1、2012-2013学年贵州省湄潭中学高二上学期期中考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * Oh, help! The pan is on fire! _. I can handle it. A Take it easy B Stop shouting C Help yourself D You bet 答案： A 试题分析：考查交际英语。 A不要担心； B不准叫； C自行取用； D当然；句意： 救命！锅着火了！ 不要担心。我会处理的。故 A正确。 考点：考查交际用语 点评：交际用语的考查，要根据上下文的语境进行辨析。在平时的学习中要加强对一些常考的交际用语的短语和句型进行记忆。 Tom _
2、his homework yesterday, because he was in hospital all day. A cant finish B couldnt finish C couldnt have finished D mustnt finish 答案： C 试题分析：考查情态动词表示推测。根据第二句的过去时，说明是对过去的推测，使用 “情态动词 +have done”对过去的情况进行推测。如果是对现在情况的推测，使用 “情态动词 +动词原形 ”；句意： Tom不可能完成他的家庭作业，因为他整体都住院。故 C正确。 考点：考查情态动词表示推测 点评：使用 “情态动词 +have
3、done”对过去的情况进行推测。如果是对现在情况的推测，使用 “情态动词 +动词原形 ”； We used to work in the same office and we _ have coffee together. A would B should C could D might 答案： A 试题分析：考查情态动词特殊用法。 Would表示过去常常做某事；句意：我们过去在同一个办公室工作，我们常常一起喝咖啡。故 A正确。 考点：考查情态动词特殊用法 点评： Would表示过去常常做某事； _ all the inventions have in common is _ they hav
4、e succeeded. A What; what B That; what C What; that D That; that 答案： C 试题分析：考查名词性从句的连 接词。 What在名词性从句中做主语，宾语，宾语； that在名词性从句中只起连接作用，不充当任何成分，没有任何意思。第一空的 what引导主语从句，并在句中做 have的宾语。第二空 That引导表语从句，在句中不充当任何成分。句意：所有的发明的共同之处是甜蜜都很成功。故 C正确。 考点：考查主语从句 点评： What在名词性从句中做主语，宾语，宾语； that在名词性从句中只起连接作用，不充当任何成分，没有任何意思。 T
5、he new machine， if _ properly， will work at least ten years. A use B using C being used D used 答案： D 试题分析：考查分词做状语。当动词与句子的主语构成主动关系的时候，使用现在分词做状语。如果二者形成被动关系，使用过去分词。本题的 the new machine与 use构成被动关系，故使用过去分词的形式。故 D正确。 考点：考查分词做状语 点评：当动词与句子的主语构成主动关系的时候，使用现在分词做状语。如果二者形成被动关系，使用过去分词。 What were you doing when the
6、 telephone rang I _ away my books and _ to bed. A had just put;was going B was just putting;went C just put;had gone D have just put;gone 答案： A 试题分析：考查时态。句意： 当电话响起的时候，你在做什么？ 我把书放好了。正要去睡觉。句意说明我已经把书放好了，使用过去完成时。正要去睡觉，使用 was going to表示过去将来时。故 A正确。 考点：考查时态 点评：时态的考查主要看上下文的语境和句子的关键词。 I thought Jim would sa
7、y something about his school report,but he _ it. A doesnt mention B hadnt mentioned C didnt mention D hasnt mentioned 答案： C 试题分析：考查时态。句意：我以为 Jim 会说一些关于那篇学校的报告的事情，但是他没有提及。本题前半句使用虚拟语气， but后面使用陈述语序，故 C正确。 考点：考查时态 点评：时态的考查要根据上下文的语境和句中的关键词。本题根据前面的虚拟语气判断出后面使用过去时。 We found_ impossible to finish the work on
8、 time. A that B one C it D this 答案： C 试题分析：考查 it 作为形式宾语。在英语中只有 it 可以作为形式主语和形式宾语。在本句中 it 是形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的不定式 to finish the work on time.故 C正确。 考点：考查 it 作为形式宾语 点评：在英语中只有 it 可以作为形式主语和形式宾语。在本句中 it 是形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的不定式 to finish the work on time John received an invitation to a dinner, and with his work_, h
