2008年高考英语湖北卷真题及答案详解.doc

2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖北卷）英语
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5 小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
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. The music. C. The dialogue.
4. What do we know about the woman’s jacket?
A. It is sold at a lower price.
B. Its color is her favorite.
C. It is her sister’s 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，满分22.5分）
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 with?
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 kept 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 path.
11. What place had the man been to the night before?
A. James Street. B. A restaurant. C. A friend’s 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 waited 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 sand up.
C. Trying to seek help.
15. What happened to Linda?
A. She was fired. B. She got injured. C. She had an accident.
16. Where was the witness?
A. Outside the pub. B. At a bus stop. C. In his car.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What’s the problem of some of the university students?
A. They don’t spend all their time on studies.
B. They don’t know what to do with their free time.
C. They don’t have choices for outside class activities.
18. How is the students’ high 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 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。
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 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 ______ 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 leading 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 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 now 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）
31. ______（最长的三条河流）in the world are the Niles, the Amazon, and the Changjiang River.（long）
32. ______（他们玩）video games ever since they entered college.（play）
33. ______（我成长的）is very hot and damp in summer.（grow）
34. ______（我花了）one thousand dollars to buy the painting last wek.（cost）
35. I feel so sick. I wish Mum ______（没有逼我）to eat so much.（force）
36. —You’d better go and ______（把你的轿车洗洗）.
—No, I’ll do it myself.（wash）
37. With the rapid development of science and technology, I can’t 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 the 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）
On a warm Monday, Jenny 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 window, “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 the screams and began running .
When they 48 Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s 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.
Reggie 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 tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 54 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves—— 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 herself 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 said, “many people would 60 have done what they did, and that’ the real truth.”

41. A. bring B. let C. gather D. send
42. A. recognized B. watched 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
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. 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）
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 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 a.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just ￡90, before tax and insurance. “It’s better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’ should get a bit extra.”
The hours she’ s chosen to work meant that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.
Her work isn’t physically very hard, but it’s not exactly 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 they’d be a bit more careful.”
The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “Since I’ve 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 tells them what she does for a living. “They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write,” said Margaret. “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing, but I don’t think that way any more. I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”
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 the office because Margaret _______.
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 because of the heavy workload
D. bored because time passed 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 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 children’s too.
She was a lovely child but unfortunately a scratcher. If anyone upset her or 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 Atkinson 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 out on Kathy.
With a pocketful of Smarties I followed Kathy around. She was so quick that it was impossible to prevent her scratching, but I was dertermined to stay within arm’s length all afternoon.
All was peaceful but then I saw Kathy’s hand moved and heard the scream. Gently I gathered up the little hurt one in my arms and said “Nice, nice sweetie” 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 John’s mouth.
A smile of understanding flashed across Kathy’s face. Minutes later, she came to me and said loudly, “Give me a Smartie! I have hurt my finger!”
“No,” I replied, “you’ll 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 older children bullying younger brothers and sisters might do well to replace shouting and punishment by rewarding and giving more attention to the injured ones. It’s 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. 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 closest in meaning to“_______”.
A. helping
B. punishing
C. hurting
D. protecting
68. The writer of this passage aims to recommend an approach to _______.
A. rewarding children’s good behavior
B correcting children’s bad behavior
C. punishing badly-behaved children
D. praising well-behaved children

C
One August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs. Carey. Lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house. Glancing up, he saw a large wasp（黄蜂） nest under the roof. Allen had heard that wasps can become more likely to sting (sting, sting, stung蜇) in summer. He mentioned this to Mrs. Carey, who had opened the door.
“Oh, they don’t bother me,” she said lightly. “I go in and out all the time.”
Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest again—— to see the wasps flying straight at him. “Hurry!” he shouted to Mrs. Carey. “Get in!”
She stepped quickly inside. Allen ran for his mini-bus. Too late; they were upon him. Just as he jumped aboard, half a dozen red spots showed on his arm, and he felt more on his back and shoulders.
As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck, and the “fire” was spreading forward toward his face. And immediate anxiety took hold of him. Allen kn