试卷类型：A
2003年MAM高考英语仿真试题(八)
MAM: M-March A-April M-May
本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。第一卷1至10页，第二卷11至12页。共150分，考试时间120分钟。
第一卷 (三部分，共115分)
注意事项：
1.答第一卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目、试卷类型用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。
2.每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。
3.考试结束后，考生将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分：听力（共两节；满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. At what time does the office open?
A.7:45. B.8:17. C.8:00.
2. What did the man do last Saturday?
A.He saw a play.B.He acted in a play.C.He went to the tea house.
3. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A.They are friends.
B.They are strangers.
C.They are brother and sister.
4. What are the two speakers talking about?
A.A fine boat.
B.Their friend, Tom.
C.The weather.
5. What will the woman do this evening?
A.Meet her mum at the airport.
B.Say good-bye to her mum at the airport.
C.Fly to another city together with her mum.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段对话，回答第6～7题。
6. Where does this conversation take place?
A.In a store. B.In a factory. C.In a museum.
7. What is the most probable result of the conversation?
A.The man got his radio repaired.
B.The man got a new receipt.
C.The man got a new radio.
听第7段对话，回答第8～9题。
8. The woman is looking for a pair of gloves, isn’t she?
A.No，she is looking for a pair of glasses.
B.No, she isn’t.
C.Yes, she is.
9. How much does she pay for her gloves?
A.Five dollars and twenty cents.
B.Five dollars.
C.Twenty-five dollars.
听第8段对话，回答第10～12题。
10. Where did Sue spend the nights in the country?
A.In a farm house.
B.In the open.
C.At a hotel.
11. What was the weather like in the country?
A.It snowed a lot.
B.It rained nearly every day.
C.There was a lot of sunshine.
12. What did Sue think of the people in the country?
A.They were tall.
B.They were strange.
C.They were friendly.
听第9段对话，回答第13～16题。
13.Where are Kate and Tom?
A.In Kate’s office.
B.In Tom’s house.
C.In a classroom.
14. Why did Tom come into the room?
A.He worked there.
B.He wanted to talk to Kate.
C.He wanted to have a letter typed.
15. What was Jane doing at that time?
A.She was taking a rest.
B.She was preparing for an exam.C.She was taking an exam.
16. What will Kate do next year?
A.Go to Japan.
B.Change her job.
C.Go to night school.
听第10段独白，回答第17～20题。
17. What did the man have to do in the morning?
A.He fed the chickens.
B.He cleaned the bathroom.
C.He carried water for the family.
18. Why did the man go to school on foot?
A.No bus ran in that direction.
B.The school was near.
C.His family was poor.
19. What did the man do every Sunday?
A.He was taken to church three times.
B.He stayed at home all day.
C.He played in the street.
20. What can we learn from what the speaker said?
A.He is a retired teacher of history.
B.He thinks children were happier in the past.
C.He lives on a farm far away from cities.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. They lost their way in the forest, and________ made matters worse was that night began to fall.
A.that B.it C.what D.which
22.—Have you passed the entrance examination?
—No. I ________, but I failed.
A.didn’t pass B.tried to C.tried D.had tried
23.—Would you like me ________the radio a bit?
—No, it’s all right. I’m used to ________with the radio.
A.to turn up; work on B.to turn down; working off
C.turning up; working off D.to turn down; working on
24.Catherine came home happily, which suggested that she ________the final exam.
A.had passed B.pass C.would pass D.should pass
25.I’ve been taking medicine for cold, and now I feel________.
A.well B.good C.better D.best
26.— I’d like to buy a pair of shoes for my daughter.
—________does she ________?
A.What size; wear B.How large; put on
C.Which size; dress D.How large; have on
27.—Don’t forget to write to me when you arrive in Paris.
—No, I ________.
A.will B.won’t C.don’t D.can’t
28. —Hey. Taxi!
—________
—I want to go to Park Street.
A.Nice to see you, sir.
B.Good morning, sir.
C.What are you doing, sir?
D.Where to, sir?
