南师附中2006年高考冲刺英语试题[下学期]
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南师附中2006年高考冲刺
英 语 试 题
第一卷（选择题 共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡ 19.15 B. ￡ 9.15 C. ￡ 9.18
答案是 B。
1. What is the man going to do?
A. Open the window. B. Find another room. C. Go out with the woman.
2. What do we know about Peter Schmidt?
A. He has lost his ticket.
B. He is expecting a ticket.
C. He went out to buy a ticket.
3. What do we know about mother and son?
A. She wants to tell him the result of the game.
B. She doesn’t like him to watch TV.
C. She knows which team he supports.
4. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Exam results. B. Time for the exam. C. Change of class hours.
5. What will the woman tell the man/
A. Her company’s name. B. Her new address. C. Her phone number.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6和第7题。
6. What is the possible relationship between the woman and the man?
A. Wife and husband. B. Doctor and patient. C. Boss and secretary.
7. What does the woman think about the man?
A. He is not good to the children.
B. He is not telling the truth.
C. He sleeps too much.
听第7段材料，回答第8和第9题。
8. Where does the woman want to go?
A. An office. B. A fruit shop. C. A police station.
9. What does the woman have to do now?
A. Wait for Mark at the crossroads.
B. Walk ahead and turn right.
C. Walk a little way back.
听第8段材料，回答第10至第12题。
10. What exactly does the man want to find out?
A. What people think of the bus service.
B. How many people are using the bus service.
C. Which group of people use the bus service most often.
11. What does the woman say about the bus service?
A. The distance between bus stops is too long.
B. The bus timetables are full of mistakes.
C. Buses are often not on time.
12. Why does the woman say her husband is fortunate?
A. He often goes to work in a friend’s car.
B. He doesn’t need to go shopping by bus.
C. He lives close to the bus station.
听第9段材料，回答第13至第16题。
13. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Salesperson and customer.
B. Old school friends.
C. Fellow workers.
14. What do we know about the woman?
A. She is fond of her work.
B. She is tired of traveling.
C. She is interested in law.
15. What is the man?
A. A company manager. B. A salesperson. C. A lawyer.
16. Why does the woman ask for the man’s address?
A. To send him a book.
B. To get together with him.
C. To repair something at his home.
听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题。
17. What is the aim of the program?
A. To keep trainees in shape.
B. To improve public relations.
C. To develop leadership skills.
18. Which of the following will the trainees be doing during the program?
A. Attending lectures on management.
B. Preparing reports for the company.
C. Making plans for a journey.
19. How long will the program last?
A. 8 days. B. 12 days. C. 20 days.
20. If people want to join the program, what should they do after the meeting?
A. Take a pre-test. B. Pay for the program. C. Sign on a piece of paper.
第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45 分）
第一节 单项填空 （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15 分）
从 A,B,C,D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
项涂黑
21．By the year she arrives in London, scientists probably ____ a cure for bird flue.
A. will be discovering B. are discovering
C. will have discovered D. have discovered
22. --- Would you go with me to the Peking Opera Friday night?
--- If it's in English, maybe I should give it a try. _____, I like the face masks.
A. Anyhow B. Besides C. Whatever D. Because
23. There is a possibility that these animals could be frightened, ____ a sudden loud noise.
A. being there B. should there be
C. there was D. there having been
24. The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each ____ one major point in contrast with the other.
A. makes B. made C. is to make D. making
25. In the late seventies, the amount of fixed assets(资产) required to produce one vehicle in Japan was almost the same to _______ in the United States A. those B. the one C. it D. that
26. There is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take, _____ they can
limit how much water you drink.
A. much more than B. no more than C. no less than D. any more than
27. For there ____ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement in the discussion itself by all present.
A. is B. to be C. will be D. being
28. ____ of the burden of ice, the balloon climbed up and drifted to the South.
A. To be free B. Freeing C. To free D. Freed
29. Professor Lee’s book will show you ____ can be used in other context.
A. that you have observed B. how you have observed
C. how what you have observed D. how that you have observed
30. ---- Were all the three people in the car injured in the accident?
---- No, ___ only the two passengers who got hurt.
A. there were B. there was C. there had D. it was
31. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, _____ the atmosphere.
A. as it is B. the same is C. so is D. and so is
32. You don’t need to be _____ expert, but we do expect you to have _____
good working knowledge of computers.
A. an, / B. /, / C. an, a D. /, the
33. --- Mom, I can’t see any point in working hard at all the subjects at school.
--- Come on, dear. Years of hard work will surely _____ in the future of your career.
A. make sure B. pay off C. bring back D. pay back
34. ____ to our delight, Miss Mary, ____ for her bravery, went into the forest ____
the lost child.
A. More, admired, to search for B. Much, honored, searching for
C. Greatly, respected, searching D. Most, praised, in search of
35. I really don’t think language belongs to each of us, to a flower seller ___ to the
professor, ___ ?
A. as much as, does it B. the same as, do I
C. as far as, doesn’t it D. as long as, don’t I
第二节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go further. The 36 you go about purchasing an article or a service can actually 37 you money or can add 38 the cost.
Take the 39 example of a hairdryer. If you are buying a hairdryer, you might 40 that you are making the 41 buy if you choose one 42 look you like and which is also the cheapest 43 price. But when you get it home, you may find that it 44 twice as long as a more expensive 45 to dry your hair. The cost of the electricity plus the cost of your time could well 46 your hairdryer the most expensive one of all.
So what principles should you 47 when you go out shopping?
If you 48 your home, your car or any valuable 49 in excellent condition, you’ll be saving money in the long 50.
