2007 年上海高考英语真题及答案
本试卷分为第 I 卷和第 II 卷两部分。满分 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。
第 I 卷
考生注意:
1.答第 I 卷前,考生务必在答题卡和答题纸上用钢笔或圆珠笔清楚填写姓名、准考证号、
交验码,并用铅笔在答题卡上正确涂写准考证号和交验码。
2. 第 I 卷(1-16 小题和 25-84 小题)由机器阅卷,答案必须全部涂写在答题卡上。考
生应将代表正确答案的小方格用铅笔涂黑。注意试题题号和答题卡编号一一对应,不能错位。
答案需要更改时,必须将原选项用橡皮擦去,重新选择。答案不能涂写在试卷上,涂写在试
卷一律不给分。第 I 卷中的第 17-24 小题和第 II 卷的试题,其答案用钢笔或圆珠笔写在答
题纸上,如用铅笔答题,或写在试卷上一律不给分。
I. listening comprehension
Part A: Short Conversation
Directions: In Part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.
At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The
conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a
conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper,
and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. Coke.
2. A. At a restaurant.
B. Coffee.
C. Tea.
B. At a studio.
D. Water.
C. At a concert. D. At a
theatre.
3. A. Relieved.
4. A. The Browns.
B. Worried.
B. The Browns’ son.
C. Confused.
D. Depressed.
C. The postman.
D.
The
neighbour.
5. A. 7:00.
B. 7:10.
6. A. The ring is not hers.
C. She prefers gold to silver.
D. 9:10.
C. 9:00.
B. She doesn’t have gold rings.
D. She lost her silver ring.
7. A. The screen doesn’t have to be cleaned.
B. The keyboard also needs cleaning.
C. The man shouldn’t do the cleaning.
D. There’s not enough time to clean both.
8. A. The driver will stop the bus immediately.
B. The guy by the door will help the woman.
C. The woman should check the map.
D. He will tell the woman when to get off.
9. A. She dislikes fireworks.
B. She has plans for the evening.
C. She doesn’t feel like going out.
D. She has to get theatre
tickets.
10. A. They can’t see the stars clearly.
B. They’re not in the city tonight.
C. They’re looking at the stars from the city.
D. They’re talking about movie stars.
Part B Passages
Directions: In part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three
questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions
will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers
on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have
heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. It can make her famous.
C. It is dangerous but exciting.
12. A. Somebody was killed.
C. Karen was physically hurt.
13. A. A fierce war.
C. A terrible explosion.
B. It is easy and rewarding.
D. It has its moving moment.
B. Nobody was injured.
D. Many buildings exploded.
B. A serious injury.
D. A brave journalist.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following report.
14. A. Internet use is increasing quickly in rural and urban areas.
B. More and more rural residents have Internet access.
C. People have a limited choice on Internet providers.
D. City residents use the Internet frequently.
15. A. Over 2 million.
17 million.
16. A. More girls have their own websites than boys.
B. Around 6 million.
C. 23 million. D.
B. 1 in 4 kids have Internet access from home.
C. Most kids think they get too little time online at school.
D. Internet connection at home is quicker than that at school.
Longer Conversations
Part C
Directions:
In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations
will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in
me numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your
answer sheet.
B1anks l 7 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Garden Restaurant Reservation Form
Name:
Time:
Number of people:
Phone Number:
Special Request:
17
18
Jessica
9:00 p.m.
Six.
___19_____
____20____ dishes.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
What is Harrods, the biggest department
store in the UK. Famous for?
How do people feel when they are in the
Egyptian Hall?
Its
21
and Egyptian Hall.
They feel they are
22
.
How does Harrods get most of its power?
By producing
23
itself.
How is the business during the January
sales?
There
24
..
is
an
increase
in
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked
A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. Leaves are found on all kinds of trees, but they differ greatly ________ size
and shape.
A. on
B. from
C. by
D. in
26. The mayor has offered a reward of $ 5000 to ______ who can capture the tiger
alive or dead.
A. both
D. another
27. Alan is a careful driver, but he drives ______ of my friends.
C. anyone
B. others
A. more carefully B. the most carefully
C. less carefully
D.
the
least
carefully
28. --- Did you tidy your room?
--- No, I was going to tidy my room but I ______ visitors.
A. had
C. have had
B. have
D. will have
29. --- Guess what! I have got A for my term paper.
--- Great! You ______ read widely and put a lot of work into it.
A. must
C. must have
D. should have
B. should
30. With the help of high technology, more and more new substances ______ in the
past years.
A. discovered
C. had been discovered
B. have discovered
D. have been discovered
31. --- How was the televised debate last night?
--- Super! Rarely ______ so much media attention.
A. a debate attracted
C. a debate did attract
B. did a debate attract
D. attracted a debate
32. The little boy came riding full speed down the motorway on his bicycle. ______
it was!
