2014年高考英语天津卷及答案解析
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2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（天津卷）
英语
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1至10页，第II 卷11至12页。
答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考号填写在答题卡上，并在规定位置粘贴考试用条形码。答卷时，考生务必将答案涂写在答题卡上，答在试卷上的无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
祝各位考生考试顺利！
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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，如需改动，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: We feel _____ our duty to make our country a better place. A. it B. this
C. that
D. one
答案是B 。
1. Give me a chance, _____ I ’11 give you a wonderful surpri. A. if
B. or
C. and
D. while
2. —OK, I ’ll fix your computer right now. —Oh, take your time. _____. A. I can ’t stand it
B. I ’m in no hurry
C. That ’s a great idea
D. It ’s not my cup of tea 3. Wind is now the world ’s fastest growing _____ of power. A. source
B. n
C. result
D. root
4. _____ you start eating in a healthier way, weight control will become much easier. A. Unless
B. Although
C. Before
D. Once
5. Anxiously, she took the dress out of the package and tried it on, only _____ it didn ’t fit. A. to find
B. found
C. finding
D. having found
6. _____ the school, the village has a clinic, which was also built with government support. A. In reply to
B. In addition to
C. In charge of
D. In place of
7. Clearly and thoughtfully _____, the book inspires confidence in students who wish to ek their own answers. A. writing
B. to write
C. written
D. being written
8. Life is like ____ ocean: Only ____ strong-willed can reach the other shore. A. an; the
B. the; a
C. the; ／
D. ／; a
9. My parents always _____ great importance to my getting a good education. A. have
B. attach
C. accept
D. pay
10. —How long have you been learning English? —About four months.
—_____! Your English is so good. A. You can ’t be rious B. You got it
C. I couldn ’t agree more
D. I ’m stuck
11. We won ’t start the work until all the preparations _____. A. are being made B. will be made C. have been made
D. had been made
12. English is a language shared by veral diver cultures, _____ us it differently. A. all of which B. each of which
C. all of them
D. each of them
13. The two countries are going to meet to _____ some barriers to trade between them. A. make up
B. u up
C. turn down
D. break down
14. I think _____ impress me about his painting is the colours he us. A. what
B. that
C. which
D. who
15. _____ the morning train, he would not have been late for the meeting. A. Did he catch B. Should he catch
C. Has he caught
D. Had he caught
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姓名________________ 准考证号_____________
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各题所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to 16 me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling you that you’ve done 17 and allowing you to skip a grade（跳级），but you’ll have to 18 your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me 19 for the rest of the night. I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the 20 decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d21 wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her 22 and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times．
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large 23 apartment，I became 24 how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herlf. It was then 25 I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on 26 family and work. 27 difficult decisions, she ud to tell me, y ou wouldn’t know whether you made the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a 28 attitude.
Back home, I 29 mylf that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she 30 to live in Rio all by herlf, I, too, could learn to be 31 . I learnt how to take care of mylf and t high but achievable 32 .
