2018年全国统一高考英语试卷（天津卷）

-Wasn't Joan supposed to be here by now?

- _________.She will be here in about twenty minutes.

Kae, _________sister I shared a room with when we were at college, has gone to work in Australia.            

At first Robert wouldn't let his daughter go diving, but eventually he___________ as she was so confidence about her skills.            

Let's not pick these peaches until this weekend ___________they get sweet enough to be eaten.            

-I'm moving in a few days and I wonder if you could help.

-___________. Just let me know when, and I'll be there.

The__________ that there is life on other planets in the universe has always inspired scientists to explore the outer space.            

I need a new passport so I will have to have my photograph___________.            

It took him a long time to___________ the skills he needed to become a good dancer.            

The gold medal will be awarded to ___________ wins the first place in the bicycler.            

I can't find my purse. I___________ it in the supermarket yesterday, but I'm not sure.            

Bob thought he couldn't go to the party because he had to write a report, but he went ___________.            

I didn't mean ___________anything but the ice cream looked so good that I couldn't help_______ it.            

My washing machine ___________this week, so I have to wash my clothes by hand.            

It was only when the car pulled up in front of our house ___________we saw Lily in the passenger seat.            

If we ___________the flight yesterday, we would be enjoying our holiday on the beach.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own         1      .

I learned this lesson from a(n)        2       many years ago. I took the head         3       job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the         4       team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to         5       the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn't         6       I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to         7       that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were         8       me. I had to change my         9       about their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little         10      .Most important, I began to treat them like         11       .That summer, When the other teams enjoyed their         12       ,we met every day and         13       passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our         14       on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to         15      .Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a         16       for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn't what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest         17       my life！

From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can         18       the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and         19       them. I helped them to see themselves         20      ,and they built themselves into winners.

Winners are made, but born.

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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。

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Fire Prevention Information

The University of Adelaide employs a full-time staff of fire prevention professionals. They inspect all campus buildings and test and maintain all sprinkler(喷水灭火装置）systems, fire alarms, and fire extinguishers (灭火器). They also provide educational programs or fire safety in the residence hall. Whenever you move to a new area, you should locate the fire alarm pull stations and the two exits nearest your room.

Fire Alarms

The floors of all campus buildings are equipped with manual(手动的）fire alarm systems which include fire alarm pull stations and pipes. Most are also equipped with automatic fire alarm systems consisting of heat detectors, smoke detectors and sprinklers. For your safety, never tamper with(胡乱摆弄）these systems. False fire alarms are illegal and may lead to imprisonment.

Fire Drills

A fire drill will be conducted in your residence hall every semester. During a fire drill, please do the following:

•Take your room key and ID, close and lock the door to your room.

•Exit immediately from the nearest emergency exit do not use a lift.

•Meet outside of your residence hall and wait for further instructions.

Fire Extinguishers

Fire extinguishers are located on each floor and in each apartment. Use a fire extinguisher only if you have been trained to do so. Irresponsible use of a fire extinguisher can create a dangerous situation for other residents and could result in damage to personal property. Misuse of a fire extinguisher will result in fines.

Smoke Detector

A smoke detector is on the ceiling in your room. Some buildings also have heat detectors on the ceilings. Do the following to ensure the safe operation of your smoke detector:

•If your smoke detector is working properly, the red light should be on. If the red light is not blinking（闪动），contact residence hall staff immediately.

•Do not cover or block your smoke detector in any way.

•If a smoke detector sets off an alarm and there is no fire or smoke, inform your hall staff.

（1）What is the main duty of the fire prevention professionals?            

（2）What do the automatic fire alarm systems include?            

（3）In a fire drill, the students should.            

（4）What do we know about the use of fire extinguishers?            

（5）To ensure the safe operation of the smoke detector, one should_________.            

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When I was 17, I read a magazine article about a museum called the McNay, once the home of a watercolorist named Marian McNay. She had requested the community to tum it into a museum upon her death. On a sunny Saturday, Sally and I drove over to the museum. She asked, "Do you have the address? ""No, but I'll recognize it, there was a picture in the magazine. "

"Oh, stop. There it is!"

The museum was free. We entered, excited. A group of people sitting in the hall stopped talking and stared at us.

"May I help you?" a man asked. "No," I said. "We're fine." Tour guides got on my nerves. What if they talked a long time about a painting you weren't that interested in? Sally had gone upstairs. The people in the hall seemed very nosy(爱窥探的), keeping their eyes on me with curiosity. What was their problem? I saw some nice sculptures in one room. Suddenly I sensed a man standing behind me. "Where do you think you are?" he asked. I turned sharply. "The McNay Art Museum!" He smiled, shaking his head. "Sorry, the McNay is on New Braunfels Street." "What's this place?" I asked, still confused. "Well, it's our home." My heart jolted(震颤). I raced to the staircase and called out, "Sally! Come down immediately! "

"There's some really good stuff(艺术作品）up there."She stepped down, looking confused. I pushed her toward the front door, waving at the family, saying, "Sorry, please forgive us, you have a really nice place." Outside, when I told Sally what happened, she covered her mouth, laughing. She couldn't believe how long they let us look around without saying anything.

The real McNay was splendid, but we felt nervous the whole time we were there. Van Gogh, Picasso. This time, we stayed together, in case anything else unusual happened.

Thirty years later, a woman approached me in a public place. "Excuse me, did you ever enter a residence, long ago, thinking it was the McNay Museum?"

"Yes. But how do you know? We never told anyone. "

"That was my home. I was a teenager sitting in the hall. Before you came over, I never realized what a beautiful place I lived in. I never felt lucky before. You thought it was a museum. My feelings about my home changed after that. I've always wanted to thank you."

