2008上海高考真题英语(word解析)
2008上海高考真题英语(word解析)
2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷）
英语
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A. you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
l. A. This afternoon. B. Tomorrow. C. Next week. D. Next month.
2. A. She doesn't play tennis well. B. She likes other sports as well.
C. She is an enthusiastic tennis player.
D. She is a professional athlete.
3. A. At a paint store. B. At an oil market
C. At a science museum.
D. At a gallery.
4. A. Work in the yard. B. Buy some wood.
C. Go to the bookstore.
D. Take a walk.
5. A. A. taxi driver. B. A passenger.
C. A car cleaner.
D. A mechanic.
6. A. Call a repairman. B. Get out the paper stuck
C. Turn to her colleague for help.
D. Restart the machine
7. A. There are not enough gardens. B. Parking areas are full before 10:00.
C. Parking areas are closed after 10:00.
D. All classes begin at 10:00.
8. A. The presentation will begin at noon. B. She'll present her work to the man.
C. She'd like to invite the man for lunch.
D. She suggests working on the presentation at 12:00.
9. A. The dormitory hours. B. The problem with the rules.
C. The door number of the dormitory.
D. The time to open the dormitory.
10. A. The chairs didn't need to be painted. B. He
C. A case against a global company.
D. The worldwide dishwasher market.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following instructions.
14. A. footprints. B. Food. C. Living insects. D. Orange seeds.
15. A. Don't touch animals under any circumstances.
B. Don't take away any natural objects from the park.
C. Don't leave litter in the park or throw any off the boat.
D. Don't transport animals from one island to another.
16. A. To protect the guide's interest. B. To improve the unique environment.
C. To ensure a trouble-free visit.
D. To get rid of illegal behaviours.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will bear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the
numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Customs Form
Destination:
__17__
Contents in detail:
__18__
Value:
$__19__
Type of mail:
__20__
Weight: 1.5
pounds
Your item must not contain any dangerous
articles prohibited by postal regulations.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
What is the man's oral
An 21 woman.
report on?
What kind of people Those who 22 to
are called refugees? escape war or other
problems.
How many refugees are
there worldwide?
About 23 .
What does the man think of Ms. Ogata? She is successful both in
__24__.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B. C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. The two sportsmen congratulated each other______ winning the match by shaking hands.
A. with
B. on
C. in
D. to
26. — Do you want tea or coffee? —______. I really don't mind.
A. None
B. Neither
C. Either
D. All
27. In my view, London's not as expensive in price as Tokyo but Tokyo is______ in traffic.
A. the most organized
B. more organized
C. so organized as
D. as organized as
28. —Do you know if Terry will go camping this weekend?
—Terry? Never! She______ tents and fresh air!
A. has hated
B. hated
C. will hate
D. bates
29. According to the air traffic rules, you______ switch off your mobile phone before bearding.
A. may
B. can
C. would
D. should
30. My sister, an inexperienced rider, was found sitting on the bicycle______ to balance it.
A. having tried
B. trying
C. to try
D. tried
31. — Are you ready for Spain?
—Yes. 1 want the girls to experience that______ they are young.
A. while
B. until
C. if
D. before
32. In recent years many football clubs______ as
business to make a profit.
A. have run
B. have been run
C. had been run
D. will run
33. If there's a lot of work______. I'm happy to just keep on until it is finished.
A. to do
B. to be doing
C. done
D. doing
34. As his best friend. I can make accurate guesses about______ he will do or think.
A. what
B. which
C. whom
D. that
35. Something as simple as______ some cold water may clear your mind and relieve pressure.
A. to drink
B. drinking
C. to be drinking
D. drunk
36. It has been proved______ eating vegetables in childhood helps to protect you against serious illnesses in later life.
A. if
B. because
C. when
D. that
37. Ideally______ for Broadway theatres and Firth Avenue, the AVw York Park hotel is a favorite with many
guests.
A. locating
B. being located
C. having been located
D. located
38. We went through a period______ communications were very difficult in the rural areas.
A. which
B. whose
C. in which
D. with which
39. So much of interest______ that most visitors simply run out of time before seeing it all.
A. offers Beijing
B. Beijing offers
C. does Beijing offer
D. Beijing does offer
40. ______well prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.
A. However
B. Whatever
C. No matter
D. Although
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. honoured
B. set
C. historic
Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave in the movement that fought to end slavery in the United Stales. He became a
41 voce in the yean before the Civil War.
A few weeks ago, the National Park Service (NPS) 42 Douglass's birth and Black History Month with the reopening of his home at Cedar Hill, a _43 site in Washington. D.C. The two-story house, which contains many of Douglass's personal possessions, had undergone a three-year 44 (Thanks to the NTS website, however, you don't have to live in the nation's capital to visit it. Take a tour online.)
He was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey to a slave mother and a white father he never knew. Douglass grew up to become the first black _45 to bold a government office —as US minister and consul general (总领事) to Haiti.
As a youth, he never went to school. Educating slaves was illegal in the South, so be 46 taught himself to read and write. At 21 years old, he escaped from his slave owner to
Massachusetts and changed his last name to Douglass, to hide his identity.
In the 1850s, Douglass was involved with the Underground Railroad, the system 47 up by antislavery groups to bring runaway slaves to the North and Canada. His home in Rochester, N.Y. was near the Canadian border. It became an important station on the 48 , housing as many as 11 runaway slaves at a time.
He died in 1895. In his lifetime, Douglass witnessed the end of slavery in 1865 and the adoption of the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution (美国宪法修正案), which 49 African-Americans the right to vote.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
People think children should play sports. Sports are fun, and playing with others. However, playing sports can have
__50 effects on children. It may produce feelings of poor self-respect or aggressive behavior in some children. According to research on kids and sports, 40,000,000 kids play sports in the US. Of these, 18,000,000 say they have been __51 at or called names while playing sports. This leaves many children with a bad __52 of sports. They think sports are just too aggressive.
