2002年成人高考高起点《英语》试题

2002年成人高考学校招生全国统一考试

英语

一、语音知识（共5小题，每题1.5分，共7.5分）

在下列每组单词中，有一个单词的划线部分与其他单词的划线部分的读音不同。找出这个词，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

（）1．A. childhood B. chemist C. church D. chest

（）2. A. dear B. hear C. near D. bear

（）3. A. excellent B. excuse C. explain D. express

（）4. A. museum B. popular C. dustbin D. valuable

（）5. A. coast B. float C. soap D. broad

二. 词汇与语法知识（共25小题；每1.5分，共37.5分）

从每小题的四个选项中，选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

（）6. He took the machine to pieces to find out how it _______.

A. progressed

B. operated

C. equipped

D. managed

（）7. I asked two people to help me start my car, but ____ of them knew what to do.

A. either

B. none

C. both

D. neither

（）8. Let‘s visit the bookstore on my way back home, __________?

A. shan‘t we

B. won‘t you

C. shall we

D. will you

（）9. Please be sure to telephone me next time you _______ to our city.

A. will come

B. come

C. came

D. are coming

（）10. He wondered if he could slip out of the lecture hall without anyone _________.

A. noticing

B. noticed

C. to notice

D. being noticed

（）11. –You realize that you were driving at 100 miles per hour, don‘t you?

-- No, officer, I _____ have been. This car can‘t do more than 70.

A. needn‘t

B. shouldn‘t

C. couldn‘t

D. might not

（）12. Class is to begin in a minute, but the teacher still hasn‘t _____.

A. come on

B. turned out

C. come along

D. turned up

（）13. By the end of last year we _____ more than 200 students of English all over the province.

A. trained

B. would have trained

C. had trained

D. have trained

（）14. ______ the teacher‘s suggestion, Tom finally found a way to settle the problem.

A. Following

B. To follow

C. Follow

D. He followed

（）15. – Hello, may I speak to Dr. Bush?

--_________________.

A. Yes, I‘m Bush

B. Yes, it‘s me

C. Here is Bush

D. Speaking

（）16. Of the two new teachers, who do you like______?

A. much

B. better

C. well

D. the most

（）17. Something about his manager suggested that he _____ not interested in what we were doing.

A. was

B. were

C. be

D. is

（）18. The belief that the children of working mothers usually suffer is_____ by most scientists.

A. rejected

B. refused

C. resisted

D. reduced

（）19. Catherine is one of the brightest students who _____ from the Department of Computer Science, Brown University.

A. is graduated

B. has graduated

C. are graduated

D. have graduated

（）20. I always regret not _____ harder when I was young.

A. studying

B. having studied

C. to study

D. to have studied

（）21. Her dog ran out of the yard _____ the old lady opened the gate.

A. moment

B. a moment

C. the moment

D. that moment

（）22. –The phone is ringing.

-- Who could _____ be? It is already midnight.

A. he

B. it

C. this

D. that

（）23. There used to be a coffee shop next to your house,________?

A. wasn‘t there

B. didn‘t there

C. wasn‘t it

D. didn‘t it

（）24. Not until he finished his homework _____ him to watch TV in the evening.

A. his mother allowed

B. his mother had allowed

C. did his mother allow

D. had his mother allowed

（）25. He thought nobody was around, but he was in fact seen _____ into the office building.

A. to steal

B. steal

C. stole

D. stolen

（）26. You don‘t have to pay for your flights; they‘re ______ in the price of your holiday.

A. concluded

B. held

C. settled

D. included

（）27. Have you ever been to the square ______ was built last year?

A. which

B. where

C. when

D. what

（）28. They started off at about 5 o‘clock in the morning. They should ____ there by now.

A. arrive

B. have been arriving

C. have arrived

D. be arriving

（）29. In this park, sparrows often fly down from trees to eat from visitors‘ hands. They are used to _____ in this way.

A. be fed

B. feed

C. having fed

D. being fed

（）30. It‘s such a big room. If you don‘t speak loud enough, you‘ll never make yourself______.

A. hear

B. hearing

C. to hear

D. heard

三. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，从每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

Mr. Jones was traveling in a car. Soon after setting out from a village to drive to London, he heard a strange noise from the back of the car. Naturally, he _31__ to have a look. He examined the wheels__32__ but found nothing wrong. __33__, he got back into the car and __34__ his way. The noise began almost immediately and was louder than _35__. Quickly turning his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great black cloud following the car._36__ he stopped at a village later on, he was told that a queen bee must be __37__ in his car as there were thousands of bees nearby.

__38__ learning this, the man realized that the only way to get rid of the bees would be to drive away as _39__ as possible. After an hour‘s hard driving, he arrived in London where he _40__ his car outside a hotel and went in to have a drink. It was not long __41_ a waiter who had seen him _42___ hurried in to inform him that his car was covered with __43__. The poor driver telephoned the police and explained what had happened. The _44__decided the best way to _45__the situation would be to call in a bee-keeper. In a short time, the bee-keeper arrived. He found the __46__passenger hidden near the wheel at the back of the car. Very _47_ to the driver for his __48_ gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousands of __49__ home in a large box. Then, the driver drove away in peace, _50_ free from the ―black cloud‖, which had hung over his car.

（）31. A. moved out B. got out C. turned around D. drove back

（）32. A. closely B. quietly C. clearly D. deeply

（）33. A. However B. Though C. Instead D. Therefore

（）34. A. went B. continued C. started D. drove

（）35. A. ever B. the beginning C. the past D. early

（）36. A. Until B. Before C. When D. Since

（）37. A. taken B. found C. hidden D. stored

（）38. A. At B. On C. For D. In

（）39. A. carefully B. quietly C. bravely D. quickly

（）40. A. sent B. rested C. parked D. lay

（）41. A. before B. then C. until D. when

（）42. A. come over B. arrive C. set off D. leave

（）43. A. bees B. dust C. flowers D. a cloud

（）44. A. waiter B. driver C. expert D. police

（）45. A. get rid of B. go on with C. clean up D. deal with

（）46. A. mistaken B. anxious C. unpopular D. unwelcome

（）47. A. thankful B. angry C. surprised D. delightful

（）48. A. worthless B. expensive C. unexpected D. usual

（）49. A. sisters B. lovers C. followers D. prisoners

（）50. A. by and by B. at least C. by all means D. at present

四. 阅读理解（共15小题，每题3分，共45分）

阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项, 并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

A

For 30 years, Randy J. Murphy drove without being stopped by the police—and without a driver‘s license (驾驶执照).

