宁夏2003年高中阶段招生试题
英 语
试卷总分100分，答题时间120分钟。
选择题(共65分)
一、单项填空(共20小题。计分20分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Anne has a son. _______name is Edward.
A. Her B. His C. Hers D. Him
2. I don’t like this shirt,so I want to see some______.
A. other B. the other C. others D. another
3. Don’t make so much noise. We______to the music.
A. are listening B. listen C. listened D. have listened
4. He______ in Ningxia since 1958.
A. is B. was C. lives D. has been
5. Another new library______ last month in my hometown.
A. built B. was built C. has been built D. is built
6. His sister had a bad cough,______ she?
A. wasn't B. doesn't C. hadn't D. didn't
7. You’d better go and ask Mr Yang. He______ know how to search the Internet.
A. can B. may C. would D. could
8. She used not to like playing yo— yo,______ now she’s very fond of it.
A. but B. and C. or D. so
9. The teacher asked me______ I needed any help.
A. what B. that C. whether D. which
10. She's already______ her brother.
A. so tall than B. as tall than C. so tall as D. as tall as
11. Everyone except Tom and John______ there when the meeting began.
A. are B. is C. was D. were
12. No matter______ busy he is, he won't give up his hobby.
A. where B. how C. what D. who
13. Hawaii is famous______ its beautiful beaches.
A. of B. in C. for D. with
14. We should do something to stop sandstorms______ happening again and again.
A. from B. on C. by D. to
15. A: What's the date today?
B: ______.
A. It's Thursday B. The third, I think
C. I'm 16 D. It's a fine day
16. A: How do you get on with your classmates?
B: ______.
A. Very well B. Well done C. That's OK D. I'm well
17. A: Could you come, please? I want some Help.
B: ______.
A. Yes, I could B. You' re welcome
C. Sure. I'm coming now D. That’s right
18. She asked them______ things about.
A. not to litter B. don’t litter C. not litter D. no litter
19. They are busy______ ready for the exams.
A. get B. got C. to get D. getting
20. It's a lovely dress but it's too expensive. I can't______ it.
A. spend B. pay C. afford D. cost
二、完形填空(共15小题，计分15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—35各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often 21 some books from the library. He keeps 22 to the radio every morning and reading 23 after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His 24 worship(崇拜) him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son, is only nine. He 25 likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he's too 26 to understand him and chooses 27 ones to answer. Of course
the boy is not satisfied with(对…满意) it.
One day Mike read 28 about the electric lights (电灯) and was 29 it. When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him 30 questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly, "Fathers always know 31 than sons!"
The boy thought for a while and said, 32 !"
"Oh? Why?"
Mike didn’t answer and asked, 33 , "Who invented the electric lights?" 34 "answered Mr Clarke.
"Why didn't his father invent them, then?"
Looking at his son, Mr Clarke didn't know 35 to answer!
21. A. finds B. sells C. buys D. borrows
22. A. watching B. listening C. going D. touching
23. A. newspapers B. letters C. stories D. messages
24. A. teachers B. parents C. students D. classmates
25. A. also B. never C. even D. only
26,A. old B. young C. clever D. able
27. A. more difficult B. the most difficult C. easy D. the easiest
28. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
29. A. worried about B. interested in C. afraid of D. angry with
30. A,few B. little C. a few D. a little
31. A. more B. most C. less D. least
32. A. So do I B. Neither am I C. I agree D. I don’t think so
33. A. instead B. carefully C. quickly D. brightly
34. A. Thomas Brown B. Allan Smith C. Thomas Edison D. Ron Jenkins
35. A. when B. what C. where D. which
三、阅读理解(共15小题，计分30分)
阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从每题所给的四个选项中，选出能完成所给句子的最佳选项。
(A)
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children—like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents—seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it,and they are busy with other subjects, too.
Our mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever()in our mind.
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.
