天津高考英语真题及答案

绝密启用前2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（天津卷）英语 笔试本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共130分，考试用时100分钟。第I卷1至10页，第II卷11至12页。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考号填写在答题卡上，并在规定位置粘贴考试用条形码。答卷时，考生务必将答案涂写在答题卡上，答在试卷上的无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。祝各位考生考试顺利！第I卷注意事项：1每小题选出答案后，用铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。2本卷共55小题，共95分。第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共巧小题；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：We feel_our duty to make our country a better place.Ait Bthis Cthat Done答案是A。1Give me a chance，_I11 give you a wonderful surpriseAif Bor Cand Dwhile2OK， I11 fix your computer right now.Oh，take your time_AI cant stand it BIm in no hurrvCThats a great idea DIts not my cup of tea3Wind is now the worlds fastest growing_of power.Asource Bsense Cresult Droot4_you start eating in a healthier way，weight control will become much easierAUnless BAlthough CBefore DOnce5Anxiously，she took the dress out of the package and tried it on，only_it didnt fitAto find Bfound Cfinding Dhaving found6_the school， the village has a clinic，which was also built with government supportAIn reply to BIn addition to CIn charge of DIn place of7Clearly and thoughtfully_，the book inspires confidence in students who wish to seek their own answersAwriting Bto write Cwritten Dbeing written8Life is like _ocean: Only _strong-willed can reach the other shoreAan；the Bthe；a Cthe； D；a9My parents always_great importance to my getting a good educationAhave Battach Caccept Dpay10How long have you been learning English?About four months._！Your English is so good.AYou cant be serious BYou got itCI couldnt agree more DIm stuck11We wont start the work until all the preparations_Aare being made Bwill be made Chave been made Dhad been made12English is a language shared by several diverse cultures，_uses it differentlyAall of which Beach of which Call of them Deach of them13The two countries are going to meet to_some barriers to trade between them.Amake up Buse up Cturn down Dbreak down14I think_impresses me about his painting is the colours he usesAwhat Bthat Cwhich Dwho15_the morning train，he would not have been late for the meetingADid he catch BShould he catch CHas he caught DHad he caught第二节：完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1635各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。One night，when I was eight，my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. Sweetie，my company wants to 16 me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling you that youve done 17 and allowing you to skip a grade（跳级），but youll have to 18 your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher? She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me 19 for the rest of the night. I had said yes but for the first time，I realized the 20 decisions adults had to make.For almost four years，my mother would call us from Brazil every day.Every evening Id 21 wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call，however，could never replace her 22 and it was difficult not to feel lonely at timesDuring my fourth-grade Christmas break，we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large 23 apartment，I became 24 how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then 25 I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on 26 family and work. 27 difficult decisions，she used to tell me，you wouldnt know whether you made the right choice，but you could always make the best out of the situation，with passion and a 28 attitude.Back home，I 29 myself that what my mother could do，I could，too. If she _30 to live in Rio all by herself，I，too，could learn to be 31 I learnt how to take care of myself and set high but achievable 32 My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the 33 has really taught me. Sacrifices 34 in the end. The separation between us has proved to be a _35 for me.16 Aattract Bpromote Csurprise Dpraise17 Alittle Bmuch Cwell Dwrong18 Aleave Brefuse Ccontact Dforgive19 Aexplaining Bsleeping Cwondering Dregretting20 Apoor Btimely Cfinal Dtough21 Aeagerly Bpolitely Cnervously Dcuriously22 Apatience Bpresence Cintelligence Dinfluence23 Acomfortable Bexpensive Cempty Dmodern24 Ainterested in Baware of Cdoubtful about Dsatisfied with25 Awhen Bwhere Cwhich Dthat26 Aabandoning Bbalancing Ccomparing Dmixing27 ADepending on BSupplied with CFaced with DInsisting on28 Adifferent Bfriendly Cpositive Dgeneral29 Acriticized Binformed Cwarned Dreminded30 Amanaged Boffered Cattempted Dexpected31 Agrateful Benergetic Cindependent Dpractical32 Aexamples Blimits Crules Dgoals33 Aquestion Bexperience Chistory Doccasion34 Apayoff Bcome back Crun out Dturn up35 Ablessing Bgathering Cfailure Dpleasure第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50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。