C
I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant ,and ancient for a sportsman, Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age, but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.
A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, “ Fifty is what forty used to be.” He had made an inspirational point. Am I over the hill? People keep telling me that the hill has been moved, and I keep telling them that he high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.
“ You’re not getting older, you are getting better.” says Dr. Joyce Brothers. This, however, is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.
And so, as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net. I am moved to share some thoughts on aging with you. I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally. Getting older, of course, is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies（悼词）.In fact ,a poet named Robert Browning considered it the best change of all :
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to me.
Whether or not Browning was right, most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by. I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend （混合） of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher（哲学家） was right when he said .”Old is always fifteen years from now.”
44．The author seems to tell us in Paragraph I that
A．time alone will tell
B．time goes by quickly
C．time will show what is right
D．time makes one forget the past
45．When the author turned fifty, people around him
A．tried to comfort him
B．got inspiration with him
C．were friendlier with him
D．found him more talkative
46．The author considers his fifty years of life
A．peaceful
B．ordinary
C．satisfactory
D．regretful
47．We can infer from the passage that
A．the old should led a simple life
B．the old should face the fact of aging
C．the old should take more exercise
D．the old should fill themselves with curiosity
D
In meditation（冥想），people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath .As they breathe in and out, they attend to their feelings. As thoughts go through their minds, they let them go. Breathe. Let go. Breathe. Let go
According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, three months of training in this kind of meditation causes a market change in how the brain allocates（分配） attention. It appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly changing things and events in the outside worlD．Expert mediators are better than other people at catching such fast-changing stimuli （刺激）, like facial expressions.
The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training. People can learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice, everything from driving to playing the piano. The study has shown that meditation is good for the brain. It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of well-being.
In an experiment, 17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day .A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for 20 minutes a day over the same perioD．Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group of letters. As both group looked for the numbers, their brain activity was recorded.
Everyone could catch the first number. But the brain recordings showed that the less experienced mediators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it, so they missed the second number. Those with more experience gave less attention to the first number .as if letting it go ,which led to an increased ability to grasp the second number ,This shows that attention can change with practice.
Just ask Daniel Levison, who meditated for three months as part of the study.” I am a much better listener,” he saiD．“ I do not get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying.”
48．The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refers to
A．feelings
B．minds
C．people
D．thoughts
49．Meditations manage their daily tasks better because they
A．are given less pressure
B．allocate their attention better
C．have more stimuli for life
D．practice them more frequently
50．In the experiment, volunteers doing meditation for longer hours
A．were more likely to catch both of the members
B．were used to memorizing numbers in groups
C．usually ignored the first number observed
D．paid more attention to numbers than to letters
51．The study proves that
A．meditation improves one’s health
B．brain activity can be recorded
C．human attention can be trained
D．mediators have a good sense of hearing
E
When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power .But what are these really ,and how do they operate?
Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible .it is short-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term. They will also experience fear.
Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best .If they associate you with this emotion of fear. They will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.
The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion. We can order someone to do something ,which may be part of the work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level, so they became fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation（积极性）。Today’s work place is all about relationships
Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they’re recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know the pay check is not the single most motivating factor （因素） in the work life of most people.
The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence---knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.
52．An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when___.
A．he is forced to do things
B．be cannot work at his best
C．he feels his brain shut down
D ．he thinks of his work as too heavy
53．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．People tend to associate leadership with fear
B．Working conditions affect people’s physical health
C．Good relationship is the key to business success
D．Smart people are more functional in the work place.
54．To positively influence employees a leader should first of all __.
A．provide better suggestions
B．develop his own personality
C．five his employees a pay raise
D．hide his own emotion of fear
55．good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to___
A．provide a variety of project for employees
B．help raise employee’s living standards
C．give employees specific instructions
D．deal wisely with employees’ emotions
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分：写作
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误没。对标有题号的每一行做出判断；如有错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词；把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺此处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
In Grand Eight I took physics. In one test I get 56______
only 36 percent of the answer correct. I failed the 57______
next one, either. I started to think that maybe I was 58______
not good at it. However, I was not lucky enough to 59______
have a teacher which didn’t take my bad grades as a 60______
judgement of my abilities, but simply like an indication 61______
how I should study harder. He pulled me aside and told 62______
me that he knew I could do better. He permitted to retake 63______
the test, and I was pulled my grade to an A．This is what 64______
I discovered: just because a subject is difficulty to learn. 65______
It doesn’t mean you are not good at it. 66______
第二节：书面表太达（满分25分）
66．
假设你校举办看图征文活动，题目为“How to Protect Our Eyesight”。请你用英语写一篇短文，指出图中所反映的现象，并从阅读时间、光线、眼睛保健及睡眠等方面，谈谈保护视力的具体方法。
注意：
1．词数：不少于100词；
2．可适当加入细节，以便使行文连贯。
参考词汇：
近视 — short-sighted
How to Our Eyesight
第Ⅲ卷
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4．本卷共20小题，共30分。
第四部分：听力
第一节：（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟 的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?
