湖北省黄冈中学2016届高三上学期期中考试英语试题

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黄冈中学2015年秋季高三期中考试英语试题 
考试时间：120分钟　　满分：150分
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
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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。
A
　　Acrobatic(杂技的) Show in Haidian Theatre Beijing
　　Introduction of the Show：
　　This is the entertainment that should not be missed by the young and old on a visit to Beijing. You can see breath-holding acrobatics, some of which can be so 　　demanding in the balance skill as to be close to the impossible.
　　This time you can see the bicycling show—ten cycling girls all ending up on a bicycle with their fans spread out like a peacock. There are also girls bending and folding their bodies to a position where the feet hold the face and the head and hands are still balancing some glasses. Other exciting acts are the martial arts(武术), balancing of bowls, rope walking, pole climbing, roller skating and plate swirling(转碟子), etc.
　　Ticket Prices
　　Two daily acrobatic shows from 5:15 pm to 7:15 pm. The detailed price is as follows (including 5-65 years old):
　　Yellow Zone：(Mid Rows 14-23) RMB 120
　　Blue Zone：(Mid Rows 1-4）RMB 160
　　Green Zone：(Mid Rows 8-13) RMB 220
　　Red VIP Zone：(Mid Rows 5-7) RMB 400
　　Booking
　　Book at Beijing-travels. or call 13801067568
　　Booking information：Your Name, Shows, Date, Time, Tickets, Telephone Number. We will explain your enquiry(咨询) or confirm booking within one working day. When your booking is confirmed, you will receive a confirmation letter by e-mail, which includes the detailed tickets with prices.
　　Payment
　　Please pay cash to our clerks when you get to the theater. Both RMB and US dollar are acceptable.
21．What can we infer from the passage above？
A．Only children would like to watch it.
B．It will include the bicycling show by a peacock.
C．It will be shown only twice.
D．It will be performed by highly-skilled acrobatic group.
22．If a couple with their 4-year-old child want to sit in Row 6, they should pay ________.
A．800 yuan 　　　　　　　B．660 yuan
C．240 yuan　　　　　　　 D．320 yuan
23．What is the main idea of this passage？
A．The ways to book acrobatic show tickets.
B．The popularity of acrobatic shows in Beijing.
C．An advert for Beijing Acrobatic Show.
D．The introduction of Chinese acrobatic.

B
　　When you first arrive in Oxford, it may take a little while for you to find your way around. The university is a large organization that is fully integrated into the city and has been evolving for 800 years. Some of the first things our students do when they arrive include finding a bike (most students in Oxford find cycling is the best way to go around), setting up a bank account, getting their puter and mobile phone working, finding their department, getting to know their college and working out the best places to socialize.
　　One of the major events you will experience shortly after “ing up” to Oxford is matriculation. Matriculation is held at the University’s Sheldonian Theatre and is the ceremony at which you are formally admitted to the university.
　　International students are invited to an orientation day at the start of the academic year. Sessions run throughout the day that will give you practical information about living and studying in UK and introduce you to other graduate students from all over the world who are starting their studies at Oxford at the same time as you, as well as to current Oxford graduate students and staff who will be able to help and advise you. The day covers topics such as studying and learning in the Oxford system, University services, information on living in Britain and culture differences, as well as addressing practical issues such as employment, immigration and visas, health and safety. You can choose which talks to attend and at the end of the day there is a social hour so you can meet fellow students.
　　Another good thing to experience early is college dining. Most colleges have a tradition of regular formal hall dinners, which consist of three or four courses, and the atmosphere of an evening out in a nice restaurant. On some of these occasions you can invite people around to your college for dinner and then they may return thefavor. In this way, you can get to know people studying your own and other subjects at the same time as visiting many of the historical college grounds and dining halls.
Further information on your first few weeks at Oxford is available via the Students Gateway on our website, and you can get first-hand accounts of what life at Oxford is like by watching videos of students talking about their experiences on our Wall of 100 Faces.
24．For a newer to Oxford, what does he have to do first？
A．to work out what to major in.
B．to open a qq account.
C．to get a bike to go around.
D．to buy a new mobile phone.
25．What is matriculation？
A．Performances held at the Sheldonian Theatre.
B．A ceremony when students are formally admitted to Oxford.
C．The best places to socialize.
D．A special day for International students to start academic.
26．Which talk can students attend on the orientation day？
A．Studying in the Cambridge system.
B．Practical issue like employment, immigration, visas, health and insurance.
C．Talks on how to meet fellow students.
D．University services about the life in Britain and cross-culture barrier.
27．What does the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably mean？
A．treating you to dinner.
B．visiting historic college in return.
C．studying the subjects with your friend.
D．showing you around the college.

C
　　I was as normal as other children, totally exposed to brilliant sunshine and splendid world. However, I became blind at four after falling off a box car in a yard and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity(灾难) can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have e to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.
　　Life, I believe, asks adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world bees. The adjustment is never easy. I was totally confused and frightened. But luckily, my parents and teacher saw my potential to live, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.
　　The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have broken down and bee a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself, I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone, but something bigger than that：an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the plicated pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
　　It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the simplest things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball and urged me to roll it around. His words stuck in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible：playing baseball. Later I invented a successful variation of baseball—groundball.
　　I have set a series of goals and tried to reach them, one at a time. It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.
28．What attitude does the author take to his blindness？
A．Pessimistic. 　　　　　B．Optimistic.
C．Desperate. 　　　　　　D．Shameful.
29．According to the passage, which statement is TRUE？
A．After struggling, the author discovered his potential on his own and began to live with it.
B．The author invented a baseball with the help and encouragement of a kind man.
C．The author happened to be blind due to a car accident.
D．The author would not appreciate life if the calamity hadn’t occurred.
30．What is the greatest challenge for the author？
A．Attempting to adjust himself to reality.
B．Figuring out his own potential to live on one’s own.
C．Building up his own confidence so that he can find his place in society.
D．Setting and reaching a series of goals.
31．What is the best title of the passage？
A．A Disaster Pushes a man forward
B．A Fateful Accident
C．A Sorrowful Life
D．Fighting Against Difficulties

D
　　Wise promise is one of the basic principle and virtue of the British.
　　If a continental greengrocer asks 14 shillings (or crowns, or francs) for a bunch of radishes, and his customer offer 2, and finally they strike a bargain agreeing on 6 shilling, this is just the low continental habit of bargaining; on the other hand if the British dock-workers or any other workers claim a rise of 4 shillings per day, and the employer first flatly refuse even a penny, but after a six week’s strike they agree to a rise of 2 shilling a day—that is yet another proof of the British genius for promise. Bargaining is a hateful habit; promise is one of the highest human virtues—the difference between the two is that the first is practiced on the continent, the latter in Great Britain.
　　The genius for promise has another aspect, too. It has a tendency to unite together everything that is bad. English club life, for instance, unites the duties of social life with the boredom of being alone. An average English house bines all the curses of civilizations with the ups and downs of life in the open. It is all right to have windows, but you must do not have double windows because double would indeed stop the wind from blowing right into the room, and after all, you must be fair and give the wind a chance. It is all right to have central heating in an English home, except in the bathroom, because that is the only place where you are naked and wet at the same time, and you must give British germs a fair chance. The open fire is an accepted, indeed a traditional institution. You sit in front of it and your face is hot while your back is cold. It is a fair promise between two extremes and settles the problem of how to burn and catch cold at the same time.
　　English spelling is a promise between documentary expressions and an delicate code-system; spending 3 hours in a queue in front of a cinema is a promise between entertainment and asceticism(苦行主义); the English weather is a fair promise between rain and fog; to employ an English charwoman is a promise between have a dirty house or cleaning it yourself; Yorkshire pudding is a promise between a pudding and the county of Yorkshire.
