2024年高考第二次模拟考试：英语（天津卷）（考试版）

这是一份2024年高考第二次模拟考试：英语（天津卷）（考试版），共11页。
（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：130分）
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第I卷
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 ver there ________ yu'll be able t see it better.
A. r B. and C. but D. while
答案是B。
1．— My parents will take me t Shanghai Disneyland this summer hliday.
— .
Gd luck t yuB．It’s a gd idea
C．Best wishes t yuD．Have a gd time
2．Generally speaking, it’s very ht in summer in my hmetwn, but at times it ______ be cl.
A．needB．mustC．canD．shuld
3．S excellent is the yung man in this cmpany that his ______ is just a matter f time.
A．ambitinB．admiratinC．prmtinD．appreciatin
4．--- Thank yu very much fr helping me with my prject.
---________.
A．Fr pleasureB．Dn’t mentin it
C．With pleasureD．It desn’t matter
5．While the need fr geriatric trained physicians is grwing, the pl f dctrs likely t enter the field has remained ______.
A．freezingB．cnstantC．largeD．sund
6．—Have yu finished yur hmewrk?
—N, nt yet. I think it’ll take________ thirty minutes.
A．therB．thersC．antherD．mre
7．Scientists ________ research in rder t seek greater understanding f the brain, especially since the 1950s.
A．cnductedB．have been cnducted
C．have been cnductingD．had cnducted
8．________ sharing ecnmy can make use f resurces mre cnvenient and cst-efficient, the apprach has becme ppular in sciety.
A．WhetherB．AsC．IfD．Althugh
9．It’s sunny and windy tday.It’s the best time a kite.
A．t flyB．flyC．flyingD．flies
10．—My sister is a typist at a freign cmpany.
—I knw this srt f jb ______skill and speed.
A．sets asideB．calls frC．pays ffD．shws up
11．The chances are______yu can make yur dream cme true if yu wrk hard fr it.
A．whatB．whichC．thatD．whether
12．—Tm never has breakfast at schl.
—________.
A．S desn’t MaryB．S has MaryC．Neither has MaryD．Nr des Mary
13．T keep their innvatin ________ the times, Internet-based cmpanies are sparing n effrts in digging int mre cre technlgies.
A．in tune withB．in cnflict withC．in case fD．in place f
14．A big factry has been set up in this area _____ such gds fr peple all ver the cuntry.
A．t prduceB．prducingC．prducedD．being prduced
15．I have tw grammar bks, ______ are f great use.
A．all f whichB．either f themC．bth f thatD．bth f which
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。
I clearly remember the day when I started my jurney twards becming a minimalist.
It was ne 16 in April 2013. My daughter, Emily, had just turned tw. She usually 17 herself with a few tys when I quickly shwered and gt ready fr the day. Her grwing curisity ften 18 her t get int the drawers and cupbards. I was ften 19 when I fund cupbards emptied and messes everywhere.
On this particular day, she 20 the cupbard filled with all my varius ltins (润肤露). It still 21 me why I had s many partially used bttles f 22 ltins and creams. Even if I didn’t 23 a certain ne, I never threw it away because I thught I might need it ne day, r didn’t want t be 24 . When I gt ut f the 25 , I fund Emily standing by my bedside table with an entire bttle f runny, shimmering (微闪的) ltin 26 all ver the table, herself, her pajamas, and the carpet. And cleaning ltin ut f carpet is 27 fun r easy.
Right then and there I decided enugh was enugh! I was s 28 f cleaning up the same messes and the same 29 that I didn’t even need. I gt a big 30 bag and started getting rid f every unneeded and unlved item, which really gave me a sense f liberatin and 31 .
This event really 32 my mindset abut stuff and 33 mtivated me t live a life with fewer things. Fr me, minimalism is nt a destinatin but a 34 . And I will 35 n this path fr the rest f my life.
