2016高考6月英语模拟题
高考英语模拟试卷及答案
高考英语模拟试卷及答案2016高考英语模拟试卷及答案2016年普通高等学校招生英语模拟试卷本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。
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AOne morning last week I looked out of my study window and saw that it was a fine day. No, it was a glorious day: the sun shone down from a sky with not even a single cloud.But later that day, hard at work at my desk, I heard a loud drumming noise on the roof. Turning to the window, I saw that the sky was now the color of charcoal. Rain was beginning to fall; two minutes later the rain became hail; at some point, the hail became snow. Rain, hail or snow, it was all wet, making rivers of water.This story will give you some idea about weather in Britain. It’s extremely variable. Go ahead with your picnic in the local park by all means, but don’t assume that because the sun is shining now, it will be when you open your pack of sandwiches; better take an umbrella, just in case.The weather in Britain is by no means always bad. The weather can just seem a lot like a person who has a lot of moodswings.This is one of the biggest reasons why the British talk so often about the weather: it’s handy. Wherever there are strangers standing or sitting close together, and talk cannot be avoided, the conversation focuses on the weather: “Yes, the weather has been good, hasn’t it? Three whole days of sunshine this May!” or “What shocking weather we’ve been having!” The unreliability of the weather is something that every Brit can agree on. That makes it a safe topic of conversation.Thus, the weather’s unpredictability is actually a plus for the British, a very useful bit of our culture. Even those with different opinions on everything else in the world, such as the current argument in the UK about membership of the European Union, can talk about the weather without it leading to a shouting match. Long live rainstorms in mid-July!1. The writer wrote the article mainly to ______.A. describe his own experiences of the different weather in BritainB. remind people to take an umbrella whenever they have to go out in BritainC. prove the uncertainty of the weather in BritainD. describe the weather and the way people talk about weather in Britain2. The main characteristic of British weather is ______.A. changeabilityB. stabilityC. lack of sunshineD. continuous rain3. The British often start conversations by talking about the weather because ________.A. they seldom trust the weather forecastB. the variable weather is a safe topic of conversationC. they are all interested in predicting weatherD. they like complaining about the terrible weather4. It can be inferred from the article that the author holds a(n) ________ attitude toward the weather in Britain.A. negativeB. criticalC. indifferentD. positiveBBritish people who go to the US are very likely to hear one sentence a lot: “I just love listening to your accent!” Sometimes it seems that Americans can’t get enough of the way we sound. And a recent survey has supported this idea.The airline British Airways asked over 1,000 British people and 1,000 Americans to tell them their choice for the sexiest accent. And the results were unsurprising for any Britons who have spent time in the US – people in the US said our accent was their favorite.However, perhaps surprisingly, they didn’t say they went craziest for the “Queen’s English”. They made it cle ar that a Scottish accent, like that of tennis player Andy Murray or actor Ewan McGregor, who starred in the movie Moulin Rouge! (《红磨坊》，2001) was their preferred kind of British accent.When asked to choose their sexiest accent, Britons went for the voice of US actor Morgan Freeman, who starred in The Shawshank Redemption (《肖申克的救赎》，1994) and Lucy (《超体》，2014). This was probably because the actor’s voice is known to be easy to listen to and sounds intelligent. More generally, Britons also chose the New York accent, which caused The Huffington Post’s American editor Suzy Strutner to write, “Wait ... what?” in disbelief. Funnily enough, only one in five Britons asked could find New York on a map, so they may have been thinking of a different accent when they chose one thatmany in the US think is uncultured.More than anything, the survey perhaps shows how accents can sound very different to people who are not used to hearing them. For example, I personally enjoy the sound of many American accents, but people fro m the US can’t believe that I would prefer them to ones from my own country. The results of the survey also support this idea, as Britons and Americans’ overall sexiest accent belongs to the emotional and loving Italians. Perhaps you just sound better when you speak to people you don’t spend much time with!5. The article is mainly about ______.A. a comparison of British and American accentsB. a survey about the sexiest accentsC. why Americans and Britons love each other’s accentsD. the fact that Briton s and Americans’ favorite accents are unfamiliar ones6. According to the survey, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Americans were found to think that British accents in movies sound sexier.B. Britons feel surprised that their accent is popular with Americans.C. The “Queen’s English” is regarded as the sexiest accent by Americans.D. A Scottish accent was unexpectedly found to be Americans’ favorite accent.7. Many Americans think the New York accent is ______.A. the sexiest American accentB. spoken by people with a lower level of educationC. easy to understand and sounds intelligentD. favored by American actors and editors8. It can be concluded from the article that ______.A. the author prefers British accents to American onesB. the sexiest accents belong to actorsC. people may prefer an accent that they are unfamiliar withD. there is no arguing with the fact that everyone thinks the Italian accent is the sexiest accent in the worldCHe is probably the greatest artist of the 20th century. As CBS said, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) “defined modern art”.In the 1960s, English writer John Berger even compared the Spanish artist to King Midas, a figure from Greek mythology. Everything Midas touched turned into gold. It seemed to Berger that everything Picasso painted was affected by a similar type of magic.In fact, much of the “magic” came from Picasso’s revolutionary style of painting. Before Picasso, an artist had made a painting like a window – they painted to make it look like there was d epth. You could tell which objects were “close” to you and which objects were “far away”, as if the picture were a window you were looking through.But Picasso and his colleague Georges Braque (1882-1963) thought that a painting wasn’t a window on the worl d; they believed that it was marks and lines on a flat surface. Why should an object be shown only from one angle? A guitar looks very different depending on which angle one looks at it from.Their answer was to show all the angles. Then they broke the guitar up into pieces. It was an analytical approach to art, which gave this style of painting its name: “analytic cubism (解析立体主义)”. You can take a closer look at these types of paintings inBeijing on May 28 at the Picasso in China Art Exhibition. The exhibi tion will include 83 of the artist’s paintings. Most of these masterpieces will be shown in Beijing for the first time. With a worth of over a billion euros (around 7.3 billion yuan), the show will be “the largest and most valuable Picasso exhibit in Beiji ng”, according to China Daily.Why did Picasso feel such a need to change things? Well, the world around him was changing. Science was turning people’s ideas upside down. Einstein’s relativity was proving what we knew about time and space to be wrong. It’s often said that Picasso was like Einstein with a paintbrush.And it was not only science that was making waves. New political movements like socialism were on the rise. The world was becoming different; artists needed to start seeing and painting it differently.A famous and terrifying painting, Guernica (1937) shows the horror caused to the town of Guernica by bombs during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).In the picture, the sky actually falls in. Picasso could not have painted it without using the skills he had learned during his cubist period. Taking a guitar to pieces was his preparation for showing the world being blown to pieces.to write, however busy he or she is.9. What is the article mainly about?A. Picasso’s revolutionary style of painting.B. What inspired Picasso to develop into a great artist.C. Why Picasso’s paintings have a lasting popularity.。
2016年高考英语模拟试题及答案(情态动词与虚拟语气)
高考/模拟试题2016年高考英语模拟试题及答案（情态动词与虚拟语气）1.I________to my cousin’s birthday party last night，but I was not available. (2013·安徽，28) A.went B.had gone C.would go D.would have gone 答案 D 解析2.It ________be the vocabulary that caused you the problem in the exercise because you know a lot of words.(2013·安徽，34) A.may B.couldn’t C.should D.needn’t 答案 B解析 3.I should not have laughed if I________you were serious.(2013·江苏，30) A.thought B.would think C.had thought D.have thought 答案 C 解析考查虚拟语气。
句意为：如果我当时想到你是认真的，我就不会笑了。
由句意知，此句是与过去事实相反的虚拟语气，故从句结构为had done。
4.—Why are your eyes so red?You________have slept well last night. —Yeah，I stayed up late writing a report.(2013·四川，5) A.can’t B.mustn’tC.needn’tD.won’t 答案 A 解析 5.My mom suggests that we ________ eat out for a change thisweekend.(2013·陕西，12) A.should B.mightC.couldD.would 答案 A 解析句意为：母亲提议这个周末出去吃饭换换口味。
2016高三英语模拟卷新课标全国卷
2016高三英语模拟卷（一）第二部分阅读理解(共20题，每题2分，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。
AWhile income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome”(空巢综合症).In order to seek better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing response in time for their aged parents living by themselves.The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon”, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”.21. According to the passage, the loneliness of aged parents is mainly caused by _______.A. their earlier experience of feeling lonelyB. the unfavorable living conditions in their native countriesC. the common worry about their incomeD. the geographical distance between parents and children22. If young people go abroad, _________.A. they do not hold to the value of duty at allB. they can give some help to their parents back homeC. they cannot do what they should for their parentsD. they believe what they actually do is right23. From the last paragraph, we can infer that ________.A. the situations in the developed and developing countries are differentB. “Empty Nest Syndrome” has arrived unexpectedly in our societyC. children will become independent as soon as they go abroadD. the aged parents are not fully prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”BWhen people were building houses, they used to consider not only the climate of the areas but also the building materials and the fashions for their houses. However, since electricity became more and more expensive, people began to pay much more attention to the energy they could get for their houses and the new ways they could find to protect their houses from both cold and heat.Now, houses of an old yet new type have been widely built. In some parts of the world, people share their houses with their livestock (家畜).During cold weather, they gather their cows, goats, or other animals and keep them on the first floor of their houses. The reasons are that the animals can be protected from the cold and that they can help to heat the houses as well. The body heat given off by the animals rises to the second floor of the houses, where people live. By sharing their houses with their livestock, people gain a source ofheat.People who live in or near cities do not usually keep livestock. However, home builders use the fact that heat rises. This natural law can be used in building houses in these areas. Instead of keeping livestock on the first floor, builders fill it with large rocks. As they are open to the sun’s rays during cold weather, these rocks take in heat. They also give off the heat, and, of course, the warm air rises into the living areas of the houses. So these houses are energy-saving.House-building becomes a great challenge to building designers and energy engineers. They try to meet this challenge by learning from old traditions and by using modern technology. And someday in the future, people will be able to live in more energy-saving houses.24. What did people begin to consider as electricity was no longer cheap?A.The climate of their areas.B.The energy for their houses.C.The fashions for their houses.D.The building materials for their houses.25. People in some areas gain a source of heat by ________.A.keeping their livestock downstairsB.protecting their livestock from the coldC.sharing their houses only with their cowsD.living on the second floor with their livestock26. The underlined words “natural law” in the third paragraph refer to the fact that ________.A.heat raises the temperature in the housesB.heat goes in the upward directionC.heat goes up if temperature is raisedD.heat increases the temperature of rocks27. From the passage, we can conclude that ________.A.people will no longer consider building materials in the futureB.almost all people will move into the houses heated by large rocksC.energy-saving buildings will become more popular in the futureD.energy engineers will devote themselves only to modern technologyCPlanning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.A VOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton on the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival (19 Oct.) cost £169.15 at . A week later, the same room cost £118.15.If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoid—or you’re looking for a big event to pass your time—check out sites such as , which allow you to search for events in the UK by city, date and category.STAY AW AY FROM THE STA TION If traveling to your destination by train, you may want to find a good base close to the station, but you could end up paying more for the sake of convenience at the start of your holiday.Don’t be too choosy about th e part of town you stay in. Booking two months in advance, the cheapest room at Travelodge’s Central Euston hotel in London for Saturday 22 September was £95.95. A room just a tube journey away at its Covent Garden hotel was £75.75. And at Farringdon, a double room cost just £62.95.LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Really central hotels in cities such as London, Edinburgh and Cardiff can cost a fortune, especially at weekends and during big events. As an alternative consider checking into a self-catering flat with its own kitchen. Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city center buildings. A great example is the historic O’Neill Flat on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, available for £420 for five days in late September, with rooms for four adults.GET ON A BIKE London’s ‘Boris bikes’ have attracted the most attention, but other cities also have similar programmers that let you rent a bicycle and explore at your own pace, saving you on public transportor car parking costs.Among the smaller cities with their own programmers are Newcastle (casual members pay around £1.50 for two hours) and Cardiff (free for up to 30 minutes, or £5 per day).28. The Brighton Comedy Festival is mentioned mainly to show big events may ________.A. help travelers pass timeB. attract lots of travelers to the UKC. allow travelers to make flexible plansD. cause travelers to pay more for accommodation29. The passage shows that the O’Neill Flat ________.A. lies on the ground floorB. is located in central LondonC. provides cooking facilities for touristsD. costs over £100 on average per day in late September30. Cardiff’s program allows a free bike for a maximum period of ________.A. half an hourB. one hourC. one hour and a halfD. two hours31. The main purpose of the passage is _______.A. to tell visitors how to book in advanceB. to supply visitors with hotel informationC. to show visitors the importance of self-helpD. to offer visitors some money-saving tipsDArt is considered by many people to be no more than a decorative means of giving pleasure. This is not always the case, however, at times, art may be seen to have a purely functional side as well. Such could be said of the sandpaintings of the Navaho Indians of the American Southwest; these have a medicinal as well as an artistic purpose.According to Navaho traditions, one who suffers from either a mental or a physical illness has in some way disturbed or get in touch with the supernatural--perhaps a certain animal, a ghost, or the dead. To break away f rom this, the ill person or one of his relatives will employ a medical man called a “singer” to perform a curing ceremony which will attract a powerful supernatural being. During the ceremony, which may last from 2 to 9 days, the “singer” will produce a sa ndpainting on the floor. On the last day of the ceremony, the patient will sit on this sandpainting and the “singer” will rub the sick or injured parts of the patient’s body with sand from a specific figure in the sandpainting. In this way the patient absorbs the power of that particular supernatural being and becomes strong. After the ceremony, the sandpainting is destroyed so its power won’t harm anyone.The art of sandpainting is handed down from old “singers”. The materials used are easily found where the Navaho settle: brown, red, yellow, and white sandstone, which is ground(研磨) much as corn is made into flour. The “singer” holds a small amount of this sand in his hand and lets it flow between his fingers onto a clean, flat surface on the floor, with a steady hand and great patience. He is thus able to create designs of stylized people, snakes and other creatures that have power in the Navaho belief system. The traditional Navaho doesn’t allow copying sandpaintings, since he believes the supernatural po wers that taught him the craft have forbidden this; however, such reproductions can in fact be purchased today in tourist shops in Arizona and New Mexico. These are done by either Navaho Indians or by other people who wish to preserve this craft.32. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. The Navaho IndianB. The Ancient “Singer”C. Functions of ArtD. The Navaho Sandpaintings33. How did the “singer” treat the patient according to the passage?A. By passing his supernatural power on to the patient.B. By applying a magic substance to the patient’s body.C. By rubbing the patient’s sick parts with sand from a sandpainting figure.D. By destroying the sandpainting figure.34. The traditional Navaho does not allow copying of sandpaintings because _______.A. anything copied has no effectB. the craft only belongs to the supernaturalC. it’s against Navaho belief systemD. the copying may do harm to other Navahos35. That the reproductions of sandpaintings are now commercially available shows ________.A. people have realized the artistic value of sandpaintingsB. patients have benefited from the powerful effect of sandpaintingsC. more people have come to believe in supernatural powerD. modern technology has helped the production of sandpaintings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。
英语高考模拟卷-2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试题及答案仿真模拟卷(八)
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(八)英语（甲卷）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。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What does the woman love?A. Brown meat．B. White meat．C．She doesn’t mind．1.How did the man like the beef?A．Delicious．B．Satisfying．C．Not satisfying．1.How does the woman feel?A．Discouraged．B．Satisfied．C．Happy．1.What does the woman think of Ann?A．She is too young to be a manager．B. She is able to be a good manager．C．She learns a lot from her father．1.What does the boy want to be in the future?A．A businessman． B. A lawyer．C．A professor．第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独自。
每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读每小题，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白你将听两两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语模拟试题
注意事项：1. 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。
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2. 选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
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第i卷（选择题共100分）第ⅰ卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）（略）第二部分阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，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。
adiscover nature schools programsto schedule a program，please email deprograms @.acorn to oak （k一2 grade，1.5―2 hours）outdoor sensations（k一2 grade，1.5―2 hours）b. learn about characters of various treesc. take a closer look at various treesa. acorn to oak.d. outdoor sensations.bb. cooper should accept the money certainly.d. gibbs gained the most of the votes for king.c. many students have gone to universitiesd. the disabled students can be helped by othersa. he had many close friends.d. it is easy for him to find help at school.cthe giraffe population in africa has dropped by about 40 percent in just 15 years，according to the giraffe conservation foundation.a. about 80，000.b. about 130，000.c. about 150，000.d. about 200，000.b. zoos are the best place for giraffes to stay safelyc. many people have misunderstood giraffes’ situationa. the bad situation of giraffes.b. humans’efforts to protect giraffes.c. conservation measures to be taken soon.d. giraffes’being included in the endangered list.d32. the let books be books campaign .a. teaches kids about appropriatenessb. is opposing gendered children’s booksd. advises publishers to help children choose books34. blackman might believe the books mentioned in paragraph 4 .a. aren’t suitable for childrenb. shouldn’t have similar titlesc. include too many adventure storiesd. should be open to kids of either genderb. report the recent progress of a cultural campaign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。
高中英语真题-高二年级(2016届)第六次月考英语试卷
高中英语真题:高二年级（2016届）第六次月考英语试卷（满分100分，考试时间90分钟，请将答案填写在答题卡上）第一卷第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分32分）第一节（11个小题；每小题2分，满分22分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AMy father was poor in expressing his feelings. I knew that my dad loved me, but showed me love in other ways. There w as one particular time in my life when this became real to me.I always believed that my parents had a good marriage, but gr adually the strain（紧张）on my mom and dad’ s relationship was quite evident. Howev er, I was not prepared for the day when Dad had decided to le ave. All that I could think of was that I was going to become a product of a divorced(离婚)family. I kept telling myself that it wasn’t going to happen. T he night before he left, I stayed up in my room for a long time.I prayed(祈祷) and I cried and I wrote along letter to my dad. I told him how much I loved him and tha t I would always and forever be his Krissie. As I folded my not e, I stuck in a picture of me with a saying I had always heard: “ Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a daddy.” Early the next morning, as my dad left our house, I sli pped my letter into one of his bags.Two weeks later, mymother told me that they decided that there were things that b oth of them could and would change and that their marriage w as worth saving. “Well, Dad said that when he read your letter , it made him cry. It meant a lot to him and I have hardly ever seen your dad cry. After he read your letter, he called to ask if he could come over to talk. Whatever you said really made a difference to your dad.”A few days later my dad was back. We never talked about the letter, I guessed that it became a secret between us.1. Why did the author’s father decide to leave?A. Because he was poor in showing his feelings.B. Because his wife was always giving orders.C. Because serious problems occurred（发生）in the marriage.D. Because the strain on father-daughter relationship was evident.2. How did the author feel when her father decided to leave?A. ExcitedB. AnnoyedC. DoubtfulD. Upset3. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means ______.A. a man may have to give up a lot to be a real fatherB. a man may have to give in to his wife to be a daddy.C. a man who raises special children can become a real fathe r.D. a man who develops some special talents can be a real fat her.BIt is not so long ago that the extended family lived under the s ame roof. Children grew up knowing their cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and other relatives. These children felt connected.In these not too long ago times people were connected to thei r food. Most people grew their own vegetables and fruit. Many families had a house cow for milk, cheese, butter and cream. Most families also had meat animals. When visitors came une xpectedly, dad would kill the chicken for dinner. Everyone wasinvolved in cooking and mealtimes were a social event. Whe n the meal ended, most of the family was involved in cleaning up and washing up. How different is the situation today?The fast life is all around us--- fast food, fast cars, fast conversations, fast families, fast holi days. Our fast-paced life has weakened these connections. We have been fo oled into thinking we need, or even must be fast and have wh at the “fast life” gives us. As a result, stress（压力）is leading to many new health problems.The solution is the Slow Movement. It aims to address the iss ue of “time poverty” through making connections. It supports a growing cultural shift towards slowing down. It has spread to more than sixty countries and become a world-wide movement.The Slow Movement tells us that we need to slow down and c onnect with our life. We need connection to people---ourselves, our family, our community, our friends,--- to food, to place (where we live), and to life.By being part of the Slow Movement, many people have know n how they lost connection to most aspects of their life and to the natural w orld and rhythms around them. And moreimportantly, they have reconnected---they have lived a new connected lifestyle.4. The writer implies that the family in the past _____.A. shared the similar valueB. lived in small housesC. lacked foodD. were big5. If we are connected to our food, we ____.A. buy our food by ourselvesB. prepare and cook our food by ourselvesC. eat each meal slowlyD. enjoy our mealtimes with other family members6. According to the writer, many people have ____.A. benefited from fast life.B. unwise opinions about fast lifeC. got used to fast lifeD. diseases caused by fast food.7. What’s the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?A. To support a world-wide movementB. To support traditional culturesC. To explain the disadvantages of disconnected life.D. To explain the importance of making a connection.CThere was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckets(水桶). One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very o ld and dilapidated one, which had seen many years of service , but was now past its best.Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Th en he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to t he flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It cou ld carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled(溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: be fore it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked（漏出）along the path.Sometimes the new bucket would say, “ See how capable I a m! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowe rs every day! I don’t know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space you are!”And all that the old bucket could say was, “ I know I’m not ver y useful, but I am only do my best. I’m happy that the gardene r still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said, “ You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path.”Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they n oticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare(光秃秃的) earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to t he garden.8. What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mea n?A. DirtyB. DarkC. Worn-outD. Plain-looking9. What was the old bucket ashamed of ?A. His pastB. His agingC. His mannerD. His leaking10. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mai nly to _____.A. laugh at the old oneB. take pity on the old oneC. show off its beautiful looksD. praise the gardener’s kindn ess.11. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?A. Because it was used to keep a balanceB. Because it stayed in its best condition.C. Because it was taken as a treasure.D. Because it had its own function.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。
2016年高考英语全国模拟卷(学生用)
2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试模拟试卷英语本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分,考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
注意事项:1. 答第I卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。
2. 选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。
不能答在本试卷上,否则无效。
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。
听完每段对话后,你都有10称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。
例: How much is the shirt? A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.18. C. ￡9.15. 答案是C。
1. What time is it now?A. 9:10.B. 9:50.C. 10:00.2. What does the woman think of the weather?A. It’s nice.B. It’s warm.C. It’s cold.3. What will the man do?A. Attend a meeting.B. Give a lecture.C. Leave his office.4. What is the woman’s opinion about the course?A. Too hard.B. Worth taking.C. Very easy.5. What does the woman want the man do?A. Speak louder.B. Apologize to her.C. Turn off the radio.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。
2016高考英语6月6日模拟题
本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。
全卷共16页，第I卷1至14页，第Ⅱ卷15至16页。
满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
注意事项：1．考生务必将自己的姓名、座号、准考证号、考试科目填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。
2．第I卷每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号，不能答在试卷上。
3．考试结束，考生将答题卡和答题纸交回。
第I卷(三部分，共105分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)该部分分为第一、第二两节。
注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。
听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。
第一节听力理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)请听下面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。
在听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第1段材料，回答第1-3题。
1.Where does the conversation take place?A. In a cafeteriaB. At schoolC. In a bar2. What will the man have for the meal?A. SteakB. Fried eggsC. Pork3. How much will they each pay for the meal?A. 40 centsB. 50 centsC. 80 cents听第2段材料，回答第4-6题。
4. Who doesn’t know how to cook?A. Uncle JimB. FrankC. Mary5. What will Uncle Jim help Mary with?A. To make some coffeeB. To fix some eggsC. To make a fire6. When does the conversation take place?A. EveningB. AfternoonC. Morning听第3段材料，回答第7-9题。
2016年高考英语全国模拟卷
