天津市河西区2016届高三英语二模试卷

1、天津市河西区2016年高考英语二模试卷(解析版)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）1Can I speak to Ken？_ Ill go and see if I can find her（）ATake your timeBHang on a minuteCWhos that？DOf course2If you are in trouble，dont _ to ask Mike for help； heisalways willing to lend a hand（）AdreamBappealChesitateDbend3As l

2、ong as you have a clear _ in study and work hard for it，you will achieve it（）AtargetBfunctionCpowerDenvironment4If you are _ a food or drink，you can remove it from your diet（）Acautious aboutBallergic toCsatisfied withDfond of5It was _my confidence for public speaking that I took the course，not to im

3、prove performance in examinations（）AbuildingBto buildCbuildDto have built6Is there any power left in your cell phone？Mine is dyingOh，sorry!There is _ left in my cell phone，either（）AanythingBno oneCnoneDnothing7_ the high mountain，where you see the whole city（）AStanding on the top ofBIf you climb toC

4、When you reach the top ofDGet to the top of8Where are my new sneakers？Have you seen them？How _ I know？Im your sister，not your servant（）AshallBshouldCwillDmight9Frequently singleparent children _ some of the responsibilities that the absent adult in the house would have served（）Atake offBtake afterCt

5、ake inDtake on10They are always short of water to drink，_ less to bathe in（）AmuchBtooCratherDno11Am I bothering you？No_，I like you to accompany me（）AIn a nutshellBOn the other handCIn the endDOn the contrary12His sister had become a teacher，_ was what he wanted to be（）AwhichBwhatCthatDwho13_ is know

6、n to all is that watching TV properly may make our mind broad and our life rich（）AItBAsCWhatDThat14My bicycle is not available，for it _ repaired（）AhasBisCis beingDhas been15How much of the foreign experts speech have you understood？Next to nothingHow I wish I _ harder at English（）Ahave workedBwere w

7、orkingCwould workDhad worked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1635各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项16（30分）On his 67th birthday，Dad had a heart attackHe was （16）he survivedBut something（17）him had diedHis passion for life was goneHe refused the doctor's（18），and his bitter attitude made every visi

8、tor（19）Dad was left aloneI asked Dad to come and live on our small farm，（20）the fresh air would do him goodA week later，I（21）the invitationHe criticized everything hereFrustrated，I decided something had to be doneOne day I read an article saying several depressed patients'attitudes had（22）dramat

9、ically （显著地） when given dogsThat afternoon I drove to the animal shelter，where a pointer's eyes caught my attentionThey watched me（23）A staff member said："He's been here for two weeks with nothing heardHis time is（24）tomorrow"I turned to the man in horror"You mean to （25）him？&

10、quot;"Madam，"he said coldly"We don't have （26） for every unclaimed dog"The pointer's calm brown eyes （27） my decision"I'll take him，"I saidOn arriving home，I took the dog to Dad's room"Look what I got you!"I said （28）Dad frowned （皱眉） and murmur

11、ed"I don't want it"Then，suddenly，the pointer （29）from my graspHe sat down in front of DadDad's anger （30），and soon he was hugging the animalIt was the beginning of a （31）Dad named the pointer CheyenneTogether they spent long hours walking down country roads and relaxing on the bank

12、s of streamsDad's（32）faded，and he and Cheyenne befriended each otherThen，one night two years later，Cheyenne rushed into my bedroom as if telling somethingRunning into Dad's room，I found he had（33）Two days later，my grief （悲伤） （34） when I discovered Cheyenne lying dead beside Dad's bedWhil

13、e burying him near their favorite stream，I silently （35） the dog for restoring Dad's peace of mind16Ahelpless Bdangerous Cunusual Dlucky17Aabout Bfor Cinside Daround18Aorders Bdescriptions Cdesigns Dideas19Apitiful Bupset Cconcerned Dsympathetic 20Aimagining Bguessing Choping Dsupposing21Aforgot

14、 Bregretted Cadmitted Dopposed22Aimproved Bdiffered Cgrew Dtransformed 23Aanxiously Bseriously Crestlessly Dcalmly24Aup Bover Coff Dout25Arelease Badopt Ckill Dreject26Atime Broom Cworry Dpatience27Arefused Bdoubted Cexpected Dchallenged28Apatiently Bsuddenly Ccarefully Dexcitedly29Apulled free Bset

15、 back Ckept off Dslipped away30Ast ayed Bmelted Ccontinued Dstrengthened31Along patience Bpainful adoption Clonely separation Dwarm friendship32Abitterness Bsympathy Cregret Dworry33Aleft home Bgone out Cturned up Dpassed away34Aweakened Bdeepened Cstopped Dclosed35Apraised Bapologized Cthanked Dbeg

16、ged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四个选项中，选出最佳选项36（12.5分）Active ChallengeWeight loss camp for girls aged 1318in CanadaLocation：Beautiful Bear Creek Outdoor Center Near Ottawa，OntarioSeason：July 2ndAugust 28thCapacity：40Activities include：hiking，rafting，canoeing，yoga，cooking，camp skil