Before you buy a new 51, talk to someone who owns one. If you can, use it or borrow it to check it suits your particular 52.
Before you buy an expensive 53, or a service, do check the price and 54 is on offer. If possible, choose 55 three items or three estimates.
36. A. form B. fashion C. way D. method
37. A. save B. preserve C. raise D. retain
38. A. up B. to C. in D. on
39. A. easy B. single C. simple D. similar
40. A. convince B. accept C. examine D. think
42. A. its B. which C. whose D. what
43. A. for B. with C. in D. on
44. A. spends B. takes C. lasts D. consumes
45. A. mode B. copy C. sample D. model
46. A. cause B. make C. leave D. prove
47. A. adopt B. lay C. stick D. adapt
48. A. reserve B. decorate C. store D. keep
49. A. products B. possession C. material D. ownership
50. A. run B. interval C. period D. time
51. A. appliance(器具) B. equipment C. utility（实用品） D. facility（设备）
52. A. fun_ction B. purpose C. goal D. task
53. A. component（零件B. element C. item D. particle（微粒）
54. A. what B. which C. that D. this
55. A. of B. in C. by D. from
第三部分：阅读理解 （共20小题； 每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
On average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in all, however, children’s leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%.
“Children are affected by the same time crunch(危机) that affects their parents,” says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of children’s timetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male breadwinner” households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.)
All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself,” says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School. Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.
The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one the findings parents might regard as good news. If they are spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren’t replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Let’s face it, who’s got the time?
56. By mentioning “the same time crunch”(Line 1, Para. 2) Sandra Hofferth means ____.
A. children have little time to play with their parents
B. children are not taken good care of by their working parents
C. both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time
D. both parents and children have trouble managing their time
57. According to the author a child develops better if ____.
A. he has plenty of time reading and studying
B. he is left to play with his peers in his own way
C. he has more time participating in school activities
D. he is free to interact with his working parents
58. The author is concerned about the fact that American kids ____.
A. are engaged in more and more structured activities
B. are increasingly neglected by their working mothers
C. are spending more and more time watching TV
D. are involved less and less in household work
59. We can infer from the passage that ____.
A. extracurricular activities promote children’s intelligence
B. most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off
C. efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful
D. most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children
B
The traditional belief that a woman’s place is in the home and that a woman ought not to go out to work can hardly be reasonably maintained in present conditions. It is said that it is a woman’s task to care for the children, but families today tend to be small and with a year or two between children. Thus a woman’s whole period of child-bearing may occur within five years. Furthermore, with compulsory education from the age of five or six, her role as chief educator of her children soon ceases. Thus, even if we agree that a woman should stay at home to look after her children before they are of school age, for many women, this period would extend only for about ten years.
It might be argued that the house-proud woman would still find plenty to do about the home. That may be so, but it is certainly no longer necessary for a woman to spend her whole life cooking, cleaning, mending and sewing. Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry, the latest models being entirely automatic and able to wash and dry a large quantity of clothes in a few minutes. Refrigerators have made it possible to store food for long periods and many pre-cooked foods are obtainable in tins. Shopping, instead of being a daily task, can be completed in one day a week. The new man-made fibers are more hardwearing than natural fibers and greatly reduce mending, while good ready-made clothes are cheap and plentiful.
A part from women’s own happiness, the needs of the community must be considered. Modern society cannot do well without the contribution that women can make in the professions and other kinds of work. There is a serious shortage of nurses and teachers, to mention only two of the occupations followed by women. It is extremely wasteful to give years of training at public expense only to have the qualified teacher or nurse marry after a year or two and be lost forever to her profession. The training, it is true, will help her in her duties as a mother, but if she continued to work, her service would be more widely useful. Many factories and shops, too, are largely staffed by women, many of whom married. While here the question of training is not so important, industry and trade would be seriously short of staff if married women did not work.
60.The author holds that ____.
A. the right place for all women, married or otherwise, is the home, not elsewhere
B. all married women should have some occupation outside the home
C. a married woman should give first priority to her duties as a mother
D. it is desirable for uneducated married women to stay at home and take care of the family
61. A house-proud woman ____.
A. would devote her whole life to her family
B. would take her own happiness and that of her family as her chief concern
C. would still need some special training at public expense to help her in her duties as a housewife
D. would take full advantage of modern household appliances and take up a job
62. According to the author, modern society ____.
A. can operate just as well even without women participation
B. has been greatly hampered in its development by the shortage of women nurses and women teachers
C. cannot operate properly without the contribution of women.
D. will be seriously affected by the continuing shortage of working women in heavy industries and international trade
C
In science the meaning of the word “explain” suffers with civilization’s every step in search of reality. Science cannot really explain electricity, magnetism, and gravitation; their effects can be measured and predicted, but of their nature no more is known to the modern scientist than to Thales who first looked into the nature of the electrification of amber, a hard, yellowish-brown gum. Most contemporary physicists reject the notion that man can ever discover what these mysterious forces “really” are. “Electricity,” Bertrand Russell says, “is not a thing, like St. Paul’s Cathedral; it is a way in which things behave. When we have told how things behave when they are electrified, and under what circumstances they are electrified, we have told all there is to tell.” Until recently scientists would have disapproved of such an idea. Aristotle, for example, whose natural science dominated Western thought for two thousand years, believed that man could arrive at an understanding of reality by reasoning from self-evident principles. He felt, for example, that it is a self-evident principle that everything in the universe has its proper place, hence one can deduce that objects fall to the ground because that’s where they belong, and smoke goes up because that’s where it belongs. The goal of Aristotelian science was to explain why things happen. Modern science was born when Galileo began trying to explain how things happen and thus originated the method of controlled experiment which now forms the basis of scientific investigation.
