2007年广东高考英语试题及答案

1、绝密*启用前 试卷类型：a 2007年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(广东卷) 英 语 本试卷共12页，四大题，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2b铅笔将试卷类型(a)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。 2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点 涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。 3非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指 定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答

2、案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。 听力(共两节，满分35分) 第一节 听力理解(5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据 各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的a、b、c项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。· 听第一段对话，回答第13题。1. what does the girl want her father to buy7 a. a ruler. b. high-tech thin

3、gs. c. pencils and erasers.2. which of the following does the father consider buying for his daughter? a. a calculator. b. a computer. c. an mp3.3. which of the following could be a reason for her father to buy what she wants7 a. she volunteers to use some of her own money. b. she asks her father to

4、 buy a cheap one online.c. she tells her father she is the best in school.听第二段对话，回答第46题。4. what do the speakers think of san francisco? a. it is a big city. b. they both love the city. c. it isn't so expensive to live there.5. what does the woman think of cell phone interruption? a. she likes it

5、. b. she doesn't mind it. c. she considers it rude.6. what reason does the man give to answer his cell phone? a. he feels like answering. b. he wants to know who's calling. c. he thinks that it could be something important.听第三段对话，回答第79题。7. what is the man complaining about? a. not accepting

6、any gift from his friend. b. not receiving any answer from his friend. c. not hearing any good news from his friend.8. according to the woman, when should you write a thank-you card? a. you receive a gift from your friend. b. you are invited to a birthday party. c. you spend a holiday with your frie

7、nd.9. what's the speakers' attitude towards writing thank-you cards? a. they think it out-dated. b. they think it inconvenient. c. they think it good to keep the custom.听第四段独白，回答第1012题。10. what does the speaker imply about traffic in big cities? a. buses are slow, but comfortable. b. parking

8、 in the rush hour is very difficult. c. all the people use private transport instead of public transport.11. what does the speaker recommend to do to improve the situation? a. to enlarge city centers. b. to move to the areas outside the city. c. to make good use of existing space.12. how many aspect

9、s of our lives does the speaker mention as affected by overcrowding? a. two. b. three. c. four.听第五段对话，回答第1315题。13. why does the man like the times? a. it has 20 pages every day. b. it carries a lot of sports news. c. it doesn't devote 5 pages every day to baseball results.14. in what way is the

10、jobs section on the times useful to the local people? a. it carries job ads from the local businesses. b. it is the place where local businesses hire people. c. it provides much information about local economy.15. what does the woman think will happen to job ads if the times closes down? a. the othe

11、r two newspapers will open a local jobs newspaper. b. the local economy will be much affected but not destroyed. c. the job ads will be carried in either of the other two newspapers.第二节 听取信息(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡 标号为1620的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有80秒钟的作答时间。语言知识及应

12、用(共两节，满分35分) 第一节 完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2130各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to remember passwords (密码) ever again？if we could just sit in front of our computers and be 21 logged in (登录? crave mentions how necsoft biodelogon system us

13、es face recognition technology to log you on to windows, rather than using a 22 all you need is a webcam and your pretty face to 23 your pc. no more 24 , confusing passwords to remember or change every few months.after doing a little research, i found this type of 25 already available to consumers v

14、ia a relatively 26 application called facecode. the 27 requires the use of a webcam to recog- nize and log pc users into their systems. you can add as many 28 as you want, provided they each have a windows account. if the system 29 to recognize your 30 , you can recall the windows user name and pass

15、word by using a hot-key combination.21. a. automatically b. personally c. correctly d. occasionally22. a. faceb. passwordc. softwared. system23. a. accessb. connectc. recognized. remember24. a. simpleb. complicatedc. speciald. useful25. a. computerb. technologyc. passwordd. application26. a. indepen

16、dentb. infrequentc. inexpensived. instant27. a. accountb. consumerc. designerd. software28. a. usersb. passwordsc. systemsd. computers29. a. beginsb. triesc. failsd. stops30. a. accountb. namec. passwordd. face第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写

17、在答题卡标号为3l-40的相应位置上。i was on my way to the taiyetos mountains. the sun was setting when my car 31 (break) down near a remote and poor village. cursing my misfortune, i was wondering where i was going to spend the night when i realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to 3

18、2 should have the honor of receiving me 33 a guest in their house. finally, i accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. while she was getting me 34 (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to 35 small town so

19、me 20 kilometres away 36 there was a garage. i had noticed three hens running free in my hostess's courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. 37 villagers brought me goat's cheese and hone. we drank together and talked 38 (merry) till far into the night. when the ti

20、me came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, i wanted to reward the old woman 39 the trouble i had caused 40 .阅读(共两节，满分40分)第节 阅渎理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将 该项涂黑。 a how should one invest a sum of money in these clays of inflation (通货膨胀)? left in a bank it

21、 will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the stock market. today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. here i am going to

22、offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which i personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques. i sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. "the planet earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room

23、and makes a strange ticking sound. it has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round people's wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. this creature is the real master of earth and men are its

24、slaves." whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. certain men were very clever at measuring the time of clay according to the beating of their own hearts. they were made

25、to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout tire time. so it seems that the first clocks were human beings. however, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time. they learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. they marked the hours on candles, used sand in

26、 hour- glasses, and invented water-clocks. indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past. antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting cl

27、ocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. after all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?41. according to the passage, collecting antique clocks_.a. can hardly keep the value of your savings b.

