2012年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(山东卷)

2012年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖南卷）

英 语

Part Ⅱ

Section B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B. C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

"What's it like to have a gap between your teeth?" a girl asked me one day.

Nobody had ever before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting 1 realized she was not trying to be rude. "I never think and saw only gappy teeth.

somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!

Of course, Mom surgery to close the gap if it was that important. "Let's be surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences."

than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for So if that girl ever asked about my teeth I would truthfully answer. "You know? It's really cute."

36. A. faced B. guessed C. asked D. imagined 37. A. an offer B. an answer C. a suggestion D. a result 38. A heard of B. thought of C. talked about D. looked at 39. A. consider B. brush C. cover D. appreciate 40. A. admitted B. noticed C. controlled D. changed 41. A. worry about B. put off C. give up D. wipe out 42. A. friendly B. lovely C. honest D. helpful 43. A. words B. jokes C. dreams D. acts 44. A. ability B. decision C. goal D. identity 45. A. possibility B. purpose C. truth D. choice 46. A. courage B. wisdom C. kindness D. beauty 47. A. once B. again C. too D. instead 36. C. 以前没人问及过上述问题. 37. B. 等着我的回答

38. D. 是不是人们看我的时候就看到我的缺牙呢.

39. A. 回到家再次考虑我的缺牙问题. 答案B意为 “刷”, C “覆盖”, D “感激,欣赏”.