1、2008 年 9月国家公共英语(一级)真题试卷及答案与解析 第一节 单项填空 阅读下面的句子和对话,从 A、 B、 C三个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。 1 The story took place in a small town _ the morning of February 6. ( A) at ( B) on ( C) in 2 Ms. Black doesnt mean that Susan is the right person for the job, _ she? ( A) is ( B) does ( C) isnt 3 The students love her
2、_ she is so kind and helpful. ( A) but ( B) so ( C) because 4 The radio says it will be raining tomorrow. Ill stay at home if it _. ( A) rains ( B) will rain ( C) rained 5 It is much _ to go up than it is to come down. ( A) hard ( B) harder ( C) hardest 6 No one can _ how much longer the bad weather
3、 will go on. ( A) talk ( B) speak ( C) say 7 Larry, would you mind _ your car just for a moment? ( A) to stop ( B) stopping ( C) stopped 8 My parents, my aunt and my uncle _ sent me a gift on New Years Day. ( A) each ( B) every ( C) either 9 How _ will he be back? In two days. ( A) long ( B) soon (
4、C) often 10 Mrs. Smith bought that car as a birthday _ for her daughter. ( A) pleasure ( B) party ( C) present 11 My father says hes going to _ smoking. ( A) give up ( B) put up ( C) set up 12 It was _ of you to join us in our singing group. ( A) nice ( B) fine ( C) glad 13 The Whites have lived in
5、the house _ they came to the city. ( A) until ( B) since ( C) when 14 Ive read _ of the book but I dont find it interesting. ( A) few ( B) much ( C) many 15 I _ in Canada from 1999 to 200,3 when I was working for IBM. ( A) live ( B) have lived ( C) lived 第二节 完型填空 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的 A、 B、 C三个选项中选择能填入相应空白
6、处的最佳选项。 15 Summer holiday camps (夏令营 ) for children began in the USA over sixteen years ago. Today there are【 C1】 _than 8,000 camps in the United States and every year【 C2】 _four million children pass through their gates【 C3】 _June and August. Some【 C4】 _by bus every day from the nearest town.【 C5】
7、_stay as campers for one or two weeks. Quite a lot of children go off to camp 【 C6】_the whole of the summer holiday. The people there are young and【 C7】 _. There is good food and lots of interesting things【 C8】 _. In many camps children learn things【 C9】 _cooking and drawing pictures. Every evening
8、there are camp fires and games. Everyone goes to bed【 C10】 _but happy. 16 【 C1】 ( A) more ( B) many ( C) much 17 【 C2】 ( A) near ( B) about ( C) below 18 【 C3】 ( A) by ( B) from ( C) between 19 【 C4】 ( A) come ( B) take ( C) ride 20 【 C5】 ( A) Another ( B) Others ( C) The other 21 【 C6】 ( A) on ( B)
9、 in ( C) for 22 【 C7】 ( A) friends ( B) friendly ( C) friendship 23 【 C8】 ( A) doing ( B) done ( C) to do 24 【 C9】 ( A) like ( B) as ( C) such 25 【 C10】 ( A) tiring ( B) tired ( C) tires 第一节 词语配伍 从下栏所给选项中选出与各项意义相符的选项,并在答题卡 1上将该项涂黑。 25 A boat B bridge C floor D street E window F door G garden 26 It l
10、ets in light and air into a room. 27 It is a road going over a river. 28 You walk on it in a room. 29 You sit in it to travel across water. 30 You go into or out of a house through it. 第二节 短文理解 1 阅读下面短文,从 A(Right)、 B(Wrong)、 C(Doesnt Say)三个判断中选择一个正确选项。 30 Daylight Saving Time begins on Monday, April
11、 3, 2005. People in most parts of the United States will turn their clocks ahead one hour. The official(正式的 ) time to turn your clock ahead is early in the morning, April 3. Two a.m. becomes three am. Sunday will have only 23 hours. (Most people change their clocks before they go to sleep Saturday n
12、ight.) In the fall, people turn their clock back an hour. This saying helps people remember which way to turn the clock: “Spring ahead; fall back.“ ( Spring and fall each have two meanings here.) We use Daylight Saving Time in order to save electricity (电 ). We need one less hour of light from elect
13、ricity each day in the summer. Arizona, Hawaii, and parts of Indiana do not use Daylight Saving Time. Not every country uses Daylight Saving Time, either. Countries near the equator(赤道 ) have no reason to use Daylight Saving Time. Their hours of daylight and darkness are always nearly the same. Ther
