2012年高考英语 高考试题+模拟新题分类汇编专题14 天津特色

1 N N 单元单元 天津天津 阅读表达 阅读短文 并按照题目要求用英语回答问题 一 2012 天津一中二月月考 For students in Singapore movies are not just something for fun TheyThey also help them speak and write better in English according to a recent report in the Strait Times Since March Blangah Rise Primary in Singapore has tried to make language teaching fun by using movies As part of their English language lessons pupils watch shorten films Teachers use the subtitles 字幕 function on the DVD players to turn the text on and off to help them practise catching better listening and improving their writing skills The school has found that children are more eager to learn and better able to answer questions on what they have seen and heard because they pay greater attention to the movie than the usual paper based comprehension sheets Teachers said they have seen vast progress in participation 参与 and understanding in classes Before the DVD programme was introduced almost every child would leave one to two questions in their comprehension exercises blank Now they not only attempt all questions but provide lengthy answers In contrast Indians are yet to realise the need to make English teaching fun says Professor David Crystal recently He is one of Britain s and world s foremost experts on language and currently working in India The structured ways of teaching have ensured that English learning has remained at best an unexciting experience for most Indians he says Crystal also suggests language play is another way in which English teaching and learning can be made an enjoyable as well as a rewarding experience Everyone plays with the language I don t know of a single person who does not says Crystal To have fun from language has always been a part of everyday conversation and should naturally be a part of language learning and teaching according to him 1 What does the underlined word They refer to No more than 3 words 2 Why do children pay greater attention to the movie than the usual paper based comprehension sheets No more than 10 words 3 Where is Professor David Crystal still engaged in his recent study No more than 10 words 4 What has always been a part of studying language No more than 10 words 5 What do you think of language play Please give your reasons No more than 30 words 英语教学趣味多多 语言学习苦尽甘来 学习英语经常被学生视为艰苦的过程 教师也 为能找到轻松愉快的教学方法而费尽脑汁 最近 在印度 英语老师为改变教学方法苦恼的 同时 新加坡教师则成功地使用电影进行趣味教学 1 Movies 词义猜测题 由文章的第一段 For students in Singapore movies are not just something for fun 可知答案 2 Because they are more eager to learn and answer questions 2 细节理解题 依据文章的第三段第一句可知 3 He is still engaged in his recent study in India 细节理解题 由文章第四段第二句 He is one of Britain s and world s foremost experts on language and currently working in India 可知 4 To have fun from language 细节理解题 由最后一句即 Professor David Crystal 的一席话可知 5 It is another way in which English teaching and learning can be made an enjoyable as well as a rewarding experience 开放式问题 答案不唯一 可以根据文章最后一段 Crystal 所说的话得到暗示 二 2012 宝坻一模试题 As you grow rapidly through your teenage years you will experience a lot of changes The changes may seem difficult They may seem to happen quickly Don t panic You will deal successfully with them You are a young adult now With more responsibility you will find more freedom to make your own choices This is a time to be well informed about making choices In this way you can make healthy balanced decisions They will help shapeshape the future You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do Both situations are fine Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices You will probably want to be independent But try not to shut your family out of your life You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself It is also perfectly natural at this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family Choose your friends wisely A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens This period is a part of the life cycle There are some people who will be with you throughout life s journey There will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways Leaving school can be hard The reality is that you may not even see all of your classmates again You are a young adult It is your life No one can live it for you The choices that you make from now on will be your choices So making the right choices will be important to you Life is for living Enjoy your life wisely 1 What is the main idea of the passage No more than 10 words 2 How will you face the changes when you meet with them in your teens No more than 10 words 3 What does shape mean in the first paragraph No more than 5 words 4 Why is teenage years called a part of the life cycle List one of the reasons No more than 15 words 5 Do you think making the right choices is important to you Why No more than 20 words 文章向我们讲述了在青少年时期 在一些问题上做出自己的一些决定对于塑造我们的未 来的重要性 1 You should make your own right choices 主旨大意题 文章第一段提出主题 最后一段回扣主题 The choices that you 3 make from now on will be your choices 由此可知答案 2 I will be brave I will not be in panic I will face them bravely 细节理 解题 题干关键词为 changes 由第一段的第 2 4 句话可以得出答案 3 Decide Have an influence on Influence Affect Have an effect on Build up Create 词义猜测题 最后两句话说的就是 