论文部分内容阅读
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）
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 B. 9.15 C. 9.18
答案是B。
1. When will Jenny return?
A. On Saturday morning.
B. On Friday afternoon.
C. On Tuesday afternoon.
2. What’s the relationship between Jack and Mr. Green?
A. Son and father.
B. Employee and boss.
C. Patient and doctor.
3. How did the woman feel about the English program?
A. It’s exciting.
B. It’s boring.
C. It’s enjoyable.
4. Who will take the luggage?
A. Someone will help the man carry the luggage.
B. The woman will take the luggage for the man.
C. The man doesn’t need any help with the luggage.
5. What can we learn from the dialogue?
A. The woman will go to Houston for her winter holiday.
B. The woman will spend her summer holiday with her parents.
C. The woman will spend her summer holiday on August 4th.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，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至7题。
6. Why is the man often late for work?
A. He cares for his elderly grandmother.
B. He gets stuck in traffic.
C. He doesn’t like his work.
7. What might Tom think of the woman?
A. She is understanding.
B. She is unreasonable.
C. She is unfriendly.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Where does the conversation probably happen?
A. On the Internet.
B. In a camera store.
C. In front of a computer.
9. How much will the man finally pay for the digital camera?
A. $ 2500.
B. $ 2100.
C. $ 2400.
10. What can we learn from this conversation?
A. Most people prefer the Internet shopping only because of the low prices.
B. People can only use credit cards while shopping on the Internet.
C. Shopping on the Internet is easier than that in the stores.
听第8段材料，回答第11 至13 题。
11. Where are the two speakers?
A. On a college campus.
B. On a street.
C. At their high school.
12. What has the woman decided to study?
A. Law.
B. Business.
C. Medicine.
13. What do we know about the man?
A. He first intended to go to law school.
B. He hasn’t made up his mind what to learn.
C. He has decided to learn marketing management.
听第9段材料，回答第14 至16 题。
14. What are they doing?
A. Paying some bills.
B. Sending a birthday card.
C. Buying some stamps.
15. How much does one stamp cost?
A. 40 cents.
B. 60 cents.
C. 80 cents.
16. What call we know about the machine?
A. It only takes coins.
B. It only takes paper money.
C. It only takes checks.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where is the talk probably taking place?
A. In a lab.
B. In a lecture hall.
C. In a computer room.
18. What do we know about the listeners?
A. They have no computer experience.
B. They are not prepared for their course.
C. They have attended some typing lessons.
19. What is needed for this course?
A. Computer experience.
B. Writing skills.
C. Typing skills.
20. What will the listeners do next?
A. Stop to take a coffee break.
B. Start to practice typing a text.
C. Begin to learn about a typewriter.
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。
例：To make members of a team perform better,
the trainer first of all has to know their _______
and weakness.
A. strengths B. benefits
C. techniques D. values
答案是A。
21. Nowadays, many Chinese students go abroad at their own _______ , because they want to study further.
A. prices B. costs
C. expenses D. values
22. “Luck 52” is a（n） ________ broadcast contest run by CCTV2, the winner of which will get a big prize.
A. live B. alive
C. living D. lively
23. Tom had been studying English for a long time, so now he is able to read the English novel _______ well.
A. slightly B. quietly
C. pretty D. generally
24. All of us agreed to meet at the railway station at nine o’clock, but Tom did not _______.
A. make up B. look up
C. turn up D. take up
25. The old man is already 70 years old, but he is still _______ like a young person, which surprises us.
A. enthusiastic B. sensitive
C. talkative D. energetic
26. The old woman _______ when she heard the news that her son was killed.
A. broke off B. broke down
C. broke out D. broke up
27. Although the girl looks very beautiful, what she wears is actually out of _______.
A. problem B. shape
C. fashion D. line
28. Research has _______ that the risk is higher for the women.
A. confirmed B. concluded
C. consulted D. confused
29. I want to know how much your coat is _____.
A. worth B. cost
C. worthy D. worthwhile
30. It is a common sense that we, students will gradually _______ the knowledge by constant study.
A. attain B. achieve
C. require D. acquire
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。
例：We _______ （起床） before dawn. It was still
dark outside. （get）
答案：got up
31. _______（因为要对打破的玻璃窗负责）, those naughty boys stood there silently and didn’t know what they should do next. （blame）
32. You may find these customs strange, but please remember ________（有时候你认为正常的） probably seems equally strange to others. （what, normal）
33. These serious problems, _______（如果不很好的解决的话）, will later affect teenagers and even the nation’s future. （properly, solve）
34. I _______（无论怎么感谢你都不为过） for your help. Without it I couldn’t have succeeded in my study. （can’t, too）
35. Mr. Green wanted to rent a house near the school, but nowhere _______（他能够找到） a good one. （find）
36. By the time my parents arrive in Beijing, my sister ________（早就已经离开） for Shanghai. （leave）
37. Everyone should know that the effective measures should be taken _______（事情变糟糕之前）. （become）
38. Knowing the death of the dog _______（本来是可以避免的） if he had realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was guilty. （could, prevent）
39. Only _______（用这种方法） can we solve this problem. （method）
40. Please let me know and give me a call _______（卢先生一回来）. （immediately）
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。
I can’t count how many times people have complained, while shaking their heads in obvious disappointment, “just don’t know what is with teenagers today.”
The other day, I was in my car on my way to the farmers’ market 41 I passes two teenagers 42 by the side of the road with a car wash 43 . My car was dirty, so I 44 .
There was a group 45 the cars and another group spraying them down. As sponges（海绵） were 46 over every square inch of my 47 car, I sat enjoying the little water battles. I was 48 at how fourteen to fifteen teenagers had49 their Saturday to washing cars.
After I 50 them a twenty-dollar bill, I asked what they were 51 money for. They 52 to me that a friend of theirs, Schmitz, had recently 53 cancer. He was only fifteen years old. He had gone to school with a lot of the 54 who were there that day and each of them had 55 of a boy sweeter than any they had known. His friend Kevin had decided to put this car wash together 56 he wanted to show 57 to his friend and also bring together his classmates with his boy scout troop （童子军）. He told me that they wanted to plant a tree in front of their school and 58 they raise enough money they would put a plaque（匾） there also. 59 would be in memory of their friend.
They handed me a bag of homemade cookies with my receipt saying“Thanks for 60 us plant a tree of Schmitz.”
Yeah! I don’t know what is with teenagers today!
41. A. as B. before
C. while D. when
42. A. walking B. working
C. standing D. talking
43. A. notice B. warning
C. paper D. sign
44. A. rushed over B. pulled over
C. went over D. rode over
45. A. driving B. cleaning
C. repairing D. directing
46. A. washed B. wiped
C. passed D. put
47. A. dirty B. expensive
C. old D. beautiful
48. A. amazed B. excited
C. pleased D. interested
49. A. spent B. given
C. devoted D. enjoyed
50. A. charged B. handed
C. provided D. threw
51. A. getting B. asking
C. collecting D. gathering
52. A. addressed B. claimed
C. said D. explained
53. A. suffered from B. died of
C. treated with D. cured of
54. A. boys B. children
C. teenagers D. people
55. A. memories B. ideas
C. talks D. thought
56. A. when B. though
C. if D. because
57. A. honor B. friendship
C. emotions D. memories
58. A. before B. while
C. since D. if
59. A. All B. One
C. Both D. It
60. A. letting B. helping
C. making D. allowing
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，从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
They say that before long, we will be able to receive more than 500 television networks on cable or by satellite. Some people think that it’s ridiculous to have that many channels. Their usual criticism goes something like this:
“I already get more channels on my TV than I have time to watch. No one needs to see that much TV. There’s not enough time in the day to watch all that.” They also assert （断言） that most of what’s on television now isn’t worth watching in the first place.
I think they’re missing the point. If the local library wanted to add another 5,000 books, would we say,“That’s silly, we’ll never have time to read all those books?” The point is that we would have more choices.
I don’t believe that most people should watch more television. And if we had 500 or even 1,000 channels to choose from, we wouldn’t have to spend more time watching the screen. We would, however, have a better selection of programming to choose from. That means that the quality of our viewing time would improve.
I, for one, say that the more channels we can access, the better. Give me more choices! If they’re not worth my time. I’ll just hit the “off” button.
