1、(限时30分钟).单项填空1Would you do me a favor to choose a wedding dress?Of course, but it is a matter of personal _.(2011济南市第二次教学质量调研)AconcernBsenseCstyle Dtaste解析:考查名词辨析。句意:“你能帮我挑选一套结婚礼服吗?”“当然啦,可这取决于个人品味。”a matter of sth.表示“取决于”。taste表示“(对衣服、饰品等的)鉴赏力,品位”,故选D。答案:D2It came as a great _ to the parents that th
2、eir son finally came back safe and sound.(2011潍坊市第一次教学质量调研)Afavor BsenseCrelief Drelaxation解析:考查名词辨析。句意:令他们欣慰不已的是他们的儿子最后安然无恙地回来了。relief表示“宽慰”。A项表示“偏爱”;B项表示“感觉”;D项表示“放松”,都不符合句意。答案:C3George was responsible for the accident because he didnt give a _ to other drivers.(2011烟台市第二次诊断)Anotice BmarkCsymbol D
3、signal解析:考查名词辨析。句意:乔治应对这场事故负责,因为他没给其他司机信号。notice公告,布告;mark记号;symbol标志,象征;signal信号,暗号。答案:D4With no better way to express feelings of love and _, its easy to see why everyone turns to a flower shop on Mothers Day.(2011临沂市质量检测)Aappreciation BinspirationCsatisfaction Dambition解析:考查名词辨析。句意:因为没有更好的表达爱和感恩的
4、方式,这就很容易明白为什么在母亲节大家都去花店。appreciation感激,欣赏;inspiration激励;satisfaction满足,满意;ambition抱负,野心。答案:A5I refuse to take any personal _ for the failure of the project. After all, Im not the person to be in charge.(2011枣庄高三调研)Ablame BerrorCfault Dadvantage解析:考查名词辨析。语境表示这个项目不是我负责,因此我不会接受对我的任何指责,用take the blame f
5、or sth.表示“负的责任”。blame在这里用作名词,表示“埋怨,责备,指责;(过错、失败等的)责任”。答案:A6You shouldnt take books out of the library without the _ of the assistant.(2011南昌二模)Aencouragement BapprovalCexplanation Dmanagement解析:考查名词辨析。句意:未经管理员同意,你不应该把书拿出图书馆。approval“同意,赞成”,符合题意。encouragement鼓励; explanation解释; management管理。答案:B7The F
6、oreign Ministry spokeswoman on Thursday urged Japan to stop making irresponsible _ over an incident in waters off the Diaoyu Islands.(2011东北四市第二次调研)Acomments BexplanationsCarguments Ddebates解析:考查名词辨析。A项意思是“评论,言论”,符合语意,即外交部发言人在星期四要求日本方面停止对钓鱼岛事件的不负责任的言论。B项意思是“解释”;C项意思是“争论”;D项意思是“辩论”。答案:A8The majority
7、of people in _ town strongly supported the plan to build _ playground for children.(2011宁夏六校联考)Aa; a Ba; theCthe; a Dthe; the解析:考查冠词。特指这个城镇的人,故第一个空应用定冠词;第二空,泛指“一个”操场,故选C。答案:C9She removed _ hat she was wearing and tried on _ black silk one.(2011河南部分重点中学联考)Aa; a Bthe; theCthe; a Da; the解析:考查冠词用法。hat后有
8、定语从句(that/which)she was wearing修饰,故第一个空用定冠词the,特指她戴的那顶帽子;第二个空格处泛指一顶黑色的丝质帽子,故用不定冠词a。答案:C10It is reported that China is developing _ emergency plan to solve _ traffic crisis in Beijing.(2011东北四市第二次调研)Athe; the Ban; 不填Can; the D不填; the解析:考查冠词。表示“一项应急方案”,表示泛指,因此第一个空用不定冠词,又因emergency以元音音素开头,故用an;特指北京的交通危
9、机,因此第二个空用定冠词the。故选C。答案:C11Excuse me, are you Amy, from Class 2, Grade 1?Sorry, Im not _ Amy from Class 2, Grade 1 but from Class 1, Grade 2. There are two Amys in my school.(2011安徽江南十校高三联考)Aa BanC不填 Dthe解析:考查冠词用法。这里表示“那个一年级二班的Amy”,是特指,所以用定冠词the。答案:D12He wants to see _ much stronger China within _ re
10、st of his life.(2011济南市第二次教学质量调研)A不填; a Ba; 不填Cthe; a Da; the解析:考查冠词。句意:他想在有生之年看到一个更加强大的中国。a much stronger China指一个更加强大的中国;the rest 表示“剩下的人(物)”,是固定用法,故用the。答案:D13Games, often seen as _ activity for children, are still important in _ development of teenagers.(2011烟台市第一次诊断)Athe; the Ban; theCan; 不填 Dt
11、he; 不填解析:考查冠词用法。句意:游戏经常被看做是孩子的活动,在青少年的发展过程中仍然很重要。activity是可数名词,此处表示泛指,因此用不定冠词an; development后有限定语,所以用定冠词表特指。答案:B14I need to get another dictionary, because _ cover is dirty and _ page is missing.(2011西城区4月一模)Aa; a Ba; theCthe; a Dthe; the解析:考查冠词用法。根据句意可知,第一空特指字典的封面,故用定冠词the;第二空处表示字典中缺少了“一”页,是泛指,用不定冠
12、词a。答案:C15Everybody has _ responsibility to save water, if future generations are to enjoy _ similar standard of living to the one we enjoy now.(2011盐城第一次调研)Athe; 不填 Ba; aC不填; the Da; the解析:考查冠词。have (a) responsibility to do sth.表示“有责任做某事”;a similar standard of living 表示“一个类似的生活水平”,因表泛指概念,故第二个空使用不定冠词
