1、2011年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(天津卷)英 语第卷第一部分: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 you will be able to see it betterAor Band Cbut Dwhile答案是B。1We feel our duty to make our country a better placeAit Bthis Cthat Done2-Just a moment, I havent finished packing
2、my suitcase - Its high time we left for the airportAGo ahead BTake it easy CHurry up DThats fine3In the last few years thousands of films allover the wordAhave produced Bhave been producedCare producing Dare being produced4On the next birthdayAnn married for twenty yearsAis Bhas been Cwill be Dwill
3、have been5 regular exercise is very importantIts never a good idea to exercise too close to bedtimeAIf BAs CAlthough DUnless6I a bank account after I made1 000 by doing a part-time job during the summer vacationAborrowed Bopened Centered Dordered7Passengers are permitted only one piece of hand lugga
4、ge onto the planeAto carry Bcarrying Cto be carried Dbeing carried8She an old friend of hers yesterday while she was shopping at the department storeAturned down Bdealt with Ctook after Dcame across9The young man couldnt afford a new car _, he bought a used oneABesides BOtherwise CInstead DStill10Th
5、e days are gone _ physical strength was all you needed to make a livingAwhen Bthat Cwhere Dwhich11He was a good student and scored _ average in most subjectsAbelow Bof Con Dabove12_ into English, the sentence was found to have an entirely different word orderATranslating BTranslated CTo translate DH
6、aving translated13Modern science has given clear evidence _ smoking can lead to many diseasesAwhat Bwhich Cthat Dwhere14-I need to advertise for a roommate for next term-_? Mary is interestedAWhy bother BWhy not CSo what DWhat for 15I _ sooner but I didnt know that they were waiting for meAhad come
7、Bwas coming Cwould come Dwould have come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,从1635各题所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。A Love Note To My MomWhen I was a little girl, I would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographersIt was years later that finally understood what role modeling 16 in your
8、lifeLittle did I know you were 17 every penny you earned to go to 18 schoolI cannot thank you enough for 19 you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nineAfter finishing my homeworkI wandered into the dining room where you were buried 20 piles of law booksI was 21 Why were you doing what I domemor
9、izing textbooks and studying for 22 ?When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzledI didnt know Moms 23 be lawyers tooYou smiled and said, “In life, you can do anything you want to do”As young as I was ,that statement kept 24 in my earsI watched as you faced the 25 of completing your studi
10、es, starting companies with Dad, while still being a 26 and a Mom of five kidsI was exhausted just watching you 27 With your words of wisdom in my 28 mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dreamMy whole world 29 I set out to live my life filled with 30 ,seeing endless possibilities for personal
11、and professional achievementsYour words became my mottoI 31 found myself in the unique position of being either the first (woman doctor in Maryland Rotary) 32 one of the few women (chief medical reporters) in my fieldI gained strength every time I said , “Yes, Ill try that” Encouraged by your 33 , I
12、 have forged ahead (毅然前行) with my lifes journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and 34 meeting each challengeYou did it, and now Im 35 itSorry, got to runSo much to do, so many dreams to live16Afound Bplay Ckept Dprovided17Asaving Bmaking Cdonating Dreceiving 18Abusiness Bfashion Claw Dmedical19Awhat
13、 Bthat Cwhich Dwhere20Aat Bto Cupon Dunder21Aamused Bworried Cpuzzled Ddisappointed22Aroles Btests Cpositions Dshows23Amust Bought to Cneed Dcould24Aringing Bblowing Cfalling Dbeating25Achoices Bchances Cchallenges Dchanges26Aprofessor Bdoctor Creporter Dmodel27Ain danger Bin action Cin trouble Din
14、charge28Aweak Bpowerful Cyouthful Dempty29Acame back Bclosed down Cwent by Dopened up30Ahope Bhardship Charmony Dsadness31Aconstantly Bshortly Chardly Dnearly 32Aand Bbut Cor Dfor33Adescription Bstatement Cpraise Dintroduction34Asecretly Bcuriously Ccarelessly Deagerly 35Adoing Bconsidering Ccorrect
15、ing Dreading第二部分: 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题25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。AHomestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British homeWhat to ExpectThe host will provide accommodation and mealsRooms will
16、be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a weekYou will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental healthAccommodation ZonesHomestays are located in London mainly in Zones2,3 and 4 of the transport systemMost
17、 hosts do not live in the town center as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的)Zones3 and 4often offer larger accommodation in a less crowed areaIt is very convenient to travel in London by UndergroundMeal Plans Available Continental Breakfast Breakfast and Dinner Breakfast, P
18、acked Lunch and DinnerIts important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfastYour accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal(谷物类食品),bread and tea or coffeeCheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Cont
19、inental Breakfast in EnglandDinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffeeFriendsIf you wish to invite a friend over to visityou must first ask your hosts permissionYou have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an in
20、vasion of their privacySelf-Catering Accommodation in Private HomesAccommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living roomThis kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay studentHowever, it does
21、not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practice English at home quite as much36The passage is probably written for . Ahost willing to receive foreign students Bforeigners hoping to build British cultureCtravelers planning to vast families
