2025年邵阳职业技术学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024年参考题库含答案解析

2025年邵阳职业技术学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024年参考题库含答案解析（图片大小可自由调整）一、单选题(共50题)1、材料

TomarrivedatthebusstationquiteearlyforParis.ThebusforPariswouldnotleaveuntilfivetotwelve.Hesawalotofpeoplewaitinginthestation.Somewerestandinginline,otherswerewalkingaround.Therewasagroupofschoolgirls.Theirteacherwastryingtokeeptheminline,Tomlookedaroundbuttherewasnoplaceforhimtosit.Hewalkedintothestationcafe.Helookedupattheclockthere.Itwasonlytwentytotwelve,Hefoundaseatandsatdownbeforealargemirroronthewall,Justthen,Mike,oneofTom'sworkmatescameinandsatwithTom.

“Whattimeisyourbus?”askedMike.

“There'splentyoftimeyet.”answeredTom.

“Well,I'llgetyousomemoreteathen.”saidMike.

Theytalkedwhiledrinking.ThenTomlookedattheclockagain.“Oh!It'sgoingbackward!”hecried.“Afewminutesagoitwastwentytotwelveandnowit'shalfpasteleven.”

"You'relookingattheclockinthemirror,”saidMike.Tomwassosad.Thenextbuswasnottoleaveforanotherhour.SincethenTomhasneverlikedmirrors.

Whichofthefollowingisthetitleofthestory?(1分)A、

The

Mirror

of

the

StationB、

Not

a

Careful

ManC、

Missing

a

BusD、

The

Clock

in

the

Mirror正确答案选项：参考答案：D

2、Iheardthenewsontheradiolastnight（）therewasaterriblestormontheway.(1分)A、thatB、whichC、howD、where正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查同位语从句。句意为：“昨天晚上我听到广播，一场大风暴即将来临。”分析句子结构可知，本句为同位语从句，空格后面的句子是用来说明不可数名词news的具体内容，从句成分完整，所以应用that起连接作用，无实际意义。故选A。

3、

Therearenobusestothebeach.________youhaveacar,it’sdifficulttogetthere.

(1分)A、SinceB、AfterC、UnlessD、Because正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析"句意：没有去海滩的公共汽车。除非你有车，否则很难到达那里。考查连词辨析。since自从；after在……之后；unless除非；because因为。分析“…youhaveacar,it’sdifficulttogetthere.”可知，此处表示否定的条件，用unless引导条件状语从句，故选C。"

4、---Terriblysorry,Ibrokeyourpen.---________,pleaseforgetIt.

(1分)A、llrightB、Itdoesn'tmatterC、Don'tbesorryD、It'suptoyou正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查交际用语。句意：--非常抱歉，我弄坏了你的钢笔。--没关系，忘了它吧。AAllright好，行；BItdoesn'tmatter没关系；CDon'tbesorry不用道歉；DIt'suptoyou由你决定。故选B。

5、Ihavealreadytriedtwice.Nowletmehave（）,willyou?(1分)A、thethirdtryB、athirdtryC、thirdtryD、thisthirdtry正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查序数词。句意为：“我已经尝试了两次了。现在让我尝试第三次，好吗?”序数词前加不定冠词a,表示“又一；再一”。故选B。

6、IsawBobinthegarden.He________flowersthere.

(1分)A、waters

B、haswatered

C、iswatering

D、waswatering正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析句意：我在花园里看见鲍勃了。他在那里浇花。考查过去进行时。根据“IsawBobinthegarden.”可知，此处强调在过去的某个时间点正在发生的动作，用过去进行时，故选D。

7、We________tolearnEnglishfiveyearsago.

(1分)A、beginingB、beginsC、beganD、havebegun正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析我们五年前开始学习英语。fiveyearsago是一般过去时标志

8、材料

TheUniversityofTokyoistheoldestuniversityinJapanandhasalwaysbeenintheleadwhenitcomestofacingnewchallenges.Withits10departments,15graduateschools,and11researchinstitutes,ithasbeenaguidingforceinresearchandeducationineveryfield.

