天津市十二区县重点学校高三毕业班联考英语试卷（二）

--- She will finish the project within three days!
--- ______! I could do it in three hours.

The rising house price and the high income tax rate have become the biggest ______ of the ordinary people in China today．

It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is quite ______ to perform skillfully yourself.

I appreciate ______ the opportunity to work in your company two years ago.

If you want to see Mr. Johnson on Friday morning, make sure he is ______ ahead of time.

--- Could we accomplish the task according to the schedule?
--- I doubt that. The problem remains ______ we can get financial aid within this week.

He works very hard in order to get himself ______ into a key university.

You will have to stay at home all day ______ you finish all your homework.

I have to reschedule the appointment with you since there is a ______ in my arrangement.

---When shall we start the reconstruction of the historic building?
--- Not until our program ______ by the authority.

Criticized as online games are, they never fail to ______ a large number of teenagers．

--- How did you like the concert last night?
--- I enjoyed it very much, but the dancers ______ a better job.

It is not how much money you will give us but that you are present at the ceremony ______ really matters.

This football player was accused of taking money for not scoring goals ______.

--- You look happy today. Is there anything good?
--- I’m very delighted ______ as one of the exchange students.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。
I had always loved music and dreamed of being a musician, travelling to different countries, meeting lots of people and doing something I loved to earn my money.   16  , my parents had a farm and I didn’t want to do that—I wanted to do something   17  . However, I had always been shy and too nervous to try playing   18  in public.
I had been playing the   19   since I was ten years old, but the idea of playing in front of other people was very   20  .
I started one day,   21  a local youth club advertised a talent show—anybody who could play an instrument or sing could put his name down to be in concert. I   22   myself up.
When the day of the show came, I was so   23   that I couldn’t eat.   24   was the first time I had played in front of other people and I felt   25   unsure of myself. I had no idea whether I was   26   good and was worried that no one would like me.
When my turn came, I played my favorite tune and I even started to   27  ! I could not hear what I sounded like, but to my surprise, I eventually forgot about all the people in the audience and started to enjoy myself. When the song ended, everyone clapped and some people
  28  !
After the show a man   29   up to me to say how much he enjoyed my   30  . He said that he had a rock band, and they needed to   31  a guitar player. He asked me to come along the next day to have a try. This successful trial turned my dream into   32  . In the following days, we   33   around a lot, playing in concerts in lots of places around the world. Sometimes we would enter competitions and once we went on TV.
We really enjoyed ourselves and life was like a big long holiday. As we became more successful, we had to work harder and practice more and eventually I became   34   of travelling so much. But now, nearly fifty years later, I look back on those carefree days of my
  35   as among the best moments of my life.

A．Besides B．Thus C．Therefore D．Instead

A．similar B．normal C．strange D．different

A．songs B．music C．words D．jokes

A．guitar B．violin C．piano D．drum

A．enjoyable B．attractive C．exciting D．frightening

A．before B．until C．when D．where

A．picked B．signed C．took D．wrote

A．nervous B．inspired C．disappointed D．excited

A．What B．There C．It D．As

A．exactly B．hardly C．extremely D．highly

A．some B．any C．well D．much

A．dance B．act C．announce D．sing

A．shouted B．jumped C．praised D．cheered

A．looked B．came C．went D．faced

A．performance B．behavior C．presence D．instrument

A．call on B．wait on C．take on D．depend on

A．practice B．consideration C．reality D．effect

A．toured B．ran C．worked D．turned

A．fond B．tired C．aware D．proud

A．competitions B．memory C．friendship D．youth

With eco-tourism on the rise, eco-hotels are fast becoming the darling of the travel industry. These days, however, staying at an eco-hotel doesn’t necessarily mean vacationing in a tree house in the Costa Rican jungle, although that is certainly a choice.
The majority of eco-hotels fall into one of several categories: hotels and resorts that conserve ecologically important habitats; “green” hotels that reduce, recycle, minimize waste, and protect water; sustainable hotels that harvest food from gardens on the hotel property or get part or all of their power from renewable energy; hotels that encourage community involvement such as guests taking part in trail clearing; and hotels that offer some form of environmental education to their guests.
As such, eco-hotels are a various group. Stylish urban hotels like the Willard Inter-Continental Washington focus on energy conservation whereas the Rosario Resort & Spa on Orcas Island in Washington State offers a wildly popular “green” vacation package where guests can “take a hike, clear a trail”.
No matter what you call them, eco-hotel, eco-lodge, eco-resort, or green hotel, they’re all part of the “greening” of the tourism industry.
Part of what drives this greening of the hotel industry is no doubt competition. Going green is yet another way to distinguish a hotel from the mass of other excellent hotels that consumers have to choose from. But for many hotels, it’s also part of their philosophy. With the concept of “going green” firmly rooted in consumers’ minds, eco-hotels have taken it to the next level, and whether or not money is the driving factor behind the greening of the hotel industry doesn’t matter so much as it’s good for the planet.
The underlined part in the first paragraph means _______.

