浙江省宁波市2008年高考模拟考试(英语)

宁波市2008年高考模拟考试
英语试题卷
说明：1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。

考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交同。

第Ⅰ卷
第一部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分50分)
第一节：语法和词汇知识(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1．The salesman said that thief was a young man with brown hair．A．the，a B．the，/ C．a，/ D．a，a 2．Whoever breaks the law should be punished．This is we must stick to．A．anything B．nothing C．everything D．something 3．—Can I have supper now，Kate?
—Yes，but we have got no beef left today. I'm afraid you have to go it．
A．at B．except C．without D．against 4．“I in the room，watching TV.”I told the policeman who had driven here to question me．A．stayed B．stay C．was staying D．am staying 5．In order to the requirements of the International Olympic Committee．Beijing has built
a lot of equipment.
A．meet B．answer C．realize D．gain
6．He has called several times this morning，there is something very urgent．A．really B．especially C．obviously D．terribly 7．All these gifts must be mailed immediately in time for Christmas．A．to have received B．to receive C．to be receiving D．to be received 8．—Why didn't you go fishing with your friend yesterday?
—Well，fishing is a hobby which calls for a great deal of ，which I don't have．
A．strength B．money C．wisdom D．patience 9．Soon the thought came to him he had no time to prepare for the interview．A．that B．whether C．when D．where 10．—Why did you come late this morning?
—We were for an hour in the traffic jam．
A．taken up B．given up C．held up D．put up 11．She was so angry that she rushed out into the rain I could stop her．A．until B．before C．after D．as
12．We are seeking a service manager．We'd like who will devote himself to this job．A．that B．them C．it D．one
13．I'd like Jim，Jack，to go to the farewell party on behalf of our class．A．more than B．less than C．rather than D．or other 14．You are supposed to leave your luggage your eyes can reach it．
A．when B．where C．then D．there 15．Whenever he was asked why he was late for class，he would answer carefully, always
the same thing．
A．saying B．said C．to say D．having said 16．The man spoke in a strange voice and I couldn't whose voice it was．A．turn out B．pick out C．take out D．turn up 17．—What do you think of the blind man?
—I've never seen a man with sense of touch．
A．the better B．a better C．a good D．the best
18．I'm not sure what time I'll arrive，maybe half past seven．，I'll be there as early as possible．
A．Anyhow B．However C．Thus D．Therefore 19．—Why do you ask me to do the difficult work?
—Because you do such a thing and nobody else is fit for it．
A．would B．should C．can D．may
20．—I've given up smoking already, Peter．
—You should have taken the doctor's advice years ago．，anyway
A．Better late than never B．It's easier said than done
C．No pains，no gains D．Well begun is half done
第二节：完形填空(共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第21—40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D) 中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was a young child，my parents often told me that it was time that taught a man everything．I didn't understand and wondered why 21 had such a big influence 22 a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult．But now, 23 I come to knock at the door of adulthood．I feel 24 to express my own 25 on this saying．I know that I am just a high school student with very few experiences．There are still many things
26 me in the future，yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice．
I once read this sentence，“To make this world a happy place in which to live，you had better
27 yourself and your heart，instead of the whole world．”I was shocked．It made me think about
28 itself．There are so many things around us that 29 our will．We can't force life to follow our wishes．The earth won't stop turning no matter whether we 30 it or not．What we can do is just to make 31 suit the world．I think we should learn to accept 32 life gives us，no matter whether it's the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall，and try to be happy．The pop song Grandmother by Jay Chou is my favorite．I'm deeply moved by this beautiful song．I always try to 33 every pleasant thing in my life，but now I see that I don't catch most of the 34 moments．it is more likely that they slip by and leave you 35 regretful．I realize that I'm not just living for myself and that there are others I should 36 such as my parents，friends，and so on．They all pay attention to my growing up，37 it's just a little progress．
Everyone has his or her own 38 towards life，positive or negative．It doesn't 39 ，I think．There is one 40 that should be obeyed and that's to make this world better．
21．A．man B．time C．thing D．parent 22．A．about B．with C．on D．in 23．A．before B．after C．as D．when
24．A．glad B．worried C．tired D．anxious 25．A．belief B．opinion C．confidence D．expression
26 A．waiting for B．sticking with C．dealing with D．doing with 27．A．praise B．change C．exchange D．force 28．A．life B．money C．heart D．world 29．A．go with B．go along C．go for D．go against 30．A．receive B．check C．refuse D．accept 31．A．himself B．themselves C．ourselves D．yourself 32．A．what B．that C．which D．why 33．A．touch B．escape C．catch D．lose 34．A．sad B．pleasant C．safe D．special 35．A．feeling B．looking C．remaining D．proving
36 A．make of B．speak of C．hear of D．think of 37．A．in case B．in that C．even if D．as if 38．A．idea B．way C．view D．attitude 39．A．matter B．do C．go D．fit 40．A．point B．rule C．thing D．word
第二部分：阅读理解(共25题；每小题2分，满分50分)
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并
在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa，who from an early age has been looking after cattle more than most of you．However, he has never been to school．Has this boy ever had any education?
Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us．All the people who care about us—our parents，brothers，sisters，friends，are our teachers．In fact，we learn something from everyone we meet．We start learning on the day we are born，not on the first day we go to school! Every day we have new experiences，like finding a bird's nest，discovering a new street in our neighborhood，making friends with someone we didn't like before．New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people．Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible．As we grow up，we begin to find out what we are capable of doing．You may be good at cooking，or singing or playing football．You find this out by doing these things．Just thinking about cooking doesn't tell you if you are good at it．
We learn so much just living from day to day．So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school，like how to do shopping and how to help old or disabled people who can't do everything for themselves．At school，teachers help us to read and write．With their guidance，we begin to see things in different ways．
41．The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that ．A．African children are very poor B．some children are unlucky
C．education takes place in many ways D．schools are of great importance 42．One can find out what he is good at by
A．the encouragement of people around B．thinking of it when growing up
C．the teachings of those he or she meets D．trying much practice
43．How the writer looks at the role of school is that ．
A．school is not so important as our living places
B．school enables us to understand the world in other ways
C．school teaches us something useless at home
D．school cannot prepare us for our daily lives
44．The passage tells us that
A．everyone gets education from the day he or she is born
B．different education trains different classes of people
C．school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world
D．Everyone will find out what he or she is good at
B
The ocean is always moving：waves break on the surface，sea levels rise and fall with the tides，and currents flow below the surface．Although it looks as if the water in a wave is moving across the surface of the ocean，it is not．The water is actually moving up and down．This is why an object on top of a wave will bob up
and down，but not move forward．
When a wave reaches the shore，however, the water does move forward．It surges(前进)onto the shore．This is because the “bottom” of the wave drags on the sand and the “top” continues on，crashing onto the shore．This crashing water is called the surf．Most waves are caused by wind blowing across the ocean's surface．The size of a wave depends on how fast and how far the wind blows over the surface and on the depth of the wave．Small winds can cause ripples，while strong winds create large hurricane waves．
Along most shorelines．water levels rise and fall twice a day．These changes，called tides．are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon．The ocean surface lifts，or bulges(凸出)，in two places：on the side of Earth that faces the Moon and on the side of Earth that faces away from the Moon．Both bulges cause a high tide on nearby shorelines．At the same time that the high tides occur，low tides occur between the two bulges．
Tides are also affected by the pull of the Sun，although tile effect of the Sun is not as great as the effect of the Moon．When the Moon and Sun are lined up with Earth，the combined pull is the strongest，causing the highest high tides and the lowest low tides．These very high and very low tides are called spring tides．Weaker tides，called neap tides，happen when the Moon and the Sun are at right angles to Earth．High tides alternate with low tides．Along most shorelines，a high tide or low tide occurs about every six hours．
45．When the Moon and Sun are lined up with Earth，the tides are called ．A．neap tides B．low tides C．high tides D．spring tides 46．The word “alternate” in the last paragraph means ．
A．appear suddenly B．bob up and down
C．change or become quickly D．happen or follow one after another 47．Which of the following statements is true?
A．The effect of the Sun on tides is the greatest．
B．Tides occur twice a day．
C．Tides are caused by wind blowing across tile ocean's surface．
D．The water in a wave is moving across the surface of the ocean
48．The best title for the passage is ．
A．The Moving Ocean C．Tides and Waves
B．Ocean and Earth D．Waves and Currents
C
We are living in fast times．Yesterday's unforgettable culture experience is today's forgotten film or book．For a few months，the media was full of reports about “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”(《藏龙卧虎》)．Now the media has gone to the next big thing．
But some things have a more lasting influence．“Crouching-tiger, Hidden Dragon” was the first Chinese film to have won major Oscars．And its success meant that millions of people across the world saw a film in Chinese about a Chinese subject．
This is a good example of what sociologists(社会学家)call “soft power．” Hard power is the ability to make others do what you want．Its weapons are guns and money and its aim is to control other countries．
Soft power is the ability to make other people want to please you．The weapon of “soft power”is film，books，TV programs and computer games．And the aim is to increase what advertisers call “mindshare”．That is，the amount of time people spend enjoying and thinking about what a culture or society has to offer．
According to Professor Joseph Nye，who invented the idea，soft power is replacing hard power as a way of measuring economic strength．Historically, armies are used to protect economic interest．These days，business increasingly depends on getting foreigners to understand and buy into your culture，and the products and services it produces．
Everyone knows about China's economy．But how much soft power does China have? What role does China play in the cultural life of ordinary people thousands of miles away?
49．The film “Crouching Tiger，Hidden Dragon” is mentioned ．
A．to introduce the idea of soft power
B．to report the results of major Oscars
C．to show the development of China's economy
D．to make known to the public the success of a Chinese film
