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2008高考英语湖北卷-阅读理解试题与答案

2008高考英语湖北卷-阅读理解试题与答案Margaret，married with two small children，has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner，cleaning offices in a big building.She was trained as a nurse，but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “l would have liked to go back to it，but the shifts(工作班次)are all wrong for me，as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.”So she works as a cleaner instead，from 9 till 6 five nights a week for just ￡90，before tax and insurance. “It’s better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’should get a bit extra.”The hours she’s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children，but very little of her husband. However, she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.Her work isn’t physically very hard，but it’s not exactly pleasant，either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it，perhaps they’d be a bit more careful.”The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worryMargaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night，the building where she works is fully lit，and the women work in groups of three. “Since I’ve got to be here，I try to enjoy myself—and I usually do，because of the other girls. We al have a good laugh，so the time never drags.”Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write，” said Margaret. “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing，but I don’t think that way any more. I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”61. Margaret quit her job as a nurse because_______.A. she wanted to earn more money to support her familyB. she had suffered a lot of mental pressureC. she needed the right time to look after her childrenD. she felt tired of taking care of patients62. Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because_______.A. they never clean their officesB. they look down upon cleanersC. they never do their work carefullyD. they always make a mess in their offices63. When at work，Margaret feels_______.A. light-hearted because of her fellow workersB. happy because the building is fully litC. tired because of the heavy workloadD. bored because time passes slowly64. The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret’s parents would_______.A. help care for her childrenB. regret what they had saidC. show sympathy for herD. feel disappointed in herBKathy started at my nursery school at the age of three. She settled into the group easily，and would be first on the slide and highest up the climbing frame. She could put on her coat without help and not only fasten her own buttons but other children’s too.She was a lovely child but unfortunately a scratcher. If anyone upset her or stood in her way, her right hand would flash out fast and scratch down the face of her playmates. Children twice her age would fly in fear from her.This must have been very rewarding for Kathy but obviously it had to be stopped. Al the usual ways failed and then I remembered an account by G. Atkinson of Highfield School，of how fights in the playground had been stopped. No punishment had been given, but the attacker had been ignored and the victims rewarded. So I decided to try this out on Kathy.With a pocketful of Smarties I folowed Kathy around. She was so quick that it was impossible to prevent her scratching，but I was determined to stay within arm’s length all afternoon.All was peaceful but then I saw Kathy’s hand moved and heard the scream. Gently I gathered up the little hurt one in my arms and said “Nice，nice sweetie” and I put a Smartie into her mouth. Kathy opened her mouth，expecting a Smartie and then looked puzzled when she got nothing.Soon came another scream，this time from John. While holding him in my arms，I said，“Look，Kathy，a nice Smartie for John” and put it into John’s mouth.A smile of understanding flashed across Kathy’s face. Minutes later，she came to m e and said loudly, “Give me a Smartie! I have hurt my finger!”“No，”I replied，“you’ll get it if someone hurts you.”On purpose，she turned and scratched a nearby boy，Tom，and waited quietly while I mothered and rewarded him，then she walked away.She has never scratched a child since.Parents who find older children bullying younger brothers and sisters might do well to replace shouting and punishment by rewarding and giving more attention to the injured ones. It’s certainly much easier and more effective.65. From the passage，we know that Kathy is__.A. sensitive but slowB. smart but a bit rudeC. independent but selfishD. quick but sort of passive66. Kathy scratched Tom because__.A. she was angry at Tom，who was in her wayB. she wanted to get a Smartie from the teacherC. she was in the habit of scratching other childrenD. she wanted to know if the teacher meant what she had said67. According to the passage，the underlined word “bullying” is closest in meaning to “__”.A. helpingB. punishingC. hurtingD. protecting68. The writer of this passage aims to recommend anapproach to__.A. rewarding children’s good behaviorB. correcting children’s bad behaviorC. punishing badly—behaved childrenD. praising well—behaved childrenCOne August afternoon，Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger，Mrs. Carey. Lifting two grocery bags，he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house. Glancing up，he saw a large wasp(黄蜂)nest under the roof. Allen had heard that wasps can become more likely to sting(sting，stung，stung蜇)in summer. He mentioned this to Mrs. Carey，who had opened the door.“Oh，they don’t bother me，”she said lightly. “I go in and out al the time.”Anxiously，Allen looked at the nest again——to see the wasps flying straight at him. “Hurry!” he shouted to Mrs. Carey. “Get in!”She stepped quickly inside. Allen ran for his mini—bus. Too late；they were upon him. Just as he jumped aboard，half a dozen red spots showed on his arm，and he felt more on his back and shoulders.As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck，and the “fire” was spreading forward toward his face. An immediate anxiety took hold of him. Allen knew that stings could cause some persons to die. But he had been stung the previous summer and the after-effects soon passed. However, what he didn’t know was that the first sting had turned his body into a time bomb waiting for the next to set off an explosion.Miles from the nearest medical assistance，Allen began to feel his tongue thick and heavy and his heartbeat louder. Most frightening，he felt his breathing more and more difficult. He reached for the radio mike(话筒)，trying to cal the mini—bus center，but his words were hardly understandable. Signals were also poor that far out. He knew a rescue team was on 24-hour duty at the Amherst Fire Department’s north station. So his best chance was to make a run for it.Rushing down the mountain，Allen tried not to panic，focusing his mind on each sharp turn. He was almost through the last of them when he felt sure he was going into shock(休克). Just then he rea ched for the radio mike again.“ Call fire station，” he shouted，concentrating to form the words. “Emergency. Beesting. Emergency. There in ten minutes.”“Five—ten，”the center replied.Hold on，Allen thought. Keep your eyes open. Breathe. Keep awake.At last he reached the station. Two firemen ran out. Allen felt their hands grasp him before he hit the ground. You made it，he thought.69. It is mentioned in the passage that wasps are more likely to attack when__________.A. there are huge noisesB. strangers are approachingC. the air is filed with food smellD. the hottest season comes around70. Allen didn’t know that if stung by wasps again，he would__________.A. have no after-effectsB. suffer from sharper painC. surely lose his lifeD. become more sensitive71. Allen failed at his first attempt to send his message to the mini-bus center because__.A. he was unable to speak clearlyB. his radio equipment was poorC. he was in a state of shockD. no one was on duty72. Which would be the best title for the passage？A. Allen，A Helpless DriverB. Wasps，Bloody KillersC. A Race Against DeathD. War Against WaspsDOne morning a few years ago，Harvard President Neil Rudenstine overslept. For this busy man，it was a sort of alarm：after years of non-stop hard work，he might wear himself out and die an early death.Only after a week’s leave-during which he read novels，listened to music and walked with his wife on a beach-was Rudenstine able to return to work. In our modern life，we have lost the rhythm between action and rest. Amazingly, within this world there is a universal but silly saying：“I am so busy.”We say this to one another as if our tireless efforts were a talent by nature and an ability to successfully deal with stress. The busier we are，the more important we seem to ourselves and，we imagine，to others. To be unavailable to our friends and family，and to be unable to find time to relax-this has becomethe model of a successful life.Because we do not rest，we lose our way. We miss the guide telling us where to go，the food providing us with strength，the quiet giving us wisdom.How have we allowed this to happen？I believe it is this：we have forgotten the Sabbath，the day of the week-for followers of some religions-for rest and praying. It is a day when we are not supposed to work，a time when we devote ourselves to enjoying and celebrating what is beautiful. It is a good time to bless our children and loved ones，give thanks，share meals，walk and sleep. It is a time for us to take a rest，to put our work aside，trusting that there are larger forces at work taking care of the world.Rest is a spiritual and biological need；however，in our strong ambition to be successful and care for our many responsibilities，we may feel terribly guilty when we take time to rest. The Sabbath gives us permission to stop work. In fact，“Remember the Sabbath” is more than simply permission to rest；it is a rule to obey and a principle to follow.73. The “alarm” in the first paragraph refers to “__”.A. a signal of stressB. a warning of dangerC. a sign of ageD. a spread of disease74. According to Paragraph 4, a successful person is one who is believed to__.A. be able to work without stressB. be more talented than other peopleC. be more important than anyone elseD. be busy working without time to rest75. Some people feel guilty when taking time to rest because they__.A. think that taking a rest means lacking ambitionsB. fail to realize that rest is an essential part of lifeC. fail to realize that religions force them to restD. think that taking a rest means being lazy76. What is the main idea of this passage________？A. We should balance work with rest.B. The Sabbath gives us permission to rest.C. It is silly for anyone to say “I am so busy.”D. We should be available to our family and friends.EDowning the last drop of an expensive famous brand H2O as well as remembering to throw the empty bottle in the recycling bin, makes you feel pretty good about yourself, right？It shouldn’t. Even when the bottles are recycled, thereare al kinds of other consequences of swallowing bottled water, says Melissa Peffers, the air-quality program manager for Environmental Defense. The containers are often filed in faraway lands, then shipped from abroad, and stored in refrigerators at your local store. Compare that with the influence on environment of turning on your tap, filing a glass, and drinking up!Anyone who is choosing bottled water for health reasons is misguided, says Peffers, “Most bottled water is just tap water.” And what comes out of your tap is carefuly monitored to follow the strict rules. Consider another fact that bottled water is surprisingly expensive，especially when compared with the alternative，which is almost free，and it is astonishing that America’s desire for bottled water seems impossible to satisfy，reaching nearly 30 billion bottles a year.“My parents’generation never had bottled water，”says Isabele Silverman，an Environmental Defense legal adviser. She has made a commitment to going bottle free. “You don’t need to fetch it home from the store，and it’s cheaper，”she adds.Bottled water’s role as a status symbol needs to change, Peffers points out. So when a waiter at an expensive restaurant offers “And what’s your drink？”that’s no reason to forget yourconviction(信念). “Don’t be afraid to say，‘l’ll have tap.’Say it loud enough that the other tables nearby can hear you，”Peffers says. “And then spend that money on a dessert.”77. In the first paragraph，the underlined sentence “It shouldn’t.” suggests that people__.A. shouldn’t feel pleased with finishing the water in the bottleB. shouldn’t feel good about drinking an expensive brand H2OC. shouldn’t be content with just recycling empty bottlesD. shouldn’t be satisfied with drinking only bottled water78. According to the author，tap water is__.A. as safe as bottled waterB. more likely to be pollutedC. healthier than bottled waterD. less convenient than bottled water79. The underlined part “going bottle free”(in ) means“__”.A. making bottled water freeB. abandoning bottled waterC. recycling used water bottlesD. providing free water containers80. Why does Peffers ask people to say “I’ll have tap.”loudly？A. To encourage them to set an example for others to follow.B. To advise them to save the money for one more dessert.C. To remind them to be aware of their social status.D. To persuade them to speak confidently in public.Answers:。

