1984年高考英语试题及答案

　　七、综合填空根据图示，在下列各段的空格内填入适当的词。每个空格只准填写一个英语单词。对原文不得作任何改动。(本题共20分，每个空格1分。)

　　Ⅰ

　　Here is a (1) of the (2) .

　　The world is (3) up of seven (4) . The largest among them is (5).

　　Ⅱ

　　Tis boy is writing a (6) to his friend (7) .He's writing it (8) English. As he is not sure (9) his spelling,he has to look (10) all the difficult words in the dictionary.

　　Ⅲ

　　I was waiting on the station platform (11) the Tienjin train when a man (12) me if I knew the time of the next train to Tienjin. (13) often had to go there myself, so I knew and told him.A (14) minutes later an old lady wanted to know whether the train to Shanghai had already left. I knew that it (15) not, so, of course,I told her. Then a girl came to me and asked (16) the train from Nanjing was late. I didn't know. I just told her that when trains were late, (17) was usually because something had happened. I was wondering why all these people were asking (18) those questions when I noticed that I was (19) next to a sign(牌子) (20) said "Inquiry Office".

　　八、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容填空。(本题共10分，每个空格1分。)

　　Who Would Hear Me First?

　　Professor Wang is a physics teacher in Beijing.Once she was explaining to one of her classes about sound. She decided to test the students to see how well they had understood her. "I have an uncle in Xinjiang," she said. "Suppose I was calling him on the phone from here. and at the same time you were 25 metres away, listening to me. Who would hear me first, my uncle or you-and for what reason?"

　　Ma Hua at once answered, "Your uncle, Professor, because sound-waves(声波)travel slower than electricity."

　　"Good," said the professor. But then another boy raised his hand.

　　"Yes, Limin?" said Professor Wang.

　　"Of course your uncle would hear you first," Limin said, "but that's because of the time difference. When it's nine o'clock here, it's seven o'clock in Xinjiang."