1、天津市南开区 2013 年高考英语模拟考试1Its reported that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in some stores, which is first pay-by-phone practice in the USAA. the B不填；不填 C. a；不填 Dthe；the2Now that he has publicly he was wrong, he is sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat.A. announce
2、d Badmitted C. declared Dallowed3 run fast should take part in the 400-meter race in the sports meet tomorrowA. Anyone who BThose who CNo matter who DWhoever4 that is important is that you are doing your best and moving in the right directionA. One BEverything C. All DAnything5 is our great leader t
3、hat he has almost devoted all his time to caring for the suffering peopleA. Such BSo C. That DThis6The manager told me that theyd promoted Mike, but he didnt mention when we talked on the phoneA. being promoted Bhaving been promotedC. having promoted Dto be promoted7What a pity! Considering his abil
4、ity and experience, he betterA. must have done Bneed have done C. might have done Dcan have done8Have you noticed the problem he is now in low spirits? come?A. where； What Bin which；For C. what；As Dthat ；How9. Youd better take down all the key points the memory is still fresh in your mindA. unless B
5、before C. while Duntil10-Since you cant find a better job, why dont you stick to the present one?-Well， A. I believe not BI might as well C. I dont care DNever mind11William found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight was beginning to .A. disappear Bfall C. damage Dfail12 the fierce co
6、mpetition in finding a good job in big cities, many fresh graduates are trying fortune in medium-sized ones.A. Regardless of B. Apart from C. Instead of DDue to13In that school，English is compulsory for all students, but French and Russian are A. optional Bspecial C. regional Doriginal14As a result
7、of the earthquake, a large of earth blocked several rivers here.A. quantity；has Bnumber；has C. number；have D. quality；have15-Children today find it hard to focus on their study-Exactly, as they so many things they think funny to doA. found Bwill find C. have found Dhad found第二节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5
8、分，满分 30 分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 1635 各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，将短文内容补充完整。My name is Nick VujicicI was born without any limbs(四肢)But one of my most 16 videos on YouTube shows footage(视频 )of me skateboarding surfing, playing music, and best of all，17 hugs from all sorts of great people.All in all，those ar
9、e pretty ordinary 18 that just about anyone can do, right? So 19 do you think that video has been viewed millions of times? My theory is that people are 20 to watch it because in spite of my physical limitations, Im living 21 I have no limits. People often expect someone 22 a severe disability to be
10、 inactive, maybe even angry. I like to 23 them by showing that I lead a very adventurous and fruitful lifeAmong the hundreds of 24 on that video, heres one typical remark: “Seeing a guy like this being happy makes me wonder why I feel 25 for myself sometimes-or feel not funny enough, or whatever“How
11、 can I 26 think thoughts like that when this guy is living without limbs and still being happy?”I found happiness when I realized that imperfect 27 I may be, I am the perfect Nick Vujicic Im designed 28 Gods planThats not to say that there isnt 29 for improvementIm always trying to be better so I ca
12、n better 30 the world!I do believe my life has no 31 I want you to feel the same way about your life, no matter what your challenges may beAs we 32 our journey together, please take a moment to 33 any limitations youve placed on your lifeNow think about what 34 would be like to be 35 those limitatio
13、ns.What would your life be if anything were possible?16Adisappointing Bunforgettable Cpopular Dexpensive17Areceiving Bcollecting Creturning Dasking18Asports Bactivities Cduties Dwonders19Ahow Bwhat Cwhen Dwhy20Adrawn Bexpected Crequired Dsupposed21Aeven though Bin case Cas though Dso that22Aof Bfrom
14、 Cin Dwith23Acharge B greet Csurprise Dpersuade24Acomments Bpictures Creplies Dchoices25Anervous Bsorry Ceager Ddesperate26Astill Bever Cotherwise Deven27Aif Bas Cwhile Dalthough28Aaccording to Bin response to Cowing to Din addition to 29Astage B area Csituation Droom30Aprotect Brescue Cserve Dreser
15、ve31Achallenges Blimits Cdoubts Dendings32Abreak Bcontinue Cbegin Dstop33Aworry about Bthink about Ccare about Dtalk about34Awe Bone Cit Dyou35Afree of Bdevoted to Caware of Dworried about第二部分 阅读理解（共 20 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 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWhen I was an education official in Palo
16、 Alto, California, Polly Tyner, the president of our school board，wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times. Pollys son，Jim，had great difficulty in schoolHe was classified as the educationally disabled and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers. But Ji
