英语是联合国的工作语言之一，精品小编准备了高二英语下册单元课时质量测试题及答案，具体请看以下内容。

Ⅰ.单项填空

1.—What a shame!It turned out to be a failure.

—We missed a process，________ we could not succeed in the   experiment.

A.and otherwise　　　　　　 B.and therefore

C.or perhaps       D.but luckily

答案：B

2.Only guests of the hotel enjoy the ________ of using the private beach.

A.privilege      B.possibility

C.favor            D.advantage

答案：A

3.The criminal，as well as some ________ people，was arrested by the police yesterday.

A.relevant       B.skilled

C.released       D.lucky

答案：A

4.A live program on TV is calling on people to ________ money or some other things to the people who have suffered from the Sichuan earthquakes.

A.donate        B.lend

C.put         D.pay

答案：A

5.I ________ invite Mr.Green to the party that day，but he forgot it completely.

A.do         B.does

C.did        D.doing

答案：C

6.Good news!Maybe I ________ a job soon.I had an interview at an engineering firm yesterday.

A.has been offered     B.would be offered

C.will be offered     D.is offered

答案与解析：C　考查动词的时态。由soon可以看出，该题应该用一般将来时。如果不注意分析语境，受后面yesterday的干扰很容易误选B。

7.________ to tell him the news;he has been told of it.

A.There is no need     B.It is no need

C.You are no need      D.It needn't

答案与解析：A　此处表示“没有必要……”，need 是名词，因此用there be 句型。

8.The river, ________ the banks are covered with trees，is very long.

A.whose        B.which

C.of which       D.which of

答案：C

9.He is________ know the result of the examination and even can't eat or sleep well for that.

A.leading to       B.dying to

C.addicted to       D.accustomed to

答案与解析：B　由“他吃不下，睡不着”可知，他非常想知道考试结果，应选B项。be dying to do sth.“渴望、极想做某事”为固定搭配。

10.Some people can never go above 4,000 meters because their body is unable to ________ to those extreme conditions.

A.adopt       B.adjust

C.addict       D.access

答案与解析：B　adjust to“适应”。句意：一些人不能到超过(海拔)4,000米的高度，因为他们的身体不能适应那里极端的条件。adopt“采纳，收养”;addict“使上瘾”;access“接近”。

11.As the Beijing Olympics logo says，‘One world，One dream’，China has provided best services for the competitors and ________.

A.interpreters      B.receptionists

C.spectators      D.volunteers

答案与解析：C　spectator“观众”。句意：正如北京奥运会的口号“同一个世界，同一个梦想”所说的那样，中国已经向参赛者和观众提供了最好的服务。volunteer“志愿者”是提供服务的，而不是接受服务的，所以应该排除。interpreter“翻译员”，receptionist“招待员”。

12.Let's look up the word in the dictionary.Do you have one ________?

A.in hand       B.in need

C.at once       D.at your hands

答案与解析：A　in hand在手头上。句意：让我们在字典里查查这个单词吧，你手上有一本吗?in need“在危难中，在危机中”;at once“立刻，马上”;at your hands“在某人手下”。

13.The new couple spent some money for the  ________ of the furniture necessary for their new house.

A.distribution      B.manufacture

C.donation      D.purchase

答案与解析：D　purchase“购买”。句意：这对新婚夫妇花费了一些钱购买新房子里必需的家具。distribution“分配，分发”;manufacture“制造“;donation“捐赠”。

14.We were married on 20 May 1964，so every year we have a party on our ________.

A.congratulation     B.awareness

C.anniversary      D.operation

答案与解析：C　anniversary“周年纪念”。句意：我们是1964年5月20日结婚的，因此我们每年在结婚周年纪念日都要办一个聚会。congratulation“庆祝”;awareness“意识，知道”;operation“运转，操作”。

15.Never did we have to play“stand up”，“sit down”，“speak out”but I don't ________ one student who didn't try his best.

A.hear from      B.feel like

C.think about      D.know of

答案与解析：D　know of“知道，听说”。句意：我们没有必要练习“站“，“坐”。“说”，但我未听说有哪个学生不尽力的。A(收到……的来信)，B(想……)，C(考虑)，三项都不符合句意。

Ⅲ.阅读理解

In the middle of the first term of school，the entire seventh grade was tested for basic skills.Steve hurried through his tests，and continued to dream of other things.His heart was not in school，but in the woods.

One day，Miss White's impatient voice broke into his daydreams.“Steve!!Pay attention!”Steve turned to look at her，fixing his eyes on Miss White，as she began to go over the test results for the seventh grade.

“You all did pretty well，”she told the class，“except for one boy，and it breaks my heart to tell you this，but...”She hesitated，her eyes searching his face.“...The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!”She just stared at Steve.Steve dropped his eyes.

After that，it was war!!Steve still wouldn't do his homework.Even as the punishments became more severe，he remained stubborn.