2005年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖北卷）

英    语

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分.考试用时120分钟.

第Ⅰ卷（三部分，共115分）

注意事项：

       1．答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。

       2．每小题选出答案后，用2B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。答在试题卷上无效。

       3．考试结束，监考人员将本试题卷和答题卡一并收回。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

       做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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。

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．What happened to the man?

       A．He was pushed down.

       B．He knocked into a door.                                     

       C．He ran into someone.

2．What do we know about the woman?

       A．She’s excited about the trip.

       B．She’s uninterested in the trip.

       C．She’s regretful about the trip.

3．What has the man been doing?

       A．Greeting his guests.       

       B．Cleaning the house.        

       C．Arguing with Maggie.

4．What does the woman mean?

       A．She enjoyed the music at the party.

       B．She didn’t like the food at the party.

       C．She didn’t have a good time at the party.

5．Why can’t the woman play her records?

       A．Because she’s broken them .

       B．Because she’s left them in the cafe.

       C．Because she’s forgotten where she put them.

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道小题，从每题所给的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5秒钟时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．What is the woman reporting to the police?

       A．A thief is in her house.

       B．There is a fight downstairs.

       C．Someone is breaking her window.

7．What does the man ask the woman to do?

       A．To hide in a car.          B．To go downstairs.       C．To stay in her bedroom.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．What’s the plan for the activity on Friday?

       A．A meeting followed by a lunch.

       B．A lunch followed by a lecture.

       C．A lecture followed by a meeting.

9．What time will Professor Smith finish his talk?

       A．At about 1:45.             B．At about 2:15.             C．At about 2:45.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．Whom is the woman disappointed in?

       A．The judges.                B．The listeners.              C．The speakers.

11．According to the woman, how did most of the listeners feel about the result of the competition?

       A．They were satisfied.    B．They were astonished. C．They were worried.

12．What do the man and woman disagree on ?

       A．Whose speech was better.

       B．Whose pronunciation was better.

       C．Whose speech was meaningful.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．Who is the woman talking to?

       A．A stranger.                  B．A friend.                     C．Her partner.

14．Where are the two speakers?

       A．At an airport               B．At a bus stop.             C．At a department store.

15．Why does the man say they lost half the fun of traveling?

       A．Because his wife lost a $ 100 bill on their trip.

       B．Because his wife left her purse at a department store.

       C．Because his wife’s handbag was taken away at the airport .

16．What does the woman thank the man for at the end of the conversation?

       A．For telling her that the bus was coming.

       B．For telling her the way to Sunday Square.

       C．For telling her to be careful during the trip.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What is a blood transfusion?

       A．Losing a lot of blood in a serious accident or a difficult operation.

       B．Finding out the amount of blood a patient needs for an operation.

       C．Taking blood from someone else and putting it into a patient’s body.

18．What finally made almost every blood transfusion successful?

       A．The discovery of blood types .

       B．The founding of a blood bank.

       C．The experiment with sheep blood.

19．According to the speaker ,if you give 10% of your blood ,how long does it take your body to replace it ?

       A．One week.                  B．Five days.                   C．One day.

20．What is the main purpose of the speech?

       A．To call on people to give blood.

       B．To explain what a blood transfusion is .

       C．To review the history of the research on blood.

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 repairs cost a lot ,but it’s money well       .

       A．to spend              B．spent                   C．being spent         D．spending

22．When the old man        to walk back to his house ,the sun       itself behind the

       mountain.

       A．started ;had already hidden                    B．had started ;had already hidden

       C．had started ;was hiding                         D．was starting; hid

23．He was hoping to go abroad but his parents       that they won’t support him unless he can borrow money from the bank.

       A．were deciding      B．have decided        C．decided               D．will decide

24．To understand the grammar of the sentence, you must break it       into parts.

       A．down                  B．up                       C．off                      D．out

25．—Would you mind my coming over and having a look at your new garden ?My little son’s curious about those roses you grow.