9、e gladly accepted it. A finished B finishing C to finish D was finished 答案： A 试题分析：考查 with的复合结构。 With的复合结构： with+宾语 +宾语补足语；本题 with的宾语与宾语补足语 finish之间构成被动关系，故使用过去分词的形式。句意： John收到一个邀请，请他取吃饭。因为工作都已经完成了，所以他很高兴地接受了。故 A正确。 考点：考查 with复合结构 点评：当 with复合结构中的宾语和宾语补足语之间构成主动关系时，使用现在分词做宾语补足语；当二者构成被动关系的时候，使用过去分词做宾语补
10、足语。 _ students should be given more free time is suggested by many experts and welcomed by kids in school A What B Why C Whether D That 答案： D 试题分析：考查主语从句。本句中的 that 引导主语从句，本句句中结构很完整，that在句中不充当任何成分，只起引导作用。句意：学生应该被给予更多的空闲时间被很多专家提了出了，也很受学校的学生的欢迎。 What要在句中充当成分。 BC 的意思与句意不符。故 D正确。 考点：考查主语从句 点评：主语从句的考查主要从陈
11、述语序以及连接词的用法分析方面着手。 That在主语从句 总不充当任何成分，只起连接作用。 Only when he returned_ the truth. A he found out B did he find out C he finds out D does he find out 答案： B 试题分析：考查倒转句。当 only放在句首，且强调状语的时候，后面的句子使用部分倒装的形式。本题 only放在句首，强调的是时间状语从句 when he returned，故后面使用部分倒装的形式。根据 returned说明使用过去时。故 B正确。 考点：考查倒装句 点评：当 only 放在句
12、首，且强调状语的时候，后面的句子使用部分倒装的形式。 Some insects _ the color of their surroundings to protect themselves. A take in B take off C take on D take out 答案： C 试题分析：短语辨析。 A吸收，理解，欺骗； B起飞，脱掉，成功； C呈现，雇佣，承担； D取出，拿出；句意：一些昆虫呈现出周围环境的颜色来保护他们自己。根据句意说明 C正确。 考点： 考查短语辨析辨析 点评： take的短语一直都是考生的重点，本题的 AB是考查的重点。 It was such a_ job
13、that I really felt_. A tiring; tiring B tired; tired C tiring; tired, D tired; tiring 答案： C 试题分析：考查形容词用法。 Tiring令人疲惫的；令人厌倦的（通常形容事物）； tired感到疲惫的；（通常形容人）句意：这是一份如此让人厌倦的工作以至于我真的根据很疲惫。故 C正确。 考点：考 查形容词辨析 点评：。 Tiring 令人疲惫的；令人厌倦的（通常形容事物）； tired 感到疲惫的；（通常形容人） The difficulty which we had _ with the local peop
14、le has now been removed. A communication B to communicate C communicated D communicating 答案： D 试题分析：考查固定结构，固定结构： have some difficulty (in) doing sth做某事有困难。本题把 the difficulty提前，后面使用定语从句， which指代先行词 the difficulty在句中作为 had的宾语，后面使用 doing的形式。故 D正确。 考点：考查固定结构 点评：固定结构： have some difficulty (in) doing sth做
15、某事有困难。本题把 the difficulty提前，后面使用定语从句。 He walked up to cupboard near the wall and reached out for second cup. A the ; / B the ; a C a; a D /; a 答案： B 试题分析：考查冠词。第一空用 the特指靠近墙壁的柜子。固定结构 “a+序数词+time”再一次，又一次；句意 :他走向靠近墙壁的那个柜子，伸手又拿了一个茶杯。故 B正确。 考点：考查冠词 点评：冠词的考查集中在 the 表示特指， a/an表示泛指，同上要注意一些冠词的固定搭配和一些不要使用冠词的情况
16、。 完型填空 On April 11 Lincoln, Mrs Lincoln and two friends were spending night in talk, when Lincoln suddenly began to discuss his dreams. “I had one the other night. About 10 days ago I went to bed very 36 . I had been up 37 for important letters from the White House for a long time. I could not have
17、been 38 in bed when I fell into sleep. I soon began to 39 . There seemed to be a dead silence about me. Then I heard sobs(抽泣 )， 40 a number of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and 41 downstairs. There the silence was broken by some pitiful(令人可怜的 ) sobbing, but the mourners(送葬者 )were 42 .