16．A．afternnB．nightC．eveningD．mrning
17．A．equippedB．cmfrtedC．entertainedD．rewarded
18．A．allwedB．drveC．recmmendedD．persuaded
19．A．frustratedB．terrifiedC．disappintedD．cncerned
20．A．fixedB．paintedC．arrangedD．searched
21．A．cnfusesB．escapesC．delightsD．bthers
22．A．expensiveB．differentC．naturalD．silky
23．A．smellB．likeC．testD．remember
24．A．pickyB．typicalC．wastefulD．stubbrn
25．A．shwerB．bedC．cupbardD．rm
26．A．blwnB．ccupiedC．thrwnD．pured
27．A．far frmB．at leastC．n mreD．after all
28．A．afraidB．capableC．sickD．fnd
29．A．carpetsB．ltinsC．tysD．stuff
30．A．shppingB．garbageC．paperD．clth
31．A．securityB．prideC．reliefD．belnging
32．A．shiftedB．develpedC．clarifiedD．revealed
33．A．frtunatelyB．surprisinglyC．immediatelyD．ultimately
34．A．slutinB．jurneyC．tendencyD．change
35．A．cntinueB．appearC．waitD．survive
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
University Rm Regulatins
Apprved and Prhibited Items
The fllwing items are apprved fr use in residential (住宿的) rms: electric blankets, hair dryers, persnal cmputers, radis, televisins and DVD players. Items that are nt allwed in student rms include: candles, ceiling fans, firewrks, waterbeds, sun lamps and wireless ruters. Please nte that any prhibited items will be taken away by the Office f Residence Life.
Access t Residential Rms
Students are prvided with a cmbinatin(组合密码) fr their rm dr lcks upn check-in. D nt share yur rm dr lck cmbinatin with anyne. The Office f Residence life may change the dr lck cmbinatin at any time at the expense f the resident if it is fund that the student has shared the cmbinatin with thers. The fee is $25 t change a rm cmbinatin.
Cking Plicy
Students living in buildings that have kitchens are nly permitted t ck in the kitchen. Students must clean up after cking. This is nt the respnsibility f huse keeping staff. Kitchens that are nt kept clean maybe clsed fr use. With the exceptin f using a small micrwave ven (微波炉) t heat fd, students are nt permitted t ck in their rms.
Pet Plicy
N pets except fish are permitted in student rms. Students wh are fund with pets, whether visiting r wned by the student, are subject t an initial fine f $100 and a cntinuing fine f $50 a day per pet. Students receive written ntice when the fine ges int effect. If, ne week frm the date f written ntice, the pet is nt remved, the student is referred t the Student Curt.
Quiet Hurs
Residential buildings must maintain an atmsphere that supprts the academic missin f the University. Minimum quiet hurs in all campus residences are 10:00 pm t 8:00 am Sunday thrugh Thursday. Quiet hurs n Friday and Saturday nights are l:00 am t 8:00 am. Students wh vilate quiet hurs are subject t a fine f $25.
36．Which f the fllwing items are allwed in student rms?
A．TVs and electric blankets.B．Wireless rutes and radis.
C．Hair dryers and candles.D．Ceiling fans and waterbeds.
37．What if a student is fund t have tld his cmbinatin t thers?
A．He shuld check ut f the rm.B．The Office shuld be charged.
C．He shuld replace the dr lck.D．The cmbinatin shuld be changed.
38．What d we knw abut the cking plicy?
A．Cking in student rms is permitted.B．Students are t clse kitchen drs after cking.
C．A husekeeper is t clean up the kitchenD．A micrwave ven can be used.
39．If a student has kept a cat in his rm fr a week since the warning, he will face________.
A．parent visitsB．the Student CurtC．a fine f $100D．a written ntice
40．When can students enjy a party in residences?
A．00:30 am, Saturday.B．7:30 am, Thursday.
C．11:30 pm, Mnday.D．7:00 am, Sunday.
B
A few years ag, my husband Matt ffered t get me a digital pian fr my 41st birthday. Matt knew that I had taken pian lessns as a kid, but stpped ding s in the seventh grade. I was at the age when I wuld rather g t the mall with friends than play the pian n the weekends.
I was game fr a digital pian, but skeptical — I wasn’t sure I was ging t play it that ften. Hwever, Matt was persistent. He reminded me that I’d mentined wanting t play the pian again, s he bught me ne and set it up in my ffice.
T be hnest, I had nly made half-hearted attempts ver the years t take up varius hbbies, mstly craft-related nes like knitting (编织) and crss-stitch (十字绣), t relax. But nthing really stuck.
Then, tw years ag, I had a baby. The pian became even mre f an afterthught as I became cnsumed by the challenges f parenting. I had enugh n my plate, I tld myself. There was n pint in adding anther thing that was prbably just ging t stress me ut.
But recently, my 2-year-ld sn had figured ut hw t turn n the digital pian and lved t bang n the keys. Seeing him play s jyfully, I thught maybe I culd take pian lessns and help him t prepare fr the music wrld.
I started lessns a cuple f weeks later, and it turned ut that I culd handle 15 minutes a day.
Smetimes, I culd handle 40 minutes. I fund myself cmpletely immersed in playing the pian. The repetitin calmed me. Ging ver difficult parts in each piece I was learning was incredibly satisfying. T my great surprise, at age 44, I have an actual hbby nw, and I really lk frward t perfrming tgether with my sn ne day.
