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第1题2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（湖南卷）C

Photosthatyoumighthavefounddownthebackofyoursofaarenowbigbusiness!

In2005,theAmericanartistRichardPrince?sphotographofaphotograph,Untitled

（Cowboy）,wassoldfor$1,248,000.

Princeiscertainlynottheonlycontemporaryartisttohaveworkedwithso-called

“foundphotographs—aloosetermgiventoeverythingfromdiscarded（丢弃的）prints

discoveredinajunkshoptooldadvertisementsoramateurphotographsfroma

stranger,sfamilyalbum.TheGermanartistJoachimSchmid,whobelievesubasically

everythingisworthlookingat”,hasgathereddiscardedphotographs,postcardsand

newspaperimagessince1982.Inhison-goingproject,Archiv,hegroupsphotographs

offamilylifeaccordingtothemes:peoplewithdogs;teams;newcars;dinnerwith

thefamily;andsoon.

LikeSchmid,theeditorsofseveralself-publishedartmagazinesalsochampion（捍

卫）foundphotographs.Oneofthem,calledsimplyFound,wasbornonesnowynight

inChicago,whenDavyRothbardreturnedtohiscartofindunderhiswiper（雨屈lj）

anangrynoteintendedforsomeelse:"Why'syourcarHEREatHERplace?”Thenote

becamethestartingpointforRothbard'saddictivepublication,whichfeaturesfound

photographssentinbyreaders,suchaposterdiscoveredinourdrawer.

Thewholefound-photographphenomenonhasraisedsomequestions.Perhapsoneofthe

mostdifficultis:cantheseimagesreallybeconsideredasart?Andifso,whose

art?Yetfoundphotographsproducedbyartists,suchRichardPrince,mayridinghis

horsehurriedlytomeetsomeone?OrhowdidPrincecreatethisphotograph?It,s

anyone'sguess.Inaddition,asweimaginetheback-storytothepeopleinthefound

photographsartists,likeSchmid,havecollated（整理）,wealsoturntowardourown

photographicalbums.Whyismemorysoimportanttous?Whydoweallseektofreeze

intimethefacesofourchildren,ourparents,ourlovers,andourselves?Willthey

meananythingtoanyoneafterwe'vegone?

64.Thefirstparagraphofthepassageisusedto.

A.remindreadersoffoundphotographs

B.advisereadertostartanewkindofbusiness

C.askreaderstofindphotographsbehindsofa

D.showreadersthevalueoffoundphotographs

65.Accordingtothepassage,JoachimSchmid.

A.isfondofcollectingfamilylifephotographsB.foundacomplainingnot

underhiscarwiper

C.isworkingforseveralself-publishedmagazines

D.wonderedattheartisticnatureoffoundphotographs

66.Theunderlinedword“them"inPara4refersto.

A.thereadersB.theeditorsC.thefoundphotographsD.the

self-publishedmagazines

67.ByaskingaseriesofquestionsinPara5,theauthormainlyintendstoindicate

that.

A.memoryofthepastisveryimportanttopeople

B.foundphotographsallowpeopletothinkfreely

C.theback-storyoffoundphotographsispuzzling

1）.therealvalueoffoundphotographsisquestionable

68.Theauthor'sattitudetowardsfoundphotographscanbedescribedas.

A.criticalB.doubtfulC.optimisticD.satisfied

答案64.D65.A66.D67.B68.C

64.解析:这是一道推断题。根据第一段RichardPrince的一张照片拍出了很高的价钱。说明

回收的图片还是非常值钱的。

65.解析:这是一道推断题。根据第三段的“hegroupsphotographsoffamilylifeaccording

tothemes:"可知JoachimSchmid搜集家庭照片。

66.解析:这是一道指代题。根据后面的"calledsimplyFound,wasbornonesnowynight

inChicago,可知Found是一个杂志的名字,them指代的是自己发行的杂志。

67.解析:这是一道推断题。从这几个问题中可以发行搜集到的别人废弃的照片带来了很多疑

问，给人很多想象的空间。

68.解析:这是•道归纳题。从文中的第一句就可以看出搜集沙发后的旧照片是个大生意，说

明作者对搜集废照片还是乐观的。

第2题2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（江西卷）（C）

AsaprofessoratalargeAmericanuniversity,thereisaphrasethatIhearoften

fromstudents:'Tmonlya1050.“Theunluckystudentsarespeakingofthescore

ontheScholasticAptitudeTest（SAT）,whichisusedtodeterminewhethertheywill

beadmittedtothecollegeoruniversityoftheirchoice,orevenhaveachanceto

getahighereducationatall.TheSATscore,whetheritis800,1100or1550,has

becomesthefocusatthistimeoftheirlife.

