天津高考真题 · 阅读表达 Reading Expression
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My name is Clara. I still remember that chilly December day, sitting in science class. I’d finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine. A piece of news caught my eye: NASA was holding an essay contest to name its Mars rover (火星探测器). Before I even knew anything else about it, a single word flooded my 11-year-old mind: Curiosity.
I couldn’t wait for the bell to ring so I could get started on my essay. That afternoon, I raced home, sat down at the computer, and typed until my fingers ached. “Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone’s mind…”
Five months later, my mom received a phone call, and immediately, a wide smile spread across her face.
On August 5, 2012, at 10:31 p.m., the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars, and I was honored to have a front-row seat in NASA.
Curiosity is such an important part of who I am. I have always been fascinated by the stars, the planets, the sky and the universe. I remember as a little girl, my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours. She’d tell me stories and point out the stars. Grandma lived in China, thousands of miles away from my home in Kansas, but the stars kept us together even when we were apart. They were always there, yet there was so much I didn’t know about them. That’s what I love so much about space.
People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mars. My answer is simple: because we’re curious. We human beings do not just hole up in one place. We are constantly wondering and trying to find out what’s over the hill and beyond the horizon.
参考答案（官方）
By reading a TIME for Kids magazine. / From a TIME for Kids magazine.
采分点（据官方参考答案拆解，非官方原文）
途径＝她在《TIME for Kids》杂志上看到这则消息。答出 by reading / from a TIME for Kids magazine 即得分，不超过 10 词。
参考答案（官方）
She won the essay contest held by NASA. / She named the Mars rover “Curiosity”. / “Curiosity” was chosen as the name of the Mars rover.
采分点（据官方参考答案拆解，非官方原文）
原因＝她赢得 NASA 主办的命名征文比赛，她取的名字“Curiosity”被选为火星车名。答出 won the essay contest / named the rover Curiosity 即得分，不超过 10 词。
参考答案（官方）
She sat together with Grandma listening to her stories about the stars. / Her grandma told her stories about the stars. / They sat together talking about the stars.
采分点（据官方参考答案拆解，非官方原文）
回忆＝她和祖母坐在一起，听祖母讲关于星星的故事。答出 sat together / listened to / grandma told stories about the stars 即得分，不超过 15 词。
参考答案（官方）
Stay. / Remain. / Live. / Hide.
采分点（据官方参考答案拆解，非官方原文）
词义解释：hole up 在此意为“蛰居、留在（某处）”。答 Stay / Remain / Live / Hide 任一即得分，限 1 词。
参考方向 A（官方示例）
Curiosity is important because it leads to discovery or invention.
参考方向 B（官方示例）
With curiosity, we keep asking questions and exploring the world unknown.
参考方向 C（官方示例）
Curiosity drives us through our lives so that we never stop wondering about the things beyond our knowledge.
采分点（观点方向，非官方原文）
开放题：谈好奇心为何重要——它带来发现与发明；它驱使我们不断提问、探索未知；它让我们一生都在追问已知之外的事物。方向合理、不超过 20 词即自评“答对了”。
参考答案来源：通通好课（tthaoke）2013 天津卷英语官方试卷及答案 PDF（阅读表达 Possible Answers 56-60）；采分点为据官方参考答案原文拆解，非官方逐字评分细则。
