2006年上海市普通高等学校春季招生考试英语试卷第I卷（105分）I. Listening Comprehension.Part A Short ConversationsDirections:In part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. Fried chicken. B. Hamburgers. C. A pizza. D. Seafood.2. A. A new job. B. A party. C. A new house. D. Some drinks.3. A. She doesn't like reading. B. She's already read the book.C. She is too busy to read the book.D. She's almost finished the book.4. A. Frightening. B. Interesting. C. Enjoyable. D. Dull.5. A. It is time that he won the scholarship. B. No one believes that he won the scholarship.C. He's surprised that he got the scholarship.D. He's glad to award the woman the scholarship.6. A. The 4:40 bus. B. The 5:00 bus. C. The 5:20 bus. D. The 5:40 bus.7. A. An airhostess. B. A cook. C. A waitress. D. A hotel manager.8. A. At a police station. B. At a bank.C. At an employment agency.D. At a post office.9. A. Someone helped him with the work. B. Someone has done the work for him.C. He didn't quite finish the work.D. He did the work alone.10. A. He doesn't love jazz. B. He hasn't heard any music for a long time.C. He'd prefer silence for a while.D. He'd like to listen to some jazz.Part B PassagesDirections: In Part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. 3 years. B. 4 years. C. 15 years. D.18 years.12. A. A lawyer. B. A professor. C. An artist. D. An interpreter.13. A. They've overcome their language problems. B. They overtook others in learning Russian.C. They still have problems speaking English.D. They worked in a restaurant to practise English.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following report.14. A. The Spanish flu. B. The Asian flu. C. The Hong Kong flu. D. Bird flu.15. A. In 1968. B. In the 21st century. C. In 1957. D. Over a century ago.16. A. Bird flu viruses. B. Several kinds of flu. C. Causes of flu. D. Some most common viruses. Part C Longer ConversationsDirections: In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will .be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the informationyou have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.II. Grammar and VocabularyDirections: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.25. More and more young people are fond ___ playing tennis nowadays.A. onB. toC. inD. of26. You know he is not going to let us leave early if we ___ get the work done.A. can'tB. may notC. shouldn'tD. mustn't27. Both sides have accused of breaking the contract ___.A. anotherB. the otherC. neitherD. each28. We ___ our new neighbors yet, so we don't know their names.A. don't meetB. won't meetC. haven't metD. hadn't met29. The parents suggested ___ in the hotel room but their kids were anxious to camp out during the trip.A. sleepB. to sleepC. sleepingD. having slept30. These shoes look very good. I wonder ___.A. how much cost they areB. how much do they costC. how much they costD. how much are they cost31. Some experts think that language learning is much ___ for children as their tongues are moreflexible.A. easyB. easierC. easilyD. more easily32. ___ most of the earth’s surface is covered by water, fresh water is very rare and precious.A. AsB. OnceC. IfD. Although33. Doris' success lies in the fact ___ she is co-operative and eager to learn from others.A. whichB. thatC. whenD. why34. Just in front of our house ___ with a history of 1,000 years.A. does a tall tree standB. stands a tall treeC. a tall tree is standingD. a tall tree stands35. David said that it was because of his strong interest in literature ___ he chose the course.A. thatB. whatC. whyD. how36. There are hundreds of visitors ___ in front of the Art Gallery to have a look at Van Gogh’spaintings.A. waitedB. to waitC. waitingD. wait37. You can find whatever you need at the shopping centre, ___ is always busy at the weekend.A. thatB. whereC. whatD. which38. ___ the employees' working efficiency, the supervisor will allow them to have a coffee break.A. ImprovingB. To improveC. Having improvedD. Improved39. In the dream Peter saw himself ___ by a fierce wolf, and he woke suddenly with a start.A. chasedB. to be chasedC. be chasedD. having been chased40. China has promised to revise its existing regulations and ___ new policies according to WTOrequirements.A. formingB. to formC. to be formingD. have formed41. Put the ___ of your tongue against your upper teeth when you produce the sound.A. tipB. topC. peakD. pole42. Small cars are ___ of fuel, so they have more appeal for consumers.A. freeB. shortC. typicalD. economical43. Sean's strong love for his country is ___ in his recently published poems.A. relievedB. reflectedC. respondedD. recovered44. The performer was waving his stick in the street and it ___ missed the child standing nearby.A. narrowlyB. nearlyC. hardlyD. closelyIII. ClozeDirections: 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 or phrase that best fits the context.