2021年天津市南开区高考英语模拟试卷（3月份）学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、单选题（本大题共15小题，共15.0分）1.-You look so tired. Why not have a rest？-________.（）A. Because I can't afford itB. Sorry I can'tC. ThanksD. Maybe I should2.Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas， wind and other forms of ______．（）A. powerB. forceC. energyD. strength3.- How much is the sweater ？- 55 dollars.（）A. worthB. costC. worthyD. paid4.- Why did you come so late for work？- I was for 20 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam.（）A. held upB. put upC. taken upD. stayed up5.- It was not the best time to go there.- Yes. I your advice before I made my decision.（）A. could acceptB. should acceptC. ought to acceptD. should have accepted6.Mr Smith sold that magnificent cottage of his on the sea 2，000，000 dollars.（）A. atB. forC. toD. by7.The result was not the same ____ the professor had expected，____ was rather disappointing．（）A. as； whichB. which； asC. as； thatD. that； which8.- You looked anxious just now.- I John at ten, but he didn't turn up.（）A. expectedB. was expectingC. would expectD. had expected9.I like to get up early so that I can get plenty of work before lunch.（）A. to doB. doingC. doneD. being done10.They lost their way in the forest, and ________ made matters worse was that night beganto fall.（）A. itB. whichC. thatD. what11.Frank went back home, to study much harder than before.（）A. with his mind making upB. his mind making upC. with his mind made upD. his mind being made up12.- Did you watch the play on CCTV-1 last night？It was really good.- No, I didn't. ？- "Tea House."（）A. What was itB. What's onC. What was it aboutD. How about it13.Always acting in a strange way， Einstein must have _____ to people around to be mad．（）A. shownB. imaginedC. thoughtD. appeared14.The new product is beyond all praise and has quickly taken over the market _____ itssuperior quality.（）A. in terms ofB. on account ofC. on behalf ofD. on top of15.Mrs．White doesn't believe that her son is able to make such great progress in Mathematics，？（）A. is heB. isn't heC. doesn't sheD. does she二、阅读理解（本大题共20小题，共50.0分）ABuckingham Palace Tour Watching the traditional changing of the guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace is a must when in London,and on this 4.5-hour you'll get to experience this event, as well as other typical British traditions. The package combines three major attractions：the changing of the guard,a tour of the State Apartments and traditional afternoon tea. The guided tour passes through St. James Park before stopping to watch the guard ceremony with soldiers dressed in traditional uniforms,followed by entry into Buckingham Palace for an audio tour. After, travelers will head to a luxury hotel for traditional afternoon tea, scones and sandwiches.Thames River Sightseeing CruiseAfternoon tea is a British tradition, and to make this casual, elegant experience even morerelaxing, you can combine it with a sightseeing cruise of London's Thames River, the main waterway that flows through the heart of the city. Board a window-lined vessel for anhour-and-a-half voyage from Tower Pier to Westminster that includes traditional tea service with pastries, scones and sandwiches. The boat will float past iconic sites like the Tower of London, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye,as well as Shakespeare's famous Globe Theatre. On the return, feel free to wander the outside deck for photos and listen to informative commentary （解说）from the staff.London Royal Parks Bike TourLondon has some spectacular parks that are located among the city's most famous attractions and a guided bike tour is a fun and relaxing way to cover a lot of ground quickly and experience these lovely public spaces. The four-hour, morning or afternoon bike tour begins in Central London where bicycles and helmets are issued, followed by a leisurely ride through Westminster to the Houses of Parliament,Westminster Abbey and Big Ben with narration from the tour guide followed by busy Trafalgar Square. Next,the ride heads to all four Royal Parks：Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Green Park and St James's Park. Before returning to the start, riders can visit the Princess Diana Memorial at Kensington Palace.Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Oxford Day TripIf you're interested in exploring some of the world-famous attractions outside of London, consider booking the Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Oxford Day Trip. The full-day tour departs from London in an air-conditioned bus, spans about nine hours and includes three of England's architectural gems. The first stop is the Queen's official residence：Windsor Castle for audio tours and a chance to see the changing of the guard followed be free time to explore the streets of Windsor. Next up is a visit to the mysterious UNESCO site of Stonehenge, followed by a walking tour of the city of Oxford. Along the way, the guide points out historical landmarks and other attractions and provides an in-depth commentary. Food and beverages （酒水）are not included, but you can pick something up in Windsor.16.Which tour is the shortest？______A. Buckingham Palace Tour.B. Thames River Sightseeing Cruise.C. London Royal Parks Bike Tour.D. Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Oxford Day Trip.17.According to the passage, which of the following statement is NOT true？