1952年高考英语试题

11952年试题一、阅读测验40%细读以下四段文字。每段后有四个句子，每个句子有四种补足语意的方法。请选出正确的补足每句语意的单字或短句，将前面的字母（a,b,c或d）写在页右的括弧里。1.ScienceisawordformedfromtheLatinverbScire,whichmeanstoknow.Sciencemeansknowing.Whatisthedifferencebetweenknowingandthinkingorbelieving?Thequestioncanbebestansweredbyanillustration.Supposeachildseemsill.Youmayfeelhishead.Ifitfeelshottoyou,youmaysayhehasafever.Whatyoushouldsayisthatyoubelievehehasafever,becauseitispossiblethatyourhandsarecold.Thiswillmakehisheadfeelhottoyoueventhoughitisnotanyhotterthannormal.Ontheotherhand,ifyouplaceagoodthermometerunderhistongueforthreeminutes(aftershakingthethermometerdown,ofcourse),andthatthermometerreads102°F.,itmeansthechildisrunningahightemperature.Thenyoucansayhehasafeverandknowthatyouarestatingafact.Inthiscaseyouknowhehasafever.Inscience,wecannotusebeliefsoropinions,forwemusthaveprovedfacts.Thefactsmaybecollectedeitherbymakingcarefulobservationsorbysettingupexperiments.Butfactsmustbecollectedbeforeasciencecanbedeveloped.Outofthefactsthuscollected,knowledgeisorganizedandscienceisborn.A)Sciencemeans(a)knowing,(b)thinking,(c)believing,(d)answering.()B)Whenachildhasafever,(a)hishandsarealwayscold,(b)heshakesthethermometerdown,(c)hestatesafact,(d)hisheadfeelshot.()C)Weknowthechildhasafeverif(a)heseemsill,(b)hishandsarecold,(c)thethermometershowsheisrunningahightemperature,(d)hisheadisnothotterthannormal.()D)Insciencewemustnot(a)haveprovedfacts,(b)usebeliefsoropinions,(c)makecarefulobservations,(d)setupexperiments.()2.OnJanuary12,1947,LiuHu-lan,afifteen-year-oldgirl,waspubliclyexecutedbyKuomintangtroopsinWenchow,asmallvillageinShansiprovince.Shehadrefusedtobetraythepatriotswithwhomshehadworkedtofreeherpeoplefromfeudalandforeigndomination.OntheeveofMay1,1951,fouryearsafterherdeath,hermother,HuWen-hsiu,wroteapublicletterurgingallmothersanddaughterstosigntheappealforaFive-PowerPeacePactandtovoteagainsttherearmamentofJapan.Thousandsofrepliespouredinasaresultofthisappeal.AmongthemwasaletterfromagroupofChinesepeople'svolunteersinKorea,whichsaid,DearMother:Weweregreatlymovedwhenwereadyourletter.Wehatetheenemy;wepledgetofightwiththesameironwillasLiuHu-lan.Wewillnotstopuntilwehaveavengedherdeathandthedeathsofmillionsofotherinnocentpeopleanddriventheenemyfromourborders.A)LiuHu-lanwasbornin(a)1912,(b)1932,(c)1947,(d)1951()B)LiuHu-landiedin(a)SouthChina,(b)Japan,(c)Korea,(d)Wenchow.()C)LiuHu-lanwaskilledbytheKuomintangbanditsbecauseshe(a)urgedpeopletovoteagainsttherearmamentofJapan,(b)refusedtofreeherpeoplefromfeudalandforeigndomination,(c)refusedtobetrayhercomrades,(d)signedtheFive-PowerPeacePact.()江苏大方教学测试实验室编2D)AgroupofChinesepeople'svolunteerswrotealetterto(a)LiuHu-lan,(b)HuWen-hsiu,(c)theirparents,(d)anunknownperson.()3.TheChinesePeople'sRepublicwasfoundedonlytwoyearsagoin1949.GuidedbytheCommunistPartyanditsleader,MaoTsetung,thegreatChinesepeoplehaveinthesetwoyearsradicallytransformedthepoliticalandsocialsystemoftheircountry.Thesolutionofthelandproblemisoneofthemajordevelopmentsinthesetwoyears.Feudalrelationships,theprimarysourceofthemiseriesoftheChinesepeopleinthepast,arebeingrapidlyabolished.In1952,agrarianreformwillbecompletedpracticallythroughoutChina.Chineseindustryisalsobeingdeveloped.Industrialplantsarebeingreconstructedandexpanded.Inoneyear66,000newindustrialandcommercialenterpriseswerestartedinShanghai,Tientsin,Peking,Wuhan,Chungking,Sian,Tsingtao,Tsinan,Kaifeng,Changshaandothercities.ThedifficultiesofrehabilitationhavebeensuccessfullycopedwithintheNortheast,thecountry'sprincipalindustrialarea.A)Thisarticlewaswrittenin(a)1947,(b)1949,(c)1951,(d)1952.()B)ThemiseriesoftheChinesepeopleinthepastwerechieflycausedby(a)feudalrelationships,(b)agrarianreform,(c)industrialplants,(d)commercialenterprises.()C)Atthetimethearticlewaswritten,agrarianreformwas(a)alreadycompleted,(b)abandoned,(c)abolished,(d)notyetcompleted.()D)China'sprincipalindustrialareais(a)Peking,(b)theNortheast,(c)Shanghai,(d)Tientsin.()4.Peking,Feb.9,(Hsinhua)-Sixty-fiveprominentAmericans,includingleadingscientists,writers,Negroleaders,trade-unionistsandProtestantbishops,havejoinedtoformanAmericanPeaceCrusade,statestheNewYorkDailyWorker.Thesixty-fivepeaceleadershaveissuedacallforapeacepilgrimagetoWashingtononMarch1tomakeknowntoAmericansenators,congressmenandthepresidentthewilltopeaceamongallAmericans,regardlessofcreed,color,occupationorpoliticalopinion.CallingforwithdrawalofAmericantroopsfromKoreaandanendtowarintheFarEast,thesponsorsdeclared,WeinsistthatthecrisisinAsiacanbesolvedbyabandoningtheattempttoignoretheChinesePeople'sRepublic,andbyrecognizingitsrightastheonlygovernmentinbeinginChinatositintheUnitedNations.Butevenbeforethesestepsaretaken,wemustabandonthefutileconflictinKoreawithneedlessdestructionofthecountryanditspeopleandsacrificeofAmericansoldiers,AmongtheinitialsponsorsoftheAmericanPeaceCrusadeandpeacepilgrimageare:ThomasMann,Nobelliteratureprizewinnerfor1929;Dr.LinusPauling,formerpresidentoftheAmericanChemicalSociety;Dr.W.S.B.Dubois,notedNegrosociologistandhistorian;JusticeJamesH.WolfeoftheSupremeCourtofUta