1、2008年高考北京卷英語試題及答案第二部分：知識運用（共兩節，滿分45分）第一節：單項填空（共15 小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）從每題所給的a、b、c、d四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。21. john promised his doctor he _ not smoke, and he has smoked ever since.   a. might      b. should    c. could    d. would

2、.22. have you read book called waiting for anya?   who _ it?  a. writes            b. has written  c. wrote              d. had written23. did you return freds

3、call?   i didnt need to _ ill see him tomorrow.   a. though           b. unless   c. when             d. because24. _ that she was going off to sleep, i asked i

4、f shed like that little doll on her bed.   a. seeing          b. to see   c. see             d. seen25. it was hard for him to learn english in a family, in which _ of the par

5、ents spoke the language.   a. none    b. neither    c. both    d. each26. after the long journey, the three of them went back home, _.   a. hungry and tiredly      b. hungry and tired   c. hungrily an

6、d tiredly      d. hungrily and tired27. the hotel wasnt particularly good. but i _ in many worse hotels.    a .was staying   b, stayed   c. would stay   d. had stayed28. ill give you y friends home address,    

7、  i can be reached most evenings.   a. which               b. when   c. whom               d. where29. no decision   

8、60;  about any future appointment until all the candidates have been interviewed.   a. will be made            b. is made   c. is being made           d. has been made30.

9、 the companies are working together to create         they hope will be the best means of transport in the 21st century.   a. which           b. that        

10、60;   c. what          d. who31. did the book give the information you needed?   yes. but _ it, i had to read the entire book.a. to find   b. find   c. to finding   d. finding32. i feel greatly honored _ i

11、nto their society.a. to welcome          b. welcomingc. to be welcomed       d. welcomed33. if you really have to leave during the meeting, youd better leave _ the back door.a. for     b. by  

12、60;  c. across     d. out34. im sorry youve been waiting so long, but itll still be some time _ brian get back.a. before    b. since    c. till    d. after35. it is worth considering what makes “convenience” foods so popular, and

13、_ better ones of your own.a. introduces      b. to introducec. introducing     d. introduced第二節完形填空（共20小題：每小題1.5分，共30分）     閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的a、b、c、d四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。when i entered berkeley, i hoped to earn a scholarship. havi

14、ng been a straight-a student, i believed i could _36_ tough subjects and really learn something. one such course was world literature given by professor jayne. i was extremely interested in the ideas he 37 in class.when i took the first exam, i was 38 to find a 77, c-plus, on my test paper, 

15、60; 39   english was my best subject. i went to professor jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_ 40   .i decided to try harder, although i didnt know what that  41  because school had always been easy for me. i read the books more carefully, but got another 7

16、7. again, i   42  with professor jayne. again, he listened patiently but wouldnt change his 43     .one more test before the final exam. one more  44  to improve my grade. so i redoubled my efforts and, for the first time.   45   the m

17、eaning of the word “thorough”. but my  46_    did no good and everything  47   as before.the last hurdle(障礙) was the final. no matter what   48   i got, it wouldnt cancel three c-pluses. i might as well kiss the   49   goodby

18、e.i stopped working head. i felt i knew the course material as well as i ever would. the night before the final, i even  50  myself to a movie. the next day i decided for once id have  51_with a test.a week later, i was surprised to find i got an a. i hurried into professor jaynes off

19、ice. he  52_ to be expecting me. “if i gave you the as you  53  , you wouldnt continue to work as hard.”i stared at him.  54  that his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. i had worked my head   55  , as i had never done before.i was speechless when my cour

20、se grade arrived: a-plus. it was the only a-plus given. the next year i received my scholarship. ive always remembered professor jaynes lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.36.   a. take        b. discuss     

21、; c. cover         d. get37.   a. sought      b. presented    c. exchanged     d. obtained38.   a. shocked     b. worried      c. scare

22、d        d. anxious39.   a. but         b. so          c. for           d. or40.   a. unchanged   b.