Itisobviousthatifstudentsvaluehighlytheirtestscores,thenagreatamount

oftheirself-respectisputinthenumber.Studentswhoperformpoorlyontheexam

areleftfeelingthatitisallover.Thelowtestscore,theythink,willmakeit

impossibleforthemtogetintoagoodcollege.Andwithoutadegreefromaprestigious

university,theyfearthatmanyoflife'sdoorswillremainforeverclosed.

Accordingtoastudydoneinthe1990s,theSATisonlyareliableindicatorofa

studentJsfutureperformanceinmostcases.Interestingly,itbecomesmuchmore

accuratewhenitissettogetherwithotherindicatorslikeastudent'shighschool

grades.EvenifstandardizedtestsliketheSATcouldshowastudent*sacademic

proficiency（学业水平），theywillneverbeabletotestthingslikeconfidence,efforts

andwillpower,andareunabletogiveusthefullpictureofastudent'spotentialities

（潜力）.ThisisnottosuggestthatweshouldstopusingSATscoresinourcollege

admissionprocess.TheSATisanexcellenttestinmanyways,andthescoreisstill

ausefulmeansoftestingstudents.However,itshouldbeonlyoneofmanymethods

used.

64.ThepurposeoftheSATistoteststudents'.

A.strongwillB.academicability

C.fullpotentialitiesD.confidenceinschoolwork

65.StudentsJself-respectisinfluencedbytheir.

A.scoresintheSATB.achievementsinmathematic

C.jobopportunitiesD.moneyspentoneducation

66.“Aprestigiousuniversity“ismostprobably

A.afamousuniversityB.atechnicaluniversity

C.atraditionaluniversityD.anexpensiveuniversity

67.Thispassageismainlyabout.

A.howtopreparefortheSATB.stresscausedbytheSAT

C.AmericanhighereducationD.theSATanditseffects

答案64.B65.A66.A67.D

64.解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据第一段中的“whichisusedtodeterminewhetherthey

willbeadmittedtothecollegeoruniversityoftheirchoice,oreveniftheyhave

achancetogetahighereducationatallv可判断出SAT测试的目的是测试学生的学习

能力。

65.解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据第二段中的“Itisobviousthatifstudentsvalue

highlytheirtestscores,thenagreatamountoftheirself-respectisputinthe

number."可判断出SAT的分数对学生的自尊心造成了影响。

66.解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据第二段中的"theyfearthatmanyoflifeysdoors

willremainforeverclosed”可推断出aprestigiousuniversity是一所著名的大学，因

为如果在著名的大学毕'也，就会找到好的工作，否则将会使生活的大门永远关闭。

67.解析：这是一道主旨题。这篇短文讲述了SAT的测试，而这种测试对学生的一生造成了

极大的影响，所以这篇短文主要是关于SAT和它的影响。

第3题2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（重庆卷）E

Throughoutthehistoryofthearts,thenatureofcreativityhasremainedconstant

toartists.Nomatterwhatobjectstheyselect,artistsaretobringforthnewforces

andformsthatcausechange—tofindpoetrywherenoonehaseverseenorexperienced

itbefore.

