1、第 1 页 共 19 页2011 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（全国卷）英语第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 单选填空（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）从 A、四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child be or she wants.A .however B .whatever C.whichever D.whenever21.-We could invite John and Barbara to the Friday ni
2、ght party.-Yes, ?Ill give them a call right now.A. why not B. What for C. why D. what 【答案】C【解析】考察时态。时态题目做题的关键在于把握动作或状态发生的时间。本题要填入的是一个状态，为 make no sense 无意义，那么这个状态发生的时间是什么时候呢？题目的下半句话说，很多事情在明年都会发生变化，暗示没有意义这个状态是跟现在有关的，说明现在过早的做计划是没有意义的，因此选择表示现在状态的一般现在时。句意为，过早的做计划是没有意义的，因为很多事情在明年都会发生变化。24.I wasnt sure if
3、 he was really interested or if he polite.A.was just being B.will just be C.had just been D.would just be 第 2 页 共 19 页25.-Someone wants you on the phone.- nobody knows I am here.A.Although B.And C.But D.So27The next thing he saw was smoke from behind the house.A.rose B.rising C. to rise D.risen29Whe
4、n Alice came to, she did not know how long she there.A.had been lying B.has been lying C.was lying D.has lain【答案】A第 3 页 共 19 页32They have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was delayed.A.will B.can C.must D.should【答案】D【解析】考察情态动词。shall 常用于第二、三人称主语后面表示说话人的意图。句子的意思为，他们应该在午饭的时间到达，但是航班却晚点了。根据句意应选 D。33
5、It is generally accepted that boy must learn to stand up and fight like man.A.a;a B.a;the C.the;the D.a;不填【答案】A【解析】考察冠词。句中冠词后的两个名词为 boy 和 man，皆为单数可数名词。句子的意思为，大家普遍认为，男孩必须站起来像男人一样去战斗。从句子的意思我们可以看出，boy 和 man 都是泛指，单数可数名词泛指应在名词前加不定冠词 a。34William found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight wa
6、s beginning to .A.disappear B.fall C.fail D.damage【答案】C第 4 页 共 19 页第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life,a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory_36_c
7、ourse about 20 years ago.The profedssor _37_the lecture hall,placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans（豆）, and inbited the students to _38_how many beans the jar contained.After _39_shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin,dry smile,announced the _40_ answer,and went
8、 on saying,”You have just _41_an important lesson about science.That is Never_42_ your own senses.”Twenty years later,the _43_could guess what the professor had in mind.He _44_himself,perhaps,as inviting his students to start an exciting _45_into an unknown worldInvisible（无形的） to the 46 ,which can b
9、e discovered only through scientific 47 .But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 48 the invitattion.She was just 49 to understand the world.And she 50 that her firsthand experience could be tne 51 .The professor,however,said that it was 52 .he was taking away her only 53 for knowing
10、 and was providing her with no substitute.“I remember feeling small and 54 ,”the women says,“and I did the only thing I could do.I 55 the course that afternoon,and I havent gone near science since.”第 5 页 共 19 页36A.art B.history C.science D.math37A.searched fo B.looked at C.got through D.marched into
11、38A.count B.guess C.report D.watch39A.warning B.giving C.turning away D.listening to40A.ready B.possible C.correct D.difficult41A.learned B.prepared C.taught D.taken42A.lose B.trust C.sharpen D.show43A.lecturer B.scientist C.speaker D.woman44A.described B.respected C.saw D.served45A.voyage B.movemen
12、t C.change D.rush46.A.professor B.eye C.knowledge D.light47.A.model B.senses C.spint D.methods48.A.hear B.make C.present D.refuse49.A.suggesting B.beginning C.pretending D.waiting50.A.believed B.doubted C.proved D.explained51. A.growth B.strength C.faith D.truth52.A.firm B.intersting C.wrong D.accep
13、table53.A.task B.tool C.success D.connection54.A.cruel B.pround C.frightened D.brave55.A.dropped B.started C.passed D.missed第 6 页 共 19 页march into 是含义是“行军、走过 ”。【解析】考查名词，学生对未知世界开启的是一次航程，而非“运动” 、 “改变”亦或者“匆忙冲进” ，于是选择 A。46.【答案】B【解析】考查名词，解题关键是 invisible，并且给出了中文注释。中文注释是必须关注的，给出中文注释的词未必是大家不认识的，但必须是解题的关键，本题
14、就是完全的体现，对于什么而言是无形的，形状自然是眼睛看到的，于是选择 B 本题难。47.【答案】D【解析】考查名词，因为我们说过三段开始由“二十年后”引出，说明前后段逻辑紧密，而前一段说明的事情是我们不能相信自己的感觉做科学，于是本题中能够发现那第 7 页 共 19 页个肉眼无法识别的无形未知世界的绝不是“感觉”或者“精神” ，排除 B、C；而model 的含义是“模型” ，显然的无关选项，排除；最终选择 D，科学的方法。48.【答案】A【解析】考查动词，even 是一个强烈的递进关系词，那么根据语义，相比不能接受这些邀请更加强烈的情况是不去听这些邀请。55.【答案】A【解析】考查动词，被教授
15、伤害后，我对这个科目能做的动作显然不是“开始学习”或者“通过” ，于是排除 B、C ；而 missed 的含义是“ 失去” ，无关选项；选择 A， “放弃” 。第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题：每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen milk arrived on the doorstepWhen I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering 第 8 页
