【十年高考】2005-2014年全国各地高考英语试题分类汇编：故事类(05·全国ⅠE篇)
―Soon, you‘re going to have to move out!‖ cried my neighbor upon seeing the largest tomato plant known to mankind, or at least known i: exactly; tab-stops: 105.0pt 189.0pt 273.0pn my neighborhood.
One tiny 9-inch plant, bought for $1. 25 in the spring, has already taken over much of my rose bed, covering much of other plants, and is well on its way to the front door.
Roses require a good deal of care, and if it weren‘t for the pleasure they give, it wouldn‘t be worth the work. As it is, I have a garden full of sweet-smelling roses for most of the year. bushes must be pruned(剪枝) in early spring, leaving ugly woody branches until the new growth appears a few weeks later. It was the space available(可用的) in the garden that led me into planting just one little tomato plant. A big mistake.
Soil conditions made just perfect for roses turn out to be even more perfect for tomatoes. The daily watering coupled with full sun and regular fertilizing(施肥) have turned the little plant into a tall bush. The cage I placed around it as the plant grew has long since disappeared under the thick leaves.
Now the task I face in harvesting the fruit is twofold; First, I have to find the red ones among the leaves, which means I almost have to stand on my head, and once found I have to reach down and under, pick the tomatoes and withdraw(缩回) my full fist without dropping the prize so dearly won. I found two full-blown white roses completely hidden as I picked tomatoes in June, but they were weak and the leaves already yellow for lack of light.
Here I am faced with a painful small decision: To tear up a wonderful and productive tomato plant that offers up between ten and twenty ripe sweet tomatoes each day or say goodbye to several expensive and treasured roses. Like Scarlett in Gone With the Wind, I‘ll think about th painful at tomorrow.
71. What ate the requirements for the healthy growth of roses?
A. A lot of care and the right soil.
B. Frequent pruning and fertilizing.
C. Tomato plants grown alongside.
D. Cages placed around the roots.
72. The writer planted the tomato because ______.
A. it cost only $1. 25
B. the soil was just right for it
C. there was room for it in the garden
D. the roses‘ branches needed to be covered
73. This year the writer‘s roses were ______.
A. removed from the rose bed
B. picked along with the tomatoes
C. mostly damaged by too much sunlight
D. largely hidden under the tomato plant
74. By saying ―the prize so dearly won‖ in paragraph 5, the writer wants to ______.
A. show the difficulty in picking the tomatoes
B. show the hardship of growing the roses
C. express her liking for the roses
D. express her care for the tomatoes
75. In the situation described in the text, one good thing is that ______.
A. the roses cost the writer little money
B. the writer has a daily harvest of tomatoes
C. someone will help the writer make the decision
D. the writer can now enjoy both the roses and tomatoes
答案71.A 72.C 73.D 74.A 75.B
Passage 54
(05·全国ⅡA篇)
Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card came with it Calls to the flower-shop were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender‘s name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be. Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged these imaginings. She‘d ask me if there was someone for whom I had done special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man across the street whose mai l I‘d delivered during the winter. As a girl, though, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I had run into.
One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt so sad that I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn‘t care if I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gar-denia-lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery(神秘)
My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.
41．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．A childhood Dream.
B．A Moth er‘s Love.
C．A Graduation Party.
D．A Special Birthday.
42．The mother insisted that her daughter go to the graduation dance because _________.
A．she could take care of things herself
B．she hoped she would find a boyfriend
C．she wanted her to be happy and strong
D．she thought education was most important
43．Who was the sender of the flower?
A．A boy the writer had run into.
B．One of the writer‘s neighbors.
C．One of the writer‘s classmates.
D．The writer‘s mother.
答案41.A 42.B 43.C
Passage 55
(05·全国ⅡC篇)
Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely eleven act of stealing or an even elev-ecer cheat (诈骗). Either way , it could be the perfect crime (犯罪), because the criminals are birds—horning pigeons !
The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car : if you want the car back, pay up then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside . Carrying the money in a tiny bag , the pigeon flies off .
