2016年天津卷
A
Our new neighbours are the Browns. They have two children, a boy and a girl. The boy is Jack and the girl is Alice. Jack is 11, and he is one year older than me. Alice and my sister Nancy are 8 years old.
At weekends, Nancy and I like to go to play with Alice and Jack. Both Jack and I really enjoy playing computer games. Sometimes the girls join us, but the games they enjoy are different from the ones we like.
There is a big park near our house. Sometimes, when the weather is fine, the four of us will go for bike rides there. We often stop at the huge playground to have some fun. Jack and I like to play basketball, but the girls prefer to sing and dance.
Our families often have dinner together. On some days, they come over to our house and on other days, we go over to theirs. Mr Brown and his wife cook really well.
Nancy and I are very glad to have the Browns next door. It’s great to have friends living so near.
51.Who are the writer’s new neighbours?
A.A family of three. B.The Browns.
C.Jack and Nancy. D.Alice and Nancy.
52.How old is Alice?
A.8. B.9. C.10. D.11.
53.The girls prefer to ___ at the playground in the park.
A.listen to music B.play basketball
C.sing and dance D.play computer games
54.Where do the two families have dinner together?
A.At a park nearby. B.At a restaurant.
C.In a forest. D.At their houses.
55.The writer thinks it’s ___ to be friends with the new neighbours.
A.boring B.great C.difficult D.safe
B
Do you know that in some parts of the world, people build temporary(暂时的)hotels made of snow and blocks(大块)of ice? These are known as ice hotels.
Unlike usual hotels, all the rooms in the ice hotels are made of ice. In some ice hotels, even the glasses for drinks are made of ice blocks. So they only serve cold drinks. Also, hot food is not served in the ice hotels, but guests can eat hot food at places nearby.
To keep warm, guests sleep in comfortable sleeping bags on ice blocks that are covered by mattresses(床垫)and reindeer skins(驯鹿皮).
There are some places in the ice hotels that are heated, such as the bathrooms. This is because, even though it is not as cold in the ice hotels as it is outdoors(在户外),indoor temperatures are still very low.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the ice hotels is that they are rebuilt every year. They can be used only during the winter months. The ice hotels melt(融化)away when spring arrives. The ice blocks used to build these hotels are from nearby rivers. So, when the ice hotels melt away, they melt back into the rivers.
56.According to the passage,ice hotels ___ .
A.are found everywhere B.do business in summer
C.are made of glass D.are made of snow and ice
57.Which of the following about the ice hotels is true?
A.They are just like usual hotels. B.The glasses are made of wood.
C.They serve cold drinks. D.The rooms are made of bamboo.
58.You can’t see ___ in the ice hotels.
A.hot food B.reindeer skins C.sleeping bags D.mattresses
59.Why are bathrooms heated in the ice hotels?
A.Guests want to eat in them.
B.Indoor temperatures are very low.
C.Guests ask the hotels to do that.
D.It is as cold indoors as it is outdoors.
60.What happens to the ice hotels in spring?
A.They melt away. B.They are rebuilt.
C.They are repaired. D.They need more ice.
C
Many people travel to different places in the world by air.Usually it takes a long time, perhaps half a day, for passengers to stay in the plane. So airlines(航空公司)offer passengers food. But it is common that they feel bad about food taste. Do you agree?
To solve this problem, airlines try hard to improve their food. They would like to do so because they don’t want to lose customers.
However, according to scientific research, part of the reason why plane food tastes bad is that at high altitude(海拔)we cannot taste things as well as we do on the ground. Also scientists have found that our noses become very dry even before a plane takes off. As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure(气压)reduces one third of the sensibility(感觉)of our taste buds(味蕾).So our taste buds become senseless. The sad fact, however, is that our noses don’t know it.
All of these help explain why food on the plane tastes so bad. They also help explain why airlines choose to offer passengers salty and spicy(辛辣的)food. Without doing so, the food would be tasteless.
Now there are many researches on this. According to one of them, some volunteers are asked to lie with their feet higher than their heads for weeks. And scientists write down their feelings about food taste.
Though scientists try their best, it is not as easy as they thought. Because they can’t deal with the special environment successfully, such as the change in air pressure, making food taste good is still hard for them.
61.In paragraph 2,“this problem” means ___ .
