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C．turned a deaf ear to D．set foot on
2016 年天津市高考英语试卷
9．（1 分）We will put off the picnic in the park until next week，____ the weather may be better．
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． A．that B．where C．which D．when
1．（1分）﹣﹣﹣It was a wonderful trip．So，which city did you like better，Paris or Rome？ 10．（1分）The weather forecast says it will be cloudy with a slight _____ of rain later tonight．（ ）
﹣﹣﹣______．There were good things and bad things about them．（ ） A．effect B．sense C．change D．chance
A．It's hard to say B．I didn't get it 11．（1 分）The manager put forward a suggestion ____ we should have an assistant．There is too much
C．You must be kidding D．Couldn't be better
work to do．（ ）
2．（1分）The dictionary is ______：many words have been added to the language since it was published．
A．whether B．that C．which D．what
（ ） 12．（1分）I'm going to _____ advantage of this tour to explore the history of the castle．（ ）
A．out of control B．out of date A．put B．make C．take D．give
C．out of sight D．out of reach 13．（1分）You are waiting at a wrong place．It is at the hotel ____ the coach picks up tourists．（ ）
3．（1分）When walking down the street，I came across David，who I _____ for years．（ ） A．who B．which C．where D．that
A．didn't see B．haven't seen 14．（1分）I hate it when she calls me at work﹣I'm always too busy to _____ a conversation with her．（
C．hadn't seen D．wouldn't see
）
4．（1 分）The cooling wind swept through out bedroom windows，____ air conditioning unnecessary．
A．carry on B．break into C．turn down D．cut off
（ ） 15．（1分）I was wearing a seatbelt．If I hadn't been wearing one，I ____．（ ）
A．making B．to make C．made D．being made A．were injured
5．（1分）It was really annoying； I _____ get access to the data bank you had recommended．（ ） B．would be injured
A．wouldn't B．couldn't C．shouldn't D．needn't
C．had been injured
6．（1分）﹣﹣﹣I'm thinking of going back to school to get another degree． D．would have been injured
﹣﹣﹣Sounds great!_____．（ ）
第二节：完形填空（共1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16-35各题所给
A．It all depends B．Go for it
的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选春最佳选项．
C．Never mind D．No wonder
16．（30分）The journey my daughter Cathy has had with her swimming is as long as it is beautiful．
7．（1分）______ the average age of the population increases，there are more and more old people to care
Cathy suffered some terrible （16） in her early childhood．After years of regular treatment，she
for．（ ）
（17） became healthy．
A．Unless B．Until C．As D．While
Two years ago，while Cathy was watching the Olympics，a dream came into her sweet little head﹣to be a
8．（1分）Mary was silent during the early part of the discussion but finally she ____ her opinion on the
swimmer．Last summer，she wanted to （18） our local swim team．She practiced hard and finally
subject．（ ）
（19） it．The team practice，（20） was a rough start．She coughed and choked and
A．gave voice to B．kept an eye oncould hardly（21） her first few weeks．Hearing her coughing bitterly one night，I decided to 28．A．frustration B．delight C．excitement D．surprise
（22） her from it all．But Cathy woke me up early next morning，wearing her swimsuit（23） 29．A．beginner B．learner C．partner D．winner
to go!I told her she shouldn't swim after a whole night's coughing，but she refused to （24） and 30．A．cheer on B．compete with C．respond to D．run after
31．A．admitting B．explaining C．announcing D．whispering
insisted she go．
32．A．humor B．will C．honesty D．wisdom
From that day on，Cathy kept swimming and didn't （25） a single practice．She had a（26）
33．A．Although B．Since C．Once D．Because
intention within herself to be the best she could be．My ten﹣year﹣old was growing and changing right
34．A．discovery B．choice C．influence D．moment
before my eyes，into this（27） human being with a passion and a mission．There were moments
35．A．through B．under C．across D．around
of （28） of course：often she would be the last swimmer in the race．It was difficult for Cathy to
第二部分：阅读理解（共4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
accept that she wasn't a （29） ﹣﹣﹣ever．But that didn't stop her from trying．
选项中，选出最佳选项．
Then came the final awards ceremony at the end of the year．Cathy didn't expect any award but was still
17．（12.5分）A Language Programme for Teenagers
there to （30） her friends and praise their accomplishments．As the ceremony was nearing the
Welcome to Teenagers Abroad!We invite you to join us on an amazing journey of language learning．
end，I suddenly heard the head coach （31） ，"The highest honor goes to Cathy!"Looking
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around，he continued，"Cathy has inspired us with her （32） and enthusiasm．（33） skills
Regardless of your choice of course，you'll develop your language ability both quickly and effectively．
and talents bring great success，the most valuable asset（财富）one can hold is the heart．"
Our Standard Course guarantees a significant increase in your confidence in a foreign language，with
