普通高等学校招生全国统一考试陕西卷

2008年普通高等学校招生统一考试（陕西卷）英语一、英语知识运用（共三大题，满分（一）语音知识（共 5小题，每小题 从每小题的 A、B、C、D50分）1分，满分5分）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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。1. passengerA. sugarB. organize2. chemistryA. stomachB. achieve3. clubA. polluti onB. struggle4. majorityA. baggageB. attract5. areaA. theatreB. breathe（二）语法和词汇知识（共 15小题， 从每小题的 A、B、C、D 该选项涂黑。6. The mome nt I got home, I found IA. had leftB. left7. Not un til the motorbike looked almost newA. he stopped8. Tomorrow is TomA. whatC. stra ngeD. togetherC. checkD. machi neC. usefulD. buryC. Canadia nD. magaz ineC. breakD. heaven每小题1分，满分15分）四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将 my jacket on the playground.C. have leftD. was leavi ngrepairi ng and clea ning it.B. did he stopC. stopped heD. he did stops birthday. Have you got any idea the party is to be held?B. whichC. thatD. where9. -What sort of house do you want to have? Someth ing big?-Well, it be big-that s not important.A. mustn tB.needn tC. can tD. won t10.1 ate sandwich while I was waiting for 20:08 train.A. the, aB. the, theC. a, theD. a, a11. The message is very important, so it is supposed as soon as possible.A. to be sentB. to sendC. being sentD. sending12. He doesn t have furniture in his room -just an old desk.A. anyB. manyC. someD. much13. The man pulled out a gold watch, were made of small diam on ds.A. the hands of whomB. whom the hands ofC. which the hands ofD. the hands of whichs Nest for the 200814. around the Water Cube, we were then taken to see the BirdOlympic Games.A. Having show nB. To be show nC. Having bee n show n D. To show15. -Did you go to the show last ni ght?-Yeah. Every boy and girl in the areain vitedA. wereB. have bee nC. has bee nD. was16. Ten years ago the populati on of our village was that of theirs.A. as twice large as B. twice as large as C. twice as much as D. as twice much as17. Though we don t know what discussed, yet we can feel the topic .A. had cha nged B. will cha ngeC. was cha ngedD. has bee n cha nged18. -The floor is dirty. Can anyone clea n it?- I do it all the time.A. Don tmentioniB. Why you?C. Not sureD. Not meagain.19. Elizabeth has already achieved success her wildest dreams.A. atB. bey ondC. with inD. upon20. It s going torain. Xiao Feng, Will you please help methe clotheson the line?A. get offB. get backC. get inD. get on（三）完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下在短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最 佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。A woman id her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time tak ing care of the tree. But the childre n n earby drover her 21 by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and the n run away with pears, 22“ Aunty Misery ” at her.One eve ning, a passer by asked to 23 for the ni ght. Seeing that he had an 24 Face, she let him in and gave him a nice 25. The n ext morni ng the stra nger, actually a sorcerer（巫师）,thanked her by granting （允准）her 26 that anyone who climbed up her tree 27 not be able to come back dow n un til she 28 it.When the childre n came back to steal her 29, she had them stuck on the tree. They hadto beg herlong 30 she gave the tree permission to let 31 go. Aunty Misery was free from the 32at last.One day ano ther man 33 her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her, 34 she asked who he was .I am Death, I ve comeBtb takeeyPu said he.Thinking fast Aunty Misery sai d, “ Fine, but I d 36e to some pears from my dear tree to remember the 37 .It brought to me in this life. But I am too 38 to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so 39 as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death clim bed tuee 40 a ndwas immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.21. A. hopelessB. painfulC. dullD. crazy22. A. calli ngB. shouti ngC. announcingD. whisperi ng23. A. stayB. liveC. hideD. lie24. A. in terest ingB. hon estC. an xiousD. angry25. A. giftB. kissC. treatD. smile26. A. suggesti onB. dema ndC. permissi onD. wish27. A. couldB. shouldC. mightD. must28. A. permittedB. promisedC. an sweredD. declared29. A. branchB. foodC. treeD. fruit30. A. afterB. whileC. sinceD. before31. A. itB. themC. himD. her32. A. trickB. questionC. troubleD. difficulty33. A. stepped intoB. left forC. stopped atD. walked around34. A. soB. butC. althoughD. because35. A. withB. offC. uponD. for36. A. chooseB. pickC. shakeD. hit37. A. honorB. pleasureC. hopeD. excitement38. A. lightB. shortC. oldD. thin39. A. proudB. kindC. fineD. smart40. A. disappointedlyB. cheerfullyC. unwillinglyD. eagerly二、阅读理解（共 