1、辽宁省营口市普通高中高二上学期期末质量检测英语辽宁省营口市08-09学年普通高中高二上学期期末质量检测英 语 试 卷命题人： 戚忠辉 审校人： 岳营试卷说明：试卷分第卷和第卷两部分，第卷为选择题，第卷为非选择题，试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟.所有答案一律答在答题纸上，答在试卷上无效。第I卷 （选择题）第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A.B.C.D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。1. He is in _ control of the company. I mean, the company is in _ co
2、ntrol of him. A. the; / B. /; the C. the; the D. /; /2. He managed to finish the work in time _ his lack of experience. A. in spite B. although C. though D. despite3. Adam and Max hardly knew what to talk about: they had so little _. A. in public B. in return C. in common D. in reality4. The reason
3、_ he missed school this morning was _ he had to look after his sick mother.A. why; that B. because; why C. that; because D. which; that5. Had Tom studied harder, he _ the exam. A. must have got through B. would have got through C. would get through D. could get through6. It was really a _ experience
4、. Afterwards, everybody was very _. A. terrifying; shocking B. terrified; shocking C. terrifying; shocked D. terrified; shocked7. She ought to stop working; she has a headache because she _ too long. A. has been reading B. had read C. is reading D. read8. After class I took my classmates schoolbag b
5、y mistake, for it _ mine. A. is the same B. is similar to C. has connection with D. is resembled to9. Have you ever crossed the road to avoid_ someone you recognize? A. talking to B. to talk C. to talk to D. talking10.-Will you go skiing with me this winter vocation? - _. A. It all depend B. It depe
6、nds C. It is all depended D. It is all depending11. If you make every effort, your dream will _, and this _ all the people. A. be come true; is true to B. come true; is true of C. realize; is true for D. be realized; is true to12. There was plenty of time. He _. A. mustnt have hurried B. couldnt hav
7、e hurried C. must not hurry D. neednt have hurried13. _, there are 200 visitors to the exhibition every day. A. In average B. At average C. On average D. For average14. He hurried to the station only _ that the train had left. A. to have found B. finding C. found D. to find15. The white church _ the
8、 Yuan Dynasty. A. dates back B. dates back to C. dates from D. B or C第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1635各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Last summer, I traveled to Meixian County with my friends. It is a small county at the foot of Taibai Mount in Shanxi Province. We stayed there for one wee
9、k and I 16 my vacation because of the beautiful scenery at the top of the mountain.I will 17 forget the day when we climbed the main peak. The 18 in that area changes very quickly: it was sunny in the early morning when we set out, 19 it began to rain heavily when we were only halfway up.Soon, we we
10、re all 20 and some of us wanted to go home. They said, “There is nothing 21 here. We came to see the scenery, 22 the pouring rain!” However, the guide 23_ , “Since we have got wet already, why not just go on with our journey?”So we carried on up the mountain and, 24 we even noticed, the rain stopped
11、 and the sun was smiling again. When we reached the top of the peak, the view was unique (独特的).Up there, it was bright and clear. The sky was 25 and the air was fresh. The gentle wind made us feel cool. All the clouds were just like waves in the ocean, 26 and falling under our feet. We could only se
12、e the peaks of mountains, as if they were 27 floating sparsely (稀疏地) in the ocean. It was a really magical experience.While we were enjoying the scene, the guide said 28 , “You see, I knew that there would be no rain above the clouds.”It is 29 . While it may rain below the clouds, the sun is still t
13、here above them.You will never see the sun 30 you dont try your best to climb to the top of the mountain. If we had stopped and gone home when the rain was very heavy, we would never have seen the beautiful scenery 31 the clouds. I think this is also true in 32 .As the song says: “You wont see the r
14、ainbow unless you have gone through the thunder and storm.” I think in the 33 , whenever I have any difficulties in my life, I will remember the 34 from the top of Taibai Mount and the 35 which touched my heart deeply: There is no rain above the clouds.16. A. spentB. killedC. hadD. enjoyed17. A. eve
15、rB. neverC. certainlyD. perhaps18. A. weatherB. cloudC. skyD. scenery19. A. soB. whileC. butD. instead20. A. tiredB. hungryC. angryD. wet21. A. necessaryB. funC. importantD. instructive22. A. notB. noC. neverD. hardly23. A. suggestedB. orderedC. insistedD. advised24. A. whenB. beforeC. whileD. then2
16、5. A. darkB. greenC. blackD. blue26. A. jumpingB. droppingC. goingD. rising27. A. islandsB. fishC. animalsD. hills28. A. excitedB. proudlyC. angrilyD. happily29. A. falseB. a lieC. a guessD. true30. A. whenB. unlessC. ifD. while31. A. overB. onC. aboveD. under32. A. studyB. lifeC. real worldD. rest3
