山西英语高考历年试题及答案

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　　山西英语高考历年试题

　　第 I 卷 (共103分)

　　I. Listening Comprehension

　　Section A

　　Directions: In Section 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 conversations 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. In a library. B. In a theater.

　　C. In a cinema. D. In a classroom.

　　2. A. 40 dollars. B. 30 dollars. C. 20 dollars. D. 10 dollars.

　　3. A. Doctor and nurse. B. Cashier and customer.

　　C. Dentist and patient. D. Conductor and passenger.

　　4. A. The weather was miserable all day. B. The trip was really a hard one.

　　C. They had a wet and cold trip. D. They were not caught in the rain.

　　5. A. She is popular with children. B. She has always been popular.

　　C. She had a surprising party. D. She was surprised at the party.

　　6. A. Engineering. B. Business.

　　C. Education. D. Manufacturing.

　　7. A. He needs some change. B. He seldom counts his money.

　　C. He doesn’t have that much cash. D. He owes the woman twenty dollars.

　　8. A. Jack is clever. B. Tom is reliable.

　　C. Tom is honest. D. Jack is dependable.

　　9. A. Heavy jackets are now on sale. B. She is waiting for winter to arrive.

　　C. It’s hard to get a heavy jacket. D. She needs a warm jacket.

　　10. A. He will continue his work on vacation. B. Papers piled while he was on vacation.

　　C. He has too much work to do. D. He has made his vacation plans.

　　Section B

　　Directions: In Section 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. Last night. B. At the age of 20.

　　C. At the age of 9. D. A couple of weeks ago.

　　12. A. Because she liked it at their age. B. Because it was a story about animals.

　　C. Because it was a fun story. D. Because it was a Disney film.

　　13. A. Romeo and Juliet. B. A love story between two dogs.

　　C. Different dogs and different lives. D. Children and dogs.

　　Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

　　14. A. Britain. B. France. C. Spain. D. Sweden.

　　15. A. Children were invited to meet Harry Potter’s magic mother.

　　B. The book was first available to readers on the Internet.

　　C. J. K. Rowling has had an interview on the Internet.

　　D. The book first arrived in China in early June, 2003.

　　16. A. To develop their love for the country. B. To get ready for a military parade.

　　C. To gain some military knowledge. D. To learn to protect themselves.

　　Section C

　　Directions: In Section 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 information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

　　Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

　　Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

　　Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

　　Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

　　II. Grammar and Vocabulary

　　Section A

　　Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

　　(A)

　　Accidents happen almost everywhere every day. Some accidents are not serious and some really are. We read about such accidents nearly every day in the newspapers. And people usually think that accidents take place only on the roads or highways until they (25) ______ come across accidents in their homes or even at work places. As a matter of fact, home accidents are just as common as those we see and hear on the roads, some of (26) ______ cause even much more serious consequences. Because very few home accidents are reported, people come to think that there are few accidents that happen in homes.

　　There (27) ______ (be) many serious cases where people fall to their deaths from high-rise flats so far. In most cases, children and women often fall over while (28) ______ (step) down the stairs. Old people may slip on wet floors, getting badly hurt or even killed, if they are not careful.

　　Nowadays there are a lot of modern electrical appliances at home (29) ______ ______ rice cookers, micro waves and washing machines, which make life easy for the modern housewives. These appliances can kill people (30) ______ they are used in the proper way. Gas stoves used for cooking are also dangerous if they are not properly used. They may cause burns or, in more serious cases, even fires.

　　But all such accidents (31) ______ be stopped if we are careful and follow simple rules of safety. For example, it is unwise for people to try repairing their own electrical appliances if they do not know how to repair them. Therefore, it is safer and more reliable (32) ______ people get them repaired by an electrician.

　　(B)

　　A study of English learning problems was carried out among a total of 106 foreign students. It shows that nearly all these students considered (33) ______ (understand) spoken English, especially in the first few weeks, to be their biggest problem on arrival. This was followed by speaking or communicating. Writing then increased as a big problem as students discovered difficulties in writing papers that they (34) ______ (expect) to hand in. And at the same time, reading remained as a significant problem.

