2005年世纪报高考英语模拟试题(4)

2005年世纪报高考英语模拟试题

第一节(每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 1. Where is the man?

A. In a hotel. B. In a shop. C. At home. 2. When did Peter set the world record? A. In 1980. B. In 1997. C. In 1982. 3. What's wrong with Li Hua? A. She has a toothache. B. She has a headache. C. She has a backache.

4. How long will the man have to wait for the next bus? A. Half an hour.

B. Twenty-five minutes. C. Thirty-five minutes.

5. Why can't the man give the woman a hand? A. He is too heavy to help her. B. He doesn't know how to help her. C. He is too busy to help her.

第二节(每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)： 听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. What do you think is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. The woman is a guest. C. The man is a guest.

7. What were others doing and why did the woman go out? A. Having dinner, because she wanted to see her old house. B. Having a concert, because she thought of her parents. C. Having a party, because she wanted to look at the lights. 8. What can we learn about the woman? A. She worked hard and was successful. B. She lived a poor life in the past. C. Both A and B.

听第7段材料；回答第9至11题。 9. What was the woman going to buy? A. Sweater. B. Shirt. C. Coat. 10. What colour coat did she finally buy? A. Red. B. Blue. C. Green. 11. How much did the woman pay?

A.170 yuan. B.168 yuan. C.186 yuan. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What's the weather usually like in Beijing in February? A. Warm. B. Cold. C. Cool.

13. How is the air temperature in the first ten days this time of year? A. Unusual. B. Too low. C. Normal. 14. Which of the following is true?

A. The speech is a report about Beijing's weather in February this year. B. Fine weather will continue until next weekend. C. Winter will return tomorrow. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. What had gone wrong in their house?

A. Their washing machine. B. The electricity. C. The lights. 16. Which of the following is true?

A. Mr Smith did nothing for them at all.

B. Mr Smith asked too much money for his work.

C. Mr Smith did help them but couldn't solve the problem completely that day.

17. Why did the man think it would cost him dearly? A. Because he wanted to buy a car. B. Because he didn't have a good job. C. Because their car needed repairing. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. How many hours does a working American work in a week? A. 20. B. 40. C. 60. 19. How does an American walk?

A. Slowly. B. Fast. C. Not very fast. 20. What's the passage mainly about? A. Americans value time. B. Americans are rich. C. Americans work hard.

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节 单项填空(每题1分，满分15分)

21. Grandmother is in ______ good health, which is ______ pleasure to us. A. a; the B. a; a C. 不填; a D. 不填;不填

22. Some studies even suggest that playing more _______ bigger brains that are _______ at reasoning and learning. A. refers to; good B. turns to; better C. sticks to; good D. leads to; better 23. --Do I have to take that Japanese course? -- No, you ______ .

A. haven't B. mustn't C. don't have D. needn't

24. Shanghai is ______ that we can hardly visit all the beautiful parks in two or three days. A. so a large city B. such large a city C. so large a city D. a such large city

25. Peter wishes now that he ______ English instead of Russian when he was in high school. A. had studied B. studied C. study D. has studied

26. They discussed the problem three or four times, but could come to no ______. A. end B. conclusion C. result D. judgment

27. Many teens don't get enough sleep because they have too much homework, which ______ them up at night. A. makes B. breaks C. turns D. keeps

28. Bekoff has found animals sometimes try not to hit or bite, especially ______ they are playing with a weaker partner. A. if B. before C. unless D. when

29. The population in some parts of the world has _______ doubled in the past ten years. A. more than B. as many as C. larger than D. so much as

30. ______ a great leader that cannot be easily replaced, Arafat's death leaves Palestine ______ an uncertain future. A. Like; in B. As; with C. With; in D. As; to 31. -- I'm not feeling well today. -- Why ______ a doctor?

A. not go and see B. not going and seeing C. to go and to see D. do you go and see

32. ______ seems like science fiction is not completely unlikely. A. It B. Which C. What D. That

33. So little ______ about mathematics that the lecture was completely beyond me. A. I know B. I knew C. do I know D. did I know 34. ______ with the picture , Mary tore it to pieces.

A. Dissatisfying thoroughly B. To dissatisfy thoroughly C. Thoroughly dissatisfied D. To be thoroughly dissatisfied 35. He is ______ a writer than a reporter.

A. more B. rather C. not so much D. not such 第二节 完形填空(每小题1.5分，满分30分)

Humans have hunted colorful and wild creatures since the Stone Age. And Gabby Salazar, an American teenager is 36 different from her ancestors(祖先) in her __37__ to track down(追捕) animals. __38__ Gabby doesn't shoot animals with a gun, she uses her camera to __39__ beautiful images of wildlife. Now the teenager has found herself in the spotlight after a __40__ she took of a green lizard(蜥蜴) won her the award Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2004, on October 20.

__41__ a member of the North American Nature Photographers Association, the 17-year-old, from North Carolina, __42__ she can

encourage people to __43__ wildlife. \she said.

\反应) to winning the __46__ . Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the world's most important wildlife photographic competition. It is __47__ each year by the Natural History Museum in London and BBC Wildlife Magazine.

Gabby began to take __48__ at the age of 12, __49__ her father gave her a camera as a gift. It is mainly from her father, an amateur(业余的) photographer that she has __50__ her skills.