16、 共 19 页milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldnt take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.Of course, he delivered more
17、 than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note-“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.All of this was about more than convenien
18、ce. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to out house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldnt freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen tab
19、le, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a de
20、livery service.Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch （门廊） . Every so often my sons friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship alon
21、g with his milk.56. Mr Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer_ to satisfy his curiosity _.A. to show his magical power. B. to pay for the delivery C. to satisfy his curiosity. D. to please his mother. 57. What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boys hou
22、se?A. He wanted to have tea t here. B. He was a respectable person.C. He was treated as a family member. D. He was fully trusted by the family.58. Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now. 第 9 页 共 19 页B. It has been driven out of the market.C. Its service is ge
23、tting poor. D. It is forbidden by law.59. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?A. He missed the good old days. B. He wanted to tell interesting stories.C. He missed it for his milk bottles. D. He planted flowers in it. BThe word advertising refers to any kind of public announcement tha
24、t brings products and Services to the attention 0f peopleThroughout history , advertising has been all effective way to promote(促进)the trading and selling of goodsIn the Middle Ages，merchants ants employed “town criers” to read public messages aloud to promote their goodsWhen printing was invented i
25、n the fifteenth century , pages of advertisements(ads)could be printed easily and were either hung in public places or put in books第 10 页 共 19 页By the end of the seventeenth century , when newspapers were beginning to be read by more People , printed materials became all important way to promote pro
26、ducts and servicesThe London Gazette was the first newspaper to set aside a place just for advertising .This was SO successful that by the end of the century several companies started businesses for the purpose of making newspaper ads for merchantsAdvertising spread quickly throughout the eighteenth
27、 centuryAd writers were starting to Pay more attention to the design of the ad textEverything，from clothes to drinks，was promoted with clever methods such as repetition of the firms name or product ,words organized in eye-Catching patterns，the use of pretty pictures and expressions easy to remember
28、Near the end of the nineteenth century ,companies that were devoted to the production of ads Came to be known as“advertising agencies(广告商) ”The agencies developed new ways to get people to think of themselves as members of a groupThroughout the twentieth century,advertising agencies promoted consume
29、rism(消费主义)as a way of life，spreading the belief that people could be happy only if they bought the“righ”products.60What was advertising like in the Middle Ages?AMerchants were employed to promote products BAd messages were shouted out in public placesCProduct information was included in booksDAd sig
30、ns were put up in towns61What does the word ”This” in Paragraph 2 refer to?AAdvertising in newspapersBIncluding pictures in adsCSelling goods in marketsDWorking with ad agencies62The l8th century advertising was special in its_A.growing spending Bprinting materialsCadvertising companies Dattractive
31、designs63 Which of the following might be the best title for the text?AThe Story of Advertising第 11 页 共 19 页Bne Value of Advertising DesignsCThe Role of Newspaper AdvertisingD The Development of Printing for AdvertisingCWhile small may be beautiful, tall is just plain uncomfortable it seems, particu
32、larly when it comes to staying in hotels and eating in restaurants.The Tall Persons Club Great Britain (TPCGB), which was formed six months ago to campaign for the needs of the tall, has turned its attention to hotels and restaurants. Beds that are too small, showe heads that are too low, and restau
