2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试卷及答案-湖北卷.pdf

1、2008 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖北卷） 英语 本试卷共 16 页。全卷满分 150 分。考试用时 120 分钟。 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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。每段对话仅读一遍。 例： How much is the shirt? A. 19.15

2、. B. 9.15. C. 9.18. 答案是 B。 1. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In an office. B. In a library. C. In a bookstore. 2. Where did the speakers plan to go? A. A shopping center. B. An opera house. C. The parking lot. 3. Which aspect of the film does the woman like? A. The plot. B.

3、 The music. C. The dialogue. 4. What do we know about the womans jacket? A. It is sold at a lower price. B. Its color is her favorite. C. It is her sisters size. 5. What does the woman imply? A. The man is so forgetful. B. The man is too careless. C. The man is over confident. 第二节（共 15 小题，每小题 1.5 分，

4、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 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、 7 题。 6. What makes the man so tired? A. Playing games. B. Surfing the Internet. C. Searching for interesting people. 7. Whom did the man chat wit

5、h? A. People from Canada. B. People in need of his help. C. People on the same project. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、 9 题。 8. What does the law forbid people to do? A. To take dogs to parks. B. To walk dogs in the streets. C. To treat dogs cruelly. 9. What do we know from what the woman said? A. Dogs should be ke

6、pt at home. B. Building a dog park is necessary. C. People would remove the dog waste. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. According to the man, what did he do before he watched TV? A. He washed his hands. B. He had his supper. C. He took a bath. 11. What place had the man been to the night before? A. James

7、 Street. B. A restaurant. C. A friends home. 12. What does the man try to do in the conversation? A. To prove the truth. B. To find the truth. C. To hide the truth. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. Why did the son come back late? A. He hurt his hands and knees. B. He went to a pub with Linda. C. He waite

8、d a long time for the bus. 14. What was the old lady doing in the middle of the road? A. Looking for something. B. Struggling to stand up. C. Trying to seek help. 15. What happened to Linda ? A. She was fined. B. She got injured. C. She had an accident. 16. Where was the witness ? A. Outside the pub

9、. B. At a bus stop. C. In his car. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What is the problem of some of the university students? A. They dont spend all their time on studies. B. They dont know what to do with their free time. C. They dont have choices for outside class activities. 18. How is the students hig

10、h school life? A. Controlled and busy. B. Regular and colorful. C. Active and independent. 19. According to the speaker, what is the role of outside class activities at university? A. To make students healthier. B. To improve students test scores. C. To enrich students experience. 20. What does the

11、speaker advise his students to do? A. Learn to enjoy themselves. B. Learn to be their own masters. C. Learn to develop their potential. 第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共三节，满分 55 分） 第一节：多项选择（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 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： To make members of a team perform better, the trainer

12、 first of all has to know their _ and weaknesses. A. strengths B. benefits C. techniques D. values 答案是 A。 21. The young man made a _ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation. A. prediction B. promise C. plan D. contribution 22. The top leaders of the two countries are

13、 holding talks in a friendly_. A. atmosphere B. state C. situation D. phenomenon 23. Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still_ the traditional customs. A. perform B. possess C. observe D. support 24. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an engineer to

14、 _ the problem. A. handle B. raise C. face D. present 25. The teacher stressed again that the students should not _any important details while retelling the story. A. bring out B. let out C. leave out D. make out 26. In modern times, people have to learn to_all kinds of pressure although they are le

15、ading a comfortable life. A. keep with B. stay with C. meet with D. live with 27. The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time to_its reality. A. make up B. figure out C. look through D. put off 28. In those days, our _concern was to provide people who were stopped by

16、the snow storm with food and health care. A. normal B. constant C. permanent D. primary 29. As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents only _. A. occasionally B. anxiously C. practically D. urgently 30. When she first arrived in China, she wondered what the future might have_for her, but no

17、w all her worries are gone. A. in need B. in time C. in preparation D. in store 第二节：完成句子（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。 例： We _(起床 ) before dawn. It was still dark outside.(get) 答案： got up 31. (最长的三条河流 ) in the world are the Niles, the Amazon, and the

18、 Changjiang River. (long) 32. Seldom (他们玩 ) video games ever since they entered college. (play) 33. The city (我成长的 ) is very hot and damp in summer. (grow) 34. (我花了 ) one thousand dollars to buy the painting last week. (cost) 35. I feel so sick. I wish Mum (没有逼我 ) to eat so much. (force) 36. - Youd

19、better go and (把你的轿车洗洗 )。 - No, Ill do it myself. (wash) 37. With the rapid development of science and technology, I cant imagine (我的家乡会是什么样子 ) in ten years. (what) 38. It is your efforts, not your intelligence (决定 ) your success. (determine) 39. He looks sleepy. He must (熬夜了 ) last night, writing t

20、he essay. (stay) 40. At present, lots of food, water, tents, and medicine (正在运往 ) from all over China and other parts of the world to the earthquake-stricken areas. (transport) 第三节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（ 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。 On a warm Monday, Jenny

21、 Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 41 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she 42 a big bald （秃顶的） man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 43 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her win

22、dow. “Get out!” Neilson 44 . Pulling open her door, the man seized her 45 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 46 her purse and the keys. Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 47 , heard

