1、(六) 选修 6 (120分钟 150分),第卷 第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分45分) 第一节 单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分) 21. Set during the Cultural Revolution, Under the Hawthorn Tree(山楂树之恋)was _ from Ai Mis 2007 online novel, which is based on a true story. A. adopted B. adapted C. appealed D. attempted,【解析】选B。山楂树之恋改编自艾米2007年的网络小说。adapt改编,适
2、应;adopt采纳,收养;appeal吸引;attempt尝试。,22. Scottish singer Susan Boyle _ three different entries in the new Guinness World Records book recently. A. was given B. given C. has given D. has been given 【解析】选D。考查时态。句意:近期,苏格兰歌手苏珊鲍伊尔日前获得了三项“世界吉尼斯纪录”的确认。recently近来,多与现在完成时连用。Susan Boyle与give间为被动关系。,23. China toda
3、y renewed Googles _ to continue operating in the country, the search giant announced. A. licence B. potential C. range D. tendency 【解析】选A。句意:搜索行业巨头宣布,中国更新了谷歌的营业牌照,允许其在国内继续经营。licence营业执照;potential潜能;range范围;tendency趋势。,24. A man is being questioned in relation to the _ murder last night. A. advised B
4、. attended C. attempted D. admitted 【解析】选C。attempt企图;the attempted murder谋杀未遂案。advise建议;attend参加;admit承认。,25. This is not an economical way to get more water; _ , it is very expensive. A. in return B. on the other hand C. in a word D. on the contrary 【解析】选D。句意:这不是获取更多水的经济方式,相反,这样做很贵。on the contrary相
5、反;in return作为回报;on the other hand另一方面;in a word总之。,26. The government _ to the country to pay more attention to A/H1N1 flu. 2011海南师大附中模拟 A. appealed B. suggested C. called D. explained 【解析】选A。句意:政府呼吁国家要更多关注甲型H1N1流感。appeal to呼吁,吸引;suggest建议;call叫;explain解释。,27. Alice is kind, careful, energetic and h
6、as much experience of looking after children. In a word, she is very _ . A. comfortable B. flexible C. available D. reliable 【解析】选D。由上句描述可知爱丽丝很可靠(reliable)。comfortable舒适的;flexible灵活的;available可得到的。,28. We need to further develop renewable energy sources _ fossil fuels _ . 2011烟台模拟 A. until; are runn
7、ing out B. before; are run out C. after; have been run out D. before; run out 【解析】选D。句意:在化石燃料用完之前,我们需要进一步发展可再生能源。由句意可知用before;run out用完,耗尽,无被动语态。,29. _ the high price, demand for these cars is very high. A. Because of B. In spite of C. In case of D. Due to 【解析】选B。句意:尽管价格很高,但这些车的需求量依然很大。in spite of尽管
8、;because of因为;in case of一旦;due to因为。,30. _ we get on well with a number of people,we are usually friends with only a few. 2011黑龙江四校联考 A. While B. Since C. If D. As long as 【解析】选A。句意:尽管我们与许多人相处得也很好,但朋友就几个。while在此表示“虽然;尽管”。 since自从,因为;as long as只要。,31. Peter looked tired and a little absent-minded at
9、the meeting. He _ up too late. A. may stay B. could stay C. should have stayed D. must have stayed 【解析】选D。考查情态动词表推测。由上句可知,彼得熬夜应发生在过去。且在此表示推测。should have done本来应该做某事;must have done过去一定做了某事。,【举一反三】 What a pity! Considering his ability and experience, he _ better. A. need have done B. must have done C.