According to the passage, which of the following can match the idea of eco-hotel?

From the passage, we know the Rosario Resort & Spa is a kind of hotel that _______.

From the last paragraph, we can learn that _______.

People who choose to stay at eco-hotels _______.

The World’s Most Impressive Subways

Which of the following can provide the riders with some wonderful decorations at the stations?

According to the passage, the only subway that can bring more financial gains is _______.

We can learn from the passage that Shanghai Metro _______．

What do we know about the Hong Kong MTR?

This passage mainly tells us the _______ of the five subways.

We all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite song. Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homes. Me? I love to do that when I drive! I turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm. Most of the time, I do this on my way to work.
　　Yes, that is true. I will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light. I get weird looks from some people and others laugh. Personally, I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!
　　The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensical. I know many people do not want to look foolish. So they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish!
　　No one is perfect, I repeat: no one is perfect. I don’t care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal, how rich, and so on… No one is perfect! So why pretend to be something you are not?
Life is so short… You never know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity(呆板)? Here is a quote by Souza, that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life:
　　"Dance as though no one is watching you,
　　Love as though you have never been hurt before,
　　Sing as though no one can hear you,
　　Live as though heaven is on earth."
　　When we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others. However, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocence.
　　So don’t lose the child that still lives within you. The next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow. Or watch something that makes you laugh. Laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your tummy hurts. Trust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesn’t want to feel good?
According to the passage, what does the writer usually do?

What do other people think of the writer?

What is the writer’s opinion about the people who look very serious?

The writer quotes Souza to show that _______.

The underlined part “the child” in the last paragraph probably refers to _______.

Over the last 25 years, British society has changed a great deal. In some ways, however, very little has changed. Ideas about social class whether a person is “working-class” or “middle-class” are one area in which changes have been extremely slow.
In the past, the working-class tended to be paid less than middle-class people, such as teachers and doctors. As a result of this and also of the fact that workers’ jobs were generally much less secure, distinct differences in life-styles and attitudes came into existence. The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then give them to his wife, leaving a little for drinking or betting.
The type of what a middle-class man did with his money was perhaps nearer the truth. He was and still is likely to take a longer-term view. Not only did he regard buying a house to provide him and his family with security. Only in very few cases did workers have the opportunity (or the education and training) to make such long-term plans.
Nowadays, much has changed. In a large number of cases factory workers earn as much. Social security and laws have made it less necessary than before to worry about “tomorrow”. Working-class people seem slowly to be losing the feeling of inferiority(自卑感)they had in the past. In fact there has been a growing tendency in the past few years for the middle-classes to feel slightly ashamed of their position.
The changes in both life-styles and attitudes are probably most easily seen among younger people. They generally tend to share very similar tastes in music and clothes. They spend their money enjoying themselves, and save for holidays or longer-term plans when necessary. There seems to be much less difference than in precious generations. Nevertheless, we still have a wide gap between the well-paid and the low-paid. As long as this gap exists, there will always be a possibility that new problems will appear between different groups.
Which of the following is seen as the main cause of class differences in the past?

The writer seems to suggest that _______.

According to the passage, what was the typical feature of the middle–class in the past?

Working-class people's sense of security has increased as a result of all the following factors EXCEPT that _______.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.
Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙).They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc．In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.
What’s the author’s purpose by writing this passage? (No more than 15 words)
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What’s the meaning of the underlined word “repressing” in Paragraph 2? (No more than 5 words)
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According to the passage, what are the common ways for people to express their anger? (No more than 20 words)
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Why do doctors say anger is dangerous? (No more than 15 words)
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How can you deal with anger successfully in your daily life? (No more than 20 words)
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学校将为2011届学生举行毕业典礼，邀请你作为学生代表发言。请你用英语写一篇发言稿，要点如下：
1）感谢父母、老师和同学；
2）简单叙述对学校生活的感受；
3）对未来的展望。
注意：1) 词数不少于100；
2) 不要逐条翻译，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3) 文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear teachers and schoolmates,
Good morning！It is a great honor for me to deliver a graduation speech on behalf of my classmates.