2008年同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语试题

2008年同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语水平全国统一考试A英语试卷一ENGLISH QUALIFICATION TESTFOR MASTER-DEGREE APPLICANTSPaper One(90 minutes)Part I Dialogue Communication(10 minutes，10 points)PartⅡVocabulary(10 minutes，10 points)PartⅢReading Comprehension (45 minutes，25 points)PartⅣC10ze(15 minutes，15 points)Part V Error Detection 00 minutes，5 points)考生须知1．本考试分试卷一和试卷二两部分。

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Paper One试卷一Part I Dialogue Communication (10 minutes,10 points)Section A Dialogue CompletionDirections：In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.1．A：Bob，would you mind turning down the TV a little? I'm talking on the phone，and I'm having a hard time hearing．B：____________A．Please forgive me．B．Oh，sure! I'm sorry about that．C．You should have told me earlier．D．I’m sorry to hear about it.2．A：Hi，I'm your neighbor in 405，next door I'm Sunny Chan．B：____________A．I moved here about a week ago．B．Hope we could become good neighbors．C．Hi! Everyone here seems very friendly．D．Jill Kingston．Nice to meet you．3．A：Could you run me over to the office? I'm late. My clock must be slow．B：____________A．Yes，never mind．I would rather give you a lift．B．All right．But you should buy a new clock．C．It’S my pleasure．May I help you fix your clock，too?D．Yeah，I'll be glad to you off on my way to work．4．A：I’m sorry．He’S not in his office．B：______________A．Are you sure he will be back soon?B．Would you like to leave a message?C．Can you take a message for me?D．Shall I Can him sometime later?5．A：Do you mind if I take off my jacket?B：______________A．Of course not，make yourself at home．B．Oh，it’s very kind of you to do so．C．I’ll be happy if I can be of any help．D．Yes，it’s pretty warm in here．Section B Dialogue ComprehensionDirections：In this section，you will read 5 Short conversations between a man and a woman．At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D．Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET．6．Man：Bob and Sue seem never discipline their daughter. She’s real nuts. Woman：They are kept in the dark about their daughter’S behavior at school．Question：What can we learn about Bob and Sue’S daughter?A．She likes to eat nuts．B．She is self-disciplined．C．She behaves badly at school．D．She enjoys leaving her parents in the dark．7．Woman：Now，Richard，would you care to explain how the answers to the test questions appeared on your desk?Man：I call’t，Professor Harley．Someone must have left them on my desk．Question：What is the man’s problem?A．He is suspected of cheatingB．He left the answers on his desk．C．He doesn’t know how to explain．D．He didn’t know the answers to the questions．8. Woman：Don’t forget tome a line when you settle down．Man：I won’t．I’ll keep you posted．Question：What does the man mean?A．He’ll write to the woman．B．He’ll tell the woman his new address．C．He’ll visit the woman once in a while．D．He’ll chat with the woman on the phone．9．Man：Betty, how was your trip to the museum with Tom this afternoon? Woman：Don’t ask me．Question：What does the woman mean?A．Something about the museum interested her．B．Something was wrong With the trip．C．She doesn’t know anything about the museum．D．She doesn’t want to answer the man’s question．10．Man：Hey, Mary．I was invited to be a judge for the Miss America Beauty Contest．Woman：Oh，really? Come on，you're pulling my leg．Question：What does the woman mean?A．She has no chance to win．B．The man is encouraging her．C．She’ll attend the contest．D．The man is trying to fool her.PartⅡVocabulary(10 minutes，10 points)Section ADirections：In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined．Choose he one from the 4 choices marked A,B,C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence．Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET．11．The survey does not allow for the fact that some students are attending part-time．A．explain B．deny C．consider D．recognize12．British scientists have found how to diagnose the disease，which causes loss of memory and personality change．A．control B．determine C．prevent D．treat13．Witnesses were allegedly tortured or subjected to pressure to fabricate evidence against him.A．fix up B．take up C．pack up D．make up14．So instead we spent the whole afternoon hanging around in the gorgeous autumn sun.A．golden B．beautiful C．warm D．shining15．I couldn’t work out why anyone would invent something so boring．A．draw up B．bring about C．put forward D．figure out16．You can easily find out the benefits of flexible working for both you and your employer．A．loose B．effective C．elastic D．resourceful17．The State Department has issued a regulation abolishing the special privileges for government officials．A．grants B．rights C．advantages D．interests18．Will Americans go for AT&T’S plan of pushing the wireless services in the U.S.? A．support B．adopt C．hinder D．attack19．What lies in pieces around them represents，in effect，a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few．A．in short B．in particular C．in fact D．in turn20．The weekend event will be centered around Wye College in Ashford,Kent，but the outing to the docks should be the highlight．A．climax B．pleasure C．expectation D．surpriseSection BDirections：In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences．For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the one that best completes the sentence．Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET．2 1．Then in June 1967 the country _______________diplomatic relations with Israel after the outbreak of the Six Day War．A．broke away B．broke off C．cut out D．cut down22．Everyone has faced the embarrassing ________of deciding how much extra to give a waiter or taxi—driver．A．incident B．event C. dilemma D．menace23．The school arranged road trip appears to____________ the spring break．A．conform to B．coincide with C．consist in D．collide with24．The new airport terminal is sure to_____________ the development of tourism．A．imitate B．fascinate C．impose D．facilitate25．The Huntington Library has an____________ collection of rare books and manuscripts of British and American history and literature．A．intensive B．intentional C．extensive D．extensional26．Inflation will reach its highest in a decade across most of Asia this year, threatening to________________ recent productivity gains．A．reverse B．reserve C．retrieve D．revise27．Those governments will provide big food and fuel_____________ according to the Asian Development Bank．A．substitutes B．substances C．subsequences D．subsidies28．In mild winters apple buds began to break soon after Christmas，leaving them_________ to frost damage．A．reluctant B．tough C．hostile D. vulnerable29．What is happening is a survival-of-the-fittest straggle affecting_________ smaller factories in relatively low-tech，labor-intense industries．A．primarily B．rationally C．primitively D．respectively30．A traditional critic has the advantage of being able to______________ standards and values inherited from the past．A．turn up B．turn over C．turn to D．turn inPanⅢReading Comprehension(45 minutes，25 points)Directions：There are 5 passages in this part．Each passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET．Passage OneThe job was done，and it was time for a last cigarette．Eddie began tapping the pockets of his overalls, looking for the new packet of Marlboro he had bought that morning．It was not there．It Was as he swung around to look in his toolbox for the cigarettes that Eddie saw the lump．Right in the middle of the brand new bright red carpet，there Was a lump．A lump the size of a packet of cigarettes．“I’ve done it again!”said Eddie angrily．“I’ve left the cigarettes under the carpet!”He had done this once before，and taking up and refitting the carpet had taken him two hours．Eddie was determined that he was not going to spend another two hours in this house．He decided to get rid of the lump another way．It would mean wasting a good packet of cigarettes，nearly full, but anything was better than taking up the whole carpet and fitting it again．He turned to his toolbox for a large hammer.Eddie didn’t want to damage the carpet itself, so he took a block of wood and placed it on top of the lump Then he began to beat the block of wood as hard as he could. He kept beating，hoping Mrs. Vanbrugh wouldn’t hear the noise and come to see what he was doing．It would be difficult to explain why he was hammering the middle of her beautiful new carpet…．The lump was beginning to flatten out．After three or four minutes，the job Was finally finished．Eddie picked up his tools，and began to walk out to his car．Mrs. Vanbrugh accompanied him．She seemed a little worried about something．“Young man，while you were working today，you didn’t by any chance see any sign of Armand，did you? Armand is my bird．I let him out of his cage，you see，this morning，and he’S disappeared．He likes to walk around the house，and he usually just comes back to his cage after an hour or so and gets right in．Only today he didn’t come back．He’S never done such a thing before，it’S most peculiar…”“No，madam，I haven’t seen him anywhere，”said Eddie，as he reached to start the Car．And he saw his packet of Marlboro cigarettes on the panel, where he had left it at lu nchtime…And he remembered the lump in the carpet…．31．What did Eddie Want to do when he had finished fitting the carpet?A. To have a cigarette.B．To hammer the carpet flat．C. To put back his tools．D. To start work in the dining room．32．Why didn’t Eddie take out the thing under the carpet?A．It was impossible for him to take up the carpet once it was fitted.B．He didn’t need the cigarettes because he had some more in the Car．C. It would take too long to take up the carpet and refit it．D．He intended to come back and remove the lump the next day．33．What did Eddie do with the hammer?A. He drove nails into the lump．B．He fixed his toolbox．C．He retired the carpet．D. He flattened the lump．34．Mrs. Vanbrugh worried that______________.A. her pet was nowhere to be foundB．fitting the carpet would be expensiveC．Eddie would smoke in the houseD．Eddie hadn’t done a proper job35．What was really under the carpet?A．The packet of cigarettes．B．Eddie’S hammer.C. A lump of wood．D．The missing pet.Passage TwoIf two scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are correct, people will still be driving gasoline-powered cars 50 years from now, giving out heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere-and yet that carbon dioxide will not contribute to global warming. The scientists，F Jeffrey Martin and William L．Kubic Jr．，are proposing a concept，which they have patriotically named Green Freedom, for removing carbon dioxide from the air and turning it back into gasoline．The idea is simple．Air would be blown over a liquid solution which would absorb the carbon dioxide．The carbon dioxide would then be extracted and subjected to chemical reactions that would turn it into fuel．Although they have not yet built a fuel factory, or even a small．prototype，the scientists say it is all based on existing technology．“Everything in the concept has been built，is operating or has a close cousin that is operating，”Dr．Martin said．The proposal does not violate any laws of physics, and other scientists have independently suggested similar ideas．，In the efforts to reduce humanity’S emissions of carbon dioxide, three solutions have been offered：hydrogen-powered cars，electric cars and biofuels. Biofuels are gasoline substitutes produced from plants like corn or sugar cane．Plants absorb carbon dioxide as they grow, but growing crops for fuel takes up wide strips of land．Hydrogen-powered Cars emit no carbon dioxide, but producing hydrogen requires energy, and if that energy comes from coal-fired power plants，then theproblem has not been solved. The problem with electric cars is that they have typically been limited to a range of tens of miles as opposed to the hundreds of miles that can be driven on a tank of gas．Gasoline，it turns out，is an almost ideal fuel(except that it produces carbon dioxide)．If it Can be made out of carbon dioxide in the air, the Los Alamos concept may mean there is little reason to switch, after all．“It’s definitely worth pursuing，”said Martin I. Hoffert，a professor of physics at New York University．“It has a couple of pieces to it that are interesting．”Other scientists also said the proposal looked promising but could not evaluate it fully because the details had not been published．36. What is most remarkable about the proposal, made by the two scientists?。

2008年湖北高考题

2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖北英语卷）[ 2008-6-26 ] 2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖北英语卷）本试卷共16页。

全卷满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：To make members of a team perform better, the trainer first of all has to know their __ _____ and weaknesses.A. strengthsB. benefitsC. techniquesD. values答案是A。

21. The young man made a _________ to his parents that he would try to earn h is own living after graduation.A. predictionB. promiseC. planD. contribution22. The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly________ _.A. atmosphereB. stateC. situationD. phenomenon23. Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still______ the traditi onal customs.A. performB. possessC. observeD. support24. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for a n engineer to _________ the problem.A. handleB. raiseC. faceD. present25. The teacher stressed again that the students should not _________any impor tant detail while retelling the story.A. bring outB. let outC. leave outD. make out26. In modern times, people have to learn to________all kinds of pressure altho ugh they are leading a comfortable life.A. keep withB. stay withC. meet withD. live with27. The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time t o_________its reality.A. make upB. figure outC. look throughD. put off28. In those days, our _________concern was to provide people who were stop ped by the snow storm with food and health care.A. normalB. constantC. permanentD. primary29. As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents only _________.A. occasionallyB. anxiouslyC. practicallyD. urgently30. When she first arrived in China, she wondered what the future might have_ ________for her, but now all her worries are gone.A. in needB. in timeC. in preparationD. in store第二节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下列各小题，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，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