50．Which of the following has a lasting influence?
A．Advanced techniques B．Culture experiences．
C．Major Oscars．D．Economic interest．
51．According to the writer, which of the following can be referred to as soft power?
A．The media．B．Businesses．C．Sociologists D．Armies and money．52．What is the main subject discussed in the text?
A．Culture is a product that Can be advertised．
B．Oscars has a major effect on a countries economy．
C．A country's economy is measured by the hard power．
D．Culture exchanges play an important role in a country's economy．
D
One of the most striking sights in the entire United States is the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River．Each year thousands of people visit northern Arizona to see it．Actually the Grand Canyon is really a huge deep valley which was cut by the Colorado River．The valley itself is 217 miles long，and it is more than one mile deep．It changes in width from four to eighteen miles．The area around the Canyon averages between 5，000 and 10，000 feet in height．The north border of the Canyon is 1，000 feet higher than the south border．So the north border has much
colder temperatures than the south border does．
As for the amount of rainfall in the Grand Canyon，the north border has an average yearly rainfall of about twenty-six inches while the south border has only about sixteen inches．On the floor of the Canyon，there is less than ten inches of rainfall in a year．
The Canyon walls cut by the Colorado River hold a long record of geologic change．You can see many plant and animal fossils(化石)in these walls．
Today, plant and animal life in the Canyon is quite plentiful and varied．The Grand Canyon Park has 1，000 kinds of plants，more than 200 sorts of birds，and about sixty-seven kinds of mammals．
The first Europeans to see the Canyon were Spaniards．They were members of Cororado's expedition of 1540．These first European visitors were guided by some Indians．Today, Indians live on much of the lands around the Grand Canyon．
In 1919，the American President Woodrow Wilson set up the Grand canyon National Park in order to protect the Park's land and wildlife．President Wilson said that the Grand Canyon was the one sight that every American should see．Today Americans and many foreigners visit the Grand Canyon-one of nature's finest monuments．
53．The Grand Canyon is among the most striking sights because of ．A．its different rainfall and temperatures
B．its weather change
C．its various plant and animal fossils
D．its natural conditions
54．Which statement about the Canyon is true?
A．The higher places get colder temperatures and more rain．
B．The higher places get warmer temperatures and more rain．
C．The higher places get colder temperatures and less rain．
D．The higher places get warmer temperatures and less rain．
55．Who came to the Canyon first?
A．A Spanish expedition．
B．President Woodrow Wilson．
C．American Indians．
D．Foreign visitors．
56．Which is the best title of the article?
A．A Beautiful Sight in Colorado
B．President Woodrow Wilson Made A Decision
C．You May See Anything in The Grand Canyon
D．The Grand Canyon-One of Nature's Finest Monuments
E
Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes，or biological engineering as people call it，is drawing more and more attention now．Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people．
The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with，such as cancer and heart disease．Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers．And to date，doctors have not found an effective way to cure them．But if the gene technology is applied，not only these two diseases can be cured
completely，bringing happiness and more living days to the patients，but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved，therefore it benefits the economy as well．In addition，human life span(寿命)can be prolonged．
Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children．Some families，with the English imperial family being a good example，have hereditary diseases．This means their children will for sure have the family disease，which is a great trouble for these families．In the past，doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases．But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly．The scientist just need to find the wrong gene and correct it，and a healthy child will be born．
Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to manufacture human beings in large quantities．In the past few years，scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep，therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned．But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities，for most couples in the world can have babies in a very normal way．Of course，the governments must take care to control gene technology．
57．What does “these two killers ” in the second paragraph refer to?
A．gene technology and another treatment of the two diseases．
B．The two murderers who killed the cloned baby
C．The two diseases of cancer and heart disease
D．Hereditary diseases and cancer
58．What's the main idea of the third paragraph?
A．Gene technology can help people to give birth to a baby．
B．Gene technology can be used to clone human babies．
C．How gene technology can be used to treat hereditary diseases
D．Gene technology can help the English imperial family out
59．In what way can gene technology help to treat hereditary diseases?
A．Gene technology helps people with hereditary diseases to live longer．
B．Using gene technology, scientist finds the wrong gene and corrects it．
C．Using gene technology, human babies can be cloned．
D．Doctors can cure cancer and heart disease with gene technology．
60．What is the main purpose of writing this passage?
A．Expressing the writer's idea that gene technology will benefit people
B．Telling people the advantages of gene technology
C．Telling the readers that gene technology will not benefit people
D．Explaining that gene technology will also do harm to the humanity
第二节：Sarah、John、Billy、Melinda和Edna各自在找适合他们居住的地方。

