1、20192019 年天津市高考英语试卷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；每小题小题；每小题 1 分，满分分，满分 15 分）从分）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：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 答案是答案是 B 1（1 分）I guess you want to go play tennis _ Th
2、ats exactly what I was thinking too（）AI didnt get it BIts up to you CYou never know DYou read my mind 2（1 分）I_to send Peter a gift to congratulate him on his marriage，but I couldnt manage it（）Ahad hoped Bam hoping Chave hoped Dwould hope 3（1 分）A study shows the students who are engaged in afterschoo
3、l activities are happier than_who are not（）Aones Bthose Cthese Dthem 4（1 分）_to think critically is an important skill todays children will need for the future（）ALearn BLearned CLearning DHaving learned 5（1 分）_all the problems，several of the players produced excellent performances（）AAccording to BIns
4、tead of CIn addition to DIn spite of 6（1 分）My son got a full scholarship to his dream university!Wow，_!Whats he going to study？（）Agood for him Bgo for it Cwhat a coincidence Dall the best 7（1 分）We can observe that artificial intelligence has already made a（n）_on our lives in many ways（）Astatement Bi
5、mpact Cimpression Djudgment 8（1 分）Amy，as well as her brothers，_a warm welcome when returning to the village last week（）Ais given Bare given Cwas given Dwere given 9（1 分）Kate heard a mans voice in the background，but she couldnt_what he was saying（）Aset aside Btake back Cmake out Dkeep off 10（1 分）Most
6、 colleges now offer firstyear students a course specially_to help them succeed academically and personally（）Adesigned Bdesigning Cto design Dbeing designed 11（1 分）Their child is at the stage_she can say individual words but not full sentences（）Awhy Bwhere Cwhich Dwhat 12（1 分）The professor warned the
7、 students that on no account_use mobile phones in his class（）Ashould they Bthey should Cdare they Dthey dare 13（1 分）Tom is so independent that he never asks his parents opinion_he wants their support（）Asince Bonce Cunless Dafter 14（1 分）The workers were not better organized，otherwise they_the task in
8、 half the time（）Aaccomplished Bhad accomplished Cwould accomplish Dwould have accomplished 15（1 分）A dogs eating habit requires regular training before it is_established（）Aproperly Bwidely Coriginally Dtemporarily 第二节：完形填空（每小题第二节：完形填空（每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 1635 各题所给
9、的各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，四个选项中，选出最佳选项选出最佳选项 16（30 分）I was ready to pay for my bananas at the grocery one night，when fear seized me My wallet was gone I could only have left it on the G9 bus，which was now speeding in the dark to some（1）station The（2）moment was quickly followed by mental math How much tim
10、e and money would it cost to replace the（3）of that little wallet？The credit cards，the drivers license，the cash，all lost to the bus Two hours later，back at my house，I heard a knock on the door My husband（4）it while I was on the phone in the dining room Does Jennifer live here？I heard a lady say In my
11、 husbands hand was my wallet，with not a penny（5）She left before I could（6）make it to the door to offer my thanks After sharing the story online，I heard from someone，who（7）the lady as Erin Smith Without（8），I called to thank her She said she（9）my wallet on a bus seat She（10）that going to a strangers h
12、ouse was a（11）move，but she decided to take the chance If I were in that（12）I would want someone to try to find me，she said This one stranger responded beautifully to my small（13），but she actually wasnt the only one Right after Erin（14）my wallet on the bus，she posted a picture of my drivers license t
13、o an online forum（论坛），trying to see（15）anyone knew me No sooner did she leave my doorstep than I had emails from two women whose kids go to my sons nursery and who recognized my face Ive never（16）words with those moms beyond small talk，but they wanted to help I read that people are more divided than
14、 ever，but thats not how the people I（17）tend to act （18），I feel blessed someone had wanted to help a stranger Erin had gone（19）what almost anyone would have done，finding my house on a bitterly cold night and for that I was extremely（20）（1）Aaccessible Bhidden Cunknown Dconvenient（2）Afacesaving Bbrain
15、washing Ceyecatching Dheartstopping（3）Aparts Bcontents Cdetails Dingredients（4）Aignored Banswered Cexamined Dinterrupted（5）Amissing Breturned Cremaining Dabandoned（6）Astill Bever Cyet Deven（7）Aselected Bappointed Cidentified Ddefined（8）Adelay B alarm C regret Dinvitation（9）Amoved B placed C opened D
16、spotted（10）Adisagreed B complained C calculated Drecommended（11）Aselfless B risky C slow Dpersonal（12）Asite B direction C situation Datmosphere（13）Acrisis B danger C threat Dfailure（14）Agot rid of B made use of Chad control of D took possession of（15）Aif B where C how Dwhen（16）Arecalled B exchanged
17、C repeated Dwhispered（17）Aencounter B follow C consult Daccompany（18）AGoing away B Turning around C Looking back DComing along（19）Ainto B against C over Dbeyond（20）Alonging B enthusiastic C concerned Dgrateful 第二部分：阅读理解（每小题第二部分：阅读理解（每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 50.0 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，