Landscape（风景）isanotherunchangingelementofart.Itcanbefoundfromancient

timesthroughthe17th-centuryDutchpainterstothe19th-centuryromanticistsand

impressionists.Inthe1970sAlfredLeslie,oneofthenewAmericanrealists,continued

thispractice,LesliesoughtoutthesameplacewhereThomasCole,aromanticist,

hadproducedpaintingsofthesamesceneacenturyandahalfbefore.UnlikeCole

whoinsistsonafeelingoflonelinessandtheideaoffindingpeaceinnature,

Ledgepainswhatheactuallysees.Inhispaintings,thereisnoparticularchange

inmotion,andheincludesordinarythingslikethehighwayinthebackground.He

alsotakesadvantageofthelatestdevelopmentsofcolorphotography（摄影术）tohelp

boththeeyeandthememorywhenheimproveshispaintingbackinhisworkroom.

Besides,allartbegstheage-oldquestion：Whatisreal?Eachgenerationofartists

hasshowntheirunderstandingofrealityinoneformoranother.Theimpressionists

sawrealityinbriefemotionaleffects,therealistsineverydaysubjectsandinforest

scenes,andtheCro-Magnoncavepeopleintheirnaturalisticdrawingsoftheanimals

intheancientforests.Tosumup.understandingrealityisanecessarystrugglefor

Artistsofallperiods.

Overthousandsofyearsthefunctionoftheartshasremainedrelativelyconstant.

Pastorpresent,EasternorWestern,theartsareabasicpartofourimmediate

experience.Manyanddifferentarethefacesofart,andtogethertheyexpressthe

basicneedandhopeofhumanbeings.

71.Theunderlinedword“poetry”mostprobablymeans.

A.anobjectforartisticcreationB.acollectionofpoems

C.anunusualqualityD.anaturalscene

72.Leslie'spaintingsareextraordinarybecause.

A.theyarecloseinstyletoworksinancienttimes

B.theylooklikeworksby19th-cenarypainters

C.theydrawattentiontocommonthingsinlife

D.theydependheavilyoncolorphotography

73.Whatistheauthor*sopinionofartisticreally?.

A.Itwillnotbefoundinfutureworksofart.B.Itdoesnothavea

long-lastingstandard.

C.Itisexpressedinafixedartisticform.D.Itislackinginmodern

worksofart.

74.Whatdoestheauthorsuggestabouttheartsinthelastparagraph?

A.Theyexpresspeople'scuriosityaboutthepast.

B.Theymakepeopleinterestedineverydayexperience.

C.Theyareconsideredimportantforvarietyinform.

D.Theyareregardedasamirrorofthehumansituation.

75.Whichofthefollowingisthemaintopicofthepassage?

A.Historyofthearts.B.Basicquestionsofthearts.

C.Newdevelopmentsinthearts.I）.Useofmoderntechnologyinthe

arts.

答案71.C72.C73.B74.D75.B

71.解析:这是一道词义猜测题。从第一段“tofindpoetrywherenoonehaseverseenor

experienceditbefore"可知艺术家力图创造一种从来没人看到或者经历过的意境。既然是

没有人看到过或者经历过，那么应该是一种不平常的东西。

72.解析：这是--道推断题。根据第二段^Inhispaintings,thereisnoparticularchange

inemotion,andheincludesordinarythingslikethehighwayinthebackground."

可以推断出Leslie的画表现的都是平时常见的事物。

73.解析：这是一道推断题。根据第三段"Eachgenerationsofartistshasshowntheir

understandingofrealityinoneformoranother.**可以推断出每一代艺术家对于现实

的理解和表现都是不同的，也就是没有•个永恒的标准。

74.解析:这是一道归纳题。根据最后一段"Manyanddifferentarethefacesofart,and

togethertheyexpressthebasicneedandhopeofhumanbeings.“可知虽然艺术的表

现形式不同，但都是表达了人民的需要和希望。也就是说艺术反映了当时人的生存状态。

75.解析:这是一道主旨题。本文通过对于不同时期艺术家的比较，作者分析了艺术的一个共

同问题：“什么是真实”，结论是虽然不同时期和地域艺术的表现形式不同，但都反映了当时人

的生存状态。

第4题2006年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（上海卷）

Directions:ReadthefollowingtextandchoosethemostsuitableheadingfromA

——Fforeachparagraph.Thereisoneextraheadingwhichyoudonotneed.