29. Mary was badly ill, otherwise, she________our celebration yesterday.
A.would have attended
B.must have taken part in
C.could join in
D.would attend
30.It is for this reason ________the clear sky over the mountain appears blue.
A.so B.why C.because D.that
31.When he realized the police had seen him, the man________ the exit as quickly as possible.
A.made off B.made for C.made out D.made up
32. The little man was ________ more than one meter fifty tall.
A.nearly B.quite C.hardly D.almost
33.Shelly had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first ________.
A.intention B.attempt C.purpose D.desire
34.Is ________ three hours ________ the boy________family is poor to come to school on foot?
A.it; that; shoes B.it; when; that
C.it for; that it takes; whose D.it; that it takes; whose
35.Americans eat ________ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.
A.more than twice as many B.more than twice
C.as twice as many as D.twice as many as
第二节:完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I ran across a dim photo of him the other day,going through some old things.He’s been dead for 25 years.His name was Rex.
36 was his favourite recreation（娱乐）.He had so much 37 in the water as any person I have known.You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to 38 him to go in.Of course,he would bring back a stick to you if you 39 throw one in.
That 40 me of the night, 41 he brought back a small chest that he found somewhere —how 42 nobody ever knew.Since it was Rex,it 43 easily have been half a mile.The chest wasn’t a good one.It was just a 44 old piece that somebody 45 .Still,it was something he wanted,probably 46 it presented a nice problem in transportation.It tested his courange.We first knew about his achievement when,deep in the night,we 47 him trying to get the chest up on to the porch（门厅）.It sounded 48 two or three people were trying to tear the house? 49 .[JP]We came downstairs and turned on the 50 light.Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up,but it had 51 somehow and he was just holding his own（坚持着）.I suppose he would have held his own 52 dawn if we hadn’t helped him.The next day we carted the chest miles away and threw it out.If we had thrown it out in a 53 place,he would have brought it home again,as a small token（象征）of his strength in such matters. 54 ,he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was 55 of his skill.
36.A.Fighting B.Swimming C.Barking D.Running
37.A.fun B.trouble C.danger D.difficulty
38.A.stop B.make C.get D.have
39.A.will B.do C.did D.would
40.A.reminds B.warns C.tells D.suggests
41.A.which B.while C.as D.when
42.A.far B.long C.old D.heavy
43.A.could B.can C.should D.would
44.A.priceless B.worthless C.valuable D.important
45.A.kept B.forgot C.deserted D.remained
46.A.because B.only if C.even if D.in case
47.A.saw B.heard C.watched D.caught
48.A.like B.that C.as if D.at least
49.A.up B.in C.away D.down
50.A.hall B.kitchen C.bedroom D.porch
51.A.rolled B.stopped C.caught D.broken
52.A.at B.before C.till D.during
53.A.distant B nearby C.silent D.busy
54.A.In all B.As a result C.At last D.After all
55.A.proud B.tired C.ashamed D.doubtful
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the learned in the early days of the history, while during the fifteenth century the term“reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud.Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become popular.
One should be careful, however, of supposing that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is distraction (分散注意力) to others. Examination of reasons connected with the historical development of silent reading shows that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.
The last century saw a gradual increase in literacy (读写能力) and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of listeners dropped, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud.As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the popularity of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, trains and offices, where reading aloud would disturb other readers in a way.
Towards the end of the century there was still heated argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its advantages, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media (媒介) on the one hand and by books and magazines for a specialized readership on the other.
By the end of the century students were being advised to have some new ideas of books and to use skills in reading them which were not proper, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological developments in the century had greatly changed what the term “reading” referred to.
56.Why was reading aloud common before the nineteenth century?
A.Because silent reading had not been discovered.
B.Because there were few places for private reading.
C.Because few people could read for themselves.
D.Because people depended on reading for enjoyment.
57.The development of silent reading during the nineteenth century showed________.
A.a change in the position of literate people
B.a change in the nature of reading
C.an increase in the number of books
D.an increase in the average age of readers
58.Educationalists are still arguing about ________.