63. The aim of controlled scientific experiments is ____.
A. to explain why things happen.
B. to explain how things happen
C. to describe self-evident principles
D. to support Aristotelian science
64. Bertrand Russell’s notion about electricity is ____.
A. disapproved of by most modern scientists
B. in agreement with Aristotle’s theory of self-evident principles
C. in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward “how” things happen
D. in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward “why” things happen
65. The passage says that until recently scientists disagreed with the idea ____.
A. that there are mysterious forces in the universe
B. that man cannot discover what forces “really” are
C. that there are self-evident principles
D. that we can discover why things behave as they do
66. Modern science came into being ____.
A. when the method of controlled experiment was first introduced
B. when Galileo succeeded in explaining how things happen
C. when Aristotelian scientists tried to explain why things happen
D. when scientists were able to acquire an understanding of reality by reasoning
D
In recent years, Israeli consumers have grown more demanding as they’ve become wealthier and more worldly-wise. Foreign travel is a national passion; this summer alone, one in ten citizens will go abroad. Exposed to higher standards of service elsewhere, Israelis are returning home expecting the same. American firms have also begun arriving in large numbers. Chains such as KFC, McDonald’s and Pizza Hut are setting a new standard of customer service, using strict employee training and constant monitoring to ensure the friendliness of frontline staff. Even the American habit of telling departing customers to “Have a nice day” has caught on all over Israel. “Nobody wakes up and says, ‘ Let’s be nicer,’” says Itsik Cohen, director of a consulting firm. “Nothing happens without competition.”
Privatization, or the threat of it, is a motivation as well. Monopolies (垄断) that until recently have been free to take their customers for granted now fear what Michael Perry, a marketing professor, calls “the revengeful consumer.” When the government opened up competition with Bezaq, the phone company, its international branch lost 40% of its market share, even while offering competition rates. Says Perry, “People wanted revenge for all the years of bad service.” The electric company, whose monopoly may be short-lived, has suddenly stopped requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman. Now, appointments are scheduled to the half-hour. The graceless El Al Airlines, which is already at auction (拍卖), has retrained its employees to emphasize service and is boasting about the results in an ad campaign with the slogan, “You can feel the change in the air.” For the first time, praise outnumbers complaints on customer survey sheets.
67. It may be inferred from the passage that ____.
A. customer service in Israel is now improving
B. wealthy Israeli customers are hard to please
C. the tourist industry has brought chain stores to Israel
D. Israeli customers prefer foreign products to domestic ones
68. In the author’s view, higher service standards are impossible in Israel ____.
A. if customer complaints go unnoticed by the management
B. unless foreign companies are introduced in greater numbers
C. if there is no competition among companies
D. without strict routine training of employees
69. If someone in Israel today needs a repairman in case of a power failure,____.
A. they can have it fixed in no time
B. it’s no longer necessary to make an appointment
C. the appointment takes only half a day to make
D. they only have to wait half an hour at most
70. The example of El Al Airlines shows that ____.
A. the revengeful customers are a threat to the monopoly of enterprises
B. an ad campaign is a way out for enterprises in financial difficulty
C. a good slogan has great potential for improving service
D. staff retraining is essential for better service
E
Exercise is one of the few factors with a positive role in long-term maintenance of body weight. Unfortunately, that message has not gotten through to the average American, who would rather try switching to “light” beer and low-calorie bread than increase physical exertion. The Centers for Disease Control, for example, found that fewer than one-fourth of overweight adults who were trying to shed pounds said they were combining exercise with their diet.
In rejecting exercise, some people may be discouraged too much by caloric-expenditure charts; for example, one would have to briskly walk three miles just to work off the 275 calories in one delicious Danish pastry(小甜饼). Even exercise professionals concede half a point here. “ Exercise by itself is a very tough way to lose weight,” says York Onnen, program director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Still, exercise’s supporting role in weight reduction is vital. A study at the Boston University Medical Center of overweight police officers and other public employees confirmed that those who dieted without exercise regained almost all their old weight, while those who worked exercise into their daily routine maintained their new weight.
If you have been sedentary（很少活动）and decide to start walking one mile a day, the added exercise could burn an extra 100 calories daily. In a year’s time, assuming no increase in food intake, you could lose ten pounds. By increasing the distance of your walks gradually and making other dietary adjustment, you may lose even more weight.
71. What is said about the average American in the passage?
A. They tend to exaggerate the healthful effect of “light” beer.
B. They usually ignore the effect of exercise on losing weight.
C. They prefer “light” beer and low-calorie bread to other drinks and food.
D. They know the factors that play a positive role in keeping down body weight.
72. Some people dislike exercise because ____.
they think it is physically exhausting
they find it hard to exercise while on a diet
they don’t think it possible to walk 3 miles every day
they find consulting calorie-expenditure charts troublesome
73. “Even exercise professionals concede half a point here” (Line 3, Para. 2) means “They ____”.
A. agree that the calories in a small piece of pastry can be difficult to work off by exercise
B. partially believe diet plays a supporting role in weight reduction
C. are not fully convinced that dieting can help maintain one’s new weight
D. are not sufficiently informed of the positive role of exercise in losing weight
74. What was confirmed by the Boston University Medical Center’s study?
A. Controlling one’s calorie intake is more important than doing exercise.
B. Even occasional exercise can help reduce weight.
C. Weight reduction is impossible without exercise.
D. One should lose ten pounds in a year’s time if there’s no increase in food intake.
75. What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?
A. To justify the study of the Boston University Medical College.
B. To stress the importance of maintaining proper weight.
C. To support the statement made by York Onnen.
D. To show the most effective way to lose weight.
第二卷（非选择题 共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 对话填空 （共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
Two teenager boys J = Joseph D = Dave
D: Hello, Joseph, what ‘s that you’re reading?
