1、2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（新课标卷）英语第I卷第一节（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。AMusicO pera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additionalperformances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts. Phone: 241-2742. .Chamber
2、 O rchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offersseveral concerts from March through June. Call 723-1182 for more information.Symphony O rchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regularseason runs September through May at Music Hall in
3、summer at Riverbend.http:/www.symphony.org/home.asp.College Conservatory of Music (CCM): Performances are on the main campus(校园) of theuniversity, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known LaSalle Quartet, CCMs Philharmonic Orche
4、stra, and variousgroups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with I.D. cards can attendthe events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at556-4183. http:/www.ccm.uc.edu/events/calendar.Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg
5、Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seatsunder cover (price difference).Big name shows all summer long! Phone:232-6220.1.Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?A. 241-2742. B. 723-1182.C. 381-3300.D. 232-6220. 解析：细节理解题。根据“opera”定位到第一个活动，第一个活动的联系电话是241-2742，故选A。答案：A2. When c
6、an you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?A. February.B. May.C.August.D. November.解析：细节理解题。根据“Chamber Orchestra”定位到第二个活动，根据“which offers several concerts from March through June”可知，活动举办时间是3-6月，故选B。答案：B3. Where can students go for free performances with their I.D. cards?A. Music Hall.B. Memorial Ha
7、ll.C. Patricia Cobbett Theater.D. Riverbend Music Theater.解析：细节理解题。根据“with their I.D. cards”定位到第四个活动中的“Students with I.D. cardscan attend the events for free”，根据“usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater.”可知答案，故选C。 答案：C4. How is Riverbend Music Theater different from the other places?A. It has seats in th
8、e open air.B. It gives shows all year round.C. It offers membership discounts.D. It presents famous musical works.解析：推理判断题。根据“Riverbend Music Theater”。定位到最后一个活动，根据“Large outdoortheater with the closest seats”可知, Riverbend Music Theater是一个露天剧院，不同的座位，其价格也是不同的，由此可知，Riverbend Music Theater的座位是在室外的；根据“al
9、l summer long!”排除B；根据第一个活动排除C；根据第四个活动排除D。故选A。答案：A BOn one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple ofNew York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes,another customer was approaching their table.“Hey, arent yo
10、u from Mississippi?” the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being askedby the stranger. “Im from Mississippi too.”Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showedup, she also pulled up a chair.“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty s
11、aid. “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 immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading backdowntown toward her hotel, her big-city friends we
12、re amazed at the turn of events that had changedtheir BigApple dinner into a Mississippi.“My friends said: Now we believe your stories,” Welty added. “And I said: Now you know.These are the people that make me write them.”Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, lo
13、oked pleased withthis explanation. “I dont make them up,” she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years. “Idont have to.”Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Weltys people come fromafternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the
14、 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, she hears only a fragment(片段) of a particularly interestingstory.5. What happened when Welty was with her friends at the ca
15、fe?A. Two strangers joined her. B. Her childhood friends came in.C.Aheavy rain ruined the dinner.D. Some people held a party there. 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“another customer was approaching their table”和第三段“thewoman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair”可知，先后有两个
16、陌生人（一位女士及其同伴）加入了Welty他们的聚会，故选A。答案：A6. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to Weltys.A. readersB. partiesC. friendsD. stories 解析：猜测词义题。划线的them指代前面提到的人或物，根据“Now we believe yourstories”可知，them指代的是Welty写的小说里面的故事，听了Welty和两个陌生人的有关密西西比的谈话之后，Welty的朋友相信了Welty小说里的故事都是来源于生活，故选D。答案：D7. What can we
17、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. 解析：推理判断题。根据“I dont make them up”和“Weltys people come from afternoons spentvisiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native
18、 Jackson, Miss., fromconversations overheard on a bus.”可知，Welty小说里的人物并非虚构的，他们都来源于现实的生活，故选C。答案：C CIf you are a fruit groweror would like to become onetake advantage ofApple Day to seewhats around. Its called Apple Day but in practice its more like Apple Month. The day itself is on October 21,but sinc
19、e 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 wide variety of apples. To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala insupermarkets, it can be quite an
20、eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, suchas Decio which was grown by the Romans.Although it doesnt taste of anything special, its stillworth 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 s
21、uit specific local conditions. One of the very bestvarieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but youll need a warm, sheltered place with perfectsoil 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 be
22、st suit yourconditions, and because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple-themed fun and games.Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including statelygardens and commercial orchards(果园).If you want to have a real orchard experience,
23、try visitingthe National Fruit Collection at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent.8. What can people do at the apple events?A.Attend expertslectures.B. Visit fruit-loving families.C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard.D. Taste many kinds of apples. 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段“Visiting an apple event is a good chance to
24、 see, and often taste, awide variety of apples.”可知，参加相关的庆祝活动的人们可以品尝各种各样的苹果，故选D。答案：D9. 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.解析：推理判断题。故选C。 答案：C10. What does the underlined phrase “a pipe dream” in Paragraph 3me
25、an?A.Apractical idea. B.Avain hope.C.Abrilliant plan.D.Aselfish desire.解析：猜测词义题。根据第二段“to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio”可知，Decio是许多仍然存在的经典苹果种类之一，根据“which is more of a curiosity thananything else”可知，人们品尝它是出于好奇心，故选B。答案：B11. What is the authors purpose in writing th
