2019年天津市河西区高考英语模拟试卷(一)

1、2019年天津市河西区高考英语模拟试卷（一）第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节）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。1（1分） Would you mind moving over a little？ I have to pass here_ Id like to help（）ANot in the slightestBDont mention itCNever mindDAt your service2（1分）Our company is seeking for a manager， especially _ with

2、creativity and imagination（）Athe oneBeachConeDthat3（1分）Its supposed to be the end of the paperback and the _ of digital media， but some bookstores are surviving the Internet age with surprising success（）AdeadlineBdawnCduskDdeparture4（1分）Good morning May I help you ？No， thank you Im just looking arou

3、nd （）AIts up to youBHow are you feeling today ？CThanks for coming to see meDTake your time then5（1分）Once youve _ the items you ordered， put this record in your file（）Achecked inBchecked offCchecked outDchecked with6（1分）This was returned because the person _this letter was addressed had died three ye

4、ars ago（）Ato whomBto whichCwhichDwhom7（1分）The scientist does not study nature _ it is useful to do soHe studies it because he takes pleasure in it（）AuntilBthoughCbecauseDunless8（1分）Days later，my brother called to say he was all right，but _say where he was（）AmustntBshouldntCwouldntDmightnt9（1分）The re

5、al reason why prices _，and still are，too high is complex，and no short discussion can satisfactorily explain this problem（）AWereBwill beChave beenDhad been10（1分）Hearing the news， he rushed out， _the book _on the table and disappeared into the dark（）Aleaving； lying openBleft； laid openCleaving； lie op

6、enDleft； lay open11（1分）This house is almost _ to the one where I lived as a child（）AidenticalBmanualCchillyDenthusiastic12（1分）The new product is beyond all praise and has quickly taken over the market _ its superior quality（）Ain terms ofBon account ofCon behalf ofDon top of13（1分） some teenagers dont

7、 realize is difficult life can be after they get addicted to drugs（）AThat：what aBThat；howCWhat；what aDWhat；how14（1分）Is it he or you _ in charge of the job and supposed to complete it punctually？（）Awho isBthat isCwho areDwhom are15（1分）What happened to the young trees we planted last week？The trees _

8、well，but I didnt water them（）Amight growBneednt have grownCwould have grownDwould grow第二节：完形填空（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项16（30分）Songs bring us through our life Each time I listen to my favorite song Reach， Im deeply（1） by its lyrics： If I could reach higher， just one

9、moment touch the sky When we hear this （2） song sung by Gloria Estefan， we can（3） imagine how she managed to return to the stage after her serious back injury In 1990， this Cuban singer was（4） down in a terrible traffic accident， and the doctor（5） that she might never walk again But Gloria did not（6

10、） and kept on working hard toward her（7） Just one year after the disaster（8） ， she stood up again and（9） this encouraging song at the Atlanta Olympics Whenever I think of Gloria， a （10） crowds in my mind When I entered university， naturally shy， ordinary looking， and with（11） scores in my lessons， j

11、ust like an ugly duckling I seemed to be the（12） outstanding one in my class Continuous failures drove me into（13） Am I to take a back seat to everyone else？ （14） to give in to such a fate， I spared no effort to work on my lessons and joined in many（15） ， such as English speech contests and dramas I

12、 just wanted to catch every little chance to（16） myself My continuous efforts finally paid off I received some（17） More importantly， I （18） courage and confidence to face any difficulty in my life （19） is just like farming You（20） what you sow Once you have a dream， dont hesitate Keep moving!（1）A co

13、nvincedB disturbedC impressedD discouraged（2）AentertainingB inspiringC boringD puzzling（3）AeasilyB simplyC finallyD hardly（4）AknockedB cutC pulledD turned（5）AarguedB declaredC doubtedD added（6）Agive awayB give backC give outD give up（7）AgoalB journeyC achievementD recovery（8）AhappenedB endedC lasted

14、D returned（9）AwroteB recordedC presentedD covered（10）AfancyB viewC memoryD question（11）AstandardB poorC highD excellent（12）AmostB moreC leastD very（13）AhopelessnessB weaknessC troubleD anger（14）AFreeB EagerC DisappointedD Unwilling（15）ApartiesB gamesC activitiesD meetings（16）AsatisfyB improveC enjoy

15、D forgive（17）AawardsB thanksC giftsD comments（18）AconfirmedB gainedC combinedD requested（19）ALuckB BeliefC LifeD Competition（20）AharvestB reserveC expandD discover第二部分 阅读理解（每小题2.5分，满分50.0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（12.5分）Still seeking a destination for your weekend break？ There are some pla

