1、2013-2014学年江苏省海安高级中学高二期中考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个恰当的单词。 How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enou
2、gh to ignore the trends of fashion. Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without emb
3、arrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a boys hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly un
4、der pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull. What causes fashions to change Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats for example. In cold climates, early buildings were cold inside,
5、so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats, and more American men followed his example. There is also a cyclical(周期性的 ) pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short
6、skirts became fashionable. After World War II, they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer again. Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like e
7、veryone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the “untidy” look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses. At the same time
8、, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater, and it would be discourteous(失礼的 ) to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to
9、 the beach or a night club. However, you need never feel depressed if you dont look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and youll see that no one else does either! Fashion Change Peoples attitude towards fashion In our life, teenagers or people in their early twenties care more about thei
10、r【小题 1】 _. Ordinary people just follow the trends of fashion passively. 【小题 2】 that fashion has on people People are able to feel more【小题 3】 or less embarrassed if they dress themselves fashionably. People are constantly under 【小题 4】 _to keep up with the fashion. Causes of fashion changing Sometimes
11、 a fashion can be【小题 5】 _ due to convenience or practical necessity, or just because of the fancy of an influential person. Cyclical 【小题 6】 in fashion Some old【小题 7】 may become popular again after a certain period of time. Fashion today People are free to dress or do their hair according to their【小题
12、8】 instead of going after popularity. Writers attitude People must【小题 9】 properly on some occasions and always 【小题 10】 delighted even if you dont look fashionable. 答案： 【小题 1】 appearance 【小题 2】 Influences/ Effects/ Impacts 【小题 3】 confident 【小 题 4】 pressure 【小题 5】 established 【小题 6】 pattern 【小题 7】 fas
13、hion 【小题 8】 taste/ liking 【小题 9】 dress 【小题 10】 feel/ stay 试题分析：本文讲述了时尚在不断的变化，作者分析了时尚变化的原因。 【小题 1】词义归纳题。根据第一段 Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are而归纳可知此空格应写 appearance。 【小题 2】归纳题。这里隐含一个短语 have influences/ effects/impacts on对 有影响，注意首字母大写。 【小题 3】词形转化。根据第二段中 we will be able to meet new pe
14、ople with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment.，将名词 confidence改动形容词。 【小题 4】原词重现。根据第二段最后 The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.可以得出答案：。 【小题
15、 5】词形转化。根据第三段 Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion.，注意此处前有 be动词，故用过去分词形式。 . 【小题 6】原词重现。根据第四段的首句 There is also a cyclical(周期性的 ) pattern in fashion.可以得出答案：。 【小题 7】词形转化。根据第四段 In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts bec
16、ame fashionable.，形容词 fashionable转化为名词。 【小题 8】 r词形转化。根据第五段 Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion.，动词 like转化为名词。 【小题 9】归纳题。根据文章最后一段可以归纳出答案：。 【小题 10】原词再现。根据最后一段 However, you need never feel depressed if you dont
17、 look like the latest fashion photo.可以得出答案：。 考点：考查任 务型阅读 单词拼写 根据中文提示或首字母完成下列单词 （共 10小题；每小题 0.5分 , 满分 5分） 【小题 1】 Sarah told me that she felt _ (背叛 ) by her friend Hannah. 【小题 2】 The guests made a number of _ (评论 ) about the service of the hotel. 【小题 3】 His speech dealt with _(环境的 ) protection. 【小题 4】
18、 Many people _ (责备、指责 )this change on gases such as carbon dioxide. 【小题 5】 I insist that you take the opinions of the people of the UK into _(考虑 ), and end this practice immediately. 【小题 6】 He lacks sound j , which means he doesnt exactly know what is right or wrong. 【小题 7】 The m of the officials ar
19、e in favor of the plan while there are still a small number of them who are against it. 【小题 8】 While this kind of humour may sound cruel, it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have a_ for or admire the person being made fun of. 【小题 9】 Due to the bad weather, we had to d_ the sp