41．Hw did the authr feel when her husband ffered t buy her a digital pian?
A．She was excited.B．She was thankful.
C．She dubted herself.D．She cnsidered it a jke.
42．Which f the fllwing statements abut the authr is true accrding t the passage?
A．She devted herself entirely t bringing up her baby.
B．She drpped ut f schl in the seven grade.
C．She gave up playing the pian again at her frties.
D．She ate a lt fr parenting.
43．What d we knw abut the authr’s craft-related hbbies?
A．She lved knitting and crss-stitch the mst.
B．She gave them up eventually.
C．They made her mre patient.
D．They gave her t much pressure.
44．What inspired the authr t restart learning hw t play the pian?
A．Her husband’s encuragement.
B．Her sn’s interest in the pian.
C．Her hpe t make her sn happy.
D．Her desire t reduce the stress f parenting.
45．What happened after the authr started taking pian lessns again?
A．She taught her sn t play the pian.
B．She determined t becme a pianist.
C．She practiced harder fr cmpetitin.
D．She felt peaceful and cntent while playing.
C
A new study finds climate events such as flding, heat waves and drught wrsen mre than half f the knwn diseases that infect peple. These diseases include malaria, chlera and anthrax.
Researchers examined medical literature (文献) f established cases f such diseases. They fund ut that 218 ut f the knwn 375 human infectius diseases seemed t be made wrse by extreme weather cnnected t climate change. The study cnnected mre than 1,000 pathways frm climate events t sick peple. In sme cases, heavy rains and flding sicken peple thrugh disease-carrying msquites, rats and deer. Other events, like warming ceans and heat waves, spil seafd and drughts bring bats carrying viral infectins t peple.
Medical dctrs, ging back t the days f ancient Greek civilizatin, have lng cnnected disease t weather. But this study shws hw widespread the influence f climate events is n human health. “If climate is changing, the risk f these diseases is changing,” said Dr Jnathan Patz. “The findings f this study are terrifying and illustrate well the enrmus (巨大的) cnsequences f climate change n human pathgens (病原体). Humans need t all wrk tgether t prevent disasters frm climate change.”
Camil Mra, a climate data expert, said the study is nt abut predicting future cases. “These are things that have already happened,” he nted. Here’s ne example Mra knws frm his wn experience. Abut five years ag, Mra’s hme in rural Clmbia was flded, creating a breeding grund fr msquites. Mra cntracted Chikungunya, a virus spread by msquit bites. He survived, but he still suffers pain related t the disease. In anther case, the remains f a reindeer which died frm anthrax were unearthed as the Siberian permafrst (永冻土) melted frm warming in 2016. A child tuched the dead animal, gt anthrax, and an utbreak spread.
Dr Aarn Bernstein said the study is a gd warning abut climate and health fr nw and the future. He added, “But f curse, it nly reprts n what we already knw and what’s yet unknwn abut pathgens may be yet mre cmpelling abut hw preventing further climate change may prevent future disasters like COVID-19.”
46．Which is TRUE accrding t Dr Jnathan?
A．The risk f climate is always changing.
B．Ancient peple cnnected diseases t weather t.
C．Humans shuld deal with climate change urgently.
D．Human diseases were illustrated in Greek civilizatin.
47．What des the authr want t prve by mentining the examples in Paragraph 4?
A．The quick spread f the virus.B．The disastrus flding in Clmbia.
C．The destructive Siberian permafrst.D．The bad impacts f climate events n human health.
48．What des Dr Aarn stress in the last paragraph?
A．COVID-19 still remains a mystery t peple.
B．Mre disasters will be caused by climate change.
C．Climate change is a gd warning abut human health.
D．Peple shuld care mre abut the unknwn diseases.
49．What is the best title fr the text?
A．Climate change helps spread sme deadly illnesses
B．Climate events are cnnected with infectius diseases
C．Climate disasters prvide key infrmatin abut diseases
D．Extreme climate may lead t serius disasters
50．What des the underlined wrd “cmpelling” mean in the last paragraph?
A．Cnvincing.B．Challenging.C．Driving.D．Frcing.
D
Aasritha Duriseti, an eighth-grade student at Carsn Middle Schl wanted t help her grandmther wh struggled t pen bttle caps. She fund a slutin in her engineering class, where students were tasked with adapting existing prducts t make daily life easier fr peple with challenges.
Aasritha’s creativity kicked in as she researched existing bttle-pening devices. “The shape and size f a cellphne are familiar,” she said. T create a better bttle pener, Aasritha used a piece f wd. It was shaped like a cellphne. Next, she put three hles in the wd. The hles were in different sizes s that they culd match cmmn bttle cap sizes. Each hle als had a layer f dried ht glue, prviding a strng hld fr the bttle caps. With a simple twisting mtin, her grandmther culd pen bttles withut assistance.
