1999年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试
英 语
National Matriculation English Test (NMET ９９)
（考试时间120分钟）
第一卷（三大题，共95分）
Ⅰ.单项填空（共25小题，每小题1分；满分25分）
A）从A、B、C、D 中找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
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B）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
例：We________last night, but we went to the concertinstead.
A.must have studied
B.might study
C.should have studied
D.would study
答案是C。
6.—I had a really good weekend at my uncle's.
—___________.
A.Oh,that's very nice of you
B.Congratulations
C.It's a pleasure
D.Oh,I'm glad to hear that
7.—I'm going to the post office.
—_______you're there, can you get me some stamps?
A.As B.While C.Because D.If
8.Paper money was in_______use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in________ __thirteenth century.
A.the;不填 B.the;the C.不填;the D.不填；不填
9.—Are the new rules working?
—Yes.________books are stolen.
A.Few B.More C.Some D.None
10.—Alice,you feed the bird today,_________?
——But I fed it yesterday.
A.do you B.will you C.didn't you D.don't you
11.________you've got a chance, you might as well makefull use of it.
A.Now that B.After C.Although D.As soon as
12.________him and then try to copy what he does.
A.Mind B.Glance at C.Stare at D.Watch
13.—I drove to Zhuhai for the air show last week.
—Is that________you had a few days off?
A.why B.when C.what D.where
14.Robert is said__________abroad,but I don't know whatcountry he studied in.
A.to have studied B.to study
C.to be studying D.to have been studying
15.—Will you stay for lunch?
—Sorry,________.My brother is coming to see me.
A.I mustn't B.I can't C.I needn't D.I won't
16.The price________,but I doubt whether it will remain so.
A.went down B.will go down
C.has gone down D.was going down
17.Few pleasures can equal_________of a cool drink on ahot day.
A.some B.any C.that D.those
18.You should make it a rule to leave things—youcan find them again.
A.when B.where C.then D.there
19. Carol said the work would be done by October,_______personally I doubt very muc h.
A.it B.that C.when D.which
20.—Do you think the Stars will beat the Bulls?
—Yes, They have better players, so I ________them to win.
A.hope B.prefer C.expect D.want
21.The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier,________it more difficult.
A.not make B.not to make
C.not making D.do not make
22.We'll have to finish the job,__________.
A.long it takes however
B.it takes however long
C.long however it takes
D.however long it takes
23.Your performance in the driving test didn't reach therequired standard——__________,yo u failed.
A.in the end B.after all
C.in other words D.at the same time
24.—Hey,look where you are going!
—Oh,I'm terribly sorry.__________.
A.I'm not noticing B.I wasn't noticing
C.I haven't noticed D.I don't notice
25.When I got back home I saw a message pinned to thedoor________"Sorry to miss you;
will calllater."
A.read B.reads C.to read D.reading
Ⅱ.完形填空（共25小题，每小题1分；满分25分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26～50各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound ofbells. Four students from Burli ngton College of HigherEducation are in the bell tower of the ____26____and havemade u p their minds to_____27_____the bells nonstop for twoweeks as a protest （抗议）against
heavy trucks whichrun____28____through the narrow High Street.
"They not only make it_____29_____to sleep at night, but theyare_____30_____damage to our
houses and shops ofhistorical_____31_____," said John Norris, one of theprotesters .
"____32____we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,"said Jean Lacey,a biology studen t,"why don't they build anew road that goes_____33_____the town?Burlington isn't muchmore than a____34____village. Its streets were never____35____for heavy traffic."
Harry Fields also studying____36____said they wanted tomake as much____37____as possi ble to force the____38____to realise what everybody was having to____39____."Most of themdon' t____40____here anyway, "he said,"they come in for meetingsand that, and the Town Hall
is soundproof （隔音）,____41____they probably don't____42____the noise all thatmuch.It's high time they realised the____43____."
The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought thepublic were____44____on their side ,and even if they weren'tthey soon would be.____45____asked if they were____46____thatthe police might come to____47____them.
"Not really, "she said, "actually we are____48_____bell-ringers.I mean we are assistant b ell-ringers for the church.There is no_____49_____against practising."
I____50____the church with the sound of the bells ringingin my ears.
26.A.college B.village C.town D.church
27.A.change B.repair C.ring D.shake
28.A.now and then B.day and night
C.up and down D.over and over
29.A.terrible B.diffiuclt
C.uncomfortable D.unpleasant
30.A.doing B.raising C.putting D.producing
31.A.scene B.period C.interest D.sense
32.A.If B.Although C.When D.Unless
33.A.to B.through C.over D.round
34.A.pretty B.quiet C.large D.modern
35.A.tested B.meant C.kept D.used
36.A.well B.hard C.biology D.education
37.A.effort B.time C.trouble D.noise
38.A.townspeople B.other students
C.government officials D.truck drivers
39.A.stand B.accept C.know D.share
40.A.shop B.live C.come D.study
41.A.but B.so C.or D.for
42.A.notice B.mention C.fear D.control
43.A.event B.loss C.action D.problem
44.A.hardly B.unwillingly C.mostly D.usually
45.A.I B.We C.She D.They
46.A.surprised B.afraid C.pleased D.determined
47.A.seize B.fight C.search D.stop
48.A.proper B.experienced C.hopeful D.serious
49.A.point B.cause C.need D.law
50.A.left B.found C.reached D.passed
Ⅲ.阅读理解（共25小题。A节每小题2分，B节每小题1分； 满分45分）
A）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中， 选出一个最佳答案。
A
Tom Brennan was working in a Philadelphia office buildingwhen he noticed a black bag.The ba g contained a book.
This chance discovery ended a 12- day search by theLibrary Company of Philadelphia fo r a historical treasure —a120-page diary kept 190 years ago by Deborah Logan, "a womanwho kn ew everybody in her day,"James Green,the librarian toldthe magazine American Libraries.
Most of the diary is a record of big events inPhiladelphia. It also includes a description of Britishsoldiers burning Washington, D. C. in the war of 1812. Shedescri bes President James Madison on horseback as"perfectlyshaking with fear"during the troubled da ys.George Washington,she writes,mistook her for the wife of a French man, andpraised her exce llent English.
The adventure of the lost book began September 4 whenCory Luxmoore arrived from England
to deliver the diary ofhis ancestor（祖先）to the Library Company,which he and hiswife c onsidered to be the best home for the diary.
Green told American Libraries he had the diary in hispossession"about five minutes"wh en Luxmoore took it backbecause he had promised to show it to one other person. Onreturn ing to his hotel after showing the precious book toGreen,Luxmoore was shocked to realise th at he had left it inthe taxi.
Without any delay,Green began calling every taxi companyin the city,with no luck."I've fel t sick since then, "Luxmooretold re porters.
According to Green,no one has yet learned how the diar
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