TheUniversityofTokyo'srecordindevelopingimportanthumanresourcesforJapanesesocietyiswellknown,butnow,withthehundredsofexchangeagreementsmade,theuniversityhasformedwithoverseasuniversities,anditisplayinganimportantroleintheinternationalacademiccommunityaswell.Specifically,theroleitplaysinvariousinter-universityorganizationswithinAsiahasbecomeincreasinglyimportantinrecentyears.Morethan2000internationalstudents,beyond10percentoftheentirestudentbody,arecurrentlystudyingintheUniversity'sgraduateschools.

TheUniversityofTokyobecameanindependentcorporationinApril2004.Therealimportanceofthisshiftisthattheuniversitynowhasanewstructurethatwillenableittouseitsresourcesmoreefficientlythanbefore.Theimportantpositionthatuniversitieshaveinthedevelopmentofsocialandeconomicfieldsinthe21stcenturyisalreadywellunderstoodaroundtheworld.Theexpectationspeoplenowholdforuniversitiesandtheincreasinglystrictstandardsagainstwhichtheywillbeevaluated(评估)aresimplytwosidesofthesamecoin.TheUniversityofTokyoiswellawareofthecurrentenvironmentandhasbeguntotakethenecessarystepstochangeitselfintoanewuniversityforanewcentury.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat__.(1分)A、

the

University

of

Tokyo

is

taking

measures

to

make

itself

keep

up

with

the

timesB、

the

position

of

universities

is

becoming

more

and

more

important

in

daily

lifeC、

people

will

value

universities

in

the

futureD、

the

standards

of

universities

are

becoming

more

and

more

strict正确答案选项：参考答案：A

9、—Idon'tknowhowtoreadthisword.Canyouhelpme?—Sorry,Idon'tknow,either.Let's____inmydictionaryrightnow.

(1分)A、lookitupB、lookupitC、lookthemupD、lookupthem正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析句意：我不知道怎么读这个单词，你能帮我吗？对不起，我也不知道，我们现在去查字典吧。Lookup查阅；是动词加副词构成的短语，当后面的宾语是名词时，可放在副词后面，也可放在动词和副词中间；但当宾语是代词时，只能放在动词和副词中间.句中，it指代前面的word,放在中间故选A

10、-Therewillbe（）one-hourdocumentarytonightonTV.—Ittellsastoryof（）honestboyinafarawayvillage.(1分)A、a;anB、an;aC、a;aD、/;a正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查冠词。句意为：“---今晚电视上有一个小时的纪录片。--它会讲述一个遥远的村庄里一个诚实男孩的故事。”不定冠词a/an表泛指，a用于以辅音音素开头的单词前，an用于以元音音素开头的单词前。one是以辅音音素开头，所以用a;honest以元音音素开头，所以用an。故选A。

11、It’scoldoutside.Please________yourwarmclothes.

(1分)A、putonB、wearC、takeoffD、in正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析本句翻译：外边很冷，穿上你的衣服吧。A、puton穿上，强调穿的动作；B、wear穿，强调穿着的状态；C、takeoff脱下；D、in里面

12、—Ilostmyjobyesterday.—（）(1分)A、Welldone!B、I'msorrytohearthat.C、That'sreallyinteresting.D、Congratulations!正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查情景交际。句意为：“——我昨天失业了。——听到这个消息我很遗憾。”Welldone!意为“干得好!”;I'msorrytohearthat.意为“听到这个消息我很遗憾。”;That'sreallyinteresting.意为“真有意思。”;Congratulations!意为“祝贺!”。根据“Ilostmyjobyesterday.”可知，听到别人失业的消息，应该表示遗憾或安慰。故选B。

13、---I'msorrytohavekeptyouwaitinglong.---Nevermind.I____hereforonlyafewminutes.

