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1、 第1页（共23页）2016 年天津市河西区高考英语二模试卷 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）1（1 分）Can I speak to Ken？_ Ill go and see if I can find her（）ATake your time BHang on a minute CWhos that？DOf course 2（1 分）If you are in trouble，dont _ to ask Mike for help；heisalways willing to lend a hand（）Adrea
2、m Bappeal Chesitate Dbend 3（1 分）As long as you have a clear _ in study and work hard for it，you will achieve it（）Atarget Bfunction Cpower Denvironment 4（1 分）If you are _ a food or drink，you can remove it from your diet（）Acautious about Ballergic to Csatisfied with Dfond of 5（1 分）It was _my confidenc
3、e for public speaking that I took the course，not to improve performance in examinations（）Abuilding Bto build Cbuild Dto have built 6（1 分）Is there any power left in your cell phone？Mine is dying 第2页（共23页）Oh，sorry!There is _ left in my cell phone，either（）Aanything Bno one Cnone Dnothing 7（1 分）_ the hi
4、gh mountain，where you see the whole city（）AStanding on the top of BIf you climb to CWhen you reach the top of DGet to the top of 8（1 分）Where are my new sneakers？Have you seen them？How _ I know？Im your sister，not your servant（）Ashall Bshould Cwill Dmight 9（1 分）Frequently singleparent children _ some
5、of the responsibilities that the absent adult in the house would have served（）Atake off Btake after Ctake in Dtake on 10（1 分）They are always short of water to drink，_ less to bathe in（）Amuch Btoo Crather Dno 11（1 分）Am I bothering you？No_，I like you to accompany me（）AIn a nutshell BOn the other hand
6、CIn the end DOn the contrary 12（1 分）His sister had become a teacher，_ was what he wanted to be（）Awhich Bwhat Cthat Dwho 第3页（共23页）13（1 分）_ is known to all is that watching TV properly may make our mind broad and our life rich（）AIt BAs CWhat DThat 14（1 分）My bicycle is not available，for it _ repaired（）
7、Ahas Bis Cis being Dhas been 15（1 分）How much of the foreign experts speech have you understood？Next to nothingHow I wish I _ harder at English（）Ahave worked Bwere working Cwould work Dhad 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 bir
8、thday，Dad had a heart attackHe was（16）he survivedBut something（17）him had diedHis passion for life was goneHe refused the doctors（18），and his bitter attitude made every visitor（19）Dad was left alone I asked Dad to come and live on our small farm，（20）the fresh air would do him goodA week later，I（21）t
9、he invitationHe criticized everything hereFrustrated，I decided something had to be done One day I read an article saying several depressed patientsattitudes had（22）dramatically（显著地）when given dogsThat afternoon I drove to the animal shelter，where a pointers eyes caught my attention They watched me（2
10、3）A staff member said：Hes been here for two weeks with nothing heardHis 第4页（共23页）time is（24）tomorrow I turned to the man in horrorYou mean to（25）him？Madam，he said coldly We dont have（26）for every unclaimed dog The pointers calm brown eyes（27）my decisionIll take him，I said On arriving home，I took the
11、 dog to Dads roomLook what I got you!I said（28）Dad frowned（皱眉）and murmuredI dont want itThen，suddenly，the pointer（29）from my graspHe sat down in front of Dad Dads anger（30），and soon he was hugging the animal It was the beginning of a（31）Dad named the pointer Cheyenne Together they spent long hours w
12、alking down country roads and relaxing on the banks of streams Dads（32）faded，and he and Cheyenne befriended each otherThen，one night two years later，Cheyenne rushed into my bedroom as if telling somethingRunning into Dads room，I found he had（33）Two days later，my grief（悲伤）（34）when I discovered Cheyen
13、ne lying dead beside Dads bedWhile burying him near their favorite stream，I silently（35）the dog for restoring Dads peace of mind 16Ahelpless Bdangerous Cunusual Dlucky 17Aabout Bfor Cinside Daround 18Aorders Bdescriptions Cdesigns Dideas 第5页（共23页）19Apitiful Bupset Cconcerned Dsympathetic 20Aimaginin
14、g Bguessing Choping Dsupposing 21Aforgot Bregretted Cadmitted Dopposed 22Aimproved Bdiffered Cgrew Dtransformed 23Aanxiously Bseriously Crestlessly Dcalmly 24Aup Bover Coff Dout 25Arelease Badopt Ckill Dreject 26Atime Broom Cworry Dpatience 27Arefused Bdoubted Cexpected Dchallenged 28Apatiently Bsud
15、denly Ccarefully Dexcitedly 29Apulled free Bset back Ckept off Dslipped away 30Ast ayed Bmelted Ccontinued Dstrengthened 31 A long patience Bpainful adoption Clonely separation Dwarm friendship 32Abitterness Bsympathy Cregret Dworry 33Aleft home Bgone out Cturned up Dpassed away 34Aweakened Bdeepene
