２００８年高考英语模拟题Ⅰ

崔　宇　孙瑞平

Ⅰ.单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

1. If you buy more than ten, they knock 20 pence off ____.

A. a price B. price C. the price D. prices

2. If you want a liquid crystal screen, ____ will cost 150 more dollars.

A. as B. which C. that D. what

3. ——How do you like the play?

——____ interesting than expected.

A. A great deal much B. A great deal of more

C. A great deal of much D. A great deal more

4. Nowhere else in the school ____ such perfect silence ____ in the

library.

A. there is; like B. there is; as

C. is there; as D. is there; like

5. ____ an expert in space, so he got a well-paid job in a foreign- founded firm.

A. He was B. Being C. As D. Having been

6. Before we can accept the managers offer, we must ____ the workers again.

A. consult with B. consult C. look up D. advise

7. I was ____ in the middle of my call because I had no more pennies to put in the slit.

A. paid off B. cut off C. hung up D. put down

8. ——What a pity!You should have urged him to have a medical examination.

——I ____. But he wouldnt listen to my advice.

A. have done B. did C. had done D. do

9. Nobody but doctors or nurses and those ____ by Dr Hu ____ to enter the patients room.

A. invited; is allowed B. are invited; are allowed

C. being invited; allowed D. invited; are allowed

10. ——Can we ski on this mountain?

——Of course. However, at no time ____ you do so alone.

A. could B. might C. need D. must

11. “It is very wonderful and fantastic!”said Bob, ____ at the painting.

A. look B. looking C. looked D. having looked

12. ____ you are familiar with the authors ideas, try reading all the chapters as quickly as possible.

A. Now that B. Ever since C. So that D. As if

13. EBay, Amazon and Wal-Mart are popular websites ____ people can sell goods to each other.

A. where B. which C. when D. whose

14. The suggestion that the 50th anniversary of the founding of our school____ put off till Saturday has been ____ at the meeting.

A. was; adapted B. be; adopted C. is; received D. /; made

15. ——Im afraid Ive lost your e-mail address.

——Well, ____, I can easily write you another one.

A. never mind B. thats right

C. youre careless D. dont say sorry

Ⅱ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling

Last week I was invited to a doctors meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadnt long to __1__, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.

“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldnt __2__, as I knew, but all the time __3__ his foot against mine.

My __4__ raced back more than thirty years to the __5__ days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The __6__ was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.

__7__ wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to __8__ each other very well. Frank West __9__ me because he wasnt __10__, not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had __11__ of a mind than a baby has. His “__12__” consisted of rough sounds—sounds of pleasure or anger and __13__ more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank __14__ on her entirely. He needed all the __15__ of a baby.

One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She __16__ nearly everything she owned.

When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the __17__ ones. So before we __18__ that morning, I stood beside Frank and __19__ my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his __20__ to me was always the same.

1． A． work B． stay C． live D． expect

2． A． answer B． speak C． smile D． laugh

3． A． covering B． moving C． fighting D． pressing

4． A． minds B． memories C． thoughts D． brains

5． A． better B． dark C． younger D． old

6． A． cave B． place C． sight D． scene

7． A． Discussing B． Solving C． Sharing D． Suffering

8． A． learn from B． talk to C． help D． know

9． A． needed B． recognized C． interested D． encouraged

10． A． normal B． common C． unusual D． quick

11． A． more B． worse C． fewer D． less

12． A． word B． speech C． sentence D． language

13． A． not B． no C． something D． nothing

14． A． fed B． kept C． lived D． depended

15． A． attention B． control C． treatment D． management

16． A． lost B． needed C． destroyed D． left

17． A． troublesome B． unlucky C． angry D． unpopular

18． A． separated B． went C． reunited D． returned

19． A． pushed B． tried C． showedD． measured

20． A． nodding B． greeting C． meeting D． acting

Ⅲ.阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40）

(A)

Having finished her homework, Ma Li wants some music for relaxation. As usual, she starts her computer and goes to Baidu. com to download music files. But this time she is surprised when an announcement about protecting songs copyright bursts onto the screen.

The age of free music and movie downloads may have come to an end as Web companies like Baidu are accused of infringing(侵犯) copyright. This month lawsuits(诉讼) have been filed against four websites offering free downloads.

In September, the Beijing court ordered Baidu to pay recording company Shanghai Push for their losses. Baidu were also told to block the links to the pirated music on the website. This caused a heated discussion on Internet file sharing.

“Baidus defeat in the lawsuit shows it is not right to get copyrighted songs without paying. Downloaders may face lawsuits or fines,” said an official from the Guangdong Provincial Press and Publication Administration.