第61至65题是他们的个人要求介绍。

请阅读下面六个地方的介绍(A、B、C、D、E和F)，选
出符合各人需要的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

选项中有一项是多余的。

61．Sarah：As he daughter of a famous heart surgeon，Sarah is used to living in comfort and doesn't want things to change．Now she is starting university．She doesn't like to cook for herself when she could be lazing around the swimming pool．
62．John：John is looking for a room near the university．He is on a very limited budget so he wants to share with his classmate to minimize expenses．
63．Billy：Billy is a party boy who is more interested in having fun than studying. He doesn't like people telling him what to do or when to do it．Money is very tight so he also has to work
part time to make ends meet．
64．Melinda：Melinda and her husband are visiting students at the university for one year．They need a comfortable room from where it is convenient to get to the university as they have no car
65．Edna：Edna doesn't like cooking．She is looking for accommodation that is reasonably
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分：写作(共三节，满分50分)
第一节：单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在句子右边的横线上写出各单词的完全形式。

(每空限写一个单词)
66．The garage said the car was so old that it wasn't worth r ．
67．I can't tell the two cars apart because they are s in size and design．
68．Some stolen bikes have been found and the policemen are getting in touch with the o of the bikes．
69．The exercise was too difficult，which was b the abilities of the students．
70．In China．Tree-Planting Day is on March the t ．
71．I think reading English newspapers is a good way of i your English．72．Teachers often say “Good o fall on prepared minds．”
73．You will know more about him after reading the book，which d his experiences in the army．
74．Reporters wanted to know his view, but he remained s
75．Hangzhou is a beautiful city all the year round，e in spring．
第二节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。

对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个钩(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行锚一个词：在错的词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

I'm very tired today．We had a maths test at 76．
school．It was very difficult．I study a lot 77．yesterday，and stayed up very lately．I didn't get 78．
enough sleep so I didn't feel very good this 79．morning．But I still think I did good job in the 80．
test．I hope so! I'm afraid if I did bad，Mum 81．
and Dad may regret they bought me so an 82．
expensive bike．My friends say that they should 83．
not worry because that I always get good marks in 84．
maths, so I'm still nervous about my result．85．
第三节：书面表达(满分30分)
某英文报开辟了“给编辑的信”栏目。

请根据下面提供的材料，写一封英文信。

2008年2月底，教育部宣布从今年3月至明年7月，在全国200所中小学开展京剧进课堂试点，试点后将逐步在全国推开。

此消息一发布立即引起人们的广泛争论。

赞同者：1．京剧是国粹；2．有利于弘扬民族文化；……
反对者：1．地方戏剧丰富多彩；2．京剧独尊，有失公平；……
你作为浙江省的一名学生，参与了此讨论。

请描述此现象，并根据你的理解，给编辑写封信，表达你的意见和建议。

注意：1．开头已经写好，只需接着写。

2．单词数：100—120(已给出的开头部分不计单词数)
3．参考词汇：(1) a pilot program：试点计划；(2) Peking Opera：京剧；
(3) privilege：特惠待遇，特权；(4) controversy：争论，争议
Dear Editor，
At the end of February，2008，the Ministry of Education announced a pilot program，starting in March this year and ending in July next year，to add Peking Opera to music classes in 200 primary and secondary schools，and then spread it throughout the country，which immediately aroused great controversy．
People in favor of the program say
Yours，
Li Ming。