湖南省2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试命题继续执行湖南省教育考试院《〈2007年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试大纲〉补充说明》，不再编写新的考试大纲补充说明。
湖南省《2007年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试大纲》补充说明
英语
根据高中学生认知特点和学习发展需要，英语考试应在检测学生基本语言运用能力的同时，着重测试学生用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析和解决问题的能力，用英语进行思维和表达的能力。参照教育部2003年《普通高中英语课程标准（实验）》，结合湖南省高中英语教学实际，对《2007年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试大纲》英语科作如下补充说明：
一、考试形式
考试采用闭卷、笔试方式。
二、时量与分值
考试时量为120分钟。满分150分。
三、词汇范围
参照教育部2003年《普通高中英语课程标准（实验）》。
四、听力填空题和书面表达部分的填空题
参照湖南省《〈2005年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试大纲〉补充说明》的要求。
五、阅读理解题
参照教育部2003年《普通高中英语课程标准（实验）》语言技能目标八级“读”的要求。
共分两节。第一节为选择题，题型不变。
第二节为简答题，材料为一篇300字左右的文章。考生阅读文章后，根据各小题的具体要求，简要回答问题。本节共三个小题，每小题2分，满分6分。
六、写作
参照教育部2003年《普通高中英语课程标准（实验）》语言技能目标八级“写”的要求。
七、试卷结构
2007年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语科（湖南）试卷结构表
结 构 节
内容
题 量
分 值
时间（分钟）
第一部分
听 力
第一节
听短对话，选择答案
5
30
20
第二节
听长对话，选择答案
12
第三节
听短文，填空
3
第二部分
英语知识运用
第一节
单项填空
15
45
25
第二节
完型填空
20
第三部分
阅读理解
第一节
阅读短文，选择答案
17
40
35
第二节
阅读短文，简要回答问题
3
第四部分
书面表达
第一节
阅读短文，填空
10
35
40
第二节
写作
1
总 计
85 1
150
120
八、第三部分阅读理解题简答题示例
SHISHMAREF, an Eskimo village on an island off northwestern Alaska, is falling into the ocean. Giant storm waves have so hit the place—once well buffered by sea ice—that villagers voted in 2002 to leave their ancestral home for the mainland. They are being called one of the first refugees（难民）of global warming.
“We tend to describe climate change in terms that are abstract—a one degree rise in temperature, an increase in greenhouse gases—but when waves wash away a village, that’s concrete and very emotional,” says Igor Krupnik, an expert at the National Museum of Natural History. “When they lose a piece of their land, they aren’t just losing a certain number of square miles. They are losing part of their history and their memory. They are losing childhood events and grandparents’ tales.”
Before temperatures began to rise in Shishmaref about 30 years ago, 20 to 30 miles of hard sea ice protected the village from powerful fall storms. But the natives say the ice doesn’t freeze as solidly or as soon as it used to and now stretches only six or seven miles, leaving the community of 600 people more exposed. Storms have swept houses into the ocean.
The villagers’ plan is to move to Tin Creek, a site on the Alaska mainland 12 miles away, and they have received $180 million from the government. Residents hope that in their new community they’ll be able to maintain their close ties, continue hunting animals, and keep fishing, much as their ancestors have done for centuries. “People are asking why the government should be spending so much money on so few people,” said a government official. “But people in Alaska are like everyone else. We want to help keep their culture alive.”
73. Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “buffered”.
74. According to the villagers’ saying, what do we know about the sea ice around Shishmaref in the past? （回答词数不超过8个）
75. What is the villagers’ main purpose to rebuild their community? （回答词数不超过6个）
参考答案：
73. Protected.
74. It froze more solidly and sooner. / It covered a larger area.
75. To keep their culture alive. / To save their way of life.