2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖南卷）
英语全解析
第一部分：听力 (共三节,满分30分)
第一节(共五小题；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答案,并标在试题卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒中的时间来回答和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. How much does the man need to pay?
A.$6. B.$16. C.$20
2. Where are the speakers going?
A.A shop. B.A restaurant. C. The railway station
3. When will the magazine probably arrive?
A. Wednesday . B. Thursday. C. Friday.
4. Whom did the man buy the books for?
A. His father. B. His mother. C. His sister
5. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Teacher and student.
B. Mother and son.
C. Driver and passenger
第二节(共12小题；每小题1.5分,满分18分)
听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试题卷的相应位置。听每段对话前,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。每段对话读两遍。
听下面一段对话,回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. When did the man plan to go back home at first?
A. In July. B. In September. C. In October.
7. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Playing games TV.
B. Fiying back to Beijing.
C. Watching the Olympic Games
听下面一段对话,回答第8至第10三个小题。
8. Which train will take the woman to the zoo?
A. The train on platform 1，line 3.
B. The train on platform 6，line 1.
C. The train on platform 6，line 3.
9. Where are the sings that point to the zoo?
A. On the right of the hill.
B .On the top of the hill.
C. On the way to the hill.
10. Whom is the woman talking to?
A.A tourist. B.A train passenger. C.A ticket seller.
听下面一段对话,回答第11至第13三个小题。
11. What has the man already packed in?
A. A camera. B. A pair of shoes. C. An overcoat.
12. What is the man preparing for?
A. A camping trip. B. A travel abroad. C. A visit to his grandfather.
13. How does the man feel about his mother?
A. She is very helpful.
B. She worries so much.
C. She is too strict.
听下面一段对话,回答第14至17四个小题。
14. What are the speakers complaining about?
A. The loud music. B. The strict rules. C. The busy week.
15. When does this conversation probably take place?
A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.
16. What are the speakers going to do next?
A .To visit the doctor.
B. To go to their neighbor's.
C. To call the police.
17. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient. C .Musician and audience.
第三节(共三小题；每小题1.5分,满分4.5分)
听下面一段材料,将第18至第20三个小题的信息补充完整,每小题不超过三个单词。听材料前,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15秒钟的作答时间。本段材料读两遍。
Dream：a 18 for sleeping
·Help you fall asleep fast.
·Not affect your memory.
·Take 1 piece 19 before bedtime.
·Try Dream 20 for 7 night.
Your dreams miss you!
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，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. Our neighbors gave _ a baby bird yesterday that hurt ___ when it fell from its nest.
A. us, it B. us, itself C. ourselves, itself D. ourselves, it
答案： B
【解析】本题考查代词（人称代词的宾格和反身代词）
第一空考查give的双宾语结构“give sb. sth.”。题干含义是：我们的邻居们给了我们一个小鸟，give sb. sth.中的sb.和sth.都是做give的宾语，当出现代词作宾语时，要用宾格，即us；第二空根据题意是小鸟从网中掉下来受伤的，所以用反身代词：hurt itself。
22. Have you heard _____ news? The price of ____ petrol is going up again！
A. the, the B. 不填，the C. the, 不填 D. 不填，不填
答案： C
【解析】本题考查冠词
第一空考查news前的冠词选择，根据题干含义，这里的news是特指，所以要用定冠词the；第二空考查petrol前的冠词选择，根据含义，汽油不可能是特指，是汽油普遍上涨，所以不用冠词。
23. I thought we’d be late for the concert, _____ we ended up getting there ahead of time.
A. but B. or C. so D. for
答案： A
【解析】本题考查并列连词
题干前半句的意思是：我认为我们看演唱会会迟到；后半句的意思是：我们最终提前到了那。根据句意，需要表转折的词，A表示“但是”，符合题意。B是否则，C是所以，D是因为，不符合题意。
24. ___ the website of the Fire Department in your city, and you will learn a lot about firefighting.
