2005年上海春季高考英语试题

2005年上海市普通高等学校春季招生考
试英语试题
第I卷
I. Listening Comprehension（略）
II. Grammar
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentences.
25. —Does Lisa have a new hair style?
—Yes. In fact, it is quite similar ________ yours.
A. as
B. like
C. to
D. with
26. My daughter often makes a schedule to get ________ reminded of what she is to do in the day.
A. herself
B. her
C. she
D. hers
27. —What a nice fire you have in your fireplace!
—During the winter I like my house ________ .
A. warmly and comfortably
B. warm and comfortable
C. warm and comfortably
D. warmly and comfortable
28. We have only a sofa, a table and a bed in our new apartment. We need to buy ________ more furniture.
A. any
B. many
C. little
D. some
29. According to the local regulations, anyone who intends to get a driver's licence ________ take an eye test.
A. can
B. must
C. would
D. may
30. On top of the books ________ the photo album you're looking for.
A. is
B. are
C. has
D. have
31. The year 2002 ________ remarkable changes in Shanghai's landscape.
A. sees
B. has seen
C. saw
D. had seen
32. I want to know ________ the thief was caught on the spot.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. whether
33. Accustomed to ________ the steep mountains, he had no difficulty reaching the top.
A. climbing
B. climb
C. having climbed
D. have climbed
34. The United States is made up of fifty states, one of ________ is separated from the others by the Pacific Ocean.
A. them
B. those
C. which
D. whose
35. So little ________ with each other that the neighbouring countries could not settle their differences.
A. they agreed
B. agreed they
C. did they agree
D. they did agree
36. This company was the first ________ portable radio as well as cassette tape recorders in the world.
A. producing
B. to produce
C. having produced
D. produced
37. Our club is open to adults only. your children have entered without permission.
A. There seems that
B. It seems to be
C. There seems to be
D. It seems that
38. Don't leave the sharp knife ________ our little Jane can get it.
A. in which
B. to which
C. that
D. where
39. When the first English settlers arrived in the New World, the Indians ________ jewellery made of animal bones greeted them warmly.
A. wearing
B. to wear
C. worn
D. having worn
40. The purpose of new technology is to make life easier, ________ it more difficult.
A. not making
B. not make
C. not to make
D. nor to make
41. I am sure that Laura's latest play, ________ staged, will prove a great success.
A. since
B. unless
C. once
D. until
42. Telephone messages for the manager ________ on her desk but she didn't notice them.
A. were left
B. was left
C. was leaving
D. were leaving
43. Sugar, when ________ with water, dissolves quickly.
A. mixed
B. mixing
C. mix
D. is mixed
44. It was after the invention of printing ________ to publish large numbers of books and pictures.
A. were people able
B. that people were able
C. when were people able
D. people were able
III. Vocabulary
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
45. You will find this map of great ________ in helping you to get around the city.
A. source
B. sense
C. favour
D. value
46. Do you have any ________ of what life would be like if we lived on other planets?
A. plan
B. idea
C. impression
D. imagination
47. That his only son was killed in the air crash was a ________ blow to the old man.
A. heavy
B. broad
C. plain
D. main
48. Beginners are expected to be familiar with the ________ of the reading material before they come to the class.
A. condition
B. concept
C. contest
D. content
49. I don't care about the good salary offered by the company. What I need is a(n) ________ post.
A. creating
B. awarding
C. challenging
D. competing
50. Studies show that many diseases such as SARS and AIDS are ________ from wildlife.
A. specially
B. originally
C. magically
D. visibly
51. The way Einstein answered the question ________ his talent and sense of humour.
A. relieved
B. released
C. revealed
D. recovered
52. Doctors are doing research to find out what happens physically when people ________ smoking.
A. quit
B. decline
C. depart
D. reserve
53. The more frequently farmers use insecticides, the more ________ the insects will become to the chemicals.
A. resistant
B. available
C. sensitive
D. agreeable
54. The photographer needs to charge up the digital camera every day as the battery
________ quickly.
A. shuts up
B. ends up
C. runs out
D. turns out
IV. Cloze
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word on phrase that best fits the context.
(A)
Everybody has different ways of achieving happiness and the reasons for feeling happy may change from year to year, or even from day to day. 55________ , happiness may come from getting a good grade on a school assignment or from a very 56________ thing like having a full stomach. This kind of happiness is inside of you—it is 57________ happiness. Happiness is also something you can 58________ to other people. The good grade you receive on your paper will probably make your parents happy and proud. 59________ way of communicating happiness is to help other people over difficult experiences in their own lives. In this situation, you give of your own happiness to make others happy.
The most important things to remember in your pursuit of 60________ are:
1. Happiness should not be your only 61________ —a real goal, like better grades, a better job, or closer friends, is sure to give you more happiness than chasing after a feeling.
2. Happiness comes in all sizes and shapes. 62________ you keep your sense of humour and see things in a balanced way, happiness will come to you faster than to the person who is always 63________ what tomorrow will bring.
3. Happiness is meant to be 64________ . “Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.”
55. A. In general B. In addition C. For instance D. In the meantime
56. A. generous B. simple C. healthy D. lucky
57. A. personal B. secret C. superb D. physical
58. A. attach B. connect C. translate D. communicate
59. A. Each B. Another C. Either D. One
60. A. fame B. power C. fortune D. happiness
61. A. trend B. basis C. goal D. vision
62. A. Because B. If C. Until D. Before
63. A. running after B. feeling like
C. worrying about
D. struggling for
64. A. shared B. valued C. enjoyed D. agreed
(B)
A small, damaged, but valuable Greek marble（大理石）head has been stolen from the British Museum, apparently during opening hours. The stand（托架）of the head was discovered ６５________ on Tuesday, and it is believed that the 2,500-year-old statue was stolen that day.
