2011年天津市高考英語試卷

1、2011年天津市高考英語試卷第一部分：英語知識運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)：單項填空（共15小題，每小題1分，滿分15分）1（1分）We feel our duty to make our country a better place（）AitBthisCthatDone2（1分）Just a momentI havent finished packing my suitcase Its high time we left for the airport（）AGo aheadBTake it easyCHurry upDThats fine3（1分）In the last few year

2、s thousands of films all over the word（）Ahave producedBhave been producedCare producingDare being produced4（1分）On the next birthdayAnn married for twenty years（）AisBhas beenCwill beDwill have been5（1分） regular exercise is very importantIts never a good idea to exercise too close to bedtime（）AItBAsCA

3、lthoughDUnless6（1分）I a bank account after I made1 000 by doing a parttime job during the summer vacation（）AborrowedBopenedCenteredDordered7（1分）Passeagers are permitted only one piece of hand luggage onto the plane（）Ato carryBcarryingCto be carriedDbeing carried8（1分）She an old friend of hers yesterda

4、y while she was shopping att the department store（）Aturned downBdealt withCtook afterDcame across9（1分）The young man couldnt afford a new car、 _，he bought a used one（）ABesidesBOtherwiseCInsteadDStill10（1分）The days are gone _ physical strength was all you needed to make a living（）AwhenBthatCwhereDwhic

5、h11（1分）He was a good student and scored _ average in most subjects（）AbelowBofConDabove12（1分）_ into English，the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order（）ATranslatingBTranslatedCTo translateDHaving translated13（1分）Modern science has given clear evidence _ smoking can lead to many d

6、iseases（）AwhatBwhichCthatDwhere14（1分）I need to advertise for a roommate for next term_？Mary is interested（）AWhy botherBWhy notCSo whatDWhat for15（1分）I _ sooner but I didnt know that they were waiting for me（）Ahad comeBwas comingCwould comeDwould have come第二節(jié)：完形填空（共1小題：每小題1.5分，滿分1.5分）16（30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握

7、其大意，然后次哦能夠1635各題所給出的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項A Love Note To My MomWhen I was a little girl，would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographersIt was years later that finally understood what role modeling （16） in your lifeLittle did I known you were（17） every penny you earned to go to（18） sch

8、oolI cannot thank you enough for（19） you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nineAfter finishing my homeworkI wanted into the dining where you were buried（20） piles of law booksI was（21） Why were you doing what I domemorizing textbooks and studying for（22） ？When you said you were in law school，I

9、 was more puzzledI didnt knownMoms （23） be lawyers tooYou smiled and said，In life，you can do anything you want to doAs young as I was，that statement kept（24） in my earsI watched as you faced the （25） of completing your studies，staring companies with Dad，while still being a （26） and a Mom if five kid

10、sI was exhausted just watching you （27） With your words of wisdom in my（28） mind，I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dreamMy whole world （29） I set out to live my life filled with （30） ，seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievementsYour words became my mottoI （31） found mys

11、elf in the unique position of being either the first （woman doctor in Maryland Rotary）（32） one of the few women （chief medical reporters） in my fieldI gained strength every time I said，Yes，Ill try thatEncouraged by your （33） ，I have forged ahead （毅然前行） with my lifes journey，less afraid to make mista

12、kes，and （34） meeting each challengeYou did it，and now Im （35） itSorry，got to runSo much to do，so many dreams to live16AfoundBplayCkeptDprovided17AsavingBmakingCdonatingDreceiving18AbusinessBfashionClawDmedical19AwhatBthatCwhichDwhere20AatBtoCuponDunder21AamusedBworriedCpuzzledDdisappointed22AroleBte

13、stsCpositionsDshows23AmustBought toCneedDcould24AringingBblowingCfallingDbeating25AchoicesBchancesCchallengesDchanges26AprofessorBdoctorCreporterDmodel27Ain dangerBin actionCin troubleDin charge28AweakBpowerfulCyouthfulDempty29Acame backBclosed downCwent byDopened up30AhopeBhardshipCharmonyDsadness3

14、1AconstantlyBshortlyChardlyDnearly32AandBbutCorDfor33AdescriptionBstatementCpraiseDintroduction34AsecretlyBcuriouslyCcarelesslyDeagerly35AdoingBconsideringCcorrectingDreading第二部分：閱讀理解（共4小題；每小題2.5分，滿分50分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項17（12.5分）Homestay provides English language students with the opp

