1、12013 年联考英语真题Part I Dialogue Communication (15 minutes, 15 points) Section A Dialogue Completion Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete
2、 the dialogue. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 1. Speaker A: You think Sara can tell me where I can go for some shoe shopping? Speaker B: _She has all the info for shopping. A. You bet. B. Try yourself. C. Why not? D. I doubt. 2. Speaker A: Do you mind wai
3、ting, while I grab my wallet? Speaker B: _Weve still got time. A. Take it easy. B. Yes, please. C. I sure do. D. No hurry. 3. Speaker A: Chinese or Italian, what would you prefer for dinner? Speaker B: _, as far as I dont have to cook. A. That sounds good B .You said it C. Either one D. I like the f
4、ormer 4. Speaker A: Well, you can see dolphins ahead of you if we dont run out of fuel. Speaker B: Is that right? _Speaker A: Maybe about another two and a half hours. A.I couldnt wait to see them. B. When would it be? C. How long will it take? D. How fast should we go? 5. Speaker A: Do you have the
5、 notes from last weeks class? I was sick last time. Speaker B: _.Here you go. A. Oh, yes. B. Why not? C. Whats wrong with you? D. I didnt know. Section B Dialogue Comprehension Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation
6、 there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices given and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 6. Bob: She is a great teacher! John: You can say that again! Question: What does John mean
7、? A. He doubts what Bob says. B. He entirely agrees with Bob. C. He totally disagrees with Bob. D. He fails to understand Bob. 7. Rita: Susan, you could become a model. 2Susan: Dont make me laugh! Question: What does Susan mean? A. She is amused by Rita. B. She is interested in Ritas suggestion. C.
8、She is confused by Ritas words. D. She is unlikely to become a model. 8. Woman: Have you got your TV set fixed? Man: I havent missed it enough yet. Question: What does the man mean? A. He hasnt learned how to fix the TV. B. He doesnt like watching TV. C. He hasnt finished fixing his TV. D. He hasnt
9、found his TV yet. 9. Woman: What do you think of the new novel by William Golding? Man: Well, that one takes a really close reading. Question: What does the man mean? A. He doesnt like reading the book. B. Hed love to have time to read it. C. The novel is difficult to understand. D. The novel is wel
10、l worth reading. 10. Woman: I dont think its a good idea to discuss our problem with your sister. Man: I feel its done me good to get it off my chest. Question: What does the man mean? A. He welcomes the challenge posed by the problem. B. He felt much better after talking to his sister. C. His siste
11、r helped him solve the problem. D. His sister managed to ease his burden. Part Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes, 10 points) Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
12、 Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with to single line through the center. 11. Smith has repaired the roof to _ the house is wind-resistant. A. improve B. prove C. insure D. ensure 12. He was influenced by a biology teacher to _ the study of medicine. A. make up B. take up C. hold up D. pull up 1
13、3. Because his movements were so _ I was hardly aware he was moving at all.A. swift B. obvious C. graceful D. slight14. Student journalists are taught how to be _ when writing in a limited space. A. concise B. proper C. complex D. perfect15. She had no appetite, and _ toyed with the bread and cheese
14、.A. specially B. rarely C. randomly D. merely16. For their own safety, household pets should be _ to their own yard.A. confined B. reduced C. exposed D. led17. Im keeping my _ open; I have not made a decision on this matter.A. questions B. options C. schedules D. chances318. Its what he did _ what h
15、e said that impressed all at the meeting.A. except B. but also C. instead D. rather than19. _ a few years ago, the existence of sexual harassment in many businesses was scarcely acknowledged. A. Before B. Since C. Until D. Up to20. Jim was _ asking his mother to buy him a new bike, so she finally ga
16、ve in.A. hesitant about B. concerned with C. eager for D. persistent in21. The whole village _ by a sudden flood, they had to stay in tents.A. having been destroyed B. has been destroyedC. was destroyed D. had been destroyed22. Good morning, class. _ of you wants to do the presentation first?A. Whic
17、h B. Whom C. What D. Who23. Ive no idea when shell be back. _you wait or come back later is up to you.A. When B. If C. Whether D. That24. We tend to think the men we like are good for everything, and _we dont, good for nothing.A. ones B. those C. the one D. that25. It is widely accepted now that hav
