double in size and the fermenting yeast (酵母)made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing . I had to admit what the 'living thing 'was and why it was there . I don't know who was more embarrassed(尴尬)by the whole thing Doug or me.
58．When Doug went out the third time , the woman looked out of the window because she was ______________.
54．The writer's purpose in writing this story is ___________ A．to tell an interesting experience
B．to show the easiest way out of a difficulty
C．to describe the trouble facing a newly married woman D．to explain the difficulty of learning to cook from books
55．Why did the woman's attempt at making the bread turn out to be unsuccessful? A．The canned orange had gone bad.
B．She didn't use the right kind of flour. C．The cookbook was hard to understand. D．She did not follow the directions closely.
56．Why did the woman put the dough in the rubbish bin? A．She didn't see the use of keeping it B．She meant to joke with her husband. C．She didn't want her husband to see it . D．She hoped it would soon dry in the son. 57．What made the dough in the rubbish bin? A．The rising and falling movement. B．The strange-looking marks. C．Its shape. D．Its size.
A．surprised at his being interested in the bin B．afraid that he would discover her secret C．unhappy that he didn't enjoy the meal D．curious to know what disturbed him
C
Decision-thinking is not unlike it often matters not only what you think , but
also what others think you think what you think they think you think .
（决策思考大同小异，它不但常关乎你自己怎么思考，而且也关乎别人怎样对待你的思考和你如何看待别人对待你的思考。
我们把句子的标点补齐了可能就好理解了。Decision-thinking is not unlike, it often matters not only what you think, but also what others think you think, what you think they think you think.最后句子中的they指前句中的others. ）
The mental process(过程) is similar . Naturally , this card game has often been of considerable interest to people who are , by any standards , good thinkers .
The great mathematician John von Neumann was one of the founders of game theory .
In particular , he showed that all games fall into two classes ; there are what he called games of 'perfect information', games like chess where the players can't hide anything or play tricks ; they don't win by chance , but by means of logic and skills . Then there are games of 'imperfect information', like poker , in which it is impossible to know in advance that one course of action is better than another.
One mistaken idea about business is that it can be treated as a game of perfect
information . Quite the reverse Business , life itself are games which we must normally play with very imperfect information . Business decisions are often made with many unknown and unknowable factors(因素), best poker players . But few business people find it comfortable to admit that they are taking a chance , and many still prefer to believe that they are playing chess , not poker.
59．The subject discussed in this text is _________. A．the process of reaching decisions B．the difference between poker and chess. C．the secret of making good business plans D．the value of information in winning games
60．An important factor in a game of imperfect information is ___________. A．rules B．luck C．time D．ideas
61．Which of the following can be used in place of \A．Quite right. B．True enough.
C．Most unlikely. D．Just the opposite.
62．In the writer's opinion , when making business decisions one should ___________ . A．put perfect information before imperfect information B．accept the existence of unknown factors C．regard business as a game of chess D．mix known and unknown factors
D
Olaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men . in which he looked millions of years ahead . He told of different men and of strange civilisations(文明), broken up by long 'dark ages' in between . In his view , what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men . In 2,000 million years from now there will be the Eighteenth or Last Men.
However , most of our ideas about the future are really very short-sighted . Perhaps
we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years . But the next hundred ? The next thousand? The next million? That's much more difficult.
When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago , how could they even begin to picture modern life? Yet to men of 50,000 years from now , we may seem as primitive(原始的)in our ideas as the Stone-Age hunters do to us . Perhaps through the cribe , These
words , which I have just made up , have to stand for things and ideas that we simply can't think of .
So why bother even to try imagining life far in the future ? Here are two reasons .
First unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history , we are likely to think our own interests are much more important than they really are .
If we make the earth a poor place to live because . we are careless or greedy(贪婪) or quarrelsome . our grand-children will not bother to think of excuses for us.
Second , by trying to escape from present interests and imagine life far in the
future , we may arrive at quite fresh ideas that we can use ourselves . For example , if we imagine that in the future men may give up farming , we can think of trying it now . So set you imagination free when you think about the future .
63．A particular mention made of Stapledon's book in the opening paragraph
____________
64．The text discusses men and women 50,000 years ago and 50,000 years from now in order to show that _________.
