1、2017年天津市高考英语试卷第一部分：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）Alberts birthday is on next Saturday，and Im planning a surprise party for him_Ill bring some wine（）ASounds like funBIt dependsCJust a minuteDYou are welcome2（1分）My room is a mess，but I _clean it before I go out
2、 tonightI can do it in the morning（）AdarentBshouldntCneedntDmustnt3（1分）I want to see MrWhiteWe have an appointmentIm sorry，but he is not _ at the moment，for the meeting hasnt ended（）AbusyBactiveCconcernedDavailable4（1分）She asked me _ I had returned the books to the library，and I admitted that I hadn
3、t（）AwhenBwhereCwhetherDwhat5（1分）Mrand MrsBrown would like to see their daughter _，get married，and have kids（）Asettle downBkeep offCget upDcut in6（1分）Nowadays，cycling，along with jogging and swimming，_ as one of the best allround forms of exercise（）AregardBis regardedCare regardedDregards7（1分）Michael
4、was late for MrSmiths chemistry class this morning_？As far as I know，he never came late to class（）ASo whatBWhy notCWho caresDHow come8（1分）I _down to London when I suddenly found that I was on the wrong road（）Awas drivingBhave drivenCwould driveDdrove9（1分）My eldest son，_ work takes him all over the w
5、orld，is in New York at the moment（）AthatBwhoseChisDwho10（1分）I was watching the clock all through the meeting，as I had a train _（）AcatchingBcaughtCto catchDto be caught11（1分）It was when I got back to my apartment _ I first came across my new neighbors（）AwhoBwhereCwhichDthat12（1分）When you drive throug
6、h the Redwood Forests in California，you will be _ trees that are over 1，000 years old（）AamongBagainstCbehindDbelow13（1分）We offer an excellent education to our students_，we expect students to work hard（）AOn averageBAt bestCIn returnDAfter all14（1分）The hospital has recently obtained new medical equipm
7、ent，_ more patients to be treated（）Abeing allowedBallowingChaving allowedDallowed15（1分）Do you have Bettys phone number？YesOtherwise，I _able to reach her yesterday（）Ahadnt beenBwouldnt have beenCwerentDwouldnt be第二节：完形填空 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）At my heaviest I weighed 370
8、 poundsI had a very poor relationship with food：I used it to（16） bad feelings，to make myself feel better，and to celebrateWorried about my health，I tried many different kinds of （17） but nothing workedI came to believe that I could do nothing about my（18） When I was 50，my weight problem began to affe
9、ct me（19） I didnt want to live the rest of my life with this（20） weight any moreThat year，I（21） a seminar where we were asked to create a project that would touch the worldA seminar leader shared her （22） storyshe had not only lost 125 pounds，but also raised25，000 for homeless children（23） by her st
10、ory，I created the As We Heal（痊愈），the World Heals（24） My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise50，000（25） a movement founded 30 years ago to end hungerThis combination of healing myself and healing the world（26） me as the perfect solution（27） I began my own personal weight program，I was fi
11、lled with the fear that I would（28） the same difficulties that beat me beforeWhile the （29） hung over my head，there were also signs that I was headed down the right（30） I sent letters to everyone I knew，telling them about my projectIt worked perfectlyDonations began （31） in from hundreds of peopleOf
12、 course，I also took some practical steps to lose weightI consulted with a physician（内科医生），I hired a fitness coach，and I began to eat small and（32） mealsMy fundraising focus also gave me new motivation to exercise（33） A year later，I（34） my goal：I lost 150 pounds and raised50，000!I feel that Ive been
13、given a second life to devote to something that is（35） and enormous16AaddBmixCkillDshare17AdietsBdrinksCfruitsDdishes18AheightBabilityCwisdomDweight19AtemporarilyBrecentlyCseriouslyDsecretly20AidealBextraCnormalDlow21AattendedBorganizedCrecommendedDmentioned22AfolkBsuccessCadventureDscience23ASurpri
14、sedBAmusedCInfluencedDDisturbed24AprojectBbusinessCsystemDcustom25Ain search ofBin need ofCin place ofDin support of26AscaredBconsideredCconfusedDstruck27AAsBUntilCIfDUnless28Aget overBrun intoClook forDput aside29AexcitementBjoyCangerDfear30ArowBhallCpathDstreet31AbreakingBfloodingCjumpingDstepping
15、32AheavyBfullCexpensiveDhealthy33AregularlyBlimitlesslyCsuddenlyDrandomly34AsetBreachedCmissedDdropped35AstressfulBpainfulCmeaningfulDpeaceful第二部分：阅读理解 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）Suppose youre in a rush，feeling tired，not paying attention to your screen，and you send an email that could
