2017年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(天津卷)

　　英语笔试

　　本试卷分为第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分，共130分，考试用时100分钟。

　　第I 卷

　　注意事项：

　　1. 每小题选出答案后，用铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如果改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

　　2. 本卷共55小题，共95分。

　　第一部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

　　第一节：单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

　　从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　例：Stand over there___________ you’ll be able to see it better.

　　A. or B. and C. but D. while

　　答案是B。

　　1.—Albert’s birthday is on next Saturday, and I’m planning a surprise partyfor him.

　　—__________. I’ll bring some wine.

　　A. Sounds like fun B. It depends

　　C. Just a minute D. You are welcome

　　2. My room is a mess, but I __________clean it before I go out tonight. Ican do it in the morning.

　　A. daren’t B.shouldn’t C.needn’t D.mustn’t

　　3. —I want to see Mr. White. We have an appointment.

　　—I’m sorry, but he is not ________ at the moment, for the meeting hasn’tended.

　　A. busy B. active C. concerned D. available

　　4. She asked me _______ I had returned the books to the library, and Iadmitted that I hadn’t.

　　A. when B. where C. whether D. what

　　5. Mr. and Mrs. Brown would like to see their daughter _____, get married,and have kids.

　　A. settled down B. keep off C. get up D. cut in

　　6. Nowadays, cycling, along with jogging and swimming, _______ as one ofthe best all-round forms of exercise.

　　A. regard B. is regarded C. are regarded D. regards

　　7. —Michael was late for Mr. Smith’s chemistry class this morning.

　　—________? As far as I know, he never came late to class.

　　A. So what B. Why not C. Who cares D. How come

　　8. I ________down to London when I suddenly found that I was on the wrongroad.

　　A. was driving B. have driven C. would drive D. drove

　　9. My eldest son, _______ work takes him all over the world, is in New Yorkat the moment.

　　A. that B. whose C. his D. who

　　10. I was watching the clock all through the meeting, as I had a train______.

　　A. catching B. caught C. to catch D. to be caught

　　11. It was when I got back to my apartment ______ I first came across mynew neighbors.

　　A. who B. where C. which D. that

　　12. When you drive through the Redwood Forests in California, you will be_____ trees that are over 1,000 years old.

　　A. among B. against C. behind D. below

　　13. We offer an excellent education to our students. ________, we expectstudents to word hard.

　　A. On average B. At best C. in return D. After all

　　14. The hospital has recently obtained new medical equipment, _____ morepatients to be treated.

　　A. being allowed B. allowing C. having allowed D. allowed

　　15. —Do you have Betty’s phone number?

　　—Yes. Otherwise, I ______able to reach her yesterday.

　　A. hadn’t been B. wouldn’t have been C. weren’t D. wouldn’t be

　　第二节：完形填空(共20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16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　16.A.add B. mix C. kill D. share

　　17.A. diets B. drinks C. fruits D. dishes

　　18.A. height B. ability C. wisdom D. weight

　　19.A. temporarily B. recently C. seriously D. secretly

　　20.A.ideal B. extra C. normal D. low

　　21.A. attended B. organized C. recommended D. mentioned

　　22.A. folk B. success C. adventure D. science

　　23.A. Surprised B. Amused C. Influenced D. Disturbed

　　24.A. project B. business C. system D. custom

　　25.A. in search of B.in need of C. in place of D. in support of

　　26.A.scared B. considered C. confused D. struck

　　27.A. As B.Until C.If D. Unless

　　28.A. get over B. run into C. look for D. put aside

　　29.A.excitmentB. joy C. anger D. fear

　　30.A.row B. hall C. path D. street

　　31.A. breaking B. flooding C. jumping D. stepping

　　32.A. heavy B. full C. expense D. healthy

　　33.A. regularly B. limitlessly C. suddenly D. randomly

　　34.A. set B. reached C. missed D. dropped

　　35.A. stressful B. painful C. meaningful D. peaceful

　　第二部分：阅读理解(共20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。

　　A

　　Suppose you’re in a rush, felling tired, not paying attention to yourscreen, and you send an email that could get you in trouble.

　　Realisation will probably set in seconds after you’ve clicked “send”. Youfreeze in horrors and burn with shame.

　　What to do? Here are four common email accidents, and how to recover.

　　Clicking “send” too soon

　　Don’t waste your time trying to find out if the receivers has read it yet.Write another email as swiftly as you can and send it with a brief explainingthat this is the correct version and the previous version should be ignored.

