1、_2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(全国卷II)英语第卷第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)第一节(共5个小题;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,从每题所给的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,你都有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。1.WhatwillLucydoat11:30tomorrow? A.Gooutforlunch.B.Seeherdentist.C.Visitafriend.2.Whatistheweatherlikenow? A.Itssunny.B.Itsrainy.C.
2、Itscloudy.3.WhydoesthemantalktoDr.Simpson? A.Tomakeanapology.B.Toaskforhelp.C.Todiscusshisstudies.4.Howwillthewomangetbackfromtherailwaystation? A.By train.B.By car.C.By bus.5.WhatdoesJennydecidetodofirst? A.Lookforajob.B.Goonatrip.C.Getanassistant.第二节(共15小题:每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,
3、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。听每段对话或独白前,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。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第6段材料,回答6、7题。6.Whattimeisitnow? A.1:45. B.2:10.C.2:15.7.Whatwillthemando? A.Workonaproject. B.SeeLindainthelibrary. C.MeetwithProfessorSmith.请听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。8. What are the speakers talking about? A. Havi
4、ng guests this weekend. B. Going out for sightseeing.C. Moving into a new house.9. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Neighbors.B. Husband and wife.C. Host and visitor.10. What will the man do tomorrow?A. Work in his garden.B. Have a barbecue.C. Do some shopping.请听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。11.Wh
5、ere was the man born ? A.In Philadelphia.B.In Springfield.C.In Kansas.12.What did the man like doing when he was a child? A. Drawing. B. Traveling. C. Reading.13.What inspires the man most in his work? A.Education. B. Family love. C. Nature请听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。14.Why is Dorothy going to Europe? A.To at
6、tend a training program. B.To carry out some research. C.To take a vacation.15.How long will Dorothy stay in Europe? A. A few days B. Two weeks C. Three months16.What does Dorothy think of her apartment? A.Its expensive B.Its satisfactory. C. Its inconvenient17.What does Bill offer to do for Dorothy
7、? A. Recommend her apartment. B. Find a new apartment. C. Take care of her apartment请听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。18. What are the tourists advised to do when touring London? A. Take their tour schedule. B. Watch out for the traffic.C. Wear comfortable shoes.19. What will the tourists do in fifteen minutes?A.
8、Meet the speaker. B. Go to their rooms.C. Change some money.20. Where probably is the speaker?A. In a park.B. In a hotel.C. In a shopping centre.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节 (共15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。AWhats On?Electric Underground7.30pm1.00am Free at the Cyclops The
9、atreDo you know whos playing in your area? Were bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. Hes going
10、 to talk about how you can find the right person to produce you music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. Hes the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows h
11、ow to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks(快餐).Simons Workshop5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people la
12、ugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte S
13、tone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.21. Who can help you if you w
14、ant to have your music produced? A. Jules Skye. B. Gee Whizz. C. Charlotte Stone. D. James Pickering.22. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh? A. The Cyclops Theatre B. Kaleidoscope C. Victoria Stage D. Pizza World23. What do we know about Simons Workshop? A. It requires me
15、mbership status. B. It lasts three hours each time. C. It is run by a comedy club. D. It is held every Wednesday.24. When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs? A. 5.00pm-7.30pm. B. 7.30pm1.00am. C. 8.00pm-11.00pm. D. 8.30pm-10.30pm.B Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used
16、 Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said:“Make something out of the Tinkertoys. You have 45 minutes today - and 45minutes each day for the rest of the week.” A few students hesitated t
17、o start. They waited to see the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginations. Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free tim
18、e. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感
19、染) other students. Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare, ”But Im just not creative.” “Do you dream at night when youre asleep?” “Oh, sure.” “So tell me one of your most interest
20、ing dreams.” The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. “Thats pretty creative. Who does that for you?” “Nobody. I do it.” “Really-at night, when youre asleep?” “Sure.” “Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”25. The teac
21、her used Tinkertoys in class in order to _? A. know more about the students B. make the lessons more exciting C. raise the students interest in art D. teach the students about toy design26. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3? A. He liked to help his teacher. B. He preferred to st
22、udy alone. C. He was active in class. D. He was imaginative.27. What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Mistake. B. Drawback. C. Difficulty. D. Burden.28. Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams? A. To help them to see their creativity. B. To
23、 find out about their sleeping habits. C. To help them to improve their memory. D. To find out about their ways of thinking.CReading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookC turns the page
24、 on the traditional idea of a book group.Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far an