______A. Visitors can watch the changing of the guard with the Windsor Castle, Stonehenge andOxford Day Trip.B. A Thames River Sightseeing Cruise can take you through the center of London.C. You must have your helmet ready before joining the London Royal Parks Bike Tour.D. Buckingham Palace Tour will offer an afternoon tea in a luxury hotel.18.All the above tours are in London, except ______ .A. Buckingham Palace TourB. Thames River Sightseeing CruiseC. London Royal Parks Bike TourD. Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Oxford Day Trip19.If you choose the Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Oxford Day Trip, you may ______ .A. see three gemsB. visit the Queen's homeC. board a vesselD. visit the Princess Diana MemorialBIt is often said that a person's high school years are some of the most important they will experience, and are often seen as a critical and life-shaping time. During this period in their life people often begin to discover what is meaningful to them and how they plan to continue living their life. My volunteer experience at St. Clare's Hospital has helped me form this positive experience during my high school years；through valuable lessons I have learned life skills and have begun to shape my values and mind-set. In the course of my volunteering at the hospital I have discovered how to interact with others, learned to respect diversity, realized the importance of service, and gained perspective. When I first began volunteering, I was very nervous about meeting new people and being pushed outside of my comfort zone. I am learning to introduce myself to new volunteers, go out of my way to make patients feel welcome, and overall how to extend a hand of friendship to others. Not only does this skill apply to my personal life, but will also be extremely helpful in my academic life and the "real world."I think one of the most significant values I have gained through my experience at St. Clare's Hospital is the importance of service. Service, involves making a difference in the lives of others and contributing to the community. Each time I end my volunteer shift, I feel better and as if I have done something worthwhile. This feeling has fueled me to continue volunteering,and has now become something I see as irreplaceable. In the past I have been frustrated by my situation, and was discouraged because I felt I might not make a significant difference due to my young age. However, I am relieved of this because I feel that through the hospital volunteer program I can try to do my part and help others.I genuinely think that without my volunteer experience at St. Clare's Hospital,I may have beena different person, lacking these skills and ideals. I have matured and gained valuable skills, as well as learned important lessons about life. Many people my age do not have an experience similar to this, where they are in an environment based only upon healing and helping others, and I think they have truly missed out. I will continue on this path of service throughout my life, and I know that because of my volunteer experience I have benefited, and that these benefits will carry on as I develop and become an adult.20.According to the passage, why is a person's high school years important？______A. Because people do volunteer work during this time.B. Because it is a time to interact with others.C. Because during this period, people begin to shape their lives.D. Because it is a time to discover the meaning of volunteering.21.What is the second paragraph mainly about？______A. I realized the importance of service.B. Each time I end my volunteer job, I feel better.C. Service is something irreplaceable.D. I am relieved of frustration.22.According to the passage, which of the following statement is true？______A. During the author's high school years he formed the positive experience.B. When the author first began volunteering, he was excited to meet new people.C. The author became lacking skills and ideals after volunteering at St. Clare's Hospital.D. Many high school students are in an environment based only upon healing and helpingothers.23.What sort of person was the author before he began volunteering？______A. Hesitating.B. Lonely.C. Generous.D. Unconfident.24.What does the author mainly want to tell us in the passage？______A. High school years are the most important period.B. He missed the experience during his high school years.C. He has benefited from his volunteer experience at St. Clare's Hospital.D. He was pushed outside of his comfort zone when working at St. Clare's Hospital.CSports fandom is about more than just entertainment. It can boost your self-esteem（自尊）and make you happier - and you don't have to root for the winning team to gain the benefits. Being a sports fan is a "very psychologically healthy activity," says Daniel Wann, professor at Murray State University whose research program centers on the psychology of sport fandom. Fandom connects us to other like-minded people, which satisfies our human need for belonging, he says.These relationships are significant：People who identify as sports fans have higher levels of self-esteem,lower levels of loneliness and tend to be more satisfied with their lives compared to those who aren't interested in sports, Wann says. Fans tend to have more access to social support, help and resources as well. Research suggests that when people have support from their communities, they have better health.Beyond bonding, fans get to enjoy the psychological benefits of winning,even if they have nothing to do with the players or games, says Stephen Reysen, associate professor at TexasA&M University-Commerce who studies identity and fandom."Individuals feel that the fan interest （in this case a sport team）is a part of them," Reysen says. "So when the team is winning, you feel like you are winning even though you are not a player." Of course, teams sometimes lose.So, why do people continue to put their faith behind teams that tend to lose？