2023年湖北省成人学位英语考试真题

2023年湖北省成人学位英语考试真题2023 Hubei Province Adult Degree English ExamPart I Listening Comprehension (30 points)Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Example:You will hear:Woman: Excuse me, do you have the time?Man: Yes, it's 10:30.Narrator: What time is it now?You will read:A. 10:15B. 11:30C. 10:30D. 10:45From the conversation, the answer should be C.1. (A) He will take the bus. (B) He has driven to work before.(C) He is going to work. (D) He prefers to walk to work.2. (A) She will go to the store. (B) She will eat lunch. (C) She is afraid to drive. (D) She missed the bus.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the following passage.5. (A) In a coffee shop. (B) In a library. (C) At a class reunion.(D) In a grocery store.6. (A) The man is allergic to coffee. (B) The man prefers tea.(C) The man is reading a book. (D) The man is distracted by noise.7. (A) The man has a doctor’s appointment. (B) The man needs caffeine. (C) The man has a fear of talking. (D) The man has a time limit.Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following passage.8. (A) The man is moving to a new city. (B) The man is planning a party. (C) The man is celebrating a career milestone.(D) The man is leaving for a vacation.9. (A) To thank his coworkers. (B) To say goodbye to his boss.(C) To introduce his best friends. (D) To celebrate his birthday.10. (A) Start a new job. (B) Move to a new house. (C) Go on a trip. (D) Have a party.Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear two passages. The passages are read twice. After you hear a passage, you must fill in the blanks with the correct information.Passage OneThis Saturday, the science museum will have a special event that teaches kids about the environment. Kids can come and learn about (11)__________________________, and even(12)__________________________ themselves. The event will start at 10 a.m. and finish at (13)__________________________.Passage TwoSarah is going to the beach next month for a weekend getaway. She will be staying at a (14)__________________________ near the beach. She plans to go (15)__________________________ and take long walks on the sand.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will read a passage with 10 questions. After reading the passage, you must answer the questions based on the information in the passage.Everything You Need to Know About RecyclingRecycling is essential for protecting the environment. By reusing materials, we cut down on waste and help conserve the earth's resources. Here are some important facts about recycling.11. Why is recycling important?12. What does recycling help conserve?13. What can individuals do to promote recycling?14. How can schools encourage recycling?15. How can businesses contribute to recycling efforts?16. What is one way to reduce plastic waste?17. How can you start recycling at home?18. What are the benefits of recycling?19. What can we do to raise awareness about recycling?20. Why should everyone participate in recycling efforts?Part III Writing (30 points)Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write Composition 1 of at least 100 words in response to a topic.Composition 1: Write a letter to your friend John, who will be visiting your city for the first time next week. In your letter, explain why you think he will enjoy his trip, suggest some places he should visit, and offer to show him around when he arrives.---This is a sample of the 2023 Hubei Province Adult Degree English Exam. Make sure to review this exam carefully and practice using sample test questions before the actual exam date. Good luck!。

2008年湖北省武汉市中招考试英语试题卷及答案【word版】

武汉市2008年初中毕业生学业考试英语试卷第I卷（选择题，共95分）一、听力测试部分（共三节，满分25分。

）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分。

）听下面5个问题，每个问题后有三个答语，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每个问题后，你都有5秒钟的时间来作答和阅读下一小题，每个问题仅读一遍。

1.A. It's James.. B. It's Billy's. C. It's on the desk. 2.A. She is sleeping. B. She is a teacher. C. She is well. 3.A. On the third floor. B. It's very big. C. He is working in it. 4. A. Never mind. B. Not a bit. C. Of course. 5. A. At three in the afternoon. B. About tomorrow's class. C. In Class One. 第二节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

6. What will the weather be like on Friday?A. It'll be sunny.B. It'll be rainy.C. It'll be windy. 7. What time does the girl go to bed on Saturday evening? A. At 9:30. B At 11:00. C. At 12:00. 8. What's the present for Anna?A. A bike.B. A dictionary.C. A dress. 9. What does Annie mean? A. She knows the man's name. B. She has seen the man before. C. She doesn't know the man at all. 10. What did the man and his father think of the game? A. They liked the game very much. B. The game wasn't very exciting. C. It was bad to leave at the half time. 第三节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分。