18、四个选项中，选出最佳选项选出最佳选项 17（12.5 分）History Fair Competition Understanding history is vital to understanding ourselves as a people and as a nation History is much more than the study of dusty old objects and events long past It is an essential part of who we are today and who we will become Thornton Middle
19、 School History Fair Competition makes understanding history exciting，engaging，and fun!This Years Theme All participants must address how communication or transportation technology has promoted the quality of life for Americans throughout history To many people，technology means computers，handheld de
20、vices，or vehicles that travel to distant planets However，technology is also the application of scientific knowledge to solve a problem，touching lives in countless ways Individuals or groups may enter one of the following categories：Performance Documentary（纪实作品）Essay Writing Category Requirements Per
21、formance：A dramatic presentation of the topic no more than 10 minutes long If special clothes are used，they should truly represent a given period Documentary：A visual presentation（such as a video，slide show，or computer project）no more than 10 minutes long A desktop computer，screen，projector，and loud
22、speakers will be available Students must provide their presentations on CDs before Friday，March 23 Essay Writing：An academic paper of 2，000 to 2，500 words No illustrations（图解）are allowed Please do not include covers A list of references must be included Important Dates January 5 Submit a topic propo
23、sal to your history teacher The teacher may require a second proposal if the first is offtopic or unclear February 5 Submit a first draft of your essay，performance script（剧本），or documentary highlights February 19 A committee of teachers will evaluate materials and give opinions Students then have an
24、 opportunity to improve their products March 9 Submit a final draft of your essay March 15 Performance and documentary committee preview March 24 Thornton Middle School History Fair Competition 7：00 AM 9：00 AM Participants signing in at the gym 10：00 AM 6：00 PM Competition and judges review 7：00 PM
25、Awards ceremony and picnic （1）According to Paragraph 1，what is the major goal of understanding history？ATo preserve national traditions BTo prepare for a history competition CTo better know the present and future DTo further explore historical mysteries（2）What is the theme of this years competition？
26、ATechnology advances science BScience interacts with technology CScience has made the study of history easy DTechnology has improved the life of Americans（3）Among the items provided by the school for a visual presentation are Aspecial clothes and a screen Ba desktop computer and a CD Ca projector an
27、d special clothes Da desktop computer and loudspeakers（4）What would a participant have to do with an essay of 1，500 words to meet the category requirement？AInclude more information in the essay BRemove the references CProvide a cover for the essay DExplain the details with illustrations（5）What will
28、the committee of teachers do on February 19？APreview performances and documentaries BMake comments on the materials CImprove the participants first draft DCollect a second proposal from the participant 18（12.5 分）I must have always known reading was very important because the first memories I have as
29、 a child deal with books There was not one night that I dont remember mom reading me a storybook by my bedside I was extremely inspired by the elegant way the words sounded I always wanted to know what my mom was reading Hearing mom say，I cant believe whats printed in the newspaper this morning，made
30、 me want to grab it out of her hands and read it myself I wanted to be like my mom and know all of the things she knew So I carried around a book，and each night，just to be like her，I would pretend to be reading This is how everyone learned to read We would start off with sentences，then paragraphs，an
31、d then stories It seemed an unending journey，but even as a sixyearold girl I realized that knowing how to read could open many doors When mom said，The CANDY is hidden on the top shelf，I knew where the candy was My progress in reading raised my curiosity，and I wanted to know everything I often found
32、myself telling my mom to drive more slowly，so that I could read all of the road signs we passed Most of my reading through primary，middle and high school was factual reading I read for knowledge，and to make As on my tests Occasionally，I would read a novel that was assigned，but I didnt enjoy this typ
33、e of reading I liked facts，things that are concrete I thought anything abstract left too much room for argument Yet，now that Im growing and the world I once knew as being so simple is becoming more complex，I find myself needing a way to escape By opening a novel，I can leave behind my burdens and ent