There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however , may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoid (避免)not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place . Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return . Instead of stealing cars , he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad (启事) in the newspaper asking for help .
The theory is supported by the fact that , so far , none of the stolen cars have been returned . Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars –seems too little for a car worth many times more .
Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal . ―We have more important things to do, ‖ he said .
49．After the car owner received a phone call. He
A．went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried
B．gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park
C．sent some money to the thief by mail
D．told the press about it
50．The ―lazier and more inventive‖ criminal refers to .
A．the car thief who stays at home
B．one of those who put the ads in the paper
C．one of the policemen in Changwa
D．the owner of the pigeons
51．The writer mentions the fact that ―none of the stolen cars have been returned‖ to show .
A．how easily people get fooled by criminals
B．what Chen thinks might be correct
C．the thief is extremely clever
D．the money paid is too little
52．The underlined word ―they‖ in the last paragraph refers to .
A．criminals
B．pigeons
C．the stolen cars
D．demands for money
53．We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because .
A．he reads the ads in the newspaper
B．he lives in the same neighborhood
C．he has seen the car owners in the park
D．he has trained the pigeons to follow them
答案49.D 50.C 51.A 52.C 53.D
Passage 56
(05·北京A篇)
Chances
I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career（职业）.
I wasn‘t an excellent student because I didn‘t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn‘t have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn‘t the type to have a career.
I then found myself a job. Looking after two little girls, It wasn‘t too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she‘d give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didn‘t often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.
One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me, I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification（资格证书）if I wanted to work with children. I didn‘t think I would be accepted because I didn‘t take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part – time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.
Now I‘ve got a full – time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren‘t top of the class at school.
56．What is the author‘s present job?
A．Working part – time in a college.
B．Taking care of children for a family.
C．Helping children with their schoolwork.
D．Looking after children at a kindergarten.
57．When staying with the two girls‘ family, the author .
A．was paid for extra work B．often worked long hours
C．got much help from her boss D．took a day off every other week
58．Why did the author leave her first job?
A．She found a full – time job.
B．She was fed up with children.
C．She decided to attend a part – time course.
D．She needed a rest after working extra hours.
59．What has the author learned from her own experiences?
A．Less successful students can still have a career.
B．Qualifications are necessary for a career.
C．Hard work makes an excellent student.
D．One must choose the job she likes.
答案56.D 57.B 58.C 59.A
Passage 57
(05·天津C篇)
The house was quiet at 5 am and Tim' s mother was asleep. Only the sound of the big freezer
broke the quiet. He' d dreamt of the cave last night. The purring (轻微颤动声) of the freezer had been the sea. Tim pulled on a sweater and put some apples into his schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He' d eat after he' d been through the cave, sitting on the rocks and staring at the sea.
He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches-
but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches, she' d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table:
Gone to Michael' s. Back tonight, Tim.
The sky was high and soft and light outside, though the sun still wasn't up. Even the highway
up the hill was quiet as he made his way down the street. The wind from the sea was fresh and
sweet.
The sand hills still breathed heat from yesterday' s sun, though the top of the sand was cool. He ran down to the beach impatiently, but there was no one, just dry sand dancing in the early wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the waves.
The light changed suddenly. The first rays of sunlight stretched (延伸) across the sea. The
sun was pushing its way over the edge of the world.
Over the first rocks, along to the point. Tim glanced back. The beach was still empty. The sun sailed higher in the sky.
He could see the cave now, even darker in the morning light. The sand turned silver then dark gold as the water flowed away from it. He had to force himself to go closer. Why was it so much more mysterious (神秘的) now? But it would be silly to go back now after so much trouble. He needn't go in all the way...
43. What did Tim do at the beginning of the story?
A. He left the house quietly.
B. He had breakfast at home.
C. He left a note on the freezer.
D. He put a sweater in his schoolbag.
44. "He settled for some biscuits‖ ( in Paragraph 3 ) means that Tim_______.