2008专八试题

SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening， take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked， but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over， you will be given two minutes to check your notes， and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on a conversation. At the end of the conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the conversation.1. Mary doesn’t seem to favour the idea of a new airport becauseA. the existing airports are to be wastedB. more people will be encouraged to travel.C. more oil will be consumed.D. more airplanes will be purchased.2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Mary as a potential disadvantage?A. More people in the area.B. Noise and motorways.C. Waste of land.D. Unnecessary travel.3. Freddy has cited the following advantages for a new airport EXCEPTA. more job opportunities.B. vitality to the local economy.C. road construction，D. presence of aircrew in the area.4. Mary thinks that people don’t need to do much travel nowadays as a result ofA. less emphasis on personal contact.B. advances in modern telecommunications.C. recent changes in people’s concepts.D. more potential damage to the area5. We learn from the conversation that Freddy is Mary’s ideas，A. strongly in favour ofB. mildly in favour ofC. strongly againstD. mildly againstIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item， you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.6. What is the main idea of the news item?A. A new government was formed after Sunday’s elections.B. The new government intends to change the welfare system.C. The Social Democratic Party founded the welfare system.D. The Social Democratic Party was responsible for high unemployment.Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.7. The tapes of the Apollo-11 mission were first stored inA. a U.S. government archives warehouse.B. a NASA ground tracking station.C. the Goddard Space Flight Centre.D. none of the above places.8. What does the news item say about Richard Nafzger?A. He is assigned the task to look for the tapes.B. He believes that the tapes are probably lost.C. He works in a NASA ground receiving site.D. He had asked for the tapes in the 1970s.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.9. The example in the news item is cited mainly to showA. that doctors are sometimes professionally incompetentB. that in cases like that hospitals have to pay huge compensations.C. that language barriers might lower the quality of treatment.D. that language barriers can result in fatal consequences.10. According to Dr. Flores， hospitals and clinicsA. have seen the need for hiring trained interpreters.B. have realized the problems of language barriers.C. have begun training their staff to be bilinguals.D. have taken steps to provide accurate diagnosis.In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheetAt the age of 16，Lee Hyuk Joon’s life is a living hell. The South Korean 10th grader gets up at 6 in the morning to go to school， and studies most of the day until returning home at 6 p.m. After dinner，it’s time to hit the books again—at one of Seoul’s many so-called cram schools. Lee gets back home at 1 in the morning，sleeps less than five hours， then repeats the routine—five days a week. It’s a grueling schedule， but Lee worries that it may not be good enough to get him into a top university. Some of his classmates study even harder.South Korea’s education system has long been highly competitive. But for Lee and the other 700，000 high-school sophomores in the country， high-school studies have gotten even more intense. That’s because South Korea has conceived a new college-entrance system，which will be implemented in 2008. This year’s 10th graders will be the first group evaluated by the new admissions standard， which places more emphasis on grades in the three years of high school and less on nationwide SAT-style and other selection tests， which have traditionally determined which students go to the elite colleges.The change was made mostly to reduce what the government says is a growing education gap in the country: wealthy students go to the best colleges and get the best jobs， keeping the children of poorer families on the social margins. The aim is to reduce the importance of costly tutors and cram schools， partly to help students enjoy a more normal high-school life. But the new system has had the opposite effect. Before，students didn’t worry too much about their grade-point averages; the big challenge was beating the standardized tests as high-school seniors. Now students are competing against one another over a three-year period， and every midterm and final test is crucial. Fretful parents are relying even more heavily on tutors and cram schools to help their children succeed.Parents and kids have sent thousands of angry online letters to the Education Ministry complaining that the new admissions standard is setting students against each other. "One can succeed only when others fail，” as one parent said.Education experts say that South Korea’s public secondary-school system is foundering， while private education is thriving. According to critics， the country’s high schools are almost uniformly mediocre—the result of an egalitarian government education policy. With the number of elite schools strictly controlled by the government， even the brightest students typically have to settle for ordinary schools in their neighbourhoods， where the curriculum is centred on average students. To make up for the mediocrity， zealous parents send their kids to the expensive cram schools.Students in affluent southern Seoul neighbourhoods complain that the new system will hurt them the most. Nearly all Korean high schools will be weighted equally in the college-entrance process， and relatively weak students in provincial schools， who may not score well on standardized tests， often compile good grade-point averages.Some universities， particularly prestigious ones， openly complain that they cannot select the best students under the new system because it eliminates differences among high schools. They’ve asked for more discretion in picking students by giving more weight to such screening tools as essay writing or interviews.President Roh Moo Hyun doe sn’t like how some colleges are trying to circumvent the new system. He recently criticized "greedy" universities that focus more on finding the best students than faying to "nurture good students". But amid the crossfire between the government and universities，the country’s 10th graders are feeling the stress. On online protest sites，some are calling themselves a “cursed generation” and “mice in a lab experiment”. It all seems a touch melodramatic，but that’s the South Korean school system.11. According to the passage， the new college-entrance system is designed toA. require students to sit for more college-entrance tests.B. reduce the weight of college-entrance tests.C. select students on their high school grades only.D. reduce the number of prospective college applicants.12. What seems to be the effect of introducing the new system?A. The system has given equal opportunities to students.B. The system has reduced the number of cram schools.C. The system has intensified competition among schools.D. The system has increased students’ study load.13. According to critics， the popularity of private education is mainly the result ofA. the government’s egalitarian policy.B. insufficient number of schools:C. curriculums of average quality.D. low cost of private education.14. According to the passage， there seems to be disagreement over the adoption of the new system between the following groups EXCEPTA. between universities and the government.B. between school experts and the government.C. between parents and schools.D. between parents and the government.15. Which of the following adjectives best describes the author’s treatment of the topic?A. Objective.B. Positive.C. Negative.D. Biased.Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones was a teenager before he saw his first cow in his first field. Born in Jamaica， the 47-year-old grew up in inner-city Birminghambefore making a career as a television producer and launching his own marketing agency. But deep down he always nurtured every true Englishman’s dream of a rustic life， a dream that his entrepreneurial wealth has allowed him to satisfy. These days he’s the owner of a thriving 12-hectare farm in deepest Devon with cattle，sheep and pigs. His latest business venture: pushing his brand of Black Fanner gourmet sausages and barbecue sauces. “My background may be very urban，” says Emmanuel-Jones. “But it has given me a good idea of what other urbanites want.”And of how to sell it. Emmanuel-Jones joins a herd of wealthy fugitives from city life who are bringing a new commercial know-how to British farming. Britai n’s burgeoning farmers’ markets -numbers have doubled to at least 500 in the last five years—swarm with specialty cheesemakers， beekeepers or organic smallholders who are redeploying the business skills they learned in the city. "Everyone in the rural community has to come to terms with the fact that things have changed." Says Emmanuel-Jones. "You can produce the best food in the world，but if you don’t know how to market it， you are wasting your time. We are helping the traditionalists to move on."The emergence of the new class of superpeasants reflects some old yearnings. If the British were the first nation to industrialize， they were also the first to head back to the land. "There is this romantic image of the countryside that is particularly English，" says Alun Howkins of the University of Sussex， who reckons the population of rural England has been rising since 1911. Migration into rural areas is now running at about 100，000 a year， and the hunger for a taste of the rural life has kept land prices buoyant even as agricultural incomes tumble. About 40 percent of all farmland is now sold to "lifestyle buyers" rather than the dwindling number of traditional farmers， according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.What’s new about the latest re turnees is their affluence and zeal for the business of producing quality foods， if only at a micro-level. A healthy economy and surging London house prices have helped to ease the escape of the would-be rustics. The media recognize and feed the fantasy. One of the big TV hits of recent years，the "River Cottage" series， chronicled the attempts of a London chef to run his own Dorset farm.Naturally，the newcomers can’t hope to match their City salaries， but many are happy to trade any loss of income for the extra job satisfaction. Who cares if there’s no six-figure annual bonus when the land offers other incalculable compensations?Besides， the specialist producers can at least depend on a burgeoning market for their products. Today’s eco-aware generation loves to seek out authentic ingredients. "People like me may be making a difference in a small way，" Jan McCourt，a onetime investment banker now running his own 40-hectare spread in the English Midlands stocked with rare breeds.Optimists see signs of far-reaching change: Britain isn’t catching up with mainland Europe; it’s leading the way. “Unlike most other countries， where artisanal food production is being eroded， here it is being recovered，" says food writer Matthew Fort. “It may be the mark of the n ext stage of civilization that we rediscover the desirability of being a peasant.” And not an investment banker.16. Which of the following details of Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is INCORRECT?A. He was born and brought up in Birmingham.B. He used to work in the television industry.C. He is wealthy， adventurous and aspiring.D. He is now selling his own quality foods.17. Most importantly， people like Wilfred have brought to traditional British farmingA. knowledge of farming.B. knowledge of brand names.C. knowledge of lifestyle.D. knowledge of marketing，18. Which of the following does NOT contribute to the emergence of a new class of farmers?A. Strong desire for country life.B. Longing for greater wealth，C. Influence of TV productions.D. Enthusiasm for quality food business.19. What is