14、e is no Daylight Saving Time in Japan, China, or India. Countries south of the equator have quite different seasons. They are ending their Daylight Saving Time now. 31 Daylight Saving Time is used in most parts of the United States. ( A) Right. ( B) Wrong. ( C) Doesnt say. 32 Most Americans turn the
15、ir clock ahead early in the morning of April 3, 2005. ( A) Right. ( B) Wrong. ( C) Doesnt say. 33 Daylight Saving Time is used in the summer. ( A) Right. ( B) Wrong. ( C) Doesnt say. 34 Daylight Saving Time on both sides of the equator begins at the same time. ( A) Right. ( B) Wrong. ( C) Doesnt say
16、. 35 Some people are against the use of Daylight Saving Time. ( A) Right. ( B) Wrong. ( C) Doesnt say. 35 Ms. Blunsden is a 38-year-old woman who lives by herself in Brooklyn, New York. She has no right to keep any animals now. A police officer told a Brooklyn court (法庭 ) that he had found 15 dogs a
17、nd 20 cats living in a small room which was just 10 feet by 12 feet. “There was not enough place for one animal, let alone 35,“ he said. “The room was very dirty.“ “The animals are taken good care of,“ Ms. Blunsden told the court. “I take them all for walks in a shopping cart (购物车 ).“ When the court
18、 asked Ms. Blunsden why she kept so many animals, she said, “Everybody loves animals and I do, too. You may think that my room is too small for so many animals, but I think it is just right.“ The court ordered the animals to be taken to a place where they could be taken good care of. The court also
19、ordered Ms. Blunsden to get help from Dr. Eugene Wilson, whose clinic (诊所 ) is well-known for taking care of such cases. People are beginning to keep many animals, and Ms. Blunsdens case will not be the only one of its kind. 36 The court thought Ms. Blunsden could not keep animals because_. ( A) her
20、 dogs and cats were kept together ( B) she didnt take animals for walks ( C) her room for animals was too small 37 How many animals did the police officer find in Ms. Blunsdens home? ( A) 15. ( B) 20. ( C) 35. 38 What did the police officer think of Ms. Blunsdens room for animals? ( A) It was clean
21、enough for animals to live in. ( B) It was just right for only one animal. ( C) It was not right for even a single animal. 39 The court ordered the animals to be sent to where _. ( A) they could live in the open air ( B) they could be well looked after ( C) they could get help from Dr. Wilson 40 Ms.
22、 Blunsden was ordered to go to Dr. Wilson because the court thought _. ( A) she had some problems with her mind ( B) she needed some medicine for her animals ( C) she could use Dr. Wilsons room for her animals 40 You have probably seen ads (广告 ) in newspaper or on television for mail-order companies
23、. Perhaps a catalogue (商品目录 ) has been sent to you. Why do people buy things they have not seen in person? Some people believe that things can be bought more cheaply by mail. Another good thing about buying by mail is that it is easier and more enjoyable to sit at home and work through a catalogue t
24、han to shop around the stores. With a catalogue from a large company, you have your own shop window for almost everything you want to buy. Buying from a catalogue is so easy. It saves the shoppers time and trouble. Sometimes, it saves the shoppers money, too. But people often buy more than they can
25、really afford(付得起 ) or need, because many things look so good to them. They can probably pay a certain part of the full price a down payment. Then they pay a certain amount of money every month until the goods is paid for in full. But by then they often find what they have bought are of no use at al
26、l. 41 Why do people buy things without seeing them in person? ( A) To enjoy themselves. ( B) To save money and trouble. ( C) To get more than they need. 42 What does the word “They“ in “They can probably pay a certain part of the full price . “refer to? ( A) People. ( B) Shops. ( C) Goods. 43 We kno
