2013高考夺分法宝之英语单选题
【2012高考真题——新课标卷】
一、选择题
21.-Which one of these do you want?
- Either will do.
A. I don't mind B. I'm sure
C. No problem D. Go ahead
22. Sarah looked at finished painting with satisfaction.
A.不填；a B. a; the C. the; 不填 D. the; a
23. "Life is like walking in the snow", Granny used to say, "because every step ”
A. has shown B. is showing
C. shows D. showed
24. It is by no means clear the president can do to end the strike.
A. how B. which
C. that D. what
25. I don't believe we've met before, I must say you do look familiar.
A. therefore B. although
C. since D. unless
26. The result is not very important to us, but if we do win, then so much
A. the best B. best
C. better D. the better
27. Mary is really good at taking notes in class. She can_ almost every word her teacher says.
A. put out B. put down
C. put away D. put together
28. The party will be held in the garden, weather .
A. permitting B. to permit
C. permitted D. permit
29. This restaurant wasn't_ that other restaurant we went to.
A. half as good as B. as half good as
C. as good as half D. good as half as
30. I _use a clock to wake me up because at six o'clock each morning the train comes by my house.
A. couldn't B. mustn't
C. shouldn't D. needn't
31. Larry asks Bill and Peter to go on a picnic with him, but_ of them wants to, because they have work to do.
A. either B. any
C. neither D. none
32. Film has a much shorter history, especially when_ such art forms as music and painting.
A. having compared to B. comparing to
C. compare to D. compared to
33. I had been working on math for the whole afternoon and the numbers before my eyes.
A. swim B .swum
C. swam D. had swum
34. You have to move out of the way the truck cannot get past you.
A. so B. or
C. and D. but
35. If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will her.
A. persuade B. promise
C. invite D. support
解析
21.A根据答语Either will do“任一个都可以”可知，答案应为“我不介意”。
22.C前一空用定冠词the，是特指“未完成的画作”，后一空用了介词短with satisfaction语修饰动词look at。又如：Smith has done something with satisfaction.
23.C一般现在时表示经常性的动作，“每一步都显示/证明出来”。 Show，意为“显示”“证明”,“表明”。又如：
Her worry showed in her eyes. 她的眼神显露忧愁。
His remarks showed that he misunderstood my position on the question. 他的话说明他误解了我在这一问题上的立场。
24.D It是形式主语，从句中缺少do的宾语，名词性从句引导词在从句中充当成分，故选择what作为主语从句的引导词充当从句中谓语动词do的宾语。
25.B句意为“虽然我必须要说你看起来很熟悉，但我不相信我们之前见过”，转折关系，选although。
26.D so much the better是固定搭配，句意为”那就更好了”
又如：
If I can have them, so much the better.
要是我会用筷子就更好了。
If you have two single rooms, so much the better.
如果你们有两个单人房，那就更好了。
27.B put down有“写下，记下”之意，符合语境。
28.A这是独立主格的结构，“如果天气允许的话”，weather是permit这个动作的发出者，故用现在分词形式=if weather permits。
29.A倍数表示法“倍数+as+adj原级+as+比较成分”。
30.D句意为“我不需要用闹钟叫我起床因为每天早上六点都会有一列火车经过我家”，应选“不需要”，即needn’t。
31.C后半句说，“因为他们都有工作要做”，从而可知他们都不想去，两个人都不用neither或者nor。
32.D非谓语中，主语film是compare这个动作的受动者，所以用过去分词表被动。
33.C前半句使用过去完成时，是过去的过去，所以后半句必须使用过去的时间基准，后半句应使用过去时。
34.B or表示否则。句意为“你必须让让路否则那辆卡车没法从你这过去”。
35.A考察动词词意，句意是“如果她不想走，你说什么也无法说服她”，persuade说服，promise许诺，invite邀请，support支持。
二、短文改错
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除 或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线〔\〕划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I learned early in life that I had to be more patient and little aggressive. From the time I was about four until I was about six, I destroyed each of my toy. I was happy when the toys worked, but when things did wrong, I got angry and broke it. For a while parents bought me new toys. But before long they began to see which was happening. When I tear apart my fifth birthday toy train, my father said, "That's it. No more toys to you." My punishment lasted a year. Meanwhile, I found out that with more patience I must make my toys to last. My attitude changed from then on.