17、ls，mountain biking，nutrition classes，swimming，fitness classes etcChoose what you like!Active Challenge is a weight loss program specially for young womenThe burden of being overweight is heavier than just the extra poundsWe use outdoor adventures to challenge the girls，to give them something to draw

18、 strength fromBecause you'll be losing weight alongside young women just like you，you'll find no one laughing at you and you'll help each otherAt Active Challenge you'll make lifelong friends with young women of your own age and learn to love new adventurous activitiesUnlike any othe

19、r weight loss program，Active Challenge is designed so you'll lose weight and have the strategies and skills to keep the weight off foreverActive Challenge does not put you on a dietWe follow the Canada Food Guide to healthy eating and exercise appropriate portion controlWe help you develop healt

20、hy habitsThe staff at Active Challenge combine experienced outdoor adventure professional with highly qualified cliniciansAll of us are absolutely devoted to helping you achieve lasting behavioral change and weigh lossMost of all we are devoted to having a great time doing itPreCamp：Upon registratio

21、n in Active Challenge，a registration package will be sent out to you with forms to be completed before camping as well as program preparation materials，an introduction to Active Challenge and preprogram personal challenge assignments to get you on your way toward a healthier youPostCamp：Our post pro

22、gram is designed to keep you focused and remind you of the goals that you set during the campWe will send you home with your personal meal and exercise plan and keep in touch with you for a full three months after the camp ends through letters，emails and phone calls，tracking your progress and giving

23、 you strategies and support36Why are outdoor adventurous activitiesheld for girls？ATo lose weight quicklyBTo have funCTo make them strongerDTo keep fit37How will girls feel about the atmosphere at Active Challenge？AFriendly and supportiveBCompetitive and challengingCCold but excitingDLonely but safe

24、38After registration，girlsAshould go to buy the program preparation materialsBwill be in informed how to get prepared for the programCshould learn some skills and strategies to lose weightDwill have to finish some challenging tasks at home39The postcamp help will last untilAthe end of NovemberBgirls

25、 can keep weight off foreverCthe beginning of the next yearDgirls achieve success in their lives40What is the main purpose of the passage？ATo explain the popularity of Active ChallengeBTo share skills and strategies of losing weightCTo introducethe importance of losing weightDTo invite girls to join

26、 in Active Challenge41（12.5分）Police Officer Tidwell left the station just after 8 amon Sunday June 4He had spent aboring night on duty and was looking forward to his day of restBy habit he took a shortcutdown the path behind Dugby Hall road and after a minute or two he saw a man climbing down a drai

27、npipe （雨水管） from an open bedroom window of Number 29In silence，Tidwell crept into the gardenThe man reached the ground and was dusting himself down when he felt his arm caught"It's 8：15 on a Sunday morning，"said the officer，"and this sort of thing seems an unlikely adventure at su

28、ch a timeWould you mind explaining？"The man was obviously scared but tried to keep calmHe said，"I know what you are thinking，officer，but it isn't trueThis is a funny mistake""It's part of my job to take an interest in unusual eventsI think you've just left this house

29、in a manner other than the customary oneThat may be quite innocent，but I'd like to make sure"Tidwell took out his notebook and a pen"Name，address and occupation and then，please，tell me your story""Charlie Crane，lorry driver，from Nottingham，51 Breton StreetMy story""

30、YesWhat were you doing like a fly on that wall，MrCrane？""Well，I had a breakdown yesterday and had to stay the night hereBed and breakfastThelandlady's name is MrsFernShe gave me breakfast at seven，and I was out of here in the right way and down at the lorry by half past sevenOnly when

31、I felt around for a cigarette did I realize I'd left80in my envelope under the pillow here at number 29I always put it under my pillow at nightIt's a habit I've got intoI even do it at home""I seeWhy didn't you miss it when you went to pay MrsWhat's her name？""

32、;I'd paid her last nightYou've got to pay when you take the room，see？So I came rushing back，but it's Sunday，and she'd gone back to bed，and could I wake her？I rang the bell and banged on the front door for ten minutes before I came round here to the back and spotted my bedroom window

33、still openUp I went，then，up this pipeIt's a trick I learned in the armyShe didn't make the bed，and money was still thereYou know the rest，I hope you believe it because""MrCrane，whatever are you doing here？I thought you'd gone an hour ago"It was MrsFern，speaking from the ki

34、tchen at the corner of the house41Why was Tidwell walking along the path behind Dugby Hall road？AHe usually discovered something suspicious along that wayBHe had an appointment with a man at number 29 thereCHe chose to go that way by chanceDHe knew he would get home quicker that way42The police offi

35、cer questioned the man becauseAhe had seen him do a strange thingBhe thought he knew himCthe man had fallen and needed attentionDthe man had tried to escape from a window43Crane stayed the night at number 29 becauseAhe had lost his way in the darkBthere was something wrong with his lorryCNottingham

36、was too far for him to drive that nightDhe had suddenly fallen ill that night44Why didn't the man realize he had left his money at the landlady's earlier？ABecause he trusted the landladyBBecause he had put the money under the pillowCBecause he had no occasion to remember the money thingDBeca

