2007年高考英语试题及参考答案(湖北卷)

2007年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖北卷）

英语.

注意事项：

1．答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。

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3．考试结束，监考人员将本试题卷和答题卡一并收回。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡。

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。并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Why does the woman want to go to America?

A. To take language courses.

B. To attend a conference.

C. To visit some friends.

2. What do know about Peter Smith?

A. He is having lunch a home.

B. He is out at the moment.

C. He is talking with Mary;

3. What is said about the woman?

A. She spends more than she earns.

B. She spends more than she earns.

C. She has a light budget

4. What do we know about the speakers?

A. They are know traveling in Mexico.

B. They have been to a festival in Mexico.

C. They painted some pictures in Mexico.

5. What is the woman doing?

A. Helping children with AIDS.

B. Raising money for African children.

C. Collecting information on African children.

第二节（共15小题；每小题4.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，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，每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What was the man doing during the earthquake?

A. Shouting.

B. Running.

C. Sleeping.

7. How was the man when the earthquake took place?

A. He was ill.

B. He was helpless.

C. He was frightene

D.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why does the boy love Sunday?

A. He can play basketball.

B. He has no classes at school.

C. He can watch sports on TV.

9. What is the boy expected to do?

A. To help with housework.

B. To watch a game on TV.

C. To have a good rest.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is said about medical development in the future?

A. Health care will be free.

B. Cancer may be cureD.

C. AIDS may disappear.

11.What will make distant places more popular for holiday?

A. Better air service.

B. Faster air transport.

C. Lower cost for air travel.

12. What is the topic of this interview?

A. Future ways of travelling.

B. Medical progress in the future.

C. Changes of life in the next decade.

听第9段材料，回答13至16题。

13. Where is the woman going now?

A. To an art museum.

B. To a Chinese restaurant.

C. To an underground station.

14. Why does the woman come to the city?

A. For business.

B. For traveling.

C. For shopping.

15. Why does the man recommend the restaurant to the woman?

A. The service there is gooD.

B. The food there is tasty.

C. The price there is low.

16. According to the man, which is the best means of transport to the restaurant?

A. The bus.

B. The taxi.

C. The undergroun

D.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What kind of passage have you just heard?

A. A public lecture.

B. A radio announcement.

C. A government statement.

18. What is the main purpose of the event?

A. To increase people?s sense of environment protection.

B. To invite people to join an environmental organization.

C. To persuade families to have an outing in the mountains.

19. How many trees are going to be planted today?

A. 700

B. 2000

C. 4000

20. What does the speaker advise volunteers to do?

A. To learn some tree-planting skills.

B. To come along any time they like.

C. To bring along their gloves.

第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共三节，满分55分）

第一节：多项选择（共10小题；第小题1分，满分10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：To make members of a team perform better, the trainer first of all has to know their

A. strengths

B. benefits

C. techniques

D. values

答案是A。

21. This magazine is very with young people, who like its content and style.

A. familiar

B. popular

C. similar

D. particular

22. Emergency line operators must always calm and make sure that they get all the information

they need to send help.

A. grow

B. appear

C. become

D. stay

23. Despite such a big difference in towards what one eats, there is no doubt that people in the

west regard the Chinese food as something special.

A. point

B. idea

C. attitude

D. sight

24. If the firms failed to make enough money, they would .

A. close down

B. call off

C. turn down

D. set off

25. She devoted herself to her research and it earned her a good reputation in her fielD.

A. strongly

B. extremely

C. entirely

D. freely

26. People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and this creates

further problems.

A. in short

B. in case

C. in doubt

D. in turn

27. If we can our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.

A. come across

B. get over

C. come over

D. get off

28. He began to take political science only when he left school.

A. strictly

B. truly

C. carefully

D. seriously

29. Surely it doesn?t matter where the student associations get their money from; what is what

they do with it.

A. counts

B. applies

C. stresses

D. functions

30. Water can absorb and give off a lot of heat without big changes in temperature, thus creating a ______

environment.