A.NewteachersJopinionsofinvolvingparents

B.Anargumentoveranassignment

C.Aconflictbetweenassumptionandreality

D.Difficultiesinsharinggoals

E.Thebestwaytoscorehigh

F.Properwaysofparentalinvolvement

80.

AnIowahighschoolcounselorgetsacallfromaparentprotestingthe"C”her

childreceivedonanassignment."Theparentarguedeverypointintheessay,“

recallsthecounselor,whosoonrealizedwhythemotherwassodisappointedabout

megrade."Itbecameapparentthatshe'dwrittenit.”

81.

Inasurvey,90%ofnewteachersagreedthatinvolvingparentsintheirchildren'

seducationisapriorityattheirschool,butonly25%describedtheirexperience

workingwithparentsas“verysatisfying."Whenaskedtochoosemebiggestchallenge

theyface,31%ofthemquotedinvolvingparentsandcommunicatingwiththemastheir

topchoice.73%ofnewteacherssaidtoomanyparentstreatschoolsandteachers

asenemies.

82.

Atatimewhencompetitionisrisingandresourcesarelimited,whenbattlesover

testingforceschoolstoadjusttheirpriorities,whencellphonesande-mailspeed

uptheinformationflowandallkindsofprivateghostsandpublicquarrelsslipinto

theparent-teacherconference,it'sharderforbothsidestostepbackandbreathe

deeplyandlookatthegoalstheyshare.

83

Everyonesaystheparent-teacherconferenceshouldbepleasant,civilized,akind

ofdialoguewhereparentsandteachersbuildpartnership.Butwhatmostteachersfeel,

andcertainlywhatallparentsfeel,isanxietyandpanic.

84.

Whenateacherasksparentstobepartners,heorshedoesn，tnecessarilymeanMom

orDadshouldbecampingintheclassroom.Researchshowsthatthoughstudentsbenefit

modestlyfromhavingparentsinvolvedatschool,whathappensathomemattersmuch

more.AccordingtoresearchbasedontheNationalEducationLongitudinalStudy,a

sampleofnearly25,000eighthgraders,amongfourmainareasofparental

involvement(homediscussion,homesupervision,schoolcommunication,andschool

participation),homediscussionwasthemoststronglyrelated

答案80.B81.A82.D83.C84.F

第5题2006年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语(湖北卷)

Haveyoueverreceivedagiftthatwassoclearlynotyourtastethatyouwondered

ifperhapsithadbeenhandedtoyoubymistake?Worse,haveyouevergivenapresent

andwatchedyourfriendlookasthoughshehadopenedthewrongbox?Maybeshe

respondedwithapolite"Why,thankyou,“butyouknewyouhadmissedthemark.Why

dopresentssometimesgowrong?Andwhatdoyourchoices（goodandbad）reflectabout

yourpersonalqualities?

Choosingtherightgiftisanart,Ibelieve.Itcallsforempathy—theability

toputyourselfintosomeoneelse'sheadandheart.We'reallabletodothis;in

fact,we'rebornwithakindofnaturalempathy.Aftertheearliestperiodofchildhood,

however,itneedstobereinforced（力口强）一byourparents,teachers,friends.When

itisn，t,we'renotabletounderstandotherpeople*sfeelingsassharply.Thiscan

showinthegiftsweselect,andsocanmanyotheremotional（情感的）qualities.

Thinkbacktothepresentsyou'vegivenoverthepastyear,thetimeandeffortyou

putintoyourselection,howmuchyouspent,yourthoughtswhileyouwereshopping,

andyourfeelingswhenthereceiveropenedthepackage.Keepinmindthatwhatyou

choosedisplaysyourinnerworld.Ofcourse,youmayexpressyourselfdifferently

withdifferentfriends,relatives,andotherpeopleyouknow.

Weliveinasocietywhereexchangingpresentsisanimportantpartofcommunication.

Ignoringthetraditionwon'tmakeitgoaway.Ifyoureallydislikesuchatradition,

tellyourfriendsaheadoftime.

60.Theunderlinedexpression"youhadmissedthemark“means"youhadfailedto

A.makeherfeelbetterB.keepyourfriendship

C.receiveapresentinreturnD.gettheexpectedeffect

61.Whichofthefollowingisthemainideaofthesecondparagraph?

