2000年荆州市高级中等学校招生英语试题

第一卷 （选择题，共80分）

I．句子理解（共5分，每小题1分）

从每小题目的三个选项中选出与你听到的句子意义最接近的选项。每小题目听两遍。

1. A. Her mother is a worker.    
B. Her mother is a teacher.
C. Her mother is a doctor.    

2. A. Tom doesn't like eggs at all.  
B. Eggs are Tom's favourite food.
C. Tom usually has gees for breakfast.

3. A. He always gets to school before class begins.
  B. He doesn't like school very much.
  C.  Sometimes he leaves school very late.

4. A. I went to the party first, and then, the cinema.
B. I went to the party, not the cinema.
C. I didn't go to the party, instead, I went to the cinema.

5. A. We arrived at two o'clock.   
B. We arrived after two o'clock.
C. We arrived before two o'clock.

II. 情景反应（共5分，每小题1分）

根据你听到的提问或小对话从每小题的三个选项中选出一个正确选项。每小题听两遍。

6. A. It's Sunday.          B. It's July 4.         C. It's a rainy day.

7. A. She did it very well   B. She lost her watch.   C. She was ill in bed.

8. What should the man say to the woman?

A. Never mind.  
B. I'm sorry to hear that. 
C. Thank you all the same.

9. What happened to the man?

A. His bike was broken.  
B. He was badly hurt. 
C. He went home without his bike.

10. Who is the best player?

A. John and Tom.  
B. Tom and Jack.  
C. John and Jack.

III. 篇单理解（共10分，每小题2分）

听下面（A）部分的一段对话和（B）部分的一段独白，根据听到的内容从每小题目的三个选项中选出一个正确选项。对话和独白听两遍。

（A）

11. What is Jim going to do?A. To make some dumplings. 
B. to buy some vegetables. 
C. To learn how to cook.

12. When did Jim have dumplings?

A. Yesterday.  
B. This morning.  
C. Last Saturday.

13. What does Ann want to do?

A. To learn to make dumplings   
B. To go to the market.
C. To make some cakes for Jim.

(B)

14. What does the passage tell us about?

A.  A day on the farm.  
B. Hard-working farmers. 
C. A wonderful picnic.

15. What does the passage NOT tell us?

A. Going to the farm very early.   
B. Having a good time on the farm.
C. Doing farm work in the fields.

IV. 单项填空（共25分，每小题1分）

从每小题的四个选项中选出一个能填写入题目中相应空白处或回答提问题的最佳答案。

16. — Is this book yours?

    — No, it's his. ______ is in _______bag.

A. Mine, my       B. My, mine       C. Mine, mine      D. My, my

17. — Here is a letter for you, Mrs Brown.

    — _________.

A. Please give it to me    B. Thanks a lot   C. Yes, it's mine   D. With pleasure

18. — Do we need to get some water?

    — Yes. We have only _______ let, not enough for a whole day.

A. few         B. a few        C. little        D. a little

19. The foreigners here all like Chinese food, ________?

A. do they       B. don't they      C. does he      D. doesn't he

20. — How _______ do you watch TV?

    — Once a week.

A. far          B. long         C. often         D. soon

21. In some countries, they us computers to ________ the traffic running in a better
 way.

A. help          B. keep         C. make        D. let

22. — Did Han Meimei pick a lot of apples?

    — Yes. She picked _______ than any of us.

A. many more      B. much more      C. the most      D. the most of all

23. Tomorrow is_______ Day. I'll make a card for our English teacher.

A. Teacher's      B. the Teacher's     C. teachers'    D. the Teachers'

24. — Let's go out and play basketball for a while.

    — _________.

A. It's very kind of you                 B. It doesn't matter  
C. That's a good idea                    D. You're welcome

25. _______ trees have been planted these years.

A. Million         B. Millions       C. Million of      D. Millions of

26. — How soon will you finish the work?

    — It'll ________ me at least two days, I think.

A. take           B. pay          C. cost         D. spend

27. There were so many TV sets in the shop that my father couldn't decide _____-
 to buy.

A. which         B. what            C. where           D. how

28. ________- smoke _______- high into the air form the factory chimneys.

A. strong, moved                      B. Strong, rose 
C. Heavy, moved                       D. Heavy, rose

29. — They say John has been in London. ________ that be true?

    — It _______- be true, because I saw him in the office half an hour ago.

A. May, may not     B. Can, can't     C. May, can't      D. Can, may not

30. The population of the world in 20th century became very much________than that
in 19th.

A. bigger         B. greater         C. larger       D. more

31. Li Lei says that he ______- the Great Wall next month.

A. visits        B. will visit       C. visited      D. has visited

32. — Why do you go to work on foot________? That doesn't seem to save your time.

    — To get more exercise and keep healthy.

A. all the time                           B. at times  
C. from time to time                      D. at the same time

33. — Do you know where the other children are?

    — Yes. They ________ games on the playground.

A. play         B. will play        C. have played        D. are playing

34. Kathy opened Tom's letter by mistake,________.

A. and she had an excuse                  B. having some excuses

C. but she was excused                    D. but she excused him

35. — _______ you ______ your new neighbour?

    — Not so far.

A. Have, met         B. Do, meet       C. Did, meet       D. Will, meet

36. Which of the following sentences is NOT right?

A. Are either of the teams playing this week?

B. Is either of the teams playing this week?

C. Are both of the teams playing this week?

D. Is both of the teams playing this week?

37. Tom was made ______ his own clothes by his mother.

A. wash          B. washed           C. to wash         D. washin