36. We usually begin to learn our own language by_______ it.
A. speaking B. hearing C. saying D. teaching
37. If you have a good_______, you’ll have less difficulty in learning something.
A, teacher B. camera C. memory D. family
38. The children who live abroad with their parents can learn two languages more easily because_______.
A. they are very clever B. they have good teachers
C. they have more chances to use these languages. D. they have a better life
39. ____ can take photos of what can be seen, felt, heard,smelt and tasted.
A. A camera B. Memory C. A diary D. A man's mind
40. Memory is______ that we keep in our mind and carry about.
A. the best diary B. the best camera
C. a great help D. a beautiful picture
(B)
The world is not only hungry, it will also be thirsty for water. About 97% of water on the earth is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink or use the other 3% of the fresh water(淡水)which comes from rivers, lakes and underground. On the other hand, because the number of people in the world is becoming larger and larger, more and more fresh water is needed. So water shortage becomes a big problem.
How can we work out this problem? Scientists have found some ways to turn salt water into fresh water. One important way is to boil(使达到沸点) sea water with high heat until vapor(蒸汽) rises, leaving the salt. In this way, a lot of fresh water can be made quickly.
But heating is not the only way to get fresh water. Other ways are tried,for example, digging deep wells, keeping rain water and preventing rivers from being polluted.
Which way is the best? To get the most fresh water for the least money is the best.
41. Where does the fresh water people need come from?
A. Sea water B. Rivers aid lakes C. Underground D. Both B and C
42. From this passage we know fresh water .
A. only comes from the rain B. can be used in many ways
C. can be found in many factories D. is needed by more and more people
43. The word 'shortage' in this passage means '_______' .
A. being enough B. being short of C. being short for D. being less
44. What is the writer mainly talking about in this passage?
A. The ways of getting fresh water.
B. How to use fresh water in our daily life.
C. A11 people in the world should save water.
D. Different ways of making water in different places.
45. Which of the following is true?
A. Hunger is the only problem in our world.
B. Water shortage is the only problem in our world.
C. Scientists don't want to spend money solving the water problem.
D. Scientists have been working hard and have made much progress in solving water problem.
(C)
Today there are 6 billion people on the earth. By the year 2050 there may be 12. 5 billion. This is a lot of people to feed. We need more food.
One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants. For thousands of years, farmers have made plants better. Every season, they pick the best plants for the next season. It works very slowly. Since 1983, scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic material (遗传物质). Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods(转基因食品), or GM foods.
By changing the genetic material of a plant, it is possible to make new plants. They make plants which are strong against plant diseases. They can also help in our diseases: a kind of rice is being prepared(准备) ,for example, which stops people from becoming blind.
Rich countries produce GM foods because they are easy to grow and bring in more money. Poor countries are interested in them because they help produce more food,
GM plants are not natural. No one knows how good or bad they are. Making GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050. There are strong feelings against them, because they are unnatural . They may feed people, then hurt them or their children later. But, both rich and poor countries are very interested in their use, and they are not going to go away. In 2050 we may think differently about them.
46. GM foods are made by______.
A. farmers B. workers C. scientists D, plants
47. What are the good things about GM foods?
A. They make plants strong against diseases. B. They are unnatural.
C. They can help in human diseases. D. Both A and C.
48. GM foods______.
A. are a quick way to produce food B. grow in the wild(野生)
C. are safe D. are grown only in rich countries
49. Why do some people not like GM foods?
A. They are not useful B. They are not helpful
C. They are not natural D. They are not cheap
50. From the reading we know that______.
A. GM foods will disappear one day in the future.
B. GM foods will not disappear in the future.
C. People will not be interested in GM foods.
D. People will have to stop using GM foods.
非选择题(共35分)
四、单词拼写(共7小题，计分7分)
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在句子空缺处写出各单词的正确形式(每空只写一词)。
51 . Thousands of people lost their_____________(生命)in the earthquake.
