1、2008 年高考模拟预测试卷英语（四）(16 所名校共同编写)（满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟）第 I 卷（共 95 分）第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分 50 分）第一节 语音知识（共 5 小题：每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）从 A、B、C 、 D 四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。1. hear Aresearch Bearn Cspear Dbear2clothAthrough Bthus Calthough Dwithin3computerAcomposition Bc omrade Cconcert Dcompany4rebuildArece
2、ive Brecently Cre ception Drecite5chemicalAmachine Bmuscle Cfun ction Dchoice第二节 语法和词汇知识（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。6（Li Hua, a Chinese middle school student, often chats online with her American friend Diana.）Diana: Good evening.Li Hua: _.ALong time no see BVery good,
3、thank youCGood evening DMorning to you7God said to Adam and Eve, “you eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden.”Acannot Bshall not Cshould not Dwill not 8The Great Wall is not only a great structure by the Chinese people, but also a cultural gem that belongs to of the world.A
4、being built; people Bbuilt; peoplesChaving been built; peoples Dwas built; people9Finding suitable home help is not easy, the relatively high wages it pays.Anow that Bin case Calthough Ddespite10In the lead up to the Beijing Olympics, it increasingly difficult to even find a sports translator, no ma
5、tter how high the salary on offer.Abecomes Bwill become Cis becoming Dhas become11Our winter vacation was ruined by the snowy weather, have stayed at home.Ait may be as well Bwe had better to Cwe might just as well Dit was just as well we12If the wind doesnt before three oclock, we wont be able to t
6、ake off today.Ago up Bgo down Cgo off Dgo by13The campaign is trying to get the across to young people that drugs are dangerous.Ainformation Bsense Cmeaning Dmessage14- Have you even been to Australia?- No, Id like to, .Areally Bindeed Cthough Dalthough15I gratefully financial support from several l
7、ocal businesses.Athank Backnowledge Cclaim Ddeclare16A Merry Christmas to you. God you!Abless Bblesses Cwill bless Dwould bless 17 it began to rain. AAs soon as I had started BI had hardly started when CNo sooner did I start than DThe moment I had started18Sometimes advertisements make possible for
8、companies to sell the customers _ money cannot buy.A/ ; that Bit ; what Cthat ; which D/ ; whose 19If you buy one pair of glasses well give you another pair completely .Afree Bfreely Cwithout nothing Dfree charge20Whether you believe it or not, it is that causes your illness.Adue to your overweight
9、Bbecause you are overweight Cyou are overweight Dyour being overweight第三节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。A Friend in NeedIn the fall of 1979, I lost my second child shortly after her birth. “Well have 21 baby,” my husband Dick tried to comfort me, 22 that could n
10、ot stop my pain. Then one December night in 1980, Dick 23 me the current Readers Digest. Hed marked a 24 , “Song for Sarah,” about a pregnant woman who 25 her life 26 losing her husband and daughter in a car 27 . She came to realize that finding in her new child didnt 28 betraying（背叛）the one shed lo
11、st. In all my advice , no one had put my 29 into words before. I felt 30 _ for the first time in over a year. The next day, I bought baby clothes for the child I was 31 . My beautiful son Michael was born that April.Years passed, but the Digest story 32 left me. I dreamed of going to 33 school, but
12、knew I had a slim chance of 34 _ . The application asked what 35 I could offer as a lawyer. I 36_ that my daughters death had taught me I was 37 enough to handle anything. “Song for Sarah”38 _ the way.This past spring I 39 from Suffolk University Law School, and Ive been 40 at the US Attorneys Offic
13、e in Boston. Im grateful to Readers Digest.21Aa Bone Canother Dother 22Aand Bbut Ctherefore Dthus 23Apassed Bposted Cshowed Dhanded24Aarticle Bstory Csong Dpoem25Alost Bstarted Crebuilt Dchanged26Abefore Bwhen Cwhile Dafter27Aevent Bincident Caccident Dtraffic28Atell Binform Crealize Dmean 29Aears B
14、soul Cfeelings Dthought30Asad Bexcited Cworried Dhappy31Amissing Bpromising Cexpecting Ddreaming32Anever Balways Cforever Dhardly33Aadult Bnight Claw Dnormal34Aentrance B acceptance Cgraduation Dacknowledgement35Apersonal Bmanners Cqualities Dmorals36Asaid Btold Cwrote Dargued37Astraight Bstrong Cst
15、rict Dstubborn38Apointed Bfound Cgot Dhad39Astudied B taught Ccame Dgraduated40Aworking B practicing Ctraining Djoining第三部分 阅读理解（共 25 小题；第一节每小题 2 分；第二节每小题 1 分；满分 45 分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。ACan trees talk? Yes but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communica