25 小题，阅读部分每小题2 分，补全对话每小题 1 分，满分 45 分）（一）阅读下列五篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、 B、 C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AThey say there are three ways to experience the Grand Canyon; on foot, on mules（ 骡子 ） or by air. We chose the first. Up early; my husband and I and our three children couldn t wait to get started. We decided to walk along a lovely path named Bright Angel Trail.As we set out, I was shocked at how narrow the path was. And I couldn t help noticing that the other tourists weren t like us. They had heavy backpacks, water bottles, and hats. But as usual wewere dressed, As the sun rose higher, Arizona s famous heat seeded X。roasTherewas no shade and our legs were aching. We decided to go back, with the girl on my back and the boys far behind. By the time we finally got back, our legs were like jelly.The next day, after we d had a long rest and a good breakfast, we were ready for another viewof the Canyon -by air. After our last walk, this would be the easiest thing in the world.We called to each other excitedly as the plane took off and circled around the Canyon. But the smiles on our faces disappeared as the pilot tossed（ 翻转 ） the plane around, pretending he wasgoi ng to hit the groun d. I shouted,“ STOP, TAKE US BACK! ” When we fin ally arrived back onland, once aga in our legs were like jelly. We hardly spoke as we drove back.As I said, there are three ways to view the Grand Canyon. We never tried the mules, butpers on ally I d suggest a fourth: buy yourself a good magaz ine like Nati onal Geographic. That way,you can see the Canyon, without fear or tired ness.41. Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?A. They made a careful preparati on before the tripB. They childre n were more joyful tha n their pare nts.C. Bright An gel Trail was n ot as lovely as they expected.D. The summer heat preve nted them from enjoying the view.42. The underlined expression“ Our legs were like jelly” probably meansA. we were weakB.we were un happyC. we were dissatisfiedD.we were disappo in ted43. Which of the following best describes their Canyon trip by air?A. It proved to be frighte ning.B.It was more comfortableC. It turned out to be excit ingD.It made each of them tired.44. We can infer from the passage that .A. experie ncing the Canyon on mules would be the best wayB. one n eeds to dress less whe n visit ing the Grand Canyon.C. the writer was not serious when she made the suggestion.D. the whole family n arrowly escaped from the air accide nt.BPhotographs are everywhere. They decorate （装饰）the walls of homes and are used in storesfor sales of different goods. The news is filled with pictures of fires, floods, and special events.Photos record the beauties of nature. They can also bring things close that are far away. Throughphotos, people can see wild ani mals, cities in foreig n Ian ds, and even the stars in outer space.Photos also tell stories.Reporting the news through photos is called photojournalism. At times photojournalists telltheir stories through a single picture. At other times, they use a group of pictures to tell a story. Each picture is like a chapter in a book, which can do more tha n record the facts. It can also be a strong force for social cha nge.Jacob Riis was among the first photojour nalists. He took pictures of parts of New York City where the poor lived. Riis believed that poverty（ 贫穷） caused crime, and he used photos to help him prove his point. A few years later, the photos of small children working in factories by Lewis Hine shocked the public. Hine s pictures helped bring about laws to protect such children.Hun dreds of pictures may have to be take n in order to get one or two really good photos. It takes scie nee to have the photo come out clearly and art to make a photo that has a good desig n and expresses feeli ng. Photojournalists make an actual record of what they see. A photo, however, can be both a work of art and an actual record. It can record an important event as a beautiful or excit ing picture.As historical and artistic documents（文献）,photos can become more important over time. Today photojournalists still have their pictures appear in newspapers and magazines. They also publish（发表）them in books and on the Internet.45. The underlined word“ They ” in the first paragraph refers to .A. beautiesB. photosC. goodsD. events46. The photos of the small children by Hine show us that photos .A. are also works of artC. ofte n shock the public47. What can we lear