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Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business!
In 2005, the American artist Richard Prince’s photograph of a photograph, Untitled （Cowboy）, was sold for $ 1, 248, 000.
Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called “found photographs”—a loose term given to everything from discarded（丢弃的） prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger’s family album. The German artist Joachim Schmid, who believes “basically everything is worth looking at”, has gathered discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images since 1982. In his on-going project, Archiv, he groups photographs of family life according to themes: people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on.
Like Schmid, the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion （捍卫） found photographs. One of them, called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chicago, when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper（雨刷） an angry note intended for some else: “Why’s your car HERE at HER place?” The note became the starting point for Rothbard’s addictive publication, which features found photographs sent in by readers, such a poster discovered in our drawer.
The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions. Perhaps one of the most difficult is: can these images really be considered as art? And if so, whose art? Yet found photographs produced by artists, such Richard Prince, may riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone? Or how did Prince create this photograph? It’s anyone’s guess. In addition, as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists, like Schmid, have collated （整理）, we also turn toward our own photographic albums. Why is memory so important to us? Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children, our parents, our lovers, and ourselves? Will they mean anything to anyone after we’ve gone?
64．The first paragraph of the passage is used to _________.
A．remind readers of found photographs
B．advise reader to start a new kind of business
C．ask readers to find photographs behind sofa
D．show readers the value of found photographs
65．According to the passage, Joachim Schmid _________.
A．is fond of collecting family life photographs
B．found a complaining not under his car wiper
C．is working for several self-published magazines
D．wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs
66．The underlined word “them” in Para 4 refers to __________.
A．the readers
B．the editors
C．the found photographs
D．the self-published magazines
67．By asking a series of questions in Para 5, the author mainly intends to indicate that ________.
A．memory of the past is very important to people
B．found photographs allow people to think freely
C．the back-story of found photographs is puzzling
D．the real value of found photographs is questionable
68．The author’s attitude towards found photographs can be described as _________.
A．critical
B．doubtful
C．optimistic
D．satisfied
D
One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might some day get lost in a “sea of technology” rather than experiencing the natural worlD．Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to a serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors, which will changes the wild places of the world, its creatures and human health for the worse, unless adults get working on child’s play.
Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. We cannot be the last generation to have that place. At this rate, kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes. “If the decline in parks use continues across North America, who will defend parks against encroachment （蚕食）?” asks Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods.
Without having a nature experience, kids, can turn out just fine, but they are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives. That applies to everything from their physical health and mental health, to stress levels, creativity and cognitive （认知的） skills. Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents—and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it; research suggests that kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that play in nature fosters （培养） leadership by the smartest, not by the toughest. Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a chilD．The three-year-old turning over his first rock realizes he is not alone in the worlD．A clump of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes. We really need to value that more.
Kids are not to blame. They are over-protected and frighteneD．It is dangerous out there from time to time, but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite（仪式）of passage.
Everyone, from developers, to schools and outdoorsy citizens, should help regain for our kids some of the freedom and joy of exploring, taking friendship in fields and woods that cement （增强） love, respect and need for landscape. As parents, we should devote some of our energies to taking our kids into nature. This could yet be our greatest cause.
69．The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that __________.
A．kids missing the sense of wonder outdoors
B．parks are in danger of being gradually encroached
C．Richard Louv is the author of Last Child in the Woods
D．children are expected to develop into protectors of nature
70．According to the passage, children without experiencing nature will _________.
A．keep a high sense of wonder
B．be over-protected by their parents
C．be less healthy both physically and mentally
D．change wild places and creatures for the better
71．According to the author, children’s breaking an arm is ___________.
A．the fault on the part of their parents
B．the natural experience in their growing up
C．the result of their own carelessness in play
D．the effect of their repetitive stress from computers
72．In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to ________.
A．blame children for getting lost in computer games
B．encourage children to protect parks from encroachment
C．show his concern about children’s lack of experience in nature
D．inspire children to keep the sense of wonder about things around
第二节 简答题（共3小题， 满分6分）
阅读下面短文，根据第73至第75小题的具体要求，简要回答问题。
The north magnetic pole （磁极） is no longer a resident of CanadA．It has drifted across the Canadian Arctic and is now angling toward Siberia.
Not to be confused with the geographic North Pole—the northern extremity of the Earth’s axis（地轴），the north magnetic pole （where the Earth’s magnetic field is directed downward） is moving due to natural changes in the Earth’s magnetic field, a process that originates about 3, 000 kilometers below our feet, in the outer core（核心）of the planet. But scientists are now noticing that the magnetic pole has picked up its pace.
