1、2012-2013学年甘肃省兰州一中高二上学期期末考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * -What course do you want to study at university -I love physics._. A Its up to me. B Its none of your business. C It will be my first choice. D It doesnt make sense. 答案： C 试题分析：考查交际用语， A.Its up to me.这是我的； B. Its none of your business.不关你的事； C.It will b
2、e my first choice.这将是我的第一个选择； D.It doesnt make sense.这没有意义，句子意思 “我喜欢物理，这将是我的第一个选择 ” 考点：考查交际用语 点评：交际用语是高考常考内容之一，根据上下文语境选出正确答案：，要灵活运用灵活掌握 即学即练： Now more and more Chinese senior students are applying for admissionto American universities through SAT _ But taking an SAT may cost more than 10,000 yuan A.
3、 Thats the case B. Not really C. I hope so D. That sounds reasonable 选 A 句意： 现在越来越多的中国高中生通过 SAT申请读美国的大学。 的确如此。但是参加 SAT也许要花掉 1万元。 It _ Sunday, I didnt need to go to work.I tidied all the cupboards of my apartments. A being B is C to be D been 答案： A 试题分析：考查非谓语动词， It being Sunday作状语，相当于 Because it was
4、Sunday，句子意思 “今天是星期天，我需要上班，我打扫我公寓的所有橱柜 ” 考点：考查非谓语动词 点评：非谓语动词是个难点，是高考常考内容，做此类题时，首先要分析句子知道非谓语动词是做得什么成分，然后根据和修饰语的关系决定是现在分词还是过去分词或者不定式 There was no doubt _ it was in the supermarket _ I lost my wallet yesterday. A that, that B whether, whether C that, whether D whether, that 答案： A 试题分析：考查固定句型， There was
5、no doubt that 意思 “毫无疑问 ” ，后面句子 I lost my wallet yesterday是个从句，句子意思 “毫无疑问在这个超市我丢了钱包 ” 考点：考查固定句型 点评：固定句型的考查是常考内容，只要是固定句型，就选固定的词，要求学生平时多记多积累。 _a reply from my American friend Bill, I decided to send another email to him. A Not having received B Not being received C Not receiving D Not to receive. 答案： A
6、 试题分析：考查非谓语动词，名词 I和动词 receive是主谓关系，所以用现在分词做状语，因为动作已经发生，所以用现在完成时，所以选 A，句子意思 “没有受到美国朋友的回信，我决定在写一次邮件 ” 考点：考查非谓语动词 点评：非谓语动词是个高考难点，做此类题时，首先判断名词和动词的关系：如果名词和动词是主谓关系，那么现在分词作状语；如果名词和动词是动宾关系，那么过去分词作状语 As the clock struck nine, players _their positions and the match began. A stood up B took up C made up D set
7、up 答案： B 试题分析：考查固定词组， A. stood up站起来； B. took up占去； C. made up组成； D. set up 设置，句子意思 “当钟敲了九下，玩家站好他们的位置比赛开始了 ” 考点：考查固定词组 点评：固定词组的考查是高考常考内容之一，要求学生平时多记多积累，遇到此类题时，就很容易做出选择了 There _ quantities of apples in the basket and there was _ milk in the bucket. A were; a number of B was; quantities of C were; a qu
8、antity of D was; a good many 答案： C 试题分析：考查谓语单复数，由主语 quantities of apples是复数，所以排除 B、D， a number of意思 “许多 ”， a quantity of意思 “大量的 ”，句子意思 “篮子里有许多苹果，桶里有大量的牛奶 ” 考点：考查谓语单复数 点评：考查谓语单复数是常考内容，要求学生做此类题时，首先知道主语是单数还是复数，由主语单复数来确定谓语的单复数 即学即练： Every student as well as teachers who_ to visit the museum _ asked to b
9、e at the school gate on time. A. is; is B. are; are C. is; are D. are; is 选 D You were rude to your sister, _you should make an apology to her. A whom B for which C for whom D which 答案： B 试题分析：考查从句，从句 you should make an apology to her不缺少成份， for which相当于 why，所以选 B 考点：考查从句 点评：从句是个难点，是高考常考内容之一，要求学生能够分析
10、理解句子的结构，熟记连词关 系词的句法功能。要求考生知道引导词的用法 Something unexpected happened, but _ it was a pleasant journey. A in detail B on average C to a degree D on the whole 答案： D 试题分析：考查固定词组， A. in detail详细说明； B. on average平均； C. to a degree在某种程度上； D. on the whole总的来说，句子意思 “一些不希望的事发生了，但是总的来说旅行很愉快 ” 考点：考查固定词组 点评：考查固定短语的
11、用法，需要考生牢记一些它们的用法，平时多记多积累，遇到此类题时，就很容易选择了 即学即练： After years of overwork, my fathers health _ and he had to retire from business. A. broke out. B. broke up. C. broke down. D. broke off. 选 C -Did you get what the teacher said -No. So softly _ that I could hardly hear her. A spoke she B she spoke C did s
12、he speak D she did speak 答案： C 试题分析：考查倒装，在 so. . . that或 such. . . that句型中的 so. . . 或 such. . . 等词组提到句首时主句要倒装。句子意思 “她说话太柔以至于我没有听到 ” 考点：考查倒装 点评：倒装是高考常考内 容之一，否定词置于句首 ,主句要部分倒装。要熟记相关词的用法，如： never, little, hardly, scarcely等 即学即练： _ after a whole days work that he could hardly stand it. A. So he was tired