A. peaceful

B. sensitive

C. common

D. stable

第二节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

例：We (起床) before dawn. It was still dark outside.(get)

答案：got up

31. They sat together around the table, with (门关着)，（shut）

32. I haven?t the slightest id ea (他正在说什么).(talk)

33. The face ________(失败了数次)makes him very upset.(he, fail)

34. Last night, John was answering the letters that (寄给他的) during the past two weeks.(arrive)

35. He believes that children (应允许……学习) at their own pace.(allow)

36. She has an excellent (对名字的记忆力), which helps her quite a lot in her work.( memory)

37. (他是否出过国)doesn?t make much difference.(he, abroad)

38. The factory?s output of cars this year is (大约是去年的三倍).(as, great)

39. Not only(要帮助)the disabled to find jobs, but also medical treatment will be provided for those who

need it.(give)

40. It is possible that the King of Stonehenge was linked to the stones: he (可能参与) in planning

the monument, or in helping transport and pull up the stones.(hand)

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（A、B、C和D）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。

Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 A. m., there was a 41 on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from 42 to toe , explained that he had 43 out of petrol about 30 km up the roaD. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children 44 at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.

Once I had 45 a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both 46 ,saying that they were colD. Once the car had started, I suggested that he 47 me back.

Before leaving, I had turned the heater 48 in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and 49 .While the little ones played and ran 50 ,I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the 51 .

It was about 5 A. m. before they 52 .The young fellow asked me how much he 53 me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had 54 $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”,but I wouldn?t accept it.

About a month later, I received a 55 from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to 56 to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It 57 out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most 58 person in the company.

In his letter, he thanked me again and 59 me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this 60 ,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

41. A. kick B. hit C. beat D. knock

42. A. finger B. shoulder C. head D. hand

43. A. driven B. used C. come D. run

44. A. away B. behind C. over D. out

45. A. supplied B. poured C. equipped D. filled

46. A. sleeping B. crying C. quarrelling D. fighting

47. A. allow B. ring C. lead D. follow

48. A. on B. off C. in D. over

49. A. neat B. hot C. warm D. attractive

50. A. around B. inside C. nearby D. along

51. A. drivers B. guests C. customers D. adults

52. A. left B. arrived C. ate D. disappeared

53. A. gave B. paid C. owed D. offered

54. A. appeared B. exhibited C. calculated D. shown

55. A. call B. letter C. check D. notice

56. A. get B. force C. requite D. hope

57. A. pointed B. turned C. worked D. found

58. A. generous B. successful C. serious D. powerful

59. A. praised B. persuaded C. informed D. convinced

60. A. lesson B. business C. aspect D. case

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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Karen, grown up in a very traditional family in the western United States, maintained high moral(道德的) standards throughout her youth.. In 1984,at the age of 23,she married Bill. They were blessed with two children, a boy and a girl.

By 1991 their love had deepened, and they were happy. Later that year, Bill developed a white spot on his tongue. He visited a doctor.

One day shortly after that, Bill called Karen to sit beside him. He said with tears in his eyes that he loved her and wanted to live forever with her. The doctor suspected that he had been infected with HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS.

The family was testeD. Bill and Karen?s results were positive. Bill had become infected before he met Katen; then he passed the virus on to Karen. The children?s results were negative. Within three years, Bill was deaD. “I don?t know how to express what it is like to watch the once handsome man you love and intend to live with forever dying slowly. I cried many nights. He died three months short of ten years of our marriage,” says Karen. Though a doctor told Karen that she would soon follow her husband into death, she is still alive. The infection has progressed to the early stages of AIDS.

Karen is but one of about 30 million people now living with HIV/AIDS, a figure larger than the combined populations of AustraliA. Ireland and Paraguay. According to one UN report, Africa has 21 million of these victims. By the turn of the century that number could reach 40 million and the disease will bring on the greatest disaster in human history. Of the wor ld?s sexually active adults aged 15 to 49,1 in 100 has already been infected with HIV. Of these, only 1 in 10 realizes that he or she is infecteD. In some parts of Africa,25 percent of the adults are infecteD.

Since the beginning of the spread of AIDS in 1981,about 11.7 million people have died of it. It is roughly calculated that in 1997 alone, about 2,3 million people died of it. Nevertheless, there are fresh reasons for optimism in the battle against AIDS. During the past few years, there has been a drop in new AIDS cases in wealthy nations. In addition, promising drugs hold out hope of better health and longer life.

61. By telling the story of Karen, the author intends to .

A. were people against high risk behaviors

B. stress the importance of medical tests

C. express sympathy for AIDS victims

D. show the consequences of AIDS

62. The underlined part in Paragraph 1 most probably means “”.

A. were lucky in having

B. were asked to adopt

C. regretted having

D. gave birth to

63. Bill was suspected of being infected with HIV after .

A. he got married to Karen

B. the family members were tested

C. Karen persuaded him to see the doctor

D. he found something wrong with his tongue

64.It can be concluded from the passage that .

