湖南英语高考真题Word格式.docx

1、A. In a restaurant. B. In their house. C. In a supermarket.5. How will the woman get to the hotel?A. By taxi. B. By car. C. By plane.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段对话，回答第6-7题。6. What is the probable relatio

2、nship between the speakers?A. Travel agent and customer. B. Father and daughter. C. Boss and secretary.7. How many nights will the man stay in Paris?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.听第7段对话，回答第8-9题。8. Where is the man now?A. In Guangzhou. B. In Changsha. C. In Wuhan.9. How will the man go to Beijing?A. By p

3、lane. B. By train. C. By coach.听第8段对话，回答第10-12题。10. What is the research about?A. Opinions about building a school.B. Views on returning to the city.C. Attitudes to village life11. Why did the man choose to live in the village?A. To provide a better environment for his children.B. To enjoy an attrac

4、tive summer.C. To experience a different life.12. What is the mans opinion about the life in the village?A. Boring. B. Colorful. C. Pleasing听第9段对话，回答第13-16题。13. What is the mans main problem about studying abroad?A. He has a tight budget.B. He has to take many exams.C. He knows little about foreign

5、culture.14. What does the man think of the education in his country?A. Its unfair. B. Its boring. C. Its backward.15. What should be given more attention to according to the man ?A. Examinations. B. Personal interests. C. Life skills.16 What does the man consider first when choosing a school?A. The

6、fees. B. The courses. C. The teachers.听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17. When can people visit the reading rooms of the British Library?A. On Fridays. B. On Saturdays. C. On Sundays.18. When did the British Library open?A. In 1977. B. In 1984. C. In 1988.19. How long is the shelving of the basement?A. 1,000 kilo

7、meters . B. 300 kilometers. C. 120 kilometers20. What do we know about the collection in the British Library?A. Each piece belongs to different countries.B. People can borrow books easily.C. It has a long history.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AIn the last few ye

8、ars the popularity of eBooks has exploded.The advantages are clear：You can carry as many books with you as you want.You can simply download every book you like and instantly start reading instead of having to wait for the book to arrive by mail.However，one thing hadnt changed.If you wanted to rent a

9、 book you were still forced to use hardcopy books.Until now that is.A recently announced the start of a new program where you can rent eBooks.Where to rent eBooks?As mentioned before，A is the first and currently the only retailer （零售商） that has a program in place for renting eBooks.Luckily，Amazon is

10、 the largest online retailer in the world and their eBook assortment （分类） is massive.They are also the producer of the Kindle，the most popular eReader，which means you can be sure that the eBooks you rent will work.You can currently only rent eTextbooks.But this is likely to change as soon as word ge

11、ts out that you can save money by renting eBooks.Why rent eBooks at Amazon?* Save money：Save up to 80% of the normal price of the eBook.* Decide how long you rent：From 30 days to 360 days，you decide how long you want it.You can extend the time by as little as a day.Or simply buy the eBook if you wan

12、t to keep it after all.*Use any device：If you rent an eBook from Amazon，you can read it on your PC，Mac，iPad，iPhone，Android device，Windows Phone 7.Blackberry.or Kindle.* Keep your notes：Do you like to keep annotations （注释） and highlights in your eBooks?Dont worry.You can always revisit your notes and

13、 highlights through A.How to rent eBooks?Simply search for the eBook you want to rent on A and select the Rent eBooks option.After that，a new page will open where you can select how long youd like to rent the eBook.You can read eBooks for a period of 30 to 360 days.You decide how long you need the e

14、Book.If you later find out you need it for longer, you can simply extend the time.Or buy it for the normal price whenever you want.Once youve chosen the time you want to rent the eBook，you simply go to checkout.Or you can use the Rent now button.21.According to the passage，_A.eBooks will be changed

15、into other types by AB.eBooks will replace hardcover books in the next few yearsC.readers are able to rent eBooks only at A nowD.readers get a discount of at least 20% of the normal price22.To rent an eBook online，which of the following goes last?A.open a new page B.select the optionC.press button D