第一行：因为与more patient对应，little要改为less
第二行：each of 后面要用可数名词复数toy要改为toys
第三行：do sb. Wrong意思为冤枉某人，不符合句意。改为go wrong或过去时went wrong意思是“出问题”，“出毛病”符合句意。
第四行：与toys对应，故it要改为复数them。Parents指代不明，所以要加上my。
第五行：由句意“发生了什么事”，可知which哪个不对，应该为what。由后文said可知tear要用过去式tore。
第六行：为某人买玩具应该用for而不是to。
第七行：由found out that with patience可知must语气太强，应该为could或might。
【2012高考真题——安徽卷】
一、填空
21. Carl is studying food science at college and hopes to open up meat processing factory of his own one day.
A. / ； a B. / ；the C. the ; a D. the ; the
本题考查冠词，science是不可数名词，用the表示特指是不可能的，后面的factory是一个可数名词，用a 表示泛指。
22.——May I help you? You seem to be having some problems.
—— , thanks. I think I can manage.
A. All right B. No problem C. It’all right D. There’s no way
很多学生会选择答案D ，我想这是有道理的。 A. B. C都表示肯定，即接受帮助，只有D是拒绝。我没有去过国外，也很少见到老外，所以我不敢轻言答案是哪个，很多学生也应该是这样吧。我也不知道老外是否会经常用不定式的进行时进行交际，想必出卷教师一定是交际高手吧。 【你说的对，我是遇到问题了，但是谢谢你的好意，我自己可以解决】
23. Interest is as to learning as the ability to understand , even more so.
A. vital B. available C. specific D. Similar
Be vital to 表示：对.....极端重要；something be available to somebody表示：某人可以得到某物，列句：cooperative medical service is available to all the members of the the commune. C答案specific 不能与to 搭配；D 答案 similar to 表示：与.....相似。
本题可以把定于to understand 省掉，也可以把后面的even more so省掉或还原。
Interest is as to learning as the ability 这样可以确定B是错误的，D更是错误的。
Interest is even more than the ability to understand.
很佩服出卷人！
原句： Interest is vital to learning 互联网对于学习极端重要。
变化之一：Interest is as vital to learning as the ability to understand 互联网对于学习极端重要，就像理解能力对于学习极端重要一样，互联网甚至比理解能力更加重要。
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24. I remembered the door before I left the office, but forgot to turn off the lights.
A. locking B. to lock C. having locked D. to have locked
Remember后面既可以接不定式，也可以接动名词，如果选择A，这与后面的before I left the office是相矛盾的，只能选择答案A. C 和D 都是完成时，他们表示比主句动词发生的时间更早，没有必要。
25. You can chang your job, you can move house,but friendship is meant to be life.
A. of B. on C. to D. For
选择D是正确的，mean在此表示“预定，指定”。The gift is meant for you. 这份礼物是给你的。 He was meant for [to be ]an electrician. 本来是准备把他培养成电工的。
26. In order to find the missing child , villagers all they can over the past five hours.
A. did B. do C. had done D. have been doing
后面的over the past five hours 意味着现在完成时，所以选择D。过去完成时表示“过去的过去”明显不正确。
27.The limits of a person’s intelligence,generally speaking, are fixed at birth, but
he reaches these limits will depend on his environment.
A. where B. whether C. that D. why
首先把插入语generally speaking删掉，选择B.本题考查名词性从句，but whether he reaches these limits 【作为句子主语】will depend on his environment.
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28. The athlete's years of hard training when she finally won the Olympic gold medal.
A. went on B. got through C. paid off D. ended up
答案C .本题考查动词词组，pay off 有很多含义：1 付清某人的工资并解雇他 偿清欠款等等 2. 对某人或某事进行报复 3.使人得益，有报偿 4.贿赂
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29. Ａlot of language learning, has been discovered, is happening in the first year of life, so parents should talk much to their children during that period.