It was the greatest（34） of my daughter's life．With all she had been （35） in her ten
focused teaching in all 4skill areas﹣﹣﹣﹣speaking，listening，reading and writing．
years，this was the hour of true triumph（成功）．
Our Intensive Course builds on our Standard Course，with 10additional lessons per week，guaranteeing the
fastest possible language learning （see table below）．
16．A．failure B．pressure C．loss D．illness
Course Type Days Number of Lesson Course Timetable
17．A．usually B．finally C．firstly D．frequently
Standard Course Mon﹣Fri 20 lessons 9：00﹣12：30
18．A．improve B．train C．join D．contact
Intensive Course Mon﹣Fri 20 lessons 9：00﹣12：30
19．A．increased B．found C．created D．made
10 lessons 13：00﹣14：30
20．A．however B．therefore C．otherwise D．instead
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21．A．use B．survive C．save D．waste
Students are placed into classes according to their current language skills．The majority of them take on
22．A．pull B．tell C．hide D．fire
online language test before starting their programme．However，if this is not available，students sit the
23．A．afraid B．nervous C．ready D．free
exam on the first Monday of their course．
24．A．take off B．set off C．give up D．show up
Learning materials are provided to students throughout their course，and there will never be more than
25．A．attend B．miss C．ban D．Start
15participants in each class．
26．A．rich B．weak C．firm D．kind
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27．A．trusted B．determined C．experienced D．embarrassedOur programme offers the full package﹣students are take good care of from the start through to the very C．offer students free sightseeing trips
end．They are collected from the airport upon arrival and brought to their accommodation in comfort．We D．collect students'luggage in advance
require the student's full details at least 4 weeks in advance． 40．Which of the following may require an extra payment？
Meals/Allergies（过敏）/Special Dietary Requirements A．Cooked dinner．
Students are provided with breakfast，dinner and either a cooked or packed lunch（which consists of a B．Mealtime dessert．
C．Packed lunch．
sandwich，a drink and a dessert）．Snacks outside of mealtimes may be purchased by the student
D．Special diet．
individually．
18．（12.5分）Every man wants his son to be somewhat of a clone，not in features but in footsteps．As he
We ask that you let us know of any allergies or dietary requirements as well as information about any
grows you also age，and your ambitions become more unachievable．You begin to realize that your boy，
medicines you take．Depending on the type of allergies and/or dietary requirements，an extra charge may
in your footsteps，could probably accomplish what you hoped for．But footsteps can be muddied and they
be made for providing special food．
can go off in different directions．
36．How does Intensive Course differ from Standard Course？ My son Jody has hated school since day one in kindergarten．Science projects waited until the last
A．It is less effective． moment．Book reports weren't written until the final threat．
B．It focuses on speaking． I've been a newspaperman all my adult life．My daughter is a university graduate working toward her
C．It includes extra lessons． master's degree in English．But Jody？When he entered the tenth grade he became a"vo﹣tech"student（技
D．It give you confidence 校学生）．They're called"motorheads"by the rest of the student body．
37．When can a student attend Standard Course？ When a secretary in my office first called him"motorhead"，I was shocked．"Hey，he's a good kid，"I
A.13：00﹣14：30Monday． wanted to say．"And smart，really．"
B.9：00﹣12：30Tuesday I learned later that motorheads are，indeed，different．They usually have dirty hands and wear dirty work
C.13：00﹣14：30Friday．
clothes．And they don't often make school honor rolls（光荣榜）．
D.9：00﹣12：30Saturday．
But being the parent of a motorhead is itself an experience in education．We who labor in clean shirts in
38．Before starting their programme，students are expected to ．
offices don't have the abilities that motorheads have．I began to learn this when I had my car crashed．
A．take a language test
The cost to repair it was estimated at $800．"Hey，I can fix it，"said Jody．I doubted it，but let him go
B．have an online interview
ahead，for I had nothing to lose．
C．prepare learning materials
My son，with other motorheads，fixed the car．They got parts（零件）from a junkyard，non﹣toasting
D．report their language levels
toaster have been fixed．Neighbours and co﹣workers trust their car repair to him．
39．With the full package，the programme organizer is supposed to ．
Since that first repair job，a broken air﹣conditioner，a non﹣functioning washer and a non﹣toasting toaster
A．inform students of their full flight details
have been fixed．Neighbors and co﹣workers trust their car repairs to him．
B．look after students throughout the programme
