2013浙江省宁波二模英语试题答案(2)

20. --- I would appreciate it if you can forgive Mary and make friends with her again.
   --- _______. If only she would apologize to me for what she has done to me.
A. By no means     B. By all means     C. My pleasure      D. It’s a pleasure.

第二节：完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1分；满分20分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从 21～40 各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
    My mother has never beaten me and my brothers.   21   she found some special ways of punishment. One occurred when I was four.
    One day at daycare, I   22   an extremely tired mother attempt to pick up her daughter. The little girl asked her mother to have dinner in McDonald’s, but the mother replied, “Honey, not tonight. Mom has to go home and cook dinner for Daddy.” “But I wanna go.” “Susie, I said not tonight...” Susie immediately dropped   23 , kicking and screaming, “I want to go to McDonald’s.” Her mother tried to stop Susie’s tantrum(发脾气), but   24  . Finally her mother
  25  , “Okay, Susie, let’s go to McDonald’s.” Susie stopped yelling and   26  . I was amazed; and at the same time, I was   27   that anything I wanted could be got in this way.
    That day my mother picked me up early from daycare to buy gifts for Christmas. When we passed by the toy section, I saw a white and red telephone   28   bells rang as it was pulled along. I asked, “Mama, can I have that telephone?” “Baby, not now, but if you are a good girl, maybe   29   will bring it to you.” “But Mama, I want it right now.” Her eyes   30   and her hand tightened on mine. “Becky, you   31   have that telephone today, but if you misbehave, you can have a spanking(打屁股).”
    By now we were standing in the long Holiday line in the Gift Department, and I   32   it was now or never. I   33   on the ground and began screaming, “I want that telephone,” over and over again. The shoppers looked at my mother   34   my mother calmly said, “Becky, you’d better get up   35   three or else. One…Two…Three.”
      36   happened. I was still in full tantrum. So then she lay down beside me, and began kicking and screaming, “I want a new car, I want a new house, I want some   37  , I want…” Shocked, I stood up. “Mama, stop. Mama get up,” I   38   begged.
    She stood. The others waiting in line began to clap, and then, laughed, patting my mother. The next thirty minutes in line was miserable for me as various parents left the Gift Department,
  39   their heads at me and saying with a smile, “I bet you'll never try that again.”
    And I didn't, because it left a lasting   40   picture more effective than any physical mark.
21. A. Therefore B. However C. Instead   D. Furthermore
22. A. watched B. realized C. observed D. noticed
23. A. on the chair  B. to the floor C. on the playground D. on the bed
24. A. in relief  B. in reality C. in vain D. in need
25. A. gave up B. gave away C. gave out D. gave in
26. A. laughed B. cried C. smiled D. shouted
27. A. frightened B. delighted C. upset D. moved
28. A. whose  B. which C. that D. where
29. A. your father B. your sister C. your mother D. Father Christmas
30. A. narrowed B. fired C. angered D. flamed
31. A. can not B. must not C. will not D. should not
32. A. counted B. figured C. declared D. announced
33. A. took down B. fell down C. lay down D. knocked down
34. A. while B. as C. once D. if
35. A. by the count of B. at the count of
   C. in the count of D. before the count of
36. A. Everything B. Something C. Nothing D. Anything
37. A. books B. flowers C. necklace D. jewelry
38. A. angrily B. happily C. tearfully D. painfully
39. A. nodding B. shaking C. trembling D. moving
40. A. beautiful B. impressive C. significant D. mental

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分, 满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
A
    For centuries, in the countries of south and Southeast Asia, the elephant has been an important part of the culture, economy and religion. And nowhere more so than in Thailand. Unlike its African cousin, the Asian elephant is easily domesticated (驯化).The rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the power of royalty to its rulers, and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background. To the early Western visitors, the country’s romantic name was “Land of the White Elephant”.
Today, however, the story is very different. Out of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it. The elephant has found itself more or less deserted by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and a society in the western part. And while the elephant’s problems began many years ago, now it has a very low national advantage.
How does the national symbol turn into ignored animals? It is a story of worse environment and the changing lives of the Thais themselves. According to Richard Lair, Thailand’s expert on the Asian elephant and author of the report Gone Astray, at the turn of the last century, there may well have been as many as 100,000 national elephants in the country.