1、2013-2014学年广东省湛江第一中学高二下期末英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 Several days ago， a (shock) news broke out. A Malaysian airplane (MH370) with 239 passengers just disappeared after its departure from the airport. Almost two hours later， the plane just vanished into air， as if it never existed before. Rumors about its (disa
2、ppear) have spread fast around the world. Some people said that the plane was kidnapped by the space aliens， the so called UFO. has never been proved or confirmed true. Some people claim the aircraft exploded in the midair before landing. This might be true to some extent， but we still need more con
3、firmative proof. The people care most about the passengers are the family members of the passengers. They _ (wait) anxiously and even getting desperate after waiting (hope) for almost four days. tortures them most is not the sad news of their beloved ones death， the newsless. They could get no news
4、from anywhere or anybody about the wreckage失事 .This has been driving them into craziness day by day. We hope these people board will soon be found well and safe， and with their family members they could get together and reunited. 答案： 【小题 1】 shocking 【小题 2】 disappearance 【小题 3】 It 【小题 4】 that 【小题 5】
5、who 【小题 6】 have been waiting 【小题 7】 hopelessly 【小题 8】 What 【小题 9】 but 【小题 10】 on 试题分析：文章大意：本文叙述了马航飞机 MH370失联后人们的各种反应。 【小题 1】 shocking。考查形容词。形容词 shocking，表示 “令人吃惊的 ”。几天前，出现了一条令人震惊的消息。 【小题 2】 disappearance。考查名词。根据前面的代词 its，可知后面用名词。关于它消失的谣言迅速传播到全世界。 【小题 3】 It。考查代词。这里代词 It代指 news消息。消息从没有被证实或确认是真实的。 【小题
6、4】 that。考查宾语从句。这里 that引导宾语从句，也可以省略。句意：一些人宣称，飞机在降落之前在半空中爆炸。 【小题 5】 who。考查定语从句 。这里先行词为 people，在定语从句中作主语。句意：最关心乘客的是乘客的家庭成员。 【小题 6】 have been waiting。考查时态。根据时间状语 for almost four days.可知用现在完成进行时。句意：他们一直焦急地等待着。 【小题 7】 hopelessly。考查副词。修饰动词应当用副词修饰。句意：差不多 4天的无望地等待。 【小题 8】 What。考查主语从句。这里 what引导主语从句，在从句中作主语。这里
7、表示：最折磨他们的不是他们心爱的人死的悲伤消息。 【小题 9】 but。考查连词。这里前后 为转折关系， not but 不是 . 而是 。而是没有任何消息。 【小题 10】 on。考查介词。这里考查短语 on board在飞机上。句意：我们希望在飞机上的人很快被完好和安全地发现。 考点：考查新闻报道类短文 【小题 1】乡村的生活十分无聊，我不久就感到厌烦了。 The life in the country was so boring that I soon got _ _ _ it 【小题 2】如果只是把佛罗里达看作是旅游胜地，那你就错了。 Its a mistake to think of
8、 Florida only_ _ _its tourist attractions. 【小题 3】在地震中受损的房子需要修理。 Some buildings damaged in the earthquake are still _ _ _ repair. 【小题 4】在政府的帮组下，农民们开始着手改变这个局面。 With the help of the government, the peasants _ _ _ the situation. 【小题 5】我们队在比赛中输了的消息令我们很沮丧。 We _ _ _ by the news that our team was defeated i
9、n the game. 答案： 【小题 1】 fed up with 【小题 2】 in terms of 【小题 3】 in need of 【小题 4】 set about changing 【小题 5】 were cast down 试题分析： 【小题 1】考查动词短语。短语 feed up with对 感到厌烦，注意用 get + v-ed形式。 【小题 2】考查介词短语。短语 in terms of 就 而言； 在 方面。 【小题 3】考查介词短语。短语 in need of 需要。 【小题 4】考查动词短语。短语 set about doing 开始着手做。 【小题 5】考查动词短
10、语。 cast down 使沮丧。注意用被动语态。 考点：考查学生对短语语法掌握 完型填空 The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two systems on the whole. The of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated孕
11、育 by . In China, the mother river is the Yellow River while the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were developed for several thousand years and formed their own . Then in Dang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture went overseas to Japan, into the Japanese society and shaped the Japan
12、ese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same . When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was on the Mesopotamian Plain美索不达米亚平原 - the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultur
13、es of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known as the of the European culture. Like the Chinese culture, the European one also waters. When the colonists of England in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesnt from the Euro
14、pean one a lot. At the same time, the difference of the language systems _ the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system, for example, the one Im using to write this paper. Other factors like
15、 human race difference counts as well. But whats more, as a result of the far distance and the steep险峻的 areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no with the other. 【小题1】 A connected B separate C ancient D r
16、emote A preservation B development C resource D origin A coasts B lakes C rivers D mountains A styles B habits C ways D means A hurriedly B gradually C unfortunately D suddenly A made B crashed C mixed D applied A culture B nation C influence D system A brought up B brought out C brought about D bro
