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　　Would you BET on the future of this man?He is 53 years old. Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune. A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning，and he has often been in prison. Driven by heaven-knows-what motives，he determines to write a book.

　　The book turns out to be one that has appealed to the world for more than 350 years. That former prisoner was Cervantes, and the book was Don Quixote(《堂吉訶德》). And the story poses an interesting question: why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days，while others go to seed long before?

　　We've all known people who run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark. I'm not talking about those who fail to get to the top. We can't all get there. I'm talking about people who have stopped learning on growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.

　　Most of us, in fact, progressively narrow the variety of our lives. We succeed in our field of specialization and then become trapped in it. Nothing surprises us. We lose our sense of wonder. But，if we are willing to lean，the opportunities are everywhere.

　　The things we learn in maturity seldom involve information and skills. We learn to bear with the things we can't change. We learn to avoid self-pity. We learn that however much we try to please，some people are never going to love us-an idea that troubles at first but is eventually relaxing.

　　With high motivation and enthusiasm，we can keep on learning. Then we will know how important it is to have meaning in our life. However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos(自我), whether to loved ones, to fellow humans, to work, or to some moral concept.

　　Many of us equate(視…等同于)“commitment” with such “caring” occupations as teaching and nursing. But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment. People who work toward such excellence—whether they are driving a truck, or running a store-make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They've learned life's most valuable lesson.

　　51. The passage starts with the story of Cervantes to show that_________.

　　A. loss of freedom stimulates one's creativity

　　B. age is not a barrier to achieving one's goal

　　C. misery inspires a man to fight against his fate

　　D. disability cannot stop a man's pursuit of success

　　52. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

　　A. End one's struggle for liberty.

　　B. Waste one's energy taking risks.

　　C. Miss the opportunity to succeed.

　　D. Lose the interest to continue learning.

　　53. What could be inferred from Paragraph 4?

　　A. Those who dare to try often get themselves trapped.

　　B. Those who tend to think back can hardly go ahead.

　　C. Opportunity favors those with a curious mind.

　　D. Opportunity awaits those with a cautious mind.

　　54. What does the author intend to tell us in Paragraph 5?

　　A. A tough man can tolerate suffering.

　　B. A wise man can live without self-pity.

　　C. A man should try to satisfy people around him.

　　D. A man should learn suitable ways to deal with life.

　　55. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?

　　A. To provide guidance on leading a meaningful adult life.

　　B. To stress the need of shouldering responsibilities at work.

　　C. To state the importance of generating motivation for learning.

　　D. To suggest a way of pursuing excellence in our lifelong career.

　　2019年普通高等學(xué)校招生全國統(tǒng)一考試(天津卷)

　　英語 筆試

　　第Ⅱ卷

　　注意事項(xiàng)：

　　1. 用黑色墨水的鋼筆或簽字筆將答案寫在答題卡上。

　　2. 本卷共6小題，共35分。

　　第三部分：寫作

　　第一節(jié)：閱讀表達(dá)(共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分)

　　閱讀短文，按照題目要求用英語回答問題。

　　Haze Mabry, who has worked as a school keeper for thirteen years，walks into the school building every day and empties garbage cans, wipes down bathrooms and mops wet messes in the hallways.

　　Last Friday, after he arrived at the school, instead of finding garbage to clean up, he found almost 800 students lining the hallways with handmade cards, blowing noisemakers and singing a full-throated happy birthday to him. It was his 80th. As he walked the long hallway, some popped out of lime to hug him. They handed him so many cards that they filled several large boxes. Touched by their enthusiastic expression of affection. Mabry thanked them all. "They're like my children，"Mabry said.

　　On a regular day，students at the school sometimes come up to him to say they're not feeling well or other times to tell him about something that happened at break. He knows most of the kids at the school, but can't name each one. Some of them make him know them. Like Faith, who often forgets her backpack in the cafeteria，and Lucy，who just wants a hug.

　　“He won't brag(夸耀)on himself, but it doesn't matter what he's doing or where he is, he will always stop what he's doing to take care of a child if that child is having a bad day. If a child approaches him，he will pause to give that child his undivided attention. He's the most loved one in this building，"said Lori Gilreath，a reading teacher.

　　Mabry works circles around all the students, cleaning up messes others don't want to touch. He doesn't expect a lot. Mabry said he hadn't planned to do much for his milestone birthday, so he was happy the students had prepared the surprise celebration.

　　Over the weekend, he worked through the piles of handmade cards at his house. One card from a student stood out to him. It read: “Mr. Haze，you are my sunshine.”

　　56. What is Mabry's daily work as a school keeper?(no more than 5 words)

　　57. How did the students celebrate Mabry's birthday?(no more than 15 words)

　　58. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 probably mean?(1 word)

　　59. Why is Mabry's presence at the school important?(no more than 10 words)

　　60. Who is the "sunshine” in your life?Please explain. (no more than 20 words)

　　第二節(jié)：書面表達(dá)(滿分25分)

　　假設(shè)你是晨光中學(xué)的李津，英國友好校將派教師來你校參加為期一周的暑期交流活動。活動期間，英方教師Chris 將做一個(gè)有關(guān)西方藝術(shù)的講座、現(xiàn)就講座內(nèi)容征求你校學(xué)生的意見。請根據(jù)以下提示給Chris寫一封電子郵件:

　　(1)你喜歡的講座話題(從音樂、美術(shù)、舞蹈中任選其一);

　　(2)選擇該話題的原因及關(guān)于該話題你感興趣的內(nèi)容;

　　(3)希望從中有何收獲。

　　注意：

　　(1)詞數(shù)不少于100;

　　(2)可適當(dāng)加入細(xì)節(jié)，使內(nèi)容充實(shí)、行文連貫;

　　(3)開頭和結(jié)尾已給出、不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

　　Dear Chris，

　　I'm Li Jim，a student at Chenguang High School.

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　　Thank you for your time.

　　Yours，

　　Li Jin