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高二英语单元测验题(Unit1—Unit2

I.单项选择(20分)
1. Your views on education are similar _______mine.
 A. in   B. with    C. as     D. to 
2. The sports meet _______ next week has been put off.
   A. held  B. being held  C. to held  D. to be held
3.  He has a lot of work ____today, so he can’t go with you.
 A. doing  B. to do    C. done  D. do
4. Where would you like to go, to the cinema or the theatre?
  It ____ to me.
 A. is not a difference   B. makes no difference
 C. is not different     D. makes not a difference
5. His speech turned ____ to be the most important on biology this year.
  A. out    B. off    C. on     D. in
6.  There is no _____in protesting. It won’t help.
 A. cause  B. need   C. point   D. law
7.  Only in this way ______ progress in your English.
  A. you make           B. can you make 
  C. you will be able to make   D. will you able to make
8. --Hello, can I speak to Braham here?
  --Oh, he is ___serving here, he has been ___because of his careless.
  A. no longer ; fired       B. no more, turned away
  C. not any longer; fined    D. not any more; blamed
9. --What do you think our ____thinks of you?
  --I have no idea. But it’s a matter whether I shall stay or leave.
  A. employee   B. employer   C. workmate  D. worker
10. To our delight, she quickly adapted herself ___the situation.
  A. with   B. of    C. to   D. into
11. People who are addicted ___drugs can not go without them for a few hours.
  A. in     B. for   C. of   D. to
12. The boy ___love with the toy the moment he saw it.
  A. came in  B. brought in  C. took in   D. fell in
13. The word “moon” is an ancient word _____ “month”.
   A. joined with  B. joined to  C. related with D. related to
14. Children are naturally ___about everything around them.
  A. curious   B. worried   C. interested  D. serious
15. --It is not right for him to give up his present job.
  --Well, I _____to change his mind but failed.
  A. got   B. came to    C. searched    D. sought

16. I didn’t mean _____ rude to you, but your delay(延误) meant _____ the opportunity.

A. be; miss         B. to be; to miss

C. to be; missing      D. being; missing

17. We don’t have many hats left. You have only five _____..

A. to choose   B. choose from C. to choose from  D. to be chosen from

18. The first textbooks ____ for teaching English as a foreign language came our in the 16th century.

A. having written  B. to be written   C. being written  D. written

19. The policeman put down the phone, _____ with a smile on his face.

A. satisfied      B. satisfying     C. to be satisfied     D. having satisfied

20. All the people _____ at the party were his supporters.

A. present      B. thankful      C. interested     D. important
II.完型填空( 30分)
  The famous scientist Albert Einstein died in1955. His   21   now is in the central state of Kansas of the U.S.A. It belongs to a retired   22_ doctor, Thomas Harvey.   23_ did this happen? And why?
  In the 1950s, Albert Einstein and Thomas Harvey _24  each other when they both lived in Princeton, New Jersey. Einstein was working at Princeton University  25  Doctor Harvey was working at Princeton Hospital. When Einstein died, Doctor Harvey was   26  to examine his body. It was then that he started to study __27  has become a long time examination of Einstein’s brain. His goal was to   28  some physical evidence (证据) of the scientist’s genius.
  Doctor Harvey, 29  , did not tell Einstein’s family that he  30  the great man’s brain. It was only later   31  the family learned of Doctor Harvey’s work. They did not   32  the idea at first. After Doctor Harvey explained his idea to them, they agreed to  _33__ him to study the brain. Doctor Harvey then asked   34  scientists to help. They cut the brain   35  three pieces. They marked each piece before placing it in containers   36  chemical formaldehyde (甲醛) to protect it. Doctor Harvey has been   37  Einstein’s brain since then. He has carried it with him as he moved from place to place. He has also lent parts of the brain to other scientists   38_  study.
  Only one researcher has found something  39  .A doctor at the University of California found that the left part of Einstein’s brain has more certain cells than _40_ . Such cells(细胞) are known to feed brain. She said this may mean that the cells could affect intelligence.
21 A body      B heart         C brain     D head
22 A actual      B chemical      C natural    D medical
23 A What      B How         C Who     D Which
24 A realized B recognized    C learned   D knew
25 A as         B because      C while     D since
26 A called on   B called at      C sent up    D sent off
27 A which      B how         C that      D what
28 A invent      B discover      C prove     D examine
29 A perhaps    B therefore      C thus      D however
30 A bought      B sold         C kept      D made
31 A that        B when         C before    D after
32 A hear of     B like          C suggest   D offer
33 A promise    B let           C have     D permit
34 A other two   B two other     C more two  D two another
35 A off     B by           C into      D about
36 A for        B about        C of       D with
37 A learning    B studying      C searching D selling
38 A for     B on           C into      D about
39 A easy       B difficult       C particular D common
40 A ever       B enough       C usual     D normal

