湖北2013年高考英语试题及参考答案

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We all know that “sticks and stones may break our bones”, but we should also be aware that words can hurt people, too.

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Most believe he _______ for England last week, but for a serious injury which put him out of football. (play)

多数人认为，要不是受了重伤而告别足球，上周他本会为英格兰踢球的。

It is reported in the newspaper that several new subway lines ______ in Wuhan. (build)

据报纸报道，武汉正在建设几条新的地铁线路。

So fast ______ that we can hardly imagine its speed. (travel)

光传播的速度快到我们难以想象。

I don’t often lose things, so I was quite surprised ______ my wallet and found it wasn’t there. (reach)

我不常丢东西，所以当我拿钱包却发现钱包不在时，大吃一惊。

Through the course of my schooling, I met many teachers, two ______ me greatly. (influence)

上学时我遇到过很多老师，其中两位对我影响很大。

When I work on the farmland in the daytime, I always ______ to a tree on the riverbank. (keep)

白天干农活的时候，我总是把羊拴在河边的树上。

As time is pressing, I think ______ is the best way to get from here to the conference centre. (take)

由于时间紧迫，我认为从这里去会议中心最好的办法是乘出租车。

he chief engineer together with his colleagues ______ new scientific methods of farming since five years ago. (look)

五年以来，总工程师和他的同事们一起一直在寻找新的科学农耕方法。

Not ______ my parents, I failed to go to a drama school, where my interest lay.

(persuade)

由于没有说服我父母，我没能上戏剧学校，而那才是我的兴趣所在。

Knowing ______ reduces the risks of failure and it works like an insurance policy for your own ability. (do)

知道你正在干什么，能降低失败的风险，这就像给自己的能力买了份保险。

How do people of higher income see their future?

• A.They will earn less money.
• B.They will become pessimistic.
• C.They will suffer mental illness.
• D.They will have less time to enjoy life.

What is the clear conclusion of the study?

• A.Pessimism guarantees chances of survival.
• B.Good financial condition leads to good health.
• C.Medical treatment determines health outcomes.
• D.Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age.

E

• A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse.    The paper, published this
• Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.    “Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the act
• However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded.
• According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?
• A.Optimistic adults.
• B.Middle-aged adults.
• C.Adults in poor health.
• D.Adults of lower income.

Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people ______.

• A.to fully enjoy their present life
• B.to estimate their contribution accurately
• C.to take measures against potential risks
• D.to value health more highly than wealth

It was lucky for Mrs. Almond ______.

• A.to have contacted many friends
• B.to have recovered in a short time
• C.to have her assumption confirmed
• D.to have her disease identified in time

Mrs. Almond said “I’m so embarrassed” (Para. 7) because ______.

• A.she had distrusted her close friends
• B.she had caused unnecessary trouble
• C.she had to refuse the doctor’s advice
• D.she had to tell the truth to the doctor

By mentioning the breakdown of the computer, the author probably wants to prove ______.

• A.it’s a must to take a break at work
• B.it’s vital to believe in IT professionals
• C.it’s unwise to simply rely on technology
• D.it’s a danger to work long hours on computers

D

The technology is great. Without it we wouldn’t have been able to put a man on the moon, explore the ocean’s depths or eat microwave sausages. Computers have revolutionized our lives and they have the power to educate and pass on knowledge. But sometimes this power can create more problems than it solves.

Every doctor has had to try their best to calm down patients who’ve come into their surgery waving an Internet print-out, convinced that they have some rare incurable disease, say, throat cancer. The truth is usually far more ordinary, though: they don’t have throat cancer, and it’s just that their throats are swollen. Being a graduate of the Internet “school” of medicine does not guarantee accurate self-health-checks.

One day Mrs. Almond came to my hospital after feeling faint at work. While I took her blood sample and tried to find out what was wrong, she said calmly, “I know what’s wrong; I’ve got throat cancer. I know there’s nothing you doctors can do about it and I’ve just got to wait until the day comes.”

• As a matter of routine I ordered a chest X-ray. I looked at it and the blood results an hour later. Something wasn’t right. “Did your local doctor do an X-ray?” I asked. “Oh, I haven’t been to the doctor for years,” she replied. “I read about it on a webs
• However, some of her symptoms, like the severe cough and weight loss, didn’t fit with it—but she’d just ignored this.
• I looked at the X-ray again, and more tests confirmed it wasn’t the cancer but tuberculosis (肺结核)—something that most certainly did need treating, and could be deadly. She was lucky we caught it when we did.    Mrs. Almond went pale wh
• A.she thought she knew it well
• B.she had purchased medicine online
• C.she graduated from a medical school
• D.she had been treated by local doctors

Which would be the best title for the passage?