20、orts meeting. 【小题 10】 The law requires equal treatment for all, r_ of race, sex or origin. 答案： 【小题 1】 betrayed 【小题 2】 remarks/comments 【小题 3】 environmental 【小题 4】 blame 【小题 5】 consideration 【小题 6】 judgment 【小题 7】 majority 【小题 8】 affection 【小题 9】 delay 【小题 10】 regardless 单项选择 * What about _ book Its
21、too difficult _ book for beginners. A the; a B a; a C a; the D the; the 答案： A 试题分析：考查冠词。第一空为特指，特指所指的那本书；第二空为泛指，泛指 “一本为初学者的书 ”。句意： 那本书怎么样？ 一本对初学者的书太难了。故 A正确。 考点：考查冠词 WASHINGTONLaura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for foreign teenagers who expect to live with American fami
22、lies in the summer. It is not easy, even desperate. “We have many children left to place40 out of 75,” said Straub, who works for a foreign exchange programme called LEC. When foreign exchange programmes started 50 years ago, more families were accommodating. For one thing, more mothers stayed at ho
23、me. But now, increasing numbers of women work outside the home. Exchange-student programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for the 30, 000 teenagers who come from abroad every year to spend an academic year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who take part in
24、 summer programmes. School systems in many parts of the U.S., unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accept. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic(有异国情调的 ). In search for host families,
25、who usually receive no pay, exchange programmes are increasingly broadening their requests to include everyone from young couples to the retired. “We are open to many different types of families,” said Vickie Weiner, eastern regional director for ASSE, a 25-year-old programme that sends about 30,000
26、 teenagers on academic-year exchange programmes worldwide. For elderly people, exchange students “keep us youngth ey really do”, said Jen Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Post from Denmark. 【小题 1】 According to the text, why was it easier for Laura Straub to find American families for foreign
27、students A American school systems were better than now. B The government was happy because it could gain tax. C Foreign students paid hosting families a lot of money. D More mothers didnt work outside and could look after children. 【小题 2】 To deal with the problem in recent years, exchange programme
28、s have to _. A extend the range of host families B limit the number of the exchange students C borrow much money to pay for the costs D make hosting foreign students more exotic 【小题 3】 Which of the following is the best title of this passage A Exchange Students Keep Old People Young. B. Idea of Host
29、ing Students is Different. C. Foreign-exchange Program Is Going on. D U.S. Struggle to Find host Families. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 试题分析：文章大意：文章介绍现在在美国找寄宿家庭接受来自法国的学生是很困难的，因为现在妇女在外面做越来越多，接受外国学生的吸引力也没有过去那么大了，文章还介绍如何应对的措施。 【小题 1】 D推理判断题。由第二段 “For one thing, more mothers stayed at home. But now, i
30、ncreasing numbers of women work outside the home.”可知最佳答案：为D项原文未谈到学校制度的好坏；再由第三段 “School systems in many parts of the U.S., unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students” 和第四段 “In search for host families, who usually receive no pay,” 可以判断。故 D正确。 【小题 2】 A细节理解题。从倒数第三段的句子： In searching for host familie
31、s, who usually receive no pay, exchange programmes are increasingly broadening their appeals to include everyone who has the ability to do it.和最后一段 的内容，可知过去的交换项目是那些不是太老的寄宿主人，但是现在面向所有的年龄的人。故A正确。 【小题 3】 D主旨大意题。这是一篇新闻报道，开头就点明要报道的内容，WASHINGTONLaura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find fami
32、lies for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer.可知本文的主旨： Laura Straub在美国 找寄宿家庭接受来自法国的学生是很困难的。故 D正确。 考点：考查新闻报道类阅读 Are there any English story -books for us students in the library There are only a few, _. A if any B if some C if many D if much 答案： A 试题分析：考查省略。 if any
33、 是 if there are any books的省略句，意思是说 如果有书的话，也只有几本 。 句意： 在图书馆有任何我们学生阅读的英语故事书吗？ 如果有书的话，也只有几本。故 A正确。 考点：考查省略 Recently we held a discussion about what we shall use for power when all the oil in the world has _ A runoutof B used up C givenout D putout 答案： C 试题分析：考查短语辨析。 A、 B.两项为及物动词短语，故需要用被动语态 D. put out扑灭
34、 。句意：最近我们举行了关于当世界所有的石油都用光，我们将使用什么做能源？故 C正确。 考点：考查短语辨析 From their _ on the top of the TV Tower, visitors can have a better view of the city. A stage B position C permission D radiation 答案： B 试题分析：考查名词。 position 是位置的意思，而 A. stage是舞台的意思， C. condition是条件的意思， D. situation是环境的意思。句意：从他们在电视塔上的位置，游客们能够更好的观赏城
