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）Im trying to break the _ of getting up too late（）AtraditionBconvenienceChabitDleisure2（1分）My parents_ in Hong Kong
2、They were born there and have lived nowhere else（）AliveBlivedCwere livingDhad lived3（1分）Were organizing a party next Saturday，and Id 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 staff were worki
3、ng at weekends（）ACompetingBHaving completedCTo have completedDTo complete5（1分）A person _ email account is full wont be able to send or receive any emails（）AwhoBwhomCwhoseDwhoever6（1分）Sorry，I have to _ nowIts time for classOK，Ill call back later（）Ahang upBbreak upCgive upDhold up7（1分）It is obvious to
4、 the students _ they should get well prepared for their future（）AasBwhichCwhetherDthat8（1分）Dont worry if you dont understand everything，the teacher will _ the main points at the end（）ArecoverBreviewCrequireDremember9（1分）_ by the advances in technology，many farmers have set up wind farms on their lan
5、d（）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_（）AId love toBIm with you on thatCIts up
6、 to youDIts my pleasure12（1分）It was a nice house，but _ too small for a family of live（）ArarelyBfairlyCratherDpretty13（1分）Im not surprised that he became a writerEven as a child，he had a imagination（）AclearBcautiousCfunnyDvivid14（1分）I travel to the Binhai New Area by light railway every day，_ do many
7、 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，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 rem
8、ember 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 days I tried to（19） his face to see if I knew himI didntPerhaps he h
9、ad （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 standing in the middle of the road（24） his stop signI was in live behind fou
10、r 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 and were happily waving their replyThe second car got the same（28） from
11、 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 havent seen anyone（32） to wave backI find it interesting that one per
12、son can make such a（n）（33） to so many peoples 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 neighbourhood16AhitBdisappointedCpresentedDbored17AonBfromCduringDabout18AfalseBshyCa
13、pologeticDbright19AresearchBstudyCrecognizeDexplore20ApraisedBblamedCmistakenDrespected21AconclusionBdescriptionCevaluationDintroduction22AargumentBdisagreementCmysteryDtask23AvisitedBapproachedCpassedDleft24Adrawing backBputting onChanding inDholding out25AOnceBBeforeCUnlessDWhile26AinBthroughCoutD
14、down27AcriedBcheeredCsmiledDgestured28AideaBreplyCnoticeDgreeting29AawkwardBangryCelegantDpatient30AcameBrespondedChurriedDappeared31AsurpriseBfrustrationCinterestDdoubt32AfailBtryCwishDbother33AofferBsacrificeCpromiseDdifference34AeffectivenessBcheerfulnessCcarefulnessDseriousness35AtrendsBobservat
15、ionsCregulationsDfeelings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 called names as points of reference by peopleThen an organized body steps in and
16、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 unofficial name long after the meaning is lost Many roads and places in Singapore（新加坡） ar
17、e 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 Another way of naming places is naming them after other placesPerhaps they were named
18、 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 named in former British basesIf you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadi
19、lly 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 Basahmeanswet ricein Malay（马来语）Now why would anyone want to name a roadWet Rice Road？The reason is simpleD
20、uring the pioneering days，wet rice was laid out to dry along this road A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapesThere isCircular Roadfor oneOther roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes，likePaya Lebar CrescentThis road is called a crescent（月牙） because it begins on the ma
21、in 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 places tend to have more than one nameCa ceremony will be held when a place is namedDpeople prefer the place names given by the government37Wha
22、t does the underlined phrasedie hardin Paragraph 1probably mean？ AChange suddenlyBChange significantlyCDisappear mysteriouslyDDisappear very slowly38Which of the following places is named after a person？ ARaffles PlaceBSelector AirbaseCPiccadilly CircusDPaya Lebar Crescent39Bras Basah Road is named
23、Aafter a personBafter a placeCafter an activityDby its shape40What can be inferred from the passage？ ASome place names in Singapore are the same as in BritainBSome places in Singapore are named for military purposesCThe way Singaporeans name their places is uniqueDYoung Singaporeans have forgotten t
24、he 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 image，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
25、 recently arrived in California，Ive been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaksLike others，I have described it to people asbrokenEnglishBut feel embarrassed to say thatIt has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other thanbroken，as if it were damaged and
26、needed to be fixed，as if it lacked a certain wholenessIve heard other terms used，limited English，for exampleBut they seem just as bad，as if everything is limited，including peoples perceptions（认识）of the limited English speaker I know this for a fact，because when I was growing up，my motherslimitedEngl
27、ish limited my perception of herI was ashamed of her EnglishI believed that her 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，
28、and at restaurants did not take her seriously，did not give her good service，pretended not to understand her，or even acted as if they did not hear her I started writing fiction in 1985And for reasons I wont get into today，I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with：the English she
29、 used with me，which for lack of a better term might be described asbroken，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
30、never show； her intention，her feelings，the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts41By sayingLanguage 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
31、to think of her mothers English as AimpoliteBamusingCimperfectDpractical43Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3？ AAmericans do not understand broken EnglishBThe authors mother was not respected sometimesCThe authormother had positive influence on herDBroken English always reflects
32、imperfect thoughts44The author gradually realizes her mothers English is Awell structuredBin the old styleCeasy to translateDrich in meaning45What is the passage mainly about？ AThe changes of the authors attitude to her mothers EnglishBThe limitation of the authors perception of her motherCThe autho
33、rs misunderstanding oflimitedEnglishDThe authors 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 between 18t
34、o 26funded with2.5million of taxpayersmoneywas 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 enjoying record audi
35、ences，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 almost470million One theatre source criticized the Governments priorities（优先考虑的事） in funding free tickets w
36、hen pensioners were struggling to buy food and fuel，saying：I dont know why the Governments wasting money on thisThe Yong Vic，as The Times reported today，offers excellent performances at cheap prices There was praise for the Governments plan from Dominic Cooke of the Royal Court Theatre，who said：I su
37、pport 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 free tickets on at least one day each week to 18to 26yearolds，firstcom
38、e，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 people miss out on it because they fear itsnot for themIts time to change
39、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 the first placeFor too many children theatres are a nogo area46Critics of the plan argued that Athe
40、theatres would be overcrowdedBit would be a waste of moneyCpensioners wouldnt get free ticketsDthe government wouldnt be able to afford it47According to the supporters，the plan should Abenefit the television industryBfocus on producing better playsChelp increase the sales of ticketsDinvolve all the
41、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 young peopleDFree tickets are offered once every day49We can infer from the passage that in England Amany plays are
42、 not for young peopleBmany young people dont like theatreCpeople know little about the planDchildren used to receive good arts education50According to the passage，the issue to offer free tickets to young people seems AcontroversialBinspiringCexcitingDunreasonable20（10分）Next time a customer comes to
43、your office，offer him a cup of coffeeAnd when youre doing your holiday shopping online，make sure youre holding a large glass of iced teaThe physical sensation（感觉） of warmth encourages emotional warmth，while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisionsthose are the practical lesson
44、being drawn from recent research by psychologist John ABargh Psychologists have known that one persons perception（感知） of anotherswarmthis a powerful determiner in social relationshipsJudging someone to be eitherwarmorcoldis a primary consideration，even trumping evidence that acoldperson may be more
45、capableMuch of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences，Bargh argues，when babiesconceptual sense 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 clothmotherrather than one made of wire，even when the wiremothercarried a food bottleHarlows work and later studies have led psychologists to st