32．What is the tone of author while writing this passage？
A．Serious. 　　　　　　B．Sincere.
C．Humorous. 　　　　　D．Delightful.
33．Which of the following is NOT the example of promise of the British in the passage？
A．The employer finally promises his workers a rise of 2 shilling a day.
B．People sit in front an open fire and their face is hot while their back is cold.
C．The house has double windows and central heating system in the bathroom.
D．To see a film，some people would like to wait in a queue for 3 hours.
34．What is the weather like in Britain according to the passage？
A．It is foggy when it is raining.
B．It is determined by humidity.
C．It is sunny and bright.
D．It is either foggy or rainy.
35．Where does this text probably e from？
A．A Culture Magazine. 　　B．The Business Weekly.
C．A Travel Brochure. 　　D．An English Literature Textbook.

 
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。
3 habits of remarkably charming people
　　Some people instantly make us feel important. Some people instantly make us feel special. Some people light up a room just by walking in. They're naturally charming. 36　 Familiarity leads to, well, familiarity.　
　　　37　：They build and maintain great relationships, consistently influencing the people around them positively. They’re the kind of people we all want to be around and want to be. Fortunately we can, because being remarkably charming isn’t about our level of Success or our presentation skills or how we dress or the image we project—it’s about what we do. Here are the 3 habits of remarkably charming people:
　　They listen more than they talk.
　　Ask questions. Maintain eye contact, smile, flown or nod. In a word, respond—not so much verbally, but nonverbally. 　38　 Then when you do speak, don’t offer advice unless you’re asked. Listening shows you care a lot more than offering advice.
　　 　39　
　　No one receives enough praise. No one. Tell people what they did well. Wait, you say you don’t know what they did well？ Shame on you—it’s your job to know. It’s your job to find out ahead of time. Not only will people appreciate your praise, they’ll appreciate the fact you care enough to pay attention to what they’re doing.
　　They choose their words.
　　For example, you don’t have to go to a meeting; you get to go meet with other people. You don’t have to create a presentation for a new client; you get to share cool stuff with other people. You don’t have to go to the gym; 　40　 You don’t have to interview job candidates; you get to select a great person to join your team.
A．Praise IS what we need when we don’t feel good about ourselves.
B．That’s all it takes to show the other person they’re important.
C．you get to work out and improve your health and fitness.
D．But some people are remarkably charming.
E．They discuss the failings of others.
F．Unfortunately, natural charm quickly loses its impact.
G．They shine the spotlight on others.

第三部分　英语知识运用（共两节，满分45）
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。
　　Last night my mother told me a story of an old man and 1 was touched by it. A girl became a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from a/an 　41　 disease with days numbered.
　　The girl was 　42　 to look after an old man suffering from cancer whose children lived abroad．Their living conditions were not satisfactory 　43　 the old man had a lot of savings. so she was expected to fort him and　44　 his spirits.
　　Every Saturday the girl came on time to keep him 　45　, telling him stories. When he was having an intravenous drip(静脉滴注), she would help gently press his 　46　 .The doctor found the patient much improved 　47　. The old man began to involve himself actively 　48　!he medical treatment and he seldom 　49　 at others.
　　But something that happened made the doctor uneasy and puzzled. Each time the girl left, the old man would 　50　 her some money. The doctor did nothing to interfere(干预), 　51　 to offend the old man. A month later the old man showed evident signs of 　52　 after suffering a（昏迷）a few times.
　　When 　53　 from the latest a，the old man told the doctor his last wish，“I have deep 　54　 for the girl. Will you be kind enough to help her 　55　 her studies？” But the doctor knew that her family was 　56　and she had no difficulty pursuing her studies. Sometimes she even came to the hospital in her father’s car.
　　When the girl came at the weekend after the death of the old man，the doctor told her the bad news. She was very sad and burst into 　57　. Then she handed $500 to the doctor, saying，“The old man had all along thought I came to do the job because of 　58　. He gave me money so that I could continue my 　59　.”Now he got the answer to the puzzle. In the last period of his life，the old man found it a real pleasure to be able to help a girl 　60　 in need．The story taught me that we are responsible for reaching out to others with kindness.
41．A．incurable 　　　　B．strange 　　　　　C．rare 　　　　　D．unavoidable
42．A．organized 　　　　B．assigned　　　　　C．reminded　　　 D．urged
43．A．because　　　　　 B．after　　　　　　 C．while 　　　　 D．once
44．A．hold up 　　　　　B．pick out 　　　　 C．turn down 　　 D．keep up
45．A．sponsor 　　　　　B．friend 　　　　　 C．pany 　　　 D．survivor
46．A．head 　　　　　　 B．face 　　　　　　 C．legs　　　　　 D．arms
47．A．physically 　　　 B．psychologically 　C．materially 　　D．mentally
48．A．in 　　　　　　　 B．with 　　　　　　 C．about　　　　　D．for
49．A．stared 　　　　　 B．shouted 　　　　　C．smiled 　　　　D．waved
50．A．show 　　　　　　 B．lend 　　　　　　 C．donate 　　　　D．give
51．A．unhappy 　　 　　 B．unwilling 　　　　C．unable　　　　 D．unfit
52．A．death 　　　　　　B．decline　　　　　 C．recovery　　　 D．conflict
53．A．protected　　　　 B．prevented　　　　 C．rescued　　　　D．defended
54．A．regret 　　　　　 B．sympathy　　　　　C．impression 　　D．disappointment
55．A．finish 　　　　　 B．improve　　　　　 C．pay 　　　　　 D．change
56．A．badly-off 　　　　B．broken 　　　　　 C．well-off　　　 D．ordinary
57．A．anger 　　　　　　B．tears 　　　　　　C．laughter 　　　D．cheers
58．A．curiosity 　　　　B．pleasure 　　　　 C．motivation　　 D．poverty
59．A．1ife 　　　　　　 B．career 　　　　　 C．schooling　　　D．dream
60．A．badly 　　　　　　B．slightly 　　　　 C．hardly　　　　 D．eventually

第Ⅱ卷
注意事项：用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第二节　语法填空（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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
　　Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day.　6l　 the distance he could see a person going back and forth between the surf’s edge and the beach. As the man 　62　（approach）, he could see there were hundreds of starfish 　63　（1ie）on the sand as a result of the natural 　64　（act）of the tide.
　　The man 　65　（stick）by the apparent uselessness of the task. There were far too many starfish 　66　 many of them were sure to die. When he came near, the person continued the task of picking 　67　 the starfish one by one and throwing them into the ocean.
　　As he came up to the person, he said. “You must be crazy. There are thousands of miles of beach 　68　(cover) with starfish. You can’t 　69　（possible）make a difference.” The person looked at the man. He then bent down and picked up 　70　 more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man and said, “It surely makes a difference to that one!”

第四部分　写作（共两节，满分35）
第一节　短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
　　假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每次错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
　　增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
　　删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
　　修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
　　注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
　　　　　2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
　　Five years ago I was a pletely different person. I never say much in a crowd, but I seldom made a small talk with people I didn’t know very well. I was just unbelievable shy and reserved. Anyway, then I went away to college, and I had the roommates, Nora. She had great sense of humor and laughed at all my jokes. Nora and I joined a small study group at college. When we were finished studying, we went out for coffee. Conversation was easily because we both had a lot in mon. Now my new friends think to me as the “funny one” in the group. Can you believe them？ So, I’d say I’m much more friendly and outgoing now. I don’t worry about speaking up and give my opinions anymore. In fact, I’m thinking about joining a few more clubs so I can meet even more new people and do more things.

