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.
My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn’s know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule（时刻表）,she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had a different label(标识), she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.
As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie’s self-confidence(自信心), which encouraged her to continue in her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face, and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build her selfconfidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.
As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.
56．What did the author do last summer?
A．She worked in the supermarket.
B．She helped someone to learn to read.
C．She gave single mothers the help they needed.
D．She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer.
57．Why didn’t Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first?
A．Because she liked to walk to the supermarket.
B．Because she lived far away from the bus stop.
C．Because she couldn’t afford the bus ticket.
D．Because she couldn’t find the right bus.
58．How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket?
A．She knew where the goods were in the supermarket.
B．She asked others to take her to the right place.
C．She managed to find the goods by their looks.
D．She remembered the names of the goods.
59．Which of the following statements is true about Marie?
A．Marie could do things she had not been able to do before.
B．Marie was able to read stories with the help of her son.
C．Marie decided to continue her studies in school
D．Marie paid for her own lessons.
B
As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.
Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long-hours work culture to make more money to buy more things is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them.
Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year. One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs(郊区), leaving their two children with a nanny（保姆）. Most evenings Daniel wouldn’t get home until eight or nine o’clock, and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.
Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have a farm here,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It’s taken some getting used to, but it’s been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think it’s made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier.”
Liz, however, is not quite sure. “I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I’m not really a country girl, but I suppose I’m gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all.”
60．What do the first two paragraphs tell us?
A．People seldom work long hours to make money.
B．People hardly buy more things than necessary.
C．People are sure everything they own is in the right place.
D．People realise there is more to life than just making money.
61．When Daniel was a reporter he .
A．lived in central London B．disliked his job
C．missed his children D．was well paid
62．Daniel and Liz both agree that the move to the farm .
A．