18、I went from room to room, no living person was in sight; but the same mournful sounds of distress(悲痛 ) met me as I 43 along. It was light in all the rooms; 44 was well known to me， but 45 were all the people who were sobbing as if their hearts would 46 I was puzzled and frightened. What could be the
19、 47 of all this I kept on walking until I arrived at the East Room, which I 48 . Before me was a dead body. Around it were soldiers who were acting as 49 ; there were some people 50 pitifully. Who is dead in the White House ” I asked. “The president， ” was the answer. “Its 51 !”I said to myself and
20、was surprised. How did he die ” “He was killed by an assassinator (暗杀者 )!” was the answer. “ 52 came a loud burst of crying from the crowd， which woke me from my dream. I slept 53 that night, and although it was 54 a dream I have been rather angry about it 55 .” 【小题1】 A soon B late C quickly D early
21、 A reading B answering C waiting D paying A tired B busy C excited D long A dream B think C sleep D wake A as if B even if C though D unless A looked B waited C wandered D listened A out of sight B sobbing C talking D there A got B looked C passed D shouted A everything B nothing C the room D one mo
22、urner A why B where C how D what A stop B burst C break D die A result B wrong C matter D meaning A stood B stayed C entered D wandered A mourners B enemies C servants D guards A shouting B weeping C mourning D working A him B me C terrible D sad A So B It C Then D Thus A no more B more C excitedly
23、D calmly A such B only C still D also A forever B at that time C all along D ever since 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 C 【小题 7】 A 【小题 8】 C 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 B 【小题 11】 C 【小题 12】 D 【小题 13】 C 【小题 14】 D 【小题 15】 B 【小题 16】 C 【小题 17】 C 【小题 18】 A 【小题 19】 B 【小题 20】 D 试题分析： 【小题 1】 B 上下
24、文串联。根据 37空说明我在等白宫的信件。说明他睡觉很晚。故 B正确。 【小题 2】 C 动词辨析。 A阅读 B回答 C等待 D付钱；指林肯在等待白宫的来信，所以熬到很晚才睡觉。 【小题 3】 D 上下文串联。根据上文说明他等到很晚，所以不可能很长时间以后才睡着，说明他很快就睡着了。 【小题 4】 A 上下文串联。根据上文 discuss his dreams说明他们在谈论梦，故这里指他开始做梦。 【小题 5】 A 连词辨 析。 A似乎 B即使 C尽管 D除非；然后我听见哭声，好像有很多人都在哭。 【小题 6】 C 动词辨析。 A 看 B等 C 闲逛，走动 D 听；我下了床，走下了楼梯。 【小
25、题 7】 A 词义辨析。 A看不见 B哭泣 C谈话 D那里；安静被哭泣声打破，但是却看不见送葬的人。 【小题 8】 C 动词辨析。 Pass along向 走；我向前走的时候也有了同样的悲伤的感觉。 【小题 9】 A 句意分析。这里的一切我都很熟悉，但是哭泣的人在哪里？他们哭的好像心都碎了一般。 【小题 10】 B 副词辨析。句意同上句，指我搞不清楚哭的人在哪里？ 【小题 11】 C 固定词组 。 Break ones heart打碎了某人的心。指让别人很伤心。 【小题 12】 D 名词辨析。 A结果 B错误 C麻烦事 D意思；这一切是什么意思呢？ 【小题 13】 C动词辨析。 A站立 B待在
26、 C进入 D徘徊，闲逛；是定语从句which指代 the East Room做 enter的宾语。 【小题 14】 D 名词辨析。 A送葬者 B敌人 C仆人 D卫兵；指士兵充当卫兵在看护这尸体。 【小题 15】 B 动词辨析。 A喊叫 B哭泣 C嘀咕； D工作；指那些人围在尸体旁边哭泣。 【小题 16】 C 上下文串联。我看看自己躺在那里死了，说真是太可怕了。 【 小题 17】 C 副词辨析。 Then指那时，那时人群中传出很大的哭泣声。让我从梦中醒来。 【小题 18】 A 上下文串联。做了如此的一个噩梦，肯定睡不着了。 No more不再。 【小题 19】 B 句意辨析。尽管这只是一个梦，但
27、是从那以后我对这个梦一直很生气。 【小题 20】副词辨析。 A永远 B在那时 C一直 D从那时起；句意同上句。 考点：考查故事类完型填空 点评：本文介绍了林肯在梦中梦见了自己被谋杀的具体场景，与现实的实际情况相一致了。文章结构严谨，层次分明，考查知识面广，立足语篇，侧重通过上下文信息考查考生的综合运用英语 的能力，渗透了智力水平和综合素质的要求，建议以后的学习中，注重语篇的学习，培养自己驾驭语篇的能力，培养自己根据语篇综合运用英语的能力。 阅读理解 It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their childre
28、n to be responsible （有责任的） for housework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home. If you give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children be
29、lieve they can succeed, they will never become totally independent. My daughter Carlas fifth - grade teacher made every child in her class feel special. When students received less than a prefect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they ha
30、d missed. You can use the same technique when you evaluate （评价） your childs work at home. Dont always scold and give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasnt done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad. L
31、earning is a process（过程） of trying and failing and trying and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last. 【小题 1】 The whole passage deals with _. A social education B school education C family education D pre - school ed
32、ucation 【小题 2】 The author thinks that_. A there is no way to get children to help at home B the more encouragement and praise you give, the more responsible and helpful children will become C it is very difficult to make children responsible for housework D children can be forced to help with housew