高考英语模拟题第I卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15小题;每小题3分，满分45分）ATo avoid becoming the lead story on the evening news, be prepared. Before you head out on a hike, check the weather, take plenty of water, and make sure someone knows where you’ll be and when you’ll be back. Bring clothes to keep you warm when wet. Avoid cotton, which is easy to take in moisture(潮气).“To avoid getting lost, check often to make sure you’re still on the trail(路线),” says John Dill, a search-and-rescue worker at Yosemite National Park in California. “The minute you think you might not be on the trail, stop.” If you’re not alone, focusing on the needs of others can help you get rid of your own fears. Other keys to survival: staying observant and remembering to rest. The surest way to get out alive is to take basic precautions(预防措施), such as taking a set of survival equipment. It includes waterproof matches for starting a fire, a folding knife for cutting branches, and a plastic tarp(防水布) for making shelter.Generally, people who try to find their own way out get along worse than those who stay, says Richard N. Bradley, MD, of the American Red Cross. Find shelter before dark, and try to keep dry. Stay visible so that anyone searching can see you. In a wide-open area, make a signal with colorful tools, make a big X out of rocks, or dig a long shallow hole.You can go several days without eating, so in most cases, you’d better not search for food, since there are lots of poisonous plants in the wild, says Dr Bradley. You cannot survive without water, so if you run out of water, it’s usually better to drink from a stream with suspect water than to go without. 21. By saying “becoming the lead story on the evening news” in Para. 1, the author really means ______.A. you will be interviewed by the journalistB. you will become famous for your survival in a forestC. the news that you are lost will spread around quicklyD. your experience in the wild will be reported in the evening news22. According to the writer, how can you avoid getting lost when you are alone?A. Make sure you don’t leave the trail.B. Remember not to stop onthe trail.C. Try to look for others’ help.D. Overcome the fear of getting lost.23. According to the passage, you may get into trouble if you ______.A. try to find food to fill your stomach in the wildB. stay in the shelter before darkC. remain where you get lost and wait for helpD. drink water from the stream24. Why does the author suggest digging a long shallow hole in a wide-open area when you get lost?A. To find some water to drink.B. To store some food you’ve brought along.C. To attract the rescuer’s attention.D. To use it as a shelter.BMany New Zealand children are being studied for sleep disorders(紊乱) after overloading on technology before bedtime. Specialists say computers and televisions disturb sleep patterns and cause learning, concentration and growth problems.Dr Alex Bartle, director of the Sleep Well Clinic, said that different sorts of technology were keeping children awake. Computer games and social networking sites such as Bebo and Facebook were worse than TV for exciting young minds because they were more interactive(互动的). They should be switched off at least an hour before bedtime. “To fall asleep, you need to have a certain amount of calmness in the brain,” said Bartle. “being excited doesn’t help those brainwaves settle.”Professor Philippe Gander, director of Massey University’s Sleep / Wake Research Centre, said poor sleep had been linked to learning, behavioral and growth problems.Bartle said parents should make sure that children were well-rested and not kept awake by the technology surrounding them. “They need to encourage kids to get out during the day. Watching TV or playing on computers as soon as they get home isn’t good from a sleep point of view. Parents need to be strong enough to remove TVs or computers.”In Britain, National Health Service data show almost 3,000 under-11s werereferred to specialists for problems such as sleeplessness and sleep-walking(梦游) in 2007, up 26 percent from 2002.While there are no figures in New Zealand, experts have no doubt that the number of children in need of help is on the increase. “We have the same sorts of technology, the same lifestyles,” said Bartle.The Child Health Research Foundation in New Zealand has funded(资助) studies on sleep problems and is waiting for the results.25. What does “technology”mainly refer to according to the passage?A. pianos and guitarsB. televisions and computersC. learning machinesD.MP3s and MP4s26. According to Dr Alex Bartle’s opinion, we can learn that ______.A. Children should not watch TV or play online games in the eveningB. Watching TV does more harm to children than playing computer gamesC. Some parents fail to set a limit on the time their children spend on technologyD. About 3,000 New Zealand under-11s have sleep problems in 200727. Experts are sure that the number of New Zealand children with sleep problems is increasing because _____.A. New Zealand children play more online games than British childrenB. They have exact data from National Health ServiceC. New Zealand children are in the same situation as the British childrenD. They have exact data provided by hospitals28. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Children like computer games.B. Technology disturbs children’s sleep.C. The ways of dealing with sleep disorders.D. New Zealand parents should prevent children from watching TV.CTo “sacrifice” means to give up something in exchange for something better. My husband and I decided to make a sacrifice and exchange city life and move to a seaside village with our children aged 9 and 3 years. We had a beautiful home in the city and plenty of money but little real safety because crime was on the increase every day. We never knew if we would all make it safely home at night. I hoped my children would be brought up in a peaceful and friendly environment.We were very happy in our new town, but life was very difficult economically. Income was based on the tourist seasons and jobs were few. Although many of the long- standing residents(居民) were well off in the town, it was a very competitive environment for newcomers. We had to adapt to the difficult new life over the past four years.Reading the newspapers from the big cities made us better believe that we had made the right choice. But it was not always easy to explain to the children why they could no longer have what they used to have.However, our little daughter proved to me she had the ability to think about problems in a reasonable way. The son of a visiting friend preferred riding in the back of our old little truck to his father’s big car.Our little daughter called me and said, “Mom, please help me to explain to James that he is wrong. He says that ‘Today, if you don’t have money you are nothing.’ I know that is not true. If you do have money you share it with your friends and if you don’t have money and they do, they share it with you. That is what makes us all rich.” It made me realize that the sacrifice was well worth it.29. Why did the family move away from the city?A. They were tired of the city life.B. The city was not safe enough.C. Pollution in the city was serious.D. Life in the city was expensive.30. What was the worst to the author’s family in their new town?A. They couldn’t get used to the weather.B. It was hard for them to get a steady and satisfying income.C. Their neighbors were richer than them.D. They had few friends in the new environment.31. The author realized that their sacrifice was well worth it because _______.A. they had a beautiful home in the seaside villageB. they made a lot of money in the tourist seasonsC. their children could receive good educationD. their children could form a good value concept in the new environmentD.2014 Good Neighbor Dream Vacation PackageStay close to the magic and make your dreams come true. Good Neighbor Hotels offer quality accommodations (住宿) and are located near the Disneyland Resort.Disney’s Good Neighbor Dream Vacation Package includes:●Accommodations at a conveniently located Disneyland Resort Good Neighbor Hotel.●Disneyland Resort Park Hopper Souvenir ticket, valid (有效的) for same day entry into both Disneyland Park and Disney’s California Adventure Park.●One Magic Morning admission (进入权) into Fantasyland in Disneyland Park, valid with Disneyland Resort Park Hopper souvenir tickets of 3 days or longer.●Get two extra days of Theme Park admission FREE when you buy a 3-day or longer Disneyland Resort Park. Hopper Bonus Ticket from August 7 to October 24, 2010.●Disney Character Calls — Receive a phone call from Mickey, Minnie or Goofy!●Mickey’s Toontown (卡通城) Morning Madness — an interactive Guest and Character experience.● Dream Coin — small collectible objects as souvenirs (one per package).All features of tickets, offers, events, age ranges, services, attractions and entertainment may be seasonal and changeable without notice.*Tickets may not be sold or transferred for commercial use. Offer may not be combined with other discounts or promotions.**Magic Morning allows admission into selected attractions at Disneyland Park before the park opens to the public. Based on availability, does not operate daily, subject to change without notice.***Operation of attractions, entertainment, stores and restaurants, and appearance of Characters may vary and change without notice. Each guest must have a valid multi-day (多天的) admission ticket from Walt Disney Travel Company in order to enter Disneyland Park and Mickey’s Toontown.32. The biggest attraction of Good Neighbor Hotels may lie in its ____.A. locationB. serviceC. priceD. scenery33. Disney’s Good Neighbor Dream Vacation Package ____.A. offers free meals to touristsB. provides admission into Fantasyland unconditionallyC. includes a phone call from a Disney characterD. gives away several souvenirs to each guest34. If you want to enjoy Mickey’s Toontown Morning Madness, you should ____.A. have a more-than-one-day ticketB. arrive before the park opensC. know the plan is never changeableD. remember your discounts35.The purpose of this passage is to ________.A. introduce the favorable location of Good Neighbor Hotels.B. inform visitors of a free tour to Disney’s California Adventure ParkC. introduce Disneyland Park and Mickey’s Toontown.D. advertise the 2010 Good Neighbor Dream Vacation Package第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15 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。
【新人教】2016年英语高考模拟训练试题--全国I
2016年英语高考模拟训练试题全国（I）卷本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。
第一卷1至14页。
第二卷15至16页。
考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一卷注意事项：1.答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚，并贴好条形码。
请认真核准条形码上的准考证号、姓名和科目。
2.每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选图其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。
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。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?A. ￡19.15B.￡9.15C. ￡9.18答案是B。
1. What do the speakers need to buy?A. A fridgeB. A dinner tableC. A few chairs2. Where are the speakers?A. In a restaurant.B. In a hotelC. In a school.3. What does the woman mean?A. Cathy will be at the party.B. Cathy is too busy to come.C. Cathy is going to be invited4. Why does the woman plan to go to town?A. To pay her bills in the bank.B. To buy books in a bookstore.C. To get some money from the bank5. What is the woman trying to do ?A. Finish some writing.B. Print an article.C. Find a newspaper.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。
2016年高考模拟英语试卷
绝密考试结束前2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语本试题卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。
全卷共12页，选择题部分1至11页，非选择题部分11页至12页。
满分120分，考试时间120分钟。
请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。
选择题部分（共80分）注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔分别填写在试卷和答题纸规定的位置上。
2.每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。
不能答在试题卷上。
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）从A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
1. —Are you going to take part in the speech contest?—_______ It's too good an opportunity to miss.A. No problem!B. That's for sure.C. Why me?D. Why bother?2. As the number of _______ newborn babies decreases, more couples should be encouraged to have _______ second child.A. /; theB. the; aC. /; aD. the; /3. There is still much to discuss, we shall, ______, return to this item at our next meeting.A. neverthelessB. moreoverC. howeverD. therefore4.— Professor, we need to talk about it now!—I’ m busy. If you _____ talk about it with me, please wait till I finish my work at hand.A. canB. mayC. mustD. should5. With a special train ticket, you can travel______ you’d like to go in England for just over 100 pounds.A. whatB. in whichC. whereD. which6. We _____ John’s name on the race list yesterday but for his injury.A. had putB. putC. would putD. would have put7.The cinema will have higher attendance rates as well as better box office if more foreign movies _____ each year.A. are introducedB. will be introducedC. are being introducedD. have been introduced8. The quarrel _____ to the fight started from their disbelief in each other.A. leadingB. to leadC. ledD. has led9. As is often the case, it is not the local _____ to wear shorts to dinner party.A. presentationB. routineC. practiceD. reservation10.It’ very difficult to deal with and protect the historical remains on the scene, _____ most arepaintings.A. of whomB. of themC. of whatD. of which11. During an emergency period, those who _____false news should be severely punished bythe authorities so as to maintain the social steadiness.A. circulateB. conveyC. declareD. claim12. Somehow a date for the conference is still to be appointed. But , _______ it was due onMarch 12th.A. naturallyB. originallyC. roughlyD. approximately13. As Mr Jones aged, he decided to _____ charge of his family business to his eldest son, whowas without question the most suitable candidate to succeed him.A .take over B. give way C. hand over D. give away14. What astonished the public was that the murder case had been dismissed ______ any definiteproof.A. in the charge ofB. in the absence ofC. in the possession ofD. in the name of15. The power of a smile is amazing. It helps me stay _______ , even in bad times.A. sensitiveB. passiveC. optimisticD. steady16. The mother was filled with anxiety ______ her daughter might be disabled by the accident.A. whetherB. thatC. whatD. which17. According to the spokesman, the reason why no _____was made on further details about thecoal mine accident was that it was still under investigation.A. preferenceB. commentC. argumentD. reference18. Mr. White had expected to see all his relatives when in hospital, but _____ turned up whilemany of his neighbors offered him their help.A. anyoneB. someoneC. no oneD. none19. Let’s focus on what you bring to society _______ on how much money you earn.A. rather thanB. or ratherC. other thanD. or else20. —Please line up and take your turn.—Good. _______ .A. First come, first servedB. Easy come, easy goC. You are so kindD. That’s all right第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21～40 各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试模拟英语试卷(一)(word版含解析)
衡水万卷2016好题精选模拟卷一第I卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15题；每题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。