27、w from the text that_. ( A) a catalogue may show you what a company is selling ( B) it is easier and more enjoyable to shop around stores ( C) you can set up your own shop with a catalogue 44 What is the problem with mail-order? ( A) People have to work through a catalogue ( B) People may buy more t
28、han they are able to pay for ( C) People have to pay every month 45 According to the text, people can get the goods first and pay _. ( A) bit by bit ( B) a few months later ( C) until it is of no use at all 第一节 改写句子 下面是三对句子。每对句子中,第一句是原句,第二句是对第一句的改写。要求根据原句和第二句中已经给出的部分补全第二句。注意不能改变原句的意思。 46 It was the
29、first time for Jack to see the snow mountain Jack saw the snow mountain _. 47 Seeing the snow mountain made Jack very happy Jack was very _ the snow mountain 48 Jack hoped to come again soon Jack hoped that he _ again soon 第二节 书面表达 49 情景:你的英国朋友 Frank发来邮件询问你的近况。你想告诉他一件让你感到高兴的事情。 任务:请你用英语给他写一张 50词左右的电
30、子邮件,告诉他: 1事情发生的时间、地点; 2事情的具体经过。 电子邮件请用下面格式。 Dear Frank, Li Min 2008 年 9月国家公共英语(一级)真题试卷答案与解析 第一节 单项填空 阅读下面的句子和对话,从 A、 B、 C三个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查介词。在某一天一般用介词 on; at后加时间点: at seven oclock; in后加较大的时间,或是用在一些固定搭配中: in the morning/afternoon/evening, in summer等。所以答案为 B。 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解
31、析】 本题考查反意疑问句。反意疑问句应该是前肯后否,前否后肯。这是一个主从复合句的反意疑问句,应该对主句进行提问,所以答案为 B。 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查连词的用法。根据句意来说,后边的分句是前边分句的原因,所以要用 because。 but但是,表示转折关系; so因此,也表示因果关系,但后边是结果,前边是原因。 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查时态。在条件状语从句中,主句是一般将来时态,从句用一般现在时态,所以答案为 A。 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查形容词的比较级。从句子中的 than就可知道是在两者之间进行比较,所以应该用比较级,答案为
32、 B。 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查动词的辨析。 talk“讲话,谈论 ”,强调说话的动作;speak“说 ”,一般和某种语言搭配,如: I can speak English; say“说,报道,预告 ”等多种意思,强调讲话的内容。所以答案为 C。 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查动词的用法。 mind的意思是 “介意 ”,后边要加动名词形式,所以答案为 B。 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查代词的用法。 each“每一个 ”,既可以放在句首单独作主语,也可放在其他词后边作同位语; every“每个的 ”,是形容词,不能单独使用,只能放在其他词前面作修
33、饰语; either表示两者中的任何一个。可句子中提到的是四个人,所以答案为 A。 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查疑问词的用法。根据回答 “两天之后回来。 ”可知上边问“他何时回来 ?”其中只有 how soon 是问多久的,所以答案为 B。 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考 查词义辨析。 pleasure“荣幸 ”; party“聚会 ”; present“礼物 ”,所以答案为 C。 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查动词短语辨析。 give up“放弃 ”; put up“竖起,搭起 ”; set up“建立 ”。根据句意,应该是 “放弃吸烟 ”,所以
34、答案为 A。 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查形容词的用法。 nice形容人的品质好, “善良的 ”; fine形容人的身体好,形容人时要用人作主语; glad“高兴的 ”,主语应该是人。所以答案为 A。 知识拓展 应该注意的 是,这是一个固定句型: Its+表示人物品质的形容词+of sb +to do sth此外,这一句型常用的形容词还有 kind。如: Its very kind of you to help me 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查连词的用法。 when“当 时候 ”; since“自从 以来 ”; until“直到 才 ”。句子是完成时态,所
35、以就要选一个能连接完成时的连词,又根据句意,所以答案为 B。 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查代词的用法。根据句意可知应该看了 书的大部分,所以 A不正确,因为 few表示 “几乎没有 ”,是否定的含义; much 代替不可数名词;many代替可数名词。书的大部分指的是书的大部分内容,是不可数的,所以答案为 B。 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查时态的用法。句意:当我从 1999到 2003之间在 IBM工作的时候我住在加拿大。这里有表示过去时间的时间状语,所以要用一般过去时态,答案为 C。 第二节 完型填空 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的 A、 B、 C三个选项中选
36、择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 16 【正确答 案】 A 【试题解析】 根据句意应该是超过 8000个,而 “超过 ”,就是 more than,而且从意思上来说是比 多,所以应该用比较级,答案为 A。其反意短语是 less than“比 少 ”。 17 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据句意来说应该是大约四百万,所以用 about; near一般表示距离的远近,将近; below 表示空间位置的下面。所以答案为 B。 18 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查词的搭配。 by表示方式,与句意不符; from一般与 to 搭配,表示时间和空间上的起 点和终点; between 和 and
37、搭配,表示在 之间,所以答案为 C。 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查单词。 come“来 ”; take“拿走,带走 ”; ride“骑 ”,所以答案为 A。 20 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查上下文联系。上边提到一些人的情况,所以这里指的是另一些人的情况,而且 someothers 一般搭配使用; the other一般和 one搭配,表示两者之中的另一个; another表示三者或以上中的另一个。所以答案为 B。 21 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查时间介词。 on 表示在某一天; in一般用来表示较大的时间或用在一些固定搭配中; for用来表示一段时