15、ortunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British homeWhat to ExpectThe host will provide accommodation and mealsRooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a weekYou will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice

16、as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental healthAccommodation ZonesHomestays are located in London mainly in Zones2，3and of the transport systemMost hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential（居住的）Zones3and 4often offer larger acc

17、ommodation in a less crowned areaIt is very convenient to travel in London by UndergroundMeal Plans AvailableContinental BreakfastBreakfast and DinnerBreakfast，Packed Lunch and DinnerIts important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfastYour accommodation includ

18、es Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice，cereal（谷物類食品），bread and tea or coffeeCheese，fruit and cold meat are not normallypart of a Continental Breakfast in EnglandDinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert，fruit and coffeeFriendsIf you wish to i

19、nvite a friend over to visityou must first ask your hosts permissionYou have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacySelfCatering Accommodation in Private HomesAccommodation on a roomonly basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facili

20、ties and often a main living roomThis kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestule and is more suitable for the longstay studentHowever，it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much36The pa

21、ssage is probably written for Ahost willing to receive foreign studentsBloreigners hoping to build British cultureCtravellers planning to vist famlies in LondonDEnglish learners applying to like in English homes37Which of the following will the host provide？ ARoom cleaningBMedical careCFree transpor

22、tDPhysical trainning38What can be inferred from Paragraph3？ AZone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2BThe business centre of London is in Zone 1CHosts dislike travelling to the city centreDAccommodation in the city centre is not provided39According to the passageWhat does continental Breakfast include？ AD

23、essert and coffeeBFruit and vegetablesCbread and fruit juiceDCentre and cold meat40Why do some people choose selfcatering accommodation？ ATo experience a warmer famliy atmosphereBTo enrich their knowledge of EnglishCTo entertain friends as they likeDTo enjoy much more freedom18（12.5分）In the fall of

24、1985I was a brighteyed ghl heading off to Howard University，aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhereTwentyone years later I am later I am still a brighteyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tellMy grandma，an amazing woman，graduated from colleg

25、e an the age of 65She was the first in our family to reach that goalBut one year after I started college，she developed cancerI made the choice to withdraw from college to care for herIt meant that school and my personal dream would have to waitThen I got married with another dream：building my family

26、 with a combination of adopt and biological childrenIn 1999，we adopted our first sonTo lay eyes on him was fantasticand very emotionalA year later came our second adopted boyThen followed son No.3In 2003，I gave birth to another boyYou can imagine how fully occupied I became，raising four boys under t

27、he age of 81Our home was a complete zooa joyous zooNot surprising，I never did make it back to college fulltimeBut I never gave up on the dream eitherI had only one choice：to find a wayThat meant talking as few as one class each semesterThe hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away

28、from the boysThey often wanted me to stay home with themThere certainly were times I wanted to quit，But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their livesIn 2007，I graduated from the University of North CarolinaIt took me over 21years to get my college degree！I am not

29、special，just singlemindedIt always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge，but when youre in the midst of it，it just seems normalEverything you want wont arrive in your life on one dayIts a processRemember；little steps add up to big dreams41When the author

30、 went to Howard University，her dream was to be Aa writerBa teacherCa judgeDa doctor42Why did the author quit school in her second year of college？ AShe wanted to study by herselfBShe fell in love and got marriedCShe suffered from a serious illnessDShe decided to look after her grandma43What can we l

31、earn about the author from Paragraphs 4and 5？ AShe was buy yet happy with her family lifeBShe ignored her guilty feeling for her sonsCShe wanted to remain a fulltime housewifeDShe was too confused to make a correct choice44What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph？ AFailure i

32、s the mother of successBLittle by little，one goes farCEvery coin has two sidesDWell begun，half done45Which of the following can best describe the author？ ACaring and determineBHonest and responsibleCAmbitious and sensitiveDInnocent and singleminded19（12.5分）An idea that started in Seattles public lib

33、rary has spread throughout America and beyondThe concept is simple：help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same tomeIn addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit （追求） to be enjoyed by all，the program allows strangers to communicate by discussin

34、g the book on the bus，as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schoolsThe idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched （發(fā)起）theIf All of Seattle Read the Same Bookproject in 1998Her original program used author visits，study guides and book discussion gro

