to a neighbor who would take good care of her, because they knew she wouldn’t like riding in cars for days. However, Sugar walked across deserts and mountains and traveled more than 1,500 miles to the Woods’ new farm! Mr. and Mrs. Woods could hardly believe their eyes. No one knows how Sugar found her way to Oklahoma.
50. What is the passage mainly about? A. Lovely pigs. B. Unknown heroes.
C. New friends. D. Amazing animals. 51. How did Thumper help Benjamin? A. By searching for him in the field.
B. By finding the way out for him. C. By staying with him all the time.
D. By cutting the grass around him. 52. Why did Lulu lie down on the road?
A. To get help. B. To watch the cars. C. To have a sleep. D. To ask for a lift. 53. What did Sugar do in the story? A. Sugar tried to find help.
B. Sugar protected her owners. C. Sugar went camping with her owners.
D. Sugar went a long way to find her owners.
C
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted was born on April 26, 1822, and grew to become nineteenth-century America’s number one landscape (景观) architect. Bad eyesight forced him to abandon his plans to attend university, so he had to choose a new course for his life. As a boy in Hartford, Connecticut, he had always admired natural beauty. So, instead of studying academics, he decided to focus on engineering and farming. In the 1850s, he ended up in charge of creating Central Park in New York City. Olmsted and a partner entered a design contest for a new park and won with a design patterned after gardens and natural landscapes that Olmsted had seen and admired around the world. To create the new park, they removed nearly 5 million cubic yards of dirt, blew up rock with 260 tons of gunpowder, and planted 270,000 trees and shrubs. In 1864, New Yorkers could have walks along wooded paths, paddle a boat around the lake, or people-watch from the hills. Today, many people cannot imagine New York City without its Central Park. Maybe it was watching those people enjoy his creation that inspired Olmsted. He became one of the first members of designing committee of Yosemite National Park because he was determined to protect its breathtaking beauty. He did the same for Niagara Falls and helped turn it into a public reserve. Working well into his seventies, Olmsted designed more parks and even an entire Chicago suburb (郊区), Riverside. And to think that bad eyesight led him to create such beautiful places!
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54. Which of the following shows what Olmsted did in time order?
a. He studied engineering and farming. b. He took charge of creating Central Park. c. He gave up his plans to go to university.
d. He took part in the designing of Yosemite National Park. e. He designed a Chicago suburb. A. a-c-b-d-e B. a-c-d-e-b C. c-a-b-d-e D. c-a-e-b-d 55. Which statement would Frederick Law Olmsted agree to?
A. It is not necessary for young people to go to university. B. Money provided for public parks should be reduced. C. Beauty of the natural land should be protected. D. It is a waste of time entering design contests. 56. We can infer from the passage that ______.
A. Olmsted designed the breathtaking Niagara Falls B. Olmsted traveled a lot before designing Central Park
C. Olmsted’s poor eyesight contributed to his great creations D. Olmsted majored in engineering and farming in university
D Train-spotting
Many people around the world have seen Danny Boyle’s movie Trainspotting starring Ewan McGregor, but how many of us really know what train-spotting is all about? Now this is not considered cool in town and the word “train-spotter” in Britain is related to “geek” or “nerd” (someone who seems very ridiculous). But is this reputation really deserved?
First of all, let’s see what train spotting is. It is said that there are some 100,000 train spotters in the UK. Exactly as the title suggests, they spot trains, that is, they stand in train stations, look at the number of each train that leaves and arrives and write it down. The eventual aim is to have seen every train in the country. Being crazy about railways and trains is not modern and it dates back to 1804. As the number of trains grew and they got faster and faster, so did the interest in them grow. Is this any stranger than people who love cars? So, what do you need to be a train-spotter? Well, all you really need is a pen or pencil and a notebook to write down the train numbers. Other equipment includes hot tea in a thermos, a camera and some sandwiches for those long afternoons spent on train platforms when you don’t want to risk the delights of railway station food. It’s interesting to note that despite the “bad name” of train-spotting, there have been famous railway lovers in history, such as Alfred Hitchcock, who filmed them regularly, especially The 39 Steps. There is evidence, too, that being a train-spotter is not necessarily a strange phenomenon in Britain. One glance at the US train stations should be enough to convince you that train-spotters there are alive and well. In America, they try to call rail lovers “train-fans” and talk of “train-fanning”. Don’t let this fool you—these people are train spotters and there are a lot of them. Each month, two million pages are visited on the website TrainWeb.org. 57. According to the author, what is train-spotting? A. A way of pastime. B. A type of sport.