• A.Actions or Excuses?
• B.Overweight or Underweight?
• C.WHO in a Dilemma
• D.No Longer Dying of Hunger

The example of Finland is used to illustrate ______.

• A.the cause of heart disease
• B.the fashion of body shaping
• C.the effectiveness of a campaign
• D.the history of a body-conscious country

Why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?

• A.A lot of effective diet pills are available.
• B.Body image has nothing to do with good food.
• C.They have been made fully aware of its dangers.
• D.There are too many overweight people in the world.

C

We’ve reached a strange—some would say unusual—point. While fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO), more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. It’s the good life that’s more likely to kill us these days.

Worse, nearly l8 million children under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight. What’s going on?

We really don’t have many excuses for our weight problems. The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through—up to a point.

In the 1970s, Finland, for example, had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause. Not any more. A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.

Maybe that explains why the percentage of people in Finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005, and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body. That has become a sort of fashion. No wonder it ranks as the world’s most body-conscious country.

We know what we should be doing to lose weight—but actually doing it is another matter. By far the most popular excuse is not taking enough exercise. More than half of us admit we lack willpower.

Others blame good food. They say: it’s just too inviting and it makes them overeat. Still others lay the blame on the Americans, complaining that pounds have piled on thanks to eating too much American-style. fast food.

Some also blame their parents—their genes. But unfortunately, the parents are wronged because they’re normal in shape, or rather slim.

It’s a similar story around the world, although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight. Parents are eager to see their kids shape up. Do as I say—not as I do.

What is the “strange” point mentioned in the first sentence?

• A.The good life is a greater risk than the bad life.
• B.Starvation is taking more people’s lives in the world.
• C.WHO report shows people’s unawareness of food safety.
• D.Overweight issue remains unresolved despite WHO’s efforts.

What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

• A.The content of the book.
• B.The purpose of the book.
• C.The influence of the book.
• D.The writing style. of the book.

How are women’s lives explored in this book?

• A.In a musical form.
• B.Through field research.
• C.With unique writing skills.
• D.From different points of view.

The word “luxury” in Paragraph 3 means ______.

• A.something rare but not pleasant
• B.something that cannot be imagined
• C.something expensive but not necessary
• D.something that can only be enjoyed by boys

The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ______.

• A.to experience it
• B.to live the present in the future
• C.to make memories
• D.to give accurate representations of it

B

Mothers and daughters go through so much—yet when was the last time a mother and daughter sat down to write a book together about it all? Perri Klass and her mother, Sheila Solomon Klass, both gifted professional writers, prove to be ideal co-writers as they examine their decades of motherhood, daughterhood, and the wonderful ways their lives have overlapped (重叠).

Perri notes with amazement how closely her own life has mirrored her mother’s: both have full-time careers; both have published books, articles, and stories; each has three children; they both love to read. They also love to travel—in fact, they often take trips together. But in truth, the harder they look at their lives, the more they acknowledge their big differences in circumstance and basic nature.

• A child of the Depression (大萧条), Sheila was raised in Brooklyn by parents who considered education a luxury for girls. Starting with her college education, she has fought for everything she’s ever accomplished. Perri, on the other hand, grew up privileged
• Each writing in her own unmistakable voice, Perri and Sheila take turns exploring the joys and pains, the love and bitterness, the minor troubles and lasting respect that have always bonded them together. Sheila describes the adventure of giving birth to
• Looking deep into the lives they have lived separately and together, Perri and Sheila tell their mother-daughter story with honesty, humor, enthusiasm, and admiration for each other. A written account in two voices, Every Mother Is a Daughter is a duet (二
• A.They both have gone through difficult times.
• B.They have strong emotional ties with each other.
• C.They have the same joys and pains, and love and bitterness.
• D.They both have experiences as daughter, mother and writer.

What caused a change in the author’s understanding of keeping a diary?

• A.A dull night on the journey.
• B.The beauty of the great valley.
• C.A striking quotation from a book.
• D.Her concerns for future generations.

What does the author put in her diary now?

• A.Notes and beautiful pictures.
• B.Special thoughts and feelings.
• C.Detailed accounts of daily activities.
• D.Descriptions of unforgettable events.

A

Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day’s events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn’t accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?

When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen….

• At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my d
• Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often—only of object
• I don’t want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won’t have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I’ll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I don’t l
• Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ______.
• A.observing her school routine
• B.expressing her satisfaction
• C.impressing her classmates
• D.preserving her history

Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought 31 . It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹).

This farmhouse had been 32 too long. It needed a family. Zigfried’s

33 made a noise. He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), grabbed a 34 from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.

Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse 35 the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried 36 when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he 37 into the room where grain was stored and was quite 38 as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he 39 a hot breath about his ear. His heart beat 40 , and without thinking he started to run and luckily 41 the cat’s paws (爪子).

The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a 42 family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to

43 with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came 44 the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.

Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!

The house came 45 the next few days. Zigfried 46 every single hour of them. 47 , the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a 48 smile at the door of his home, he heard the 49 of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The 50 froze on his face; his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”

• A.carefully 
• B.excitedly 
• C.hopefully 
• D.proudly

An artist who was recently traveling on a ferry to the southern island discovered ______ a long lost antique Greek vase.

• A.at random
• B.by chance
• C.in turn
• D.on occasion

He didn’t selfishly keep for himself the money inherited from his uncle. Instead, he made a ______ contribution to help the community.

• A.commercial
• B.generous
• C.comparable
• D.profitable

Don’t defend him any more. It’s obvious that he ______ destroyed the fence of the garden even without apology.

• A.accidentally
• B.carelessly
• C.deliberately
• D.clumsily

In much of the animal world, night is the time ______ for sleep—pure and simple.

• A.set aside
• B.set down
• C.set off
• D.set up

People complain that decisions to approve or deny a permit are often ______ rather than based on fixed criteria.

• A.appropriate
• B.conscious
• C.arbitrary
• D.controversial

Butterflies ______ a sweet liquid produced by flowers, which bees and other insects collect.

• A.carry on
• B.feed on
• C.put on
• D.focus on

While intelligent people can often ______ the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.

• A.sacrifice
• B.substitute
• C.simplify
• D.survive

According to the law, all foreigners have to ______ with the local police within two weeks of arrival.

• A.associate
• B.dispute
• C.negotiate
• D.register

Poetry written from the ______ of the urban youth tends to reveal their anxiety over

• a lack of sense of belonging.
• A.perspective
• B.priority
• C.participation
• D.privilege

Carbon dioxide, which makes a ______ between us and the sun, prevents heat from getting out of the atmosphere easily, so the earth is becoming warmer.

• A.difference
• B.comparison
• C.connection
• D.barrier

What kind of person is David Mellor according to the speaker?

• A.Gentle and ugly.
• B.Humorous and aggressive.
• C.Well-known and funny-looking.

What is special about David Mellor’s mouth?

• A.Very big.
• B.Rather flat.
• C.A bit raised.

What does David Mellor always do before he begins a speech?

• A.Smooths his moustache.
• B.Clears his throat.
• C.Bites his lips.

What happened in the woman’s department last year?

• A.It faced a risk of being shut down.
• B.It introduced a new system.
• C.It fired a sales manager.

What is the man’s attitude towards the preparation for the dinner?

• A.He is critical.
• B.He is practical.
• C.He is enthusiastic.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

What does the speaker say about David Mellor’s eyes?

• A.They are red.
• B.They are small.
• C.They are round.

Who is Alexander?

• A.The woman’s boss.
• B.The woman’s host.
• C.The woman’s cook.

What extra dish is to be prepared?

• A.Fish.
• B.Steak.
• C.Shrimps.

What is the greatest advantage of the woman’s flat?

• A.Its size.
• B.Its condition.
• C.Its location.

How does the woman feel when asked about the offer price of her flat?

• A.Stressed.
• B.Uncertain.
• C.Embarrassed.

Who will the woman consult later?

• A.Her agent.
• B.Her husband.
• C.Her neighbour.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

Why does the woman call?

• A.To offer a job.
• B.To raise money.
• C.To make an appointment.

Where is the man expected to go tomorrow?

• A.The agency.
• B.Grand Hotel.
• C.The City Hall.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

Why does Doctor Green break the rule for the man?

• A.He is very polite.
• B.He is going on a vacation.going on a vacationgeneral offi form?udent card?
• C.He is unable to afford a full checkup.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

On which floor is the woman’s apartment?

• A.The second.
• B.The fourth.
• C.The sixth.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)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段材料，回答第6、7题。

What is the man’s problem?

• A.He is too busy to wait.
• B.He cannot find his pills.
• C.He has a pain in his back.

What does the man mean?

• A.The door is unlocked.
• B.He is not the one to blame.
• C.Somebody has just left the lab.

What is the male speaker?

• A.A student.
• B.A president.
• C.A professor.

What will the man do tomorrow morning?

• A.Give Frank a bath.
• B.Cook Frank a meal.
• C.Take Frank to a vet.

Why doesn’t John go to school today?

• A.It’s the weekend.
• B.He’s too tired for school.
• C.His school is closed down.