17、ught along A bottom B key C base D basement A crossed B drunk C swam D dived A touched down B put down C got down D settled down A evolve B judge C distinguish D rise A adds to B results to C turns to D takes to A approached B contacted C involved D communicated A impact B difference C connection D
18、familiarity 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 B 【小题 6】 C 【小题 7】 D 【小题 8】 A 【小题 9】 C 【小题 10】 A 【小题 11】 D 【小题 12】 C 【小题 13】 A 【小题 14】 D 【小题 15】 C 试题分析：文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍东西方文化的起源、发展和它们之间的差异性。 【小题 1】考查形容词。 A. connected联系的； B. separate分离的； C. ancient古代的； D. remote遥远的。根据前一句 The cultures of
19、the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot.可知这是因为两个文化系统是分离的。故选 B。 【小题 2】 A. preservation保存； B. development发展 ； C. resource资源； D. origin起源。根据常识可知，东方文化来源于两个国家。故选 D。 【小题 3】考查名词。根据下文 “.the mother river is the Yellow River.”和 “.the Hindu River.”可知两国文化都是为河流所孕育。故选 C。 【小题 4】考查名词。 A. styles风格；
20、 B. habits习惯； C. ways道路； D. means方法，手段。这两种文化发展了几年前，有各自的风格。故选 A。 【小题 5】考查副词。 A. hurriedly匆 忙地； B. slowly慢地； C. unfortunately不幸地； D. suddenly 突然地。在唐朝中国的文化慢慢的到了海外的日本。故选 B。 【小题 6】考查动词。 A. made制作； B. crashed碰撞； C. mixed混合； D. applied应用。和日本的社会相融合，形成现在的日本文化。故选 C。 【小题 7】考查名词。 A. culture文化； B. nation国家； C. i
21、nfluence影响； D. system系统。虽然它和中国的文化不同，但是是一个体系的。故选 D。 【小题 8】考查词组。 A. brought up养育，出现； B. brought out显现； C. brought in引进； D. brought along带来。另外一个文化在米达米亚平原出现。故选 A。 【小题 9】考查动词。 A. bottom根底部； B. key关键； C. base基础； D. basement根基。这两种文化做为欧洲的文化基础而著名。故选 C。 【小题 10】考查动词： A. crossed穿过； B. drunk喝； C. swam游泳； D. dive
22、d潜水。象中国文明一样，欧洲的文明也穿越了水域。故选 A。 【小题 11】考查词组： A. touched down降落，着陆； B. put down记下； C. got down下来； D. settled down安顿下来，定居。当欧洲殖民者在美洲定居下来。故选 D。 【小题 12】考查动词。 A. evolve进化； B. judge判断； C. distinguish区分，使著名； D. rise升起。所以美洲的文化和欧洲的文化没有多大区别。故选 C。 【小题 13】考查短语辨析。 A. adds to增加； B. results to无此短语； C. turns to求助，转向；
23、D. takes to带 去，语言系统的不同也增加了文化差异。故选 A。 【小题 14】考查动词。 A. approached靠近； B. contacted联系； C. involved卷入；D. communicated交流。此处指两种文化的交流 (communicate)。故选 D。 【小题 15】考查名词。 A. impact影响； B. difference区别； C. connection联系；D. familiarity熟悉，它们完全自己发展没有相互的干扰。故选 C。 考点：考查说明文 阅读理解 Millions of Americans return from long-dis
24、tance trips by air, but their luggage doesnt always come home with them. Airline identification tags（标签） can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. And passengers leave all kinds of things on planes. The airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their owners. They dont keep
25、them, since theyre not in the warehouse business. And by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage. So once insurance companies have paid for lost bags and their contents, and they no longer belong to passengers, a unique store in the litt
26、le town of Scottsboro, Alabama, buys them. The “Unclaimed Baggage Center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of Alabama. More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the stores shopping carts on a
27、 hunt for treasures. Each day, clerks bring out 7,000 new items, and veteran（老练的） shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, best-selling novels, leather jackets, tape recorders, surfboards, even half -used tubes of toothpaste. The stores own laund
28、ry washes or cleans all the clothes found in luggage, then sells them. The Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake. The store has a little museum where some of its most unusual acquisitions（获得物） have been preserved. They include highland bagpipes, a burial
29、mask from an Egyptian pharaohs tomb, and a medieval suit of armor. Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store. 【小题 1】 Paragraph1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because_. A they are forge
30、tful B they are in a hurry C there is no lost and found office in many airports D the owners of some luggage cant be identified 【小题 2】 The reason why the airlines cannot sell the bags is that _. A they have to find the owners B they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose C some bags are
31、expensive D they have to keep the bags as long as possible 【小题 3】 The Unclaimed Baggage Center is very popular because_. A theres a large variety of goods. B all thethings there are very cheap. C visitors may purchase something undervalued. D Visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there. 【小题 4】
32、 What can we infer from the passage A A little museum will keep all the precious unclaimed baggage. B The percentage of passengers who lose their baggage for ever is small. C The things in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are articles for daily use. D People are not allowed to buy the illegal things in
