08全国ii卷高考英语试题(编辑修改稿)

08全国ii卷高考英语试题(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

―duaty‖ B. ―citee‖ C. ―hame‖ D. ―lorst‖ 47. We may infer from the text that the Journal of Phoics is a magazine on _________. A. speech sounds B. Christmas customs C. TV broadcasting D. personal messages 48. What is the text mainly about? 11 A. The relationship between accents and social classes. B. The Queen‘s Christmas speeches on TV. C. The changes in a person‘s accent. D. The recent development of the English language. C Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive (欺骗 )? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important in formation that should be included, he can give you a false picture. For example, some might say, ―I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery (彩票 ). It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for on e hundred dollars!‖ This guy‘s a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $200 worth of tickets, and only on e was a winner. He‘s really a big loser! He didn‘t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That‘s called a halftruth. Halftruths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest. Some politicians often use this trick. Let‘s say that during Governor Smith‘s last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents(对手 ) says, ―During Governor Smith‘s term, the state lost one million jobs!‖ that‘s true. However, and honest statement would have 12 been, ―During Governor Smith‘s term, the state had a gain of two million jobs.‖ Advertisers(广告商 ) will sometimes use halftruths. It‘s against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, ―Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.‖ It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company. This kind of deception happens too of often. It‘s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well. 49. How much did the lottery winner lose? A. One hundred dollars. B. Two hundred dollars. C. Three hundred dollars. D. Four hundred dollars. 50. We may infer that the author believes people should _______. A. buy lottery tickets B. make use of halftruths C. not take anything at face value D. not trust the Yucky Company 51. What do the underline words ― gain‖ in Paragraph 5 mean? A. final increase B. big advantage C. large share D. total saving 52. What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill advertisement? 13 A. False statements are easy to see through. B. Halftruths are often used to mislead people. C. Doctors like to act in advertisements. D. Advertisements are based on facts. D Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines, say UK researchers. Their study found that theobromine, found in cocoa, was nearly a third more effective in stopping coughs than codeine, which was considered the best cough medicine at present. The Imperial College London researchers who published their results online said the discovery could lead to more effective cough treatment. ―While coughing is not necessarily harmful(有害的 ) it can have a major effect on the quality of life, and this discovery could be a huge step forward in treating this problem,‖ said Professor Peter Barnes. Ten healthy volunteers(志愿者 ) were given theobromine, codeine or placebo, a pill that contains no medicine, during the experiment. Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who received which pill. The researchers then measured levels of capsaicin, which is used in research to cause coughing and as a sign of how well the medicine are stopping coughs. 14 The team found that, when the volunteers were given theobromine, the capsaicin need to produce a cough was around a third higher than in the placebo group. When they were given codeine they need only slightly higher levers of capsaicin to cause a cough pared with the placebo. The researchers said that theobromine worked by keeping down a verve activity(神经活动 ), which cause coughing. They also found that unlike some standard cough treatments, theobromine caused no side effects such as sleepiness. 53. According to Professor Barnes, theobromine ______. A. cannot be as effective as codeine B. can be harmful to people‘s health C. cannot be separated from chocolate D. can be a more effective cure for coughs 54. What was used in the experiment to cause coughing? A. Theobromine. B. Codeine. C. Capsaicin. D. Placebo. 55. We learn from the text that volunteers in the experiment _____. A. were patients with bad coughs B. were divided into the three groups C. received standard treatments D. suffered little side effects 56. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? 15 A. Codeine: A New Medicine B. Chocolate May Cure Coughs C. Cough Treatment: A Hard Case B. Theobromine Can Cause Coughs E Attractions in。