1993年湖北高考英语真题及答案.doc

1993年湖北高考英语真题及答案
第一卷（三大题，共110分）
Ⅰ.单项填空 （共40小题，计分40）
A) 从A、B、C、D中找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
例： have
　　A. gave　　　　B. save　　　　　C. hat　　　　　　 D. made
答案是C。
1. town
　　A. bowl　　　　B.shown　　　　　C. pronounce　　　 D. southern
2. trunk
　　A. language　　B. strange　 　　C. thunder　　　 　D. twentieth
3. something
　　A. breathe　 　B. wealth　　　　C.although　　　　 D. therefore
4. bread
　　A. break　　　 B. weak　　　　　C. sweat　　　　　 D.least
5. biology
　　A. concert　　 B.observe　　　　C. cover　　　　　 D.above
B)从A、B、C、D中找出适当的字母或字母组合使以下所给单词完整与正确。
例：alr____dy
　　A. ea　　　　　B. ee　　　　　　C. ie　　　　　　　D. eu
答案是A。
6. s____v____ge
　　A.a; e　　　 　B. o; a　　　　　C. o; e　　　　　　D. a; a
7. sna____
　　A. ch　　　　　B. sh　　　　　　C. tch　　　　　　 D. che
8. pr____b____bly
　　A. o; e　　　　B. o; a　　　　　C. a; e　　　　　　D. a; a
9. whi____
　　A. ssel　　　　B. stle　　　　　C. sle　　　　　　 D. tle
10. p____neer
　　A. ia　　　　　B. ie　　　　　　C. io　　　　　　　D. iu
C)从A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。
例： He comes late sometimes,____ ?
　　A. is he　　　 B.isn't he　　　 C. comes he　　　　D. doesn't he
答案是D。
11. Tony is going camping with ____  boys.
　　A. little two other　　　　　　 B. two little other
　　C. two other little　　　　　　 D. little other two
12. —How's the young man?
　　— ____ .
　　A. He's twenty　　　　　　　　　B. He's much better
　　C. He's a doctor　　　　　　　　D. He's David
13. We offered him our congratulations ____  his passing the college entrance exams.
　　A. at　　　　　B. of　　　　　　C. for　　　　　 D. on
14. If you keep on, you'll succeed ____  .
　　A. in time　　　　　　　　　　　B. at one time
　　C. at the same time　　　　　　 D. on time
15. Charles Babbage is generally considered ____  the first computer.
　　A. to have invented　　　　　　 B. inventing
　　C. to invent　　　　　　　　　　D. having invented
16. ____ down the radio—the baby's asleep in the next room.
　　A. Turning　　  B. Turn　　　　 C. Turned　　　　D. To turn
17. I was disappointed with the film. I had expected ____ to be much better.
　　A. that　　　　 B. this　　　 　C. one　　　　　 D. it
18. —I don't like chichen fish.
　　—I don't like chichen ____ , I like fish very much.
　　A. and; and　　 B. and; but　 　C. or; but　　　 D. or; and
19. ____ he said at the meeting astonished everybody present.
　　A. What　　　　 B. That　　　 　C. The fact　　　D. The matter
20. In come parts of the world, tea ____ with milk and sugar.
　　A. is serving　 B. is served　　C. serves　　　  D. served
21. —If he ____ , he ____ that food.
　　—Luckily he was sent to the hospital immediately.
　　A. was warned; would not take
　　B. had been warned; would not have taken
　　C. would be warned; had not taken
　　D. would have been warned; had not taken
22. If no one ____ the phone at home, ring me at work.
　　A. returns　　 B.replies　  　C. answers　　　　D. receives
23. Be sure to write to us,____ ?
　　A. will you　　B. aren't you　C. can you　　　　D. mustn't you
24. —How long each other before they ____ married?
　　—For about a year.
　　A. have they known;get
　　B. did they know; were going to get
　　C. do they know; are going to get
　　D. had they known;got
25. —Is　____ here?
　　—No, Bob and Tim have asked for leave.
　　A. anybody　　　 B. everybody　　　C. somebody　　　D. nobody
26. The captain ____ an apology to the passengers for the delay caused by bad weather.
　　A. made　　　 　 B. said　　　 　　C. put　　　 　　D.passed
27. Peter ____ come with us tonight, but he isn't very sure yet.
　　A. must　　　 　 B. can　　　  　　C. may　　　 　　D. will
28. My dictionary ____ . I have looked for it everywhere but still it.
　　A. has lost; don't find　　　 　　 B. is missing; don't find
　　C. has lost; haven't found　　　 　D. is missing; haven't found
29. I remember ____ this used to be a quiet village.
　　A. when　　　 　B. how　　　 　　　C. where　　　 　D. what
30. Readers can ____ quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word.
　　A. get over　　 B. get in　　　 　 C. get along　　 D. get through
31. Tom ought not to ____ me your secret, but he meant no harm.
　　A. have told　　B. tell　　　 　　 C. be telling　　D. having told
32. —What was the party like?
　　—Wonderful. It's years ____ I enjoyed myself so much.
　　A. after　　　  B. when　　　 　　 C. before　　　  D. since
33. Many peopel are still in ____ habit of writing silly things in ____ public places.
　　A. the; the　　 B. 不填; 不填　　　C. the; 不填　　 D. 不填; the
34. He dropped the ____ and broke it.
　　A. cup of coffee　　　　　　　　　 B. coffee's cup
　　C. cup for coffee　　　　　　　　　D. coffee cup
35. —If you don't like the red coat, take the blue one.
　　—Ok, but do you have ____ size in blue? This one's a bit tight for me.
　　A. a big　　　 B. a bigger　　　　 C. the big　　　　D. the bigger
36. "Can't you read____ ?" Mary said ____ to the notice.
　　A. angrily pointing　　　 　　　　 B. and point angrily
　　C. angrily pointed　　　 　　　 　 D. and angrily pointing
37. We were all surprised when he made it clear that he ____ office soon.
　　A. leaves　　　 　　　 　　　 　　 B. would leave
