1993年高考英语试题及答案

　　第三部分(U) 英语应用

　　UⅠ.阅读理解(共20小题，计分40%)

　　阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　A

　　On the evening of June 21,1992,a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi'an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel hall before though they lived in "the kingdom of bicycles".

　　Robert Friedlander, an American,arrived in Xi'an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.

　　When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road . Now, after 44 years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi'an and his early dreams were coming true.

　　Robert Friedlander's next destinations(目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.

　　66. The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article would be .

　　A. The Kingdom of Bicycles

　　B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi'an

　　C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road

　　D. An American Achieving His Aims

　　67. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because .

　　A. he asked to see the manager

　　B. he entered the hall with a bicycle

　　C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests

　　D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him

　　68. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order: .

　　A. China, India, and Pakistan

　　B. India, China, and Pakistan

　　C. Pakistan, China,and India

　　D. China, Pakistan, and India

　　69. What made Friedlander come to China?

　　A. The stories about Marco Polo.

　　B. The famous sights in Xi'an.

　　C. His interest in Chinese silk.

　　D. His childhood dreams about bicycles.

　　70. Friedlander can be said to be .

　　A. clever B. friendly

　　C. hardworking D. strong-minded

　　B

　　Kleptomania is an illness of the mind that gives a person the desire to steal. Such a person is not really a thief. They are sick and cannot help themselves. All small children act naturally and as they grow up they normally learn to control their actions. People with kleptomania for certain medical reasons have failed to develop control over their desire to take things that do not belong to them. With medical help they may become normal citizens again. The things that a kleptomaniac steals are seldom of great value. They often give away what they have stolen or collect objects without using them.

　　71. What is the topic of the text?

　　A. Young thieves.

　　B. An unusual illness.

　　C. Reasons for stealing.

　　D. A normal child's actions.

　　72. From the text we learn that small children .

　　A. have little control of themselves

　　B. usually steal things but grow up honest

　　C. are usually kleptomaniacs

　　D. like to give things away

　　73. Kleptomaniacs usually steal things that .

　　A. are valuable

　　B. are unimportant

　　C. their friends like

　　D. they themselves need

　　74. Which of the following words can best replace(替代) the word desire in the first sentence?

　　A. chance B. power

　　C. right D. wish