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C. A strange phenomenon. D. A mental problem. 58. What do train-spotters usually do? A. They keep a careful track of every train. B. They number each railway engine they view. C. They count the trains passing in front of them. D. They produce films about trains with video cameras. 59. The author writes the article to ______. A. introduce some famous train-spotters B. encourage readers to do more train-spotting C. try to present a true picture of train-spotting D. describe the necessary equipment in train-spotting 60. What do we learn from the passage? A. Train-spotters are much stranger than car lovers. B. Train-spotting relates to a dangerous lifestyle. C. Train-spotters in the UK tend to fool people. D. Train-spotting is more tolerated in America.
第二部分（非选择题 共25分）
一、听力理解（共5小题，5分）
第二节：听下面对话，根据题目要求在答题卡上写下关键信息。此段对话你将听两遍。 听下面一段对话，根据题目要求在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下第1题至第5题的关键信息。
Memo Name: Kate （1） Location: an apartment near （2） Street Rent: not more than （3） pounds a month Renting period: a year and a half, from （4） Telephone: （5）
二、书面表达 （共20分）
本题包含可供选择的（A）和（B）两道题，你可任选其中一题。根据（A）或（B）所提出的具体要求，在答题卡上写出一篇连贯完整的短文。词数不少于60。
1. Where did you go on New Year’s Day? 2. What did you buy? 3. What was the price of the dictionary? yuan)
4. What happened when you were home? 5. What was wrong with the change? 6. What did you do then?
(A)
(a bookstore) (an English-Chinese dictionary) (155
(find a mistake, get the wrong change) (an extra 10 yuan)
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7. How did you feel?
(B)
在生活中，有的人认为学生应该做家务；有的人则持相反意见。请你根据下面表格所提供的调查信息，用英语给报纸21st Century写一篇短文，介绍人们的意见并写出你的看法。
文章标题已经写好。请将文章的标题连同你的短文完整的写在答题卡上。
Some people think
not only a kind of physical work developing sense of responsibility
Other people think
a waste of time
too young to do housework
Should Students Do Housework?
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北京市2008年春季普通高中毕业会考
英语试卷答案及评分参考
第一部分（选择题 共75分）
一、听力理解 第一节（共15小题，15分。每小题1分）
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. B 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. B 11. C 12. B 13. C 14. B 二、单项填空 （共15小题，15分。每小题1分）
16. A 17. C 18. B 19. B 21. D 22. A 23. C 24. B 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. C 三、完形填空 （共15小题，15分。每小题1分）
31. D 32. B 33. A 34. B
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5. A
10. B 15. C 20. A 25. D 30. D 35. B
36. D 41. A 四、阅读理解
46. A 51. C 56. B
37. D 38. A 39. B 42. C 43. C 44. C （共15小题，30分。每小题2分） 47. B 48. D 49. C 52. A 53. D 54. C 57. A 58. A 59. C
40. D
45. B 50. D 55. C 60. D
第二部分（非选择题 共25分）
一、听力理解 第二节 （共5小题，5分。每小题1分）
1. Murphy 2. Sunny 3. 120 4. July 5. 9532816
二、书面表达 （共20分） Possible versions:
(A)
I went to a bookstore on New Year’s Day. The place was very crowded. I bought an English-Chinese dictionary. The price of the dictionary was 155 yuan. I took it happily home. But when I was home, I found a mistake. I got the wrong change, which was an extra 10 yuan. I went back to the store immediately and gave the money back to the salesgirl. She was deeply moved and praised me for my honesty. I went home with a light heart. “What a good day!” I was proud of myself.
(B)
Should Students Do Housework?
People have different opinions about whether students should do housework.
Some people think that it is necessary for students to do housework. Although it is a kind of physical work, it doesn’t mean that they don’t use their head. Also it’s a way to develop their sense of responsibility. Other people, however, think that study is the most important thing for students when they are at school. Therefore, doing housework is a waste of time. In addition, some students are too young to do housework.
In my opinion, the student should do housework. Being a family member, he/she needs to contribute to his/her family. Through housework the student can also get opportunities to understand how hard it is for the parents to raise a family. Just imagine how happy the parents will be when their sons or daughters say “Have a rest, Dad/Mom. Let me do it.”
I think students should spend some time doing housework.
书面表达评分参考：
1．第一档: (20~18分) （很好）
完全完成试题规定的任务。运用了多样的句式和丰富的词汇，语法或用词方面有个别错误，但为尽可能表达丰富的内容所致；体现了较强的语言运用能力。全文结构紧凑，逻辑清楚、合理。
2．第二档: (17~15分) （好）
完成试题规定的任务。运用的句式和词汇能满足任务要求，语法和用词基本准确，
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