2003年高考试题英语(全国卷)

1、绝密启用前2003年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英 语第一部分：听力 （共两节，满分 30分）第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）1. What is the man going to do?A. Open the window.B. Find another room.2. What do we know about Peter Schmidt?A. He has lost his ticket.C. He went out to buy a ticket.3. What do we know about mother and son?A. She wants to tell h

2、im the result of the game.B. She doesn t like him to watch TV.C. She knows which team he supports.4. What are the speakers talking about?A. Exam results.B. Time for the exam.5. What will the woman tell the man?A. Her company; s name. B . Her new address. 第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）C. Go out with the

3、woman.B. He is expecting a ticket.C. Change of class hours.C. Her phone number.6. What is the possible relationship between the woman and the man?A. Wife and husband.B. Doctor and patient.C. Boss and secretary7. What does the woman think about the man?A. He is not good to the children.B. He is not t

4、elling the truth.C. He sleeps too much.8. Where does the woman want to go?A. An office.B. A fruit shop.C. A police station.9. What does the woman have to do now?A. Wait for Mark at the crossroads.B. Walk ahead and turn right.C. Walk a little way back.10. What exactly does the man want to find out?A.

5、 What people think of the bus service.B. How many people are using the bus service.C. Which group of people use the bus service most often.11. What does the woman say about the bus service?A. The distance between bus stops is too long.B. The bus timetables are full of mistakes.C. Buses are often not

6、 on time.12. Why does the woman say her husband is fortunate?A. He often goes to work in a friend s car.B. He doesn t need to go shopping by bus.C. He lives close to the bus station.13. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Salesperson and customerB. Old school friendsC. Fell

7、ow workers 14. What do we know about the woman?A. She is fond of her work.B. She is tired of traveling.C. She is interested in law.15. What is the man?A. A company manager. B. A salesperson.C. A lawyer.16. Why does the woman ask for the man s address?A. To send him a book.B. To get together with him

8、.C. To repair something at his home.17. What is the aim of the program?A. To keep trainees in shape.B. To improve public relations.C. To develop leadership skills.18. Which of the following will the trainess be doing during the program?A. Attenling lectures on managementB. Preparing reports for the

9、company.C. Making plans for a journey.19. How long will the program last?A. 8 daysB. 12 daysC. 20 days.20. If people want to join the program, what should they do after the meeting?A. Take a pre-testB. Pay for the program.C. Sign on a piece ofpaper.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共 15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）2

10、1. Don t be afraid of asking for helpit is needed.A. unlessB. sinceC. althoughD. when22. A cook will be immediately fired if he is foundin the kitchen.A. smokeB. smokingC.to smokeD. smoked23. Allen had to call ataxi because the box wasto carryall thewayhome.A. much too heavy B.too much heavy C . hea

11、vy too much D . too heavy much24. Sorry, Joe, I didnt mean to it!25.Don t call me“Joe” .Im Mr Parker to you, andyou forgetA. doB. didnC. didD. don tIf anybody calls, tell them Im out, and ask them totheir nameand address.A. passB. writeC. takeD. leave26 . The sign reads“In case offire, break the gla

12、ss and pushred button.”A.不填；aB.不填;theC. the; theD. a;a27 . All morningasshewaited forthe medical reportfrom the doctor,hernervousenessA. has grownB.is growingC.grewD.had grown28. A left luggage office is a place where bagsbe left for a shorttime, especially at a railway station.A. shouldB. canC.must

13、D.will29 . We re going to the bookstoreinJohn scar.Youcan come withusyou can meet us there later.A. butB.andC.orD.then30. Why don t you put themeat in thefridge?It willfreshfor severaldays.A. be stayedB.stayC.be stayingD. have stayed31. News reports say peace talks between the two countrieswith noag

14、reement reached.A. have broken down B. have broken outC . have broken inD. have broken up32. There s coffee and tea: you can haveThanks.A. eitherB. eachC. oneD.itWhyA. himB. heC. ID. me33. 一 Susan, go and join your sister cleaning the yard.? John is sitting there doing nothing.34. The old couple hav

15、e been married for 40 years and never once with each other.A. they had quarreledB. they have quarreledC. have they quarreledD. had they quarreled35. I think you should phone Jenny and say sorry to her. .It was her fault.A. No wayB. Not possibleC. No chanceD. Not at all第二节：完形填空（共 20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅

16、读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B C和D）中，选出最佳选项。I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most 36 and tiring games I ve ever had. WhenEd first phoned and 37 we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an 38 victory. After all, Ed s idea of 39has always been nothing more

17、 40 than lifting a fork to his mouth. 41 I can remember, Ed s been the least physically fit memberin the family. and 42 proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often 43 about that. I d refused to buy a 44 T-shirt or to lose wei

18、ght. So when Ed 45 for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly 46 .I was so surprised that I was 47 . My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape. 48 , at the point in our game when I d have predicted （预计）t

19、he score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was 49 7 to 9 and Edwas 50 . The sudden realization was painful.We 51 toplay like two madmen.When the score was 16 up. I was having serious 52 about stayingalive until 21years old. Let alone 53 that many points. When the game finally ended,both of us were

20、lying flat on our backs, too tired to 54 . In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my 55 . 36. A. encouragingB. hopelessC. surprisingD. regular37. A. declaredB. mentionedC. persuadedD. suggested38. A. unforgettableB. unexpectedC. easyD. early39. A. exerciseB. preparationC. joyD. fit

21、ness40. A. time-savingB. comfortableC. suitableD. effort-making41. A. As soon asB. As long asC. WhenD. Since42. A. strangelyB. personallyC. reasonablyD. eagerly43. A. caredB. forgotC. quarreledD. joked44. A. cleanB. largerC. straightD. darker45. A. set outB. got readyC. arrivedD. returned46. A. noti

22、ceB. admireC. believeD. measure47. A. nervousB. curiousC. carelessD. speechless48. A. After allB. As a resultC. Above allD. At last49. A. mistakenlyB. thenC. insteadD. naturally50. A. leadingB. comingC. waitingD. counting51. A. pretendedB. stoppedC. continuedD. decided52. A. thoughtsB. doubtsC. situ

23、ationsD. problems53. A. scoringB. completingC. receivingD. keeping54. A. playB. startC. sleepD. move55. A. friendshipB. respectC. supportD. favor第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分）阅读卜列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ATristan da Cunha, a 38-square-mile island, is the farthest inhabited island i

24、n the world,according to the Guinness Book Records, It is 1,510 miles southwest of its nearest neighbor. St. Helena. And 1,950 miles west of Africa. Discovered by the Portuguese admiral （葡萄牙海军上将）of the same name in 1506. and settled in 1810,the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of

25、 a few hundred.Coming in a close second- and often wrongly mentioned is the most distant and is Easter Island, which lies 1,260 miles east of its nearest neighbor. Pitcairn Island, and 2,300 miles west of South America.The mountainous 64-square-mile island was settled around the 5th century, suppose

26、dly by people who were lost at sea. They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1,000 huge stone figures, called moat, for which the island is most famous.On Easter Sunday, 1722. however, settlers from Holland moved in a

27、nd gave the island its name. Today, 2,000 people live on the Chilean territory（智力领土） . Theyshare one street, a small airport and a few hours of television per day.56. It can be learned from the text that the island of Tristan da Cunha.A. was named after its discovererB. got its name from Holland set

28、tlersC. was named by the British governmentD. got its name from the Guinness Book of Records 57. Which of the following is most famons for moat?A. Tristan da Cunha.B . Pitcairn Island.C. Easter Island.D. St. Helena.58. Which country does Easter Island belong to?A. Britain.B. Holland.C. Portugal.D. C

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30、Animals (ITA) in Salt LakeCity. The group says it is the first program in the country to use dogs to help develop literacy in children, with the introduction of Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ).The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea.a Literacy specialistsadmit that children wh

31、o read below the level of their fellow pupils are often afraid of reading aloud in a group, often have lower self-respect, and regard-reading as a headache. said Lisa Myton, manager of the children s department.Last November the two groups started “Dog Day Afternoon in the children s department of t

32、he main library. About 25 children attended each of the four Saturday-afternoon classes, reading for half an hour. Those who attended three of the four classes received a“pawgraphecT book at the last class.The program was so successful that the library plans to repeat it in April.According to Dana T