A. as B. it C. which D. This
A是正确答案。如果选择B或D 就出现了两个句子了。本题考查非限制性定语从句,关系代词指整个一句话Ａlot of language learning is happening in the first year of life。传统考法是直接把从句放在句首，我不知道这里是不是算作句首，我相信学生们也会是一头雾水吧。【as用在句首，which用在句末，正确答案应该是A】
30. When for his views about his teaching job, Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding.
A. asking B. asked C. having asked D. to be asked
B是正确答案，本题考查非谓语动词，逻辑主语是Philip, 还原句子 When Philip was asked for his views about his teaching job, Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding.
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31. Grace doesn't want to move to New York because she thinks if she there, she wouldn't be able to see her parents very often.
A. lives B. would live C. having asked D. Were to live
在表示将来的情况下，主句中第一人称可用should，其他人称用would；从句中任何人称都用should,不可用would.
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32. —I love the Internet. I've come to know many friends on the Net.
— . Few of them would become your real friends.
A. That’s for sure B. It’s not the case
C. I couldn't agree more D. I’m pleased to know that
选择B是正确的。后面的句子告诉我们：应答者是持有否定态度的。A、C、D都是持肯定态度的。
33. Walmart, which is one of the largest American supermarket chains, some of its store open 24 hours on Mondays through Saturdays.
A. keeps B. keep C. have kept D. had kept
选择A。首先把which 引导的非限制性定语从句删掉。三单否定B，同时也没有选择完成时的理由。
34.Queen Elizabeth Ⅱis often to be richest woman in the world. , her personal wealth seems rather small.
A. Besides B. Otherwise C. However D. Altogether
选择C。前面说她富有，后面说她个人财富相当少。
35. After school we went to the reading-room to do some reading, only to be told that it .
A. was decorated B. had decorated
C. had been decorating D. was being decorated
选择D. It 指代 the reading-room,所以只能用被动，考虑到only to be told 表示结果，所以选择D是自然地了。
二、完形填空
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。
When I settled in Chicago，my new city seemed so big and unfriendly, Then I had a
36 problem and had to go to hospital for a 37 examination.
It seemed a small 38 compared to the one I was about to face ,but things started to go 39 right from the beginning , Not having a car or 40 the city, I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A to B, 41 I’d left myself plenty of time, soon it was 42 I was going to be late, as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the 43 direction.
I 44 the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do, I look into the eyes of a 45 who was trying to get past me, 46 instead of moving on ,she stopped to ask if I was 47 , After I explained my 48 to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street , where a bus would take me back into the city to my 49 . Sitting there waiting , I felt 50 that someone had been willing to help . 51 , hearing a horn （喇叭） nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend 52 at me to get in, She had returned to offer me a 53 to the hospital.
Such unexpected 54 from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive, As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose 55 ，for all things are possible.
36. A. physical B. traveling C. social D.housing
A 后面说 不得不去医院
37. A. scientific B.final C.previous D. Thorough
D A 表示科学检查 B 表示最终检查 C 表示“以前的”，D表示“全面的”
38. A. chance B. challenge C. success D.error
与后面的face相匹配
39. A. wrong B. easy C. fast D. Ahead
与前面的go 构成词组，表示出错了。
40. A. leaving B. visiting C. knowing D. Appreciating
没有自己的车，不了解这所城市，后面走错路是必然
41. A. Although B. Since C. Unless D. Once
虽然留了足够的时间
42. A. strange B. necessary C. obvious D. Important
很明显要迟到了，暗示后面的appointment.