13、 and hungry B. Was he so tired and hungry C. So tired and hungry was he D. So tired and hungry he was 答案： C 句意：一天后他是如此疲劳以至于他几乎不能站起来。 -Lucy, read this book I_ that youll be fond of it. -OK. Ill read it after I have finished my homework. A order B guarantee C prove D reveal 答案： B 试题分析：考查动词用法， A. order
14、顺序 B. guarantee保证； C. prove证明； D. Reveal揭示；句子意思 “读这本书，我保证你会喜欢它 ” 考点：考查动词用法 点评：动词是近几年高考的热点，需要考生能够理解该题的语言环境，根据动词意思，作出正确的判断。要求学生平时多记动词，有利于选择 即学即练： After class, Mr. Zhangs extra instructions to the class helped _ the assignment to his students. A. classify B. clarify C. cater D. compensate 选 B The cells
15、 of humans, especially _of the brain, can live only minutes without circulating blood. A that B ones C it D those 答案： B 试题分析：考查代词， A. that那个； B. ones表示同类事物，复数形式； C .it指同一个事物； D. those表示那些，句子意思 “人类细胞。尤其是脑细胞，没有血液循环只能活几分钟 ” 考点：考查代词 点评：考查一些代词的高考常考内容之一，代词的考查 主要是这个代词指代的数的问题，和泛指和特指 即学即练： A scientist who ca
16、n speak English is in closer touch with those of other countries than _ who doesnt. A. that B. those C. / D. one 选 D You may use the room as you like,_ you clean it up afterwards. A as though B so long as C now that D as far as 答案： A 试题分析：考查固定词组， A. as though好像； B. so long as只要； C. now that既然； D. as
17、 far as只要，句子意思 “你可以随便使用这个房间，用完后你要打扫干净 ” 考点：考查固定词组 点评：本题考查了 as组成的动词短语的辨析，英语中有的词组是相同的词搭配不同的副词或介词构成的。含义不一样，注意区分 即学即练： It can be easy to _ such bad habits as smoking and heavy drinking, but it is not so easy to quit. A. slide into B. turn into C. put into D. draft into 选 A 句意：染上抽烟喝酒的坏习惯可能很容易，但戒掉不容易 The
18、country life he was accustomed to_ greatly since 1992. A has changed B change C changing D have changed 答案： A 试题分析：考查时态，由时间状语 since 1992可以知道句子时态是完成时，句子 The country life he was accustomed to 是个从句，句子的主语是 The country，所以选 A， was accustomed to意思 “习惯于 ” 考点：考查时态 点评：考查时态要抓住时间，这题有明显的时间状语： since 1992，所以很简单，再就
19、是结合上下文。 即学即练： Let the soldiers sleep for a while because they _ the injured for twelve hours nonstop. A. rescued B. rescue C. have been rescuing D. had rescue ：注意句中的时间状语 for twelve hours nonstop. 故选 C。 Had you listened to the doctor, you _ all right now. A are B would be C were D would have been 答案：
20、 B 试题分析：考查时态，由时间状语 right now是个将来时，由前面的句子 Had you listened to the doctor可以知道是过去将来时，所以选 B 考点：考查时态 点评：时态是初高中阶段的难点之一，也是高考常考内容之一，要求学生理解句意进而对动词的时态做出正确的判断。做此题时，首先看到短语 right now，就很容易知道时态 即学即练： Tell John not to leave the house unless he _that the lights _ . A. will make sure, turn off B. makes sure; are turn
21、ed off C. will make sure; will turn off D. makes sure; will be turned off ： B。考查动词时态，第一空在条件状语从句中用一般现在时代替一般将来时；第二空所有的灯被关掉。 Let your child learn to be independent, for _ he will leave home to lead his own life as a fully independent adult. A actually B absolutely C meanwhile D eventually 答案： D 试题分析：考查
22、副词意思， A actually事实上 B absolutely绝对正确 C. meanwhile同时 D. eventually最终，句子意思 “让你的孩子学着独立，最终他将离开家作为真正的成年人过着他自己的生活 ” 考点：考查副词意思 点评：考查以 ly 结尾的的副词。外形相似，但是表示的意思不同，要求学生平时多记多练 阅读理解 Everyone knows about straightA students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge of the Nerds(菜鸟大
23、反攻 )， a comedy film satirizing(讽刺 )social life in college. They get high grades， all right，but only by becoming dull laborers， their noses always stuck in a book. They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports. How， then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendr
24、es Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School. She also sings in the school singing group, serves on the students union and is a member of the mathematics society. For two years she has kept up As in every subject. Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico， was student-bo