A. had to leave the biscuits on the table
B. liked biscuits better than sandwiches
C. had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches
D. could only find some biscuits in the kitchen
45. What made it possible for Tim to see the entry to the cave?
A. The height of the first rocks.
B. The ups and downs of the waves.
C. The change in the position of the sun.
D. The vast stretch of the sunlit beach.
46. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the story?
A. The sea looked like a piece of gold.
B. Seabirds flew away when Tim arrived.
C. Tim was the only person on the beach.
D. The sky got dark as Tim reached the cave.
47.In the story, Tim' s mood (心情) changed from_________.
A. loneliness to craziness
B. anxiousness to excitement
C. helplessness to happiness
D. eagerness to nervousness
答案43.A 44.C 45.C 46.C 47.D
Passage 58
(05·上海B篇)
―Come in, Kim. Have a seat, please,‖ said Bill Williams, the manager. ―this was Kim's first experience with an assessment. After only six months he was due for a raise if this assessment was satisfactory.
―Kim,‖ began Bill Williams, ―I am very pleased with the quality of your work. I have nothing but praise for your devotion and your hard work. My only concern is that you are not active enough in putting forward your suggestions.‖
―But,‖ replied Kim, ―I have always completed every assignment you have given me. Mr. Williams.‖
―I know that, Kim. And please, call me Bill. But what I expect is for you to think independently and introduce new ideas. I need more input from you—more feedback on how things are going. I don‘t need a ―yes man‖. You never tell me what you think. You just smile as though everything is fine.‖
―But,‖ said Kim, ―I feel that since you are my superior, it would be presumptuous of me to tell you what to do.‖
―I‘m not asking you to tell me what to do, but what you think we could do. To make suggestions, I employed you because I respect your experience in this field, but you are not communicating your thoughts to me.‖―Yes. I see. I‘m not accustomed to this, but I will try to do as you say…Bill.‖
―Good, then, I expect to hear more from you at staff meetings or at any other time you want to discuss an idea with me.‖
―Yes, of course. Thank you, Mr. Will…Bill.‖
69. Kim is the sort of employee who_______.
A. does not speak out his own ideas
B. is not devoted to the job
C. laughs too much over work
D. can not finish his work on time
70. The word ―presumptuous‖ in the middle of the passage is closest in meaning to ―_____‖.
A. full of respect
B. too confident and rude
C. lacking in experience
D. too shy and quiet
答案69.A 70.B
Passage 59
(05·重庆A篇)
My parents were in a huge argument, and 1 was really upset about it. I didn't know who I should talk with about how I was feeling. So I asked Mom to allow me to stay the night at my best friend's house. Though I knew I wouldn't tell her a bout my parents‘ situation, I was looking forward to gelling out of the house. I was in the middle of packing up my things when suddenly the power went out in the neighborhood. Mom came to tell me that I should stay with my grandpa until the power came back on.
I was really disappointed because I felt that we did not have much to talk about. But I knew he would be frightened alone in the dark. I went to his room and told him that I'd stay with him until the power was restored. He was quite happy and said, "Great opportunity. "
"What is?" I asked.
"To talk, you and I ‖ he said. "To hold a private little meeting about what we‘re going to do with your mom and dad, and what we're going to do with ourselves now that we're in the situation we are in. "
"But we can't do anything about it. Grandpa," I said, surprised that here was someone with whom I could share my feelings and someone who was in the same " boat" as I was.
And that's how the most unbelievable friendship between my grandfather and me started. Sitting Acre in the dark, we talked about our feelings and fears of life — from how fast things change, to how they sometimes don't change fast enough. That night, because the power went out, I found a new friend, with whom I could safely talk about all my fears and pains, whatever they may be-Suddenly, the lights all came back on. "Well," he said, " I guess that means you'll want to go now. I really like our talk. I hope the power will go out every few nights!"
56.1 wished to get out of the house because ____
A. I was angry about my parents' quarrel
B. I found nobody to share my feelings with
C. I wanted to escape from the dark house
D. I planned to tell my friend about my trouble
57. Grandpa was happy to see me because _____.
A. he could discuss the problem with me
B. he had not seen me for a long lime
C. he was afraid of darkness
D. he felt quite lonely
58. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The grandchild was eager to leave.
