广东省揭阳市揭西县2019-2020学年高二下学期测试卷（一）英语试题 6页

河婆中学高二英语测练卷（一） ‎ ‎ ‎ 语法填空专题训练 ‎（一）‎ While thousands of college students headed for warm climate to enjoy sun and fun during their week off from classes, seven local students had other plans.‎ The Northern Essex Community College (NECC) students and one of their teachers spent part of their spring reak in New York City, helping repair an area 1 (destroy) by the hurricane.“I wanted to see for myself what happened,” said Terry. “I couldn’t imagine 2 it is like to lose your home and everything that you know and the 3 (power) effect the hurricane had on those people. I wanted to do something, to understand their feeling of helplessness.”‎ The group headed into Brooklyn’s Red Hook district, which was hit hard by the hurricane. There they met people from other parts of the country, 4 had also volunteered to help. Together, those volunteers and the NECC students 5 (work) to clear rubbish out of a three-story building. They put on protective suits and gloves 6 they entered the building.Inside the building, the students saw nothing but broken walls and doors and pieces of the building 7 (lie) all over the place. The students returned to school with 8 sense of achievement, a feeling that 9 helped people in need. I was remarkable how a community lost so much and was still able to recover, and this left the deepest impression 10 the students.‎ ‎ （二）‎ I am going to tell you an 1.___________(believe) thing that this afternoon a poorly-dressed gentleman 2._______ a million pound bank note came into my restaurant. Nobody knew who he was. We wondered why he was so 3.________(hunger).　We found that he finished two 4._________(order) of food in a very limited time. We doubted 5.____ the man was able to pay the bill because the gentleman asked whether we would mind 6._______ (wait) for just a few minutes. Then ‎ we were shocked 7.________(see) that he took out of a letter and a million pound bank note.‎ ‎ I asked Mr. Clements if it 8.______(be) genuine. Mr. Clements said it was true because two of this amount had been issued by the Bank of England this year. He thought what the gentleman showed them couldn’t be a fake. Why a gentleman with a million pound bank note was in rags and 9._______(eat) in our small restaurant was 10.______ big puzzle to all the people there. I really couldn’t describe how excited I was.‎ ‎（三）‎ Thirty-two people watched Kitty Genovese 1.____________ (kill) right below their windows. She was 2. ________ (them) neighbor. Yet 3.________ of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police.‎ ‎ 河婆中学高二英语测练卷（一） 第1页共4页 ‎ John Barley and Bib Fatane went beyond the headlines to research into the 4.________ (reason) why people didn’t act. They found that a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has 5._________ (notice) that it is 6._____ emergency. Is the smoke coming into the room from a leak in the air conditioning? Is it “steam pipes”? Or is it 7._________(real) smoke from a fire? It’s not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency. Second, and 8.________(much) importantly, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally 9._____________(responsibility). He must feel that he must help, 10.____________ the person won’t get the help he needs.‎ ‎（四）‎ Today，after finishing dinner in town，my husband and I were driving back home.As we pulled over，we saw a neighbour couple painting their furniture.‎ I went inside our home, 1.__________(change) and then went back out again to ask our neighbours if they needed any help.While leaving my home, I was plagued(困扰) by thoughts of 2.__________(embarrass)，denial，or being received.3.__________，I gathered the courage to go down and ask 4.________，anyway!‎ Initially，the woman denied.Then，the man said，“Sure，”and he handed me a spray paint bottle.We got into some good conversations 5.__________ painting with great effort.When we finished，I briefly chatted with them before leaving.‎ In the end，not only 6.__________I enjoy helping them，but also I learned about my neighbours.7.______the way home，I must admit，I couldn't help but wonder 8.________ they might be thinking about me.9.______is tough to do a good deed for others and not expect that they will be thinking good about you.‎ Today's experience taught me some 10.________(value) lessons in my life！Hopefully，these lessons will help me continue my acts of kindness in future.‎ ‎（五）‎ The passage is about a letter written by Li Qiang who is taking 1.________ the prize that he won last year. At first he was nervous and 2.________(certain) about the journey. However，with Wang Ping's guiding，Li Qiang was transported into the future 3.________ (safe). ‎ Hit by a lack 4.