60、细节理解题，答案A，见文章第一段第二句“Ten inches of rain …”。
61、词句理解题，答案A，文章第二段第二句中as winds move the sand across the desert正是“sand piles up gradually”之意。 62、词句理解题，答案D，much more to a desert than sand表示“不仅有沙，而且还有更多的东西”。下文进一步交待：cliffs and deep valleys, thick mud等等。
63、文章前三段描绘了沙漠中的恶劣环境，第四段中又说“a vision may see very few signs of living things, but as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes to life”，正确答案应该选择B。
C
64、细节考查题，答案D。有精彩夜生活的场所只有Sovereign Hill一处，见“stay for the night and experience life…. A wonderful nightly sound and …”等词句。
65、细节考查题，答案C，见“Open 9:30 am—5:00 pm daily, and until 5:30 during the summer.” 66、细节考查题，答案A。见“in the historic fishing port of Williamstown with…”等词句。
67、细节理解题，答案B，需要购买the best products，肯定要do shopping，那就到the best shopping in sydney去找吧。
D
68、细节理解题，答案B，见文章第一段对the Catskill Mountains的描述。
69、人物分析题，答案D。从文章第四、五两段可以看出Rip Van Winkle的性格特点。
70、细节理解题，答案D。当妻子不停地数落他的时候，他就只有逃到房子外面去，足见其“is afraid of his wife”。
71、本文从大山开始描写，逐步推出故事的中心人物，并着力描述了他的性格特点，所以是一种以人为中心的写作特点。选项A指山；选项B指村子；选项D意为“一位忠实顺从的丈夫”，人物不明。
E
关键词语：motion运动，动作；supposedly想像上，按照推测
72、词句理解题，答案A，they know little or nothing about it意为they have little knowledge of it。 73、猜词悟义题，答案C，动物被屠杀时本身应该只能体会到痛苦。 74、词句理解题，答案D。见“In school they view motion pictures which are supposedly meant to teach…but …are actually designed to stimulate a desire to own a gun.”一句。
75、考查推断作者意图的能力，答案B。作者写这篇文章的目的是要唤醒人们保护动物的意识。其原因自然是为野生动物的生存状况在担忧。
短文改错：
76、boy前加a，boy为可数名词，泛指；77、去掉when，“最令人激动的事是做某事”，when加入其中，多余；78、cooker改为cook。很多由动词加er或or而派生出的名词指其执行者，但cooker指的是炊具，cook作名词指厨师，作动词，指烹调、做饭的动作；79、but改为and，前后应为顺承或因果关系，而不是转折关系；80、正确；81、take前加to，应为be about to do sth.的结构； 82. Shake改为Shaking，现在分词作状语；83. apologize改为apologized，一般过去时态；84. me改为myself，主语是I，动作涉及到本人，用反身代词；85. month改变months，可数名词复数，前有several修饰。
书面表达： Dear Bob, It?s very kind of you to write me and let me know about your beautiful city. Now I?d like to tell you something about my hometown Jiangcheng. The city stands on the bank of the Changjiang River. It is a beautiful place for people to live in. Its economy has been developing rapidly in the past ten years. New factories, houses and roads have been built. More schools and hospitals are available for its people. However, there are still some problems, such as water and air pollution and heavy traffic in rush hours. In my opinion, Jiangcheng should develop its economy scientifically. I would also think that the growth of its population should be brought under control so that we?ll have a better hometown in future. Yours, Xiaohua
2004年江苏高考英语试题及答案详解