The 46-year-old man‘s luck came to an end last May. On his way home from his job as a dishwasher, he turned up the radio in the car.

―I just turned the corner, and there was Mark,‖ Murphy said of the po lice officer who has since made such a difference in his life.

Officer Mark Taylor had stopped the car as he heard the blaring (震耳的) music. When he asked for a driver‘s license, Murphy said that he didn‘t have one.

Murphy told Taylor he couldn‘t read well enough to tale the written part of the licensing test. ―He said people just don‘t help anymore. I told him if he was willing, I‘d help him,‖ said Taylor. He gave Murphy his phone number. That afternoon Murphy called the officer.

For the next three months, the men met several times a week to review the questions which might appear in the test. When Murphy took the test, Taylor went with him. Murphy passed on his sixth attempt (尝试). He then sailed through the road test. On September 5, he got his license.

Taylor‘s act of kindness won him the Officer of the Month award(奖) from the Knoxville Police Department. ―People should help each other if they can,‖ Taylor said. ―Randy did all the work. I just guided him along.‖Although Murphy has overcome the difficulty that kept him from getting a driver‘s license, he hasn‘t stopped there. ―We still meet once a week to read,‖ Taylor said. ―We‘ve also become friends.‖

―I‘m glad he pulled me over now,‖ said Murphy.

（）51. Murphy was stopped by Taylor because_________.

A. the music hi his car was too loud

B. he drove without a driver‘s license

C. he made a wrong turn at a corner

D. he listened to the radio while driving

（）52. After learning Murphy‘s situation, Taylor decided ________.

A. to put an end to his luck

B. to help him learn how to read

C. to take away his driver‘s license

D. to stop him from doing silly things

（）53. In ―he then sailed through the road test‖ sailed through is close in meaning to ______.

A. tried his best in

B. nearly failed in

C. suffered a lot in

D. easily succeeded in

（）54. According to Taylor, he helped Murphy pass the licensing test because _______.

A. he felt sorry for the bad situation of the poor

B. he wanted to win the Officer of the Month award

C. he hated to see people in need of help were not helped

D. he thought it was a policeman‘s duty to help people read

B

You start to introduce an old friend to someone, and suddenly you can‘t remember that someone‘s name even though you sense it is just there in your memory. Or you can‘t quite bring back the name of a film you just saw. Such tip-of-the-tongue or TOT incidents happen to almost everyone, notes Deborah Burke, a scientist at Pomona College in Claremont, California.

These lapses(失误) have noting to do with remembering the meaning of a word, but rather with its sound. ―Often, the sound of a word is arbitrary (任意的) and sensel ess,‖ says Burke. This arbitrariness sometimes can make it difficult to bring back the word.

The best way to prevent the problem is to use the name of a person or object as frequently as possible. ―I tell people to do what salespeople often do-repeat peopl e‘s name several times just before you plan to see them,‖ says Liz Zelinski of the University of South California in Los Angeles.

A TOT experience can seem worse when a similar-sounding(发音相似的)，but incorrect, word comes into your head unexpectedly and stays there. Burke tells the story of a student who was trying to remember the name of a particular car. The student wanted the word Winnebago, but she could only come up with rutabaga. When this happens, think of something else, suggests Burke. ―If you stop feeling worried about it, the correct word sooner or later will come to you.‖

（）55. People sometimes find it hard to bring back a word they know well, for __________.

A. it is impossible to remember every word

B. the pronunciation seldom matches the spelling

C. some words do not have any exact meaning

D. its sound is decided for no good reason

（）56. TOT incidents are more likely to happen ________.

A. with words similar in pronunciation

B. with the name of a strange person or object

C. when a word you don‘t like gets into your mind

D. when you pay too much attention to certain subjects

（）57. When you ca nnot come up with the right word you‘re trying to remember, you may ______.

A. think of more words of similar sound

B. stop feeling worried but keep thinking of it

C. do something else for a while and then try again

D. forget it for the moment and pay attention to something else

C

The Amish are often called the ―Plain People.‖ Their home have no pictures on the walls, and no soft, comfortable furniture. The men wear dark trousers with white or blue shirts, and the women wear long dresses in dark colors. They ride in carriages pulled by horses.

The Amish have a saying: ―The old way is the best way.‖ Although the Amish accept some new ideas- they use new medicines, for example- their way of life has not changed much in 300 years. They do not use electric lights, telephones or TVs.

Almost all Amish live on farms. They do not use modern machinery (机器)，yet their farms are successful because the Amish work hard and take good care of their land and animals. Their farms are always small. The Amish think it is wrong to have more land or more money than they need to live upon. A few years ago some Amish farmers discovered oil on their land. They immediately sold their land moved away, without telling anyone about the oil.

The Amish will not buy insurance (保险) of any kind. When there is trouble, they help one another. If an Amish farmer gets sick, friends and neighbors will milk his cows and plant his fields. If a house burns down, as

many as 200 men will come and build a new house in one day.

People are curious about the lives of the Amish. Every year thousands of people visit the part of Pennsylvania where most Amish live. Usually the Amish are not happy about the visitors, but they tolerate(容忍) them. Perhaps the Amish understand that the visitors want to experience, at least for a few days, the quieter, simpler Amish way of life.

（）58. The Amish are called the ― Plain People‖ because they _______________.

A. live on plains

B. live a simple life

C. do not like new ideas

D. do not care about their clothes

（）59. Some Amish farmers left their land after discovering oil on it because they_______.