23、 unpleasant   c. unfriendly     d. unmoved41.   a. reflected     b. meant       c. improved     d. affected42.   a. quarreled    b. reasoned    

24、c. bargained     d. chatted43.   a. attitude      b. mind        c. plan         d. view44.   a. choice       b. step  &

25、#160;      c. chance       d. measure45.   a. memorized    b. considered   c. accepted      d. learned46.   a. ambition      b. confidence  

26、 c. effort         d. method47.   a. stayed        b. went        c. worked       d. changed48.   a. grade     

27、0;   b. answer      c. lesson        d. comment49.   a. scholarship     b. course      c. degree       d. subject50.   a. helped &

28、#160;       b. favored     c. treated       d. relaxed51.   a. fun            b. luck       c. problems   

29、0;  d. tricks.52.   a. happened       b. proved     c. pretended     d. seemed53.   a. valued         b. imagined    c. expected   

30、0; d. welcomed54.   a. remembering    b. guessing    c. supposing    d. realizing55.   a. out            b. over       c. on    &#

31、160;      d. off第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）閱讀下列短文，從每篇短文后所給各題的四個選項（a、b、c和d）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。atwenty years ago, i drove a taxi for a living. one night i went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 am. when i arrived to collect, i found the building was dark except for a single li

32、ght in a ground floor window.i walked to the door and knocked, “just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.after a long pause, the door opened. a small woman in her eighties stood before me. by her side was a small suitcase.i took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. she

33、 took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.she kept thanking me for my kindness. “its nothing,” i told her. “i just try to treat my passengers the way i would want my mother treated.”“oh, youre such a good man.” she said. when we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “coul

34、d you drive through downtown?”“its not the shortest way,” i answered quickly.“oh, im in no hurry,” she said. “im on my way to a hospice(臨終醫院). i dont have any family left. the doctor says i dont have very long.”i quietly reached over and shut off the meter(計價器).for the next two hours, we drove throu

35、gh the city. she showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.sometimes shed ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkn

36、ess, saying nothing.at dawn, she suddenly said,” im tired. lets go now.”we drove in silence to the address she had given me.“how much do i owe you?” she asked.“nothing.” i said.“you have to make a living,” she answered. “oh, there are other passengers,” i answered.almost without thinking, i bent and

37、 gave her a hug. she held onto e tightly. our hug ended with her remark, “you gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”56. the old woman chose to ride through the city in order to _.a. show she was familiar with the cityb. see some places for the last timec. let the driver earn more moneyd. reach t

38、he destination on time57. the taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he _.a. wanted to do her a favorb. shut off the meter by mistakec. had received her payment in advanced. was in a hurry to take other passengers58. what can we learn from the story?a. giving is always a pleasure.b. people

39、 should respect each other.c. an act of kindness can bring people great joy.d. people should learn to appreciate others concern.bdomestic (馴養的) horses now pull ploughs, race in the kentucky derby, and carry police. but early horses werent tame (馴服的) enough to perform these kinds of tasks. scientists

40、 think the first interactions humans had with horses were far different from those today.thousands of years ago, people killed the wild horses that lived around them for food. over time, people began to catch the animals and raise them. this was the first step in domestication.as people began to tam

41、e and ride horses, they chose to keep those animals that had more desirable characteristics. for example, people may have chosen to keep horses that had a gentle personality so they could be ridden more easily. people who used horses to pull heavy loads would have chosen to keep stronger animals. ch

42、aracteristics like strength are partly controlled by the animals genes. so as the domesticated horses reproduced, they passed the characteristics on to their young. each new generation of houses would show more of these chosen characteristics.modern day horse breeds come in a wide variety of shapes

43、and sizes. this variety didnt exist in the horse population before domestication. the shetland horse is one of the smallest breedstypically reaching only one meter tall. with short, strong legs, the animals were bred to pull coal out of mine shafts (礦井) with low ceilings. huge horses like the clydes

44、dale came on the scene around 1700. people bred these heavy, tall horses to pull large vehicles used for carrying heavy loads.the domestication of horses has had great effects on societies. for example, horse were important tools in the advancement of modern agriculture. using them to pull ploughs a

45、nd carry heavy loads allowed people to farm more efficiently. before they were able to ride horses, humans had to cross land on foot. riding horses allowed people to travel far greater distance in much less time. that encouraged populations living in different areas to interact with one another. the

