（天津卷）高考英语分类汇编（高考真题+模拟新题）(1).doc

（天津卷）2014年高考英语分类汇编（2014高考真题+模拟新题）n2014天津卷 阅读短文， 按照题目要求用英语回答问题。last december, doris low turned 90. once a week she still drives to the canadian national institute for the blind (cnib) in toronto, where she helps transform literature into braille(盲文) to bring the power of story and knowledge to the hearts and minds of blind readers. she has been volunteering her time and talents to such enterprises for more than 40 years.after working in the business world for a while, low got fed up. so she turned to teaching at a technical school and later moved into the library.lows mother liked reading. as her eyes began to fail, low read to her. then“hearing an advertisement encouraging people to learn braille, i decided to give it a try.” in 1973, she was certified as a braille transcriber(转译者) and began transcribing books as a volunteer for the cnib library.the job was strenuousshe could get to the end of a page, make a mistake on the last line, and have to do the whole thing again. for a number of years, low also worked in the cnib sound studio reading books onto tape. three years ago, she took up proofreading(校对) at the cnibs word factory.in april, during volunteer week, the cnib recognized low for her great contributions. thanks to volunteers like low, the cnib library has got more than 80，000 accessible materials for people unable to read traditional print. “ i cant imagine how many readers of all ages have benefited from doris contribution as a skilled volunteer through her rich voice and her high degree of accuracy in the hundreds of books she has brailled and proofread over the yearsand she is still doing so，” said a cnib official.“for me，” said low, “the cnib is more than just a place to volunteer. three things matter most in my life: a little play, a little work, a little love. ive found them all here.”56. what does low still do at the age of 90 at the cnib? (no more than 10 words)57. why did low learn braille? (no more than 15 words)58. what does the underlined word “strenuous” most probably mean？(1 word)59. what are lows contributions to the cnib? (no more than 15 words)60. what do you think of low? give your reasons. (no more than 20 words)【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文。主要介绍了doris low从年轻时就成为一名志愿者为那些听力有问题的人读书，将书中的内容转在磁带上，还作为转译者将普通的书译成布拉耶文(即盲文)。现年她已经90岁了，依旧在做志愿工作。56. she helps transform literature into braille (for blind readers/the blind). 根据第一段中的“where she helps transform literature into braille”可知，doris low在90岁时依旧在帮忙把文学作品翻译成盲文。57. (because) her mothers eyes began to fail and she heard an/the advertisement. 根据第三段中的“as her eyes began to fail, low read to her，hearing an advertisement encouraging people to learn braille, i decided to give it a try.”可知low学盲文是因为她母亲的视力下降，而且正好听到了一则鼓励人们学盲文的广告。58. difficult/hard/tiring/tough. 根据画线单词后的内容“she could get to the end of a page, make a mistake on the last line, and have to do the whole thing again.”可知将书译成盲文是非常难的，故用difficult/hard/tiring/though等词汇。59. she has brailled and proofread hundreds of books, and read books onto tape.根据倒数第二段中的“the cnib recognized low for her great contributions.”可知contributions后面的内容都是low作出的贡献。重点的贡献就是“through her rich voice and her high degree of accuracy in the hundreds of books she has brailled and proofread”将句子进行整合就构成本题的答案。60. low is kind and helpful because she had devoted much time to transcribing books into braille as a volunteer. or: low is a kindhearted lady with a positive attitude towards life because she takes delight in helping others. 本文主要介绍了low当志愿者为盲人录音或将普通的书译成盲文，从她做的事情上可以推断出low是一个善良的，好心的，乐于助人的人。(一)2014天津十二校联考 speaking comes to most people as naturally as breathing. on many occasions our words are expressed without conscious thought; in fact we rarely stop and think about what we are saying. thousands of words pour out of our mouths each day as our thoughts, opinions, judgements and beliefs are freely conveyed. often, however, we are unconscious of the positive or negative effect which these words have on ourselves and the people around us.words have tremendous power. words give out energy and a message which creates a reaction in others. everything you say produces an effect in the world. whatever you say to someone else will produce some kind of an effect in that person. we are constantly creating something, either positive or negative with our words.an important key to success in life is to understand the power of words. a word is a permanent thought. our thoughts do have a great effect on us even though they are internal. what we think affects the way we live our life, and affects our emotions, our attitudes and our behaviour. a thought spoken, however, has even more power. it can never be taken back; it is out of our mouth and will have an effect. our words have even more power than our thoughts because they not only affect ourselves, but the people and the world around us.successful people take control of their words, rather than letting their words control them. they are more conscious of their thoughts and words and the power they produce. successful people understand that they need to speak positively rather than negatively in order to see success. successful people are characterized by the words that they speak. they know the importance of speaking words that will build selfesteem and confidence, build relationships and build possibilities. they speak words of affirmation, encouragement, love, acceptance and appreciation.1why does speaking come to most people as naturally as breathing？