B. They would have more chats.
C. The lights would go out again.
D. It would no longer be dark.
答案56.A 57.A 58.B
Passage 60
(05·浙江A篇)
Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are out main customers, and it‘s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register （收款机）with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash (现金), had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.
I couldn‘t help staring at him. I wonde red what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn‘t allow me t o do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.
Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. ―Change it to me, ‖ was all he said.
What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.
41. The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits_________ .
A．promised to obey the store rules
B．forgot to take any money with him
C．hoped to have the food first and pay later
D．could not afford anything more expensive
42. Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?
A．kind and lucky B．poor and lonely
C．friendly and helpful D．hurt and disappointed
43. The writer acted upon the store rules because_________ .
A．he wanted to keep his present job
B．he felt no pity for the old gentleman
C．he considered the old man dishonest
D．he expected someone else to pay for the old man
44. What does the writer learn from his experience?
A．Wealth is more important than anything else
B．Helping others is easier said than done
C．Experience is better gained through practice
D．Obeying the rules means more than compassion.
答案41.C 42.B 43.A 44.B
Passage 61
(05·浙江C篇)
In the course of working my way through school, I took many jobs I would rather forget. But none of these jobs was as dreadful as my job in an apple plant. The work was hard; the pay was poor; and, most of all, the working conditions were terrible.
First of all, the job made huge demands on my strength. For then hours a night, I took boxes that rolled down a metal track and piled them onto a truck. Each box contained twelve heavy bottles of apple juice. I once figured out that I was lifting an average of twelve tons of apple juice every night.
I would not have minded the difficulty of the work so much if the pay had not been so poor. I was paid the lowest wage of that time—two dollars an hour. Because of the low pay, I felt eager to get as much as possible. I usually worked twelve hours a night but did not take home much more than $ 100 a week.
But even more than the low pay, what made me unhappy was the working conditions. During work I was limited to two ten-minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch. Most of my time was spent outside loading trucks with those heavy boxes in near-zero-degree temperatures. The steel floors of the trucks were like ice, which made my feet feel like stone. And after the production line shut down at night and most people left, I had to spend two hours alone cleaning the floor.
I stayed on the job for five months, all the while hating the difficulty of the work, the poor money, and the conditions under which I worked. By the time I left, I was determined never to go back there again.
49. Why did the writer have to take many jobs at that time?
A．To pay for his schooling B．To save for his future
C．To support his family D．To gain some experience
50. The following facts describe the terrible working conditions of the plant EXCEPT_________.
A．loading boxes in the freezing cold B．having limited time for breaks
C．working and studying at the same time D．getting no pay for lunch time
51. What is the subject discussed in the text?
A．The writer‘s unhappy school life
B．The writer‘s eagerness to earn money
C．The writer‘s experience as a full-time worker
D．The writer‘s hard work in an apple plant
52. How is the text organized?
A．Topic—Argument—Explanation
B．Opinion—Discussion--Description
C．Main idea—Comparison—Supporting examples
D．Introduction—Supporting examples—Conclusion
答案49.A 50.C 51.D 52.D
Passage 62
(05·福建B篇)
Three months after the government stopped issuing（发放）or renewing permits for Internet cafes because of security（安全）concerns, some cafe owners are having financial（经济的）concerns of their own.
The permits were stopped suddenly three months ago by the government until new safeguards could be put in place to prevent misuse of the information superhighway, but for cafe owners it‘s a business breakdown with no fix in sight.
―I handed in a request to open up an Internet café and received the conditions,‖ said the businessman Obeidallah. ―I rented a place in the Sharafiah district at SR45,000 and prepared the place with equipment that cost me more than SR100,000. When I went to the local government after finishing everything, I was surprised to find that they‘d stopped issuing permits for Internet cafes.‖
Having an Internet cafe without Internet is much like having a coffee shop without coffee. ―I‘m avoiding closing the place, but it‘s been more than three months with the situation ongoing as it is.‖ Obeidallah said. ―Who will bear the losses caused by the permit issue?‖
The decision took many cafe owners by surprise. ―I asked to open an Internet café, and I was handed a list of all the things that were needed to follow through, such as a sig n for the place, filling out forms,‖ said Hassan Al-Harbi.
