2008年高考題

1.(08全國Ⅰ28)
You’re driving too fast.Can you drive ______?
slowly a bit a bit more
C.a bit more slowly more a bit

答案 C

解析 考查a bit用來修飾比較級的用法。

2.(08全國Ⅰ32)
The weather was ______ cold that I didn’t like to leave my room.

答案 D

解析 考查so...that這一結(jié)構(gòu)。

3.(08全國Ⅱ19)
The house still needed a lot of work，but ______ the kitchen was finished.
d ther once least

答案 D

解析 句意為：盡管這所房子仍然需要大量工作(才能建完)，但至少廚房已經(jīng)竣工了。D項意為“至少”，根據(jù)句意知此項符合；A項意為“相反”；B項意為“總共”；C項意為“立刻，馬上”。

4.( 08北京26)
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

答案 B

解析 句意為：長途旅行后他們?nèi)嘶丶伊?，又累又餓。由句式結(jié)構(gòu)看，空格處應(yīng)作為狀語使用，四個選項中均使用了并列連詞and，故and前后的詞性應(yīng)該一致，且英語中形容詞或形容詞短語可作為狀語使用，表示主語的狀態(tài)，故應(yīng)選擇B項。

5.(08天津2)
My brother is really ______. He often works in his office far into the night.
A. open-minded B. hard-working C. self-confident D. warm-hearted

答案 B

解析 open-minded 思想開明的，坦率的；hard-working 勤勞的，努力工作的；self-confident 自信的；warm-hearted 熱心腸的。句意為：我弟弟真是能干，他經(jīng)常在辦公室里工作到深夜。

6.(08天津15)
At the railway station， the mother waved goodbye to her daughter until the train was _______.
A. out of sight B. out of reach C. out of order D. out of place

答案 A

解析 out of sight看不見；out of reach夠不到；out of order雜亂，出故障；out of place不在原來的地方，不恰當。句意為：在火車站，這位母親揮手向她的女兒告別，直到火車看不見為止。

7.(08安徽27)
—Hi，Mark.How was the musical evening?
—Excellent! Alex and Andy performed ______ and they won the first prize.
ully ly gly sly

答案 A

解析 句意為：“喂，馬克！音樂晚會如何？”“太棒了！亞歷克斯和安迪表演得很嫻熟，他們得了第一名?！?/p>

8.(08江西29)
If a person has not had enough sleep， his actions will give him ______ during the day.

答案 A

解析 句意為：如果一個人沒有足夠的睡眠的話，那么在白天他的行為就會表露出來。give away 贈送；泄露；表露；give up放棄；give in屈服，讓步；give back返還，歸還。

9.(08江西33)
Jack is late again.It is ______ of him to keep others waiting.
ry l

答案 D

解析 It is typical of do sth.是固定句型，意為“某人一向如此”。

10.(08湖北28)
In those days， our ______ concern was to provide people who were stopped by the snow storm with
food and health care.
nt ent y

答案 D

解析 normal正常的；標準的；constant不斷的；permanent永久的；primary基本的；首要的。句意為：
在那些日子里，我們最主要的事情就是向那些被圍困在暴風(fēng)雪中的人們提供食物和健康護理。

11.(08湖北29)
As he works in a remote area， he visits his parents only ______.
sly cally ly

答案 A

解析 occasionally adv.偶爾地；anxiously adv.焦急地；practically adv.實用地，實際地；urgently adv.緊急地。句意為：因為他在一個邊遠的地區(qū)工作，所以他只能偶爾回去看望他的父母。

12.(08湖南25)
Last night Mr.Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. ______，he met some friends
and stayed out until midnight.
A.Meanwhile B.However C.Instead D.Yet

答案 C

解析 句意為：昨天晚上庫魯克先生沒有按往常的時間回來，而是見了幾個朋友，在外面呆到半夜。C項為“相反的；反而”，符合題意；A項“與此同時”；B項“然而”，表轉(zhuǎn)折；D項“然而”，表轉(zhuǎn)折。

13.(08陜西12)
He doesn’t have ______ furniture in his room—just an old desk.
A. any B. many C. some D. much

答案 D

解析 由于破折號后出現(xiàn)了just an old desk，表示肯定含義，且furniture為不可數(shù)名詞，故空格處用much。

14.(08四川1)
I haven’t seen Ann for ______ long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like.

答案 C

解析 由句意“我那么久沒見安了，以至于我已忘了她長得什么樣子了”及句中引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句的連接詞，可知用so…that…結(jié)構(gòu)。

15.(08四川3)
Although badly hurt in the accident，the driver was ______ able to make a phone call.

答案 A

解析 句意為：盡管在事故中受重傷，但司機還能打電話。although…yet/still…用以表達“盡管……，但還是……”，屬于讓步狀語從句的范疇。

16.(08四川15)
A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ______.
more d most

答案 A

解析 句意為：只要不持續(xù)10天或更長，通?？人允菦]有什么可擔(dān)心的。A項意為“更多”，B項意為“相反”，C項意為“至多”，D項意為“僅僅”。

17.(08浙江3)
I like this jacket better than that one， but it costs almost three times_____.
A. as much B. as many C. so much D. so many

答案 A

解析 空白處補充完整為as much as that one costs。

18.(08浙江12)
There are plenty of jobs ______ in the western part of the country.
A. present B. available C. preciousD. convenient

答案 B

解析 available意為“可得到的，可利用的”。句意為：在這個國家的西部地區(qū)，有很多工作可找。

19.(08浙江18)
Running a company is not ______ a matter of hiring people — they also need to
be trained.
A. simply B. partly C. seriously D. equally

答案 A

解析 句意為：經(jīng)營一家公司不僅僅是雇用工人的問題——他們也需要被培訓(xùn)。故選A項。

20.(08福建26)
In spite of repeated wrongs done to him，he looks ______ to people greeting him.
ly d

答案 A

解析 in spite of是解題的關(guān)鍵詞，“盡管反復(fù)被冤枉，他看起來還是……”，由此排除C、D兩項；friendly友好的；lively活潑的，根據(jù)題意可知選A項。

21.(08遼寧30)
It looks like the weather is changing for ______ . Shall we stick to our plan?
A. the worse B. worseC. the worst D. worst

答案 A

解析 句意為：看上去好像天氣在變壞。我們還要不要堅持我們的計劃？change for the worse變壞，惡化，是固定短語。

22.(08江蘇30)
It is ______ to spend money on preventing illnesses by promoting healthy living rather than spending it trying to make people ______ after they are ill.
;good ;better ;better ;good

答案 C

解析 由句意可知，兩處空白均表示兩者的比較，故用比較級。

23.(08山東33)
Would it be ______ for you to pick me up at four o’clock and take me to the airport?
ient

答案 D

解析 句意為：4點鐘你來接我再送我去機場方便嗎？free自由的；vacant未被占用的；handy手邊的，附近的；convenient便利的，方便的。