61. The author’s aim of writing this article is to tell us _______.
A. we will have more TV channels
B. some people think it necessary to have more TV channels
C. his opinion about having more TV channels
D. how to choose more TV channels
62. According to this article, many people do not like having more TV channel because _______.
A. they already have enough TV channels
B. it’s a waste of money and time to watch TV channels.
C. some TV channels are poor in quality
D. they can’t afford enough time to watch so many TV channels
63. From the article we can know having more TV channels means _______.
A. having more choices
B. having more TV programs
C. having more time to watch TV
D. getting more information from TV
64. Which of the following statements is wrong according to the article?
A. People usually don’t have enough time to see all TV programs.
B. More and more television networks are being set up.
C. People will think it silly if the local library adds another 5000 books.
D. If we have more channels, we can improve the quality of our viewing time.
B
As part of USA Today’s Financial Diet, five families or individuals are working with members of the Financial Planning Association to improve their financial pictures. In this article, reporter Mindy Fetterman profiles Juanda Smith and outlines advice from her planner.
Smith has a good education and a good job. At 28, she earns about $ 60,000 a year working for a consulting firm in Atlanta.
But the credit card debt and bad credit score she accumulated during her years as a computer sciences student at Spelman College “are things that haunt me.”
So much so that she’s had trouble renting apartments and getting utilities hooked up. “You know how it is when you are in school. You get a credit card for $ 500 and before you know it, the late fees and charges add up, and they increase your limit and then you’re really in debt,” said she.
“I didn’t understand the big picture of credit. I’d say, “Oh, I forgot to pay this week,” Then a week turns into a month and a month turns into two months.” Now she has $ 70,000 in debt, counting her car and student loans. She has only one credit card.
She’s learned that lesson. But the bad credit score form the past still hurts. Her goal is to pay down the debt, start contributing again to her 401（K） and be able to buy a house or condominium within two years. She’s got $ 6,000 in a Roth IRA and $ 3,000 in an annuity. She doesn’t know if it is a good idea to take that money out and pay off the debt.
She has educated herself about finances through reading books because she says her parents weren’t able to give her a good background.“I’m feeling my way.”
But she knows one thing,“I’m single with no kids. And I want to get this straightened out now.”
65. Smith, a well-educated person with a good job, _______.
A. has a lot of money
B. doesn’t have a good background
C. educated herself
D. has the credit card debt
66. Smith has a bad credit score. That’ because _______.
A. she doesn’t have a good job
B. she was poor as a college student
C. she didn’t understand the big picture of credit
D. she doesn’t pay off the debt
67. “Financial pictures” in the first paragraph is likely to refer to _______.
A. images of people’s state of finance
B. photos taken by financial association
C. the list of your finance
D. the money you have in a bank
68. The example of Smith refers _______.
A. if you want to get a good job, you must avoid the bad credit score
B. once you have bad credit score, you will be in debt during your lifetime
C. bad credit score may give you much trouble
D. having bad credit card makes you earn more money
C
As little Willy hitched Searchlight to the sled, something down at the end of the street caught his eyes. They were beautiful, in fact, they were the most beautiful Samoyeds little Willy had ever seen.
The dogs held their heads up proudly and strutted in unison. They pulled a large but lightly constructed sled. They also pulled a large — but by no means lightly constructed — man. Way down at the end of the street the man looked normal, but as the sled got closer, the man got bigger and bigger.
The man was an Indian — dressed in furs and leather, with moccasins that came all the way up to his knees. His skin was dark, his hair was dark, and he wore a dark-colored headband. His eyes sparkled in the sunlight, but the rest of his face was as hard as stone.
The sled came to a stop right next to little Willy. The Indian looked at him and then his eyes shifted to Searchlight, who let out a soft moan but did not bark.
Word that Stone Fox had entered the race spread throughout the town within an hour. Stories and legends about the mountain man followed shortly. Little Willy heard many of them at Lester’s General Store. Little Willy learned that no white man had ever heard Stone Fox talk. Stone Fox refused to speak with the whites because of the treatment his people have received. His tribe, the Shoshone, who were peaceful seed gatherers, had been force to leave Utah and settle on a reservation in Wyoming with another tribe called the Arapaho.
Stone Fox’s dream was for his people to return to their homeland. Stone Fox was using the money he won from racing to simply buy the land back.
69. From the story we may know Searchlight was _______.
A. a dog very close to Little Willy
B. a kind of tool for skiing
C. afraid of Stone Fox
D. a kind of lamp tied to sled
70. We can infer from the passage that _______.
A. Stone Fox was once badly treated by his folks
B. it was impossible to buy the land back even if he had enough money
C. Stone Fox was well known because he was a giant
D. Utah once used to be the place where Stone Fox and his folks lived
71. The “Shoshone” and “Arapaho” both belonged to _______.
A. Europeans
B. American Indians
C. Africans
D. Latin Americans
72. The underlined word“moccasins” refers to _______.
A. boots B. trousers
C. feathers D. rifles
D
A nickname is a shortened from of a person’s name. A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing.
America’s 50 states have some of the most historically interesting nicknames. Alabama is known as the Heart of Dixy because it is in the very middle of a group of states in the Deep South. Dixy itself is a nickname for the American South. It’s started when Louisiana printed notes with the French word for ten on them. Dixie or D-I-X led to Dixy. Alaska is called the Last Frontier for understandable reasons. Near the arctic circle, it was the final part of the nation to be explored and settled.
Arizona is the Grand Canyon State because of the famous canyon carved by the Colorado River. The southern state of Arkansas is the Land of Opportunity. The state legislature chose this nickname. Arkansas is rich in natural resources and has become a favorite place for older people to retire.
In a popular Spanish book, a fictional island called California was filled with gold. Sure enough, plenty of it was discovered in the real California in 1848. This started a gold rush unlike any other in American history in the Golden State.
You would think Colorado would be known as the Rocky Mountain State. But its nickname is the Centennial State. That is because it became a state in 1876 exactly 100 years after the nation declared its independence.
Connecticut is called the Nudnik State after a spice. Connecticut Yankees as people in this northeast state are called are known to be smart in business. So smart that it was said they could sell wooden meaning false nudniks to strangers.
Little Delaware is called the First State because it was the first state. The first to approve the new United States Constitution.
The southern state of Florida likes to tell about its sunny days and fine beaches. So Florida is the Sunshine State. Florida’s neighbor to the north grows some of the sweetest fruit in American. So Georgia is the Peach State. Hawaii, far out in the Pacific Ocean is the Aloha State. That is the friendly greeting that means both hello and goodbye in the native Hawaiian language. There are other nicknames for the other states, but we will talk about them later.
73. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. The history of 50 states of the USA.
B. The nicknames of 50 states of the USA.
C. Why 50 states of the USA got their nicknames.
D. When 50 states of the USA got their nicknames.
74. The nickname of the state of Florida is _______.
A. the Land of Opportunity
B. the Heart of Dixy
C. the Rocky Mountain State
D. the Sunshine State
75. Why is the state of California called the Golden State?
A. Because a popular Spanish book once said that.
B. Because a lot of gold once was found in California.
C. Because in 1948 there was a gold rush.
D. Because the nickname of California came from a fiction.
76. Which of the following statements is True?
A. Connecticut is called the First State, because it was the first state.
B. Alabama is known as the Heart of Dixy, because the state legislature chose this nickname.
C. Alaska is called the Last Frontier, because the state is near the arctic circle.
D. Colorado is known as the Rocky Mountain State because it became a state in 1876.
E
The round-the-clock availability that cell phones have brought to people’s lives may be damaging family life, a new study suggests.
The study, which followed more than 1,300 adults over 2 years, found that those who consistently used a mobile phone or pager throughout the study period were more likely to report negative “spillover” between work and home life — and, in turn, less satisfaction with their family life.
Spillover essentially means that the line between work and home begins to become unclear. Work life may invade home life — when a parent is taking job-related calls at home, for instance — or household issues may start to take up work time.
In the latter scenario, a child may call Mom at work, telling her“microwave exploded”, explained Noelle Chesley, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the author of the study.
The problem with cell phones and pagers seems to be that they are allowing for ever more spillover between work and home, according to Chesley’s findings, published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
This may be especially true for working women, the study found. Among men, consistent use of mobile phones and pagers seemed to allow more work issues to creep into family time. But for women, the spillover tended to go in both directions — being “connected” meant that work cut into home time, and family issues seeped into work life.
And people who reported more negative spillover — spillover of the exploding-microwave variety — tended to be less satisfied with their family life.