　　Writing the wrong time

　　The sooner you notice, the better. Respond quickly and briefly, apologizingfor your mistake. Keep the tone measured: don’t handle it too lightly, as peoplecan be offered, especially if your error suggests a misunderstanding of theirculture(I.e. incorrect ordering of Chinese names).

　　Clicking “reply all” unintentionally

　　You accidentally reveal(透露)to entire company what menu choices you wouldprefer at the staff Christmas dinner, or what holiday you’d like to take. Inthis instance, the best solution is to send a quick, light-hearted apology toexplain your awkwardness. zxx|k But it can quickly rise to something worse, wheneveryone starts hitting “reply all” to join in a long and unpleasantconversation. In this instance, step away from your keyboard to allow everyoneto calm down.

　　Sending an offensive message to it’s subject

　　The most awkward email mistake is usually committed in anger. You write anunkind message about someone, intending to send it to a friend, but accidentallysend it to the person you’re discussing. In that case, ask to speak in person assoon as possible and say sorry. Explain your frustrations calmly andsensibly—see it as an opportunity tic hear up any difficulties you may have withthis person.

　　36. After realizing an email accident, you are likely to feel _______.

　　A. curious B. tired C. awful D. funny

　　37. If you have written the wrong name in an email, it is best to________.

　　A. apologise in a serious manner

　　B. tell the receiver to ignore the error

　　C. learn to write the name correctly

　　D. send a short notice to everyone

　　38. What should you do when an unpleasant conversation is started by your“reply all” email?

　　A. Try offering other choices.

　　B. Avoid further involvement.

　　C. Meet other staff members.

　　D. Make a light-hearted apology.

　　39. How should you deal with the problem caused by an offensive email?

　　A. By promising not to offend the receiver again.

　　B. By seeking support from the receiver’s friends.

　　C. By asking the receiver to control his anger.

　　D. By talking to the receiver face to face.

　　40. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A. Defining email errors.

　　B. Reducing email mistakes.

　　C. Handling email accidents.

　　D. Improving email writing.

　　B

　　Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy.After climbing up a hill for a panoramic(全景的) view of the blue sea, whitebuildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positionedmyself to take the best photo of this panorama.

　　Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached frombehind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman washere to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.

　　Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun andreviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too muchto ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, Icould have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed socontent in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.

　　Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. Idecided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think herpresence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape,beautiful on its own, somehow coms to life and breathes because this woman isengaging with it.

　　This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that womanwho “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if sheknew that her figure is captured(捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall?A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t evenknow has been immortalized(使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.

　　Perhaps we all live in each others’ space. Perhaps this is what photos arefor: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a commondesire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.

　　That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversationbetween two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

　　41. What happened when the author was about to take a photo?

　　A. Her camera stopped working.

　　B. A woman blocked her view.

　　C. Someone asked her to leave

　　D. A friend approached from behind.

　　42. According to the author, the woman was probably_______.

　　A. enjoying herself

　　B. losing her patience

　　C. waiting for the sunset

　　D. thinking about her past

　　43. In the author’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive?

　　A. The rich color of the landscape.

　　B. The perfect positioning of the camera.

　　C. The woman’s existence in the photo.

　　D. The soft sunlight that summer day.

　　44. The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand________.

　　A. the need to be close to nature

　　B. the importance of private space

　　C. the joy of the vacation in Italy

　　D. the shared passion for beauty

　　45. The passage can be seen as the author’s reflections upon _______.

　　A. a particular life experience

　　B. the pleasure of traveling

　　C. the art of photography

　　D. a lost friendship

　　C

　　This month, Germany’s transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt, proposed thefirst set of rules for autonomous vehicles(自主驾驶车辆). They would define thedriver’s role in such cars and govern how such cars perform in crashes wherelives might be lost.

　　The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the “death valley” ofautonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverlesscars that could delay the driverless future.

　　Dobrindt wants three things: that a car always chooses property(财产) damageover personal injury; that it never distinguishes between humans based on age orrace; and that if a human removes his or her hands from the driving wheel — tocheck email, say —the car’s maker is responsible if there is a crash.

　　“The change to the road traffic law will permit fully automatic driving,”says Dobrindt. It will put fully driverless cars on an equal legal footing tohuman drivers, he says.

　　Who is responsible for the operation of such vehicles is not clear amongcar makers, consumers and lawyers. “The liability(法律责任) issue is the biggest oneof them all,” says Natasha Merat at the University of Leeds, UK.

　　An assumption behind UK insurance for driverless cars, introduces earlierthis year, insists that a human “ be watchful and monitoring the road” at everymoment.