43. A. same B. right C. general D. opposite
方向反了，后面的back into the city就是暗示
44. A. looked at B. waited for C. got off D. ran into
下车，然后站在人行道上pavement
45. A. driver B. friend C. stranger D. Gentleman
满眼都是陌生人
46. A. Especially B. Surprisingly C. Probably D. Normally
事情从此转机了，所以是surprising了。
47. A. nervous B. excited C. OK D. Dangerous
此情此景问一句“Are you OK?是自然地
48. A. idea B. motivation C. excuse D. Situation
只有解释自己的种种境况了。
49. A. appointment B. apartment C. direction D. Station
和医生的预约
50. A. afraid B.grateful C. certain D. Disappointed
终于遇到好人了，当然只有感激了
51. A. Thus B.Then C. Perhaps D. Surely
连接词
52. A. staring B. laughing C. waving D. Shouting
C是正确的，see就是暗示
53. A. lift B. suggestion C. bike D. Guidebook
搭便车
54. A. results B. news C. kindness D. Appearance
又是询问，又是开车相送，那是相当的善意了。
55. A. power B. faith C. touch D. Support
文章教导我们：世界上还是好人多
这是一篇记述文，格调当然是健康向上的。文章有两条线，第一是事情发展，第二是作者心里变化。
首先是关键词unfriendly, 接下来都是麻烦事了。传统选法5个A、5个B、5个C、5个D的法则失效了。
?【2012高考真题——江苏卷】
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
例 ：It is generally considered unwise to give a child he or she wants.
A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever
答案是B.
21. — Can I help you with it?
— I appreciate your , but I can manage it myself.
A. advice B. question C. offer D. idea
21. 【考点】名词词义辨析
【答案】C
【解析】句意为：——我可以帮你吗？——我感激你的提议 “offer”，但我自己能设法做的。offer意为“提议”，符合题意。A意为“建议，劝告”；B意为“问题”；D意为“想法，主意”。
【难度】一般
22. After the flooding, people were suffering in that area,_______ urgently needed clean water,
medicine and shelter to survive.
A. which B. who C. where D. what
22. 【考点】定语从句—关系代词
【答案】B
【解析】指人的先行词people在非限制性定语从句中充当主语，所以用关系代词who引导。故选B项。
23. Sophia waited for a reply, but ____ came.
A. either B. another C. neither D. none
23. 【考点】代词辨析—neither/ none
【答案】D
【解析】句意为：Sophia等候答复，但没有任何答复。根据转折连词but可知，此处应用表示否定意义的代词，所以排除A项和B项。neither意为“两者都不”；none意为“三者或三者以上都不”。根据前半句中的“a reply”提示可知，故选D项。
【难度】一般
24. ---Don't worry, Mum. The doctor said it was only the flu. ---_______! I'll tell Dad there's nothing serious.
A. What a relief B. Congratulations C. How surprising D. I'm so sorry
24. 【考点】交际用语—安慰
【答案】A
【解析】句意为：——妈妈，别担心。医生说只是流感。——我可以松口气了。我要告诉爸爸没有什么严重的。A项意为“可以松口气了”，符合语境。B项意为“祝贺”；C项意为“多么令人惊讶啊”；D项意为“我很抱歉”。根据句意，应选A项。
【难度】一般
25. There is little doubt in your mind that he is innocent, _______________?
A. is there B. isn't there C. is he D. isn't he
25. 【考点】特殊句式—反义问句
【答案】A
【解析】根据前面there be 句里含有否定意义的词little，所以反意疑问句用肯定形式，其主谓应与陈述部分的主谓保持一致，故选A项。
【举一反三】陈述部分如含有”never/hardly/scarcely/seldom/little/few/nobody/nothing…”等否定词或半否定词时，这部分应视为否定形式，简短问句就用肯定形式。如：
He was hardly twelve then，was he?他当时几乎不到十二岁，是吗?
陈述部分含有带”否定”前缀的词，则这部分应看做肯定形式，简短问句就用否定形式。如：
she dislikes the way you work，doesn’t she?她不喜欢你的工作方式，对吗?
【难度】一般
26. — OK, I've had enough of it. I give up.
—You can't your responsibilities.
A. run off with B. run up against C. run out of D. run away from
26. 【考点】动词短语辨析
【答案】D
【解析】run away from意为“逃离，躲避”，run off with意为“偷走；与……私奔”；run up against意为“偶遇”；run out of意为“用完”。句意为：——好了，我已受够了，我放弃。——你不能逃避你的责任。根据句意，应选D项。
【难度】一般
27. The notice came around two in the afternoon the meeting would be postponed.
A. when B. that C. whether D. how
27. 【考点】名词性从句-同位语从句
【答案】B
【解析】句意为：会议将被延期的通知大约下午两点钟来。空格后的句子是解释说明名词the notice，作同位语从句，在从句中不做任何成分，所以用that引导。
【举一反三】同位语从句就是在复合句中作名词的同位语的名词性从句。
1.同位语从句的功能
同位语从句对名词进一步解释，说明名词的具体内容，一般由that引导。如：
The king’s decision that the prisoner would be set free surprised all the people.