16、te with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars（毛毛虫）changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more astonishing, the t
17、ree sent out a special vapora signal causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.Communication, of course, does not need to be in words. We can talk each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a
18、whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar for honey. So why shouldnt trees have ways of sending messages?41It can be inferred from the passage that caterpillars do not feed on leaves that .Ahave an
19、 unpleasant taste Bare lying on the ground Chave an unfamiliar shapeDbees dont like42According to the passage, the willow tree was able to communicate with each other by .Awaving its branches Bgiving off a special vaporCdropping its leaves Dchanging the color of its trunk43According to the passage,
20、bees communicate by .Atouching one another Bsmiling one anotherCmaking special movement Dmaking unusual sound44The author believes that the incident described in the passage .Acannot be taken seriously Bseems completely reasonableCshould no longer be permitted Dmust be checked more thoroughBThe Migr
21、ation of BirdsHere is a scientific experiment on the homing of birds, the fact of which are quite certain. A few years ago seven swallows were caught near their nests at Bremen in Germany. They were marked with a red dye on some of their white feathers, so that they could easily been seen. Then they
22、 were taken by plane to Croydon, near London. This is a distance of 400 miles.Then the seven swallows were set free at Croydon. Five of them flew back to their nests at Bremen. How did the birds find their way on that long journey, which they had never made before? That is the great puzzle. It is no
23、 good saying that the swallows have a sense of direction. These are just words and explain nothing. We want to know exactly what senses the animals use to find their way, how they know in which direction to go until they can see familiar landmarks. Unfortunately practically no scientific experiments
24、 have yet been made on this question.Perhaps migrating birds are the greatest mystery of all. Swallows leave England in August and September, and they fly to Africa, where they stay during our winter. The swallows return to England in the late summer for the south. A lot has been found about the jou
25、rneys of migrating birds by marking the birds with aluminum rings put on one leg. An address and a number is put on the ring.Swallows from England go as far as South Africa and as many as fourteen birds, marked with rings in England, have been caught again in South Africa. From England to South Afri
26、ca is a journey of 6,000 miles. And the birds not only return from Africa to England next spring, but often they come back to the nests in the very same house where they nested the year before.45The seven swallows were marked on some of their feathers because .Athey would be taken away by planeBthey
27、 would be free in London CCroydon was 400 miles awayDthey could easily be seen for the red colour46Which of the following is true? .ASeientists have found why the animals can see their nests.BNo one knows why the swallows can fly back to their familiar landmarks.CIts very simple that the birds use s
28、ense of direction.DMany experiments have been made on how birds can fly their way home47Swallows like to spend ”our winter” in . AEngland BLondon CAfrica DGermany48When do the birds return from South Africa to England every year? Asummer Bspring Cwinter DBoth A and BCHusband and wife by ArrangementS
29、ome Japanese still get married by parents arrangement. Yoshio and Hiromi Tanaka, a young Japanese couple living in the United States, told the story of their arranged marriage. “We didnt marry for love in the western sense. We got married in the traditional Japanese way. Our parents arranged our mar
30、riage through a matchmaker（媒人）. In Japan we believe that marriage is something affecting the whole family rather than a matter concerning only the young couple. So we think it is very important to match people according to their social background, education and so on. When our parents thought it was
31、 time for us to get married, they went to a local matchmaker and asked her for some suggestions. We discuss the details and looked at the photos she sent, and then our parents asked her to arrange a marriage interview for the two of us.A Japanese marriage interview is held in a public place, such as
