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. prediction

B. promise

C. plan

D. contribution

22. The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly______

A. atmosphere

B. state

C. situation

D. phenomenon

23. Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still ______ the traditional customs.

A. perform

B. possess

C. observe

D. support

24. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an engineer to ______ the problem.

A. handle

B. raise

C. face

D. present

25. The teacher stressed again that the students should not ______ any important details while retelling the story.

A. bring out

B. let out

C. leave out

D. make out

26. In modern times, people have to learn to ______ all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life.

A. keep with

B. stay with

C. meet with

D. live with

27. The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time to ______ its reality.

A. make up

B. figure out

C. look through

D. put off

28. In those days, our ______ concern was to provide people who were stopped by the snow storm with food and health care.

A. normal

B. constant

C. permanent

D. primary

29. As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents only ______.

A. occasionally

B. anxiously

C. practically

D. urgently

30. When she first arrived in China, she wondered what the future might have ______ for her, but now all her worries are gone.

A. in need

B. in time

C. in preparation

D. 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. send

42. A. recognized B. watched C. noticed D. met

43. A. realize B. understand C. imagine D. conclude

44. A. escaped B. struggled C. refused D. obeyed

45. A. by B. around C. with D. on

46. A. burying B. forgetting C. offering D. grabbing

47. A. trip B. visit C. break D. holiday

48. A. started B. stopped C. entered D. reached

49. A. carefully B. madly C. disappointedly D. patiently

50. A. fought B. turned C. jumped D. shouted

51. A. match B. target C. equal D. companion

52. A. remind B. phone C. invite D. beg

53. A. rolled B. folded C. bent D. tied

54. A. angrily B. kindly C. coldly D. warmly