A.passengers stay long in the plane
B.food on the plane tastes bad
C.passengers have no food to eat
D.food on the plane is expensive
62.What do airlines do to solve this problem?
A.Get more customers. B.Offer more food.
C.Improve their food. D.Reduce the ticket price.
63.As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure reduces ___ of the sensibility of our taste buds.
A.half B.one third C.one fourth D.one fifth
64.Why do scientists feel it hard to make food on the plane taste good?
A.The volunteers don’t know about food taste.
B.The volunteers don’t understand them.
C.They can’t find enough volunteers.
D.They can’t deal with the special environment successfully.
65.What is the best title of the passage?
A.Taste of Airplane Food
B.Airplane Travel
C.Scientific research on Noses
D.The Change in Air Pressure
2017年天津卷
A
Dear Liza,
I will be ten years old on Friday, 22nd July. To celebrate my birthday, I will invite several friends and I hope that all of you will be able to come to the party on that day.
There will be two parts in my party. The first part will be at the swimming pool near our school. Please bring your swimsuit(游泳衣)and a change of clothes. We have planned some pool games. My parents will be at the pool to protect the swimmers. The pool party will be from 2 to 3 p.m.
The second part of the party will be at my house. A bus will take us all from the pool to my house. A singer is coming to my house. He will sing popular songs for us. I am sure you will enjoy them. The home party may last till 5 p.m.
Please let me know by Friday, 15th July, whether you will come to my party, so that I will know how much food to prepare.
Love,
Tracy
51.How old will Tracy be?
A.Seven. B.Eight. C.Nine. D.Ten.
52.Where will the first part of the party be?
A.At Liza's house. B.At Tracy's house.
C.At the swimming pool. D.At a cinema.
53.How long will the pool party last?
A.For 1 hour. B.For 2 hours.
C.For 3 hours. D.For 4 hours.
54.How will they go to Tracy's house from the pool?
A.On foot. B.By bus.
C.By car. D.By bike.
55.Why does Tracy want to know earlier whether her friends will come?
A.Her parents can protect the swimmers.
B.She will know what games to prepare.
C.The singer can prepare the songs.
D.She will know how much food to prepare.
B
On my recent trip to Sydney with my parents, we visited the wildlife Park.
The Wildlife Park has lots of different animals and birds. Some are native(当地的)to Australia and can only be found there. There are over 600 animals there, including kangaroos, koalas and crocodiles(鳄鱼). They are kept in their natural environment. I like the Wildlife Park better than a zoo where most of the animals are in cages(笼子).
We first spent some time with the kangaroos. We were allowed to touch and feed them. It was very exciting to be so close to them. There were koalas there too. They looked very cuddly(令人想拥抱的). Although we were not allowed to carry them, I got to take a photo with one. It is a wonderful souvenir(纪念品)of my holiday in Sydney.
The Wildlife Park has plenty of freshwater and saltwater crocodiles. Some of them are really big and scary(吓人的)with huge teeth!I did not want to get too close to them.
There was also a bird show. The keepers showed us different species(种类)they had. I saw an old parrot which could “talk”. It made a great impression on me.
I enjoyed the trip very much. There was so much to see.
56.Where is the Wildlife Park?
A.In Sydney. B.In Cairo.
C.In Athens. D.In Rome.
57.What is a wonderful souvenir of the writer's holiday?
A.A parrot that could talk. B.A chance to feed a koala.
C.A photo with a koala. D.Food for the kangaroos.
58.Why didn't the writer want to get very close to the crocodiles?
A.They lived in water.
B.The writer was afraid of them.
C.The writer did not want to feed them.
D.The writer did not like the smell of saltwater.
59.Which of the following is true?
A.The kangaroos are kept in cages in the Wildlife Park.
B.The writer travelled to the Wildlife Park alone.
C.The writer went to see koalas first.
D.The writer watched a bird show.
60.How did the writer feel after visiting the Wildlife Park?
A.Excited. B.Unhappy. C.Bored. D.Hopeless.
C
As an English, I can speak three languages—English, German and French, so do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren't.
Some statistics(数据)from the survey done by the European Commission(欧盟委员会)showed that 62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more. Compared with the British people, 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more. From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe.