13、a。答案:B16.I need to advertise for a roommate for next term._? Mary is interested.(2011天津高考)AWhy bother BWhy notCSo what DWhat for解析:说话人想登广告找一个室友,根据答语的第二句“Mary is interested.”可知答话人认为对方“没必要那么麻烦”,故选A项。B项“(提出或赞同建议)为什么不呢”;C项“(认为某事无关紧要)那又怎么样”;D项“为何目的”,均不符合语境。答案:A17.Do you have Marys phone number? Sorry, _.
14、(2011重庆高考)AI dont know Bforget itChere you are DI cant remember it解析:对方询问是否有Mary的电话号码,答话人抱歉地回答说自己记不起来了。 故选D项。 假如选择A项, 意味着答话人不知道自己是否有她的电话号码,不合乎常理。 答案:D.完形填空(2011江苏启东中学摸底考试)Last night, my daughter and I printed out Smile Cards and attached a note to each card saying “Merry Christmas” and “Have a Happy
15、 New Year”. We decided to _18_ the cards into part of a neighborhood tag game, in which cards must be _19_ to someone else in the neighborhood with a piece of paper _20_ them Happy Holidays too.We _21_ plenty of cards around our neighbourhood in the dark so no one would see us.I was _22_ when I saw
16、my neighbor run up my driveway the next morning after her child got on her bus with a piece of paper in her hand. It was one of our Smile Cards we got one back! That afternoon when I was _23_ my mailbox, our eldest neighbor, maybe around 80 years old, _24_ at my mailbox with her friend. She said, “H
17、ere, honey, I have _25_ for you”, and then she _26_ me one of our “Smile Cards” and said “tag youre it”. We got another one back!I _27_ talking with her. She said she had one _28_ this Christmas, that she would be able to _29_ for her family this year, but _30_, she could not _31_ the ham on her fix
18、ed _32_. I told her I had something for her. I went in and _33_ a ham, a bag of potatoes and some cans of green beans, put them in a bag and gave them to her. She said, “I cant take this.” _34_ I insisted, “You tagged me, now here is me paying it forward, and you can tag someone else because now you
19、re it!”It felt so _35_ to help her. I know that when I sit to eat my Christmas dinner, she will be having hers with her _36_ like she wanted and that is a good _37_.语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。作者在圣诞节前通过一种游戏,在邻里之间传递祝愿,由此帮助邻居老太太实现了圣诞节心愿。18A.become BgrowCturn Dexchange解析:我们决定让这些卡片成为邻里之间游戏的一部分。turn sth. into(使某物)变成。答
20、案:C19A.found out Bhidden awayCthrown off Dpassed along解析:这些卡片在邻里之间传递。pass along “传递下去”,这里指“传递”给别人。find out找出,发现;hide away藏起来;throw off抛弃,摆脱。答案:D20A.wishing BpromotingCproviding Drecommending解析:根据后面的Happy Holidays too可知是表达“祝愿”,所以用wishing。too也是该题的突破口。答案:A21A.published BdeliveredCplayed Dcollected解析:此处
21、指挨家挨户递送,所以用deliver。答案:B22A.content BcuriousCanxious Dfantastic解析:由接下来的一句话可推知,当时作者没有想到别人会送卡片给他,所以看到邻居的举动,他有点儿好奇。答案:B23A.selecting BregisteringCrepairing Dchecking解析:“查看邮箱”,用check。select精选;register注册; repair修理。答案:D24A.stopped BfellCpassed Dsat解析:年纪最大的一个邻居和她的朋友在我的邮箱旁停下来。答案:A25A.something BeverythingCan
22、ything Dnothing解析:something表示“某种东西”。答案:A26A.returned BshowedChanded Dmentioned解析:这里指把卡片“递”给我。hand递,交。答案:C27A.avoided BregrettedCtried Dcontinued解析:从上下文可知,作者和老太太“继续”交谈。答案:D28A.chance BpresentCwish Ddream解析:根据下文可知,此处用wish,老太太在这个圣诞节有个愿望。答案:C29A.account BsendCcook Dprepare解析:从下文的a ham, a bag of potatoes
23、 and some cans of green beans等,可推知是“做一顿丰盛的饭”。答案:C30A.unfortunately BunbelievablyCactually Dexactly解析:从but和she could not可知,此处表示“不幸”。答案:A31A.afford BofferCkeep Dput解析:但是依她固定的收入,她买不起火腿。afford买得起,能支付得起。答案:A32A.price BcostCexpense Dincome解析:income“收入”。句意见上题解析。答案:D33A.picked out Btook outCturned out Dhelp