我们所作出的正确的决定对于我们未来的影响 由 此可以得出该词的意思 4 Because there are some people who will be with you throughout life s journey There will be some people you will never see forever 细节理解题 题干为倒数第二段第一句话的问句形式 第 2 和第 3 句话分别为两个理由 答出一个即可 5 Yes Because the choices that I make from now on will be my choices 开放式问题 答案不唯一 三 2012 河西区期末试题 LONDON SAN FRANCISCO The Sydney Opera House to San Francisco s Golden Gate Bridge went dark as people switched off lights in their homes and skylines dimmed around the world on Saturday to show concern about global warming Up to 30 million people were expected to have turned off their lights for 60 minutes by the time Earth Hour which started in Suva in Fiji and Christchurch in New Zealand completed its cycle westward More than 35 towns and cities and 3 500 businesses in 35 countries signed up for the campaign that is in its second year after it began in 2007 in Sydney Australia s largest city Earth Hour shows that every day people are prepared to pull together to find a solution to climate change It can be done said James Leape of WWF international which was running the campaign Lights at Sydney s Opera House and Harbors Bridge were lowered as Australians held candle lit beach parties played poker by candlelight and floated candles down rivers In Bangkok some of the city s business districts shopping malls and billboards went dark although street lights stayed on One major hotel invited guests to dine by candle light and reported brisk business In Copenhagen the Tivoli Gardens and the Royal Palace and the opera darkened for an hour along with many streetlights In the central square a lot of people were standing looking at the stars said Ida Thuesen spokeswoman for WWF Denmark It s not often you can see the stars in a city It is not just about turning off the lights it is about raising awareness San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said Energy efficiency is low hanging fruit Energy efficiency is the easiest thing we can do to reduce global warming Buildings accountaccount forfor about one third of the carbon emissions that scientists say will boost global average temperatures by between l 4 and 4 0 degrees Celsius this century bringing floods and famines and putting millions of lives at risk Organizers of Earth Hour said that while switching off a light for one hour would have little impact on carbon emissions the fact that so many people were taking part showed how much interest and concern about the climate crisis had taken hold They said they planned a similar event on March 28 2009 1 What s the main idea of the first paragraph No more than 15 words 4 2 According to the passage what does this activity Earth Hour indicate No more than 15 words 3 What does the underlined phrase account for mean in English No more than 7 words 4 What s the purpose of writing this passage No more than 5 words 5 What do you think of Earth Hour No more than 20 words 文章向我们介绍了地球一小时活动的发起和意义 旨在引起人们的环境危机意识 1 Many people switched off lights at home on Saturday to show concern about global warming 主旨大意题 第一段叙述的是一件事情 因此在总结大意时 要把握住时间 地点 人 物 事件等一系列的要素 2 This activity indicates people are joining together to find a solution to climate change 细节理解题 由文章第三段的 Earth Hour shows that every day people are prepared to pull together to find a solution to climate change 可以得出答案 3 Cause Bring about Are the reason for 词义猜测题 这里表达的意思是 建筑物造成了大约三分之一的碳排放 4 To introduce Earth Hour 推理判断题 文章介绍了 地球一小时 活动的发起 内容和意义 由此可知答案 5 It is a good idea to raise awareness and many people begin to show concern about the climate crisis 开放式问题 答案不唯一 围绕该主题的任何积极的 有意义的发挥都是正确的 四 2012 南开中学月考 The International Coast Clean up is an organization that is set up to help the environment in the world especially the areas near the waters Recently more than a half million volunteers are taking part in an international movement to comb the world s shorelines for cigarette butts bottle caps and any other rubbish they can find The International Coast Clean up is in its 14th volunteers ready to collect more than 10 million pieces of rubbish along 19 308 kilometers of shoreline in 70 countries Sponsored 赞助 by the Centre for Marine Conservation and several other non profit groups and corporate sponsors the activity is a one day attempt to improve conditions on important waterfrontswaterfronts Cigarette butts are by far the most common item with exactly 1 6 million picked up and counted in the last year s clean up They were followed in numbers by food wrappers plastic pieces bottle caps and broken pieces of glass The global event is held on the third Saturday of September Last year the biggest volunteer army was in the Philippines where nearly 300 000 people took part in the clean up With more than 7 000 islands the Philippines is among the countries which have the largest shorelines Around every main body of water we have a rubbish problem said Sheavly director of the Center for rubbish problem Bad weather with some hurricane affected some plans but thousands of volunteers were ready to go she said 5 About 20 000 divers are joining to clean up offshore rubbish with major underwater efforts in the United States the Philippines Germany Italy Australia Venezuela and EI