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2008年普通高校招生统一考试(湖南卷)
英 语
第一部分:听力(共三节,满分30分)
第一节(共5小题:每题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,并标在试题卷相应的位置。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。每段对话仅对一遍。
1. How much dose the man need to pay?
A.$6. B. $16. C. $20. [B]
2. Where are the speakers going?
A. A shop B. A restaurant C. The railway station [C]
3. When will the magazine probably arrive?
A. Wednesday B. Thursday C. Frideay [B]
4. Whom did the man buy the books for?
A. His father B. His mother C. His sister [C]
5. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Teacher and student B. Mother and son. C. Driver and passenger [A]
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,并标在试题相应位置。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7两个小题。
6. When did the man plan to go back home at first?
A. In July B. In September C. In October [A]
7. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Playing games on TV.
B. Flying back to Beijing.
C. Watching the Olympic Games. [C]
听下面一段对话,回答第8至10三个小题。
8. Which train will take the woman to the zoo? [B]
A. The train on platform 1, line 3.
B. The train on platform 6, line 1.
C. The train on platform 6, line 3.
9. Where are the signs that point to the zoo?
A. On the right of the hill C. On the top of the hill. C. On the way to the hill. [B]
10. Whom is the woman taking to?
A. A tourist B. A train passenger C. A ticket seller [C]
听下面一段对话,回答第11至13三个小题。
11. What has the man already packed in?
A. A camera B. A pair of shoes. C. An overcoat. [A]
12. What is the man preparing for?
A. A camping trip. B. A travel abroad C. A visit to his grandfather [A]
13. How does the man feel about his mother?
A. She is very helpful. B. She worries so much. C. She is too strict. [B]
听下面一段对话,回答第14至17四个小题。
14. What are the speakers complaining about?
A. The loud music. B. The strict rules. C. The busy week. [A]
15. When does this conversation probably take place?
A. In the morning B. In the afternoon C. In the evening [C]
16. What are the speakers going to do next?
A. To visit the doctor B. To go to their neighbor’s C. To call the police [B]
17. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Husband and wife B. Doctor and patient C. Musician and audience [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18至第20三个小题的信息补充完整,每小题超过三个单词。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。
Dreamer: a 18 for sleeping
Help you fall asleep fast.
Not affect your memory,
Take 1 piece 19 before bedtime.
Try Dreamer 20 for 7nights.
Your Dreamer miss you!
Keys: 18. (kind of) medicine 19. half an hour 20. free
第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
单项填空(共15小题,没小题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。
21. Our nerghbors 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 piece 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.
Having searched B. To search C. Searching D.Search
25. Last nighy Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. ______, he met some friends and
Stayed out until midnight.
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 hear ______ Jay?
— He phoned me this morning, and we agreed ______ a time and place to meet.
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.
must B. need C. can D. would
29. When asked _____ they needed most, the kids said they wanted to feel important and loved.
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, _____ are beyond our
control.
most of them B. most of which C. most of what D. most of that
32. I called Hnnah many times yesterday evening, but I couldn’t get through. Her brother _____ on
the phone all the time!
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 good idea to spend too much time on it.
A. If B. While C. Because D. As
34. Susan wanted to be independent of her parents. She tried _____ alone, but she didn’t like it and
moved back home.
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
Keys: BCADCBDCABABAC
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55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,” said our science teacher, Mr. Baker.
“ You can work alone with a parter.”
My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projects 36.
The 37 of the Challenge was simple— to build a projective 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 41 the egg with some buttercream.
“Why not put the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落伞) 42 ?” Cassie rolled her eys.” The parachute is better than that stupic 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 46 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 egg survived 48 three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.
After four rounds, only Cassie and I were 49 . I let go of my box. I heard someone say “ew” after seconds. Had my egg broken? I raced down the 50. The sidewalk was dotted with egg shell(蛋壳) from those 51 drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream.
“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.
“My egg bounced 54,” she explained, pointing to a broken shell.
“A tie(平局),” Mr Baker said.
Cassie looked at me