24、ed out解析:回到家里,把家里的东西“拿出来”,用take out。答案:B34A.And BButCOr DSo解析:上一句她说“不要”和后面的“我坚持”之间存在逻辑上的“转折”关系。答案:B35A.painful BgenerousCfriendly Dgood解析:结合上文,作者因能帮助老太太而感觉很好。答案:D36A.friends BfamilyCstudents Dneighbors解析:当我坐在桌子旁边享受我的圣诞晚餐的时候,她也和她的家人享受着他们的。从29空后的“for her family this year”可知,她应该是和她的家人共进晚餐。答案:B37A.dinne
25、r BfeelingCgift Daction解析:作者认为,帮助别人的感觉是美好的。答案:B.阅读理解(2011太原市部分重点中学联考)Mental and health experts believe personality plays an important part in how we experience stress. Personality is the way a person acts, feels and thinks.Some people are aggressive and always in a hurry. They often become angry whe
26、n things do not happen the way they planned. They belong to “Type A” personality. Studies suggest that these people often get stressrelated disorders. The “Type B” personality is calmer. These people are able to deal with all kinds of situations more easily. As a result, they are less affected by st
27、ress.Studies have also shown that men and women deal with stress differently. Women seem to be better able to deal with stress than men are. However, experts say women are three times more likely to develop depression in reaction to the stress in their lives. American writer John Gray became famous
28、for his book, “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”. He notes that men and women have opposite ways of dealing with stress. For a man, the best way is to rest and forget about daily problems. But a woman suffering from stress needs to talk about her problems.Experts say there are several ways to
29、 deal with stress, including deep breathing, exercise, eating healthy foods, getting enough rest and balancing the time spent in working and playing. Exercise is one of the most effective stressreduction measures, as physical changes from exercise make you feel better. In addition, exercise can also
30、 improve the bodys defense system against disease.Keeping stress to yourself can make problems worse. Experts say that expressing emotions to friends or family members or writing down your feelings can help reduce stress. And they also suggest that people should attempt to accept or change stressful
31、 situations whenever possible.语篇解读:由于人的个性差异,每个人处理压力的方法是不一样的,而且男人和女人在处理压力方面表现得也不一样。让我们一览文章,去看看这种差别在哪里。38According to the experts, _.Apeople respond to stress quite differentlyBpeople make the same response to stressCunlike women, men tend to feel depressed more easilyDpersonality has nothing to do wi
32、th how we experience stress解析:推理判断题。从文章第一段可知,性格影响人们处理压力的方式,同时第二段提到了A型和B型性格的人处理压力的不同方式,第三段提到了男人和女人处理压力的不同方式,由此可知,专家认为人们处理压力的方式是不同的,因人而异,故答案选A项。答案:A39Compared with “Type A” personality, “Type B” personality _.Acauses more troublesBis less able to cope with different situationsCis more easily affected
33、by stressDtends to solve problems more peacefully解析:细节理解题。从文章第二段中的最后三句可知,B型性格的人对待压力时更倾向于用平和的方式处理,故选D项。答案:D40By saying “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”, John Gray means that they _.Aexperience emotions in a different wayBcope with stress in a different wayCsuffer from stress in a similar way
34、Ddevelop stress in the opposite way解析:推理判断题。从第三段中的“.men and women have opposite ways of dealing with stress”可知,John Gray意在说明男人和女人处理压力所采取的方式是不同的,所以答案选B项。答案:B41If you want to reduce your stress, you can _.Atake some exerciseBkeep it to yourselfCremain silentDignore the stressful situation解析:细节理解题。从倒数第二段内容可知,处理压力的方法有很多,如深呼吸、锻炼、健康的饮食等,A项是文章提到的方法之一。答案:A.w。w-w*k&s%5¥u高考资源网w。w-w*k&s%5¥u