26、e 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.解析：写作意图题。根据第一段“If you are a fruit groweror would like to become onetakeadvantage of Apple Day to see whats around.”和最后一段“lf you want to have a real orchardexperience,
27、try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale；near Faversham in Kent.”可知，作者向读者介绍了一个节日-Apple Day,并推荐人们参加这个节日，故选B。答案：B DBad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Thoseare the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers.But now
28、that information isbeing spread and monitored(监控) in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. Bytracking peoples e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread fasterand farther than disasters and sob stories.“The if it bleeds rule works for mass media,” says
29、 Jonah Berger, a scholar at the Universityof Pennsylvania. “They want your eyeballs and dont care how youre feeling. But when you share astory with 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 communicati
30、one-mails, Web posts and reviews,face-to-face conversationsfound that it tended to be more positive than negative(消极的), but that didnt necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simplybecause people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for t
31、hat possibility, Dr. Bergerlooked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The New YorkTimes website. He and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months. One ofhis first findings was that articles in the science section were much more like
32、ly to make the list thannon-science articles. He found that science amazed Times readers and made them want to share thispositive feeling with others.Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negativefeelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left
33、 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 anarticle, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, “Contagious:Why Things Catch On.”12 .What do the classic rules mentioned in the text ap
34、ply to?A. News reports.B. Research papers.C. Private e-mails.D. Daily conversations解析：细节理解题。根据第二段“The if it bleeds rule works for mass media”可知,像“it bleeds” 这样的传统说法适用于大众媒体，故选A。答案：A13. What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?A. Theyre socially inactive.B. Theyre good at telling stories.C. T
35、heyre inconsiderate of others.D. Theyre careful with their words.解析：推理判断题。根据“you care a lot more how they react”可知，你非常在乎朋友听完你讲的故事后的反应，根据“You dont want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer”可知，你不 想被当作一个“Debbie Downer”，说明指的是“一个不为他人考虑的人”，故选C。答案：C14.Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr
36、. Bergers research? A. Sports new.B. Science articles.C. Personal accounts.D. Financial reviews.解析：细节理解题。根据第三段“articles in the science section were much more likely to make thelist than non-science articles”，科技类的文章比非科技类的更有可能被人们讨论，故选B。答案：B15. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Sad Stories T
37、ravel Far and Wide B. Online NewsAttracts More PeopleC. Reading Habits Change with the TimesD. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks解析：选择最佳标题。根据第一段“By tracking people s e-mails and online posts, scientists havefound that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.”可知，好消息
38、在网络上传播得更快，影响更深远；说明文章主要讲的是好消息通过网络的传播，故选D。答案：D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 health. 16 But it seems that many people dont cookfish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice asmuch
39、 fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isnt difficult. 17 This textis about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.18 Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that youre standing at the oceansedge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isnt fresh. 19 When you ha
40、ve bought a fish andarrive home, youd better store the fish in the refrigerator if you dont cook it immediately, but freshfish should be stored 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 .20 First, lean it and sea
41、son it youre yourchoice of spices(调料). Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs aboutne 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 require
42、s a little knowledge.E. The fish will go bad within hours.F. When buying fish, you should first smell it.G. The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease. 16.解析：考査上下文串联。第一句“Everyone knows that fish is good for health.”是总写，But表示择折，说明but前面一句是对第一句的解释，G项“鱼中的脂肪有助于预防心脏病”符合语境，故选G。答案：G17.解析：考査上
43、下文串联。题目前一句“Buying, storing, and cooking fish isrft difficult”可知，购买，存放和烧鱼并非难事，再根据后面一句可知，文章主要介绍了买鱼和烧鱼的筒单知识，D项“这仅仅需要一点知识，符合语境，此题容易与C项混淆，C项后面应该直接跟烧鱼的方 法，即C项与后一句重复，故选D。答案：D18.解析：考査上下文串联。根据“Freshfish should smell sweetf”可知，本段讲的是买鱼的时候要阆一下鱼的气味，故选F。答案：F19.解析：考査上下文串联。根据前_句“Any fishy cr strong smell means the
44、fish isnt fresh”可知，带有强烈的味道的鱼都不是新鲜的，不应该买这样的鱼，A项与后句联系紧密，故选A。 答案：A20.解析：考查上下文串联。根据“Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot”可知，本 段介绍的是蒸鱼的方法，故选B。答案：B第二部分：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）阅读下面的短文，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 purpos
45、e was to become the star on our football team. That meant 21Miller King, who was the best 22 at our school. Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my footballeverywhere for 23 .Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went
46、to see him afterhe came back from 24 . He looked very 25 , but he didnt cry.That season, I 26 all of Millers records while he 27 the home games from the bench.We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, 28 I often had crazy dreams in which Iwas to blame for Millers 29 .One afternoon, I was cr
47、ossing the field to go home and saw Miller 30 going over afencewhich wasnt 31 to climb if you had both arms. Im sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept 32 from. But even that challenge he accepted. I 33 him moveslowly over the fence. When we were finally 34 on the other side, he
48、said to me, “You know, Ididnt tell you this during the season, but you did 35 .Thank you for filling in for 36 .”His words freed me from my bad 37 . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he wasmore of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was 38 ahead of me. I was right to have 39 him.From t
49、hat day on, I grew 40 and a little more real.21.A. cheering forB. beating out C. relying onD. staying with解析：考查动词短语辨析。A. cheering for为欢呼；B. beating out打败；C. relying on依靠； D. staying with和.待在一起。根据“become the star on our football team”可知，要想成为球队里的明星，就要打败最优秀的球员，故选B。答案：B22.A. coachB. studentC. teacherD. player解析：考查名词辨析。A. coach教练；B. student学生C. teacher教师D. player选手，球员。 who was the best _22_ at our school.全校最好的球员是Miller King,故选D。答案：D23.A. practiceB. showC. comfortD. pleasure解析：考查名词辨析。A. practice练习；B. show演出，表现，节目；C. comfort安慰；D. pleasure乐趣。作者随身带着足球是为了练习，故选A。 答案：A24.A. schoolB. vacationC.