国王作出的这名囚犯释放的决定让人们大吃一惊。
2.同位语在句子中的位置
同位语从句有时可以不紧跟在它所说明的名词后面，而是被别的词隔开。如：
He got the news from Mary that the sports meeting was put off.
他从玛丽那里得知运动会要延期举行。
3.同位语从句与定语从句的区别
1)定语从句中的that既代替先行词，同时在从句中作某个成分（主语或宾语），而同位语从句中的that是连词，只起连接主句与从句的作用，不充当句中任何成分。
2)定语从句是形容词性的，其功能是修饰先行词，对先行词加以限定，描述它的性质或特征；同位语从句是名词性的，其功能是对名词进行补充说明。如：
The news that he told me is that Tom would go abroad next year.
他告诉我的消息是汤姆明年将出国。（第一个that引导的从句是定语从句，that在从句中作宾语）
The news that Tom would go abroad is told by him.
汤姆将出国的消息是他讲的。（同位语从句，that在句中不作任何成分）
【试题延伸】(2011·天津)Modern science has given clear evidence ____________smoking can lead to many diseases.
A. what B. which C. that D. where）]
点拨. C。题意：抽烟会导致多种疾病，对此现代科学已经给出了明确的证据。本题考查名词性从句(同位语从句)。evidence后的从句说明的是其具体内容，从句中不缺少句子成分，故用that引导同位语从句。 其他三项引导同位语从句都要在从句中作成分。
【难度】一般
28. Days later, my brother called to say he was all right, but say where he was.
A. mustn't B. shouldn't C. wouldn't D. mightn't
28. 【考点】情态动词—would
【答案】C
【解析】mustn’t意为“禁止”；shouldn’t意为“不应该”；wouldn’t意为“不愿意”；mightn’t意为“或许不”。句意为：几天后，我哥哥打电话说他一切很好，但不愿意说他在哪儿。根据句意可知，应选C项。
【难度】一般
29. — Thank God you're safe!
—I stepped back, just to avoid the racing car.
A. in time B. in case C. in need D. in vain
29. 【考点】介词短语
【答案】A
【解析】in time意为“及时”，in case意为“万一，假使”；in need意为“需要”；in vain意为“徒劳，无济于事”。句意为：——谢天谢地，你是安全的！——我走回去，正好避免赛车。符合题意。
【难度】一般
30. One's life has value one brings value to the life of others.
A. so that B. no matter how C. as long as D. except that
30. 【考点】连词
【答案】C
【解析】as long as意为“只要”；so that意为“以便；因此”；no matter how意为“不管怎样”；except that意为“除了”。句意为：只要一个人给别人的生活带来价值，那么他的生命就有价值。，根据题意，应选C项。
【难度】一般
31. an important decision more on emotion than on reason, you will regret it sooner or later.
A. Based B. Basing C. Base D. To base
31. 【考点】非谓语动词—动词现在分词做状语
【答案】B
【解析】动词base与逻辑主语you之间构成主谓关系，所以用现在分词作状语，故选B项。
【举一反三】1）现在分词的主动语态：
现在分词主动语态的一般式表示与谓语动词所表示的动作同时发生，完成式表示的动作在谓语动词所表示的动作之前发生，常作状语。如：
They went to the park, singing and talking. 他们边唱边说向公园走去。
Having done his homework, he played basketball.做完作业，他开始打篮球。
2）现在分词的被动语态：
一般式表示与谓语动词同时发生的被动的动作，完成式表示发生在谓语动词之前的被动的动作。
The problem being discussed is very important.正在被讨论的问题很重要。
Having been told many times, the naughty boy made the same mistake.
被告诉了好几遍，这个淘气的孩子又犯了同一个错误。
【试题延伸】(2011·辽宁). ____________around the fire, the tourists danced with the local people.