     —       .You’re welcome.

       A．Yes ,I do             B．Never mind          C．Yes ,please          D．Not at all

26．       from other continents for millions of years ,Australia has many plants and animals not

   found in any other country in the world.

       A．Being separated                                    B．Having separated 

       C．Having been separated                          D．To be separated

27．First ,it is important to recognize what kind of person you are and which special qualities make you different from       .

       A．everyone else       B．the other              C．someone else       D．the rest

28．What a table ! I’ve never seen such a thing before .It is       it is long.

    A．half not as wide as                               B．wide not as half as

       C．not half as wide as                               D．as wide as not half

29．Her sister has become a lawyer,       she wanted to be.

       A．who                    B．that                     C．what                   D．which

30．He hasn’t slept at all for three days.       he is tired out.

       A．There is no point                                 B．There is no need

       C．It is no wonder                                    D．It is no way

31．They started off late and got to the airport with minutes to        .

       A．spare                  B．catch                  C．leave                   D．make

32．—Do you know where David is? I couldn’t find him anywhere.

       —Well . He       have gone far—his coat’s still here.

       A．shouldn’t             B．mustn’t               C．can’t                   D．wouldn’t     

33．If I        plan to do anything I wanted to ,I’d like to go to Tibet and travel through as much of it as possible.

       A．would                 B．could                  C．had to                 D．ought to

34．—Father ,you promised!

       —Well,       .But it was you who didn’t keep your word first.

       A．so was I             B．so did I               C．so I was             D．so I did

35．This picture was taken a long time ago . I wonder if you can       my father.

       A．find out               B．pick out              C．look out              D．speak out

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，从短文后所给各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

       You are near the front line of a battle .Around you shells are exploding ;people are shooting from a house behind you .What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier .You aren’t  36   carrying a gun .You’re standing in front of a    37  and you’re telling the TV   38  what is happening.

       It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter ,and it can be very    39  .In the first two years of the   40   in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫）,28 reporters and photographers were killed .Hundreds more were    41  .What kind of people put themselves in danger to   42   pictures to our TV screens and   43   to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?

       “I think it’s every young journalist’s   44   to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s   45   you find the excitement .So when the first opportunity comes ,you take it    46  it is a war.”

       But there are moments of   47   . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes ,when you’re lying on the ground and bullets （子弹）are flying  48   your ears ,you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling   49   after a while and when the next war starts , you’ll be

  50   .”

       “None of us believes that we’re going to   51   ,” adds Michael .But he always  52   a lucky charm（护身符）with him .It was given to him by his wife for his first war .It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh,   53  ,and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this ,I   54   I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God   55   ,because you know he doesn’t believe you .”

36．A．simply                 B．really                   C．merely                D．even

37．A．crowd                 B．house                  C．battlefield            D．camera

38．A．producers            B．viewers               C．directors             D．actors

39．A．dangerous           B．exciting               C．normal                D．disappointing

40．A．stay                    B．fight                    C．war                    D．life

41．A．injured                B．buried                 C．defeated              D．saved

42．A．bring                   B．show                  C．take                    D．make

43．A．scenes                B．passages              C．stories                 D．contents

44．A．belief                  B．dream                 C．duty                    D．faith

45．A．why                    B．what                   C．how                    D．where

46．A．even so               B．ever since            C．as if                    D．even if

47．A．fear                    B．surprise               C．shame                 D．sadness

48．A．into                     B．around                C．past                    D．through

49．A．returns                B．goes                    C．continues            D．occurs

50．A．there                   B．away                   C．out                     D．home

51．A．leave                   B．escape                 C．die                      D．remain

52．A．hangs                  B．wears                  C．holds                  D．carries

53．A．never                  B．many times          C．some time           D．seldom

54．A．consider              B．accept                 C．promise               D．guess

55．A．whispering          B．laughing              C．screaming           D．crying

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，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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