n from the passage?A. News with pictures is en couragi ng.C. News photos mean history in a sense.48. The text is mai nly about.A. telli ng the story through pictureC. publish ing historical papersB. are popular ways of report ing n ewsD. can serve as a force for social cha ngeB. Photos help people improveD. People prefer readi ng n ews with pictures.B. decorating the walls of homesD. express ing feeli ng through picturesCThis was no ordinary class. The stude nts who came together were all scie nee or engin eeri ngprofessors at Corn ell Uni versity. They had in terrupted their research to accept an in vitati on to takepart in an unu sual experime nt:“ an in teresti ng week of poetry.” This class was part of a study toan swer the questio ns: Why is scie nee difficult for many non-scie nee stude nts? What can teacherslearn about teaching if they take a class that is not in their field?The stude nts in the poetry class liste ned to lectures and took no tes. They had readi ng tasks andhad to write three short papers. All stude nts no ticed one thing -the importa nee of spoke n words.In scie nee and engin eeri ng classes, the in structors put tables and draw ings on the blackboard. Butin this poetry class, the instructors just talked. They didn t write anything on the board.The scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between scienee and poetry. In bothsubjects, students need to find layers （ 层次）of meaning . Some layers are simple, clean, and onthe surface; other layers are deeper and more difficult. This search for different levels of meaningdoesn t happen much in undergraduat本科） scienee classes, but it is important later, in graduateschool. And it is always important in humanities（ 人文科学）.Both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from thisexperie nee. One poetry in structor, for example, now sees the importa nee of using in formative ashe teaches. Most of the scie ntists agreed on several poin ts. First, huma nities classes might helpscie nee stude nts to see patter ns and decide which in formati on is importa nt. Second, the poetryclass was fun. One engin eer decided,“ We n eetieowaawgeteach engin eeri ng to maketo make it an enjoyable experie nee for stude nts.”But perhaps the most importa nt result of the experie nee was this; All of the professors bega nto think about how they teach and how they cam teach better.49. What do we know about this unu sual class?A. The teachers did lots of writing on the boardB. The teacher was in vited to atte nd several lectures.C. The stude nt were professors from a uni versityD. The stude nts were study ing scie nee and huma nities.50. The experime nt was desig ned to find outA. how to teach the students in the scienee classB. whether poetry is difficult for scie nee stude ntsC. what to be taught in the huma nities classD. why many huma nities stude nts find scie nee hard.51. Finding levels of meaning is .A. importa nt for graduate stude nts in huma nitiesB. difficult for graduate stude nts in huma nitiesC. com mon for un dergraduate stude nts in scie neeD. easy for un dergraduate stude nts in scie nee.52. What did the scie nee professors lear n after the experime nt?A. They should cha nge the way they teachB. A poem could be expla ined in clear defi niti ons.C. A poetry class could be more in formative.D. Their teach ing was an enjoyable experie nee.DRunners in a relay（接力）race pass a stick in one direct ion. However, mercha nts passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more tha n one directi on. They earned their livi ng by traveling the famous Silk Road.The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of citied and town s. It started from easter n China, across Cen tral Asia and the Middle East, and en ded in the Mediterra nean Sea. It was used from about 200 B, C, to about A, D, 1300, whe n sea travel offered new routes（路线）,It was sometimes called the world Iongest highway. However, the SilkRoad was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 coun tries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dan gers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experie need traders could retur n safe.The Silk Road got its n ame from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchantstraded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from cen tral Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft（ 嫁接） different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this scie nee on to others, in cludi ng the Roma ns. The Roma ns used graft ing to grow the apple. Tradi ng along