A. Having searched B. To search C. Searching D. Search
答案： D
【解析】考查非谓语动词与并列句的区别与选择
根据and这个特色词可知这是一个很典型的并列句，所以形成并列句的两个简单句的谓语动词必须是独立的，不能用非谓语动词，然后根据题意，前半句需要用到一个祈使句，“祈使句+and+句子（将来时）”表示“当你……，你会……”，题干含义是：当你浏览你们城市消防部门的网站时，你会学到很多关于消防的知识。
25. Last night Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. __________ , he met some friends and stayed out until midnight.
A. Meanwhile B. However C. Instead D. Yet
答案： C
【解析】考查句意的理解和副词的选用。
题干前半句的意思是：昨晚Crook先生没有像平常一样的时间回家；后半句的意思是：他与几个朋友聚会并且直到午夜才回来。根据句意，需要一个表解释说明的词，C表示“而是”，符合题意。A是在此期间，B是然而，D是仍然，显然不符合题意。
26. The trees ________ in the storm have been moved off the road.
A. being blown down B. blown down
C. blowing down D to blow down
答案： B
【解析】考查非谓语动词
blow down与tree构成动宾关系，所以排除C（主谓关系），然后根据题干含义（句子用的是完成时态），得知风吹倒树的动作是过去的，所以排除A（现在正在发生）、D（将来发生）。
27. ---When did you last hear _____ Jay?
---He phoned me this morning, and we agreed____ a time and place to meet.
A of, to B about, with C. from, with D. from, on
答案： D
【解析】考查介词与词组的用法
hear from“收到……的来信/与……联系”，agree on sth“就某事达成一致”。题干含义是：你上次与Jay联系是什么时候？他今天上午给我打了电话，我们就会面的时间和地点达成了一致意见。
28. You don’t have to know the name of the author to find a book. You ____find the book by the title.
A. must B. need C. can D. would
答案： C
【解析】考查情态动词
题干含义是：你不一定要通过知道作者的名字去查找一本书，你可以通过标题去查找。根据提干含义，可以确定选用可以表能力的情态动词can。must表一定，need表需要，would表示会。
29. When asked _____ they needed most, the kids said they wanted to feel important and loved.
A. what B. why C. whom D. which
答案： A
【解析】考查名词性从句
题干含义是：当小孩子们被问到什么是他们最需要的，他们说他们最需要被重视和被爱。根据题干后半句的提示，可以判断前半句的名词性从句缺宾语，所以用what。
30. the project as planned，we'll have to work two more hours a day.
A. Completing B. Complete C. Completed D. To complete
答案： D
【解析】考查非谓语动词
题干含义是：为了按计划完成项目，我们将不得不每天多工作两小时。根据题意，前半句是目的，所以选择可以表目的的非谓语动词形式：不定式。
31. The growing speed of a plant is influenced by a number of factors， are beyond our control.
A. most of them B. most of which C. most of what D. most of that
答案： B
【解析】考查定语从句中的非限制性定语从句。
题干含义是：植物的生长速度受大量因素的影响，其中的大多数是不受控制的。在非限制性定语从句只能用which，只有which可以在前面用介词，这些是that所不能做到的。而选C答案，what引导后面的是名词性从句，相当于一个名词，显然是不对的。
32. I called Hannah many times yesterday evening，but I couldn't get through. Her brother on the phone all the time!
A. was talking B. has been talking C. has talked D. talked
答案： A
【解析】考查时态
这是一个选用过去进行时的固定语境。过去进行时表示过去正在发生的动作。现在完成时和一般过去时不符合这个固定语境。而现在完成进行时必须是动作持续到现在，而显然是不符合题意的。
33. ______the Internet is of great help, I don’t think it’s a good idea to spend too much time on it.
A. If B. While C. Because D. As
答案： B
【解析】考查状语从句（从属连词的选用）
题干前半句的含义是：网络有很大的帮助；后半句的含义是：我认为花太多的时间在上面没有好处。根据题干含义，显然需要一个表转折或让步的词，即while，尽管。而A是如果，表条件，C是因为，表原因，D是因为和像…，表原因和方式。
34. Susan wanted to be independent of her parents. She tried ___________alone, but she didn’t like it and moved back home.