22、 in London DEnglish learners applying to like in English homes37Which of the following will the host provide?ARoom cleaning BMedical careCFree transport DPhysical training38What can be inferred from Paragraph3?AZone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2 BThe business centre of London is in Zone1CHosts disli
23、ke travelling to the city centreDAccommodation in the city center is not provided.39According to the passage, what does Continental Breakfast include?ADessert and coffee BFruit and vegetablesCBread and fruit juice DCentre and cold meat40Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation?ATo exper
24、ience a warmer family atmosphere BTo enrich their knowledge of English.CTo entertain friends as they like DTo enjoy much more freedomBIn the fall of 1985I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhereTwent
25、y-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tellMy grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college an the age of 65She was the first in our family to reach that goalBut one year after I started college, she developed cancerI made the choice to withdraw
26、 from college to care for herIt meant that school and my personal dream would have to waitThen I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopted and biological childrenIn 1999, we adopted our first sonTo lay eyes on him was fantastic-and very emotionalA year later ca
27、me our second adopted boyThen followed son No3In 2003, I gave birth to another boyYou can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo-a joyous zooNot surprising, I never did make it back to college full-timeBut I never gave up on the dream e
28、itherI had only one choice: to find a wayThat meant talking as few as one class each semesterThe hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boysThey often wanted me to stay home with themThere certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for the
29、m to follow through the rest of their livesIn 2007, I graduated from the University of North CarolinaIt took me over 21 years to get my college degree!I am not special, just single-mindedIt always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when youre in
30、the midst of it, it just seems normalEverything you want wont arrive in your life on one dayIts a processRemember: little steps add up to big dreams41When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be .Aa writer Ba teacherCa judge Da doctor42Why did the author quit school in her second y
31、ear of college?AShe wanted to study by herself BShe fell in love and got marriedCShe suffered from a serious illnessDShe decided to look after her grandma43What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?AShe was buy yet happy with her family lifeBShe ignored her guilty feeling for her so
32、nsCShe wanted to remain a full-time housewifeDShe was too confused to make a correct choice44What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?AFailure is the mother of successBLittle by little ,one goes far CEvery coin has two sides DWell begun ,half done45Which of the following can
33、 best describe the author ?ACaring and determine BHonest and responsibleCAmbitious and sensitive DInnocent and single-mindedCAn idea that started in Seattles public library has spread throughout America and beyondThe concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone
34、 to read the same book at the same timeIn addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit(追求)to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schoolsThe idea came from Seattle
35、librarian Nancy Pearl who launched (发起)the If All of Seattle Read the Same Book project in 1998Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong KongIn
36、 Chicago, the mayor(市长)appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the One Book, One Chicago programAs a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the cityAcross the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other
37、 at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character The only problem arose in New York ,where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse populationThis may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sen
38、se of unity(一致)can be achieved Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than into discussion about a book itselfUltimately, as Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book
39、, but by how many people are enriched by the process, or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word46What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?ATo invite authors to guide readers BTo encourage people to read and shareCTo involve people in commun
40、ity serviceDTo promote the friendship between cities47Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the project?AThey had little interest in reading BThey were too busy to read a bookCThey came from many different backgrounds DThey lacked support from the local government48According to the passa
41、ge, where would the project be more easily carried out?AIn large communities with little sense of unityBIn large cities where libraries are far from homeCIn medium-sized cities with a diverse populationDIn large towns where agreement can be quickly reached49The underlined words “shared a word” in Pa
42、ragraph 5 probably mean .Aexchanged ideas with each other Bdiscussed the meaning of a wordCgained life experience Dused the same language50According to Nacy, the degree of success of the project is judged by .Athe careful selection of a proper book Bthe growing popularity of the writersCthe number o
43、f people who benefit from readingD.the number of books that each person readsDBlind imitation(模仿)is self-destructionTo those who do not recognize their unique worth, imitation appears attractive; to those who know their strength, imitation is unacceptableIn the early stages of skill or character dev
44、elopment, imitation is helpfulWhen I first learned to cook, I used recipes (菜谱)and turned out some tasty dishesBut soon I grew boredWhy follow someone elses way of cooking when I could create my own? Imitating role models is like using training wheels on a childs bicycle; they help you get going, but once you find your own balance, you fly faster and farther without relyin