2008年全国统一高考英语试卷（陕西卷）

They say there are three ways to experience the Grand Canyon; on foot, on mules(骡子) or by air. We chose the first. Up early; my husband and I and our three children couldn’t wait to get started. We decided to walk along a lovely path named Bright Angel Trail.
As we set out, I was shocked at how narrow the path was. And I couldn’t help noticing that the other tourists weren’t like us. They had heavy backpacks, water bottles, and hats. But as usual we were dressed, As the sun rose higher, Arizona’s famous heat seemed to roast(烘烤)　us. There was no shade and our legs were aching. We decided to go back, with the girl on my back and the boys far behind. By the time we finally got back, our legs were like jelly.
The next day, after we’d had a long rest and a good breakfast, we were ready for another view of the Canyon – by air. After our last walk, this would be the easiest thing in the world.
We called to each other excitedly as the plane took off and circled around the Canyon. But the smiles on our faces disappeared as the pilot tossed(翻转)　the plane around, pretending he was going to hit the ground. I shouted, “STOP, TAKE US BACK!” When we finally arrived back on land, once again our legs were like jelly. We hardly spoke as we drove back.
As I said, there are three ways to view the Grand Canyon. We never tried the mules, but personally I’d suggest a fourth: buy yourself a good magazine like National Geographic. That way, you can see the Canyon, without fear or tiredness.
Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?

The underlined expression “Our legs were like jelly” probably means            .

Which of the following best describes their Canyon trip by air?

We can infer from the passage that          .

Photographs are everywhere. They decorate (装饰) the walls of homes and are used in stores for sales of different goods. The news is filled with pictures of fires, floods, and special events. Photos record the beauties of nature. They can also bring things close that are far away. Through photos, people can see wild animals, cities in foreign lands, and even the stars in outer space. Photos also tell stories.
Reporting the news through photos is called photojournalism. At times photojournalists tell their stories through a single picture. At other times, they use a group of pictures to tell a story. Each picture is like a chapter in a book, which can do more than record the facts. It can also be a strong force for social change.
Jacob Riis was among the first photojournalists. He took pictures of parts of New York City where the poor lived. Riis believed that poverty(贫穷)　caused crime, and he used photos to help him prove his point. A few years later, the photos of small children working in factories by Lewis Hine shocked the public. Hine’s pictures helped bring about laws to protect such children.
Hundreds of pictures may have to be taken in order to get one or two really good photos. It takes science to have the photo come out clearly and art to make a photo that has a good design and expresses feeling. Photojournalists make an actual record of what they see. A photo, however, can be both a work of art and an actual record. It can record an important event as a beautiful or exciting picture.
As historical and artistic documents(文献) ,photos can become more important over time. Today photojournalists still have their pictures appear in newspapers and magazines. They also publish(发表) them in books and on the Internet.
The underlined word “They” in the first paragraph refers to        .

The photos of the small children by Hine show us that photos           .

What can we learn from the passage?

The text is mainly about      .

This was no ordinary class. The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University. They had interrupted their research to accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment: "an interesting week of poetry." This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is science difficult for many nonscience students? What can teachers learn about teaching if they take a class that is not in their field?

The students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. They had reading tasks and had to write three short papers. All students noticed one thing - the importance of spoken words. In science and engineering classes, the instructors put tables and drawings on the blackboard. But in this poetry class, the instructors just talked. They didn't write anything on the board.

The scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between science and poetry. In both subjects, students need to find layers (层次)　of meaning . Some layers are simple, clean, and on the surface; other layers are deeper and more difficult. This search for different levels of meaning doesn't happen much in undergraduate(本科)　science classes, but it is important later, in graduate school. And it is always important in humanities(人文科学).

Both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from this experience. One poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of using informative as he teaches. Most of the scientists agreed on several points. First, humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which information is important. Second, the poetry class was fun. One engineer decided, "We need to change the way we teach engineering to make to make it an enjoyable experience for students."

But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this; All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they cam teach better.

Runners in a relay(接力) race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.
The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of citied and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B, C, to about A, D, 1300, when sea travel offered new routes(路线)　, It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway. However, the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe.
The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft(嫁接)　different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to world-wide business 2,000 years before the World Wide Web.
The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning, diplomacy(外交), and religion (宗教)
It’s probable that traders along the Silk Road needed         .

The Silk Road became less important because         .

New technologies could travel along the Silk Road because people         .

What is the best title for the passage?

Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s. Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent(聪明的) than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. The brain consists of  “grey matter” and
It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.
There are other important differences between two sexes. As white matter is the key to spatial(空间的) tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!
The differences begin when fetuses(胎儿) are about mine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children ad young as one. A boy would try to climb a barrier (障碍物) before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors(祖先) ,among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.
If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t. “The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it.” says a biologist.
Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?

Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?

What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?