A. living B. to live C. to be living D. having lived
答案： A
【解析】考查非谓语动词
try这个词后面可以接doing和to do，但是表达的含义不同。Doing表示试着去做，但不管是否成功，to do 表示尝试去做，强调结果。
35. ---Do you have any problems if you ___this job?
---Well, I’m thinking about the salary.
A. offer B. will offer C. are offered D. will be offered
答案： C
【解析】考查时态和语态以及状语从句。
根据题意，这里要用被动语态，排除A和B。在时间、条件状语从句中，从句用现在表将来。
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；没小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36题至第55小题所给的A/B/C/D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡中将该项涂黑。
“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,” said our science teacher, Mr. Baker. “You can work alone or with a partner. ”
My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projets__36___.
The ___37___of the challenge was simple ---to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking when ___38___the stadium wall.
I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. ___39___the butter-cream gave me an idea.
“I have a brilliant design for our __40__container!”I said when Cassie arrived. “We can 41 the egg with some butter-cream.”
“Why not pit the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落伞) 42 ?” Cassie rolled her eyes. “The parachute is better than that stupid idea.”
I couldn’t believe it, Of course we’d had our little 43 in the past, but she’d never called any of my ideas “ 44 ” before.
“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”
45 words had been out, our friendship was challenged.
When Friday finally arrived, I had to 46 Cassie’s Egg Force One looked pretty good. 47 _, my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific. We kids carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out; those whose eggs survived 48 three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.
After four rounds, only Cassie and I were 49 . I let go of my box. I heard someone say “ew” after seconds. Had my egg broken? I raced down the 50 . The side walk was dotted with egg shells(蛋壳) from those 51 drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream.
“That looks like egg drop soup, Laura,” Cassie said. She was holding her Egg Force One. My _52 raced. Had she won? I looked at her basket. 53 .
“My egg bounced 54 , ”she explained, pointing to a broken shell.
“A tie(平局), ”Mr. Baker said.
Cassie looked at me, and her glare 55 . I laughed. She smiled…
36. A. patiently B. silently C. together D. alone
37. A. function B. goal C. reason D. result
38. A. rolled down B. pushed against C. thrown at D. dropped over
39. A. Spreading B. Boiling C. Baking D. Holding
40. A. butter B. sandwich C. cream D. egg
41. A. protect B. replace C. carry D. mix
42. A. followed B. covered C. attached D. supported
43. A. ideas B. fights C. worries D. challenges
44. A. wrong B. stupid C. brilliant D. scientific
45. A. Since B. While C. But D. And
46. A. explain B. deny C. admit D. prove
47. A. Therefore B. Anyway C. Otherwise D. Besides
48. A. paced down B. turned around C. walked up D. went back
49. A. left B. wanted C. chosen D. discovered
50. A. steps B. way C. wall D. sidewalk
51. A. intended B. unexpected C. failed D. desired