A. Gather B. To gather C. Gathering D. To be gathering
点拨. C。题意：游客们围在火堆旁，与当地人一起跳舞。本题考查非谓语动词。句子主语the tourists是动词gather的执行者，二者是主动关系，故用现在分词作状语。
【难度】较难
32. The manager is said to have arrived back from Paris where he________ some European partners.
A. would meet B. is meeting C. meets D. had met
32. 【考点】动词的时态和语态—过去完成时
【答案】D
【解析】根据句中“is said to have arrived”可知，arrive这个动作是在过去发生的，而会面的动作则在arrive的动作之前发生的，即在过去的过去发生的动作，所以用过去完成时，故选D项。
【易错点拨】本题时态选择的关键是根据“is said to have arrived”可知，这一动作发生在过去，因此“会面”这个动作是在到达之前发生的，所以用过去完成时。
【难度】较难
33. — Honey, the cats stuck in the tree. Can you turn off the TV and get a ladder…?
—Oh, it jumped off. .
A. Never mind B. All right C. No problem D. Take care
33. 【考点】交际用语—安慰
【答案】A
【解析】A项意为“别介意，别放在心上”，。B项意为“好吧”；C项意为“没问题”；D项意为“当心”。 句意为：亲爱的，那只猫被困在树上。你可以关电视，拿梯子……？——哦，它会跳下来。别放在心上。根据上面是在担心，故后面是安慰，故选A项。
【难度】一般
34. The president hopes that the people will be better off when he quits than when he________.
A. has started B. starts C. started D. will start
34. 【考点】动词时态—一般过去时
【答案】C
【解析】句意为：这位总统希望人民在他离任时比他刚上任时更富有。根据句意，总统开始上任是过去发生的动作，所以用一般过去时。故选C项。
【易错分析】考生容易根据when he quits而误选B项。事实上when he quits中的quits是用了一般现在时来代替一般将来时。
【难度】较难
35. — Happy birthday!
—Thank you! It’s the best present I for.
A. should have wished B. must have wished
C. may have wished D. could have wished
35. 【考点】情态动词+完成式
【答案】D
【解析】A项意为“本应该期望而实际上并非如此”；B项意为“一定希望”；C项意为“也许希望”；D项意为“可能希望”。句意为：——生日快乐！——谢谢你！这是我所能期望的最好的礼物了。根据句意可知，应选D项。
【举一反三】情态动词＋have+过去分词表示与过去事实上相反的情况，也是高考单项选择题涉及到情态动词的一个重要方面。高考对情态动词表示虚拟‘用法，表示与过去事实相反的情况。近几年高考，主要侧重should （not）have done 这一句式上，表示本来不该做却做了或本来该做却未做的事，在复习时，还应关注其它几种虚拟形式，如need (not)have done 表示本来需要做而未做或本来不需要而做的事等等，以做到有备无患。
【试题延伸】.Oh, I‘m not feeling well in the stomach. I______so much fried chicken just now.
A. shouldn’t eat B. mustn’t have eaten C. shouldn’t have eaten D. mustn’t eat
【解析】该句所表达的意思是刚才我不因该吃那么多炸鸡，而实际上是吃了那么多，可以判断用shouldn’t have eaten. 答案是 C。
【难度】一般
二、
任务型阅读（共10小题:每小题1分,满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入了个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。
"Happiness Advantage" Effect
In July 2010 Burt's Bees, a personal-care products company, was going through enormous change as it began a global expansion into 19 new countries. In this kind of high-pressure situation, many leaders bother their assistants with frequent meetings or flood their in-boxes with urgent demands. In doing so, managers lift everyone's anxiety level, which activates the part of the brain that processes threats and steals resources from the prefrontal cortex ( 大脑皮层) , which is responsible for effective problem solving.
Burt's Bees's then-CEO, John Wolfgang, took a different approach. Each day, he'd send out an e-mail praising a team member for work related to global marketing. He'd interrupt his own presentations to remind his managers to talk with their teams about the company's values. He asked me to further a three-hour session with employees on happiness in the course of the expansion effort. As one member of the senior team told me a year later, Wolfgang's emphasis on developing positive leadership kept his managers actively involved and loyal as they successfully transformed the company into a global one.