A. didn‘t want to have more money than they needed

B. found the land not suitable for farming any more

C. were afraid of getting into trouble

D. didn‘t need oil in their life

（）60. From the passage we know that the Amish people ______.

A. want to be separated from one another

B. used to take no medicines when they got ill

C. believe in what they have been doing for 300 years

D. keep small farms because they are easier to manage

（）61. What can be inferred form the passage?

A. The Amish way of life is considered to be the best for Americans

B. The coming of visitors greatly improves the life of the Amish people

C. People wonder at the Amish way of life

D. The Amish people are born to tolerate others.

D

Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland, on February19, 1473. Little is known about his early life except that his father died when he was 10. An uncle adopted (收养) him, his two sisters, and his brother. The uncle saw to it that the two boys received a good education. Copernicus went to the University of Cracow. There he studied such subjects as Latin, mathematics, and astronomy. It was probably at that time that he changed his Polish name, Niklas Kopernigk, to the Latin form of Nicolaus Copernicus. In 1946 Copernicus went to Italy, where he spent the next 10 years studying at various universities.

In Copernicus‘ time people still beli eved that all things—the sun, the stars, and the planets—moved around the earth. It was an old belief that few men had ever questioned. Aristotle had based his theory of astronomy on his belief. Because the Church had long been the center of learning, the theory was also linked to religious (宗教的) beliefs.

In 1506 Copernicus returned to his homeland. A few years later he began to work for the Church. All those years Copernicus carried on his work on astronomy. He had just the most basic equipment and, like other scientists of his day, made observations with only his eyes. Still, using mathematics and logic (逻辑)，Copernicus worked out a different theory, which held that the planets went around the sun.

Copernicus did not announce his ideas. He did not want to make trouble. But he could not hide the scientific truth. So he talked about his theory with his friends, who strongly advised him to have his work published. His great book. On the Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies appeared at the very end of his life. Copernicus saw the first copy on the day he died, May 24, 1543.

（）62. Which of the following is TRUE about Copernicus?

A. He had two brothers and a sister

B. He used to be called Niklas Kopernigk

C. He lost his father soon after he was born

D. He spent 10 years at the University of Cracow

（）63. From the passage we can see that astronomy is _____________.

A. the life experience of great men

B. the movement of the stars and the planets

C. the scientific study of natural objects in space

D. the theories developed by scientists of old times

（）64. Copernicus developed his theory ________.

A. using various telescopes

B. based on Aristotle‘s beliefs

C. through observations and reasoning

D. under the encouragement of his friends

（）65. The writer of the passage wants us to know that ______________.

A. Copernicus did not tell about his theory until the day of his death

B. for many years Copernicus dared to do nothing openly against the Church

C. pushed by his friends Copernicus decided to write a book in May1543

D. shortly before he got back to Poland Copernicus started to work for the Church

五短文识错（共10小题；每题1.5分，共15分）

下面短文中有10行标有题号。找出每行4个划线部分中的错误项，并将错误项下面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

Learning English as a foreign language is difficult, but you can

（）66. learn more quickly unless you follow these suggestions. One way

A B C D

（）67.to help your English is by listen to English on the radio and TV

A B C D

（）68.every day. Even if you don‘t understand nothing at first, don‘t be

A B C D

（）69.worried. It will be easy little by little. You just need to be patient.

A B C D

（）70.Other way that‘ll be of help is to talk in English. When you try

A B C D

（）71.speak English, don‘t be nervous. Just relax and use the words you know.

A B C D

（）72.My last suggestion is to think in English. When you are to yourself, try

A B C D

（）73.to practice in this way. That will become easier for you to use English

A B C D

（）74.vocabulary and sentences. If you find it hard to thinking in this language,

A B C D

（）75.don‘t give up. Keep on trying. I hope you will follow my advices.

A B C D

六补全对话（共5句；每句满分3分，共15分）

根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写在线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈述句；打问号的地方，用疑问句。

提示：Dr. Johnson 一家要来华旅游。他给长城饭店打电话预定两个房间，询问在北京可以参观哪些地方，以及是否可以安排导游（tour guide）。长城饭店的李红耐心地回答了他的问题。

Li Hong: Great Wall Hotel. Can I help you?

Dr. Johnson: ______76_____________. We will arrive at your hotel on June 15.

Li Hong: _________77____________?

Dr. Johnson: Three nights. We‘ll leave for Shanghai on the morning of June 18.

Li Hong: No problem._______78____________?

Dr. Johnson: Gilbert Johnson. G-i-l-b-e-r-t, Gilbert. J-o-h-n-s-o-n, Johnson.

Li Hong: Okay. Mr. Gilbert Johnson, two rooms for three nights, from June 15 to the morning of June 18.

Dr. Johnson: That‘s right. ______79_____________?

Li Hong: Well, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs, and some other places.

Dr. Johnson: Very good, I think we‘ll try to see them all. By the way, ____80_______?

Li Hong: Yes, we can make the arrangement for you.

Dr. Johnson: Thanks a lot. See you then.

Li Hong: See you.

2003年成人高考学校招生全国统一考试

英语

一语音知识（共5小题；每题1.5分，共7.5分。）

在下列每组单词中，有一个单词的划线部分与其他单词的划线部分的读音不同。找出这个词，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

（）1. A. piece B. cheek C. dealt D. receive

（）2. A. glove B. stone C. globe D. spoke

（）3. A. flew B. knew C. threw D. grew

（）4. A. hotel B. hopeless C. holiday D. honest

（）5. A. society B. precious C. decision D. medicine

二词汇与语法知识（共25小题；每题1.5分，共37.5分。）

从每小题的四个选择项中，选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

（）6. Allen _______ any good job since he came to New York City two years ago.

A. hasn't found

B. didn?t find

C. doesn't find

D. hadn?t found

（）7. ―Let me _______ you，‖ said my boss，―you should call me immediately

after you arrive at the airport.‖

A. ask

B. advise

C. remember

D. remind

（）8. The boys spent the whole morning _______ possible answers to the question.

