2008 年宁夏高考英语真题及答案
本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时,将答案答在答
题卡上,在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 听力 (共两节,满分 30 分)
第一卷
做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案
转涂到答题卡上。
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。每段对话仅读一篇。
例:How much is the shirt?
A. &19.15
B. &9.15
C. &9.18
答案是 B。
1.What is the weather like?
A.
It’s raining.
B. It’s cloudy.
C. It’s sunny.
2.Who will go to China next month?
A. Lucy.
C. Richard.
3.What are the speakers talking about?
A. The man’s sister.
C. An actor.
4.Where will the speakers meet?
A. In Room 340
C. In Room 223.
B. Alice.
B.A film.
B. In Room 314.
5.Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a restaurant.
C. At home.
B. In an office.
第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分)
听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中
选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,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。每段对话或独白读两遍.
听第 6 段材料,回答第 6 至 8 题。
6.Why did the woman go to New York?
A. To spend some time with the baby.
B. To look after her sister.
C. To find a new job.
7.How old was the baby when the woman left New York?
A. Two months.
C. Seven months.
B. Five months.
8.What did the woman like doing most with the baby?
A. Holding him.
C. Feeding him.
听第 7 段材料,回答第 9 至 11 题。
9.What are the speakers talking about?
B. Playing with him.
A.A way to improve air quality
B. A problem with traffic
rules.
C.A suggestion for city planning.
10.What does the man suggest?
A. Limiting the use of cars.
walk.
C. Warning drivers of air pollution.
11.What does the woman think about the man’s idea?
A. It’s interesting.
C. It’s impractical.
B. Encouraging people to
B. It’s worth trying.
听第 8 段材料,回答第 12 至 14 题。
12.How long will the man probably stay in New Zealand?
A. One week.
C. Three weeks.
B. Two weeks.
13.What advice does the woman give to the man?
A. Go to New Zealand after Christmas.
B. Book his flight as soon as possible.
C. Save more money for his trip.
14.What can we learn about flights to New Zealand at Christmas time?
A. They require early booking
B. They can be twice as
expensive.
C. They are on special offer.
听第 9 段材料,回答第 15 至 17 题。
15.Why did Jane call Mike?
A. To ask him to meet her.
B. To tell him about Tom.
C. To borrow his car.
16.Where will Jane be in about one hour?
A. At Mike’s place.
B. At the airport.
C .At a garage.
17.What can we infer from the conversation?
A. Jane has just learned to drive.
B. Jane’s car is in bad condition.
C. Mike will go to the airport.
听第 10 段材料,回答第 18 至 20 题。
18.What did the speaker ask the students to do the week before?
A. Write a short story.
B. Prepare for the lesson.
C. Learn more about the writer.
19.Why does the speaker ask the questions?
A. To check the students’ understanding of the story.
B. To draw the students’ attention to reading skills.
C. To let the students discuss father-son relationships.
20.What will the students do in 10 minutes?
A. Ask more questions.
B. Discuss in groups.
C. Give their answers.
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:We
last night, but we went to the concert instead.
A. must have studied
B. might study
C. should have studied
D. would study
答案是 C。
21. —Would you like to join me for a quick lunch before class?
—
, but I promised Nancy to go out with her.
A. I’d
like to
B.I like it
C.I don’t
D.I will
22. —What fruit is in season now?
—Grapes and peaches,
.
A.I know
B.I think
C.I see
D.I feel
23.The performance
nearly three hours, but few people left the theatre early.
A. covered
B. reached
C. played
D. lasted
24.Let’s learn to use the problem we are facing
a stepping-stone to future
success.
A. to
B. for
C. as
D. by
25.The lawyer rarely wears anything other than jeans and a T-shirt
the season.
A. whatever
B. wherever
C. whenever
D. however
26.I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good
.
A. to be breathed
B. to breathe
C. breathing
D. being breathed
27. —Have you known Dr. Jackson for a long time?
—Yes, since she
the Chinese Society.
A. has joined
B. joins
C. had joined
D.
joined
28.You're driving too fast. Can you drive
?
A. more slowly a bit
C. a bit more slowly
B. slowly a bit more
D. slowly more a bit
29.The wet weather will continue tomorrow, when a cold front
A. is expected
C. expects
B. is expecting
D. will be expected
30.—Which of the two computer games did you prefer?
—Actually I didn’t like
A. both of them
C. none of them
.
B. either of them
D. neither of them
31.—Have you got any idea for the summer vacation?
to arrive.
—I don’t mind where we go
A. as if
B. as long as
there’s sun, sea and beach.
C. now that
D. in order
that
32.The weather was
A .really
B. such
cold that I didn’t
C. too
like to leave my room.
D. so
33.The English spoken in the United States is only slightly different from
spoken in England.
A. which
B. what
C. that
34.After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane
doctor in the countryside.
D. the one
her job as a
A. set out
B. took over
C. took up
D. set up
35.—Sorry, I made a mistake again.
—
Practice more and you’ll succeed.
A. Never mind
C. Not at all
B. Certainly not
D. Don’t mention it
第二节 完形填空(共 20 小题:每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)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。
After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked
to wait tables on my own.
for a few days, I was
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with an experienced
All went
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36
went first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily
for from the kitchen.
trays (托盘).
the tables not
.I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy
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40
51
52
55
53
.
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45
49
46
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back.”
now ,and my wife needs her
Before I knew it ,the
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to move around. I was pleased with every thing and began to
was when I saw the tray stand near the tables;
on. It had nice handles, which made
I
you
to you, but we are getting ready
it looked different from the one I was
it
was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said,“Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved
work. t seems your tray stand has been very
to
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At first his
did not get across.“What was he talking about!”Then, I got
it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen
as ice ,but my face was
.I wanted to get into a hole and
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just
learned to be more
36.A.manager
37.A.promised
advised
38.A.well
wrong
39.A.left
shown
40.A.Therefore
41.A.kitchen
D .table
and not to be too sure of myself.