Like many teens, Huang Ruoru, an 18-year-old girl from Puning in Guangdong Province, doesnt think that getting music from websites is wrong. She always shares her favourite songs downloaded from Baidu with her friends. When told about the lawsuit, she began to feel a little sorry about getting others work without paying.

But she said that the wish of file sharing is too convenient to pass up.“Buying CDs is too expensive for students,” she said. “I dont know what I will do now. Its really terrible if my only choices are radio and television.”

However, other teenagers have different ideas. Wang Yafei, a Senior 2 girl from Jinan, Shandong Province, pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers. “If I download a song and really like it, I will buy the CD,” she said. “So what the recording companies really should do is improving their music, rather than fighting against file-sharers.”

1. The underlined phrase “pass up” in Paragraph 6 can be replaced by “____”.

A. resist B. stop C. upload D. download

2. Whats the main idea of this passage? ____.

A. Baidu are accused of infringing copyright and was defeated

B. Its not right to get copyrighted songs without paying

C. Recording companies should try to improve their music

D. People have different ideas about file sharing

3. According to the passage, people like to download music largely

because ____.

A. its convenient

B. its free of charge

C. CDs are too expensive

D. it is a good way to promote pop singers

4. What can you infer from this passage? ____.

A. People will have to pay for downloading music

B. More and more websites will stop downloading music

C. Recording companies music is not as good as that on the Internet

D. Baidu will pay Shanghai Push for their losses

(B)

On average, American kids aged 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in all, however, childrens leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%.

“Children are affected by the same time crisis that affects their parents,” says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of childrens timetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male breadwinner” households spent comparable amounts of time interacting(互相影响) with their parents 19 hours and 22 hours respectively(各自). In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.)

All work and no play could make for some very messed up kids. “Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself,” says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School. Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids aged 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.

The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard as good news. If theyre spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids arent replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Lets face it, whos got the time?

5. By mentioning “the same time crisis” Sandra Hofferth means ____.

A. children have little time to play with their parents

B. children are not taken good care of by their working parents

C. both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time

D. both parents and children have trouble managing their time

6. According to the author, a child develops better if ____.

A. he has plenty of time reading and studying

B. he is left to play with his peers in his own way

C. he has more time participating in school activities

D. he is free to interact with his working parents

7. The author is concerned about the fact that American kids ____.

A. are engaged in more and more structured activities

B. are increasingly neglected by their working mothers

C. are spending more and more time watching TV

D. are involved less and less in household work

8. We can infer from the passage that ____.

A. extracurricular(课外的) activities promote childrens intelligence

B. most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off

C. efforts of get kids interested in reading have been fruitful

D. most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children

(C)

Alexis was hot and tired. With rage(愤怒) in her voice she shouted, “Pull me up. I give up. I hate this. This is stupid!” It was at that moment when Jason, the adviser on the trip, looked at me and said, “Ed, Im going to go down and talk with her.” I then shouted down to Alexis, “Hold on! You can do this. We know you can!”

Jason grasped another rope, put this climbing harness(系在身上的绳子) on and began to move down the cliff. Within moments Jason was beside Alexis. She had her cheek directly against the face of the rock with her feet barely resting on a small piece of the cliff that jetted outward.

Jason said to Alexis, “I know that you have been on this cliff now for what seems like a long time. Your feet and fingers are cramping(痉挛) up and your forearms feel as though they are on fire. But, Alexis, you are strong. Look how far up you are already. You have taken one of the more difficult parts up the cliff. Alexis, look at the path you have taken.”

At that moment, Alexis moved her cheek away from the rock and looked down. The bright white chalk she used on her hands to give her a better hold, showed the path where her tired hands had moved her upward on the cliff. Jason was right. Alexis had taken the hardest way up the cliff. Jason then looked straight into Alexis eyes and in a calm voice he said, “You are not alone out here. There are people who care about you, who want to help you and see you succeed. We are going to this together. Are you ready?” Slowly she nodded and took a deep breath.

9. Jason went down the cliff because ____.

A. Alexis took a wrong path B. Alexis was trapped in rocks

C. Alexis didnt believe in herself D. Alexis forearms were badly hurt

10. We can infer from the passage that ____.

A. Alexis was finally pulled up by Ed

B. Alexis regretted having taken the wrong path up the cliff

C. Alexis was immediately sent to hospital after she was pulled up

D. Alexis successfully rock-climbed

11. The underlined word “hot” in the story means ____.

A. disappointed B. angry

C. uncomfortable D. running a high body temperature

12. Alexis would probably become ____.

A. more strong-minded B. easier to give up

C. poorer in health D. less interested in rock-climbing

(D)

Fidenzio Salvatori is determined that the city of Toronto will have an outdoor marketplace for merchants from its immigrant community, complete with dancing and other forms of amusement from their native countries. “Toronto is truly multicultural(多元文化的)，” he said in a newspaper interview. “Its a city from many places, and a multicultural marketplace will help Torontonians to understand and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city.”

