2008 年湖南高考英语真题及答案
本试卷分四个部分,共 14 页。时量 120 分钟。满分 150 分。
第一部分:听力(共三节,满分 30 分)
做听力部分时,请现在试题卷上作答。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
B. £9. 15
C. £9. 18
答案是 B。
1. How much does the man need to pay?
A. $6
B. $16
C. $20
2. Where are the speakers going?
A. A shop
B. A restaurant
C. The railway station
3.
4.
When will the magazine probably arrive?
A. Wednesday
B. Thursday
C. Friday
Whom did the man buy the books for?
A. His father
B. His mother
C. His sister
5. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
. A. Teacher and student
B. Mother and son
C. Driver and passenger
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 小题。
6. When did the man plan to go back home at first?
A. In July
B. In September
C. In October
7. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Playing games on TV.
B. Flying back to Beijing.
C. Watching the Olympic Games.
听下面一段对话,回答第 8 至第 10 三个小题。
8. Which train will take the woman to the zoo?
A. The train on platform 1, line3.
B. The train on platform6, line1.
C. The train on platform6, line3.
9. Where are the signs that point to the zoo
A. On the right of the hill.
B. On the top of the hill.
C. On the way to
the hill.
10. Whom is the woman talking to?
A. A tourist.
B. A train passenger
C. A tick seller.
听下面一段对话,回答第 11 至第 13 三个小题。
11. What has the man already packed in?
B. A pair of shoes.
A. A camera.
C An overcoat
12. What is the man preparing for?
A. A camping trip.
B. A travel abroad.
C. A visit to his grandfather.
13. How does the man feel about his mother?
A. She is very helpful.
B. She worries so much.
C. She is too strict.
听下面一段话,回答第 14 至 17 四个小题。
14. What are the speakers complaining about?
B. The strict rules.
A. The loud music
C. The busy week.
15. When does this conversation probably take place?
A. In the morning
B. In the afternoon.
C. In call the police.
16. What are the speakers going to do next?
A. In the morning.
B. To go to their neighbor’s.
C. To call the police.
17. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Husband and wife.
B. Doctor and patient.
C. Musician and audience.
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,每小题不超过三个单词。
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。
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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: It is generally considered unwise to give a child
he or she wants.
A. however
B. whatever
C. whichever
D. whenever
答案是 B。
21. Our neighbors gave
a baby bird yesterday that hurt
when it fell
from its nest.
A. us, it
B. us, itself
C. ourselves, itself
D. ourselves, it
22. Have you heard
news? The price of
petrol is going up again!
A. the, the
B. 不填,the
C. the, 不填
D. 不填,不填
23. I thought we’d be late for the concert,
we ended up getting there ahead
of time.
A. but
B. or
C. so
D. for
24.
the website of the Fire Department in your city, and you will learn a lot
about firefighting.
A. Having searched
B. To search
C. Searching
D. Search
25. Last night Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. _
__ , he met some
friends and stayed out until midnight.
A. Meanwhile
B. However
C. Instead
D. Yet
26. The trees ___ in the storm have been moved off the road.
A. being blown down
B. blown down
C. blowing down
D. to blow down
27. ---When did you last heat _____ Jay?
---He phoned me this morning, and we agreed____ a time and place to meet.
A of, to
B about, with
C. from, with
D. from, on
28. You don’t have to know the name of the author to find a book. You ____ find
the book by the title.
B. need
D. would
A. must
C. can
29. When asked
and loved.
_____ they needed most, the kids said they wanted to feel important
A. what
B. why
C. whom D. which
30.
the project as planned, we’ll have to work two more hours a day.
A. Completing
B. Complete
C. Completed
D. to complete
31. the growing speed of a plant is influenced by a number of factors,
beyond our control.
A. most of them
B. most of which
C. most of what
D. most of that
are
32. I called Hannah many times yesterday evening, but I couldn’t get through. Her
brother
on the phone all the time!
A. was talking
B. has been talking C. has talked
D. talked
33. ______the Internet is of great help, I don’t think it’s a food idea to spend
too much time on it.
B. While
C. Because
D. As
A. If
34. Susan wanted to be independent of her parents. She tried ____alone, but she didn’
t like it and moved back home.
A. living
B. to live
C. to be living
D. having lived
35. ---Do you have any problems if you ___this job?
