天津和平高考二模英语试题及答案

D．because the birds start their southern voyage 38．It can be inferred from the fifth paragraph that ______. A．the wine event is to be held in the coming winter B．farmers are good at growing grape in Oregon C．the three wineries are most famous in America D．few tourists like tasting the wine in wineries 39．If you love the aerial ropes course ______. A．you must face six competitions in Oregon B．you should have experience in rolling C．you must take ropes course in advance D．you can visit Oregon in the fall season 40．Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Reasons to Visit Oregon’s Washington County B．Washington County Welcomes its Best Season C．Charm of the Colorful Season

D．Take Adventures in the Coming Autumn

B

Is it okay to keep exercising when you have a cold? What about the flu? With winter viruses going around, it’s important to know how to alter your training if you do catch a germ or two.

“The guidelines are pretty easy,” says Dr Lorenzo Masci from the Alphington Sports Medicine Clinic. “Anything above the neck --- so if you’ve got a cold for example, a runny nose or a sore throat --- then you should probably cut down your exercise by half and do 50 percent of what you normally do.”

“If you’ve got anything below the neck, like muscle pain, joint pain or fever, you shouldn’t really exercise at all until those general symptoms settle down,” Lorenzo says. He points out that a cough would also fall into this more serious category. “For example, if anyone comes in with a fever and a runny nose, I’d tell them to stop exercising until the fever and the muscle ache settles. Then they can start their training again at 50 percent once all those symptoms settle, even if they’ve got a bit of a runny nose or a sore throat.”

“The reason we tell people to stop exercising is because if you exercise when you’re unwell it can make the illness worse and prolong it.” There is a second reason Lorenzo advises his patients to stop exercising when they have “below the neck” symptoms. In the event you have an illness which affects your heart, exercise can sometimes actually lead to death.

Lorenzo advises to take zinc (锌) and vitamin C as a way of preventing colds. But he admits that this is controversial --- some studies have shown that these supplements can improve immune function while other studies have cast doubt on the issue. The good news is that if you exercise regularly, you’re likely to

improve your immune function. “If you exercise too much, it can predispose (使倾向于) you to coughs and sniffles,” he points out. This is often the case for excellent athletes who train every day, such as triathletes (铁人三项运动员). “But what we do know is that if you exercise at a moderate level, your immune system improves such that you’re probably at a lower risk of developing coughs and colds.”

41．How many guidelines does Dr Lorenzo mainly suggest on doing exercises when people catch a cold? A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

42．How should people do exercises with a fever or a cough? A．They should probably reduce their training time by 50%. B．They should stop exercising until they recover.

C．They should start exercising at 50% after their runny nose settles. D．They should do half of what they normally do.

43．What is the worst result if people don’t stop exercising when they are unwell? A．Worsening the illness. C．Affecting the heart.

B．Prolonging the illness. D．Bringing about threat to life.

44．What can be proved from the last paragraph? A．Zinc and Vitamin C can help to prevent colds.

B．The more exercises we do, the stronger our immune function will be. C．Doing exercises regularly can help us prevent colds. D．Excellent athletes seldom get coughs or sniffles. 45．What is this passage mainly about?

A．Relationship between exercises and flu. B．How to do exercises. C．How to cope with flu.

D．When to do exercises. C

When it came to role models, Diana Ortiz said her mother, Marcia Dominguez, was the “hero”. Ms. Dominguez came to the United States from Cuba in 1979. She went to college and got a job as a social worker --- all the while raising three children in America mostly on her own.

“It was always school first,” Diana said, “My mom had us in a straight line. If we got out of line, she corrected us. She was a perfect woman. She was beautiful, she had the education and she had everything --- but the illness took over. When I was 11, it frightened me to see how quickly my mother’s health was ruined by cancer. A week before I turned 14, my mother died at age 50. I had tried to prepare myself, but on the first morning I woke up without my mother, the sense of loss was painful.”

