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2008年高考模拟预测试卷英语（五）
(16所名校共同编写)
（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）
第I卷（共95分）
第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）
第一节 语音知识（共5小题：每小题1分，满分5分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
1. picture
A. failure B. pressure C. surely D. require
2. spare
A. spear B. atmosphere C. declare D appear
3. doctor
A. report B. sword C. worm D. comfort
4. calculate
A. computer B. refuse C. graduate D. reduce
5. discover
A. measure B. observe C. cheese D. chance
第二节 语法和词汇知识（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
6. _______ I’d known it, I wouldn’t have done it.
A. If only B. Only if C. what if D. As if
7. “ Could you post these letters on your way home, please?’
“ _______!” answered John, eager to please as ever.
A. A pleasure B. My pleasure C. With pleasure D. It’s a pleasure
8. Slavery was _______ in America in the 19th century.
A. cancelled B. completed C. accomplished D. abolished
9. Remember _______ your clocks _______ tonight because the time has officially changed.
A. to put … aside B. putting … away C. to put … back D. putting … forward
10. There was a shortage of water in the area two months ago _______ hot weather.
A. except for B. in spite of C. due to D. for the sake of
11. We have to think very carefully before we take action, because it’s a very _______ situation we are in.
A. ideal B. favorable C. good D. severe
12. A study reveals that more than half of Americans lost their TV remote between one and five times a week, _______ 11 percent misplace it six to ten times.
A. when B. as C. while D. but
13. I read about _______ great man called Mao Zedong of the great land of China, _______ I believe was a leader of great version.
A. a … who B. the … whom C. a … which D. the … he
14. Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially _______ containing as many different cultures as America, is a difficult thing.
A. the one B. one C. it D. those
15. John is now a taxi driver. I think his wage must be _______ as before.
A. three times as much B. three times as many
C. as three times D. more than three time
16. China is quite different from _______ .
A. that it used to be B. which it is used to be
C. what it used to be D. what it is used to being
17. Only _______ did I realize I was wrong.
A. when he told me about it B. then
C. after did you help me D. after pointing out my mistake
18. Nancy, _______ like a lawyer’s clerk, arrived with a letter.
A. had on B. wearing C. dressed D. worn
19. Sports Yahoo _______ a comprehensive sports translator for half a year, bu is yet to fill the position.
A. have been searching for B. have been searching
C. has been searching for D. has been searching after
20. He suggested the doctor _______ for without delay.
A. referred to must be sent B. referring to be sent
C. refered to should be sent D. referred to be sent
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中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A Career With a Future!
Do you feel your life is going __21__ ? Has your present job become a boring routine with
__22___ prospects for advancement? Are you looking for a __23__ out? Then now is __24__
to make a chance for __25__! How __26__ you like to be a member of __27 _ the fast
-growing organizations in Asia? To work __28__ a team of professionals who __29__
your ideas? To earn a salary that you may have __30__ dreamed of before? Well, now you have
__31__ to do __32__.
__33__ an internationally well-known marketing and promotion group with a __34__
commitment to the Asian __35__, and we’re looking for the right kind of people to help us
achieve our __36__. Don’t worry about you are inexperienced --- we provide on-the-job __37__
for the right candidates. If you are __38__ motivated, __39__ for the challenge of opening
new markets and prepared to make the kind of effort that’s __40__ for success, then
we’re definitely interested in hearing from you. We’re looking for people who fit this profile …
21. A. nowhere B. away C. back D. there
22. A. no B. not C. none D. nothing
23. A. time B. place C get D. way
24. A. a chance B. the time C. some method D. opportunity
25. A. better B. best C. the better D. the best
26. A. do B. would C. did D. will
27. A. one B. one of C. the one of D. of the one
28. A. together B. by C. with D. to
29. A. have B. hear C. value D. put forward
30. A. ever B. only C. very D. been
31. A chance B. a chance C. some chances D. to chance
32. A. then B. as C. so D. thus
33. A. It’s B. These are C. We’re D. I have
34. A. long-term B. long run C. long life D. long-distance
35. A. country B. place C. region D. nationality
36. A. strength B. ideas C. performance D. goals
37. A. training B. career C. occupation D. advice
38. A. so B. too C. great D. highly
39. A. happy B. ready C. able D. look
40. A. demand B. suggested C. obtained D. required
第二部分 阅读理解（共25小题；第一节每小题2分；第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The Old Farmer’s Almanac Garden Guide ONLINE
Visit our website, A, for inspiration and information.
Gardening Tips: click the Gardening button on A for gardening pages packed with seasonal advice. For example, learn how to get rid of pests and creatures, when to transplant and pick flowers, and how to grow the best vegetables and herbs. Also available are frost charts, our planting table, the USDA and the National Arbor Day Foundation zone maps, mail order sources – and lots more.
Gardening Talk: Beginners and experienced gardeners alike share planting tips and tales at our Gardening Forum. To join the conversation, go to A and click on the Forum.
Gardening Questions: got bugs on your tomatoes? Not sure when to pick the peppers? Hoping to grow kitchen herbs? Search our gardening archives (档案), or send your questions to Garden@ or post them at our Gardening Forum.
Bimonthly Reminders: subscribe to get timely tips for your garden and home. Go to A and enter your email address to receive our free-e-newsletter twice a month.