10、 can have done D. might have done 【解析】选D。句意:多遗憾呀!鉴于他的能力与经验,他本可以做得更好。might have done本来可以;can have done表示对过去事情的推测。,32. When _ different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities. A. compared B. comparing C. being compared D. having compared 【解析】选B。
11、句意:当比较不同的文化时,我们往往只注意到不同之处,而没有注意到很多相似之处。该句为状语从句的省略结构,完整形式为:When we are comparing different cultures, . . . 。,【方法技巧】状语从句的省略 状语从句的省略有以下几种情况: 1)在状语从句中如果主语与主句的主语一致,同时从句中又含有动词be则通常可省去从句中的主语和动词be,留下其余部分。,She stood at the gate as if (she was )waiting for someone. 她站在门口好像在等人。 The woman teacher hurriedly left
12、 the classroom as though (she was )angry. 这位女教师匆匆忙忙离开教室,好像生气了。 When (it is) heated, ice can turn into water. 冰经过加热能变成水。,2)若状语从句中主语是it,动词是系动词be,则通常可省去主语it及系动词be,留下其余部分。 Though (it was) cold,he still wore a shirt. 天气虽然冷,他仍然穿一件衬衫。 Come tomorrow if (it is) possible. 可能的话就明天来吧。,3)状语从句中的部分内容若与主句的部分内容相同,可将
13、从句中的此部分内容省去。 He has no money. If (he has) any,he will give us. 他没有钱,如果有,他会给我们的。 Some flowers shut up at night as if (they did this in order) to sleep. 有些花夜间收拢,好像是为了睡眠一样。,33. _ you are familiar with the authors ideas, try reading all the sections as quickly as you possibly can. A. Now that B. Ever si
14、nce C. So that D. As long as 【解析】选A。句意:既然你对作者的观点熟悉,就尽可能快地读完所有章节。now that既然;ever since自从;so that以至于;as long as只要。,34. Look at that old woman! She is looking around _ for help. She must be lost. A. socially B. accidentally C. desperately D. absolutely 【解析】选C。句意:看,那位老妇人正在拼命地环顾四周寻求帮助。她肯定迷路了。desperately拼
15、命地;socially社会地;accidentally偶然地;absolutely绝对地。,35. The growth of GDP in China will be largely slowed down in the next few years _ it mainly relies on the exploration of the resources available. A. for B. due to C. thanks to D. in that 【解析】选D。in that由于,与句意相符。for因为,前面应加逗号;due to与thanks to都表示原因,但to为介词,后
16、不能加句子。,第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满分30分)Last year, I was speaking at a gathering of wealthy male investors. The organizers posted the 36 of a survey showing that only a small percentage of wealthy men believed their wives spent too much. “What? ” 37 one participant. “Those guys have to be lying. ”,Ther
17、e is no reliable 38 of who spends more among the rich: men or women. Both will say the other is the 39 spender. A recent survey by Wilmington Trust, Campden Research and Relative Solutions proves the40. The companies polled 40 women (I know, that is more like a show of hands than survey), each with
18、a net worth of $25 million or more.,About half the respondents(受调查者) inherited(继承) their 41 , a quarter 42 it from their husbands and the other quarter earned it 43 . That is roughly in line with other surveys of 44 women and the source of their money. One interesting note: among the self-made women
19、, 90% got their money from owning a business, rather than 45 a salary.,As for 46 , almost all the women (90%) described their spending habits as “below their means”. The report on the survey said that is possibly 47 they do not view their extreme wealth as defining their success. “Women tend not to
20、spend as much as 48 and splash(洒落) their names all over the place, ” said one woman in the survey, describing her spending as conservative and her lifestyle as “below the radar”.,Many women also worried about wealth having 49 effects on their children and didnt want to spend lavishly(挥霍) to 50 a bad
21、 example. At the same time, 70% of the women said they “buy nice things when 51 ”. And 93. 5% of the women said they were responsible for making 52 on major purchases, which 53 that they do a lot of the big spending.,Of course, for truly major purchases a house in Aspen, Colo. , a Gulfstream plane,
22、a Feadship yacht the couple probably makes the decision 54 . But what about other 55 ? Do you think men or women do most of the high-end spending? 本文用调查的结果,说明只有很小一部分富翁认为自己的太太花钱太多。完成本题要结合现实生活中男女不同的花钱习惯。,36. A. results B. reasons C. times D. directions 【解析】选A。组织者公布了一项调查的结果(results),而不是原因(reasons),次数(t
