2009 年湖南高考英语试题及答案
第一部分:听力(共三节,满分 30 分)
做听力部分时,请先在试题卷上作答。听力部分结束前,你将有两分钟的时间将第 1
至第 17 小题的答案转涂到答题卡上,将第 18 至第 20 小题的答案转写到答题卡上。
第一节(共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 7.5 分)
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳
选项,并标在试题卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题
和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例:How much is the shirt?
A. £19.15
答案是 B。
1.What does the man mean?
B. £9.15
C. £9.18
A. It will take about one month to repair the watch.
B. It costs too much to have the watch repaired.
C. The watch is no longer worth repairing
2.When will they get there for the play?
A. 9:00.
B. 10:00.
C. 10:30.
3.Why can’t the man concentrate on his study?
A. He keeps thinking of going to the movies.
B. His classmates are taking a break.
C. He’s been studying for too long.
4.What is the man going to do?
A. Go to the Chinese restaurant.
B. Watch the football game.
C. Visit a friend downtown.
5.What do you know about Frank?
A. He will arrive in Chicago this morning.
B. He will send Ms. Tyler an e-mail.
C. He will call Ms. Tyler himself.
【C】
【B】
【C】
【A】
【B】
第二节(共 12 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 18 分)
听下面 4 段对话。每段对话后有几个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳
选项,并标在试题卷的相应位置。听每段对话前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题 5 秒钟;
听完后,各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听下面一段对话,回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。
6.Which part of the man’s body hurts?
A. An arm.
B. An eye.
C. An ear.
【C】
7.What does the woman advise the man to do?
A. Go to hospital at once.
B. Stay away from the swimming pool.
C. Get some medicine from the drugstore.
听下面一段对话,回答第 8 至第 10 三个小题。.
8.What do you know about the woman?
A. She doesn’t believe the man’s excuse.
B. She’s been waiting far too long.
C. She’s really angry with the man.
9.What does the man mean?
A. He got there in only five minutes.
B. He has a good reason for being late.
C. He is used to waiting for the woman.
10.What does the woman want the man to do?
【B】
【C】
【B】
A. Buy the tickets.
B. Buy her a wallet.
C. Go back for her wallet.
【A】
听下面一段对话,回答第 11 至第 13 三个小题。
11.Who is the woman talking to?
A. A hotel clerk.
B. A hotel manager.
C. A policeman.
【A】
12. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In the manager’s office.
B. In the room of the guest.
C. At the police station.
13.What do you know about the woman?
A. She cannot find her necklace.
B. She put her necklace in the bed.
C. She is not satisfied with the room.
听下面一段对话,回答第 14 至第 17 四个小题。
14. Why is the woman asking for leave?
A. She plans to go to the UK with her parents.
B. She has to take care of her parents at home.
C. She wants to spend some time with her parents.
15. What can be inferred about the man?
A. He knows a lot about Chinese culture.
B. He doesn’t want the woman to take any time off at first.
C. He considers language a big problem for foreign visitors.
16. What can be inferred about the woman?
【B】
【A】
【C】
【B】
A. She is a student.
B. She is a teacher.
C. She is a tourist. 【A】
17.What agreement do the two speakers reach at the end of the conversation?
A. The woman can take two days off.
B. The woman needs to do some extra work.
C. The woman should buy some travelling materials.
【A】
第三节(共 3 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 4.5 分)
听下面一段材料,将第 18 至第 20 三个小题的信息补充完整,每小题不超过 3 个单词。
听材料前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题 5 秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出 15 秒钟的作
答时间。本段材料读两遍。
Doing exercise and keeping fit
Ⅰ. The importance of exercise
A
18
lazy life
can lead to many health problems.
Ⅱ. How to prevent illness.
Stay 19
active
: playing sports, gardening & doing housework.
Ⅲ. Ways of doing exercise.
· Choose a proper form.
One that you enjoy and that you can stick with.
· Exercise in the right way.
Start exercising slowly and increase the amount of exercise
20 step by
step.
第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分 45 分).
第一节 单项填空(共 15 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 15 分).
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:The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket
the desert.