　　The information (35) ______ (gain) helped us in determining where special attention should be paid to in our course. Although many students have chosen to join the course with a reasonable motivation, we considered it important to note (36) ______ seemed to encourage interest. Nearly all the students have experienced some kind of grammar-based English teaching or teacher-centered English learning in their own country. It would be self-defeating (37) ______ (use) the same method, especially if it has failed in the past or it is too complicated to follow or imitate, (38) ______ it might reduce motivation and interest. Therefore a different method may help because it is different.

　　(39) ______ variety of activities was also regarded as a way of maintaining or increasing motivation and interest. Several years ago we had the first timetable that operated throughout the course of English learning, but we soon found that both the students and the teachers lost interest by about half-way through the ten weeks. This led us to a major re-think, and we had to explore a much (40) ______ (effective) way of English learning, so finally we brought it into line with the expressed language needs of the students.

　　Section B

　　Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

　　A. wandered B. applications C. intellectual D. occurred E extraordinary

　　F. objectives G. relatively H. release I. threatening J. accomplished K. completely

　　John Nash, a Nobel Prize winner and mathematical genius whose struggle with mental illness was documented in the Oscar-winning film “A Beautiful Mind”, was killed in a car accident on Saturday. He was 86. The accident __41__ when the taxi Nash was traveling in ran into another car on the New Jersey Turnpike. Neither of the two drivers involved in the accident underwent life-__42__ injuries.

　　At Princeton, Nash published a 27-page essay about the field of game theory, which led to __43__ in economics, international politics, and evolutionary biology. His signature solution found that competition among two opponents is not necessarily governed by zero-sum logic. Two opponents can, for instance, each achieve their maximum __44__ through cooperating with the other, or gain nothing at all by refusing to cooperate. This simple understanding is now regarded as one of the most important social science ideas in the 20th century, and a proof to his almost unique __45__ gifts.

　　But in the late 1950s, Nash began a slide into mental illness and each therapy failed to cure him, and for much of the next three decades, Nash __46__ freely on the Princeton campus, scratching his hands on empty blackboards and staring blankly ahead in the library. Robert Wright remembers Nash as “some math genius that went crazy” who wore colorful shoes and quietly watched people. His mental illness removed him __47__ from his work. By the time Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994, he hadn’t published a paper in 36 years.

　　But like a child cured of a terrible dream by the switch of a light, Nash recovered from his illness seemingly by choosing not to be sick anymore. Five years later, the __48__ of the film “A Beautiful Mind”, based on Sylvia Nasar’s 1998 book of the same name, expanded Nash’s __49__ life story to an international audience. He continued to work, travel, and speak at conferences for the rest of his life.

　　It’s tempting to wonder what Nash might have __50__, had mental illness not robbed him of so many productive years. “Because the ideas I had about super natural beings came to me the same way that my mathematical ideas did,” said Nash. “So I took them seriously.”

　　III. Reading Comprehension

　　Section A

　　Directions: For each blank in the following passage 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.

　　Why girls do better at school than boys?

　　For centuries, boys were top of the class. But these days, that’s no longer the case.

　　A new study by the OECD, a club of mostly __51__ countries in Europe and North America, examined how 15-year-old boys and girls performed at reading, mathematics and science. Boys still get somewhat better __52__ at maths and physics, and in other science courses the genders are roughly __53__. But when it comes to the students who really struggle and suffer at school, the difference is __54__: boys are 50% more likely than girls to fall short of basic standards in all three areas.

　　__55__, why are girls performing better at school than their male classmates?

　　First, girls read more than boys. Reading proficiency (熟练) is the basis upon which all other learning is built. When boys don’t do well in reading, their __56__ in other school subjects suffers too.

　　Second, girls spend much more time on their homework and out-of-class learning. __57__, girls spend five and a half hours per week doing homework while boys spend a little less than four and a half hours. Researchers suggest that doing homework __58__ by teachers is linked to better accomplishment in maths, reading and science. Boys, it appears, spend more of their free time in the __59__ world; they are 17% more likely to play cooperative online games than girls every day. They also use the internet more.

　　Third, peer __60__ plays a role. A lot of boys decide early on that they are just too cool for school. They adopt a so-called concept of masculinity (男子气概) that includes a disregard for __61__, which means they’re more likely to be rude and noisy in class. Teachers mark them down for this. In anonymous (匿名的) tests, boys perform better. In fact, the gender gap in reading __62__ by a third when teachers don’t know the gender of the pupil they are marking.