The point, Chesley said, is that cell phones and pagers seem to be opening more lines for stressful exchanges among family members, rather than positive ones.
But there may be ways to stem the spillover, according to Chesley. Employers, she said, could look at their policies on contacting employees after-hours to make sure their expectations are“reasonable”. For their part, employees could decide that cell phones and pagers go off during designated family time, Chesley said.
To ease the extra burden on working mothers, she added, parents could have particular days when one or the other is “on call”, so that Moms are not getting all of the appliance-disaster reports.
77. The purpose of this study in this passage was to see _______.
A. how often these 1300 adults use cell-phones
B. how cell-phones are affecting people’s work and home life
C. when and where people use cell-phones
D. how people’s home life is destroyed by the use of cell-phones
78. From the passage, we can know the main negative effect of using cell-phones is that _______.
A. it makes the line between work and home become unclear
B. women often deal with family affairs at work
C. people are getting more dissatisfied with their family life
D. employers often ask employees to do extra work out of office
79. We may infer from the passage that such “spillover” is mainly caused by _______.
A. people’s attitudes to cell-phones
B. people’s attitudes to their family life
C. the convenience cell-phones bring to people for contacting each other
D. employers’ desire for getting employees to work more hours
80. Which is the best choice for the title of the passage?
A. Constant Use of Cell-phones
B. Cell-phones Cause Dissatisfaction
C. Cell-phones and Work
D. A Study on Cell-phones
第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）
现在，越来越多的人沉湎于电脑游戏。尤其是许多中学生也把许多业余时间花在这上面。电脑游戏对于丰富人们的生活和知识起到了积极的作用。但从另一方面讲，电脑游戏也浪费了许多宝贵的时光。
请你写一篇短文，对这一现象发表你的看法，进行评论。
注意：1. 要有鲜明观点，罗列有力论据；
2. 表达要切中题意，文理通顺；
3. 短文词数在120左右；
4. 可以增加必要的内容。
Nowadays more and more people, especially school students, are given to computer games.______
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听力录音稿
Text 1
M: Good morning. I’m here to see Jenny.
W: Oh, Jenny went to Shanghai on Tuesday afternoon for a concert, and won’t be back until Friday afternoon. If you like, you can come again on Saturday morning.
Text 2
M: Hello, Lucy. This is Mr. Green from the office. I’m calling to see how Jack is feeling today. If he’s not well, I may tell someone else to do his work instead.
W: Oh, hello. The doctor said he’d be able to go back to work in three days.
M: Ok, I see.
Text 3
M: I think it was really an exciting English program．I hope you could enjoy as I did．
W: Oh, I must tell you the truth that I fell asleep after the first few minutes，because I couldn’t understand many words in this program．
Text 4
W: I think you need some help. I’ll have someone carry your luggage to your apartment.
M: If you don’t mind, I’d like to have it delivered.
Text 5
M: Are you going to spend your summer holiday in Houston?
W: Yes. I can’t wait.
M: When?
W: August 14th. My parents can’t leave their work until then.
Text 6
W: Tom, what’s wrong with you these days? Today you are late again.
M: Sorry, but no matter how early I leave home, I get caught in traffic and end up late.
W: Well, I’m afraid you can’t keep doing this. We’d better find a way to solve the problem.
M: I’ve thought about taking the subway or the bus, but I will also take care of my elderly grandmother and I have to drive to her house after work.
W: I see. So you can come later and make up the time at the end of the day.
M: That would be wonderful. Thank you very much.
Text 7
W: Jerry, what are you doing here?
M: I’m buying a digital camera.
W: On the computer?
M: Yes, I like shopping on the Internet. It is great because it’s easier to compare prices, so you can save money. The camera I order costs $ 2500 in the stores, but I found it on the Internet for only $ 2100.
W: That’s a good deal, and you will save $ 400.
M：Right, and it’s a bit easier than shopping in the stores. You don’t have to leave your house. You just send in your credit card information and they will send it to your house.
W: That’s true, but I’d rather pay cash than use my credit card. And I don’t like sending my credit card information over the Internet.
Text 8
M: Hi. Angela! It’s surprising! Nice to see you again．
W: Hi, Dirk. Have you come here to see our high school teachers?
M: Yes. How have you been these days?
W: Pretty good.
M: Last time I met you, you were planning to go to medical school, weren’t you?
W: Yes, I was. But I changed my mind later.
M: Oh, really? What made you change your mind?
W: Well the simple reason is that, at the moment lawyers are badly needed in our country, so I’ve decided to go to law school.
M: Law school? That sounds interesting.
W: I remember you intended to study business.
M: Yes, I’ve changed my mind, too.
W: Why? I think you are gifted for business．
M: I think marketing management seems more attractive to me. I’ll try that field in the future.
W: Oh, that sounds great!
Text 9
M: Jody, here’s the stamp machine. How many stamps do you need?
W: I’m not sure. I need a few to pay some bills and one to send a birthday card to my dad.
M: Well, you really need to decide before you put your money in the machine. If you put your money in, and you wait too long, you won’t get your change back.
W: Really? How much time do I have to make a choice?
M: Well, you probably have a few minutes, but it’s really better to be ready before you put your money in the machine.
W: I think a book of twenty stamps will be fine.
M: All right. You just put your money right here where it says, “Insert bills face up.”
W: The screen says, “Your credit is $ 8.00. Make a selection, or insert money.”
M: Okay, now you just push the selection button that you want.
Text 10
Good morning. Welcome to the class for the computer beginners. Typing skills are required for this course. In a moment you’ll begin typing the text I’ve placed on the stand next to each keyboard. First, however, I’d like you to look at the screen in front of you. There are no words on it yet, but it does contain two important objects, the end mark and the action point. You’ll be learning more about these later. Right now, please place your fingers on the keyboard and prepare to use it as if it were a typewriter. For example, to type capital letters, hold down the shift key. Don’t stop typing at the end of line. When you type a word that is too long to fit at the end of the current line, the computer will automatically move the word to the beginning of the next line. If you make a mistake while typing the text, you can correct it by using the backspace key. Now please prepare to begin typing.
