2007年高考试题（湖南卷）解析版

第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?

A.￡19.15.                  B.￡9.15.               C.￡9.18.

答案是B。

1.When will the two speakers leave if they get cheaper tickets?

A.On Tuesday.

B.On Thursday.

C.On Friday.

2.What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A.Husband and wife.

B.Passenger and driver.

C.Salesgirl and customer.

3.What does the man imply?

A.He got help from the woman.

B.He needed more time to study.

C.He worked hard for his composition.

4.What will the woman do in the morning?

A.See Lisa off.

B.Go to the zoo.

C.Deal with an e-mail.

5.Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A.In a bus.

B.In an office.

C.In a phone box.

第二节(共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分)

听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6.Where will the man have his dinner?

A.At Golden Pond Restaurant.

B.At Black Forest Restaurant.

C.At Moon River Restaurant.

7.What do we know about the man?

A.He wants to eat beef.

B.He likes to have dinner late.

C.He prefers to wear a jacket and tie.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8.How does the man feel about the delay of his flight?

A.Calm.

B.Glad.

C.Angry.

9.Which is the right boarding gate for the man?

A.Gate 5.

B.Gate 20.

C.Gate 38.

10.When will the plane probably take off?

A.At 3:30 p.m.

B.At 3:40 p.m.

C.At 3:50 p.m.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11.What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A.Eco-tours.

B.Popular sports.

C.Famous countries.

12.Which activity in the USA is introduced in the dialogue?

A.Mountain-climbing.

B.River-rafting.

C.Bird-watching.

13.How many countries are mentioned in the dialogue?

A.Three.B.Four.C.Five.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。

14.Why does the man ask the woman for help?

A.He has to read a report.

B.He has to write a paper.

C.He has to wait for a call.

15.What does the man ask the woman to do?

A.Buy some food.

B.Make tomato soup.

C.Bring back the café.

16.Which of the following is suggested by the woman?

A.A pie.

B.A salad.

C.A sandwich.

17.What does the woman think of the man?

A.Lazy.

B.Greedy.

C.Curious.

第三节(共3小题；每小题1.5分，满分4.5分)

听下面一段材料，将第18至第20三个小题的信息补充完整，每小题不超过三个单词。听材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出15秒钟的作答时间，本段材料读两遍。

Creenwood 18.

To:Students of Grades 19.

For: Two weeks

Study and play with top artists! 20.every night!

Enjoy yourlife in green woods!

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Reality is not the way you wish things to be,nor the way they appear to be,_______the way they actually are.

A.as                                        B.or

C.but                                   D.and

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_______the silence of the pauses,we could hear each other’s breathing and could almost hear our own heartbeats.

A.In                                        B.For

C.Under                                 D.Between

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Polar bears live mostly on_______sea ice,which they use as_______platform for hunting seals.

A.a;a                                   B.a;the

C.不填;a                                    D.the;不填

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The biggest problem for most plants,which_______just get up and run away when threatened,is that animals like to eat them.

A.shan’t                                   B.can’t

C.needn’t                                  D.mustn’t

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As the years passed,many occasions—birthdays,awards,graduations—_______with Dad’s flowers.

A.are marked                                B.were marked

C.have marked                           D.had marked

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It’s hard for him playing against me.I’ve got nothing to play for,but for him,he needs to win so_______.

A.far                                   B.well

C.little                                    D.badly

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To save class time,our teacher has_______students do half of the exercise in class and complete the other half for our homework.

A.us                                        B.we

C.our                                   D.ours

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Having checked the doors were closed,and_______all the lights were off,the boy opened the door to his bedroom.

A.why                                   B.that

C.when                                  D.where

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As the light turned green,I stood for a moment,not_______,and asked myself what I was going to do.

A.moved                                 B.moving

C.to move                               D.being moved

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We live day by day,but in the great things,the time of days and weeks_______so small that a day is unimportant.

A.is                                        B.are

C.has been                              D.have been

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Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School,where she_______English for a year.

A.studies                                   B.studied

C.is studying                               D.has been studying

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By serving others,a person focuses on someone other than himself or herself,_______can be very eye-opening and rewarding.