AThis story took place a long time ago. But it has been repeated time and time again. Everyone is moved by the true story.An old man was knocked down by a car and was taken to hospital. He was badly hurt, and during his few returns to consciousness, he repeatedly called for his son.None knew where his son was. A dirty letter was found in his pockets. The nurse learned that his son was a solider in North Carolina.The hospital called the Red Cross offices to find the young man. The young solider was rushed to the airport in time to catch the plane.It was evening when the young solider walked into the hospital. A nurse took him into the bedsides of the old man.“Your son is here,” she said to the man. She had to repeat the words several times before the old man’s eyes opened. He dimly saw the young man and got great comfort. He reached out his hand. The young solider he ld the old man’s hand and offered words of hope.All through the night the young solider sat besides the bed. The nurse offered to watch instead of him for a while. He refused.At dawn the old man died. The nurse started to comfort him but the solid er asked her, “Who was that old man?”“He was your father,” she answered.“No, he wasn’t. I never saw him before.”“I knew right away there was a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here. I realized I was needed.So I stayed.”21. What is true about the old man?A. He was seriously injured and would die soon.B. He knew quite well what had happened to him.C. He once and again wanted to call his son.D. He was knocked dead near a hospital.22. How did people get to know something about his son?A. They guessed from the old man’s anxious expression on the face.B. They found him from the address on the letter.C. They found someone who knew the father and son.D. They asked for the help from the Red Cross.23. When the old man and the young man met, ________.A. the old man wished the young man good luck in the futureB. the young man said something to comfort the old manC. the doctors and nurses felt it hopeful to save the old manD. they both recognized each other at once24. We know from this passage________.A. the Red Cross is something for people to find personsB. the young man knew he was wrongly called when he got on the planeC. the hospital had meant to save the old man with the young man’s coming but failedD. the young man might have the same name as the old man’s sonBChief Executive Office Lahore Stock ExchangeLahore Stock Exchange(LSE) is the 2nd largest exchange of the country with a workforce of almost 150 employees. The Exchanges of Pakistan are currently understanding a major reform program involving demutualization(使成为股东制) in order to develop the capital markets further.We seek a dynamic, forward-thinking Chief Executive with ability to provide strong leadership and effective management to deliver its organizational goals and strategic plan. The successful candidate should have the business both pre and post demutualization with a proven record.The candidate should have minimum of 7 years of experience along with a business related degree or other professional qualifications. However, a strong record of achievement, excellent communication and team beam building skill are equally important. International qualifications/experience will be an added advantage together with the knowledge of the local corporate environment.Compensation package will be highly attractive and match the position. If you are interested in a strategic leadership role and be part of an organization to make a difference, please write to: Head of Human Resources, Lahore Stock Exchange(Guarantee) Ltd. 19 Knayaban-e-Aiwan-Iqbal, Lahore, Pakistan, together with your Curriculum Vitae and latest passport sized photograph.25. What is not true about LSE?A. It’s Lahore Stock Exchange.B. It’s one of th e largest exchanges in Pakistan.C. It’s developing Pakistan’s capital city.D. It’s located in Knayban-e-Aiwan–Iqbal, Lahore, Pakistan.26. What is wanted according to this advertisement?A. Lahore Stock ExchangeB. A Chief ExecutiveC. Head of Human ResourcesD. A candidate27. What does the underlined word compensation probably mean?A. SalaryB. JobC. Working conditionsD. FoodCMedia Selection for AdvertisementsAfter determining the target audience for a product or service, advertising agencies must select the appropriate media for the advertisement. We discuss here the major types of media used in advertising. We focus our attention on seven types of advertising: television, newspapers, radio, magazines, out-of-home. Internet, and direct mail.TelevisionTelevision is an attractive medium for advertising because it delivers mass audiences to advertisers. When you consider that nearly three out of four Americans have seen the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? you can understand the power of television to communicate with a large audience. When advertisers create a brand, for example, they want to impress consumers with the brand and its image. Television provides an ideal vehicle for this type of communication.But television is an expensive medium, and not all advertisers can afford to use it.Television's influence on advertising is fourfold. First, narrowcasting means that television channels are seen by an increasingly narrow segment of the audience. The Golf Channel, for instance.is watched by people who play golf. Home and Garden Television is seen by those interested in household improvement projects. Thus, audiences are smaller and more homogeneous(具有共同特点的) than they have been in the past. Second, there is an increase in the number of television channels available to viewers, and thus, advertisers. This has also resulted in an increase in the sheer number of advertisements to which audiences are exposed. Third, digital recording devices allow audience members more control over which commercials they watch. Fourth, control over programming is being passed from the networks to local cable operators and satellite programmers.Newspaper?After television, the medium attracting the next largest annual ad revenue is newspapers. The New York Times, which reaches a national audience, accounts for $1 billion in ad revenue annually, ii m increased its national circulation (发行量) by 40% and is now available for home delivery in ion ciues. Locally, newspapers are the largest advertising medium.Newspapers are a less expensive advertising medium than television and provide a way for advertisers to communicate a longer. more detailed message to their audience than they can through 48 hours,meaning newspapers are also a quick way of getting the massage out.Newspapers are ofen the most important form of news for a local community, and they develop a high degree of loyalty from local reader.RadioAdvertising on radio continues to grow Radio is often used in conjunction with outdoor bill-boards (广告牌) and ihe Internet to reach even more customers than television. Advertisers are likely to use radio because it is a less expensive medium than television, which means advertisers can afford to repeal their ads often. Internet companies are also turning 10 radio advertising. Radio provides a way for advertisers to communicate with audience members at all times of the day.Consumers listen to radio on their way to school or work, at work, on the way home, and in the evening hours.Two major changes—satellite and Internet radio—will force radio advertisers to adapt their methods. Both of these radio forms allow listeners to tune in stations that are more distant than the local stations they could receive in the past. As a result, radio will increasingly attract target audiences who live many miles apart.MagazinesNewsweeklies, women’s titles, and business magazines have all seen increases in advertising because they attract the high-end market, magazines are popular with advertisers because of the narrow market that they deliver. A broadcast medium such as network television attracts all types of audience members, but magazine audiences are more homogeneous, if you read sportsillustrated, for example, you h ave much in common with the magazine’s other readers. Advertisers see magazines as an efficient way of reaching target audience members.Advertiser using the print media-magazines and newspapers-will need to adapt to two main changes. First, the internet will bring larger audiences to local newspapers, these second. Advertisers will have to understand how to use an increasing number of magazines for their target audiences. Although some magazines will maintain national audiences, a large number of magazines will entertain narrower audiences.Out-of-home advertisingOut-of-home advertising. Also called place-based advertising, has become an increasingly effective way of reaching consumers, who are more active than ever before. Many consumers today do not sit at home and watch television. Using billboards, newsstands, and bus shelters for advertising is an effective way of reaching these on-the-go consumers. More consumers travel longer distances to and from work, which also makes out-of-home advertising effective, technology has changed the nature of the billboard business, making it a more effective medium than in the past.Using digital printing, billboard companies can print a billboard in 2 hours, compared with 6 days previously. This allows advertisers more variety in the types of messages they create because they.Can change their messages more quickly.InternetAs consumers become more comfortable with online shopping, advertisers will seek to reach this market As consumers get more of their news and information from the Internet, the ability of television and radio to get the word out to consumers will decrease. The challenge to Internet advertisers Is to create ads that audience members remember.Internet advertising will play a more prominent role in organizations' advertising in the near ftuture. Internet audiences tend to be quite homogeneous, but small. Advertisers will have to adjust their methods to reach these audiences and will have to adapt their persuasive strategies to the online medium as well.Direct mailA final advertising medium is direct mail, which uses mailings to consumers to communicate a client's message Direct mail includes newsletters. postcards and special promotions. Direct mail is an effective way to build relationships with consumers.For many businesses.direct mail is the most effective from of advertising.28. With the increase in the number of TV channels_________.A. the cost of TV advertising has decreasedB. the nuiflber of TV viewers has increasedC. advertisers' interest in other media has decreasedD. the number of TV ads people can see has increasedpared with television, newspapers as an advertising medium_________________.A. earn a larger annual ad revenueB. convey more detailed messagesC. use more production techniquesD. get messages out more effectively30.Advertising on radio continues to grow because ___________.A. more local radio stations have been set upB. modern technology makes it more entertainingC. it provides easy access to consumersD. it has been revolutionized by Internet radio.31.Magazines are seen by advertisers as an efficient way to___________.A. reach target audiencesB. modern technology makes it more entertainingC. appeal to educated people.D. convey all kinds of messagesDUniversities Branch OutAs never before in their long history, universities have become instruments of national competition 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 competitive 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 become 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 atShanghai'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 commercialization of major new technologies, from the mainframe computer 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 companies 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 companies 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 welcome, 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 unwelcoming 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 competitiveness by taking their knowledge and skills back home. They fail to grasp that welcoming 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 become 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 welcoming international university students.32. 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%.33. 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.34. An example illustrating the general trend of universities' globalization is__________.A. Yale's collaboration with Fudan University on genetic researchB. Yale's helping Chinese universities to launch research projectsC. Yale's student exchange program with European institutionsD. Yale's establishing branch campuses throughout the world35. What do we learn about Silicon Valley from the passage?A. It houses many companies spun off from MIT and Harvard.B. It is known to be the birthplace of Microsoft Company.C. It was intentionally created by Stanford University.D. It is where the Internet infrastructure was built up.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。
2016年高考英语模拟试卷【新课标I】：2016高考模拟试卷(四)
2016高考英语模拟试卷(四)时间:120分钟满分:150分)第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力(略)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。
(AThe Tropical Paradise HolidayWelcome to St Anna,our tropical paradise just off the coast of Latin America.You can spend two weeks in our luxury four-star hotel.The cost of your flight is included in the holiday,and you can be picked up from your home by our special airport bus.On your arriving,our coach will be waiting to take you to the hotel.All flights leave from Heathrow on a Monday morning.The Cowrie Hotel is built right on the beachfront,and many rooms have wonderful ocean views.If swimming and surfing are not enough for you,the hotel also offers horse rides on the island,and a discount membership of the golf club.The Rain Forest Adventure HolidayEvery year Broughton holidays offer twelve days of unforgettable adventure in a tropical rain forest.You may have a choice of Borneo,Malaysia,Indonesia,or even to the greatest rain forest of them all,the mighty Amazonian forest.You will fly to our special base camps at the edge of the forest,where you will be given five days of survival training,and talks on the local wildlife.Then you take a bus into the forest.You will have to walk the final five miles to the camp sites to avoid disturbing the local ecology.All of the camp sites have been carefully built to cause the minimal amount of disturbance to the local wildlife.Remember that these adventure holidays take you deep into the wilderness,and they are not suitable for families with young children.Also remember that no more than two dozen guests can stay at any camp at one time,so if you want to go on one of these very special holidays,you will need to book early!21.What can we learn about the rain forest holiday?()A.Travelers will learn to talk with wild animals.B.Different means of transportation will be used.C.The holiday will end with a survival training.D.Bookingearly,travelers will get a discount.22.What kind of people will probably choose the rain forest holiday?()A.People loving water sports.B.People travelling with children.C.People preferring comfortable hotels.D.People concerned with environment and wildlife.23.Which of the following is mentioned in both holidays?()A.Transportation.B.Price.C.Reservation.D.Departure time.BMany people think of the brain as a mystery.They don’t know much about intelligence and how it works.When they do think about what intelligence is,many people believe that a person is born either smart,average,or dumb—and stays that way for life.But new research shows that the brain is more like a muscle—it changes and gets stronger when you use it.And scientists have been able to show just how the brain grows and gets stronger when you learn.Everyone knows that when you lift weights,your muscles get bigger and you get stronger.A person who can’t lift 20 pounds when they start exercising can get strong enough to lift 100 pounds afte r working out for a long time.That’s because the muscles become larger and stronger with exercise.And when you stop exercising,the muscles shrink and you get weaker.That’s why people say,“Use it or lose it!”But most people don’t know that when they practi ce and learn new things,parts of their brain change and get larger a lot like muscles do when they exercise.Inside the cortex (脑皮层)of the brain are billions of tiny nerve munication between these brain cells is what allows us to think and solve problems.When you learn new things,these tiny connections in the brain actually multiply and get stronger.The more you challenge your mind to learn,the more your brain cells grow.Then,things that you once found very hard or even impossible to do seem to become easy.The result is a stronger and smarter brain.Scientists started thinking that the human brain could develop and change when they studied animals’ brains.They found out that animals who lived in a challenging environment,with other animals and toys t o play with,were more “aptitudinal”—they were better at solving problems and learning new things.24.What’s the main idea of the passage?()A.Scientists show strong interest in what intelligence is.B.A new study shows the brain can be developed like a muscle.C.Both muscles and the brain are important to humans.D.Intelligence exists in both humans and animals.25.By using such numbers as 20 and 100 in Paragraph 2,the author tries to prove that .A.exercise plays an important role in keeping muscles strongerB.exercise is more important to people than most of the animalsC.everyone can keep healthy if they do enough exercisesD.everyone should learn as many new things as possible26.Like stronger muscles come from exercise,smarter brains need .A.to be well taken care ofB.a good communication between personsC.help from scientistsD.our learning new things27.What does the underlined word “aptitudinal” in the last paragraph probably mean?