A.Naturalempathyneedstobereinforced.

B.Emotionalchangesinfluenceone'schoiceofgifts.

C.Selectingtherightgiftisanabilitypeoplearebornwith.

D.Choosinggiftsrequiresonetounderstandthereceivers.

62.Inthethirdparagraph,theauthortellsusthat

A.attentionshouldbepaidtothereceivers，responses

B.onelearnsfromwhathedidinthepast

C.thechoiceofgiftsreflectsone'semotionalqualities

D.oneshouldspendmoretimechoosinggifts

63.Thebestpossibletitleforthispassageis"”.

A.WaysofChoosingGiftsB.AnImportantTradition

C.ExchangingPresentsD.MessageinaGift

答案60.D61.D62.C63.D

60.解析：这是一道细节推测题。"youhadmissedthemark”着重点是分析"mark"表示

的含义。送别人礼物是希望别人高兴，因此mark最可能的意思是别人高兴的表情。这个高兴

的表情就是送礼者所期望的效果，送错了礼物，就没有这个期望的效果了，因此选D。

61.解析:这是一道归纳段意题。第二段开头“Choosingtherightgiftisanart,Ibelieve.

Itcallsforempathy”是本段的中心句,意思是，“给别人挑选礼物是一门艺术,它叫做感

情移入。”后面还讲到，如果没有这种能力，"we'renotabletounderstandotherpeople,

Sfeelings”即我们就不能了解别人的感受。因此这段话的主要意思是“挑选礼物需要了解

别人二

62.解析：这是一道推断题。从第三段Keepinmindthatwhatyouchoosedisplaysyour

innerworld.可知，“紧记你挑选的礼物反映你的内心世界”。作者的意思是，礼物能反映你

情感的深浅。因此C正确。

63.解析：这是•道主旨题。从本文来讲，不管是接受、送出，还是挑选礼物，礼物本身都

包含了一定的信息，这个信息从送出者传递到接受者。只有了解礼物接受者的喜好，才能挑

选出合适的礼物。因此，主旨是礼物包含的信息。

第6题2005年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（北京卷）

Howcouldwepossiblythinkthatkeepinganimalsincagesinunnaturalenvironments

—mostlyforentertainmentpurposes—isfairandrespectful?

Zooofficialssaytheyareconcernedaboutanimals.However,mostzoosremain

“collections“ofinteresting"things“ratherthanprotectivehabitats（栖息地）.

Zoosteachpeoplethatitisacceptabletokeepanimalsbored,lonely,andfarfrom

theirnaturalhomes.

Zoosclaim（声称）toeducatepeopleandsaveendangeredspecies（物种），butvisitors

leavezooswithouthavinglearnedanythingmeaningfulabouttheanimals?natural

behavior,intelligence,orbeauty.Zooskeepanimalsinsmallspacesorcages,and

mostsignsonlymentionthespeciesJname,diet,andnaturalrange（分布区）.The

animals'normalbehaviorisseldomnoticedbecausezoosdon,tusuallytakecare

oftheanimals'naturalneeds.

Theanimalsarekepttogetherinsmallspaces,withnoprivacyandlittleopportunity

formentalandphysicalexercise.Thisresultsinunusualandself-destructive

behaviorcalledzoochosis.Aworldwidestudyofzoosfoundthatzoochosisiscommon

amonganimalskeptinsmallspacesorcages.Anotherstudyshowedthatelephantsspend

22percentoftheirtimemakingrepeatedheadmovementsorbitingcagebars,andbears

spend30percentoftheirtimewalkingbackandforth,asignofunhappinessandpain.

Furthermore,mostanimalsinzoosarenotendangered.Captivebreeding（圈养繁殖）

ofendangeredbigcats,Asianelephants,andotherspecieshasnotresultedntheir

beingsentbacktothewild.Zoostalkalotabouttheircaptivebreedingprograms

becausetheydonotwantpeopletoworryaboutaspeciesdyingout.Infact,baby

animalsalsoattractalotofpayingcustomers.Haven'tweseenenoughcompetitions

tonamebabyanimals?