These kids are happiest when doing repairs．They joke and laugh and are living in their own relaxedworld．And their minds are bright despite their dirty hands and clothes． D．Motorheads have greater ability than office workers．
I have learned a lot from my motorhead：publishers need printers，engineers need mechanics，and 19．（12.5 分）When John was growing up，other kids felt sorry for him．His parents always had him
architects need builders．Most important，I have learned that fathers don't need clones in footsteps or weeding the garden ， carrying out the garbage and delivering newspapers ． But when John reached
anywhere else． adulthood，he was better off than his childhood playmates．He had more job satisfaction，a better marriage
My son may never make the school honor roll．But he made mine． and was healthier．Most of all，he was happier．Far happier．
These are the findings of a 40﹣year study that followed the lives of 456teenage boys from Boston．The
41．What used to be the author's hope for his son？
study showed that those who had worked as boys enjoyed happier and more productive lives than those
A．To avoid becoming his clone．
who had not．"Boys who worked in the home or community gained competence （能力） and came to
B．To resemble him in appearance．
feel they were worthwhile members of society，"said George Vaillant，the psychologist （心理学家） who
C．To develop in a different direction．
made the discovery．"And because they felt good about themselves，others felt good about them．"
D．To reach the author's unachieved goals．
Vaillant's study followed these males in great detail．Interviews were repeated at ages 25，31and 47．Under
42．What can we learn about the author's children？
Vaillant，the researchers compared the men's mental﹣health scores with their boyhood﹣activity scores with
A．His daughter does better in school．
their boyhood﹣activity scores．Points were awarded for part﹣time jobs，housework，effort in school，and
B．His daughter has got a master's degree．
ability to deal with problems．
C．His son tried hard to finish homework．
The link between what the men had done as boys and how they turned out as adults was surprisingly
D．His son couldn't write his book reports．
sharp．Those who had done the most boyhood activities were twice as likely to have warm relations with a
43．The author let his son repair the car because he believed that ．
wide variety of people，five times as likely to be well paid and 16times less likely to have been
A．His son had the ability to fix it．
unemployed．The researchers also found that IQ and family social and economic class made no real
B．it would save him much time．
difference in how the boys turned out．Working﹣﹣﹣﹣at any age﹣﹣﹣﹣is important．Childhood
C．it wouldn't cause him any more loss
D．other motorheads would come to help． activities help a child develop responsibility ， independence ， confidence and competence﹣ ﹣ ﹣ the
44．In the author's eyes，motorheads are ． underpinnings （基础） of emotional health．They also help him understand that people must cooperate and
A．tidy and hardworking work toward common goals．The most competent adults are those who know how to do this．Yet work
B．cheerful and smart isn't everything．As Tolstoy once said，"One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to
C．lazy but bright work and how to love，to work for the person one loves and to love one's work．"
D．relaxed but rude
45．What did the author realize in the end？ 46．What do we know about John？
A．It is unwise to expect your child to follow your path． A．He enjoyed his career and marriage．
B．It is important for one to make the honor roll． B．He had few childhood playmates．
C．Architects play a more important role than builders． C．He received little love from his family．D．He was envied by others in his childhood． Years ago，I was asked to write 102essays on the great ideas of some famous authors．Applying my own
47．Vaillant's words in Paragraph 2 serve as ． rule，I determined to write them in alphabetical（按字母顺序），never letting myself leave out a tough
A．a description of personal values and social values idea．And I always started the day's work with the difficult task of essay﹣writing．Experience proved that
B．an analysis of how work was related to competence
the rule works．
C．an example for parents'expectations of their children
Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle．Though willing to get started，we cannot seem to do the
D．an explanation why some boys grew into happy men
job right．Its difficulties appear so great that，however hard we work，we fail again and again．In such a
48．Vaillant's team obtained their findings by ．
situation，I work as hard as I can﹣then let the unconscious take over．
A．recording the boys'effort in school
When planning Encyclopaedia Britannica （《大英百科全书》），I had to create a table of contents based
B．evaluating the men's mental health
on the topics of its articles．Nothing like this had ever been done before，and day after dat I kept coming