()A.Strong.B.Smart.C.Lovely.D.Active.CSeveral years ago I was diagnosed with cancer.It was the most difficult time I have ever faced.I think it was my sense of humor that allowed me to hold onto my sanity (心智健全).Like many people who have gone through chemotherapy(化疗),I lost all of my hair,being bald as a golf ball.I always had enjoyed wearing hats,so I ordered several special hats with the hair already attached.It was easy and I never had to worry about how my hair looked.I have always been a big golf fan.At one point during my cancer treatments,my husband John and I decided to get away from the cold Minnesota winter and took a trip to Scottsdale,Arizona.There was a Senior PGA Tour event called “The Tradition” being played,and that seemed like just the ticket to lift my spirits.The first day of the tournament brought out a huge crowd.It was a beautiful day,and I was in heaven.I was standing and watching my three favorite golfers in the world approach the tee box (开球区):Jack Nicklaus,Raymond Floyd and Tom Weiskopf.Just as they arrived at the tee,the unimaginable happened.A huge gust of wind came up from out of nowhere and blew my hat and hair right off my head and into the middle of the fairway(平坦球道)!The thousands of people lining the fairway fell into an awkward silence,all eyes on me.Even my three favorite golfers were watching me,as my hair was in their flight path.I was ashamed! Embarrassed as I was,I knew I couldn’t just stand there.Someone had to do something to get things moving again.So I took a deep breath and out into the middle of the fairway.I took hold of my hat and hair,put them back on my head as best I could.Then I turned to the golfers and loudly announced,“Gentlemen,the wind is blowing from left to right.”They said the laughter could be heard all the way to the nineteenth hole.28.What made the author remain mentally healthy even in her illness?()A.The Tradition.B.The treatment.C.Her family.D.Her humor.29.The underlined phrase in Para.3 “in heaven” probably means “”.A.scaredB.embarrassedC.puzzledD.excited30.Why did the author go into the fairway to pick up her hat and hair?()A.To amuse the golfers.B.To give a weather report.C.To have the game restarted.D.To draw others’ attention.31.We can know from the text that the author .A.was fond of wearing hatsB.was an excellent golferC.planned to live in ScottsdaleD.felt worried about her hairDTeens naturally ask parents for money for material things and entertainment.But as the need becomes more frequent,why not get a job so you can earn your own money? Working for your own money will give you a sense of accomplishment and the satisfaction of a job well done.Babysitting is a suitable job for teens.They are best suited as a mother’s helper while the mother is working in another part of the house.Babysitting is not a job for girls alone.Boy babysitters are popular with families of boys.Parents rely on friends and neighbors’ recommendations.Word of mouth is your best form of advertising.Pet-sitting involves caring for people’s pets while the owners are on vacatio n or away for the day.A pet-sitter will be responsible for giving fresh food and water,walking dogs and cleaning out cat litter boxes.Although the pet-sitter does not spend the night,he is there often enough to bring in the mail,water plants and take the garbage out.Create a flyer with your name,prices and references,and pass it out to the families in your neighborhood.Yard work can be a seasonal job.Spring cleanup is needed for flower beds and preparing the yard for summer.Summer is the busiest time for yard work with lawn mowing (割草坪),edging and trimming(修剪) bushes.Fall is the time for sweeping leaves and planting seeds for spring.If you live in a northern climate,there may be snow that needs shoveling.Odd jobs can mean a variety of things,includingpainting,washing the pet,weeding the garden,cleaning out the basement,or helping to serve dinner at a party.Doing odd jobs may be a good match for someone with a busy schedule.Most odd jobs only take a few hours to complete.For more information,please click here.32.What’s the main purpose of the text?()A.To show teens how to find a full-time job.B.To encourage teens to help with housework.C.To tell teens ways to earn their own money.D.To ask people to provide jobs for teens.33.What can we learn about babysitting?()A.Babysitting is the best job for teens.B.A babysitter is needed only when the mother is away.C.Parents prefer girl babysitters to boy babysitters.D.Friends or neighbors may be helpful to find a babysitting job.34.A pet-sitter is expected to do all the jobs except .A.feeding and walking a dogB.looking after the house at nightC.bringing in the mailD.taking the garbage out35.The text is most probably taken from a .A.job applicationB.popular magazineC.life websiteD.tourist guidebook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。
2016年新华中学高考模拟卷英语
2016年新华中学高考模拟卷英语一、单选题（本大题共15小题，共15.0分）1.— My name is Jonathan. Shall I spell it for you?— ________.A. If you don't mindB. Not at allC. Take it easyD. Nice to meet you2.Don't be ______ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly.A. taken offB. taken outC. taken awayD. taken in3.The traditional view is ______ we sleep because our brain is “programmed” to make usdo so.A. whenB. whyC. whetherD. that4.Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still ________ the traditionalcustoms.A. performB. possessC. observeD. support5.They ______ two free tickets to Canada，otherwise they'd never have been able to affordto go.A. had gotB. gotC. have gotD. get6.— Did the book give the information you needed?— Yes, But ________ it, I had to read the entire book.A. to findB. findC. to be findingD. finding7.—Where is my dictionary? I remember I put it here yesterday.—You __________ it in the wrong place.A. must putB. should have putC. might putD. might have put8.George is going to talk about the geography of his country，but I'd rather he______ moreon its culture.A. focusB. focusedC. would focusD. had focused9.The lecture _________, a lively question-and-answer session followed.A. being givenB. having givenC. to be givenD. having been given10.After graduating from college, I took some time off to go travelling, _________ turned outto be a wise decision.A. thatB. whichC. whenD. where11.Einstein liked Bose's paper so much that he ______ his own work and translated it intoGerman.A. gave offB. turned downC. took overD. set aside12.Don't promise anything ________ you are one hundred sure.A. whetherB. afterC. howD. unless13.—Tom，you didn't come to the party last night?—I ______，but I suddenly remembered I had homework to do.A. had toB. didn'tC. was going toD. wouldn't14. The teacher together with the students _______ discussing Reading Skills that _______newly published in America.A. are; wereB. is; wereC. are; wasD. is; was15.Because of the financial crisis，days are gone ______ local 5-star hotels charged 6000yuan for one night.A. ifB. whenC. whichD. since二、阅读理解（本大题共20小题，共40.0分）A●Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food9:00-9:45 a.m. Blue TentPanelists(成员): Jami Bernard, David Kamp, Marion Nestle and Peter Singer.Hosted by Denise Gray, science writer for The New York Times.How does what we eat not only affect our bodies, but also the world? The food and nutrition experts debate the role that the diet plays in both personal and global health, and present a look at food politics.●Sports writing: For the Love of the Game9:50—10:35 a.m. Blue TentPauelists: Christine Brennan, Ira Rosen, Joe Wallace and Joe Drape.Hosted by William C．Rhoden, sports writer for The New York Times.Whether catching that key moment of victory or defeat, or covering breaking news, sports writers are anything but audience. Listen as some professionals discuss the special experience in reporting of sports news.●The Art of the Review11:15-12:00 a.m. Green TentPanelists: John Freeman, Barry Gewen, David Orr, Celia McGee and Jennifer Schuessler.Hosted by Sam Tanenhaus, editor for The New York Times Book Review.How much of an effect does the book review have on book sales? Join this group of critics they discuss the reality of the book review and bestseller lists, and how they choose books for review.●New York Writers, New York Stories3:00-3:45 p.m. Green TentPanelists: Cindy Adams, Richard Cohen, Ric Klass and Lanren Redniss.Hosted by Clyde Habeman, columnist for the City Section of The New York Times.Join this inspiring group of New York-centric writers as they talk about why New York is a gold mine of ideas for their work.16.If you are free in the afternoon, you can attend ________.A. The Art of the ReviewB. New York Writers, New York StoriesC. Health, Wellness and the Politics of FoodD. Sports Writing: For the Love of the Game17.If you like sports writing, you will most probably ________.A. go to Blue Tent at 11 : 15 a. m.B. enjoy Jami Bernard's talkC. listen to Christine BrennanD. attend the Art of the Review18.Sam Tanenhaus is in charge of ________.A. The Art of the ReviewB. Health, Wellness and the Politics of FoodC. New York Writers, New York StoriesD. Sports Writing: For the Love of the Game19.All the four activities above ________.A. are about writingB. will last 45 minutes eachC. can be attended freelyD. will attract many readers20.We can learn from the text that ________A. sports writers are a type of audienceB. the New York Times is popularC. Denise Gray Will discuss politicsD. book reviews may affect book salesBIf you exhibit positive characteristics such as honesty and helpfulness, the chances are that you will be thought as a good-looking person, for a new study has found that the perception(认知)of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality.The study, which was led by Gary W. Lewandowski, has found that people who exhibit, negative characteristics, such as unfairness and rudeness, appear to be less physically attractive to observers. In the study, the participants viewed photographs of opposite-sex individuals and rated them for attractiveness before and after being provided with information about their personalities.After personality information was received, participants also rated the probability of each individual's becoming a friend and a dating partner. Information on personality was found to significantly change the probability, showing that cognitive(认知的)processes modify(修改) judgments of attractiveness."Thinking a person as having a desirable personality makes the person more suitable in general as a close relationship partner of any kind," said Lewandowski.The findings show that a positive personality leads to greater expectation of becoming friends, which leads to greater expectation of becoming romantic partners and, finally, to being viewed as more physically attractive. The findings remained consistent regardless of how"attractive" the individual was formerly thought to be or of the participants' current relationship status."This research provides a positive outcome by reminding people that personality goes a long way toward determining your attractiveness; it can even change people's impressions of how good-looking you are," said Lewandowski.21.In the study the participants were required to ________.A. try to make friends with each otherB. try to prove positive characters make people more attractiveC. exhibit negative characters such as unfairness and rudenessD. rate one's attractiveness by photos before and after knowing her or his personality22.What's the CORRECT order of how cognitive processes modify judgments ofattractiveness?a.find a person with a positive personalityb.view the person more physically attractivec.want to make friends with the persond.want to be his/her romantic partnerA. a→c→d→bB. d→c→b→aC. c→b→a→dD. a→d→c→b23.Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?A. The research reminds people to pay more attention to the personality.B. Personality call change people's impressions of one's appearance.C. The judgment of one's attractiveness always stays unchanged.D. Positive personality may lead to more friends.24.The passage is written in a(n) ________ tone.A. subjectiveB. objectiveC. scepticalD. negative25.Who are the intended readers of this passage?A. People with positive characteristics.B. Good-looking people.C. People with negative characteristics.D. General people.CGorillas(大猩猩)are born with all international sign language of gestures that they use to communicate, says a flew study from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. From beating their chests to putting objects on their heads, shaking their arms, and even bouncing on all fours, the animals use more than 100 gestures to communicate with each other.Professor Richard Byrne, a psychiatrist involved in the research, says it was hard to figure out the meanings of the gestures. "We don't really know what the animals are thinking. Often the gestures have more than one meaning, depending on the context," says Byme.The study showed that the gorillas did not learn the gestures from each other, as had been expected, but performed them instinctively(本能地)."Everyone had assumed different groups of gorillas would learn different gestures." he says. "But that's not what we found. The more sites we went to, the more we saw the same gestures being used. They seem to be naturally equipped with a pretty complex system of communication."The study also found that gestures were performed with close attention to the potential audience, so that silent signals, for example, were only given when other apes could see them. Other gestures, such as the "disco arm shake", were only ever seen directed towards humans.Byrne believes that the findings may explain how the human language developed. "There has always been speculation(猜测)that the origins of the human language might lie in gestures," he says. "Many researchers have therefore studied the gestural communication of the great apes for clues to the evolutionary origins of human gestures," he adds.Several studies have shown that great apes are capable of imitating gestures. However, the scientists found that what appeared to be copies of human actions were actually gestures the apes were already able to make themselves."They imitated the demonstrated actions pretty well, but not exactly", says Professor Byrne. "So we think the fact that apes have a huge range of skills of gestures explains how they can imitate human gestures, and why their copies are usually inexact: they're 'reusing' gestures from their own skills, not learning new ones."26.Why can't the researchers really know the meanings of gorilla gestures?A. Because gorillas possess the ability of making many kinds of gestures.B. Because they haven't made deep research into the animal.C. Because a gorilla gesture may have different meanings.D. Because gorillas can't exactly express their thoughts.27.According to the passage, Richard Byrne's research has found ________.A. different groups of gorillas would learn different gesturesB. gorillas know sign languages, from birthC. how gorillas learn from each otherD. gorillas develop a variety of languages when growing up28.If a gorilla wants to make a silent gesture towards another gorilla, he ________.A. needs to know how many other gorillas are watching himB. needs to make noise first in order to draw attentionC. will first make sure his gesture can be seenD. will first consider whether he can carry out his gesture29.Many scientists study the sign language of great apes in order to ________.A. find the origins of human languageB. explore the ways for people to communicate with apesC. learn how animals communicate with each otherD. discover the meanings of animal gestures30.What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. It's easy for gorillas to copy the sign language of other animals.B. It's impossible for a gorilla to copy another gorilla's gestures.C. It's very easy for a young gorilla to learn sign language.D. It's very hard for gorillas to copy human gestures exactly.DThere are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external (外在的)result or a product than can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, theforeigner who learns a new language…all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they meet with new experience and unexpected difficulties. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may "fail" at first How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to grow. Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and to be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we're shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly and we think we are slow to adapt to change or that we're not smart enough to deal with a new challenge. Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all.These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.31.In the author's eye, one who views personal growth as a process would ________.A. succeed in climbing up the social ladderB. grow up from his own achievementsC. face difficulties and take up challengesD. aim high and reach his goal each time32.Which of the following can be viewed as the process of personal gowing?A. Our manager was always willing to accept new challenges.B. Jane won the first prize in the speech competition.C. Jerry picked up French during his stay in Paris.D. Father's salary rose from 5,000 to 7,000.33.For personal growth, the author is in favor of all the following EXCEPT ________.A. being curious about more changesB. being quick in self-adaptationC. having an open mind to new experiencesD. staying away from failures and challenges34.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. It is not so easy to measure personal growth.B. To try and fail on the new road facing the unknown is unavoidable.C. There are only two ways to see a person's growth.D. If you are too shy to take any risks in life, you cannot gow up.35.The best title for this passage should be ________.A. Facing New ChallengesB. Growth—Product or ProcessC. Two Basic Ways of GrowthD. Overcoming Internal Fears三、完形填空（本大题共20小题，共30.0分）What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I 36 an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against 37 of 100, scored 160.I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not 38 have scored more than 80. 39 , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always 40 it.Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man 41 questions for some intelligence tests. By every of them I'd prove myself a 42 . In a word where I have to work with my 43 , I'd do poorly.Consider my auto-repair man 44 . He had a habit of telling 45 . One time he said, "Doc, a deaf-and-dumb(聋哑)man 46 some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 47 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 48 his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk 49 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc,the 50 man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. 51 do you suppose he asked for them?" I lifted my fight hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, "Why, you fool, he used his 52 and asked for them. I've been 53 that on all my customers today, but I knew 54 I'd catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very 55 ". And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.36. A. failed B. wrote C. received D. chose37. A. an average B. a total C. an exam D. a number38. A. always B. possibly C. certainly D. frequently39. A. Then B. Thus C. Therefore D. Yet40. A. fixed B. checked C. drove D. changed41. A. answered B. practiced C. designed D. tried42. A. teacher B. doctor C. winner D. fool43. A. brains B. effort C. hands D. attention44. A. again B. as usual C. too D. as well45. A. lies B. jokes C. news D. tales46. A. bought B. tested C. found D. needed47. A. cutting B. hammering C. waving D. circling48. A. nodded B. raised C. shook D. turned49. A. brought B. packed C. sent D. sold50. A. clever B. other C. right D. next51. A. What B. How C. Who D. Which52. A. imagination B. hand C. voice D. information53. A. trying B. proving C. practicing D. examining54. A. for sure B. at once C. in fact D. right now55. A. clear B. silly C. slow D. smart四、阅读表达（本大题共1小题，共2.0分）56.We stayed at the Altapura for 9 nights over the Christmas period. The hotel benefits froma perfect location with easy ski in and ski out. The ski room is well equipped and the staffare very friendly and helpful in fitting the correct skis and boots.Overall the hotel is well appointed and conveniently located with its own underground car park, a selection of restaurants and spa facilities. We particularly enjoyed lunches on the sunny terrace(露天平台)facing the slopes and have a late afternoon drink at the bar area in the comfortable chairs and sofas which ale surrounded by two fires.We support the repeated comment in all the reviews that there is no control over the temperature in the room. We were also surprised the bathroom floor was not heated. This is to be expected at any five star hotel in the Alps and is a standard these days in so many homes that for a hotel not to have it is disappointing.Our main letdown with the hotel was service and this was broken down to the actual servicing of the room and the overall operation of the hotel. By our third night we did complain to the management and the GM Praveen was quick to meet with us and crack all the issues as well as offer us a drink and dinner on the house, which was highlyappreciated.The managements' timely response to our issues is why we have given this review 4 out of 5. Otherwise we would have given this hotel 3/5.Overall if you are looking to stay at the highest resort in Europe and want to beguaranteed snow, then the Altapura is the place to stay at in Val Thorens.What is the passage mainy about? (no more than 10 words)______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is the repeated comment in all the reviews? (no more than 15 words)___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ____The underlined word "crack" in the 4th paragraph can be replaced by ________. (one word)___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ____Why did the author give the review 4 out of 5 instead of 3? (no more than 15 words)___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ____If you go traveling, what kind of hotel would you like stay in? Why? (no more than 20 words)___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ____五、书面表达（本大题共1小题，共25.0分）57.某国际动物关爱协会面向全球中学生招募“动物代言人”,希望申请者选择一种自己喜欢的动物为之代言(speak for)。
【4套】2016年高考英语(新课标2卷)仿真模拟试题及答案
【4套】2016年高考英语（新课标2卷）仿真模拟试题及答案目录2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试仿真模拟卷(一) (1)英语答案（新课标Ⅱ卷） (10)2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试仿真模拟卷(二) (17)英语答案（新课标Ⅱ卷） (28)2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试仿真模拟卷(三) (35)英语答案（新课标Ⅱ卷） (46)2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试仿真模拟卷(四) (51)英语答案（甲卷） (65)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(一)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。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the man mean?A. He doesn't think it useful.B. He thinks well of it.C. He hopes to learn.2. Why are tens of thousands of Africans studying in China?A. To learn skills.B. To gain financial assistance.C. To learn Chinese cultures.3. How did Diana Nyad feel after receiving Order of Sporting Merit award?A. Amazed.B. Lucky.C. Delighted.4. What are they talking about?A. The losses of an earthquake.B. An earthquake.C. The injured.5. What was Richard Attenborough?A. An actor and writer.B. A director and reporter.C. An actor and director.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。
2016高考英语模拟题6.8
英语试题试题分第Ｉ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。
满分150分，考试时间120 分钟。
交第Ⅱ卷和机读卡。
注意事项：1．答题前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、考号用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔填写在答题卡上，并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。
2．选择题(1-55)使用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米黑色签字笔书写在答题卡的对应题框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。
3．考试结束以后，将答题卡收回。
第I卷（选择题，共90分）第一部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分40分)第一节语法和词汇知识(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)从A，B，C，D四个选项中，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。
1. This washing machine is environmentally friendly because it uses _______ water and electricity than _______ models.A. less; olderB. less; elderC. fewer; olderD. fewer; elder2. She went to the bookstore and bought _______.A. dozen booksB. dozens booksC. dozen of booksD. dozens of books3. --Which driver was to blame?--Why, _______! It was the child's fault, clear and simple. He suddenly came out between two parked cars.A. bothB. eachC. eitherD. neither4. --I knocked over my coffee cup. It went right over _______ keyboard.--You shouldn't put drinks near _______ computer.A. the; /B. the; aC. a; /D. a; a5. --Could you do me a favor?--It depends on _______ it is.A. whichB. whicheverC. whatD. whatever6. _______ you've tried it, you can't imagine how pleasant it is.A. UnlessB. BecauseC. AlthoughD. When7. It is no _______ arguing with Bill because he will never change his mind.A. useB. helpC. timeD. way8. John, a friend of mine, who got married only last week, spent $ 3 000 more than he_______ for the wedding.A. will planB. has plannedC. would planD. had planned9. We often provide our children with toys, footballs or basketballs, _______ that allchildren like these things.A. thinkingB. thinkC. to thinkD. thought10. As you can see, the number of cars on our roads _______ rising these days.A. was keepingB. keepC. keepsD. were keeping第二节完形填空（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，选出可以填入空白入的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
2016年6月六级模拟考试题
2016年6月六级模拟考试题大学英语六级考试（CET 6）（恩波英语研究所命题）COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST—Band Six —试题册（130分钟）恩波英语模考试卷-PartⅠWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it.” You can give examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you will react to your life.You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part ⅡListening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneQuestions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A) How to invest money in the stock market.B) How to carry out reasonable investment.C) How to set clear goals for the future.D) How to get rich in a day.2. A) Making a saving plan.B) Setting up a bank account.C) Setting clear investing goals.D) Knowing clearly why to invest.3. A) Knowing the importance of investment.B) Knowing the different kinds of investments.C) Knowing the risks and potential rewards of the products.D) Knowing the sum of investments.4. A) It has up times as well as down times.B) It is a good place to invest.C) It is a place full of expectations.D) It has more up times than down times.Conversation TwoQuestions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) The curiosity to know the causes of people s behavior.B) The factors that influence people s decision.C) The motives for people s behavior.D) The consequences of people s bad behavior.6. A) When the reason is obvious.B) When the behavior could have negative effects.C) When people s behavior is illegal.D) When the behavior is unexpected.7. A) Her car is badly damaged by the driver.B) The driver is totally drunk and over speed.C) The drivers behavior is beyond control.D) He seems not to be focused enough.8. A) We ourselves take the responsibility.B) We find fault with other people.C) We blame it for external factors.D) We complain about our personal problems.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Passage OneQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A) They make students overly dependent on search engines.B) They weaken students ability to study on their own.C) They make students easily distracted.D) They improve students research habits and skills.10. A) They help them become more creative.B) They draw their attention to online learning.C) They make their learning more convenient.D) They help them know more information.11. A) Doing research online.B) Using the Internet tools.C) Judging online information.D) Obtaining online information.12. A) Saving too much money for students.B) Saving too much time for students.C) Making students unwilling to work hard to find answers.D) Making students addicted to online information.Passage TwoQuestions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.13. A) They didn t like to work now.B) They only did physical work.C) They only did mental jobs now.D) They often work in a factory or on a farm.14. A) Workers have to update their knowledge.B) Colleagues will get connected in new ways.C) Employees are forced to work longer.D) Personal life will be badly disturbed.15. A) They want to keep down the cost of employees medical care.B) They don t allow the employees to call in sick.C) They care about the employees physical condition.D) They want to gather information about employees.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Lecture/Talk OneNow listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.16. A) The questionnaire.B) The television camera.C) The ceiling hung mirror.D) The eye movement recorder.17. A) Products placed at the beginning of an aisle.B) Products placed at the center of an aisle.C) Products placed at eye level of the center of an aisle.D) Products placed at the end of an aisle.18. A) At the beginning of an aisle. B) At the center of an aisle.C) At eye level of an aisle. D) At the end of an aisle.19. A) Hidden television cameras can trace shoppers eye movement.B) Manufacturers pay a lot for the shelf areas known in the trade as hot spots.C) The ends of the aisles are known as Gondola ends.D) The shelves at the checkout are a favorite for manufacturers of chocolates.Lecture/Talk TwoNow listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.20. A) Because it has its own list of symptoms and triggers that set it off.B) Because there are many things that can cause chronic stress.C) Because it can affect a person s health and lead to depression if not treated properly.D) Because people who suffer from it cannot see anything good about their work.21. A) Making changes in life.B) Talking to your families.C) Squeezing stress balls.D) Exercising.22. A) There are altogether three kinds of stress, acute, episodic and chronic.B) One stress symptom is constantly worrying about things beyond one s control.C) T een stress is one of leading causes of suicide among teenagers.D) Stress balls can help because the squeezing motion seems to provide an outlet for the stress inside.Lecture/Talk ThreeNow listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.23. A) 13%. B) 21%.C) 26%. D) 28%.24. A) Animal testing.B) River and sea pollution.C) Forest destruction.D) Recycling.25. A) Politicians may be seriously misjudging the public mood by claiming that environmentalism is yesterday s issue.B) Being financially better off has made shoppers more sensitive to buying green products.C) “Pale green” consumers tend to buy green products if they see them.D) The image of green consumerism used to be associated with the more eccentric members of society.Part ⅢReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.In the second half of the twentieth century, many countries of the South began to send students to the industrialized countries for further education. They 26 needed supplies of highly trained personnel to 27 a concept of development based on modernization. But many of these students decided to stay on in the developed countries when they had finished their training.In the 1960s, some Latin American countries tried to solve this problem by setting up special “return” programs to encourage their professionals to come back home. These programs received support from international bodies such as the International Organization for Migration, which in 1974 enabled over 1, 600 28 scientists and technicians to return to Latin America.In the 1980s and 1990s, “temporary return”programs were set up in order to make the best use of trained personnel 29 strategic positions in the developed countries. This gave rise to the United Nations Development Program s Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate Nationals, which encourages technicians and scientists to work in their own countries for short periods. But the brain drain from these countries may well increase in 30 to the new laws of the international market in knowledge.Recent studies 31 that the most developed countries are going to need more and more highlyqualified professionals around twice as many as their educational systems will be able to produce, or so it is thought. As a 32 there is an urgent need for developing countries which send students abroad to give 33 to fields