52. A. eyes B. hands C. feet D. heart
53. A. Lost B. Dirty C. Broken D. Empty
54. A. around B. out C. in D. down
55. A. returned B. remained C. increased D. softened
答案： 36-40 CBDAD 41-45ACBBA 46-50 CBCAA 51-55 CDDBD
【解析】本文讲述的是：作者与自己的好朋友在一次摔鸡蛋挑战比赛前就如何制造道具发生了分歧，各自参加比赛，最终两人一起进入决赛，并一起失败，但最终两人重归于好。
36. 根据首句，可以单人和两人合作参赛，通过friend/smile以及后文得知，她们总是一起完成项目的。
37/38. 根据后文，制作一个可以保护的器皿来保护鸡蛋在从运动场墙壁上掉下来的时候不被打碎是挑战的目的goal，而roll down是滚落，push against是推，throw at是扔。后文提到drop，说明是自然落下。
39. 给三明治涂黄油给了我启发。Spread在这里是涂抹的意思。
40. 这里是说：对于我们的鸡蛋保护器皿，我有了个不错的想法。
41. protect sth. with sth. 用某物保护某物，这里是用黄油保护鸡蛋。
42. 降落伞是被系在篮子上的，attach是系上的意思，follow是跟随，cover是覆盖，support是支撑。
43/44. 根据“The parachute is better than that stupid idea.”降落伞比你那个愚蠢的想法好，得知作者不敢相信她所说的，当然我们之间有过争吵fights，但我的朋友也从来没有说过任何我的想法愚蠢stupid。
45. 根据“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”得知作者与朋友发生了冲突，话一出，我们的友谊面临挑战。这里用since自从，因为后面是完成时。
46. 根据“looked pretty good”说明作者不得不承认她朋友的道具很不错，Admit承认。
47. 根据“my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific”不管怎么说anyway，我的道具不怎么科学。
48. 鸡蛋没有破的选手将再上（went up）三个阶梯然后再把鸡蛋掉下来，直到最后一个鸡蛋被摔碎。
49. 根据后文得知，经过四轮之后，只有我和朋友剩下来（left）了。
50. 根据前文得知，我跑下台阶（step）去看我的鸡蛋是否摔碎。
51. 摔下来的鸡蛋是被故意的、有目的的（intended）。
52. 因为看到朋友得意洋洋，我疑问她是不是赢了，所以心跳加速（heart race）。
53. 根据后面她指了指破碎的蛋壳得知，她的篮子是空（empty）的，我不确定她是不是赢了。
54. bounced out摔碎了。
55. 根据文章最后“I laughed. She smiled…”说明她的怒视（glare）缓和了（softened）。
第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
选择题（共17小题；每小题2分，满分34分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Western New Bridge Library Announcement
2008-3-10
Shortened Library Hours for Spring Break
Library Hours have been shortened to 7hours a day (9:00a. m. —4:00p. m.)for spring Break from March 24 to March 30.
Coming Events
●On Monday, March 24, at 10:30am., Scott Sutton, a children’s writer, will tell stores to kids over seven. Sutton’s attractive style will surely inspire everyone present!
●At 1:00pm. On march 26, the Georgetown musicians will present an Irish folk concert, which will be entertaining for the entire family. Come for the music and stay to check out some relevant books for the rest of the week!
●On Thursday, march 27, at 2:00pm., the annual children’ gathering will take place in room 201, the second-floor. pick up an invitation in the children’s room and return your RSVP(回复) to reserve your at the table by 3:00 pm. On Tuesday, march 25. Only children are allowed in the gathering.
●At 10:30am. On Friday, March 28, Enzo Monfre of the hit kids’ science show, ENZOology, will bring Fossils live! Surely Enzo will take the audience back in time, deep beneath the surface of the earth, to uncover the mysteries of killer dinosaurs, and more. Enzo recently appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show- come and see him at the library!
Please note: In case of emergency, please call the Help Desk at 926-3736 and follow the procedures outlined on the voice message. The call-down service is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergencies. The Help Desk supplies service to you all the year round! For questions about all these, please contact hld@wnbl. org.
Come for the great Fun; Stay for the relevant Books!