2008年高考英语模拟试题（六）参考答案解析
第一部分：听力
第一节：1. A2. B3. B4. C5. B
第二节：6. B7. A8. C9. B10. C11. C12. A13. C14. C15. A16. B17. C18. A19. C20. B
第二部分：英语语言知识运用
第一节：多项选择
21. C 固定词组at one’s own expense“己花费，自费”的含义。
22. A live, alive, living 都可以解释为活着的，但是live还有“现场直播的”意思；alive常作表语或后置定语；living常作定语；lively常解释为“活跃的”。
23. C从句意为：Tom已经学英语很久了，所以他能够很好地阅读英文小说。所以，应该用pretty（相当地、非常地）。slightly轻微地；应该用quite而不是quietly；generally总体地、总地。
24. C make up“弥补，编造，化妆”；look up“查阅，朝上看”；turn up“出现，调高声音”；take up“从事，占据”。
25. D enthusiastic“热情的”； sensitive“敏感的”；talkative“健谈的，多话的”；而energetic则意为“富有能量的、活力的”。
26. B break off“折断”；break down“抛锚，身体垮掉”；break out“爆发”；break up“分解，解散”。
27. C out of problem“没问题”；out of shape“走样、变形”；out of fashion“过时、不流行的”；out of line“出格”。
28. A confirmed“确认、确信”；concluded“得出结论”；consulted“咨询”；confused“拒绝”。
29. A 固定词组be worth表示“值多少钱”；be worthy常与of 连用；worthy“值得花费”的意思。
30. Dattain“获得”；achieve“实现、获得”；require “要求、需求”；acquire“习得，学得”。
第二节：完成句子
31. Being to blame for the broken window。考查非谓语动词。句意：因为要对打破玻璃窗负责，这些淘气的男孩子静静地站在那里，不知道该干些什么。固定词组“be to blame”该怪谁，该由谁负责。
32. sometimes whatyou think normal。考查名词性从句的用法。句意：你可能会发现这些习俗很奇怪，但请记住有时候你认为正常的东西对别人来说也同样奇怪。所以这里考查主语从句的用法。
33. if not properly solved。考查条件句省略的用法。句意是：这些严肃的问题，如果没有正确解决的话，以后会影响青少年，甚至国家的未来。if not properly solved其实是if these serious problems are not properly solved 的省略结构。
34. can’t thank you too much。句意是：我非常感谢你的帮助，否则我的研究是不可能成功的。其实这里的“can’t... too... ”本身是一个固定表达，含义为“越……越好，无论……也不为过”。
35. can he find。考查倒装结构。因为nowhere等表示否定的词放在句首后面的结构要用部分倒装结构。句意：格林先生想在学校附近租个房子，但他怎么也找不到称心如意的。
36. will have left。考查时态和语态。从by the time可以看出应该用完成时态，同时妹妹去上海的动作发生在将来，因此用将来完成时态。句意：到我父母到北京之前，我妹妹那时候早去上海了。
37. before things become worse。考查状语从句。根据句意：每个人都应该知道在事情变糟糕之前就应该采取有效的措施。
38. could have been prevented。考查“情态动词 + have done”表示对过去状况的推测。根据句意来看是说过去本来是可以被阻止的（但实际上没有被阻止）。
39. with this method。 考查固定结构“用……方法”。有3种表达：with this method, in this way, by this means，主要要注意各自的搭配。
40. immediately Mr. Lu came back。考查immediately作连词的用法。immediately作连词，相当于as soon as的意思。
第三节：完形填空
41. Dwhen相当于at that time的含义，整句意思为：我开着汽车去往农家市场的时候，在路上我碰上两个年轻人站在路边举着一块洗车的牌子。
42. C从语义上可以看出，这里是讲两个年轻人standing“站”在路边，而不是walking“走”、working“工作”、talking“谈话”。
43. D洗车的标记牌用sign。notice “通知”，paper“ 文件、纸张”，warning“ 警告、告示”都不符合语义。
44. B固定词组pull over：把车开进去、把车开到一边。
45. D从句意理解，此处应该是“指导、引导”的意思，所以应该选directing。
46. B海绵擦过我的脏汽车的每一寸，擦过用wipe over。
47. A上文有暗示，我的汽车很脏dirty。
48. A我很吃惊地（surprised） 发现四五十个青少年竟然把他们的星期六用来洗车了，所以作者应该是吃惊，与文章第一段构成明显的对比。
49. C这里devote to doing sth. 是固定词组，表示“把……献身于……”。
50. B洗完车后，作者当然是递给他们洗车钱了，hand “递给、交给”。
51. C我问他们募捐钱款的目的是什么，此处collect表示募集钱款。
52. D他们向我解释到，此处含义为解释，所以用explain。
53. BSchmitz应该是死于癌症，所以应该用die of。suffer from“遭受”， treat with“治疗”， cure of“治愈”。
54. C从上下文来看可以看出都是在讲年轻人，所以选teenagers。
55. A固定词组have memories of：记住，有……的记忆。
56. D从语义上看是表示因果关系，选because。
57. A向……表示尊敬，show one’s respect for。
58. D语义判断，if表示条件。如果他们筹集了足够的钱的话，他们将在那里立一块匾。
59. C由上下文可知：树和匾应该是两样东西，所以用both，这两样都是用来纪念他们的朋友的。
60. B谢谢你帮助我们种了树，此处表示作者洗车给钱，这在无形中是对他们的一种帮助。
第三部分：阅读理解
61. C主旨大意题。主旨大意题一般从文章的第一段或最后一段看，本文从最后一段I, for one, say that the more channels we can access, the better. Give me more choices! If they’re not worth my time. I’ll just hit the “off” button.可以看出作者的观点是希望有更多的电视频道供选择。所以选C。
62. D细节考查题。根据文章第二段 “I already get more channels on my TV than I have time to watch. No one needs to see that much TV. There’s not enough time in the day to watch all that.” 可知，人们觉得没有时间来看这么多的电视频道。所以选D。
63. A细节归纳题。根据文章第三段 “The point is that we would have more choices. ” 可知作者其实认为更多的频道提供了更多的选择。所以选A。
64. C逻辑推断题。此题需要对所有的四个选项进行一一排除，从而选出最符合的选项。从文章第三段可以推断出来，人们并不是认为图书馆有5000册书是一种愚蠢的行为。所以C是错的。因此，我们要选C。
65. D细节推断题。从文章中第五段 “Now she has $ 70,000 in debt, counting her car and student loans. She has only one credit card. ” 可以得出结论：史密斯虽然有良好的工作，良好的教育，但欠着银行的信用卡债务，所以选D。
66. C细节考查题。文章第五段提到：“I didn’t understand the big picture of credit. I’d say,“Oh, I forgot to pay this week,” Then a week turns into a month and a month turns into two months.”所以选C。
67. A词义推断题。此类题要根据上下文来分析，从“As part of USA Today’s Financial Diet, five families or individuals are working with members of the Financial Planning Association to improve their financial pictures. In this article, reporter Mindy Fetterman profiles Juanda Smith and outlines advice from her planner” 推断这里的financial pictures是对人们的经济状况的描述。所以选A。
68. C主旨推断题。从史密斯的例子中可以推断出来如果人们的信用卡出现不良记录等问题的话，那它会给人们带来许多不必要的麻烦。所以选C。
69. A细节考查题。根据文章第一段和第二段可以看出Searchlight是一条跟主人公Willy关系亲密的狗。所以选A。
70. D事实推理题。根据文章最后倒数第二段“His tribe, the Shoshone, who were peaceful seed gatherers, had been force to leave Utah and settle on a reservation in Wyoming with another tribe called the Arapaho. ” 可以看出Utah以前是这些印第安部落的最初家园。所以选D。
71. B细节推测题。本题也可以从文章倒数第二段“His tribe, the Shoshone, who were peaceful seed gatherers, had been force to leave Utah and settle on a reservation in Wyoming with another tribe called the Arapaho. ” 推测可知：他们都是tribe（部落），美国的土著居民——印第安人部落。所以选B。
72. A词汇推测题。根据该段上下文 “The man was an Indian — dressed in furs and leather, with moccasins that came all the way up to his knees. ” 可以看出这里是指穿着方面的物品。由此猜测是靴子boots所以应该选A。
73. B主旨大意题。根据整篇文章可以知道，整篇文章都是在讲美国的50个州的绰号，所以应该选B。
74. D细节考查题。从文章最后一段 “The southern state of Florida likes to tell about its sunny days and fine beaches. So Florida is the Sunshine State. ” 可以看出Florida被称为“阳光之州”，所以选D。
75. B推断题。从文章第四段 “plenty of it was discovered in the real California in 1848. This started a gold rush unlike any other in American history in the Golden State. ” 加利福尼亚州之所以被称为金州是因为在那里发现了大量的金子。所以应该选B。
76. C正误判断题。此题要对四个选项进行排除，从文章第二段 “Alaska is called the Last Frontier for understandable reasons. Near the arctic circle, it was the final part of the nation to be explored and settled. ” 可知，正确答案应该选C。
77. B主旨大意题。从文章第一段 “The round-the-clock availability that cell phones have brought to people’s lives may be damaging family life, a new study suggests. ” 可以看出手机已经影响了人们的生活和工作。所以此题选B。
78. A细节推断题。从文章第三段第一句话 “Spillover essentially means that the line between work and home begins to become unclear. ” 可以得出手机的负面作用，使得工作和生活的界线不明确。所以选A。
79. C因果推测题。由整篇文章可知spillover is mainly caused by the convenience cell-phones bring to people for contacting each other。所以选C。
80. B主题归纳题。整篇文章是在讲手机对生活和工作的影响，有时候造成工作和生活的混乱，给人们带来不便和不满。所以选B。
第四部分：书面表达
Possible Version One:
Nowadays more and more people, especially school students, are given to computer games. Many of them spend all of their spare time on the games, and some even stay at the net bar all day long.
The reason for this lies in the fact that they can enrich their lives as well as knowledge by playing games. And it’s a good way of relaxing after a day’s work and study, as computer games can bring fun to people’s life.
However, on the other hand, playing computer games too much can also waste time and money, and has an ill effect on people’s eyesight and health.
So, computer games, like coins, have two sides. The key point is that we should make rational use of the games.
Possible Version Two:
Nowadays more and more people, especially school students, are given to computer games. In my opinion, computer games can bring us a lot of benefits.
Various computer games can widen our mind and enlarge our knowledge. Amusing and relaxing ones can entertain us when we feel tired after study. Winning certain games greatly depends on cooperative efforts among players. In this way, playing games can help us train cooperation spirit. At the same time, we can make friends during playing.
A coin has two sides. Computer games will do harm to us if we spend too much time on them. Therefore, we should make rational use of the games.