Actually,wewillsaveendangeredspeciesonlyifwesavetheirhabitatsandput

anendtothereasonspeoplekillthem.Insteadofsupportingzoos,weshouldsupport

groupsthatworktoprotectanimals'naturalhabitats.

64.Howwouldtheauthordescribetheanimals'lifeinzoos?

A.Dangerous.B.Unhappy.C.Natural.D.Easy.

65.Inthestateofzoochosis,animals.

A.remainincagesB.behavestrangely

C.attackotheranimalsD.enjoymovingaround

66.Whatdoestheauthortrytoarguenthepassage?

A.Zoosarenotworththepublicsupport.B.Zoosfailintheirattempttosave

animals.

C.Zoosshouldtreatanimalsashumanbeings.

D.Zoosuseanimalsasameansofentertainment.

67.Theauthortriestopersuadereaderstoaccepthisargumentmainlyby_____.

A.pointingoutthefaultsinwhatzoosdoB.usingevidencehehascollected

atzoos

C.questioningthewayanimalsareprotectedD.discussingtheadvantagesof

naturalhabitats

68.Althoughhearguesagainstzoos,theauthorwouldstillagreethat.

A.zooshavetokeepanimalsinsmallcagesB.mostanimalsinzoosare

endangeredspecies

C.someendangeredanimalsarereproducedinzoos

D.it'sacceptabletokeepanimalsawayfromtheirhabitats

答案64.B65.B66.A67.A68.C

解析：

64.这是一道细节推断题。第四段uAnotherstudyshowedthatelephantsspend22percent

oftheirtimemakingrepeatedheadmovementsorbitingcagebar,andbearsspend

30percentoftheirtimewalkingbackandforth,asignofunhappinessandpain.”

说明在动物园的动物不幸福。

65.这是一道细节推断题。根据上文中的unusual和self—destructive可推断出动物在动物

园饲养的情况下行为不正常。

66.这是一道细节推断题。根据最后一句话"Insteadofsupportingzoos,weshouldsupport

groupsthatworktoprotectanimals*naturalhabitats.可判断出作者不赞成公众支

持动物园。

67.这是一•道主旨题。作者在这篇短文中主要指出了动物园的各种弊端，来说服读者接受他的

观点。

68.根据倒数第二段的内容可判断出作者虽然反对动物园，但他仍然同意动物园不得不把动物

保持在很小的空间内。

第7题2005年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（北京卷）

LanguageasaSystemofSymbols

Ofallsystemsofsymbols（符号）,languageisthemosthighlydeveloped.Ithasbeen

pointedoutthathumanbeings,byagreement,canmakeanythingstandforanything.

Humanbeingshaveagreed,inthecourseofcenturiesofmutual（相互的）dependency,

toletthevariousnoisesthattheycanproducewiththeirlungs,throats,tongues,

teeth,andlipssystematicallystandforcertainhappeningsintheirnervoussystems.

Wecallthatsystemofagreementslanguage.

Thereisnonecessaryconnectionbetweenthesymbolandthatwhichitstandsfor.

Justassocialpositionscanbesymbolizedbyfeatherswornonthehead,bygoldon

thewatchchain,orbyathousandotherthingsaccordingtotheculturewelivein,

sothefactofbeinghungrycanbesymbolizedbyathousanddifferentnoisesaccording

totheculturewelivein.

Howeverobviousthesefactsmayappearatfirstglance,theyareactuallynotso

obviousastheyseemexceptwhenwetakespecialpainstothinkaboutthesubject.

Symbolsandthethingstheystandforareindependentofeachother,yetweallhave

awayoffeelingasif,andsometimesactingasif,therewerenecessaryconnections.

Forexample,therearepeoplewhofeelthatforeignlanguagesareunreasonableby

nature;foreignershavesuchfunnynamesforthings,andwhycan,ttheycallthings

bytheirrightnames?ThisfeelingexhibitsitselfmoststronglyinthoseEnglish

andAmericantouristswhoseemtobelievethattheycanmakethenativesofanycountry

understandEnglishiftheyshoutloudenough.Likethelittleboywhoisreported

tohavesaid:"Pigsarecalledpigsbecausetheyaresuchdirtyanimals,theyfeel

thatthesymbolisinherently（内在地）connectedinsomewaywiththethings

symbolized.