52. It's best for you to go to bed____________(早点儿)tonight.
53. We won't go climbing the mountain if it____________(下雨)tomorrow.
54. Class Four is the____________(获胜者) in the relay race.
55. I don't eat meat and my mother doesn’t____________(也).
56. She wants to____________(预定)a double room for the holiday.
57. English is____________(说) by more than 400 million people as their first language.
五、选词填空(共8小题，计分8分)
从下面方框中选择适当的词填入短文中，使短文通顺正确(注意有些词要用适当的形式)。
| are only small at still from look use |
There are millions of stars in our sky. If you look (58)________the sky on a clear night, it is possible to see about 3000 stars. They (59)________small, but they are really very big hot balls of burning gas. Some of them are huge. ,but others are much(60)________,like our planet Earth. The biggest stars are very bright, but they(61)________live for a short time. Every day new stars (62 )________born and old stars die.
All the stars are very far away. The light(63)________the nearest star takes more than four years to reach Earth.
Hundreds of years ago, people(64)________stars, like the North star, to know which direction(方向)to travel in. Today you can(65)________see that star.
六、补全对话(共5小题。计分10分)
Li Jun约Ma Wei星期天同他一起去钓鱼，下面是他们之间的对话。
请根据对话内容，在每小题的空白处填写适当的词语或句子，使对话意思完整通顺。
Ma:Oh,hi, Li Jun. How are you?
Li: (66)_______________________________ I wonder if you' re doing anything on Sunday.
Ma: No, (67)_________________________
Li: Well. Would you like to go fishing with me?
Ma; (68)_______________________________I like going fishing very much.
Li: Great.
Ma:(69)_______________________________
Li:Will you come to my house please?
Ma:OK. What time?
Li: (70)_______________________________
Ma: Fine. Well, see you then.
七、书面表达(计分10分)
你从报上得知为了防止非典病毒传播，有些省市采取措施,对随地吐痰的人处以重罚。请你就此事用英文给某报纸的编辑写一封信，简要谈谈你的看法。信的开头及结尾署名已给出，不要再另行署名。信的字数为5㈣字(不包括已给出的部分)。信的内容要点如下：
1．随地吐痰的危害性(如传播疾病，有害健康，污染环境等)；
2．你对改变随地吐痰这一陋习的建议(如加强教育，处以罚款等)；
3．你对改善环境的期望(如希望人人都关心爱护环境，使城市更加美丽 等
提示词语
spread v. & n. (传播), do harm to. . . /be harmful to对……有害 educate v. (教育), protect the environment(保护环境)
Dear editor,
I am a middle school student. I’ve just read some articles on spitting problem in newspapers . They say that in order to prevent the spread of SARS virus(防止非典病毒的传播)some local governments have made a decision: if someone spits in a public place, he or she will be fined heavily(从重罚款). I quite agree with this decision.
答案：
l. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. D 11. C 12. B 13. C 14. A
15. B 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. C 21. D
22. B 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. C
29. B 30. C 31. A 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. B
36. B 37. C 38. C 39. D 40. A 41. D 42. D
43. B 44. A 45. D 46. C 47. D 48. A 49. C
50. B 51. lives 52. earlier 53. rains 54. winner
55. either 56. book(or reserve) 57. spoken 58. at 59. look
60. smaller 61. only 62. are 63. from 64. used 65. still
66. Oh, I'm fine/well/not bad. etc.
67. I've nothing to do(Tm free)on Sunday. /nothing much(nothing special),why? etc. 68. Oh, that's a good idea. /I'd love(like)to. etc.
69. Where shall we(are we going to)meet?
70. Is seven o'clock OK? (or any other time)
Possible version: Dear editor,
I am a middle school student. I've just read some articles on spitting problem in newspapers. They say that in order to prevent the spread of SARS virus(防止非典病毒的传播)some local governments have made a decision; if someone spits in a public place, he or she will be fined heavily(从事罚款) . I quite agree with this decision.
It's a bad habit to spit on the ground. It carries and spreads diseases, pollutes our environment and does harm to our health. It is very important to protect the environment. We should educate the public to change their bad habits, and punish those who spit in public places. If all the people care about (take care of protect) the environment, our city will become more beautiful.
Yours sincerely,
Wang Nan