33、the store. 【小题 5】 What is the main purpose of the passage A To introduce how the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in America. B To introduce an attractive place to tourists. C To remind passengers of taking care of their baggage. D To advise the airlines to find the owners of the unclaim
34、ed baggage. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 B 【小题 5】 A 试题分析：文章大意：文章介绍的是在美国的机场是如何处理无人认领的行李的。首先要尽量寻找失主，机场不能把行李卖了，如果是无人认领的行李可以让无人认领行李中心去买。 【小题 1】细节理解题。从第一段的句子： Airline identification tags（标签） can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where.可知是因为行李很难辨认，选D 【小题 2】细节理解题。从 第二段的句子： And by law, they can
35、not sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.可知他们不能把行李卖了，因为他们有可能故意在行李上盈利。选 B 【小题 3】推理理解题。从第三段的句子： More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the stores shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.可知这个中心买的东西都是超值的。选 C 【小题 4】推理判断题。从最后一段的句子：
36、Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.可知永久失去行李的乘客数量是很少的，选 B 【小题 5】主旨大意题。从全篇的内容可以概括：文章 介绍的是在美国的机场是如何处理无人认领的行李的。选 A 考点：考查社会现象类短文 TOKYO, Japan (AP) Japan is very serious about robotics (机器人技术 ). If t
37、he droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea. Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a show this week, a humanoid（有人类特点的） with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup. The
38、n another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, to simulate（模仿） life with robot technology. “A human being may be faster, but youd have to say Thank you,” said University of Tokyo professor
39、Tomomasa Sato. “Thats the best part about a robot. You dont have to feel bad about asking it to do things.” Sato believes Japan, a rapidly aging society where more than a fifth of the population is 65 or older, will lead the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden（卧床不起的
40、） . Already, monitoring technologies, such as sensors that automatically turn on lights when people enter a room, are becoming widespread in Japan. The walking, childsize Asimo from Honda Motor Co. greets people at showrooms. NEC Corp. has developed a smaller companion robotonwheels called Papero. A
41、 seal robot available since 2004 can entertain the elderly and others in need of fuzzy companionship. Sato says his experimental room is raising awareness about privacy questions that may arise when electronic devices（设备） monitor a persons movements down to the smallest detail. On the bright side, t
42、he tea pouring humanoid has been programmed to do the dishes. 【小题 1】 What is the best title of this passage A “Thank You” Will Never Be Needed in Japan B Monitoring Technologies Are Widespread in Japan C Robot Is Designed to Care for the Elderly. D Robot Technologies Are Widespread in Japanese Daily
43、 Life. 【小题 2】 The underlined word “embedded” in the first paragraph probably means . A fixed B established C settled D rooted 【小题 3】 According to Professor Sato, . A the robot serves tea much faster than a human being B the robot does anything like human beings C tea serving robot helps to form lazi
44、ness of the aging society D tea serving robot doesnt need any reward for the service 【小题 4】 Which of the following statements is NOT true A A robot can imitate people to complete complicated tasks. B A robot has been programmed to clean the dishes. C All the problems in the aging society can be solv
45、ed by robots. D The number of aging people is increasing rapidly in Japan. 【小题 5】 We can infer from the passage that . A people are afraid of being monitored by robots. B the technology of robots has been highlighted in Japan. C robots can completely take the place of human beings. D peoples privacy
46、 should be strictly protected 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 B 试题分析：文章大意：文章介绍了日本很重视机器人科技，以及机器人技术在日本日常生活中应用广泛，可以帮助做家务，照顾老人等等。 【小题 1】主旨大意题。从文章的内容和第一段的句子： Japan is very serious about robotics (机器人技术 ).可知机器人技术在日本日常生活中应用广泛。选 D 【小题 2】词义猜测题。根据 Then another robot on wheels delivered the cup
47、of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, to simulate（模仿） life with robot technology.可知是在地板上和沙发上安装传感器。选 A 【小题 3】细节理解题。从第二段的句子： “Thats the best part about a robot. You dont have to feel bad about asking it to do things.”可知 Profes
48、sor Sato认为这种服务不需要回报。选 D。 【小题 4】细节理解题。文章的第三段只是说机器人可以照顾老人或卧床不起的人，并没说机器人可以解决老年社会的所有问题。选 C 【小题 5】推理判断题。从第一段的句子： TOKYO, Japan (AP) Japan is very serious about robotics (机器人技术 ).可知日本很重视机器人科技。选 B 考点：考查新闻报道类短文 Growing up, I wanted to be just like my mom. She was kind. People always seemed to feel comfortable in her presence. For years, she was a volunteer in our community. I loved going to the local nursing home with her where she taught a ceramic class. On one summer day, Mama told me to get changed a