(1分)A、havebeenB、havecomeC、havearrivedD、waited正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析-很抱歉让你久等了-没关系.我在这里只待了几分钟。因为come，arrive是瞬间动词，在用于现在完成时时，不能与表示一段的for，since构成的时间状语连用。答案为A

14、Myteacherisspeakingandwe________him．

(1分)A、hearingB、listentoC、listeningD、arelisteningto正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析我的老师正在讲话，我们正在听他讲话.belistento固定句式，倾听的意思。

15、Asyouwriteinthestory,ithasbeen20years（）Ilastsawyouinahotel.(1分)A、whenB、beforeC、afterD、since正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查时间状语从句。句意为：“就像你在故事中写的那样，自从我上次在宾馆见到你，已经二十年了。”since意为“自从……以来”,引导时间状语从句。“Itis/hasbeen+一段时间+since…”为固定句型，意为“自从……以来有(多久)”,所以空格处用since来引导时间状语从句。故选D。

16、Smokingisnotgood______youbecauseitcanaffectyourhealth.

(1分)A、forB、atC、toD、on正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析itis+adj+forsb…

17、

ItraveltotheBinhaiNewAreabylightrailwayeveryday,_____domanybusinessmenwholiveindowntownTianjin.

(1分)A、AsB、whichC、whenD、though正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查as的非限制性定语从句。后句有我的做法正如/正像生活在天津闹市区的商人一样。本句为避免头重脚轻结构经过了调整，主语和谓语颠倒，这点要注意，which代替上句部分和整体内容，此处没有它的意思，排除B;C，D均不合适，as正如，正像的意思符合，故选A.

18、Haveyoueverheardofthestory?It________funnyandinteresting.

(1分)A、looksB、tastesC、smellsD、sounds正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析句意:你听说过这个故事吗?它听起来很有趣。考查连系动词。A、looks看起来;B、tastes尝起来;C、smells闻起来;D、sounds听起来。根据前句句意可知，空处的词应“听起来”,故选D。

19、About（）ofthestudentsinourclasswereborninthe.(1分)A、twothirds;1990B、twothirds;1990sC、twothird;1990sD、twothird;1990正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查分数表达法和固定搭配。句意为：“我们班大约三分之二，学生出生在20世纪90年代。”分数的表达法：分子用基数词，分母用序数词，分子大于1时，分母加-s。三分之二中分子大于1,所以分母加-s,所以排除C和D;inthe+整十年代加-s,意为“在……年代”,所以排除A。故选B。

20、-TheDragonBoatFestivalfalls（）MayorJuneeveryyear,-Yes,thisyear'sDragonBoatFestivalis（）June14th.(1分)A、in;onB、on;inC、in;inD、on;on正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查介词。句意为：“——端午节在每年的五月或六月。——是的，今年的端午节是在6月14日。”on用在具体的某一天或具体某一天的上午、下午或晚上的前面；in用在年、月的前面。根据MayorJune可知，在五月或六月，用介词in;根据June14th可知，具体的6月14日，用介词on。故选A。

21、材料

Americanswithsmallfamiliesownasmallcaroralargeone.Ifbothparentsareworking,theyusuallyhavetwocars.Whenthefamilyislarge,oneofthecarsissoldandtheywillbuyavan.

Asmallcarcanholdfourpersonsandalargecarcanholdsixpersonsbutitisverycrowded.Avanholdsevenpersonseasily,soafamilywiththreechildrencouldasktheirgrandparentstogoonaholidaytravel.Theycouldalltraveltogether.

Mr.Hagenandhiswifehadathirdchildlastyear.Thismadethemsellasecondcarandbuyavan.Thesixthandseventhseatsareusedtoputotherthings,forafamilyoffivemustcarrymanysuitcaseswhentheytravel.Whentheyarriveattheirgrandparents'home,thesuitcasesarebroughtintothetwoseats,thenitcancarrythegrandparents.

Americanscallvanmotorhomes.Amotorhomeisalwaysusedforholidays.Whenafamilyaretravelingtothemountainsortotheseaside,theycanliveintheirmotorhomeforafewdaysorweeks.Allthemembersofabigfamilycanenjoyahappierlifewhentheyaretravelingtogether.Thatiswhymotorhomeshavebecomeverypopular.InAmericatherearemanyparksformotorhomes.

