八、阅读理解

1984 年试题

一、单词辨音下列各组单词中有三个单词的元音读音相同，只有一个单词 例外。要求在读音不同的单词下面划一横线。（本题共 5 分，每小题 0.5 分。）

二、词类转换用每句后面所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子意思完整。每 个空格只填一个英语单词。（本题共 10 分，每个空格 1 分。）

例：He was pleasedto get his father's letter. (pleasure) 1.He's very much in science books. (interest) 2.Polluted air is . (poison)

3.The teacher smiled with at Tom's answer. (satisfy) 4.Smoking is to health. (harm)

1. The of Premier(总理)Zhou Enlai caused deep sorrow among the Chinese people. (die)

2. He made a good opening at the meeting. (speak) 7."Can you tell me

   the way to the station?"

"I'm sorry. I'm a here too." (strange) 8.Thank you very much for your . (kind)

9.You can find the answer in the text. (easy) 10.His opinion sounds . (reason)

三、单词释义下面Ⅰ栏中有 23 个单词，其中 20 个可以在Ⅱ栏中找到相当

的或接近的解释。分别将这 20 个单词前的编号填入同它相配的解释前的括

号内。每个解释只能用一次。（本题共 10 分，每小题 0.5 分。） Ⅰ Ⅱ

例：i.large (ii)not beautiful ii.ugly (i)big

1. alive ( )at once

2. consider ( )order somebody not to do 3.discover ( )take away

1. enter ( )not dead

2. feed ( )take place

3. finally ( )think about

4. forbid ( )certainly

5. happen ( )at last

6. immediately ( )almost not

10 January ( )all kinds of

1. join ( )make clean with water

2. except ( )find out

3. maybe ( )the first month of the year 14.remove ( )move about without

   an aim 15.surely ( )rich

1. main ( )become a member of

2. hardly ( )come or go into

3. various ( )perhaps

4. isit ( )go to see somebody or a place 20.wander ( )give food to

21.wash 22.wealthy 23.tour

四、完成句子在改写后的句子中填写适当的词，使句子完整，并与原句意 思相符。每个空格只准填写一个英语单词，其他部分不得作任何改动。（本题共 15 分，每小题 1.5 分，每个空格 0.5 分。）

例：We had no trouble in finding his house because everyone in the town knew him.

Everyone in the town knew him. so we had no trouble in finding his house.

1. His theory was too advanced for most people to understand.

His theory was (1) advanced that most people could

(2) understand (3) .

1. His brother received a doctor's degree at the age of twenty-five.

His brother received a doctor's degree (1) he (2) twenty-five years (3) .

3.I ran all the way so that I could get to school on time. I ran all the way so as (1) (2) (3) school on time.

1. "Have you examined my son yet,Doctor?" the mother asked. The mother asked the doctor (1) he (2) examined (3) son yet.

2. He pretends to know everything.

He pretends that (1) (2) (3) .

1. Marx wrote back telling Engels that his praise had greatly encouraged him.

Marx wrote back telling Engels that he (1) (2) greatly

1. by his praise.

7.I have never read such an interesting story.

This is the most interesting story that (1) (2) ever

(3) .

8.I don't need your help. I can do it by myself. I can (1) it (2) your (3) .

1. When he turned to the left, he suddenly found the shop he was looking for.

(1) (2) the left, (3) suddenly found the shop he was looking for.

1. He planted some trees last year.Those trees are growing well.

The trees (1) (2) last year (3) growing well.

五、选择答案在(A)、(B)、(C)、(D)四个答案中，选出一个正确答案， 把它前面的字母填入左边的括号内。对原文不得作任何改动。（本题共 20

分，每小题 1 分。）

例：(A)English is a language in many countries. (A)spoken (B)speaking

1. be spoken (D)to speak ( )1.Tables are made of .