　　So what can be done to close this gap? Getting boys to do more homework and cut down on screen-time would help. And offering boys a __63__ to read non-fiction would help too: they’re keener on comics and newspapers. But most of all, abandoning gender stereotypes (旧模式) would __64__ all students. Thus, boys in all countries with the best schools read much better than girls. As we know, girls in Shanghai, Singapore and Seoul are good at mathematics, and they __65__ boys from anywhere else in the world.

　　51. A. backward B. wealthy C. regular D. miserable

　　52. A. scores B. directions C. guidance D. evaluation

　　53. A. practical B. reliable C. relevant D. equal

　　54. A. stable B. vague C. obvious D. logical

　　55. A. However B. Therefore C. Similarly D. Instead

　　56. A. behaviour B. comment C. preparation D. performance

　　57. A. In brief B. On average C. On the contrary D. In addition

　　58. A. researched B. designed C. assigned D. approved

　　59. A. virtual B. realistic C. future D. artificial

　　60. A. relationship B. contact C. responsibility D. pressure

　　61. A. experts B. authorities C. adults D. peers

　　62. A. develops B. widens C. narrows D. forms

　　63. A. chance B. task C. favour D. resource

　　64. A. influence B. harm C. satisfy D. benefit

　　65. A. advance B. overtake C. overcome D. challenge

　　Section B

　　Directions: Read the following three 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 you have just read.

　　(A)

　　In job interviews, we’re often asked about our strengths and weaknesses. And, as a matter of fact, most of us know automatically how to respond.

　　Common wisdom tells us to use faux weaknesses, which means things that are strengths described as negatives and turned into positives. You might even be able to change your weakness into a skill for a job you’re not fully qualified for.

　　In America, in a championship game you are unlikely to see athletes showing weakness. If the athletes become hurt in this game, they will hide their injuries — they don’t want their competitors to know their weak spots. But there is absolutely no need for us to act like this in business affairs.

　　At work and in business, you can have shortcomings because these can be overcome and turned into strengths. The only fatal thing is to not realize that all your weaknesses can be made strong. Of course, to make up for shortcomings, you must first be aware of what your weaknesses really are.

　　Have you ever wondered what has happened when you interview for a job you’re fully qualified for, but it goes to someone who doesn’t seem to be qualified at all? How would that person get the job when he had none of the qualifications listed in the job ad?

　　That applicant figured out the business pain point that is seldom, if ever, mentioned in the job ad, and then how to address it. He didn’t talk about how he met each of the requirements on the job ad. He had none of the qualifications. He asked questions instead. He asked probing (探询的) questions to learn more about the business pain. By doing so, this less-qualified person soon learned that the hiring managers needed something different from what was listed in the job ad.

　　Not accepting the job ad as an unquestionable truth is the key. There is no reason to think that hiring managers actually know what they need when they write job ads. They may need someone completely different from what they describe. That is why you can get a job that you’re not qualified for.

　　66. The underlined word “faux” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.

　　A. incorrect B. illogical C. false D. imaginary

　　67. What exactly does the author advise you to do when you are a weak candidate for a job?

　　A. Don’t ask questions if you think you are a weak candidate.

　　B. Ask questions about the job until you find you have something to offer.

　　C. Don’t let your interviewer know your weaknesses but tell him your strengths.

　　D. Ask questions according to the job description to see if you can be a qualified candidate.

　　68. Why does the author think an applicant can get a job that he’s not qualified for?

　　A. Because hiring managers may change their mind in the job interview.

　　B. Because hiring managers may actually need someone who can ask questions.

　　C. Because the applicant may not know that he actually has the required qualifications.

　　D. Because hiring managers may not know what they actually need when writing the ad.

　　69. What is the passage mainly talking about?

　　A. You can change you weaknesses into strengths in job interviews.

　　B. Don’t expose your weaknesses but show your strengths in job interviews.

　　C. Find out the business pain point not mentioned in the job ad in job interviews.

　　D. Hiring managers usually don’t know what qualifications they really need.