2011年高考英语试题(湖南卷)完整解析版

2011年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖南卷）

英语试题

Part Ⅱ Language Knowledge(45 marks）

Section A (15 marks)

Directions：for each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.

Example:

The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket _______ the desert.

A. covering

B. covered

C. cover

D. to cover

The answer is A.

21. The ability _______ an idea is as important as the idea itself.

A. expressing

B. expressed

C. to express

D. to be expressed

答案C

考察非谓语动词作定语的用法，express修饰的是ability，为主动关系，所以答案锁定在A，C之间；ability作为一抽象名词，通常使用动词不定式做定语；当然我们还可以联系短语be able to，不难判断正确选项是C

22.--------Joan, What _______in your hand?

-----------Look! It‟s a birtyday gift for my grandma.

A. had you help

B.are you holding

C. do you hold

D.will you hold

答案 B

考察时态用法，通过语境判断是现在的时间，并且表达动作正在发生，故选B

23. The players _______ from the whole country are expected to bring us honor in this summer game.

A. selecting

B. to select

C. selected

D. having selected

【答案】C

【解析】考察非谓语动词做定语的用法。Select修饰players, 为被动关系，只有C 选项表被动。

24. I knew that _______ would over discourage him; he would never give up wanting to be a director.

A. something

B. anything

C. everything

D. nothing

27. In 1492, Columbus _______ on one of the Bahama Islands, but the mistook is for an island off India.

A. lands

B. landed

C. has landed

D. had landed

【答案】B

【解析】考察时态。动作前已经给出具体的过去时间in 1492，所以排除A和C。另外根据题目没有明确说明"登陆"是发生在"误解"之前的动作，排除D；选B。

28. -----No one _______ be compared with Yao Ming in playing basketball.

-----Oh, you are really his big fan.

A. can

B. need

C. must

D. might

【答案】B

【解析】考察情态动词。need表示“需要”。根据句意，选A。

29. Do you wake up every morning _______ energetic and ready to start a new day?

A. feel

B. to feel

C. feeling

D. felt

32. Only after they had discussed the matter for several hours _______ a decision.

A. they reached

B. did they reach

C. they reach

D. do they reach

【答案】B

【解析】考察only前置的倒装句。Only引导状语从句前置，主句主谓要部分倒装。又因为从前文中的"had discussed"判断出是过去时间，故选B。

33. Jack wasn‟t saying anything, but the teacher smiled at him _______ he had done something very clever.

A. as if

B. in case

C. while

D. though

【答案】A

【解析】考察状语从句的用法。根据句意，空格处需要填入"好像，仿佛"。故选A。

34. In the near future, more advances in the robot technology _______ by science.

A. are making

B. are made

C. will make

D. will be made

【答案】D

【解析】考察时态语态。从给出的时间状语"in the near future"可以看出，说的是将来的事情。又因"进步"是被取得的，故选D。

35. It‟s not what we do once in a while _______ shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

A. which

B. that

C. how

D. when