―I did all that was asked and rented a place. And after the Haj vacation I went to the local government and they surprised me, saying that there are new rules that forbid the issuing of any more Internet cafe permits and that one can‘t even renew his permit. I‘ve lost more than SR80,000,‖ Al-harbi added.
As for the government, officials say a method to deal with it is on the way. But security concerns come before profit（盈利）.
60．The government stopped issuing or renewing permits for Internet cafes .
A．to prevent misuse of new safeguards in Internet cafes
B．to make cafe owners earn less profit from their business
C．to stop the use of the information superhighway on Internet
D．to make sure of the proper use of the information superhighway
61．The government‘s decision led to the fact that many cafe owners .
A．suffered heavy financial losses B．asked to open up Internet cafes
C．continued to operate Internet cafes D．asked the government for payment
62．The underlined phrase in the last paragraph ―on the way‖ means .
A．to be studied B．to be put into practice
C．to be changed D．to be improved
63．The cafe owners found the government‘s decision .
A．surprising and unacceptable B．understandable and acceptable
C．reasonable but surprising D．surprising but acceptable
答案60.D 61.B 62.C 63.D
Passage 63
(05·江西A篇)
He wishes the holiday season would end already . His back aches , his red suit feels like a spacesuit , his cheeks have gone tight from smiling for 12 hours —and still the kids keep coming and coming , like ants at a picnic . As Christmas becomes more commercialized (商业化) across the U. S. and Canada , so must Santas . As
the holiday begins earlier each year , so must its spokesmen .
The questions from children these days are harder than ever . Now, with thousands of children expecting a father or mother serving in Iraq or Afghanistan , the questions are as heart-breaking as they are unanswerable . For example , ―Can you please bring Daddy home from the war in time for Christmas morning ?‖Santas also have a pretty good chance of getting sued (指控). A professional Santa Claus in Canada told a story : A Santa had a girl on his knee , and he commented , ―You have nice eyes and nice hair .‖ The girl later said it was sexual harassment (骚扰) . When a Santa feels anxious , he often shows it in the same ways ordinary people do : The Santas were always seen to hang around at the dinner table when the show ended . Many of them just sleep in bed for several days and don‘t see other children again .
56．In the first paragraph , ―spokesmen‖ refers to .
A．businessmen B．political leaders
C．organisers of the activities D．Santa Clauses
57．The passage implies that the job of Santa Claus is .
A．well-paid B．very hard C．worth doing D．dangerous
58．According to the third paragraph, Santas may sometimes be blamed for .
A．doing something against the law B．hanging around the dinner table
C．being lazy and sleeping in bed for days D．not playing their roles as expected
59．What would be the best title for the passage ?
A．Christmas : Not a Good Festival for Santas
B．Is Santa Claus Really Alive ?
C．A Christmas Story
D．What Does Santa Claus Do for Children ?
答案56.D 57.B 58.A 59.A
Passage 64
(05·湖北B篇)
At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.
Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England ,but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour .In order to have no trouble with the police ,he had a talk with some of the police officers ,who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country ,but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London.
One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the red lamp , but he walked as fast as he could .The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car ,and not one of them saw it .
They reached a hill ;but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car; but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him.
―Good evening,‖ said the policeman ,looking at the car.
―Good evening,‖ said Rolls ,holding the lamp.
―One of these horseless things,‖ said the policeman ,looking at it with interest.
―Yes,‖ said Rolls, and waited.
―I‘ve often wanted a ride in one ; but of course policemen can‘t buy things like that.‖ He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls‘s face.
―Jump in ,‖ said Rolls.
―Thanks ,‖ said the policeman ,and did so . ―Now ,‖he said ,sitting down, ―you can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isn‘t another policeman on this road for a mile and a half.‖
60．The policemen were told ―to look the other way‖ (the underlined part in Paragraph 2) so that
.