A. covering
B. covered
C. cover
D. to cover
答案是 A。
21. Every evening after dinner, if not
from work, I will spend some time
walking my dog.
A. being tired
B. tiring
C. tired
22.Most Americans would prefer to keep their problems
D. to be tired 【C】
themselves, and solve
their problems ______ themselves.
A. to; by
B. by; to
C. for; to
D. in; on
【A】
23.When he
the door, he found his keys were nowhere.
A. would open
B. opened
C. had opened
D. was to open 【D】
24.I can
be a teacher. I’m not a very patient person.
A. seldom
B. ever
C. never
D. always
【C】
25.At the age of 29, Dave was a worker,
in a small apartment near Boston
and ______ what to do about his future.
A. living; wondering
C. lived; wondered
B. lived; wondering
D. living; wondered
【A】
26.I was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, a city
of beautiful trees and green grass in our mind.
A. which
B. of which
C. that
27.Would you please keep silent? The weather report
name will create a picture
D. whose
and I want to listen.
【D】
A. is broadcast
C. has been broadcast
B. is being broadcast
D. had been broadcast
28.She is very dear to us. We have been prepared to do
【B】
it takes to save her
life.
A. whichever
B. however
C. whatever
D. whoever
【C】
29. Nowadays people sometimes separate their waste to make it easier for it
A. reusing
B. reused
30. — It’s the office! So you
C. reuses
know eating is not allowed here.
.
D. to be reused 【D】
— Oh, sorry.
A. must
B. will
C. may
D. need
【A】
31. Please do me a favor — ______ my friend Mr. Smith to Youth Theater at 7:30
tonight.
A. to invite
B. inviting
D. invited
【C】
32. You and I could hardly work together,
C. invite
?
A. could you
B. couldn’t I
C. couldn’t we
D. could we 【D】
33. Either you or one of your students ______ to attend the meeting that is due
tomorrow.
A. are
B. is
C. have
D. be
【B】
34. ______ the police thought he was the most likely one, since they had no exact
proof about it, they could not arrest him.
A. Although
B. As long as
35.— The food here is nice enough.
C. If only
D. As soon as 【A】
— My friend ______ me a right place.
A. introduces
B. introduced
C. had introduced D. was introducing
【B】
第二节 完型填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第 36 至第 55 小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,
选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“It’s no use, Mum,” said Johnny. “I’m just no good at dancing.”
“You’ve got to keep trying. Tonight will be
36
, dear. Try a
turn with that pretty Lisette.”
Johnny
37
. Every Saturday night used to be the best of the week.
at the Club, where his hero, Alcide,
He and his parents went to the
played the accordion (手风琴) with the band. But lately everything had changed. Now
that Johnny was older, he was
to dance with a girl!
38
39
40
41
Johnny and his parents arrived at the Club, music had already
started. Johnny got up his
to approach Lisette. “May I have this
dance?” Johnny asked. “That’s all right,” said Lisette. Johnny struggled to keep
steps, but he was always one beat behind her.
up with Lisette’s
Then
left
feet!”
and
ran outside, determined never to go to another dance.
say, “Look!
burst from the crowd. Johnny
42
friend
heard
43
has
44
Johnny
Pierre
Johnny
two
his
The next Saturday, Alcide
potatoes.
eyes
Alcide
mouthed
He
happened
46
said.
Then
47
him.
to
hear
45
Johnny
to Johnny’s house for some
Alcide’s
. “Bring that accordion and play some songs tonight,”
he
open-
accordion.
playing
leaving
staring
Johnny
drove
off,
the
48
49
50
At the Club, Johnny scanned the crowd for Lisette and
her.
The band played for a long time before Alcide said, “Dear friends, I got
a
for you tonight. Young Johnny is going to join
, Johnny stepped up on the platform, his eyes on the floor.
us!”
behind him. When the song ended,
He began to play, and the band
he heard cheers. Johnny kept playing until the dance was
. “You
did a fine job tonight. Play with us again next Saturday night,” Alcide said. “Yes,
he went outside, Johnny saw Lisette and her friends near
sir!” said Johnny.
the door. Lisette stepped
, smiling. “You played really good
tonight!” she said.
