2013年湖北高考英语试题及答案(2)

　　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：To make members of a team perform better, the trainer first of all has to know
　　their _____ and weaknesses。
　　A. strengths      B. benefits    C. techniques    D. values
　　答案：A
　　21. Poetry written from the ______ of the urban youth tends to reveal their anxiety over
　　a lack of sense of belonging。
　　A. perspective     B. priority  C. participation     D. privilege
　　22. Carbon dioxide, which makes a ______ between us and the sun, prevents heat from getting out of the atmosphere easily, so the earth is becoming warmer。
　　A. difference     B. comparison     C. connection     D. barrier
　　23. While intelligent people can often ______ the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple。
　　A. sacrifice        B. substitute      C. simplify      D. survive
　　24. According to the law, all foreigners have to ______ with the local police within two weeks of arrival。
　　A. associate B. dispute  C. negotiate      D. register
　　25. Butterflies ______ a sweet liquid produced by flowers, which bees and other insects collect。
　　A. carry on B. feed on C. put on  D. focus on
　　26. In much of the animal world, night is the time ______ for sleep—pure and simple。
　　A. set aside         B. set down        C. set off           D. set up
　　27. People complain that decisions to approve or deny a permit are often ______ rather than based on fixed criteria。
　　A. appropriate      B. conscious       C. arbitrary     D. controversial
　　28. He didn’t selfishly keep for himself the money inherited from his uncle. Instead, he made a ______ contribution to help the community。
　　A. commercial    B. generous        C. comparable      D. profitable
　　29. Don’t defend him any more. It’s obvious that he ______ destroyed the fence of the garden even without apology。
　　A. accidentally      B. carelessly       C. deliberately     D. clumsily
　　30. An artist who was recently traveling on a ferry to the southern island discovered ______ a long lost antique Greek vase。
　　A. at random   B. by chance C. in turn     D. on occasion
Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought   31  . It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹)。
　　This farmhouse had been   32   too long. It needed a family. Zigfried’s
　　33   made a noise. He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿)， grabbed a   34   from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s。
　　Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse   35   the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried   36   when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he   37   into the room where grain was stored and was quite   38   as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he   39   a hot breath about his ear. His heart beat   40  , and without thinking he started to run and luckily   41   the cat’s paws (爪子)。
　　The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a   42   family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to
　　43   with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came   44   the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate。
　　Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!
　　The house came   45   the next few days. Zigfried   46   every single hour of them.   47  , the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a   48   smile at the door of his home, he heard the   49   of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The   50   froze on his face; his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”