Diana had not seen her father for five years, who refused to provide for her. Diana then entered the city’s foster care system. She has spent about four years in foster homes.

Despite Diana’s hard teenage years, the values her mother had planted in her mind inspired her to go after higher education. Since August 2010, she has been a fulltime student majoring in law. A public

organization offers her tuition but she has part-time jobs to help people like her and earn more life experience. Her goal is a job in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

For now, Diana works 20 hours a week as a cashier at Marshalls, earning $7.25 an hour. In November, she moved into her own public housing studio apartment on the Lower East Side. She pays $236 a month in rent. Although she is out of foster care, Diana has been speaking at workshops for foster youths. She emphasizes that nothing should get in the way of their success, not the trials of their lives or what they may have lost.

“I tell the young who have the similar experience like me, ‘Why are you going to let what happened to you affect you in the long run?’ ” Diana said. “ ‘Why are you going to sit there and feel sorry for yourself? You’re wasting precious time.’ It is a message my mother would approve of. My mom taught me that everything is not given to you. You have to go out and get it.”

46．Which of the following words can be used to describe Ms. Dominguez? A．Learned, independent and strict. B．Positive, simple and graceful. C．Hardworking, dependent and tough. D．Kind, determined and lonely.

47．What did Ms. Dominguez find most important for her children? A．Staying in a straight line for coherence. B．Making punctual self-correction. C．Struggling to run after perfection. D．Receiving excellent education.

48．How did Diana grow up after her mother passed away? A．She was provided for by a law institute. B．She depended on foster care system. C．She relied upon the people like her.

D．She supported herself by doing part-time work.

49．What made Diana go on with her education despite there are so many difficulties? A．The sense of loss from her mother’s death. B．The eagerness to achieve success. C．The deep influence of her mother’s values. D．The wish to win prizes to please her mother.

50．With provided tuition, Diana still works after school because she knows ______. A．success comes with her own struggle and efforts

B．rich experience helps her find better jobs C．her tuition will be increased sharply D．nobody is perfect in the world

D

I’ve just got to talk about this problem I’m having with my postman. It all began a year ago, after the birth of his first child. Not wanting to appear rude, I asked him about the baby. The next week, not wanting him to think I had asked out of mere politeness the week before, I asked all about the baby again. Now I can’t break the habit. I freeze whenever I see him coming. The words “How’s the baby?” come out on their own. It holds me up. It holds him up. So why can’t I stop it? The answer is that I want him to like me. Come to think of it, I want everyone to like me.

My sister had the same problem with the caretaker of her block of flats: “All he ever does is complain; he talks at me rather than to me, never listens to a word I say, and yet for some reason I’m always really nice to him. I’m worried in case I have a difficulty one day, and he won’t lift a finger to help.”

What about at work? Richard Lawton, a management trainer, warns: “Those managers who are actually liked by most of their staff are always those to whom being liked is not the primary goal. The qualities that make managers popular are being honest with staff, treating them as human beings and observing common politeness like saying hello in the morning.” To explain the point, Richard mentions the story of the company chairman who desperately wanted to be liked and who, after making one of his managers fired, said with moist (湿润的) eyes that he was so, so sorry the man was leaving. The employee replied: “If you were that sorry, I wouldn’t be leaving.” The lesson being, therefore, that if you try too hard to be liked, people won’t like you.

The experts say it all starts in childhood. “If children feel they can only get love from their parents by being good,” says Zelda West-Meads, a marriage guidance consultant, “they develop low self-confidence and become compulsive givers.” But is there anything wrong in being a giver, the world not being exactly short of takers? Anne Cousins believes there is. “There is a point at which giving becomes unhealthy,” she says. “It comes when you do things for others but feel bad about it.”

I am now trying hard to say to people “I feel uncomfortable about saying this, but…” and tell myself “Refusal of a request does not mean rejection of a person” and I find I can say almost anything to almost anyone.

51．Why does the author ask the postman about his baby? A．He is interested in the baby.