A．they could watch the car coming from the other direction
B．the car could go faster than four miles an hour
C．they could make sure no one was in the way
D．the car would not hit them on the road
61．In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?
A．They greeted Rolls when the car came along.
B．They walked in front of the car with a red lamp.
C．They pretended to be attracted by something else.
D．They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the road.
62．The policeman who said ―Good evening‖ to Rolls wanted to .
A．teach Rolls a lesson B．take a free ride home
C．have a talk with Rolls D．have a car ride experience
63．After the policeman jumped into the car ,Rolls .
A．dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed to
B．could drive as fast as he wished within a certain distance
C．could drive on any road he liked for the rest of the journey
D．drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to Cambridge
答案60.B 61.C 62.D 63.B
Passage 65
(05·湖南A篇)
We were on tour a few summers ago, driving through Chicago, when right outside of the city, we got pulled over. A middle-aged policeman came up to the car and was really being troublesome at first. Lecturing us, he said, "You were speeding. Where are you going in such a hurry?" Our guitarist, Tim, told him that we were on our way to Wisconsin to play a show. His way towards us totally changed. He asked, "Oh, so you boys are in a band (乐队)?" We told him that we were. He then asked all the usual broad questions about the type of music we played, and how long we had been at it. Suddenly, he stopped and said, "Tim, you want to get out of this ticket, don't you?" Tim said, "Yes." So the officer asked him to step out of the car. The rest of us, inside the car, didn't know what to think as we watched the policeman talk to Tim. Next thing we knew, the policeman was putting Tim in the back of the police car he had parked in front of us. With that, he threw the car into reverse(倒车), stopping a few feet in back of our car. Now we suddenly felt frightened. We didn't know if we were all going to prison, or if the policeman was going to sell Tim on the black market or something. All of a sudden, the pollen's voice came over in a loud speaker. He said, "Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time ever, we have Tim here singing on Route 90.‖
Turns out, the policeman had told Tim that the only way he was getting out of the ticket was if he sang part of one of our songs over the loudspeaker in the police car. Seconds later, Tim started screaming into the receiver. The policeman enjoyed the performance, and sent us on our way without a ticket.
56. The policeman stopped the boys to ______.
A. put them into prison
B. give them a ticket
C. enjoy their performance
D. ask some band questions
57. The policeman became friendly to the boys when ha knew they ____
A. had long been at the band
B. played the music he loved
C. were driving for a show
D. promised into a performance
58. The boys probably felt ______ when they drove off.
A, joyful B. calm C. nervous D. frightened
答案56.B 57.C 58.A
Passage 40
(06·全国ⅠB篇)
Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents‘ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend‘s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christ-mas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I‘d left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership－a shop selling cars－was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
―Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?‖ I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks.
I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.
―Thank you‖－two powerful words. They‘re easy to say and mean so much.
60．The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City _______.
A．to visit a friend
B．to see his parents
C．to pay or the cash register
D．to have more gas for his car
61．The words ―took off ‖ underlined in Paragraph 2 mean ―________‖.
A．turned off
B．moved off
C．put up
D．set up
62．What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?
A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.
B．The couple sent him a business card.
C．The couple offered to help him.
D．He called his friend for help.
63．The battery of the author‘s car was dead because _______.
A．something went wrong with the lights
B．the meeting lasted a whole day
C．he forgot to turn off the lights
D．he drove too long a distance
64．By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show _______.
A．how to write a thank-you letter
B．how to deal with car problems
C．the kind-heartedness of older people
D．the importance of expressing thanks
答案60.A 61.B 62.C 63.C 64.D
Passage 41
(06·全国ⅡA篇)
My friend, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her month-long stay in Jerusalem she often went to a café called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom—Alex—used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that he‘d be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just abo ve the café, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secretary—General of the United Nations (UN).
Emma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But , when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting(笔迹). It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange(交换)addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack(背包) and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to California, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalem, he took the book along.
