2011高考英语全国卷完形填空及解析

2011全国卷

第二节完形填空20,J、题；每小题1．5分，满分30分) 阅读下面的短文，从短文后个体所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出也已填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上讲该项涂黑。

In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory 36 course about 20 years ago.

The professor 37 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans(豆),and invited the students to 38 how many beans the jar contained. After 39 shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the 40 Answer, and went on saying, ”You have just 41 an important lesson about science. That is: Never 42 your own senses.”

Twenty years later, the 43 could guess what the professor had in mind. He 44 himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting 45 into an unknowns world invisible(无形的) to the 46 , which can be discovered only through scientific 47 . But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 48 the invitation. She was just 49 to understand the world .And she 50 that her firsthand experience could be the 51 . The professor, however, said that it was 52 . He was taking away her only 53 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute(替代). “I remember feeling small and 54 .”The woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I 55 the course the afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since.”36．A．art B．history C. science D. math 37．A．searched for B. looked at C. got through D. marched into 38．A．count B. guess C. report D. watch 39．A．warning B. giving C. turning away D. listening to 40．A．ready B. possible C. correct D. difficult 41．A．learned B. prepared C. taught D. taken 42．A．lose B. trust C. sharpen D. taken 43．A．lecturer B. scientist C. speaker D. woman 44．A．described B. respected C. saw D. served 45．A．voyage B. movement C. change D. rush

46．A．professor B．eye C．knowledge D．light 47．A．model B．senses C．spirit D．methods 48．A．hear B. make C．present D．refuse 49．A．suggesting B．beginning C．pretending D．waiting 50．A．believed B．doubted C．proved D．explained 51．A．growth B．strength C．faith D．truth 52．A．firm B. interesting C．wrong D．acceptable 53．A．task B．tool C．success D．action 54．A．cruel B．proud C．frightened D．brave 55．A．dropped B．started C．passed D．missed

本文是记叙文，介绍一位女士二十年前听一位教授讲课的感悟和所受到的影响。

36. C 【解析】依据41空后面的an important lesson about science得知该教授讲的是和science有关的内容。

37. D 【解析】教授走进报告厅，把一个大罐子放在桌子上，里边装着晒干了的豆子。get through通过；完成，打通电话；march into走进。

38. B 【解析】依据下文shouts of wildly wrong guesses推断这里表示教授让学生们猜测罐子里边有多少豆子。

39. D 【解析】教授听了众多错误的猜测后勉强地笑了。

40. C 【解析】之后教授给出了正确答案。

41. A 【解析】“learn a lesson”学会一堂课，主要是教训、感悟类的内容。

42. B 【解析】教授让学生明白，从事科学研究不能简单地相信自己的感官，要依靠事实说话，不盲从。

43. D 【解析】依据上下文，二十年后那位女士明白教授当时的意图了。

44. C 【解析】教授把自己看作这样的一个人：吸引学生去探索一个肉眼看不到的世界。see sb. as ... 把某人看作……。

45. A 【解析】这是一段特殊的旅程，那就是去探索一个肉眼看不到的世界。

46. B 【解析】invisible只能相对于眼睛来说。

47. D 【解析】这种探索必须建立在科学方法的基础上。48. A 【解析】可是当时只有17岁的小女孩没能接受或听到那种所谓的邀请。注意这里的invitation和44空后的inviting his friends to start ... 呼应。

49. B 【解析】这个女孩子只是刚开始理解和感受这个世界。be beginning to do sth.开始干某事。

50. A 【解析】并且她相信自己的第一手经验最可靠。

51. D 【解析】她认为这样就可以接触事情的真相。

52. C 【解析】可是教授说这种判断方法是错误的。根据however 可知答案为C。

53. B 【解析】教授把她唯一了解世界的工具（视觉，第一印象）带走了，又没有提供可供替代的方式，于是学生感到困惑、不知所措。

54. C 【解析】于是学生深感自己的渺小和恐惧。

55. A 【解析】接下来，这个女孩子那天下午就放弃了这门课程，从此再也没有接触过科学类的课程。