　　C. left　　　 　　　 　　　 　　　 D. had left
38. —Mum, I think I'm ____ to get back to school.
　　—Not really, my dear. You'd better stay at home for another day or two.
　　A. so well　　　 　　　 　　　 　　B. so good
　　C. well enough　　　 　　　 　　　 D. good enough
39. ____ from Beijing to London!
　　A. How long way it is　　　 　　 　B. What a long way is it
　　C. How long way is it　　　 　　 　D. What a long way it is
40. —Let me introduce myself. I'm Albert.
　　— ____ .
　　A. What a pleasure　　　 　　　　　B. It's my pleasure
　　C. I'm very pleased　　　 　　　 　D. Pleased to meet you
Ⅱ.完形填空（共20小题，计分30）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—60各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
　　Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond (钻石)ring worth ￡57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked 41 like the first one but was worth only￡2,000. This he took to the shop, which 42 it without a question.
　　Jenkins gave the much more 43 ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife 44 to Paris for a weekend. As to the 45 ring, the shop sold it for￡60,000.
　　Six months later the buyer 46 it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty (有瑕疵的) diamond,"he said. "It isn't worth the high 47 I paid." Then he told them the 48. His wife's car had caught fire in an 49. She had escaped (幸免) ,50 the ring had fallen off and been damaged (损坏) in the great 51 of the fire.
　　The shop had to 52. They knew that no fire on earth can 53 damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the 54 diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who 55 it?
　　A picture of the ring appeared in the 56. A reader thought he 57 the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which 58 a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman 59 a large diamond ring."Do You know the 60 with the lovely diamond ring?" the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.
　　41. A. only　　　　 B. surely　　　　 C. nearly　　　　 D. exactly
　　42. A. accepted　　 B. received　　　 C. refused　　　  D. rejected
　　43. A. real　　　 　B. modern　　　 　C. worthy　　　 　D. valuable
　　44. A. flew　　　 　B. drove　　　 　 C. sailed　　　 　D. bicycled
　　45. A. first　　　  B. second　　　 　C. last　　　 　　D.next
　　46. A. sold　　　 　B. posted　　　 　C. brought　　　  D. returned
　　47. A. cost　　　 　B. money　　　 　 C. price　　　 　 D. value
　　48. A. facts　　　  B. matters　　　  C. questions　　　D. results
　　49. A. affair　　　 B. accident　　　 C. incident　　　 D. experience
　　50. A. so　　　 　　B. or　　　 　　　C. but　　　 　　 D. and
　　51. A. pile　　　 　B. heat　　　 　　C. power　　　 　 D. pressure
　　52. A. think　　　  B. agree　　　 　 C. permit　　　 　D. promise
　　53. A. almost　　　 B. even　　　 　　C. just　　　 　　D. ever
　　54. A. real　　　 　B. pure　　　 　　C. right　　　 　 D. exact
　　55. A. copied　　　 B. made　　　 　　C. stole　　　 　 D. did
　　56. A. notices　　　B. magazines　　　C. newspapers　　 D. programmes
　　57. A. saw　　　 　 B. knew　　　 　　C. found　　　 　 D. recognized
　　58. A. showed　　　 B. drew　　　 　　C. printed　　　  D. carried
　　59. A. carrying　　 B. dressing　　　 C. wearing　　　  D. holding
　　60. A. dancer　　　 B. woman　　　 　 C. reader　　　 　D. jeweller
Ⅲ.阅读理解（共20小题，计分40）
阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　A
　　On the evening of June 21,1992,a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi'an with his bicycle . The hotel workers received him and teleponed the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel hall before though they lived in "the kingdom of bicycles".
　　Robert Friedlander, an American ,arrived in Xi'an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road . Now, after 44 years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi'an and his early dreams were coming true.
　　Robert Friedlander's next destinations (目的地)were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.
61. The best headline (标题) for his newspaper article would be _______.
　　A.The Kingdom of Bicycles
　　B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi'an
　　C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road
　　D. An American Achieving His Aims
62. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because
　　_______.
　　A. he asked to see the manager
　　B. he entered the hall with a bike
　　C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests
　　D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
63. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order: _______.
　　A. China, India, and Pakistan
　　B. India, China, and Pakistan
　　C. Pakistan, China, and India
　　D. China, Pakistan, and India
64. What made Friedlander want to come to China?
　　A. The stories about Marco Polo.
　　B. The famous sights in Xi'an.
　　C. His interest in Chinese silk.
　　D. His childhood dreams about bicycles.
65. Friedlander can be said to be _______.
　　A. clever　　　 　　　　 　　　　 　B. friendly
　　C. hardworking　　　 　　　　 　　　D. strong-minded

