湖北省宜昌市长阳土家族自治县民族高级中学2022-2023学年高二英语月考试卷含解析
一、 选择题
1. There is never enough time to do everything, ______ there is always enough time to do the most important thing.
A. and B. but C. or D. so
参考答案:
B
2. It is a great for a person to be able to drive when he is seeking a job.
A. advantage B. chance C. fun D. importance
参考答案:
A
3. It _________ to him that he could turn to his friend for help when he got there.
A. meant B. supposed C. happened D. occurred
参考答案:
D
略
4. He found a purse on the seat and decided to return it to the owner, _______ with the address on the electricity bill.
A. started B. starting
C. having started D. to start
参考答案:
B
【详解】考查分词做状语。句意:在位置上他发现了一只钱包,决定把它归还给失主,于是就从电子账单上的地址开始。本句主语he与动词start构成主动关系,且谓语动词find和start几乎同时发生,所以使用现在分词的一般式starting做状语。故B项正确。
【点睛】分词做状语是分词用法的核心,关键在于找到动词和句子主语之间的主动被动关系。如果构成分词的动词与句子的主语构成主动关系,就使用现在分词做状语;当二者构成被动关系,使用过去分词做状语。如果分词的动作发生在谓语动词之前,就使用分词的完成式。如果分词与句子的主语没有关系,可以使用状语从句或者独立主格结构。
5. She _______ in Zhuzhou for ten years.
A. will work B. work C. was working D. has worked
参考答案:
D
6. The boy on the bed to his friend that a cock an egg yesterday.
A.lying; lied; laid B.lying; lay; lain C.lying; lied; lied D.lied; lying; laid
参考答案:
A
7. Between 1918 and 1938, many new stations were constructed,__________ were designed by an architect named Charles Holden.
A. the most famous of which B. the most famous of them
C. the most famous of whom D. and the most famous of which
参考答案:
A
8. ---- Have you ever been involved in an automobile accident ?
---- Only once. My car slid on a rainy night and went off the road. Fortunately I__my seatbelt.
A. was wearing B. wore C. have wore D. had worn
参考答案:
A
9. All the candidates are excellent, but I like the last one _____ —his experience is just what
we need at the moment.
A. in brief B. in total C. in advance D. in particular
参考答案:
D
10. --- ___to you __your great success ! –Thank you very much .
A. Celebrate ; for B. Congratulate ; on
C. Congratulation ; on D. Congratulations ; on
参考答案:
D
11. ________to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin.
A. Exposed B. Having exposed C. Being exposed D.After being exposed
参考答案:
C
12. The Shanghai World Expo is intended to achieve our common goal, world that is safer, cleaner and healthier than one we’re living in.
A. the, the B. a, / C. a, the D. the, /
参考答案:
C
13. —How about ________ Christmas evening party?
—I should say it was ________ success.
A. a; a B. the; a C. a; ¥ D. the; ¥
参考答案:
B
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14. ---Why, Jack, you look so tired.
---well, I _____ the house and I must finish the work tomorrow.
A. was painting B. will be painting C. have painted D. have been painting
参考答案:
D
略
15. By the time he was 50, he had become president of company.
A. /, an B. /, a C. a, an D. a, the
参考答案:
b
略
16. It was _________ Lily studied in America _________ she made a decision ________ she wanted to be an environmentalist.
A. that; when; that B. when; that; that
C. when; that; when D. that; that; when
参考答案:
B
17. The excellent collection in Metropolitan Museum of Art _________more than 5,000 years of civilization from many parts of the world.
A. ranges B. possesses C. covers D. exchanges
参考答案:
C
略
18. The police have ___________ tourists ___________ leaving the main tourist centers because they may get lost.
A. warned; against B. reminded; of
C. informed; of D. warned; of
参考答案:
A
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意:警方警告游客不要离开主要的旅游中心,因为他们可能会迷路。warn sb. against sth. 警告某人不要做某事;remind sb. of sth. 提醒某人某事;inform sb. of sth.通知某人某事;warn sb. of sth.警告某人某事。此处指警告某人不要做某事,故选A.
19. His strange behaviour ________ his father after he returned home.
A. upset B. pleased
C. discouraged D. disturbed
参考答案:
A
句意:他回到家里之后的奇怪行为使他父亲不安。upset在此作动词,表示“使不安”,符合句意。please“使高兴”; discourage“使泄气”; disturb“打扰”。
二、 书面表达
20. 读写任务(满分25分)
阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
The Elephant and the Fly
An elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A small fly came,flying and buzzing (嗡嗡叫) near his ear. The elephant waved it away with his long ears. Then the fly came again, and the elephant waved it away once more.
This was repeated several times. Then the elephant asked the fly, “Why are you so restless and noisy? Why can’t you stay for a while in one place? ”
The fly answered, “I am attracted to whatever I see, hear or smell. My five senses pull me constantly in all directions and I cannot resist them.What is your secret? How can you stay so calm and still?”
The elephant stopped eating and said, “My five senses do not rule my attention. Whatever I do, I get involved in it. Now that I am eating, I am completely absorbed in