A．serves as a description of human history B．serves an introduction to the discussion C．shows a disagreement of views D． Shows the popularity of the book
A．human history is extremely long B．life has changed a great deal
C．it is useless to plan for the next 50 years
D．it is difficult to tell what will happen in the future
65．Spundels and ballalators are used in the text to refer to _________. A．tools used in farming B．ideas about modern life
C．unknown things in the future D．hunting skills in the Stone Age
66．According to the writer of the text , imagining the future will _________. A．serve the interests of the present and future generations B．enable us to better understand human history C．help us to improve farming D．make life worth living
E
Excused from recycling(回收利用) because you live in a high rise with a rubbish chute(垃圾道)? You won't be for long . Miami's Mark Shantzis has made it simple for those living in tall buildings to use the chute and recycle too .
In Shantzis' Hi-Rise Recycling System , a chute leads to a pie-shaped container
with six boxes that can turn around when operated . The system , which fits in the same space as the chute and container now in use , enables glass , plastic , paper , metal , and other rubbish to go into separate boxes .
The system is controlled from a board next to the chute door . The board has a button
for each class of recycling materials (as well as for unrecyclables). At the press of a button , a microcomputer locks all other floors' chute door and sets the recycling container turning until the right box comes under the chute . The computer also counts the loads and gives a signal by phone when the box is full . And a particular piece of equipment breaks up the nonrecyclables
Sorting(分类) recyclables before they are collected saves the use of expensive
materials recovery equipment which otherwise has to do the sorting . Such equipment often makes recycled materials very expensive , so expensive that tons of recyclables remain
wasted . Shantzis believes his system could help recycled materials become more cost-effective.
67．The purpose in writing this text is _________. A．to encourage people to recycle their rubbish B．to introduce a recycling system for high rises
C．to describe the use of computer technology in recycling D．to explain the need for rubbish collection in high rises
68．When he says \ A．you'll soon be living in a cleaner building
B．rubbish chutes will become out of date before long C．you won't wait long for your turn to recycle rubbish
D．it won't be long before you'll have to recycle your rubbish 69．Before dropping rubbish into the chute you have to ___________ A．lock the other floors' chute doors B．check if the container is full C．press the correct button D．break up the rubbish
70．The biggest advantage of this new system is that _________ A．it readuces the cost of recycling B．it saves time and space
C．it saves money for people living in high rises
D．it makes better use of the existing recovery equipment
B）根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Mrs Brown : What a tiring evening!
Mr Brown : Oh , it's good to sit down after all that standing. Mrs Brown : 71
Mr Brown : I don't think I've ever felt so tired in my life 72 Mrs Brown : And the heat . 73
Mr Brown : We shouldn't have accepted the invitation in the first place Mrs Brown : 74 We've only been to a party.
Mr Brown : You're right . We must be getting old . Mrs Brown : Come on . 75 We'd feel better.
A．I'm not that tired
B．Let's have some coffee.
C．What 's more , I didn't sleep well last night. D．But we shouldn't have felt so tried.
E．A good night's sleep will put you right again .
F．I could just sir here for ever and ever , and never get up . G．All that silly talk , and the drink and the cigarette smoke
2000年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试——英语 National Matriculation English Test (NMET 2000)
第二卷（共55分）
注意事项：
1．第二卷共4页，用刚笔或圆珠笔直接答在试卷纸上。 2．答卷前将密封线内的项目填写清楚
IV．单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分；满分10）
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在句子右边的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）
76．That flying school graduates a hundred ______ (飞行员)every year. 76．______ 77．Tom is _____________（在楼上）. Go and find him yourself . 77.___________ 78．This plant is foud in the ___________ （南部）parts of the country 78__________． 79．I must ____（道歉）for not having been able to write to you sooner. 79．_____ 80．Two hundred _____（被盗的） bicycles were returned to their owners last month. 80．____
81.When I got home after the holiday there were a lot of ______（留言）in my phone. 81.______
82._____ speaking （一般来说）, parents care more about their children's health
than about their own.
82.________
83.I can't tell one from the other because they are only ________（细微）different.
83.__________
84.There has been a 50% growth in the _________（市场）for personal computers.
84.______
85.Thank you for ___________（提供）to help , but I can manage it myself. 85．_____
V．改错题（共10小题，每小题1.5分；满分15分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断；如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该回的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正的词。 注意：原行没有错的不要改