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2008年普通高校招生统一考试四川卷(英语)
第一卷
第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15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：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ____ he or she wants.
A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever 答案是B。
1. I haven’t seen Ann for ____ long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like.
A. such B. very C. so D. too 2. You have to ________ a choice. Are you going to leave the job or stay? A. decide B. get C. do D. make 3. Although badly hurt in the accident, the driver was _____ able to make a phone call.
A. still B. even C. also D. ever 4. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread our further, _______ New York is an example.
A. for which B. in which C. of which D. from
which
5. --- Let’s go for a walk in the garden. --- _______, but I need to do the washing-up.
A. No, thank you B. That’s right C. Good idea D. Not at all
6. There were some chairs left over _____ everyone had sat down. A. when B. until C. that D. where 7. The telephone _______, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped. A. had rung B. was ringing C. rings D. has rung
8. In the United States, there is always ____ flow of people to areas of ______ country where more jobs can be found.
A. a; the B. the ; a C. the; the D. a; a 9. Although this ______ sound like a simple task, great care is needed. A. look out B. stay up C. carry on D. get along 10. Although this ____ sound like a simple task, great care is needed. A. must B. may C. shall D. should 11. The manager believes prices will not rise by more than _____ four percent.
A. any other B. the other C. another D. other 12. In some places women are expected to earn money ____ men work at home and raise their children.
A. but B. while C. because D. though 13. --- Can you show me Mr. Jaffer’s office, please? --- _____. But I don’t know if he is in at the moment.
A. Thanks B. Go on C. Sure D. You are welcome
14. We had an anxious couple of weeks _____ for the results of the experiment.
A. wait B. to be waiting C. waited D. waiting
15. A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ___.
A. or more B. instead C. at most D. only
第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，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。
One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been 16 me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly 17. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could 18 my moves, because she 19 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I 20 she had strict sleeping habits, 21 I thought she ought
to be able to 22 some of this strictness. I said to her, “23, you can stay up late for once. We’re having 24.” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked 25. Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it 26, you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we 27 for another ten minutes, until 28 my daughter burst into tears, and 29 that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made 30. I had started the evening wanting to have a 31 time with my daughter but had 32 my desire to win to become more 33 than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win 34 me well. As a parent, I 35 that it got in my way. So I had to change.
16. A. guiding B. asking C. training D. advising
17. A. allowed B. expected C. replied D. accepted
18. A. change B. repeat C. hurry D. pass
19. A. agreed B. needed C. begged D. hated
20. A. knew B. learned C. guessed D. heard
21. A. so B. for C. but D.
or
22. A. put up B. take up C. pick up D. give up
23. A. As usual B. Go ahead C. By the way D. Come on
24. A. patience success
25. A. excited angry
26. A. well regularly
27. A. discussed argued
28. A. nervously suddenly
29. A. promised discovered
30. A. a mistake an effort
31. A. free happy
32. A. managed B. luck B. proud B. again B. continued B. immediately B. admitted B. a decision B. different B. recognized C. fun C. anxious C. fairly C. counted C. strangely C. wondered C. an attempt C. full C. allowed D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D.