2011高考英语试题及答案（新课标卷）
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
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 ____ he or she wants.
A .however B .whatever ver er
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.Planning so far ahead _____ no sense-so many things will have changed by next year.
making made
24.I wasn’t sure if he was really interested or if he ____ polite.
just being just be just been 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 she50 that her firsthand experience could be the 51 .The professor, however, said that it was52 .he was taking away her only53 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. I55 the course that afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since.”
36．A. art B. history C. science D. math
37．A. searched fo 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