And the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language. Many European people can have a conversation in English. That's why my people don't think it is necessary to learn a foreign language.
In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school. In UK schools it is common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14. So why don't students continue learning foreign languages at school? Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.
To solve this situation, the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school. One way is to start learning it at a much younger age. Another one is to give school children more choices.
Changing the British attitude(态度)to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!
61.Which country does the writer come from?
A.America. B.China. C.Britain. D.Egypt.
62.Which of the following about the British people is true?
A.They are good language learners.
B.62% of them speak two or more languages.
C.They are famous for speaking foreign languages.
D.More than half of them only speak English.
63.According to the passage, students in Britain prefer to learn ___ .
A.science or German B.history or German
C.science or history D.German or French
64.In paragraph 4,“an option”means ___ .
A.a choice B.a game C.a mistake D.a conversation
65.What is the best title of the passage?
A.Speaking English
B.Foreign Language Learning in the UK
C.Schools in the UK
D.Young English Learners
2018年天津卷
A
Dear Susan,
How are you?I'm going to visit Hong Kong with Mum and Dad next month. We'll arrive on the second of August. It's so exciting! We can meet each other soon!
I will spend a day in Ocean Park on the third of August. I know that you've visited Ocean Park many times before. Can you give me some advice on what to see in Ocean Park?
I would also like to visit you at your home on the fourth of August. Are you free on that day? I've bought a present for you. I think you'll love it.
By the way, would you like to go to Disneyland with me? I really want to take some photos with you in Disneyland. You know, I love the famous cartoon characters of Disney such as Snow White and Mickey Mouse very much. I know you love them too.
When can you go to Disneyland with me? Please let me know. I'll stay until the ninth of August and go back to England on that day.
See you soon.
Love,
Lily
46.When will Lily arrive in Hong Kong?
A.On the second of August.
B.On the third of August.
C.On the fourth of August.
D.On the ninth of August.
47.How long will Lily spend in Ocean Park?
A.Half a day. B.One day.
C.One and a half days. D.Two days.
48.What will Lily do on the fourth of August?
A.Buy a present.
B.Visit Ocean Park.
C.Go back to England.
D.Visit Susan at her home.
49.What will Lily do in Disneyland?
A.Take photos.
B.Watch a cartoon.
C.See a film of Mickey Mouse.
D.Read the story of Snow White.
50.Lily wants to know ___ .
A.if Susan has received her present
B.when she will go back to England
C.if Susan can meet her at the airport
D.when Susan can go to Disneyland with her
B
I did something wrong today.
While at the beach this afternoon, I met a boy called Bob. We talked a lot. He said that it was fun playing on the cliffs(悬崖). I told him that I was not allowed to go near that place(Mum and Dad had always told me it was dangerous to play there). He called me a coward. I wanted to prove to him that I was just as brave, so I agreed to go with him.
We wanted to make our way down to explore(探索)the area, so Bob started to climb down and I followed him. Unluckily, some rocks came down after us. One of them nearly hit my head. We could not get back up. We shouted and shouted for help, but for a long time, no help came. I was really scared. I wanted to cry. Then, we heard some sounds. Someone had heard us. A woman tied(系) a rope around herself while a man at the cliff top held the rope. She made her way down to save us.
My parents were relieved(宽慰的)that I was unhurt, but they were angry that I had done such a risky thing. I apologized and promised that I would not do anything like that again.
51.Where did the writer meet Bob?
A.At school. B.In the park.
C.At the beach. D.On the cliffs.
52.In paragraph 2, “a coward”means ___ .
A.a person who is not brave
B.a person who is not clever
C.a person who is not strong
D.a person who is not polite
53.What had the writer's parents always warned him about?
A.The wind was very strong.
B.The beach was too far away.
C.The cliffs were not a safe place.
D.Bob was difficult to get on with.
54.Put the sentences in the right order according to the passage.
a.Some rocks came down.
b.The writer followed Bob.
c.The writer wanted to cry.
d.A man and a woman saved them.
e.The writer and Bob heard some sounds.
A.a-b-c-d-e B.b-a-c-e-d
C.a-c-b-e-d D.b-e-a-c-d
55.How did the writer feel about what he had done?
A.Surprised. B.Excited.
C.Glad. D.Sorry.