Motorhomeshavebecomepopularbecause_.(1分)A、

they

can

take

people

to

another

city

when

people

are

freeB、

they

can

let

families

have

a

happier

life

when

they

go

out

for

their

holidaysC、

some

people

think

motor

homes

are

cheapD、

big

families

can

put

more

things

in

motor

homes.正确答案选项：参考答案：B

22、Theworkistoohard,so（）wereneeded.(1分)A、sixanothermenB、sixmenmoreC、sixmoremenD、menanothersix正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查数词。句意为：“这项工作很难，还需要六个人。”nore表示“另外；更多”时，常放于具体数字之后，即“数词+more+名词”。故选C

23、材料Thereareavarietyoftechniquesthatcanbeusedtobringaboutsuccessinselling.Hereareafewthatareoftenmentionedby（1）salespeople.

1.Findoutwhatyourcustomer'srealwantsandneedsare.Listenastheytellyouwhattheyareinterestedin.

2.Knowallabout（2）andwhatitcandoforyourcustomer.Product（3）isa“must”inpersonalselling（4）itcreatescustomerconfidence,buildsenthusiasm,andmakesthesituationmore（5）.Layemphasisontheunique（6）ofyourproductoverothers.

3.Takeaconfidentattitudein（7）yourproduct.Itismore（8）whenthesalespersonsays,“MayIhelpyou?”thanwhenheorshesays“Youwouldn'tliketoseeourmodel,wouldyou?”

4.（9）yourselftodealwithobjections.Ifthecustomersaysthepriceistoohigh,you（10）reply,“Yes,theprice（11）alittlehigherthanyouplanned.However,actuallyyou'll（12）moneybecauseofhighqualityofthisproduct.”

（13）whathappens,don'tdisagreewithyour（14）whenheorshesaysthepriceistoohigh.

5.Usepraise（15）.

第(1)选（）(1分)A、lucky

B、busy

C、successful

D、active正确答案选项：参考答案：C

24、Mrs.Wangneeds________arest.

(1分)A、takeB、totakeC、totakingD、taking正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析句意:王太太需要休息一下。考查非谓语。take动词原形;totake动词不定式;totaking介宾结构;taking动名词或动词现在分词。need为实义动词，needtodosth意为“需要做某事”，不定式作宾语。故选B。

25、Hegoestoworkeveryday______.

(1分)A、exceptforrainydaysB、besidesitrainsC、butthatitrainsD、exceptonrainydays正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析除了下雨天，他每天都去上班。除……之外“除了雨天”except常与every连用,不包含在内

26、——Shallwegofishingthedayaftertomorrow——________Imuststayathometolookaftermylittlebrother.

(1分)A、It’suptoyou.B、Excuseme.C、I’mafraidnot.D、Haveagoodtime.正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析句意：--后天我们去钓鱼好吗？

--恐怕不行。我必须呆在家里照顾我的弟弟。考查情景交际。AIt’suptoyou由你来决定；BExcuseme对不起；CI’mafraidnot恐怕不行；DHaveagoodtime祝你玩得愉快。根据下文Imuststayathometolookaftermylittlebrother可知，此处应用“恐怕不行”来委婉拒绝他人邀请。故选C。

27、YiJianlianisnowoneof________basketballplayersintheCB(1分)A、popular

B、lesspopularC、morepopularD、themostpopular正确答案选项：参考答案：D

28、Onthewallisa（）.(1分)A、mapoftheworldB、worldofmapC、World'smapD、theworldmap正确答案选项：参考答案：A

29、Shespoke（）tothefrightenedchild.(1分)A、gentlyB、gentleC、gentlemanD、gentlely正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查副词。句意为：“她温柔地对那个受惊的孩子说话。”gently为副词，意为“温柔地”。修饰动词spoke要用副词。故选A。

30、---Haveyouseen（）pen?Ileftitherethismorning.---Isit（）blackone?IthinkIsawitsomewhere.(1分)A、a;theB、the;theC、the;aD、a;a正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析：考查冠词：第一空填a，apen是泛指“一只钢笔”，第二空还是填a，ablackone泛指“一只黑色的”，句意：--你看见一只钢笔吗？我今天早上放在这里的。--是一只黑色的吗？我想我在什么地方看见的。选C。

考点：考查冠词

点评：本题着重理解定冠词和不定冠词的区别，定冠词the表示特指，不定冠词a/an表示泛指；

31、—Iamjustwonderingwhichteam,ChicagoBullsorWashingtonWizards,wonthegamelastnight?—________Idon’treallylikeeitherteam.