A. discuss

B. and discussing

C. discussing

D. and discussed

（）9. This village ______ to be the place in which Ernest Hemingway，one of the greatest American writers，wrote this story.

A. is believing

B. is believed

C. believes

D. believe

（）10. It's reported that by the end of last month the sale of the company ______ by 10%.

A. has risen

B. had been rising

C. had risen

D. has been rising

（）11.－How _________ will you be able to finish the painting？

－In a couple of hours.

A. soon

B. often

C. long

D. fast

（）12. ______ any friends in the city，he felt quite lonely and helpless.

A. No to have

B. No having

C. Not to have

D. Not having

（）13. Dr. White was away to the South last month，so he didn't attend the meeting _______ in Beijing.

A. having held

B. to hold

C. to be held

D. held

（）14. _______ at his paper over the weekend，Neil didn't finish it.

A. As he worked hard

B. Hard as he worked

C. How he worked hard

D. How hard he worked

（）15.－Are you satisfied with her work，sir？

－Not at all. It couldn't be any _______.

A. better

B. best

C. worse

D. worst

（）16. That was _______ matter that I had no choice but to talk it over with my parents.

A. a such serious

B. a so serious

C. such serious a

D. so serious a

（）17. This disease is second only _______ heart attack as a cause of death all over the world.

A. to

B. of

C. with

D. from

（）18. The word is new to us. You'd better ______ in the dictionary.

A. look at it

B. look for it

C. look it up

D. look it out

（）19. If there is no one _______ him with the preparation，he will have to put off the meeting.

A. help

B. to help

C. helps

D. helped

（）20. As soon as she _______ open the letter，Mrs. White will find out what has happened to her husband.

A. tears

B. is tearing

C. will tear

D. has torn

（）21. ______ the government agrees to give extra money，the theatre will have to be closed next month.

A. Unless

B. If

C. Since D As

（）22. To reduce weight，plastic has taken _______ of iron and steel in making boats.

A. its place

B. place

C. the place

D. a place

（）23.－Let me help you with your suitcase.

－________.

A. You're very nice

B. Yes，you're so helpful

C. No，I can do

D. It's very kind of you

（）24. These three English novels are for you. The rest _______ for the other students in your class.

A. were

B. is

C. are

D. was

（）25. You _______ have seen Jane in her office last Friday；she's been out of town for two weeks.

A. couldn't

B. mustn?t

C. wouldn't

D. shouldn?t

（）26. Henry never said that he was good at maths，_______ he？

A. was

B. did

C. didn't

D. wasn?t

（）27. The little girl showed the policeman the corner _______ she was knocked off her bike.

A. and

B. which

C. that

D. where

（）28. The snow was so deep that the climbers could not ________ to the camp.

A. get over

B. get along

C. get through

D. get around

（）29. In need of money，Bob had to take ______ job that was offered to him.

A. whatever

B. no matter what

C. whichever

D. no matter which

（）30. My friend and I would like to go to the concert，but ________ of us has got a ticket.

A. both

B. none

C. neither

D. all

三.完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，共30分）

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，从每小题的四个选择项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

I once went to a town in the north of England on business.

It was about 7：30 in the evening when I reached the hotel. The manageress，a strict old lady of about 60，showed me to my room. When I asked her what time dinner was，she said there was only one sitting at 6：30，and I had 31 it.

―Never mind，‖I said. ―I'm not very 32 . I?ll just have a drink in the bar（酒吧）and a sandwich.‖

―Bar！‖she 33 her voice. ―This is a respectable hotel，young man. If you want 34 ，you must go somewhere else.‖ She spoke 35 a glass of beer was a dangerous drug.

I went to a bar and had some beer and sandwiches and then went to the cinema. At about 11：30 I 36 . Everything was in darkness. I knocked at the door，but nothing happened. The 37 sound was the church clock opposite，which suddenly struck the half-hour with such 38 that it made me jump. 39 a window opened upstairs. The old lady 40 and asked me what was going on. I explained who I was and she let me 41 after ten minutes' wait. She was in her nightdress. She told me seriously that guests were 42 to be back in the hotel by 11 o?clock I went to bed but could not sleep. Every quarter of an hour the church clock struck and at midnight the whole hotel shook with the noise. Just before dawn，I finally 43 .

When I arrived at 44，everyone else had nearly 45 and there was not enough coffee to go round.

―Did you 46 well，young man？‖the old lady asked.

―47 ，I don't think I could go through 48 night in that room，‖I replied. ―I hardly slept at all.‖

―That's because you were 49 all night drinking！‖she said angrily，putting 50 to the conversation.

（）31. A. had B. passed C. missed D. caught

（）32. A. hungry B. sleepy C. tired D. happy

（）33. A. lost B. lowered C. dropped D. raised

（）34. A. beer B. coffee C. milk D. tea

（）35. A. even if B. since C. although D. as if

（）36. A. went to bed B. walked to a club

C. returned to the hotel

D. drove to a restaurant

（）37. A. only B. sharp C. sweet D. last

（）38. A. effort B. force C. power D. attraction

（）39. A. Firstly B. Wonderfully

C. Unfortunately

D. Finally

（）40. A. came out B. got up C. looked out D. woke up

（）41. A. down B. out C. back D. in

（）42. A. ordered B. expected C. taught D. encouraged

（）43. A. fell asleep B. went to bed C. got up D. gave in

（）44. A. a decision B. breakfast C. once D. the office

（）45. A. arrived B. done C. finished D. started

（）46. A. play B. sleep C. eat D. do

（）47. A. First of all B. Never mind

C. To tell you the truth

D. As a result

（）48. A. one B. another C. such D. any

（）49. A. away B. here C. down D. up

（）50. A. an end B. a saying C. a joke D. a pause

四.阅读理解（共15小题；每题2分，共30分。）

阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。

A

There was a river with a small town on either side of it. The towns were linked by a bridge.

One day，a hole appeared in the bridge. Both towns agreed that the hole should be mended. However，disagreement came up as to who should mend it. Each town thought that it had a better reason for the other to mend the hole. The town on the right bank said that it was at the end of the road，so the left-bank town should mend the hole. The town on the left bank，on the other hand，insisted that all the traffic came to the right-bank town，so it was in their interest to mend the bridge.