28、 will cost much of your savingsc. may increase your wealth d. needs your bravery42. by quoting (引用) the remark of a being from another planet, the author intends to_. a. suggest human beings are controlled by a clock b. describe why clocks can rule the planet earth c. tell readers what clocks look l

29、ike d. compare chicks to human beings43. which of the following is not mentioned as a way to measure the time?a. counting the beating of one's own heart.b. making use of candles, sand and water.c. observing shadows cast by the sun.d. keeping slaves busy day and night.44. the underlined phrase st

30、ately homes in paragraph 4 meansa. state-owned houses b. houses in very good conditionc. grand houses open to the public d. houses where statesmen meet regularly45. the purpose of the passage isa. to introduce the culture of antique clocksb. to offer some advice on collecting antique clocksc. to com

31、pare different ways to make a future profitd. to explain convenient and reliable ways of telling time b do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self- respect? the collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as "honor" help you create this l

32、ife of good feelings. here's an example to show how honorable actions create happiness. say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. if we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. later we might tell our family or friends a

33、bout our good fortune. on the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. we would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul. then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness? in

34、the first case, where we don't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. in the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. we would also demonstrate that we cannot lie trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by

35、 telling our family and friends. we damage our own reputations by telling others. in contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increase

36、d. whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility. there is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. and i

37、t's easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. while the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.46. according to the passage, the positi

38、ve action in the example contributes to oura. self-respect b. financial rewards c. advertising ability d. friendly relationship47. the author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to_.a. lying b. stealing c. cheating d. advertising48. the phrase "bringing the error to the

39、 clerk's attention" (in para. 5) means_.a. telling the truth to the clerk b. offering advice to the clerkc. asking the clerk to be more attentive d. reminding the clerk of the charged item49. how will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?a. we'll be very excited. b. we'll fe

40、el unfortunate.c. we'll have a sense of honor. d. we'll feel sorry for the clerk.50. which of the following can be the best title of this passage.*a. how to live truthfully b. importance of peacefulnessc. ways of gaining self-respect d. happiness through honorable actions c malaria, the worl

41、d's most widespread parasitic(寄生虫引起的) disease, kills as many as three million people every yearalmost all of whom are under five, very poor, and african. in most years, more than five hundred million cases of illness result from the disease, although exact numbers are difficult to assess because

42、 many people don't (or can't) seek care. it is not unusual for a family earning less than two hundred dollars a year to spend a quarter of its income on malaria treatment, and what they often get no longer works. in countries like tanzania, mozambique, and the gambia, no family, village, hos

43、pital, or workplace can remain unaffected for long. malaria starts suddenly, with violent chills, which are soon followed by an intense fever and, often, headaches. as the parasites multiply, they take over the entire body. malaria parasites live by eating the red blood cells they infect (感染). they

44、can also attach themselves to blood vessels in the brain. if it doesn't kill you, malaria can happen again and again for years. the disease passed on to humans by female mosquitoes infected with one of four species of parasite. together, the mosquito and the parasite are the most deadly couple i

45、n the history of the earthand one of the most successful. malaria has five thousand genes, and its ability to change rapidly to defend itself and resist new drugs has made it nearly impossible to control. studies show that mosquitoes are passing on the virus more frequently, and there are more outbr

46、eaks in cities with large populations. some of the disease's spread is due to global warming. for decades, the first-choice treatment for malaria parasites in africa has been chloroquine, a chemical which is very cheap and easy to make. unfortunately, in most parts of the world, malaria parasite

47、s have become resistant to it. successful alternatives that help prevent resistance are already available, but they have been in short supply and are very expensive. if these drugs should fail, nobody knows what would come next.51. according to paragraph 1, many people don't seek care because_.a

48、. they are too poor b. it is unusual to seek carec. they can remain unaffected for long d. there are too many people suffering from the disease52. people suffering from malaria_.a. have to kill female mosquitoes b. have ability to defend parasitesc. have their red blood cells infected d. have sudden

49、 fever, followed by chills53. which of the following may be the reason for the wide spread of the disease?a. its resistance to global warming. b. its ability to pass on the virus frequently.c. its outbreaks in cities with large populations. d. its ability to defend itself and resist new drugs.54. it

50、 can be inferred from the passage that_.a. no drugs have been found to treat the diseaseb. the alternative treatment is not easily available to most peoplec. malaria has developed its ability to resist parasitesd. nobody knows what will be the drug to treat the disease55. which of the following ques

51、tions has not been discussed in the passage?a. how can we know one is suffering from malaria?b. how many people are killed by malaria each year?c. why are there so many people suffering from malaria7d. what has been done to keep people unaffected for long7第二节 信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) 阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要

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