第二节：短文写作（共1题；满分30分）
请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。
　　People are always looking for someone to look up to and imitate. You can set the example by being the person that people want to be like. You can help change the world by changing yourself.
　　注意：
　　①无须写标题；
　　②除诗歌外，文体不限；
　　③内容必须结合你生活中的一个事例；
　　④文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
　　⑤词数不少于120，如引用提示语则不计入总词数。
答案与解析：
　　21．D　本题为细节题，文章第二自然段介绍了“bicycling show”中十位表演者高难度的动作与技巧，让观众们“breath-holding”，并且在观众中引起热烈的反应，足见其杂技表演的精湛。
　　22．A　本题为细节题，答案选A。在“Ticket  Prices”这一段落中，其介绍了位于Row 6的票价属于“Red VIP Zone”，则夫妻两人共需800元，而文章介绍了5至65岁人员需购票，而4岁小孩无需购票，故最终票价为800元。
　　23．C　本题为文旨概括题，答案选C。本文从表演内容，票价，预定以及付款方式等几方面介绍该杂技表演，其目的是为了吸引更多观众前来观看，这无疑是个商业广告。
24．C　考查细节理解，从第一段 “Some of the first things our students do… including finding a bike…”可知到了牛津大学后，骑自行车是首先可以处理的事情之一。而不是A选专业，B开QQ账户，D买新手机。
　　25．B　考查细节理解，从第二段“Matriculation is held …and is the ceremony at which you are formally admitted to the university.”可知matriculation为正式的入学庆典。
　　26．D　考查细节理解，从第三段“The day covers topics such as studying and learning Oxford system and university services…such as employment, immigration and visas, health and safety.通过排除法可判断D正确。 A．错在要学习和了解的是Oxford system而不是Cambridge system. B．错在提到了“insurance”而本文并未提及保险问题。C．跟“fellow students”见面是在Orientation Day结束之后的社交时间里可以做的事情。
　　27．A　考查推理判断，从倒数二，三段“Most colleges have a tradition of regular hall dinners,…you can invite people around…可知很多大学都有自己的学生邀请其他大学学生到自己学校吃饭的传统，人之常情一般是要回请的，因此return the favor可以理解为“回请”。
28．B　本文作者年幼时曾是一个普通孩子，不幸从车上摔下，头着地，眼睛瞎了。现在长大后反思，他认为这场灾难使得自己酷爱生活，在亲人老师的帮助下，重新适应生活，找回生活自信。所以作者对待不幸是乐观的。选B。
　　29．D　第一段a calamity（灾难）can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have e to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind。所以选D。
　　30．C　第三段But I mean something bigger than that：an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate（错综复杂的） pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.把意思读透，就是重建生活的自信，相信自己可以在生活中有自己的一席之地。
　　31．A　灾难迫使人成长，选A。体会标题的三性：概括性，针对性和醒目性；注意核验标题的准确性。
32．C　通过阅读本文，我们知道作者对于英国人的作风感觉可笑，因此他通过幽默讽刺的的手段来表达自己的思想。
　　33．C　细节理解题。根据第三段It is all right to have windows, but you must do not have double windows可知C选项错误。
　　34．D　我们可以从英国的概貌常识知道英国一般多雨水和雾，因此说天气是两者的妥协的意思是说英国天气要么下雨要么有雾。
　　35．A　我们阅读全文之后，发现文章是举了许多英国日常生活中的例子，说明英国人妥协的国民性格，属于文化的范畴。其他选项均可排除。
答案：36—40 F D B G C
解析：
　　36．F　根据前句naturally charming可推出此空。参考译文：他们天生就充满魅力。很不幸，天生的魅力会很快就失去影响。熟悉总是会造成，唔，熟悉。
　　37．D　根据前面一句They’re naturally charming. Unfortunately, natural charm quickly loses its impact.以及后面一句They build and maintain great relationships, consistently influencing the people around them positively. They're the kind of people we all want to be around and want to be.，可推出此空。参考译文：不过有些人非常富有魅力：他们能建立并维持很好的人际关系、总能影响身边的人（正面影响）——他们是那种人人都想和他们在一起……而且人人都想成为的那种人。
　　38．B　根据前句Ask questions. Maintain eye contact. Smile. Frown. Nod. Respond--not so much verbally, but nonverbally. 参考译文：提问、眼神交流、微笑、蹙眉、点头、回应——不需要太多的语言、只需要做出姿态。就会要让别人感到他们很重要。
　　39．G　通过概括此段内容可知应多表扬多关注别人，把聚光灯打在别人身上。
　　参考译文：没人受够了表扬。没有人。告诉别人他们干得很棒吧。等等，你说你不知道他们哪儿干得棒了？你太丢脸啦——你的任务就是去了解。你的任务就是提前去找出那些事儿来。人们不但会感激你的赞扬，更会因你关注他们所做的事儿而心怀感激。
　　40．C　根据前后句，可推出此处需要填出go to the gym的另一种表述。参考译文：举例来说，你不应说你“要去开会”，而要说你“要去和别人会面”；你不应说你“要为新客户制作演示”，而要说你“想和其他人分享一些很酷的东西”；你不应说你“要去健身房”，而要说你“想出去锻炼锻炼，改善你的健康”。你不应说你要“面试一些求职者”，而要说你“要选择一位了不起的人加入你的团队”。
答案：
　　41—45 A B C D C　　 46—50 D D A B D
　　51—55 B B C B A　　 56—60 C B D C A
解析：
　　41．A　从第二段第一句“cancer”可知这个老人得的是“难以治愈的”疾病。
　　42．B　本句的意思是“这个女孩被指派去照顾这个老人”， B项符合语境。
　　43．C　“while”这里的意思是“尽管”，尽管老人有不少积蓄，但是他们的条件还是令人不满意。
　　44．D　“keep up one’s spirits”为固定短语，意思是“振作精神”。“hold up”意为“举起”； “pick out”意为“挑出”，“turn down”意为“调小，拒绝”，都不符合题意。
　　45．C　“pany”此处的意思是“陪伴”。每个星期六女孩都来陪老人并且给他讲故事，其它选项不符合语境。
　　46．D　上半句说老人在进行静脉注射，因此下半句的意思是女孩轻轻按摩老人的胳膊以缓解不适，是生活常识。
　　47．D　从上文可知，女孩的陪伴和照顾让医生发现老人的精神状态有了很大提高。“physically”意思是“身体上”，“psychologically”意思是“心理上”，“materially”意思是“物质上”，都不符合题意。
　　48．A　“involve oneself in sth.”是固定搭配，意思是“参与”。老人开始积极参与治疗。
　　49．B　“shout at”意思是“对人大喊大叫”。老人心情好转，积极参与治疗，因此很少对他人吼叫。其他选项不符合语境。
　　50．D　从文章最后一段可知，老人是通过给钱帮助了这个女孩。
　　51．B　从上半句“did nothing to interfere”可知医生没有告诉老人女孩有钱的事实，不愿意去让他不愉快。
　　52．B　“decline”意思是“衰落”。一个月后老人在昏迷之后显示出了身体衰弱的迹象。下面一句讲到老人又一次昏迷，所以老人并没有死，不能选“death”。
　　53．C　“rescue… from…”意思是“把……从……拯救出来”。当老人再次昏迷之后被抢救过来，他说出了他的最后心愿。
　　54．B　“sympathy”的意思是“同情”。老人对女孩深表同情。
　　55．A　老人希望医生帮助女孩完成学业，其他选项不符合语境。
　　56．C　“well-off”意思是“富有的”。从下文“she even came to the hospital in her father’s car”可知女孩家里并不贫穷。
　　57．B　“burst into tears”意思是“大哭起来”。从上半句“She was very sad”很容易判断出来。
　　58．D　从下一句老人给女孩钱可以判断老人一直认为女孩做这个工作是因为贫穷。
　　59．C　“schooling”意思是“教育”。从上一段“Will you be kind enough to help her…”可知老人给钱是为了让女孩继续她的学业。
　　60．A　“badly”意思是“极其地”。老人发现在他生命的最后日子里，帮助一个非常需要帮助的女孩是快乐的。
61．in 考查介词。“在远处”固定短语是in the distance。
62．approached 考查时态。根据上文“Once a man was walking along a beach.”可知这是一个发生在过去的故事。
63．lying 考查动词-ing作伴随状语，可知此处该填lying。
64．action 考查名词。所填词被形容词修饰，前面有定冠词且后面出现了介词of，可知该空应该填act的名词形式。
65．was stuck 考查被动语态。根据语境及设空处后的by可知the man与stick之间是被动关系，所以要用被动语态，stick的过去分词是stuck.语义上是“这个人被眼前这个没什么用的任务给难住了，表现出束手无策的态度”。
66．and 考查连词。前后分别是两个完整的句子且成顺接关系，所以只能用and。
67．up 考查副词。pick up sth.有捡起某物的含义，这句话的含义是这个人继续一个一个地捡起海星并把它们扔回海里。
68．covered 考查非谓语动词。beach与cover之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词短语作后置定语来修饰沙滩。
69．possibly 考查副词。修饰动词应该用副词，possible的副词是possibly。
70．one 考查代词。此处只有填one才能表达“又捡起一个海星并把它扔回海里”。
答案：

解析：
第一处：say→said 考查时态。这里讲的是五年之前的事情。故应用过去时。
第二处：but→and 考查连词。由句意可知这里不是转折而是并列关系。
第三处：unbelievable→unbelievably 考查词性。修饰形容词，应用副词。
第四处：roommates→roommate 考查名词单复数。这里特指后文的Nora，只有一个人，故用单数。
第五处：在had后加a。 考查冠词。sense这里的意思是“判断力，理解力”，这种情况常与不定冠词连用。
第六处：去掉were。 考查语态。这里是主动关系不是被动关系。
第七处：easily→easy 考查词性。作表语用形容词不用副词。
第八处：to→of 考查介词。think of…as意为“把……看做……”。
第九处：them→it 考查代词。这里指上文整件事情，所以用单数代词it。
第十处：give→giving 考查非谓语动词。这里giving与speaking并列，同作worry about的宾语。动词原形不能作介词宾语，只能用-ing形式。
范文：
Dear Tom,
　　I am very glad you show great interest in our Chinese culture and desire to have a better understanding of the Mid-autumn Festival. I would like to share something about it with you.
