2008年高考题

1.(08全国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用来修饰比较级的用法。

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

答案 D

解析 考查so...that这一结构。

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

答案 D

解析 句意为：尽管这所房子仍然需要大量工作(才能建完)，但至少厨房已经竣工了。D项意为“至少”，根据句意知此项符合；A项意为“相反”；B项意为“总共”；C项意为“立刻，马上”。

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 句意为：长途旅行后他们三人回家了，又累又饿。由句式结构看，空格处应作为状语使用，四个选项中均使用了并列连词and，故and前后的词性应该一致，且英语中形容词或形容词短语可作为状语使用，表示主语的状态，故应选择B项。

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 思想开明的，坦率的；hard-working 勤劳的，努力工作的；self-confident 自信的；warm-hearted 热心肠的。句意为：我弟弟真是能干，他经常在办公室里工作到深夜。

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看不见；out of reach够不到；out of order杂乱，出故障；out of place不在原来的地方，不恰当。句意为：在火车站，这位母亲挥手向她的女儿告别，直到火车看不见为止。

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 句意为：“喂，马克！音乐晚会如何？”“太棒了！亚历克斯和安迪表演得很娴熟，他们得了第一名。”

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 句意为：如果一个人没有足够的睡眠的话，那么在白天他的行为就会表露出来。give away 赠送；泄露；表露；give up放弃；give in屈服，让步；give back返还，归还。

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，意为“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；标准的；constant不断的；permanent永久的；primary基本的；首要的。句意为：
在那些日子里，我们最主要的事情就是向那些被围困在暴风雪中的人们提供食物和健康护理。

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.偶尔地；anxiously adv.焦急地；practically adv.实用地，实际地；urgently adv.紧急地。句意为：因为他在一个边远的地区工作，所以他只能偶尔回去看望他的父母。

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 句意为：昨天晚上库鲁克先生没有按往常的时间回来，而是见了几个朋友，在外面呆到半夜。C项为“相反的；反而”，符合题意；A项“与此同时”；B项“然而”，表转折；D项“然而”，表转折。

13.(08陕西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 由于破折号后出现了just an old desk，表示肯定含义，且furniture为不可数名词，故空格处用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“我那么久没见安了，以至于我已忘了她长得什么样子了”及句中引导结果状语从句的连接词，可知用so…that…结构。

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 句意为：尽管在事故中受重伤，但司机还能打电话。although…yet/still…用以表达“尽管……，但还是……”，属于让步状语从句的范畴。

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 句意为：只要不持续10天或更长，通常咳嗽是没有什么可担心的。A项意为“更多”，B项意为“相反”，C项意为“至多”，D项意为“仅仅”。

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 空白处补充完整为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意为“可得到的，可利用的”。句意为：在这个国家的西部地区，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 句意为：经营一家公司不仅仅是雇用工人的问题——他们也需要被培训。故选A项。

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是解题的关键词，“尽管反复被冤枉，他看起来还是……”，由此排除C、D两项；friendly友好的；lively活泼的，根据题意可知选A项。

21.(08辽宁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 句意为：看上去好像天气在变坏。我们还要不要坚持我们的计划？change for the worse变坏，恶化，是固定短语。

22.(08江苏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，两处空白均表示两者的比较，故用比较级。

23.(08山东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 句意为：4点钟你来接我再送我去机场方便吗？free自由的；vacant未被占用的；handy手边的，附近的；convenient便利的，方便的。