2008年高考英语试题·延迟区(附答案)（四川的成都、德阳、绵阳、广元、雅安、阿坝6个地震重灾区40个县延期高考，本文为其高考英语试题）第一卷第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child _______ he or she wants.A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever答案是B。1. — Could you help me write the report?—________. I haven’t got time at the moment.A. No problem B. No, sorry C. Yes, please D. All right2. I cannot tell whether the book is worth reading. ________ I haven’t read it myself.A. but B. so C. or D. for3. That’s all I have to say. Is there anything you’d like to , Terry?A. talk B. require C. add D. deliver4. I’ve heard a whisper ________ David and Heather are heading for marriage.A. what B. which C. who D. that5. I got to the office early that day, ________ the 7:30 train from Paddington.A. having caught B. caught C. to catch D. catch6. 1 admired the painting, and Ed said he would like me to have ________ as a gift from him. A. one B. it C. this D. some7. Have a good look round the room to make sure you everything.A. had packed B. pack C. have packed D. are packing 8. 1 tried phoning Maggie’s office in the morning, but I couldn’t _______A. go over B. get through C. put up D. join up9. Tom knew he would certainly get — if he was late home.A. shout at B. to shout at C. shouted at D. to be shouted at10. 1 hope you’ve got your own car, if you haven’t we may have to hire one.A. because B. so that C. ever since D. when11. It was difficult to get a word in. Everyone so excitedly about the play.A. would talk B. was talking C. talked D. had talked12. We had to make the corrections by hand as the computer do them for us.A. mightn’t B. needn’t C. shouldn’t D. wouldn’t13. It’s often difficult to find to express what you want to say.A. exactly the right word B. the word right exactlyC. the right exactly word D. exactly right the word14. Jane is back in May, by ________ the new house should be finished.A. which B. that C. whom D. when15. — I think Tracy needs to find herself a new job.— ________. This is what we’ve been talking about.A. Exactly B. Cheer up C. Please do D. Really[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]下一页第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。As Christmas drew near, Ursula was faced with just that problem. She had come to live in an American home and learn English. ___16___, she would mind the children and ___17___ anything she was asked.One of her tasks was to keep track of ___18___Christmas presents. Ursula did this faithfully, but she became increasingly ___19___. What could she buy for her ___20___ with the little money she had that would compare with the gifts she was recording daily? ___21___, even without any of the ___22___, her employer seems to have everything.Ursula ___23___ long and hard. On Christmas Eve, she went to a ___24___. She moved slowly through crowds of shoppers, ___25___ things in her mind. Final