Salvatori, aged 23, will soon complete his studies at the University of Toronto. He was eleven years old when he came to Canada from Italy with his parents. “Most of Torontos immigrants are from lands where the marketplace has always been part of daily life,” he said.

Salvatori has been interested in getting an open-air market for Toronto for the last three years. This year, with the help of two fellow students, he prepared a proposal on the subject and presented it to the citys Executive Committee, asking for their support. The proposal pointed out Torontos rich variety of national groups, “whose customs include market shopping.”

Under a Canadian government program for multiculturalism, the three students have received two thousand dollars with which they will do a study to find out whether Torontos immigrant businessmen would support an open-air market. They hope the merchants will support the plan strongly. “A study done earlier this year showed that 90 percent of shoppers would be in favor of it,” Salvatori said. “At first it would be an experiment. But we think it will prove to be good business for the merchants, as well as a tourist attraction.”

13. What is Fidenzio Salvatoris purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for Toronto? ____.

A. To provide different forms of amusement

B. To keep the cultural variety of the city

C. To inspire its immigrant community

D. To satisfy its immigrant merchants

14. Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from the government ____.

A. to make an experiment B. to start a marketplace

C. to perform a research D. to operate a business

15. According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Torontos ____.

A. market management B. community service

C. travel industry D. city planning

16. It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports ____.

A. the protection of different cultures

B. the plan of an open-air market

C. the request of merchants

D. the attitude of shoppers

(E)

One hundred new bookstalls that will sell newspapers as well as books have been making their debut on city streets since Saturday morning.

Thenewsstandsarepartof thecitys effortstoimprovetheappearanceofstreets and neighborhoods. The newsstands design, featuring large glass window, will help the customers to see what is on sale at a glance.

An electrical screen on the newsstands will announce immediately the arrival of the latest papers. The newsstands will also help collect utility fees. There will be 1,000 newsstands by the end of the year. The newly formed Oriental Books and Papers Service Co. Ltd will manage the stalls. According to sources from the company,over 80 percent of the people hired to operate the stands will be recruited from laid-off workers. This means the project will help ease the citys unemployment pressure, sources said.

All recruited will undergo a training programme and be clad in green uniform. Municipal Vice-part Secretary Gong Xueping said the installation of the 100 stands was just the first step towards the objective of setting up 1,000 stands in the city by the end of the year.

He said the creation of the stalls would be of particular significance to the enhancement of the citys spiritual civilization.He also made some suggestions regarding the location, design, and construction of the new stands, and the renovation of the existing newsstands.

17. One hundred new bookstalls are set up to ____.

A. classify the bookstores

B. beautify the streets and neighborhoods

C. enrich peoples minds with knowledge

D. increase peoples purchasing power

18. The newsstands are made of large glass windows to ____.

A. beautify the streets

B. differ from other shops

C. let the customers browse through what they want

D. reduce the expenses of the construction

19. Which sentence is NOT true? ____.

A. The newsstands also help gather other public service charges

B. The newsstands will make known the arrival of the current issue of paper

C. These kinds of newsstands will widely set up

D. The newsstands just sell newspapers and magazines

20. What is the other purpose of building these newsstands? Give the laid-off workers a chance to ____.

A. make a living B. take up hobbies

C. ease their pressure D. enrich their minds

Ⅳ.短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

Ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to Holland! I hope you all enjoy you stay here. 1.____

“Im glad you have come on April because spring is certainly 2.____

a best season to get to know Holland. When you see our bulb 3.____

fields, youll amazed by the colour and variety of all the 4.____

flowers. You wont be able to stop take photographs. 5.____

We have many beautiful towns, so Amsterdam is the most 6.____

fascinating. I suggest you start by taking a boats trip on the7.____

canals. Its a relaxed way of admiring the old canal houses. 8.____

Then you can visit to our interesting museums and old churches.9.____

You dont have to worry about a language problem here.10.____

Just have a pleasant trip and come again next year.

Ben Zhou

Ⅴ.书面表达（满分25分）

CCTV广告

我国每年约生产450亿双一次性筷子;

需要砍伐600万棵大树;

一棵树的生态价值是其所造筷子价值的9 倍。

假如你是李华，请根据电视上的广告内容，用英语给China Daily写封信，引用广告中的事实，阐述树木(森林)对保持良好环境的重要性，列举生产一次性筷子对环境的危害，提出你的建议。

注意：

1.词数100左右；信的格式已为你写好，不计入总词数。

2.参考词汇：throwaway chopsticks一次性筷子；ecological value生态价值

Dear Editor,

We are astonished to learn from a CCTV ad that each year _______

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

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