(no more than 12 words)_2please explain the underlined word “tremendous” in english.(no more than 2 words)_3why do our words have even more power than our thoughts? (no more than 15 words)_4what do successful people speak in order to build confidence, relationships and possibilities? (no more than 12 words)_5what is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 8 words)_(一)【要点综述】 文章讲述的是生活中语言的力量。语言不仅影响自己，也影响着周围的人和事。1because on many occasions our words are expressed without conscious thought.细节理解题。由第一段的“speaking comes to most people as naturally as breathing. on many occasions our words are expressed without conscious thought”可知，对很多人来说，说话和呼吸一样自然，因为在很多场合，我们的话语是没有经过思考就说出来的。2very big/great/enormous.词义猜测题。由第二段的“words give out energy and a message which creates a reaction in others.”可知，话语具有巨大的能量。3because they not only affect ourselves, but the people and the world around us.细节理解题。由第三段的“our words have even more power than our thoughts because they not only affect ourselves, but the people and the world around us.”可知，我们的话语要比思想更有影响力，因为它们不仅影响我们自己，也影响周围的人和世界。4they speak words of affirmation, encouragement, love, acceptance and appreciation./they speak positively rather than negatively.细节理解题。由文章最后一段的“they speak words of affirmation, encouragement, love, acceptance and appreciation.” 可知成功的人说的是积极的而不是消极的话，说的是鼓励，爱，接受，欣赏的话。5the power of words in our life.主旨大意题。从第一段的“however, we are unconscious of the positive or negative effect which these words have on ourselves and the people around us.” 可知这篇文章讲的是我们生活中语言的力量。 (二)2014天津五校联考 for many peopleespecially those dealing with family and work at the same timeit can be difficult to stick with a college degree. kathy vitzthum thought many times about dropping out of her accounting programme at iowa state university: she had two children and a job at electronic technology corp. shed only enrolled(报名) in the first place because her boss offered her a promotion if she took a few accounting courses.because she only had enough time to take one class at a time, it took her seven years to complete the coursework her boss had asked her to take on. she received the promotion as promised, and wasnt planning to continue on to a degree. but a request from her father, who was dying from cancer, made her think twice. he said to her, “kathy, why dont you just keep going and get your degree？”before he passed away 11 years ago, she made him a promise that she would finish it. and he_made_her_a_promise in turn: vitzthums parents had agreed to give each of their children a valuable gift when they graduated from college, and vitzthum was obsessed with an antique shed come across and knew that she couldnt afford. after she promised to graduate from college, her parents bought the antique for her. her father told her, “im not going to be around when you graduate, so ill give this to you on loan now.”after that, vitzthum looked at that antique every day and remembered the promise she had made to her father. despite an abustle life as wife, mother, and fulltime employee, shes taken one course every semester for the last 19 years. and finally, at the age of 48, she graduated with a bachelors degree in accounting.1why did kathy enroll in the first place to take her accounting programme? (no more than 12 words)_2why did it take kathy seven years to finish the accounting programme? (no more than 15 words)_3what did kathys father request her to do before he died 11 years ago? (no more than 8 words)_4what does the underlined word “abustle” in the last paragraph mean? (1 word)_5what do you learn from kathy? (no more than 20 words)_(二)【要点综述】 这是一篇记叙文，主要讲述kathy在有两个孩子的情况下，尽管工作很忙，但还坚持学习。她曾经许下的诺言是要拿到会计学学位，经过自己多年的努力奋斗，最后终于拿到了会计学学位。1because she would be offered a promotion after finishing the courses.细节理解题。根据第一段的“because her boss offered her a promotion if she took a few accounting courses.”可知答案。2because she was so busy that she could only take one class at a time.细节理解题。根据第二段的“because she only had enough time to take one class at a time”可知kathy很忙，一次只能上一节课，所以她花了七年才完成学习。3he requested her to get her degree.细节理解题。根据第二段的“kathy, why dont you just keep going and get your degree？”和第三段的“before he passed away 11 years ago, she made him a promise that she would finish it.”可知是父亲要她拿到学位。4busy.词义猜测题。从下文的“as wife, mother, and fulltime employee”可知kathy很忙。5we/i should be determined to do what we/i had decided and keep our/my promise.开放式问题。只要叙述合理即可。 (三)2014天津红桥一模 one morning in 2007，parthasarathy, we usually called him partha, came to meet me.he was disabled and was not an engineer but had majored in a computer course in college.i told partha，“id like to employ people like you.”in fact，it turned out to be the right decision to employ him.partha had an amazing enthusiasm and his disability did not stop him from improving himself.i was not doing any charity by employing him because my company benefited more from partha.i have realized that physically challenged people are more faithful than others but unfortunately we usually pay scant attention to them.at that time our office was on the first floor and partha had difficulty dealing with the stairs.seeing him struggle，i decided to make the entire office disabledfriendly.our ground floor is now intended for the disabled people, and we have special toilets for