2009年高考英語試題及參考答案

　　A. should                        B .would 

　　C. will                          D. shall 

　　26. His sister left home in 1998, and _______since.

　　A. has not been heard of       B. has not been heard of 

　　C. had not heard of          D. has not heard of

　　27. I tried phoning her office, but I couldn’t _______.

　　A. get along                    B. get on  

　　C. get to                      D. get through

　　28. She brought with her three friends, none of ______I had ever met before.

　　A. them                         B. who

　　C. whom                         D. these 

　　29. Edward, you play so well, But I ______ you played the piano.

　　 A. didn’t know                B. hadn’t known   

　　C. don’t know                D. haven’t known

　　30. The children all turned ____ the famous actress as she entered the classroom.

　　A. looked at                  B. to look at  

　　C. to looking at               D. look at   

　　31. The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only____, but students became more interested in the lessons.

　　A. saved was teachers’ energy   B. was teachers’ energy saved

　　C. teachers’ energy was saved   D. was saved teachers’ energy

　　32. Encourage your children to try new things, but try not to ___ them too hard.

　　A. draw                    B. strike  

　　C. rush                     D. push

　　33. One of the most important questions they had to consider was _____ of public health.

　　A. what                      B. this  

　　C. that                       D. which

　　34. Everybody was touched _____ words after they heard her moving story.

　　A. beyond                       B. without

　　C. of                            D. in

　　35. Now that we’ve discussed our problem, are people happy with the decisions _______?

　　A. taking                       B. take   

　　C. taken                        D .to take　

　　第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

　　閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中選出可以填入空白的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

　　The True Story of Treasure Island

　　It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination.     36   , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

　　Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived     37    for many years. In 1881he returned to Scotland for a      38    .With him were his American wife Fanny and his son      39     .

　　Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long     40    over the hills. They had been     41    this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days     42  .To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some     43    .

　　One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island, Robert     44    that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of     45   . “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the    46     treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly       47     something of an adventure story in the boy’s   48    .While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the    49   a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate(海盜)？

　　Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the   50   of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   

　　51    such a man in a story.   52

　　Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was     53    .

　　So, thanks to a    54   September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest     55   stories in the English language.

　　36. A. However         B. Therefore       C. Besides       D. Finally

　　37. A. alone            B. next door       C. at home       D. abroad

　　38. A. meeting          B. story           C. holiday       D. job

　　39. A. Lloyd           B. Robert          C. Henley        D. John

　　40. A. talk             B. rest            C. walk          D. game

　　41. A. attempting       B. missing         C. planning       D. enjoying

　　42. A. quiet            B. dull            C. busy          D. cold

　　43. A. cleaning        B. writing        C. drawing         D. exercising

　　44. A. doubted         B. noticed       C. decided          D. recognized

　　45. A. the sea          B. the house     C. Scotland          D. the island

　　46. A. forgotten        B. buried        C. discovered        D. unexpected

　　47. A. saw            B. drew         C. made             D. learned

　　48. A. book           B. reply         C. picture            D. mind

　　49. A. star            B. hero          C. writer            D. child

　　50. A. help           B. problem       C. use              D. bottom

　　51. A. praise          B. produce       C. include           D. accept

　　52. A. Yet            B. Also          C. But              D. Thus

　　53. A. read           B. born          C. hired             D. written

　　54. A. rainy          B. sunny         C. cool              D. windy

　　55. A. news          B. love          C. real-life           D. adventure

　　第三部分  閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

　　I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down, I immediately recognized that something was wrong, and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water, and it was a life-and-death struggle. Her calf was floating and screaming with fear. Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water, and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away.

　　There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk(象鼻) against the rocky bank. Then with a huge effort, she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.

　　Just at this moment she fell back into the river. If she were carried down, it would be certain death. I knew, as well as she did, that there was one spot(地點(diǎn)) where she could get up the bank, but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf.
While I was wondering what I could do next, I heard the sound of a mother’s love. Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could, roaring (吼叫) all the time, but to her calf it was music.

　　56. The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw _____,

　　A. the calf was about to fall into the river

　　B. Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock

　　C. the calf was washed away by the rising water

　　D. Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water

　　57. How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?

　　A. By putting it on a safe spot.        B. By pressing it against her body.

　　C. By taking it away with her.       D. By carrying it on her back.

　　58. How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?

　　A. It was a great comfort.          B. It was a sign of danger.

　　C. It was a call for help.           D. It was a musical note.

　　59. What can be the best title for the text?

　　A. A Mother’s Love B. A Brave Act

　　C. A Deadly River D. A Matter of Life and Death

　　B

　　Computer programmer David Jones earns ￥35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card (信用卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases (推出) two new games for the fast throwing computer market each month.

　　But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage (抵押貸款), or get credit cards. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said. David spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 50 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.

　　“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.” David added: “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

　　60. In what way is David different from people of his age?

　　A. He often goes out with friends.      B. He lives with his mother.

　　C. He has a handsome income.        D. He graduated with six O-levels.

　　61. What is one of the problems that David is facing now?