2009年天津市高考英语试卷

1、2009年天津市高考英语试卷第I卷第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分15分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。例：Stand over there _ youll be able to see it better. A. or B. and C. but D. while答案是B。1（1分）I'm trying to break the _ of getting up too late（）AtraditionBconvenienceChabitDleisure2（1分）My parents_ in Hong

2、 KongThey were born there and have lived nowhere else（）AliveBlivedCwere livingDhad lived3（1分）We're organizing a party next Saturday，and I'd like you to come_!I have another one that dayThank you just the same（）AGood luckBWhat a pityCNever do it againDWell done4（1分）_ the project in time，the s

3、taff were working at weekends（）ACompetingBHaving completedCTo have completedDTo complete5（1分）A person _ email account is full won't be able to send or receive any emails（）AwhoBwhomCwhoseDwhoever6（1分）Sorry，I have to _ nowIt's time for classOK，I'll call back later（）Ahang upBbreak upCgive u

4、pDhold up7（1分）It is obvious to the students _ they should get well prepared for their future（）AasBwhichCwhetherDthat8（1分）Don't worry if you don't understand everything，the teacher will _ the main points at the end（）ArecoverBreviewCrequireDremember9（1分）_ by the advances in technology，many far

5、mers have set up wind farms on their land（）ABeing encouragedBEncouragingCEncouragedDHaving encouraged10（1分）The art show was _ being a failure； it was a great success（）Afar fromBalong withCnext toDregardless of11（1分）Putting on a happy face not only helps us make friends but also makes us feel better_

6、（）AI'd love toBI'm with you on thatCIt's up to youDIt's my pleasure12（1分）It was a nice house，but _ too small for a family of live（）ArarelyBfairlyCratherDpretty13（1分）I'm not surprised that he became a writerEven as a child，he had a imagination（）AclearBcautiousCfunnyDvivid14（1分）I t

7、ravel to the Binhai New Area by light railway every day，_ do many businessmen who live in downtown Tianjin（）AasBwhichCwhenDthough15（1分）This ipod is of good qualityIf it _ break down within the first year，we would repair it at our expense（）AwouldBshouldCcouldDmight第二部分：完形填空（共1小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，

8、掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项16（30分）The first time I remember noticing the crossing guard was when he waved to me as I drove my son to schoolHe（16） me with a puzzleall because he waved to me like someone does（17） seeing a close friendA big，（18） smile accompanied his waveFor the next few day

9、s I tried to（19） his face to see if I knew himI didn'tPerhaps he had （20） me for someone elseBy the time I contented myself with the （21） that he and I were strangers，we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friendsThen one day the（22） was solvedAs I（23） the school he was standi

10、ng in the middle of the road（24） his stop signI was in live behind four cars（25） the kids had reached the safety of the sidewalk，he lowered his sign and let the cars （26） To the first he waved and（27） in just the same way he had done to me over the last few daysThe kids already had the window down a

11、nd were happily waving their replyThe second car got the same（28） from the crossing guard，and the driver，a stifflooking（表情刻板的） businessman，gave a brief，almost（29） wave backEach following car of kids on their way to school（30） more heartilyEvery morning I continued to watch the man with （31） So far I

12、 haven't seen anyone（32） to wave backI find it interesting that one person can make such a（n）（33） to so many people's lives by doing one simple thing like waving and smiling warmlyHis（34） armed the start of my dayWith a friendly wave and smiling face he had changed the（35） of the whole neigh

13、bourhood16AhitBdisappointedCpresentedDbored17AonBfromCduringDabout18AfalseBshyCapologeticDbright19AresearchBstudyCrecognizeDexplore20ApraisedBblamedCmistakenDrespected21AconclusionBdescriptionCevaluationDintroduction22AargumentBdisagreementCmysteryDtask23AvisitedBapproachedCpassedDleft24Adrawing bac

14、kBputting onChanding inDholding out25AOnceBBeforeCUnlessDWhile26AinBthroughCoutDdown27AcriedBcheeredCsmiledDgestured28AideaBreplyCnoticeDgreeting29AawkwardBangryCelegantDpatient30AcameBrespondedChurriedDappeared31AsurpriseBfrustrationCinterestDdoubt32AfailBtryCwishDbother33AofferBsacrificeCpromiseDd

15、ifference34AeffectivenessBcheerfulnessCcarefulnessDseriousness35AtrendsBobservationsCregulationsDfeelings第三部分：阅读理解（共4小题；每小题10分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项17（10分）Societies all over the world name places in similar waysQuite often there is no official naming ceremony but places tend to be c