That outcome shouldn't surprise us. Research shows that when people work with a positive mind-set(思维模式), performance on nearly every level—productivity, creativity, involvement—improves. Yet happiness is perhaps the most misunderstood driver of performance. For one, most people believe that success comes before happiness. " Once I get a promotion, 111 be happy," they think. Or, "Once I hit my sales target, IH feel great. " But because success is a moving target—as soon as you hit your target, you raise it again—the happiness that results from success does not last long.
In fact, it works the other way around: People who have a positive mind-set perform better in the face of challenge. I call this the "happiness advantage"—every business outcome shows improvement when the brain is positive. I've observed this effect in my role as a researcher and lecturer in 48 countries on the connection between employee happiness and success. And I'm not alone: In an analysis of 225 academic studies, researchers found strong evidence of cause-and-effect relationship between life satisfaction and successful business outcomes.
Another common misunderstanding is that our genetics, our environment, or a combination of the two determines how happy we are. To be sure, both factors have an impact. But one's general sense of well-being is surprisingly unstable. The habits you form, the way you interact with colleagues, how you think about stress—all these can be managed to increase your happiness and your chances of success.
71.【答案】bother/ annoy
【试题解析】many leaders bother their assistants with frequent meetings or flood their in-boxes with urgent demands.
72.【答案】anxiety/ conern/ worry
【试题解析】In doing so, managers lift everyone's anxiety level,
73.【答案】considerate/ aware/ conscious
【试题解析】根据文章“Burt's Bees's then-CEO, John Wolfgang, took a different approach.”他用了不同的方法。 他了解助手的那种感觉。 Be aware of 意识到，了解到。
74.【答案】loyal/ faithful/devoted/ committed
【试题解析】Wolfgang's emphasis on developing positive leadership kept his managers actively involved and loyal as they successfully transformed the company into a global one.
75.【答案】difference
【试题解析】根据文章第三段和第四段可知Wolfgang'和上面第一段提到的那些负责人的做法不同，他的这种方法很有区别，故填的是make a differnce有区别，有影响。
76.【答案】positively
【试题解析】根据文章第三段People who have a positive mind-set perform better in the face of challenge.可知答案。
77.【答案】success/ achievements
【试题解析】根据文章“the happiness that results from success does not last long.可知答案。
78.【答案】strongly
【试题解析】根据文章“researchers found strong evidence of cause-and-effect relationship between life satisfaction and successful business outcomes.”可知答案。
79.【答案】determined/ decided
【试题解析】根据文章“Another common misunderstanding is that our genetics, our environment, or a combination of the two determines how happy we are.”可知答案。
80.【答案】chances/ possibilities/ opportunities
【试题解析】根据文章最后一段all these can be managed to increase your happiness and your chances of success.可知答案。
【2012高考真题——北京卷】
单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，共15分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
例：It’s so nice to hear from her again ______, we last met more than thirty years ago.
A. What’s more B. That’s to say
C. In other words D. Believe it or not
答案是D。
21. —Look at those clouds!
—Don’t worry. ______ it rains, we’ll still have a great time.
A. Even if B.As though C. In case D. If only
22. By the time you have finished this book, your meal ______ cold.
A. gets B. has got C. will get D.is getting
23. One learns a language by making mistakes and ______ them.
A. corrects B. correct C.to correct D. correcting
24. Jerry did not regret giving the comment but felt ______ he could have expressed it differently.
A. why B. how C. that D. whether
25. George said that he would come to school to see me the next day, but he ______.
A. wouldn’t B. didn’t C. hasn’t D. hadn’t
26. When deeply absorbed in work, ______ he often was，he would forget all about eating or sleeping.
A. that B. which C. where D. when
27. _______ with care, one tin will last for six weeks.
A. Use B. Using C. Used D. To use
28. Many people have donated that type of blood; however, the blood bank needs _____.
A. some B. less C. much D. more
29. —Have you heard about that fire in the market?
— Yes, fortunately no one _____.
A. hurt B. was hurt C. has hurt D. had been hurt
30. Our friendship _____ quickly over the weeks that followed.
A. had developed B. was developing
C. would develop D. developed
31. ______ at the door before you enter my room, please.
