江苏高考英语试题及答案详解.doc

2004年江苏高考英语试题及答案详解
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21. I will never know what was on his mind at the time, nor will ____.【2004江苏】
A. anyone B. anyone else C. no one D. no one else
22. —I don’t mind telling you what I know.
—You ____. I’m not asking you for it.【2004江苏】
A. mustn’t B. may not C. can’t D. needn’t
23. ____ I accept that he is not perfect, I do actually like the person.【2004江苏】
A. While B. Since C. Before D. Unless
24. He got to the station early, ____ missing his train.【2004江苏】
A. in case of B. instead of C. for fear of D. in search of
25. The man insisted ____ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby.【2004江苏】
A. find B. to find C. on finding D. in finding
26. More patients ____ in hospital this year than last year.【2004江苏】
A. treated B. have treated C. had been treated D. have been treated
27. Tom owns ____ larger collection of _ books than any other student in our class.【2004江苏】
A. the; 不填 B. a; 不填 C. a; the D. 不填；the
28. —You haven’t lost the ticket, have you?
—____. I know it’s not easy to get another one at the moment.【2004江苏】
A. I hope not B. Yes, I have C. I hope so D. Yes, I’m afraid so
29. It’s ten years since the scientist ____ on his life’s work of discovering the valuable chemical.【2004江苏】
A. made for B. set out C. took off D. turned up
30. A man is being questioned in relation to the ____ murder last night.【2004江苏】
A. advised B. attended C. attempted D. admitted
31. The old man, ____ abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherland.【2004江苏】
A. to work B. working C. to have worked D. having worked
32. The ____ house smells as if it hasn’t been lived in for years.【2004江苏】
A. little white wooden B. little wooden white
C. white wooden little D. wooden white little
33. ____ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.【2004江苏】
A. Which B. When C. What D. As
34. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people ____ to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.【2004江苏】
A. begin B. began C. have begun D. had begun
35. —How long are you staying?
—I don’t know. ____.【2004江苏】
A. That’s OK B. Never mind C. It depends D. It doesn’t matter
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We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears. (36) ____, for example, the neatly-dressed woman I (37) ____ to see—or look at—on my way to work each morning.
For three years, no matter (38) ____ the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On (39) ____ days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime (40) ____ out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. (41) ____, she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I (42) ____ all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how (43) ____ I expected to see her each morning. You might say I (44) _ her.
“Did she have an accident? Something (45) ____?” I thought to myself about her (46) ____. Now that she was gone, I felt I had (47) ____ her. I began to realize that part of our (48) ____ life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar (49) ____: the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who (50)____ walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are(51) ____ markers in our lives. They add weight to our (52) ____ of place and belonging.
Think about it. (53) ____. while walking to work, we mark where we are by (54) ____ a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though (55) ____, person?
36. A. Make B. Take C. Give D. Have
37. A. happened B. wanted C. used D. tried
38. A. what B. how C. which D. when
39. A. sunny B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy
40. A. took B. brought C. carried D. turned
41. A. Clearly B. Particularly C. Luckily D. Especially
42. A. believed B. expressed C. remembered D. wondered
43. A. long B. often C. soon D. much
44. A. respected B. missed C. praised D. admired
45. A. better B. worse C. more D. less
46. A. disappearance B. appearance C. misfortune D. fortune
47. A. forgotten B. lost C. known D. hurt
48. A. happy B. enjoyable C. frequent D. daily
49. A. friends B. strangers C. tourists D. guests
50. A. regularly B. actually C. hardly D. probably
51. A. common B. pleasant C. important D. faithful
52. A. choice B. knowledge C. decision D. sense
53. A. Because B. If C. Although D. However
54. A. keeping B. changing C. passing D. mentioning
55. A. unnamed B. unforgettable C. unbelievable D. unreal
阅读理解
A
He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage(救援) workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby’s grave(墓), carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.
But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children—including a 13-month-old boy named Eino— from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. “We thought they were all lost in the sea,” says Schleifer.
Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby’s grave, scientists have compared the DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees no need for a new grave. “He belongs to the people of Halifax,” says Schleifer. “They’ve taken care of him for 90 years.”
Adapted from People, November 25, 2002
56. The baby traveled on the Titanic with his ____.
A. mother B. parents C. aunt D. relatives
57. What is probably the boy’s last name?
A. Schleifer. B. Eino. C. Magda. D. Panula.
58. Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child’s grave on Nov. 5, ____.
1912 B. 1954 C. 2002 D. 2004
59. This text is mainly about how ____.
A. the unknown baby’s body was taken from the north Atlantic
B. the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia
C. people found out who the unknown baby was
D. people took care of the unknown baby for 90 years
B
Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks’ time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive（存活） if the rain is spread throughout the year. If it falls within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, those plants may die and a desert may form.
Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes(沙丘) are formed as winds move the sand across the desert. Bit by bit, the dunes grow over the years, always moving with the winds and changing the shape. Most of them are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high.
There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs(悬崖) and deep valleys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago. Over the centuries, the water dried up. Wind, sand, rain, heat and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing——very, very slowly——as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock.
Most deserts have a surprising variety of life. There are plants, animals and insects that have adapted to life in the desert. During the heat of the day, a vision may see very few signs of living things, but as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes to life. As the sun begins to rise again in the sky, the desert once again becomes quiet and lonely.