56. To attend the annual Children’s Gathering, one has to .
A. buy a ticket B. apply in advance
C. make a reservation D. contact the call-down service
57. According to the passage, Enzo Monfre will .
A. show the children around a zoo
B. tell stories to children over seven
C. be present at the science show in person
D. lead the children to the Ellen DeGeneres Show
58. The Help Desk in this library supplies service .
A. only during the daytime B. in case of emergency
C. till the end of the Spring Break D. after 22:00 p. m. every day
59. We can learn from the passage that children can .
A. attend all the activities with their parents
B. borrow some relevant books for the activities
C. participate in the activities from 8:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m.
D. choose only one of the activities according to their interest
答案： 56-59 CCBB
【解析】本文是Western New Bridge Library Announcement西方新桥图书馆的公告，其中包括一个关于春季缩短工作时间的通知、四个关于即将举行的活动广告、一个注意事项。
56. 根据第三个广告中的“pick up an invitation in the children’s room and return your RSVP to reserve your at the table by 3:00 pm. On Tuesday, march 25.”得知要提前去拿邀请，即要预约（make a reservation）。
57. 根据第四个广告中的“Enzo recently appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show”得知Enzo本人会出现在表演中，即选会亲自出现在科幻电影中（be present at the science show in person）。其它选项未提及。
58. 根据注意事项中的“In case of emergency, please call the Help Desk”得知选B. in case of emergency。而从“The call-down service is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergencies.”得知ACD是错误的。
59. 根据第二个广告中的“Come for the music and stay to check out some relevant books for the rest of the week!”得知，图书馆提供相关书籍让人们更好地欣赏和了解在图书馆举行的“an Irish folk concert”。而从“Only children are allowed in the gathering.”得知A错；从“7hours a day (9:00a. m. —4:00p. m.)for spring Break”得知C错；D项文中没有提及。
这是一片表格类的文章，也是属于阅读理解中比较容易理解的一种题目，是现在高考的热点。
B
Most young architects – particularly those in big cities – can only dream about working in a building of their own. And making that dream come true often means finding a building no one else seems to want, which is exactly what happened to David Yocum and his partner, Brian Bell. Their building is a former automobile electrical-parts firm in Atlanta. From the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, but open the door and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting （生锈的） walls.
In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city’s West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition （拆除）, pulling rubbish out through the roof, because it was too dangerous to go inside the building. The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to think about what he wanted to do, and “to treasure what was there – the walls, the rust, the light,” Yocum said. “Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It’s like an art installation （装置） in there – a slow-motion show.”
Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer (缓冲) zone between the front and the back contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond.
Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.
60. According to the passage, it is for most young architects in big cities to work in a building of their own.
A. easy B. unnecessary C. unrealistic D. common
61．Yocum bought the old building because _________.
A. it was a bargain to him
B. it was still in good condition
C. it was located in the city center
D. it looked attractive from the outside
62. Working on the old building, Yocum and Bell＿.
A. pulled rubbish out through the roof
B. removed the skylights from the bathroom
C. presented a slow–motion show in an art gallery
D. built a kitchen at the back part of the old building
63. It can be inferred from the passage that Yocum and Bell __.
A. benefited a lot from pulling down the roof
B. turned more old buildings into art galleries
C. got inspiration from decorating their old building
D. paid more attention to the outside of the gallery
64. The main idea of the passage is that __.
A. people can learn a lot from their failures
B. it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building
C. people should not judge things by their appearance
D. creative people can make the best of what they have
答案： 60-64 CAACD
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述的两位年轻建筑师在离城市中心较远的地方找到了一家工厂，并把它设计为自己的工作室，运用自己所学的知识，给工作室装修了一番。
60. 根据首句“Most young architects ----particularly those in big cities ----can only dream about working in a building of their own.”得知年轻的建筑师有自己的工作室只是梦想，不现实（unrealistic）。
61. 根据第二段的“But the price was right, so Yocum bought it.”得知，是因为那个价格便宜（bargain）。
62. 根据第二段的“He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition, pulling rubbish out through the roof”（把垃圾清出屋顶）得知：A正确；而由第三段的第一句判断出B错，由第二段的倒数第一二句判断出C错，由第三段的倒数第一句判断出D错。
63. 根据第四段的“Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work.”（从装饰他们的房子获得的经验影响了他们的工作）得知：?C正确、B错误；而由第二段的第三句判断A错，而B选项文章没有提及，也不可推断出。
64. 根据第四段的“It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.”得知：本文的主旨在于建造自己的工作室给这些年轻建筑师一个机会去展示他们怎样把少变得多，即有创造性的人可以很好的利用和享受他们所拥有的，故选D。而ABC是显然不符合文意的。
记叙文是高考的必考点，也是阅读文章中比较容易的一篇文章，本文难度不大。
C
You're sitting on the train home and the person opposite you yawns(打哈欠). Suddenly, you're yawning with him, thought you're not tired.
This phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that people tend to sympathize with fellow humans. Supporting this claim was discovery that those children who were unable to from normal emotional ties with others did not experience contagions(有感染力的) yawning, which showed that humans communicate regularly without words.