32、 a hotel or a restaurant, and is attended by the boy and the girl, their parents and the matchmaker. Information about the couple and their families is exchanged over a cup of tea or a meal. Then the boy and the girl are left alone for a short time to get to know each other. When they returned home
33、they have to tell the matchmaker whether they want to meet again or not.Yoshio continued, “When our parents realized we were serious about each other, they started to make arrangements for our wedding. My family paid the marriage money to Hiromis. This is money to help pay for the wedding ceremony a
34、nd for setting up the house afterwards. We also gave her family a beautiful ornament to put in the best room of their house, so everyone knew that Hiromi was going to marry.”49The Japanese think of the marriage of a young couple as .Aa sign showing the love between themBan opportunity for their pare
35、nts to show their love for their childrenCa private affair for the boy and the girl Dan important matter having influence on the whole family50In arranging a marriage in Japan, the matchmaker plays all of the following roles except . Amaking arrangements for the weddingBproviding the information the
36、 family needCarranging the marriage interviewDattending the marriage interview51According to the passage, the best time to make arrangement for the wedding is .Awhen the young couple agree to meet againBwhen the young couple are sincere about their relationCwhen the parents think it is time for thei
37、r children to get married.Dwhen the parents are well-informed about each others family52According to the passage, what plays the most important role in the matching of young people in Japan? .ATheir parents attitude BTheir family backgroundCTheir occupation DTheir love for each otherDReading is the
38、key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practising until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. A great athlete practises until he can play quickly, accurately, without thinking. Tennis players call that ”being in th
39、e zone.” Educators call it “automaticity”.A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and decoding the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase. With automaticity, he doesnt have to think about decoding the words, so he can concentrate on the meaning of the text.
40、It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois Schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found automatic readers in the first grade who were reading almost three times as fast as the other children and scoring twice as high on comprehension tests. At fifth gra
41、de, the automatic readers were reading twice as fast as the others, and still outscoring them on accuracy, comprehension and vocabulary.“Its not I.Q. but the amount of time a child spends reading that is the key to automaticity,” according to Rossman. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a w
42、eek reading books, magazines or newspapers will in all likelihood reach automaticity. At home, where the average child spends 25 hours a week watching television, it can happen by turning off the set just one night in favor of reading.You can test your child by giving him a paragraph or two to read
43、aloudsomething unfamiliar but appropriate to his age. If he reads aloud with expressions, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, he probably is an automatic reader. If he reads haltingly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, he needs more practice.53The first paragraph tells us
44、.Awhat automaticity is Bhow accuracy is acquiredChow a child learns to walk Dhow an athlete is trained54The Illinois study shows that the automatic readers high speed .Acosts him a lot of work Baffects his comprehensionCleads to his future success Ddoesnt affect his comprehension55A bright child .Aa
45、lso needs practice to be an automatic readerBalways achieves great success in comprehension testsCbecomes an automatic reader after learning how to read Dis a born automatic reader56The main idea of the passage is .Ahow to score high on comprehension testsBreading is the key to school successChow to
46、 test your childs reading ability Dautomaticity is important for efficient readingEBe Brave With New ThingsThe old advertising slogan, “so simple a child can do it ,” has taken on new meaning to me. A few weeks ago I got a computer, but I an mechanically illiterate. I knew that children had no fear of the future, so that seemed a good place to seek help. I asked my nephew, twelve years old, at an elementary school, to help me.My nephew took the machine for granted and has simply accepted the fact that computers are now a way of life. He plays with them and does his homework on