16、ces which are probably a mere walk away from your college Kings Art Centre A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere This weekend sees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists You could attend a

17、class teaching you how to learn from the masters or get more creative with paint free of charge The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee The Botanic Garden The Garden has over 8，000 plant species； it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for

18、Cambridge University The multibranched Torch Aloe here is impressive The African plant produces red flowers above bluegreen leaves， and is not one to miss Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula， a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals

19、 The Garden is also a place for wildlifeenthusiasts Look for grass snakes in the lake A snake called Hissing Sid is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun Byrons Pool Many stories surround Lord Byrons time as a student of Cambridge University Arriving in 1805， he wrote a letter complaining

20、 that it was a place of mess and drunkenness However， it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough Im not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms He spent a great deal of time walking in the village It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight

21、 in the lake， which is now known as Byrons Pool A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside， the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the v

22、illage for afternoon tea If you dont trust me， then perhaps youll take it from Virginia Woolf over a century after Byron， she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool（1）As mentioned in the passage， there is a small charge for A attending the masters classB working with local artistsC learning

23、 life drawingD seeing an exhibition（2）Torch Aloe and Venus Flytrap are A common insectsB impressive plantsC rarelyseen snakesD wildlifeenthusiasts（3）We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed A to fear pet bearsB to like walkingC to be a heavy drinkerD to finish university in 1805（4）In the pass

24、age Byrons Pool is described as a lake A surrounded by fieldsB owned by Lord ByronC located in GrantchesterD discovered by Virginia Woolf（5）What is the passage mainly about？ A Some places for weekend breakB A way to become creative in artC The colourful life in the countrysideD Unknown stories of Ca

25、mbridge University18（12.5分）Grey clouds move as low as smoke over the treetops at Lolo Pass The ground is white The day is June 10 It has been snowing for the past four days in the Bitterroot Mountains Wayne Fairchild is getting worried about our trek over the Lolo Trail 95 miles from Lolo Montana to

26、 Weippe in Idaho， across the roughest country in the West Lewis and Clark were nearly defeated 200 years ago by snowstorms on the Lolo Today Fairchild is nervously checking the weather reports He has agreed to take me across the toughest， middle section of the trail When Lewis climbed on top of Lemh

27、i Pass， 140 miles south of Missoula， on August 12， 1805， he was astonished by what was in front of him； high mountain chains still to the West of us with their tops partially covered with snow Nobody in what was then the US knew the Rocky Mountains existed， with peaks twice as high as anything in th

28、e Appalachians back East Today their pathway through those mountains holds more attraction than any other ground over which they traveled， for its raw wilderness is an evidence to the character of two cultures： the explorers who braved its hardships and the Native Americans who prize and conserve th

29、e path as a sacred （神圣的） gift It remains today the same condition as when Lewis and Clark walked it The Lolo is passable only from July to midSeptember Our luck is holding with the weather， although the snow keeps getting deeper As we climb to Indian Post Office， the highest point on the trail at 7，

30、033 ft， we have covered 13 miles in soft snow， and we hardly have enough energy to make dinner After a meal of chicken， I sit on a rock on top of the ridge（山脊） There is no light visible in any direction， not even another campfire For four days we do not see another human being We are occupied with t

31、he things that mix fear with joy In our imagination we have finally caught up with Lewis and Clark（1）According to the passage， the word trek in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to A a comfortable walk in a separate countryB a pleasant journey across the countrysideC a journey over untraveled pathwa

32、ysD a long， hard journey over rough areas（2）We learn from the text that before 1805 A the Rocky Mountains were wholly covered with snowB there were no people living in the western part of AmericaC no Americans knew of the existence of the Rocky MountainsD the Appalachians were the western frontier o

33、f the United States（3）We learn from the text that the Lolo Pass A remains much the same as it was 200 years agoB is the meeting point of three culturesC has changed a lot since 1805D now attracts a large number of tourists to visit（4）Judging from the text， Lewis and Clark were most probably A two na

34、tive IndiansB explorers of the early 19th centuryC merchants who did business with the IndiansD travelers whose curiosity took them over the Lolo Pass（5）We can infer from the text that when crossing the Lolo Pass the author A was attempting the impossibleB was trying to set a world recordC was follo

35、wing the trail of Lewis and ClarkD was fighting with weather and taking unnecessary risks19（12.5分）Theres a song by the great Jamaican singer Bob Marley called So Much Trouble In The World Marley understood that part of the reason why there are so many problems in the world is the lack of tolerance b

36、etween people The UN understands this too thats why it made Nov 16 International Day for Tolerance But first of all， what is tolerance？ French philosopher Voltaire （16941778）can give us some help According to him， tolerance is the consequence of humanity We are all formed of frailty （脆弱） and error；

