试卷

2004年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(北京卷)
英语
National Matriculation English Test（NMET 2004）
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，用铅笔将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。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. How is the woman going to the airport?
A. By taxi. B. By train. C. By bus.
2. What is the man’s favorite free-time activity?
A. Watching TV. B. Reading a book. C. Listening to music.
3. What are they talking about?
A. Homework. B. Computer. C. Books.
4. Where will the woman first go after work?
A. The cinema. B. The market. C. The restaurant.
5. What is the woman doing?
A. Asking for help. B. Making an apology. C. Expressing dissatisfaction.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面6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。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。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. How does the woman feel?
A. Ill. B. Tired. C. Nervous.
7. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At a hospital. B. At an airport. C. At a station.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What did the young man try to do?
A. Get the old man’s bag. B. Help the old man up. C. Collect his money.
9. Who is the woman speaking to?
A. A manager. B. A customer. C. A policeman.
听第8段材料，回答第10至11题。
10. Why haven’t they seen each other lately?
A. The man has been to the States.
B. The man has been busy.
C. The man has been ill.
11. Why does the man come to the place?
A. To report for duty. B. To do business. C. To have dinner.
听第9段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What is the father interested in?
A. Singing and dancing. B. Gift-making. C. Football.
13. What is the woman talking about?
A. A piece of sports equipment. B. A musical instrument. C. A computer game.
14. What do we learn about the family?
A. The father understands his daughter better.
B. The daughter is not hardworking.
C. The mother is out of work.
听第10段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What happened when the man was mountain climbing?
A. He got trapped in a cave. B. He got lost in bad weather. C. He lost his equipment and food.
16. What caused the loss of the man’s legs?
A. Low temperature. B. A bad fall in the mountain. C. An unsuccessful operation.
17. What did he decide to do after losing his legs?
A. Design new climbing shoes.
B. Set up a club for the disabled.
C. Use technology to fight his disability.
听第11段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Why did the man decide to leave the college in his second term?
A. He didn’t like the big lecture classes.
B. He couldn’t afford further education.
C. He was not interested in education.
19. What does he think of his work experiences?
A. They were personally rewarding
B. They should be part of school life.
C. They gave him a chance to learn German.
20. Where is the university he decides to go to in the end?
A. In South Carolina. B. In Florida. C. In Ohio.
第二部分：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）
从每题所给的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 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. 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

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，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。
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