J: It’s (1) c ______ The Woman in White.
D: Oh, that’s a novel by Wilkie Collins, isn’t it? We’ve been reading about The Moonstone in class. Is The Woman in White a (2) d ______ story too?
J: Well, sort of, but in this story the person who (3) i ______ is not a policeman like Sergeant Cuff. He’s an art teacher.
D: What is it (4) a ______ ？
J: Well, I haven’t finished yet, but at the beginning of the book the art
teacher meets a (5) m ______ woman dressed in white while he is out
walking one night. It turns out that the woman in white looks very
similar to his student ---- Laura, so he tries to find out (6) m ______
about her. He discovers that the man Laura has just married
(7) k______ the woman in white and is responsible for some terrible things that happened to her. It seems that Laura’s husband is a very
(8) w ______ man.
D: Sounds exciting!
J: Yes, I hope the art teacher finds out the truth before Laura’s husband
does (9) a ______ bad to her.
D: Mmm, can I borrow it after you finish it?
J: Sure, it may take me a while (10) t ______, because it is in English and I have to read slowly.
1. ____________
2. ____________
3. ____________
4. ____________
5. ____________
6. ____________
7. ____________
8. ____________
9. ____________
10. ___________
第二节 书面表达（共1题；满分25分）
社会上，人们对于某类中学在高考方面独具特色持不同意见。作为一名高中毕业生，你已上了12年的学。就在毕业前夕，你班同学也就此进行了讨论，意见由下表所列。请你根据讨论情况，用英语写一篇短文，以刊登在《中国日报》上。
赞成的理由
反对的理由
你的看法
1、课程设置准确，学生学习重点突出；
2、学生的时间得到充分利用，没有虚度年华；
3、高考升学率高。
1、所教学科不齐全，学生素质得不到全面发展；
2、作业负担过重，挤占了学生的休息、睡眠时间；
3、成材并非同一渠道。
……
注意：1、词数：120左右，短文的开头已为你写好，不计入词数。
2、内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯。
Recently, a discussion was held in our class on “ What kind of school is a qualified school”.
Some of us
参考答案
第一卷
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第二部分
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第三部分
56---60 CBADB 61---65 DCBCB 66---70 AACDD 71---75 BADCD
第二卷
第四部分
第一节
1. called 2. detective 3. investigates 4. about 5. mysterious 6. more
7. knows 8.wicked 9. anything 10. though
第二节
One possible version: ( For our students’ reference only.)
Recently, a discussion was held in our class on “ What kind of school is a qualified school”.
Some of us held that it must give accurate lessons so that the students might concentrate on what they should deal with in College Entrance Examinations, making full use of their time, no time ever wasted. As a result, more students can go to university.
On the other hand, the others held a quite different view. They thought students in the school mentioned above could not learn all the subjects, and their qualities could not develop in an all-round way. Too much homework occupied their time for rest and sleep. Besides, one can develop in various ways.
I think a qualified school’s curriculum should include all the subjects according to the syllabus. The school should provide the students with various activities so as to foster the students’ creative abilities and train more qualified builders of our country.
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注解：
26. 答案 D any more than. 短语 no more than = not any more than (= in no degree than) “与……同样不”。
例如：
He is no more an important figure than we are. (或 He is not an important figure, any more than we are.) 他和我们一样都不是什么重要人物。
He cannot speak French any more than I. 他和我一样不会讲法语。
句中 “ There is no reason…” 中已经有了表示否定意义的词“no”, 而且 no = not any, 因此D. any more than是正确答案。同样因为前面有 no ,故B. no more than 不能入选。而
A. much more than（比……多得多）和C. no less than （不比……少）两项均与本句题意不符，故不能入选。
[译文]他们没有理由限制你服用多少维他命，就像他们不能限制你喝多少水一样。
31. 答案 C 分析全句结构，逗号前是一分句，由 as 引导，其后自然为主句，所以A和D应该排除。而as…so… 是一种习惯上的搭配。虽说as引导的从句在这种结构中被认为是方式状语，但在意义上却体现的是一种比喻。如：
As 2 is to 4, so 8 is to 16. 8与16之比，就如同2与4之比。
As a man lives, so he dies. 人有生，当然也就有死。
该句so后为倒装结构。
[译文]大气像土地一样，也是地球的一部分。
补充：The business of each day, ______ selling goods or shipping them, went quite smoothly.
A. it being B. be it C. was D. it was
[答案] B. be it 在句中，前面用逗号隔开，短语be it selling goods or shipping them应看作是省略了成分，呈倒装语序的让步状语从句，若将其扩展还原的话，全句应是：whether it (= the business) might be selling goods or shipping them.
类似的句型有：They said they would follow the Party’s lead come what might.他们说不管发生什么情况，他们也要跟党走。这句同时并用了省略与倒装两种形式。完整、正常词序的句子应是：… no matter what might come ( = happen )。而其他三项选择 A. it being, C. was it 和D. it was 都无法与本题结构协调一致，故不能选用。
[译文] 不论是售货还是运货，生意每天都进行的颇为顺利。
英 语 试 题
第一卷（选择题 共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡ 19.15 B. ￡ 9.15 C. ￡ 9.18
答案是 B。
1. What is the man going to do?
A. Open the window. B. Find another room. C. Go out with the woman.
2. What do we know about Peter Schmidt?
A. He has lost his ticket.
B. He is expecting a ticket.
C. He went out to buy a ticket.
3. What do we know about mother and son?
A. She wants to tell him the result of the game.
B. She doesn’t like him to watch TV.
C. She knows which team he supports.
4. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Exam results. B. Time for the exam. C. Change of class hours.
