◎ 2004年高三英语普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(北京卷)的第一部分试题
  •      听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完
    每段对话后,你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。
    1. How is the woman going to the airport?
    A. By taxi.
    B. By train.
    C. By bus.
    2. What is the man's favorite free-time activity?
    A. Watching TV.
    B. Reading a book.
    C. Listening to music.
    3. What are they talking about?
    A. Homework.
    B. Computer.
    C. Books.
    4. Where will the woman first go after work?
    A. The cinema.
    B. The market.
    C. The restaurant.
    5. What is the woman doing?
    A. Asking for help.
    B. Making an apology.
    C. Expressing dissatisfaction.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-2题。
    1. How does the woman feel?
    A. Ill.
    B. Tired.
    C. Nervous.
    2. Where does the conversation take place?
    A. At a hospital.
    B. At an airport.
    C. At a station.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-2题。
    1. What did the young man try to do?
    A. Get the old man's bag.
    B. Help the old man up.
    C. Collect his money.
    2. Who is the woman speaking to?
    A. A manager.
    B. A customer.
    C. A policeman.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-3题。
    1. Why haven't they seen each other lately?
    A. The man has been to the States.
    B. The man has been busy.
    C. The man has been ill.
    2. Why does the man come to the place?
    A. To report for duty.
    B. To do business.
    C. To have dinner.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-3题。
    1. What is the father interested in?
    A. Singing and dancing.
    B. Gift-making.
    C. Football.
    2. What is the woman talking about?
    A. A piece of sports equipment.
    B. A musical instrument.
    C. A computer game.
    3. What do we learn about the family?
    A. The father understands his daughter better.
    B. The daughter is not hardworking.
    C. The mother is out of work.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-3题。
    1. What happened when the man was mountain climbing?
    A. He got trapped in a cave.
    B. He got lost in bad weather.
    C. He lost his equipment and food.
    2. What caused the loss of the man's legs?
    A. Low temperature.
    B. A bad fall in the mountain.
    C. An unsuccessful operation.
    3. What did he decide to do after losing his legs?
    A. Design new climbing shoes.
    B. Set up a club for the disabled.
    C. Use technology to fight his disability.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-3题。
    1. Why did the man decide to leave the college in his second term?
    A. He didn't like the big lecture classes.
    B. He couldn't afford further education.
    C. He was not interested in education.
    2. What does he think of his work experiences?
    A. They were personally rewarding
    B. They should be part of school life.
    C. They gave him a chance to learn German. 
    3. Where is the university he decides to go to in the end?
    A. In South Carolina.
    B. In Florida.
    C. In Ohio.
  • I invited Joe and Linda to dinner, but ______ of them came.
    [     ]
    A. neither
    B. either
    C. none
    D. both
  • -What's that terrible noise?
    -The neighbors _______ for a party.
    [     ]
    A. have prepared
    B. are preparing
    C. prepare
    D. will prepare
  • My advisor encouraged _____ a summer course to improve my writing skills.
    [     ]
    A. for me taking
    B. me taking
    C. for me to take
    D. me to take
◎ 2004年高三英语普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(北京卷)的第二部分试题
  • The Foreign Minister said, "_______ our hope that the two sides will work towards peace."
    [     ]
    A. This is
    B. There is
    C. That is
    D. It is
  • Now that she is out of a job, Lucy _____ going back to school, but she hasn't decided yet.
    [     ]
    A. had considered
    B. has been considering
    C. considered
    D. is going to consider
  • George Orwell, ______ was Eric Arthur, wrote many political novels and essays.
    [     ]
    A. the real name
    B. what his real name
    C. his real name
    D. whose real name
  • The mayor of Beijing says that all construction work for the Beijing Olympics _____ by 2006.
    A. has been completed
    B. has completed
    C. will have been completed
    D. will have completed
  • The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, _____ visiting a museum when the earthquake struck.
    A. was
    B. were
    C. had been
    D. would be
  • _____ in the queue for half an hour, Tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet at home.
    [     ]
    A. To wait
    B. Have waited
    C. Having waited
    D. To have waited
  • There's _____ cooking oil left in the house. Would you go to the corner store and get _____?
    [     ]
    A. little; some
    B. little; any
    C. a little; some
    D. a little; any
  • We cannot figure out _____ quite a number of insects, birds, and animals are dying out.
    [     ]
    A. that
    B. as
    C. why
    D. when
  • _____ on-going division between English-speaking Canadians and French-speaking Canadians is _____
    major concern of the country.