A metal device 66________ the base of the marble to the stand, and it would have taken considerable strength to separate them. 67________ small enough to fit into a bag or a large pocket, the head weighed five to six pounds.
Only 68________ of the museum's hundreds of galleries are covered by monitors. The Greek Ancient Gallery, where the theft took place, had no permanent guard on duty;
69________ , it was visited regularly by a member of staff checking around several galleries at a time. Last year, in a nearby gallery, a marble hand was broken off a Greek statue in
70________ was believed to have been chance destruction rather than a(n) 71________ art theft—although the hand has still not been recovered.
The head, dating from the sixth century BC, had been badly damaged before the museum acquired it in the 19th century, with the 72________ bottom of the face and most of the nose missing. Despite the damage, it is 73________ several thousand pounds. Although not the most valuable piece in the Greek collection, its loss will be a severe embarrassment to the museum, which is under constant 74________ for poor protection by campaigners for the return of the Parthenon marbles. The museum has informed the police, as well as antiquities dealers（古董商）, the Art Loss Office, and the heads of museums worldwide.
65. A. blank B. missing C. lost D. empty
66. A. related B. adjusted C. fixed D. stuck
67. A. Though B. Since C. Unless D. When
68. A. many B. most C. few D. some
69. A. contrarily B. instead C. moreover D. namely
70. A. which B. that C. this D. what
71. A. planned B. expected C. suggested D. supposed
72. A. raw B. full C. entire D. complete
73. A. counted B. worth C. calculated D. weighed
74. A. criticism B. discussion C. argument D. judgement
V. Reading Comprehension
Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
Once upon a starless midnight an owl（猫头鹰）sat on the branch of a tree. Two mice tried to pass by quietly, unnoticed. “You!” said the owl. “Who?” they asked, in fear and astonishment, for they could not believe it was possible for anyone to see them in that thick darkness.“You two!” said the owl. The mice hurried away and told the other creatures of the field and forest that the owl was the greatest and wisest of all animals because he could see in the dark. “Can he see in the daytime, too?” asked a red fox. All the other creatures laughed lou dly at this silly question, and they set upon the red fox and his friends and drove them out of the region. Then, they sent a messenger to the owl and asked him to be their leader.
When the owl appeared among the animals it was high noon and the sun was shining brightly. He walked very slowly, which gave him an appearance of great dignity, and he looked about him with large, staring eyes, which gave him an air of tremendous importance. “He's God!”
screamed a hen. And the others took up the cry, “He's God!” So they followed him wherever he went and when he began to bump into things they began to bump into things, too. Finally he came to a concrete highway and he started up the middle of it and all the other creatures followed him. Presently, a bird observed a truck coming toward them at fifty miles an hour, and he reported to the owl. “There's danger ahead,” said the bird. “What?” asked the owl. The bird told him. “Aren't you afraid?” he asked. “Who?” said the owl calmly, for he could not see the truck. “He's God!” cried all the creatures again, and they were still crying “He's God!” when the truck hit them and ran them down. Some of the animals were merely injured, but most of them, including the owl, were killed.
75. Hearing the owl's voice, the two mice were fearful and astonished because ________ .
A. mice are very timid animals
B. the owl wanted to eat them
C. the owl could see them in darkness
D. they thought no other animals were there
76. The sentence “...they set upon the red fox and his friends...” in paragraph 1 probably means “ ________ ”.
A. the red fox and his friends were under attack
B. they sat on the red fox and his friends
C. they set a trap for the red fox and his friends
D. the red fox and his friends set a foolish example
77. The animals followed the owl wherever he went for the reason that .
A. the owl walked slowly with dignity
B. the owl had an air of importance
C. they regarded the owl as God
D. they were not as clever as the owl
78. What's the most appropriate moral of the story?
A. Pride goes before a fall.
B. Seeing is believing.
C. Group behaviour is often mad.
D. “Follow the leader” can be a dangerous game.
(B)
The mobile phone has been a part of our lives since the 1980s. It enables us to stay in contact with our family and friends at all times and in most areas. However, because of the quick acceptance and extensive usage of mobiles in our lives, we
have missed out on an important step, namely, the
appropriate use.
Driving a car
Do not use your phone while you are driving! You
could concentrate on your conversation and forget to look
where you are going, or you could take your eyes off the
road to look at the phone's display or to press in a number.
Either way, you could cause a terrible accident.
In a restaurant
There is probably nothing more annoying than a
diner receiving or making a call near you when you are in
a restaurant. The icy glares (冷眼) you receive should be
warning enough that it is not appreciated. Turn your phone
off and use your message service to return calls after you
leave.
At the cinema
Do not give way to the desire to call a friend if the film is boring, or if you want to find out what happens. You could become the target of all the angry cinema customers.
At the theatre
There is no more icy glare than that of a theatre goer who has paid a lot of money to see a show and hears your phone playing a tone. It goes without saying that you will be seen as a socially unacceptable person in this situation.
In hospitals
This is probably the most important place to make sure your phone is switched off. Your phone can disturb life-saving electro-
nic equipment in hospitals, so it is necessary that your phone is switched off before you enter.
On planes
Your phone might disturb navigational (导航的) equipment and cause a horrible accident so you should switch it off before boarding a plane.
79. According to the passage, the most annoying thing in a restaurant is that ________ ．
A. you receive icy glares
B. a nearby diner is answering a phone call
