1981年高考英语试题及答案

　　五、汉译英

　　1.This(The) new machine is made in China.

　　2.How long (Since when) have you been away from home?

　　How long have you not been (back) home?

　　How long is it since you left home?

　　3.He never leaves the lab until (before)11:00 in the evening.

　　He always stays in the lab till 11:00 p.m.

　　4.The coal(that, which)we use (are using)today comes(is)from forests of millions of years ago.

　　The coal(that ,which)we use (are using)today was formed from forests of millions of years ago.

　　5.Our idea is that we should do the most of work with the least of money.

　　What we are thinking about(of) is that we should do as much as we can with the least money possible(possible money).

　　What we are thinking about is that we should do as much as we can with as little money as possible.

　　六、选词填空

　　1.It's easier said than done.

　　2.There was so much to do.He had to stay up all night.

　　3.She often goes(went) out of her way to do things for her neighbours.

　　4.Do you enjoy watching others playing chess?

　　5.It turned out that only the youngest boy in our class had given the right answer.

　　6.In spite of his broken English,he finally made himself understood.

　　7.Thomas Edison gave his whole life to bringing out the secret of nature.

　　8.It is known to all that the World Trade Centre in New York is the highest building in the city.

　　9.Please see that the work is completed in time.

　　10.She was reading her book,completely lost to the outside world.

　　七、阅读理解

　　1.No.They can't.

　　(NO.Even clever animals can't do all the things that small children can do.)

　　2.No.They don't.Because human beings can speak while animals can't.

　　3.The German scientist found out that some animals could use tools to get food through the experiments he made with big apes.

　　4.NO. It's not true.

　　(No.If the apes saw only the banana or the stick,they didn't know they could use the stick to get the banana.)

　　5.When they saw both the banana and the stick at the same time they could use the stick to get the banana.

　　6.Children know the words"banana" and"stick" which help them bear the banana and the stick in mind.

　　7.Animals often interrupt what they are doing and later forget it completely while human beings are able to do one thing continuously and with a definite aim.