C．comparing different sets of scores
up with solutions，but none of them worked．My fatigue became almost unbearable．
D．measuring the men's problem solving ability
One day，mentally exhausted，I wrote down all the reasons why this problem could not be solved．I tried
49．What does the underlined word"sharp"probably mean in Paragraph 4？
to convince myself that the trouble was with the problem itself，not with me．Relived，I sat back in an
A．Quick to react
easy chair and fell asleep．
B．Having a thin edge
An hour later，I woke up suddenly with the solution clearly in mind．In the weeks that followed，the
C．Clear and definite
solution which had come up in my unconscious mind provided correct at every step．Though I worked as
D．sudden and rapid
hard as before，I felt no fatigue．Success was now as exciting as failure had been depressing．
50．What can be inferred from the last paragraph？
Human beings，I believe must try to succeed．Success，then，means never feeling tired．
A．competent adults know more about love than work．
B．Emotional health is essential to a wonderful adult life．
51．People with start﹣up fatigue are most likely to ．
C．Love brings more joy to people than work does．
A．delay tasks
D．Independence is the key to one's success．
B．work hard
20．（12.5分）Failure is probably the most exhausting experience a person ever has．There is nothing more
C．seek help
tiring than not succeeding．
D．accept failure
We experience this tiredness in two ways：as start﹣up fatigue（疲惫） and performance fatigue．In the
52．What does the author recommend doing to prevent start﹣up fatigue？
former case，we keep putting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult．And the longer
A．Writing essays in strict order．
we delay it，the more tired we feel．
B．Building up physical strength．
Such start﹣up fatigue is very real，even if not actually physical，not something in our muscles and
C．Leaving out the toughest ideas．
bones．The solution is obvious though perhaps not easy to apply：always handle the most difficult job
D．Dealing with the hardest task first．
first．
53．On what occasion does a person probably suffer from performance fatigue？A．Before starting a difficult task． reading and writing，which I used to avoid as much as possible．After two hard years，I was literate．
B．When all the solutions fail． Having gone through the long process with art，rock climbing，and reading and writing，now I've got to a
C．If the job is rather boring． point in my life where I know I am smart enough to dive into an area that is totally unknown，hard，but
D．After finding a way out． interesting．
54．According to the author，the unconscious mind may help us ．
A．ignore mental problems 56．What made the author's school days difficult？（No more than 5words）
B．get some nice sleep 57．Why did art give the author confidence？（No more than 10words）
C．gain complete relief 58．What lesson did the author learn from rock climbing？（No more than 15words）
D．find the right solution 59．What is the meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 4？（No more than 5words）
55．What could be the best title for the passage？ 60．How does the author's story inspire you to overcome difficulties in life？Put it in your own words．
A．Success Is Built upon Failure （No more than 20words） ．
B．How to Handle Performance Fatigue 第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
C．Getting over Fatigue：A Way to Success 22．（25分）假设你是晨光中学的学生会主席李津．一批来自英国的高中生与你校学生开展了为期两周的交流
D．Fatigue：An Early Sign of Health Problems．
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第三部分：写作第一节：阅读表达（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语
（1）回顾双方的交流活动（如学习、生活、体育、文艺等方面）；
回答问题． （2）谈谈收获或感情；
21．（10分）I'm a 34﹣year﹣old man，married，lived in a nice house，and have a successful career as an （3）表达祝愿语期望．
educational consultant．But my life was not always so great．I had a learning disability from an early 注意：
age．I went to a special school where I got plenty of extra help．Still，I suffered the rest of my school （1）词数不少于100；
days in public schools． （2）可适当加入细节，是内容充实、行文连贯；
My life improved remarkably when I discovered art．The art world gave me a chance to express myself （3）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数．
without words．I went to a workshop and gradually got good at making things with clay（黏土）．Here I Dear friends，
How time flies!
learned my first important lesson：disabled as I was in language．I could still be smart and well express
Thank you．
myself with clay．And my confidence came along．
I got my next lesson from rock climbing．It was a fun thing but I was scared from the start．I soon
noticed it wasn't a talent thing； it was practice．So I did it more．After about five years of climbing，I
found myself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall．I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it
all the time，you will get better at it．
Later I decided to apply my previous experience to learning how to read and write．Every day I practiced