　　The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China. It falls on August 15th in lunar calendar every year. It is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest.
　　On this day, family members will have a happy get-together. So Chinese people value this festival for its important meaning of “reunion”. As a saying goes, “The moon in your hometown is almost always the brightest and roundest”. Many people who live far away from homes want to go back to have a family reunion. Most families have a dinner together to celebrate the festival.
　　At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon while eating moon-cakes which is the symbolic food for this festival. It represents the “reunion” just like the full moon. How happy it is to enjoy the moon-cakes while watching the full moon with family members gathering together!
　　I hope my introduction can be of some help to you.
Yours,
Lihua


绝密★启用前
2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试仿真模拟卷(二)
英语（新课标Ⅱ卷）
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5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。昕完每段对话后，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. How long is the man late?
A. Ten minutes. B. Twenty minutes. C. Half an hour.
2. How does the man most probably feel?
A. Sad. B. Surprised. C. Bored.
3. What are the speakers talking about?
A. The woman’s favourite animals.
B. Some animals they are looking at.
C. The woman’s experience in the zoo.
4. What will the woman most probably do next?
A. Buy some fruit. B. Go to the fruit section. C. Tell more about the boy.
5. What is the woman doing?
A. Trying on dresses. B. Paying for a dress. C. paring some colors .
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，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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6～7题。
6. How long will the man have to walk?
A. For about 10 minutes. B. For about 20 minutes. C. For about 25 minutes.
7. What's the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Strangers. B. Classmates. C. Friends.
听第7段材料，回答第8～9题。
8. Who will take the lessons?
A. The woman's son. B. Eva. C. Stanley,
9. How much do the lessons cost the woman each week?
A．$15． B．$30． C．$60．
听第8段材料，回答第10~12题。
10. What does the man like doing in his spare time?
A. Learning about inventions B. Telling stories. C. Writing stories.
11. What were umbrellas used for at the very beginning?
A. Keeping away sunshine. B. Decorating rooms. C. Keeping off water.
12. Where were umbrellas first used in Europe?
A. In England. B. In France. C. In Greece.
听第9段材料，回答第13 ~16题。
13. What is the woman doing there?
A. Looking for something. B. Having a walk. C. Reading a newspaper.
14. What are the woman's favorite TV programs?
A. Talk shows. B. News programs. C. Soap operas.
15. Who likes watching sports programs?
A. The woman's father. B. The woman's friend. C. The woman's husband.
16. Why does the woman dislike watching the news with her husband?
A. He can't keep quiet. B. He likes changing channels.
C. He likes asking questions.
听第10段材料，回答第17~20题。
17. How does the speaker usually wake up?
A. He is woken up by his parents.
B. He is woken up by a clock.
C. He wakes up naturally.
18. How does the speaker go to school?
A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus.
19. Where does the speaker have lunch on school days?
A. At school. B. At home. C. In a restaurant.
20. What does the speaker usually do between 10:00 pm and 10:30 pm?
A. He does homework. B. He listens to music. C. He takes a shower.
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。
A
It does not e as a surprise that Dubai has a growing problem with tragic．The local rulers have explored all the conventional ways to get traffic moving again，including higher prices for parking，fuel and insurance．But at a recent conference in Hamburg，Hussain Lootah said that the city may adopt a more strict approach：setting an ine level for vehicle ownership．
Mr Lootah’s approach is unlikely to be copied widely，but mayors of other big cities around the world are starting to think about taking severe actions of their own，including plete car bans in inner cities．But the efforts may not be enough to reduce traffic and pollution．The problems will only get worse：the number of vehicles sold globally each year will grow from around 80 million today to more than 100 million by the end of the decade，according to IHS Automotive．
There are already a handful of car-free munities around the world．But these are typically small and often tourist destinations that seek to create a throwback in time，such as Sark Island，in the English Channel．The largest ear-free urban area is probably Venice，where it is impossible to build roads and bridges to link the more than 100 small islands the city sits on．
Yet pedestrian malls and other car-free zones keep popping up in cities around the world．Some cities are considering ways to limit central city access to“green”machines，such as battery-electric vehicles．Hamburg is perhaps the furthest along．
Such extreme plans may fly in a city such as Hamburg．But in many other cities the political resistance even to less far-reaching measures is hard to overe．Michael Bloomberg，New York’s former mayor，tried twice to introduce a jam charge for much of Manhattan，but his plans were rejected by state lawmakers．
2What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us?
A．Dubai government tries to improve its local ines．
B．Dubai government tries to solve traffic problems．
C．Dubai government tries to reduce prices for parking．
D．Dubai government tries to offer more insurance to locals．
2Why is it still hard to reduce traffic problems?
A．Because Mr Lootah’s approach will be copied widely．
B．Because mayors take gentle measures toward them．
C．Because more vehicles will be sold globally each year．
D．Because plete car bans in inner cities are not made．
2What causes Venice to be the largest car-free urban area?
