高考真题

2003年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语（北京卷）
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16页。第二卷17至20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，再选涂其它答案标号。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：听力理解（共两节，满分30分）
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。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。
例：
What is the man going to read ?
A. A newspaper.
B. A magazine.
C. A book.
答案是A。
1. What time is it ?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
2. What is Peter going to do this afternoon ?
A. Play basketball.
B. Ride a bicycle.
C. Go swimming.
3. How much is the man going to pay ?
A. 20 pence.
B. 25 pence.
C. 30 pence.
4. How will the woman travel to New York ?
A. By car.
B. By train.
C. By plane.
5. What is the woman doing ?
A. Making a suggestion.
B. Asking for help.
C. Offering advice.

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道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读每小题，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。
6. Where is the new sports center ?
A. On Hill Road.
B. On Mill Street.
C. On Station Road.
7. What sport did the man do last week ?
A. Swimming.
B. Basketball.
C. Table-tennis.
8. When will they go to the sports center ?
A. On Friday.
B. On Thursday.
C. On Wednesday.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Where can you hear the talk by the American writer ?
A. At the bookshop.
B. In the library.
C. In Allen Hall.
10. What is the talk about ?
A. The writer’s latest novel.
B. The writer’s success story.
C. The writer’s recent journey.
11. Who is the man speaking to ?
A. Students.
B. Teachers.
C. Club members.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Where does the woman do most of her work ?
A. In planes.
B. In the office.
C. At the airport.
13. What does the woman do at the beginning of each workday ?
A. Talk to air-hostesses.
B. Check the computers.
C. Get flight information.
14. What does the woman want to do ?
A. Stop traveling.
B. Earn more money.
C. Stay in the same job.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. Who is going to visit the place ?
A. Customers.
B. Reporters.
C. Tourists.
16. Where will the woman meet the visitors ?
A. At the office.
B. At the factory.
C. At a restaurant.
17. What is the relationship between the man and the woman ?
A. Teacher and student.
B. Boss and assistant.
C. Visitor and host.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Why is the man angry with the woman ?
A. She hasn’t kept a place for him.
B. She hasn’t got any idea who he is .
C. She hasn’t given him a phone call.
19. How is the problem solved ?
A. The woman helps the man find another room.
B. The man calls to tell his friends not to come.
C. The woman manages to get the man a table.
20. What does the man do ?
A. He’s a businessman.
B. He’s the head waiter.
C. He’s a policeman.

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。
例：
It’s so nice to hear from her again . ________ , we last met more than thirty years ago.
A. What’s more
B. That’s to say
C. In other words
D. Believe it or not
答案是D。
21. The teacher asked us ________ so much noise.
A. don’t make B. not make
C. not making D. not to make
22. At this time tomorrow _________ over the Atlantic.
A. we’re going to fly
B. we’ll be flying
C. we’ll fly
D. we’re to fly
23. Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story , or it may ________ the shocking ending.
A. give away B. give out
C. give up D. give off
24. York , ______ last year , is a nice old city.
A. that I visited B. which I visited
C. where I visited D. in which I visited
25. －_______ David and Vicky _______ married ?
－For about three years.
A. How long were…being
B. How long have…got
C. How long have…been
D. How long did…get
26. The news came as no surprise to me. I ______ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.
A. had known B. knew
C. have known D. know
27. －I hear they aren’t pleased with the house you’ve chosen for them.
－Well , ______ could they live in such comfort ?
A. where else B. what else
C. how D. why
28. ______ time , he’ll make a first-class tennis player.
A. Having given B. To give
C. Giving D. Given
29. －I’m sorry I stepped outside for a smoke. I was very tired.
－There is no ______ for this while you are on duty.
A. reason B. excuse
C. cause D. explanation
30. He made a mistake , but then he corrected the situation _______ it got worse.
A. until B. when
C. before D. as
31. _____ I know the money is safe , I shall not worry about it .
A. Even though B. Unless
C. As long as D. While
32. Our neighbor has _______ ours.
A. as a big house as
B. as big a house as
C. the same big house as
D. a house the same big as
33. They had a pleasant chat _______ a cup of coffee.
A. for B. with C. during D. over
34. He did it _______ it took me.
A. one-third a time
B. one-third time
C. the one-third time
D. one-third the time
35. Come and see me whenever _______.
A. you are convenient
B. you will be convenient
C. it is convenient to you
D. it will be convenient to you