A.the importance of silent reading
B.the amount of information provided by books and newspapers
C.the effects of reading on health
D.the value of different types of reading material
59.What is the writer of this passage attempting to do?
A.To explain how present day reading habits developed.
B.To change people’s way to read.
C.To show how reading methods have improved.
D.To encourage the growth of reading.
B
Mrs Janes gave music lessons at a school. She had a good voice and enjoyed singing, except that some of her high noted sound like a gate that had forgotten to oil. Mrs Janes knew her weakness well, and took every chance she could find to practise these high notes. As she lived in a small house, where she could not practise without disturbing the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time and pratised her high notes there. Whenever she heard a car or a person coming along the road, she stopped and waited until she could no longer be heard before she started practicing again, because she was a shy person.
One afternoon, a fast, opened car came up behind her so silently and so fast that she didn’t hear it until it was only a few yards from her. She was singing some of her highest and most difficult notes at that time and as the car passed; she saw an anxious expression came over its driver’s face. He stopped his car suddenly, jumped out and began to examine all his tyres carefully.
Mrs Janes didn’t dear to tell him what the noise he had heard really was, so he got back into the car and drove off.
60.How did Mrs Janes sing?
A.She sang well, but she didn’t practise singing hard.
B.She enjoyed singing, but she had a terrible voice.
C.She was a good singer, but she could not sing the high notes well.
D.She sang terribly, she was no singer at all.
61.Why did she go for long walk along the country roads?
A.Because she enjoyed the country’s fresh air.
B.Because she was afraid to disturb the rest of the family.
C.Because she lived in a small house far away.
D.Because she was afraid to practise the high tones.
62.Why did the driver stop his car suddenly and jump out of it?
A.Because he supposed something must have gone wrong with his car.
B.Because he was moved by the pretty voice of Mrs Janes.
C.Because he wondered what had happened to Mrs Janes.
D.Because he frightened by the terrible voice of Mrs Janes.
63.Where did the noise come from?
A.From the small house.
B.From Mrs Janes’ voice.
C.From the types.
D.From the engine.
C
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3.Part-time Laboratory Assistant Wanted Required by busy electronics (电子) company to help with development of computer. Should have an electronics degree and some practical experience of working in an electronics laboratory. Hours 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.. Fourteen days paid leave. Salary（工资）￥6 598-10 230 dependent on experience. Letter of application to: Mrs G Chan, NOVA ELECTRONICS, 45 Gordon Rd, Hung Hom Kowloon.
64.The one who put on the first ad probably wants to________.
A.rent（租）a beautiful flat of her own in Happy Valley
B.find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat
C.share her room in a flat with whoever has no pet
D.take on a maid to look after herself and the flat
65.According to the ads, you may ________.
A.buy an old picture for $150
B.call at and see a beautiful park
C.buy two armchairs for $ 400
D.hire a maid by paying $6 800
66.If you want to buy some old furniture, you should________.
A.get in touch with NOVA ELECTRONICS
B.call at 2524-5867 any day except Monday
C.do it before you move to another place
D.call at either 2524-5867 on Monday or 2521-6011 on Saturday
67.Once you can get a part-time job in NOVA ELECTRONICS, ________.
A.you have to work at least 4 hours a dayB.you should write a letter to Mrs G Chan
C.you will be given 14 days off each year besides weekends
D.you will get no more than $6 598 each month
D
The modern reputation of sunglasses as a fashion statement is at least partially due to a simple but clever advertising campaign (广告活动)in the 1960s by a company called Foster Grant. The company was determined to increase the popularity of its sunglasses, so it decided to create an image (形象)of glamour（魅力）for its products. It introduced a series of advertisements called Sunglasses of the Stars’ which featured the faces of some of Hollywood’s greatest celebrities adorned loved deeply with sunglasses. Television commercials and magazine advertisements asked the question, “Isn’t that so-and-so behind those Foster Grants?” As a result of the campaign, soon any star who was seen wearing sunglasses was assumed to be wearing Foster Grants, whether or not they actually were.