69.Languageisahighlydevelopedsystemofsymbolsbecausehumanbeings______.

A.havemadeuseoflanguageforcenturiesB.useournervoussystemsto

supportlanguage

C.havemadevariousnoisesstandforanyevents

D.canmakeanythingstandforanythingbyagreement

70.WhatcanweconcludefromParagraph2?

A.Differentnoisesmaymeandifferentthings.

B.Ourculturedetermineswhatasymbolstandsfor.

C.Thelanguageweusesymbolizesoursocialpositions.

D.Oursocialpositionsdeterminethewaywearedressed.

71.InParagraph3,utakespecialpains”probablymeans".

A.tryveryhardB.takeourtimeC.areveryunhappyD.feelespecially

painful

72.Theexampleofthelittleboyisusedtoshowthat.

A.adultsoftenlearnfromtheiryoungB."pig"isadirtywordbecausepigs

aredirty

C.wordsarenotconnectedwiththethingstheystandfor

D.peoplesometimeshavewrongideasabouthowlanguageworks

答案69.D70.B71.A72.D

解析：

69.这是一道细节推断题。根据第一段"Ithasbeenpointedoutthathumanbeings,by

agreement,canmakeanythingstandforanything.,,可推断出人们发出的各种噪音代表

着任何一种活动。

70.这是一道主旨题。第二段"sothefactofbeinghungrycanbesymbolizedbyathousand

differentnoisesaccordingtotheculturewelivein”可知,我们的文化决定了某一

种系统代表着什么。

71.这是一道猜测词义题。根据上文中“theyareactuallynotsoobviousastheyseem

except”可猜测出takespecialpains的意思是“努力尝试"。

72.这是一道主旨题。根据最后一段的内容可知，作者举小孩的例子说明人们有时对语言的作

用产生误解。

第8题2005年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（天津卷）

Everyone?satit,evenmyneighbors.IthoughtImightbetheonlypersonleft

intheworldwhohadn'tdoneaneBaydeal.So,Idecidedtotrymyhandatonline

auction（网上拍卖）.

Buyingforbeginners:Signuponww.ebay.co.uk.Mostitems（e.g.tables,

computers,andbooks）readyforauctionwillcomewithapictureandashort

description;othersmaybemarkedwith〃BuyItNow"andhaveafixedprice.Youcan

buytheserightaway.

Iftheitemisbeingauctioned,youofferthehighestpriceyouarepreparedtopay

andeBaybids（出价）foryou.Thebidwillbeincreasedlittlebylittleuntilit

goesbeyondyourhighestbid,thenyouareemailedandaskedifyouwouldliketo

bidagain.Auctionslastupto10daysandwhentheyfinishyougetanemai1telling

youwhetheryouhavewontheitem.

Howtopay:Sellersdecidehowtheywouldliketobepaidandyouneedtocheckthis

beforeplacingabidasyoumightnotwanttopostachequeorpostalorders.The

easiestwayisthroughPayPal,anonlinepaymentsystemthattakesthemoneyaway

fromyourcreditcard（信用卡）.

Sellingmadesimple:IfyouplantoselloneBay,ithelpstoincludeapictureof

theitem.Ifollowedmyfriends'adviceandputuptheitemsIwantedtosellfor

a10-dayauction,starringonaThursday.Thiswaybuyershadtwoweekendstobid.

Thebigthingsinlife:It'seasytopostasmallitem,butfurnitureisabigpart

ofeBayandthishastobecollectedorsentbydeliverymen.Cheekthewaysofdelivery

beforeyoubid.

36.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Howtomakepaymentonline.B.Waysofmakingdeliveryonline

C.Advantagesofanonline-auctionsystem.D.Howtouseanonline-auction

system.

37.Afterbiddingforanitem,abuyer.

A.willgetwhathewantsintendaysB.shouldmakepaymentimmediately

C.haschancestomakehigherbidsD.maycheckitspictureanddesc