16、alled names as points of reference by peopleThen an organized body steps in and gives the place a nameFrequently it happens that a place has two names：One is named by the people and the other by the governmentAs in many areas，old habits died hard，and the place continues to be called by its unofficia

17、l name long after the meaning is lost Many roads and places in Singapore（新加坡） are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generationsThus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles PlaceThis is in keeping with traditions in many countriesin both the West and the East Anoth

18、er way of naming places is naming them after other placesPerhaps they were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that the roads were named afterThe mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads nam

19、ed in former British basesIf you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circusobviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those placesBras Basah Road is an interesting example，"Base Basah"means&quo

20、t;wet rice"in Malay（马来语）Now why would anyone want to name a road"Wet Rice Road"？The reason is simpleDuring the pioneering days，wet rice was laid out to dry along this road A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapesThere is"Circular Road"for oneOther roads may have pa

21、rt of their names to describe their shapes，like"Paya Lebar Crescent"This road is called a crescent（月牙） because it begins on the main road，makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again36We learn from Paragraph 1that Athe government is usually the first to name a placeBmany pla

22、ces tend to have more than one nameCa ceremony will be held when a place is namedDpeople prefer the place names given by the government37What does the underlined phrase"die hard"in Paragraph 1probably mean？ AChange suddenlyBChange significantlyCDisappear mysteriouslyDDisappear very slowly3

23、8Which of the following places is named after a person？ ARaffles PlaceBSelector AirbaseCPiccadilly CircusDPaya Lebar Crescent39Bras Basah Road is named Aafter a personBafter a placeCafter an activityDby its shape40What can be inferred from the passage？ ASome place names in Singapore are the same as

24、in BritainBSome places in Singapore are named for military purposesCThe way Singaporeans name their places is uniqueDYoung Singaporeans have forgotten the pioneers18（10分）I am a writerI spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of languagethe way it can evoke（唤起） an emotion，a visual imag

25、e，a complex idea，or a simple truthLanguage is the tool of my tradeAnd I use them allall the Englishes I grew up with Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California，I've been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaksLike others，I have described it to people a

26、s"broken"EnglishBut feel embarrassed to say thatIt has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than"broken"，as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed，as if it lacked a certain wholenessI've heard other terms used，"limited English，"for e

27、xampleBut they seem just as bad，as if everything is limited，including people's perceptions（认识）of the limited English speaker I know this for a fact，because when I was growing up，my mother's"limited"English limited my perception of herI was ashamed of her EnglishI believed that her

28、English reflected the quality of what she had to sayThat is，because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfectAnd I had plenty of evidence to support me：the fact that people in department stores，at banks，and at restaurants did not take her seriously，did not give her good service，pret

29、ended not to understand her，or even acted as if they did not hear her I started writing fiction in 1985And for reasons I won't get into today，I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with：the English she used with me，which for lack of a better term might be described as"br

30、oken"，and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese，her internal（内在的） language，and for that I sought to preserve the essence，but neither an English nor a Chinese structure：I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show； her intention，her feelings，the rhythms of her speec

31、h and the nature of her thoughts41By saying"Language is the tool of my trade"，the author means that Ashe uses English in foreign tradeBshe is fascinated by languagesCshe works as a translatorDshe is a writer by profession42The author used to think of her mother's English as AimpoliteBa

32、musingCimperfectDpractical43Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3？ AAmericans do not understand broken EnglishBThe author's mother was not respected sometimesCThe author'mother had positive influence on herDBroken English always reflects imperfect thoughts44The author gradu

33、ally realizes her mother's English is Awell structuredBin the old styleCeasy to translateDrich in meaning45What is the passage mainly about？ AThe changes of the author's attitude to her mother's EnglishBThe limitation of the author's perception of her motherCThe author's misunder

34、standing of"limited"EnglishDThe author's experiences of using broken English19（10分）Tens of thousands of theatre tickets will be given away to young people next year as part of a government campaign to inspire a lifelong love for theatre The plan to offer free seats to people aged betwe

35、en 18to 26funded with£2.5million of taxpayers'moneywas announced yesterday by Andy Burnham，the Culture SecretaryIt received a cautious welcome from some in the arts world，who expressed concern that the tickets may not reach the most underprivilegedThe plan comes as West End theatres are enj

36、oying record audiences，thanks largely to musicals teaming up with television talent showsAttendances reached.13.6million in 2007，up 10percent on 2006，itself a record yearTotal sales were up 18percent on 2006to almost£470million One theatre source criticized the Government's priorities（优先考虑的

