M: Sure, thanks.

(Text 9)

M: Hello, and welcome to our program, “Working Abroad”. Our guest this evening is a Londoner, who lives and works in Italy. Her name’s Susan Hill. Susan, welcome to the program. Yolive in Florence. How long have yobeen living there?

W: Since 1982. But when I went there in 1982, I planned to stay for only 6 months.

M: Why did yochange your mind?

W: Well, soon after I arrived in Florence, I got a job with one of Italy’s top companies, Ferragamo. So, I decided to stay.

M: How lucky! Do yostill work for Ferragamo?

W: No. I left there in 1988. I’ve been a free designer since then. I’ve designed for some Italian companies as well as two American companies. And in the last five years, I’ve also been designing for the British company, Burberry.

M: What have yobeen designing for them?

W: Mostly handbags and sometimes shoes and leather jackets.

M: How’s your industry changed since 1982?

W: It’s become a lot more competitive because the quality of products from other countries has improved a lot. But Italian quality and design is still world-famous.

M: Well, thank yofor talking to us, Susan.

(Text 10)

M: Hello, ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard your Sea-link ferry from Folkestone to Boulogne and wish yoa pleasant trip with us. Now it’s 9 a.m. and we are due to leave Folkestone in five minutes and a journey to Boulogne will take about two hours. Sun and a temperature of 30 degrees are reported on the French coast, so we should have a calm crossing. For your convenience on the journey, we’d like to point out what we provide for yoon board. There’s a bar serving sandwiches and hot and cold drinks in the front of Floor A. There is also a restaurant serving hot meals on Floor B. If yoneed to change money or cash travelers’ checks, we have a bank on board. Yocan find the bank on Floor C between the ship’s office and the duty free shop.Toilets are on Floor B at the back of the ship and on Floor A next to the bar. For the children, there’s a games room on Floor C. Here children can find a variety of electronic games. Passengers are reminded that the relaxing room on Floor B is only for passengers traveling with cars and that there is another relaxing room on Floor C in the front of the ship for passengers traveling without cars. Finally, ladies and gentlemen, we’d like to wish yoa pleasant journey and hope that you’ll travel with us again in the near future.

历年英语高考真题解析

第 I 卷

第一部分阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡该项涂黑。

A

An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son.

Suddenly a crow(乌鸦)perched on the tree near their window.

The father asked his son, “What is this?”

The son replied, “It is a crow.”

After a few minutes, the father asked his son the second time, “What is this?”

The son said, “Father, I have just now told you. It is a crow! ”

After a little while, the old father again asked his son the third time, “What is this?”

“It’s a crow, a crow, a crow!” said the son loudly.

A little after, the father again asked his son the fourth time, “What is this?” This time the son shouted at his father, “Why do yokeep asking me the same question again and again? ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are yonot able to understand this?”

A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:

“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel annoyed; I rather felt affection for my innocent child.”

1. What does the underlined word “perched” mean in the passage?

A. knocked. B. landed. C. hit. D. flew.

2. Why did the father ask the same question again and again?

A. Because he wanted to make his son angry.

B. Because he was too old to remember anything.

C. Because he wanted to see how patient his son would be.

D. Because he couldn’t understand what his son said.

3. How old was the old man when his son asked him 23 times “What is this?”