23、imes),方向(directions)。 37. A. cried B. sighed C. shouted D. laughed 【解析】选C。有钱,但不显摆没人相信,故一位与会人士大叫道(shout):什么?那些家伙肯定在说谎。哭叫(cried),叹息(sighed),大笑(laughed),都不足以说明他的惊讶。,38. A. data B. measure C. division D. news 【解析】选B。目前还没有可靠的方法(measure)来评断富人堆里谁花钱更多:是男性还是女性。数据(data),分离(division),新闻(news)都不合句意。 39. A. bigg
24、est B. bigger C. smaller D. worse 【解析】选B。双方都会说对方是个较大的(bigger)花钱者。就两类人没法表示最大的(biggest),较少的(smaller)不符合常识,较坏的(worse)就更没道理了。,40. A. matter B. message C. point D. report 【解析】选C。由Wilmington Trust,Campden Research和Relative Solutions最近联手进行的一项调查证明了上述观点(point)。物质(matter),信息(message),报道(report)不符合题意。 41. A. s
25、pirit B. money C. habit D. cost 【解析】选B。约有一半的被调查者的财产(money)是继承而来,全文都说的是钱,而不是精神(spirit), 习惯(habit), 成本(cost)。,42. A. bought B. robbed C. got D. earned 【解析】选C。四分之一得(get)自丈夫,剩下的四分之一是自己赚的。根本不是买来的(buy),更不是抢来的(rob),后面才说的是自己挣来的(earn)。 43. A. itself B. herself C. ourselves D. themselves 【解析】选D。剩下的四分之一是自己(是多个
26、受调查者当然用themselves)赚的,而不能用它自己(itself),她自己(herself),我们自己(ourselves)。,44. A. wealthy B. poor C. ordinary D. honest 【解析】选A。这与我们对富有(wealthy)女性及其财富来源的调查基本相符。全是对有钱人的调查,而不是穷人(poor),普通人(ordinary),和诚实的人(honest)。 45. A. making B. earning C. taking D. spending 【解析】选B。90%是自己当老板开公司赚的,而不是靠挣(earn)工资得来的。不可能是开(make)工
27、资,带走(take)工资,花(spend)工资就更不对了。,46. A. buying B. wasting C. spending D. saving 【解析】选C。至于支出(spend),几乎所有女性(90%)都说自己的支出习惯是量入为出。前文说的是挣钱,这儿是说花钱,而不是买(buy),浪费(waste),节约(save)。,47. A. when B. if C. whether D. because 【解析】选D。调查报告中说,这可能是因为(because)她们并不认为自己的极大财富就是成功的全部意义所在。当时候(when),如果(if),是否(whether),明显不适合这儿的语意
28、。,48. A. women B. youths C. adults D. men 【解析】选D。女性往往没有男性(men)花钱多,也不会四处宣扬自己。全文都是拿男女相比,并不是女的和女的(women),年轻人(youth),还有成年人(adults)比。 49. A. serious B. good C. bad D. various 【解析】选C。很多女性也担心财富会对孩子造成不良(bad)影响,而不是严肃的(serious),好的(good),各种各样的(various)影响。,50. A. send B. set C. do D. give 【解析】选B。所以不希望乱花钱,以免给孩子树
29、立坏榜样(set an example是固定短语)。送(send),做(do),给(give)都不和an example搭配构成这个意思的短语。 51. A. necessary B. possible C. pleased D. anxious 【解析】选A。与此同时,70%的女性说,她们会在必要的(necessary)时候买好东西,而不是可能的(possible)时候,高兴的(pleased)时候,焦急的(anxious)时候。,52. A. plans B. decisions C. appointments D. suggestions 【解析】选B。有93. 5%的女性说,买大件的主
30、意(即是决定decisions)都是由她们决定,计划(plans),指定(appointments),建议(suggestions)都没有用这个更合理,因为是花钱购置东西,是一个行动的结果。,53. A. notices B. stresses C. implies D. intends 【解析】选C。这暗示(imply)她们经常花钱买大件。并没有直接这样说,故不是注意到(notice),强调说(stress),打算(intend)之意。,54. A. away B. together C. as well D. out 【解析】选B。当然,对于真正的大件比如在科罗拉多州买座房子,一架湾流(G
31、ulfstream)私人飞机,一艘Feadship游艇,夫妇两人可能会一起(together)作决定,根本不是远处(away),也一样(as well),出去(out)之意。,55. A. purchases B. effects C. differences D. examples 【解析】选A。不过买其他东西的时候呢?你认为是男性还是女性的高端花销更多?影响(effects),不同(differences),例子(examples)不符合逻辑。,第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分) (A)One day I was walking in a forest when I
32、was suddenly attacked by a butterfly many times beside a poolI was puzzled about it,laughing,and found it very funny. I stopped laughing when my attacker rushed at me again. He struck me in the chest with his head and body over and over again with all his,strength. This time,though,I stepped back se
33、veral paces to look the situation over. My attacker moved back as well to land on the ground He had a mate and she was dying on the ground. Sitting close beside her,he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate
34、,even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life so that I should have been careless enough to step on her,Now I knew why and what he was fighting for. So I carefully made my way around the pool to the other side of the path,t
35、hough it was only inches wide and extremely muddy. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mates safety justified itI couldnt do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those mome
36、nts to be with her,undisturbed,Since then,Ive always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge obstacles facing me. I use that butterflys courage as an inspiration and to remind myself that good things are worth fighting for 一只雄蝴蝶为了避免自己的伴侣的尸体被作者不小心踩上,不惜用自己的身体和性命去挑战比自己强大几千倍的