5. What will the woman tell the man/
A. Her company’s name. B. Her new address. C. Her phone number.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6和第7题。
6. What is the possible relationship between the woman and the man?
A. Wife and husband. B. Doctor and patient. C. Boss and secretary.
7. What does the woman think about the man?
A. He is not good to the children.
B. He is not telling the truth.
C. He sleeps too much.
听第7段材料，回答第8和第9题。
8. Where does the woman want to go?
A. An office. B. A fruit shop. C. A police station.
9. What does the woman have to do now?
A. Wait for Mark at the crossroads.
B. Walk ahead and turn right.
C. Walk a little way back.
听第8段材料，回答第10至第12题。
10. What exactly does the man want to find out?
A. What people think of the bus service.
B. How many people are using the bus service.
C. Which group of people use the bus service most often.
11. What does the woman say about the bus service?
A. The distance between bus stops is too long.
B. The bus timetables are full of mistakes.
C. Buses are often not on time.
12. Why does the woman say her husband is fortunate?
A. He often goes to work in a friend’s car.
B. He doesn’t need to go shopping by bus.
C. He lives close to the bus station.
听第9段材料，回答第13至第16题。
13. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Salesperson and customer.
B. Old school friends.
C. Fellow workers.
14. What do we know about the woman?
A. She is fond of her work.
B. She is tired of traveling.
C. She is interested in law.
15. What is the man?
A. A company manager. B. A salesperson. C. A lawyer.
16. Why does the woman ask for the man’s address?
A. To send him a book.
B. To get together with him.
C. To repair something at his home.
听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题。
17. What is the aim of the program?
A. To keep trainees in shape.
B. To improve public relations.
C. To develop leadership skills.
18. Which of the following will the trainees be doing during the program?
A. Attending lectures on management.
B. Preparing reports for the company.
C. Making plans for a journey.
19. How long will the program last?
A. 8 days. B. 12 days. C. 20 days.
20. If people want to join the program, what should they do after the meeting?
A. Take a pre-test. B. Pay for the program. C. Sign on a piece of paper.
第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45 分）
第一节 单项填空 （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15 分）
从 A,B,C,D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
项涂黑
21．By the year she arrives in London, scientists probably ____ a cure for bird flue.
A. will be discovering B. are discovering
C. will have discovered D. have discovered
22. --- Would you go with me to the Peking Opera Friday night?
--- If it's in English, maybe I should give it a try. _____, I like the face masks.
A. Anyhow B. Besides C. Whatever D. Because
23. There is a possibility that these animals could be frightened, ____ a sudden loud noise.
A. being there B. should there be
C. there was D. there having been
24. The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each ____ one major point in contrast with the other.
A. makes B. made C. is to make D. making
25. In the late seventies, the amount of fixed assets(资产) required to produce one vehicle in Japan was almost the same to _______ in the United States A. those B. the one C. it D. that
26. There is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take, _____ they can
limit how much water you drink.
A. much more than B. no more than C. no less than D. any more than
27. For there ____ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement in the discussion itself by all present.
A. is B. to be C. will be D. being
28. ____ of the burden of ice, the balloon climbed up and drifted to the South.
A. To be free B. Freeing C. To free D. Freed
29. Professor Lee’s book will show you ____ can be used in other context.
A. that you have observed B. how you have observed
C. how what you have observed D. how that you have observed
30. ---- Were all the three people in the car injured in the accident?
---- No, ___ only the two passengers who got hurt.
A. there were B. there was C. there had D. it was
31. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, _____ the atmosphere.
A. as it is B. the same is C. so is D. and so is
32. You don’t need to be _____ expert, but we do expect you to have _____
good working knowledge of computers.
A. an, / B. /, / C. an, a D. /, the
33. --- Mom, I can’t see any point in working hard at all the subjects at school.
--- Come on, dear. Years of hard work will surely _____ in the future of your career.
A. make sure B. pay off C. bring back D. pay back
34. ____ to our delight, Miss Mary, ____ for her bravery, went into the forest ____
the lost child.
A. More, admired, to search for B. Much, honored, searching for
C. Greatly, respected, searching D. Most, praised, in search of
35. I really don’t think language belongs to each of us, to a flower seller ___ to the
professor, ___ ?
A. as much as, does it B. the same as, do I
C. as far as, doesn’t it D. as long as, don’t I
第二节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go further. The 36 you go about purchasing an article or a service can actually 37 you money or can add 38 the cost.
Take the 39 example of a hairdryer. If you are buying a hairdryer, you might 40 that you are making the 41 buy if you choose one 42 look you like and which is also the cheapest 43 price. But when you get it home, you may find that it 44 twice as long as a more expensive 45 to dry your hair. The cost of the electricity plus the cost of your time could well 46 your hairdryer the most expensive one of all.
So what principles should you 47 when you go out shopping?
If you 48 your home, your car or any valuable 49 in excellent condition, you’ll be saving money in the long 50.
Before you buy a new 51, talk to someone who owns one. If you can, use it or borrow it to check it suits your particular 52.
