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1、2023年天津公共英语考试模拟卷(2)本卷共分为1大题50小题,作答时间为180分钟,总分100分,60分及格。一、单项选择题(共50题,每题2分。每题的备选项中,只有一个最符合题意) 1.Thackeray has been born into a comfortably secure upper-middle-class family, and reared to expect the leisured life of a gentleman. However, partly through bad luck and bad financial advice, partly through
2、 his own profligacy in early youth-he was at Cambridge and for some years afterwards a compulsive gambler he had been left with nothing to rely on but his brains and energy. He dreamed of writing a great novel; but he was well aware that while he dreamed and dawdled, writers whom he despised, such a
3、s Bulwer-Lytton, were writing best-sellers. Writing had not been his first choice of profession. To please his mother he spent some tedious months studying law, but his earliest ambition was to be a painter. He studied art in London and Paris before deciding that his talent was too small for him to
4、be anything but an amateur painter, though he continued to draw professionally, and illustrated most of his own novels. He then turned to journalism. In 1836, while he was still struggling to make his way, he married a penniless girl of eighteen, in the face of her mothers fierce opposition. With co
5、nsiderable courage, Thackeray began to make a living for his growing family from miscellaneous contributions to any newspapers and periodicals that would take his work. Often he did not know where the next five pounds was coming from. Isabella Thackeray gave birth to three daughters, the second of w
6、hom died in infancy, but after the birth of the third, in 1840, she became incurably insane, and had to be cared for away from her family for the rest of her long lifeshe outlived her husband by over thirty years. This tragedy deeply affected Thackeray. It was, too, an additional financial burden, a
7、nd for some years he was forced to part with his daughters, who were brought up by his mother in France, while he struggled to make a living in London, still chiefly by journalism. His chances as a novelist seemed poor: his short novel Barry Lyndon, published serially in Frasers Magazine in 1844, ma
8、de so little impression on the public that it was not published in book form until twelve years later.What did his mother want him to studyAArt.BLaw.CWriter.DJournalism. 2.Why should the British be so interested in the vagaries of their climate The key lies in its unpredictability. Its swings of moo
9、d dont bear out its dull reputation at all. Far from always having the drizzly, mediocre summers and mild, wet winters of popular misconception, British weather can switch rapidly from drought to flood, damp cold to oppressive heat. Each dramatic change catches Britons on the hop. The summer of 1976
10、 contained the longest spell of continuous heat, while in August 1990 temperatures reached the highest ever recorded: 98.8F (37.1). Hurricanes in 1987 and 1990 caused several deaths and uprooted thousands of trees, Western film style dust devils have blown through the lanes of Surrey, and waves high
11、er than a double-decker bus submerged a seaside town in Wales. Such violent extremes are made all the harder to bear because national habits, buildings and clothing are simply not designed to cope with them. Few homes or offices have fans or air conditioning to alleviate the summers heat. In winter,
12、 heating and insulation systems work at half-cock, while road and rail networks inevitably come to a standstill in anything more than an inch of snow (British Rail, brought to a halt by one light snowfall, said it was the wrong kind of snow). Unwary motorists, villagers and livestock disappear under
13、 mounds of drifting snow in a manner that puzzles Continentals used to handling such seasonal hazards. The British have a strange pride in describing their childhood bedrooms in winter. These were often of such incredible coldness that parental false teeth and pet goldfish supposedly froze solid in
14、their water overnight. They like to pretend to ignore the weather. They would prefer to pit themselves against the worst the elements can throw at them, rather than make themselves comfortable, which would be wimpish. So, in summers oven heat, they do not hide in tree-shaded piazzas or close their s
15、hutters to keep the tiled floor cool. Their cities are designed to ensure that streets become sweltering canyons, while over-furnished homes become more stuffy. In winter, people frequently dress inadequately, as if out of bravado. Women slush through icy pavements to the shops wearing carpet slippe