Salvador Globally less than 20 percent of shore rubbish clearly comes from the water The most appears to come from land sources Part of the effort is counting the rubbish Volunteers carry cards to record their collections which will be piled and used for studies of how to settle the problem year round 1 What is the International Coast Clean up set up for No more than 20 words 2 How long does the activity usually last No more than 5 words 3 What does the underlined word waterfronts mean No more than 2 words 4 What s the writer s opinion about this international movement No more than 10 words 5 What s the main idea of the passage No more than 15 words 海岸的垃圾污染越来越严重 一个叫做 The International Coast Clean up 的国际组 织发起了为期一天的清理海岸活动且收到了很好的效果 1 It is set up to help the environment in the world especially the areas near the waters 细节理解题 由第一段的第一句话可以得出答案 2 One day 细节理解题 由第三段的 the activity is a one day attempt to improve 可 以看出 这项活动持续一天 3 Shorelines 词义猜测题 文章第一段已明确说明这项活动就是 to comb the world s shorelines 由此可知 这里所说的 waterfronts 就是 shorelines 4 He finds it encouraging 推理判断题 作者在文章中向我们描述了参加的人数多 活动的效果很明显 从而使作 者感到这项活动对于治理海岸的污染有着积极的意义 令人鼓舞 5 Volunteers clean the shorelines to deal with the shore pollution problem 主旨大意题 文章向我们介绍了一个旨在清理海岸污染的 由志愿者参加的一个活动 五 2012 天津五区期末考试 The old man walked slowly into the restaurant His poor jacket patched 打补 丁的 trousers and worn out shoes made him standstand outout from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd Unforgettable were his pale blue eyes that sparkled 闪 耀 like diamonds large rosy cheeks and thin lips held in a steady smile With the help of his trusty cane 拐杖 he walked toward a table by the window A young waitress named Mary watched him and ran over to him and said Here Sir Let me give you a hand with that chair Without a word he smiled and nodded a thank you She pulled the chair away from the table Steadying him with one arm she helped him move in front of the chair and get comfortably seated Then she pushed the table up close to him and leaned his cane against the table where he could reach it In a soft clear voice he said Thank you Miss 6 You are welcome Sir She replied My name is Mary I ll be back in a moment If you need anything just wave at me After he had finished a hearty meal of pancakes bacon and hot lemon tea Mary brought him the change helping him up from his chair and out from behind the table She handed him his cane and walked with him to the front door Holding the door open for him she said Come back and see us Sir He nodded a thank you and said softly with a smile You are very kind When Mary went to clean his table she was surprised Under his plate she found a business card and a note written on the napkin under which was a 100 bill The note on the napkin read Dear Mary I respect you very much and you respect yourself too It shows by the way you treat others You have found the secret of happiness Your kind gestures will shine through those who meet you The man she had served was the owner of the restaurant This was the first time that she or any of his employees had seen him in person 1 When did the story happen No more than 10 words 2 In Paragraph 1 the writer described the old man in detail What does the writer want to tell us No more than 20 words 3 Please explain the underlined phrase stand out in English No more than 5 words 4 Who do you think the old man was No more than 10 words 5 According to the passage how do you understand the meaning of Happiness No more than 20 words 文章通过一个故事告诉我们 幸福体现在尊重自己 尊重他人上 1 It happened on a Saturday morning 细节理解题 由第一段的 the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd 可以 看出 故事发生在一个星期六的上午 2 The writer wants to imply that he is not a common man 推理判断题 作者对老人的各个细节进行了详细的描述 其目的就是在暗示我们 在那 些吃早饭的人群中 他与众不同 3 Be very easy to see notice be easily seen different 词义猜测题 由于这位老人的穿着与众不同 poor jacket patched 打补丁的 trousers and worn out shoes 所以很容易从吃早餐的人中认出来 由此可知答案 4 The boss of the restaurant 细节理解题 文章最后点出了主人公的角色 The man she had served was the owner of the restaurant 5 I think Happiness is to respect myself and others 开放式问题 倒数第二段老人在卡片上谈到了幸福 I respect you very much and you respect yourself too It shows by the way you treat others You have found the secret of happiness 由此可知答案 阅读表达 第一节 阅读表达 共 5 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 10 分 N N 2012 天津卷 7 阅读短文 并按照题目要求用英语回答问题 Born in 1949 Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion Like many young athletes she had Olympic dreams but a serious illness kept her from competing in the Games The disappointment didn t stop her from going forward Instead she became interested in marathon swimming A brilliant athlete she was well conditioned for spending long periods of time in the water As a long distance swimmer she would compete against herself and the obstacles presented by distance danger cold and exhaustion For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world s best long distance swimmers In 1970 she swam a ten mile marathon in Lake Ontario setting the women s record for the course In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102 5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975 Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978 Though