1996年高考英语试题及答案

　　(D)11. How beautifully she sings! I have never heard .

　　A. the better voice B. a good voice

　　C. the best voice D. a better voice

　　(A)12. Tom felt that he knew everybody's business better than they knew it .

　　A. themselves B. oneself

　　C. itself D. himself

　　(A)13. Many people agree that knowledge of English is a must in international trade today.

　　A. a; 不填 B. the; an

　　C. the; the D. 不填; the

　　(C)14. The number of people invited fifty, but a number of them absent for different reasons.

　　A. were; was B. was; was

　　C. was; were D. were; were

　　(D)15. We decided not to climb the mountains because it was raining .

　　A. badly B. hardly

　　C. strongly D. heavily

　　(B)16. After living in Paris for fifty years he returned to the small town he grew up as a child.

　　A. which B. where

　　C. that D. when

　　(C)17. Helen her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband home.

　　A. has left; comes B. left; had come

　　C. has left; came D. had left;would come

　　(C)18. The patient was warned oily food after the operation.

　　A. to eat not B. eating not

　　C. not to eat D. not eating

　　(D)19. You didn't let me drive. If we in turn, you so tired.

　　A. drove, didn't get

　　B. drove; wouldn't get

　　C. were driving; wouldn't get

　　D. had driven; wouldn't have got

　　(D)20. -Can I help you, sir?

　　-Yes. I bought this radio here yesterday, but it .

　　A. didn't work B. won't work

　　C. can't work D. doesn't work