AA Guide to the UniversityFoodThe TWU Cafeteria is open 7 am to 8 pmIt serves snacks（小吃），drinks，ice cream bars and mealsYou can pay with cash or your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria， you can use the tables to eat your lunch，to have meetings and to study.If you are on campus in the evening or late at night，you can buy snacks，fast food，and drinks in the Lower Caf located in the bottom level of the Douglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts，games or TV watching.RelaxationThe Globe，located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall，is available for relaxing，studying,cooking,and eating.Monthly activities are held here for all international students.Hours are 10 am to 10 pm，closed on SundaysHealthLocated on the top floor of Douglas Hall，the Wellness Centre is committed to physical，emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insuranceHours are Monday to Friday，9 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm.Academic SupportAll students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here，qualified volunteers will work with you on written work，grammar，vocabulary，and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door: two 30-minute appointments per week maximum. This service is freeTransportationThe TWU Express is a shuttle（班车）service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre，leaving from the Mattson CentreOperation hours are between 9 am and 3 pm，Saturdays only. Round trip fare is136What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?ADo homework and watch TVBBuy drinks and enjoy concertsCHave meals and meet with friends.DAdd money to your ID and play chess.37Where and when can you cook your own food?AThe Globe，Friday.BThe Lower Cafe，Sunday.CThe TWU Cafeteria，Friday.DThe McMillan Hall，Sunday.38The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre.Ais open six days a weekBoffers services free of chargeCtrains students in medical careDgives advice on mental health39How can you seek help from the Writing Centre?ABy applying online.BBy calling the centre.CBy filling in a sign-up form.DBy going to the centre directly.40 What is the function of TWU Express?ATo carry students to the lecture halls.BTo provide students with campus toursCTo take students to the Mattson CentreDTo transport students to and from the storesBA world-famous Canadian author，Margaret Atwood，has created the worlds first long-distance signing device（装置），the LongPen.After many tiring book-signing tours from city to city，Atwood thought there must be a better way to do them. She hired some technical experts and started her own company in 2004. Together they designed the LongPen. Heres how it works：The author writes a personal message and signature on a computer tablet（手写板）using a special pen. On the receiving end，in another city，a robotic arm fitted with a regular pen signs the book. The author and fan can talk with each other via webcams（网络摄像机）and computer screens.Work on the LongPen began in Atwoods basement（地下室）At first，they had no idea it would be as hard as it turned out to beThe device went through several versions，including one that actually had smoke coming out of it. The inventing finally completed，test runs were made in Ottawa，and the LongPen was officially launched at the 2006 London Book Fair. From here，Atwood conducted two transatlantic book signings of her latest book for fans in Toronto and New York City.The LongPen produces a unique signature each time because it copies the movement of the author in real time. It has several other potential applicationsIt could increase credit card security and allow people to sign contracts from another provinceThe video exchange between signer and receiver can be recorded on DVD for proof when legal documents are used.“Its really fun，”said the owrrer of a bookstore，who was present for one of the test runs“Obviously you cant shake hands with the author，but there are chances for a connection that you dont get from a regular book signing.”The response to the invention hasnt been all favorableAtwood has received criticism from authors who think shes trying to end book tours. But she said，“It will be possible to go to places that you never got sent to before because the publishers couldnt afford it.”41Why did Atwood decide to invent the LongPen?ATo set up her own company.BTo win herself greater popularity.CTo write her books in a new way.DTo make book signings less tiring42How does the LongPen work?AIt copies the authors signature and prints it on a book.BIt signs a book while receiving the authors signature.CThe webcam sends the authors signature to another city.DThe fan uses it to copy the authors signature himself.43What do we know about the invention of the LongPen?AIt has been completed but not put into use.BThe basement caught fire by accident.CSome versions failed before its test run.DThe designers were well-prepared for the difficulty.44How could the LongPen be used in the future?ATo draft legal documentsBTo improve credit card security.CTo keep a record of the authors ideas.DTo allow author and fan to exchange videos.45What could be inferred from Paragraphs 5 and 6?AAtwood doesnt mean to end book toursBCritics think the LongPen is of little use.CBookstore owners dont support the LongPen.DPublishers dislike the LongPen for its high cost.C“Dad，”I say one day，“lets take a trip. Why dont you fly out and meet me?”My father had just retired after 27 years as a manager for IBM. His job filled his day，his thoughts，his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower，I screamed under a freezing waterfall in Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch，I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.My father sees me drifting aimlessly，nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down，but now I want him to find an adventure.He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.“Whats our first stop?” asks my father.“What time is it?”“Still dont have a watch?”Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite（花岗岩），his mouth and eyes open slowly，like those of a little boy.