The quarrel went on and on，and so did the hole. The more it went on，the more the hostility between the two towns grew.

One day a man fell into the hole and broke his leg. People from both towns questioned him closely about whether he was walking from the right bank to the left or from the left bank to the right，in order to decide which town should be blamed for the accident. But he could not remember，since he got drunk that night..

Some time later，a car was crossing the bridge and broke an axle（轴）because of the hole. Neither town paid any attention to the accident，as the traveler was not going from one to the other，but was merely passing through. The angry traveler got out of the car and asked why the hole was not mended.

On hearing the reason，he declared，―I'll buy this hole. Who?s the owner？‖

Both towns at once declared that they owned the hole.

―One or the other，whoever owns the hole must prove it.‖

―How shall we prove it？‖asked both sides.

―That's simple. Only the owner of the hole has the right to mend it. I?ll buy the hole from whoever mends the bridge.‖

People from both towns rushed to do the job while the traveler smoked a cigar and his driver changed the axle. They mended the bridge in no time and asked for the money for the hole.

―What hole？‖The traveler looked surprised. ―I can't see any hole. I?ve been looking for a hole for several years now. I'm prepared to pay a good price for it，but there‘s no hole here. Are you pulling my leg or what？‖He got into his car and drove off.

（）51. What did the two towns quarrel about？

A. Which of them should mend the hole.

B. Whether the hole should be mended.

C. Why there was a hole in the bridge.

D. When they should mend the hole.

（）52. The man who had fallen into the hole failed to answer any questions because he ______.

A. had one of his legs broken

B. was busy changing the axle

C. had drunk too much wine

D. was afraid to blame anybody

（）53. Both towns rushed to mend the hole in order to prove that ______.

A. they owned the whole bridge

B. they had the right to sell the hole

C. they were able to mend the hole

D. they could afford to mend the hole

（）54. In ―Are you pulling my leg or what？‖，the phrase pulling my leg refers to ______.

A. trying to stop me

B. laughing at me

C. putting me in trouble

D. making fun of me

B

Scientists have searched for many years for a method to tell whether a volcano（火山）explosion will be small or large. Now，four scientists say they have discovered something in lava（熔岩）that will help do this. They did the research on Mount Unzen on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu.

Mount Unzen exploded in November，1990. Since then，more explosions have killed 43 people and destroyed the homes of more than 2，000 others. The volcano is still active today.

The scientists say the lava of the volcano contains high level of an element（成份），which is a sign of the presence of the lava from deep in the earth，not from the surface. They say it shows that the lava coming directly from inside the earth is connected with huge explosions instead of smaller ones.

The scientists examined the lava from 18 explosions of Mount Unzen that took place during many thousands of years. They also studied the lava from other volcanoes in the area that are older than Mount Unzen. The lava studied came from both large and small explosions. The scientists found that large explosions contained more of the element than small ones. The scientists say if they had known this two years earlier，they could have warned the people living in the area near Mount Unzen and saved many lives.

（）55. From the passage we learn that Mount Unzen is the name of ______.

A. a huge volcano explosion

B. a Japanese island

C. an active volcano

D. a kind of lava

（）56. The four scientists discovered that the level of the element contained in the lava could tell ______.

A. the degree of a volcano explosion

B. the place of a possible explosion

C. the number of volcano explosions

D. the time of a possible explosion

（）57. The research of the four scientists was based on ______.

A. the lava that caused explosions

B. the presence of the lava from the surface

C. the damages caused by the 1990 explosion

D. the lava from different explosions in the area

C

Have you ever argued with your loved ones over simple misunderstandings（误解）？Little wonder. We often believe we're more skillful in getting our point across than we actually are，according to Boza Keysar，a professor at the University of Chicago. In his recent study，speakers tried to express their meanings using unclear sentences. Speakers who thought listeners under stood were wrong nearly half the time. Here‘s some good advice to reduce misunderstanding：

（1）Don't trust what you see from the listener. Listeners often nod，look at you or say ―uhhuh‖ to be polite or move the conversation along. But it?s easy to consider these as signs of understanding.

（2）Train the editor（编辑）in your head. If you say，―Beth discusses her problems with her husband，‖it's not clear whether she‘s talking to her husband or about him. Try instead，―Beth talks to her husband about her problems.‖ Or―Beth talks to others about the problems with her husband.‖（3）Ask listeners to repeat your message. Introduce your request by saying ―I want to be sure I said that right.‖ Questions like ―How does that sound？‖or ―Does that make sense？‖may also work.

（4）Listen well. When on the receiving end，ask questions to be sure you're on the same page. After all，it isn?t just the speaker's job to make his speech understood.

（）58. Why does the writer give us the advice？

A. We're not skillful enough to make clear sentences.

B. Misunderstanding is damaging our normal lives.

C. Misunderstanding occurs now and then.

D. It's impolite to say NO to others.

（）59. The writer suggests that when talking to others，the speaker should ______.

A. know that listeners will show him that they understand his words

B. express himself clearly even when he sees signs of understanding

C. notice listener's signs of understanding

D. look directly into his listener's eyes

（）60. By Train the editor in your head，the speakers are advised _______.

A. to get themselves trained by a good editor

B. to discuss problems with their husbands or wives

C. to express themselves in long but simple sentences

D. to make sure each sentence has only one meaning

（）61. In the last paragraph，the words you're on the same page mean that ______.