41. This is a website concerning _________.
A. herbs B. vegetables C. vegetables and flowers D. farming
42. If you want to purchase some seed at A, which button should you click?
A. Gardening B. Gardening Questions C. Forum D. Bimonthly Reminders
43. Suppose you have a gardening question, you can get the answer in the following ways except _________.
A. searching for your question at the gardening Q&A archives
B. sending your question to Garden@A
C. emailing your question to Garden@
D. posting your question at Garden Forum
44. You can get the twice-a-month newsletter provided by the website by _________.
A. Signing in regularly
B. visiting A
C. sending in your email address
D. telling the web’s host your user’s name
B
Research studying western gorillas in Cameroon have documented three cases in which the great apes threw clumps of grass or tree branches at humans.
“At first we did not think too much of it, but then we realized that this is quite remarkable,: said Jacqueline Sunderland Groves, who established the Wildlife Conservation Society research team working in this area.
“ I don’t think gorillas have been documented using this kind of weaponry before in the wild.”
The observation was made during a three-year ecological study of Cross River gorillas on Cameroon’s Kgwene Mountain.
A paper describing the incidents was recently published in the American Journal of Primatology.” In it, the scientists suggest that the animals might have learned their unusual behavior from interactions with humans.
45. The underlined word “documented” in this passage means _________.
A. researched B. studied C. recorded D. observed
46. The gorillas used clumps of grass or tree branches to _________.
A. show their strength to humans B. show off their tools
C. protect themselves D. attack humans
47. How did the researchers react in the beginning when they observed the behavior?
A. They felt a little frightened B. They were thrilled at their finding
C. They paid much attention D. they cared little about it
48. The unusual behavior the gorillas learned might be the result of _________.
A. gradual evolution B. their brightness
C. community activities D. communication with people
C
A few sakura trees – as they are known in Japan, -- blooming in fall most years.
But with more blossoms appearing earlier this year, there is concern that climate change is affecting a much-loved national symbol of spring.
The popular Somei yoshimo variety of cherry tree produces buds in mid-summer, but a hormone （荷尔蒙激素）in the leaves causes the buds to hibernate (休眠).
When the leaves fall from the tree in spring, the flowers blossom, creating for a few short days a brilliant clouds of white to pale pink blooms.
If the tree loses its leaves prematurely for any reason while the weather is warm, the buds may bloom early – and once they have bloomed, they won’t flower again this year.
According to Hiroyuki Wada, chief researcher at the Flower Association of Japan, this year a number of factors have contributed to cherry tree’s eraly leaf loss.
One was the unusually dry, hot summer followed by a severe typhoon that stripped many trees of their leaves.
Another was a warm, late fall that allowed leaf-eating cherry caterpillars and fall webworms to flourish.
With their leaves stripped and the temperatures balmy, many sakura trees were “tricked” into thinking that fall was actually spring.
49. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Sakura trees only bloom in spring.
B. Hormone in the leaves causes cherry trees to produce buds in summer.
C. Some popular sakura varieties bloom twice a year.
D. The sakura is Japan’s national flower.
50. What causes the buds to bloom in advance?
A. Early loss of leaves. B. Warm weather.
C. Using of hormone. D. Both A and B, excluding C
51. What causes the trees to lose their leaves early this year?
A. Global warming. B. Unusual climate change.
C. A severe typhoon. D. Leaf-eating insects.
52. According to the passage, the next spring Japanese would expect to see _________cherry blossoms.
A. even more B. relatively less C. some pale D. unusual

D
It doesn’t matter when and how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every moment he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and read newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one would be sure.
53. The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting _________.
A. to cure him of his sleeplessness B. to find that his sleeplessness was not true
C. to find out why some old people did not need any sleep
D. to find a way to few people from the need of sleep
54. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin _________.
A. needed some kind of sleep B. was too old to need any sleep
C. needed any sleep at all D. often slept in a chair
55. One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleeplessness was _________.
A. his mother’s injury before he was born
B. that he had gradually got rid of sleeping habit
C. his magnificent physical condition
D. that he had not got a bed of his own
56 The passage mainly tells us __________.
A. a large number of people do not need sleep
B. A person was found who actually did not need any sleep
C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive
D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep
E
In the last century, there have been revolutionary advances in our understanding of the body and in the development of life – saying medical tools, drugs, vaccines, and so on. However, accompanying the increase in abilities, medicine in the US has developed new problems. The first problem is the explosive increase in health care costs, which are now over $3,000 per person per year in the US. The main causes have been a sharp rise in hospital service costs and the increase of expensive medical malpractice law suits. The end result is that while we do pay $ 500 billion a year for insurance, some Americans have no medical care insurance, many are only partially covered. A second difficulty is that even though our country has enough physicians, they are poorly distributed. Suburban areas overflow with doctors; rural and inner city areas have far too few. A related imbalance is that there are too many medical specialists and not enough primary care doctors. One out of every 6 medical offices offers general and family care; the rest are specialists. The new technology itself is creating problems. For one thing, the dazzling new techniques raise the expectations of patients and their families to unrealistic levels, leading to heart-breaking disappointments and malpractice law suits. Medical progress has also led us into previously unexplored abilities. We can prolong