A. What a dangerous scene
C. How a dangerous scene
B. What dangerous a scene
D. How dangerous the scene
33. Pop music is such an important part of society ______ it has even influenced
our language.
A. as
B. that
C. which
D. where
34. After a knock at the door, the child heard his mother’s voice ______ him.
A. calling
B. called
C. being called
D. to call
35. There is nothing more I can try ______ you to stay, so I wish you good luck.
A. being persuaded
persuading
C. to be persuaded
D.
to persuade
36. The Town Hall ______ in the 1800’s was the most distinguished building at that
time.
A. to be completed
C. completed
B. having been completed
D. being completed
37. His movie won several awards at the film festival, ______ was beyond his wildest
dream.
A. which
B. that
C. where
D. it
38. Small sailboats can easily turn over in the water ______ they are not managed
carefully.
A. though
B. before
C. until
D. if
39. ______ he referred to in his article was unknown to the general reader.
A. That
B. What
C. Whether
D. Where
40. The traditional view is ______ we sleep because our brain is “programmed” to
make us do so.
A. when
B. why
C. whether
D. that
41. At minus 130℃, a living cell can be ______ for a thousand years.
A. spared
B. protected
C. preserved
D. developed
42. Since Tom ______ downloaded a virus into his computer, he can not open the file
now.
A. readily
B. horribly
C. accidentally
D. irregularly
43. My morning ______ includes jogging in the park and reading newspapers over
breakfast.
A. drill
C. regulation
D. routine
B. action
44. John was dismissed last week because of his ______ attitude towards his job.
A. informal
B. casual
C. determined
D. earnest
III. Cloze
Directions:
For each blank in the following passages 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.
(A)
Being alone in outer space can be frightening. That is one reason why astronauts
. They
on solo (单独的) space flights were given plenty of work to keep them
were also constant communication with people on the earth.
46 , being with people
from whom you cannot get away might be even harder than being alone. This is what
happens on long submarine (潜水艇) voyages. It will also happen on
space
flights in the future. Will there be special problem of adjustment under such
conditions?
45
47
Scientists have studied the reactions of men to one another during long
submarine voyages. They have found that the longer the voyage lasts, the more serious
is. When men are
together for a long period, they begin to
the problem of 48
feel uneasy. Everyone has little habits of speaking and behaving that are ordinarily
acceptable. In the limited space over a long period of time, however, these little
habits may become very
50 .
49
Apparently, although no one wants to be
all the time, everyone needs some
degree of privacy. When people are enclosed together, they are in what is called
a stress situation. That means that they are under an unusual amount of
or
stress.
51
52
54
53
People who are well-adjusted are able to
stress situations better than
others. That is one reason why so much care is taken in
our astronauts. These
men undergo a long period of testing and training. One of the things tested is their
behavior under stress.
45. A. tired
46. A. So far
47. A. long
48. A. fuel
49. A. shut up
50. A. pleasing
51. A. noisy
52. A. emphasis
53. A. handle
54. A. becoming
B. asleep
B. After all
B. fast
B. entertainment C. adjustment
B. held up
C. brought up
C. common
B. annoying
C. personal
B. alone
B. conflict
C. power
C. affect
B. create
C. ordering
B. choosing
(B)
D. busy
D. Therefore
D. direct
D. health
D. picked up
D. valuable
D. sociable
D. pressure
D. investigate
D. promoting
C. conscious
C. However
C. dangerous
One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our
schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French
graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I believe I have some idea
of why the failure is so total.
the faults already found out in the education
system as a whole — such as child-centred learning, the “discovery” method, and
the low expectations by teachers of pupils — there have been several serious 56
which have a direct effect on language teaching.
55
The first is the removal from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching
57 . Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun, the subject of a sentence
of English
from its object, or the difference between the past, present, or future.
Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability
and are bored while the least able
bored. Strangely enough, few head teachers seem to be in favour
that the most able groups are
groups so
are lost and 60
of mixed-ability school football teams.
59
58
Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop
lessons. This is why many people who attended French lessons at school,
they never
having 61
even those who got good grades, have forgotten it a few years later.
need it, they do not practice it.
62
Most American schools have accepted what is inevitable and
modern
languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do
the same, and stop 64
resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.
63
55. A. Due to
56. A. errors
57. A. vocabulary
58. A. wide
59. A. kept out
60. A. surprisingly B. individually
61. A. extra
62. A. Although
63. A. restored
64. A. wasting
B. traditional
B. Because
B. absorbed
B. focusing
B. In addition toC. Instead of
B. situations
B. culture
B. similar
B. turned down
C. systems
C. grammar
C. separate
C. held back
C. equally
C. basic
C. Until
C. prohibited
C. exploiting
D. In spite of
D. methods
D. literature
D. unique
D. left behind
D. hardly
D. regular
D. Unless
D. withdrawn
D. sharing
IV. Reading Comprehension
Directions:Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them mere are four choices marked
A, B, C and D. Choose the one mat fits best according to me information given in
me passage you have just read.