A. promising drugs will soon stop AIDS

B. the spread of AIDS could be controlled

C. it is hopeless to win the battle against AIDS

D. the death rate of AIDS patients has been reduced

B

How can a creature weighing over 5 tons and normally taking 150 kilograms of food and 120 liters of water per day survive in a desert environment?

In the southwest African country of Namibia, and the Sahara lands of Mali further north, the desert elephant does just that.

Although not regarded as a separate species from the African elephant, the desert cousin differs in many ways. Their bodies are smaller, to absorb less heat, and their feet are larger for easier walking across sandy surfaces. They are taller, to reach higher branches. They have shorter tusks（象牙），and most importantly, longer trunks to dig for water in riverbeds.

Desert elephants can travel over 70 kilometers in search for feeding grounds and waterholes, and have a larger group of families, They drink only every 3-4 days, and can store water i n a “bag” at the back of their throat, which is only used when badly needeD. Desert elephants are careful feeders-they seldom root up trees and break fewer branches, and thus maintain what little food sources are available. Yong elephants may even eat the dung（粪便）of the female leader of a group when facing food shortage.

During drought they are unlikely to give birth to their young but with good rains the birthrate will increase greatly. Desert elephants have sand baths, sometimes adding their own urine (尿液) to make them muddy!

As we continue to overheat our weak planet, it can only be hoped that other animal species will adapt as extraordinarily well to change as the desert elephant.

65. The underlined part in Paragraph 2 means“”.

A. remains in the African countries

B. drinks 120 liters of water a day

C. manages to live in desert areas

D. eats 150 kilograms of food daily

66. Desert elephants are called careful feeders because they .

A. rarely ruin trees

B. drink only every 3-4 days

C. search for food in large groups

D. protect food sources for their young

67. The author answers the question raised in the first paragraph with .

A. stories and explanation

B. facts and descriptions

C. examples and conclusion

D. evidence and argument

68. What can be inferred from the last sentence in the passage?

A. Overheating the earth can be stoppeD.

B. Not all animal species are so adaptable.

C. The planet will become hotter and hotter.

D. Not all animals are as smart as desert elephants.

C

Almost every child is scared of something, from monsters in the cupboard to dogs in the park. But the fact that such fears are common and normal doesn?t mean they can be taken lightly. Kids experience fears and phobias (恐惧症) much more strongly than adults. And the influence of the fear can be physical as well as psychological(心理的). It can build up so they almost seem scared of everything-a kind of childhood anxiety. Dr. Creswell says: “Your child may always seem to expect the worst to happen and lack confidence

in his or her ability to deal with any challenge.”So don?t make the same old mistake of treating them as if they?re silly for b eing a “scaredy cat”. Handing the fears is essential.

Children can be born nervous anD. , if you have such a baby, you?ll tend to prevent them from ge tting worrieD. So if they fear dogs, You?ll keep them away from dogs, but in fact that can just confirm to the child that dogs are scary. What is worse, keeping your child away from what they fear can turn that feeling into a phobiA. Instead, you should encourage them to get in touch with the thing they fear, in a safe and supportive environment. Dr. Andy Field, a researcher of childhood fears, says:“You should?t force, for example, a dog anxious child to go up to a dog. But you can approach it yourself, show them there is nothing to be afraid of, stroke (抚摸) it, and talk about the dog being friendly. Once your child dares to stroke a dog-one that?s good with children, of course-then you should encourage them to carry on until they feel calmer, and reward them for…being brave?.”

69. Children?s fears are us ually taken lightly because .

A. they will not develop into phobias

B. their influence is psychological

C. they exist widely in the world

D. they will disappear gradually

70. If we fail to help children to overcome fears, they will .

A. make the same old mistake

B. overcome them by themselves

C. experience the worst of things

D. grow up lacking self-confidence

71. According to Dr. Andy Field, if a child is afraid of a cat, parents should .

A. tell the child not to be afraid of it

B. show the child how to approach it

C. keep the child away from it

D. ask the child to stroke it

D

Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference. Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes. However, of all the factors, wealth and age are the top two.

Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference.

Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and happiness is complex. In the past half-century, average income has sharply increased in developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic needs are met, money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues.

“Dollars buy status, and status makes people feel better,” conclude some experts, which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways-scientists or actors, for example-may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.

In a research, Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires-not just for money, but for friends, family, job, health-rose furthest beyond what they already had, tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap (差距)。Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than

income alone. “The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income.” says Michalos.