37、let us pardon each others folly that is the first law of nature Nobodys perfect When were tempted to criticize another person， we should perhaps remember our own imperfections first Very often， people dont realize that theyre intolerant This is because intolerance has a lot to do with ignorance For

38、example， the UNs campaign is in part about the treatment of females by males But often， the behavior of men toward women is intolerant because men dont put themselves in the shoes of women Its worth thinking a little about the words tolerance and intolerance Are they the best words to describe the e

39、vils of which were speaking here？ To agree to be tolerant of someone isnt necessarily a very respectful thing When someone is tolerated， it implies that theres something wrong with them But it seems wrong that people should agree to tolerate people with black skin， for example And should women think

40、 they have received the respect they are due when men agree to tolerate them？ Still， what Voltaire said stands： We humans are not perfect and this weakness is something that we all share Thats the reason we should be tolerant Its a little like generosity We can give things to another person， and we

41、can also give our forgiveness Bob Marley understood this In the song mentioned above， he advised： All you got to do： give a little Or， as this older piece of wisdom says： Write your love on a rock so it stays for eternity； write your hate in the sand so the waves will wash it away（1）According to Vol

42、taire， tolerance is A being willing to express your love to othersB trying to overcome your imperfectionsC giving a hand to vulnerable groups （弱势群体）D accepting each others weaknesses（2）Why are people usually unaware of their intolerance， according to the article？ A They are used to finding faultsB T

43、hey consider tolerance a kind of frailtyC They dont see things from the angle of othersD They are intolerant of themselves too（3）In what sense is tolerance similar to generosity？ A Humans are advised to treat others betterB Humans learned to find faults in othersC Humans need to give something to ot

44、hersD Humans will change their attitudes to others（4）The underlined word this in the last paragraph refers to A giving things to othersB forgiving othersC different attitudes toward love and hateD the fact that humans are imperfect（5）Whats the text mainly about？ A The origin of the International Day

45、 of ToleranceB The meaning and importance of toleranceC The philosophy behind Bob Marleys songD Effective ways to show tolerance20（12.5分）Dont we all know a Happy Meal when we see one the famous boxed meal that includes a hamburger， kidsized French fries， fruits and milk， served with a toy thats extr

46、emely popular with children who love to collect them？ A Happy Meal is a form of kids meal sold at a certain fastfood chain since 1979 A toy is included in the meal， both of which are usually contained in a box or paper bag However， collectors of these little toys will not get them any longer， since

47、the company will replace toys with books and each of these books will mainly pass on nutritional messages Happy Meals are extremely popular with kids， especially for their collectable toys， when you consider that over 1.3 billion of these packages are sold each year These packages have been very con

48、troversial Health supporters believe that drawing kids to these meals with toys is a clever way of promoting unhealthy food choices They see it as an advertising strategy of catching its customers young a move that has paid off very well for the fastfood company Child development experts say that fo

49、od habits get formed in children by age six and continue through to their adult life Fatty and sugary foods such as those served in Happy Meals are believed to play a big role in growing health problems such as obesity and diabetes Public health care costs have gone up and untold amounts of money ha

50、ve been spent on coping with these health problems On November 2， 2010， the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a law requiring that childrens meals sold in restaurants must meet certain nutritional standards before they could be sold with toys， to overcome the problem of childhood obesityin o

51、ther words， the State of California tried to ban the toys in Happy Meals However， it was strongly opposed by some as being heavyhanded， and the ban was thrown out by the government While some people believe that the fastfood company， with its large following of children， can create a powerful messag

52、e through the books， others believe its actions are contradictory Anyway， the company is trying to spread the message of nutrition while it is serving food that is anything but healthy（1）The aim of the question raised in Paragraph 1 is A give a surprise to the toy loversB make readers think about th

53、e answerC call on readers to buy boxed mealsD get readers attention to the article（2）Books will be added into Happy Meals to A introduce the use of the toysB help kids learn about nutritionC increase the cost of the mealsD spread the message of fast food（3）According to Paragraph 3， Happy Meals A cos

54、t more money than ordinary mealsB help the customers stay youngC have achieved the desired resultD receive approval from health supporters（4）What is the authors opinion about Happy Meals？ A They do no actual good to childrens healthB They teach children a lot about nutritionC They bring much fun to

55、childrenD They are popular with the young and the old（5）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage？ A Happy MealA New Advertising MethodB The links Between Food and HealthC The Importance of Eating Healthy FoodD Are Happy Meals Really Happy？第三部分：写作 第一节：阅读表达（满分10分）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题21（10分）Seven years ago， my wife told our 6yearold daughter