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Parts of Africa are covered by a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is a living cloud made of billions of locusts (蝗虫) that are traveling across the continent eating everything in their path.
And now in the battle to stop this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 50 kilograms of rice if they can catch and kill 50 kilograms of locusts. “We think this idea will get more people to take part in the war on the locusts,” said Abdoulaye Ba, from Sud-Fm, a radio station in one of Senegal’s worst affected area.
This is West Africa’s biggest locust disaster in 15 years, and it is moving east, causing huge damage to crops. As they move they produce young and increase their number and will soon threaten (威胁) Sudan in the northeast of Africa. Some say it could reach Asia.
Experts say the harmful effect on crops in areas already suffering from food shortage and war could cause many people to go hungry. Governments in the areas are not well equipped to fight the pest.
Although leaders of 12 countries have agreed on a plan, it is not expected to be enough. “We are now treating 6,000 hectares (公顷) per day with pesticide (杀虫剂), but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling this disaster,” said Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah, director of locust control in Mauritania.
Requests are being made for international aid, which is the only way to limit the disaster, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization warned.
68. By using “dark cloud” to describe locusts in the first paragraph, the author of the article ________.
A. showed the size and speed of the mass of locusts
B. suggested the great damage that locusts can cause
C. warned that locusts would sweep the continent like rain clouds
D. both A and B
69. The story is mainly about ________.
A. West Africa’s united effort in fighting a disaster
B. the difficulty in controlling locusts
C. how locusts caused great damage to West Africa
D. a struggle to fight against a disaster brought by locusts in West Africa
70. The locust disaster ________.
A. would be even more serious in Asia
B. is(was)out of control
C. affected only the warning areas
D. can not be stopped unless twice as much pesticide is provided for the affected areas
71. Which of the following is WRONG?
A. Sud-Fm offered a reward for fighting locusts so that more people would join in the effort.
B. Senegal is to the southwest of Sudan.
C. The locusts can cause such damage mainly because it has no natural enemy in West Africa.
D. 12 countries affected by locusts have united but still lack pesticide.
E
Sarah Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school:
Wentworth Girls’ school
Beachside
July 20th
Dearest Mom and Dad,
I’ m afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.
The trouble started last night when I was smoking in bed. This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.
As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away.
Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire.
There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning.
The principal phoned for the fire department. The ‘school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital.
The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.
I’m very sorry about this.
Much love,
Sarah
P. S. None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!
72. Why did Sarah write home?
A. To tell her parents about the fire.
B. To ask for a lot of money.
C. To tell her parents she had failed her exams.
D. To tell her parents she had to leave school.
73. Why did Sarah tell her parents the story about the fire?
A. She wanted to worry them.
B. She wanted to make them laugh.
C. She wanted to make them less angry at the real news.
D. She wanted to warn them about what the principal was going to do.
74. The letter before the P. S. was ________.
A. mostly true B. partly true
C. all true D. completely untrue
75. Sarah said the principal was angry because ________.
A. she had failed her exams B. it was her fault that had caused the fire
C. he had not made the phone call in time D. she had been caught smoking in bed
四、短文改错
Every day John goes to work by trains. He always 76.___________
buys a piece newspaper to read on the train, so he feels 77.___________
that the time pass more quickly. One day on the train he 78.___________
was reading a report about important football match. 79.___________
The report was such interesting that he forgot to get off 80.___________
at his station. He didn’t know it until he saw the sea. 81.___________
He got off at the next station, and wait a long time for 82.___________
a train to go back. He arrived very lately at the office. 83.___________
His boss was angry to him when he told him why he 84.___________
was late. “Work is more importance than football!” 85.___________
五、书面表达
[$br]各人有各人的庆祝生日的方式，请对照别人庆祝生日的方式谈谈你自己的想法：
有的同学庆祝生日的方式[$br] 你希望的方式[$br] [$br]购买生日礼物[$br]
?[$br] [$br]开生日party[$br] [$br]休生日假[$br] [$br]吃生日蛋糕[$br]
