2022年江苏省苏州市梅李中学高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析
一、 选择题
1. I notice Linda is often absent from school because of illness. _______ she is not so healthy as she used to be?
A. Why is it that B. Is it why that C. Why is D Is it why
参：
A
2. Potatoes turn green when ________ to light.
A. exposed B. are exposed C. being exposed D. to be exposed
参：
A
试题分析：考查非谓语动词。be exposed to遭受，暴露于…，这里的exposed可以看作 when they are exposed to the light的省略。因为句子中有when,while等这些词时，从句可以省略与主句相同的主语和be动词。是使显露的意思。故选A。
3. Whether the building in this area should be pulled down has remained ; people are still looking for other possible solutions. A. unchallenged B. relevant C. controversial D. contradictory
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C
试题分析：A未受到挑战的；不成问题的；未引起争论的；无异议的；B有关的，中肯的；相关联的；确切的；有重大意义[作用]的；D adj.矛盾的；反驳的；抗辩的；句义：这个地区的建筑物是否要被拆毁事关重大，人们仍然在寻找其他可能的解决方法。根据句义说明本句的relevant表示有重大意义的。故B正确。
4. —What do you think of the cars on the exhibition?
—Well, great. But I don't think much of __________ you've bought. A. that B. which C. one D. the one 参：
D
5. ________ you didn’t know was that I spent________ little time I had with my family.
A. That; that B. What; how C. What; what D. That; how 参： C
6. Michelle Obama said, “For Barack, success isn't about how much money you make; it's about the______ you make in people's lives.”
A. sense B. judgment C. way D. difference 参：
D
7. The manager considers it is important that everything _______ by weekend.
A. will complete; B. has completed C. be completed D. is completed 参：
C
8. There were more than five hundred competitors ________ part in the sports meet last week. A. took B. taken C. taking D. take 参： C 略
9. Although he knew little about the work done in the field, he succeeded ____other more experienced experimenters failed.
A. which B. that C. what D. where 参：
D
10. ---It is reported that several _________ teams will compete in the 4th World College Students Dragonboat Race ,which will be held in Taiyuan in June. ---I can’t wait to see.
A. controversial B. complicated C. consecutive D. competitive 参： D
11. —Can I come to ask for some advice at any time? — Yes, of course. _______
A. If you’re convenient. B. At your convenience. C. Don’t worry. D. Don’t mention it. 参： B
12. It is reported that _______ the young, with their parents working in distant cities, suffer from a sense of loneliness.
A. the most of B. the majority of C. the number of D. a large amount of 参： B
13. Nowadays when tourists pay a visit to Xi’an, _______ for them to take public transport.
A. there is very convenient B. it is very convenient C. there is very conveniently D. it is very conveniently
参：
B
略
14. Bo Xilai was charged _____ bribery and abuse of _______ power at the end of hearings held last month. A．of , / B．with, / C．for, the D．with, the 参：
B
15. Jack forgot to lock the door;__________ ,his computer was stolen by a thief.
A. in addition
B. in a word
C. as a consequence
D. in advance
参：
C
16. The test was to ______students’ ability rather than academic achievement
A．approve B．arrange C．assess D．assist
参：
C
17. _________properly, time is money in the bank. A. Used B. To use C. Using D. Use 参：
A
18. _____ a successful fish scientist, you need to have a curious mind and be able to work on your own.
A. Become B. To become C. Becoming D. Having become 参： B 略
二、 短文改错
19. 下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）， 并在其下面写上该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。ks5u
例如：It was very nice to get invention to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily I was completely the am free then, so I’ll t\\o say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around 8 pm in Friday evening. on Yesterday, when I visited my cousin, I find he went to the bathroom very often. He didn’t look like alright. “What is wrong about you?” I asked him. “I think I had too many milk this morning,” he said. I asked him how. He said, “My mother went to a supermarket yesterday afternoon. When she saw some milk on sale, she bought three big bottle. We had to finish all milk this morning because it was no longer fresh.” I knew what she meant. My aunt wanted to save some money through buy the cheap milk. I real don’t think she should have done that.
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Yesterday, when I visited my cousin, I find he went to the bathroom very often. He didn’t look found
like alright. “What is wrong about you?” I asked him. “I think I had too many milk this morning,” with much
he said. I asked him how. He said, “My mother went to a supermarket yesterday afternoon. why
When she saw some milk on sale, she bought three big bottle. We had to finish all∧milk this bottles the
morning because it was no longer fresh.” I knew what she meant. My aunt wanted to save some he
money through buy the cheap milk. I real don’t think she should have done that. buying really
三、 阅读理解
20. “If you talk to the plants, they will grow faster and the effect is even better if you’re a woman.” Researchers at Royal Horticultural Society carried out an experiment to find that the voice of a woman gardener makes plants grow faster.
The experiment lasted a month and by the end of the study scientists managed to discover that tomato plants grew up two inches taller when women gardeners talked to them instead of male. Sarah Darwin was the one making the plants registered the best growth. Her voice was the most
“inspiring” for plants than those of nine other gardeners when reading a passage from The Origin of Species. The great-great-granddaughter of the famous botanist(植物学家) Charles Darwin found that her plant grew about two inches taller than the plant of the best male gardener.
Colin Crosbie, Garden Superintendent at RHS, said that the finding cannot yet be explained. He assumes that women have a greater range of pitch（音高） and tone（音调） which might have a certain effect on the sound waves that reach the plant. “Sound waves are an environmental effect just like rain or light ,”said Mr Grosbie.
The study began in April at RHS Garden Wisley in Survey. Scientists started with open auditions(听力) for the people who were asked to record passages from John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer's Night Dream and Darwin's The Origin of Species.
Afterwards researchers selected a number of different voices and played them to 10 tomato plants during a period of a month. Each plant had headphones（耳机） connected to it. Through the headphones the sound waves could hit the plants. It was discovered that plants that “listened” to female voices on average grew taller by an inch in comparison to plants that heard male voices.
Miss Darwin said, “I think it is an honor to have a voice that can make tomatoes grow, and especially fitting because for a number of years I have been studying wild tomatoes from the Galapagos Island at the Natural History Museum in London.” 55．What does the passage talk about?
A. Plants enjoy men’s voices than women’s. B. A botanical experiment in a museum. C. Voice’s influence on plant growing.
D. Strange phenomenon（现象） at Royal Horticultural Society. 56．What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Plants need sound as well as rain and light. B. Sound is basic for the plant to grow. C. Sound has a good effect as rain or light does. D. Plants can’t live without sound, rain or light. 57．Sarah Darwin is most likely a (an)_____.
A. botanist B. gardener C. astronomer D. environmentalist 58．What can we learn from the passage?
A. The experiment ended in May. B. Scientist can explain the findings clearly.
C. Plants enjoy listening to the passages from masterpieces. D. The findings are of great importance to human beings.
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CCAA