41．Alex lent Emma the book, Markings, .
A．to show his friendliness to her
B．to show his interest in reading
C．to tell her about the importance of the UN
D．to let her write her name and address inside
42．How did Emma feel the moment she opened the book?
A．Pleased. B．Satisfied. C．Worried. D．Surprised.
43．We can learn from the text that the Californian .
A．met Emma at a concert
B．invited Emma to a concert
C．introduced Emma to his friend
D．left Emma his backpack
44．Who was supposed to be the first owner of the book?
A．An official of the UN.
B．A coffee shop owner.
C．A friend of the author‘s.
D．Alex‘s friend from California.
答案41.A 42.D 43.A 44.D
Passage 42
(06·全国ⅡC篇)
When I learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble — a word game — against herself, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggested we give her a computer to play against.
I wasn‘t sure my mother was ready for it After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents‘ home . And so began my mother‘s adventure in the world of computers.
It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I‘ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything. She has been the one teach-
ing me all my life: to cook and sew: to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back.
It wasn‘t ea sy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing（文字处理）This proved to be a bigger challenge（挑战）to her, so I gave her some homework I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces.
―Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?‖ she asked.
―No, of course not, ‖ I said. ―They already know how to use a computer.‖
My mother isn‘t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the c omputer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy（过敏反应）. For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother wo uld answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we‘ve had in the past 20 years.
49．What does the author do?
A．She is a cook. B．She is a teacher.
C．She is a housewife. D．She is a computer engineer.
50．The author decided to give her mother a computer .
A．to let her have more chances to write letters
B．to support her in doing her homework
C．to help her through the bad times
D．to make her life more enjoyable
51．The author asked her mother to write her a letter .
A．because her mother had stopped using the telephone
B．because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother
C．so that her mother could practice what she had learned
D．so that her mother could be free from housework
52．Aft er the computer was brought home, the author‘s father.
A．lost interest in cooking
B．took more phone calls
C．played more games
D．began to use it
答案49.B 50.D 51.C 52.B
Passage 43
(06·北京B篇)
I was 9 years old when I found out my father w as ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother‘s words as if it were yesterday: ―Kerrel, I don‘t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him.‖
AIDS wasn‘t something we talked about in my country w hen I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father‘s other children l ived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.
We couldn‘t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn‘t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher‘s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not share my burden (负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret. I was
completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.
I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even m e. He didn‘t want to call attention to AIDS. I do.
60. What does Kerrel tell us about her father?
A. He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.
B. He depended on the nurses in his final days.
C. He worked hard to pay for his medication.
D. He told no one about his disease.
61. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
A. Kerrel couldn‘t understand her teacher.
B. Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.
C. Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.
D. Kerrel was too tired to bear her teacher‘s words.
62. Why did Kerrel keep her father‘s disease a secret?
A. She was afraid of being looked down upon.
B. She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.
C. She found no one willing to listen to her.
D. She wanted to obey her mother.
63. Why did Kerrel write the passage?
A. To tell people about the sufferings of her father.
B. To show how little people knew about AIDS.
C. To draw people‘s attention to AIDS.
D. To remembered her father.
答案60.D 61.C 62.A 63.C
Passage 44
(06·广东A篇)
Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do the results may range from the disastrous to the troubling. One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago. Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen.
The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country's bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated (交配) it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist's name, had a total success on his hands.
Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places.
But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings (叮) , began to attack its neighbours -- cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings.
This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them.
56. The results of the South American experiment .
A. have caused a serious trouble
B. have proved to be wrong
C. are not yet certain
D. are not important
57. The experiment mentioned in this passage was designed to .
A. increase the amount of honey in Brazil
B. make Brazilian bees more easy-going
C. increase the number of bees in Brazil
D. make African bees less active
58. Which of the following may be the cause of the new bees' attacking personalities?
A. Their production of honey.
B. Their hard work.
C. Their living environment.
D. Their bad temper.
59. The last paragraph implies that .
A. the bees have been driven to Central and North America
B. the bees may bring about trouble in more countries
C. the bees must be stopped from moving north
D. the bees prefer to live in Brazil
答案56.C 57.A 58.C 59.B
Passage 45
(06·广东B篇)
He's an old cobbler (修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me: ―I haven't time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street ; he'll fix them for you right away.‖
But I'd had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman (手艺人). ―No,‖ I replied, ―the other fellow can't do it well.‖―The other fellow‖ was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys ―while-U-wait‖ -- without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, andwhen they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋带) you might as well just throw away the pair.