33、rant tables with hardly any leg-room all make life difficult for those of above average height, it says.But it is not just the extra-tall whose needs are not being met. The average night of the population has been increasing ye the standard size of beds, doorways, and chairs has remained unchanged.“
34、The bedding industry says a bed should be six inches larger than the person using it, so even a king-size bed at 66(6 feet and 6 inches) is falling short for 25% of men, while the standard 63 bed caters for less than half of the male population.” Said TPCGB president Phil Heinricy, “seven-foot beds
35、would work fine.”Sililarly, restaurant tables can cause no end of problems. Small tables, which mean the long-legged have to sit a foot or so away from them, are enough to make tall customers go elsewhere.第 12 页 共 19 页Some have already taken note, however. At Queens Moat HousesCaledoman Hotl in Edin
36、burgh, 66beds are now put in as standard after requests for longer beds from taller visitors, particularly Americans.64. What is the purpose of the TPCGB campaign?A. To provide better services. B. To rebuild hotels and restaurants.C. To draw public attention to the needs of the tall.D. To attract mo
37、re people to become its members.65. Which of the following might be a bed of proper length according to Phil Heinricy?A. 72. B. 7 C. 66 D. 6366.What may happen to restaurants with small tables?A. They may lose some customers. B. They may start businesses elsewhere.C. They have to find easy chairs to
38、 match the tables.D. They have to provide enough space for the long-legged.67. What change has already been made in a hotel in Edinburgh?A. Tall people pay more for larger beds. B. 66beds have taken the place of 63beds.C. Special rooms are kept for Americans. D. Guest rooms are standardized.【解题导语】说明
39、文。主要讲述一个英国的高个子组织 TPCGP 在六个月以前向宾馆和酒店发起的针对高个子的一些特殊需求的活动。64. 答案 C 细节理解题。由第二段的 which was formed six months ago to campaign for the needs of the tall, has turned its attention to hotels and restaurants.可知 TPCGP 是为了让公众注意高个子的一些特殊需求。65. 答案 B 细节理解题。由倒数第三段 Said TPCGB president Phil Heinricy, “seven-foot beds
40、would work fine.”可知。66. 答案 A 推理题。由倒数第二段的内容可知，如果饭店使用小的桌子，自然就失去了高个子这样一类群体的顾客。选 A。第 13 页 共 19 页67. 答案 B。细节理解题。ACD 在文中均是无中生有，在文中无对应内容。由倒数第一段可知 66beds are now put in as standard after requests for longer beds from taller visitors, particularly Americans.B 项正确。DCassandra Feeley finds it hard to manage on
41、her husbands income. So this year she did something more than a hobby: She planted vegetables in her yard. For her fist garden, Ms Feeley has put in 15 tomato plants, and five rows of a variety of vegetables. The familys old farm house has become a chicken bourse ,its residents arriving next month.
42、Last year, Ms.Rita Gartin kept a small garden. This year she has made it much larger because, she said ,“The cost of everything is going up and I was looking to lose a few pounds too; so its a win-win situation all around.”They are among the growing number of Americans who, driven by higher living c
43、osts and a falling economy(经济), have taken up vegetable gardening for the first time. Other have increased the size of their existing gardens. Seed companies and garden shops say no since the 1970s have there been such an increase in interest in growing food at home. Now many gardens across the coun
44、try hacek been sold out for several months. In Austin, Tex., some of the gardens have a three-year waiting list.George C.Ball Jr, owner of a company, said sales of vegetable seeds and plants are up by 40%, over last year, double the average growth of last five years. Mr.Ball argues that some of the
45、reasons have been building for the last few years. The big one is striking use in me cost on food like bread and milk, together with the increases in the price of fruit and vegetables. Food prices have increase of higher oil price. People are driving less, taking fewer vacations, so there more time
46、to garden.68What does the word”residents”in Paragraph l probably refer to?A.chickens B.tomatoes Cgardens Dpeople69.By saying“a win-win situation all around”，MsGartin means that_.Ashe is happier and her garden biggerBshe may spend less and lose weightCshe is selling more and buying less第 14 页 共 19 页D
47、she has grown more varieties of vegetables70Why is vegetable gardening becoming increasingly popular?AMore Americans are doing it for fun BThe price of oil is lower than beforeCTheres a growing need for fruitsDThe cost of living is on the rise71Which of the following might be the best title for the
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