51
52
54
53
“Thank
you,” Johnny
blushed
( 脸 红 ).
As
he
walked
on,
Pierre
55
moved out of the way for him to pass.
Johnny patted his accordion. Come to think of it, in his whole life, he had never
once seen Alcide out on the dance floor.
36. A. difficult
37. A. answered
38. A. platform
39. A. expected
40. A. If
41. A. spirits
42. A. smooth
43. A. Shouts
44. A. broke away
45. A. ran
46. A. opened
47. A. off
48. A. caught
49. A. surprise
50. A. Struggling
51. A. got round
52. A. in
53. A. As
54. A. backward
55. A. still
B. troublesome
B. sighed
B. appointment
B. invited
B. Since
B. feelings
B. clumsy
B. Laughter
B. went out
B. walked
B. rolled
B. with
B. searched
B. puzzle
B. Trembling
B. joined in
B. out
B. Because
B. forward
B. even
【C】
【B】
【D】
【A】
【D】
D. terrible
C. different
D. laughed
C. smiled
D. dance
C. meeting
D. chosen
C. allowed
D. When
C. Though
【C】
D. strength
C. courage
【A】
D. small
C. slow
D. Cheers
【B】
C. Applause
D. turned out 【A】
C. broke up
D. cycled
【C】
C. drove
【D】
D. widened
C. sharpened
【C】
D. for
C. after
D. spotted
【D】
C. sought
D. joke
【A】
C. story
C. Wandering
D. Whispering 【B】
C. turned around D. showed off 【B】
C. over
C. Until
C. onward
C. ever
D. on
【C】
D. So
【A】
D. downward 【B】
D. almost
【B】
第三部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分 40 分)
第一节 选择题(共 17 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 34 分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上
将该项涂黑。
A
Eddie McKay, a once-forgotten pilot, is a subject of great interest to a group
of history students in Canada.
It all started when Graham Broad, a professor at the University of Western
Ontario, found McKay’s name in a footnote in a book about university history. McKay
was included in a list of university alumni (校友) who had served during the First
World War, but his name was unfamiliar to Broad, a specialist in military history.
Out of curiosity, Broad spent hours at the local archives (档案馆) in a fruitless
search for information on McKay. Tired and discouraged, he finally gave up. On his
way out, Broad’s glance happened to fall on an exhibiting case showing some old
newspapers. His eye was drawn to an old picture of a young man in a rugby uniform.
As he read the words beside the picture, he experienced a thrilling realization.
“After looking for him all day, there he was, staring up at me out of the exhibiting
case,” said Broad. Excited by the find, Broad asked his students to continue his
search. They combed old newspapers and other materials for clues. Gradually, a
picture came into view.
Captain Alfred Edwin McKay joined the British Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He
downed ten enemy planes, outlived his entire squadron (中队) as a WWI flyer, spent
some time as a flying instructor in England, then returned to the front, where he
was eventually shot down over Belgium and killed in December 1917. But there’s more
to his story. “For a brief time in 1916 he was probably the most famous pilot in
the world,” says Broad. “He was credited with downing Oswald Boelcke, the most
famous German pilot at the time.” Yet, in a letter home, McKay refused to take credit,
saying that Boelcke had actually crashed into another German plane.
McKay’s war records were destroyed during a World War II air bombing on London
— an explanation for why he was all but forgotten.
But now, thanks to the efforts of Broad and his students, a marker in McKay’s
memory was placed on the university grounds in November 2007. “I found my eyes
filling with tears as I read the word ‘deceased’ (阵亡) next to his name,” said
Corey Everrett, a student who found a picture of Mckay in his uniform. “This was
such a simple example of the fact that he had been a student just like us, but instead
of finishing his time at Western, he chose to fight and die for his country.”
56. What made Professor Broad continue his search for more information on McKay?
A. A uniform of McKay.
C. A book on McKay.
B. A footnote about McKay.
D. A picture of McKay.
【D】
57. What did the students find out about McKay?
A. He trained pilots for some time.
B. He lived longer than other pilots.
C. He died in the Second World War.
D. He was downed by the pilot Boelcke.
【A】
58. McKay’s flying documents were destroyed in
.