[作者单位：浙江省余姚中学]
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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 B. 9.15 C. 9.18
答案是B。
1. When will Jenny return?
A. On Saturday morning.
B. On Friday afternoon.
C. On Tuesday afternoon.
2. What’s the relationship between Jack and Mr. Green?
A. Son and father.
B. Employee and boss.
C. Patient and doctor.
3. How did the woman feel about the English program?
A. It’s exciting.
B. It’s boring.
C. It’s enjoyable.
4. Who will take the luggage?
A. Someone will help the man carry the luggage.
B. The woman will take the luggage for the man.
C. The man doesn’t need any help with the luggage.
5. What can we learn from the dialogue?
A. The woman will go to Houston for her winter holiday.
B. The woman will spend her summer holiday with her parents.
C. The woman will spend her summer holiday on August 4th.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，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至7题。
6. Why is the man often late for work?
A. He cares for his elderly grandmother.
B. He gets stuck in traffic.
C. He doesn’t like his work.
7. What might Tom think of the woman?
A. She is understanding.
B. She is unreasonable.
C. She is unfriendly.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Where does the conversation probably happen?
A. On the Internet.
B. In a camera store.
C. In front of a computer.
9. How much will the man finally pay for the digital camera?
A. $ 2500.
B. $ 2100.
C. $ 2400.
10. What can we learn from this conversation?
A. Most people prefer the Internet shopping only because of the low prices.
B. People can only use credit cards while shopping on the Internet.
C. Shopping on the Internet is easier than that in the stores.
听第8段材料，回答第11 至13 题。
11. Where are the two speakers?
A. On a college campus.
B. On a street.
C. At their high school.
12. What has the woman decided to study?
A. Law.
B. Business.
C. Medicine.
13. What do we know about the man?
A. He first intended to go to law school.
B. He hasn’t made up his mind what to learn.
C. He has decided to learn marketing management.
听第9段材料，回答第14 至16 题。
14. What are they doing?
A. Paying some bills.
B. Sending a birthday card.
C. Buying some stamps.
15. How much does one stamp cost?
A. 40 cents.
B. 60 cents.
C. 80 cents.
16. What call we know about the machine?
A. It only takes coins.
B. It only takes paper money.
C. It only takes checks.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where is the talk probably taking place?
A. In a lab.
B. In a lecture hall.
C. In a computer room.
18. What do we know about the listeners?
A. They have no computer experience.
B. They are not prepared for their course.
C. They have attended some typing lessons.
19. What is needed for this course?
A. Computer experience.
B. Writing skills.
C. Typing skills.
20. What will the listeners do next?
A. Stop to take a coffee break.
B. Start to practice typing a text.
C. Begin to learn about a typewriter.
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。
例：To make members of a team perform better,
the trainer first of all has to know their _______
and weakness.
A. strengths B. benefits
C. techniques D. values
答案是A。
21. Nowadays, many Chinese students go abroad at their own _______ , because they want to study further.
A. prices B. costs
C. expenses D. values
22. “Luck 52” is a（n） ________ broadcast contest run by CCTV2, the winner of which will get a big prize.
A. live B. alive
C. living D. lively
23. Tom had been studying English for a long time, so now he is able to read the English novel _______ well.
A. slightly B. quietly
C. pretty D. generally
24. All of us agreed to meet at the railway station at nine o’clock, but Tom did not _______.
A. make up B. look up
C. turn up D. take up
25. The old man is already 70 years old, but he is still _______ like a young person, which surprises us.
A. enthusiastic B. sensitive
C. talkative D. energetic
26. The old woman _______ when she heard the news that her son was killed.
A. broke off B. broke down
C. broke out D. broke up
27. Although the girl looks very beautiful, what she wears is actually out of _______.
A. problem B. shape
C. fashion D. line
28. Research has _______ that the risk is higher for the women.
A. confirmed B. concluded
C. consulted D. confused
29. I want to know how much your coat is _____.
A. worth B. cost
C. worthy D. worthwhile
30. It is a common sense that we, students will gradually _______ the knowledge by constant study.
A. attain B. achieve
C. require D. acquire
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。
例：We _______ （起床） before dawn. It was still
dark outside. （get）
答案：got up
31. _______（因为要对打破的玻璃窗负责）, those naughty boys stood there silently and didn’t know what they should do next. （blame）
32. You may find these customs strange, but please remember ________（有时候你认为正常的） probably seems equally strange to others. （what, normal）
33. These serious problems, _______（如果不很好的解决的话）, will later affect teenagers and even the nation’s future. （properly, solve）
34. I _______（无论怎么感谢你都不为过） for your help. Without it I couldn’t have succeeded in my study. （can’t, too）
35. Mr. Green wanted to rent a house near the school, but nowhere _______（他能够找到） a good one. （find）
36. By the time my parents arrive in Beijing, my sister ________（早就已经离开） for Shanghai. （leave）
37. Everyone should know that the effective measures should be taken _______（事情变糟糕之前）. （become）
38. Knowing the death of the dog _______（本来是可以避免的） if he had realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was guilty. （could, prevent）
39. Only _______（用这种方法） can we solve this problem. （method）
40. Please let me know and give me a call _______（卢先生一回来）. （immediately）
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。
I can’t count how many times people have complained, while shaking their heads in obvious disappointment, “just don’t know what is with teenagers today.”
The other day, I was in my car on my way to the farmers’ market 41 I passes two teenagers 42 by the side of the road with a car wash 43 . My car was dirty, so I 44 .
There was a group 45 the cars and another group spraying them down. As sponges（海绵） were 46 over every square inch of my 47 car, I sat enjoying the little water battles. I was 48 at how fourteen to fifteen teenagers had49 their Saturday to washing cars.
After I 50 them a twenty-dollar bill, I asked what they were 51 money for. They 52 to me that a friend of theirs, Schmitz, had recently 53 cancer. He was only fifteen years old. He had gone to school with a lot of the 54 who were there that day and each of them had 55 of a boy sweeter than any they had known. His friend Kevin had decided to put this car wash together 56 he wanted to show 57 to his friend and also bring together his classmates with his boy scout troop （童子军）. He told me that they wanted to plant a tree in front of their school and 58 they raise enough money they would put a plaque（匾） there also. 59 would be in memory of their friend.
They handed me a bag of homemade cookies with my receipt saying“Thanks for 60 us plant a tree of Schmitz.”
Yeah! I don’t know what is with teenagers today!
41. A. as B. before
C. while D. when
42. A. walking B. working
C. standing D. talking
43. A. notice B. warning
C. paper D. sign
44. A. rushed over B. pulled over
C. went over D. rode over
45. A. driving B. cleaning
C. repairing D. directing
46. A. washed B. wiped
C. passed D. put
47. A. dirty B. expensive
C. old D. beautiful
48. A. amazed B. excited
C. pleased D. interested
49. A. spent B. given
C. devoted D. enjoyed
50. A. charged B. handed
C. provided D. threw
51. A. getting B. asking
C. collecting D. gathering
52. A. addressed B. claimed
C. said D. explained
53. A. suffered from B. died of
C. treated with D. cured of
54. A. boys B. children
C. teenagers D. people
55. A. memories B. ideas
C. talks D. thought
56. A. when B. though
C. if D. because
57. A. honor B. friendship
C. emotions D. memories
58. A. before B. while
C. since D. if
59. A. All B. One
C. Both D. It
60. A. letting B. helping
C. making D. allowing
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，从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
They say that before long, we will be able to receive more than 500 television networks on cable or by satellite. Some people think that it’s ridiculous to have that many channels. Their usual criticism goes something like this:
“I already get more channels on my TV than I have time to watch. No one needs to see that much TV. There’s not enough time in the day to watch all that.” They also assert （断言） that most of what’s on television now isn’t worth watching in the first place.
I think they’re missing the point. If the local library wanted to add another 5,000 books, would we say,“That’s silly, we’ll never have time to read all those books?” The point is that we would have more choices.
I don’t believe that most people should watch more television. And if we had 500 or even 1,000 channels to choose from, we wouldn’t have to spend more time watching the screen. We would, however, have a better selection of programming to choose from. That means that the quality of our viewing time would improve.
I, for one, say that the more channels we can access, the better. Give me more choices! If they’re not worth my time. I’ll just hit the “off” button.
