2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21. -----Why, this is nothing but common vegetable soup!----_____ , madam. This is our soup of the day.A. Let me see B so it is C Don‘t mention it D Neither do I【答案】B【解析】考查交际用语。
——这只是平常的蔬菜汤！——确实，夫人。
这是我们白天的汤。
22.They might just have a place ______on the writing course一why don't you give it a try?A. leaveB. leftC. leavingD. to leave【答案】B【解析】考查非谓语动词。
Leave与place是动宾关系23. Try not to cough more than you can since it may cause problems to your lungs.A. checkB. allowC. stopD. help【答案】D【解析】考查动词辨析。
根据句意：由于咳嗽可能造成你肺的一些问题，因此要试图咳得不要超过你能忍受的范围。
24. If we now to protect the environment, we’ll live to regret it.A. hadn't actedB. haven't actedC. don't actD. won't act【答案】C【解析】考查时态。
根据if主句的一般将来时态可知从句应使用一般现在时态，且有now 作为现在时态的标志词，故选C。
25. Tony can hardly boil an egg，still cook dinner.A. lessB. littleC. muchD. more【答案】A【解析】考查形容词、副词比较级。
根据句意：Tony几乎不能煮蛋，而且更少做饭。
Still 修饰比较级。
故选A。
26. Police have found appears to be the lost ancient statue.A. whichB. whereC. howD. what【答案】D【解析】考查名词性从句。
动词found后所接为宾语从句，从句中缺少主语指事物，故填上代词what。
27. When I first met Bryan I didn’t like him, but I my mind.A. have changedB. changeC. had changedD. would change【答案】A【解析】考查动词时态。
根据句意：我第一次见到Bryan时我不喜欢他，但是现在我已经改变我的想法了。
28. The driver wanted to park his car near the roadside but was asked by the police .A .not to do B. not to C. not do D. do not【答案】B【解析】考查不定式的省略。
根据句意：这个司机想把车停靠在路边，但警察叫他别那样做。
短语ask sb not to do sth，其被动式be asked not to do。
其中do即为前文的park，故省略，仅保留不定式符号to。
故选B。
29. The door open , no matter how hard she pushed.A. shouldn’tB. couldn'tC. wouldn'tD. mightn't【答案】C【解析】考查情态动词。
此处描述主语the door的特点“老是打不开”，其固有的特性，用情态动词would（will）描述，故选C。
30. At the last moment, Tom decided to a new character to make the story seem more likely.A. put upB. put inC. put onD. put off【答案】B【解析】考查动词短语辨析。
根据句意，Tom为了是故事看起来更加具有可能性，他觉得加入一个新角色。
31. India attained independence in 1947, after long struggle.A.不填;aB. the; aC. an;不填D. an; the【答案】A【解析】考查冠词。
第一空“获得独立”，independence为抽象名词，前不加冠词；第二空“在一个长期的斗争之后”，用不定冠词a。
故选A。
32.There’s no way of knowing why one man makes an important discovery another man, also intelligent, fails.A. since B: if C. as D. while【答案】D【解析】考查并列连词。
根据句意，前后两句话为两种情况的对比“为什么一个人会做出一个重要的发现，而另一个人，也很聪明，但是失败了。
”并列连词while表示对比。
故选D。
33. “You can’t judge a book by its cover,”.A. as the saying goes oldB. goes as the old sayingC. as the old saying goesD. goes as old the saying【答案】C【解析】考查定语从句。
考查as引导的定语从句，意为：正如古语所说。
34.It was a real race time to get the project done. Luckily, we made it.A. overB. byC. forD. against【答案】D【解析】考查介词。
根据句意：这是与时间的一次赛跑。
故选D。
35. The sunlight is white and blinding, hard-edged shadows on the ground.A. throwingB. being thrownC. to throwD. to be thrown【答案】A【解析】考查非谓语动词。
主语sunlight与throw shadows之间为主动关系，故选A。
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”, which was to make us more 36 the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “37 a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members, 38 , chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound-blocking earplugs （耳塞）or blindfolds（眼罩）.Just sitting in the wheelchair was a 39 experience. I had never considered before how 40 it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my 41 made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not 42 . Then I wondered where to put my 43 . It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into 44 . I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of 45 for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary（临时的）46 .I tried to find a 47 position and thought it might be restful, 48 kind of nice, to be49 around for a while. Looking around, I 50 I would have to handle the thing myself? My hands started to ache as I 51 the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the 52 of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) 53 task.My wheelchair experiment was soon 54 . It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the 55 , both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.36. A. curious about B. interested in C. aware of D. careful with37. A. cure B. prevent C. adopt D. analyze38. A. instead B. strangely C. as usual D. like me39. A. learning B. working C. satisfying D. relaxing40. A. convenient B. awkward C. boring D. exciting41. A. height B. force C. skill D. weight42. A. locked B. repaired C. powered D. grasped43. A. hands B. feet C. keys D. handles44. A. place B. action C. play D. effect45. A. operation B. communication C. transportation D. production46. A. exploration B. education C. experiment D. entertainment47. A. flexible B. safe C. starting D. comfortable48. A. yet B. just C. still D. even49. A. shown B. pushed C. driven D. guided50. A. realized B. suggested C. agreed D. admitted51. A. lifted B. turned C. pressed D. seized52. A. path B. position C. direction D. way53. A. easy B. heavy C. major D. extra54. A. forgotten B. repeated C. conducted D. finished55. A. weaknesses B. challenges C. anxieties D. illnesses36.【答案】C【解析】根据空白处后面不the problems faced by disabled people可知，活动的目的是为了意识到残疾人面临的问题。