《2016年高考英语试卷（新课标ⅲ）（含解析版）》.doc

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1、2016年高考英语试卷（新课标）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMusicOpera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additional performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts. Phone:

2、241-2742. .Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June. Call 723-1182 for more information. http: /.Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular season runs September th

3、rough May at Music Hall in summer at Riverbend. http:/www.symphony.org/home.asp.College Conservatory of Music (CCM): Performances are on the main campus (校园) of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known LaSalle Qu

4、artet, CCMs Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with I.D. cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183. http:/www.ccm.uc.edu/events/calendar.River

5、bend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover (price difference). Big name shows all summer long! Phone: 232-6220. .21. Which number should you call if you want to see an opera? A. 241-2742. B. 723-1182. C. 381-3300. D. 232-6220.22. When can you go to

6、 a concert by Chamber Orchestra?A. February. B. May. C. August. D. November.23. Where can students go for free performances with their I.D. cards?A. Music Hall. B. Memorial Hall. C. Patricia Cobbett Theater. D. Riverbend Music Theater.24. How is Riverbend Music Theater different from the other place

7、s?A. It has seats in the open air. B. It gives shows all year round.C. It offers membership discounts. D. It presents famous musical works.BOn one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable Eas

8、t Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.“Hey, arent you from Mississippi?” the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger. “Im from Mississippi too.” Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner show

9、ed up, she also pulled up a chair.“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty said. “I didnt know what my New York friends were thinking.” Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside. Weltys new friends immedia

10、tely sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi state reunion (团聚).“My friends said: Now we believe your stories,” Welty added. “And I said: Now you know. These

11、 are the people that make me write them.”Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.“I dont make them up,” she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years. “I dont have to.”Beauticians, bartenders, piano player

12、s and people with purple hats, Weltys people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus. It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now given out. Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train,

13、she hears only a fragment (片段) of a particularly interesting story.25. What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?A. Two strangers joined her. B. Her childhood friends came in. C. A heavy rain ruined the dinner. D. Some people held a party there.26. The underlined word “them” in Parag

14、raph 6 refers to Weltys .A. readers B. parties C. friends D. stories27. What can we learn about the characters in Weltys fiction? A. They live in big cities. B. They are mostly women. C. They come from real life. D. They are pleasure seekers.CIf you are a fruit grower or would like to become one tak

15、e advantage of Apple Day to see whats around. Its called Apple Day but in practice its more like Apple Month. The day itself is on October 21, but since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wid

16、e variety of apples. To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio which was grown by the Romans. Although it doesnt taste of anythin

17、g special, its still worth a try, as is the knobbly (多疙瘩的) Cats Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else.There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but youll need a warm, sheltered place wit

18、h perfect soil to grow it, so its a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.At the events, you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple-themed fun and games.Apple Days are be

19、ing held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including stately gardens and commercial orchards (果园). If you want to have a real orchard experience, try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent.28. What can people do at the apple events?A. Attend expert

20、s lectures. B. Visit fruit-loving families.C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard. D. Taste many kinds of apples.29. What can we learn about Decio?A. It is a new variety. B. It has a strange look.C. It is rarely seen now. D. It has a special taste.30. What does the underlined phrase “a pipe dream” in Pa

21、ragraph 3 mean?A. A practical idea. B. A vain hope. C. A brilliant plan. D. A selfish desire.31. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To show how to grow apples. B. To introduce an apple festival.C. To help people select apples. D. To promote apple research.DBad news sells. If it bleed

22、s, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information is being spread and monitored (监控) in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By tracking peoples e-mails and online pos

23、ts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories. “The if it bleeds rule works for mass media,” says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. “They want your eyeballs and dont care how youre feeling. But when you share a story wi

24、th your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You dont want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer.” Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication e-mails, Web posts and reviews, face-to-face conversations found that it tended to be more positive than negative (消极的), but that didnt neces

25、sarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr. Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The New York Times websi

26、te. He and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed Times readers and made them want to share this positive feel

27、ing with others.Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused (激发) one way or the other, and they preferred good news to bad. The more positive an arti

28、cle, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.” 32. What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?A. News reports. B. Research papers. C. Private e-mails. D. Daily conversations.33. What can we infer about people like De

29、bbie Downer?A. Theyre socially inactive. B. Theyre good at telling stories.C. Theyre inconsiderate of others. D. Theyre careful with their words.34. Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr. Bergers research?A. Sports news. B. Science articles. C. Personal accounts. D. Financial reviews.

30、35. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide B .Online News Attracts More PeopleC. Reading Habits Change with the Times D. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Everyone knows that fish is good for hea

31、lth. 36 But it seems that many people dont cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isnt difficult. 37 This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.

32、 38 Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that youre standing at the oceans edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isnt fresh. 39 When you have bought a fish and arrive home, youd better store the fish in the refrigerator if you dont cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be sto

33、red in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isnt as tasty as the fresh one.There are many common methods used to cook fish.   40    First, clean it and season it with your choice of spices (调料). Put the whole fish on a plate and s

34、team it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound. (A larger one will take more time.) Then, its ready to serve.A. Do not buy it.B. The easiest is to steam it.C. This is how you can do it.D. It just requires a little knowledge.E. The fish will go bad within hours.F. When buying

35、 fish, you should first smell it.G. The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant 41 Miller

36、 King, who was the best 42 at our school.Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for 43 .Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from 44 . He looked very 45 , but he

37、 didnt cry.That season, I 46 all of Millers records while he 47 the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, 48 I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Millers 49 .One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller 50 going over a fenc

38、ewhich wasnt 51 to climb if you had both arms. Im sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept 52 from. But even that challenge he accepted. I 53 him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally 54 on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didnt tell you this during the seaso

39、n, but you did 55 . Thank you for filling in for 56 .” His words freed me from my bad 57 . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was 58 ahead of me. I was right to have 59 him. From that day on，I grew 60 and a little more real.41. A. cheer

40、ing for B. beating out C. relying on D. staying with42. A. coach B. student C. teacher D. player43. A. practice B. show C. comfort D. pleasure44. A. school B. vacation C. hospital D. training45. A. pale B. calm C. relaxed D. ashamed46. A. held B. broke C. set D. tried47. A. reported B. judged C. org

41、anized D. watched48. A. and B. then C. but D. thus49. A. decision B. mistake C. accident D. sacrifice50. A. stuck B. hurt C. tired D. lost51. A. steady B. hard C. fun D. fit52. A. praise B. advice C. assistance D. apology53. A. let B. helped C. had D. noticed54. A. dropped B. ready C. trapped D. saf

42、e55. A. fine B. wrong C. quickly D. normally56. A. us B. yourself C. me D. them57. A. memories B. ideas C. attitudes D. dreams58. A. still B. also C. yet D. just59. A. challenged B. cured C. invited D. admired60. A. healthier B. bigger C. cleverer D. cooler第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（

43、1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, 61 Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are q

44、uite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might 62 (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal 63 (create) special designs.The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, 64 (use)

45、 twigs (树枝) to remove it. Over time, 65 the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 66 (gradual) turned into chopsticks.Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 67 lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the 68 (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and 69 (be) too violent for use at the table.Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat 70