(A)
What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an
ice-cream taster?
Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice-cream. Just ask
John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester” for the past 21 years. Testing helps
manufacturers to be sure of a product’s quality. During his career Harrison has
been responsible for approving large quantities of the sweet ice cream — as well
as for developing over 75 flavors (味道).
Some people think that it would be easy to do this job, after all, you just
have to like ice cream, right? No — there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison,
who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree
would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this “cool” field.
In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and assesses 60 ice-cream
samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12℉. Harrison explains, “You get
more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating
ice-cream soup.”
While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each
one on its appearance. “Tasting begins with the eyes,” he explains. He checks to
see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the
color expected from that flavor?” Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors, and test samples from
so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy — working at one
cool job.
65. What is John Harrison’s job?
A. An official.
C. A chemist.
B. An ice-cream taster.
D. An ice-cream manufacturer.
66. According to John Harrison, to be qualified in the “cool field”, it is helpful
to ______.
A. keep a diary of work
C. have new ideas every day
B. have a degree in related subjects
D. find out new flavors each day
67. What does Harrison do first when testing ice cream?
A. He stirs the ice cream.
C. He tastes the flavor of the ice cream.
B. He examines the color of the ice cream.
D. He lets the ice cream warm up.
68. Which of the following is probably the best title of the passage?
A. Tasting with Eyes
C. John Harrison’s Life
B. Flavors of Ice Cream
D. One Cool Job
(You may read the questions first,)
(B)
SCREENGRABS
ITV1
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT
BBC1
PLANET EARTH
9AM
Fresh Water provides an expensive subject
for the third programme in the BBC’s
fascinating new natural-history series.
Broadly, we investigate the world’s
lakes and rivers and the creatures which
inhabit them. Thus we visit the deepest
9 PM
Cards on the Table. Tonight’s mystery concerns
the death of one of the richest and most
mysterious men, Mr Shaitana(Alexander Siddig )
who has a fascination with crime. Shaitana
hosts dinner and a game of bridge in his
apartment, but when the time comes the first
guests to take their leave, they discover that
their host has been stabbed through his heart.
Chan
nel
4
THE
GAME
S:
LIVE
9 PM
For
smooth-coated
lake on the planet, Lake Baikal in
Siberia. We observe large colonies of
Indian
(above)
looking around. A magical series which
give us a real sense of context in
relation to the planet we inhabit.
otters
BBC2
FAMILY GUY
11.45PM
Road
to
Europe.
Without
proper
identification, Brain and Stewie stow
away on a plane they think is leaving for
England.
soon
they’re in Saudi Arabia (Brain: “Oh my
They’re
wrong,
and
the first time on Games, the men fight in a Kendo
Tournament, using 1.2m shinai (Bamboo swords).
The woman compete in the cycling, racing
wheel-to wheel on competition bikes with no
brakes. Plus other news the English Institute
of sports in Sheffield.
God, we are finished. We are lost in the
desert.”) at a beginning of a long trip
home.
69. The Fresh Water series at 9 PM ________.
A. explores the lakes, rivers and the creatures in them
B. is devoted to the freshwater creatures in the world
C. explains the relationship among inhabitants on the earth
D. focuses on the deepest river on the planet
70. The phrase “stow away” most probably means “_________”.
A. hide secretly B. talk excitedlyC. operate easilyD. guide successfully
71. A mystery story adapted from Agatha Christie’s novel will be shown on ______.
A. BBC1
B. BBC2
C. ITV1
(C)
D. Channel 4
Mail carriers will be delivering some good news and some bad news this week.
The bad news: Stamp prices are expected to rise 2 cents in May to 41 cents,
the Postal Regulatory Commission announced yesterday. The good news: With the
introduction of a “forever stamp,” it may be the last time Americans have to use
annoying 2-or-3-cent stamps to make up postage differences.
Beginning in May, people would be able to purchase the stamps in booklets of
20 at the regular rate of a first-class stamp. As the name implies, “forever stamps”
will keep their first-class mailing value forever, even when the postage rate goes
up.
The new “forever stamp” is the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) answer
to the complaints about frequent rate increases. The May increases will be the fifth
in a decade. Postal rates have risen because of inflation (通货膨胀), competition
from online bill paying, and the rising costs of employee benefits, including
healthcare, says Mark Saunders, a spokesman for USPS.
The USPS expects some financial gain from sales of the “forever stamp” and
the savings from not printing as many 2-or-3-cent stamps. “It’s not your
grandfather’s
your
great-grandchildren’s stamp.”
Saunders. “It
stamp,” says
could
Mr.
be