Over the past century, the pole has been migrating at an average speed of about 10 kilometers per year, says Larry Newitt, head of Geomagnetic Laboratory at Natural Resources Canada in OttawA．Since the 1970s, this speed has increased to about 50 kilometers per year.
Scientists are wondering why the speed is increasing, says Newitt. One Hypothesis （假说） relates it to “magnetic jerks”, sudden shifts （变化） in the rate of change of the magnetic fielD．There have been three jerks in the past four decades, each one correlating to an increase in speed.
If the north magnetic pole continues at its current rate, it could reach Siberia by 2056.
“For most of recorded history, the pole has been a part of Canada, and now it’s not,” says Newitt. “It may be a blow to our collective psyche, but other than that, it doesn’t have a major effect on most people’s existence.
73．Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “angling”。
_____________________________________________________________________
74．What could happen to the north magnetic pole by the middle of the 21 century? （回答词数不超过8个）
________________________________________________________________
75．What is the main idea of the passage? （回答词数不超过8个）
__________________________________________________________
第四部分 书面表达（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 填空（共10小题，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第76至第85小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。注意：每空不超过3 个单词。
Host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students for its advantages. These days, host families are trying to offer more in terms of quality, for they still have something to worry about.
Host family accommodation is often seen as the number-one choice for its advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host families enables students to get enough practice for the short time of their studying so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living in host families also has the advantage for students of being able to spend a lot of time communicating with their “host parents”, and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. Another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students for it ensures them a family type of living at a low cost.
The advantages, however, have not prevented host families form worrying. On one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling point. The problem is that the majority of hosts in big cites, now generally single and young, have less times available for students but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. One the other hand, students’ expectations have risen. They are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries.
To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service. They are trying to making living conditions better, including broadband Internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. They are also providing students with structured family activities.
It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with language travel students.
Title：76．______________________
Theme Host families are improving the accommodation quality
77．_____________ 1）Language study 78．________________
2）Cultural communication （1） 79．_________________
（2） Knowing the local way of life, people and culture
3）80. _________________ Being least expensive sometimes
81．_____________ 1）Loss of selling point Hosts’ having less time for students
2）
82．________________ Students’ becoming more demanding
83．_____________ Service quality improvement （1） 84．________________
（2）Organizing structured family activities
85．_____________ Host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with students.
第二节 写作（满分25）
假设你叫王平，李华是你的同窗好友，请根据下列要点，用英文给李华写一篇毕业留言。
要点：
1．简要表述李华在你心目中的印象；
2．用一到两个相关的事例进行具体描述；
3．对他李华表示美好的的祝愿。
注意：
1．内容积极向上，语意连贯，结构完整。词数120左右。
2．不能写成诗歌形式；不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。
2007年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖南卷）
英语试卷
参考答案
第一部分 听力
1．B 2．A 3．C 4．C 5．B 6．C 7．A 8．B
9．A 10．B 11．C 12．A 13．B 14．C 15．A 16．AB
18．Music Camp
19．3 to 7
20．Have wonderful concerts
第二部分 英语知识运用
21．C 22．A 23．C 24．B 25．B 26．D 27．A
28．B 29．B 30．A 31．D 32．B 33．C 34．A
35．C 36．B 37．A 38．C 39．C 40．D 41．D
42．A 43．B 44．C 45．D 46．C 47．D 48．C
49．B 50．D 51．B 52．A 53．D 54．C 55．D
56．A
第三部分 阅读理解：
56．C 57．A 58．D 59．B 60．C 61．A 62．A 63．B
64．D 65．A 66．D 67．B 68．C 69．D 70．C 71．B
72．C
73．Moving/ Migrating
74．It could reach Siberia
75．The north magnetic pole is moving faster.
第四部分 写作
填空：
76．Host Family Accommodation 77．Advantages 78．Possibly becoming faster
79．Communicating with hosts 80．Cost of living 81．Worries/ Problems
82．Rise in expectation 83．Efforts/ Measures 84．Bettering living conditions
85．Conclusion
Dear
书面表达：
Li Hua,
It’s time to say goodbye. It’s time to recall those beautiful days we spend together. You are the very person who gives me a hand when necessary. You are the most considerate person who knows exactly what I need.
Still remember that night two years ago? When I suddenly fell ill, it was you who carried me on your back to a nearby hospital. You took good care of me while I was having an injection. Later, you managed to help me with my lessons. Without your help, I would have failed in the examination.
I still have hundreds of stories to share with you. I still have thousands of blessings for you. May all your dreams come true! May our friendship last till the end of the universe.!
Yours,
Wang Ping