1、2013-2014学年江西省南昌二中高二下学期期中考试英语试卷与答案(带解析) 其他 There is an old saying about volunteer work that goes like this: No one can do everything, but everyone can do something. Today, many people volunteer their time and energy to help others. There are a lot of ways to meet other peoples needs, and it seems th
2、ere is a volunteer group for everything. Some provide education, while others offer adventure. Many do both. For example, some volunteers provide emergency help after a catastrophic event or disaster. Others are happy to get dirty while repairing homes or planting trees or flowers in poor neighborho
3、ods. Young people see suffering and loneliness around them and find ways to help. And history lovers help archeologists search for ancient objects to help deepen knowledge of the past. The volunteers also work in many areas around the world, including Haiti. More than two years have passed since a s
4、even point zero earthquake shook the nation. The exact number of people who died may never be known. Estimates gave numbers from ninety five thousand to more than three hundred thousand. Thousands of survivors of the Haitian earthquake still live in temporary shelters. Last year, former American Pre
5、sident Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn joined five hundred Habitat volunteers in the town of Leogane to build houses. Organizations do not have to be large to get volunteers. An activist group in Dharamsala, India is a good example. Jodie Underhill from England arrived in northern India several y
6、ears ago. She planned to volunteer for an environmental project. She found a lot to do there. She could hardly believe how much garbage was ruining some of the areas most beautiful sights. Miss Underhill learned about _ while taking part in other volunteer projects. But soon enough she formed her ow
7、n group, Mountain Cleaners. Miss Underhill says the work is very hard and the Indian media started calling her Garbage Girl. But she says she was pleased with the name. 【小题 1】 What does the passage mainly talk about (no more than 8 words) _ 【小题 2】 What does the underlined word “both” (Line 3, paragr
8、aph 2) probably refer to (no more than 3 words) _ 【小题 3】 What did former American President Jimmy Carter do as a volunteer (no more than 8 words) _ 【小题 4】 Fill in the blank in paragraph 4 with proper words. (no more than 5 words) Miss Underhill learned about _ while taking part in other volunteer pr
9、ojects. 【小题 5】 What kind of volunteer jobs do you want to join And why (no more than 20 words) _ 答案: 【小题 1】 The volunteer work is found everywhere. / Many people volunteer their time and energy to help others/ Many people like to do voluntary work 【小题 2】 Education and adventure 【小题 3】 They did the w
10、ork of building houses./ Building houses/ To build houses 【小题 4】 how to control the garbage/ how to deal with garbage/ how to clean the garbage/ how to protect the environment 【小题 5】 (open answer) 试题分析:凭一己之力不可能完成所有的事情,但是,每个人都可以奉献一点力量。现在,志愿者无处不在,他们从事着各种各样的工作。 【小题 1】根据第二段 “Today, many people volunteer
11、 their time and energy to help others.”和第三段 “The volunteers also work in many areas around the world”可知,文章讲的是志愿服务,志愿者的身影穿梭在世界各地,他们从事着各种各样的志愿工作,故填 The volunteer work is found everywhere. / Many people volunteer their time and energy to help others/ Many people like to do voluntary work.。 【小题 2】根据 “So
12、me provide education, while others offer adventure.”可知,划线词指的是教育和冒险,故填 Education and adventure。 【小题 3】根据 “Last year, former American President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn joined five hundred Habitat volunteers in the town of Leogane to build houses.”可知,卡特在海地帮忙修建房屋,故填 They did the work of build
13、ing houses./ Building houses/ To build houses。 【小题 4】根据 “She could hardly believe how much garbage was ruining some of the areas most beautiful sights.”可 知, Miss Underhill从事的志愿工作与保护环境有关,通过志愿服务, Miss Underhill学会了怎样处理垃圾来保护环境,故填how to control the garbage/ how to deal with garbage/ how to clean the garb
14、age/ how to protect the environment。 【小题 5】 I want to join in some activities about how to protect our environment. Because pollution is becoming worse and worse.这道题是开放性题目,学生只要言之有理,皆可得分。 考点:社会类短文阅读 单项选择 * Catching _ sight of their head teacher coming, the students fell into silence all of _ sudden.
