江苏省2006年英语高考试卷(含答案)

2006年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(江苏卷)

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 is generally considered unwise to give a child he or she wants.

A. however

B. whatever C .whichever D. whenever

答案是B.

21. --- I think I’ll give Bob a ring.

--- You _______. You haven’t been in touch with him for ages.

A. will

B. may

C. have to

D. should

22. My most famous relative of all, _______ who really left his mark on America, was Rob

Sussel, my great-grandfather..

A. one

B. the one

C. he

D. someone

23. --- I don’t suppose the police know who did it.

--- Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and ________ now.

A. has been questioned

B. is being questioned

C. is questioning

D. has questioned

24. This new model of car is so expensive that it is _______ the reach of those with average

income.

A. over

B. within

C. beyond

D. below

25. --- Are you going to have a holiday this year?

--- I’d love to. I can’t wait to leave this place _______.

A. off

B. out

C. behind

D. over

26. The committee is discussing the problem right now. it will _______ have been solved by the

end of next week.

A. eagerly

B. hopefully

C. immediately

D. gradually

27. Although medical science __________ control over several dangerous diseases, what worries

us is that some of them are returning.

A. achieved

B. has achieved

C. will achieve

D. had achieved

28. --- It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me.

--- Well, you know what they say. _________.

A. There is no smoke without fire

B. Practice makes perfect

C. All roads lead to Rome

D. No pains, no gains

29. The owner of the cinema needed to make a lot of improvements and employ more people to

keep it running, ______ meant spending tens of thousands of pounds.

A. who

B. that

C. as

D. which

30. Whenever he was asked why he was late for class, he would answer carelessly, always

______ the same thing.

A. saying

B. said

C. to say

D. having said

31. _______ environmental damage is done, it takes many years for the ecosystem (生态系统)

to recover.

A. Even if

B. If only

C. While

D. Once

32. --- There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.

--- My goodness! I can’t imagine _________ that old.

A. to be

B. to have been

C. being

D. having been

33. I wish you’d do ________ talking and some more work. Thus things will become better.

A. a bit less

B. any less

C. much more

D. a little more

34. A poet and artist ________ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting

tomorrow afternoon.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

35. We haven’t settled the question of ______ it is necessary for him to study abroad.

A. if

B. where

C. whether

D. that

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。

I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real 36 .

He had gone out of the study for some 37 , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see 38 was on his desk. In the 39 was a small piece of paper on which were written the 40 “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious of Biographies (人物传记)”.

A(n) 41 boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the 42 . I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a 43 until the start of the exam so I could not 44 reading it.

When the headmaster 45 , I was looking out of the window.

I should have told him what had 46 then. It would have been so 47 to say: “I’m sorry, but I 48 the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to 49 it.”

The chance passed and I did not 50 it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t 51 to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.

That was thirty-eight years 52 when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, 53 have I tried to explain to myself why not.

The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title 54 admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk. 55 there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入) you in