    [     ]
    A. The; 不填
    B. The; a
    C. An; the
    D. An; 不填
  • ______ two exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend.
    [     ]
    A. With
    B. Besides
    C. As for
    D. Because of
◎ 2004年高三英语普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(北京卷)的第三部分试题
  • ______ is reported in the newspapers, talks between the two countries are making progress.
     [     ]
    A. It 
    B. As
    C. That
    D. What
  • I don't ______ rock 'n' roll. It's much too noisy for my taste.
    [     ]
    A. go after
    B. go away with
    C. go into
    D. go in for
  • 完形填空。
                                                     Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
         When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach
    (教练)said that I had lots of potential (潜力), and I became captain of my  1   . That was before all the
    fun was taken out of   2  .
         At first, everyone on the team got   3   playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after
    winning all its games, and the   4   started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters
    could have    5  one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't give them more playing time in our   6  . The
    coach was replaced.
         The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was    . I always
    wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the   8  . Of course, all teams run drills; they are   9  .
    But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble  10  . Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises  11 
    for 18-year-olds.
          I was very thin   12   I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much, because I was
    afraid of being too  13  8 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more
    than my usual  14  .
         Is all this pressure necessary? I   15   up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two
    of them stopped playing football completely. That's   16  , because they had so much potential. They were just
    burned-out with all the pressure they   17   from the coach or their parents.
          I continued playing football at school and   18   my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my
    school coach. When I started playing   19   him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After
      20   down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it's a lot easier to do it well.
    (     )1. A. class      
    (     )2. A. playing    
    (     )3. A. great      
    (     )4. A. business    
    (     )5. A. free        
    (     )6. A. matches    
    (     )7. A. jump        
    (     )8. A. duty        
    (     )9. A. necessary  
    (     )10. A. speaking  
    (     )11. A. used      
    (     )12. A. till      
    (     )13. A. full      
    (     )14. A. size      
    (     )15. A. gave      
    (     )16. A. sad        
    (     )17. A. received  
    (     )18. A. reconsidered
    (     )19. A. at        
    (     )20. A. fell      

    B. club        
    B. living        
    B. equal        
    B. struggle      
    B. private      
    B. courses      
    B. play          
    B. meeting      
    B. boring        
    B. moving        
    B. intended                
    B. since        
    B. tired        
    B. share        
    B. kept          
    B. shameful      
    B. suffered    
    B. rediscovered  
    B. by            
    B. stepped    

    C. team     
    C. learning 
    C. right   
    C. attempt 
    C. good     
    C. lessons 
    C. run     
    C. operation 
    C. scientific
    C. sleeping 
    C. made     
    C. before               
    C. lazy     
    C. space   
    C. ended   
    C. silly   
    C. brought  
    C. re-formed 
    C. for     
    C. slowed   
    D. board              
    D. working            
    D. extra              
    D. pressure           
    D. basic              
    D. programs           
    D. shoot              
    D. training           
    D. practical          
    D. breathing          
    D. described          
    D. because            
    D. big                
    D.    state           
    D. picked             
    D. serious            
    D. felt               
    D. replaced           
    D. around             
    D. calmed             
  • 阅读理解。
    The Home of My People

         When Lewis and Clark stepped onto the Weippe Prairie in present-day Idaho in September 1805, they
    met the Nez Perce Indians. In the following years, the white explorers (探险者) began to fight with the
    Indians for their land. Some Nez Perce chiefs signed agreements with the U.S. government, selling part
    of their lands. But the government always broke those agreements and demanded more land.
         Other chiefs refused to go along with the government's plans. The most famous was Chief Joseph,
    whose people lived in the Wallowa Valley(present-day Oregon).  "In order to have all people understand
    how much land we owned," he once explained,"my father planted poles around it and said:  'Inside is the
    home of my people…It circled around the graves (坟墓) of our fathers, and we will never give up these
    graves to any man. '
         But in 1874, the U.S. government declared the valley open for white settlement and ordered the Nez
    Perce onto a reservation (保留地). Seeing that resistance was useless, Chief Joseph agreed to move.
         Later, fighting broke out between the Nez Perce and U.S. soldiers. Chief Joseph tried to lead his people
    to Canada, winning several battles against the soldiers during their flight. But finally, he was forced to give
    in.