35、ups to bring people together with a book，but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities，and even to Hong kongIn Chicago，the mayor（市長）appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in theOne Book，One ChicagoprogramAs a result，reading clubs and

36、neighbourhood groups sprang up around the cityAcross the US，stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and characterThe only problem arose in New York，where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge

37、and diverse populationThis may show that the idea works best in mediumsized cities or large towns，where a greater sense of unity（一致）can be achievedOr it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point，putting all their energyAnd passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a bo

38、ok itselfUltinatel was Nancy points out，the level of sucicess is not meastured by how many people read a book，but by how many people are enriched by the processor have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word46What is the purpose of the project launched by Na

39、ncy？ ATo invite authors to guide readersBTo encourage people to read and shareCTo involve people in communnity serviceDTo promote the friendship between cities47Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the projict？ AThey had little interest in readingBThey were too busy to read a bookCThey

40、came from many different backgroundsDThey lacked support from the locat government48According to the passage，where would the project be more easily carried out？ AIn large communities with little sense of unityBIn large cities where libraries are far from homeCIn mediumsized cities with a diverse pop

41、ulationDIn large towns where agreement can be quickly reached49The underlined wordsshared a wordin Paragraph 5probably mean Aexchanged ideas with each otherBdiscussed the meaning of a wordCgamed life experienceDused the same language50According to Nacy，the degree of students of the project is judged

42、 by Athe careful selection of a proper bookBthe growing popularity of the writersCthe number of people who benefit from readingDthe number of books that each person reads20（12.5分）Blind imitation （模仿）is selfdestructionTo those who do not recognize their unique worthImitation appears attractive：to tho

43、se who know their strenghthImitation is unacceptableIn the early stages of skill or character development，imitation is helpfulWhen I first learned to cook，I used recipes （菜譜） and turned out some tasty dishesBut soon I grew boredWhy follow someone elses way of cooking when I could create my own？Imita

44、ting role models is like using training wheels on a childs bicycle； they help you get going，but once you find your own balance，you fly faster and farther without relying on themIn daily life，imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously （下意識地） hold poor role modelsIf，as a child，you observed people whos

45、e lives were bad，you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what they didIf you do not make strong choices for yourself，you will get the results of the weak choices of othersIn the field of entertainment，our culture glorifies celebritiesThose stars look great on screen

46、But when they step off screen，their personal lives may be disastrousIf you are going to follow someone，focus on their talent，not their bad character or unacceptable behaviorsBlessed is the person willing to act on their sundden desire to create somrthing uniqueThink of the movies，books，teachers，and

47、friends that have affected you most deeplyThey touched you because their creations were motivated by inspiration，not desperationThe world is changed not by those who do what has been done brfore them，but by those who do what has been done inside themCreative people have an endless resource of ideasT

48、he problem a creator faces is not running out of material；it is what to do with the material knocking at the door of imaginationSyudy your role models，accept the gifts they have given，and leave behind what does not serverThen you can say，I stand on the shoulders of my ancestorstragedies and tory，and

49、 know that they are cheering on51Imitation proves useful when you Aknow you are uniqueBlose the bslance of lifeCbegin to learn something newDget tired of routine practice52To avoid the bad result of imitation，we should Aforget daily fear and painBchoose the right exampleCask others for decisionsDsta

50、y away from stars53Acording to the authorThe world moves on because of those who are Adesperate to intruence others with their knowledgeBready to turn their original ideas into realityCeager to discover what their ancestors didDwilling to accept othersideas54The trouble a creator faces is Athe lack

51、of strong motivationBthe absence of practical ideasChow to search for more materialsDhow to use imagination creatively55What is the authors purpose in writing this passage？ ATo highlight the importance of creativelyBTo criticize the characters of role modelsCTo compare imitation with creationDTo exp

52、lain the meaning of success第三部分：寫作第一節(jié)：閱讀表達(dá)（共1小題；每小題10分，滿分10分）閱讀短文，并按照題目要求用英語回答問題21（10分）In college，Spring Break （春假）is usually associated with the beach，parties and sleepless nights，bringing about relaxation，free time and friendsStudents who wish to spend their break doing something productive and re

53、warding，however，may choose to participate in the Alternative Break ProgramIt places college students in communities both at home and abroad The Program allows students to take part in various projects dealing with issues such as literacy （識字），homelessness and the environmentIt includes helping kids with their lessons，raising money for families in need and collecting data for environmental research The hope is that，by getting