16、get you in troubleRealisation will probably set in seconds after youve clickedsendYou freeze in horror and burn with shameWhat to do？Here are four common email accidents，and how to recoverClickingsendtoo soonDont waste your time trying to find out if the receivers has read it yetWrite another email
17、as swiftly as you can and send it with a brief title explaining that this is the correct version and the previous version should be ignoredWriting the wrong nameThe sooner you notice，the betterRespond quickly and briefly，apologising for your mistakeKeep the tone measured：dont handle it too lightly，a
18、s people can be offended，especially if your error suggests a misunderstanding of their culture（ieincorrect ordering of Chinese names）Clickingreply allunintentionallyYou accidentally reveal（透露）to the entire company what menu choices you would prefer at the staff Christmas dinner，or what holiday youd
19、like to takeIn this instance，the best solution is to send a quick，lighthearted apology to explain your awkwardnessBut it can quickly rise to something worse，when everyone starts hittingreply allto join in a long and unpleasant conversationIn this instance，step away from your keyboard to allow everyo
20、ne to calm downSending an offensive message to its subjectThe most awkward email mistake is usually committed in angerYou write an unkind message about someone，intending to send it to a friend，but accidentally send it to the person youre discussingIn that case，ask to speak in person as soon as possi
21、ble and say sorryExplain your frustrations calmly and sensiblysee it as an opportunity to clear up any difficulties you may have with this person36After realising an email accident，you are likely to feel Acurious Btired Cawful Dfunny37If you have written the wrong name in an email，it is best to Aapo
22、logise in a serious mannerBtell the receiver to ignore the errorClearn to write the name correctlyDsend a short notice to everyone38What should you do when an unpleasant conversation is started by yourreply allemail？ ATry offering other choicesBAvoid further involvementCMeet other staff membersDMake
23、 a lighthearted apology39How should you deal with the problem caused by an offensive email？ ABy promising not to offend the receiver againBBy seeking support from the receivers friendsCBy asking the receiver to control his angerDBy talking to the receiver face to face40What is the passage mainly abo
24、ut？ ADefining email errorsBReducing email mistakesCHandling email accidentsDImproving email writing18（12.5分）Fifteen years ago，I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern ItalyAfter climbing up a hill for a panoramic（全景的） view of the blue sea，white buildings and green olive trees，I paused to catch
25、my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panoramaUnfortunately，just as I took out my camera，a woman approached from behind，and planted herself right in front of my viewLike me，this woman was here to stop，sigh and appreciate the viewPatient as I was，after about 15 minutes，m
26、y camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take，I grew frustratedWas it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape？Sure，I could have asked her，but something prevented me from doing soShe seemed so content in her observationI didnt want to m
27、ess with thatAnother 15 minutes passed and I grew boredThe woman was still thereI decided to take the photo anywayAnd now when I look at it，I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interestingThe landscape，beautiful on its own，somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is
28、 engaging with itThis photo，with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman whoruinedit，now hangs on a wall in my bedroomWhat would she think if she knew that her figure is captured（捕捉） and frozen on some strangers bedroom wall？A bedroom，after all，is a very private space，in which some
29、woman I dont even know has been immortalized（使永存）In some ways，she lives in my housePerhaps we all live in each othersspacesPerhaps this is what photos are for：to remind us that we all appreciate beauty，that we all share a common desire for pleasure，for connection，for something that is greater than u
30、sThat photo is a reminder，a captured moment，an unspoken conversation between two women，separated only by a thin square of glass41What happened when the author was about to take a photo？ AHer camera stopped workingBA woman blocked her viewCSomeone asked her to leaveDA friend approached from behind42A
