广西桂林中学2014届高三10月月考英语试题答案(2)

We all like to think that we are perfect to a fault. And whose fault is that? Not mine.
Recently, my husband and I got up at the __36__ of 4 a.m. to catch an early __37__ to New York. We were extremely __38__, perhaps because we were sleep-walking. And we were all ready when the taxi came to __39__ us 45 minutes later.
It was a quiet __40__ to the airport. We didn’t even chat, because he was enjoying his new iPod. At the airport, the taxi __41__ to let us get off, at which point the iPod guy __42__ me and said, “We don’t have our __43__.”
“You are __44__, right?” I replied, for he __45__ lied like that.
“No. I mean it. Did you bring it down? I didn’t .”
“What do you mean; you didn’t?” I shouted. “All our things are there.”
“ How __46__!” I was thinking, “You’re always __47__ to do things like bringing down luggage. This is your fault, __48__ now, we may __49__ our flight.” I didn’t  say that out loud, __50__. He already knew how I felt.
The experience showed I had a hard time accepting __51__. But what do you think of me? Psychologists think that the best way to assess ourselves is __52__ the eyes of others. We often don’t recognize that we’ve done wrong.
Oh, and that missing suitcase? We went home __53__ in the taxi, picked it up, returned to the airport and made it through with minutes to __54__.
Later, while walking along Broadway, I noted how __55__ I was. I hadn’t said a thing about his forgetting our suitcase at home.
36. A. point B. hour C. strike D. period
37. A. bus B. train C. flight D. taxi
38. A. still B. excited C. calm D. disappoint
39. A. collect B. pick C. fetch D. draw
40. A. drive B. experience C. travel D. ride
41. A. pulled in B. pushed in C. hurried in D. dragged in
42. A. turned to B. turned up C. turned against D. turned away
43. A. briefcase B. suitcase C. clothes bag D. food bag
44. A. running B. laughing C. joking D. cheating
45. A. rarely B. always C. hardly D. never
46. A. clever B. stupid C. sad D. great
47. A. expected B. asked C. requested D. supposed
48. A. and B. if C. while D. but
49. A. catch B. quit C. change D. miss
50. A. either B. as well C. though D. besides
51. A. punishment B. advice C. responsibility D. belief
52. A. in B. through C. over D. on
53. A. slowly B. carelessly C. sadly D. hurriedly
54. A. spare B. use C. leave D. share
55. A. stupid B. sorry C. wise D. funny

第四部分：阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
If you travel to a new exhibit at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, you will have chances to see some meat-eating plants. Take bladderworts (狸藻类植物), a kind of such plant, for example. They appear so small and grow in a quiet pond. “But these are the fastest-known killers of the plant kingdom, and able to capture a small insect in 1/50 of a second using a trap door!”
Once the trap door closes on the victim, the enzymes (酶) similar to those in the human stomach slowly digest the insect. When dinner is over, the plant opens the trap door and is ready to trap again.
Meat-eating plants grow mostly in wet areas with soil that doesn’t offer much food value. In such conditions, these amazing plants have developed insect traps to get their nutritional needs over thousands of years. North America has more such plants than any other continents.
Generally speaking, the traps may have attractive appearance to fool the eye, like pitcher plants, which get their name because they look like beautiful pitchers (a container like a bottle) full of nectar (花蜜).
The Asian pitcher plant, for example, has bright colors and an attractive half-closed lid. Curious insects are tempted to come close and take a sip, and then slide down the slippery (光滑的) slope to their deaths.
Hair-like growths along the pitcher walls ensure that nothing can escape, and the digestive enzymes can get to work. A tiny insect can be digested in a few hours, but a fly takes a couple of days.
Some of these pitchers are large enough to hold two gallons. Meat-eating plants only eat people in science fiction movies, but sometimes a bird or other small animals will discover that a pitcher plant isn’t a good place to get a drink.
56. From the first paragraph, we learn that bladderworts can ____.
  A. kill an insect in a second B. capture an insect in 1/50 of a second
  C. be found floating on a quiet lake D. digest a fly in a few hours
57. If the trap door of a meat-eating plant is closed, the plant is ____.
  A. fooling insects into taking a sip B. producing nectar
  C. tempting insects to come close D. enjoying a dinner
58. Meat-eating plants can grow in wet and poor soil because they ____.
  A. can get nutrition from animals B. don’t need much food value
  C. can make the most of such conditions D. have developed digestive enzymes
59. What can be captured by meat-eating plants for food?
  A. A child B. A dog C. A little bird D. A little fish

B
It is often necessary to release a fish, that is, set it free after catching, because it is too small, or you just don’t want to take it home to eat. In some cases, releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive to bite again another day.
-- When catching a fish, play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible.
Don’t use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.