Before you buy an expensive 53, or a service, do check the price and 54 is on offer. If possible, choose 55 three items or three estimates.
36. A. form B. fashion C. way D. method
37. A. save B. preserve C. raise D. retain
38. A. up B. to C. in D. on
39. A. easy B. single C. simple D. similar
40. A. convince B. accept C. examine D. think
42. A. its B. which C. whose D. what
43. A. for B. with C. in D. on
44. A. spends B. takes C. lasts D. consumes
45. A. mode B. copy C. sample D. model
46. A. cause B. make C. leave D. prove
47. A. adopt B. lay C. stick D. adapt
48. A. reserve B. decorate C. store D. keep
49. A. products B. possession C. material D. ownership
50. A. run B. interval C. period D. time
51. A. appliance(器具) B. equipment C. utility（实用品） D. facility（设备）
52. A. fun_ction B. purpose C. goal D. task
53. A. component（零件B. element C. item D. particle（微粒）
54. A. what B. which C. that D. this
55. A. of B. in C. by D. from
第三部分：阅读理解 （共20小题； 每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
On average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in all, however, children’s leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%.
“Children are affected by the same time crunch(危机) that affects their parents,” says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of children’s timetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male breadwinner” households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.)
All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself,” says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School. Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.
The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one the findings parents might regard as good news. If they are spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren’t replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Let’s face it, who’s got the time?
56. By mentioning “the same time crunch”(Line 1, Para. 2) Sandra Hofferth means ____.
A. children have little time to play with their parents
B. children are not taken good care of by their working parents
C. both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time
D. both parents and children have trouble managing their time
57. According to the author a child develops better if ____.
A. he has plenty of time reading and studying
B. he is left to play with his peers in his own way
C. he has more time participating in school activities
D. he is free to interact with his working parents
58. The author is concerned about the fact that American kids ____.
A. are engaged in more and more structured activities
B. are increasingly neglected by their working mothers
C. are spending more and more time watching TV
D. are involved less and less in household work
59. We can infer from the passage that ____.
A. extracurricular activities promote children’s intelligence
B. most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off
C. efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful
D. most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children
B
The traditional belief that a woman’s place is in the home and that a woman ought not to go out to work can hardly be reasonably maintained in present conditions. It is said that it is a woman’s task to care for the children, but families today tend to be small and with a year or two between children. Thus a woman’s whole period of child-bearing may occur within five years. Furthermore, with compulsory education from the age of five or six, her role as chief educator of her children soon ceases. Thus, even if we agree that a woman should stay at home to look after her children before they are of school age, for many women, this period would extend only for about ten years.
It might be argued that the house-proud woman would still find plenty to do about the home. That may be so, but it is certainly no longer necessary for a woman to spend her whole life cooking, cleaning, mending and sewing. Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry, the latest models being entirely automatic and able to wash and dry a large quantity of clothes in a few minutes. Refrigerators have made it possible to store food for long periods and many pre-cooked foods are obtainable in tins. Shopping, instead of being a daily task, can be completed in one day a week. The new man-made fibers are more hardwearing than natural fibers and greatly reduce mending, while good ready-made clothes are cheap and plentiful.
A part from women’s own happiness, the needs of the community must be considered. Modern society cannot do well without the contribution that women can make in the professions and other kinds of work. There is a serious shortage of nurses and teachers, to mention only two of the occupations followed by women. It is extremely wasteful to give years of training at public expense only to have the qualified teacher or nurse marry after a year or two and be lost forever to her profession. The training, it is true, will help her in her duties as a mother, but if she continued to work, her service would be more widely useful. Many factories and shops, too, are largely staffed by women, many of whom married. While here the question of training is not so important, industry and trade would be seriously short of staff if married women did not work.
60.The author holds that ____.
A. the right place for all women, married or otherwise, is the home, not elsewhere
B. all married women should have some occupation outside the home
C. a married woman should give first priority to her duties as a mother
D. it is desirable for uneducated married women to stay at home and take care of the family
61. A house-proud woman ____.
A. would devote her whole life to her family
B. would take her own happiness and that of her family as her chief concern
C. would still need some special training at public expense to help her in her duties as a housewife
D. would take full advantage of modern household appliances and take up a job
62. According to the author, modern society ____.
A. can operate just as well even without women participation
B. has been greatly hampered in its development by the shortage of women nurses and women teachers
C. cannot operate properly without the contribution of women.
D. will be seriously affected by the continuing shortage of working women in heavy industries and international trade
C
In science the meaning of the word “explain” suffers with civilization’s every step in search of reality. Science cannot really explain electricity, magnetism, and gravitation; their effects can be measured and predicted, but of their nature no more is known to the modern scientist than to Thales who first looked into the nature of the electrification of amber, a hard, yellowish-brown gum. Most contemporary physicists reject the notion that man can ever discover what these mysterious forces “really” are. “Electricity,” Bertrand Russell says, “is not a thing, like St. Paul’s Cathedral; it is a way in which things behave. When we have told how things behave when they are electrified, and under what circumstances they are electrified, we have told all there is to tell.” Until recently scientists would have disapproved of such an idea. Aristotle, for example, whose natural science dominated Western thought for two thousand years, believed that man could arrive at an understanding of reality by reasoning from self-evident principles. He felt, for example, that it is a self-evident principle that everything in the universe has its proper place, hence one can deduce that objects fall to the ground because that’s where they belong, and smoke goes up because that’s where it belongs. The goal of Aristotelian science was to explain why things happen. Modern science was born when Galileo began trying to explain how things happen and thus originated the method of controlled experiment which now forms the basis of scientific investigation.