第二节.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My First Job
I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula , Okla . 36 the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up old furniture . He gave me a cent for every nail I 37 out of old boards.
I got my first 38 job , at JM’s Restaurant in town , when I was 12. My main responsibilities （职责）were 39 tables and washing dishes , 40 sometimes I helped cook.
Every day after school I would 41 to JM’s and work until ten . Even on Saturdays I 42 from two until eleven . At that age it was difficult going to work and 43 my friends run off to swim or play . I didn’t necessarily like work , but I loved what working 44 me to have . Because of my 45 I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez . This made me 46 .
Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working 47 around town . A local clothing store offered me credit （赊账） 48 I was only in seventh grade . I immediately 49 a $ 68 sports coat and a $ 22 pair of shoes . I was 50 only 65 cents an hour , and I already owed the storekeeper $ 90 ! So I learned 51 the danger of easy credit . I paid it 52 as soon as I could.
My first job taught me self-control , responsibility and brought me a 53 of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced . As my father , 54 worked three jobs , once told me , “If you 55 sacrifice （奉献）and responsibility , there are not many things in life you can’t have . ”How right he was.
36. A. Before B. Within C. From D. By
37. A. pulled B. put C. picked D. pressed
38. A. usual B. real C. main D. particular
39. A. sweeping B. packing C. clearing D. emptying
40. A. or B. so C. but D. even
41. A. head B. turn C. change D. move
42. A. studied B. worked C. played D. slept
43. A. helping B. having C. watching D. letting
44. A. asked B. told C. promised D. allowed
45. A. study B. power C. age D. job
46. A. proud B. friendly C. lucky D. hopeful
47. A. ran B. got C. flew D. carried
48. A. although B. while C. if D. since
49. A. sold B. borrowed C. charged D. wore
50. A. keeping B. making C. paying D. taking
51. A. gradually B. greatly C. hardly D. early
52. A. out B. over C. away D. off
53. A. point B. level C. part D. sign
54. A. he B. that C. who D. whoever
55. A. understand B. demand C. offer D. fear

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
A newspaper in Helsinki , Finland , recently published a cartoon of a baby with a mobile phone , telling his parents that his diaper （尿布）needed changing . But it’s hardly a joke . Helsinki is home to Nokia , the mobile-phone maker . It’s one of the most “mobile”cities in the world : About 92 percent of its households have at least one mobile phone . And the kids start young.
“A relatively normal age to get a mobile phone is now 7 , ”says Jan Virkki , marketing manager for a mobile-phone company . Among the second graders at the Kulosaari Elementary School , the most popular object of desire this year is not a Barbie or a Gameboy . It is a Nokia mobile phone with a picture of their own choice on the screen.
“One of the first things we discuss when school starts is the rules for mobile phones , ”says Tiia Korppi , a teacher . Among the rules : You have to put it away out of sight . You cannot turn it on . You cannot send text messages to your friends , or play amusing tunes （令人发笑的曲调）in class , or call your parents or call for a pizza during history.
56. The author uses the newspaper cartoon to show that ______.
A. he is good at telling jokes
B. he cares much for children
C. mobile phones are toys for new-born babies
D. mobile phones are widely used in Finland
57. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. different uses of mobile phones
B. a successful mobile-phone maker
C. effects of mobile phones on children
D. school rules for the use of mobile phones

B
If you dream of going someplace warm to escape the cold winter weather , a trip to a recently discovered planet would certainly warm you right up . The planet , named OGLE-TR-56b , has temperatures of more than , 3,000°F. “This is the hottest planet we know about , ”says Dr. Dimitar Sasselov , a scientist who led the discovery team . “It is hot enough to have an iron fog and to rain hot iron droplets（细沫）. ”
The new planet is 30 times farther away than any planet discovered by scientists before . It is in the Milky Way （银河）but it is not in our solar （太阳的）system. The new planet moves around a star much like our sun , however . Scientists discovered the planet by using a new planet-searching method , called “transit technique. ”They were able to catch sight of the planet when it moved in front of its star , causing the star’s light to dim （变暗）. Scientists compare the method to discovering the shadow of a bee flying in front of a searchlight 200 miles away . “We believe the door has been opened wide to go and discover planets like Earth , ”says Sasselov.
58. We can infer from the passage that _______.
A. there is iron on the new planet
B. we could go to the new planet in winter
C. the star could block our view of the new planet
D. scientists are studying the weather on the new planet
59. The “transit technique”can _______.
A. help dim the light of a star
B. help scientists with a searchlight
C. help discover a bee on a planet
D. help find a planet moving before its star
60. Which is the best title for the passage ?
A. New Planet-searching Technique.
B. New Distant Discovery.
C. Space Searching.
D. Dream Planet.

C.