C
In the 13th century, Marco Polo, the world known Italian traveller, saw many wonderful things in China. One of the things he discovered was money made of paper. People in the West did not have such kind of money until the 15th century. However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.
Paper was invented by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2,000 years ago. But it was not made in Europe until the year 1100. Four hundred years later, a German discovered that he could make the best paper from trees. After that countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper making.
Paper can be used in many ways. The common uses include newspapers, magazines and books. But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated(使绝缘)from heat or cold with paper.
However, we have to understand that paper still comes from trees now. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth some day in the near future. Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting down nearly 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow.
So we must start saving paper right now. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make useful things out of used paper. We can use china cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use fewer paper bags and reuse them if we have some.
In short, we should keep a balance(平衡) between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.
56.When did the Chinese begin to use paper money?
A.In the 5th century.
B.In the 6th century.
C.In the 7th century.
D.In the 15th century.
57.Why did Canada become an important country in paper making?
A.Because it was a large country.
B.Because it had lots of forests.
C.Because it was a very rich country.
D.Because the inventor was from Canada.
58.In Finland, paper is used for ___ .
A.making beds B.reducing waste
C.making umbrellas D.keeping warm
59.According to the passage, how many trees are needed to make one ton of paper?
A.10. B.17. C.2,800. D.48,000.
60.Paragraph 5 mainly talks about ___ .
A.how paper boots are made
B.how paper was invented
C.how we can save paper
D.how we can make useful things
答案解析：
2016年天津卷
A
51. 根据第一段“Our new neighbours are the Browns.”，可知作者的新邻居是布朗一家，所以选B。
52. 根据第一段“Alice and my sister Nancy are 8 years old.”，可知爱丽丝8岁，所以选A。
53. 根据第三段“but the girls prefer to sing and dance.”，可知女孩们在操场上更喜欢唱歌跳舞，所以选C。
54. 根据第四段“On some days, they come over to our house and on other days, we go over to theirs.”，可知两个家庭有时在作者家，有时在邻居家一起吃饭，所以选D。
55. 根据最后一段“It’s great to have friends living so near.”，可知作者认为和新邻居做朋友很棒，所以选B。
B
56. 根据第一段“people build temporary(暂时的)hotels made of snow and blocks(大块)of ice”，可知冰酒店是由雪和冰块建造的，所以选D。
57. 根据第二段“So they only serve cold drinks.”，可知冰酒店只提供冷饮，所以选C。
58. 根据第二段“Also, hot food is not served in the ice hotels, but guests can eat hot food at places nearby.”，可知在冰酒店里吃不到热食，所以选A。
59. 根据第四段“This is because, even though it is not as cold in the ice hotels as it is outdoors(在户外), indoor temperatures are still very low.”，可知因为室内温度非常低，所以浴室需要加热，所以选B。
60. 根据第五段“The ice hotels melt(融化)away when spring arrives.”，可知春天来临时冰酒店会融化，所以选A。
C
61. 根据第二段“However, according to scientific research, part of the reason why plane food tastes bad is that...”，可知“this problem”指代的是前文提到的飞机食物味道不好的问题，所以选B。
62. 根据第二段“To solve this problem, airlines try hard to improve their food.”，可知为了解决这个问题，航空公司努力改善他们的食物，所以选C。
63. 根据第三段“the change in air pressure(气压)reduces one third of the sensibility(感觉)of our taste buds(味蕾)”，可知气压变化会使我们味蕾的敏感度降低三分之一，所以选B。
