2007年高考英语试题及参考答案(湖南卷)

2007年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖南卷）

英语试卷

第一部分听力（共三节，满分30分）

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第二部分英语知识运用

第一节单项填空（共15小题, 满分15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。21．Reality is not the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, _________ the way they actually are.

A．as

B．or

C．but

D．and

22．__________ the silence for the pauses, we could hear each other’s breathing and could almost bear our own heartbeats.

A．In

B．For

C．Under

D．Between

23．Polar bears live mostly on ________ sea ice, which they use as _______ platform for hunting seals.

A．a；a

B．a；the

C．不填；a

D．the；不填

24．The biggest problem for most plants, which ________ just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them.

A．shan’t

B．can’t

D．mustn’t

25．As the years passed, many occasions—birthdays, awards, graduations—________ with Dad’s flowers.

A．are marked

B．were marked

C．have marked

D．had marked

26．It’s hard for him playing against me. I’ve got nothing to play for, but for him, he needs to win so ________.

A．far

B．well

C．little

D．badly

27．To save class time, our teacher has ________ students do half of the exercise in class and complete the other half for homework.

A．us

B．we

C．our

D．ours

28．Having checked the doors were closed , and _________ all the lights were off, the boy opened the door to his bedroom.

A．why

B．that

C．when

D．where

29．As the light turned green, I stood for a moment, not _________, and asked myself what I was going to do.

A．moved

D．being moved

30．We live day by day, but in the great things, the time of days and weeks _________ so small that a day is unimportant.

A．is

B．are

C．has been

D．have been

31．Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School, where she ________ English for a year.

A．studies

B．studied

C．is studying

D．has been studying

32．By serving others, a person focuses on someone other than himself or herself, ___________ can be very eye-opening and rewarding.

A．who

B．which

C．what

D．that

33．Most birds find it safe to sleep in the trees, but ________ they have eggs or young chicks, they don’t use a nest.

A．why

B．how

C．unless

D．where

34．“Things _________ never come again!” I couldn’t help talking to myself.

A．lost

B．losing

D．have lost

35．There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is _________ wisdom in this: “Love me, love my book.”

A．some

B．much

C．more

D．most

第二节完形填空（共20小题, 满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

When I was young, my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.

One evening in early April, my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar 36 a worker who had the flu. I told her I would mess it up, 37 I had never worked at the bar before.

I 38 that instead of making money, I would end up owing it.

“You can do it,” said my mother, “39 , you won’t get much business until lunch.”

“But I’ll never remember the orders, and I’m no good40 money. Please, Mom, don’t41 me.

“Then I’ll help you,” she said.

I shrugged my shoulders. I thought my mother’s42 was a bad one, but I 43 . When I got to the bar the next day, I found my mother was 44 . Because the weather that day was rainy and cold, people wanted hot snacks and drinks. 45 , I was really slow at taking the orders and making change. The line of people grew, and everybody seemed 46 , I was so nervous that my hands shook, and I 47 a cup into pieces. What a mess! Then my mother came to 48 me, and she also showed me how to make 49 . If someone gave me $ 5 for something that cost $ 3.25, I handed over

50 quarters and a dollar and said, “75 cents mak es four dollars, plus one dollar makes five.” Things went more51 after that.

By the end of the day, I could remember orders, 52 the bill, and make change quickly with a smile. I was even a little 53 when the sun came out and dried up business. My