Hogo Critchley, a neuroscientist, has conducted an experiment recently, which will prove that happiness and sadness can spread like the common cold. According to Critchley, our mind and body are in constant exchange about how we're feeling. “Emotions are closed linked with states of internal(内部的)responses, ”he explained. “There are also more visible changes in our gesture and facial expressions. When we're in a group, these signals an spread to another person. For example, there're the obvious tendency to smile when smiled at and there are less obvious changes that reflect emotions of surprise, anger or sadness such as a change in our heart rate and blood pressure. ”
Hugo Critchley further explained, “Our bodies synchronise and when we like the other Person, we even copy his behivour. Next time you chat with a friend, take note of how you’re sitting-it's pretty likely that you will be the same. Scientists believe it’s our way of telling each other that you’re parents. Through body language, humans give each other very subtle (微妙的) but clear signals that show emotions. ”
So, what lessons can we learn from this? “spend time with happy people—otherwise your health could suffer, ” said Critchley. “When we’re sad, our body goes into fight or flight mode. But when we’re happy, our body works normally and we feel relaxed and positive. So we look bright, our skin glows, we feel healthy and it affects everyone around us. ”
65. According to Hugo Critchley, _________.
A. emotions are as visible as facial expressions
B. we yawn more frequently when we have a cold
C. emotions are connected with states of internal responses
D. the change of blood pressure is not linked with the change of emotions
66. The underlined word “synchronise” in paragraph 4 means “_________”.
A. move slowly B. change rapidly
C. relax temporarily D. respond accordingly
67. From the passage we can learn ______.
A. sadness is as contagious as happiness
B. anger is less contagious than friendliness
C. surprise is more contagious than smile
D. surprise is the most contagious among emotions
68. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Emotions have delicate influence on fellow humans.
B. Children like copying the actions of the fellow humans.
C．Scientists are still confused about contagious yawning
D．People tend to communicate more with body language.
答案： 65-68 CDBA
【解析】本文是一篇说明文（科技文），说明的是：快乐的情绪可以影响周围的人。
65. 根据第三段的“Emotions are closed linked with states of internal responses,”得知C正确。
66. 根据第四段的“Our bodies synchronise and when we like the other Person, we even copy his behavior. Next time you chat with a friend, take note of how you’re sitting-it's pretty likely that you will be the same.”得知选D。
67. 根据第二段的最后一句得知微笑的传染力要比惊讶和生气的传染力明显，所以B正确，ACD错。
68. 根据第二段的第一句得知人们的情绪受同类人的影响，所以A 正确，C错误。而BD显然是错的。
说明文（科技文）是高考的热点，是词汇量比较大的阅读项目。
D
Celebrity（名人）has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption（消费）on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful marker potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own
Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.
However, for every success story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product’s origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial（最初的）attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty（忠城）returning to tried-and-true labels.
Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego’s（自我的）potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion－like celebrity－has always been temporary.
69. Fashion magazines today .
A. seldom put models on the cover
B. no longer put models on the cover
C. need not worry about celebrities’ market potential
D. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly
70. A change in the consumer market can be found today that .
A. price rather than brand name is more concerned
B. producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisements
C. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements
D. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned
71. The underlined sentence in paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly .
A. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products
B. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public
C. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business
D. influence the price of a celebrity’s products
72. The passage is mainly about .
A. celebrity and personal style
B. celebrity and markets potential
C. celebrity and fashion design
D. celebrity and clothing industry
答案： 69-72 ADAB
【解析】本文是一篇议论文，论述的是：名人效应在市场上的作用。
69. 根据第一段的“Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces.”得知A正确。
70. 根据文章第三段，可以得出：在当今消费市场产品的质量比它外部的东西更被消费者关注，故选D。
71. 这句话的意思是每一个错误都会导致名人的“保质期”减短，即减弱名人的受欢迎程度，故选A。
72. 根据全文大意，可以得出本文讲述的是名人与市场潜力。故选B。
议论文是高考的难点，是句式比较复杂的阅读项目。
第二节 简答题(共3小题, 每小题2分, 满分6分)
阅读下面短文, 根据第73至第75小题的具体要求, 简要回答问题, 并将答案转写到答题卡上.