（1）What do we know about Marian McNay?            

（2）Why did the author refuse the help from the man in the house?            

（3）How did the author feel about being stared at by the people in the hall?            

（4）Why did the author describe the real McNay museum in just a few words?            

（5）What could we learn from the last paragraph?            

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There's a new frontier in 3D printing that's beginning to come into focus: food. Recent development has made possible machines that print, cook, and serve foods on a mass scale. And the industry isn't stopping there.

Food production

With a 3D printer, a cook can print complicated chocolate sculptures and beautiful pieces for decoration on a wedding cake. Not everybody can do that - it takes years of experience, but a printer makes it easy. A restaurant in Spain uses a Foodini to "re-create forms and pieces" of food that are "exactly the same," freeing cooks to complete other tasks. In another restaurant, all of the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.

Sustainability(可持续性）

The global population is expected to grow to 9.6 billion by 2050, and some analysts estimate that food production will need to be raised by 50 percent to maintain current levels. Sustainability is becoming a necessity. 3D food printing could probably contribute to the solution. Some experts believe printers could use hydrocolloids(水解胶体) from plentiful renewables like algae(藻类) and grass to replace the familiar ingredients(烹饪原料). 3D printing can reduce fuel use and emissions. Grocery stores of the future might stock "food" that lasts years on end, freeing up shelf space and reducing transportation and storage requirements.

Nutrition

Future 3D food printers could make processed food healthier. Hod Lipson, a professor at Columbia University, said, "Food printing could allow consumers to print food with customized nutritional content, like vitamins. So instead of eating a piece of yesterday's bread from the supermarket, you'd eat something baked just for you on demand."

Challenges

Despite recent advancements in 3D food printing, the industry has many challenges to overcome. Currently, most ingredients must be changed to a paste(糊状物) before a printer can use them, and the printing process is quite time-consuming, because ingredients interact with each other in very complex ways. On top of that, most of the 3D food printers now are restricted to dry ingredients, because meat and milk products may easily go bad. Some experts are skeptical about 3D food printers, believing they are better suited for fast food restaurants than homes and high-end restaurants.

（1）What benefit does 3D printing bring to food production?            

（2）What can we learn about 3D food printing from Paragraphs 3?            

（3）According to Paragraph 4, 3D-printed food _____________.            

（4）What is the main factor that prevents 3D food printing from spreading widely?            

（5）What could be the best title of the passage?            

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Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing? How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door? If your awareness is as sharp as it could be, you'll have no trouble answering these questions.

Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child's day is filled with fascination, newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness. But distinctions that were sharp to us as children become unclear; we are numb(麻木的）to new stimulation(刺激), new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.

The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began complaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost knee-deep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they'd felt cold water at first.

Another block to awareness is the obsession(痴迷) many of us have with naming things. I saw bird watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a "ruby-crowned kinglet" and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.

The pressures of "time" and "destination" are further blocks to awareness. I encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what's around them. I asked them what they'd seen. "Oh, a few birds," they said. They seemed bent on their destinations.

Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.

（1）According to Paragraph 2, compared with adults, children are more ____________.            

（2）What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3?            

（3）The bird watchers' behavior shows that they __________.            

（4）Why do the hikers take no notice of the surroundings during the journey?            

（5）In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should __________.            

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Some people live to climb the highest mountains. Some people live only dreaming about it while others live to avoid ever climbing at all. But one thing is certain, all people encounter mountains in their life.

When I was a little girl, my family moved to a tiny town at the bottom of a big mountain. One day after school, while exploring the green woods of this magnificent mountain, I almost fell on a set of stairs. What could these steps lead to? Curiosity got the best of me as I knew it would be starting to get dark soon. I started climbing up those strangely mysterious steps.

I climbed and climbed. There was nothing but just green bushes and these steps. I had to reach the top! But it was now getting real dark. If I kept going I might not be able to see my way back. My mom would be worried sick if I didn't come home soon. So I ran back home almost in the dark while trying not to get too scared.

Anxiously I went to bed dreaming about what I would find at the top of this magical mountain. Could there be a castle up there? Maybe I would find a monster(怪物). Maybe I was taking the risk of never coming back home. Or, maybe all I would find was absolutely nothing! But something inside me was going to climb that mountain at all cost. I could hardly wait to try this adventure again.

Now we live in a world surrounded by the "can't do" attitudes. We all fall down.We all have doubts and regrets. Still we must climb and dream about what's at the top of our mountain. Monsters may appear or the night will fall. But never ever give up on your dream! Never let anyone tell you, "You can't." Dream big and climb high!

（1）What made the author start to climb up the stairs to the mountain top? (no more than 5 words)    

（2）Why did the author hurry back home without reaching the top of the mountain? Give two reasons. (no more than 15 words)    

（3）How would you describe the author in terms of personalities according to Paragraph 4? (no more than 10 words)    

（4）How do you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph? (no more than 5 words)    

（5）What's your attitude towards the "mountain" in your life? Please explain. (no more than 20 words)    

假设你是晨光中学的机器人兴趣小组组长李津，你的美国朋友Chris就读于天津某国际学校，他曾在机器人技能竞赛中获奖。你打算邀请他加入你的团队，参加即将于7月底在天津举行的世界青少学机器人技能竞赛。请根据以下提示代表兴趣小组给他写一封电子邮件。

⑴比赛的时间、地点；

⑵邀请他的原因；

⑶训练计划将发送其邮箱，请他提出建议。

注意：

⑴词数不少于100；

⑵可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；

⑶开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：

世界青少年机器人技能竞赛 the World Adolescent Robotics Competition

Dear Chris,

I have good news to tell you.

I'm looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Jin