“Unbelievable，” he says“How was this done?”A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.We stare up and I ask myself，Would I ever devote my life to anything?No directions，no goals. I always used to hear those words in my fathers voiceNow I hear them in my own.The next day were at Yellowstone National Park，where we have a picnic“Did you ever travel with your dad?”I ask.“Only once，”he says.“I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other-but never said it. Whatever he could give me，he gave.”That last sentenceits probably the same thing Id say about my father. And what Id want my child to say about me.In Glacier National Park, my father says,“Ive never seen water so blue”I have,in several places of the world. I can keep traveling，I realize-and maybe a regular job wontbe as dull as I feared.Weeks after our trip，I call my father.“The photos from the trip are wonderful,”he says. “Weve got to take another trip like that sometime”I tell him Ive decided to settle down，and Im wearing a watch.46We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that the fatherAfollowed the fashionBgot bored with his jobCwas unhappy with the authors lifestyleDliked the authors collection of stamps47What does the author realize at Mount Rushmore?AHis father is interested in sculpture.BHis father is as innocent as a little boy.CHe should learn sculpture in the future.DHe should pursue a specific aim in life48 From the underlined paragraph， we can see that the authorAwants his children to learn from their grandfatherBcomes to understand what parental love meansClearns how to communicate with his fatherDhopes to give whatever he can to his father49What could be inferred about the author and his father from the end of the story?AThe call solves their disagreementsBThe Swiss watch has drawn them closer.CThey decide to learn photography together.DThey begin to change their attitudes to life.50What could be the best title for the passage?ALove Nature， Love LifeBA Son Lost in AdventureCA Journey with DadDThe Art of TravelDPeople arent walking any moreif they can figure out a way to avoid it.I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasnt in any hurry， either. I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness：motorosisIt is an illness to which I had thought myself immune（免疫的），for I was bred in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. At that time，we regarded 25 miles as a good days walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as a sign of strength and skill.It did not occur to us that walking was a hardship.And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years old I racedand beata teenage football player the 168 steps up the Statue of Liberty.Such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. But a well-known British physician，Sir Adolphe Abrahams，pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. A person who avoids exercise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form of exercisethe most familiar and natural of all.It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees,flowers，insects，birds and animals，the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world. He cannot learn in a car.The car is a convenient means of transport，but we have made it our way of lifeMany people dont dare to approach Nature any more；to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. To them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. And much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.I say that the green of forests is the minds best light. And none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.51What is the national sickness?AWalking too much.BTraveling too much.CDriving cars too much.DClimbing stairs too much.52What was life like when the author was young?APeople usually went around on foot.BPeople often walked 25 miles a day.CPeople used to climb the Statue of Liberty.DPeople considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship.53The author mentions Henry Thoreau to prove that.Amiddle-aged people like getting back to natureBwalking in nature helps enrich ones mindCpeople need regular exercise to keep fitDgoing on foot prevents heart disease54What is compared to“a steel river” in Paragraph 6?AA queue of cars.BA ray of traffic light.CA flash of lightning.DA stream of people55What is the authors intention of writing this passage?ATo tell， people to reflect more on life.BTo recommend people to give up driving.CTo advise people to do outdoor activities.DTo encourage people to return to walking.绝密启用前2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（天津卷）英语 笔试第卷注意事项：1用黑色墨水的钢笔或签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。2本卷共6小题，共35分。第三部分：写作第一节：阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。Last December，Doris Low turned 90Once 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 yearsAfter 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 tapeThree years ago，she took up proofreading（校对）at the CNIBs word factory.In April，uring Volunteer Week，he CNIB recognized Low for her great contributionsThanks 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 Doriscontribution 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 years-and she is still doing so，” said a CNIB officialFor 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.”56What does Low still do at the age of 90 at the CNIB? (no more than 10 words)57Why did Low learn braille? (no more than 15 words)58What does the underlined word strenuous most probably mean?（1 word)59What are Lows contributions to the CNIB? (no more than 15 words)60What do you think of Low? Give your reasons(no more than 20 words)第二节：书面表达（满分25分）61假