2021-2022学年湖南省邵阳市武冈第四中学高二英语下学期期末试题含解析
一、 选择题
1. — I heard that one of the middle school students died from overwork.
— Yes, ______ news came as ______ great shock.
A. the; /            B. the; a        C. /; a            D. /; /
参考答案：
B
略
2. He has three children,         are doctors.
      A．and two of whom  B．two of them                C．two of whom        D．two of which
参考答案：
C
略
3. Finally I ______ and accepted the job on their terms.
A. gave in    B. gave off
C. gave out    D. gave away
参考答案：
A
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：最后我让步了，按照他们的条件接受了这份工作。A. gave in让步；B. gave off释放；C. gave out分发；D. gave away泄露，崩溃。根据后一句按照他们的要求接受了工作，可推知是做出了让步，故选A。
4. The fact _______she had not said anything _______all of us.
A. what; surprised  B. what; was surprised  C. that; surprised  D. that; was surprised
参考答案：
C
5. What difference will it________ whether he knows or not?
A. have                                    B. make                        C.get                        D. take
参考答案：
B
6. He is smart, handsome, considerate and humorous, ________, I can’t speak too highly of him.
  A. in particular         B. at the same time       C. in a word       D. on the other hand
参考答案：
C
25. There being no witness on the spot, the police were delayed by the ________of information about the crime. 
A. analysis                          B. disappearance              C. absence                D. consideration 
参考答案：burden是什么意思
C
略
8. The famous dancer is busy preparing for the show that will be ____ in Europe this month.
A. put down                        B. put on                    C. put forward                    D. put out       
参考答案：
B
9. The local government expressed their thanks for the aid they           these days.
A. would receive    B. are receiving    C. have received    D. had received
参考答案：
D
10. Fast-food restaurants are ___________ all over the town.
A. springing up    B. bringing up
C. taking up    D. setting up
参考答案：
A
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：快餐店如雨后春笋般在这个镇上出现。A. springing up出现，涌现；B. bringing up抚养，培养；C. taking up占用，开始从事；D. setting up设立。此处指出现，涌现，故选A.
11. Gary was behaving as if nothing _______.
A. happened      B. has happened  C. had happened    D. will happen
参考答案：
C
12. While watching television, ________.
A. the doorbell rang                                        B. the doorbell rings
C. we heard the doorbell ring                   D. we heard the doorbell rings
参考答案：
C
13. Large quantities of water ____ for irrigation.
A. is needed     B. has needed  C. need  D. are needed
参考答案：
D
14. Mr.Lee felt _________ at the news that he might be charged with the ________murder of his wife.
A. frightening, attempting    B. frightened, attempted
C. frightening, attempted    D. frightened, attempting
参考答案：
B
15. He wrote many children’s books, nearly half of    published in the 1990s.
    A. whom            B. which                    C. them                    D. that
参考答案：
C
16. ---Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week.
---Sorry, sir, but I was ______ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam.
A．held up    B．put up
C．taken up    D．given up
参考答案：
A
试题分析：句意：--杰克，这是你这周第三次迟到了吧。--对不起，先生，我在路上遇到了交通阻塞结果被堵了15分钟。hold up阻挡； put up 举起； take up拿起，占据； give up放弃。根据句意故选A。
考点：考查动词短语的用法。
点评：本题难度适中。动词短语是高考常考的内容，需要考生平时的积累。不仅熟记它们的意义还要掌握它们的用法及区别。
即学即练：He has a very small room and most of the space is ______ by a grand piano.
A. held up      B. put up        C. taken up      D. given up
解析：C。句意：他有一个非常小的房间，里面放着一架大钢琴，占去了一大半地方。
二、 完型填空
17. A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life."_26_ teaches th
at he was right. Good friendship is just not easily _27_.
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for_28_friendship to _29_. However, there can be_30_disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.
To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to have it clear in our _31_ what kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or _32_ at arm's length? Do we want to _33_ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are _34_enough—and that' s all right. But at some point we need to 35 that our expectations are the same as our friends' expectations. The sharing of_36_experience _37_ our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it _38_be undertaken(进行) slowly and carried on only if there are _39_of interest and action in return.