1、2016 年全国统一高考英语试卷（新课标年全国统一高考英语试卷（新课标）第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，阅读理解（共两节，满分满分 40 分）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 Whats On?Electric Underground 7:30pm1:00am Free at the Cyclops Theatre Do you know whos playing in your area?Were bringing you an exciting evening
2、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 to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.Gee Wh
3、izz 8:30pm10:30pm Comedy at Kaleidoscope Come 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 how to make you laugh!Our bar is open from 7:00pm for drinks and snacks(快餐).Simo
4、ns Workshop 5:00pm7:30pm 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.
5、His workshops are exciting and fun.An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone 8:00pm11:00pm 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 pian
6、o.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.
7、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 Simons 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.Wh
8、en will Charlotte Stone perform her songs?A.5:00pm7:30pm.B.7:30pm1:00am.C.8:00pm11:00pm.D.8:30pm10:30pm.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
9、 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 on
10、e 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
11、 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 think
12、ing.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 interesting dreams.”The student would tell something wildly imaginative.Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads.“Thats pretty creative.
13、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 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 studen
14、ts 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.2
15、8.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.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 bo
16、ok groups.They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them.Now,the website BookC 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,“Th
