2016 年全国统一高考英语试卷（新课标Ⅱ）
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。
A
What’s On?
Electric Underground
7:30pm－1:00am Free at the Cyclops Theatre
Do you know who’s playing in your area? We’re bringing you an exciting
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. He’s going to talk about
how you can find the right person to produce your music.
Gee Whizz
8:30pm－10:30pm Comedy at Kaleidoscope
Come and see Gee Whizz perform. He’s 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 how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7:00pm for
drinks and snacks (快餐).
Simon’s Workshop
5:00pm－7:30pm Wednesdays at Victoria Stage
This 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 laugh. 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.
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Charlotte Stone
8:00pm－11:00pm Pizza World
Fine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone
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 want 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 World.
23. What do we know about Simon’s Workshop?
A. It requires membership 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. 7:30pm－1:00am.
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 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 45 minutes each day for the rest of the
week.”
A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see what the rest of the class
would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to
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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 time.
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
I’m just not creative.”
“Do you dream at night when you’re asleep?”
“Oh, sure.”
“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.” The student would tell
something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three
heads. “That’s pretty creative. Who does that for you?”
“Nobody. I do it.”
“Really ― at night, when you’re asleep?”
“Sure.”
“Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”
25. The teacher 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 design
26. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?
A. He liked to help his teacher. B. He preferred to study 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 find out about their sleeping habits.
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C. To help them to improve their memory.
D. To find out about their ways of thinking.
C
Reading 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
BookCrossing.com turns the page 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 and 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. Whoever 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 Peterson says the idea is for 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 author 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 2 refer to?
A. The book. B. An adventure.
C. A public place. D. The identification number.
31. What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?
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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. Electronic Books: A new Trend
C. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back
D. A Website Links People through Books
D
A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.
Frank Hurley’s pictures would be outstanding ― undoubtedly first-rate photo-
journalism ― if they had been made last week. In 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, Norwegian-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 Antarctica’s Weddell Sea. From that point
Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled (雪橇) across the continent. The
journey was intended 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 then a thoroughly commercial effort.
Scott’s last journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the
world’s 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, started 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
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before been published.
33. What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley?
A. They were made last week. B. They showed undersea sceneries.
C. They were found by a cameraman. D. They recorded a disastrous adventure.
34. Who reached the South Pole first according to the text?
A. Frank Hurley. B. Ernest Shackleton.
C. Robert Falcon Scott. D. Caroline Alexander.
35. What does Alexander 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 that’s just right for you
Have you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where the
atmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum (总和) of its parts?
36 . But it doesn’t 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 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(回忆) your childhood memories
Our model of what a garden should be often goes back to childhood. Grandma’s
rose garden and Dad’s vegetable garden might be good or bad, but that’s not what’s
important. 39 ― how being in those gardens made us feel. If you’d like to build a
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powerful bond with your garden, start 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 garden
B. Find a good place for your own garden
C. It’s our experience of the garden that matters
D. It’s delightful to see so many beautiful flowers
E. Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plants
F. You can produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden, too
G. For each of those gardens, write 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，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 they’ve 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 you 44 from the sound of your voice. That’s 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 I’d never met 47 , got me rock-bottom
prices on airfares, cars, and hotels. But her cold voice really 48 me. I sometimes
wished to 49 another agent.
One morning, I had to 50 an immediate flight home for a family emergency. I
ran into Rani’s 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 immediately. “What a wonderful lady!” I
thought.
Rushing out 55 I called out over my shoulder, “By the way, what’s your
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name?” “I’m 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 back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out. Rani’s 59
― her warm smile, her nods, her ‘I’m here for you’ 60 ― were all silent signals
that didn’t travel through wires.
41. A. accepted
B. noticed
C. heard
D. met
42. A. came
B. moved
C. ran
D. developed
43. A. Thus
B. Yet
C. Then
D. Indeed
44. A. rather
B. also
C. just
D. already
45. A. telephone
B. voice
C. connection
D. impression
46. A. direct
B. useful
C. easy
D. accurate
47. A. in person
B. by myself
C. in public
D. on purpose
48. A. annoyed
B. interested
C. discouraged
D. confused
49. A. promote
B. train
C. find
D. know
50. A. arrange
B. postpone
C. confirm
D. book
51. A. for the first time
B. at any time
C. from time to time D. in good time
52. A. expecting
B. seeing
C. testing
D. avoiding
53. A. shy
B. comforting
C. familiar
D. forced
54. A. bill
B. form
C. ticket
D. list
55. A. hopefully
B. disappointedly
C. gratefully
D. regretfully
56. A. careful
B. serious
C. nervous
D. pleasant
57. A. amused
B. worried
C. helpless
D. speechless
58. A. calm
B. nice
C. proud
D. clever
59. A. forgiveness
B. eagerness
C. friendliness
D. skillfulness
60. A. explanation
B. attitude
C. concept
D. behavior
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。
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If you feel stressed by responsibilities at work, you should take a step back and
identify (识别) those of 61 (great) and less importance. Then, handle the most
important tasks first so you’ll feel a real sense of 62 (achieve). Leaving the less
important things until tomorrow 63 (be) often acceptable.
Most of us are more focused 64 our tasks in the morning than we are later in
the day. So, get an early start and try to be as productive 65 possible before lunch.
This will give you the confidence you need to get you through the afternoon and go
home feeling accomplished.
Recent 66 (study) show that we are far more productive at work if we take
short breaks 67 (regular). Give your body and brain a rest by stepping outside for
68 while, exercising, or dong something you enjoy.
If you find something you love doing outside of the office, you’ll be less likely
69 (bring) your work home. It could be anything ― gardening, cooking, music,
sports — but whatever it is, 70 (make) sure it’s a relief from daily stress rather than
another thing to worry about.
第四部分 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。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：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：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。
The summer holiday is coming. My classmates and I are talking about how to do
during the holiday. We can chose between staying at home and take a trip. If we stay
at home, it is comfortable but there is no need to spend money. But in that case, we
will learn little about world. If we go on a trip abroad, we can broaden your view and
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gain knowledges we cannot get from books. Some classmates suggest we can go to
places of interest nearby. I thought that it is a good idea. It does not cost many, yet we
can still learn a lot.
第二节 书面表达（满分25 分）
假定你是李华，你校摄影俱乐部（photography club）将举办国际中学生摄影
展。请给你的英国朋友Peter 写封信。请他提供作品。信的内容包括：
1．主题：环境保护；
2．展览时间；
3．投稿邮箱：intlphotoshow@gmschool.com.
注意：
1．词数100 左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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