The 1970s was the decade when the popularity of sunglasses reached its peak. It became obvious that there was a great deal of money to be made from the sale of sunglasses. As a result, well-known fashion designers and Hollywood stars launched their own brand-name lines. A giant industry suddenly developed where none had existed a few decades earlier.
Just as women in ancient times maintained (keep in a certain condition) a sense of mystery （神秘感）by hiding their faces behind delicate fans and as China’s historic judges concealed (hide) their thoughts behind pieces of quartz(石英). Men and women of this generation—and not only the stars—have rediscovered the unusual power of hiding their eyes behind dark lenses.Sunglasses keep out the world, just as they keep out the sun. They may even allow us to be someone other than ourselves, regardless of whether the sun is shining.
68.We learn from the passage “Foster Grant” is famous for________.
A.its name B.sunglasses C.film stars D.its image
69.The second paragraph in the passage mainly talks about________.
A.the larger number of film stars with sunglasses
B.the advertising compaign launched by film stars
C.the types of sunglasses designed by well known fashion designers
D.the reason of the rapid development of production of sunglasses
70.Which of the following statements is true?
A.Only one type of sunglasses was popular in 1980’s.
B.Not all film stars were wearing“Foster Grants” in 1960’s.
C.Many film stars became sunglasses designers in 1970’s.
D.Women in ancient times word sunglasses to hide their faces.
71.The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means“________”.
A.Although the sun is shining sunglasses can’t keep out of the sun.
B.Sunglasses can be used to hide one’s face to be recognized.
C.People may wear sunglasses only when the sun is shining.
D.People would like to wear sunglasses when the sun doesn’t shine.
E
The Three Gorges Dam,the largest dam,is also the largest engineering project on the face of the earth.It aims to make the mother of all floods,the Yangtze River,into a tame river,and to generate(产生) power of 181 200 megawatts for Eastern and Central China.It will form a huge,deep water lake,and make it possible for 10 000 ton ocean—going ships to sail 1 500 miles inland from the Pacific to the city of Chongqing,making it one of the world’s largest inland ports.
Construction has already started.The dam will be about 6 860 feet wide and 611 feet high,at a spot called Sandouping near Yichang.It is obvious that such a grand project will do much good.It is the most important to control floods.By building hydropower plants,China will offer much in environmental projection（计划）.
However,some scientists don’t agree to the project.They say the Chongqing and dozens of other cities along the river will pollute the reservoir(水库）,which will destroy the ecological(生态学的）balance and also the sand from upstream will form sand bed.The Three Gorges Dam could be considered when it is finished,in 2009,the eighth wonder of the world.
72.Which is not the purpose to build such a huge dam ?
A.To prevent floods.
B.To produce electricity.
C.To improve the sailing conditions.
D.To make it a wonder.
73.Where does the dam lie?A.Near Chongqing.
B.In Sandouping.
C.Near Yichang.
D.In Yichang.
74.Some scientists fear that________when the dam is built.
A.the ecological balance will be destroyed
B.large ships will destroy the dam
C.the Yangtze River may be too crowded
D.the amount of electricity will not be as much as expected
75.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
A.China will be able to depend on the Yangtze River,the third largest river in the world, for electricity.
B.Chongqing will become one of the largest inland ports in the world.
C.The dam will cause serious pollution.
D.The dam will tame the Yangtze River.
第二卷 (共35分)
注意事项：
1.第二卷第11至12页，用钢笔或圆珠笔直接答在试卷上。
2.答卷前将密封线内的项目填写清楚。
| 题 号 | 第一节 | 第二节 | 总分 |
| 分数 |
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
British public libraries are link by computers. If your nearest 76.________
library in London doesn’t have a book you want to borrow, 77.________
a librarian will go on-line to see whether any other 78.________
nearby library has. If no library in London has the book in 79.________
store,the librarian will search for further,connecting 80.________
libraries in other city like Manchester. If a copy of the book 81.________
found, arrangements will be made for it to be sent to your 82.________
library, and within a day and two, you will be able to check it 83.________
out.It is also possibly for readers to borrow books from 84.________
university and college libraries even if we are not students. 85.________
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
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