seen as their additional source of new income?A. Modern tendency to buy natural foods.B. Increase in the value of land property.C. Raising and selling rare live stock. VD. Publicity as a result of media coverage.20. The sentence in the la st paragraph “...Britain isn’t catching up with mainland Europe; it’s leading the way" implies thatA. Britain has taken a different path to boost economy.B. more authentic foods are being produced in Britain.C. the British are heading back to the countryside.D. the Europeans are showing great interest in country life.In Barcelona the Catalonians call them castells，but these aren’t stereotypical castles in Spain. These castles are made up of human beings， not stone. The people who perform thisagile feat of acrobatics are called castellers， and to see their towers take shape is to observe a marvel of human cooperation.First the castellers form what looks like a gigantic rugby scrummage. They are the foundation blocks of the castle. Behind them， other people press together，forming outward-radiating ramparts of inward-pushing muscle: flying buttresses for the castle. Then sturdy but lighter castellers scramble over the backs of those at the bottom and stand， barefoot， on their shoulders—then still others， each time adding a higher "story".These human towers can rise higher than small apartment buildings: nine “stories”， 35 feet into the air. Then， just When it seems this tower of humanity can’t defy gravity any longer， a little kid emerges from the crowd and climbs straight up to the top. Arms extended， the child grins while waving to the cheering crowd far below.Dressed in their traditional costumes， the castellers seem to epitomize an easier time， before Barcelona became a world metropolis arid t he Mediterranean’s most dynamic city. But when you observe-them tip close， in their street clothes，at practice，you see there’s nothing easy about what the castellers do - and that they are not merely reenacting an ancient ritual.None of the castellers can-give a logical answer as to why they love doing this. But Victor Luna， 16， touches me on the shoulder and says in English: "We do it because it’s beautiful. We do it because we are Catalan."Barcelona’s mother tongue is Catalan， and to understand Barcelona， you must understand two words of Catalan: seny and rauxa. Seny pretty much translates as common sense， or the ability to make money， arrange things， and get things done. Rauxa is reminiscent of our words “raucous” and “ruckus”.What makes the castellers revealing of the city is that they embody rauxa and seny. The idea of a human castle is rauxa—it defies common sense—but to watch onegoing up is to see seny in action. Success is based on everyone working together to achieve a shared goal.The succ ess of Carlos Tusquets’ bank， Fibanc， shows seny at work in everyday life. The bank started as a family concern and now employs hundreds. Tusquets said it exemplifies how the economy in Barcelona is different.Entrepreneurial seny demonstrates why Barcelona and Catalonia—the ancient region of which Barcelona is the capital—are distinct from the rest of Spain yet essential to Spain’s emergence， after centuries of repression， as a prosperous，democratic European country. Catalonia， with Barcelona as its dynamo， has turned into an economic powerhouse. Making up 6 percent of Spain’s territory， with a sixth of its people，it accounts for nearly a quarter of Spain’s production—everything from textiles to computers—even though the rest of Spain has been enjoying its own economic miracle.Hand in hand with seny goes rauxa，and there’s no better place to see rauxa in action than on the Ramblas， the venerable， tree-shaded boulevard that， in gentle stages， leads you from the centre of Barcelona down to the port. There are two narrow lanes each way for cars and motorbikes，but it’s the wide centre walkway that makes the Ramblas a front-row seat for Barcelona’s longest running theatrical event. Plastic armchairs are set out on the sidewalk. Sit in one of them， and an attendant will come and charge you a small fee. Performance artists throng the Ramblas—stilt walkers， witches caked in charcoal dust， Elvis impersonators. But the real stars are the old women and happily playing children， millionaires on motorbikes， and pimps and women who， upon closer inspection， prove not to be.Aficionados (Fans) of Barcelona love to compare notes: “Last night there was a man standing on the balcony of his hotel room，” Mariana Bertagnolli， an Italian photographer， told me. "The balcony was on the second floor. He was naked， and he was talking into a cell phone."There you have it，Barcelona’s essence. The man is naked (rauxa)， but he is talking into a cell phone (seny).21. From the description in the passage， we learn thatA. all Catalonians can perform castells.B. castells require performers to stand on each other.C. people perform castells in different formations.D. in castells people have to push and pull each other.22. According to the passage， the4mplication of the performance is thatA. the Catalonians are insensible and noisy people.B. the Catalonians show more sense than is expected.C. the Catalonians display paradoxical characteristics.D. the Catalonians think highly of team work.23. The passage cites the following examples EXCEPT __________ to show seny at work.A. development of a bankB. dynamic role in economyC. contribution to national economyD. comparison with other regions24. In the last but two paragraph，the Ramblas is described as “a front-row se at for Barcelona’s longest running theatrical event”. What does it mean?A. On the Ramblas people can see a greater variety of performances.B. The Ramblas provides many front seats for the performances.C. The Ramblas is preferred as an important venue for the events.D. Theatrical performers like to perform on the Ramblas.25. What is the main impression of the scenes on the Ramblas?A. It is bizarre and Outlandish.B. It is of average quality.C. It is conventional and quiet.D. It is of professional standard.The law firm Patrick worked for before he died filed for bankruptcy protection a year after his funeral. After his death，the firm’s letterhead properly included him: Patrick S. Lanigan， 1954-1992. He was listed up in the right-hand corner， just above the paralegals. Then the rumors got started and wouldn’t stop. Before long， everyone believed he had taken the money and disappeared. After three months， no one on the Gulf Coast believed that he was dead. His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.The remaining partners in the law firm were still together， attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages and the bank notes， back when they were rolling and on the verge of serious wealth. They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy. Since Patrick’s departure，they had tried every possible way to divorce one another， but nothing would work. Two were raging alcoholics who drank at the office behind locked doors， but nevertogether. The other two were in recovery， still teetering on the brink of sobriety.He took their money. Their millions. Money they had already spent long before it arrived， as only lawyers can do. Money for their richly renovated office building in downtown Biloxi. Money for new homes， yachts， condos in the Caribbean. The money was on the way， approved， the papers signed， orders entered; they could see it，almost touch it when their dead partner—Patrick—snatched it at the last possible second.He was dead. They buried him on February 11， 1992. They had consoled the widow and put his rotten name on their handsome letterhead. Yet six weeks later， he somehow stole their money.They had brawled over who was to blame. Charles Bogan，the firm’s senior partner and its iron hand， had insisted the money be wired from its source into a new account offshore， and this made sense after some discussion. It was ninety million bucks， a third of which the firm would keep， and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi， population fifty thousand. Someone at the bank would talk. Soon everyone would know. All four vowed secrecy， even as they made plans to display as much of their new wealth as possible. There had even been talk of a firm jet， a six-seater.So Bogan took his share of the blame. At forty-nine， he was the oldest of the four， and， at the moment， the most stable. He was also responsible for hiring Patrick nine years earlier， and for this he had received no small amount of grief.Doug Vitrano， the litigator， had made the fateful decision to recommend Patrick as the fifth partner. The other three had agreed， and when Patrick Lanigan was added to the firm name， he had access to virtually every file in the office. Bogan， Rapley，Vitrano， Havarac， and Lanigan， Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law. A large ad in the yellow pages claimed "Specialists in Offshore Injuries." Specialists or not，like most firms they would take almost anything if the fees were lucrative. Lots of secretaries and paralegals. Big overhead， and the strongest political connections on the Coast.They were all in their mid- to late forties. Havarac had been raised by his father on a shrimp boat. His hands were still proudly calloused， and he dreamed of choking Patrick until his neck snapped. Rapley was severely depressed and seldom left his home， where he wrote briefs in a dark office in the attic.26. What happened to the four remaining lawyers after Patrick’s disappearance?A. They all wanted to divorce their wives.B. They were all heavily involved in debts.C. They were all recovering from drinking.D. They had bought new homes， yachts， etc.27. Which of the following statements contains a metaphor?A. His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.B. …they could see it， almost touch it when their dead partner...C. …， attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages...D. …， and for this he had received no small amount of grief.28. According to the passage， what is the main cause of Patrick stealing the money?A. Patrick was made a partner of the firm.B. The partners agreed to have the money transferred.C. Patrick had access to all the files in the firm.D. Bogan decided to hire Patrick nine years earlier.29. The lawyers were described as being all the following EXCEPTA. greedy.B. extravagantC. quarrelsome.D. bad-tempered.30. Which of the following implies a contrast?A. …， and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi，population fifty thousand.B. They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy.C. There had even been talk of a firm jet， a six-seater.D. His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet31. The largest city in Canada isA. Vancouver.B. Montreal.C. TorontoD. Ottawa.32. According to the United States Constitution， the legislative power is invested inA. the Federal Government.B. the Supreme Court.C. the Cabinet.D. the Congress.33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?A. Baseball.B. Tennis.C. Basketball.D. American football.34. The head of the executive branch in New Zealand isA. the President.B. the Governor-General.C. the British monarch，D. the Prime Minister.35. The Canterbury Tales， a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury， is an important poetic work byA. William Langland.B. Geoffrey Chaucer.C. William Shakespeare.D. Alfred Tennyson.36. Who wrote The American?A. Herman Melville.B. Nathaniel Hawthorne.C. Henry James.D. Theodore Dreiser.37. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEPTA. George Eliot.B. Iris Jean Murdoch.C. Doris Lessing.D. Muriel Spark.38. Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?A. Arbitrariness.B. Displacement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.39. What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction， but Tim is interested in poetry.”?A. A simple sentence.B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.40. The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is calledA. hyponymy.B. synonymy.C. polysemy.D. homonymy.Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.PART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHTranslate the underlined part of the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.都市寸土千金，地价炒得越来越高，今后将更高。