25、dy president at Valley High School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair， and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony， he achieved straight As in his regular classes， plus rewarding po
26、ints for As in two college-level course. How do superachievers like Roman and Melendres do it Brains arent the only answer “Top grades dont always go to the brightest students,” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studi
27、es on superachieving students “Knowing how to make the most of your innate(天生的 )abilities counts far more. Much more.” In fact， Walberg says， students with high IQ sometimes dont do as well as classmates with lower IQ. For them， learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down. Hard
28、 work isnt the whole story, either “its not how long you sit there with the books open ”said one of the manyA students we interviewed. “Its what you do while youre sitting.” Indeed， some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates. The kids at t
29、he top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn. 【小题 1】 What can we conclude from the first paragraph A Most TV programs and films are about straight-A students B People have unfavorable impression on straightA students C Everyone knows about straight-
30、A students from TV or films D Straight-A students are well admired by people in the society 【小题 2】 What will be talked about after the last paragraph A The interviews with more students B The role IQ plays in learning well C The techniques to be better learners D The achievements top students make 【
31、小题 3】 What can we infer from the passage A IQ is more important than hard work in study B The brightest students can never get low glades C Top students certainly achieve all-around developments D Students with average IQ can become super-achievers 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 试题分析 :本文是一篇说明文，说明了全优
32、学生 受到不好的评价，喜剧电影讽刺大学生活，全优学生只知道学习，不善于社交。与此相反，智商低的学生可以成就事业 【小题 1】推理题，由第一段的主要意思 “对全优生不好的评价 ”，可以推出答案：，故选 B。 【小题 2】推理题，由最后一段最后一句 The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn可以推出答案：，所以选 C。 【小题 3】推理题，由本文的主要意思 “智商 低的学生也可以成就事业 ”，可以推出答案：，所以选 D 考点：
33、本篇是一篇说明文 点评：本文主要考查推理题，推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。 A Japanese toy maker declares that they have developed a gadget that translates dog barks into human language and plans to begin selling the gadgetunder the name
34、 of Bowlingualin U. S. pet stores and gift shops this summer. Tokyo-based Takara Co. Ltd. says about 300, 000 of the dog translator gadgets have been sold since it was on sale in Japan late last year. It is forecasting far bigger sales once an English language translation for dogs comes to America i
35、n August. The United States is home to about 67 million dogs, more than six times the number in Japan. We know that the Americans love their dogs so much, so we dont think they will mind spending $ 120 on this product, the Takara marketing manager said during an interview at a recent pet products co
36、nference in Atlanta. Regarded as one of the coolest inventions of 2002 by Time magazine, Bowlingual is made up of a 3 - inch long wireless microphone that is fastened to a dog collar and sends out sounds to a small console (控制台 ) that is connected to a database (数据库 ). The console divides each bark
