2008年高考英语真题及答案解析

1. What did the man win in his dream?
A. A holiday.
B. A new car.
C. Some money.

6. How many coats does the woman want?
A. 25. B. 30. C. 50.

11. What will cause delays for traffic coming into town?
A. Rain.
B. A fog.
C. Bridge repairs.
听第9段材料，回答第12至14题。

16. Where does the woman live now?
A. In her workplace.
B. In the city center.
C. In a big apartment.

$21. John promised his doctor he ________ not smoke, and he has smoked ever since.$

$26. After the long journey, the three of them went back home, ______.$

$56. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.$

$61. Horses contributed to the spread of culture by ______.$

66. In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to
______.

$72. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _____.$

73. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” $probably means ______.$

$74. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______.$

21. — Would you like to join me for a quick lunch before class?
— ______, but I promised Nancy to go out with her.

22. — What fruit is in season now? — $Pears and apples, ______.$

$23. The performance _______ nearly three hours, but few people left the theatre early.$

24. Let’$s learn to use the problem we are facing ________ a stepping-stone to future$
success.

$25. The lawyer seldom wears anything other than a suit __________the season.$

$26. I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good _________.$

27. — Have you known Dr. Jackson for a long time?
— $Yes, since she________ the Chinese Society.$

$28. You are driving too fast. Can you drive_________$?

$29. The wet weather will continue tomorrow when a cold front ______ to arrive.$

30. — Which of the two computer games did you prefer?
— Actually I didn’$t like ______.$

31. — Have you got any idea for the summer vacation?
— I don’$t mind where we go ______ there$’s sun, sea and beach.

$32. The weather was ______ cold that I didn$’t like to leave my room.

$33. The English spoken in the United States is only slightly different from ______$
spoken in England.

$34. After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ______ her job as a doctor$
in the countryside.

35. — Sorry, I made a mistake again. — ______. Practice more and you’ll succeed.

$21. Students should be encouraged to use ____Internet as ____resource.$

22. He found it increasingly difficult; _____his eyesight was beginning to fail.

$23. _______was most important to her, she told me, was her family.$