My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled. He wiped his hands on his blue apron ( 围裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, ―Come back in a week.‖
I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.
―See what I can do?‖he said with pride. ―Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.. ‖
When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft.
These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old, way as long as it ―pays‖, when, in short, peo ple look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption (消费) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.
60. Which of the following is true about the old cobbler.'?
A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools.
B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais.
C. He was proud of his skills.
D. He was a native Parisian.
61. The sentence ―He was something out of an ancient legend.‖ ( paragraph 7 ) implies that
A. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him
B. it was difficult to communicate with this man
C. the man was very strange
D. the man was too old
62. According to the author, many people work just to .
A. realize their abilities
B. gain happiness
C. make money
D. gain respect
63. This story wants to tell us that .
A. craftsmen make a lot of money
B. whatever you do, do it well
C. craftsmen need self-respect
D. people are born equal
答案60.C 61.A 62.C 63.B
Passage 46
(06·重庆A篇)
When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess(公主)in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines. But once onstage, every word disappeared from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator‘s(解说者的) part for the play, and asked me to change roles. Though I didn‘t tell my mother what had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day .We could see dandelions(蒲公英)popping through the grass in bunches, as if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down by one of the bunches. ―I think I am going to dig up all these weeds,‖ she said. ―From now on, we‘ll have only roses in this garden.‖
―But I like dandelions,‖ I protested. ―All flowers are beautiful—even dandelions!‖
My mother looked at me seriously. ― Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn‘t it?‖ she asked thoughtfully. I no dded. ―And that is true of people, too,‖ she added.
When I realized that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth.
―But you will be a beautiful narrator,‖ she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her.
Over the next few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. ―Your mother asked me to give this to you,‖ she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took home the flower, laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed.
56．The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because .
A．she felt nervous on the stage
B．she lost her interest in that role
C．she preferred the role of the narrator
D．she had difficulty memorizing her words
57．Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden?
A．To remove the dandelions
B．To enjoy the garden scene.
C．To have a talk with her daughter.
D．To help her daughter with the play.
58．What is the main idea of the story?
A．Everybody can find his or her own way to success.
B．Everybody has his or her own value in the world.
C．Everybody should learn to play different roles.
D．Everybody has some unforgettable memory.
答案56.A 57.C 58.B
Passage 47
(06·江苏A篇)
The Marches were a happy family . Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg , Jo, Beth , Amy , and Marmee , as the March girls called their mother .
The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults . Pretty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren she taught ; boyish Jo was easy to become angry ; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up ; but Beth , who kept the house , was loving and gentle always .
The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrive d for Mrs . March . ―Your husband is very ill,‖ it said , ―come at once.‖ The girls tried to be brave when their mother left for the front . They waited and prayed . Little Beth got scarlet fever (猩红热)when she was taking care of a sick neighbor . She became very ill but began to recover by the time Marnee was back . When Father came home from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together .
Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood . Meg became Mrs .Brooke , and after a few family troubles got used to her new state happily . Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts . Amy had grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society . But Beth had never fully regained her health , and her family watched her with love and anxiety .
Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Mareches‘ . Jo went to New York and became successful in her writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there .But at home the bitterest blow was yet to fall . Beth had known for some time that she couldn‘t live much longer to be with her family , and in the springtime she died .
News came from Europe that Amy and Laurie , the grandson of a wealthy neighbor , had planned to be married soon. Now Jo became ever more successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer , and soon afterwards founded a school for boys .
And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children , enjoying the harvest of love and goodness that they had devoted all their lives to .