Elephants don’t forget－at least , female （雌性的）elephants don’t . Elephant families are matriarchal . And the social knowledge gained by the oldest females is the key to a family group’s survival （生存）, according to a study published in April by Karen McComb , a biologist at Sussex University in England.
Elephants announce their presence by making a deep , long sound , a practice referred to as contact calling （联络呼叫）. An unfamiliar call may mean that an elephant from outside the family group is nearby . A stranger can cause trouble , interrupting feeding or disturbing the young . So an elephant matriarch signals the family to gather around her ; then they all lift their trunks in the air to smell the unfamiliar caller. False alarms can disturb the group and take time and energy away from feeding , so survival may depend in part on getting it right.
Working with Cynthia Moss , who founded the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya 30 years ago , MoComb tested the social knowledge of 21 Amboseli elephant families with matriarchs 27 to 67 years old . She played recordings of contact calls to each family and found that the oldest matriarchs were much better at picking out unfamiliar calls . In fact , a group with a matriarch in her fifties was several thousand times more likely to form into a group upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call than when hearing a familiar call . However , families with younger matriarchs were less than twice as likely to gather together upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call as compared with a familiar call . And they gathered together a lot . Moreover , the social knowledge of older matriarchs translated into favourable results : Families with older matriarchs produced more baby elephants in each female-reproductive year.
This finding shows how difficult it is to protect the oldest members of elephant families . As elephants age , they continue to grow larger , as do their much wanted tusks （象牙）. So the older-and wiser-a matriarch is , the greater the chance she will be killed . About 800,000 elephants have been killed by people in the past 20 years.
61. What does the underlined word “matriarch”mean ?
A. An old member of an elephant family.
B. A female head of an elephant family.
C. A wise elephant.
D. A large elephant.
62. When do elephants form into a group ?
A. When they are feeding the young.
B. When they see a familiar elephant.
C. When they are giving birth to baby elephants.
D. When the leading elephant gives out a warning.
63. The research with recordings of contact calls shows _______.
A. how fast elephants form into groups
B. how important the age of a leading elephant is
C. how frightened elephants are when hearing a strange call
D. how frequently old elephants call other members of the family
64. The older a female elephant is , ________.
A. the stronger she will be
B. the poorer memory she will have
C. the more useless her tusks will be
D. the more likely she will be killed
65. We can infer from the passage that elephants may ______.
A. run into other elephant families
B. give wrong warnings to their mothers
C. run away upon hearing a strange sound
D. produce more babies by gathering together more often

D
If there is no difference in general intelligence （智力）between boys and girls , what can explain girls’ poor performance in science and mathematics ?
It seems to be that their treatment at school is a direct cause . Mathematics and science are seen as subjects mainly for boys , and therefore , as girls become teenagers , they are less likely to take them . Interestingly , both boys and girls often regard the subjects for boys as more difficult . Yet it has been suggested that girls do not take mathematics courses , not because they are difficult , but for social reasons . Girls do not want to be in open competition with boys because they are afraid to appear less feminine （女性的）and attractive.
However , if we examine the performance of boys and girls who have taken mathematics courses , there are still more high-achieving boys than there are girls . This difference appears to be world-wide . Biological explanations have been offered for this , but there are other explanations too.
Perhaps the difference which comes out during the teenage years has its roots in much earlier experiences . From their first days in kindergarten , boys are encouraged to work on their own and to complete tasks . Facts show that outstanding （杰出的）mathematicians and scientists have not had teachers who supplied answers.
Besides , there can be little doubt that teachers of mathematics and science expect their boy students to do better at these subjects than their girl students . They even appear to encourage the difference between boys and girls . They spend more time with the boy students , giving them more time to answer questions and working harder to get correct answers from them . They are more likely to call on boys for answers and to allow them to take the lead in classroom discussion . They also praise boys more frequently . All of this seems to encourage boys to work harder in science and mathematics and to give them confidence （信心）that they are able to succeed.
Such a way of teaching is not likely to encourage girls to take many mathematics and science courses , nor is it likely to support girls who do . When it comes to these subjects it seems certain that school widens the difference between boys and girls.
66. Girls are likely to think that ________.
A. science courses are for both boys and girls
B. science courses make them more popular
C. science courses make them succeessful
D. science courses are difficult for them
67. The text mainly discusses ________ reasons for the difference between boys and girls in scientific achievements.
A. biological B. historical
C. social D. personal
68. What are boys usually encouraged to do at school ?
A. To get help with their homework.
B. To play the leading role in class.
C. To work with girl students in class.
D. To learn to take care of others.
69. What does the passage say about great mathematicians ?
A. Their teachers did not supply answers to them.
B. They started learning mathematics at an earlier age.
C. They showed mathematical abilities in their teenage years.
D. Their success resulted from their strong interest in mathematics.
70. The author would probably agree that ______.
A. boys and girls learn in the same way
B. boys and girls are equal in general intelligence
C. girls are more confident in themselves than before
D. girls should take fewer science courses than boys