17、3. A. pastB. presentC. futureD. life34. A. weatherB. changeC. viewD. time35. A. sentenceB. phraseC. speechD. word第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。AIn China hes known as “the Flying Fish”; in America they call him “the Baltimore Bullet”.Whatever you call him, American swim
18、mer Michael Phelps looks destined to become a household name across the world after breaking the Olympic recode for most gold medals in a single Games. Phelpss total of eight holds in Beijing put him one ahead of compatriot ( a person who was born in the same country as somebody else ) Mark Spitzs p
19、revious tally (奖牌总数)set in 1972.Michael Phelps controlled the field in seven of his races and set an amazing seven world records in the process. He did, however, have one close shave (差一点输掉；死里逃生) in the 100m butterfly which he won by the smallest possible margin of just 0.01 seconds, and in another
20、he had to deal with a faulty pair of glasses for swimming.Now people are already calling him the greatest Olympian of all time. But what is it that makes Michael Phelps so good?A good place to start might be his physique. Phelps has the perfect body shape for a swimmer: his armspan is longer than hi
21、s height, he has very flexible joints, huge lungs, and his incredibly large feet (size 14 in the US, size 49 in China) act like flippers in the water.To feed his huge swimmers body, Phelps eats an astonishing 12,000 calories a day, six times the average for a man of his age.According to his coach, P
22、helps starts with a breakfast of champions: “Three fried egg sandwiches with cheese, tomatoes, fried onions and mayo, a five-egg omelette, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast and three pancakes with chocolate chips.”He then slips into a swimsuit which has been making waves in the world of
23、swimming. Designed by NASA, the American space agency, the suit is made of a special material which is said to help athletes swim 2% faster.Michael Phelps should be thankful to his mum, who first pushed him into swimming as a way of making friends, and who believed in him when one teacher said he wo
24、uld never be a success.Whatever the reason for his success, Phelps admits there was perhaps also a bit of luck involving in winning his eight medals.“I guess eight is a lucky number for me, too, now. The opening ceremony started on August 8, 2008. Maybe it was meant to be,” he said.36. Can you find
25、the closet meaning of the underlined phrase “destined to become” in the passage? A. meant to be B. pushedinto C. involved in D. believed in 37. What is the most important thing that makes Michael Phelps become the flying fish according to the passage?A. His perfect body shape as a swimmer. B. His go
26、od swimsuit.C. His mum. D. A bit of luck. 38. We can infer from the passage _.A. Phelps won eight gold medals in BeijingB. Phelps had something wrong with his eyes in one competitionC. Mark Spitz won six gold medalsD. Phelps is a man who eats a lot39. Which is the best title of the passage?A. An Ame
27、rican SwimmerB. Michael PhelpsC. The Flying FishD. Eight Gold Medals in the OlympicsB Xinhua Sept.25,2008 JIUQUAN, Gansu-China launched successfully its third manned spacecraft on Thursday with three astronauts on board to attempt the countrys first-ever space walk. The spaceship Shenzhou VII blaste
28、d off on a Long March II-F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province at 9:10pm.after a breathtaking countdown to another milestone on Chinas space journey. On board pilots Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng are expected to orbit the earth for t
29、hree days, when one of them will float out of the cabin about 343 kilometers above the earth. When they make it, China will become the third country in the world who is able to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA) in space following the former Soviet Union and the United States. President Hu Jintao
30、 watched the historic moment at the launch center, joined by Chinese experts and other work staff. Hu briefly met the trio astronauts before they entered the spacecraft Thursday afternoon, wishing them “a complete success in this glorious and sacred mission”. “During the mission, you will carry out
31、Chinas EVA with homemade EVA space suit, which is a great leap for Chinas space technology.” said Hu. Other tasks of the Shenzhou VII crew include the release of a small monitoring satellite and a trial of the data relay of the satellite Tianlian-I. If successful, the mission would be of great significance to the countrys future plans to build a space lab and a space station, said ZhangJianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project.