61. The author’s aim of writing this article is to tell us _______.
A. we will have more TV channels
B. some people think it necessary to have more TV channels
C. his opinion about having more TV channels
D. how to choose more TV channels
62. According to this article, many people do not like having more TV channel because _______.
A. they already have enough TV channels
B. it’s a waste of money and time to watch TV channels.
C. some TV channels are poor in quality
D. they can’t afford enough time to watch so many TV channels
63. From the article we can know having more TV channels means _______.
A. having more choices
B. having more TV programs
C. having more time to watch TV
D. getting more information from TV
64. Which of the following statements is wrong according to the article?
A. People usually don’t have enough time to see all TV programs.
B. More and more television networks are being set up.
C. People will think it silly if the local library adds another 5000 books.
D. If we have more channels, we can improve the quality of our viewing time.
B
As part of USA Today’s Financial Diet, five families or individuals are working with members of the Financial Planning Association to improve their financial pictures. In this article, reporter Mindy Fetterman profiles Juanda Smith and outlines advice from her planner.
Smith has a good education and a good job. At 28, she earns about $ 60,000 a year working for a consulting firm in Atlanta.
But the credit card debt and bad credit score she accumulated during her years as a computer sciences student at Spelman College “are things that haunt me.”
So much so that she’s had trouble renting apartments and getting utilities hooked up. “You know how it is when you are in school. You get a credit card for $ 500 and before you know it, the late fees and charges add up, and they increase your limit and then you’re really in debt,” said she.
“I didn’t understand the big picture of credit. I’d say, “Oh, I forgot to pay this week,” Then a week turns into a month and a month turns into two months.” Now she has $ 70,000 in debt, counting her car and student loans. She has only one credit card.
She’s learned that lesson. But the bad credit score form the past still hurts. Her goal is to pay down the debt, start contributing again to her 401（K） and be able to buy a house or condominium within two years. She’s got $ 6,000 in a Roth IRA and $ 3,000 in an annuity. She doesn’t know if it is a good idea to take that money out and pay off the debt.
She has educated herself about finances through reading books because she says her parents weren’t able to give her a good background.“I’m feeling my way.”
But she knows one thing,“I’m single with no kids. And I want to get this straightened out now.”
65. Smith, a well-educated person with a good job, _______.
A. has a lot of money
B. doesn’t have a good background
C. educated herself
D. has the credit card debt
66. Smith has a bad credit score. That’ because _______.
A. she doesn’t have a good job
B. she was poor as a college student
C. she didn’t understand the big picture of credit
D. she doesn’t pay off the debt
67. “Financial pictures” in the first paragraph is likely to refer to _______.
A. images of people’s state of finance
B. photos taken by financial association
C. the list of your finance
D. the money you have in a bank
68. The example of Smith refers _______.
A. if you want to get a good job, you must avoid the bad credit score
B. once you have bad credit score, you will be in debt during your lifetime
C. bad credit score may give you much trouble
D. having bad credit card makes you earn more money
C
As little Willy hitched Searchlight to the sled, something down at the end of the street caught his eyes. They were beautiful, in fact, they were the most beautiful Samoyeds little Willy had ever seen.
The dogs held their heads up proudly and strutted in unison. They pulled a large but lightly constructed sled. They also pulled a large — but by no means lightly constructed — man. Way down at the end of the street the man looked normal, but as the sled got closer, the man got bigger and bigger.
The man was an Indian — dressed in furs and leather, with moccasins that came all the way up to his knees. His skin was dark, his hair was dark, and he wore a dark-colored headband. His eyes sparkled in the sunlight, but the rest of his face was as hard as stone.
The sled came to a stop right next to little Willy. The Indian looked at him and then his eyes shifted to Searchlight, who let out a soft moan but did not bark.
Word that Stone Fox had entered the race spread throughout the town within an hour. Stories and legends about the mountain man followed shortly. Little Willy heard many of them at Lester’s General Store. Little Willy learned that no white man had ever heard Stone Fox talk. Stone Fox refused to speak with the whites because of the treatment his people have received. His tribe, the Shoshone, who were peaceful seed gatherers, had been force to leave Utah and settle on a reservation in Wyoming with another tribe called the Arapaho.
Stone Fox’s dream was for his people to return to their homeland. Stone Fox was using the money he won from racing to simply buy the land back.
69. From the story we may know Searchlight was _______.
A. a dog very close to Little Willy
B. a kind of tool for skiing
C. afraid of Stone Fox
D. a kind of lamp tied to sled
70. We can infer from the passage that _______.
A. Stone Fox was once badly treated by his folks
B. it was impossible to buy the land back even if he had enough money
C. Stone Fox was well known because he was a giant
D. Utah once used to be the place where Stone Fox and his folks lived
71. The “Shoshone” and “Arapaho” both belonged to _______.
A. Europeans
B. American Indians
C. Africans
D. Latin Americans
72. The underlined word“moccasins” refers to _______.
A. boots B. trousers
C. feathers D. rifles
D
A nickname is a shortened from of a person’s name. A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing.
America’s 50 states have some of the most historically interesting nicknames. Alabama is known as the Heart of Dixy because it is in the very middle of a group of states in the Deep South. Dixy itself is a nickname for the American South. It’s started when Louisiana printed notes with the French word for ten on them. Dixie or D-I-X led to Dixy. Alaska is called the Last Frontier for understandable reasons. Near the arctic circle, it was the final part of the nation to be explored and settled.
Arizona is the Grand Canyon State because of the famous canyon carved by the Colorado River. The southern state of Arkansas is the Land of Opportunity. The state legislature chose this nickname. Arkansas is rich in natural resources and has become a favorite place for older people to retire.
In a popular Spanish book, a fictional island called California was filled with gold. Sure enough, plenty of it was discovered in the real California in 1848. This started a gold rush unlike any other in American history in the Golden State.
You would think Colorado would be known as the Rocky Mountain State. But its nickname is the Centennial State. That is because it became a state in 1876 exactly 100 years after the nation declared its independence.
Connecticut is called the Nudnik State after a spice. Connecticut Yankees as people in this northeast state are called are known to be smart in business. So smart that it was said they could sell wooden meaning false nudniks to strangers.
Little Delaware is called the First State because it was the first state. The first to approve the new United States Constitution.
The southern state of Florida likes to tell about its sunny days and fine beaches. So Florida is the Sunshine State. Florida’s neighbor to the north grows some of the sweetest fruit in American. So Georgia is the Peach State. Hawaii, far out in the Pacific Ocean is the Aloha State. That is the friendly greeting that means both hello and goodbye in the native Hawaiian language. There are other nicknames for the other states, but we will talk about them later.
73. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. The history of 50 states of the USA.
B. The nicknames of 50 states of the USA.
C. Why 50 states of the USA got their nicknames.
D. When 50 states of the USA got their nicknames.
74. The nickname of the state of Florida is _______.
A. the Land of Opportunity
B. the Heart of Dixy
C. the Rocky Mountain State
D. the Sunshine State
75. Why is the state of California called the Golden State?
A. Because a popular Spanish book once said that.
B. Because a lot of gold once was found in California.
C. Because in 1948 there was a gold rush.
D. Because the nickname of California came from a fiction.
76. Which of the following statements is True?
A. Connecticut is called the First State, because it was the first state.
B. Alabama is known as the Heart of Dixy, because the state legislature chose this nickname.
C. Alaska is called the Last Frontier, because the state is near the arctic circle.
D. Colorado is known as the Rocky Mountain State because it became a state in 1876.
E
The round-the-clock availability that cell phones have brought to people’s lives may be damaging family life, a new study suggests.
The study, which followed more than 1,300 adults over 2 years, found that those who consistently used a mobile phone or pager throughout the study period were more likely to report negative “spillover” between work and home life — and, in turn, less satisfaction with their family life.
Spillover essentially means that the line between work and home begins to become unclear. Work life may invade home life — when a parent is taking job-related calls at home, for instance — or household issues may start to take up work time.
In the latter scenario, a child may call Mom at work, telling her“microwave exploded”, explained Noelle Chesley, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the author of the study.
The problem with cell phones and pagers seems to be that they are allowing for ever more spillover between work and home, according to Chesley’s findings, published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
This may be especially true for working women, the study found. Among men, consistent use of mobile phones and pagers seemed to allow more work issues to creep into family time. But for women, the spillover tended to go in both directions — being “connected” meant that work cut into home time, and family issues seeped into work life.
And people who reported more negative spillover — spillover of the exploding-microwave variety — tended to be less satisfied with their family life.