(1分)A、Don’tmentionit.B、Noproblem.C、Whocares?D、Whybother?正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查情景交际。上句：我在想，哪支球队，芝加哥公牛队或者华盛顿奇才队，昨晚赢了这场比赛？下句：谁在乎呢?我真的不喜欢这两支球队。故选C。

32、从下列选项中找出其括号部分与所给单词括号部分读音相同的选项。（）hu(n)ger(1分)A、a(n)xiousB、da(n)gerC、cha(n)ceD、sa(n)dwich正确答案选项：参考答案：A

33、【图片大小可调】

(1分)A、andB、butC、orD、though正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析or在这里表示否则，意思是你必须好好学习，否则你就会落后。

34、--Sheisgoingfishingtoday.--So（）.(1分)A、IdoB、IalsoC、amID、doI正确答案选项：参考答案：C

35、Onthedarkstreet,therewerenopeoplearound（）shecouldturnforhelp.(1分)A、towhomB、withwhomC、bywhomD、forwhom正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析查定语从句。句意为：“在黑暗的街道上，周围没有她可以求助的人。”分析句子结构可知，本句是一个定语从句，先行词people在从句中作宾语，turntosb.forhelp意为“向某人求助”,先行词作to的宾语，所以定语从句应用towhom来引导。故选A。

36、Bytheendoflastterm,we（）onethousandEnglishwords.(1分)A、havelearnedB、haslearnedC、hadlearnedD、learned正确答案选项：参考答案：C

37、

Asisbusinesswoman,Icaredeeplyaboutmycustomers.Butlikeanyoneforwhomyoufeelaffection,_______canalsodriveyouma

(1分)A、shopkeeperB、customersC、salespersonsD、receptionists正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析

考查名词词义辨析。句意：但就像任何一个你喜欢的人一样，顾客也会让你抓狂。Ashopkeepers店主；Bcustomers顾客；Csalespersons售货员；Dreceptionist接待员。根据上文Icaredeeplyaboutmycustomers可知作者是生意人，因此此处指的是顾客让自己抓狂。故选B。

38、-Excuseme,butisthatmypassport?-Oh,sorry.Itook（）bymistake.(1分)A、yoursB、mineC、hersD、his正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查名词性物主代词。句意为：“—-打扰了，但是那是我的护照吗?噢，对不起，我错拿了你的。”由上文询问mypassport可知，下文应该以yourpassport作答，且空格后没有名词，所以应该用名词性物主代词。故选A。

39、材料TwoyearsagoImovedtoanewneighborhood.Thereseemedtobevery（1）peopleinthisarea（2）arewithouttelephones,（3）Ihopedtogetanewphonequickly.I（4）oneassoonasImoved

intomynewhouse.“Wearen’t（5）manynewphonesinyourarea,”anengineertoldme.“Alotofpeoplewantnewphones（6）andthecompanyisemploying（7）engineersthanlastyearsoasto（8）money.Anewphone（9）youmuchmoney,butitwill（10）alittletime.Wecan’tdoanythingforyoubeforeDecember.”第（5）题选（）

(1分)A、supplyingB、selingC、buildingD、repairing正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析supplying考查动词。根据上下文内容可知，句意为我们不在您所在地区提供许多新手机。supply提供。

40、材料Manyyearsago,abigearthquakehitAmerica,killingover30,000people.Afather（1）hiswifesafelyathomeandrushedtothe（2）wherehissonwassupposedtobe,（3）todiscoverthatthebuildingwasasflatasapancake.

Seeingthis,herememberedthe（4）hehadmadetohisson,“Nomatterwhathappens,I'llalwaysbethereforyou!”Tearsbeganto（5）hiseyes.Ashelookedatthepileof（6）thatoncewastheschool,itlooked（7）,buthekeptrememberinghiswordstohisson.