B. However
B. street
D.
D.
D.
C. Otherwise
D. Finally
B. assistant
C. cook
D. waitress
B. quickly
C. safely
B .invited
C. allowed
B. given
C. brought
C.
restaurant
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I have
42.A.minding
43.A.angry
44.A.fixed
waited
45.A.slower
46.A.believe
47.A.letting
48.A.useful
interesting
49.A.rest
50.A.bag
51.A.idea
52.A.cold
53.A.lie
54.A.repeated
described
55.A.careful
practical
B. changing
B. calm
B.
trained
C. taking
C. sad
C. loaded
D. saving
D. happy
D.
B.
B.
B.
B.
lighter
making
making
familiar
C. regret
C. watching
C. watching
D. pretend
D. having
D. interesting
C. unusual
D.
order
walker
praise
full of joy
B.
B.
B.
B.
B. hide
B. discovered
C. eat
C. tray
C. message
C. pale
C. defend
C. corrected
B. patient
C. honest
D. leave
D. coat
D. need
D. on fire
D. stay
D.
D.
第三部分阅读理解(共两节,满分 40 分)
第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 30 分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上
将该项涂黑。
A
Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson,
Arizona.
He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his
friends.
My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome successful man devoted
to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him;
as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed
unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their
fathers were not as “successful”as he was.
Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to
say, feeling on guard.
On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for
lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate
on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was
my father’s critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as
my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting be around? What had held him back
before?
The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few
stories about his own childhood.
Although our times together became easier over
the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment After so many years, I’m at
last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I’m delighted with my new
friend.
56.What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?
My dad, in his mew home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.
A. .He was silent most of the time.
B.
He
was
too
proud
of
himself..
C. He did not love his children..
D. He expected too much of
her.
57.When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel
.
A. nervous
C. tired
B. sorry
D. Strict and hare-working.
58.What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?
A. More critical.
C. Gentle and friendly.
B. More talkative.
D. Strict and hard-working.
59.The underlined words“my new friend”in the last paragraph refer to
.
A. the author’s son
C. the friend of the author’s father
B. the author’s father
D. the café owner
More than 10 years ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple. The fruits
that made it to the UK were green on the outside and, more often than not, hard with
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an unpleasant taste within. Then in 1996, the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in
Hawaii first hit our shelves.
The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green. It was slightly
softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing
about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and –
miss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm,
rapidly becoming the world’s best-selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural
levels of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only found in tinned pineapple.
In nutrition (营养) it was all good news too. This nice-tasting pineapple
contained four times more vitamin C( 维 生 素 C)than the old green variety.
Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some
diseases. People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit.
The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly
became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.
Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep
the market to itself. But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples, Del
Monte turned to law for help, but failed .Those companies argued argued successfully
that Del Monte’s attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way
to knock them out of the market.
60.We learn from the text that the new type of pineapple is ____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
green outside and sweet inside
good-looking outside and soft inside
yellowy-gold outside and hard inside
a little soft outside and sweet inside
Paragraph
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probably
underlined
word “ fixture ” in
61.Why was the new type of pineapple selling well?
A. It was rich in nutrition and tasted nice.
B. It was less sweet and good for health.
C. It was developed by Del Monte.
D. It was used as medicine.
62.The
something__________.
A. that people enjoy eating
B. that is always present
C. that is difficult to get
D. that people use as a gift
63.We learn from the last paragraph that Del Monte_____________.
A. allowed other companies to develop pineapples
B. succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itself
C. tried hard to control the pineapple marker
D. planned to help the other companies
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Do’s and Don’ts in Whale(鲸)Watching
C
The Department of
Fisheries and Oceans has developed guidelines for whale
watching in Johnstone Strait, where killer whales are found on a daily basis each
summer. It is strongly recommended that vessel( 船 只 )operators follow these
guidelines for all kinds of whales.
● Approach whales from the side, not from the front or the back.
● Approach no closer than 100 metres, then stop the boat but keep the engine
on.
● Keep noise levels down-no horns, whistles or racing of engines.
● Start your boat only after the whales are more than 100 metres from your
vessel.
● Leave the area slowly, gradually moving faster when you are more than 300
metres from the whales.
● Approach and leave slowly, avoiding sudden changes in speed or direction.
● Avoid disturbing groups of resting whales.
● Keep at low speeds and remain in the same direction if travelling side by
side with whales.
● When whales are travelling close to shore, avoid crowding them near the shore
or coming between the whales and the shore.
● Limit the time spent with any group of whales to less than 30 minutes at
a time when within 100 to 200 metres of whales.
● If there is more than one vessel at the same observation spot, be sure to
avoid any boat position that would result in surrounding the whales.
● Work together by communicating with other vessels, and make sure that all
operators are aware of the whale watching guidelines.
64.For whom is this text written?
A. Tour guides.
B. Whale watchers.
C. Vessel operators.
D. Government officials.
65.When leaving the observation areas, the vessel should ________________.
A. move close to the beach
B. increase speed gradually
C. keep its engine running slowly
D. remain at the back of the whales
66. When going side by side with whales, the vessel should____.
A. keep moving in the same direction
B. surround the whales with other boats
C. travel closer and closer to the shore
D. take a good viewing position
67. What is the shortest safe distance from the whales?
A.
400 metres.
B.
300 metres.
200 metres.
D. 100 metres.
C.
D
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