1998年高考英语试题及答案

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　　At 9:00 Dick Spivak’s bank teleponed and said his payment was late.”The check is in the post,”Dick replide quickly.At 11:45Dick left for a 12:00meetingacross town. Arriving late,he explained that traffic(交通)had been bad.That evening,Dick’s girlfriend wore a new dress.He hated it.”It looks just great on you,”he said.

　　Three iles in one day! Yet Dick Spivad is just an oudinary man. Each time,he told himself that white lies,harmless untruths that help to save trouble. How often do we tell white lies? It depends in part on our age ,d

　　Education, and een where we live. According to one U.S. study, women are more truthful than men ,and honesty increases as we get older.

　　While most people use little white lies to make life easier,the majority of Americans care about honesty in both pubic and personal life. Theysay that people today are less honest than they were ten years ago. Although it is believed that things are getting worse, lying seems to be an age-old human problem.the French philosopher(哲学家)Vauvenarges, writing in the I

　　Eighteenth century, touched on the truth when he wrote,”all men are born truthful and die liars(说谎者).”

　　58.when the writer says” Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man”,he means_____.

　　A.is is common that people tell white lies B.Dick could do nothing abort bad traffic C.It is common that people delay their payment D.Dick found it hard to with everyday problems

　　59.according to the text ,most Americans_____.

　　A.hate white lies

　　B.believe white lies C.valre homesty D.conesder others dishonest

　　60.vauvenarges’remark suggests that_____.

　　A.sying is an age-old human problem B.dishonesty incerases as people get older C.people were dishonest in the 18th century D.it is social conditions that make people tell lies

　　D

　　The report came to the British on May 21,1941. The German battleship Bismarck,the most powerful warship in the world ,was moiving out into the Atlantic Ocean.her task: to destroy the ships carrying supplies from the Umitde States to war-torn England

　　The British had feared such a task..no warship they had coukd match the Bismarck in speed or in firepower. The Bismarck had eight 15-inch guns and 81 smaller guns.she could move at 30 nautical miles(海里)an hour. Whe was believed to be ubsinkable.

　　However,the Bretish had to sink her.they sent out a task force headed by their best battleship Hood to hut down the Bismarck. On May 24,the Hood found the Bismarck.

　　It was a meeting that the Geman commander Luetjens did not want to see.his orders were to destroy the British ships that were carrying suppiles, but to stay away from a fight with British warships.

　　The battle didn’t last long. The Bismarck’s first torpedo(鱼雷)hit the Hook ,which wemt down taking all but three of her 1419 men with her.

　　But in the fight ,the Bismarck was slightly damaged(损坏).her commmander decided to run for repairs to repairs to France, which had at that time been taken by the Gemans.the British force followed her. However ,because of the Bismarck’s speed and the heavy fog, they lost sight of her.

　　For two days, every British ship in the Atlantic reide to find the Bismarck but with no success. Finally, she was seghted by a plane from Ireland. Trying to slow the Bismarck down so that their ships could catch up with her ,the British fied at her from the air.the Bismarck was hit.

　　On the moring of May 27 ,the last battle was fought. Four British ships fired on the Bismarck, and she was finally sunk.

　　61.the Bismarck sailed into the Atlantic Ocean_______.

　　A.to sink Hood

　　A.to gain control of France B.to cut off American suppiles to Britain C.to stop British warships reaching Germany

　　62.Many people believed that the Bismarck corkd not be defeated because she____.

　　A.was fast amd powerful B.had more men on board C.was under Lustjens’ command D.had bigger guns than other ships

　　63.we learn from the text that on 24 May_____.

　　A.the British won the battle against the Bismarck B.the Bismarck won the battle against the British C.the British gunfire damaged the Bismarck serously D.the Bismarck srcceeded in keeping away from the British

　　64.luetjens tried to sail to France in ouder to _____.

　　A.have the ship repaired

　　B.join the other Germans

　　C.get help from the French

　　E.get away from British

　　65.which of the following is the immediate cause of the sinking of the Bismarck?

　　A.the British air strikes B.the damage done by the Hood C.Gunfire from the British warships D.Luetjens’ decision to run for France.