18、ing more children _a lower standard of living.A. imply B. implies C. has implied D. implied26. When my computer suddenly broke down, I noticed that I _ to save the document.A. would forget. B. have forgotten C. was forgetting D. had forgotten27. This is_ the advertising for these products wants to m
19、ake us think.A. why B. that C. how D. what28. He _the exam, but he failed for his carelessness.A. hadnt passed B. could pass C. could have passed D. had-passed29. The tanker broke in the middle, _out a great amount of oil into the sea.A. poured B. pouring C. to pour D. having poured30. We used to wo
20、rk in the same office and we _have coffee together.A. would B. should C. could D. mightPart III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes, 40 points)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices m
21、arked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage One “The moose (驼鹿) is odd and awkward to look at. Why should it stand so high at shoulders? Why have so 1ong a head?“ The 19th-century writer of those words, Henry David T
22、horeau, was hardly alone in his comment of the moose. Mooses funny appearance makes us think that it is clumsy and slow-witted. Is that true? Researchers in North America have uncovered many facts about this unusual animal. No one denies that the moose is a giant. Adult moose can grow as high as l.5
23、 to 2meters and weigh as much as 816 kg. Although it has long legs that make it seem foolish, it can run up to 55 km per hour, and those legs can kick off an entire pack of wolves. Moose is vegetarian. It feeds on woody plants, leaves and water plants. It learns to swim within days of birth, and the
24、y have been 4observed swimming for miles and diving to a depth of nearly 6 meters to feed on water plants! A moose can move its eyes and detect motion almost directly behind it without turning its head. Its nose is also an effective tool. Researchers suggest that because the mooses nostril (鼻孔) are
25、far apart, they may give it the unusual ability to locate the objects on a 3D scale. The mooses hearing adds another merit to its sensory package. Its ears can turn to all directions, and they can pick up sounds from other moose as far as 3 km away! Baby moose tend to be curious and carefree. Their
26、mothers protect them by providing tender and loyal care. They will attack any who are too close to their young, including wolves, bears and even humans. Finally, when the young is about a year old and its mother is newly pregnant, the mother aggressively drives it away so that it can begin caring fo
27、r itself.31. The moose looks odd and awkward, so _.A. many people make fun of it B. many people consider it foolishC. many researchers study it D. many people are afraid of it32. The word “vegetarian“ (Para. 2) probably means _.A. lovely B. kind-hearted C. huge D. plant-eating33. We can learn from P
28、aragraph 3 that the moose _.A. is a gentle animal B. is an aggressive animalC. has very sharp senses D. lives far apart from one another34. We can conclude from the last paragraph that mother moose _.A. take good care of their kids only for a short timeB. take those approaching their young as a thre
29、atC. give birth to only one baby once in a yearD. prefer younger babies to older ones35. This passage is intended to tell us that _.A. the moose is really a giant and quiet animalB. we should protect the environment for the mooseC. the moose is not clumsy .and foolish at allD. people should not dist
30、urb the mooses lifePassage TwoI have a vegetable garden and every summer I enjoy eating my own vegetables. One day last summer I picked a dozen carrots. Usually, as soon as I have picked the carrots, I clean the dirt off them by washing them in a bucket of water. But this day, as I was getting up fr
31、om the ground with my twelve carrots, I tripped (绊) and fell over the bucket. The water spilled out of the bucket, so I decided to wash the carrots quickly in the kitchen sink. I put the carrots in the sink, washed them with water, and watched all the dirt washed away down the drain.The next day, wh
32、en I was washing dishes, I noticed that the water drained out of the sink much more slowly than usual. It drained so slowly that I called a plumber (水管工) to come and fix my drain. The plumber tried a lot of different cleaners and equipment, but nothing worked. He had to cut a hole in the floor where
33、 the drain pipe was in order to try to find the problem. While he was cutting the small hole, he accidentally cut the hot-water pipe. Hot water sprayed over the plumber, onto the floor, under the refrigerator; water went everywhere.My refrigerator stopped working because the water had affected the e