A．Its natural geographical characteristics．
B．Its too many tourist destinations．
C．Its reduced number of cars．
D．Its government law on car free．
2What can we learn from Paragraph 4?
A．“Green”machines can be accessible in central city．
B．All vehicles can be used in central city．
C．Hamburg may not adopt“green”machines．
D．People can only walk in central city．
B
Imagine a stranger walking past you on a cold, rainy day. “Lovely weather, isn’t it?” the stranger says. Do you laugh, or even smile? If not, you may not have a dry sense of humor.
British people, and particularly the English, are well-known for our dry sense of humor. We often say the opposite of what we mean in order to be funny, and tell jokes in a tone of voice that makes it sound like we are being pletely serious. As US writer Julian Tan put it on the HuffPost Students blog: “It is as if it is ‘Opposite Day’ every day in Britain.”
If the people of Britain are known for having a “stiff upper lip” and not showing emotion, then our dry sense of humor shows this through jokes. Often it will take a long time or several beers, to get a British person to tell you what they actually think about something and get behind the wall of humorous sarcasm (讽刺) that they have in front of them.
English edian Ricky Gervais put it like this: “We play jokes on our friends. We use sarcasm as a shield (护盾) and a weapon. We avoid being serious until it’s absolutely necessary.”
It can be annoying and confusing if you haven’t been raised with these types of jokes: “Why did he just say such a ridiculous thing? Is he making fun of me?” But it is also true that understanding this type of humor is a good way to make friends with people in the UK, even if you don’t find it funny.
It’s important to remember that the person telling the joke may actually be making fun of himself or herself, not you. One of the characteristics of British humor is “its strong theme of self-deprecation” (making fun of oneself), according to Tan. So don’t worry – often, English people, and British people in general, just want to make fun of themselves!
25.According to the passage, we can know that someone with a dry sense of humor can ___________.
A. not use sarcasm as a shield and a weapon.
B. not make friends with people in the UK
C. pretend to play jokes on their friends
D. say funny things in a serious way
26.Which of the following words best describes British humor according to Julian Tan?
A. Opposite. B. Annoying. C. Ridiculous. D. Funny.
27.The underlined phrase “stiff upper lip” in Paragraph 3 refers to a quality of ___________.
A. remaining calm B. municating feelings
C. taking a positive attitude D. focusing attention
28.It can be inferred from the passage that _______________.
A. British people are famous for being emotional
B. British people’s humor is often misunderstood
C. it’s a tradition for British people to make fun of each other
D. it doesn’t take a long time to make friends with British people

C
Universities Branch Out
As never before in their long history, universities have bee instruments of national petition as well as instruments of peace. They are the place of the scientific discoveries that move economies forward, and the primary means of educating the talent required to obtain and maintain petitive advantage. But at the same time, the opening of national borders to the flow of goods, services, information and especially people has made universities a powerful force for global integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical stability.
In response to the same forces that have driven the world economy, universities have bee more self-consciously global: seeking students from around the world who represent the entire range of cultures and values, sending their own students abroad to prepare them for global careers, offering courses of study that address the challenges of an interconnected world and collaborative (合作的) research programs to advance science for the benefit of all humanity.
Of the forces shaping higher education none is more sweeping than the movement across borders.Over the past three decades the number of students leaving home each year to study abroad has grown at an annual rate of 3.9 percent, from 800 000 in 1975 to 2.5 million in 2004. Most travel from one developed nation to another, but the flow from developing to developed countries is growing rapidly. The reverse flow, from developed to developing countries, is on the rise, too.Today foreign students earn 30 percent of the doctoral degrees awarded in the United States and 38 percent of those in the United Kingdom. And the number crossing borders for undergraduate study is growing as well, to 8 percent of the undergraduates at America's best institutions and 10 percent of all undergraduates in the UK. In the United States, 20 percent of the newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born, and in China many newly hired faculty members at the top research universities received their graduate education abroad.
Universities are also encouraging students to spend some of their undergraduate years in another country. In Europe, more than 140 000 students participate in the Erasmus program each year, taking courses for credit in one of 2 200 participating institutions across the continent. And in the United States, institutions are helping place students in summer internships (实习) abroad to prepare them for global careers. Yale and Harvard have led the way, offering every undergraduate at least one international study or internship opportunity—and providing the financial resources to make it possible.
Globalization is also reshaping the way research is done. One new trend involves sourcing portions of a research program to another country. Yale professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Tian Xu directs a research centre focused on the genetics of human disease at Shanghai's Fudan University, in collaboration with faculty colleagues from both schools. The Shanghai centre has 95 employees and graduate students working in a 4 300-square-meter laboratory facility. Yale faculty, postdoctors and graduate students visit regularly and attend videoconference seminars with scientists from both campuses. The arrangement benefits both countries; Xu's Yale lab is more productive, thanks to the lower costs of conducting research in China, and Chinese graduate students, postdoctors and faculty get on-the-job training from a world-class scientist and his US team.
As a result of its strength in science, the United States has consistently led the world in the mercialization of major new technologies, from the mainframe puter and the integrated circuit of the 1960s to the Internet infrastructure (基础设施) and applications software of the 1990s. The link between university-based science and industrial application is often indirect but sometimes highly visible: Silicon Valley was intentionally created by Stanford University, and Route 128 outside Boston has long housed panies spun off from MIT and Harvard. Around the world, governments have encouraged copying of this model, perhaps most successfully in Cambridge, England, where Microsoft and scores of other leading software and biotechnology panies have set up shop around the university.
For all its success, the United States remains deeply hesitant about sustaining the research-university model. Most politicians recognize the link between investment in science and national economic strength, but support for research funding has been unsteady. The budget of the National Institutes of Health doubled between 1998 and 2003, but has risen more slowly than inflation since then. Support for the physical sciences and engineering barely kept pace with inflation during that same period. The attempt to make up lost ground is wele, but the nation would be better served by steady, predictable increases in science funding at the rate of long-term GDP growth, which is on the order of inflation plus 3 percent per year.
American politicians have great difficulty recognizing that admitting more foreign students can greatly promote the national interest by increasing international understanding. Adjusted for inflation, public funding for international exchanges and foreign-language study is well below the levels of 40 years ago. In the wake of September 11, changes in the visa process caused a dramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to US universities, and a corresponding surge in enrollments in Australia, Singapore and the UK. Objections from American university and business leaders led to improvements in the process and a reversal of the decline, but the United States is still seen by many as unweling to international students.
Most Americans recognize that universities contribute to the nation's well-being through their scientific research, but many fear that foreign students threaten American petitiveness by taking their knowledge and skills back home. They fail to grasp that weling foreign students to the United States has two important positive effects: first, the very best of them stay in the States and—like immigrants throughout history—strengthen the nation; and second, foreign students who study in the United States bee ambassadors for many of its most cherished (珍视) values when they return home. Or at least they understand them better. In America as elsewhere, few instruments of foreign policy are as effective in promoting peace and stability as weling international university students.
29. In the United States, how many of the newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born?
A. 10%. B. 20%. C. 30%. D. 38%.
30. How do Yale and Harvard prepare their undergraduates for global careers?
A. They organize a series of seminars on world economy.
B. They offer them various courses in international politics.
C. They arrange for them to participate in the Erasmus program.
D. They give them chances for international study or internship.
31 An example illustrating the general trend of universities' globalization is__________.
A. Yale's collaboration with Fudan University on genetic research
B. Yale's helping Chinese universities to launch research projects
C. Yale's student exchange program with European institutions
D. Yale's establishing branch campuses throughout the world
32. What do we learn about Silicon Valley from the passage?
A. It houses many panies spun off from MIT and Harvard.
B. It is known to be the birthplace of Microsoft pany.
C. It was intentionally created by Stanford University.
D. It is where the Internet infrastructure was built up.
D
Throughout history, gold has been a sign of purity, beauty and power.  Calling something “golden” means it has great quality and value. For example, the “golden rule” is possibly the world's most widespread moral rule. It says people should treat others the way they themselves would like to be treated.  Every major religion has its own version of this idea.    
