2008年全国高考英语试题 (广东卷)
China hasn't experienced the heaviest snowfall in decades. As the country prepares for Chinese New Year, the snowfall couldn't be 21 . Over 100,000 people were 22 in Guangzhou railway station in the south. It climbed to as many as 600,000 as a large quantities of people arrived to make their journeys home for the Spring Festival. Travellers were 23 to nearby sports stadiums and exhibition centres. Across China around 19 airports shut because of the weather. Around half the 24 in the country have had to start rationing power, according to the state media. The government suspended coal 25 in favour of home consumption. At least a dozen people died in the disaster because of heavy rains and the snowfall. The Spring Festival is China's most 26 holiday when people journey home to be with their families. For millions of the country's migrant workers it's their only holiday. Some two billion journeys were 27 during the festival last year, 28 it the largest migration of people on the planet. And even without the severe weather, conditions on 29 trains and buses were also terrible. The holiday stretches China's 30 system to its very limits.
21. A. better B. worse C. harder D. happier
22. A. trapped B. stopped C. stayed D. left
23. A. hurried off B. sent down C. settled down D. carried away
24. A. cities B. counties C. towns D. provinces
25. A. products B. imports C. exports D. supplies