17、m was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the roomHis parents knew his academic difficulties, but always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with prideShortly after Jim finished high school, he was killed in a motorcycle accident. After his death, his mother sent this le
18、tter to the newspaperToday we buried our 20-year-old sonHe was killed instantly in a motorcycle accident on Friday night. How I wish I had known when I talked to him last that it would be the last timeIf I had only known, I would have said, “Jim, I love you and Im very proud of you ”I would have tak
19、en time to count the many blessings he brought to the lives of the many who loved himI would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile， the sound of his laughter, his genuine love of people.When you put all the good qualities on the scale and try to balance all the irritating phenomena s
20、uch as the radio which was always too loud, the haircut that wasnt to our liking, the dirty socks under the bed, etc，your angry feelings wont amount to much.I wont get another chance to tell my son all that I would have wanted him to hear, but, other parents, you do have a chanceTell your young peop
21、le what you would want them to hear if you knew it would be your last conversationThe last time I talked to Jim was the day he diedHe called me to say, “Hi, Mom! I just called to say I love you. Got to go to work，Bye ”He gave me something to treasureforever If there is any purpose at all for Jims de
22、ath, maybe it is to make others appreciate more of life and to have people, especially members, take the time to let each other know just how much we care.You may never have another chance. 36According to the passage, we know that .AJim was always ashamed of himself BJim did very well in his studies
23、C. Jims parents were patient with him DJim failed to finish his high school37The underlined word “irritating“ in paragraph 4 most probably means A. annoying Baggressive Cimpatient Dsurprising 38Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. Love Your Family B. Do It TodayC. Walk with
24、 Pride D. Appreciate Smiles 39By writing the letter printed in the Palo Alto Times, the author intends to Amourn(哀悼 )her sons sudden death in a traffic accidentBremind people to be cautious of motorcyclesCtell parents to take better care of their childrenDsuggest people taking the chance to express
25、their love in time40Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Many people loved himB. Jims smile cheered up his familyC. Jim was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of 20D. Jim constantly expressed his love to his motherBI had made up my mind a long time ago that I would not g
26、ive homeless people money, because I could never be sure what that money would be used forInstead，I decided, I would buy them a sandwich，a cold drink on a hot day, a cup of coffee, whatever I could manageI was out recently and saw a homeless man outside of a StarbucksSo I dropped another few coins i
27、n and went into the StarbucksI decided I would buy this man lunchI bought a sandwich and sodaJust as I was leaving the store, two policemen were approaching the manObviously the shop owners had complained of his wandering and the police were there to draw him away from the storefrontsJust as they we
28、re about to wake him，I asked one of the officers if it was all right if I just gave the man something before he went I was not sure why I asked the permission but the policeman said sure and I just left the bag in the mans cart, got in my car and drove offAs I was driving off, I remember thinking, “
29、I hope people saw that“Then I had to seriously ask myself why I hoped people had seen me give the man a sandwich from Starbucks. Was it because I wanted people to think, “Shes such a nice person!”? Why did I hope others had seen me do it? I continued to wonder this all eveningThe next morning it cam
30、e to meI wanted people to have witnessed that small act of kindness not so that I would receive credit and praise but so that they might be inspired to do the same and in so doing that others still would witness their acts of kindnessThus the whole spirit of pity and giving would be lasting41Why did
31、 the author decide to buy food or drinks for homeless people instead of giving money?A. Because they might use the money to buy drugsB. Because the author might not have enough changes to give outC. Because the policeman might not allow the author to do so.D. Because the author couldnt manage it42Wh
32、en the police approached the homeless man, he was .A. begging outside B. buying goods C. awake D. asleep43Why did the author hope people saw her give some food to the homeless man?A. She wanted to be praised by othersB. She was not sure whether other people would let her do thatC. She wanted to insp