The “golden ratio(比例) ”is found in art, architecture and nature.  It describes a rectangle with a length about one and one-half times its width. Objects using this ratio in their design seem to please the eye more than others.    
Philosophers have their own golden idea.  The “golden mean” says moderation(自我节制) in all things is the best way to live one's life.  It is an idea linked to the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle.  Similar thoughts exist in Buddhism and Confucianism.（哲学思想）
Ancient Greek myths told of a time long ago when people lived in peace and happiness.  Poets called it the “Golden Age”.  A golden age now describes a historical period of great artistic, scientific or economic progress. 
You may have heard the proverb “silence is golden”. This means silence is of great value.  It is sometimes better to say nothing than to speak.    
In 1937, American playwright Clifford Odets wrote a play called "The Golden Boy." This expression describes a young man who has many good qualities and a bright future.  You might tell someone “you are golden” when that person does something very well.   
Maybe you like old songs from the nineteen fifties or sixties that are still well known and popular today. These are called “golden oldies”.
Today, most older people look forward to reaching their “golden years”. This is when hard-working people can retire to a life of ease and satisfaction.
33 . The article mainly tells us ___  
A. the value of gold          B. the expressions with “golden”
C. the history of gold industry  D. the purity, beauty and power of gold
34 . What expressions in the passage are connected with Ancient Greek ?  
A. The Golden Boy and the golden years. B. The golden oldies and the golden ratio.
C. The golden mean and the golden rule. D. The Golden Age and the golden mean.
35. The “Kaiyuan prosperous period” in Tang Dynasty of China can be described as “________”.
A. The Golden Age B. The golden Years
C. Silence Is Golden D. The Golden Oldies
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。
We eat to satisfy our hunger and to provide necessary nutrition for our body. 36____ Research shows that there are times when certain foods may provide possible solutions for various problems.
When you can’t sleep:
_____37 Almonds(杏) contain magnesium(镁), an essential nutrient that helps relax the muscles and promote sleep.
When you have bad breath:
Drink a cup of black, green or oolong tea, which contains a pound that stops the growth of the bacteria that causes bad breath.
When you feel irritable:
Reach for a chocolate bar. _____38 That is not only because it tastes good, but also because it increases the production of serotonin(血清素), which affects peoples’ moods.
When you have joint pain:
Eat strawberries, oranges or other foods loaded with Vitamin C. Eating two oranges daily gives you 120 milligrams of Vitamin C, which may help slow the wear and tear on your joints.
_____39
Drink ample amounts of water. When you don’t drink enough water, oxygen and nutrients can’t reach your brain in an efficient manner, leaving you tired and less able to concentrate.
_____40 .
A. When you don’t have much energy.
B. The next time you have a problem, remember to check your kitchen first for a solution.
C. When you have any trouble.
D. It is known to make most people happy.
E. By doing these, you are expected to solve all of your annoying problems.
F. But there are other reasons to reach for particular foods.
G. Try a few almonds for a late-night snack.
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。
A Love Note To My Mom
When I was a little girl, I would often acpany you as you modeled for fashion photographers. It was years later that I finally understood what role modeling 41in your life. Little did I known you were 42every penny you earned to go to 43school.
I cannot thank you enough for 44you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework. I wanted into the dining room where you were buried 45piles of law books. I was 46.Why were you doing what I do—memorizing textbooks and studying for 47?When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn’t known Moms 48be lawyers too. You smiled and said,“In life, you can do anything you want to do.”
As young as I was ,that statement kept 49in my ears. I watched as you faced the 50of pleting your studies, staring panies with Dad, while still being a 51and a Mom of five kids. I was exhausted just watching you 52.With your words of wisdom in my 53mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dream. My whole world 54.I set out to live my life filled with 55,seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievements.
Your words became my motto. I 56found myself in the unique position of being either the first (woman doctor in Maryland Rotary) 57one of the few women (chief medical reporters) in my field. I gained strength every time I said , “Yes, I’ll try that.”
Encouraged by your 58, I have forged ahead (毅然前行) with my life’s journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and 59meeting each challenge. You did it, and now I’m 60it. Sorry, got to run. So much to do, so many dreams to live.
4A. found B. play C. kept D. provided
4A. saving B. making C. donating D. receiving
4A. business B. fashion C. law D. medical
4A. what B. that C. which D. where
4A. at B. to C. upon D. under
4A. amused B. worried C. puzzled D. disappointed
4A. roles B. tests C. positions D. shows
4A. must B. ought to C. need D. could
4A. ringing B. blowing C. falling D. beating
50.A. choices B. chances C. challenges D. changes
51.A. professor B. doctor C. reporter D. model
52.A. in danger B. in action C. in trouble D. in charge
53.A. weak B. powerful C. youthful D. empty
54.A. came back B. closed down C. went by D. opened up
55.A. hope B. hardship C. harmony D. sadness
56.A. constantly B. shortly C. hardly D. nearly
57.A. and B. but C. or D. for
58.A. description B. statement C. praise D. introduction
59.A. secretly B. curiously C. carelessly D. eagerly
60.A. doing B. considering C. correcting D. reading
第II卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
I remember the occasion when mother sent me to the main road,about twenty yards away from our house,to invite a passing group of seasonal work－seekers for a meal. She__61_____(instruct) me to take a basket along and collect dry cow dung(牛粪) for making a fire. I was then to prepare the meal for the group of work－seekers.
__62___ thought of making an open fire outside at midday,and___63____(cook)in a large three－legged pot in that intense heat,was sufficient to upset even an angel. I did not manage to hide my feelings from my mother and,after serving the group,she called me to the veranda(走廊)___64__ she usually sat to attend to her sewing and knitting.
__65__ straight into my eyes,she asked “Why did you get angry___66____ I requested you to prepare a meal for those poor people?”___67____ my attempt to deny her blame， using the heat of the fire and the sun as an excuse for my rude behavior,mother,she gave me a firm look，____68___(say), “You cannot detect what trouble may lie ahead of you.”
I____69___ (sudden) realized that if I had refused to offer this group of people a meal,__70_____ would be impossible that in my travels some time in the future,I would get these individuals' help.
四、写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Trying to e to a decision plete on your own can be risky. Some decisions are very important that they shouldn’t be made without talking to others first. There have several advantages if you consult the persons you trust. For one thing, they can give you valuable advices and they may point out some things you may have been overlooked. For another, friends may stop you make big mistakes.