37、敌人,而作者被雄蝴蝶为爱献身的精神所感动,决定绕路而行,并在以后的生活中把蝴蝶的勇气作为激励自己的力量,去争取值得为之奋斗的美好的事物。,56. Why did the butterfly attack the writer again and again,then sat close beside the dying butterfly? A. Because the writer disturbed the love conversation between them. B. Because he was afraid the writer would be careless enough
38、 to step on the dying butterfly. C. Because the writer hurt his mate. D. Because he was sad about his mates death.,【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life so that I should have been careless enough to step on her. 可知。,57. The writer rewarded the br
39、ave butterfly for his courage by _ . A. saving his dying partner B. changing his direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasnt covered by water and mud C. walking on the more difficult side of the pool D. reminding himself that good things are worth fighting for,【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文章第三段倒数
40、第一、二句I couldnt do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her,undisturbed. 可知。,58. What does the underlined “it” indicate in the third paragraph? A. I carefully made my way around the pool to the other side of the
41、 path,though it was only inches wide and extremely muddy. B. He had truly earned those moments to be with her,undisturbed. C. The butterfly fought against me again and again. D. There was only one choice left for me.,【解析】选A。推理判断题。justify意为“证明正确”,作者认为雄蝴蝶为了伴侣的安全而攻击比自己强大几千倍的敌人的勇气给了自己正当的理由去绕路而行,可知it指后面作
42、者看到这一切后,决定绕道而行,尽管路很难走,但是是值得的。,59. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage? A. Although the butterfly attacked him again and again,he found it amazing and funny. B. The writer admired the butterflys courage. C. The writer thought the male butterfly was worth learning from. D. The writer
43、was very sad about the dying butterfly. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。本文只讲述了作者对这对蝴蝶爱情的感动和雄性蝴蝶勇气的敬佩,而没有提及他对the dying butterfly的感受。,(B) 2011天津模拟Eat healthier. Exercise twice a week. Read more books. Lose weight. We make the same resolutions(决心) every year, but most of us fail, dying out after only a few days or , at b
44、est, weeks. Even the most successful among us crash and burn when it comes to personal change. President-elect Barack Obama struggles to remove his cigarette habit.,Professionals who help people make changes in their lives suggest the change is determined not by ones surroundings, but ones mind. Beg
45、inning with small goals or steps usually leads to a bigger payoff later, they say. But they caution that the experience is different for everyone.,“People are more likely to make positive changes in their lives not only when their friends do, but when their friends of friends do, and when their frie
46、nds of friends of friends do, ” said Nicholas Christakis, a professor of medical sociology at Harvard University. “People are better able to make changes in their liveslose weight, quit smoking, become happywhen they do this with a large number of other people, and so taking advantage of your social
47、 network ties can result in a magnification of your own efforts. ”,Jhonny Augustin understands that well. His resolution for 2008 was to shed 30 pounds from his 237-pound frame. But the change didnt come easily. He said, “Im a huge procrastinator, I kept putting it off until tomorrow. I didnt get to
48、 do it until the summer. ” However, Augustin got inspired when he saw his older brother working out. Today, Augustin weighs 190 pounds.,“Of course, change can happen only if people dont set their expectations too high or try to tackle too many changes at once; one of the biggest mistakes we make is setting unrealistic goals, ”said Dalia Liera, a psychologist and associate professor of counseling and psychology at Lesley University. “You cant accomplish in a few weeks what you havent accomplished in a few years, ” said Liera. 你想做出改变吗?请关注文章中的方法。,