    1. Which historic site (on the map)lies in the south of today's Nez Perce Reservation?
    A. Buffalo Eddy.
    B. Dug Bar.
    C. Joseph Canyon Viewpoint.
    D. Chief Looking Glass Camp.
    2. What can we learn about the Nez Perce lands from the map?
    A. They were in the state of Oregon.
    B. They have become a historic site.
    C. They have become much smaller.
    D. They were limited to the Wallowa Valley.
    3. From Paragraph 3, we know that the Indians wanted to ______.
    A. show off their land
    B. keep their land
    C. turn their place into a graveyard
    D. build their homes around the poles
  • 阅读理解。
          It was a warm April day when a big fat envelope came in the mail from the only college I had ever
    imagined attending. I tore open the packet. My eyes were fixed on the word "congratulations."I don't
    remember ever smiling so wide.
         Then I looked at my financial (财政的) package.
         The cost of Dream School's tuition (学费), room and board was around $ 40,000- an impossible sum!
    How could I afford to attend? What good reasons did I have to go there when three other fine colleges
    were offering me free tuition? My other choices were good, solid schools even if they weren't as famous
    as my first choice.
         In my mind, attending my dream university would be the only way to realize my dream of becoming a
    world-class writer. My parents understood how I felt. They told me that even though it would be a financial
    problem, I could go wherever I would be happiest. But as I was always careful with money, I wasn't sure
    what to do.
         One of the schools that offered me a full ride had an informational dinner one night in the spring.
    to do was smile politely, eat free food, listen quietly. But I surprised myself.
         At dinner the president of the university talked about the wonderful activities on campus (校园) including
    guest lectures and social gatherings. He also made it perfectly clear that free food would be offered at all
    future events. He continued with explanations of professors, class sizes, activities, and sporting events on
    campus. As he spoke, I began to realize that this school, though not as good as my first choice, might be the
    best one for me. It seemed small yet with many great programs. It seemed challenging yet caring.
         As the president ended his speech, we clapped politely and pushed back our chairs. As I walked out that
    door, a feeling of comfort washed over me. Looking at the campus that night, I realized that I would be
    spending the next four years right there.
         In all honesty, my university is not as well-known as my "dream" university. However, it turned out to be
    the right choice of schools for me.
    1. How did the author feel when he started to read the letter?
    A. He was full of joy.
    B. He was lost in his dream.
    C. He was worried about the money.
    D. He was uncertain which school to go to.
    2. We can learn from the passage that the parents were ______.
    A. honest
    B. strict
    C. supportive
    D. decisive
    3. In Paragraph 5, "offered me a full ride"can be replaced by "_______".
    A. would pay for transport to the school
    B. would show me around the campus
    C. would offer free meals at all events
    D. would charge me nothing for tuition
    4. What does the author mainly want to say?
    A. Your second-choice college may actually by your best fit.
    B. You should consider comfort in your choice of schools.
    C. You should try your best to attend your dream school.
    D. Your choice of schools should be based on their fame.
  • 阅读理解。
         It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That's more or less what happened
    the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
         "I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto Highway 40, blue lights
    and sirens (警笛) going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly
    down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than a hundred
    miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder."
         But Hyde couldn't go after him. Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying
    about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in
    sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car. As it turned
    out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the
    officer needed to get to the accident scene. 
         Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination (目的地). At that point he found another unit had
    already arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn't needed. Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the
    Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about.
         "Just about that time,"Hyde says, "I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and oil
    going everywhere. He'd blown his engine. Now he had to stop."
        "After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running. He told me he didn't have a driver's license (执照)."
         That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty-a thousand dollars for the new engine-not to mention
    the charges for driving without a license, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving.
    1. The meaning of "panicked"in Paragraph 2 is related to _____.
    A. shame
    B. hate
    C. anger
    D. fear
    2. Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway?
    A. Because he was racing with another driver on the road.
    B. Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene.
    C. Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him.
    D. Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder.
    3. Which of the following statements is true?
    A. Someone else was taking care of the injured person.
    B. The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene.
    C. Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car.
    D. The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40.
    4. The driver of the Firebird ______.
    A. took a wrong turn on the way
    B. had some trouble with his car
    C. was stopped by the police officer
    D. paid for the expenses of the accident
    5. What is probably the best title for the article?
    A. Losing His Way?
    B. Going My Way?
    C. Fun All the Way?
    D. Help on the Way?
  • 阅读理解。
         Grown-ups know that people and objects are solid. At the movies, we know that if we reach out to
    touch Tom Cruise, all we will feel is air. But does a baby have this understanding?