33、ire others to do the same thingD. She just wanted others to witness her act of kindness40. The author can be best described as .A. bad-tempered Bhard-working C. kind-hearted D. self-confident45Whats the purpose of the passage?ATo show the author is greatBTo encourage people to help othersCTo introdu
34、ce an experience that changed the authorDTo call on people not to give money to a homeless manC“Indeed,” George Washington wrote in his diary in l785, “some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to hunt on the leaves before I left home ” The father of our country was not the father of bugWhen Washington wr
35、ote that sentence, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and we Americans had already created lightening bugBut the English were soon to get rid of tile bugs in their language, leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuri
36、esThe American bug could also be a person，an enthusiast or a fanatic, as the Congressional Globe(美国国会议事录)records in l841： “Mr. Alford of Georgia warned the tariff bugs of the South thathe would read them out of church“And although “fan” became the usual term, sports enthusiasts were racing bugs, bas
37、ketball bugs, and the likeAnd a bug could be just a plain person with mental disease, confined(限制 )to a bughouse.Or the bug could be a small machine or object, a telegraph key; a dip used by a card sharp to hold cards under the table；even a car, the small, bug-shaped, trademarked Volkswagen beetleTh
38、e bug could also be burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, originally “to install an alarm“ now a surveillance(监控)device like a hidden microphone Since the l840s to bug has long meant “to cheat”，and since the l940s it has been annoyingWe also know the bug as a fault in a com
39、puter program or other designThat meaning dates back long before computers to the laboratory of inventor Thomas EdisonIn l878 he explained bugs as “little fault and difficulties“ that require “months of anxious watching, study and labor” to overcome in developing a successful productIn l889 it was r
40、ecorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering a bugin his phonograph(留声机)”46Who called insects as bugs in the 19th century?A. The English B. The AmericansC. George Washington D. The authors father.47When did “bug” have the meaning “a fault in a computer program or other design
41、?”A. Thomas Edison used it first in l878B. After George Washington wrote it in his diaryC. Someone recorded Thomas Edisons work and used it first in 1889D. After Mr. Alford used it in his speech48What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?A. How Edison found a bug B. More meanings of bugC. Compu
42、ters have faults D. Discovery costs patience49From the passage we can infer that AGeorge Washington found the bug firstBEngland is more developed than AmericaCThe English like animalsDThe author is an American50The text is most probably taken from A. a diary B. a newsreelC. a textbook D. a comic boo
43、k of scienceDWhen it comes to making a good career in the business world，being honest and getting along well with colleagues gives a person a solid competitive advantage，claims a new researchDr Jon Bohlmann has found that project managers can expect better performance by far from the members of thei
44、r team if treating them with honesty, kindness, and respectAccording to another study, the cross-functional product development teams can achieve a great quality and better cost benefits from socializing and interacting with individuals who work for their suppliersThe first, Dr. Bohlmanns study anal
45、yzed cross-functional product development teams， which combine together engineers, researchers and business personnelThe point to involve people with various backgrounds was to show that there was a focus on finance, marketing and also on a design and functionality, right from the start of the produ
46、ct-development process. In addition to all this, this diversity also helped to make communication more effective in order to ensure that all members of the team were socializing and cooperating, and not just working at cross-purposesAs a result, it indicated that “interactional fairness awareness” i
47、ndeed had an effect on a “cross-functional communication”. In other words, all the team members who thought that they had been treated well and respected, showed a great increase in their commitment to the success of the project they had been working on in cooperation with other team members, and， in particular, when they realized their project manager or supervisor to be a kind, nice and honest guyAccording to DrBohlmann，the increase in such commitment is very essential and important because it could improve performance that would result in the achievement of team goalsAnd if Bohlmanns stu