A. you're following the speakers closely

B. you're reading the same page as the speaker does

C. you should know which page the speaker refers to

D. your story is written on the same page as the speaker's

D

While acting may run in the family，it wasn't Angelina Jolie‘s only choice when thinking about her future. Although Jolie has studied her craft（技艺）since childhood，at one point the 26-year-old，who stars this month in Tomb Raider with her father，actor John V oight，wanted to be a funeral（殡葬）director. ―I thought that the crossing over could be a beautiful thing and a time of co mfort when people could reach out to each other.‖Tradition（传统）is always attractive and interesting to Jolie，who moved with her mother，Marcheline Bertand，and brother after her parents separated when she was two. ―I never had one home. I never had an atti c（阁楼）that had old things in it. We always moved，so I was never rooted anywhere. And I always dreamed of having that attic of things that I could go back and have a look. I'm very drawn to some things that are tradition，that are roots，and I think that may b e why I paid such special attention to funerals.‖

Finally，she chose acting. ―Following in my father's footsteps，‖she says，―is an interesting thing，because I think we speak to each other through our work. You don?t really know your parents in a certain wa y，and they don't really know you. So he can watch a film and see how I am as a woman，the way I‘m dealing with a husband who's been hurt，or the way I?m crying alone.‖

―And it's the same for me：I can watch films of his and just see who he is. I?ve learned to understand him as a person.‖

（）62. The passage is about a woman who _______.

A. was once a funeral director

B. is the leading actress in Tomb Raider

C. wants an attic to live in

D. was hurt by her husband

（）63. Which of the following can best support Tradition is always attractive and interesting to Jolie？

A. Jolie longed to have old things from her childhood.

B. Having more than one home is always interesting to Jolie.

C. Jolie's parents separated when she was very young.

D. Tradition is always rooted somewhere.

（）64. The words following in my father's footsteps most probably mean ______.

A. listening to my father's advice

B. taking my father as an example

C. walking after my father

D. looking for my father's footsteps

（）65. Angelina Jolie finally chose acting because she thought she and her father could _______.

A. work together several months a year

B. bring into memory what happened in the past

C. pay attention to things they are interested in

D. get to know each other through their films

五.补全对话（共5句；每句满分为3分，共15分。）

根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写在线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈述句；打问号的地方，用疑问句。

提示：Jane和Michael商量周末去野餐。他们讨论要去什么地方，带些什么。Michael建议邀请John 和他的女朋友参加。最后他们决定星期六早上8点出发。

Jane：How do you like the idea of having a picnic this Saturday？

Michael：Wonderful. But_________66_______________？

Jane：What about going to the Western Hills？It's quite cool there.

Michael：That's a good idea. _____67________to go with us？

Jane：OK. And we can ask them to prepare some drinks.

Michael：__________68___________？

Jane：You'd better buy some fruit，and sandwiches.

Michael：_____69_________？

Jane：I like oranges，watermelons，grapes，and bananas.

Michael：______70_________？

Jane：How about 8 in the morning？We can get there in an hour and a half.

Michael：OK. I'll call John and tell him about our plan.

六.书面表达（满分30分）

假定你是John，将去上海旅游。写一封信给你在上海的朋友张强，告诉他你将乘火车于10月21日上午8点到达上海，请他接站，并请他帮你安排21至24日的住宿（旅馆最好靠近市中心，房间可以小一些，但不要太贵）。此外，你还要他帮你订24日返回北京的火车票。

注意：词数应为100左右。

Oct. 15

Dear Zhang Qiang，

__________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________

All the best，

John

2004年成人高考学校招生全国统一考试

英语

一语音知识（共5小题；每题1.5分，共7.5分。）

在下列每组单词中，有一个单词的划线部分与其他单词的划线部分的读音不同。找出这个词，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

（）1. A. lecture B. escape C. bicycle D. recover

（）2.A. farther B. healthy C. Thursday D. thought

（）3.A.mathematics B. attack C. companion D. baggage

（）4.A. blouse B. shoulder C. found D. mountain

（）5. A. treat B. breath C. bread D. treasure

二词汇与语法知识（共25小题；每题1.5分，共37.5分。）

从每小题的四个选择项中，选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

（）6.This motorcycle is very good, but I don‘t think I can ___ it.

A. pay

B. spend

C. afford

D. cost

（）7. In China, every boy and girl ______ a right to education.

A. have

B. has

C. will have

D. had

（）8.The situation is quite serous and will become even worse unless some measures _____.

A. had been taken

B. will be taken

C. were taken

D. are taken

（）9.This street is usually quiet, but it will get very busy _______ Sunday mornings.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. during

（）10.Don‘t forget the fact ______ he was not at home that night.

A. why

B. which

C. that

D. whether

（）11.The two players had been warned of the danger, but _____ of them seemed to take it seriously.

A. both

B. neither

C. any

D. either

（）12.We went to see the play last night and got a lot of _____ from it.

A. content

B. interest

C. spirit

D. fun

（）13.The new railway is planned _______ by the end of 2005.

A. to have completed

B. to be completed

C. to be completing

D. to complete

（）14.–It‘s so noisy upstairs. What are they doing?

-- They _____ be having a party.

A. could

B. should

C. would

D. must

（）15. Dr. Wilmet _______ the newspaper before he leaves for work every day.

A. looks into

B. stares at

C. watches for

D. glances through

（）16. It was on August 15, 1945 ________ the Chinese people won the final victory in the Anti-Japanese War.

A. that

B. which

C. until

D. while

（）17.For a long time after the operation, Linda found _____ difficult to fall asleep.

A. this

B. one

C. that

D. it

（）18.Tom has worked so hard this year that he will earn ______ he did last year.

A. twice as much money as

B. as much money as twice

C. twice money as much as

D. as twice much money as

（）19. – Who is the person _____ with our monitor over there?

-- Our new maths teacher.

A. talked

B. to talk

C. talking

D. talks

（）20. Although he ________ those days, Mr. Black never gave up hope.

A. treated unfairly

B. was unfairly treated

C. has unfairly treated

D. has been unfairly treated

（）21.So little ______about European history that the lecture was quite beyond me.

A. did I know

B. I knew

C. do I know

D. I know

（）22.On our way to Washington DC, we visited the Browns, _____ used to be our neighbor.

A. whom

B. which

C. who

D. that

（）23.My roommate said he didn‘t mind ______ the window open at night.

A. keep

B. keeping

C. to keep

D. having kept

（）24.Father is busy writing postcards this morning and _____ ten so far.