23、the screams and began running. When they 48 Neilsons car, the attacker had jumped into the drivers seat and was 49 searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker 50 back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no 51 for the two athletic men. Reggi

24、e Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 52 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes used to tie up newspapers. With his arms 53 tightly behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 54 , “ I hope you guys feel good about yourselve

25、s you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They 55 him and waited for the police. Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 56 carjacker （劫车者） and suspected murderer, whose 57 but with a full head of hair had been recently printed in their own newspaper. Neilson considers he

26、rself lucky 58 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a 59 ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “ Unfortunately,” she says, “ many people would 60 have done what they did, and that is the real truth.” 41. A. bring B. let C. gather D. send 42 .A. recognized B. wa

27、tched C. noticed D. met 43 .A. realize B. understand C. imagine D. conclude 44 .A. escaped B. struggled C. refused D. obeyed 45 .A. by B. around C. with D. on 46 .A. burying B. forgetting C. offering D. grabbing 47. A. trip B. visit C. break D. holiday 48. A. started B. stopped C. entered D. reached

28、 49. A. carefully B. madly C. disappointedly D. patiently 50. A. fought B. turned C. jumped D. shouted 51. A. match B. target C. equal D. companion 52. A. remind B. phone C. invite D. beg 53. A. rolled B. folded C. bent D. tied 54. A. angrily B. kindly C. coldly D. warmly 55. A. caught B. thanked C.

29、 comforted D. ignored 56. A. ordinary B. professional C. honest D. outstanding 57. A. picture B. background C. character D. story 58. A. and B. but C. though D. when 59. A. ridiculous B. similar C. strange D. different 60. A. sometimes B. never C. often D. forever 第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）

30、阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Margaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building. She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “ I would

31、have liked to go back to it, but the shifts（工作班次） are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.” So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just 90, before tax and insurance. “ Its better than it was last year, but I still

32、 think that people who work unsocial hours should get a bit extra.” The hours shes chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she doesnt think that puts any pressure on their relationship. Her work isnt physically very hard, but its not exactly

33、 pleasant, either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps theyd be a bit more careful.” The fact that shes working all night doesnt worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the build

34、ing where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “ Since Ive got to be here, I try to enjoy myself and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.” Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she

35、 tells them what she does for a living. “ They think youre a cleaner because you dont know how to read and write,” said Margaret. “ I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what Id been doing, but I dont think that way any more. I dont dislike the work though I cant say Im mad about it

36、.” 61. Margaret quit her job as a nurse because_. A. she wanted to earn more money to support her family B. she had suffered a lot of mental pressure C. she needed the right time to look after her children D. she felt tired of taking care of patients 62.Margaret gets angry with people who work in th

37、e office because_. A. they never clean their offices B. they look down upon cleaners C. they never do their work carefully D. they always make a mess in their offices 63.When at work, Margaret feels_. A. light-hearted because of her fellow workers B. happy because the building is fully lit C. tired

38、because of the heavy workload D. bored because time passes slowly 64.The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret s parents would _. A. help care for her children B. regret what they had said C. show sympathy for her D. feel disappointed in her B Kathy started at my nursery school

39、 at the age of three. She settled into the group easily, and would be first on the slide and highest up the climbing frame. She could put on her coat without help and not only fasten her own buttons but other childrens too. She was a lovely child but unfortunately a scratcher. If anyone upset her or

40、 stood in her way, her right hand would flash out fast and scratch down the face of her playmates. Children twice her age would fly in fear from her. This must have been very rewarding for Kathy but obviously it had to be stopped. All the usual ways failed and then I remembered an account by G. Atki

41、nson of Highfield School, of how fights in the playground had been stopped. No punishment had been given, but the attacker had been ignored and the victims rewarded. So I decided to try this out on Kathy. With a pocketful of Smarties I followed Kathy around. She was so quick that it was impossible t

42、o prevent her scratching, but I was determined to stay within arms length all afternoon. All was peaceful but then I was Kathys hand moved and heard the scream. Gently I gathered up the little hurt one in my arms and said Nice, nice sweetie and I put a Smartie into her mouth. Kathy opened her mouth,

43、 expecting a Smartie and then looked puzzled when she got nothing. Soon came another scream, this time from John. While holding him in my arms, I said, Look, Kathy, a nice Smartie for John and put it into Johns mouth. A smile of understanding flashed across Kathys face. Minutes later, she came to me

44、 and said loudly, Give me a Smartie! I have hurt my finger! No, I replied, youll get it if someone hurts you. On purpose, she turned and scratched a nearby boy, Tom, and waited quietly while I mothered and rewarded him, then she walked away. She has never scratched a child since. Parents who find ol

45、der children bullying younger brothers and sisters might do well to replace shouting and punishment by rewarding and giving more attention to the injured ones. Its certainly much easier and more effective. 65. From the passage, we know that Kathy is_. A. sensitive but slow B. smart but a bit rude C.

46、 independent but selfish D. quick but sort of passive 66. Kathy scratched Tom because_. A. she was angry at Tom, who was in her way B. she wanted to get a Smartie from the teacher C. she was in the habit of scratching other children D. she wanted to know if the teacher meant what she had said 67. According to the passage, the underlined word bullying is cl