2011高考英语试题及答案（全国卷）
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、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ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. whenever
答案是B。
21. —We could invite John and Barbara to the Friday night party.
—Yes, ____? I’ll give them a call right now.
A. why not B. What for C. why D. what
22. Try ____ she might, Sue couldn’t get the door open.
A. if B. when C. since D. as
23. Planing so far ahead ____ no sense-so many things will have changed by next year.
A. made B. is making C. makes D. has made
24. I wasn’t sure if he was really interested or if he ____ polite.
A. was just being B. will just be C. had just been D. would just be
25. —Someone wants you on the phone.
—____ nobody knows I am here.
A. Although B. And C. But D. So
26. I can ____ the house being untidy, but I hate it if it’s not clean.
A. come up with B. put up with C. turn to D. stick to
27. The next thing he saw was smoke ____ from behind the house.
A. rose B. rising C. to rise D. risen
28. Only when he reached the tea-house ____ it was the same place he’d been in last year.
A. he realized B. he did realize C. realized he D. did he realize
29. When 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
30. The form cannot be signed by anyone ____ yourself.
A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. better than
31. The prize will go to the writer ____ story shows the most imagination.
A. that B. which C. whose D. what
32. They ____ have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was delayed.
A. will B. can C. must D. should
33. 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
34. William found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight was beginning to ____.
A. disappear B. fall C. fail D. damage
35. —Artistic people can be very difficult sometimes.
—Well, you married one. ____.
A. You name it B. I’ve got it C. I can’t agree more D. You should know
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 course about 20 years ago. The professor 37 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans（豆）, and invited 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 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 world Invisible（无形的）to the 46 , which can be discovered only through scientific 47 . But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 48 the invitation. She was just 49 to understand the world. And she 50 that her firsthand experience could be the 51 .The professor, however, said that it was 52 . he was taking away her only 53 for knowing 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 haven’t gone near science since.”
36. A. art B. history C. science D. math
37. A. searched for B. looked at C. got through D. marched into
38. A. count B. guess C. report D. watch
39. A. warning B. giving C. turning away D. listening to
40. A. ready B. possible C. correct D. difficult
41. A. learned B. prepared C. taught D. taken
42. A. lose B. trust C. sharpen D. show
43. A. lecturer B. scientist C. speaker D. woman
44. A. described B. respected C. saw D. served
45. A. voyage B. movement C. change D. rush
46. A. professor B. eye C. knowledge D. light
47. A. model B. senses C. spirit D. methods
48. A. hear B. make C. present D. refuse
49. A. suggesting B. beginning C. pretending D. waiting
50. A. believed B. doubted C. proved D. explained
51. A. growth B. strength C. faith D. truth
52. A. firm B. interesting C. wrong D. acceptable
53. A. task B. tool C. success D. connection
54. A. cruel B. proud C. frightened D. brave
55. A. dropped B. started C. passed D. missed