         To see whether babies know objects are solid, T. Bower designed a method for projecting an optical
    illusion (视觉影像) of a hanging ball. His plan was to first give babies a real ball, one they could reach out
    and touch, and then to show them the illusion. If they knew that objects are solid and they reached out for
    the illusion and found empty air, they could be expected to show surprise in their faces and movements.
    All the 16-to 24- week -old babies tested were surprised when they reached for the illusion and found that
    the ball was not there.
         Grown-ups also have a sense of object permanence. We know that if we put a box in a room and lock
    the door, the box will still be there when we come back. But does a baby realize that a ball that rolls under a
    chair does not disappear and go to never-never land?
         Experiments done by Bower suggest that babies develop a sense of object permanence when they are
    about 18 weeks old. In his experiments, Bower used a toy train that went behind a screen. When
    16-week-old and 22-week-old babies watched the toy train disappear behind the left side of the screen,
    they looked to the right, expecting it to reappear. If the experimenter took the train off the table and lifted the
    screen, all the babies seemed surprised not to see the train. This seems to show that all the babies had a sense
    of object permanence. But the second part of the experiment showed that this was not really the case. The
    researcher substituted (替换) a ball for the train when it went behind the screen. The 22-week-old babies
    seemed surprised and looked back to the left side for the train. But the 16-week -old babies did not seem to
    notice the switch (更换). Thus, the 16-week-old babies seemed to have a sense of "something permanence,"
    while the 22-week-old babies had a sense of object permanence related to a particular object.
    1. The passage is mainly about _____.
    A. babies' sense of sight
    B. effects of experiments on babies
    C. babies' understanding of objects
    D. different tests on babies' feelings
    2. In Paragraph 3," object permanence" means that when out of sight, an object ______.
    A. still exists
    B. keeps its shape
    C. still stays solid
    D. is beyond reach
    3. What did Bower use in his experiments?
    A. A chair.
    B. A screen.
    C. A film.
    D. A box.
    4. Which of the following statements is true?
    A. The babies didn't have a sense of direction.
    B. The older babies preferred toy trains to balls.
    C. The younger babies liked looking for missing objects.
    D. The babies couldn't tell a ball from its optical illusion.
  • 阅读理解。
                                                           How Long Can People Live?
         She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the
    neighborhood on her 121 st birthday.
         When it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world's recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of
    122. So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span (寿命)? If scientists come up with some sort of pill or
    diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150-or beyond?
         Researchers don't entirely agree on the answers. "Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn't surprise me if
    someone alive today reaches 130 or 135," says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.
         Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees."People can live much longer than we think," he says.
    "Experts used to say that humans couldn't live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the
    number to 120. So why can't we go higher?"
         The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it's all just guessing."Anyone can make
    up a number,"says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. "Usually the scientist who picks the highest
    number gets his name in Time magazine."
         Won't new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says Miller, for aging would
    probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the
    life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,
    "adding another 50 percent would get you to 120."
        So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible
    (有弹性的), but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington." We can get flies to
    live 50 percent longer,"he says. "But a fly's never going to live 150 years."Of course, if you became a new
    species (物种), one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds.
         Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve (进化)their way to longer life?"It's pretty cool to
    think about," he says with a smile.
    1. What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?
    A. People can live to 122.
    B. Old people are creative.
    C. Women are sporty at 85.
    D. Women live longer than men.
    2. According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ______.
    A. the average human life span could be 110
    B. scientists cannot find ways to slow aging
    C. few people can expect to live to over 150
    D. researchers are not sure how long people can live
    3. Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?
    A. Jerry Shay.
    B. Steve Austad
    C. Rich Miller
    D. George Martin
    4. What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?
    A. Most of us could be good at sports even at 120.
    B. The average human life span cannot be doubled
    C. Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before.
    D. New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species
  • 情景作文。
          某学校对中学生课余活动进行了调查,结果如下。请根据图表1提供的信息描述学生每天的课余
    活动,并针对图表2中任何一个数据中反映的情况写出你的一个看法。
         词数不少于60。
         生词:图表chart
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  • 开放作文。
          请根据下面提示,写一篇短文。词数不少于50。
      Xiao Ming tells you that he had 100 yuan yesterday morning, which he put into the pocket of his jacket.He
    spent 40 yuan yesterday afternoon. But now when he reaches into the pocket of his jacket, he finds only10
    yuan.     
         He is wondering what has happened to the rest of the money. As his friend, you suggest to him three
    or four different possibilities concerning the missing money. 

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