the Silk Road led to world-wide bus in ess 2,000 years before the World Wide Web.The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. TheSilk Road provided pathways for learning, diplomacy（ 夕卜交）,and religion （宗教）53. It s probable that traders along the Silk Road neededA. to remember the en tire trade routeB. to know the mak ing of productsC. to receive certa in special trainingD. to deal with a lot of difficulties54. The Silk Road became less importa nt becauseA. it was made up of differe nt routesB. silk tradi ng became less popularC. sea travel provided easier routesD. people n eeded fewer foreig n goods55. New tech no logies could travel along the Silk Road because peopleA. lear ned from one ano therB. shared each others beliefsC. traded goods along the routeD. earned their living by traveli ng56. What is the best title for the passage?A. The Silk Road; Past and Prese ntB. The Silk Road; East Meets WestC. The Silk Road; Routes Full of Da ngersD. The Silk Road; Pathways for Lear ningDid you know that women sbrains are smaller than men s?The average women sbrainweighs 10% less tha n mens. Since research has shownnehbigger the brain, the cleverer theanimal, men must be more intelligent（聪明的）than women. Right? Wrong. Men and womenalways score similarly on in tellige nee tests, despite the differe nee in brain size. Why? After yearsof study, researchers have cone luded that its what s in side those matters, not just the size of thebrain. The brain con sists of“ grey nitOtlas been suggested that smaller brain appears towork faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This meansthat little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of informationfrom different sources at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it s women who come out on top every time.There are other important differences between two sexes. As white matter is the key to spatial（空间的）tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “ Agreat footballer alway s knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go, says one researcher. That may explain one of life grseat mysteries: why men refuse to ask for direct ions and wome n ofte n n eed to!The differences begin when fetuses（胎儿）are about mine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children ad young as one. A boy would try to climb a barrier （ 障碍物 ） before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors（ 祖先 ） ,among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.If all this disappoints you, it shouldnt. “The brain changes throughout our lives according towhat we do with it. ” says a biologist.57. Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?A. Womens brain is 10% less than mensB. Grey matter plays the same role as white matter.C. Grey matter controls thinking in the brain.D. Both sexes have the same amount of white matter.58. What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?A. Women prefer doing many things at a time.B. Men do better dealing with one job at a time.C. Women do not need to tell directions.D. Men have weaker spatial abilities.59. Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?A. Young boys may be stronger than young girls.67. There is much work to do, so weII have tq 分）it betwee n us.B. More wome n take up jobs requiri ng speech skillsC. Wome n may have stro nger feeli ngs tha n men.D. Our an cestors n eeded more spatial skills.60. What is the writers attitude in writing this passage?A. Defen sive.B. Persuasive.C. Supportive.D. Objective.（二）根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在 答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。Sandy is at home. She is now call ing Lisa, her classmate.Sandy: Hi, Lisa. Have you finished helping your parents?Lisa: I finished cleaning the living r oom a little while ago, but I haven61 CSan dy: I know what you mean. 52 Do you think youLisa: I should be done in about an hour.Sandy: 63_ FLisa: I did the En glish homework last ni ght. 64 I donSan dy: Me n either. 65_We can help each other work it out.Lisa: OK. Then we can go and have our hair cut.San dy: Great. See you in a little while.t clea ned my bedroom yet.ll be finished soon? Gt understand it. BEA. I don t math at all. B. But I haven t started my math yetC. H ousework is tiring, andI rtiredD. What do you think we should do then?E. Why don we so it together thisafter noon?F. Have you looked at Mon day s homewoG.yea lso hate doing the clea ning around the house.三、写作（共三大题。满分 55分） （一）单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡上指定区域上写出对应单词的正确形 式，每空只写一词。66. He w