The point, Chesley said, is that cell phones and pagers seem to be opening more lines for stressful exchanges among family members, rather than positive ones.
But there may be ways to stem the spillover, according to Chesley. Employers, she said, could look at their policies on contacting employees after-hours to make sure their expectations are“reasonable”. For their part, employees could decide that cell phones and pagers go off during designated family time, Chesley said.
To ease the extra burden on working mothers, she added, parents could have particular days when one or the other is “on call”, so that Moms are not getting all of the appliance-disaster reports.
77. The purpose of this study in this passage was to see _______.
A. how often these 1300 adults use cell-phones
B. how cell-phones are affecting people’s work and home life
C. when and where people use cell-phones
D. how people’s home life is destroyed by the use of cell-phones
78. From the passage, we can know the main negative effect of using cell-phones is that _______.
A. it makes the line between work and home become unclear
B. women often deal with family affairs at work
C. people are getting more dissatisfied with their family life
D. employers often ask employees to do extra work out of office
79. We may infer from the passage that such “spillover” is mainly caused by _______.
A. people’s attitudes to cell-phones
B. people’s attitudes to their family life
C. the convenience cell-phones bring to people for contacting each other
D. employers’ desire for getting employees to work more hours
80. Which is the best choice for the title of the passage?
A. Constant Use of Cell-phones
B. Cell-phones Cause Dissatisfaction
C. Cell-phones and Work
D. A Study on Cell-phones
第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）
现在，越来越多的人沉湎于电脑游戏。尤其是许多中学生也把许多业余时间花在这上面。电脑游戏对于丰富人们的生活和知识起到了积极的作用。但从另一方面讲，电脑游戏也浪费了许多宝贵的时光。
请你写一篇短文，对这一现象发表你的看法，进行评论。
注意：1. 要有鲜明观点，罗列有力论据；
2. 表达要切中题意，文理通顺；
3. 短文词数在120左右；
4. 可以增加必要的内容。
Nowadays more and more people, especially school students, are given to computer games.______
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听力录音稿
Text 1
M: Good morning. I’m here to see Jenny.
W: Oh, Jenny went to Shanghai on Tuesday afternoon for a concert, and won’t be back until Friday afternoon. If you like, you can come again on Saturday morning.
Text 2
M: Hello, Lucy. This is Mr. Green from the office. I’m calling to see how Jack is feeling today. If he’s not well, I may tell someone else to do his work instead.
W: Oh, hello. The doctor said he’d be able to go back to work in three days.
M: Ok, I see.
Text 3
M: I think it was really an exciting English program．I hope you could enjoy as I did．
W: Oh, I must tell you the truth that I fell asleep after the first few minutes，because I couldn’t understand many words in this program．
Text 4
W: I think you need some help. I’ll have someone carry your luggage to your apartment.
M: If you don’t mind, I’d like to have it delivered.
Text 5
M: Are you going to spend your summer holiday in Houston?
W: Yes. I can’t wait.
M: When?
W: August 14th. My parents can’t leave their work until then.
Text 6
W: Tom, what’s wrong with you these days? Today you are late again.
M: Sorry, but no matter how early I leave home, I get caught in traffic and end up late.
W: Well, I’m afraid you can’t keep doing this. We’d better find a way to solve the problem.
M: I’ve thought about taking the subway or the bus, but I will also take care of my elderly grandmother and I have to drive to her house after work.
W: I see. So you can come later and make up the time at the end of the day.
M: That would be wonderful. Thank you very much.
Text 7
W: Jerry, what are you doing here?
M: I’m buying a digital camera.
W: On the computer?
M: Yes, I like shopping on the Internet. It is great because it’s easier to compare prices, so you can save money. The camera I order costs $ 2500 in the stores, but I found it on the Internet for only $ 2100.
W: That’s a good deal, and you will save $ 400.
M：Right, and it’s a bit easier than shopping in the stores. You don’t have to leave your house. You just send in your credit card information and they will send it to your house.
W: That’s true, but I’d rather pay cash than use my credit card. And I don’t like sending my credit card information over the Internet.
Text 8
M: Hi. Angela! It’s surprising! Nice to see you again．
W: Hi, Dirk. Have you come here to see our high school teachers?
M: Yes. How have you been these days?
W: Pretty good.
M: Last time I met you, you were planning to go to medical school, weren’t you?
W: Yes, I was. But I changed my mind later.
M: Oh, really? What made you change your mind?
W: Well the simple reason is that, at the moment lawyers are badly needed in our country, so I’ve decided to go to law school.
M: Law school? That sounds interesting.
W: I remember you intended to study business.
M: Yes, I’ve changed my mind, too.
W: Why? I think you are gifted for business．
M: I think marketing management seems more attractive to me. I’ll try that field in the future.
W: Oh, that sounds great!
Text 9
M: Jody, here’s the stamp machine. How many stamps do you need?
W: I’m not sure. I need a few to pay some bills and one to send a birthday card to my dad.
M: Well, you really need to decide before you put your money in the machine. If you put your money in, and you wait too long, you won’t get your change back.
W: Really? How much time do I have to make a choice?
M: Well, you probably have a few minutes, but it’s really better to be ready before you put your money in the machine.
W: I think a book of twenty stamps will be fine.
M: All right. You just put your money right here where it says, “Insert bills face up.”
W: The screen says, “Your credit is $ 8.00. Make a selection, or insert money.”
M: Okay, now you just push the selection button that you want.
Text 10
Good morning. Welcome to the class for the computer beginners. Typing skills are required for this course. In a moment you’ll begin typing the text I’ve placed on the stand next to each keyboard. First, however, I’d like you to look at the screen in front of you. There are no words on it yet, but it does contain two important objects, the end mark and the action point. You’ll be learning more about these later. Right now, please place your fingers on the keyboard and prepare to use it as if it were a typewriter. For example, to type capital letters, hold down the shift key. Don’t stop typing at the end of line. When you type a word that is too long to fit at the end of the current line, the computer will automatically move the word to the beginning of the next line. If you make a mistake while typing the text, you can correct it by using the backspace key. Now please prepare to begin typing.