them.we have also built houses for them near the office so that they can avoid long travelling hours.after meeting partha，i decided to hire more disabled people.we waited six months to get another disabled person who then became our receptionist.i dont regard employing disabled people as charity.i consider it my responsibility.the country has spent much money educating me and i feel it is time for me to do something as a reward.it is great to work with them.seeing them work, get married, settle in life and have children is a wonderful experience.we have 550 employees now, and 20 per cent of them are disabled.we go to engineering colleges looking for disabled people but only to find one or two in each college.parents dont send them out.the biggest challenge for the physically disabled is the attitude of their parents，but we hire them even if they are not engineers.1what kind of person was partha? (no more than 10 words)_2what does the underlined word “scant” in the 1st paragraph mean? (no more than 2 words)_3why is the ground floor intended for the disabled people? (no more than 10 words)_4how many disabled workers are there in the writers company now? (1 word)_5do you agree to the writers plan to employ more disabled people? and why? (no more than 30 words)_ (三)【要点综述】 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的公司雇用了partha等残疾人，不是因为怜悯他们，而是因为他们为公司带来了巨大的效益，同时这样做也能给许多的残疾人提供发挥他们聪明才智的机会。1partha was disabled but didnt stop improving himself.细节理解题。根据第一段的“he was disabled and was not an engineer but had majored in a computer course in college.”和“partha had an amazing enthusiasm and his disability did not stop him from improving himself.”可知答案。2little/not enough.词义猜测题。根据句中的but unfortunately可知这里要表达的意思与上一句话相反。尽管残疾人要比别人更有信念，但是不幸的是我们通常对他们的关注太少。3because the disabled have difficulty dealing with the stairs.细节理解题。根据第二段的“at that time our office was on the first floor and partha had difficulty dealing with the stairs.”可知答案。4110.推理判断题。根据最后一段的“we have 550 employees now, and 20 per cent of them are disabled.”可知答案。5yes. because it is our duty to reward the country and the disabled need chances to make full use of their skills to improve themselves.细节理解题。如果我们这样做会给残疾人提供发挥他们聪明才智的机会，也是回报社会。 (四)2014天津模拟 when my friends went to college in great delight, i restarted my senior high school life. my spirit sank. surrounded by strange classmates, i felt like i was in a maze and was sorry about myself. there were some complex feelings in my mind.i was frightened, nervous and lonely.to make matters worse, i recalled my failure again and again, which put more pressure on me than i could bear. as a result, i was always feeling down during class time.my teacher found me spiritless. one day he asked me to come to his office and told me about his attitude towards life: we might suffer from mistakes, but its important to learn lessons from them. all the pains and the embarrassing things we experience are part of the process. so keep up your spirit! at last, he added, “if you are optimistic, things you want may happen to you！”warmth rushed through my soul.i suddenly found the sun shining again when i stepped out of his office.with the teachers help, i eventually got over my depression. from then on, i no longer bowed my head and began smiling to my classmates.i would put up my hand confidently in class and play with my new friends in my spare time. meanwhile, i was gradually embraced by my classmates.now faced with fierce competition, we all study hard because we know that every second counts. moreover, there is an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect between us. i love my class; i love my classmates!to be frank, i still have a thirst for my dream university, but im not afraid of failure because i can profit by it. with parents and teachers encouragement, im quite certain of my success and im sure i can fly high.1why was the writer in low spirits at the beginning? (no more than 8 words)_2what did the teacher expect the writer to do? (no more than 8 words)_3what is the main idea of paragraph 5? (no more than 12 words)_4what does the underlined word “embraced” in paragraph 5 mean in english? (1 word)_5what will you do if you are faced with failure? (no more than 20 words)_(四)【要点综述】 这是一篇记叙文，主要讲述作者由于没有考上大学而复读，情绪低落，感到恐惧、紧张和孤独。是老师的鼓励让作者重新振作起来并找到了自信，勇敢地面对现实，对自己考上理想的大学充满信心和希望。1because he could not go to college.细节理解题。根据第一段的“when my friends went to college in great delight, i restarted my senior high school life. my spirit sank.”可知答案。2the teacher expected him to be optimistic.细节理解题。根据第三段的“if you are optimistic, things you want may happen to you！”可知老师期望他乐观。3with the teachers help, he eventually got over his depression.主旨大意题。第五段的第一句话是本段的主旨句。4accepted/welcomed.词义猜测题。根据上一句“i would put up my hand confidently in class and play with my new friends in my spare time.”可知“我在业余时间和新朋友一起玩，同学们逐渐地接受了我”。5i will face failure bravely./i will try to be optimistic.细节推理题。根据文章中老师对作者的鼓励可知，当我们遇到困难和挫折的时候，我们要勇敢地面对，保持乐观的心态。 (五)2014南开中学一模 as we enjoy the summer ocean waves along the beaches, we may think nervously about steven spielbergs jaws and the great fear that sharks inspire in us. yet we are happy to see global efforts to protect the declining number of sharks. the world has realized that we need the species, like sharks, to keep a balanced ecosystem.sharks, in particular, are “in” these days. thanks to good public and famous stars such as jacki