(A)The term home schooling means educating children at home or in places other than a normal setting such as a public or private school. There are many reasons why parents choose home schooling for their children. Some parents are __45__ with the quality of education in the public schools. Others do not want their children to have to worry about “peer pressure”, or social pressure from friends. They say it may have a(n) __46__ effect on the child's studies. These parents __47__ this type of pressure will lead to bad behavior such as smoking, drinking alcohol, and taking drugs.Bullying(欺负) from other students is another concern. Still other parents choose this type of __48__ for religious reasons. Whatever the __49__ may be, it is evident that more and more children are being taken out of normal schools every year. __50__, many questions have emerged, encouraging the debate over home schooling against public schooling.What then is the future of education? Will this new model of schooling replace normal schools? Will computers and the Internet __51__ our classrooms and teachers? As the debate continues, so do the questions about what home schoolers are studying at home. How can parents ensure that their children are prepared __52__ for college? How are home schoolers assessed to make sure they are getting the same educational standards that school students must have?Finally, there are questions regarding the children's emotional development. Are they too __53__ their fellow students? Are they __54__ the opportunity to get the social benefits of being in a large classroom of students? As with any debatable issue, the answers to these questions are neither simple nor one-sided.45. A. patient B. familiar C. pleased D. dissatisfied46. A. active B. contrary C. important D. negative47. A. care B. fear C. wish D. deny48. A. activity B. education C. behavior D. belief49. A. effects B. suggestions C. reasons D. pressures50. A. As a result B. On the whole C. After all D. On the contrary51. A. replace B. reserve C. represent D. release52. A. gracefully B. emotionally C. academically D. financially53. A. free from B. isolated from C. related to D. close to54. A. providing B. making C. taking D. losing(B)Many people of my generation say that there is no hope for the future because of the way that young people behave today.Their first argument is that when we were __55__ we used to look after the older people in our community and help them. They also say that young people today don't care about anything or anyone. __56__, I think the reason why we looked after older people was that we had no __57__. People had to live with their parents and grandparents because they had no money. Young people today earn more and have more freedom to live where they want. __58__ this, I think that they are still interested in older people. For example, young people often __59__ to help me when I get on and off the bus with heavy shopping.Their second argument is that in our day we didn't __60__ to be given jobs ——and that young people now don't look for jobs, but just complain about unemployment. On the other hand, things were easier in the past and it was always easy to get a job __61__ you had friends and contacts. It is really harder today. Young people complain about unemployment and I think they have __62__ reason to complain.In conclusion I think there is __63__ for the future. This generation, like generations before them, has new __64__ as well as old problems. If they learn from our mistakes the world will be a better place in future.55. A. ignorant B. young C. childish D. innocent56. A. Moreover B. Meanwhile C. Therefore D. However57. A. trouble B. concept C. choice D. method58. A. In addition to B. In spite of C. Due to D. As for59. A. offer B. hesitate C. refuse D. mean60. A. prepare B. regret C. decline D. expect61. A. unless B. if C. until D. because62. A. every B. no C. this D. another63. A. possibility B. feasibility C. hope D. result64. A. events B. questions C. hobbies D. opportunitiesIV. Reading ComprehensionDirections:Read the following four 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 your have just read.( A )A lot of people are familiar with the story of Brave Gelert,a dog that faithfully defended theprince’s son, but which wa s then killed while it was fast asleep through a terrible misunderstanding. However, only a few people know that the story is really a pack of lies. Let me explain.About a hundred or so years ago there was a hotel owner in Wales who was fed up with business being so bad. His hotel was stuck in the middle of nowhere and hardly anyone came to stay. Then, one day, he had an idea. A famous prince called Llewellyn had lived in the area during the Middle Ages and had been keen on dogs. This is hardly surprising as hunting was extremely popular at that time. So what he did was to make up the story of the brave and faithful Gelert and how he had been killed by his ungrateful master.Of course, people would be far more likely to believe the story if there was something they could see. So one day, the hotel keeper went to the top of a high hill and built a sort of monument from the stones he