四川高考英语试卷及答案

2008年普通高校招生统一考试四川卷

英语

第一卷

第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55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。

例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ____ he or she wants.

A. however

B. whatever

C. whichever

D. whenever

答案是B。

1. I haven’t seen Ann for ____ long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like.

A. such

B. very

C. so

D. too

2. You have to ________ a choice. Are you going to leave the job or stay?

A. decide

B. get

C. do

D. make

3. Although badly hurt in the accident, the driver was _____ able to make a phone call.

A. still

B. even

C. also

D. ever

4. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread our further, _______ New York is an example.

A. for which

B. in which

C. of which

D. from which

5. --- Let’s go for a walk in the garden.

--- _______, but I need to do the washing-up.

A. No, thank you

B. That’s right

C. Good idea

D. Not at all

6. There were some chairs left over _____ everyone had sat down.

A. when

B. until

C. that

D. where

7. The telephone _______, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped.

A. had rung

B. was ringing

C. rings

D. has rung

8. In the United States, there is always ____ flow of people to areas of ______

country where more jobs can be found.

A. a; the

B. the ; a

C. the; the

D. a; a

9. Although this ______ sound like a simple task, great care is needed.

A. look out

B. stay up

C. carry on

D. get along

10. Although this ____ sound like a simple task, great care is needed.

A. must

B. may

C. shall

D. should

11. The manager believes prices will not rise by more than _____ four percent.

A. any other

B. the other

C. another

D. other

12. In some places women are expected to earn money ____ men work at home and raise

their children.

A. but

B. while

C. because

D. though

13. --- Can you show me Mr. Jaffer’s office, please?

--- _____. But I don’t know if he is in at the moment.

A. Thanks

B. Go on

C. Sure

D. You are welcome

14. We had an anxious couple of weeks _____ for the results of the experiment.

A. wait

B. to be waiting

C. waited

D. waiting

15. A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ___.

A. or more

B. instead

C. at most

D. only

第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，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。

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been 16 me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly 17. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could 18 my moves, because she 19 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I 20 she had strict sleeping habits, 21 I thought she ought to be able to 22 some of this strictness. I said to her, “23, you can stay up late for once. We’re having 24.” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked 25. Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.”“No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play