2014年高考天津卷英语试题解析(原卷版)

2014 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试

英语试题（天津卷）

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：We feel ___________ our duty to make our country a better place.

A. it B. this C. that D. one

答案是A。

1. Give me a chance, ________ I’ll give you a wonderful surprise.

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. sense 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 seek 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 serious 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 several diverse cultures, _________ uses 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. use up

C. turn down D. break down

14. I think _______ impresses me about his painting is the colours he uses.

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

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A,B,C,D的四个选项中，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 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’d 21 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 herself. It was then 25 I started to

appreciate the tough choices she had to make on 26 family and work. 27 difficult decisions, she used to

tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the

situation, with passion and a 28 attitude.

Back home, I 29 myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she 30 to live in Rio all by

herself, I, too, could learn to be 31 . I learnt how to take care of myself and set high but achievable 32 .

My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the 33 has really taught me. Sacrifices

__34__ in the end. The separation between us has proved to be a 35 for me.

16. A. attract B. promote C. surprise D. praise

17. A. little B. much C. well D. wrong

18. A. leave B. refuse C. contact D. forgive

19. A. explaining B. sleeping C. wondering D. regretting