A. Knock B. Knocking C. Knocked D. To knock
33. We ______ the difficulty together, but why didn’t you tell me?
A. should face B. might face
C. could have faced D. must have faced
34. Do you think this shirt is too tight ____ the shoulders?
A. at B. on C. to D. across
35. Don’t handle the vase as if it ____ made of steel.
A. is B. were C. has been D. had been
21. A。考查状语从句连接词。even if 即便，as though似乎，in case 以防，if only要是…多好。
22. C。by the time 后接现在时，表示将来之前发生的动作，故用将来时。
23. D。并列结构，making与correcting并列。
24. C。从句考查，宾语从句不缺少成分用that引导。
25. B。时态考点，前半句的would come是过去将来时，但是仍然发生在过去.
26. B。非限制性定语从句，which作表语。
27. C。非谓语动词考点。tin和use是被动关系，故用过去分词形式。
28. D。形容词考点。比较级，根据句意即刻判断。
29. B。被动语态。发生在过去的被动动作。
30. D。描述在过去阶段发生的动作，强调状态，用一般过去式。
31. A。祈使句考点，用动词原形。
32. A。非谓语考点，目的状语用不定式。
33. C。虚拟语气考点，对过去的虚拟，本能……。
34. D。介词考点
35. B。虚拟语气考点，对现在的虚拟用were。
二、完形填空
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Inspiration
“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my __36__ took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was __37__ to more, my interests in the world of dance __38__ varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a __39__ in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a __40__; I became a member of the company __41__ back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely __42__ any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief __43__ I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first day. I never actually __44__ to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely __45__. I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of __46__. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to __47__ up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme __48__ to detail (细节) and stress on practice that set us __49__. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals __50__ a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new __51__ of the words “hard work.” What I thought were my physical __52__ were pushed much further than I thought __53__. I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great __54__ of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a __55__ that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow-and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.
36. A. hobby B. plan C. dream D. word
37. A connected B. expanded C. exposed D. extended
38. A. rarely B. certainly C. probably D. consistently
39. A. director B. trainer C. leader D. dancer
40. A. symbol B. memory C. truth D. reality
41. A. bouncing B. dating C. turning D. tracking
42. A. lacks B. adds C. makes D. brings
43. A. while B. since C. until D. when
44. A. Cared B. Expected C. Asked D. Decided
45. A. motivated B. relaxed C. convinced D. astonished
46. A. challenges B. profits C. advantages D. adventures
47. A. put B. mix C. build D. pick
48. A. Attention B. association C. attraction D. adaptation
49. A. apart B. aside C. off D. back
50. A. over B. by C. with D. beyond
51. A. function B. meaning C. expression D. usage
52. A. boundaries B. problems C. barriers D. efforts
53. A. necessary B. perfect C. proper D. possible
54. A. talent B. honor C. potential D. responsibility
55. A. victory B. trend C. tradition D. desire
36. C。梦想，在第39题之前也有提到，前后呼应。
37. C。固定搭配，expose to，引申为越来越多的接触到dancing。
38. B。随着作者年龄的增长，接触的食物越来越多，兴趣发生了变化，用certainly。
39. D。前后线索。
40. D。梦想成为现实。
41. B。固定搭配，date back to 追溯至。
42. A。作者不相信自己已经被录取了，缺少现实感。
43. C。直到自己身处培训之前，都不敢相信自己被录取了，用until
44. B。我从未期望得到这份工作，用expected。
45. D。由shaking with excitement联系到此空为“吃惊”的含义。
46. A。之后面临着许多挑战，用challenge。
47. D。pick up 固定搭配，表示学习。
48. A。concentration是关键词，前后线索，用attention。
49. A。set apart使……与众不同，作者认为自己所在dancing team与其它不同的地方在于对细节的关注和精力的高度集中。
50. C。介词考查，修饰rehearsal，有繁忙日程规划的预演。
51. B。重新理解了hard work的含义，用meaning。
52. A。有动词push为线索，推断出搭配的为界限。
53. D。之前想过的可能的强度，用possible。
54. B。能够成为公司的一员感到十分荣幸，用honored。
55. C。注意后边的时态，has inspired，还有关键词generations of，所以为一个传统。
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