Every January, Breckenridge hosts the International Snow Sculpture Championships. Fourteen teams travel from all over the world to Switzerland to compete. Teams sculpt for sixty-five hours over five days. Each team hopes that when the time is up, its sculpture will be judged the best.
As the championship begins, the fourteen teams are faced with huge blocks of snow that weigh twenty tons each. The sculptors bring out their favorite tools that work best on the hard iced snow, but they are not allowed to employ tools that use electricity.
Most teams are inspired by what they have seen in daily life. For example, one team carved a teapot with tea pouring out. Another team sculpted a little cat on its hind feet(后脚)reaching into a fish bowl complete with water ripples(涟漪) and a crab(螃蟹) trying to attack the cat. In 2006, Team USA sculpted a golden dog looking at its image reflected in a mirror. To create the effect that the little dog saw its reflection in the glass, the artists carved two dogs facing each other with their paws(脚爪)touching.
As the final hours of the competition tick by, exhausted team members add last-minute detail. They use small brooms to brush off snow caught in tiny holes. One team member counts down the last five minutes while others are busy cleaning up the tools. If they leave any tools behind, they will be out. When the whistle bows, everyone must step away from the sculpture. The judges then vote on creativity, technical skills, and visual impact (视觉效果)of the designs.
In 200, Team USA took first place for their golden dog sculpture titled “Discovery”. But the competition is not just about medals and ribbons. “It’s not about the prize,” said Rob Neyland, Team USA’s captain. “It’s about touching the audience. ”
Every year, as the championship ends, each team is already dreaming of the next masterpiece it will design.
73. What kind of tools are the sculptors Not permitted to use?(回答词数不超过6个)
74. What gives the sculptors ideas for their creative work? (回答词数不超过9个)
75. Why did Team USA win the competition in 2006? (回答词数不超过15个)
答案：
73．The tools that use electricity.
74．The things they have seen in daily life.
75．Because its sculpture was judged the best for creativity, technical skills and visual impact.
【解析】本文是一片记叙文，讲述的是：国际冰雕比赛。
73. 根据第二段的“The sculptors bring out their favorite tools that work best on the hard iced snow, but they are not allowed to employ tools that use electricity”可以得出答案：需要用电的工具。
74. 根据第三段的“Most teams are inspired by what they have seen in daily life.”可以得出答案：日常生活中他们看到的事物。
75. 根据第四段的“The judges then vote on creativity, technical skills, and visual impact (视觉效果)of the designs.”可以得出答案：他们的作品是创造性、技术性和视觉效果最佳的。
阅读简答是湖南的特色题，根据文章或自己的判断简要回答问题。
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）
填空（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第76至第85小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
注意：每空不超过3个单词。
The best thing you can say about the roofs of most city buildings is that you don’t have to look at them much. That’s very good, since and urban landscape viewed from above can be and unlovely thing－block after block of tarred（铺有沥青的）black rooftops, sticky in summer, windswept in winter, ugly year-round. Or at least that’s the way it used to be.
But urban roofs are going green. Environmental designers have begun to realize that the tops of buildings don’t have to be wastelands. Indeed, they can be gardens, planted with grasses, flowers and bushes.
A planted roof usually comes in one of two varieties: extensive or intensive. The extensive type is wide and shallow, with a soil depth of less than 8 inches, able to support smaller plants, The intensive type may be smaller, but it’s relatively deeper and home to larger plants.
Whatever the design, green roofs are not so simple as ordinary gardens. They have multiple layers beneath the soil, including a drainage layer, waterproofing, structural support, and so on .
But this system can do a great deal of good. A recent paper in the journal BioScience tells that green roofs can control temperature, contain water and clean the air. And most impressively, they can cut heat loss from a building by 50%, lower air-conditioning costs by 25%, and reduce the urban-heated-island effect by 2℃.