38、间。整个暑假是一个时间段,所以答案为 C。 22 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查连同。 and 是一个并列连词,应该连接相同的成分。其前边是形容词 young,所以后边也应该用形容同。而选项中只有 friendly是形容词,“友好的 ”; friends和 friendship都是名词,意为 “朋友 ”和 “友谊 ”。所以答案为B。 23 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查的是动 词作定语。单个的现在分词和过去分词作定语一般放在所修饰词的前面,而动词不定式则要后置。而且从表示的意义上来说,现在分词表示主动和现在;过去分词表示被动和过去;不定式表示将来,所以答案为C。 24 【正
39、确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查介词。根据句意来说这是举例子,所以首先可以排除 C,而且 tike是介词,后边加名词和代词; as是连词,后边加句子和介词短语。所以答案为 A。 25 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查副词。这是人们去休息时的状态, go是动词,修饰动词应该用副词。 tiring是形容问, “令人厌烦的 ”; tired 既可以作形容词也可以作副词, “累的 (地 ),劳累的 (地 )”; tires是动词。所以答案为 B。 第一节 词语配伍 从下栏所给选项中选出与各项意义相符的选项,并在答题卡 1上将该项涂黑。 26 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 可以通过 win
40、dow(窗户 )透气和阳光。 27 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 可以通过 bridge(桥 )过河。 28 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 我们在屋里的 floor(地板 )上走。 29 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 我们可以坐在 boat(船 )穿过河流。 30 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 我们由 door(门 )进出房子。 第二节 短文理解 1 阅读下面短文,从 A(Right)、 B(Wrong)、 C(Doesnt Say)三个判断中选择一个正确选项。 31 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据第一段可知在美国大部分地区施行夏令时制,所以答案为 A。 32 【正确答案】 A
41、【试题解析】 根据第一段第一句和第二段第一句可知人们在 2005年 4月 3日把钟的时间调快 ,所以答案为 A。 33 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据第二段可知夏令时春天开始,秋天结束,但没有明确说明夏天用不用,答案为 C。 34 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文章第五段讲的是并非每个国家都使用夏令时,而且赤道地区的国家也没必要使用夏令时,答案为 B。 35 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文章只介绍了美国的夏令时,而没有提到人们对它的反应,答案为C。 36 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据第一段第三句可知她被控告的原因是法庭认为她没有给动物足够的空间, 所以答案为 C。 37 【
42、正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据第一段第二句可知一共有 35只动物,所以答案为 C。 38 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据第一段最后 句 There was not enough place for one animal let alone35.可知警察认为她的房间狭小的不能养一只动物,答案为 C。 39 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据第三段第一句可知法庭命令把动物送到一个它们可以得到很好的照顾的地方,所以答案为 B。 40 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据第三段第二句可知法庭要这位女士从 Eugene Wilson 医生那得到帮助,因为他的诊所以处理这种情况而闻名,再联系上
43、文因为在狭小的空间养了那么多动物而被告上法庭,而这位女土又认为她自己没有做错,可以推断出答案为 A。 41 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文章第二段第一句和第二句就指出其优点是节省人们的时间、精力和金钱,所以答案为 B。 42 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据上下文语境可以确定这个代词的含义,因为代词是用来指代上文已经提到的人或物,而这个代词的上文讲 的是人们有时抵挡不住诱惑而经常购买一些超出自己支付能力或不需要的商品。所以答案为 A。 43 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题可以用排除法。文章主要是讲邮购购物比逛街购物所具备的优点,所以选项 B 明显不正确;文章通篇都没有讲到开商店所
44、以 C也不正确,答案为 A。 44 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据第二段第一、三句可得出选项 B为正解。其他两个选项都不是说邮购购物的缺点,不符合问题,答案为 B。 45 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据第二段倒数第二句可知首付之后,是按月逐步付 清货款,答案为 A。 第一节 改写句子 下面是三对句子。每对句子中,第一句是原句,第二句是对第一句的改写。要求根据原句和第二句中已经给出的部分补全第二句。注意不能改变原句的意思。 46 【正确答案】 for the first time 【试题解析】 Somebody does something for the first time=It
45、s the first time for somebody to do something,两种句型表达相同的意思,可以互换。 47 【正确答案】 Happy to see 【试题解析】 be+ adj +to do 可以表示前面形容词表达的情绪的原因。如: She was sad to learn the sad news 48 【正确答案】 would come 【试题解析】 原句是简单句,第二句中有连词 that,因此要变成宾语从句,因此用 would come。 第二节 书面表达 49 【正确答案】 Dear Frank, I want to tell you a story that
46、 makes me happy. Last week, I went to watch movies in cinema. When I was about to walk in, I saw an old woman walking worriedly. I went up to ask her the reason. She told me that she would go to watch movies but found that she had lost her ticket. Then I told her that I just picked up a ticket on the way and gave it to her. She was very happy and thanked me very much. But that ticket was mine! Though I didnt watch the movie, I felt very happy and worthy. Li Min