2008年高考英语试题(湖北卷)

2008年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（湖北卷）本试卷共16页。

全卷满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

★祝考试顺利★注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准备考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。

2.选项题在每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；完成句子和书面表达题用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔答在答题卡上相对应的答题区域内。

答在试题卷上无效。

3.考试结束，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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秒种的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1．Where does the conversation most probably take place?A.In an office.B.In a library.C.In a bookstore.2. Where did the speakers plan to go?A. A shopping center.B. An opera house.D.The parking lot.3. Which aspect of the film does the woman like?A.The plot.B.The music.C.The dialogue.4.Wh at do we know about the woman’s jacket?A.It is sold at a lower price.B.Its color is her favorite.C.It is her sister’s size.5.What does the woman imply?A.The man is so forgetful.B.The man is too careless.C.The man is over confident.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。

2008年湖北高考英语试卷及答案

2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖北英语卷）本试卷共16页。

全卷满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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秒钟的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. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In an office.B. In a library.C. In a bookstore.2. Where did the speakers plan to go?A. A shopping center.B. An opera house.C. The parking lot.3. Which aspect of the film does the woman like?A. The plot.B. The music.C. The dialogue.4. What do we know about the woman's jacket?A. It is sold at a lower price.B. Its color is her favorite.C. It is her sister's size.5. What does the woman imply?A. The man is so forgetful.B. The man is too careless.C. The man is over confident.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。

2008年全国高考英语真题(湖北卷)