31、ccording to the author，the woman was probably Aenjoying herselfBlosing her patienceCwaiting for the sunsetDthinking about her past43In the authors opinion，what makes the photo so alive？ AThe rich color of the landscapeBThe perfect positioning of the cameraCThe womans existence in the photoDThe soft
32、sunlight that summer day44The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand Athe need to be close to natureBthe importance of private spaceCthe joy of the vacation in ItalyDthe shared passion for beauty45The passage can be seen as the authors reflections upon Aa particular life e
33、xperienceBthe pleasure of travelingCthe art of photographyDa lost friendship19（12.5分）This month，Germanys transport minister，Alexander Dobrindt，proposed the first set of rules for autonomous vehicles（自主驾驶车辆）They would define the drivers role in such cars and govern how such cars perform in crashes wh
34、ere lives might be lostThe proposal attempts to deal with what some call thedeath valleyof autonomous vehicles：the grey area between semiautonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless futureDobrindt wants three things：that a car always chooses property（财产） damage over personal
35、injury；that it never distinguishes between humans based on age or race；and that if a human removes his or her hands from the driving wheelto check email，saythe cars maker is responsible if there is a crashThe change to the road traffic law will permit fully automatic driving，says DobrindtIt will put
36、 fully driverless cars on an equal legal footing to human drivers，he saysWho is responsible for the operation of such vehicles is not clear among car makers，consumers and lawyersThe liability（法律责任） issue is the biggest one of them all，says Natasha Merat at the University of Leeds，UKAn assumption beh
37、ind UK insurance for driverless cars，introduced earlier this year，insists that a humanbe watchful and monitoring the roadat every momentBut that is not what many people have in mind when thinking of driverless carsWhen you saydriverless cars，people expect driverless carsMerat saysYou knowno driverBe
38、cause of the confusion，Merat thinks some car makers will wait until vehicles can be fully automated without human operationDriverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own，says Ryan Calo at Stanford University，CaliforniaThat is happening in the UK and Singapor
39、e，where governmentprovided driverless vehicles are being launchedThat would go down poorly in the US，howeverThe idea that the government would take over driverless cars and treat them as a public good would get absolutely nowhere here，says Calo46What does the phrasedeath valleyin Paragraph 2 refer t
40、o？ AA place where cars often break downBA case where passing a law is impossibleCAn area where no driving is permittedDA situation where driversrole is not clear47The proposal put forward by Dobrindt aims to Astop people from breaking traffic rulesBhelp promote fully automatic drivingCprotect driver
41、s of all ages and racesDprevent serious property damage48What do consumers think of the operation of driverless cars？ AIt should get the attention of insurance companiesBIt should be the main concern of law makersCIt should not cause deadly traffic accidentsDIt should involve no human responsibility
42、49Driverless vehicles in public transport see no bright future in ASingaporeBthe UKCthe USDGermany50What could be the best title for the passage？ AAutonomous Driving：Whose Liability？BFully Automatic Cars：A New BreakthroughCAutonomous Vehicles：Driver Removed!DDriverless Cars：Root of Road Accidents20（
43、12.5分）I read somewhere that we spend a full third of our lives waitingBut where are we doing all of this waiting，and what does it mean to an impatient society like ours？To understand the issue，lets take a look at three types ofwaitsThe very purest form of waiting is the WatchedPot WaitIt is without
44、doubt the most annoying of allTake filling up the kitchen sink（洗碗池） as an exampleThere is absolutely nothing you can do while this is going on but keep both eyes fixed on the sink until its fullDuring these waits，the brain slips away from the body and wanders about until the water runs over the edge
45、 of the counter and onto your socksThis kind of wait makes the waiter helpless and mindlessA cousin to the WatchedPot Wait is the Forced WaitThis one requires a bit of disciplineProperly preparing packaged noodle soup requires a Forced WaitDirections are very specificBring three cups of water to boil，add mix，simmer three minutes，remove from heat，let stand five minutesI have my doubts that anyone has actually followed the procedures strictlyAfter all，Forced Waiting requires patiencePer