Another factor that has to do with happiness is age. Old age may not be so bad“G iven all the problems of aging, how could the elderly be more satisfied？”asks Professor Laura Carstensen.

In one survey, Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an emotions questionnaire. She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people, Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or they?re more realistic about their time running out, older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don?t.

“People realize not only what they have, but also that what they have cannot last forever,” she says. “A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85, for example, may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.”

72. According to the passage, the feeling of happiness .

A. is determined partly by genes

B. increases gradually with age

C. has little to do with wealth

D. is measured by desires

72. Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs .

A. make them feel much better

B. provide chances to make friends

C. improse their social position

D. satisfy their professional interests

74. Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are more .

A. optimistic

B. successful

C. practical

D. emotional

75. Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if .

A. the gap between reality and desire is bigger

B. they have a stronger desire for friendship

C. their income is below their expectation

D. the hope for good health is greater

E

lmagine you?re at a party full of strangers. You?re nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Fortunately, you?ve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone?s name tag (标签). The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting-whatever. Making new friends becomes simple.

This hasn?t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experi encing a revolution using RFID technology.

An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product, under your pet?s skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID tags have no energy source-batteries because they do not need it. The energy comes from the reader, a scanning device(装置),that sends out energy (for example,radio waves)that starts up the tag immediately.

Such a tag carries information specific to that object,and the data can be updateD. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patient?s medical records. At a

nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP (very important person)section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.

Take a step back:10 or 12 years ago,you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make ordinary life simpler.

RFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon. “The world is going to be a loosely coupled set of individual small devices, connected wirelessly,”predicts Dr. J.Reich. Human right supporters are nervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags, they say. We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you drank it. And how many beers. Accompanied by how many biscuits.

When Marconi invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication. Not for pop musiC. Who knows how RFID and related technolog ies will be used in the future. Here?s a wild guess:Not for buying milk.

76. The artiele is intended to .

A. warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology

B. explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology

C. convince people of the uses of RFID technology

D. predict the applications of RFID technology

77. We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags, people .

A. will have no trouble getting data about others

B. will have more energy for conversation

C. will have more time to make friends

D. won?t feel shy at parties any longer

78. Passive RFID tags chiefly consist of .

A. scanning devices

B. radio waves

C. batteries

D. chips

79. Why are some people worried about RFID technology?

A. Because children will be tracked by strangers.

B. Because market competition will become more fierce.

C. Because their private lives will be greatly affecte

D.

D. Because customers will be forced to buy more products.

80. The last paragraph implies that RFID technology .

A. will not be used for such matters as buying milk

B. will be windely used, including for buying milk

C. will be limited to communication uses

D. will probably be used for pop music

第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）

假设你是某中学学生会主席李华，你校与本地一所国际学样经常举办联谊活动.你计划在重阳节组织学生到养老院去慰问老人，拟邀请国际学校的学生参加，请你根据以下内容要点给国际学样的学生会主席Tony写一封信.

要点：向老人赠送礼物（鲜花、自制贺卡……）；

为老人提供服务（做清洁、陪老人聊天……）；

为老人表演节目（唱歌、跳舞……）。

注意：1、词数为100左右；

2、信的开关和结尾已为你写好（不计入你所写词数）；

3、已给出的信的开关和结尾不得抄入答题卡.

Dear Tony，

Chongyang, the traditional Chinese festival for the elderly,is coming arounD. We are planning to visit the Nursing Home to celebrate the special day, and we would like to invite students from your school to join us.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

2007年高考英语（湖北卷）答案

31. the door shut

32. (of) what he?s talking about

33. that he has failed (for) several times

34. had arrived for him

35. should (ought to/must) be allowed to learn (study)

36. memory for names

37. Whether he has been abroad or not

38. about three times as great as that of last year

39. will help be given to

40. may (might/could) have had a hand

One Possible Version:

Dear Tony，

Chongyang, the traditional Chinese festival for the elderly,is coming arounD. We are planning to visit the Nursing Home to celebrate the special day, and we would like to invite students from your school to join us.

We have planned several activities. When we get there，we will visit the elderly in their rooms in groups，presenting them with flowers and self－made cards to show our respect and love. Then we will do some cleaning and washing for them with the help of the nurses.

As some old people feel lonely. We may chat with them about their old days, changes of our city, or anything they are interested in. We may also give them some performances: singing, dancing, and so on.

I am sure we will both gain a better understanding of the elderly in ChinA. If you have any suggestions, please let us know.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua