2007全国招生统一考试英语试题湖南卷第一节选择题（共17小题，满分34分）AIn June, 2007, a group of students from eight high schools in Winnipeg, the capital of Canada’s Manitoba province, will begin test-launching (试发射) a satellite the size of a Rubik’s cube.The one-kilogram Win-Cube satellite, named for its home city and its shape, will be put into low orbit. Once in space, it can perform for a few months or up to several years, communicating information that could help find the signs of earthquakes.There are 80 similar satellite projects worldwide, but this is the first high-school based program of its kind in Canada. 30 Manitoba high school students are having a hand in designing and building the satellite, in cooperation with aerospace (航空航天的) experts and 10 students from the University of Manitoba, and with support from two other organizations.The Win-Cube project is not something that goes on a piece of paper; it is real-world engineering, allowing high school students to have an opportunity to learn more about the exciting world of engineering through their participation in this challenging program. It is also taken as a wonderful example of the unique partnerships within Manitoba. Designing, building and launching a satellite with high-school participation will bring this world-class educational project into reality and Manitoba closer to space.“These Manitoba high school students deserve congratulations for their enthusiasm, innovation (创新), and a strong love for discovery,” said Education, Citizenship and Youth Minister Peter Bjomson. “We want to make science more relevant (相关的), interesting and attractive to high school students by showing them how classroom studies can relate to practical experience in the workplace or, in this case, in space,” Bjomson added.The Win-Cube program is mainly aimed at inspiring a strong desire for discovery on the part of the students. It also shows Manitoba’s devotion to research and innovation and the development of a skilled workforce — all important drivers of knowledge-based economic growth.56. According to the passage, the Win-Cube satellite is _________.A. named after Manitoba and its shapeB. intended for international communicationC. designed like a Rubik’s cube both in shape and sizeD. challenged by university students around the world57. According to Mr. Bjomson, ___________.A. those Manitoba high school students are worth praisingB. the study of space can be practically made in classroomsC. Manitoba high schools are famous for the study of spaceD. scientific research is too far away from high school students58. The primary purpose of the project is to _________.A. find the early signs of earthquakesB. relate studies to practical experienceC. help high school students study real-world engineering59. The best title for this passage may be ________.A. Manitoba SchoolB. Win-Cube ProgramC. Space Co-operationD. Satellite LaunchingBWelcome to my Message Board!Subject: Slimming down classics?Mr. Handsome 2007-5-12 6: 34 AM Orion Books, which decides there is a market in creating cut-down classics (经典著作), is slimming down some novels by such great writers as L. Tolstoy, M. Mitchell and C. Bronte. Now, each of them has been whittled down to about 400 pages by cutting 30 to 40 pages per cent of original, with words, sentences, paragraphs and, in a few cases, chapters removed. The first six shortened editions, all priced at ￡6.99 and advertised as great reads “in half the time”, will go on sale next month, with plans for 50 to 100 more to follow. The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome the shorter versions.Mr. Edwards 2007-5-12 9: 40 AMWell, I’m publisher of Orion Group. Thanks for your attention, Mr. Handsome.I must say, the idea developed from a game of “shame” in my office. Each of us was required to confess (承认) to the most embarrassing blanks in his or her reading. I admitted that I had never read Anna Karenina and tried but failed to get through Gone with the Wind several times. One of my colleagues acknowledged skipping (跳读) Jane Eyre. We realized that life is too short to read all the books you want to and we never were going to read these ones.As a leading publishing house, we are trying to make classics convenient for readers but it’s not as if we’re withdrawing the original versions. They are still there if you want to read them.Ms. Weir 2007-5-12 11:35 AMI’m director of the online bookclub Mr. Edwards, I think your shortened editions is a breath of fresh air. I’m guilty of never having read Anna Karenina, because it’s just so long. I’d much rather read two 300-page books than one 600-page book. I am looking forward to more shortened classics!Mr. Crockatt 2007-5-12 4:38 PMI’m from the London independent bookshop Crockatt & Powell.In my opinion, the practice is completely ridiculous. How can you edit the classics? I’m afraid reading some of these books is hard work, and that is why you have to develop as a reader. If people don’t have time to read Anna Karenina, then fine. But don’t read a shortened version and kid yourself it’s the real thing.60. According to the message board, Orion Books ___________.A. opposes the reading of original classicsB. is embarrassed for cutting down classicsC. thinks cut-down classics have a bright futureD. is cautious in its decision to cut down classics61. In Mr. Edwards’ opinion, Orion Group is shortening classics to _________.A. make them easier to readB. meet a large demand in the marketC. increase the sales of literary booksD. compete with their original versions62. By describing the shortened classics as “a breath of fresh air”, Ms. Weir ________.A. speaks highly of the cut-down classicsB. shows her love for original classicsC. feels guilty of not reading the classicsD. disapprove of shortening the classics63. Mr. Crockatt seems to imply that _________.A. reading the classic works is a confusing attemptB. shortening the classics does harm to the originalC. publishing the cut-down classics is a difficult jobD. editing the classic works satisfies children’s needsCPhotos 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 someone 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 as a poster discovered in your 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 as Richard Prince, may raise endless possibilities. What was the cowboy in Prince’s Untitled doing? Was he 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?In the absence of established facts, the vast collections of found photographs give our mind an opportunity to wander freely. That, above all, is why they are so fascinating.64. The first paragraph of the passage is used to _________.A. remind readers of found photographsB. advise reader to start a new kind of businessC. ask readers to find photographs behind sofaD. show readers the value of found photographs65. According to the passage, Joachim Schmid _________.A. is fond of collecting family life photographsB. found a complaining note under his car wiperC. is working for several self-published magazinesD. wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs66. The underlined word “them” in Para 4 refers to __________.A. the readersB. the editorsC. the found photographsD. the self-published magazines67. 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 peopleB. found photographs allow people to think freelyC. the back-story of found photographs is puzzlingD. the real value of found photographs is questionable68. The author’s attitude towards found photographs can be described as _________.A. criticalB. doubtfulC. optimisticD. satisfiedDOne 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 change 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 outdoor 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 are missing the sense of wonder outdoorsB. parks are in danger of being gradually encroachedC. Richard Louv is the author of Last Child in the WoodsD. children are expected to develop into protectors of nature70. According to the passage, children without experiencing nature will _________.A. keep a high sense of wonderB. be over-protected by their parentsC. be less healthy both physically and mentallyD. change wild places and creatures for the better71. According to the author, children’s breaking an arm is ___________.A. the fault on the part of their parentsB. the natural experience in their growing upC. the result of their own carelessness in playD. the effect of their repetitive stress from computers72. In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to ________.A. blame children for getting lost in computer gamesB. encourage children to protect parks from encroachmentC. show his concern about children’s lack of experience in natureD. inspire children to keep the sense of wonder about things around56—59 CADB，60—63 CAAB，64—68 DADBC，69—72 DCBC73. Moving/ Migrating74. It could reach Siberia75. The north magnetic pole is moving faster.。