2008年高考英语模拟试题（六）参考答案解析
第一部分：听力
第一节：1. A2. B3. B4. C5. B
第二节：6. B7. A8. C9. B10. C11. C12. A13. C14. C15. A16. B17. C18. A19. C20. B
第二部分：英语语言知识运用
第一节：多项选择
21. C 固定词组at one’s own expense“己花费，自费”的含义。
22. A live, alive, living 都可以解释为活着的，但是live还有“现场直播的”意思；alive常作表语或后置定语；living常作定语；lively常解释为“活跃的”。
23. C从句意为：Tom已经学英语很久了，所以他能够很好地阅读英文小说。所以，应该用pretty（相当地、非常地）。slightly轻微地；应该用quite而不是quietly；generally总体地、总地。
24. C make up“弥补，编造，化妆”；look up“查阅，朝上看”；turn up“出现，调高声音”；take up“从事，占据”。
25. D enthusiastic“热情的”； sensitive“敏感的”；talkative“健谈的，多话的”；而energetic则意为“富有能量的、活力的”。
26. B break off“折断”；break down“抛锚，身体垮掉”；break out“爆发”；break up“分解，解散”。
27. C out of problem“没问题”；out of shape“走样、变形”；out of fashion“过时、不流行的”；out of line“出格”。
28. A confirmed“确认、确信”；concluded“得出结论”；consulted“咨询”；confused“拒绝”。
29. A 固定词组be worth表示“值多少钱”；be worthy常与of 连用；worthy“值得花费”的意思。
30. Dattain“获得”；achieve“实现、获得”；require “要求、需求”；acquire“习得，学得”。
第二节：完成句子
31. Being to blame for the broken window。考查非谓语动词。句意：因为要对打破玻璃窗负责，这些淘气的男孩子静静地站在那里，不知道该干些什么。固定词组“be to blame”该怪谁，该由谁负责。
32. sometimes whatyou think normal。考查名词性从句的用法。句意：你可能会发现这些习俗很奇怪，但请记住有时候你认为正常的东西对别人来说也同样奇怪。所以这里考查主语从句的用法。
33. if not properly solved。考查条件句省略的用法。句意是：这些严肃的问题，如果没有正确解决的话，以后会影响青少年，甚至国家的未来。if not properly solved其实是if these serious problems are not properly solved 的省略结构。
34. can’t thank you too much。句意是：我非常感谢你的帮助，否则我的研究是不可能成功的。其实这里的“can’t... too... ”本身是一个固定表达，含义为“越……越好，无论……也不为过”。
35. can he find。考查倒装结构。因为nowhere等表示否定的词放在句首后面的结构要用部分倒装结构。句意：格林先生想在学校附近租个房子，但他怎么也找不到称心如意的。
36. will have left。考查时态和语态。从by the time可以看出应该用完成时态，同时妹妹去上海的动作发生在将来，因此用将来完成时态。句意：到我父母到北京之前，我妹妹那时候早去上海了。
37. before things become worse。考查状语从句。根据句意：每个人都应该知道在事情变糟糕之前就应该采取有效的措施。
38. could have been prevented。考查“情态动词 + have done”表示对过去状况的推测。根据句意来看是说过去本来是可以被阻止的（但实际上没有被阻止）。
39. with this method。 考查固定结构“用……方法”。有3种表达：with this method, in this way, by this means，主要要注意各自的搭配。
40. immediately Mr. Lu came back。考查immediately作连词的用法。immediately作连词，相当于as soon as的意思。
第三节：完形填空
41. Dwhen相当于at that time的含义，整句意思为：我开着汽车去往农家市场的时候，在路上我碰上两个年轻人站在路边举着一块洗车的牌子。
42. C从语义上可以看出，这里是讲两个年轻人standing“站”在路边，而不是walking“走”、working“工作”、talking“谈话”。
43. D洗车的标记牌用sign。notice “通知”，paper“ 文件、纸张”，warning“ 警告、告示”都不符合语义。
44. B固定词组pull over：把车开进去、把车开到一边。
45. D从句意理解，此处应该是“指导、引导”的意思，所以应该选directing。
46. B海绵擦过我的脏汽车的每一寸，擦过用wipe over。
47. A上文有暗示，我的汽车很脏dirty。
48. A我很吃惊地（surprised） 发现四五十个青少年竟然把他们的星期六用来洗车了，所以作者应该是吃惊，与文章第一段构成明显的对比。
49. C这里devote to doing sth. 是固定词组，表示“把……献身于……”。
50. B洗完车后，作者当然是递给他们洗车钱了，hand “递给、交给”。
51. C我问他们募捐钱款的目的是什么，此处collect表示募集钱款。
52. D他们向我解释到，此处含义为解释，所以用explain。
53. BSchmitz应该是死于癌症，所以应该用die of。suffer from“遭受”， treat with“治疗”， cure of“治愈”。
54. C从上下文来看可以看出都是在讲年轻人，所以选teenagers。
55. A固定词组have memories of：记住，有……的记忆。
56. D从语义上看是表示因果关系，选because。
57. A向……表示尊敬，show one’s respect for。
58. D语义判断，if表示条件。如果他们筹集了足够的钱的话，他们将在那里立一块匾。
59. C由上下文可知：树和匾应该是两样东西，所以用both，这两样都是用来纪念他们的朋友的。
60. B谢谢你帮助我们种了树，此处表示作者洗车给钱，这在无形中是对他们的一种帮助。
第三部分：阅读理解
61. C主旨大意题。主旨大意题一般从文章的第一段或最后一段看，本文从最后一段I, for one, say that the more channels we can access, the better. Give me more choices! If they’re not worth my time. I’ll just hit the “off” button.可以看出作者的观点是希望有更多的电视频道供选择。所以选C。
62. D细节考查题。根据文章第二段 “I already get more channels on my TV than I have time to watch. No one needs to see that much TV. There’s not enough time in the day to watch all that.” 可知，人们觉得没有时间来看这么多的电视频道。所以选D。
63. A细节归纳题。根据文章第三段 “The point is that we would have more choices. ” 可知作者其实认为更多的频道提供了更多的选择。所以选A。
64. C逻辑推断题。此题需要对所有的四个选项进行一一排除，从而选出最符合的选项。从文章第三段可以推断出来，人们并不是认为图书馆有5000册书是一种愚蠢的行为。所以C是错的。因此，我们要选C。
65. D细节推断题。从文章中第五段 “Now she has $ 70,000 in debt, counting her car and student loans. She has only one credit card. ” 可以得出结论：史密斯虽然有良好的工作，良好的教育，但欠着银行的信用卡债务，所以选D。
66. C细节考查题。文章第五段提到：“I didn’t understand the big picture of credit. I’d say,“Oh, I forgot to pay this week,” Then a week turns into a month and a month turns into two months.”所以选C。
67. A词义推断题。此类题要根据上下文来分析，从“As part of USA Today’s Financial Diet, five families or individuals are working with members of the Financial Planning Association to improve their financial pictures. In this article, reporter Mindy Fetterman profiles Juanda Smith and outlines advice from her planner” 推断这里的financial pictures是对人们的经济状况的描述。所以选A。
68. C主旨推断题。从史密斯的例子中可以推断出来如果人们的信用卡出现不良记录等问题的话，那它会给人们带来许多不必要的麻烦。所以选C。
69. A细节考查题。根据文章第一段和第二段可以看出Searchlight是一条跟主人公Willy关系亲密的狗。所以选A。
70. D事实推理题。根据文章最后倒数第二段“His tribe, the Shoshone, who were peaceful seed gatherers, had been force to leave Utah and settle on a reservation in Wyoming with another tribe called the Arapaho. ” 可以看出Utah以前是这些印第安部落的最初家园。所以选D。
71. B细节推测题。本题也可以从文章倒数第二段“His tribe, the Shoshone, who were peaceful seed gatherers, had been force to leave Utah and settle on a reservation in Wyoming with another tribe called the Arapaho. ” 推测可知：他们都是tribe（部落），美国的土著居民——印第安人部落。所以选B。
72. A词汇推测题。根据该段上下文 “The man was an Indian — dressed in furs and leather, with moccasins that came all the way up to his knees. ” 可以看出这里是指穿着方面的物品。由此猜测是靴子boots所以应该选A。
73. B主旨大意题。根据整篇文章可以知道，整篇文章都是在讲美国的50个州的绰号，所以应该选B。
74. D细节考查题。从文章最后一段 “The southern state of Florida likes to tell about its sunny days and fine beaches. So Florida is the Sunshine State. ” 可以看出Florida被称为“阳光之州”，所以选D。
75. B推断题。从文章第四段 “plenty of it was discovered in the real California in 1848. This started a gold rush unlike any other in American history in the Golden State. ” 加利福尼亚州之所以被称为金州是因为在那里发现了大量的金子。所以应该选B。
76. C正误判断题。此题要对四个选项进行排除，从文章第二段 “Alaska is called the Last Frontier for understandable reasons. Near the arctic circle, it was the final part of the nation to be explored and settled. ” 可知，正确答案应该选C。
77. B主旨大意题。从文章第一段 “The round-the-clock availability that cell phones have brought to people’s lives may be damaging family life, a new study suggests. ” 可以看出手机已经影响了人们的生活和工作。所以此题选B。
78. A细节推断题。从文章第三段第一句话 “Spillover essentially means that the line between work and home begins to become unclear. ” 可以得出手机的负面作用，使得工作和生活的界线不明确。所以选A。
79. C因果推测题。由整篇文章可知spillover is mainly caused by the convenience cell-phones bring to people for contacting each other。所以选C。
80. B主题归纳题。整篇文章是在讲手机对生活和工作的影响，有时候造成工作和生活的混乱，给人们带来不便和不满。所以选B。
第四部分：书面表达
Possible Version One:
Nowadays more and more people, especially school students, are given to computer games. Many of them spend all of their spare time on the games, and some even stay at the net bar all day long.
The reason for this lies in the fact that they can enrich their lives as well as knowledge by playing games. And it’s a good way of relaxing after a day’s work and study, as computer games can bring fun to people’s life.
However, on the other hand, playing computer games too much can also waste time and money, and has an ill effect on people’s eyesight and health.
So, computer games, like coins, have two sides. The key point is that we should make rational use of the games.
Possible Version Two:
Nowadays more and more people, especially school students, are given to computer games. In my opinion, computer games can bring us a lot of benefits.
Various computer games can widen our mind and enlarge our knowledge. Amusing and relaxing ones can entertain us when we feel tired after study. Winning certain games greatly depends on cooperative efforts among players. In this way, playing games can help us train cooperation spirit. At the same time, we can make friends during playing.
A coin has two sides. Computer games will do harm to us if we spend too much time on them. Therefore, we should make rational use of the games.
[作者单位：浙江省余姚中学]
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