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　B
　　A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the man's big family—his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant , in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.
　　Three months later the woman went back to her parents' home, having quarrelled with her husband . Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.
　　It went to the woman's home . On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved(感动) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband's home.
66. The writer wrote the story in order to _______.
　　A. show that elephants are very clever
　　B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal
　　C. show that women care more for animals than men do
　　D. tell how an animal reunited a husband and wife
67. The woman left her new home _______.
　　A. to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa
　　B. to see if the elephant would follow her
　　C. because she was angry with her husband
　　D. because she was tired of the large family
68. After the young woman left her husband's home, the elephant _______.
　　A. returned to the forest
　　B. was sad because it missed her
　　C. went to look for a new home
　　D. was sick because nobody fed it
69. The young wife went back to her husband because _______.
　　A. she knew he had sent the animal to her
　　B. the elephant had come to look for her
　　C. her parents persuaded her to
　　D. she missed her new home

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　C
　　For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas (地区). Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.
　　There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale . The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Mcintosh.
　　Apples are different in colour, size, and taste . The colour of the skin may be red, green, or yellow. They have various sizes, with Delicious apples being among the largest. The taste may be sweet or tart(酸的). Generally, sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce(苹果酱).
　　Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve metres . They do best in areas that have very cold winters. Although no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree.
70. It can be learned from the text that Delicious apples are_______．
　　A. grown in France　　　　　　　　　　B. sold everywhere
　　C. very big　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. quite sweet
71. Cold winter weather is good for .
　　A. the growth of apple trees　　　　　B. producing large apples
　　C. improving the taste of apples　　　D. the increase of water in apples
72. China, France and the United States are considered to _______.
　　A. be large producers of apples
　　B. be large producers of applesauce
　　C. have the longest history in apple production
　　D. have the coldest winter among apple producing countries
73. The word yielded in the last sentence means _______.
　　A. improved　　　　　　　　　　　　 　B. increased
　　C. produced　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. sold

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　D
　　Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, U.S.A.,is in the central part of the state, on the Santa Fe River, which flows into the Rio Grands 35 kilometres west of the city .More than two thousand metres above sea level, it lies in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with the Ortiz Mountains to the southeast.
　　Santa Fe was founded in 1609 by the Spanish(西班牙人) on an old Indian village . In 1680 the Indians seized the place but only held it for twelve years before the Spanish retook it .The city remained under Spanish rule until Mexico won its independence (独立)in 1821. From then on it was a Mexican city until 1846 when it was taken over by U.S. troops.
　　With a population of 48, 953, Santa Fe is now the second largest city in the state. Because of its sunny weather,rich history and surrounding mountains, it is a good place for holiday makers. Besides hunting and skating in the mountains people enjoy shopping in the Indian and Spanish shops, which brings a large income to the city every year. In summer there is an international opera (歌剧) season when operas are shown in a partly-roofed, open-air theatre daily for people from all over the world.
74. At present Santa Fe belongs to _______.
　　A. India　　　　　　　　　　　　　B. Mexico
　　C. Spain (西班牙)　　　　　　　　 D. the United States
75. Which of the drawings below gives an idea of what Santa Fe is like?
　　RG=the Rio Grande SFR= the Santa Fe River OM=the Ortiz Mountains

76. Santa Fe was under the rule of the Mexicans in _______.
　　A. 1675　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. 1695
　　C. 1816　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. 1833
77. The people who held Santa Fe for the longest period in history were the _______.
　　A. Spanish　　　　　　　　　　　　B. Indians
　　C. Mexicans　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Americans
78. What is of sp