When consulting others about important decisions, you should keep two things of mind. The first one is that you need to find someone whom you respect enough to trust their judgment. The second thing to consider is how to do if you disagree with this person. Maybe turning to a third or fourth person for help is a best option. In word, making any big decision alone can lead to problems. Talking to friends or family members first are always a good idea.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，你准备明年高考后去英国某大学留学学习英国文学，需要填写 UCAS(Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) 申请材料。请按照提示完成你的个 人自荐信息。
1告知你选择的专业并说明理由；
2介绍自己的业余爱好及特长。
注意：词数100左右。可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir／Madam，
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试仿真模拟卷(二)
英语答案（新课标Ⅱ卷）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
1-5 BACBA 6-10 CAABC 11-15 ACBAC 16-20 ABCAB
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）
【文章综述】本文主要讲述的是迪拜的交通管理问题。
21.选B，主旨题，根据第二句和最后一句话可知答案。
22.选C，细节题，根据第二段最后两句话：．But the efforts may not be enough to reduce traffic and pollution．The problems will only get worse：the number of vehicles sold globally each year will grow from around 80 million today to more than 100 million by the end of the decade，according to IHS Automotive.我们很容易判断这两句话是因果关系。
23.选A，细节题，根据第三段最后一句话：The largest ear-free urban area is probably Venice，where it is impossible to build roads and bridges to link the more than 100 small islands the city sits on．到处是岛屿，无法开车，所以说是自然条件决定的。
24.选A，细节题，根据本段第二句话可知答案：Some cities are considering ways to limit central city access to“green”machines，such as battery-electric vehicles．注意limit……to……的用法。
【文章解读】该文章是说明文。本文主要阐述了的是英国人的幽默的特点，多是自我解嘲，但常常被误解。
25. D考查细节辨析题。根据题干关键词someone with a dry sense of humor找到文章的对应段落是第二段，其中的第二句We often say the opposite of what we mean in order to be funny, and tell jokes in a tone of voice that makes it sound like we are being pletely serious中的关键词funny，serious判断选D。
26. A考查细节辨析题。A. Opposite相反的；B. Annoying烦人的；C. Ridiculous可笑的；D. Funny有趣的。根据题干关键词Julian Tan和British humor找到文章的对应段落是第二段，其中的As US writer Julian Tan put it on the HuffPost Students blog: “It is as if it is ‘Opposite Day’ every day in Britain.”中的关键词Opposite Day可知选A。
27. A考查判断推理题。A. remaining calm保持冷静；B. municating feelings交流感情；C. taking a positive attitude采取积极的态度；D. focusing attention集中注意力。根据文章的对应段落是第三段的Often it will take a long time or several beers, to get a British person to tell you what they actually think about something中的it will take a long time or several beers, to get a British person to tell you判断应是保持冷静。故选A。
28. B考查判断推理题。根据文章第二段的第一句话British people, and particularly the English, are well-known for our dry sense of humor.排除A；根据文章第三段的第二句话We play jokes on our friends. We use sarcasm as a shield (护盾) and a weapon. We avoid being serious until it’s absolutely necessary排除C；根据文章第三段的第二句话Often it will take a long time or several beers, to get a British person to tell you what they actually think about something and get behind the wall of humorous sarcasm (讽刺) that they have in front of them排除D；根据文章最后一段的第一句话It’s important to remember that the person telling the joke may actually be making fun of himself or herself, not you推断英式幽默常常被误解，故选B。
29. 【答案】 B
【解析】由选项得知本题考查美国每年招聘外籍教授的百分比，通过题干将答案定位到第三段最后一句:In the United States, 20 percent of the newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born.文章最后一句与题干几乎一致，本题关键在于准确定位。
30. 【答案】 D
【解析】题干中的Yale and Harvard属于明显字眼，因此将答案定位到文章第四段最后一句:Yale and Harvard have led the way, offering every undergraduate at least one international study or internship opportunity—and providing the financial resources to make it possible；通过题干中的undergraduates，global careers可以准确定位。本题考查全球化形势下，耶鲁大学与哈佛大学一马当先，给每位在校生提供至少一次去其他国家学习与实习的机会，并为其提供必要的财政支持。
31. 【答案】 A
【解析】本题通过选项与题干结合定位。通过四个选项得知耶鲁大学的一项措施体现了大学全球化的趋势，因此通过Yale's， the general trend of universities'， globalization 将答案定位到文章第五段。本题考查耶鲁大学体现大学全球化趋势的一项措施。通过第五段第一、二句得知，全球化改变了科研方式，其中一个新趋势是国内外科研项目的部分资源共享。然后作者以耶鲁大学与中国复旦大学就人类疾病基因科研项目合作为例说明此问题。
32. 【答案】 C
【解析】由题干中的Silicon Valley定位到文章第六段第二句:The link between university-based science and industrial application is often indirect but sometimes highly visible: Silicon Valley was intentionally created by Stanford University， and Route 128 outside Boston has long housed panies spun off from MIT and Harvard.本题考查关于硅谷正确的信息，对此类题型需要考生根据文章意思对四个选项逐个排除。通过文章得知大学研究与其在产业中的应用联系不是很直接，但有的时候却非常明显，如硅谷开始就是斯坦福大学创立的。
【短文大意】本文介绍了几个与“golden”有关的习语表达。
33.B 主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知。
34.D 细节理解题。根据原文“The “golden mean” says moderation(自我节制) in all things is the best way to live one's life.  It is an idea linked to the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. ”和“
Ancient Greek myths told of a time long ago when people lived in peace and happiness.  Poets called it the “Golden Age”. 可知。 
35.A 推断判断题。根据“Poets called it the “Golden Age”.  A golden age now describes a historical period of great artistic, scientific or economic progress. ”可知。
第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
36-40 FGDAB
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）
41.B解析一：根据本句话的意思“多年以后我才最终明白模特在你的生活中起什么作用play a role in在…中起作用”。
解析二：从文章的首句我们可以知道，主人公在小的时候经常跟随担任平面模特的母亲，参加时尚杂志摄影师的拍摄工作。根据文章第二段自述，我们了解到她后来发现母亲此时已在转攻法律，所以设空所在句的句意为“多年后我才意识到模特生涯在母亲心目中的真正位置。”英语中短语play a role in意为“在……起作用／扮演角色”，为固定搭配。结合上下文语境，正确答案应选B。
42.A解析一：把挣的每一分钱都攒了起来。
解析二：本题设空所在句的意思是：“当时我并不太了解你正在积攒挣来的每一分钱去上法学院。”四个选项中，只有A选项动词“save”常与every penny连用，表示“存下／节省每一分钱”的意思，这与上下文语义相符，为正确答案。
43.C解析一：后文提到：你在读法律书籍，你说在法律学校上学。判断law恰当。
解析二：根据文章第二段作者谈到她发现母亲在研习法律，可以判断出母亲是上的法学院，同时后面的第二段第五句“When you said you were in law school，…”对此也有直接提示，所以这里正确答案应选C。
44.A解析一：what引导宾语从句，在句子中充当told的宾语.
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“真不知道该怎样感谢你在我九岁时一个秋日的午后对我的教诲。”从语法结构分析，该句空白处缺少一个既可以引导介词for后面宾语从句同时又可以在从句中担任宾语的连词。选项A：“what”为连接代词，可以起到上述作用，故为正确答案，这是完型填空中少数可凭语法结构分析来解题的例子。
45.D解析一：谈到是几堆法律书籍，说明当时作者的妈妈埋在书下面.