C. you have to use the message service
D. you can not return calls until after you leave
80. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Theatre goers will not give you icy glares when they hear your phone.
B. When switched on in hospitals, mobile phones could endanger patients' lives.
C. Passengers should switch off the phones before getting on a plane.
D. Pressing in phone numbers when driving could lead to traffic accidents.
81. The passage mainly describes ________ .
A. different functions of mobile phones
B. the overuse of mobile phones on some occasions
C. some areas where message service is forbidden
D. the proper use of mobile phones in some public places
(C)
Leisure and recreation and the chance to play are not luxuries for children, but essentials for normal healthy development. Long hours and days of uninterrupted work have a bad effect on children, narrowing their horizons and often disturbing them emotionally.
Why then do parents allow or indeed encourage their children to work? The answer, of course, is poverty. The child's wage, however little, may mean the difference between the family eating or not eating. Many parents, not educated themselves, don't understand the value of schooling, and can neither afford to buy books and school materials, especially if the father himself is out of work.
The unfortunate situation is that child labour actually contributes to adult unemployment by providing a very cheap alternative to it. This fact is illustrated in Children of the World: 30 per cent of the entire labour force in Tanzania is composed of boys and girls aged 10 to 14, and in Thailand 25 per cent, as compared to the United States where they cover only 1.6 per cent of the labour force.
In agricultural areas this age old child labour system can even be beneficial as a leisurely training for the tasks of adulthood. In performing light tasks, the child feels useful and important, and this sort of work teaches him a sense of responsibility towards others and a sense of belonging. But the system which applies in the countryside becomes cruel and inhuman when it comes to the cities.
82. According to the passage, a long period of physical work is harmful to children because ________ ．
A. it will ruin their entertainment
B. it affects their mental development
C. their attitude to life will be abnormal
D. they will be easily annoyed
83. The main reason for the existence of child labour is that ________ ．
A. the parents are short-sighted
B. the family needs money and help
C. children can do a better job
D. labour is a good physical exercise
84. By quoting the examples about the situation in Tanzania, Thailand and America, the writer intends to tell us that ________ ．
A. child labour is a cause of adult unemployment
B. child labour is related with traditional values
C. in poor countries most children make their living early
D. different countries use different labour systems
85. From the passage we may infer that ________ ．
A. children should be made useful from the time they can remember
B. child labour should be fully responsible for overall low wages for adults
C. child labour system may have a positive value in the country, but not in the city
D. the children who are forced to be breadwinners hate their parents
(D)
Professor Bilveer Singh grades hundreds of papers each year. In every group, he says, there are always a few that are less than original. Nowadays, the suspect source is usually the Internet. “I've caught students quoting paragraph after paragraph,” says Singh. “But they are getting smarter.” Hence the rise of A and A or “alteration and amendment”: cutting a sentence here, pasting(粘贴) a phrase there, all the while using the on-screen terms to replace complicated words with age-appropriate ones.
For all its benefits, the rise of technology in the classroom has made it far easier for students to cheat—and get away with it. In the pre-wired days, plagiarism meant carefully copying paragraphs out of the books; today, kids can simply find the text, copy and paste — a much simpler and neater process. The practice is becoming popular around the globe. According to a survey by the Josephson Institute for Ethics, 74% of U.S. high-school students cheated in 2002. (“And those are just the ones admitting it.” says the Institute's Terry Harrison.)
Fortunately, the same technology that makes it so easy for students to cheat is aiding teachers in catching them. The most popular anti-plagiarism service, Turnitin. com, compares a student's term paper with everything on the Internet, as well as to 's own database of papers. (Of course, as many teachers know, Google, another well-known search engine company,
works pretty well, too.) has users in 51 countries; in Britain, nearly all 700 public universities have signed up for the service.
Educators are trying to upgrade their inclass measures as well. Experts say teachers should make it more difficult for students to “cut and paste” by changing the assignment every year and requiring more analysis than description. And teachers shouldn't assume that kids even know what plagiarism is, as many just aren't taught how to source or reference properly. But even when they know better, kids might do the same under the heavy academic pressure and time limits they face. Critics blame parents and educators for emphasizing results over academic honesty.
86. The “A and A” phenomenon mentioned in paragraph 1 summarizes ________ ．
A. the progress of the digital age
B. the application of the Internet
C. the rise of computer technology
D. the new features of cheating in schools
87. The expression “the pre-wired days” in paragra ph 2 refers to the time before
________ ．
A. electricity was used
B. the computer was widely used
C. the wire was invented
D. the radio and television came into being
88. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The rise of computer technology makes it easier to cheat in the classroom.
B. Teachers are trying to find new measures to check cheating in schools.
C. Computer technology can be used to find out the cheating of students.
D. Teachers are praised for their emphasis on students' academic results.
89. The last two paragraphs are mainly concerned with ________ ．
A. the importance of academic honesty
B. some measures to fight against plagiarism
C. some well-known search engine companies
D. experts' suggestions on anti-plagiarism
第II卷
I. Translation
Directions Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 我昨天给你打了好几次电话，你都不在家。