60. Many plants may survive in deserts when ____.
A. the rain is spread out in a year B. the rain falls only in a few weeks
C. there is little rain in a year D. it is dry all the year round
61. Sand dunes are formed when____.
A. sand piles up gradually B. there is plenty of rain in a year
C. the sea has dried up over the years D. pieces of rock get smaller
62. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that in a desert there is ____.
A. too much sand B. more sand than before
C. nothing except sand D. something else besides sand
63. It can be learned from the text that in a desert ____.
A. there is no rainfall throughout the year B. life exists in rough conditions
C. all sand dunes are a few feet high D. rocks are worn away only by wind and heat
C
THE BEST SHOPPING IN SYDNEY
Sydney is one of the world’s biggest cities and has something for everyone when it comes to shopping. You will find excellent Australian products alongside the best that the world has to offer. At the bottom of Sydney Tower, you can shop in 160 of Sydney’s favorite stores including 16 jewelry stores and many gift and fashion shops. It’s all at Westfield Centrepoint.
Tel: [phone].
SOVEREIGN HILL
This prize-winning living museum is where Australia’s history comes alive! Visit daily or stay for the night and experience life of the Gold Rush days. A wonderful nightly sound and light show, “Blood on the Southern Cross” tells the story of the famous Eureka Uprising Enjoy shopping along with real life character and entertainment, 4-star hotel and breakfast.
Tel: [phone]
ANCHORAGE RESTAURANT
Come and enjoy our delicious Cantonese seafood right on the water’s edge in the historic fishing port of Williamstown with views of the city center across Port Phillip Bay.
Open 7 days a week
Lunch: Sunday to Friday 11:00 am—2:00 pm
Dinner: Monday to Saturday 5:00 pm—10:30 pm
Tel: [phone] or 9397 7799
COOK’S COTTAGE
Built by James and Grace Cook, parents of Captain James Cook, Cook’s Cottage stands proud in the Fitzroy Gardens as a reminder of life in the eighteenth century, and as a celebration and commemoration of the life and travels of Captain James Cook.
Open 9:00 am—5:00 pm daily, and until 5:30 pm during the summer.
Information: 9419 4677.
64. Where can you spend the night in a tour?
A. Cook’s Cottage. B. Westfield Centrepoint. C. Sydney Tower. D. Sovereign Hill
65. What is the time that Cook’s Cottage is open on Saturday in the summer?
A. 11:00 am—2:00 pm. B. 5:00 pm—10:30 pm.
C. 9:00 am—5:30 pm. D. 9:00 am—5:00 pm.
66. The Anchorage Restaurant is ____.
A. in Williamstown B. in the center of the…
C. in Anchorage D. in a Cantonese fishing port
67. If you want to buy the best products in Australia, you may call ____.
A. 9397 6270 B. 9231 9300 C. 5331 1944 D. 9419 4677
D
Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River must remember the Catskill Mountains. They are a branch of the great Appalachian family, and can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country. When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their beautiful shapes on the clear evening sky, but sometimes when it is cloudless, gray steam gathers around the top of the mountains which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will shine and light up like a crown of glory(华丽的皇冠).
At the foot of these mountains, a traveler may see light smoke going up from a village.
In that village, and in one of the houses (which, to tell the exact truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years ago, a simple, good-natured fellow by the name of Rip Van Winkle.
Rip’s great weakness was a natural dislike of all kinds of money-making labor. It could not be from lack of diligence(勤劳), for he could sit all day on a wet rock and fish without saying a word, even though he was not encouraged by a single bit. He would carry a gun on his shoulder for hours, walking through woods and fields to shoot a few birds or squirrels. He would never refuse to help a neighbor, even in the roughest work. The women of the village, too, used to employ him to do such little jobs as their less helpful husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to everybody’s business but his own.
If left to himself, he would have whistled(吹口哨) life away in perfect satisfaction; but his wife was always mad at him for his idleness(懒散). Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was endlessly going, so that he was forced to escape to the outside of the house——the only side which, in truth, belongs to a henpecked husband.
68. Which of the following best describes the Catskill Mountains?
A. They are on the west of the Hudson River. B. They are very high and beautiful in this area.
C. They can be seen from the Appalachian family. D. They gather beautiful clouds in blue and purple.
69. The hero of the story is probably ____.
A. hard-working and likes all kinds of work B. idle and hates all kinds of jobs
C. simple, idle but very dutiful D. gentle, helpful but a little idle
70. The underlined words “henpecked husband” in the last paragraph probably means a man who ____.
A. likes hunting B. is afraid of hens C. loves his wife D. is afraid of his wife
71. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Catskill Mountains. B. A Mountain Village.
C. Rip Van Winkle. D. A Dutiful Husband.
E
Every year more people recognize that it is wrong to kill wildlife for “sport.” Progress in this direction is slow because shooting is not a sport for watching, and only those few who take part realize the cruelty and destruction.
The number of gunners, however, grows rapidly. Children too young to develop proper judgments through independent thought are led a long way away by their gunning parents. They are subjected to advertisements of gun producers who describe shooting as good for their health and gun-carrying as a way of putting redder blood in the veins(血管). They are persuaded by gunner magazines with stories honoring the chase and the kill. In school they view motion pictures which are supposedly meant to teach them how to deal with arms safely but which are actually designed to stimulate(刺激) a desire to own a gun.’
Wildlife is disappearing because of shooting and because of the loss of wildland habitat(栖息地). Habitat loss will continue with our increasing population, but can we slow the loss of wildlife caused by shooting? There doesn’t seem to be