2014怀化二模英语试题答案(2)
Language Knowledge (45 marks)
Section A (15 marks)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
21. For more information, please send an e-mail, ______ you can also include your advice to us.
A. when B. where C. which D. that
22. Tom, you play the violin so well. But I ______ you can play the violin.
A. didn’t know B. don’t know C. hadn’t known D. haven’t known
23. Mr. Smiths was busy writing a story, only ______ once in a while to smoke a cigarette.
A. to stop B. to have stopped C. being stopped D. stopping
24. My mother _____ all the cleaning for my family, but recently she has been too busy teaching to do it.
A. will do B. is doing C. does D. had done
25. ______ all of you are top students, only one will be chosen for the coming competition.
A. While B. Since C. If D. As
26. — “Man From the Stars” is one of the most popular South Korean TV plays in China nowadays.
— But I’m afraid it can’t interest ______.
A. somebody B. everybody C. nobody D. anybody
27. The retired teacher is said to have returned from the USA, where he ______ by some of his old students.
A. would be visited B. visited C. had been visited D. have been visited
28. Word came, as expected, ______ college entrance English exam will be reformed soon.
A. it B. what C. which D. that
29. — When is he willing to lend his friends some money?
— Only when ______ hard enough.
A. to press B. pressed C. pressing D. is pressed
30. , and you will realize your dream of being successful.
A. Making great efforts B. To make your efforts
C. A bit more effort D. If you double your efforts
31. I still remember ______ to the hospital, supported by my class teacher when I was ill at school.
A. to be taken B. being taken C. to take D. taking
32. Keep up a good state of mind even if you ______ fail plenty of times.
A. should B. will C. must D. need
33. She told me that she had mailed part of the products and that the rest ______ in a few days.
A. has followed B. have followed C. was following D. were following
34. It was so nice of you to come to our aid. I don’t think we ______ it without you.
A. can manage B. could have managed C. must have managed D. could manage
35. So mysteriously ______ missing that many puzzles wait to be solved.
A. did Flight MH370 go B. Flight MH370 went
C. does Flight MH370 go D. had Flight MH370 gone
Section B (18 marks)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
I break off a piece of candy and take pleasure in its sweet outside and the bitter, dark chocolate inside, thinking of my own life. Being raised by a single parent was a bitter-sweet 36 , which gave me motivation and ambition.
There were several years that have left an extremely bitter taste in my mouth .The first few months after my mother’s remarriage were sweet: baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners and movies together. Then things 37 . Baseball became too expensive, and trips to the mall were 38 by days Emily and I spent lonely in our rooms under our stepfather’s 39 . Moreover, screaming matches between him and our mother always 40 dinner. We spent five years living in a family that had 41 a war field. Emily and I almost grew used to this situation. Then one evening, after another argument had 42 , we were left homeless . And later a friend of my mother let us stay with her. Instead of focusing on our economic problem, my mother 43 pushed me to struggle for success. She wanted me to lead a 44 life. She worked long hours every night to pay her bills. 45 , she would find time to read and play with Emily and me. Mom taught me the 46 of perseverance (坚持不懈) and education.