15、A the; the B /; a C the; a D /; / 答案: B 试题分析:考查冠词和固定搭配。此题可以使用排除法来做。 catch sight of sth看见某物,是固定搭配,排除 A、 C; all of a sudden突然,相当于 suddenly,是固定搭配,排除 D,故选 B。 考点:考查冠词和固定搭配 _ twice, the postman refused to deliver our letters unless we chained our dog. A Being bitten B Bitten C Having bitten D To be bitten
16、 答案: B 试题分析:考查非谓语动词。句意:那个邮递员拒绝给我们送信,除非我们把狗拴起来。 Bite的逻辑主语是 the postman,二者是动宾关系,即 the postman是被咬的,应该使用过去分词或被动语态,排除 C;根据句意可知,邮递员已经被咬了两次,而 D项表示将来,排除 D; A项表示 “正在被咬 ”,与句意不符,排除 A,故选 B。 考点:考查非谓语动词 _ for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the films so often. A If it is not B Were it not C Had it not
17、been D If it were not 答案: C 试题分析:考查虚拟语气。 if虚拟条件句常把 if省略,把 were, had, should提到句首。对现在虚拟, if从句用一般过去时, be动词用 were,主句用 would do sth;对过去虚拟, if从句用过去完成时,主句用 would/could ahve done sth;对将来虚拟, if从句用过去时 / were to/should+动词原形,主句用 would do sth。根据主句 would not have gone to可知,这里是对过去进行虚拟, if从句用 had done,故选 C。 考点:考查虚拟
18、语气 They failed to complete the project for _ of enough financial support. A lack B lacking C lacked D having lacked 答案: A 试题分析:考查非谓语动词和固定搭配。句意:他们未能完成那个项目,因为缺乏足够的资金支持。 lack是及物动词,也可作名词, for lack of因缺乏,如果用非谓语动词中的现在分词 lacking的话,需要把 for去掉,故选 A。 考点:考查非谓语动词和固定搭配 There are lots of places of interest _ in ou
19、r city. A needs repairing B needing repaired C needed repairing D needing to be repaired 答案: D 试题分析:考查非谓语动词。 places of interest和 need是主谓关系,应该 使用现在分词作定语,相当于 which need, there be句型中已经含有 be动词 are,不能再用动词原形或单数动词,排除 A、 C; need to be done= need doing需要做某事,排除 B,故选 D。 考点:考查非谓语动词 When I opened the door, I fou
20、nd my father sitting in his chair, completely _ in the humorous stories he was reading. A absorbed B applied C attracted D addicted 答案: A 试题分析:考查非谓语动词。句意:当我打开门时,我发现父亲坐在椅子上,完全在他看的幽默故事里。 A全神贯注的; B实用的; C被吸引的; D上瘾的,入迷的。有些以 ed结尾的过去分词已经形容词化,变成了形容词,像 interested, amused, lost, absorbed, addicted, bored等, be
21、 absorbed in sth全神贯注于某物; be addicted to sth入迷,上瘾,故选 A。 考点:考查非谓语动词 The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if _ whether he was going the the right direction. A seeing B having seen C to have seen D to see 答案: D 试题分析:考查非谓语动词。句意:我们跟踪的那个人突然停下四处张望,好像是为了确认他走的方向是否正确。这里考查动词不定式表示目的, stopped and lo
22、oked to do sth停下来张望是为了做 ., stopped, looked和 see三个动作是同时发生的,因此不用不定式的完成时,排除 C,故选 D。 考点:考查非谓语动词 I _ of your trying to earn some money by taking part time jobs, but please dont neglect your studies at university. A assess B acquire C appreciate D approve 答案: D 试题分 析:考查动词辨析。句意:我赞成你通过兼职赚一点钱,但是请不要忽视了你在大学的学业
23、。 A评估,评价; B获得; C欣赏,感激; D批准,同意。appreciate doing sth欣赏 /感激做某事; approve of (doing) sth 赞成某事,故选 D。 考点:考查动词辨析 In my opinion, what he told us just now about the affair simply doesnt make any _. A meaning B idea C sense D point 答案: C 试题分析:考查固定搭配和名词辨析。句意:在我看来,他刚才告诉我们的事情一点意义也没有。 A意思; B想法,主意; C感觉,意义; D观点,意义。m
24、ake sense有道理,讲得通, dont make any sense= make no sense没意义,故选 C。 考点:考查固定搭配和名词辨析 _ I met him, I always think of the thing that happened between us. A Every time B The moment C Suddenly D While 答案: A 试题分析:考查时间状语从句。句意:每当我遇到他,我总是想起发生在我们之间的事情。 A每次; B一 .就 .; C突然; D当,然而,尽管。 A、 B都能引导时间状语从句,但是,根据 always可知, “我 ”
25、经常遇见他,排除 B,故选A。 考点:考查时间状语从句 It is not right for some young people to live a life of absolute dependence _ their parents. A of B on C from D in 答案: B 试题分析:考查介词和固定搭配。句意:一些年轻人完全依靠他们的父母为生,这是不正确的(做法)。 dependence独立,是 depend的名词形式, depend on依靠,依赖,类似的有 rely on和 count on,故选 B。 考点:考查介词和固定搭配 The woman _ her bos