64. 根据最后一段“Because they can’t deal with the special environment successfully...”，可知科学家们觉得很难让飞机上的食物变好吃，是因为他们无法成功应对特殊环境，所以选D。
65. 通读全文可知，文章主要探讨了为什么飞机上的食物味道不好，以及科学家们为此所做的努力，所以选A。
2017年天津卷
A
根据短文第一句“I will be ten years old on Friday, 22nd July.”，可知Tracy将满十岁，所以选D。
根据短文描述“The first part will be at the swimming pool near our school.”，可知派对的第一部分在学校附近的游泳池举行，所以选C。
根据短文描述“The pool party will be from 2 to 3 p.m.”，可知泳池派对从下午2点持续到3点，时长为1小时，所以选A。
根据短文描述“A bus will take us all from the pool to my house.”，可知他们将乘坐巴士从游泳池去Tracy家，所以选B。
根据短文描述“Please let me know by Friday, 15th July, whether you will come to my party, so that I will know how much food to prepare.”，可知Tracy提前想知道朋友是否会来，是为了准备适量的食物，所以选D。
B
根据短文第一段“On my recent trip to Sydney with my parents, we visited the Wildlife Park.”，可知野生动物公园在悉尼，所以选A。
根据短文描述“Although we were not allowed to carry them, I got to take a photo with one. It is a wonderful souvenir of my holiday in Sydney.”，可知作者与考拉的合影是这次旅行的美好纪念品，所以选C。
根据短文描述“Some of them are really big and scary with huge teeth! I did not want to get too close to them.”，可知作者因为害怕鳄鱼而不想靠近它们，所以选B。
根据短文描述“There was also a bird show.”，可知作者观看了鸟类表演，所以选D。
根据短文最后一句“I enjoyed the trip very much.”，可知作者在参观野生动物公园后感到非常兴奋，所以选A。
C
根据短文第一句“As an English, I can speak three languages—English, German and French”和最后一段“the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school”，可知作者来自英国，所以选C。
根据短文第二段“Some statistics from the survey done by the European Commission showed that 62% of the British people only speak English.”，可知超过一半的英国人只说英语，所以选D。
根据短文第四段“Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.”，可知英国学生更喜欢学习科学或历史，所以选C。
根据上下文“learning a foreign language is only an option at school”可知，在学校学习外语只是一个选择，因此“an option”意为“一个选择”，所以选A。
本文主要讨论了英国人外语学习的现状、原因及政府的对策，所以最佳标题是“英国的外语学习”，所以选B。
2018年天津卷
A
46. A 根据信件第一段第二句“We'll arrive on the second of August.”可知，Lily将在8月2日到达香港。
47. B 根据信件第二段第一句“I will spend a day in Ocean Park on the third of August.”可知，Lily将在海洋公园待一天。
48. D 根据信件第三段第一句“I would also like to visit you at your home on the fourth of August.”可知，Lily计划在8月4日去Susan家拜访。
49. A 根据信件第四段第三句“I really want to take some photos with you in Disneyland.”可知，Lily想在迪士尼乐园和Susan一起拍照。
50. D 根据信件第四段最后一句“When can you go to Disneyland with me? Please let me know.”可知，Lily想知道Susan何时能和她一起去迪士尼乐园。
B
51. C 根据文章第一段第一句“While at the beach this afternoon, I met a boy called Bob.”可知，作者是在海滩遇到Bob的。
52. A 根据上下文，作者因为被告知不能去悬崖边玩，被Bob称为“coward”。结合后文作者为了证明自己勇敢而同意前往，可知“coward”在此处意为“懦夫，不勇敢的人”。
53. C 根据文章第一段括号里的内容“(Mum and Dad had always told me it was dangerous to play there)”可知，作者的父母一直警告他那个地方(悬崖)很危险。
54. B 根据文章第二段的叙述顺序：1. 作者跟着Bob(b. The writer followed Bob.);2. 一些石头掉了下来(a. Some rocks came down.);3. 作者害怕得想哭(c. The writer wanted to cry.);4. 他们听到了一些声音(e. The writer and Bob heard some sounds.);5. 一男一女救了他们(d. A man and a woman saved them.)。因此正确的顺序是b-a-c-e-d。
55. D 根据文章最后一段“I apologized and promised that I would not do anything like that again.”可知，作者对自己所做的危险行为感到抱歉。
C
56. C 根据文章第一段最后一句“However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.”可知，中国人在7世纪开始使用纸币。
57. B 根据文章第二段最后一句“After that countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper making.”可知，加拿大成为造纸业重要国家的原因是它拥有丰富的森林资源。
58. D 根据文章第三段第三句“In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow.”可知，在芬兰，纸被用来制作靴子以保暖。
59. B 根据文章第四段第四句“It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper.”可知，制造一吨纸需要17棵树。
60. C 文章第五段以“So we must start saving paper right now.”开头，随后列举了多种节约用纸的方法，如双面用纸、用陶瓷杯代替纸杯等。因此，本段主要讨论的是如何节约用纸。
