2006普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江卷）
英 语
第Ⅰ卷（共100分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 1. —Would you take this along to the office for me ? —______________________.
A. With pleasure B. That’s right C. Never mind D. Don’t mention it 2. We won’t keep winning games _______ we keep playing well.
A. because B. unless C. when D. while 3. Don’t worry if you can’t come to ______ party — I’ll save _______ cake for you . A. the ; some B. a ; much C. the ; any D. a ; little
4. _______ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger , more prosperous economy. A. As B. That C. This D. It
5. When ______ different cultures , we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities . A. compared B. being compared C. comparing D. having compared 6. This machine ______ , It hasn’t worked for years .
A. didn’t work B. wasn’t working C. doesn’t work D. isn’t working
7. The company had about 20 notebook computers but only one-third ________ used regularly . Now we have 60 working all day long .
A. is B. are C. was D. were 8. We’re trying to ring you back, Bryan, but we think we ____ your number incorrectly.
A. looked up B. took down C. worked out D. brought about 9. ____ by keeping down cost will PowerData hold its advantage over other companies.
A. Only B. Just C. Still D. Yet
10. Letterboxes are much more ____ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead.
A. common B. normal C. ordinary D. usual
11. I would like a job which pays more, but _______ I enjoy the work I’m doing at the moment.
A. in other words B. on the other hand C. for one thing D. as a matter of fact
12. Progress so far has been very good. ______, we are sure that the project be completed on time.
A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Besides 13. I was given three books on cooking, the first _________ I really enjoyed.
A. of that B. of which C. that D. which
14. If you can’t decide which of the two books borrow, why don’t you take ___? I won’t read them this week.
A. all B. any C. either D. both 15. We always keep ____ spare paper, in case we run out.
A. too much B. a number of C. plenty of D. a good many 16. My friend, who ____ on the International Olympic all his life , is retiring next month.
A. served B. is serving C. had served D. has served 17. —— If you like I can do some shopping for you.
—— That’s a very kind _____.
A. offer B. service C. point D. suggestion 18. It remains _____ whether Jim will be fit enough to play in the finals.
A. seen B. to be seen C. seeing D. to see 19. —— Could I have a word with you, mum?
—— Oh dear, if you ____.
A. can B. must C. may D. should 20. —— What should I do first?
—— The instructions ____ that you should mix flour with water carefully first. A. go B. tell C. write D. say 第二节：完型填空（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21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
One man was to meet his wife downtown and spend some time shopping with her. He waited __21__ for 15 minutes. Then he waited impatiently for 15 minutes more. After that, he became __22__. When he saw a photograph booth（照相亭）nearby, he had __23__. He wore the most unhappy expression he could manage, which was not __24__ in the situation. In a few moments, he was holding four small prints that __25__ even him.
He wrote his wife’s name on the back of the photo and handed them to a __26__ behind the desk in the booth. ―__27__ you see a small, dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression, obviously __28__someone, would you please give her this?‖ he said. He then __29__ his office in Morrison Building, __30__ that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the four photos must be a good __31__! He sat down with a smile.
His wife __32__ those picture. She carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is married…
How are you with __33__? One person calls it ―wait training.‖ It seems that there is always something we are __34__. We wait
on traffic and we wait in lines. We wait to hear about a new job. We wait to complete school. We wait for someone to change his or her mind.
Patience is an important 35 of a happy and rewarding life . 36 . some things are worth waiting for. 37 presents many opportunities for wait training.
We can hate waiting, 38 it or even get good at it ! But one thing is 39 — we cannot avoid it. How is your 40 coming along?
21. A. proudly B. respectfully C. patiently D. curiously 22. A. angry B. hungry C. frightened D. thirsty 23. A. a question B. a reason C. an opinion D. an idea 24. A. serious B. difficult C. regular D. convenient 25. A. hurt B. encouraged C. attracted D. shocked 26. A. clerk B. secretary C. passer-by D. friend 27. A. Since B. Before C. As D. If 28. A. looking for B. working for C. sending for D. paying for 29. A. called up B. returned to C. visited D. left 30. A. worried B. disappointed C. satisfied D. surprised 31. A. description B. preparation C. excuse D. lecture 32. A. tore B. saved C. developed D. destroyed 33. A. your wife B. your family C. patience D. determination 34. A. hoping for B. waiting for C. ready for D. fit for 35. A. lesson B. experience C. purpose D. quality 36. A. For example B. After all C. Right now D. So far 37. A. Every age B. Every shop C. Every day D. Every office 38. A. accept B. control C. change D. improve 39. A. certain B. interesting C. precious D. easy
40. A. photo taking B. job hunting C. decision making D. wait training 第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
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Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team.‖ Football, tennis, cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless.‖ He says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym in Devonshire, England.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed
and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgway’s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.
In 2001,after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition(探险)towards the North Pole, It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite（冻疮）, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled（雪橇）up and over rocky ice.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.
Next October, Saunders , 27. heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.
41. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?
A. He became good at most sports. B. He began to build up his body. C. He joined a sports team. D. He made friends with a runner. 42. The underlined word ―exploits‖ (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to . A. journeys B. researches C. adventures D. operations 43.Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders? a. He ran his first marathon b. He skied alone in the North Pole.
c. He rode his bike in a forest. d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole. A. acdb B. cdab C. acbd D. cabd. 44. What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?
A. He is a success in sports. B. He is the best British skier.
C. He is Ridgway’s favorite student. D. He is a good instructor at school. B
It’s2035.You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front in front of the mirror.“Turn red, ” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics(智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40.You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150years old. You’re not even middle-aged!
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear,‖ To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,‖ from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code(电子源码)on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes.‖ Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?‖ A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
―Ready for you trip to space?‖ you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and
very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips of longer vacations .Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each. you add.‖ The doctor said you need these for space travel.‖ Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It’s time for you to go to work .Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors.‖ My office. Autopilot,‖ you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages. you watch the news as video film rather than read it. 45. What changes the color of your shirt?
A. The mirror. B. The shirt itself. C. The counter. D. The medicine. 46. How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal? A. By pouring the breakfast in a bowl.
B. By listening to the doctor’s advice
C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
D. By checking the nutrition details of the food. 47. The strawberries the children eat serve as . A. breakfast B. lunch C. vaccines D. nutrition 48. How is the text organized ?
A. In order of time. B. In order of frequency. C. In order of preference. D. In order of importance.
C
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