16、rs. Men sweat in summer traffic jams in heavyweight synthetic suits, tie only slightly loosened.How do Britons behave when there is extreme weatherAThey do not seem to care about it.BThey do something to cope with the weather.CIn winter they dress warmly when out.DIn summer they try to keep the hot
17、air outside their houses. 3.Thackeray has been born into a comfortably secure upper-middle-class family, and reared to expect the leisured life of a gentleman. However, partly through bad luck and bad financial advice, partly through his own profligacy in early youth-he was at Cambridge and for some
18、 years afterwards a compulsive gambler he had been left with nothing to rely on but his brains and energy. He dreamed of writing a great novel; but he was well aware that while he dreamed and dawdled, writers whom he despised, such as Bulwer-Lytton, were writing best-sellers. Writing had not been hi
19、s first choice of profession. To please his mother he spent some tedious months studying law, but his earliest ambition was to be a painter. He studied art in London and Paris before deciding that his talent was too small for him to be anything but an amateur painter, though he continued to draw pro
20、fessionally, and illustrated most of his own novels. He then turned to journalism. In 1836, while he was still struggling to make his way, he married a penniless girl of eighteen, in the face of her mothers fierce opposition. With considerable courage, Thackeray began to make a living for his growin
21、g family from miscellaneous contributions to any newspapers and periodicals that would take his work. Often he did not know where the next five pounds was coming from. Isabella Thackeray gave birth to three daughters, the second of whom died in infancy, but after the birth of the third, in 1840, she
22、 became incurably insane, and had to be cared for away from her family for the rest of her long lifeshe outlived her husband by over thirty years. This tragedy deeply affected Thackeray. It was, too, an additional financial burden, and for some years he was forced to part with his daughters, who wer
23、e brought up by his mother in France, while he struggled to make a living in London, still chiefly by journalism. His chances as a novelist seemed poor: his short novel Barry Lyndon, published serially in Frasers Magazine in 1844, made so little impression on the public that it was not published in
24、book form until twelve years later.After he got married,Thackeray made a living by_.Awriting best-sellersBdrawing and illustrating his own novelsCpublishing a book which made him famousDwriting for newspapers and magazines 4.Thackeray has been born into a comfortably secure upper-middle-class family
25、, and reared to expect the leisured life of a gentleman. However, partly through bad luck and bad financial advice, partly through his own profligacy in early youth-he was at Cambridge and for some years afterwards a compulsive gambler he had been left with nothing to rely on but his brains and ener
26、gy. He dreamed of writing a great novel; but he was well aware that while he dreamed and dawdled, writers whom he despised, such as Bulwer-Lytton, were writing best-sellers. Writing had not been his first choice of profession. To please his mother he spent some tedious months studying law, but his e
27、arliest ambition was to be a painter. He studied art in London and Paris before deciding that his talent was too small for him to be anything but an amateur painter, though he continued to draw professionally, and illustrated most of his own novels. He then turned to journalism. In 1836, while he wa
28、s still struggling to make his way, he married a penniless girl of eighteen, in the face of her mothers fierce opposition. With considerable courage, Thackeray began to make a living for his growing family from miscellaneous contributions to any newspapers and periodicals that would take his work. O
29、ften he did not know where the next five pounds was coming from. Isabella Thackeray gave birth to three daughters, the second of whom died in infancy, but after the birth of the third, in 1840, she became incurably insane, and had to be cared for away from her family for the rest of her long lifeshe
30、 outlived her husband by over thirty years. This tragedy deeply affected Thackeray. It was, too, an additional financial burden, and for some years he was forced to part with his daughters, who were brought up by his mother in France, while he struggled to make a living in London, still chiefly by j
31、ournalism. His chances as a novelist seemed poor: his short novel Barry Lyndon, published serially in Frasers Magazine in 1844, made so little impression on the public that it was not published in book form until twelve years later.Thackerays wife had to leave him because_.Ashe was mentally illBthey