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
The Home of My People

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 illusion（视觉影像）of a hanging ball. His plan was to first give babies a real ball, one they could reach out and touch , and then to show them the illusion. If they knew that objects are solid and they reached out for the illusion and found empty air, they could be expected to show surprise in their faces and movements. All the 16-to 24- week -old babies tested were surprised when they reached for the illusion and found that the ball was not there.
Grown－ups also have a sense of object permanence. We know that if we put a box in a room and lock the door, the box will still be there when we come back. But does a baby realize that a ball that rolls under a chair does not disappear and go to never-never land?
Experiments done by Bower suggest that babies develop a sense of object permanence when they are about 18 weeks old. In his experiments, Bower used a toy train that went behind a screen. When 16－week－old and 22-week-old babies watched the toy train disappear behind the left side of the screen, they looked to the right, expecting it to reappear. If the experimenter took the train off the table and lifted the screen, all the babies seemed surprised not to see the train. This seems to show that all the babies had a sense of object permanence. But the second part of the experiment showed that this was not really the case. The researcher substituted（替换）a ball for the train when it went behind the screen. The 22-week-old babies seemed surprised and looked back to the left side for the train. But the 16-week -old babies did not seem to notice the switch（更换）. Thus, the 16-week-old babies seemed to have a sense of“something permanence, ”while the 22－week－old babies had a sense of object permanence related to a particular object.
68. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. babies’ sense of sight B. effects of experiments on babies
C. babies’ understanding of objects D. different tests on babies’ feelings
69. In Paragraph 3, “object permanence”means that when out of sight, an object ________.
A. still exists B. keeps its shape C. still stays solid D. is beyond reach
70. What did Bower use in his experiments?
A. A chair. B. A screen. C. A film. D. A box.
71. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The babies didn’t have a sense of direction.
B. The older babies preferred toy trains to balls.
C. The younger babies liked looking for missing objects.
D. The babies couldn’t tell a ball from its optical illusion.
E
How Long Can People Live?
She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121 st birthday.
When it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span（寿命）? If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond?
Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers. “Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135, ”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.
Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees. “People can live much longer than we think, ”he says. “Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120. So why can’t we go higher? ”
The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing. “Anyone can make up a number, ”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. “Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine. ”
Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller, “adding another 50 percent would get you to 120. ”
So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible（有弹性的）, but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. “We can get flies to live 50 percent longer, ”he says. “But a fly’s never going to live 150 years. ”Of course, if you became a new species （物种）, one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds.
Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve （进化）their way to longer life? “It’s pretty cool to think about, ”he says with a smile.
72. What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?
A. People can live to 122. B. Old people are creative.
C. Women are sporty at 85. D. Women live longer than men.
73. According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ______.
A. the average human life span could be 110 B. scientists cannot find ways to slow aging
C. few people can expect to live to over 150 D. researchers are not sure how long people can live
74. Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?
A. Jerry Shay. B. Steve Austad C. Rich Miller D. George Martin
75. What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?
A. Most of us could be good at sports even at 120.
B. The average human life span cannot be doubled
C. Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before.
D. New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species

第二卷（共35分）
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分）
某学校对中学生课余活动进行了调查，结果如下。请根据图表1提供的信息描述学生每天的课余活动，并针对图表2中任何一个数据中反映的情况写出你的一个看法。词数不少于60。

生词：图表chart

第二节 开放作文（满分15分）
请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

Xiao Ming tells you that he had 100 yuan yesterday morning, which he put into the pocket of his jacket. He spent 40 yuan yesterday afternoon. But now when he reaches into the pocket of his jacket, he finds only 10 yuan.
He is wondering what has happened to the rest of the money. As his friend, you suggest to him three or four different possibilities concerning the missing money.

答案

2004年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试
英语（北京卷）参考答案
第一、二、三部分（Key to1－75）：
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. B
7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B 11. C 12. C
13. B 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. A
19. A 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. D 24. D
25. B 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. C 30. A
31. C 32. B 33. A 34. B 35. D 36. C
37. A 38. B 39. D 40. B 41. A 42. C
43. D 44. A 45. D 46. B 47. C 48. A
49. B 50. C 51. A 52. D 53. B 54. C
55. D 56. D 57. C 58. B 59. A 60. C
61. D 62. A 63. D 64. C 65. A 66. B
67. B 68. C 69. A 70. B 71. D 72. A
73. D 74. C 75. B

第四部分：书面表达：
第一节：情景作文
一、内容要点：
1. 图表1中六项活动及所用时间
2. 图表2中一个数据反映的情况
3. 自己的一个看法
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:
Chart 1 shows the daily average amount of time the students of the school spend on different after-class activities. The students put the most time－93 minutes－into their homework, and next in line is watching TV, which takes up 46 minutes. They put in about the same amount of time listening to music and working on the computer, 34 minutes and 30 minutes each. While 25 minutes is spent on sports, only 12 minutes goes into housework.
As is shown on Chart 2, only 10% of the time is taken up with sports activities. I think the school should encourage the students to do more exercise after class. This way, they may be healthier and more energetic.
第二节：开放作文
One possible version:
Maybe you forgot you had spent the money on something else yesterday afternoon. It’s also possible a pickpocket stole your money while you were shopping. Or maybe you lost it on your way home. And one last possibility is you haven’t lost it at all－You put on a different jacket this morning, and you happened to leave 10 yuan in the jacket earlier. So the missing money still must be in the other jacket, the one you were wearing yesterday!