A.who                                   B.which

C.what                                  D.that

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Most birds find it safe to sleep in the trees,but_______they have eggs or young chicks,they don’t use a nest.

A.why                                   B.how

C.unless                                    D.where

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“Things_______never come again!”I couldn’t help talking to myself.

A.lost                                  B.losing

C.to lose                                   D.have lost

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There is an old proverb,“Love me,love my dog.”But there is ______wisdom in this:“Love me,love my book.”

A.some                                  B.much

C.more                                  D.most

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

When I was young,my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.

One evening in early April,my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar1a worker who had the flu.I told her I would mess it up,2I had never worked at the bar before.I 3

that instead of making money,I would end up owing it.

“You can do it,”said my mother.“4,you won’t get much business until lunch.”

“But I’ll never remember the orders,and I’m no good ___5money.Please,Mom,don’t

6me.”

“Then I’ll help you,”she said.

I shrugged my shoulders.I thought my mother’s7was a bad one,but I 8.

When I got to the bar the next day,I found my mother was9.Because the weather that day was rainy and cold,people wanted hot snacks and drinks.10,I was really slow at taking the orders and making change.The line of people grew,and everybody seemed11.I was so nervous that my hands shook,and I 12a cup into pieces.What a mess!Then my mother came to13me,and she also showed me how to make14.If someone gave me $5 for something that cost $3.25,I handed over15quarters and a dollar and said,“75 cents makes four dollars,plus one dollar makes five.”Things went more16after that.

By the end of the day,I could remember orders,17the bill,and make change quickly with a smile.I was even a little18when the sun came out and dried up business.My mother said she was proud of me,and when she19that I work at the snack bar again next year,I did not even shrug.I was too busy20the restaurant I would open one day.

1.A.to              B.for           C.after             D.over

2.A.because         B.though            C.until             D.while

3.A.promised            B.noticed           C.worried           D.hoped

4.A.Therefore       B.However       C.Besides           D.Yet

5.A.of              B.on                C.about             D.with

6.A.blame           B.fool          C.frighten          D.make

7.A.idea                B.bar           C.day               D.answer

8.A.guessed         B.obeyed            C.begged                D.admitted

9.A.angry           B.sad           C.wrong             D.ashamed

10.A.At least           B.At last           C.At most           D.At first

11.A.surprised          B.impolite      C.pleased               D.impatient

12.A.damaged            B.destroyed     C.broke             D.ruined

13.A.scold          B.help          C.beat              D.save

14.A.money          B.lunch         C.coffee                D.change

15.A.two                B.three         C.four              D.five

16.A.smoothly           B.fairly            C.simply                D.conveniently

17.A.turn in            B.count out     C.take over         D.add up

18.A.discouraged        B.disturbed     C.disappointed      D.distrusted

19.A.thought            B.stated            C.announced         D.suggested

20.A.imagining      B.preparing     C.examining         D.describing

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In June,2007,a group of students from eight high schools in Winnipeg,the capital of Canada’s Manitoba province,will begin test-launching(试发射)a satellite the size of a Rubik’s cube.

The one-kilogram Win-Cube satellite,named for its home city and its shape,will be put into low orbit.Once in space,it can perform for a few months or up to several years,communicating information that could help find the early signs of earthquakes.

There are 80 similar satellite projects worldwide,but this is the first high-school based program of its kind in Canada.30 Manitoba high school students are having a hand in designing and building the satellite,in cooperation with aerospace(航空航天的)experts and 10 students from the University of Manitoba,and with support from two other organizations.

The Win-Cube project is not something that goes on a piece of paper,it is real-world engineering,allowing high school students to have an opportunity to learn more about the exciting world of engineering through their participation in this challenging program.It is also taken as a wonderful example of the unique partnerships within Manitoba.Designing,building and lauching a satellite with high-school participation will bring this world-class educational project into reality and Manitoba closer to space.

“These Manitoba high school students deserve congratulations for their enthusiasm, innovation(创新)，and a strong love for discovery,”said Education,Citizenship and Youth Minister Peter Bjornson.“We want to make science more relevant(相关的),interesting and attractive to high school students by showing them how classroom studies can relate to practical experience in the workplace or,in this case,in space,”Bjornson added.

