2004全国高考英语北京卷

2004年普通高等学校夏季招生考试（北京卷） 英 语 一、单项填空 ( 本大题 共 16 题, 共计 45 分) 21. I invited Joe and Linda to dinner, but ______ of them came. A. neither                 B. either    C. none                 D. both 22. －What’s that terrible noise? －The neighbors _______ for a party. A. have prepared                  B. are preparing     C. prepare                    D. will prepare 23. 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 24. 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 25. 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 26. 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 27. 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 28. 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 29. _____ 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 30. 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 31. We cannot figure out _______ quite a number of insects, birds, and animals are dying out. A. that                  B. as   C. why                 D. when 32. _____ 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 33. ______ two exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend. A. With                 B. Besides    C. As for               D. Because of 34. ______ is reported in the newspapers, talks between the two countries are making progress. A. It                     B. As    C. That          D. What 35. 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 二、完形填空 ( 本大题 共 1 题, 共计 30 分) 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   36  . That was before all the fun was taken out of   37  . At first, everyone on the team got   38   playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the   39   started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have   40   one-on-one training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our   41  . The coach was replaced. The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was   42  . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the   43  . Of course, all teams run drills; they are   44  . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble   45  . Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises   46   for 18-year-olds.  I was very thin   47   I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was afraid of being too   48   to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual   49  . Is all this pressure necessary? I   50   up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That’s   51  , because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they   52   from the coach or their parents. I continued playing football at school and   53   my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing   54   him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I  55   down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well. 36. A. class               B. club                     C. team                   D. board 37. A. playing            B. living                  C. learning               D. working 38. A. great               B. equal                 C. right                   D. extra 39. A. business          B. struggle             C. attempt               D. pressure 40. A. free                 B. private               C. good                    D. basic 41. A. matches          B. courses               C. lessons              D. programs 42. A. jump               B. play                     C. run                     D. shoot 43. A. duty                B. meeting             C. operation           D. training 44. A. necessary        B. boring                 C. scientific              D. practical 45. A. speaking          B. moving              C. sleeping             D. breathing 46. A. used                B. intended            C. made                 D. described 47. A. till                   B. since                   C. before                 D. because 48. A. full                  B. tired                   C. lazy                    D. big 49. A. size                 B. share                   C. space                D. state 50. A. gave                B. kept                   C. ended                D. picked 51. A. sad                 B. shameful           C. silly                     D. serious 52. A. received          B. suffered             C. brought              D. felt 53. A. reconsidered   B. rediscovered      C. re-formed          D. replaced 54. A. at                    B. by                       C. for                      D. around 55. A. fell                  B. stepped             C. slowed              D. calmed 三、阅读理解 ( 本大题 共 3 题, 共计 24 分) A The Home of My People  INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../../WINDOWS/MypicPath/aa926001.jpg" \* MERGEFORMAT \d 
 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. 56. 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. 57. 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. 58. 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 B 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. Considering my parents’ financial difficulties, I decided to drive the 45 minutes and attend. At first, all I had planned 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. 59. 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. 60. We can learn from the passage that the parents were _________. A. honest                 B. strict    C. supportive              D. decisive 61. 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 62. 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. C 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. 63. The meaning of “panicked” in Paragraph 2 is related to _____. A. shame               B. hate     C. anger                D. fear 64. 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. 65. 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. 66. 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 67. 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? D 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 illus