33、ork 【小题 3】 The article gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate（评价）your childs work at home. That is to _. A praise his success B promise him a trip C give him a punishment D promise him a ball game 【小题 4】 The author advises readers to_. A learn from himself, for he has a good way of teachin
34、g B take pride in Carlas fifth - grade teacher C do as what Carlas teacher did in educating children D follow Carlas example because she never fails in the test 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 C 试题分析： 【小题 1】 C 推理题。根据文章第一段可知本文是关于教育孩子做家务的，那么本文属于家庭教育的范围。故 C正确。 【小题 2】 B 推理题。根据文章倒数第二段 2,3行 Dont alw
35、ays scold and give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasnt done.说明我们要多鼓励孩子，我们的鼓励越多，他们的成就会越大。故 B 正确。 【小题 3】 A 推理题。根据第四段第 2行 give lots of praise instead.说明本文告诉我们要多表扬孩子的成功。故 A正确。 【小题 4】 C 细节题。根据第四段第一句 You can use the same technique when you evaluate （评价） your
36、childs work at home.说明要我们采取与这位老师一样的方法。故 C正确。 考点：考查教育类短文阅读 点评：文章介绍了通过表扬来教育子女，让孩子有信心，也乐意做家务。本文集中考查了细节题，要求考生仔细阅读全文，做好相应的标志，以提高阅读的效率和速度。 America is growing older. Fifty - eight years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. To day, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over
37、 65. The aging of the population will affect（影响） American society in many wayseducation, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior（行为） is suitable（合适） at various , ages. A pers
38、on s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. Theres no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop worki
39、ng isnt as strong as it used to be. It doesnt surprise us to hear of a 29 - year - old university president or a 35 - year -old grandmother, or a 70 year - old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing. Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father w
40、as at my age. ”No one says“Act your age” any more. Weve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways. 【小题 1】 It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America _ . A has made people feel younger B has changed peoples social position C has changed peo
41、ples understanding of age D has slowed down the countrys social development 【小题 2】 The underlined word “one” refers to _ . A a society B America C a place D population 【小题 3】 “Act your age” means people should _ . A be active when they are old B do the right thing at the right age C show respect for
42、 their parents young or old D take more physical exercise suitable to their age 【小题 4】 If a 25 - year - old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _ . A normal B wonderful C unbelievable D unreasonable 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 A
43、 试题分析： 【小题 1】 C 推理题。根据第一段倒数两行和文章第二段内容 people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior（行为） is suitable（合适） at various , ages. 和 Public ideas are changing.说明美国人对年龄的看法已经有了变化。故 C正确。 【小题 2】 A 推理题。根据 the graying of America has made us a very different society one in which people have a quite d
44、ifferent说明这里的 one与前面的 a very different society是一个同位语关系，就是指 a very different society故 A正确。 【小题 3】 B 推理题。根据 Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age. ”No one says“Act your age” any more. 说明这里的 “Act your age”是指做你所做的年龄该做的事情，现在这种情况已经有了很大的变化。故 B正确。 【小题 4】 A 推理题。根据第二段最后
45、三行 It doesnt surprise us to hear of a 29 - year - old university president or a 35 - year -old grandmother, or a 70 year - old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.说明人们对年龄的看法已经有了很大的变化，对于题目中的事情会感觉很正常。故 A正确。 考点：考查文化类短文阅读 点评：文章介绍了美国的人口老龄化让每个人对待年龄的看法也起了变化。以推理题的考查为主，不
46、能以自己的观点代替作者的观点，推理的根据来自于上下文，最主要的方法是根据词 义关系推断具体细节。 The dream of flying into outer space, cherished by the Chinese people for centuries, will soon come true. China launched its fourth unmanned spacecraft （飞船） “Shenzhou ” on December 30 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu Province. It was th
47、e 27th consecutive（连续的 ） and successful launch of China - made rockets since October 1996. This launch has made it more realistic for China to send a person into space on its own following Russia and the USA. Qi Faren， leading designer of the spacecraft system, said all the functions （功能） designed f
48、or manned flights have withstood （经受住） the test of three previous, successful launches and return landings of the “Shenzhou” spaceships. China launched the “Shenzhou ”, “Shenzhou ”and “Shenzhou ”spacecrafts in 1999,2001 and 2002 respectively. “Shouzhou ” was to make it a more comfortable place in which astronauts can live and work. All parts of the application