[$br]字数：100—120词。
【2008年高考英语模拟考试（01）·答案与解释】
21. C。Not in the least 意为“一点也不”。注意联系下文的 I enjoyed it。
22. D。before 意为“在……之前”。
23. C。neither would I 相当于 I wouldn’t never allow it, either.
24. B。nothing 指“什么也没有”；none 指数量上的“一点(个)也没有”。注：回答 how much 和 how many 时要用 none，而不用 nothing，道理同此。
25. C。what worries me 为主语从句，且 what 在主语从句中充作主语。
26. B。if not 为 if you don’t get out of here at once 之省略。
27. B。注意句首为通八达if 此导的条件状语从句，填空句为祈使句(用作主语)。
28. A。believe it or not 是习语，用作插入语，其中的 believe 只用原形。
29. A。现在分词短语在此表示伴随。
30. B。to make wine 为目的状语。
31. C。regard … as … 意为“把……当作……”，其中的介词 as 不能换成 to be。
32. C。句意为“他的病比我们想像的要严重得多”。
33. B。or 表选择。
34. A。expects 在此不是表示“期待”，而是表示“预料”。
35. A。该用法中的 permit 为不及物动词，if time permits 也可换成 time permitting。
36. D。study 意为“研究”，根据下文，这是指对未来20年地球上的情况变化所作的研究。
37. B。与后面的人口增长，环境污染等联系起来看，在2010年地球上的状况(picture)将会令人不愉快(pleasant)。
38. C。因为人口继续增长，所以世界会越来越拥挤(crowded)。
39. D。指人口数目的多用large，少用small。指人口达到某一数目用“as large as + 数词”。
40. A。从现状来看，人口增长快的国家多为发展不发达的国家；而城市人口急剧增长的则是一些发展中的国家(developing countries)。
41. B。前面提到了两个城市，故此空只能填each，neither具有否定意义，不合句意，也不能插入谓语之中。
42. C。临近几句是讲粮食增长问题，故选increase“增长”。
43. B。前后两句具有转折意义：农民所生产的粮食将比1985多百分之90，但多数增产粮食的国家是在已经有足够粮食供人们生活的国家。
44. A。already 意为“已经”，由下句可知：是指已经有足够粮食供人们生活的国家。
45. D。expect意为“预计”，句意为：在亚洲南部的国家预计增产幅度不大。
46. A。由changing farms into deserts可知：不当农业生产方式毁坏(destroy)了大片生产粮食土地。
47. B。由于扩建城市，修建房屋，必然侵占大量农田，故选lost(失去)。
48. A。由burn coal and oil必然排放大量烟雾，可推知：此处指空气污染(air pollution)
49. C。由more and more trees are cut down可推知：此处指森林(forests)可能消失。
50. D。此句意为：专家说地球到2010年的状况可能会不好。
51. C。exist 意为“存在”。由上下文可知：环境正遭受污染和破坏，专家们只是想保存今天状况。
52. A。settle the problems 意为“解决问题”。
53. B。still 意为“还有”，加强语气。句意为：现在还有时间给世界各国制定行动计划。
54. C。work out a plan 意为“制定计划”。
55. D。句意为：专家们警告说等待太长的时间作处决定将会极大地减少成功的机会。
56. D细节题。由第三段中小孩的话语可知。
57. A细节题。根据文章第二、三段的描述及小孩的话语，可确定答案。
58. C推断题。根据文章的第四段的描述可知Josh是个好心人。
59. C句意题。由最后一段倒数第二句的含义可知是叫人们多体谅他人疾苦。
60. D细节题。由第一条最后一句The examination takes place at the same time in different states.是“全国性”的考试。
61. B推断题。由第二段可知无论参加哪科考试都要带准考证，考数学也应如此。
62. C推断题。假如你很早的完成了试题并且想得到一个好的分数，我们通常的做法是要仔细检查。在解答此题的时候，可以使用排除法。
63. C细节题。由第八段可知。
64. B 细节题。由第一段第二句可知。
65. D细节题。由第二段最后一句可知。
66. C推断题。由最后一段可推知。
67. C推断题。由整个故事推知，牧羊人幽默而又聪明。
68. D细节题。由第一段中的traveling across the continent eating everything in their path可知作者想表明蝗灾发生的规模和所造成的灾害。
69. D主旨题。由每段首句和末段可知。
70. B推论题。根据第三段和第四段的意思可推知。
71. C细节题。文章中没有被提到C项内容，所以错了。由文第二段可知A对；由…于蝗灾发生在West Africa，然后向northwest of Africa发展，而Sudan正在这一个方向，所以B对；由第五段可知D也对。
72. C推断题。选项B在文章中没有涉及，因此排除；根据信后的附言：None of the above is true，but l have failed my exams可知选项A、D都不真实。
73. C推测题。根据文章中附言的最后一句可知。
74. D细节题。根据信后的附言None of the above is true可知。
75. B细节题。在信的正文根本没有涉及有关考试之事，排除A；根据信的最后两段，校长并没有责备她未及时打电话，排除C；信的第三段so I threw the cigarette away说明她没有被抓着在吸烟，排除D。
76. trains 改为 train。by train, by bus, by car, by plane 等表示方式的介词短语，其中的名词习惯上用单数，不用复数。
77. 去掉 piece。因 newspaper 为可数名词，可直接受不定冠词的修饰。
78. pass 改为 passes。因主语为 the time，表单数意义。
79. important 前加 an。因 match 为可数名词。
80. such 改为 so。因其后修饰的是形容词 interesting。
81. 此行无错。
82. wait 改为 waited。waited 与其前的 got off 为并列谓语。
83. lately 改为 late。late 意为“迟”，lately 意为“近来”。
84. to 改为 with。表示对某人生气，be angry 后习惯上接介词 with，不接to。
85. importance 改为 important。用形容词作表语。
书面表达范文
Everyone has his or her own way to celebrate his or her own birthday. Some of my classmates celebrate their birthdays like this—buying some birthday presents, having a birthday party, eating a birthday cake. Of course I can’t say that there isn’t anything wrong with such things, but I think there must be some other ways more interesting and more special than those. For example, we can help our parents to do some housework, which will show that we are one year older and have known more, or we can plant an evergreen tree, which can show that our youth is as green as growing tree.
To celebrate a birthday, I think its content is much more important than its form, do you agree with me?
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