III.阅读理解(10分)
Sometime in the next century, the familiar early-morning newspaper on the

front porch(走廊)will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read

to you. You will get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the

TV. An electronic voice will distribute (散布) stories about the latest events, guided

by a program that selects the type of news you want. You’ll even get to choose the

kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple

touch makes the entire text appear. Save it in your own personal computer file if you

like. These are among the predictions (预言) from communications experts working

on the newspapers of the future. Pictured as part of broader home-based media and

entertainment systems, computer newspapers would unite print and broadcast

reporting, offering news and analysis with video(视频)images of news events.
Most of the technology is available now, but convincing(使…明白)

more people that they don’t need paper to read a newspaper is the next step. But

resistance(抵抗) to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism(新

闻界. Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation realizes

that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making

the end of traditional newspapers unavailable.
 Despite technological advances, it could take decades(十年)to replace

newsprint with computer screens. It might take 30 to 40 years to complete the

changeover because newspapers have established(建立)financial interests in the paper

industry.
41. The best title of this passage is_____
A. Computer newspapers are well liked
B. New communications technology.
C. Newspapers are out of fashion.
D. Newspapers of the future will likely be on computer.
42. It might take 30 to 40 years for computer newspaper to replace the traditional

newspapers because____.
A. it is technologically impossible now.
B. computer newspapers are too expensive
C. traditional newspapers are easier to read
D. there is strong resistance from both the general population and professional journalists.
43. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of computer newspaper?
A. You can easily save information for future use.
B. They are very convenient to use
C. You can get more information from them quickly.
D. They are cheaper than traditional newspapers
44. Journalists are not eager to accept computer newspapers because___
A. they don’t know how to use computers
B. they think computer newspaper take too much time to read.
C. They have been trained to write for traditional newspapers
D. They think the new technology is bad.
45. We can infer from the passage that___.
A. all technologies are good 
B. all technologies will eventually replace old ones.
C. new technologies will eventually replace the old ones.
D. traditional newspapers are here to stay for another century.

IV.句型转换(20分)
1    A:Newspapers and other media do not only record what happens.
    B:  Newspapers and other media do _________ _________ simply record what happens.
2   A: Editors and reporters make decisions according to what they were informed about what events to report.
     B: Editors and reporters make ___________ decisions about what _________ ____________.
 3   A: A reporter begins by contacting the people who will be interviewed.
    B: A reporter begins by contacting the people _________ __________ ___________.
4    A: He didn’t give up, Hawking went on with his research, got his PHD. And he didn’t let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had dreamt of, either.
    B: Instead of giving up, Hawking went on with his research, got his PHD. ________ did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had dreamt of.
5    A: Yet two years had passed and I was not so much worse.
   B: Yet two years had __________ _________ and I was not ________much worse.
6    A: His unhappiness was so easily seen that anyone could see it.
    B: His unhappiness was so __________ that anyone could see it.
7    A: He looked carefully at the movement of the object for many years.
    B: He ____________ the movement of the object for many years.
8    A: The couple used up all their money to search for their son.
    B: The couple used up all their money to ________ their son.
9    A: The police let the man go after they found out that his DNA did not look exactly like the DNA they had got from the crime scene.
     B: The police let the man go after they found out that his DNA did not _________  the DNA they had got from the crime scene.

10      A: Did everybody think the earth was the center of the universe at that time?

B: ___________ __________ at that time __________ everybody _________ the earth was the center of the universe.

V.词形转换(注意大小写)(10分)
1.______________ (imagine) is more important than knowledge.
2. He is a _____________ (promise) student.
3. Hawking had an _____________ (cure) disease and was told he might die.
4. The man faced many _______________ (difficult).
5. He was interviewed by a journalist. That’s to say, he was asked questions as an ________________ ( interview).
6. I had nothing to do. I was ____________ (bore) and lonely.
7. Last Monday our class went on an ______________( organize) trip.
8. I have got _____________ (engage) to a very nice girl.
9. ______________ ( experience ) editors and reporters make the decisions.

10. They try to send the _____________(injure) boy to hospital.
VI.短文改错(10分)
  As the population of the world keeps on grow,   1.____________
it gets more and more difficult feed everyone. The     2.____________
United States is one of the lucky country because it   3.____________
grows enough food for itself and still has enough to    4.____________
export to another parts of the world. One reason for   5.____________
this is why the United States is a large country with    6.____________
different kind of climate. Most of the central part     7.____________
of the country is especial fit for raising grain .Wheat   8.____________
and corn are most important crops in this district. The  9.____________
USA exports millions of tons of grain in every year.    10.___________