高考英语全国卷

1999年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试

英 语

National Matriculation English Test（NMET 99）

本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。第一

卷1至14页。第二卷1至4页。共150分。考试时间120分钟。

第一卷（三大题，共95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，再选涂其他答案标号。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。

I．单项填空（共25小题，每小题1分；满分25分）

A）从A、B、C、D中找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分

读音相同的选项。

例：have

A．gave B．save C．hat D．made 答案是C。

1．spare

A．fear B．earn C．pear D．beard

2．navy

A．neighbor B．nationality C．relative D．valley

3．unit

A．fierce B．nephew C．juice D．sure

4．gentle

A．organise B．bargain C．regular D．charge

5．journey

A．merchant B．courtyard C．energy D．serious B）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳

答案。

例：We______last night，but we went to the concert instead．

A．must have studied B．might study

C．should have studied D．would study

答案是C。

6．-I had a really good weekend at my uncle’s．-______．

A．Oh，that’s very nice of you

B．Congratulations

C．It’s a pleasure

D．oh，I’m glad to hear that

7．-I’m going to the post office．

-______you’re there，can you get me some stamps？

A．As B．While

C．Because D．If

8．Paper money was in______use in China when Marco Polo visited

the country in______thirteenth century．

A．the；不填 B．the；the

C．不填；the D．不填；不填

9．-Are the new rules working？

-Yes．______books are stolen．

A．Few B．More

C．Some D．None

10．-Alice，you feed the bird today，______？

-But I fed it yesterday．

A．do you B．Will you

C．didn’t you D．don’t you

11．______you’ve got a chance，you might as well make full use

of it．

A．Now that B．After

C．Although D．As soon as

12．______him and then try to copy what he does．

A． Mind B．Glance at

C．Stare at D．Watch

13．-I drove to Zhuhai for the air show last week．

-Is that______you had a few days off？

A．why B．when

C．what D．where

14．Robert is said______abroad，but I don’t know what country he

studied in．

A．to have studied B．to study

C．to be studying D．to have been studying

15．-Will you stay for lunch？-Sorry，______．My brother is coming to see me．

A．I mustn’t B．I can’t

C．I needn’t D．I won’t

16．The price______，but I doubt whether it will remain so．

A．went down B．will go down

C．has gone down D．was going down

17．Few pleasures can equal______ofa cool drink on a hot day．

A．some B．any

C．that D．those

18．You should make it a rule to leave things______you can find

them again．

A．when B．where

C．then D．there

19．Carol said the work would be done by

October，______personally I doubt very much．

A．it B．that

C．when D．which

20．-Do you think the Stars will beat the Bulls？

-Yes．They have better players，so I______them to win．

A．hope B．Prefer

C．expect D．want

21．The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier，______it

more difficult．

A．not make B．not to make

C．not making D．do not make

22．We’ll have to finish the job，______．

A．long it takes however B．it takes however long

C．long however it takes D．however long it takes

23．Your Performance in the driving test didn’t reach the required

standard-______，youfailed．

A．in the end B．after all

C．in other words D．at the same time

24．-Hey，look where you are going！

-Oh，I’m terribly soryy．______．

A．I’m not noticing B．I wasn’t noticing

C．I haven’t noticed D．I don’t notice

25．When I got back home I saw a message Pinned to thedoor______“Sorry to miss you；will call later．”

A．read B．reads

C．to read D．reading

II．完形填空（共25小题，每小题1分；满分25分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26～50各题所给的四个

选顶中，选出一个最佳答案。

People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of

bells．Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education arein the bell tower of the 26 and have made up their mindsto 27 the

bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest（抗议）against heavy truckswhich run 28 through the narrow High Street．

“They not only make it 29 to sleep at night，but they are 30

damage to our housesand shops of historical 31 ，”said John

Norris，one of the protesters．

“ 32 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads，”said

Jean Lacey，a biology student，“why don’t they build a new road

that goes 33 the town？Budington isn’t much morethan a 34

village．Its streets were never 35 for heavy traffic．”Harry Fields also studying 36 said they wanted to make as much 37 as possible toforce the 38 to realise what everybody washaving to 39 ．“Most of them don’t 40 here anyway，” he

said，“they come in for meetings and that，and the Town Hall is

soundproof（隔音）， 41 they Probably don’t 42 the noise all

that much．It’s high time they realisedthe 43 ．”

The fourth student，Liza Vernum，said she thought the publicwere 44 on their side，and even if they weren’t they soon would

be． 45 asked if they were 46 that the police might come to 47

them．

“Not really，” she said，“actually we are 48 bell

－ringers．I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church．Thereis no 49 against practising．”I 50 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears．

26．A．college B．village C．town D．church