37、into six emotional typeshappiness, sadness, disappointment, anger, threat and desireand shows common phrases, such as Youre ticking me off, that fit the dogs emotional state. Takara says it has spent millions of dollars developing the gadget in cooperation（合作） with famous sound experts and animal be
38、haviorists. One thing that does appear certain is that the markets for animal translation products will likely remain a dogs world since Takara has no plans to develop a similar gadget for cats. They are too unpredictable (反复无常 ) , the marketing manager said. 【小题 1】 This passage mainly tells us that
39、 Bowlingual _. A was invented in Japan B has developed quickly C will be sold in America D sells well for its price 【小题 2】 The underlined word they in the last paragraph refers to _. A markets B products C plans D cats 【小题 3】 From the passage, we can see that Takara Co. Ltd. is _ the sale of its new
40、 product. A proud of B satisfied with C confident of D worried about 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 C 试题分析 :本文是一篇说明文，说明了日本制造商宣布，他们开发了一个小玩具，把狗叫成人类语言，计划卖这个小玩具 Bowlingual 【小题 1】推理题，由第一段第二行 plans to begin selling the gadgetunder the name of Bowlingualin U. S. pet stores and gift shops this summer. 可以推出答案：
41、，故选 C。 【小题 2】推理题，由最后一段 since Takara has no plans to develop a similar gadget for cats.可以推出答案：，所以选 D。 【小题 3】推理题，由第二段第三行 t is forecasting far bigger sales once an English language translation for dogs comes to America in August 可以推出答案：，所以选 C 考点：本篇是一篇说明文 点评：本文主要考查推理题，推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻
42、辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作 者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。 Mini Book Excerpts（节选） Biography When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it The townspeople never forgot
43、 the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor. J. D. Salinger： A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（ Random House,$27） Mystery（疑案小说） “Youre a smart boy. Bennys death was no accident, and youre the only one who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it ” The boy was staring st
44、ubbornly (固执地；倔强地 ) at his lap again. A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you You recognized the man in the car, didnt you ” The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “Maybe,” he said quietly. Red Wolf by Liza Marklund（ Atria Books, $25. 99） Short Stories She wants to say to him what she has
45、learned, none of it in class: Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give , and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they dont want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughter
46、s wont. Some mothers love so their daughters wont. You Are Free by Danzy Senna（ Riverhead Books,$15） Humor Do your kids like to have fun Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times!s “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have, legally, in the
47、 United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half of that within a days drive of most cities Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle（ Ecco,$14. 99） 【小题 1】 If the readers want to know about the life of Salinger , they should buy the
48、 book published by . A Ecco B Random House C Riverhead Books D Atria Books 【小题 2】 The book Happy :And Other Bad Thoughts is intended for . A young children B Disney World workers C middle school teachers D parents with young children 【小题 3】 Which book describes women with characters of their own A. You Are Free B. J. D. Salinger: A Life C. Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts D. Red Wolf 【小题 4】 After finishing the book Red Wolf, t