32、 were divorcedChe was too poor to support the familyDher mother fiercely opposed to their marriage 5.Thackeray has been born into a comfortably secure upper-middle-class family, and reared to expect the leisured life of a gentleman. However, partly through bad luck and bad financial advice, partly t
33、hrough his own profligacy in early youth-he was at Cambridge and for some years afterwards a compulsive gambler he had been left with nothing to rely on but his brains and energy. He dreamed of writing a great novel; but he was well aware that while he dreamed and dawdled, writers whom he despised,
34、such as Bulwer-Lytton, were writing best-sellers. Writing had not been his first choice of profession. To please his mother he spent some tedious months studying law, but his earliest ambition was to be a painter. He studied art in London and Paris before deciding that his talent was too small for h
35、im to be anything but an amateur painter, though he continued to draw professionally, and illustrated most of his own novels. He then turned to journalism. In 1836, while he was still struggling to make his way, he married a penniless girl of eighteen, in the face of her mothers fierce opposition. W
36、ith considerable courage, Thackeray began to make a living for his growing family from miscellaneous contributions to any newspapers and periodicals that would take his work. Often he did not know where the next five pounds was coming from. Isabella Thackeray gave birth to three daughters, the secon
37、d of whom died in infancy, but after the birth of the third, in 1840, she became incurably insane, and had to be cared for away from her family for the rest of her long lifeshe outlived her husband by over thirty years. This tragedy deeply affected Thackeray. It was, too, an additional financial bur
38、den, and for some years he was forced to part with his daughters, who were brought up by his mother in France, while he struggled to make a living in London, still chiefly by journalism. His chances as a novelist seemed poor: his short novel Barry Lyndon, published serially in Frasers Magazine in 18
39、44, made so little impression on the public that it was not published in book form until twelve years later.Because of financial difficulty, Thackeray had to_.Apublish his novel in book form 12 years laterBpublish Barry Lyndon as a series in a magazineCsend his children to his motherDmake a living b
40、y writing novels 6.He was about the same _ as his brother.A. build B. building C. built 7.Have you _ your ticketA. book B. booked C. booking 8.Letting that animal escape was no accident; you did it _.A. intend B. intentionally C. intentional9.No one should enter the spot without the _ of the police.
41、A. permit B. permission C. permitting 10.We have to learn _ technology from other countries.A. advance B. advancing C. advanced 11.Dont _ your clothes.A. dirty B. dirtied C. dirtying 12.He _ his way through the crowd.A. shouldering B. enshoulder C. shouldered 13.You should _ in black at the funeral
42、(葬礼).A. dressing B. be dress C. be dressed14.The _ her husband back to health.A. nurse.nurse B. nurse.nursed C. nursed.nursing 15._, none of us agreed to the proposal.A. Surprised B. Surprising C. Surprisingly 16.Between the two generations, it is often not their age, but their education that causes
43、 ().A. understandingB. misunderstandingC. misunderstand17._ in our village are living a happy life.A. The old B. Old C. Older18.His manners are rough, but he is a kind man at ().A. heartedB. heartC. hearting19.It is a very good way to learn the language and improve your _ and intonation.A. pronounce
44、 B. pronouncement C. pronunciation 20.The days start to () in March.A. longB. longenC. lengthen21.The () ordered him to pay a $100 fine.A. judgerB. judgmentC. judge22.The new term will () at the () of March.A. begin.beginB. began.beginC. begin.beginning23.The governments new scheme is designed to he
45、lp the ().A. joblessB. joblessnessC. unjob24.Painting is a () process.A. createB. creativeC. created25.We must keep our _ clean.A. tooth B. teeth C. tooths 26.The old man had no child so he suffered a lot from ().A. lonelyB. lonelinessC. along27.We went to _ last week. The film was very interesting.
46、A. the zoo B. the park C. cinema28.She always makes _ after she gets up.A. a bed B. the bed C. bed 29.Which _ do you like best I like autumn best.A. month B. week C. season 30.Whats _ like tomorrow Its sunny.A. the weather B. whether C. the temperature 31.Our monitor is so kind that many classmates want to make _ with him.A. a friend B. friends C. friendship 32.Hurry up. Theres _ time left.A. little B. a little C. few 33.Have you seen my _