found lying around A friend of his, who was an accountant, helped him to construct it .The "tale" soon caught on and developed a life of its own. Afterwards, people came from far and wide to see the spot where the dog was buried. Needless to say, business became very good for the hotel owner.65. According to the tale, the dog was killed by ___.A. a hotel ownerB. a famous accountantC. its masterD. the prince's son66. The owner of the hotel successfully improved his business by ___.A. making up a storyB. constructing a hotel on the hillC. showing people around his hotelD. inviting a friend to help him67. The hotel owner built the stone monument in order toA. make more moneyB. remember the loyal dogC. show offD. honor the prince68. What could be the best title for this passage?A. A Prince and His DogB. A Profit - Making LieC. A Magnificent HotelD. A Faithful but Unlucky Dogsummer, join the International Conservation Scouts on a fun - filleddifference. Year after year, young people from all around the world get together at one of our sixteen 环境保护) camp. Their shared aim? To help protect the countryside and its wildlife.Many animals and plants are in danger of disappearing forever. The dormouse, a kind of mouse, needs woodland plants for food and trees to stay in. Its habitatdestroyed by man and it needs our help to survive.69. The main purpose of this passage is ___.A. to offer young people a fun - filled holidayB. to attract young people to attend a conservation campC. to persuade people into exploring the countrysideD. to raise funds for the International Conservation Scouts70. According to the passage, you can ___ at the conservation camps.A. experiment on the dormouseB. practise your favorite hobbiesC. enrich your knowledge of wildlifeD. have free accommodation and food71. Judging from the writing style of the passage, it is ___.A. a piece of advertisementB. a science reportC. a passage for professional readingD. a passage for arguing an opinion( C )In some children who go blind, certain parts of the brain that normally control vision appear to switch jobs and focus instead on sound, a new study has found.The study, by researchers at the University of Montreal, involved 7 adults who could see and 12 adults who had lost their vision when they were children. Each participant sat in a room with 16 loudspeakers at different locations. The room was designed so that there were no echoes. During the experiment, the speakers irregularly produced sounds. Participants had to point to where the sounds were coming from. Meanwhile, the researchers monitored blood flow in the brains of the participants to see which brain structures were working during the task.The results showed that five of the blind participants were very good at pointing to where sounds were coming from. In these people, blood flow increased in the visual cortex- an area at the back of the right side of the brain. This part of the brain is usually associated with vision.The other seven blind participants showed no increase in activity in the visual cortex. These people didn't do very well at picking out where sounds were coming from. Now, the researchers are looking at whether these people have gained an enhanced sense of touch instead of sound to replace their lostvision.The scientists say that their study shows how adaptable parts of the brain can be.72. The purpose of the experiment described in the passage is to find whetherA. blind children can regain their sightB. blind people have a better sense of soundC. the sense of touch is better among blind peopleD. blood flow in the brains of blind people is slower73. The participants of the experiment were asked ___.A. to tell the difference between 16 soundsB. to take down the time each sound lastedC. to identify the direction the sound came fromD. to detect the number of the loudspeakers.74. During the experiment, blood flow in the brains of the participants was measured in order to ___.A. learn about the way they react to echoesB. look for the way of enhancing hearing abilityC. find which parts of the brain were functioningD. expose the relationship between seeing and touching75. Which of the following statements best summarizes the main idea of the passage?A. Most blind people have a well - developed sense of touch.B. People go blind because of the breakdown of their visual cortex.C. Most blind people have a better sense of sound than normal people.D. Human brains can adjust themselves after the loss of a certain function.(D)Indian's snake charmers are to be retrained as wildlife teachers under a plan to prevent their unique skills and knowledge from being lost. The charmers, who make snakes dance to the sound of flutes(笛子), used to be a traditional feature of Indian life, performing in towns and villages, until they were banned in 1972 to control the trade in snake skins.The government is now considering a plan to train the saperas, as they are known, to visit schools and zoos to tell children about forests and wildlife. There is also a proposal to set up a “dial a snake charmer” service to help householders to deal with unwelcome intruders.