63. The aim of controlled scientific experiments is ____.
A. to explain why things happen.
B. to explain how things happen
C. to describe self-evident principles
D. to support Aristotelian science
64. Bertrand Russell’s notion about electricity is ____.
A. disapproved of by most modern scientists
B. in agreement with Aristotle’s theory of self-evident principles
C. in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward “how” things happen
D. in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward “why” things happen
65. The passage says that until recently scientists disagreed with the idea ____.
A. that there are mysterious forces in the universe
B. that man cannot discover what forces “really” are
C. that there are self-evident principles
D. that we can discover why things behave as they do
66. Modern science came into being ____.
A. when the method of controlled experiment was first introduced
B. when Galileo succeeded in explaining how things happen
C. when Aristotelian scientists tried to explain why things happen
D. when scientists were able to acquire an understanding of reality by reasoning
D
In recent years, Israeli consumers have grown more demanding as they’ve become wealthier and more worldly-wise. Foreign travel is a national passion; this summer alone, one in ten citizens will go abroad. Exposed to higher standards of service elsewhere, Israelis are returning home expecting the same. American firms have also begun arriving in large numbers. Chains such as KFC, McDonald’s and Pizza Hut are setting a new standard of customer service, using strict employee training and constant monitoring to ensure the friendliness of frontline staff. Even the American habit of telling departing customers to “Have a nice day” has caught on all over Israel. “Nobody wakes up and says, ‘ Let’s be nicer,’” says Itsik Cohen, director of a consulting firm. “Nothing happens without competition.”
Privatization, or the threat of it, is a motivation as well. Monopolies (垄断) that until recently have been free to take their customers for granted now fear what Michael Perry, a marketing professor, calls “the revengeful consumer.” When the government opened up competition with Bezaq, the phone company, its international branch lost 40% of its market share, even while offering competition rates. Says Perry, “People wanted revenge for all the years of bad service.” The electric company, whose monopoly may be short-lived, has suddenly stopped requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman. Now, appointments are scheduled to the half-hour. The graceless El Al Airlines, which is already at auction (拍卖), has retrained its employees to emphasize service and is boasting about the results in an ad campaign with the slogan, “You can feel the change in the air.” For the first time, praise outnumbers complaints on customer survey sheets.
67. It may be inferred from the passage that ____.
A. customer service in Israel is now improving
B. wealthy Israeli customers are hard to please
C. the tourist industry has brought chain stores to Israel
D. Israeli customers prefer foreign products to domestic ones
68. In the author’s view, higher service standards are impossible in Israel ____.
A. if customer complaints go unnoticed by the management
B. unless foreign companies are introduced in greater numbers
C. if there is no competition among companies
D. without strict routine training of employees
69. If someone in Israel today needs a repairman in case of a power failure,____.
A. they can have it fixed in no time
B. it’s no longer necessary to make an appointment
C. the appointment takes only half a day to make
D. they only have to wait half an hour at most
70. The example of El Al Airlines shows that ____.
A. the revengeful customers are a threat to the monopoly of enterprises
B. an ad campaign is a way out for enterprises in financial difficulty
C. a good slogan has great potential for improving service
D. staff retraining is essential for better service
E
Exercise is one of the few factors with a positive role in long-term maintenance of body weight. Unfortunately, that message has not gotten through to the average American, who would rather try switching to “light” beer and low-calorie bread than increase physical exertion. The Centers for Disease Control, for example, found that fewer than one-fourth of overweight adults who were trying to shed pounds said they were combining exercise with their diet.
In rejecting exercise, some people may be discouraged too much by caloric-expenditure charts; for example, one would have to briskly walk three miles just to work off the 275 calories in one delicious Danish pastry(小甜饼). Even exercise professionals concede half a point here. “ Exercise by itself is a very tough way to lose weight,” says York Onnen, program director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Still, exercise’s supporting role in weight reduction is vital. A study at the Boston University Medical Center of overweight police officers and other public employees confirmed that those who dieted without exercise regained almost all their old weight, while those who worked exercise into their daily routine maintained their new weight.
If you have been sedentary（很少活动）and decide to start walking one mile a day, the added exercise could burn an extra 100 calories daily. In a year’s time, assuming no increase in food intake, you could lose ten pounds. By increasing the distance of your walks gradually and making other dietary adjustment, you may lose even more weight.
71. What is said about the average American in the passage?
A. They tend to exaggerate the healthful effect of “light” beer.
B. They usually ignore the effect of exercise on losing weight.
C. They prefer “light” beer and low-calorie bread to other drinks and food.
D. They know the factors that play a positive role in keeping down body weight.
72. Some people dislike exercise because ____.
they think it is physically exhausting
they find it hard to exercise while on a diet
they don’t think it possible to walk 3 miles every day
they find consulting calorie-expenditure charts troublesome
73. “Even exercise professionals concede half a point here” (Line 3, Para. 2) means “They ____”.
A. agree that the calories in a small piece of pastry can be difficult to work off by exercise
B. partially believe diet plays a supporting role in weight reduction
C. are not fully convinced that dieting can help maintain one’s new weight
D. are not sufficiently informed of the positive role of exercise in losing weight
74. What was confirmed by the Boston University Medical Center’s study?
A. Controlling one’s calorie intake is more important than doing exercise.
B. Even occasional exercise can help reduce weight.
C. Weight reduction is impossible without exercise.
D. One should lose ten pounds in a year’s time if there’s no increase in food intake.
75. What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?
A. To justify the study of the Boston University Medical College.
B. To stress the importance of maintaining proper weight.
C. To support the statement made by York Onnen.
D. To show the most effective way to lose weight.
第二卷（非选择题 共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 对话填空 （共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
Two teenager boys J = Joseph D = Dave
D: Hello, Joseph, what ‘s that you’re reading?
