2013年高考英语模拟试题及答案解析(16)
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Good morning, class．My name is John Smith, and I will be the main instructor for this Semester’s history class，the American South after the Civil War．We’ll read books covering the years after l865，when the Union defeated the confederate forces of the southern states．There will be three midterms and one final exam at the end of this semester．In addition, there will also be one paper that is due on Decemberl5th, at the end of this school term．
The first topic we’11 be discussing is the famous speech made by President Abraham Lincoln after the battle of Gettysburg in the state of Pennsylvania．The speech is one of the most famous in American history, and I think it best describes the feelings of many people at that time during this war between the American States．
2013高考英语模拟试题部分答案解析
21. D考查冠词。月份和季节前一般不用冠词。但在其前有定语的情况下，可用不定冠词，表示“一类”事物，
故选D。高考题冠词考查常考其特殊用法。
22. A考查时态。事实上某人掉头发是一个渐进的过程，不会一下子秃顶，所以用进行时较用过去时和现在完成
时更合适。历年高考的语法考查常常出现过去时、完成时和进行时的对比选择。
23. C这里不存在that, this和it的对比用法辨析，只是完成Depend on/ upon it短语，意思是“没错，毫无疑
问”。这是固定用法，it不能换用其它词。
24. C考查动词。accelerate意为“加速，加快”，accumulate意为“积累，堆积”，accomplish意为“完成，
达到”，approve意为“批准，赞成”。C项意义符合语境，意思是：如果你真的全力以赴地去做，你可能得
到比你想要得到的还多。值得注意，高考试题中这种考查，提供的选项都是一些平日复现很少的动词。
25. B考查非谓语动词。convince意思是“使确信”，与句子的主语he成被动关系，故用过去分词短语作状语，
句子意思是：他确信报道是真实的，他就把这事告诉了同事们。
26. D考查定语从句。这是一个非限制性定语从句，先行词显然是指时间，故排除A、B项；2040年中国人口达到