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“那个下午，做完作业后，当我随便踱入餐厅，发现你正埋头于成摞的法律书籍中刻苦学习。“英语中bury oneself under piles of books表示“埋头于研究.阅读大量的书籍等”，符合上下文语境，故为正确答案。
46.C解析一：根据语境Why were you doing what I do?判断作者感到迷惑，同时根据下文I was more puzzled判断，所以用puzzled。
解析二：根据下文“Why were you doing…”，可以判断出作者此时对母亲的做法感到“困惑不解”。空白处应选择C选项“puzzled(困惑的；搞糊涂的；茫然的)”，此外后面的第二段第五句“When you said you were in law school，I was more puzzled，也给予了直接提示。
47.B解析一：根据常识可知，通常来说背课本和学习是为了应付考试。因此作者认为是这个原因。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“为什么你在做我(一个学生)所应该做的事情——背课本.研究考试等。”从所提供的四个选项看，只有B选项“test”可与上下文相符，为正确答案。
48.D解析一：妈妈在作者这么大还学习，所以当时不知道妈妈那个年龄了也能当律师。所以could贴切。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“我不知道妈妈也能够成为一个律师。”从作者母亲接下来的句子的表述——“In life，you can do anything you want to do.(在你一生中，任何事情只要你想做，你就能够做到)”不难看出设空所在句强调的是与下文的“can(能够)”相呼应，故选项D“could”为正确答案。
49.A解析一：作者小时候，妈妈说的这句话总是在她耳畔萦绕。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“伴随着我的青春岁月，母亲的教诲一直回荡在我的耳畔。”英语中“(bell／One’s words)keep ringing”意为“(钟声／某人的话语)一直保持响个不停”，为固定搭配，故A为正确答案。
50.C解析一：既要完成学习，又要和父亲创办公司，同时养育着五个孩子,说明是一种“挑战”。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“我观察到你勇敢地面对种种挑战—完成你的法学学业，和丈夫共同开办公司创业等…”根据文章情节的发展我们知道，作者对母亲一生奋斗的经历，充满了尊敬和钦佩，特别是她的那种面对任何困难，从不气馁，并视其为挑战的精神，一直鼓舞激励她奋进。据此可判断正确答案应选C项。
51.D解析一：根据文章第一段提供的信息判断model恰当。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是“此时你还在从事你的模特职业，同时还是一位养育五个孩子的母亲。”文章开始处已说明作者的母亲最初从事的是模特职业，故应填入D选项“model”符合上下文语境，。
52.B解析一：母亲干这么多工作，一直在行动，作者看的都感到很疲惫。in action“在工作：in danger“在危险中 ；”in trouble“陷入麻烦”：in charge“掌管；负责”。
解析二：设空所在句的意思：“仅观察你不断迎接各种挑战的活动过程就够使我疲惫不堪了”。英语中短语in ac‘tion意为：“在行动；在运转，在起作用”，在此处指作者的母亲不断进取，通过转换职业迎接各种人生挑战的行动，与上下文语境相符，故B选项为正确答案。
53.C解析一：前面的语境说：作者小时候，妈妈说的这句话总是在她耳畔萦绕。判断youthful恰当。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“在我年轻的心灵中回荡着母亲睿智的话语，使我突然感受到无尽的自由去放飞自己的梦想”。从上文我们可以了解到，作者是在童年时发现母亲自学法律，开始转换职业以迎接人生挑战，她在此时听到了母亲富有哲理的语言教诲，为今后的人生旅途上的拓展指明了方向，作者这时还年轻，这里应该填人C选项youthful，方与上下文相符。youthful的意思是“年轻的；青春的”，是名词youth“青春”的派生词，尽管有些考生可能对该词不太熟悉，但根据构词法也应该能猜出其词义。
54.D解析一：前面提到：作者认为梦想有无限的自由。后面说：“我”开始过充满希望的生活。判断“我的整个世界打开了”。e back“回来”：close down“关闭；歇业”；go by“过去”；open up“打开”。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“整个世界在我的面前开启了。”根据上文我们可以知道，主人公在母亲的教诲下，感到豁然开朗，对未来充满了信心，所以这里应选B项“opened up(打开，敞开，开放)”，其它选项均与上下文不符。
55.A解析一：后面语境说：看到就个人和职业成就来说有无尽的可能，说明与hope有关。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“我要开始自己充满了希望的人生之旅，迎接个人及职业上的各种机遇和挑战”。结合上文可以知道此时作者对未来充满了信心和希望，这里应选A项，最符合题意。
56.A解析一：母亲的话成为了我的座右铭，之后不断取得成就。constantly“不断地”。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“我发现我总是处在我所在的领域里的少数几个妇女中独一无二的领先位置。”从作者在下一句中所说的：“I gained strength everry time I said，“Yes，I’ll try that(每当我说；“是的，我愿意去尝试”时，我都会从中汲取到力量)“可以看出，作者是在不断地接受挑战并取得成就，A选项constantly“不断地；时常地”可表达这一意思，填在此处最为合适。
57.C解析一：either…or…“或者……或者……”，为固定搭配。
解析二；英语中either…or…为并列连词词组，可表示“要么…要么…；不是…就是…”。由于空前出现了either，这里应该填入C选项的“or”与其构成搭配，表示二者择一的概念。
58.B解析一：the statement指的是In life，you can do anything you want to do.也就是受母亲这种说法的鼓舞，在生活的旅途中毅然前行。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“在你的话语的激励下，我在人生的道路上毅然前行…。”作者在第三段第一句话已经使用“statement”来指母亲给予她的那句教诲，由上文的提示，这里选择B选项应该不难。
59.D解析一：根据前面的语境less afraid to make mistakes(不怕犯错)，判断这里的意思是“渴望”。eagerly“渴望”；secretly“秘密地”；curiously“好奇地”；carelessly“马虎地”。
解析二：设空所在句的意思是：“…我已不再害怕失误，反而急于想迎接各种挑战”。四个选项中只有D项“eagerly”可以表示“迫切地，急于地”，填在此处最为合适。
60.A解析一：与前面句子You did it相呼应，这里用“现在我在做”。
解析二：作者在文章最后部分以第一人称口吻的说：“你过去做到了(勇于接受各种挑战)，而我现在正在做(同样的事情)”。根据文章上下文的意思，这里应该选择现在分词“doing”表示作者此时“正在做”的行为，故正确答案应该是A选项。
第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）
小时候，母亲让我到我们家附近的路上邀请那些找季节性工作的人来我家吃午饭。我还得捡干牛粪生火。看到我一脸的不悦，母亲批评了我一顿。我认识到，也许有一天，我会需要这些人的帮助。
61.instructed　考查谓语动词。本空在主语后，空格处需填谓语动词，整篇文章用的是一般过去时，因此应填动词的过去式。
62. The　考查冠词。本空在名词前，填定冠词The，表示特指。
63. cooking　考查非谓语动词。由空格前的and可知，本空与前面的短语“making an open fire outside at midday”并列，作介词of的宾语，因此填cooking。
64. where　考查定语从句。此处为定语从句，先行词为the veranda，关系词在从句中作地点状语，因此填关系副词where。
65. Looking　考查现在分词。本空应填现在分词Looking，作状语，表示伴随状况。母亲直视着我的眼睛，问我为什么因帮助别人而闷闷不乐。
66. when　考查状语从句。根据句意可知，空格处需填连词when，连接时间状语从句，意为“当……的时候”。
67. Despite考查介词(短语)。结合语境可知，此处填介词Despite“尽管”或介词短语Regardless of“不顾，不管”都可以。
68. saying考查现在分词。say与mother之间存在主谓关系，应用现在分词作状语，表示伴随状况；或用and said做并列谓语。
69. suddenly　考查副词。空格在动词前，应填副词suddenly作状语，修饰动词。
70. it　考查代词。代词it用作形式主语，代替后面的that引导的主语从句。
四、写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
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第二节书面表达（满分25分）
One possible version
Dear Sir／Madam，
After careful consideration and investigation, I think your college is an ideal place for my college education, where I want to major in English literature. I’m obsessed with English literature due to its long history and a long list of world-famous writers. I’m sure I can get along well with it because English is my favorite subject in high school, which will be helpful for my further study in college.
As to hobbies, I’m a keen basketball fan and I play a lot of it at school. What’s more, I’m crazy about rock music and my dream is to found a rock group. I hope my dream will e true in college.
I’m looking forward to receiving your early reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua