2011高考英语试题及答案（北京卷）
第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
例：It’s so nice to hear from her again. ____,we last met more than thirty years ago.
A. What’s more B. That’s to say
C. In other words D. Believe it or not
答案是D。
21. Experiments of this kind ____ in both the U.S. and Europe well before the Second World War.
A. have conducted B. have been conducted
C. had conducted D. had been conducted
22. ____ Barbara Jones offers to her fans is honesty and happiness.
A. Which B. What C. That D. Whom
23.Tom ____ in the library every night over the last three months.
A. works B. worked C. have been working D. had been working
24.—I don’t really like James. Why did you invite him?
—Don’t worry. He ____ come. He said he wasn’t certain what his plans were.
A. must not B. need not C. would not D. might not
25. It’s important for the figures ____ regularly.
A. to be updated B. to have been updated C. to update D. to have updated
26. Mary was much kinder to Jack than she was to the others, , of course, made all the others upset.
A. who B. which C. what D. that
27. —That must have been a long trip.
—Yeah, it ____ us a whole week to get there.
A. takes B. has taken C. took D. was taking
28. —Where are the children? The dinner’s going to be completely ruined.
—I wish they ____ always late.
A. weren’t B. hadn’t been C. wouldn’t be D. wouldn’t have been
29. ____ volleyball is her main focus, she’s also great at basketball.
A. Since B. Once C. Unless D. While
30. Maybe if I ____ science, and not literature then, I would be able to give you more help.
A. studied B. would study C. had studied D. was studying
31. The shocking news made me realize ____ terrible problems we would face.
A. what B. how C. that D. why
32. —Bob has gone to California.
—Oh, can you tell me when he ____?
A. has left B. left C. is leaving D. would leave
33. Sit down, Emma. You will only make yourself more tired, ____ on you feet.
A. to keep B. keeping C. having kept D. to have kept
34.The employment rate has continued to rise in big cities thanks to the efforts of the local governments to increase ____ .
A. then B. those C. it D. that
35. With new technology, pictures of underwater valleys can be taken ____ color.
A. by B. for C. with D. in
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And 36 otherwise assigned（指定）a seat by the teacher, I always 37 to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this 38 after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy 39 because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the 40 to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “ 41 for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.
Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the 42 of it! When I first started 43 the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much 44 what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get 45 and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid. 46 , I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to 47 on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t 48 “just yet”.
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the 49 and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive 50 inme was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the 51 — friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my 52 self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “53” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, 54 raising my hand— even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent 55 I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.
36. A. as B. until C. unless D. though
37. A. hoped B. agreed C. meant D. chose
38. A. continued B. changed C. settled D. started
39. A. idea B. plan D. saying
40. A. right B. chance C. ability ce
41. A. going B. looking C. cheering D. applying
42. A. point B. half C. rest D. basis
43. A. enjoying B. preparing C. attending D. watching
44. A. less B. later C. worse D. further
45. A. committed B. motivated C. embarrassed D. confused
46. A. Interestingly B. Fortunately C. Obviously D. hopefully
47. A. focus B. act C. rely D. try
48. A. want B. do C. support D. know
49. A. steps B. orders C. rules D. games
50. A. roles B. part C. mind D. value
51. A. process B. operation C. movement D. situation
52. A. expressed B. improved C. preserved D. recognized
53. A. dreaming B. playing C. relaxing D. hiding
54. A. by B. for C. with D. to
55. A. lucky B. happy C. sure D. satisfied