　　But that is not what many people have in mind when thinking of driverlesscars. “When you say ‘driverless cars’, people expect driverless cars.”Meratsays. “You know — no driver.” zxx.k

　　Because of the confusion, Merat thinks some car makers will wait untilvehicles can be fully automated without operation.

　　Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather thanvehicles you own, says Ryan Calo at Stanford University, California. That ishappening in the UK and Singapore, where government-provided driverless vehiclesare being launched.

　　That would go down poorly in the US, however. “The idea that the governmentwould take over driverless cars and treat them as a public good would getabsolutely nowhere here,” says Calo.

　　46. What does the phrase “death valley” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

　　A. A place where cars often break down.

　　B. A case where passing a law is impossible.

　　C. An area where no driving is permitted.

　　D. A situation where drivers’ role is not clear.

　　47. The proposal put forward by Dobrindt aims to __________.

　　A. stop people from breaking traffic rules

　　B. help promote fully automatic driving

　　C. protect drivers of all ages and races

　　D. prevent serious property damage

　　48. What do consumers think of the operation of driverless cars?

　　A. It should get the attention of insurance companies.

　　B. It should be the main concern of law makers.

　　C. It should not cause deadly traffic accidents.

　　D. It should involve no human responsibility.

　　49. Driverless vehicles in public transport see no bright future in__________.

　　A. Singapore

　　B. the UK

　　C. the US

　　D. Germany

　　50. What could be the best title for passage?

　　A. Autonomous Driving: Whose Liability?

　　B. Fully Automatic Cars: A New Breakthrough

　　C. Autonomous Vehicles: Driver Removed

　　D. Driverless Cars: Root of Road Accidents

　　D

　　I read somewhere that we spend a full third of our lives waiting. But whereare we doing all of this waiting, and what does it mean to an impatient societylike ours? To understand the issue, let’s take a look at three types of“waits”.

　　The very purest form of waiting is the Watched-Pot Wait. It is withoutdoubt the most annoying of all. Take filling up the kitchen sink(洗碗池) as anexample. There is absolutely nothing you can do while this is going on but keepboth eyes fixed on the sink until it’s full. During these waits, the brain slipsaway from the body and wanders about until the water runs over the edge of thecounter and onto your socks. This kind of wait makes the waiter helpless andmindless.

　　A cousin to the Watched-Pot Wait is the Forced Wait. This one requires abit of discipline. Properly preparing packaged noodle soup required a ForcedWait. Directions are very specific. “Bring three cups of water to boil, add mix,simmer three minutes, remove from heat, let stand five minutes.”I have my doubtsthat anyone has actually followed the procedures strictly. After all, ForcedWaiting requires patience.

　　Perhaps the most powerful type of waiting is the Lucky-Break Wait. Thistype of wait is unusual in that it is for the most part voluntary. Unlike theForced Wait, which is also voluntary, waiting for your lucky break does notnecessarily mean that it will happen.

　　Turning one’s life into a waiting game requires faith and hope, and isstrictly for the optimists among us. On the surface it seems as ridiculous asfollowing the directions on soup mixes, but the Lucky-Break Wait well servesthose who are willing to do it. As long as one doesn’t come to rely on it,wishing for a few good things to happen never hurts anybody. zx@xk

　　We certainly do spend a good deal of our time waiting. The next time you’restanding at the sink waiting for it to fill while cooking noodle soup thatyou’ll have to eat until a large bag of cash falls out of the sky, don’t bedesperate. You’re probably just as busy as the next guy.

　　51. While doing a Watched-Pot Wait, we tend to ___________.

　　A. keep ourselves busy

　　B. get absent-minded

　　C. grow anxious

　　D. stay focused

　　52. What is the difference between the Forced Wait and the Watched-PotWait?

　　A. The Forced Wait requires some self-control.

　　B. The Forced Wait makes people passive.

　　C. The Watched-Pot Wait needs directions.

　　D. The Watched-Pot Wait engages body and brain.

　　53. What can we learn about the Lucky-Break Wait?

　　A. It is less voluntary than the Forced Wait.

　　B. It doesn’t always bring the desired result.

　　C. It is more fruitful than the Forced Wait.

　　D. It doesn’t give people faith and hope.

　　54. What does the author advise us to do the next time we are waiting?

　　A. Take it seriously.

　　B. Don’t rely on others.

　　C. Do something else.

　　D. Don’t lose heart.

　　55. The author supports his view by _________.

　　A. exploring various causes of “waits”.

　　B. describing detailed processes of “waits”.

　　C. analyzing different categories of “waits”

　　D. revealing frustrating consequences of “waits”