33、humpowsky, public relations manager.59. What is mainly discussed in the text?A. Children s reading difficulties.B. Advantages of raising dogs.C. Service in a public library.D. A special reading program.60. Specialists use dogs to listen to children reading because they think .A. dogs a re young chil

34、dren s best friendsB. children can play with dogs while readingC. dogs can provide encouragement for shy childrenD. children and dogs understand each other61. By saying “The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea, “ the writer means the libraryA. uses dogs to attract childrenB. accepts th

35、e idea put forward by ITAC. has opened a children s departmentD. has decided to trainsome dogs62. A pawgraphed book is most probably.A. a book used in Saturday classesB. a book written by the childrenC. a prize for the childrenD. a gift from parentsCTales From Animal HospitalDavid GramDavid Gram has

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40、n 1963 a schoolboy called. Andrew Wiles reading in his school library came across the world s greatest mathematical problem: Fermat s Last Theorem（定理）.First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical

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43、. a person who did not look the same as in many picturesB. a person who lived a colourful and meaningful lifeC. a great but not perfect manD. an old-time magician65. Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word“baffle as itis used in the text?A. To encourage people-to raise questions

44、.B. To cause difficulty in understanding.C. To provide a person with an explanation.s Last Theorem is.B. Andrew WilesD . a French womanD. To limit people s imagination.66. The person who finally proved FermatA. Simon SinghC. Pierre de Fermat scientistTo show theD. To sell the books.67. What is the p

45、urpose of writing these three texts?A. To make the books easier to read.importance of science.C. To introduce new authors.There is one foreign product the Japanese are buying faster than others and its popularity has caused an uneasy feeling among many Japanese.一have been part of the JapaneseThat pr

46、oduct is foreign words.Gairaigo words that come from outside language for centuries. Mostly borrowed from English and Chinese, these terms areoften changed into forms no longer understood by native speakers.But in the last few years the trickle（涓涓细流）of foreign words has becomethe Japanese to underst

47、and eachgood qualities of traditional（“The popularityof foreignnew. says university lecturera flood, and people fear the increasing use of foreign words is making it hard forother and could lead to many people forgetting the 传统的）Japanese.words is part of the Japanese interest in anything and writer

48、Takashi Saito. By using a foreign word媒体）to pickyou can make a subject seem new, which makes it easier for the media（ up.“Experts（ 专家 ）often study abroad and use English terms when they speak with people in their own fields. Those terms are then included in government whitepapers. said Muturo Kai, p

49、resident of the National Language Research Institute.a Foreign words find their way easily into announcements made to the general public,when they should really be explained in Japanese.Against the flow of new words, many Japanese are turning back to the study of their own language. Saito s Japanese

50、 to Be ReadAloud is one of many language books that are now flying off booksellers shelves.“Wewere expecting to sell the books to young people. said the writer. but it turns out they are more popular with the older generation, who seem uneasy about the future of Japanese. ”68. What advantages do for

51、eign words have over traditional Japanese terms.A. The ideas expressed in foreign words sound new.B. Foreign words are best suited for announcements.C. Foreign words make new subjects easier to understand.D. The use of foreign words makes the media more popular.69. In the opinion of Takashi Saito. J

52、apanese people.A. are good at learning foreign languagesB. are willing to learnabout new thingsC. trust the mediaD. respect experts70. Which of the following plays an important part in the spread of foreign words?A. The media and government papers. BC. The interest of young Japanese.71. The book Jap

53、anese to Be Read AloudA. sells very well in JapanC. is questioned by the old generation misunderstanding among the readers.Best-selling Japanese textbooks.D. Foreign products and experts.B. is supported by the government D . causesEAt one time, computers were expected largely to remove the need for

54、paper copies of documents（文件）because they could be stored electronically.But for all the textsthat are written, stored and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up on paper.It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use ofInternet-connected computers, although

55、 just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e- mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime.Ifeel in my bones this revolution is causing more treesEto be cut down . says Ted Smith of the Earth Village Organisation.Perhaps best sign of how computer and Internet use pus

56、hes up demand for paper comes from the hightech industry itself ,which sees printing as one of its most promising new markets .Several Internet companies have been set up to help small businesses print quality documents from a computer .Earlier this week .Hewlett-Packard Co . announced a plan to develop new technologies that will enable people to print even more so they can get a hard copy of a business document , a medical record or just a one-l