionsaboutthem

C.forceustoquestionanythingweseeD.causeustothinkwhatPicassosawwasdifferentfromwhatwesee29.Theunderlinedsentence“Sometimesheseemedtobreakthemapartandthrowthepiecesinourfaces”me