   1. wood (B)woods

(C)wooden (D)some woods

( )2.Don't get off the bus until it . (A)has stopped (B)stopped

(C)will stop (D)shall stop

( )3.I you will write me back soon. (A)wish (B)need

(C)want (D)hope

( )4.Do you remember me at a party last year? (A)meet (B)to meet

(C)meeting (D)met

( )5.I'll begin the dictation when you ready. (A)shall be (B)will be

(C)are (D)have been

( )6.How are you getting along your studies? (A)over (B)with

(C)on (D)within

( )7.She never tells a lie, ? (A)does she (B)doesn't she (C)does not she (D)isn't it

( )8.Jack is a black jacket today. (A)having on (B)put on (C)wearing (D)dressed

( )9.He is teacher that all of us like him. (A)a such good (B)such good a

1. a so good (D)so good a

( )10.The word "write" has the same pronunciation the word"right".

1. of (B)as

(C)to (D)from

( )11. some officials, Napoleon inspected his army. (A)Followed (B)Followed by

(C)Being followed (D)Having been followed by ( )12.A good deal of money spent on books.

(A)have (B)has (C)have been (D)has been

( )13. he said is true. (A)What (B)That

(C)Which (D)Whether

( )14.John Henry when they met at the airport. (A)shakes hand with (B)shakes hands with (C)shook hand with (D)shook hands with

( )15.By the time he was twelve,Edison to make a living by himself.

1. would begin (B)has begun (C)had begun (D)was begun

( )16.Only in this way progress in your English. (A)you make

1. can you make

2. you be able to make (D)will you able to make

( )17.If there were no subjunctive mood,English much easier.

(A)will be (B)would have been (C)could have been (D)would be

( )18.She Robert for a year.

(A)married (B)married with

(C)has been marrying (D)has been married to ( )19.We had better hurry it is getting dark.

(A)and (B)but

(C)as (D)unless

( )20.No matter how hard he worked, . (A)he could not do any better (B)and he could not do any better (C)so he could not do any better (D)but he could not do any better

六、动词填空根据短文的意思，从下面的表中选择适当的动词，用正确的形式填入空格。有的地方要加上助动词或情态动词。每个动词只准用一次。对原文不得作任何改动。（本题共 10 分，每个空格 1 分。）

When he (1) a little boy, Christopher Cockerell once

watched his mother turning the wheel of her sewing-machine with her hand.

"Wouldn't it work quicker if a machine turned the wheel for you?"he asked.

"I suppose it would," said his mother, without (2) him any attention.

Christopher knew she always had a lot of work,and he wanted (3) her. Up in his bedroom there was a toy steam-engine which his father

1. him as a gift. "I shall make better use of it," little Christopher

   said to himself. So, when his mother (5) (not)her sewing-machine, he fixed the toy steam-engine onto it. When the job

(6) , he was quite pleased, (7) his mother would like it. "Very clever,"his mother said, when she saw it. Then she sat down

and went on turning the wheel by hand. "I (8) like this for too many years," she explained.

This taught Christopher Cockerell the lesson that anyone who (9)to improve anything has to learn:

Many people (10) (not)new ideas.

七、综合填空根据图示，在下列各段的空格内填入适当的词。每个空格只 准填写一个英语单词。对原文不得作任何改动。（本题共 20 分，每个空格

1 分。）

Ⅰ

Here is a (1) of the (2) .

The world is (3) up of seven (4) . The largest among them is (5).

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Ⅱ

Tis boy is writing a (6) to his friend (7) .He's writing it (8) English. As he is not sure (9) his spelling,he has to look (10) all the difficult words in the dictionary.

Ⅲ

I was waiting on the station platform (11) the Tienjin train when a man (12) me if I knew the time of the next train to Tienjin. (13) often had to go there myself, so I knew and told him.A (14) minutes later an old lady wanted to know whether the train to Shanghai had

already left. I knew that it (15) not, so, of course,I told her. Then a girl came to me and asked (16) the train from Nanjing was late. I didn't know. I just told her that when trains were late, (17) was usually because something had happened. I was wondering why all these people were asking (18) those questions when I noticed that I was

1. next to a sign(牌子) (20) said "Inquiry Office".

八、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容填空。（本题共 10 分，

每个空格 1 分。）