十几年前，社会上就流传着这样一句话：未来几年人类必须掌握的三大技能是英语、驾驶、计算机。精品小编准备了高二下册英语期中复习题，具体请看以下内容。

1. content

adj. 满意的，满足的

vt. 使满意，满足

n. 内容;所包含之物

He is content despite his great poverty.

他虽然很穷，但很满足。

Can you tell me the content of the box?

你能告诉我盒子装的什么吗?

常用结构：

be/ feel content with=be satisfied /pleased with

对…… 满意

be content to do sth.满意/乐意做某事

content oneself with 使某人自己对……感到满足

As there is no bread, we must content ourselves with pancakes.

因为没有面包了，我们只好吃煎饼了。

—Are you content with your present salary?

你对你现在的工资满意吗?

—No, not at all. 不，一点也不满意。

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翻译句子

①你对你现在的生活满意吗?                           (原创)

②There is a table of contents at the front of the book.

答案: ① Are you content with your present life?

②书的前面有目录。

2. entertain

vt.&vi. 使欢乐;招待;款待

He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes.

他给我们讲故事、说笑话，让我们高兴了好几个小时。

We were all entertained by his humorous stories.

他的幽默故事使我们大家都很开心。

常用结构：

entertain sb.with sth.    用……使某人快乐

entertain sb. to sth.       用……招待/款待某人

I often entertain friends to dinner on Sundays.

我常在星期天请朋友们吃饭。

联想拓展

entertaining adj. 使人愉快的;有趣的

entertainment n. 款待;请客;娱乐;消遣

an entertaining story/guest 一个有趣的故事/客人

高手过招

完成句子                                                               (原创)

①这个孩子正在搭积木玩。

The child is                                his building blocks.

②那个镇上几乎没有娱乐设施。

few            in that town.

③这类机器人是为娱乐而设计的。

This type of robot is intended only                       .

答案: ①entertaining himself with ② There are; entertainments ③ for entertainment

3. failure

n.[U]失败;[C]失败的经历;失败的人或事

I became successful after many failures.

在多次失败后，我终于成功了。

The new restaurant was a failure and soon closed.

那家新饭店经营不善,不久便关门了。

联想拓展

反义词：success n.成功;成功的人或事

fail v.   失败;不及格

fail in  失败;不及格;不足;缺乏

fail to do sth. (表示否定)未能做某事;没有

I failed to persuade him.  我没能说服他。

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完成句子                                                               (原创)

①At last, he was                                (了不起的成功者), while she was  (失败者).

②I                        (不能)see why you find it so amusing.

答案: ① a great success;a failure ② fail to

4. convince

vt. 使确信;使信服

常用结构：

be convinced/sure of sth./that确信;坚信

convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事

convince sb. of sth./that  使某人相信……

We convinced Anne to go by train rather than plane.

我们说服安妮乘火车而不是乘飞机去。

It’s hard to convince my family that we can’t afford a new car. 很难让我的家人相信我们买不起新车。

联想拓展

convincing adj. 有说服力的;令人信服的

convinced adj. 感到信服的;相信的

convincible adj.可被说服的，可喻之以理的

be convinced of sth./that 相信……

I am convinced of his honesty.  我对他的诚实深信不疑。

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单项填空                                                          (原创)

①It will be very difficult to      them        our innocence.

A. convince; of                     B. believe; in

C. convince; about               D. believe; of

②He couldn’t       his father that John was telling the truth.

A. Convince                           B. believe

C. Admit                                 D. display

①解析：选A。convince sb. of sth.意为“使某人相信某事”，符合句意。

②解析：选A。按照句意：他无法使他父亲相信约翰说的是事实。convince 使信服，说服。常用于convince sb. of sth./that ...结构。believe不能用于believe sb. that ...结构;admit承认，允许进入，接纳;display陈列，展览，显示。

5. direct

vt. &vi. 导演;指示;指挥

adj.直接的;笔直的;坦率的

He directed many Shakespearean plays in London.

他在伦敦导演过许多莎士比亚的戏剧。

常用结构：

direct+ sb./ sth. +to do sth. 指示/命令某人/物做某事

Direct +that sb. (should) do sth.

sth. (should) be done

指示某人做某事(虚拟语气)

The general directed that an advance (should)be made the next morning. 将军命令部队第二天早上向前挺进。

联想拓展

directly  adv.直接地

direction  n. 指导;方向

易混辨析

direct/directly

direct 是指不停步，不绕道，直奔目的地。

directly是指一种直接的方式，着重对事物的直接影响，不着重实际、距离;表示时间，指立刻，不拖延。

We flew direct from London to New York.

我们直接从伦敦飞到纽约。

You will hear everything directly you come.

你一来就会听到所有的情况了。

高手过招

选词填空(direct/direction/directly)                       (原创)

①The next flight doesn’t go          to Paris，it goes by way of Rome.

②He refused to answer my questions          .

③We’ll come          we have finished.

④He drove in the            of the farm.

答案: ① direct ②  directly  ③directly  ④ direction