（call）
2. 虽然并不富裕，但是他对自己的生活相当满意。

（Although...）
3. 在叔叔的帮助下，汤姆写成了一首动人的诗。

（succeed）
4. 由于准备充分，他在面试中一点也不紧张。

（not... at all）
5. 只要我们齐心协力，就能很快解决这个技术难题。

（technical）
II. Guided Writing
Directions Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
你叫李宏，你校在为一批来自加拿大的交流学生（exchange student）征寻为期两周的住宿家庭。

你有意申请，写封信说明你申请的理由（包括所具备的条件）。

2005年上海市普通高等学校春季招生考试英语试题参考答案
第I卷
I.听力（略）
II. 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. C 36. B 37. D 38. D 39.
A 40. C 41. C 42. A 43. A 44. B
III. 45. D 46. B 47. A 48. D 49. C 50. B 51. C 52. A 53. A 54. C
IV. 55. C 56. B 57. A 58. D 59. B 60. D 61. C 62. B 63. C 64. A 65. D 66. C 67. A 68. D 69.
B 70. D 71. A 72.
C 73. B 74. A
V. 75. C 76. A 77. C 78. D
V. 79. B 80. A 81. D 82. B 83. B 84. A 85. C 86. D 87. B 88. D 89. B
第II卷
I. 1. I called (you) several times yesterday, but you were not (at) home / were not in / were out.
2. Although he is not rich, he is quite / fairly satisfied with his life / himself.
3. With the help / aid of his uncle, Tom succeeded in writing a touching / moving poem.
4. Because he was well-prepared, he didn't feel nervous at all during the interview.
5. So long as / As long as / If we work co-operatively / with combined efforts / joint efforts, we will be able to solve / work out the technical problem soon.
II.（略）
11。