A. wrote

B. was writing

C. has written

D. has been writing

（）25.Have you been to the little village ________ your father spent his childhood?

A. that

B. where

C. which

D. when

（）26 – Hello, can I speak to George?

-- Hold on, please, George, ___________.

A. your father‘s call

B. someone is looking for you

C. a message for you

D. you are wanted on the phone

（）27.Speak louder, _____ you won‘t make yourself heard in such a bog room.

A. but

B. and

C. or

D. for

（）28.With all his homework ________, the boy was allowed to watch TV.

A. to finish

B. finished

C. to be finished

D. having finished

（）29.– Shall we go to the cinema tonight?

--_________, but my hands are full.

A. I‘d love to

B. I‘d love the idea

C. I‘d love it

D. I‘d love to do

（）30 --____________ will he finish writing his new novel?

-- In a couple of weeks, I think.

A. How fast

B. How soon

C. How often

D. How long

三完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，共30分）

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，从每小题的四个选择项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选项。Tony Tomei was well-known in Los Alamos, N.M. for his heroic action when the forest fires swept through last May. Tomei had _31__ run away from his house, which was __32__. But soon after reaching a safe place, Tomei __33__that although he had saved most of his collection of accordions (手风琴)，his precious Italian Bugari Armando accordion was _34__ in the house. He raced home to _35__it. ―When I drove up, there was a lot of smoke,‖ he says, and at that moment he made __36__ . ―I was going to _37___the fire. I was the only one left to _38___ the neighbors‘ house.‖

Tomei, 52, an engineer and accordion instructor, had no idea what a great danger he would _39___. With a garden

hose (软管)，he spent the _40__ few hours putting out small spot fires.

Then the _41__ picked up, and the fire began moving slowly from the valley 60 feet below toward his home. He attempted to put out the fire but without any _42_. The fire and smoke blew up beside him, _43___ him to the ground, where he got hold of a tree. ―I couldn‘t breathe. I couldn‘t see. I just stuck my face in the dirt.‖

_44___, the wind changed. Against a frightening backdrop (背景) of house burning up and down his street, Tomei fought through much of the _45__ without any more water and _46__ a couple of tools he could get to keep small fires away from his neighbors‘ house.

At sunrise he got his fi rst real look at what had left of the neighborhood. ―I saw all those damaged house and thought, oh, my God,‖ _47__ he‘d saved his home along with two others‘.

When his neighbor Nancy Tenbrink _48__ to the house she‘d thought was lost, she _49__threw her ar ms around Tomei. ―My house was important, but his life was much more _50__,‖ she says. ―I‘m deeply thankful for what he did for us.‖

（）31. A. happily B. bravely C. nearly D. safely

（）32. A. in fire B. in danger C. out of order D. out of shape

（）33. A. thought B. wondered C. said D. realized

（）34. A. just B. also C. still D. yet

（）35. A. find B. hide C. get D. check

（）36. A. a suggestion B. a decision C. the choice D. the preparation

（）37. A. put up B. keep from C. hold off D. take up

（）38. A. prevent B. keep C. watch D. save

（）39. A. protect B. expect C. face D. fight

（）40. A. next B. last C. hard D. rest

（）41. A. water B. fire C. smoke D. wind

（）42. A. success B. tools C. meaning D. help

（）43. A. knocking B. leaving C. taking D. getting

（）44. A. Funnily B. Fortunately C. Undoubtedly D. Unluckily

（）45. A. midnight B. afternoon C. night D. daybreak

（）46. A. normally B. almost C. hardly D. only

（）47. A. For B. As C. But D. If

（）48. A. returned B. removed C. referred D. reported

（）49. A. tearfully B. surprisingly C. repeatedly D. thoughtfully

（）50. A. special B. lovely C. useful D. valuable

四阅读理解（共15小题；每题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选项中选出最佳的一项。

51. Which of the following is TRUE about the Museum?

A. Children may visit the Museum any day of the year

B. Films about the Museum are shown on weekends

C. A student is admitted at half the regular price

D. The disabled are admitted free of charge.

52. Where is a v isitor advised to park his car if he‘ll spend several hours at the Museum?

A. In a garage provided by the Museum

B. On a parking space near the Museum

C. On a metered parking space on the street.

D. In a public garage at one end of Old Sacramento.

53. Where can a visitor enjoy a good but not too expensive meal?

A. The Silver Palace Restaurant

B. Any restaurant in Old Sacramento

C. Old Sacramento State Historic Park

D. The California State Railroad Museum.

B

How Coney Island got its name remains a mystery, though people have found explanations from almost every stage of its history.

A written record came out in 1924. It says that the island was once the home of the Konoh people. The name Konoh was mispronounced and finally became ―Coney.‖

Another explanation finds the name connected with the arrival of Henry Hudson in New York Harbor in 1609. According to it, John Coleman, Hudson‘s right-hand man, was killed by Indians. To honor him, people named the island after him.

The Dutch settled in Manhattan in1624, and they became to Coney Island soon afterwards. Since the Dutch word for rabbit (兔子) was konijn and the island had a large population of wild rabbits, many people have supposed this fact to have led to the name. There was a different story about the Dutch word. The Dutch fought the Indians there and were believed to have said that their enemies ―ran like rabbits.‖

According to an article in a magazine, an Irish captain named Peter O‘ Connor sailed between New York and Ireland in the late 1700s, and he named Coney Island after an island that was close to his home in Ireland and of the same size as the American island.

Unfortunately, there is little evidence (证据) that the Dutch, or the English after them, used any word ―Coney‖ for several centuries. There is a lot of evidence, however, that the name Coney Island came into use in the first half the 19th century, after a ferry (渡船) service to carry passengers from the island to the mainland.