25、d wide with each new reader who finds it.Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.”Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoev
26、er finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the idea is for
27、 people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home. BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.29. Why does the autho
28、r mention book groups in the first paragraph? A.To explain what they are. B.To introduce BookCrossing. C.To stress the importance of reading. D.To encourage readers to share their ideas.30. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2refer to? A.The book. B.An adventure. C.A public place. D. Th
29、e identification number.31. What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it? A. Meet other readers to discuss it. B.Keep it safe in his bookcase. C. Pass it on to another reader. D.Mail it back to its owner.32. What is the best title for the text? A. Online Reading: A Virtual Tour B. Electro
30、nic Books: A New Trend C. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back D. A Website Links People through BooksDA new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.Frank Hurleys pictures would be outstanding-undoubtedly first-rate photo-journalism-if they had been made last week. In
31、 fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海难), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival. Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship. The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Nor
32、wegian-built three-master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarcticas Weddell Sea. From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled(雪橇) across the continent. The journey was intende
33、d to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done. Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back. As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story The Endurance, adventuring was even the
34、n a thoroughly commercial effort. Scotts last journey, completed as be lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the worlds imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds. Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, start
35、ed a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography. Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.33. What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley?
36、 A. They were made last week B. They showed undersea sceneries C. They were found by a cameraman D. They recorded a disastrous adventure34. Who reached the South Pole first according to the text? A. Frank Hurley B. Ernest Shackleton C. Robert Falcon Scott D. Caroline Alexander35. What does Alexander
37、 think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage? A. Artistic creation B. Scientific research C. Money making D. Treasure hunting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。A garden thats just right for youHave you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where the atmosphere
38、 of the garden appeared to total more than the sum(总和) of its parts? 36 . But it doesnt happen by accident. It starts with looking inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening process. 37 Some people may think that a garden is no
39、more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color. Others are concerned about using gardening methods that require less water and fewer fertilizers(肥料). 38 . However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden. One of them comes from our earliest years.Recall
40、(回忆)your childhood memories Our model of what a garden should be often goes back to childhood. Grandmas rose garden and Dads vegetable garden might be good or bad, but thats not whats important. 39 -how being in those gardens made us feel. If youd like to build a powerful bond with your garden, star
41、t by taking some time to recall the gardens of your youth. 40. Then go outside and work out a plan to translate your childhood memories into your grown-up garden. Have fun.A. Know why you gardenB. Find a good place for your own gardenC. Its our experience of the garden that mattersD. Its delightful
42、to see so many beautiful flowersE. Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plantsF. You can produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden, tooG. For each of those gardens, writer down the strongest memory you have 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,
43、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。Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device(装置)on your desk. And theyve never actually 41 you. Everything they know about you 42 through this device, sometimes from hundreds of miles away. 43 they feel they can know
44、you 44 from the sound of your voice. Thats how powerful the 45 is. Powerful, yes, but not always 46 . For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone. Rani, my faceless agent whom Id never met 47 , got me rock-bottom prices on airfares, cars, and hotels. But her cold voice really 48 me. I somet
45、imes wished to 49 another agent.One morning, I had to 50 an immediate flight home for a family emergency. I ran into Ranis office 51 . The woman sitting at the desk, 52 my madness, sympathetically jumped up. She gave me a 53 smile, nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the 54 immedi
46、ately. “What a wonderful lady!” I thought.Rushing out 55 I called out over my shoulder, “By the way, whats your name?” “Im Rani,” she said. I turned around and saw a 56 woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip. I was 57 ! Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was, well, so 58 .Sitting bac