26、s of having broken the labor law because he fired her when she was pregnant. A blamed B charged C accused D scolded 答案: C 试题分析:考查动词辨析。句意:那个妇女控告她的老板违反了劳动法,因为老板在她怀孕期间解雇了她。 blame sb for sth因某事责备某人; charge sb with sth指控某人某事; accuse sb of sth指控某人某事; scold sb for sth因某事训斥某人。根据句中的 of可知,应该用 accused,故选 C。 考点
27、:考查动词辨析 The business of the company was growing so fast that the manager had to _ more workers. A take in B take on C take up D take after 答案: B 试题分析:考查动词短语辨析。句意:公司的业务增长得如此之快,以至于经理不得不雇佣更多的工人。 A吸收,领会,欺骗; B呈现,雇佣; C占据,从事; D与 .相像。这里是 “雇佣 ”的意思,故选 B。 考点:考查动词短语辨析 However, at times this balance in nature is
28、 disturbed, _ a number of possibly unforeseen effects. A lying in B calling in C existing in D resulting in 答案: D 试题分析:考查非谓语动词和动词短语。句意:然而,这种自然平衡有时会受到干扰,导致大量的无法预见的影响。 lie in在于; call in拜访; exist in存在于;result in导致。用现在分词表伴随状况, A、 C表示原因,故选 D。 考点:考查非谓语动词和动 词短语 Chinas population is expected to increase to
29、about 1.5 billion in 2040, _it will start to decline slowly. A where B which C on which D after which 答案: D 试题分析:考查非限制性定语从句。句中有逗号,说明是非限制性定语从句,先行词是 2040,指时间,排除 A; on when相当于 when,但 on指具体的一天,这里的 2040年是一段时间,排除 C; which作主语或宾语, it will start to decline slowly不缺少成分,排除 B, after which相当于 after 2040,故选 D。 考点
30、:考查非限制性定语从句 完型填空 I stopped at a grocery store the other day because I was about to go on a long drive and I wanted to buy my favorite for the trip. It wasnt the store I go to, just one I passed along the way. As I walked up to the entrance, I a man and a boy who was about 10 or 12 years old at the f
31、ront of the store. The man handed half-sheets of white paper as customers walked past. I walked up to them with , wondering what cause they . As I got closer, I saw that they had two carts (购物车 ) starting to fill with . I said hello and the man greeted me and me one of the pieces of paper, that they
32、 were collecting donations for the homeless. On the paper was a simple of food items: peanut butter, noodles, pasta sauce, canned fruits and vegetables. It also included a short story about the boy and his to collect food donations since the age of 8. I was really that someone so young would be so i
33、nterested in helping others. I told him it was a(n) idea and that he should be proud of himself. He smiled. Then, I went inside to get my drink. , the store didnt have it. , I wasnt upset, because by then I felt I had another mission. I went through the store, things from the list, then brought them
34、 back out to the boy and put them in the cart. They thanked me and offered me a(n) (candy, I think). As I walked back to my car, the boys well-intentioned spirit with me. How inspiring to a young boy with a resolve to do good deeds, and the courage to act on it. 【小题1】 A cigar B beer C drink D snack
35、A hardly B normally C intentionally D consciously A noticed B watched C felt D recognized A sitting B lying C hiding D standing A customers B salesmen C children D drivers A astonishment B curiosity C concern D anxiety A presented B devoted C disapproved D represented A money B clothes C groceries D
36、 vegetables A sold B showed C brought D handed A whispering B explaining C advising D analyzing A advertisement B poster C menu D list A efforts B attempts C plans D puzzles A convinced B touched C discouraged D reminded A specific B flexible C awesome D imaginable A Surprisingly B Eventually C Than
37、kfully D Unfortunately A then B Therefore C Still D However A picking B packing C gathering D holding A inspiration B treat C praise D award A struck B agreed C stuck D arose A come across B bring up C see through D care for 答案: 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 B 【小题 7】 D 【小题 8】 C