While addressing challenges thse with learning disabilities, mvement challenges and ther issues face, students like Aasritha used mre than their math, physics, and tl skills. They als learned abut empathy (共情). “Empathy is lking at prblems frm anther persn’s pint f view,” Aasritha’s teacher, Mark Blt, said. “It’s an imprtant part f engineering. Engineers need t put themselves in their prduct users’ shes t build effective slutins.” It was empathy, while watching friends and family deal with daily tasks, that pushed ther students’ prjects.
Student Michael nticed hw reading disrder made it difficult fr his friends t fllw alng n pages full f text. Their brains tend t cnfuse the rder f numbers, letters, and ther images. S Michael created a small adjustable windw-blind-style device. “My friend culd separate small sectins f text while reading,” he said.
In the prcess, students tried different versins f their prducts t make the best ne t shw the class. Rather than having step-by-step directins fr the prjects, Blt preferred t leave students’ creative paths pen. “If we want t d better, we have t have a chance t fail,” he said.
51．What might be a slutin t Aasritha’s engineering class task?
A．T better wheelchairs.B．T invent new prducts.
C．T raise mney fr the disabled.D．T teach lwer-grade students engineering.
52．Why are the three hles’ sizes different in Aasritha’s bttle pener?
A．T ensure a wider use.B．T make the mst f space.
C．T beautify the bttle pener.D．T make the pener easier t hld.
53．Accrding t Mark Blt, while designing prducts engineers shuld ________.
A．ask fr the users’ adviceB．be thughtful f their users
C．imprve their wrk effectivenessD．fcus mre n the peple arund them
54．Hw des Michael’s device wrk?
A．By reading the text t its users.
B．By adding a dictinary t the text.
C．By putting wrds in different clrs.
D．By fcusing users’ attentin n specific reading areas.
55．What des Mark Blt think is imprtant in the students’ creatin?
A．Aiming t be the best creatr.
B．Having rm fr free explratin.
C．Fllwing a strict set f rules and steps.
D．Serving different functins in different situatins.
第Ⅱ卷(共35分)
第四部分：写作
第一节：阅读表达(共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
When my father was celebrating a milestne (里程碑), birthday, I pulled tgether a surprised gift that he wuld never frget.
On his 60th birthday, I had a fun idea: What if I culd get the memries peple had f him, put each ne int an envelpe (信封) — 60 in ttal — and have him pen them, ne by ne, n his birthday? S I wrte an e-mail t family and friends, explaining my idea.
I sent the e-mail and waited. And then the replies started cming in and I was very, very astnished. There were s many memries, and they were all s lvely. They came frm the ′50s, ′60s, ′70s, frm every decade (十年) between nw and the day my dad was brn. They came frm my mther, my siblings, my grandma, my dad’s friends frm high schl, his sister, my dad’s first bss, a clleague at his first jb, frm peple wh hadn’t seen my dad in 40 years, frm peple I myself hadn’t even infrmed. They typed them and hand-wrte them. They mailed them and e-mailed them.
The night befre Dad’s birthday, my sister and I stayed up late, putting the mails int envelpes.
The next mrning, after breakfast and presents and cake, we gave the pile f envelpes t him. “Just ne mre thing fr yu,” we said.
It tk him alng time t pen them and read. Each ne was a brief ticket t anther time, a leap (跳跃) backward ver years and decades. There was a lt f laughter and a few tears in his face.
I was kind f sad when the prject f the memries abut my .father was ver because it was, great fun t cllect these memries.
56．When did the authr give her father a surprised gift? (n mre than 5 wrds)

57．What des the underlined wrd “astnished” in paragraph 3 prbably mean? ( n mre than 10 wrds)

58．Why did the authr and her sister stay up late the night befre their father’s birthday? (n mre than 10 wrds)

59．Hw did the authr’s father mst prbably feel when he read the mails? (n mre than 2 wrds)

60．What was the surprised gift? (n mre than 6 wrds)

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是晨光中学的李津。为了帮助我们更好地提升自己，你校英语社团的微信公众号开展了以“Hw t Imprve Yurself”为题的征文活动。现请你投稿，结合课文所学内容，文章应包括：
(1)“Hw t Imprve Yurself”活动的目的；
(2)你的建议和措施，至少三条。（如戒掉网瘾，理智消费等）；
(3)你的感受。
Hw t Imprve Yurself
At present, ur schl is launching Hw t Imprve Yurself campaign. ...
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