A. Belgium
B. Germany
C. Canada
59. We can learn from the last paragraph that McKay
D. England 【D】
.
A. preferred fight to his study
B. went to war before graduation
C. left a picture for Corey Everrett
D. set an example for his fellow students
60. What is the text mainly about?
A. The research into war history.
B. The finding of a forgotten hero.
C. The pilots of the two world wars.
D.The importance of military studies.
【B】
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D. shopping 【B】
C
People diet to look more attractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown
out of their social group, and getting eaten as a result. That is the fascinating
conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by a team of Australian
scientists.
The research team have discovered that subordinate fish voluntarily diet to
avoid challenging their larger competitors. “In studying gobies we noticed that
only the largest two individuals, a male and female, had breeding (繁殖) rights
within the group,” explains Marian Wong. “All other group members are nonbreeding
females, each being 5-10% smaller than its next largest competitor. We wanted to
find out how they maintain this precise size separation.”
The reason for the size difference was easy to see. Once a subordinate fish
grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it causes a fight which
usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group. More often than
not, the evicted fish is then eaten up.
It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid
challenging the boss fish. Whether they did so voluntarily, by restraining how much
they ate, was not clear. The research team decided to do an experiment. They tried
to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened. To their surprise,
the gobies simply refused the extra food they were offered, clearly preferring to
remain small and avoid fights, over having a feast.
The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals
keep their position in a group. Previously it was thought that large individuals
simply used their weight and size to threaten their subordinates and take more of
the food for themselves, so keeping their competitors small.
While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious, Dr. Wong explains that
understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important
to understanding how hierarchical (等级的) societies remain stable.
The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from
exclusive to humans. “As yet, we lack a complete understanding of how widespread
the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature,” the researchers comment.
“Data on human dieting suggests that, while humans generally diet to improve health
or increase attractiveness, rarely does it improve long-term health and males
regularly prefer females that are fatter than the females’ own ideal.”
65. When a goby grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it
.
A. faces danger
C. eats its competitor
B. has breeding rights
D. leaves the group itself
66. The underlined words “the evicted fish” in Paragraph 3 refer to
A. the fish beaten up
C. the fish fattened up
B. the fish found out
D. the fish driven away
67. The experiment showed that the smaller fish
.
A. fought over a feast
C. preferred some extra food
B. went on diet willingly
D. challenged the boss fish
68. What is the text mainly about?
A. Fish dieting and human dieting.
B. Dieting and health.
C. Human dieting.
D. Fish dieting.
D
【A】
.
【D】
【B】
【D】
Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, once said that the
perfect portable bike would be “like a magic carpet…You could fold it up and put
it into your pocket or handbag”. Then he paused: “But you’ll always be limited
by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has invented a folding wheel.”
It was a rare — indeed unique — occasion when I was able to put Ritchie right.
A 19th-century inventor, William Henry James Grout, did in fact design a folding
wheel. His bike, predictably named the Grout Portable, had a frame that split into
two and a larger wheel that could be separated into four pieces. All the bits fitted
into Grout’s Wonderful Bag, a leather case.
Grout’s aim: to solve the problems of carrying a bike on a train. Now doesn’t
that sound familiar? Grout intended to find a way of making a bike small enough for
train travel: his bike was a huge beast. And importantly, the design of early bicycles
gave him an advantage: in Grout’s day, tyres were solid, which made the business
of splitting a wheel into four separate parts relatively simple. You couldn’t do
the same with a wheel fitted with a one-piece inflated (充气的) tyre.
So, in a 21st-century context, is the idea of the folding wheel dead? It is not.
A British design engineer, Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be
squashed into something like a slender ellipse (椭圆). Throughout, the tyre remains
inflated.
Will the young Fitzsimons’s folding wheel make it into production? I haven’t
the foggiest idea. But his inventiveness shows two things. First, people have been
saying for more than a century that bike design has reached its limit, except for
gradual advances. It’s as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago: there’s