34、lectrical wires. I called an electrician to come and fix the refrigerator. The electrician had to move the refrigerator to work on the wires. As she was balancing it, she tripped over the plumbers tools. She fell down and the 5refrigerator tipped over. It crashed into the wall, resulting in a huge h
35、ole in the wall.I called a carpenter to come and fix the wall. In order to repair the hole in the wall, the carpenter had to tear down half of the entire wall. Meanwhile, the plumber was still looking for the source of the drain problem. Since the kitchen was in a terrible mess anyway, the plumber d
36、ecided to remove part of the floor to look at the pipe there. In the middle of the floor, he found the problem: the dirt from the carrots was stuck in the pipe and nothing could go through.Now I had a sink that did not drain, a refrigerator that did not work, a wall that was half gone, and part of a
37、 floor that was missing. I looked at this disaster and decided that what I really needed was a new kitchen. Finally, I called a house builder to come and fix my kitchen. Three weeks later I had a new sink, a new refrigerator, new cupboards on a new wall, new tiles on a new floor, and $ 10, 000 less
38、in my bank.36. The carrots were washed in the sink instead of the bucket because _.A. the water bucket fell over B. dinner needed to be made soonC. carrots were always washed in it D. they could be washed more cleanly37. The plumber did all the following EXCEPT _.A. cut a hole in the floor B. cut th
39、e hot-water pipeC. try different cleaners D. tear down part of the wall38. Which of the following caused the hole in the wall?A. Water that sprayed on it. B. The electrician who worked on the wires.C. The refrigerator that crashed into it. D. The plumber who used a wrong tool.39. Which of the follow
40、ing items was NOT damaged?A. The wall. B. The ceiling. C. The hot water pipe. D. The floor.40. The best title of the passage would be “_“.A. How a dozen carrots cost $10, 000 B. What the dirt from carrots could doC. Carrots can be very expensive D. A careless homeownerPassage Three More boys than gi
41、rls are born all over the world, but a new study has found that the closer people live to the equator (赤道 ) , the smaller the difference becomes. No one knows why.The imbalanced sex ratio at birth has been known for more than a hundred years, and researchers have found a large variety of social, eco
42、nomic and biological factors that relate to the sex ratio at birth-war, economic stress, age, diet, selective abortion and more. But latitude (纬度) is a natural phenomenon, unaffected by cultural or economic factors.To look at the effect of latitude, Kristen J. Navara of the University of Georgia use
43、d the latitude of the capital city in 202 countries, as well as 10 years of data on sex ratio at birth and annual variations in day length and temperature. Dr. Navara performed a statistical analysis which showed that there was a significant relation between sex ratios in favor of boys and latitude.
44、 African countries produced the lowest sex ratios50. 7 percent boysand European and Asian countries had the highest with 51.4 percent. There are some possible explanations, but none entirely satisfactory. It could be that there is some survival value in producing more girls in warmer regions, but it
45、 is unclear what this might be. There may be genetic or racial differences that could explain it, but the connection persists over so many varied populations that this seems unlikely. Mice also produce more male offspring during shorter days or colder weather, but the reasons in these animals are ju
46、st as mysterious as they are 6in humans.“Theres a possibility that humans might be responding to factors they were programmed to respond to a long time agonot cultural or socioeconomic, but climate and things like latitude,“ Dr. Navara said. “Whats interesting is that we may be seeing something that
47、 connects us with our animal ancestry.“ 41. What can be learned from the first paragraph?A. The closer to the equator, the more boys are born.B. Boys are more used to colder places.C. Girls have a higher birth rate than boys near the equator.D. In warmer places the birth ratio between boys and girls
48、 is lower.42. Out of all the influencing factors of birth ratio, Dr. Niavara focuses on _.A. culture B. economy C. latitude D. stress 43. Dr. Navara reached her conclusion through _.A. comparing data B. field studyC. conducting a survey D. map reading44. According to Navara, which of the following probably explains the imba
