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2008 年全国统一高考英语试卷（全国卷 II） --- I’m not really reading, just __ __ the pages.
A. turning off B. turning around C. turning over D. turning up
第一卷
10. --- Could I ask you a rather personal question?
第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分 50分）
--- Sure, ____.
第一节 语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
A. pardon me B. go ahead C. good idea D. forget it
从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在
11. If the weather had been better, we could have had a picnic. But it ____ all day.
答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A. rained B. rains C. has rained D. is raining
例: have（ ）A. gave B. save C. hat D. made
12. The director had her assistant ___ some hot dogs for the meeting.
答案是C.
A. picked up B. picks up C. pick up D. picking up
1. course（ ）A. journey B. four C. labour D. hour
13. Stand over there ___ you’ll be able to see the oil painting better.
2. match（ ）A. separate B. marry C. machine D. many
A. but B. till C. and D. or
3. rise（ ）A. purse B. else C. praise D. mouse
14. If their marketing plans succeed, they ____ their sales by 20 percent.
4. bathe（ ）A. faith B. cloth C. maths D. smooth
A. will increase B. have been increasing
5. Britain（ ）A. certain B. train C. against D. contain
C. have increased D. would be increasing
15. Modern equipment and no smoking are two of the things I like ____ working here.
第二节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
A. with B. over C. at D. about
从A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
16. The road conditions there turned out to be very good, ___ was more than we could expect.
例: We ___ last night, but we went to the concert instead.
A. it B. what C. which D. that
A. must have studied B. might study
17. Liza ___ well not want to go on the trip --- she hates traveling.
C. should have studied D. would study
A. will B. can C. must D. may
答案是C.
18. Little Johnny felt the bag, curious to know what it ____.
6. --- Do you know Anna’s telephone number?
A. collected B. contained C. loaded D. saved
--- ___ _. As a matter of fact, I don’t know any Anna, either.
19. The house still needed a lot of work, but ___ the kitchen was finished.
A. I think so B. I’m afraid not C. I hope so D. I’d rather not
A. instead B. altogether C. at once D. at least
7. A small car is big enough for a family of three __ __ you need more space for baggage.
20. It was in New Zealand ___ Elizabeth first met Mr. Smith.
A. once B. because C. if D. unless
A. that B. how C. which D. when
8. It’s not __ __ good idea to drive for four hours without __ __ break.
A. a; a B. the; a C. the; the D. a; the
第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
9. --- What are you reading, Tom?阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的 31. A. hopefully B. finally C. particularly D. certainly
最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 32. A. Because of B. Instead of C. Except for D. As for
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I 21 a 33. A. especially B. immediately C. equally D. generally
note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a 22 moment, a reminder of something 34. A. once B. again C. still D. even
we were happily expecting, or a bit of 23 for the coming test or sporting event. 35. A. packed B. fetched C. bought D. filled
In early grade school they 24 their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有 36. A. fear B. surprise C. anger D. disappointment
自我意识的), and 25 he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer 26 my 37. A. waiting for B. worrying about C. caring for D. asking about
daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to 27 them but I still needed to write them, I 28 until the 38. A. wrong B. funny C. strange D. smart
day he graduated. 39. A. any more B. enough C. once more D. better
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move 29 for a couple of 40. A. interestingly B. bitterly C. politely D. laughingly
months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, 30 two internship (实习) in
Washington, D.C., and 31 , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, 32 short vacation visits, 第二部分 阅读理解（共 25小题；第一节每小题 2分，第二节每小题 1分；满分 45分）
however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was 33 happy 第一节（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
to have Marc back. Since I was 34 making lunch for his younger brother, I 35 one for Marc, too. 阅读下列短文，从媒体所给的四个选项（A、B、C和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上
Imagine my 36 when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son, 37 his lunch. 将该项涂黑。
“Did I do something 38 ? Don’t you love me 39 , Mom?” were just a few of the questions he Ａ
threw at me as I 40 asked him what was wrong. There was a story many years ago of a school teacher --- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?” the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy
21. A. carried B. found C. included D. held named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did
22. A. difficult B. special C. comfortable D. separate not like him.
23. A. congratulation B. improvement C. explanation D. encouragement Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his
24. A. loved B. answered C. wrote D. examined mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students,
25. A. lately B. by the way C. by the time D. gradually Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume (香水).
26. A. received B. understood C. enjoyed D. collected Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my mom used to.” After the children left she
27. A. copy B. read C. take D. send cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she
28. A. held up B. gave up C. followed D. continued began to teach children.
29. A. out B. home C. to college D. to Sacramento Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more
30. A. organizing B. planning C. comparing D. completing she encourage him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of thesmartest children in the class.
Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third B
in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. The Queen’s English is now sounding less upper-class, a scientific study of the Queen’s Christmas
Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D. (医学博 broadcasts had found. Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries
士). since 1952 to find out the change in her pronunciation from the noble Upper Received to the Standard
The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, Received.
“Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I Jonathan Harrington, a professor at Germany’s University of Munich, wanted to discover whether
could make a difference.” accent (口音) changers recorded over the past half century would take place within one person. “As far as
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the I know, there just is nobody else for whom there is this sort of broadcast records,” he said.
one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.” He said the noble way of pronouncing vowels (元音) had gradually lost ground as the noble upper-
41. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school? class accent over the past years. “Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 years ago. But these
A. She made Teddy feel ashamed. are very, very small and slow changes that we don’t notice from year to year.”
B. She asked the children to play with Teddy. “We may be able to relate it to changes in the social classes,” he told The Daily Telegraph, a British
C. She changed Teddy’s seat to the front row. newspaper. “In 1952 she would have been hears saying ‘thet men in the bleck het’. Now it would be ‘that
D. She told the class something untrue about herself. man in the black hat’. And ‘hame’ rather than ‘home’. In the 1950s she would have been ‘lorst’, but by
42. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy? the 1970s ‘lost’.”
A. He often told lies. B. He was good at math. The Queen’s broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the
C. He needed motherly care. D. He enjoyed playing with others. 10-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 pm in Britain as many families are recovering from their traditional
43. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change? turkey lunch (传统火鸡午餐).
A. She taught fewer school subjects. The results were published (发表) in the Journal of Phonetics.
B. She became stricter with her students. 45. The Queen’s broadcasts were chosen for the study mainly because ______.
C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher. A. she has been Queen for many years
D. She cared more about educating students. B. she has a less upper-class accent now
44. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding? C. her speeches are familiar to many people
A. She had kept in touch with him. D. her speeches have been recorded for 50 years
B. She had given him encouragement. 46. Which of the following is an example of a less noble accent in English?
C. She had sent him Christmas presents. A. “duaty” B. “citee” C. “hame” D. “lorst”
D. She had taught him how to judge people. 47. We may infer from the text that the Journal of Phonetics is a magazine on _____.A. speech sounds B. Christmas customs A. One hundred dollars. B. Two hundred dollars.
C. TV broadcasting D. personal messages C. Three hundred dollars. D. Four hundred dollars.
48. What is the text mainly about? 50. We may infer that the author believes people should _______.
A. The relationship between accents and social classes. A. buy lottery tickets B. make use of half-truths
B. The Queen’s Christmas speeches on TV. C. not take anything at face value D. not trust the Yucky Company
C. The changes in a person’s accent. 51. What do the underline words “net gain” in Paragraph 5 mean?
D. The recent development of the English language. A. final increase B. big advantage C. large share D. total saving
52. What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill advertisement?
C A. False statements are easy to see through.
Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive (欺骗)? When someone tells you something B. Half-truths are often used to mislead people.
that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can give you a false picture. C. Doctors like to act in advertisements.
For example, some might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery (彩票). It was great. I took D. Advertisements are based on facts.
that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!”
This guy’s a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $200 worth of D
tickets, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big loser! Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines, say UK
He didn’t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That’s called researchers.
a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest. Their study found that theobromine, found in cocoa, was nearly a third more effective in stopping
Some politicians often use this trick. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost coughs than codeine, which was considered the best cough medicine at present.
one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents (对手) The Imperial College London researchers who published their results online said the discovery could
says, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” that’s true. However, and honest lead to more effective cough treatment. “While coughing is not necessarily harmful (有害的) it can have a
statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs.” major effect on the quality of life, and this discovery could be a huge step forward in treating this
Advertisers (广告商) will sometimes use half-truths. It’s against the law to make false statements so problem,” said Professor Peter Barnes.
they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, “Nine out of ten doctors advised their Ten healthy volunteers (志愿者) were given theobromine, codeine or placebo, a pill that contains no
patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.” It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and medicine, during the experiment. Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who received which
nine of them work for the Yucky Company. pill. The researchers then measured levels of capsaicin, which is used in research to cause coughing and
This kind of deception happens too of often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the as a sign of how well the medicine are stopping coughs.
truth can lie as well. The team found that, when the volunteers were given theobromine, the capsaicin need to produce a
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Discover Wisconsin’s history and culture (文化) on four floors of exhibits. Open for public program. 58. Where can you go for a visit on Monday?