“For generations they have been a feature of Indian life but now they can't earn a living for fear of arrest,” said Behar Dutt, a conservationist behind the plans, “if a policeman doesn’t catch them, animal rights activists report them.”Many snake charmers have continued to work clandestinely since the ban, despite the threat of up to three years in jail. But their trademark cloth-covered baskets, hung from a bamboo pole carried across their shoulders, make them an easy target for police.The fate of Shisha Nath, 56, from Badarpur, a village just outside of Delhi, is typical of practitioners(从业者) of the dying art. “I used to earn enough to support my family and send my children to school, "he said. "Now it's hard to earn even f, 1 a day. My children want to be snake charmers. It’s our identity. We love the work. But it s become impossible.Ne xt month Dutt’s project to train 30 snake charmers will begin at a snake park in Pune, western India, where experts will enrich their home-grown skills with some formal knowledge.More than the law, though, it is the dishonest attitude of their fellow countryman that angers many snake charmers."'We're disturbed all the time but when people want a snake removed from the house, they rush tous," said Prakash Nath, who was ordered recently to the home of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party leader.76. According to the passage, snake charmers will be retrained as wildlife teachers mainly because___.A. schools need large numbers of such teachersB. most of them cannot support their familiesC. their performances on the street are bannedD. the government plans to save the dying art77. The purpose of the proposed "dial a snake charmer" telephone service is ___.A. to give performance of snake dancingB. to teach householders how to catch and kill snakesC. to offer cleaning service to wealthy householdersD. to help remove unwanted snakes from the houses78. The word "clandestinely" in paragraph 4 can be best replaced by the word "___"A. secretlyB. publiclyC. subconsciouslyD. diligently79. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Snake charmers can easily be recognized by the police on the street.B. Children of snake charmers would not like to continue their fathers' job.C. Snake charmers are quite angry with the attitude of their fellow countrymen.D. The animal rights activists take a negative attitude towards snake charmers.( E )Directions:Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each80. ___If you suddenly received a lot of money, how would you spend it? For the people of Tuvalu, a tiny state comprising nine islands in the South Pacific, something unusual happened. In 1999 Tuvalu, with its population of 11,000,was the third poorest state in the world. Later, Tuvalu received a domain name on the Internet ——the letters “.tv”. A communication company from California quickly offered to buy the domain name for $ 40 million. The islanders became very rich.81. ___At the same time the islanders received some very bad news. Due to global warming, and because the islands are only 3m above sea level, Tuvalu will probably become the first state in the world to disappear under the sea. According to scientific estimates, the islands will suffer severe floods within the next 15 - 20 years, and by the end of the century, the islands will have disappeared from sight altogether.82. ___You can already see signs of the rising sea on Tuvalu. Pools of seawater appear here and there, some beaches are swallowed by the waves, and the roots of trees are rotting by the ocean. The rains cause temporary floods.83. ___But despite these problems, the Tuvaluan had their new money. Paul Lindsay, a documentary film - maker, went all the way to Tuvalu, and came back with an incredible story. As the water rises, the Tuvaluan are using the money to develop the land that is soon to disappear. They are building new houses, planning nightclubs, restaurants and hotels, and new cars are driving around on new roads. "Just because we are sinking, it doesn't mean we don't want to raise our standards of living." Lindsay was told by Sam Teo, Tuvalu' s minister for natural resources.84. ___Of the $ 40 million Tuvalu received through the Internet deal, $ 10 million was used to asphalt the islands' L9km of roads. Before 1999 there were four cars on the islands. The Tuvaluan used to walk or cycle everywhere. There was a flood of imported foods and goods and soon these had unexpected consequences. The Tuvaluan people now suffer from diseases such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. Others discovered that it was too expensive for them to keep their cars. There is now a huge rubbish dump in the middle of this tropical paradise, covered with abandoned cars and other waste.第II卷（共45分）I . TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences English, using the words given in the brackets.1.昨天我的电脑坏了。