16、d Cstopped Dclosed 35Apraised Bapologized Cthanked Dbegged 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 Challenge 第6页（共23页）Weight loss camp for girls aged 1318in Canada Location：Beautiful Bear Creek Outdoor Center Near Ottawa，Ontario Season：July 2ndAugust 28
17、th Capacity：40 Activities include：hiking，rafting，canoeing，yoga，cooking，camp skills，mountain biking，nutrition classes，swimming，fitness classes etc Choose what you like!Active Challenge is a weight loss program specially for young womenThe burden of being overweight is heavier than just the extra poun
18、dsWe use outdoor adventures to challenge the girls，to give them something to draw strength from Because youll be losing weight alongside young women just like you，youll find no one laughing at you and youll help each otherAt Active Challenge youll make lifelong friends with young women of your own a
19、ge and learn to love new adventurous activities Unlike any other weight loss program，Active Challenge is designed so youll 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 exe
20、rcise appropriate portion control We help you develop healthy habits The staff at Active Challenge combine experienced outdoor adventure professional with highly qualified cliniciansAll of us are absolutely devoted to 第7页（共23页）helping you achieve lasting behavioral change and weigh lossMost of all w
21、e are devoted to having a great time doing it PreCamp：Upon registration 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 assignme
22、nts to get you on your way toward a healthier you PostCamp：Our post program is designed to keep you focused and remind you of the goals that you set during the camp We 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
23、through letters，emails and phone calls，tracking your progress and giving you strategies and support 36Why are outdoor adventurous activitiesheld for girls？ATo lose weight quickly BTo have fun CTo make them stronger DTo keep fit 37How will girls feel about the atmosphere at Active Challenge？AFriendly
24、 and supportive BCompetitive and challenging CCold but exciting 第8页（共23页）DLonely but safe 38After registration，girls Ashould go to buy the program preparation materials Bwill be in informed how to get prepared for the program Cshould learn some skills and strategies to lose weight Dwill have to fini
25、sh some challenging tasks at home 39The postcamp help will last until Athe end of November Bgirls can keep weight off forever Cthe beginning of the next year Dgirls achieve success in their lives 40What is the main purpose of the passage？ATo explain the popularity of Active Challenge BTo share skill
26、s and strategies of losing weight CTo introducethe importance of losing weight DTo invite girls to join in Active Challenge 41（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
27、 shortcutdown the path behind Dugby Hall road and after a minute or two he saw a man climbing down a drainpipe（雨水管）from an open bedroom window of Number 29 In silence，Tidwell crept into the gardenThe man reached the ground and was dusting himself down when he 第9页（共23页）felt his arm caught Its 8：15 on
28、 a Sunday morning，said the officer，and this sort of thing seems an unlikely adventure at such a timeWould you mind explaining？The man was obviously scared but tried to keep calm He said，I know what you are thinking，officer，but it isnt trueThis is a funny mistake Its part of my job to take an interes
29、t in unusual eventsI think youve just left this house in a manner other than the customary oneThat may be quite innocent，but Id like to make sureTidwell took out his notebook and a penName，address and occupation and then，please，tell me your story Charlie Crane，lorry driver，from Nottingham，51 Breton
30、StreetMy story 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 breakfastThelandladys 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 I
31、felt around for a cigarette did I realize Id left80in my envelope under the pillow here at number 29I always put it under my pillow at nightIts a habit Ive got intoI even do it at home I seeWhy didnt you miss it when you went to pay MrsWhats her name？Id paid her last nightYouve got to pay when you t
32、ake the room，see？So I came rushing back，but its Sunday，and shed 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 still openUp I 第10页（共23页）went，then，up this pipeIts a trick I learned i
33、n the armyShe didnt make the bed，and money was still thereYou know the rest，I hope you believe it because Mr Crane，whatever are you doing here？I thought youd gone an hour ago It was MrsFern，speaking from the kitchen at the corner of the house 41Why was Tidwell walking along the path behind Dugby Hal