2008年全国高考英语真题（湖北卷）第二部分：英语语言知识运用21. The young man made a ______ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation.A. predictionB. promiseC. planD. contribution22. The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly______A. atmosphereB. stateC. situationD. phenomenon23. Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still ______ the traditional customs.A. performB. possessC. observeD. support24. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an engineer to ______ the problem.A. handleB. raiseC. faceD. present25. The teacher stressed again that the students should not ______ any important details while retelling the story.A. bring outB. let outC. leave outD. make out26. In modern times, people have to learn to ______ all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life.A. keep withB. stay withC. meet withD. live with27. The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time to ______ its reality.A. make upB. figure outC. look throughD. put off28. In those days, our ______ concern was to provide people who were stopped by the snow storm with food and health care.A. normalB. constantC. permanentD. primary29. As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents only ______.A. occasionallyB. anxiouslyC. practicallyD. urgently30. When she first arrived in China, she wondered what the future might have ______ for her, but now all her worries are gone.A. in needB. in timeC. in preparationD. in store第三节：完形填空On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 41 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she 42 a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 43 what would happen, the man was there,shouting through her window, “Get out!”N eilson 44.Pulling open her door, the man seized her 45 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 46 her purse and the keys.Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 47, heard the screams and began running .When they 48 Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was 49 searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker 50 back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no 51 for the two athletic men.Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 52 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes —— used to tie up newspapers.With his arms 53 tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 54 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves—— you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They 55 him and waited for the police. Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 56 carjacker （劫车者）and suspected murderer, whose 57—— but with a full head of hair—— had been recently printed in their own newspaper. Neilson considers herself lucky 58 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a 59 ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she said, “many people would 60 have done what they did, and that’ the real truth.”41. A. bring B. let C. gather D. send42. A. recognized B. watched C. noticed D. met43. A. realize B. understand C. imagine D. conclude44. A. escaped B. struggled C. refused D. obeyed45. A. by B. around C. with D. on46. A. burying B. forgetting C. offering D. grabbing47. A. trip B. visit C. break D. holiday48. A. started B. stopped C. entered D. reached49. A. carefully B. madly C. disappointedly D. patiently50. A. fought B. turned C. jumped D. shouted51. A. match B. target C. equal D. companion52. A. remind B. phone C. invite D. beg53. A. rolled B. folded C. bent D. tied54. A. angrily B. kindly C. coldly D. warmly55. A. caught B. thanked C. comforted D. ignored56. A. ordinary B. professional C. honest D. outstanding57. A. picture B. background C. character D. story58. A. and B. but C. though D. when59. A. ridiculous B. similar C. strange D. different60. A. sometimes B. never C. often D. forever第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AMargaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “I would have liked to go back to it, but the shifts（工作班次）are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.”So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 a.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just ￡90, before tax and insurance. “It’s better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’ should get a bit extra.”The hours she’ s chosen to work meant that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she does n’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.Her work isn’t physically very hard, but it’s not exactly pleasant, either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to d o it, perhaps they’d be a bit more careful.”The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “Since I’ve got to be h ere, I try to enjoy myself——and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.”Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write,” said Margaret. “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing, but I don’t think that way any more. I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”61. Margaret quit her job as a nurse because _______A. she wanted to earn more money to support her familyB. she had suffered a lot of mental pressureC. she needed the right time to look after her childrenD. she felt tired of taking care of patients62. Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because Margaret _______.A. they never clean their officesB. they look down upon cleanersC. they never do their work carefullyD. they always make a mess in their offices63. When at work, Margaret feels _______.A. light-hearted because of her fellow workersB. happy because the building is fully litC. tired because of the heavy workloadD. bored because time passed slowly64. The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret’s parents would _______．A. help care for her childrenB. regret what they had saidC. show sympathy for herD. feel disappointed in herBKathy started at my nursery school at the age of three. She settled into the group easily, and would be first on the slide and highest up the climbing frame. She could put on her coat without help and not only fasten her own buttons but other children’s too.She was a lovely child but unfortunately a scratcher. If anyone upset her or stood in her way, her right hand would flash out fast and scratch down the face of her playmates. Children twice her age would fly in fear from her.This must have been very rewarding for Kathy but obviously it had to be stopped. All the usual ways failed and then I remembered an account by G Atkinson Highfield School, of how fights in the playground had been stopped. No punishment had been given, but the attacker had been ignored and the victims rewarded. So I decided to try out on Kathy.With a pocketful of Smarties I followed Kathy around. She was so quick that it was impossible to prevent her scratching, but I was dertermined to stay within arm’s length all afternoon.All was peaceful but then I saw Kathy’s hand moved and heard the scream. Gently I gathered up the little hurt one in my arms and said “Nice, nice sweetie” and then looked puzzled when she got nothing.Soon came another scream, this time from John. While holding him in my arms, I said, “Look, Kathy, a nice Smartie fo r John” and put it into John’s mouth.A smile of understanding flashed across Kathy’s face. Minutes later, she came to me and said loudly, “Give me a Smartie! I have hurt my finger!”“No,” I replied, “you’ll get it if someone hurts you.”On purpose, she turned and scratched a nearby boy, Tom, and waited quietly while I mothered and rewarded him, then she walked away.She has never scratched a child since.Parents who find older children bullying younger brothers and sisters might do well to replace shouting and punishment by rewarding and giving more attention to the injured ones. It’s certainly much easier and more effective.65. From the passage, we know that Kathy is _______.A. sensitive but slowB. smart but a bit rudeC. independent but selfishD. quick but sort of passive.66. Kathy scratched Tom because _______.A. she was angry at Tom, who was in her wayB. she wanted to get a Smartie from the teacherC. she was in the habit of scratching other childrenD. she wanted to know if the teacher meant what she had said67. According to the passage, the underlined word “bullying” is closest in meaning to“_______”.A. helpingB. punishingC. hurtingD. protecting68. The writer of this passage aims to recommend an approach to _______.A. rewarding children’s good behavior B correcting children’s bad behaviorC. punishing badly-behaved childrenD. praising well-behaved childrenCOne August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs. Carey. Lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house. Glancing up, he saw a large wasp（黄蜂）nest under the roof. Allen had heard that wasps can become more likely to sting (sting, sting, stung蜇) in summer. He mentioned this to Mrs. Carey, who had opened the door.