2021年山西省忻州市长征联校卢野中学高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. If it were not for the fact that she_sing, I would invite her to the party.A could not B should not C can not D might not参考答案：C略2. Linda is careless sometimes ,but _,she is a hard -working student.A. to tell you the truth B. believe it or notC. that is to say D. on te whole参考答案：D选D。Linda有时候很粗心，但一般来说，她是一个刻苦的学生。on the whole 基本上，大体上。3. Many professionals use speciallized terms to communicate ideas that are hard to explain in simple language.A. careful B. specific C. general D. frequent参考答案：B21.As soon as _ a new film was released, it became _ great hit in all big cinemas across the country. A. a; the B. the; a C. the;/ D. a; a参考答案：B略5. In front of the farmhouse _. A. a boy lay B. laid a boy C. lay a boy D. did a boy lie 参考答案：C6. Have your read the article A Dirty Beijing, which is about air pollution?Yes. Its highly informative. I _no idea that the PM2.5 there sometimes reached 300.A .have B. had C. will have D. would have参考答案：B7. When the minister came in, the two cheaters were sitting before the weaver, busily.A. pretending workingB. pretended having workedC. pretending to be workingD. pretended to have worked参考答案：C8. Bring an extra pencil with you _ something goes wrong with this one during the exam.A. in case B. in case of C. so that D. in order that 参考答案：A9. He hurried to the booking office only _ that all the tickets had been sold out. A to be told B to tell C telling D told参考答案：A10. Come on, please give me some ideas about the project. - Sorry. With so much work _, I almost break down. A .done B .doing C. to do D. being done参考答案：C11. Entering the garden, I found it _ with _ leaves.A. covering; fallen B. covered; falling C. covering; falling D. covered; fallen参考答案：D12. I have bought two ball pens , _ writes well.A. none of them B. neither of them C. neither of which D. none of which 参考答案：C13. Its supposed that _ miners live _ life full of danger.A. /; the B. /; a C. the; / D. the; a参考答案：B14. Its important for the figures _ regularly.A. to be updated B. to have been updated C. to update D. to have updated参考答案：A15. -I was really anxious about you.You shouldnt have left without a word. - _A.Why not? B.Really? C.I dont know . D. Im terribly sorry.参考答案：D16. Word comes _ free books will be given to _ come first in this book store Awhich; no matter who Bthat; anyone who Cwhich; whoever Dthat; those who参考答案：D略二、 填空17. 语法填空（每小题1.5分， 共15分 ）Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always s making new words and we should be able to know21 most words come from.Sometimes, however, no one may really know where 22 word comes form. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, 23 (especial) when they are not made 24 ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.They did not speak good English, 25 they ate good food. Some Americans saw the eating round pieces of beef. Never 26 they seen such ad strange way. They couldnt help 27 (ask) the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “we came from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He 28 his mind to do something new. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the men from Hamburg ate and sold it quite a few 29 (country) around the world.Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is 30 (interest).参考答案：三、 阅读理解18. When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines , Iowa , he told me about the only time he had been there . It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas , Texas . He also worked as a professor at SMU , and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease . She couldnt afford the operation because her family was poor.Her mother ran a boarding house in Galveston , a seaside town near Houston , Texas . She was cleaning out the attic (阁楼) one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript (手稿). On its top page were the words , “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story , and she sent it to her daughter at SMU , who showed it to my father . My father had never read the story before , but it sounded like O. Henry, and