46、 new from of rapid transportation helped cultures spread around the world.59. before domestication horses were _.a. caught for sportsb. hunted for foodc. made to pull ploughsd. used to carry people60. the author uses the shetland horse as an example to show _.a. it is smaller than the clydesdale hor

47、seb. horse used to have gentle personalitiesc. some horses have better shaped than others    d. horses were of less variety before domestication61. horses contributed to the spread of culture by _.a. carrying heavy loadsb. changing farming methodsc. serving as a means of transportd. a

48、dvancing agriculture in different areas62. the passage is mainly about _.a. why humans domesticated horsesb. how humans and horses needed each otherc. why horses came in different shapes and sizesd. how human societies and horses influenced each othercdear hamilton,    we are fortunat

49、e that in such a large, high-pressure office we all get along so well. you are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. i dont know anyone in the office who is better liked than you.    you can perhaps help with this. the collection of contribut

50、ions towards gifts for employees personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. in the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two wedding gifts, one funeral（葬禮）remem

51、brance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts.   its not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable (and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who dont know them outside the office, who wouldnt even recognize their graduating children, th

52、eir marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.    this is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in todays office setting.    thank you for understanding.

53、63. the underlined word “contributions” probably means _.a. money   b. suggestions   c. reports    d. understanding64. hamilton is expected to _.a. show more kindness.b. discontinue the present practicec. quit being the organizer for gift givingd. know more about c

54、o-workers families65. this is basically a letter of _.a. apology    b. sympathyc. appreciation   d. dissatisfactiond    when it comes to friends, i desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. i seek friend

55、s whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train me up for love. it is for these people that i reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.     when i was in the eighth grade, i had a friend. we were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with o

56、ur classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. we said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:“lets start with a train whistle today.” we would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out

57、of a train whistle. then we would read them aloud. at the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.   when i lived for a time in london, i had a friend, he was in despair(失望)and i was in despair. but our friendship was based on

58、 the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. we met every sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. we walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. we gave london to each other.  &#

59、160;  for almost four years i have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. we write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the others dreams. she and i agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of

60、the same mind. in my most interesting moments, i often think:“yes, i must tell.”we have never met.    it is such comforting companions i wish to keep. one bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist（心理學家），who will only fill up the heali

61、ng（愈合的）silence necessary to those darkest moments in which i would rather be my own best friend.66. in the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to _.a. become serious about her studyb. go to her friends house regularlyc. learn from her classmates at schoold.

62、 share poems and stories with her friend67. in paragraph 3, “we gave london to each other” probably means _.a. our exploration of london was a memorable gift to both of usb. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from londonc. our unpleasant feeling about london disappearedd. we parted with each o

63、ther in london68. according to paragraph 4, the author and her friend _.a. call each other regularlyb. have similar personalitiesc. enjoy writing to each otherd. dream of meeting each other69. in the darkest moments, the author would prefer to _.a. seek professional help   b. be left alone

64、c. stay with her best friend d. break the silence70. what is the best title for the passage?a. unforgettable experiencesb. remarkable imaginationc. lifelong friendshipd. noble companionsethe diet zone: a dangerous place   diet coke, diet pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet

65、we are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. we have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. we are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically（身體上）. 

66、;  diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. on one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. diet products allow us to jump over the thin

67、king stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead. all we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.   on another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness tha

68、t we dont have to work to get results. diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.   the danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cau

69、se. diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(營養成分). diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. di

70、et products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.   now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of ch

71、emicals. once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.71. from paragraph 1, we learn that _.a. diet products fail to bring out peoples potentialb. people have difficulty in choosing diet productsc.

72、diet products are misleading peopled. people are fed up with diet products72. one psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _.a. try out a variety of diet foodsb. hesitate before they enjoy diet foodsc. pay attention to their own eating habitsd. watch their weight rather than thei

73、r diet73. in paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means _.a. losing weight is effortlessb. it costs a lot to lose weightc. diet products bring no paind. diet products are free from calories74. diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products _.a. are over-consumedb. lack basic nutrientsc. are short of chemicalsd. provide too much energy75. which of the following shows the structure of the passage? 第ii卷 （共35分）第四部分：書面表達 （共兩節，35分）第一節 情景作文 （20分）    假設你是紅星中學高三一班的學生李華，