– I don’t think I’ll be able…——2011 高考英语第 40 题答案解析

【答案】B
【解析】本题仍然考查情景交际，也要用到语法知识。问句为陈述事实“我觉得自己明天不
能爬山了。”，按照语境答句应该是询问对方不能爬山的原因。选项A表达不全因此语义不
明；选项C是询问别人情况怎么样D.Howaboutit？是问别人认为某事物怎么样，都没有询问
原因的意味。Howcome?在英语口语中有“怎么会？为什么？”的意思，符合语境。
【点评】
该试卷对考生语用能力的要求较以往有较大提高。如单项选择题中，纯语法知识的考
查题量大幅度减少，取而代之的是大量“完形填空式”的试题，要求考生在理解题干的基础
上做出恰当的选择。这些都对考生的修辞知识、语境知识、对语法（词法和句法）知识的
灵活运用等综合语言运用能力提出了更高的要求。除了第1、17、20小题是交际题，第3、4
、5、8、10等少数几题直接考查语法知识题外，绝大多数试题是根据上下文的语境、语义
、修辞等进行解答，对语用能力的要求有所提高。如第9题的blank (look)，第16题中的tight
(schedule)等。
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、D）中，
选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将选项标号涂黑。
Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my 21 was more
manageable , I 22 ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk
songs. 23 that was years ago and times have changed. 24 I live with mother on a country
farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to 25 my
disability pension (残疾抚恤金). 26 I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my
27 . I decided that I would consider 28 to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was 29 when I went into our local music store. I
explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were
very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of 30 to get started. And 31 you find only three to
four songs out of ten on a disc that you can 32 use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my 33 ; he gave me a long thoughtful 34 .
“This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me 35 the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it.
He placed his large hand 36 on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can
take your 37 and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I 38 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose 39 that I
could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His 40 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.