Many researchers believe adults, especially parents and coaches, are the main _53 of too much aggression ill children's sports. They believe children 54 aggressive adult behavior. This behavior is then further strengthened through both positive and negative feedback. Parents and coaches are powerful teachers because children usually look up to them. Often these adults behave aggressively themselves, sending children the message that__55 is everything. Many parents go to children's sporting events and shout 56 at other players or cheer when their child behaves 57 As well, children arc even taught that hurting other players is 58 or are pushed to continue playing even when they are injured
59 , the media makes violence seem exciting. Children watch adult sports games and see violent behavior replayed over and over on television.
As a society, we really need to 60_this problem and do something about it. Parents and coaches 61 should act as better examples for children. They also need to teach children better 62 They should not just cheer when children win or act aggressively. They should teach children to 63 , themselves whether they win or not. Besides, children should not be allowed to continue to play when they are injured. If adults allow children to play when injured, this gives the message that __64 is not as important as winning.
50. A. restrictive B. negative C. active D. instructive
51. A. knocked B. glanced C. smiled D. shouted
52. A. impression B. concept C. taste D. expectation
53. A. resource B. cause C. course D. consequence
54. A. question B. understand C. copy D. neglect
55. A. winning B. practicing C. fun D. sport
56. A. praises B. orders C. remarks D. insults
57. A. proudly B. ambitiously C. aggressively D. bravely
58. A. acceptable B. impolite C. possible
D. accessible
59. A. By contrast B. In addition C. As a result D. After all
60. A. look up to B. face up to C. make up for D. come up with
61. A. in particular B. in all C. in return D. in advance
62. A. techniques B. means C. values D. directions
63. A. respect B. relax C. forgive D. enjoy
64. A. body B. fame C. health D. spirit Section B
Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there
are four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the one that fits best according to the
information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
ASK LASKAS
YOU ’VE GOT QUESTIONS. SHE'S GOT ANSWERS
My children go to a primary school where they are
not allowed to play football in the playground for fear that
a child might be hurt. Besides, now the school says there must be no homework because the local secondary school can't keep up with the amount of homework given in the primary school. Can the school do this? Puzzled Dad
It can't if enough parents do something about it. It is
not just schools. We live in a society which wishes to get
rid of risk. However, schools should have a little common sense and courage. Children need risk if they arc to grow up self-sufficient and confident. They need homework, too, if they are to fulfill their academic potential. Complain, loudly. Q A
A
I have a beautiful teenage daughter who spends an hour making up her face in front of the mirror every day.
I tell her to go easy. She just gets mad or bursts into tears. How can I make her understand she's beautiful the way she is. Plain Mom
You can't. Your daughter is at the age when she's trying to look beautiful, trying on new masks. And if her friends all dress up as she docs, you're in for an extra hard time. Support her and tell her she's beautiful —even if she looks ridiculous for now. Then invite her to join you for a day at a spa(健康美容中心). Let her try various looks until she's comfortable in her own skin.
65. Why are the children not allowed to play football in the playground?
A. The school is afraid that children might be injured.
B. The school is not sensible and confident.
C. The children don't have enough time to do homework.
D. The children may fail to fulfill their academic potential.
66. What disturbs Plain Mom is that her daughter______.
Q
A. becomes mad
B. cries a lot
C. spends much rime before the mirror
D. is not beautiful enough
67. The solution to Plain Mom's problem is to______.
A. make her daughter look less ridiculous
B. let her daughter dress up like her friends
C. make her daughter go to a spa every week
D. let her daughter feel herself what beauty is
(B)
Zoe Chambers was a successful PR (Public Relations) consultant and life was going well —she had a great job, a beautiful flat and a busy social life in London. Then one evening in June last year, she received a text message telling her she was out of work. The first two weeks were the most difficult to live through." she said. "After everything I'd done for the company, they dismissed me by text! I was so angry and I just didn't feel like looking for another job. I hated everything about the city and my life."
Then, Zoe received an invitation from an old school friend,
Kathy, to come and stay. Kathy and her husband, Huw, had just bought a farm in north-west Wales. Zoe jumped at the chance to spend a weekend away from London, and now, ten months later, she is still on the farm.
"The moment I arrived at Kathy's farm, I loved it and I knew I wanted to stay." said Zoe. "Everything about my past life suddenly seemed meaningless."
Zoe has been working on the farm since October of last year and says she has no regrets. "It's a hard life, physically very tiring." she says. "In London 1 was stressed and often mentally exhausted. But this is a good, healthy tiredness. Here, all 1 need to put me in a good mood is a hot bath and one of Kathy's wonderful dinners."
Zoe says she has never felt bored on the farm. Every day brings a new experience. Kathy has been leaching her how to ride a horse and she has learnt to drive a tractor. Since Christmas, she has been helping with the lambing — watching a lamb being born is unbelievable, she says, "It's one of the most moving experiences I've ever had. I could never go back
to city life now."
68. When working as a PR consultant in London, Zoe thought she lived a______ life.
A. satisfying
B. tough
C. meaningless
D. boring
69. The most important reason why Zoe went to visit Kathy's farm is that______.
A. Zoe lost her job as a PR consultant
B. Kathy persuaded her to do so
C. Zoe got tired of the city life
D. Zoe loved Wales more than London
70. How docs Zoe feel about the country life according to the passage?
A. Tiresome and troublesome.
B. Romantic and peaceful
C. Mentally exhausting but healthy
D. Physically tiring but rewarding.
71. Which of the following is closest to the main idea of the passage?