16、.choose a rental date23.The main purpose of the passage is to_.A.discuss and assess B.inform and explainC.compare and evaluate D.describe and argueBMy 16-year-old son, Anton, had gone to the local swimming hole. Most of the kids swim there, and there are plenty of rocks for them to use as safe harbo

17、rs, so I had no fears for his safety.Still, the firefighters first words You need to come up here to the Stillwater River made me catch my breath, and his follow-up words gave me relief: “ Your son is OK.”When I got to the river, I immediately saw the firetruck, ambulance and Anton, wrapped with a t

18、owel about his shoulders, sitting quietly on a low platform of the fire engine.I hurried over to him. You OK?I asked.“Yeah,” was all he said. But my eyes begged for an explanation, I didnt get it from my son, however, who tends to play his cards close to his vest.The story was this: A woman was bein

19、g swept under water. Hearing the cries, Anton and his friend Tyler, without hesitation, swam out to her, and brought her safely to shore.In an age in which the word hero is broadcast with abandon and seemingly applied to anyone who makes it through the day, I realized the real thing in my son. The t

20、eens are stubborn and self-centered, but that didnt mean they have no desire to do good.Still shocked by my sons daring, I drove him home. Along the way, I tried to dig out some more information from him but he had precious little to say. The only words he said were,“Whats for supper?”I spent some t

21、ime alone that evening, thinking about the tragedy that might have been. The next morning, when Anton got up, I half expected him to tell me the story. But all he did was toast some bread, pull himself together, and head for the door to start a new day. Watching from the window, I was reminded that

22、still water often runs deep.24.Why did the mother allow her son to swim there?A.He was an excellent swimmer.B.The water of the river is shallow.C.The rocks can be of help if theres danger.D.He was old enough to swim.25.The underlined part who tends to play his cards close to his vest probably meansA

23、.Anton is unwilling to tell others what he thinksB.Anton is a boy fond of swimming with other kidsC.Anton always has a desire to help othersD.Anton seldom changes his mind26.In the mothers eyes, what her son did wasA.dangerous but interestingB.unexpected and courageousC.meaningful but difficultD.awf

24、ul and absurd27.What might be the best title for the passage?A.A Proud Mother B.Anton, A Silent BoyC.A Good Deed D.My Son, My HeroCSandra Bullock turned 51 last month. But because she looks exactly the same as she did in Miss Congeniality, a movie filmed back in the 20th century, everyone calls her

25、“ageless.” Bullock is just one of a number of stars in their 40s and 50s whove had birthdays recently but have not gotten older, unlike the rest of us in their age group. Take HalleBerry. One website put a photo of her 20 years ago next to one of the newly 49-year-old Berry and dared us to choose wh

26、ich was which. “This Is What 49 Looks Like,” it said. Seriously, if thats what 49 looks like, I must be 71.However, even a generation ago, famous faces evolved. Look at a picture of Grace Kelly at age 52 in the early 1980s. She looks like a beautiful middle-aged woman. Today shed look old for her ag

27、e.The goal now is to prevent aging while you are still young, using all the magical nonsurgical options medicine has to offer. Eventually these techniques will become less expensive, and ordinary people my daughters age will have them. Already anti-aging is starting to be considered maintenance, lik

28、e coloring your hair. My friends and I find ourselves openly debating techniques that we used to make fun of. Does fat-freezing work? How much time do you have to spend in the gym to keep the body of a 35-year-old after 50? Its all so exhausting. But members of the next generation have it tougher. T

29、heyll have to ask themselves whether they want to spend their youth trying not to get old. Ive already seen “Sexy at 70” headlines. Will everyone be expected to go to their graves（坟墓） looking hot?I also have to wonder what else we are slowing along with age. How do you move on if youre working so hard to stay the same? And besides, if youve known the ache of watching a daughter pack up for college, you know you cant stop the clock.28. In the authors eyes, Sandra Bullock_.A. doesnt deserve her nameB. doesnt look h