37、use he was in such a hurry that morning45In the end，Officer Tidwell would probablyAtake Crane back to his officeBaccuse Crane of misbehavingCjust let Crane goDforce Crane to pay MrsFern some money46（12.5分）People may use the expression"birdbrain"in English to talk about someone who is stupi

38、d，but crows prove that this is unfairNow it has been discovered that crows may understand analogies （类推法）It was once thought that only humans could understand analogies，which help us to solve problems creatively，put things into categories，and make scientific discoveriesTo test this ability in animal

39、s，scientists do"relational matchingtosample"（RMTS） tests，according to the IFL Science websiteIf a pair was AA，for example，then picking BB to match it would be correctIf the pair was CD，however，then EF would be correctApes and monkeys have learned RMTS，but scientists wanted to know if crows

40、 could do it，tooAn international team led by Edward Wasserman from the University of Iowa in the US first trained two hooded crows to match things by color，shape，and number in what is called"identity matchingtosample（IMTS）"，then moved onto RMTSFor the IMTS test，the birds were put in a cage

41、 with a plastic tray that had three cards and two cups in itThe card in the middle was the sample cardThe cups on either side were covered with the other two cards：One was the same as the sample （in the color，shape，or number of shapes pictured），while the other wasn'tThe cup with the card that ma

42、tched the sample card contained two wormsto eatIn the second part of the experiment，the birds were tested with relational matching pairsA card with two samesized circles，for example，meant they should pick the test card with two samesized squares and not two differentsized circlesThe birds did well i

43、n the more difficult test and picked the correct card more than three quarters of the time，Science News reportsWasserman was surprised that crows were able to solve the problem without any training in RMTS"What the crows have done is extraordinary，"he said in a news release"Honestly，i

44、f it was only by force that the crows showed this learning，then it would have been an impressive resultBut this was spontaneous"So perhaps it's time to stop saying"birdbrain"permanently!46Why does the author mention the expression"birdbrain"in the opening paragraph？ATo g

45、et the reader interested in the origins of the expressionBTo urge people to stop saying that birds are stupidCTo introduce the topic of Edward Wasserman and his experimentsDTo introduce recent findings about crows'intelligence47Which of the following is TRUE about the tests on the hooded crows？A

46、The birds did better in RMTS than in IMTSBThe birds were first made to do RMTS，then IMTSCThe birds picked almost all the correct cards in RMTSDIn the IMTS test，the birds needed to identify the sample card to get rewards48In the RMTS test，if the birds were given the sample card with two samesized tri

47、angles，they had to pick the test card withAtwo samesized circlesBone circle and one triangleCtwo differentsized circlesDtwo differentsized triangles49The underlined word"spontaneous"in the secondtolast paragraph is closest in meaning toAcentralBcreativeCnaturalDpredictable50Which of the fo

48、llowing can be the best title for the passage？AMonkeys Are Clever Than CrowsBCrows Show ClevernessCCrows Did Well in RMTSDCrows May Understand Analogies51（12.5分）Many French academics，teachers and parents complain because they feel that intellectual levels are falling rapidly!The figures prove it：you

49、ng people visit museums less，spend their lives chatting on the Internet，read nothing but Stephen King，while watching American soaps such as Friends or reality shows like Star Academy on television，music player glued to their cars，and the games console handyIt is，however，easy to see these habits in a

50、 positive lightMusic is the favorite leisure activity：86% of 14to18yearolds put it at the top of their activities，above the cinema（71%），clubbing（68%），sport（56%） and television（48%）For 90% of young people aged 14to 18，radio is also very popular：they listen to it every day without exceptionInternation

51、al popular music has a strong showing，but songs in French are still in the majority（60%）Young people do，of course，watch a lot of television，but less than their elders，and if they tend to choose mostly soaps and reality TV shows，that is because these are the programs people talk about，which encourage

52、s social interactionDo young people read less than they used to？Maybe，but that's also true of the eldersYoung people still read more than their eldersWhen asked，"Do you like reading？"，94% of 14to18yearolds say they do，and 81% are convinced that computers will never replace booksContrar

53、y to popular belief，reading continues to occupy an extremely important place in leisuretime activities，but the reading matter young people choose has changed considerably：there is a greater variety of media（computers and new technologies） and young people admit to taste they would perhaps have been

54、ashamed of in the pastFor example，comic strips，Stenphen King or other authors not recognized by mainstream culture，such as Betty Mahmoody （Not Without My Daughter），Mary Higgins Clark or Jostein Gaader （Sophie's World）As Beatrice Toulon，Editor in Chief of the magazine Phosphore，see it，"They

55、don't read the same things as their parents did，but they are not afraid to admit itThey have their own culture，which they flaunt（炫耀） openly!"51The underlined part"in a positive light"in Paragraph 2can best be replaced byAin the long termBduring the daytimeCfrom an optimistic angleDbeyond reasonable doubt52Which activity is the most popular with young French people？AMusicBSportCCinemaDTV53We can infer that young French peopleAare ashamed of their tastesBare proud of their own cultureCshare their parents'tastes in