“Oh, they don’t bother me,” she said lightly. “I go in and out all the time.”Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest again——to see the wasps flying straight at him. “Hurry!” he shouted to Mrs. Carey. “Get in!”She stepped quickly inside. Allen ran for his mini-bus. Too late; they were upon him. Just as he jumped aboard, half a dozen red spots showed on his arm, and he felt more on his back and shoulders.As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck, and the “fire” was spreading forward toward his face. And immediate anxiety took hold of him. Allen knew that stings could cause some persons to die. But he had been stung the previous summer and the after-effects soon passed. However, what he didn’t know what that the first sting had turned his body into a time bomb waiting for the next to set off an explosion.Miles from the nearest medical assistance, Allen began to feel his tongue thick and heavy and his heartbeat louder. Most frightening, he felt his breathing more and more difficult. He reached for the radio mike（话筒）, trying to call the mini-bus center, but his words were hardly understandable. Signals were also poor that far out. He knew a rescue team was on 24-hour duty at the Amherst Fire Department’s north station. So his best chance was to make a run for it.Rushing down the mountain, Allen tried not to panic, focusing his mind on each sharp turn. He was almost through the last of them when he felt sure he was going into shock（休克）. Just then he reached for the radio mike again.“Call fire station,” he shouted,concentrating to form the words. “Emergency. Bee sting. Emergency. There in ten minutes.”“Five-ten,” the center replied.Hold on, Allen thought. Keep your eyes open. Breathe. Keep awake.At last he reached the station. Two firemen ran out. Allen felt their hands grasp him before he hit the ground. You made it, he thought.69. It is mentioned in the passage that wasps are more likely to attack when _______.A. there are huge noisesB. strangers are approachingC. the air is filled with food smellD. the hottest season comes around70. Allen didn’t know that if stung by wasps again, he would _______.A. have no after-effectsB. suffer from sharper painC. surely lose his lifeD. become more sensitive71. Allen failed at his first attempt to send his message to the mini-bus center because _______.A. he was unable to speak clearlyB. his radio equipment was poorC. he was in a state of shockD. no one was on duty72. Which would be the best title for the passage?A. Allen, A Helpless DriverB. Wasps, Bloody KillersC. A Race Against DeathD. War Against WaspsDOne morning a few years ago, Harvard President Neil Rudenstine overslept. For this busy man, it was a sort of alarm: after years of non-stop hard work, he might wear himself out and die an early death.Only after a week’s leave—— during which he read novels, listened to music and walked with his wife on a beach—— was Rudenstine able to return to work.In our modern life, we have lost the rhythm between action and rest. Amazingly, within this world there is a universal but silly saying: “I am so busy.”We say this to one another as if our tireless efforts were a talent by nature and an ability to successfully deal with stress. The busier we are, the more important we seem to ourselves and, we imagine, to others. To be unavailable to our friends and family, and to be unable to find time to relax—— this has become the model of a successful life.Because we do not rest, we lose our way. We miss the guide telling us where to go, the food providing is with strength, the quiet giving us wisdom.How have we allowed this to happen? I believe it is this: we have forgotten the Sabbath, the day of the week—— for followers of some religions—— for rest and praying. It is a day when we are not supposed to work, a time when we devote ourselves to enjoying and celebrating what is beautiful. It is a good time to bless our children and loved ones, give thanks, share meals, walk and sleep. It is a time for us to take a rest, to put our work aside, trusting that there are larger forces at work taking care of the world.Rest is s spiritual and biological need; however, in our strong ambition to be successful and care for our many responsibilities, we may feel terribly guilty when we take time to rest. The Sabbath gives us permission to stop work. In fact, “Remember the Sabbath” is more than simply permission to rest; it is a rule to obey and a principle to follow.73. The “alarm” in the first paragraph refers to “_______”.A. a signal of stressB. a warning of dangerC. a sign of ageD. a spread of disease74. According to Paragraph 4, a successful person is one who is believed to _______.A. be able to work without stressB. be more talented than other peopleC. be more important than anyone elseD. be busying working without time to rest75. Some people feel guilty when taking time to rest because they _______.A. think that taking a rest means lacking ambitionsB. fail to realize that rest is an essential part of lifeC. fail to realize that religions force them to restD. think that taking a rest means being lazy76. What is the main idea of this passage?A. We should balance work with rest.B. The Sabbath gives us permission to rest.C. It is silly for anyone to say “I am busy.”D. We should be available to our family and friends.EDowning the last drop of an expensive famous brand H2O as well as remembering to throw the empty bottle in the recycling bin, makes you feel pretty good about yourself, right? It shouldn’t. Even when the bottles are recycled, there are all kinds of other consequences of swallowing bottled water, says Melissa Peffers, the air-quality program manager for Environmental Defense.The containers are often filled in faraway lands, then shipped from abroad, and storedin refrigerators at your local store. Compare that with the influence on environment of turning on your tap, filling a glass, and drinking up!A nyone who is choosing bottled water for health reasons is misguided, says Peffers, “Most bottled water is just tap water.” And what comes out of your tap is carefully monitored to follow the strict rules. Consider another fact that bottled water is surprisingly expensive, especially when compared with the alternative, which is almost free, and it is astonishing that America’s desire for bottled water seems impossible to satisfy, reaching nearly 30 billion bottles a year.“My parents’ generation never had bottled water,” says Isabelle Silverman, an Environmental Defense legal adviser. She has made a commitment to going bottle free. “You don’t need to fetch it home from the store, and it’s cheaper,” she adds.Bottled water’s role as a status symbol needs to ch ange, Peffers points out. So when a waiter at an expensive restaurant offers “And what’s your drink?” that’s no reason to forget your conviction（信念）. “Don’t be afraid to say, ‘I’ll have tap.’ Say it loud enough that the other tables nearby can hear you,” Peffers says. “And then spend that money on a dessert.”77. In the first paragraph, the underlined sentence “It shouldn’t.” suggest that people _______.A. shouldn’t feel pleased with finishing the water in the bottleB. shouldn’t feel good about drinking an expensive brand H2OC. shouldn’t be content with just recycling empty bottlesD. shouldn’t be satisfied with drinking only bottled water78. According to the author, tap water is _______.A. as safe as bottled waterB. more likely to be pollutedC. healthier than bottle waterD. less convenient than bottled water79. The underlined part “going bottle free” (in Para. 4) means“_______”.A. making bottled water freeB. abandoning bottled waterC. recycling use water bottlesD. providing free water containers80. Why does Peffers ask people to say “I’ll have tap.” Loudly?A. To encourage them to set an example for others to follow.B. To advise them to save the money for one more dessert.C. To remind them to be aware of their social status.D. To persuade them to speak confidently in public.第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）假设你是卜曼宜，你购买了一部某外国公司生产的手机，因有质量问题，要求该gonsi更换。

2008全国各高考英语真题集2008湖北英语卷

2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖北卷）英语第一部分：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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In an office.B. In a library.C. In a bookstore.2. Where did the speakers plan to go?A. A shopping center.B. An opera house.C. The parking lot.3. Which aspect of the film does the woman like?A. The plot.B. The music.C. The dialogue.4. What do we know about the woman’s jacket?A. It is sold at a lower price.B. Its color is her favorite.C. It is her sister’s size.5. What does the woman imply?A. The man is so forgetful.B. The man is too careless.C. The man is over confident.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。

听完每段对话或独白前后，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。

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