where they need competent people to give muscle to their own institutions,instead of encouraging the training of people who may not come back because there are no professional outlets for them. And the countries of the South must not be content with institutional structures that simply take back professionals sent abroad; they must introduce 34 administrative procedures to encourage them to return. If they do not do this, the brain drain is35 to continue.A) forecastB) flexibleC) neutrallyD) preferenceE) detachF）boundG）implementH）consequenceI）qualifiedJ）dismissingK）resultL）occupyingM）urgentlyN）skepticalO）responseSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2.A) Stuart Brown, A Texas s psychiatrist, interviewed 26convicted murderers and discovered that most of the killers shared two things in common: they were from abusive families, and they never played as kids.B) Brown did not know which factor was more important. But for years, he has interviewed some 6,000 people about their childhoods, and his data suggest that a lack of opportunities for unstructured play, which is critical for coping with stress and building cognitive skills such as problem solving, can keep children from growing into happy, well adjusted adults. Research into animal behaviour confirms play s benefits and its evolutionary importance: play may provide animals (including humans) with skills that will help them survive and reproduce.C) A handful of studies support Brown s conviction that a play deprived childhood disrupts normal social emotional and cognitive development in humans and animals. Brown and other psychologists worry that limiting free play in kids may result in a generation of anxious, unhappy and socially inadaptable adults. But it is never too late to start: play also promotes the continued mental and physical well being of adults.D) But kids play soccer and Scrabble(一种拼字游戏)—why are experts concerned that these games and more structured activities are eating into free play? “Certainly games with rules are fun and sources of learning experiences—they may foster group cohesion, for instance,”saysAnthony D. Pellegrini, an educational psychologist at the University of Minnesota. But, Pel legrini explains, “games have priori(先验的) rules—set up in advance and followed. Play, on the other hand, does not have priori rules, so it affords more creative responses.”E) Creativity is key because it challenges the developing brainmore than following predetermined rules does. The child initiates and creates free play. In bee play, kids use their imagination and try out new activities and roles. It might involve fantasies—such as pretending to be doctors or princesses or playing house or it might include mock fighting, as when kids (primarily boys) wrestle and tumble with one another for fun, switching roles periodically. And free play is most similar to play seen in the animal kingdom suggesting that it has important evolutionary roots. F) How do these seemingly pointless activities benefit kids? Perhaps most crucially, play appears to help us develop strong social skills. Children learn to be fair and take turns—they cannot always demand to be the fairy queen, or soon they have no playmates. Because kids enjoy the activity, they do not give up as easily in the face of frustration as they might on, say, a maths problem—which helps them develop persistence and negotiating abilities.G) Keeping things friendly requires a fair bit of communication—arguably the most valuable social skill of all. Playing with peers is the most important in this regard. Studies show that children use more sophisticated language when playing with other children than when playing with adults.H) Does play help children become socialised? Studies suggest that it does. According to a 1997 study of children living in poverty and at high risk of school failure, published by the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, kids who enrolled in play oriented preschools are more socially adjusted later in life than are kids who attended play free preschools where they were constantly instructed by teachers. By age 23, more than one third of kids who had attended instruction oriented preschools had been arrested for a serious crime as compared with fewer thanone tenth of the kids who had been in play oriented preschools. And as adults, fewer than 7% of the play oriented preschool attendees had ever been suspended from work but more than a quarter of the directly instructed kids had.I) Research suggests that play is also critical for emotional health, possibly because it helps kids work through anxiety and stress. In a 1984 study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, researchers assessed the anxiety levels of 74 three and four year old children on their first day of preschool as indicated by their behaviour—whether they pleaded, cried and begged their parents to stay—and how much their palms were sweating. Based on the researchers observations, they labelled each child as either anxious or not anxious. They then randomly split the 74 kids into four groups. Half of the kids were escorted to rooms full of toys, where they played either alone or with peers for 15 minutes; the other half were told to sit at a small table either alone or with peers and listen to a teacher tell a story for 15 minutes.J) Afterwards, the kids levels of distress were assessed again. The anxiety levels of the anxious kids who had played had dropped by more than twice as much as compared with the anxious kids who had listened to the story. (The kids who were not anxious to begin with stayed about the same.) Interestingly, those who played alone calmed down more than the ones who played with peers. The researchers speculate that through imaginative play, which is most easily initiated alone, children build fantasies that help them cope with difficult situations.K) Play fighting also improves problem solving. According to a paper published by Pellegrini in 1989, the more elementary school boys engaged in rough housing(喧嚣的游戏或打闹), thebetter they scored on a test of social problem solving. During the test, researchers presented kids with five pictures of a child trying to get a toy from a peer and five pictures of a child trying to avoid being scolded by his mother. The subjects were then asked to come up with as many possible solutions to each social problem while their score was based on the variety of strategies they mentioned, and children who play fought regularly tended to score much better.L) Playing also appears to help with language development, according to a 2007 study in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Researchers at the University of Washington gave a box of toy blocks to children from middle and low income families aged 18 months to two and a half years. Parents of these kids, as well as patents of a similar group of kids who had no blocks, kept track of how often the children played. After six months, the kids who had played with blocks scored significantly higher on language tests than the others did. The researchers are not sure, however, whether these improvements resulted from playing with blocks—because by playing with blocks, the youngsters were spending less time in unproductive activities(徒劳无益的活动) such as watching television—but the end result was good for them in any case.M) If play is so crucial, what happens to children who are not playing enough? Ultimately, no one knows. Studies on rats indicates that play drive comes from the brain stem, a structure that precedes the evolution of mammals(哺乳动物).N) Of course, many parents today believe they are acting in their kids best interests when they sacrifice free play for what they see as valuable learning activities. Some mothers and fathers may also hesitate to let their kids play outside unattended,and they may worry about the possibility of the scrapes and broken bones, says Sergio M. Pellis, a behavioural neuroscientist at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta. Although those instincts are natura l, protecting kids “simply defrays(支付) those dear costs to later, when those same children will have difficulty in dealin g with an unpredictable, complex world,” Pellis says.O) Parents should let children be children—not just because it should be fun to be a child but because denying youth s joys keeps kids from developing into inquisitive, creative creatures, Elking warns. “Play has to be reframed and seen not as an opposite to work but rather as a complement,”he says. “Curiosity, imagination and creativ ity are like muscles: if you don t use them, you lose them.”36. For children who live in poverty and at high risk of school failure, the lack of unstructured play in childhood proves to hinder their socialisation.37. According to Anthony D. Pellegrini, free play which must be initiated in a relaxed setting essentially has no clear goal.38. Elkind holds that play and work fulfill complementary roles instead of contradicting each other.39. Research into animal behaviour finds that play probably has evolved and persisted because it grants survival advantages.40. Comparing with listening to stories, play can help the anxious children release pressure more effectively.41. According to a paper by Pellegrini in 1989, rough play, in some sense, was conductive to problem solving.42. Compared with free play, games which require predetermined rules tend to restrain one s creativity.43. Parents will defray dear costs for overprotecting their kids if the kids grow into socially inadaptable adult.44. Brown s study indicates that children are prone to grow into maladjusted adults if they are deprived in childhood of free play.45. Studies on rats suggest that both humans and animals are born with the motivation for play. Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Well to do parents are increasingly opting to send their children to single sex prep schools, reversing the trend of recent years. Last week, Michael Gove told us that we needed to promote a Dangerous Book for Boys culture so that boys could be boys again. At the beginning of this month, it （re ）emerged that there were far fewer male teachers in primary schools to act as role models.Underlying this is anxiety about achievement, recent Department for Education figures show that nearly double the number of boys failed to reach expected standards at seven. The gender gap is more than 10 points in English at 11. Behaviour is a worry too. Boys are three and a half times more likely to be excluded, and the figure is worse still if you are a working class or black boy. Today s answer to the problem seems to be single sex schools. Yet debates about their value are both age old and decidedly unresolved. Proponents（倡导者）argue that keeping boys together allows them to expel their “boyish”energy more freely—ensuring they are in line and on task. Girls are said tobenefit too, with more support to build self confidence.But there is also evidence in the other direction. A report commissioned by the Headmasters and Headmistresses conference, which represents top private schools, shows that single sex schools make little difference to outcomes. What s more, arguing that Eton is a good school because it only admits boys is like saying Wayne Rooney is a good footballer because he wears a nice kit—one does not necessarily lead to the other.In practice, the single sex question is a distraction from what really matters. It sounds obvious, but boys （and girls）will do better if they are taught better by teachers who understand their individual needs. That means skilled practitioners（从业者）using the curriculum creatively to engage and excite every single child in front of them—regardless of their gender. And, incidentally, male and female teachers have equal capacity to get this right.Of course this is hard, and I can say I fell short many times. But just by introducing a gender control on the group isn t going to make it any easier. What about the girl who likes active learning or the boy who is shy？I am not sure they would get a fair deal if our teaching is framed by gender behaviours （whatever they may be）. In any case, we want kids to be able to excel in response to all learning environments—not just the ones they are comfortable in. So let girls be boisterous（活跃的）, and boys self reflect. And let them learn together, taught by the best teachers we can find.46. What s the trend of recent years according to the passage？A) More rich parents choose single sex education for their kids.B) Male teachers enjoy increasing popularity among parents.C) Boys from working class start to catch up with girls instudy.D) Many people send their children to mixed sex prep schools.47. What s supporters argument for single sex schools？A) There exists no gender gap in these schools.B) They are beneficial to both boys and girls.C) Boys gain more confidence in boy schools.D) They help girls achieve their full potential.48. The example of Wayne Rooney is used to show that .A) single sex education does not necessarily make boys successfulB) sports gear is extremely important in an athlete s achievementC) boys tend to make greater progress once they go to boy schoolsD) good single sex schools can solve boys behavioural problems49. According to the author, what really matters in children s education？A) The gender of teachers. B) Teachers character.C) Individualized teaching. D) The curriculum set by schools.50. What does the author suggest parents do to girls who like active learning？A) Send them to a class with stern teachers.B) Separate them from active boys in school.C) Try to teach them how to behave themselves.D) Find them teachers that can meet their needs.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Consultant Ushma Pandya is on the road for much of the year.So when she travels, the New Yorker takes a number of steps to keep her carbon footprint small. Pandya, 33, packs light （thus, theoretically, saving airplane fuel）, stays at major hotels with well articulated green policies, rents small or hybrid cars, turns off the heat or air conditioning when she leaves her hotel room and writes notes to make sure the hotel staff keeps it off, brings her own toiletries in refillable bottles. “I m always careful about the amount of waste I generate,” she says.Pandya s actions are admirable. But do they make her a sustainable traveler？That depends on whom you ask. Ecotourism groups say that only responsible nature travel meets their criteria. Advocates of “sustainable tourism”say it s not a matter of destination but of giving back to the local community and culture. Meanwhile, hotels that do little more than leave guests sheets and towels unwashed proclaim themselves stewards of the environment. “A lot of people w ant to use terms like “ecotourism”, because it s cool and hip now, and that s created confusion,”says Ayako Ezaki, director of communications for The International Ecotourism Society （TIES）, which defines ecotourism as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well being of local people.”This fall, her organization will help unveil new global criteria for sustainable travel, to keep green washing at bay.For years the idea of eco friendly travel was linked with trekking（徒步旅行）through wilderness and diving with sea turtles in exotic locations. Today a hotel in Times Square is just as likely to call itself green as a lodge in the Costa Rican rain forest. “Green travel has gone from a trend to a part of mainstream consu mer and corporate culture,”says Brian Mullis, president ofBoulder, Colo. based Sustainable Travel International. As eco friendly travel has grown morepopular—78 percent of Americans consider themselves environmentally conscious, according to a 2007 survey by the Travel Industry Association—some organizations worry that its meaning is being watered down.In October, 20 groups, including TIES, the UN Foundation and the Rainforest Alliance, will release a new standard for the term “sustainable tourism.”A dra ft of the criteria, posted at sustainable tourism /doc/074486691.html,, mandates that sustainable travel companies maximize benefits to the local population and culture through their businesses and take steps to remain carbon neutral. “The challenge with the word ‘green’is it tends to be limited only to environmental aspects of travel,”says Ronald Sanabria of Rainforest Alliance. To Kate Dodson, deputy director of sustainable development at the UN Foundation, a trip to Washington, D. C., would be sustainable if one patronized（光顾）local businesses, including farmers markets and craft boutiques, stayed at an energy efficient hotel that took steps to benefit the local community, took public transit and went for a hike at Rock Creek Park.Next Christmas, Rachel and Eric Ellerman of Milwaukee will travel to Hawaii, where they ll stay at local B&Bs, hike and relax by the beach. Is their trip eco friendly？Yes. But that s not how they think of it. “We ve never called it eco traveling,”says Rachel, 30. “Our typical trip is a lot of backpacking and camping. We enjoy nature, and we think that that s how we really relax, by getting away from it all.”Perhaps that s the best definition of all.51. According to the first paragraph, why does Ushma Pandya take a number of steps？A) Because they are required by her company.B) Because she wants to protect the environment.C) Because she wants to save money.D) Because she is excessively concerned for neatness.52. What might ecotourism groups think about Ushma Pandya s travel experience？A) It is positive but not sustainable travel.B) It is respectable but irresponsible for natural protection.C) It deserves credit but is far from being low carbon.D) It is valuable but not encouraging enough to be green travel.53. According to Brian Mullis, ecotourism has .A) created more confusion among peopleB) unveiled the criteria for sustainable travelC) failed to protect the environmentD) integrated into main stream consumer and corporate culture54. What kind of travel is sustainable according to Kate Dodson？A) One of maximum economic profits and limited damage to the local environment.B) One of minimum impact on the local ecosystem.C) One of benefiting the local community, conserving resources and keeping close to nature.D) One of participating in activities of local environmental groups.55. According to the author, the best definition of ecotourism is that ecotourism is .A) responsible for the environment of relatively undisturbed area。
