2003年普通高等学校春季招生统一考试英语试题（北京卷）

National Matriculation English Test (NMET 2003)

本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。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，考生将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?

       A．￡19.15.   B．￡9.15.     C．￡9.18

答案是B。

1．When will the speakers meet?

A．At 8 o’clock.    B．At 7 o’clock.    C．At 7:30.

2．Where is the man going to plant the tree?

       A．By the front door. 

       B．At the back of the garage.

       C．At the other end of the garden.

3．What do we learn about the woman?

       A．She has to attend a meeting.

       B．She is going to see a doctor.

       C．She does not like sports.

4．What are they going to buy?

       A．Bread.      B．Cheese    C．Eggs.

5．To Whom is the woman speaking?

       A．Her boss. B．Her husband.  C．A policeman.

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个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6．What is the relationship between the speakers?

       A．Boss and secretary.      B．Husband and wife. C．Father and daughter.

7．Whom does the man have to see at 10 a.m.?

       A．Mr. Smith. B．Mr. Potter.       C．Mrs. Thompson.

8．Why doesn’t the man want to see Mrs. Thompson?

       A．He thinks she is unimportant.

       B．He is tired of meeting people.

       C．He thinks she is boring.

       听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9．What is the speaker going to do next weekend?

       A．To call her old friends.

       B．To see her boyfriend.

       C．To hold a party.

10．In which country does the speaker’s father live?

       A．America.   B．Britain.     C．Canada.

11．What is the speaker doing?

       A．Making an invitation.

       B．Giving advice.

       C．Asking for help.

       听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12．How long will it take them to get to Oldfield by car?

       A．About a day.

       B．About an hour.

       C．About two and a half hours.

13．Why do they choose to take a picnic?

       A．Because there are no restaurants in the park.

       B．Because the restaurants there are expensive.

       C．Because they prefer their own food and drinks.

14．Where have they finally decided to go?

       A．Oldfield Adventure Park.

       B．Newport Waterworld.

       C．A small zoo.

       听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15．How often do people in the Historical Society meet?

       A．Every week.

       B．Every two weeks.

       C．Every three weeks.

16．What is the main purpose of the Historical Society?

       A．To find out what they can learn from history.

       B．To study the people who lived there before.

       C．To learn about what happened in the past.

17．What do they plan to do this year?

       A．To study the history of the town.

       B．To visit historical houses in the college.

       C．To visit more places of historical interest.

       听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18．What do we know about No.6 Station Road?

       A．It has the man’s lucky number.

       B．It has got four bedrooms.

       C．It has a garage.

19．What is good about No.4 Candy Street?

       A．It is in a quieter place.

       B．Is has bigger rooms.

       C．It is closer to shops.

20．Which one have they decided on?

       A．The one with a big garden.

       B．The one next to the station.

       C．The one closer to town.

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．—The room is so dirty.               we clean it?

       —Of course.

       A．Will    B．Shall  C．Would      D．Do

22．—The boys are not doing a good job at all, are they?

       —              .

       A．I guess not so       B．I don’t guess C．I don’t guess so   D．I guess not

23．—I’m sorry I’m calling you so late.

       —              okay.

       A．This is      B．You’re     C．That’s     D．I’m

24．There’s              dictionary on              desk by your side.

       A．a; the       B．a; a   C．the; a      D．the; the

25．—Are you still thinking about yesterday’s game?

       —Oh, that’s              .

       A．what makes me feel excited       B．whatever I feel excited about

       C．how I feel about it        D．when I feel excited

26．—When will you come to see me, Dad?

       —I will go to see you when you              the training course.

       A．will have finished          B．will finish

       C．are finishing           D．finish

27．—How long              at this job?

       —Since 1990.

       A．were you employed      B．have you been employed

       C．had you been employed      D．will you be employed

28．The manager has got a good business              so the company is doing well.

       A．idea  B．sense       C．thought   D．thinking

29．—Was his father very strict with him when he was at school?

       —Yes. He had never praised him          he became one of the top students in his grade.

       A．after  B．unless      C．until  D．when

30．—I was riding along the street and all of a sudden, a car cut in and knocked me down.

       —You can never be              careful in the street.

       A．much B．very  C．so     D．too

31．We are living in an age              many things are done on computer.

       A．which       B．that   C．whose     D．when

32．The idea puzzled me so much that I stopped for a few seconds to try to              .

       A．make it out            B．make it off      

       C．make it up             D．make it over

33．—You don’t look very              .Are you ill?

       —No, I’m just a bit tired.

       A．good B．well   C．strong      D．healthy

34．—What happened to the priceless works of art?

       —              .

       A．They were destroyed in the earthquake

       B．The earthquake was destroying them

       C．They destroyed in the earthquake

       D．The earthquake destroyed them

35．Mr. Smith,              of the              speech, started to read a novel.

       A．tired; boring           B．tiring; bored

       C．tired; bored           D．tiring; boring

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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

You Did More Than Carry My books

   Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark

36    down and helped the boy pick up these articles.    37    they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark    38    the boy’s name was Bill, that he    39    computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of    40    with his other subjects and that he had just broken    41    with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was    42    in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed    43    with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They    44    to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school, Just three weeks before    45    ,Bill asked Mark if they     46    talk.

Bill    47    him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you    48    wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I    49    out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess(脏乱)    50    anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to    51    my things. But after we spent some time together    52    and laughing, I realized that    53    I had done that, I would have    54    a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You    55    my life.”

36．A．fell     B．sat    C．lay    D．knelt

37．A．Although  B．Since C．After D．Until

38．A．discovered      B．realized    C．said  D．decided

39．A．played      B．loved C．tried  D．made

40．A．questions B．ideas C．trouble     D．doubt

41．A．up     B．out    C．off     D．away

42．A．called       B．helped     C．invited     D．allowed

43．A．peacefully       B．willingly    C．freely       D．pleasantly

44．A．continued B．agreed     C．forced      D．offered

45．A．graduation      B．movement       C．separation      D．vacation

46．A．would       B．should      C．could D．must

47．A．demanded      B．reminded C．removed  D．asked

48．A．ever  B．usually     C．even D．never

49．A．checked   B．took  C．cleaned    D．put

50．A．over  B．into   C．with  D．for

51．A．find   B．pick   C．pack  D．hold

52．A．talking      B．playing     C．reading    D．watching

53．A．before      B．if       C．while D．as

54．A．forgotten B．passed     C．left    D．lost

55．A．helped     B．recovered       C．improved D．changed

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

Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer（扫盲志愿者）. The training I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discover what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.