J: It’s (1) c ______ The Woman in White.
D: Oh, that’s a novel by Wilkie Collins, isn’t it? We’ve been reading about The Moonstone in class. Is The Woman in White a (2) d ______ story too?
J: Well, sort of, but in this story the person who (3) i ______ is not a policeman like Sergeant Cuff. He’s an art teacher.
D: What is it (4) a ______ ？
J: Well, I haven’t finished yet, but at the beginning of the book the art
teacher meets a (5) m ______ woman dressed in white while he is out
walking one night. It turns out that the woman in white looks very
similar to his student ---- Laura, so he tries to find out (6) m ______
about her. He discovers that the man Laura has just married
(7) k______ the woman in white and is responsible for some terrible things that happened to her. It seems that Laura’s husband is a very
(8) w ______ man.
D: Sounds exciting!
J: Yes, I hope the art teacher finds out the truth before Laura’s husband
does (9) a ______ bad to her.
D: Mmm, can I borrow it after you finish it?
J: Sure, it may take me a while (10) t ______, because it is in English and I have to read slowly.
1. ____________
2. ____________
3. ____________
4. ____________
5. ____________
6. ____________
7. ____________
8. ____________
9. ____________
10. ___________
第二节 书面表达（共1题；满分25分）
社会上，人们对于某类中学在高考方面独具特色持不同意见。作为一名高中毕业生，你已上了12年的学。就在毕业前夕，你班同学也就此进行了讨论，意见由下表所列。请你根据讨论情况，用英语写一篇短文，以刊登在《中国日报》上。
赞成的理由
反对的理由
你的看法
1、课程设置准确，学生学习重点突出；
2、学生的时间得到充分利用，没有虚度年华；
3、高考升学率高。
1、所教学科不齐全，学生素质得不到全面发展；
2、作业负担过重，挤占了学生的休息、睡眠时间；
3、成材并非同一渠道。
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注意：1、词数：120左右，短文的开头已为你写好，不计入词数。
2、内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯。
Recently, a discussion was held in our class on “ What kind of school is a qualified school”.
Some of us
参考答案
第一卷
第一部分
1---5 ABCBC 6---10 CBACA 11---15 CABAC 16---20 BCABC
第二部分
21---25 CABDD 26---30 DBDCD 31---35 CCBBA 36---40 CABCD 41---45 BCCBD 46---50 BADBA 51---55 ABCAD
第三部分
56---60 CBADB 61---65 DCBCB 66---70 AACDD 71---75 BADCD
第二卷
第四部分
第一节
1. called 2. detective 3. investigates 4. about 5. mysterious 6. more
7. knows 8.wicked 9. anything 10. though
第二节
One possible version: ( For our students’ reference only.)
Recently, a discussion was held in our class on “ What kind of school is a qualified school”.
Some of us held that it must give accurate lessons so that the students might concentrate on what they should deal with in College Entrance Examinations, making full use of their time, no time ever wasted. As a result, more students can go to university.
On the other hand, the others held a quite different view. They thought students in the school mentioned above could not learn all the subjects, and their qualities could not develop in an all-round way. Too much homework occupied their time for rest and sleep. Besides, one can develop in various ways.
I think a qualified school’s curriculum should include all the subjects according to the syllabus. The school should provide the students with various activities so as to foster the students’ creative abilities and train more qualified builders of our country.
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注解：
26. 答案 D any more than. 短语 no more than = not any more than (= in no degree than) “与……同样不”。
例如：
He is no more an important figure than we are. (或 He is not an important figure, any more than we are.) 他和我们一样都不是什么重要人物。
He cannot speak French any more than I. 他和我一样不会讲法语。
句中 “ There is no reason…” 中已经有了表示否定意义的词“no”, 而且 no = not any, 因此D. any more than是正确答案。同样因为前面有 no ,故B. no more than 不能入选。而
A. much more than（比……多得多）和C. no less than （不比……少）两项均与本句题意不符，故不能入选。
[译文]他们没有理由限制你服用多少维他命，就像他们不能限制你喝多少水一样。
31. 答案 C 分析全句结构，逗号前是一分句，由 as 引导，其后自然为主句，所以A和D应该排除。而as…so… 是一种习惯上的搭配。虽说as引导的从句在这种结构中被认为是方式状语，但在意义上却体现的是一种比喻。如：
As 2 is to 4, so 8 is to 16. 8与16之比，就如同2与4之比。
As a man lives, so he dies. 人有生，当然也就有死。
该句so后为倒装结构。
[译文]大气像土地一样，也是地球的一部分。
补充：The business of each day, ______ selling goods or shipping them, went quite smoothly.
A. it being B. be it C. was D. it was
[答案] B. be it 在句中，前面用逗号隔开，短语be it selling goods or shipping them应看作是省略了成分，呈倒装语序的让步状语从句，若将其扩展还原的话，全句应是：whether it (= the business) might be selling goods or shipping them.
类似的句型有：They said they would follow the Party’s lead come what might.他们说不管发生什么情况，他们也要跟党走。这句同时并用了省略与倒装两种形式。完整、正常词序的句子应是：… no matter what might come ( = happen )。而其他三项选择 A. it being, C. was it 和D. it was 都无法与本题结构协调一致，故不能选用。
[译文] 不论是售货还是运货，生意每天都进行的颇为顺利。