---Well, I’m thinking about the salary…
A. offer
B. will offer
C. are
offered
D. will be offered
第二节 完型填空(共 20 小题;没小题 1. 5 分,满分 30 分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第 36 题至第 55 小题所给的 A/B/C/D 四个选项中,
选出最佳选项,并在答题卡陕讲该项涂黑。
“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge, ” said our science
teacher, Mr. baker. “You can work alone or with a partner. ”
My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projets__36_.
The _37___of the challenge was simple ---to build a protective container to keep
an egg from breaking when _38__the stadium wall.
I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. __39___the
butter-cream gave me an idea.
“I have a brilliant design for
our __40____container!”I said when Cassie
arrived. “We can
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the egg with some butter-cream. ”
“Why not pit the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落伞)
42
?” Cassie
rolled her eyes. “The parachute is better than that stupid idea. ”
I couldn’t believe it, Of course we’d had our little
43
in the past,
but she’d never called any of my ideas “ 44
” before.
“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”
45
words had been out, our friendship was challenged.
When Friday finally arrived, I had to
Cassie’s Egg Force One looked
pretty good.
47_, my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific. We kids
carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall.
Those whose eggs broke were out; those whose eggs survived
three more steps
and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.
46
48
After four rounds, only Cassie and I were
49
someone say “ew” after seconds. Had my egg broken? I raced down the
side walk was dotted
my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream.
with egg shells(蛋壳) from those
51
. I let go of my box. I heard
. The
drops. Finally I found
50
“That looks like egg drop soup, Laura,” Cassie said. She was holding her Egg
Force One. My _52
raced. Had she won? I looked at her basket.
53
.
, ”she explained, pointing to a broken shell.
54
“My egg bounced
“A tie(平局), ”Mr. Baker said.
Cassie looked at me, and her glare
B. silently
36.
B. goal
37.
38.
B. pushed against
B. Boiling
39.
B. sandwich
40.
B. replace
41.
42.
B. covered
43.
B. fights
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
A. patiently
A. function
A. rolled down
A. Spreading
A. butter
A. protect
A. followed
A. ideas
A. wrong
A. Since
A. explain
A. Therefore
A. paced down
A. left
A. steps
A. intended
A. eyes
A. Lost
A. around
A. returned
B. stupid
B. While
B. deny
B. Anyway
B. turned around
B. wanted
B. way
B. unexpected
B. hands
B. Dirty
B. out
B. remained
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. I laughed. She smiled…
C. together
D. alone
C. reason
D. result
C. thrown at
C. Baking
C. cream
C. carry
C. attached
C. worries
C. brilliant
C. But
C. admit
C. Otherwise
C. walked up
C. chosen
C. wall
C. failed
C. feet
C. Broken
C. in
C. increased
D. dropped over
D. Holding
D. egg
D. mix
D. supported
D. challenges
D. scientific
D. And
D. prove
D. Besides
D. went back
D. discovered
D. sidewalk
D. desired
D. heart
D. Empty
D. down
D. softened
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。
Western New Bridge Library Announcement
A
2008-3-10
Shortened Library Hours for Spring Break
Library Hours have been shortened to 7hours a day (9:00a. m. —4:00p. m.)for spring
Break from March 24 to March 30.
Coming Events
●On Monday, March 24, at 10:30am., Scott Sutton, a children’s writer, will tell
stores to kids over seven. Sutton’s attractive style will surely inspire
everyone present!
●At 1:00pm. On march 26, the Georgetown musicians will present an Irish folk
concert, which will be entertaining for the entire family. come for the music
and stay to check out some relevant books for the rest of the week!
●On Thursday, march 27, at 2:00pm., the annual children’ gathering will take
place in room 201, the second-floor. pick up an invitation in the children’
s room and return your RSVP(回复) to reserve your at the table by 3:00 pm. On
Tuesday, march 25. Only children are allowed in the gathering.
●At 10:30am. On Friday, March 28, Enzo Monfre of the hit kids’ science show,
ENZOology, will bring Fossils live! Surely Enzo will take the audience back
in time, deep beneath the surface of the earth, to uncover the mysteries of
killer dinosaurs, and more. Enzo recently appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show-
come and see him at the library!
Please note: In case of emergency, please call the Help Desk at 926-3736 and follow
the procedures outlined on the voice message. The call-down service is staffed 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week for emergencies. The Help Desk supplies service to you all the
year round! For questions about all these, please contact hld@wnbl. org.