34、l road？AHe usually discovered something suspicious along that way BHe had an appointment with a man at number 29 there CHe chose to go that way by chance DHe knew he would get home quicker that way 42The police officer questioned the man because Ahe had seen him do a strange thing Bhe thought he kne
35、w him Cthe man had fallen and needed attention Dthe man had tried to escape from a window 43Crane stayed the night at number 29 because Ahe had lost his way in the dark Bthere was something wrong with his lorry CNottingham was too far for him to drive that night Dhe had suddenly fallen ill that nigh
36、t 44Why didnt the man realize he had left his money at the landladys earlier？第11页（共23页）ABecause he trusted the landlady BBecause he had put the money under the pillow CBecause he had no occasion to remember the money thing DBecause he was in such a hurry that morning 45In the end，Officer Tidwell wou
37、ld probably Atake Crane back to his office Baccuse Crane of misbehaving Cjust let Crane go Dforce Crane to pay MrsFern some money 46（12.5 分）People may use the expressionbirdbrainin English to talk about someone who is stupid，but crows prove that this is unfairNow it has been discovered that crows ma
38、y 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 discoveries To test this ability in animals，scientists dorelational matchingtosample（RMTS）tests，according to the IFL Sc
39、ience 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 correct Apes and monkeys have learned RMTS，but scientists wanted to know if crows could do it，tooAn international team led by Edward Wasserman from the University of Iowa
40、 in the US first trained two hooded crows to match things by 第12页（共23页）color，shape，and number in what is calledidentity matchingtosample（IMTS），then moved onto RMTS For the IMTS test，the birds were put in a cage with a plastic tray that had three cards and two cups in itThe card in the middle was the
41、 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 wasntThe cup with the card that matched the sample card contained two wormsto eat In the second part of the experiment，the birds w
42、ere 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 in the more difficult test and picked the correct card more than three quarters of the time，Scie
43、nce News reports Wasserman was surprised that crows were able to solve the problem without any training in RMTSWhat the crows have done is extraordinary，he said in a news releaseHonestly，if it was only by force that the crows showed this learning，then it would have been an impressive result But this
44、 was spontaneous So perhaps its time to stop sayingbirdbrainpermanently!46Why does the author mention the expressionbirdbrainin the opening paragraph？第13页（共23页）ATo get the reader interested in the origins of the expression BTo urge people to stop saying that birds are stupid CTo introduce the topic
45、of Edward Wasserman and his experiments DTo introduce recent findings about crowsintelligence 47Which of the following is TRUE about the tests on the hooded crows？AThe birds did better in RMTS than in IMTS BThe birds were first made to do RMTS，then IMTS CThe birds picked almost all the correct cards
46、 in RMTS D In the IMTS test，the birds needed to identify the sample card to get rewards 48In the RMTS test，if the birds were given the sample card with two samesized triangles，they had to pick the test card with Atwo samesized circles Bone circle and one triangle Ctwo differentsized circles Dtwo dif
47、ferentsized triangles 49The underlined wordspontaneousin the secondtolast paragraph is closest in meaning to Acentral Bcreative Cnatural Dpredictable 50Which of the following can be the best title for the passage？第14页（共23页）AMonkeys Are Clever Than Crows BCrows Show Cleverness CCrows Did Well in RMTS
48、 DCrows May Understand Analogies 51（12.5 分）Many French academics，teachers and parents complain because they feel that intellectual levels are falling rapidly!The figures prove it：young people visit museums less，spend their lives chatting on the Internet，read nothing but Stephen King，while watching A
49、merican soaps such as Friends or reality shows like Star Academy on television，music player glued to their cars，and the games console handy It is，however，easy to see these habits in a positive light Music is the favorite leisure activity：86%of 14to18yearolds put it at the top of their activities，abo
50、ve 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 exception International popular music has a strong showing，but songs in French are still in the majority（60%）Young people do，of course，watc