The Win-Cube program is mainly aimed at inspiring a strong desire for discovery on the part of the students.It also shows Manitoba’s devotion to research and innovation and the development of a skilled workforce—all important drivers of knowledge-based economic growth.

1.According to the passage,the Win-Cube satellite is_______.

A.named after Manitoba and its shape

B.intended for international communication

C.designed like a Rubik’s cube both in shape and size

D.challenged by university students around the world

2.According to Mr.Bjornson,_______.

A.those Manitoba high school students are worth praising

B.the study of space can be practically made in classroom

C.Manitoba high schools are famous for the sutdy of space

D.scientific research is too far away from high school students

3.The primary purpose of the project is to_______.

A.find the early signs of earthquakes

B.relate studies to practical experience

C.help high school students study real-world engineering

D.inspire a strong desire for discovery among the students

4.The best title for this passage may be_______.

A.Manitoba School                           B.Win-Cube Program

C.Space Cooperation                     D.Satellite Launching

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1.According to the message board,Orinon Books_______.

A.opposes the reading of original classics

B.is embarrassed for cutting down classics

C.thinks cut-down classics have a bright future

D.is cautious in its decision to cut down classics

2.In Mr.Edwards’ opinion,Orion Group is shortening classics to_______.

A.make them easier to read

B.meet a large demand in the market

C.increase the sales of literary books

D.compete with their original versions

3.By describing the shortened classics as “a breath of fresh air”,Ms.Weir_______.

A.speaks highly of the cut-down classics

B.shows gailty of the original classics

C.feels guilty of not reading the classics

D.disapproves of shortening the classics

4.Mr.Crockatt seems to imply that_______.

A.reading the classic works is a confusing attempt

B.shortening the classics does harm to the original

C.publishing the cub-down classics is a difficult job

D.editing the classic works satisfies children’s needs

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business!

In 2005,the American artist Richard Prince’s photograph of a photograph,Untitled (Cowboy),was sold for $1 248 000.

Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called “found photographs”—a loose term given to everything from discarded(丢弃的)prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger’s family album.The German artist Joachim Schmid,who believes “basically everything is worth looking at”,has gathered discarded photographs,postcards and newspaper images since 1982.In his on-going project,Archiv,he groups photographs of family life according to themes:people with dogs;teams;new cars;dinner with the family;and so on.

Like Schmid,the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion(捍卫)found photographs.One of them,called simply Found,was born one snowy night in Chicago,when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper(雨刷)an angry note intended for someone else:“Why’s your car HERE at HER place?”The note became the starting point for Rothbard’s addictive publication,which features found photographs sent in by readers,such as a poster discovered in your drawer.

The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions.Perhaps one of the most difficult is:can these images really be considered as art?And,if so,whose art?Yet found photographs produced by artists,such as Richard Prince,may raise endless possibilities.What was the cowboy in Prince’s Untitled doing?Was he riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone?Or how did Prince create this photograph?It’s anyone’s guess.In addition,as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists,like Schmid,have collated(整理),we also turn toward our own photographic albums.Why is memory so important to us?Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children,our parents,our lovers,and ourselves?Will they mean anything to anyone after we’ve gone?

In the absence of established facts,the vast collections of found photographs give our minds an opportunity to wander freely.That,above all,is why they are so fascinating.

1.The first paragraph of the passage is used to_______.

A.remind readers of found photographs

B.advise readers to start a new kind of business

C.ask readers to find photographs behind sofas

D.show readers the value of found photographs

2.According to the passage,Joachim Schmid_______.

A.is fond of collecting family life photographs

B.found a complaining note under his car wiper

C.is working for several self-published art magazines

D.wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs

3.The underlined word “them”in Paragraph 4 refers to“_______”.

A.the readers

B.the editors

C.the found photographs

D.the self-published magazines

4.By asking a series of questions in Paragraph 5,the author mainly intends to indicate that_______.

A.memory of the past is very important to people

B.found photographs allow people to think freely

C.the back-story of found photographs is puzzling

D.the real value of found photographs is questionable

5.The author’s attitude toward found photographs can be described as_______.