34、er into a wonderful and mysterious world where I am now a new character In these worlds I can become anyone I dont have to write down what happened or what technique the author was using when he or she wrote this I just read to relax Were taught to read because its necessary for much of human unders
35、tanding Reading is a vital part of my life Reading satisfies my desire to keep learning And Ive found that the possibilities that lie within books are limitless （1）Why did the author want to grab the newspaper out of moms hands？AShe wanted mom to read the news to her BShe was anxious to know what ha
36、d happened CShe couldnt wait to tear the newspaper apart DShe couldnt help but stop mom from reading（2）According to Paragraph 3，the authors reading of road signs indicates Aher unique way to locate herself Bher eagerness to develop her reading ability Cher effort to remind mom to obey traffic rules
37、Dher growing desire to know the world around her（3）What was the authors view on factual reading？AIt would help her update testtaking skills BIt would allow much room for free thinking CIt would provide true and objective information DIt would help shape a realistic and serious attitude to life（4）The
38、 author takes novel reading as a way to Aexplore a fantasy land Bdevelop a passion for learning Clearn about the adult community Dget away from a confusing world（5）What could be the best title for the passage？AThe Magic of Reading BThe Pleasure of Reading CGrowing Up with Reading DReading Makes a Fu
39、ll Man 19（12.5 分）How does an ecosystem（生态系统）work？What makes the populations of different species the way they are？Why are there so many flies and so few wolves？To find an answer，scientists have built mathematical models of food webs，noting who eats whom and how much each one eats With such models，sc
40、ientists have found out some key principles operating in food webs Most food webs，for instance，consist of many weak links rather than a few strong ones When a predator（掠食动物）always eats huge numbers of a single prey（猎物），the two species are strongly linked；when a predator lives on various species，they
41、 are weakly linked Food webs may be dominated by many weak links because that arrangement is more stable over the long term If a predator can eat several species，it can survive the extinction（灭绝）of one of them And if a predator can move on to another species that is easier to find when a prey specie
42、s becomes rare，the switch allows the original prey to recover The weak links may thus keep species from driving one another to extinction Mathematical models have also revealed that food webs may be unstable，where small changes of top predators can lead to big effects throughout entire ecosystems In
43、 the 1960s，scientists proposed that predators at the top of a food web had a surprising amount of control over the size of populations of other speciesincluding species they did not directly attack And unplanned human activities have proved the idea of topdown control by top predators to be true In
44、the ocean，we fished for top predators such as cod on an industrial scale，while on land，we killed off large predators such as wolves These actions have greatly affected the ecological balance Scientists have built an earlywarning system based on mathematical models Ideally，the system would tell us wh
45、en to adapt human activities that are pushing an ecosystem toward a breakdown or would even allow us to pull an ecosystem back from the borderline Prevention is key，scientists say，because once ecosystems pass their tipping point（临界点），it is remarkably difficult for them to return （1）What have scienti
46、sts discovered with the help of mathematical models of food webs？AThe living habits of species in food webs BThe rules governing food webs of the ecosystems CThe approaches to studying die species in the ecosystems DThe differences between weak and strong links in food webs（2）A strong link is found
47、between two species when a predator Ahas a wide food choice Bcan easily find new prey Csticks to one prey species Dcan quickly move to another place（3）What will happen if the populations of top predators in a food web greatly decline？AThe prey species they directly attack will die out BThe species t
48、hey indirectly attack will turn into top predators CThe living environment of other species will remain unchanged DThe populations of other species will experience unexpected changes（4）What conclusion can be drawn from the examples in Paragraph 4？AUncontrolled human activities greatly upset ecosyste
49、ms BRapid economic development threatens animal habitats CSpecies of commercial value dominate other species DIndustrial activities help keep food webs stable（5）How does an earlywarning system help us maintain the ecological balance？ABy getting illegal practices under control BBy stopping us from ki
50、lling large predators CBy bringing the brokendown ecosystems back to normal DBy signaling the urgent need for taking preventive action 20（12.5 分）Would you BET on the future of this man？He is 53 years old Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune A war injury has m