54. According to the passenger, the name Coney______.

A. was mispronounced by the Konoh Coleman

B. was given by a man called John Coleman

C. comes from an island close to the English coast

D. is close in pronunciation to a Dutch word

55. It is said that John Coleman ______.

A. used his right hand better than the left one

B. was an important assistant of Henry Hudson

C. killed many Indians in battles in 1609

D. was the first man to reach the island

56. The writer believes that the name Coney Island most probably _____.

A. has a history of less than 200 years

B. came into use several hundred years ago

C. was used first by the English, not the Dutch

D. is related to the sail from New York to Ireland

57. From the passage we know that the word mystery means something ____.

A. that history books keep a record of

B. people have found explanations for

C. that has not been known enough about

D. people have not yet thought about

C

Ben Carson, a doctor at Johns Hopkins Children‘s center, talks about how he gr ew up in a poor Detroit Neighborhood, when peer (同龄人) pressure almost controlled his behavior and even his clothes. He wanted so badly to be considered cool that he begged his mother to buy him an expensive Italian shirt.

―My mother made me a deal,‖ Carson remembers, ―She said, ?I‘ll give you all the money I make next week. You‘ll be in charge of the family finance (财务)—buying food and other necessities and paying the bills. Whatever you have left over you can spend on whatever you want.‘‖

―I thought, this is going to be great,‖ Carson says, ―I bought things we needed most and then began going through the bills. Of course I ran completely out of money long before everything was paid.‖

Then I realized my mother, with her third-grade education, was a financial genius (理财能手)—just to keep food on our table and clothes on our backs with such a small sum of money. I‘d been a fool. I wanted her to buy me a ＄75 shirt when she only took home ＄100 a week, cleaning other people‘s floors and washing their toilets.

I too k a hard look at my behavior and wondered how I could be so selfish.‖

―I started studying again. My grades went back up to A‘s. Some of my peers laughed at me because I did not follow their pattern. But I refused to let that trouble me, because I had a goa l.‖

The experience had a lasting effect, ―I not only saw and felt the difference my mother made in my life, I am living out that difference as a man.‖

58. When Ben Carson was young, he _______.

A. wanted to be as cool as other boys of his age

B. tried to attract girls with his cool manner

C. was fond of improving family finances

D. was seldom good at his lessons

59. By saying ―My mother made me a deal‖, Ben Carson meant that his mother ____.

A. refused to buy him the shirt

B. made an agreement with him

C. asked him to deal with the problem

D. showed him how to save money

60. Ben Carson started studying hard again and rose back to the top because_____.

A. he had got his shirt anyway

B. he got his mother as his teacher

C. he wanted to be a financial genius

D. he had a better goal to run after

61. Ben Carson‘s story tells us that ______.

A. a boy should not learn from his peers

B. he didn‘t understand his mother as a boy

C. what his mother taught him has changed his life

D. people with little education may become a genius

D

Most people can remember a time in their lives when they learned something almost by accident, that is, without consciously (有意识地) trying to learn it. Often this kind of learning happens when we are in fact trying to learn something else. For example, many people learn a number of English words not by memorizing them or studying them directly, but by doing something they enjoy, like listening to popular songs that contain them. Similarly, some people learn words in Chinese or Japanese nit by studying those languages directly, but by studying martial arts, such as kungfu or aikido, in which Chinese or Japanese terms are used. Foreign students in the United States often learn the system (体系) of measurement simply having to shop and cook for themselves. Those activities require them to learn words like pound, gallon, inch and yard.

Many educators believe that such a kind of learning, generally called content-based learning, is the best way to learn the rules of a system. Supporters of content-based learning argue that people can best understand and remember a system‘s basic rules by coming upon them in the context (环境) of that system—not by studying and memorizing them out of context. Therefore, supporters of content-based learning feel that grammatical rules can best be mastered indirectly through reading and writing, rather than by mere memorization. Likewise, they feel that mathematical rules can best be learned by working out real-life problems where such rules are needed to find out the answers. In many cases, our own learning experiences may support the ideas that we have a deeper understanding of rules we find out from context than of those memorized out of context.

62. By saying ―they learned something almost by accident‖, the author means ―they learned something without _____.‖

A. realizing they are learning it

B. paying attention to the accident

C. understanding what they are learning

D. knowing what they should learn next

63. Shopping and cooking in a foreign country _____.

A. are necessary for students studying systems

B. help one learn measure used in that country

C. tell one what is needed to learn to live there

D. require people to know how to measure

64. Many educators believe that the best way to master the basic rules of a system is ______.

A. learning them in the context

B. producing problems from context

C. memorizing the related words first

D. fixing attention on the rules themselves

65. What does the author most probably think of the content-based learning?

A. He doubts it.

B. He supports it.

C. He considers it funny.

D. He finds it impractical.

五补全对话（共5句；每句满分为3分，共15分）

根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写在线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈述句；打问号的地方，用疑问句。

提示：Michael 突然牙痛，于是到药房买药。药剂师为他检查后推荐了一种药，要他记住每四小时服一粒（pill）。同时叮嘱他如果两天后不见好的话，一定要去医院。

Pharmacist: Good morning. What can I do for you?

Michael: ________66____________. What medicines do you think I should take?

Pharmacist: Let me have a look at your teeth, please. …Oh, it‘s nothing serious. You can try this. It‘s quite effective.

Michael: ______67_______?

Pharmacist: It costs only ＄8.99 a bottle.

Michael: OK. One bottle, please.

Pharmacist: Remember to ________68________________.

Michael: Sure, I will.

Pharmacist: ______________69____________________, you‘d better go and see the doctor.

69

Michael: OK. Thank you for your advice. And there is a 10 dollar bill.

Pharmacist: Thank you, sir. ____70__________, ＄ 1.01. Hope you‘ll be fine soon. Bye.

70

Michael: Bye.

六书面表达（满分30分）

假定你是李华，打算出国学习计算机科学。现在给在美国工作的表格David Zhang 写信，了解以下情况：

1.需参加的英语考试；

2.每学期需修的课程数和费用；

3.食宿费用；

4.合适的学校。

注意：1. 词数应为100左右。

2. 开头语和结束语已为你写好。

June 1st

Dear David,

How are you?

I meant to write you for some time. ____________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

I‘m looking f orward to your reply. Thank you very much.

Yours,

Li Hua

2005年成人高考学校招生全国统一考试