38、 【小题 9】 D 【小题 10】 B 【小题 11】 D 【小题 12】 A 【小题 13】 B 【小题 14】 C 【小题 15】 D 【小题 16】 D 【小题 17】 A 【小题 18】 B 【小题 19】 C 【小题 20】 A 试题分析:作者停下车去买自己喜欢喝的饮料,在商店门口,作者发现有人在为流浪者募集食物,作者为他们所做的事情感到佩服。商店里没有作者要买的那种饮料,但是作者并没有不开心,他买了一些食品放到了募集食品用的购物车里。 【小题 1】考查名词辨析。 A雪茄; B啤酒; C饮料; D小吃。根据第五段第一句 “Then, I went inside to get my d
39、rink.”可知,作者去店里买饮料,故选 C。 【小题 2】考查副词辨析。 A几乎不; B正常地; C国际上; D有意识地。根据just one I passed along the way可知,这家店不是作者经常去的那家,故选 B。 【小题 3】考查动词辨析。 A注意到; B观看,注视; C感觉; D认出,承认。I a man and a boy当作者朝门口走的时候,作者注意到一个男子和以和男孩,故选 A。 【小题 4】考查动词辨析。 A坐下; B躺着; C躲藏; D站立。根据下句 “The man handed half-sheets of white paper as customers
40、 walked past.”可知,男子和男孩站在门口发传单,故选 D。 【小题 5】考查名词辨析。 A顾客; B销售员; C儿童; D司机。根据 “as customers walked past”可知,他们把传单递给进店的顾客,故选 A。 【小题 6】考查名词辨析。 A惊讶; B好奇心; C关心; D焦急。根据后半句“wondering what cause they”可知,作者感到好奇,故选 B。 【小题 7】考查动词辨析。 A颁发,陈述; B奉献; C不赞成,反对; D代表。wondering what cause they .作者想知道他们是什么公司的代表,即,他们是在宣传什么,故选
41、D。 【小题 8】考查名词辨析。 A金钱; B衣服; C食品杂货店; D蔬菜。根据第一段 “I stopped at a grocery store”可知,这是一家杂货店,故选 C。 【小题 9】考查动词辨析。 A出售; B展示; C带来; D递给。 and me one of the pieces of paper男子递给作者一张单页,故选 D。 【小题 10】考查动词辨析。 A低语 ; B解释; C建议; D分析。 that they were collecting donations for the homeless男子解释道,他们正在为无家可归者募集食品,故选 B。 【小题 11】考查
42、名词辨析。 A广告; B海报; C菜单; D清单。 On the paper was a simple of food items单页上简单印着一个关于食物的清单,故选 D。 【小题 12】考查名词辨析。 A努力; B尝试; C计划; D难题。 a short story about the boy and his to collect food donations since the age of 8单页上还印有那个男孩从八岁开始就为募集食物所做出的努力,故选 A。 【小题 13】考查动词辨析。 A使信服; B触碰,感动; C使泄气; D提醒。 I was really that someo
43、ne so young would be so interested in helping others.作者为这个小男孩的行为感到钦佩,作者被小男孩的行为打动了,故选 B。 【小题 14】考查形容词辨析。 A具体的; B灵活的; C极好的,令人敬畏的;D可想象的,可能发 生的。 I told him it was a(n) idea and that he should be proud of himself.作者告诉小男孩,这是一个很棒的想法,他一定会为自己感到自豪的,故选 C。 【小题 15】考查副词辨析。 A惊讶地; B最终; C谢天谢地; D不幸地。根据“the store didn
44、t have it.”可知,店里没有作者要买的那种饮料,故选 D。 【小题 16】考查副词辨析。 A那么; B所以; C仍然; D然而。 I wasnt upset虽然没有买到喜欢的饮料,但是作者并不伤心,故选 D。 【小题 17】考查动词辨析。 A挑选; B打包; C聚集,收集; D握住,拥抱。根据 from the list可知,作者按照单页上的清单挑选了一些东西,故选 A。 【小题 18】考查名词辨析。 A鼓舞; B请客,招待,治疗,对待; C表扬; D奖励。 They thanked me and offered me a(n) (candy, I think).他向作者不是感谢,并给
45、了作者糖果之类的东西作为答谢,故选 B。 【小题 19】考查动词辨析。 A敲打; B同意; C刺,粘贴; D产生,出现。 the boys well-intentioned spirit with me男孩助人为乐的精神一直伴随着作者, stick with跟着,继续做,故选 C。 【小题 20】考查动词短语。 A偶然发现; B提出,养育; C看穿; D喜爱,照顾。 How inspiring to a young boy with a resolve to do good deeds遇到一个决心做好事的男孩是多么令人鼓舞的事情啊,故选 A。 考点:故事类短文阅读 阅读理解 When buyi
46、ng from a dealer, the law says that a car must be: As described: This includes the history of the car as well as its specification. For example, if the dealer described the car as previously having “one careful lady owner”, it shouldnt turn out to have had several previous “boy racer” owners. Of sat
47、isfactory quality: It must meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as acceptable and be free from any quality problem. Also, bear in mind that a second-hand car will have a slightly different definition of what is considered “satisfactory, because theres certainly an element of wear and tear. Fit for the purpose: It must be reasonable fit for any normal purpose and this includes any purpose that you specify to the seller. If any of the above is violated, then in theory, you may have the right to reject the vehicle and get your money