People who feel a strong psychological connection to a team are more likely to root for a team when they're having a losing season, Reysen says."Sports fandom has nothing to do with the outcome of a game," Wann says. For example,if a pizza restaurant continually got your order wrong, you'd likely switch to a more reliable one. But because being a fan is so central to people's identities, people are willing to accept defeat and continue to be loyal to a team.Being part of a fan community can also help people cope with losses. A 2019 study found that watching a football game with other fans helps to ease the negative psychological effects of losing."For fans of the losing team, sharing the pain may have protected them from losingself-esteem," Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, co-author of the study and professor of communication at The Ohio State University said in a release.25.According to the passage, why do sports fans feel happier？______A. Because they could gain the benefits from the winning team.B. Because they can share pains and happiness with people who have the commoninterests.C. Because they could have a low level of self-esteem.D. Because most of them are optimistic.26.What is the significance of the relationships between sports fans？______A. Sports fans have support from their favorite teams.B. Sports fans have higher levels of loneliness.C. Sports fans are likely more content with their lives.D. Sports fans tend to compare themselves to those who aren't interested in sports.27.According to the passage, if the team has a losing season, the sports fans may ______ .A. display their identitiesB. have a boost of self-esteemC. not support the team any moreD. have a negative psychology period28.According to the passage, what can help sports fans deal with losses of their team？______A. Being part of the team.B. Ordering a pizza in a different restaurant.C. Sharing the pain with family members.D. The loyalty to the team.29.What is the passage mainly about？______A. Sports fans have a closer relationship with other like-mined people.B. Sports fans have higher self-esteem and are more satisfied with their lives.C. Sports fans always put their faith behind their favorite teams.D. Sports fandom has nothing to do with the outcome of a game.DRenewable energy projects, including onshore and offshore wind and solar farms, have so far been subsidized （资助）by government support schemes. This has led to some to complainthat clean energy is pushing up bills.However, the most recently approved offshore wind projects will most likely operate with'negative subsidies' -- paying money back to the government. The money will go towards reducing household energy bills as the offshore wind farms start producing power in themid-2020s.This is the conclusion of an analysis by an international team led by Imperial College London researchers published today in Nature Energy.Lead researcher Dr Malte Jansen, from the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial,said："Offshore wind power will soon be so cheap to produce that it will undercut fossil-fueled power stations and may be the cheapest form of energy for the UK. Energy subsidies used to push up energy bills,but within a few years cheap renewable energy will see them brought down for the first time. This is an astonishing development."The analysis for five countries in Europe, including the UK，focused on a series of government auctions（拍卖）for offshore wind farms between February 2015 and September 2019. Companies that want to build wind farms bid in the auctions by stating the price at which they will sell the energy they produce to the government.These are known as 'contracts for difference' or CfDs. If a company's bid is higher than the wholesale electricity price on the UK market once the wind farm is up and running, then the company will receive a subsidy from the government to top up the price.However, if the stated price（规定价格）is less than the wholesale price,then the company will pay the government back the difference. This payback is then passed through to consumer's energy bills, reducing the amount that homes and businesses will pay for electricity.The winning companies said they could build new offshore wind farms for around £40 per megawatt hour（MWh）of power. This was a new record set by these wind farms with bids 30 percent lower than just two years earlier.30.What does the passage mainly talk about？______A. Offshore wind farms to be built in the UK could reduce household energy bills byproducing electricity very cheaply.B. Offshore wind farms will not be subsidized by government in the near future.C. The importance of CfDs.D. The operation of negative subsidies.31.According to Paragraph 2，offshore wind farms ______ .A. will stop producing power in the mid-2020sB. are paying money back to the governmentC. will help reduce household energy billsD. will all operate with 'negative subsidies'32.The underlined words "top up" in Paragraph 6 probably mean ______ .A. make upB. take upC. coverD. fill up33.What can be inferred from the passage？