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2008 年高考北京卷英语试题及答案
第二部分：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）
从每题所给的 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. John promised his doctor he
not smoke, and he has smoked ever since. A. might
B. should
C. could
D. would.
22. — Have you read book called Waiting for Anya? — Who it? A. writes B. has written C. wrote
D. had written
23. — Did you return Fred ’ s call? — I didn ’ t need to I
’ ll see him tomorrow.
A. though B. unless
C. when D. because
24.
that she was going off to sleep, I asked if she ’ d like that little dolbl oend.her
A. Seeing B. To see C. See
D. Seen
25. It was hard for him to learn English in a family, in which
of the parents spoke the language. A. none
B. neither
C. both
D. each
26. After the long journey, the three of them went back home,
. A. hungry and tiredly B. hungry and tired C. hungrily and tiredly D. hungrily and tired
27. The hotel wasn
’ t particularly good. But I in many worse hotels. A .was staying B, stayed C. would stay D. had stayed 28. I ’ ll give you y friend ’ s home aI dcdarnebsse,reached most evenings.
A. which B. when C. whom D. where
29. No decision about any future appointment until all the candidates have been interviewed.
A. will be made B. is made C. is being made
D. has been made
30. The companies are working together to create they hope will be the best means of transport in the 21st
century. A. which
B. that
C. what
D. who
31. –Did the book give the information you needed? –Yes. But it, I had to read the entire book. A. to find
B. find
C. to finding
D. finding
32. I feel greatly honored into their society. A. to welcome B. welcoming C. to be welcomed
D. welcomed
33. If you really have to leave during the meeting, you ’ dthbetbtearclkeadvoeor_. A. for
B. by
C. across
D. out
34. I ’ m sorry you ’ ve been waiting so long, but it ’ ll still be some time Brian get back. A. before
B. since
C. till
D. after
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35. It is worth considering what makes A. introduces C. introducing
B. to introduce D. introduced
“ conveniencpeop”ulafro, oadnsds_o better ones of your own.
第二节完形填空（共 20 小题：每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 将该项涂黑。
When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could
36 tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne.
A、 B、C、 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上
I was extremely interested in the ideas he 37 in class.
When I took the first exam, I was 38 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper, went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_ 40 . I decided to try harder, although I didn
’ t kno4w1 wbheactatuhsaet school had always been easy for me. I read
42 with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but
39 English was my best subject. I
the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I wouldn ’ t change his 43 .
One more test before the final exam. One more 44 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time. before.
The last hurdle( 障碍 ) was the final. No matter what kiss the 49 goodbye.
I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even 50 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I
w51 ’ithd ahatevset.
45 The meaning of the word “ thorough ” . 4B6u_t_my did no good and everything 47 as
48 I got, it wouldn ’ t cancel t-hprlueseeCs. I might as well
A week later, I was surprised to find I got a n A. I hurried into professor Jayne me. “ If I gave you the As you 53 , you wouldn
’ t continue to work as hard.
’ s5o2f_fic_et.oHbee expecting ”
55 , as I had
) were correct. I had worked my head I stared at him. 54 That his analysis and strategy(策略 never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I excellence. 36. A. take 37. A. sought 38. A. shocked 39. A. but
B. discuss
C. cover
D. get
D. obtained D. anxious
’ ve always remembered Professor Jayne
’ s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of
B. presented B. worried B. so
C. exchanged C. scared
D. or
C. for
40. A. unchanged B. unpleasant C. unfriendly 41. A. reflected 42. A. quarreled 43. A. attitude 44. A. choice 45. A. memorized
B. meant B. reasoned B. mind B. step
C. improved C. bargained C. plan C. chance
D. unmoved D. affected D. chatted
D. view D. measure
D. learned
B. considered C. accepted
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46. A. ambition 47. A. stayed 48. A. grade
B. confidence C. effort B. went B. answer
B. course B. favored B. luck
C. worked C. lesson C. degree C. treated C. problems
D. method D. changed D. comment D. subject D. relaxed D. tricks.
D. seemed D. welcomed
D. realizing
49. A. scholarship 50. A. helped 51. A. fun 52. A. happened 53. A. valued
B. proved B. imagined
C. pretended C. expected
54. A. remembering 55. A. out
B. guessing
C. on
C. supposing
D. off
B. over
第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分） 阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（ 该项涂黑。 A
Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked,
“ Just a minute,
” answered a weak, elderly voice.
A、 B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. want my mother treated.
”
” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked,
”
“ It ’ s nothing,
” I told her.
“ I just try to treat my passengers the way I would
“ Oh, you ’ re such a good man.
“ Could you drive through downtown? “ It ’ s not the shortest way, “ Oh, I ’ m in no hurry,
” I answered quickly.
“ I ’ m on my w临a终y t医o 院a h)o.sIpdicoen(
’ t have any family left. The doctor
” she said.
”
t have very long. says I don ’
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter( 计价器 ).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she ’ d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said, ” I ’ m tired. Let
’ s go now. ”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me. “ How much do I owe you? “ Nothing. ” I said.
” she asked.
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