E
Native Tongue
At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English . Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said . Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School . Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying.
“Why did they do this ? ”Kate wondered aloud . “I mean , you can’t learn if you can’t understand the teacher. ”
Nadia’s voice was a whisper . “I understand English . I will learn . ”Nadia’s English was perfect.
Kate was perplexed . She couldn’t understand why Nadia did not like to speak . Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn’t the easiest thing to do . There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn－all at the same time.
“There’re a lot of new things to learn , huh ? ”said Kate.
Nadia nodded rapidly . In a quiet voice she replied , “Many things people say , I do not understand . I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life , but I do not know what some children are saying . For example , yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying . Isn’t a port a place for ships ? It made no sense to me. ”
“Don’t worry , ”said Kate . “You’ll figure everything out in time . You see , that think black box was a computer . A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer. ”
Nadia and Kate were quiet after that . They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson . To Kate’s surprise , Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard.
Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her . Some of the questions were really difficult , and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher . When the teacher said that Nadia answered everything correctly , the whole class clapped their hands.
Nadia was smilling when she sat back down next to Kate . “Some things, ”she said in a normal voice , “are the same all over the world.”
71. At the beginning of Nadia’s first day at school , she was ______.
A. disappointed
B. helpful
C. lively
D. shy
72. The underlined word“perplexed”probably means _______.
A. puzzled B. angry
C. shocked D. serious
73. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. Nadia did not like Kate
B. Nadia had lived by the sea before
C. Nadia had never seen a computer before
D. Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness
74. Which of the following statements is true ?
A. Nadia was better at maths than other students.
B. Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.
C. Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.
D. Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.
75. What is the message of the story ?
A. Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication.
B. Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.
C. Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.
D. Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.

第二卷（共35分）
注意事项：
1. 第二卷共4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。
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 情景作文（满分20人）
北京市将举办主题为“Protecting Mother Earth”的中学生英语作文竞赛。你准备根据下列四题图画写一篇“Story of a Tree”的英语小故事参赛。
注意：
1. 词数100左右。
2. 开头已为你写好。


Story of a Tree
Once there was a family living in a cabin （小木屋）under a huge tree.
________________________________________________________________________

第二节 开放作文（满分15分）
根据下面提供的情景，写一段接续文字。词数不少于30。
You are talking with one of your close friends about your plans for the summer vacation . You say to him , “I’m going to enjoy myself in the vacation . ”He asks , “What exactly are you going to do to have fun ? ”
You tell him what you want to do to make your vacation great fun. Be sure to use one or more examples to show what you mean.
___________________________________________________________________________

试题答案
【试题答案】
第一、二、三部分（Key to 1－75）：
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. A
7. C 8. A 9. B 10. C 11. A 12. A
13. C 14. C 15. B 16. B 17. B 18. A
19. C 20. A 21. D 22. B 23. A 24. B
25. C 26. A 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. C
31. C 32. B 33. D 34. D 35. C 36. D
37. A 38. B 39. C 40. C 41. A 42. B
43. C 44. D 45. D 46. A 47. B 48. A
49. C 50. B 51. D 52. D 53. B 54. C
55. A 56. D 57. C 58. C 59. D 60. B
61. B 62. D 63. B 64. D 65. A 66. D
67. C 68. B 69. A 70. B 71. D 72. A
73. C 74. A 75. A
第四部分：书面表达
第一小题：情景作文
一. 内容要点：
1. 树的作用
2. 砍树
3. 盖房
4. 灾难
二. 说明：
1. 内容要点可用不同方式表达。
2. 对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分。
三. One possible version
Story of a Tree
Once there was a family living in a cabin under a huge tree . Its strong branches and thick leaves kept the family safe from the wind and rain . Sometime later , they felled down the tree with an ax , as they were building another cabin . They needed the wood for its walls and the branches and leaves for its roof . But before the completion of the new cabin , there came a storm . And strong winds blew away the roofs of both the old and new cabins , because the tree was no longer there to protect the place from the wind.
第二小题：开放作文：
一. One possible version
I’ll go to a beach to see the seabirds flying in the dark-blue sky and drive a motorboat , sailing through clear water toward the rising sun . Then I’ll surf the “nba.com”website , play games on “FreeEnglish.com , ”or chat with friends online about hot movies like“The Lord of the Rings”and“Harry Potter. ”