文档介绍：2011年全国高考英语试题湖南卷
Part II Language Knowledge (45 marks)
Section A (15 marks)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that pletes the sentence.
Example:
The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket ________ the desert.
A. covering B. covered C. cover D. to cover
The answer is A.
21. The ability ________ an idea is as important as the idea itself.
A. expressing B. expressed C. to express D. to be expressed
22. —Joan, what ________ in your hand? —Look! It’s a birthday gift for my grandma.
A. had you held B. are you holding       C. do you hold D. will you hold
23. The players ________ from the whole country are expected to bring us honor in this summer game.
A. selecting B. to select C. selected D. having selected
24. I know that ________ would ever discourage him; he would never give up wanting to be a director.
A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
25. Julie was good at German, French and Russian, all of ________ she spoke fluently.
A. who B. whom                    C. which D. that
26. One-third of the country ________ covered with trees and the majority of the citizens ________ black people.
A. is; are B. is; is C. are; are D. are; is
27. In 1492, Columbus ________ on one of the Bahama Islands, but he mistook it for an island of India.
A. lands B. la