Come for the great Fun; Stay for the relevant Books!
56. To attend the annual Children’s Gathering, one has to
.
A. buy a ticket
C. make a reservation
B. apply in advance
D. contact the call-down service
57. According to the passage, Enzo Monfre will
.
A. show the children around a zoo
B. tell stories to children over seven
C. be present at the science show in person
D. lead the children to the Ellen DeGeneres Show
58. The Help Desk in this library supplies service
.
A. only during the daytime
C. till the end of the Spring Break
B. in case of emergency
D. after 22:00 p. m. every day
59. We can learn from the passage that children can
.
A. attend all the activities with their parents
B. borrow some relevant books for the activities
C. participate in the activities from 8:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m.
D. choose only one of the activities according to their interest
B
Most young architects ----particularly those in big cities ----can only dream about
working in a building of their own. And marking that dream come true often means finding
a building no one else seems to want, which is exactly what happened to David Yocum
and his partner, Brain Bell. Their building is a former automobile electrical –parts
firm in Atlanta. Form the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, but open
the door and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting(生
锈的) walls.
In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city’s West End. Built in 1947,
the structure had been abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had
fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum bought it. He spent eight months of
his off-hours on demolition(拆除), pulling rubbish out through the roof, because it
was too dangerous to go inside the building, The demolition was hard work, but it gave
him time to think about what he wanted to do, and “to treasure what was there – the
walls, the rust, the light,” Yocum said.” Every season, more paint falls off the
walls and more rust develops. It ’ s like an art installation( 装 置 ) in there-a
slow-motion show.”
Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front
was added to the building to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were
installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working area and a living room
for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer(缓冲) zone between the front and the back
contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separate these
zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard
beyond.
Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that
the experience from the decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather
than the outside, has influenced their work. It has also given these architects a chance
to show how they can make more out of less.
60. According to the passage, it is
for most young architects in big cities
to work in a building of their own.
A. easy
B. unnecessary
C. unrealistic
D. common
61.Yocum bought the old building because
_ _
.
A. it was a bargain to him
B. it was still in good condition
C. it was located in the city center
D. it looked attractive from the outside
62. Working on the old building, Yocum and bell_.
A. pulled rubbish out through the roof
B. removed the skylights from the bathroom
C. presented a slow–motion show in an art gallery
D. built a kitchen at the back part of the old building
63. It can be inferred from the passage that Yocum and Bell __.
A. benefited a lot from pulling down the roof
B. turned more old buildings into art galleries
C. got inspiration from decorating their old building
D. paid more attention to the outside of the gallery
64. The main idea of the passage is that __.
A. people can learn a lot from their failures
B. it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building
C. people should not judge things by their appearance
D. creative people can make the best of what they have
C
You're sitting on the train home and the person opposite you yawns(打哈欠).
Suddenly, you're yawning with him, thought you're not tired.
This phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that
people tend to sympathize with fellow humans. Supporting this claim was discovery
that those children who were unable to from normal emotional ties with others did
not experience contagions(有感染力的) yawning, which showed that humans communicate
regularly without words.
Hogo Critchlcy, a neuroscientist, has conducted an experiment recently, which
will prove that happiness and sadness can spread like the common cold. According
to Critchlcy, our mind and body are in constant exchange about how we're feeling.
“ Emotions are closed linked with states of internal( 内 部 的 )responses, ” he
explained. “ There are also more visible changes in our gesture and facial
expressions. When we're in a group, these signals an spread to another person. For
example, there're the obvious tendency to smile when smiled at and there are less
obvious changes that reflect emotions of surprise, anger or sadness such as a change
in our heart rate and blood pressure. ”
Hugo Critchlcy further explained, “Our bodies synchronise and when we like the
other Person, we even copy his behavior. Next time you chat with a friend, take note
of how you’re sitting-it's pretty likely that you will be the same. Scientists
believe it’s our way of telling each other that you’re parents. Through body language,
humans give each other very subtle (微妙的) but clear signals that show emotions. ”
So, what lessons can we learn from this? “spend time with happy people—
otherwise your health could suffer, ” said Critchlcy. “When we’re sad, our body
goes into fight or flight mode. But when we’re happy, our body works normally and
we feel relaxed and positive. So we look bright, our skin glows, we feel healthy
and it affects everyone around us. ”