2013年高考英语试题-湖南卷[解析]

2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(湖南卷)

英语

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.

21. Happiness and success often come to those ________ are good at recognizing their own strengths.

A. whom

B. who

C. what

D. which

22. “What do you want to be?” asked Mrs. Crawford. “Oh, I ________ president,” said the boy, with a smile.

A. have been

B. am

C. was

D. will be

23. You must learn to consult your feelings and your reason ________ you reach any decision.

A. although

B. before

C. because

D. unless

24. Around two o’clock every night, Sue will start talking in her dream. It somewhat ________ us.

A. bothers

B. had bothered

C. would bother

D. bothered

25. The sun began to rise in the sky, ________ the mountain in golden light.

A. bathed

B. bathing

C. to have bathed

D. have bathed

26. If nothing ________, the oceans will turn into fish deserts.

A. does

B. had been done

C. will do

D. is done

27. — Have you heard about the recent election?

— Sure, it ________ the only thing on the news for the last three days.

A. would be

B. is

C. has been

D. will be

28. Do not let any failures discourage you, for you can never tell ________ close you may be to victory.

A. how

B. that

C. which

D. where

29. You cannot accept an opinion ________ to you unless it is based on facts.

A. offering

B. to offer

C. having offered

D. offered

30. Every day ________ a proverb aloud several times until you have it memorized.

A. read

B. reading

C. to read

D. reads

31. ________ warm at night, I would fill the woodstove, then set my alarm clock for midnight so I could refill it.

A. Staying

B. Stayed

C. To stay

D. Stay

32. He ________ sleep, although he tried to, when he got on such a hunt for an idea until he had caught it.

A. wouldn’t

B. shouldn’t

C. couldn’t

D. mustn’t

33. The university estimates that living expenses for international students ________ around $8,450 a year, which ________ a burden for some of them.

A. are；is

B. are；are

C. is；are

D. is；is

34. — I don’t understand why you didn’t go to the lecture yesterday afternoon.

—I’m so sorry. But I my homework.

A. had done

B. was doing

C. would do

D. am doing

35. Not once ________ to Michael that he could one day become a top student in his class.

A. occurred it

B. it did occur

C. it occurred

D. did it occur

Section B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

When I was 8 years old, I once decided to run away from home. With my suitcase 36 and some sandwiches in a bag, I started for the front door and said to Mom, “I’m leaving.”

“If you want to 37 , that’s all right,”she said. “But you came into this home without anything and you can leave the same way.”I 38 my suitcase and sandwiches on the floor heavily and started for the door again.

“Wait a minute,” Mom said. “I want your 39 back. You didn’t wear anything when you arrived.”This really angered me. I tore my clothes off—shoes, socks, underwear and all—and