On family vacations they __51__ carry big bags of photographic equipment with them. She has traveled to many places within the US __52__ Russia, in her short photography career(生涯). She says she also wants to travel and take pictures in China. Despite her __53__ , Gabby says she will study chemistry in college, not __54__ .

\do it as long as I enjoy it.\

36. A. no B. little C. quite D. very

37. A. hope B. dream C. desire D. wish 38. A. So B. Though C. For D. But 39. A. make B. shoot C. hunt D. get

40. A. picture B. camera C. gun D. drawing 41. A. Like B. As C. From D. To

42. A. hopes B. believes C. wishes D. suggests 43. A. kill B. save C. shoot D. protect

44. A. taken B. caught C. drawn D. brought 45. A. inside B. outside C. away D. there 46. A. picture B. photo C. award D. lizard

47. A. organized B. taken place C. happened D. held up 48. A. photos B. actions C. measures D. turns 49. A. which B. when C. where D. what 50. A. heard B. kept C. learnt D. stopped

51. A. sometimes B. seldom C. never D. always

52. A. as well as B. as long as C. as far as D. as much as 53. A. camera B. career C. success D. family 54. A. maths B. physics C. art D. photography 55. A. rich B. happy C. healthy D. successful 第三部分：阅读理解(每小题2分，满分40分)

(A)

Nine years ago, after Leo had died, people said to me, \was no one special in my life. Then he became my friend. In time, I felt he was also my father.

Leo married my mother when I was eleven. Two years later we moved into a house in a new suburban(郊区的)development, where we put down roots. At first our lawn (草坪) was just a pile of mud with wild grass, but Leo saw bright possibilities. \shade as well as some flowers,\family was forming within this house, with its own special traditions. Leo was becoming a fulltime parent, and I was learning what it meant to have a father.

Weekday mornings when the weather was bad, Leo often drove me to school. Having a father drop you off may have been something my classmates took for granted, but I always thought it was wonderful. Saturday mornings, we went to the hardware(五金)shop, then stepped into the five and ten, buying a sports magazine or something else. Some people might think that doing shopping together is nothing special, but I, who had ever before spent my childhood watching other families do their everyday activities, experienced them now with extreme delight. Looking back, I realized that Leo gave me what I needed most, the experience of doing ordinary things together as a family. Soon after we moved to the suburbs, one of our new neighbors introduced herself to

me. She had already met my mother and Leo. \know,\she said, \look just like your father.\I knew she was just making conversation but even so... \ 56. The writer's purpose in writing this passage is _______. A. to share her unforgettable experiences

B. to show how interesting a person Leo was C. to remind us of our parents

D. to explain why they moved to the suburbs

57. Which of the following can be used in place of \ A. Settled. B. Planted. C. Farmed. D. Worked.

58. In the writer's opinion, _______.

A. it is not easy for stepfamilies to live together B. not all the stepfathers are as good as Leo

C. the husband and wife must think more about their children before they divorce(离婚) D. in stepfamilies the love and friendship are extremely precious

59. When he said \ A. he should have told her the truth B. he wouldn't tell her the truth

C. he wanted to tell her something that had nothing to do with Leo D. he'd like to keep silence whenever he met the neighbors

(B)

The modern Olympic Games were founded with the intention of improving health and education, promoting world peace, and encouraging fair and equal competition. But over the years, the Olympic saying, \everything possible to reach new levels.

Doctors, engineers and coaches all use everything science has to offer to achieve that little bit extra in competition. The reason modern technology has become part of sport is very simple: winning is just as important as it was 2,500 years ago at the Olympics of ancient Greece. Developments in technology have often been reflected in the methods of training and performance at the Olympics through history. This technology falls into two main groups: improving an athlete's performance in competition, and allowing results to be measured more accurately.

One of the creations that has drawn the most attention is the new high-tech swimsuit from Speedo, which was used by many US swimmers in Athens. Until Sydney 2000, it was thought that the smaller the swimsuit, the faster the swimmer would travel.

\of the 33 gold medalists were wearing the body covering Fastskin suit proved the theory was out of date,\

The company's full body suit is supposed to make swimmers 3 to 4 percent faster, particularly when turning or diving into the water. It is believed that the suit creates less water resistance as it moves, behaving more like a shark skin than a human skin.

The introduction of high-tech equipment means that athletes in all sports, from the 100-metre sprint to the pole vault, can now train more effectively.

Meanwhile, scientific development also means performances can be measured and studied more accurately. Not only are winning times more accurately recorded, but cheating athletes are easier to catch out. Athens 2004 organizers promised to use only the very latest equipment to measure distance and speed.

60. Which is not the first aims of the modern Olympic Games? A. Improving health and education. B. Promoting world peace.

C. Encouraging fair and equal competition. D. Winning medals.

61. The reason modern technology has become part of sport is that people ______. A. make every effort to win medals

B. do their best to invent new sports equipment C. try to test their abilities

D. want to improve their condition of competition 62. From the passage we know______.

A. before the Sydney Olympics people thought the less the swimmers wore, the faster they swam

B. at the Sydney Olympics among 33 swimming and diving gold medalists, 28 wore the full body suit made by Speedo C. people think the body covering swimsuit is not popular

D. it is believed that the new high-tech suit creates no water resistance as it moves 63. In the passage it mentions that high technology is involved in ______ aspects. A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

(C)

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This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in AD 53 wrote it. We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?

Picture this: You're rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?

Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far