________ fresh air，his head ached and he tried to make the necessary 5.________ (adjust) to this new situation. Soon he was back on his feet again and 6.________(fly) after Wang Ping in a hovering carriages 7.________ (drive) by computer. Arriving at Wang Ping's house，Li Qing was shown into a large room with a green wall 8.________ (make)of trees，9.________ leaves provided the room with oxygen.10.________ (exhaust)，Li Qing slid into bed and fell fast asleep.‎ ‎（六）‎ Two years ago, my son said he wanted to learn how to play the piano.I 1.________(buy) him a piano and employed a tutor to teach him.2._____ ___， half a year later, he lost his interest in the piano and no longer wanted to play it.My husband and I really didn't want him to give up, 3.________ we insisted that he should practice it every night.However, he didn't like that idea and often played the piano ‎ ‎ 河婆中学高二英语测练卷（一） 第2页共4页 ‎4.________(unwilling)．We couldn't think of a good way to persuade him.‎ One night, an old man 5.________ lives downstairs came to us, 6.________ a box ‎ of candies in his hand.To our surprise, he said he wanted to thank my son.He went to my son and handed him 7.________ gift, saying, “I really want to thank you.Because of you, my wife and I can hear beautiful music every night.It 8.________(bring) us a lot of fun.” My son looked 9.________ (surprise) at first, and then he became very happy.‎ ‎10．________ (know) some people are enjoying his music made him want to play the piano well.From then on, he sat in front of the piano and practiced hard every night.‎ ‎（七）‎ When Jack was a small boy, he was once asked to give a speech about “A Big Challenge in My Life”．To talk before the whole class, he was 1.________(terrible) shy the moment he thought of so many eyes 2.________(stare) at him.He had no other 3.________(choice), though.First Jack was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for him because he was a good writer.But the hard part 4.________(lie) in his oral presentation, for it was not allowed to read from the paper.He had to give the speech from his memory 5.________ front of such a big audience!‎ A real trial began when Jack stood on the platform with his legs 6.________(tremble) and his mind blank.How much time had passed by, he didn't know.His listeners were still waiting patiently and without any signs of laughing.Gradually he found himself back, giving out his speech without much difficulty.After 7.________seemed to be a hundred years, he found the audience applauding.He made 8.________！ From then on, his fear of talking before the audience disappeared.Actually with his confidence 9.________(build) up, Jack now turns out to be a great speaker.　As we know, the greater difficulty we meet on our way to success, the 10.________ likely we will be to achieve our goals.‎ ‎（八）‎ A young man，while traveling through a desert，came across a spring of clear water.‎ ‎1．_____ water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder 2.________ had been his teacher.After a four－day journey, the young man 3.________ (present) the water to the old man.His teacher took a deep drink, smiled 4.________ (warm)，and thanked his student very much for the sweet water.The young man went home 5.________ a happy heart.‎ After the student left，the teacher let 6.________ student taste the water.He spit it out, 7.___(say) it was awful.Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container.He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful.Why did you pretend to like 8.________？”‎ The teacher replied, “You tasted the water.I tasted the gift.The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love.Nothing could be 9.______(sweet)．”‎ ‎　We understand this lesson best 10.____ we receive gifts of love from children.Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is ‎ appreciation.We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.‎ ‎ 河婆中学高二英语测练卷（一） 第3页共4页 ‎ 河婆中学高二英语测练卷一参考答案 ‎ 语法填空专题训练 ‎（一） 1. destroyed 2. what 3. powerful 4. who 5. worked ‎6. before 7. lying 8. a 9. they 10. on ‎（二）‎ 1. unbelievable 2.with 3.hungry 4.orders 5.if 6.waiting 7. to see 8. was 9.ate 10.a ‎（三）‎ 1. being killed 2.their 3. none 4.reasons 5. to notice 6.an 7.really8.more9.responsible 10.or/otherwise ‎（四）‎ ‎1.changed　2.embarrassment　3.However　4.them　5.when/while　6.did　7.On　8.what　9.It　10.valuable ‎ ‎（五）‎ ‎1.up　2.uncertain　3.safely　4.of　5.adjustment 6．flew　7.driven　8.made　9.whose　10.Exhausted ‎（六）‎ ‎1.bought　2.However　3.so　4.unwillingly　5.who 6．with　7.the　8.brings　9.surprised　10.Knowing ‎（七）‎ ‎1.terribly　2.staring　3.choices　4.lay　5.in 6．trembling　7.what　8.it　9.built　10.more ‎（八）‎ ‎1.The　2.who/that　3.presented　4.warmly 5．with　6.another　7.saying　8.it　9.sweeter　10.when ‎ 河婆中学高二英语测练卷（一） 第4页共4页