Hebegantoconcentrate（8）wherehehad（9）hissontoclassbefore.Remembe-ringhisson's（10）hadbeenintherightbackcorneroftheteachingbuilding,herushedthereandstarteddigging（11）theruins.

Hekeptdigginganddigging.Hourslater,other（12）parentstriedtopullhimoff（13）hadbeenhisson'sclassroom,saying,“It'stoolate!They'realldead!”

Butthefatherkeptdiggingforhisson.Thefirechief（14）andsaid,“Firesarebreakingout.You'rein（15）.Gohome.”Hearingthis,theAmericanfather,（16）verytirednow,askedpolitely,“Areyougoingtohelpme?”

Hewenton（17）.Hedugfor8hours…12hours…24hours…36hours…then,inthe38thhour,heheardhisson's（18）.Hescreamedhisson'sname,“ARMAND!”Andheheardhissonshoutback,“Dad?!It'sme,Dad!Itoldtheotherkidsnottoworry.Itoldthemthatifyouwere（19）you'dsaveus.Youpromisednomatterwhathappened,you'dalwaysbethereforme!Youdid(20),Dad!”第3空填（）。(1分)A、hardlyB、mainlyC、surprisinglyD、only正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查副词词义辨析。hardly意为“几乎不”;mainly意为“主要地”;surprisingly意为“惊奇地”;only意为“仅仅”。onlyto意为“没想到会……”。故选D。

41、材料IfyouarelearningEnglishbecauseyou'regoingtotravelinEnglandandwishtobe（1）there,don'ttrytospeakEnglishperfectly,（2）ifyoudoso,noonewillunderstandyou.InLondonninety-nineineveryhundredpeoplespeak（3）English.Youmaysaythat（4）theydon'tspeakEnglishwellthemselves,theycan（5）understanditwhenitiswellspoken.They（6）whenthespeakerisEnglish.Butwhenthespeakerisa（7）,thebetterhespeaks,the（8）itistounderstandhim.

Noforeignercan（9）stressthesyllables(音节)andmakethetone（10）andfallinquestionand（11）exactlyasa（12）does.（13）thefirstthingyouhavetodoistospeakwithastrong（14）accent,andspeakbroken,thatis,Englishwithoutany（15）.TheneveryEnglishpersonyou（16）willatonceknowyouareaforeigner,andtrytounder-standyouandbereadyto（17）you.Hewillnot（18）youtobepoliteandusegram-maticalphrases.Hewillbe（19）byhisclevernessinmakingoutyour（20）andbeingabletotellwhatyouwanttoknow.第5空填（）。(1分)A、hardlyB、reallyC、atleastD、atmost正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查副词词义辨析。hardly意为“几乎不”;really意为“真地”;atleast意为“至少”;atmost意为“至多”。此处指至少他们能明白说得好的英语。故选C

42、材料WhenautumnarrivesintheUnitedStatesandCanada,youcanseeoneofnature’sgreatestscenes—theyearlymigration(迁徙)ofthemonarchbutterflies(帝王蝶).NootherbutterflyintheworldmigratesliketheorangeandblackmonarchofNorthAmerica.

Theycannotliveforlongperiodsincoldweather.SoeachautumnaroundOctober,thebutterfliestravelupto3,000kilometerssouthtospendwinter.SomeevenflytothemountainsofMexico.ItusuallytakesthebutterfliestwomonthstoreachMexico.Whenitiswarm,theystarttobacknorthinthespring.Butnotonebutterflyfinishesthewholetrip.Theylayeggsalongthewayanddie.Itmighttakethemonarchsasmanyasfourtofivegenerations(代)tocompletethejourneyallthewaybackuptoCanada,saysSarinaJepsen,whodirectstheendangeredspeciesprogramfortheXercesSociety.ThemostamazingthingaboutthesebutterfliesisthattheyreturntotheverysametreesinMexicothattheirgreat-great-grandparentsusedthewinterbefore.However,thenumberofthesecolorfulbutterflieshasdroppedinrecentyears.TheUSFishandWildlifeSenicesaidthatnearlyabillionmonarchshavedisappearedfromoverwinteringsites(越冬地点)since1990,theWashingto