Admission is free. A. Wisconsin Historical Museum. B. Swiss Historical Village.
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 am --- 4:00 pm. C. Artisan Gallery & Creamery café. D. Christopher Columbus Museum.
(608) 264-6555 www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum 59. Where can visitors have lunch?
Swiss historical village A. At Wisconsin Historical Museum. B. At Swiss Historical Village.
612 Seventh Ave., New Glarus C. At Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café. D. At Christopher Columbus Museum.
The Swiss Historical Village offers a delightful look at pioneer life in America’s heartland. 14 60. We learn from the text that___________.
buildings in the village give a full picture of every day life in the nineteenth-century Midwest. A. Swiss Historical Village is open for half a yearB. Christopher Columbus Museum overlooks a river
A. What can you do there?
C. tickets are needed for Wisconsin Historical Museum
B. Oh, great! What a great place to stay in!
D. Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café are open daily for 4 hours
C. What an idea! What is the best time to go there?
D. I can’t decide where to go for the holiday --- any ideas?
第二节（共5小题; 每小题1分, 满分5分）
E. Thanks a lot. San Francisco, here I come!
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项多余选项.
F. Hmm, that sounds good.
--- Can you help me?
G. How can I go there?
--- Sure, what’s the problem?
--- 61 .
--- Well, how about San Francisco? We went there last year and had a great time. 第二卷 （非选择题）
--- 62 第三部分 写作（共三节, 满分 55分）
--- Well, there is Golden Gate Bridge of course, and Golden Gate Park. It’s a really big park. You can go 第一节 单词拼写 （共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分 10分）
for long walks or take a rest in the Japanese Tea Garden. It’s beautiful there. 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释, 在答题卡相应的位置上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式. （每空
--- 63 只写一词）
--- There is also a place called Fisherman’s Wharf. That’s really popular with tourists. There are lots of 66. Lisa, I didn’t __________（认出）you --- you’ve had your hair cut!
shops, cafes and restaurants. And from there you can go on a boat trip to Alcatraz. You know, it’s a small 67. I usually just have a __________（三明治）for lunch.
but very beautiful island. 68. Mr. White announced that he would go to China in ___________（二月）.
--- 64 69. The story was first written in English and later ___________（翻译）into Chinese.
--- No, you can’t stay on the island; there aren’t any hotels. You can only go for the day. I think I’ve still 70. The village children like to go __________（游泳）in the nearby river.
got a book about San Francisco. I can lend it to you. 71. One of our _________（邻居）kept a very beautiful garden.
--- 65 72. The English teacher gives the class a __________ （听写）almost every day.
73. David turned and walked off in the ___________（相反）direction.
74. I suggest that we have ____________（定期）meetings.
75. Rose rushed _____________（向楼下）to answer the door.
第 二 节 短 文 该 错 （ 共 10小 题 ; 每 小 题 1.5分 , 满 分 15分 ）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在答题卡的相
应位置上画一个勾(√)；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词写在答题卡相应的位置上，用斜线（\）划掉。 _____________________________________________________________________________________
此行缺一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该加的词，并附带前（后）词。 _____________________________________________________________________________________
此行错一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该错词和改正后的词。 _____________________________________________________________________________________
If I have the honor to be chose to work for the 76. ___________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
29th Olympic Games, I will at first improve my 77.___________ __________________________________________________________
English so that I can talk easily about foreign visitor. 78. ___________ Best wishes,
Second, I will learn more about history of the 79. __________ Li Hua
Olympics as good as the 2008 Olympic Games. Third, 80. __________
since I was familiar with Beijing, I can help visitors find 81. __________
their ways in the city. Finally, I should be able to tell 82. __________
visitors about our history and culture and show 83. _________
them their great achievements. In short, I will do 84._________
my best to help making the Games a success. 85. _________
第三节 书面表达（满分30分）
假定你是李华, 你的英国朋友 Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文. 请你根据下列要点写回
信.
要点：1. 参加中文学习班；
2. 看中文书刊、电视；
3. 学唱中文歌曲；
4. 交中国朋友。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好。
June 8, 2008
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on how to learn Chinese well.
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