A.critical                                  B.doubtful

C.optimistic                                D.satisfied

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One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might some day get lost in a “sea of technology”rather than experiencing the natural world.Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to a serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors,which will change the wild places of the world,its creatures and human health for the worse,unless adults get working on child’s play.

Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes,even if it was torn down.We cannot be the last generation to have that place.At this rate,kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes.“If the decline in parks use continues across North America,who will defend parks against encroachment(蚕食)？”asks Richard Louv,author of Last Child in the Woods.

Without having a nature experience,kids can turn out just fine,but they are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives.That applies to everything from their physical health and mental health,to stress levels,creativity and cognitive(认知的)skills.Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents—and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it:research suggests that kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that play in nature fosters(培养)leadership by the smartest,not by the toughest.Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a child.The three-year-old turning over his first rock realizes he is not alone in the world.A clump of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes.We really need to value that more.

Kids are not to blame.They are over-protected and frightened.It is dangerous out there from time to time,but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite(仪式)of passage.

Everyone from developers,to schools and outdoors’ citizens,should help regain for our kids some of the freedom and joy of exploring,taking friendship in fields and woods that cement(增强)love,respect and need for the landscape.As parents,we should devote some of our energies to taking our kids into nature.This could yet be our greatest cause.

1.The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that_______.

A.kids are missing the sense of wonder outdoors

B.parks are in danger of being gradually encroached

C.Richard Louv is the author of Last Child in the Woods

D.children are expected to develop into protectors of nature

2.According to the passage,children without experiencing nature will ______.

A.keep a high sense of wonder

B.be over-protected by their parents

C.be less healthy both physically and mentally

D.change wild places and creatures for the better

3.According to the author,children’s breaking an arm is_______.

A.the fault on the part of their parents

B.the natural experience in their growing up

C.the result of their own carelessness in play

D.the effect of their repetitive stress from computers

4.In writing this passage,the author mainly intends to_______.

A.blame children for getting lost in computer games

B.encourage children to protect parks from encroachment

C.show his concern about children’s lack of experience in nature

D.inspire children to keep the sense of wonder about things around

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

阅读下面短文，根据小题的具体要求，简要回答问题。

The north magnetic pole(磁极)is no longer a resident of Canada.It has drifted across the Canadian Arctic and is now angling toward Siberia.

Not to be confused with the geographic North Pole—the northern extremity of the Earth’s axis(地轴),the north magnetic pole(where the Earth’s magnetic field is directed downward)is moving due to natural changes in the Earth’s magnetic field,a process that originates about 3000 kilometers below our feet,in the outer core(核心)of the planet.But scientists are now noticing that the magnetic pole has picked up its pace.

Over the past century,the pole has been migrating at an average speed of about 10 kilometers per year,says Larry Newitt,head of Geomagnetic Laboratory at Natural Resources Canada in Ottawa.Since the 1970s,this speed has increased to about 50 kilometers per year.

Scientists are wondering why the speed is increasing,says Newitt.One hypothesis(假说)relates it to “magnetic jerks”,sudden shifts(变化)in the rate of change of the magnetic field.There have been three jerks in the past four decades,each one correlating to an increases in speed.

If the north magnetic pole continues at its current rate,it could reach Siberia by 2056.

“For most of recorded history,the pole has been a part of Canada,and now it’s not,”says Newitt.“It may be a blow to our collective psyche,but other than that,it doesn’t have a major effect on most people’s existence.”

1.Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “angling”.

____________________________________________________________

2.What could happen to the north magnetic pole by the middle of the 21st century?(回答词数不超过8个)

____________________________________________________________

3.What is the main idea of the passage?(回答词数不超过8个)

____________________________________________________________

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

假设你叫王平，李华是你的同窗好友，请根据下列要点，用英文给李华写一篇毕业留言。

要点：1.简要表述李华在你心目中的印象；

.2.用一到两个相关事例进行具体描述；

.3.对李华表示美好的祝愿。

注意：1.内容积极向上，语意连贯，结构完整。词数120左右。

2.不能写成诗歌形式；不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。

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