37、事） in funding free tickets when pensioners were struggling to buy food and fuel，saying："I don't know why the Government's wasting money on thisThe Yong Vic，as The Times reported today，offers excellent performances at cheap prices" There was praise for the Government's plan from

38、 Dominic Cooke of the Royal Court Theatre，who said："I support any move to get young people into theatre，and especially one that aims to do it all over England，not just in London" Ninetyfive publicly funded theatres could apply for funding under the twoyear planIn return，they will offer fre

39、e tickets on at least one day each week to 18to 26yearolds，firstcome，firstservedIt is likely to be on Mondays，traditionally a quiet night for the theatre MrBurnham said："A young person attending the theatre can find it an exciting experience，and be inspired to explore a new worldBut sometimes p

40、eople miss out on it because they fear it'snot for them'It's time to change this perception" Jeremy Hunt，the Shadow Culture Secretary，said："The real issue is not getting enthusiastic children into the theatre，but improving arts education so that more young people want to go in

41、the first placeFor too many children theatres are a nogo area"46Critics of the plan argued that Athe theatres would be overcrowdedBit would be a waste of moneyCpensioners wouldn't get free ticketsDthe government wouldn't be able to afford it47According to the supporters，the plan should

42、Abenefit the television industryBfocus on producing better playsChelp increase the sales of ticketsDinvolve all the young people in England48Which of the following is TRUE about the plan？ ANinetyfive theatres have received fundingBEveryone will get at least one free ticketCIt may not benefit all the

43、 young peopleDFree tickets are offered once every day49We can infer from the passage that in England Amany plays are not for young peopleBmany young people don't like theatreCpeople know little about the planDchildren used to receive good arts education50According to the passage，the issue to off

44、er free tickets to young people seems AcontroversialBinspiringCexcitingDunreasonable20（10分）Next time a customer comes to your office，offer him a cup of coffeeAnd when you're doing your holiday shopping online，make sure you're holding a large glass of iced teaThe physical sensation（感觉） of war

45、mth encourages emotional warmth，while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisionsthose are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John ABargh Psychologists have known that one person's perception（感知） of another's"warmth"is a powerfu

46、l determiner in social relationshipsJudging someone to be either"warm"or"cold"is a primary consideration，even trumping evidence that a"cold"person may be more capableMuch of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences，Bargh argues，when babies'conceptual sense

47、 of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations，particularly warmth and coldnessClassic studies by Harry Harlow，published in 1958，showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth"mother"rather than one made of wire，even when the wire"mother"carried a food bottleHarlow

48、's work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills Feelings of"warmth"and"coldness"in social judgments appear to be universalAlthough no worldw

49、ide study has been done，Bargh says that describing people as"warm"or"cold"is common to many cultures，and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth，Bargh conducted an experiment

50、 which involved 41college studentsA research assistant who was unaware of the study's hypotheses（假设），handed the students either a hot cup of coffee，or a cold drink，to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form：The drink was then handed backAfter that，the students were asked to

51、 rate the personality of"Person A"based on a particular descriptionThose who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink"We are grounded in our physical experiences even when we think abstractly，"says Bargh51According to Para

52、graph 1，a person's emotion may be affected by Athe visitors to his officeBthe psychology lessons he hasChis physical feeling of coldnessDthe things he has bought online52The author mentions Harlow's experiment to show that Aadults should develop social skillsBbabies need warm physical contac

53、tCcaregivers should be healthy adultsDmonkeys have social relationships53In Bargh's experiment，the students were asked to Aevaluate someone's personalityBwrite down their hypothesesCfill out a personal information formDhold coffee and cold drink alternatively54We can infer from the passage t

54、hat Aabstract thinking does not come from physical experiencesBfeelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwideCphysical temperature affects how we see othersDcapable persons are often cold to others55What would be the best title for the passage？ ADrinking for Better Social RelationshipsBExperi

55、ments of Personality EvaluationCDeveloping Better Drinking HabitsDPhysical Sensations and Emotions第II卷注意事项: 1.用黑色墨水的钢笔或签字笔将答案写在签题卡上. 2.本卷共2小题,共35分.21（10分）阅读表达阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题 Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（购物手推车）They will，in a lifetime，pu

56、sh the chromeplated contraptions many milesBut few will knowor even think to askwho it was that invented them Sylvan NGoldman invented the shopping cart in 1937At that time he was in the supermarket businessEvery day he would see shoppers lugging（吃力地携带） groceries around in baskets they had to carry

57、One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheelsThe wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers，and would help to attract more business On June 4，1937，Goldman's first carts were ready for use in his marketHe was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began ar