Of course, apart from the square feet greened and heat reduced, green roofs are even more valued since people can gain some psychological comfort simply by having a quiet place to go. As so often happens, what’s good for the planet can also be good for the spirit.
答案： 76. Roofs Going Green
77. Tarred Roofs
78. ugly year-round
79. Varieties/Types
80. Extensive
81. possibly smaller
82. Multiple Layers
83. Advantages/Benefits
84. controlling temperature
85. Mental/Psychological
【解析】本文是一片说明文，说明的是：绿色屋顶。
76. 根据第二段的“But urban roofs are going green.”得出答案。
77/78. 根据第一段的“since and urban landscape viewed from above can be and unlovely thing－block after block of tarred black rooftops, sticky in summer, windswept in winter, ugly year-round.”得出答案。
79/80. 根据第三段的“A planted roof usually comes in one of two varieties: extensive or intensive.”得出答案。
81. 根据第三段的“The intensive type may be smaller,”得出答案。
82. 根据第四段的“They have multiple layers beneath the soil, including a drainage layer, waterproofing, structural support, and so on .”得出答案。
83. 根据第五段的大意可以得出结论词汇。
84. 根据第五段的“A recent paper in the journal BioScience tells that green roofs can control temperature, contain water and clean the air.”得出答案。
85. 根据第六段的“Of course, apart from the square feet greened and heat reduced, green roofs are even more valued since people can gain some psychological comfort simply by having a quiet place to go.”得出答案。
第二节 写作（满分25分）
请从下列任务中选择你 最喜欢的一位，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文。要求很具所给信息做适当发挥，且需包括以下三部分内容：
1. 对该任务的简单介绍；
2. 喜欢该任务的理由；
3. 从该任务身上得到的启示。
Thomas Edison
Helen Keller
William Shakespeare
inventor;
creative; diligent;
full of wisdom
ordinary but great woman;
disabled; optimistic;
eager to learn
writer;
talented; imaginative;
man of all ages
“Genius is one percent
Inspiration and ninety-nine
Percent perspiration.”
“… if I had the power of
sight for three days.”
“life is a stage…”
【参考范文】
Thomas Edison
Born in America. Thomas Edison was a great scientist and inventor. He was once thought to be a boy who was not worth educating. In fact, he was a man full of imagination.
I adnure Edison a lot because of his great contribution to the world. He had more than 1000 inventions. In his life time. He was always eager to know how things worked. Which helped him to carn the nickname “the Wizard of Mcio Park”. He was also so diligent that he worked day and night. And this explained why he had so many great inventions.
What impresses me most is his famous saying. “Genius is one percent imspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration”. Probobly I cannot be an Edison myself, but I can be a hardworking learner. From him, I realize the secret to success is not when or where you were born. But what you are doing and how you do it in your life.
Helen Keller
Every time I read “… if I had the power of sight for three days”, I cannot help being moved by its author Helen Keller. an ordinary but great American woman.
I admire Helen because she is optimistic about life. She became deaf and blind when she was 19 months old. Since then she lived in a world of darkness and silence, and communication seemed only a dream for her. But she never gave up and struggled to lead an active life. Under the guidance of her teacher, Ms. Sulliven, Helen learned to read and write and became a famous writer. For a disabled person like her, this was really a wonder!
Helen has set an excellent example to all of us. Her story tells us that we should value what we have, and try our best to overcome any difficulty in life.
William Shakespeare
Do you know Hamlet? Have you read The Merchant of Venice? These two great works are both written by William Shakespeare, my favorite English writer and the man of all ages!
Shakespeare, a son from a poor family, a man of little education, wrote plays and poems that are read all over the world. I like him because his comedies and tragedies bring me into a fantastic world; I love him because his poems let me enjoy the beauty of the English language; I admire him because his keen sights set me thinking and teach me how to lead a meaninigful life!
Since “life is a stage”, we are actually all actors and actresses. On this stage, everyone has his own role to play, and I will try my best to play my role well.
【解析】考查的是说明文和议论文的结合。
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