E
The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place
   Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically（身体上）.
   Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.
   On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.
   The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
   Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.
71. From Paragraph 1, we learn that ________.
A. diet products fail to bring out people’s potential
B. people have difficulty in choosing diet products
C. diet products are misleading people
D. people are fed up with diet products
72. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _____.
A. try out a variety of diet foods
B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods
C. pay attention to their own eating habits
D. watch their weight rather than their diet
73. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means ______.
A. losing weight is effortless
B. it costs a lot to lose weight
C. diet products bring no pain
D. diet products are free from calories
74. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______.
A. are over-consumed
B. lack basic nutrients
C. are short of chemicals
D. provide too much energy
75. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
 

第II卷 （共35分）
第四部分：书面表达 （共两节，35分）
第一节 情景作文 （20分）
    假设你是红星中学高三一班的学生李华，为校刊英语园地写一篇题为“Our Spring Outing” 的英文稿件。 请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，叙述上周你们班从准备春游到春游结束的完整过程。
    注意： 词数不少于60.
    提示词： 游乐园   amusement park
             垃圾箱   bin
 
(请务必将情景作文写在答题卡II第一页指定区域内)

第二节 开放作文  （15分）
    请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。
    In an English speech competition, you are asked to describe the following picture and explain to the judges how you understand it.
 
(请务必将情景作文写在答题卡II第二页指定区域内)

2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试
英语 (北京卷) 参考答案
第一部分：听力理解 （共两节，30分）
第一节 （共5小题： 每小题1.5分，共7.5分）
1.A.        2.A.          3.B.           4.C.        5.C.
第二节 （共15小题： 每小题1.5分，共22.5分）
6. B        7. C          8. A          9. A       10. C
11. C       12. B         13. B         14. A      15.B       
16. B       17. A         18. A         19. C      20. B
第二部分：知识运用 （共两节，45分）
第一节 单项填空  （共15小题： 每小题1.分，共15分）
21. D      22. C        23. D       24. A       25. B
26. B      27. D        28. D       29. A       30. C
31. A      32. C        33. B       34. A       35.C
第二节 完形填空   (共20小题： 每小题1.5分，共30分)
36. A      37. B      38. A        39. C        40. D
41. B      42. B       43. B       44. C        45. D
46. C      47. B       48. A       49. A        50. C 
51. A      52. D       53. C       54. D        55. D
第三部分：阅读理解 （共20小题： 每小题2分，共40分）
56. B      57. A       58. C       59. B        60. D
61. C      62. D       63. A       64. B        65. D
66. D      67. A       68. C       69. B        70. D
71. C      72. D       73. A       74. B        75. B
第四部分：书面表达 （共两节，35分）
第一节 情景作文 （20分）
一、 内容要点：
1. 讨论
2. 爬山
3. 捡拾别人（或收拾自己）的垃圾
4. 投放垃圾
二、 说明：
内容要点可用不同方式表达。
三、 One possible version:
Last Thursday, we had a class meeting to discuss where to go for our spring outing. We came up with several choices such as going boating, climbing a mountain, and going to an amusement park. Finally, we decided to go mountain climbing.
The next day, we set off early in the morning. While climbing the mountain, we enjoyed the warm sunshine and a beautiful view. However, when reached the top, we were shocked to see litter here and there, such as bottles and banana peels. Then we started to pick up the litter. Afterwards, we put the rubbish into the nearby recycling bin and non-recycling bin respectively.
We were tired but happy.
第二节 开放作文 （15分）
One possible version:
    From the picture I can see a pair of proud compasses and a hard-working pencil. The compasses are big, drawing a circle with ease, while the pencil is small, drawing a line with great effort. I think the compasses are reasonable to be proud because no one else can do the job better. At the same time, however, he should realize the pencil has his own advantages. The pencil can do other shapes better than the compasses, even pictures. So in my opinion, while we are confident in ourselves, we should recognize strengths in others and show due respect for them.

上一页  [1] [2] [3]