35、市的风光。 故 B正确。 考点：考查名词 The play next month aims mainly to reflect the local culture A produced B being produced C to be produced D having been produced 答案： C 试题分析：考查非谓语动词。根据句中的时间状语 next month 可知动作未发生，故用不定式作定语， the play与 produce为被动关系，故用被动关系。句意：下个月所制出的电视剧主要旨在反映当地的文化。故 C正确。 考点：考查非谓语动词 Anyone _ trying to
36、take knives on board flights would be caught by the police. A finds B being found C found D will find 答案： C 试题分析：考查非谓语动词。 A、 D两项构成谓语，过去分词表被动，为 find sb. doing sth.的被动式。句意：被发现试图带刀具登机的任何人将会被警察抓获。故 C正确。 考点：考查非谓语动词 May I speak to your manager Mr.Williams at five oclock tonight Im sorry. Mr. Williams _ to
37、 a conference long before then. A will have gone B had gone C would have gone D has gone 答案： A 试题分析：考查时态。根据句 中的时间状语 at five oclock tonight可知是将来发生的动作，再根据 long before than可知用将来完成时。句意： 今晚五点钟我可以与你经理威廉姆斯先生谈谈吗？ 对不起。他那时就早已经去开会了。故 A正确。 考点：考查时态 Only one third of the people present at the meeting voted _ the
38、new law. A in search of B in favor of C in short of D in case of 答案： B 试题分析：考查短语辨析。 in search of寻找， in favor of支持，赞同， in short of缺少， in case of以防，以免，句意：在会议上，在场的只有三分之一的人投票支持新法律。故 B正确。 考点：考查短语辨析 While watching television, _. A the doorbell rang B the doorbell rings C they heard the doorbell rings D th
39、ey heard the doorbell ring 答案： D 试题分析：考查句子结构。 “while”后接的是现在分词短语，在句中作状语，它逻辑上的主语应该是人，所以可以先排除 A、 B两项；又因为 hear后接复合宾语时，这个复合宾语应包含一个省略 to 的动词不定式或现在分词短语。句意：当看电视的时候，他们听到门铃响了。故 D正确。 考点：考查句子结构 Liu Xiang earned the respect from the whole world as he hopped down the track to the finishing line, _ the last hurdle
40、. A kissed B to kiss C having kissed D kissing 答案： D 试题分析：考查非谓语动词。此处 kissing the last hurdle是伴随状语，因 kiss和其逻辑主语之间构成主动关系，所以用其现在分词形式。句意：当刘翔单腿蹦到终点，吻最后一个跨栏的时候，他赢得了全世界的尊敬。故 D正确。 考点：考查非谓语动词 The girl _ in bed _ to us that she had _ the dictionary on the bookshelf. A lay; lied; lay B lying; lied; laid C lyin
41、g; lay; laid D lied; lied; laid 答案： B 试题分析：考查动词。 lie 作为 “躺 / 位于 / 在于 ” 之意时，过去式为 lay，过去分词为 lain，现在分词为 lying； lie作为 “说谎 ”之意时，过去式和过去分词都是 lied，现在分词为 lying。动词 lay“放，下蛋 ”，过去式和过去分词都是 la id，现在分词为 laying。句意：躺在床上的那个女孩对我们说谎说，她把字典放在书架上。故 B正确。 考点：考查动词 One reason Crystal has become so famous is that he is very qu
42、ick thinking, and is often able to _ new jokes about the people and things around him. A come up with B come across C come up D come to 答案： A 试题分析：考查短语辨析。 A. come up with想出； B. come across偶然遇到； C. come up发生； D. come to到达。句意： Crystal变得如此出名的原因之一是他的迅速思维，并常常能够想出他周围人和事的新的笑话。故 A正确。 考点：考查短语辨析 What did you
43、say to your sister I saw her crying in the room. It _ my fault. I just said hello to her when I met her, nothing else. A must have been B cant have been C oughtnt to be D should have been 答案： B 试题分析：考查情态动词。 Cant have done不可能做某事。句意： 你对你姐姐说了什么？我看到她在房间里哭。 不可能是我的错吧。当我遇到她的时候，我只是向她问候了一下，其它什么也没说。故 B正确。 考点：
44、考查情态动词 This classroom is _ that one. A three times bigger as B three times as big C three times the sizeof D as three times big as 答案： C 试题分析：考查倍数。倍数表达法： A + 谓语 +倍数 +the +n.(size/ height/ length)+of B ； A + 谓语 +倍数 +as + adj. + as B； A + 谓语 +倍数 +adj. 比较级+than B。句意：这个教室是那个教室的三倍大。故 C正确。 考点：考查倍数 _, she
45、is the sort of woman to spread sunshine to people through her smile A Shy and cautious B Sensitive and thoughtful C Honest and confident . D Lighthearted and optimistic 答案： D 试题分析：考查形容词。 A. 害羞而谨慎； B. 敏感而周到； C. 诚实而自信； D. 轻松而乐观。句意：轻松而乐观，她是那 种用自己的微笑传播阳光给人们的女人。故 D正确。 考点：考查形容词 完型填空 My mother and I starte
46、d our morning by rushing into the local grocery store. I waited in line at the Starbucks counter while she around to pick up a few things. As I was there I noticed an elderly woman, wearing layers (层 ) layers of old torn clothing, moving behind me in line. She had a few toiletries(化妆品 )and seemed to
47、 want the Starbucks cashier to since our queue was shorter than the grocery store queues were. At some point I became of her moving closer behind me it was than I was comfortable with! I instinctively (本能地 ) a hand over my purse and drew it closer to me. My fear and imagination raced creating wild a
48、bout this homeless woman who might try to from me. Then it was my to order. As the cashier rang up my total I discovered I was 37 cents . I called to my mother but she is hard of hearing. She asked me to what I said but she still couldnt me out. At that point, a long grey arm, with in its sleeves, over from behind me. She laid 37 cents out on the counter, saying, Here, We all need some sometimes. I was ! Here was a woman who clearly had very little to and in great need herself.
