2012年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（天津卷）
英 语
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共130分，考试时间100分钟，第Ⅰ卷1页至10页，第Ⅱ卷11页至12页。
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。
01. ---Can I have a day off tomorrow, Mr. Johnson? ---__________. I can manage without you. A. Forget it B. I’m afraid not C. It depends D. Of
course
02. The letters for the boss___________ on his desk but he didn’t read them until three later.
A. were put B. was put C. put D. has
put
03. You were working too hard. You’d better keep a ________between work and relaxation.
A. promise B. lead C. balance D. diary 04. The dog may be a good companion for the old. _______, the need to take it for walks may be
a disadvantage. A. Besides. B. However C. Therefore D.
Instead.
05. ---You have to believe in yourself. No one else will, if you don’t.
---__________. Confidence is really important. A. It’s not my cup of tea B. That’s not the point C. I don’t think so D. I
couldn’t agree more
06. Only after Mary read her composition the second time_________ the spelling mistake.
A. did she notice B. she noticed C. does she notice D. she
has noticed
07. I wish to thank Professor Smith, without_______help I would never have got this far.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. which 08. It’s quite warm here; we __________turn the heating on yet.
A. couldn’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D.
wouldn’t
09. It doesn’t matter _________you turn right or left at the crossing ---both roads lead to the
park. A. whether B. how C. if D.when 10. The secretary arranged a(n)___________time and space for the applicants to have an
interview. A. important B. spare C. public D. convenient
11. He got up late and hurried to his office, _________the breakfast untouched. A. left B. to leave C. leaving D. having left
12. The three of us___________around Europe for about a month last summer.
A. travelled B. have travelled C. had travelled D. travel
13. Parents and children should communicate more to ________the gap between them so that they can understand each other better.
A. open
B. narrow
C. widen
D. leave
14. Everything was placed exactly ___________he wanted it for the graduation ceremony. A. while B. when C. where D. though
15. We wouldn’t have called a taxi yesterday if Harold __________us a ride home.
A. didn’t offer B. wouldn’t offer C. hasn’t offered D. hadn’t offered
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。
I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a ___16___ rock of 3,300 feet
straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew ___17___ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since--- ___18___ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my ___19___.
About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ___20___, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s ___21___ me why visitors started respecting the place ___22___ and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.
I tried ___23___ trash(垃圾)myself, but the job was too big. I would ___24___an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so ___25__ it that I decided something had to change.
As a rock-climbing guide, I knew ___26___about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ___27___. On that day, more than 300 people ___28___. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to ___29___. I couldn’t believe the ___30___ we made ---the park looked clean!
Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and ___31___ 132 miles of roadway.
I often hear people ___32___ about their surroundings. If you are one
of them, I would say the only way to change things is by ___33___ rather than complaining. We need to teach by ___34___. You can’t blame others ___35___ you start with yourself. 16. A. distant loose
17. A. immediately recently 18. A. imagining climbing 19. A. garden palace 20. A. material goods 21. A. beyond within 22. A. more least
23. A. throwing away B. picking up out 24. A. kill spend
25. A. satisfied with B. delighted in
B. huge C. narrow D.
B. finally C. gradually D.
B. painting C. describing D.
B. home C. lab D.
B. resources C. waste D.
B. against C. over D.
B. most C. less D.
C. breaking down D.digging
B. save C. wait D.
C. tired of D.
used to 26. A. something nothing 27. A. cleanup concert
28. A. dropped out back 29. A. demand overcome 30. A. plan difference 31. A. crossed designed 32. A. talk quarrel 33. A. doing watching 34. A. method research 35. A. although useless
B. anything C. everything D.
B. party C. picnic D.
B. showed up C. looked around D.called
B. receive C. accomplish D.
B. visit C. contact D.
B. measured C. covered D.
B. complain C. argue D.
B. thinking C. questioning D.
B. explanation C. example D.
B. if C. when D.