______A. The renewable energy projects will lead to some to complain that clean energy ispushing up bills.B. The company whose bid is less than the wholesale electricity price will receive asubsidy.C. The stated electricity price is now higher than the wholesale electricity price.D. Fossil-fueled power will be soon produced cheaply.34.What is the author's attitude towards the offshore wind farms？______A. Curious.B. Pessimistic.C. Indifferent.D. Optimistic.35.Where does this text probably come from？______A. A science fiction.B. A financial magazine.C. An advertisement.D. A science report.三、完形填空（本大题共20小题，共30.0分）It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his（1）______ and onto the ground. They（2）______ before El Capitan,a huge mass of（3）______ almost three-quarters of a mile high in California's beautiful Yosemite Valley. It had been Mark's dream to climb El Capitan for as（4）______ as he could remember.（5）______ how could a person without the use of his legs hope to try to climb it？Mark knew he couldn't finish the climb alone,but his friend Peter,an expert rock climber,would be there to（6）______ a helping hand. He and Mark thought that it would take seven days to reach the top.Peter climbed about 100 feet up and（7）______ a piton（岩钉）into the rock. Fastening one end of a 165-foot rope to the piton, he let one end of the rope（8）______ . Mark caught the rope and fastened it to his（9）______ with a special instrument. This instrument would（10）______ Mark to move upward,but would （11）______ him from falling even as much as a single inch. He next reached（12）______ his head and fastened a T-shaped bar to the rope,using the same kind of instrument.Seven years before,at the age of twenty-one,he had fallen while mountain climbing,injuring his backbone. The fall（13）______ him the use of his legs,but he never lost his love of adventure or his joyful（14）______ .For the first four days the two men（15）______ steadily upward without incident. But on the fifth day an unbearably hot wind began to blow, and as time went by, it became stronger and stronger, causing Mark to sway （16）______ on his rope. But Mark kept on determinedly pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up.（17）______ that, he had to admit that he felt a lot better when the wind finally died down and his body touched（18）______ rock again. It took them one day more than they had expected, but on July 26 at 1：45 in the afternoon, the crowd of people waiting on the top went （19）______ with joy as the two heads appeared. Mark Wellman had shown that if you（20）______ your heart and mind on a goal, no wall is too high, no dream impossible.36. A. bed B. car C. wheelchair D. house37. A. stood B. removed C. touched D. rose38. A. grass B. dirt C. tree D. rock39. A. young B. long C. old D. short40. A. Or B. While C. But D. Although41. A. lend B. reach C. show D. have42. A. hammered B. shot C. placed D. stuck43. A. rise up B. fall down C. stand up D. fall behind44. A. neck B. helmet C. belt D. fist45. A. let B. have C. make D. allow46. A. permit B. prevent C. forbid D. accelerate47. A. behind B. below C. above D. beside48. A. cost B. lost C. missed D. enhanced49. A. spirit B. occasion C. thought D. will50. A. progressed B. hung C. extended D. intended51. A. gently B. firmly C. barely D. violently52. A. Owing to B. In spite of C. In order to D. By reason of53. A. soft B. solid C. concrete D. distinct54. A. pale B. wild C. blank D. easy55. A. put B. devote C. set D. sacrifice四、阅读表达（本大题共1小题，共10.0分）56.Henry Ford, one of the few men that made mainstream automobiles a reality. He was borninto a family of farmers who originated from England and Ireland. Not the wealthiest of families, but not poverty-stricken either.In his teenage years, his father had given him a timepiece which he later took to pieces just to see if he could piece it together again successfully, which he did. He then did the same with other people's timepieces and eventually he repaired them too. Henry was also a sufferer of Dyslexia（阅读困难者），and although this was a hurdle it was not a reason to give up.He completed an apprenticeship（学徒期）with James F. Flower & Bros,and also with the Detroit Dry Dock Company. In 1891 he met with Thomas Edison, who liked his concept of an auto-mobile, so he allowed him to use his warehouses to manufacture two vehicles.Ford was grateful but later built his own company so he could build the cars on his own terms backed by William H. Murphy and in 1899 he founded the Detroit Automobile Company.This was short lived, however, as the vehicles produced lacked the quality and precision.And they were horribly expensive. The business went under, but it didn't stop him. Ford went on to build the Cadillac Automobile company.After almost failing a second time because of lack of sales and high debts, more partners came into the business and the name was changed to the Ford Motor Company. The Ford Motor Company generated around 156 billion U.S. dollars in revenue （税收）in 2019. Why did the author mention the timepiece？（no more than 10 words）______What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean？（no more than 3 words）______ Who helped Henry Ford before he founded the Detroit Automobile Company？（no more than 6 words）______What is the main idea of Paragraph 4？（no more than 15 words）______What do you think of Henry Ford？Please explain. （no more than 20 words）______五、书面表达（本大题共1小题，共25.0分）57.假设你是晨光中学李津。