The moment I got home, I found Imy jacket on the playground.

Not until the motorbike looked almost new_____repairing and cleaning it.

Tomorrow is Tom's birthday. Have you got any ideathe party is to be held?

I ate_____sandwich while I was waiting for_____20:08 train.

The message is very important, so it is supposedas soon as possible.

He doesn’t have_____furniture in his room --just an old desk.

The man pulled out a gold watch,_____were made of small diamonds.

_____around the Water Cube, we were then taken to see the Bird’s Nest for the 2008 Olympic Games.

–Did you go to the show last night?
–Yeah. Every boy and girl in the area_____invited.

Ten years ago the population of our village was_____that of theirs.

Though we don’t know what was discussed, yet we can feel the topic_____.

–The floor is dirty. Can anyone clean it?  
–_____I do it all the time.

Elizabeth has already achieved success_____her wildest dreams.

It’s going to rain. Xiao Feng, Will you please help me_____the clothes on the line?

——What sort of house do you want to have?  Something big?
——Well, it          be big--that’s not important.

阅读下在短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A woman id her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drover her    21     by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears,     22  “Aunty Misery” at her.
One evening, a passer by asked to    23    for the night. Seeing that he had an   24  Face, she let him in and gave him a nice    25  . The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫师), thanked her by granting (允准) her   26    that anyone who climbed up her tree 27  not be able to come back down until she   28 it.
When the children came back to steal her   29  , she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her
long   30  she gave the tree permission to let  31   go. Aunty Misery was free from the   32  at last.
One day another man    33   her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her,   34  she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you   35   me.” said he.
Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to  36   some pears from my dear tree to remember the 37          
it brought to me in this life. But I am too    38  to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   39   as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree   40  and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.
21.  A. hopeless    B. painful   C. dull   D. crazy
22.  A. calling     B. shouting   C. announcing       D. whispering
23.  A. stay       B. live       C. hide             D. lie
24.  A. interesting B. honest    C. anxious          D. angry
25.  A. gift       B. kiss      C. treat             D. smile
26.  A. suggestion  B. demand     C. permission       D. wish
27.  A. could      B. should     C. might            D. must
28.  A. permitted   B. promised   C. answered         D. declared
29.  A. branch    B. food       C. tree             D. fruit
30.  A. after      B. while      C. since            D. before
31.  A. it        B. them       C. him              D. her
32.  A. trick     B. question    C. trouble          D. difficulty
33.  A. stepped into   B. left for C. stopped at      D. walked around
34.  A. so       B. but          C. although        D. because
35.  A. with     B. off          C. upon            D. for
36.  A. choose    B. pick         C. shake           D. hit
37.  A. honor     B. pleasure      C. hope            D. excitement
38.  A. light     B. short        C. old             D. thin
39.  A. proud     B. kind         C. fine            D. smart
40.  A. disappointedly       B. cheerfully      C. unwillingly     D. eagerly

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。
Sandy is at home. She is now calling Lisa, her classmate.
Sandy: Hi, Lisa. Have you finished helping your parents?
Lisa: I finished cleaning the living room a little while ago, but I haven’t cleaned my bedroom yet. 61    
Sandy: I know what you mean. 62   Do you think you’ll be finished soon?
Lisa: I should be done in about an hour.
Sandy: 63  
Lisa: I did the English homework last night. 64   I don’t understand it.
Sandy: Me neither. 65 We can help each other work it out. 
Lisa: OK. Then we can go and have our hair cut.
Sandy: Great. See you in a little while.

E. Why don’t we so it together this afternoon?   
F. Have you looked at Monday’s homework yet 
G. I also hate doing the cleaning around the house.

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡上指定区域上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

短文改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
此题要求在答题卡上改正所给短文中的错误，请根据上下文对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个（）；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，并用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出应加的单词。
此行错一个词：在错词下画一横线，在在该行右边横线上写出改正后的单词。
注意：原行没有错误的不要改。
John Brown is London taxi driver who love going to the
Theatre .Last week his mother gave him two tickets for a play.
The tickets were on Sunday evening. Then John read some
Reviews of the play, which all said it was a terribly one! He
Wouldn’t go to see a play that no one liked it, So two hours
Before the play started, he left the ticket on the back seat of
His taxi, Perhaps someone who wanted ∧  see the play would take
Them. However, while John went back home, the tickets were
Still there. In the fact ,there were four tickets on the seat.
Someone has placed another pair of tickets on top of them!

书面表达(满分30分)
某天，你班贴出了一张通知。请根据通知、内容要点和要求写一篇英语发言稿。
内容要点：
1.你对“周五读报活动”的看法：
2.陈述你的理由(可举例说明)：
3.你的具体建议。
要求：
1.短文填写在答题卡的指定区域
2.短文词数不少于80(不含已写好的部分)
3.内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯。
4.快写须清楚、工整。