A．£19.15
B．£9.15
C．£9.18
答案是B。
67．When does the man’s plane take off?
A．At 5:00
B．At 5:30
C．At 7:00
68．What do we learn about the man ?
A．He is sleepy.
B．He hurt his eyes.
C．He failed his exam.
69．How often was the magazine published in the past?
A．Once a week
B．Once a month
C．Twice a month
70．What are the two speakers talking about?
A．Weather forecast
B．The view of a lake
C．As out door activity
71．Why did not the woman meet the man for lunch?
A．She was having a class.
B．She did not like the crowd
A. She was not feeling well
第二节 （共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分 22.5）
听下面5段材料，每段材料后有几个小题。从题中所给的ABC三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听每段材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。每小题5秒钟。听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段材料读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第72和第73小题。
72．What is the conversation about?
A．Offering a lift
B．Buying a computer
C．Asking for a favor
73．What is the man doing when the woman calls?
A．He is moving a box
B．He is working upstairs
C．He is waiting for the delivery
听下面一段对话，回答第74至第76小题。
74．What happened to the woman is purse?
A．It was missing
B．It was left home
C．It was stolen
75．What did the woman go to the bank for?
A．To pay the bill
B．To cash the cheque.
C．To open an account
76．Which is the right order of the places the speakers have been to ?
A．Coffee shop—bookshop---bank
B．Bookshop ----bank----coffee shop
C．Bank---coffee shop--- bookshop
听下面一段对话，回答第77至第79小题。
77．Who supported the woman financially for her studies at nurse school?
A．Her parents
B．The government
C．The woman herself
78．What do we learn about the woman’s parents?
A．They respected her choice
B．They treated her as a child
C．They controlled her too much
79．What is TRUE about the man?
A．He was forced to study abroad
B．He is longing for more freedom
C．He is open to persuasion
听下面一段对话，回答第80 至第82小题。
80．What attracts the woman most at the store?
A．Its high –quality service .
B．Its good range of products
C．Its nice shopping environment
81．Which of the following products are mentioned in the conversation?
A．Cupboards, beds and armchairs
B．Armchairs, dinner tables and bed sheets.
C．Bookcases, cupboards and table cloths.
82．What dose not woman like about the store?
A．No sales promotion
B．Crowds at the checkouts
C．High prices of the products
听下面一段独白，回答第83题至86小题。
83．How did Europeans know the exact time in the late 1700s?
A．By looking at clocks at home
B．By looking at clocks in factories
C．By looking at clocks in public places
84．When did people regard watches as a sign of wealth in Europe and the US?
A．In the 1800s
B．In the 1850s
C．In the 1900s
85．What did industrialization bring about in watch-making?
A．The quality of watches was improved.
B．More types of watches were available.
C．More watches could be produced.
86．Which would be the best title for the passage?
A．The development of watches and clocks
B．The functions of watches and clocks
C．The importance of watches and clocks
2007年普通高等学校招生考试全国统一考试（天津卷）
英语试卷
参考答案
第I 卷
1．C 2．B 3．D 4．C 5．A 6．B 7．D 8．A
9．C 10．B 11．D 12．B 13．D 14．C 15．A 16．C
17．D 18．C 19．B 20．A 21．B 22．D 23．A 24．D
25．C 26．B 27．B 28．A 29．D 30．C 31．A 32．B
33．D 34．C 35．A 36．B 37．C 38．A 39．D 40．C
41．D 42．D 43．A 44．B 45．A 46．C 47．B 48．D
49．B 50．A 51．C 52．A 53．C 54．B 55．D
第 II 卷
In Grade Eight I took physics .In one test I get 56．got
only 36 percent of the answer correct .I failed the 57．answers
next one, either. I started to think that maybe I was 58．too
not good at it .However .I was not lucky enough to 59．not（去掉）
have a teacher which did not take my bad grades as a 60．who/that
judgment of my abilities ,but simply like an indication 61．as
how I should study harder .He pulled me aside and told 62．that
me that he knew I could do better .He permitted ∧ to retake 63．∧ me
the test ,and I was pulled my grade to an A. This is what 64．was （去掉）
I discovered: just because a subject is difficulty to learn, 65．difficult
It does not mean you are not good at it.
第 III 卷
67．C 68．A 69．B 70．C 71．A 72．C
73．B 74．A 75．B 76．C 77．B 78．A
79．B 80．B 81．C 82．B 83．C 84．A
85．C 86．A