新课标2016届高考全真模拟考试(第六次月考)---英语试题_新课标I卷
新课标2016届高考全真模拟考试（第六次考试）英语试题（新课标I卷）命题：tangzhixin 时量120分钟．满分150分．本套试题适用地区：河南、河北、山西、江西、陕西、湖北、湖南及使用I卷地区第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)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。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1．How will Mary go to school today?A．By bike. B．By car.C．On foot.2．When can the woman get the computers?A．On Tuesday.B．On Wednesday.C．On Thursday.3．Where are the two speakers?A．At the cinema.B．At the airport.C．At the railway station.4．What time is it now?A．It's 5：35. B．It's 6：15.C．It's 6：40.5．Why doesn't the woman like her job?A．Because it's difficult.B．Because it's dirty.C．Because it's dull.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，各小题将给出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。
2016高考英语模拟题6月8号
英语试题I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. In a café B. In a drugstore. C. In a garage. D. In a grocery.2. A. 5 hours. B. 9 hours. C. 7 hours. D. 10 hours.3. A. To ask for a morning call. B. To go to bed early.C. To catch the later flight.D. To cancel his trip.4. A. Tom survived the accident. B. Someone saved Tom’s life.C. It did little damage to Tom’s car.D. Tom was killed in the accident.5. A. By air. B. By bus. C. By car. D. By train.6. A. Librarian and student. B. Boss and secretary.C. Publisher and salesman.D. Customer and shop assistant.7. A. It’s high in quality. B. It’s worth the price.C. Its price is too high.D. It’s well made.8. A. She is going to work in her brother’s firm.B. She isn’t going to work in her brother’s firm.C. She studies in the same school as her brother.D. She plans to major in tax law.9. A. Determined. B. Rude. C. Frank. D. Sensitive.10. A. The man is losing patience with the woman.B. The man is willing to help the woman.C. The man will let Bob chat with the woman.D. The man has finished his project.Section BDirections:In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide whichone would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. He got it through constant watching. B. He had a lot of practice in his spare time.C He learned it in a special school.. D. He was once caught by a signalman.12. A. At Missouri. B. At Fillan. C. At Omar. D. In Kansas City.13. A. Angry. B. Excited. C. Surprised. D. Frightened. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. The young Americans think reading less important than computer and science.B. Most young Americans believe that reading is very important.C. The majority of young American find reading boring and old-fashioned.D. The majority of Americans find reading more stimulating than computers and science.15. A. Cultural and traditional books. B. Mysteries and detectives.C. Science fiction.D. Novels and stories16. A. Reading up-to-date books and magazines. B. Watching TV.C. Listening to music.D. Going to librariesSection CDirections: In section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blankswith the information you hear.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD OR NUMBER for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)The belief (25)_________ animals can predict earthquakes has been around for centuries.In 373B.C., it’s recorded that animals, including rats, snakes and weasels, deserted the Greek city of Helice just days before (26) ________ quake destroyed the place.Since then, there have been similar stories of animal prediction of earthquakes across the centuries. It has been reported that fish move fiercely, chickens stop laying eggs, and bees leave their hive in a panic. Lots of pet owners said that they (27) ________ (witness) their cats and dogs acting strangely before the ground shook ---- barking or whining for no reason or showing signs of nervousness.But what animals (28) ________ sense, if they do feel anything at all, is a mystery. One idea is that animals feel the Earth shake before humans. Other ideas suggest they detect electrical changes in the air or gas released from the Earth.Earthquakes are a sudden phenomenon. Seismologists（地震学家）have no way of knowing exactly when or where the next one will hit. About 500,0000 detectable quakes occur in the world each year. (29)________ those, 1000,0000 can be felt by humans, and 100 cause damage.Japan is one of the countries (30)________ most earthquakes happen every year. Scientists there have long studied animals in hopes of discovering what they hear or feel before the Earth (31)________(shake), in order to use that sense as a prediction tools.On the other hand, American seismologists are doubtful, (32)________ ________ there have been recorded cases of strange animal behavior before earthquakes.(B)Facial piercings（刺穿）and tattoos may (33)________ (become) more common ---- but that doesn’t mean they are any more accepted in the workplace, according to a new study. Visible body art is often still seen (34)_______ unprofessional and unwanted by coworkers, researchers from Texas State University found, with people saying they would rather not work with someone with piercings and tattoos when face-to-face contact with customers is required.“Our analysis suggests that body art wearers (35)________ (not overcome) employmen t prejudices,” said Brian K. Miller, who headed the research team. In the study, more than 150 people were given the tasks of selling business insurance. The researchers found even those who had piercings and tattoos (36)________ were critical of others with body art.While only one percent of Americans had a tattoo 30 years ago, by 2006 the number had jumped to 24 percent. The trend is (37)________ (popular) among young people, Miller said, withabout 16 percent of people aged 18 to 24 having both tattoos and piercings. According to another survey, Miller found 58 percent of managers said they would be less likely (38)________ (hire) an applicant with visible tattoos or body piercings.Jason Ryan Arment, who has a number of tattoos, said (39)________ ________ ________ you can’t see them, tattoos shouldn’t be a problem.In some jobs body art can even be a plus. “Think about the audience for skateboards,” said Miller. “It (40)________ be good for these sales people to have piercings or tattoos.”Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Since springing up in 2008, Chinese SNS websites have been growing rapidly. While building complete platforms, SNS websites have been attracting a greatly increasing number of users as well as tremendous adve rtisers’ attention.The birth of SNS websites brought us a new _____41_______ of socializing online using one’s real identity. Furthermore, the popularity of SNS websites has made real-identity online interaction a daily ______42____ for almost all the Internet users.Blogs, photos, virtual gifts, games and other SNS applications have ____43____ real emotional interaction among Internet users.Obviously, real-identity online communication has become a major competitive advantage of SNS websites. Many experts conclude that SNS websites have created a network of real socializing and have solved people’s daily problems in communication. Hence, solving real life issues and maintaining friendly interpersonal relationship are the ____44____ factors that ensure the survival and growth of SNS websites. Data report shows that has helped 63 users find a friend very second during the whole year of 2009 and crated 1 billion friendships.In addition, celebrities, institutions and organizations have gradually become members of SNS websites. Information sharing becomes more ____45____, and the emergence of social games satisfies users’ need for ____46____ entertainment.By gaining users in 2009, the SNS profit model has ____47____ grown clearer. According to the CNNIC annual report, 80% of SNS revenue derives from Internet advertisement, 15% from VAS(value-added service), and another 5% from other sources.As the real marketing value of SNS was discovered by more businesses, many successful partnerships ____48____. Advertising professionals believe that the ___49_____ properties of SNS include participation, interaction, self-expression and emotional communication. These properties are the basis of SNS marketing activities, and they will ____50____ the birth of more marketing models.III. Reading ComprehensionDirections:For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.In the last year, So malia’s pirates have attacked 120 ships in the Gulf of Aden, pre venting commerce in a key shipping lane (the transportation route for 20 percent of the world’s oil), blocking aid supplies and driving up transport costs. There are two ways to stop such ____51____: restore the rule of law to Somalia, which is a totally failed state, or blockade the country, ____52____ every ship or boat that leaves its shores. One of these solutions would be hard to ____53____. The other is quite realistic ---- yet outside governments have refused to try.The last few weeks have shown how hard it will be to ____54____ the pirates on the high seas. When British Navy tried to go ____55____ a captured fishing boat on Nov.11, they had to go in with guns firing and killed one possible hostage in the process. A week later, an Indian warship opened fire on ____56____ it thought was a pirate mother ship. But the target ____57____ to be a Thai fishing ship. The pirates escaped, and 15 or 16 crew members on the ship were lost. When pirates seized their most valuable prize eve on Nov.15 ---- the Sirius Star supertanker holding 2 million barrels of oil ---- everyone kept their ___58_____.The region is currently patrolled by warships made up of the navies of 20 nations ___59_____ overall U.S. command. At any given time, there are 12 to 15 warships in the area. Yet pirates have only increased their efforts. The Sirius Star was taken 450 miles southeast of Kenya, and with it, the pirates now hold 300 ____60____ and 15 ships.The U.S. Navy recently recommended that merchant ships arm themselves ---- an idea that’s proved ____61___ with sailors afraid it will only cause pirates to employ greater ____62____. The Navy also points out that piracy affects less than 1 percent of the 16,0000 ships to pass through the Gulf of Aden each year. This overlooks the _____63____ that the pirates managed to force the World Food Program to cancel grain deliveries last year, before Canada agreed to have its warship escort the transports at great ____64____. And in another sign of rising costs, a major Norwegian shipping company has just announced that it will begin ____65____ around the Cape of Good Hope rather than going through the Suez Canal ---- which will double shipping charges.51. A. attempts B. accidents C. attacks D. adventures52. A. searching B. destroying C. registering D. seizing53. A. deal with B. figure out C. take over D. carry out54. A. defeat B. reject C. satisfy D. recognize55. A. along B. aside C. around D. aboard56. A. something B. which C. that D. what57. A. turned down B. turned up C. turned out D. turned away58. A. distance B. control C. way D. secret59. A. for B. under C. with D. at60. A. hostages B. refugees C. survivors D. prisoners61. A. unfair B. fair C. unpopular D. popular62. A. right B violence. C. energy D. influence63. A. news B. fact C. concept D. idea64. A. expense B. value C. profit D. speed65. A. circling B. driving C. pulling D. sailingDirections:Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)“I want to be just like you. You are from uptown, aren’t you?” the young man asked in the local slang with a broad smile unaware of the burning tropical sun. Selling bags of potatoes at the roadside, his extra-large T shirt and faded blue jeans were a proof to the universal influence of American pop culture in Africa. I had accepted a seat at his potato stand to take a break before concluding business in Accra that afternoon. Between busy sales serving customers stuck in traffic, he asked numerous questions about life in America, convinced that having a visa to the United States was like winning the lottery. How could I tell him that I envied his simple life and childish innocence when I was guilty of the silent culture that has helped to create a false image of Africans living abroad?Outwardly, I looked like the poster boy for success visiting from the United states. My white designer shirt and matching pants were straight from the shopping malls in Detroit, where I worked as an engineer. Inwardly, I was caught in a web of ambition and cultural disappointment. My clothes suggested wealthy, yet I could not afford the numerous requests for money or to make gifts of my belongings. Uncles and aunties who were prepared to mortgage their homes to help me leave 10 years ago now expected me to finance cousins hoping to make the same move to the United States.America had fulfilled my ambition for furthering my education and professional experience. I had arrived with the equivalent of a high-school diploma, and after 10 years, I hold a graduate degree and have a relatively successful professional career. Every inch of progress, however, had been achieved through exhausting battles. My college education had been financed partly through working multiple minimum-wage jobs. I was fortunate to secure a job upon graduation, but adjusting to corporate culture made me pay another high price. Initially, I found myself putting in twice the effort just to keep up. Scared by a wave of layoffs. I went to graduate school part time because it was only way I knew that afforded me an edge in job security. It was as though I had run 10 continuous marathons, one for each year abroad, and my body screamed for rest.66. In the eyes of the young potato seller, the author seemed __________.A. to be a successful manB. to have won a lotteryC. to represent American cultureD. to know a lot about the U.S.67. At the bottom of his heart, the author feels that ____________.A. he wants to exchange places with the young sellerB. he is sorry for his cousins still living in AfricaC. his American dream has come true.D. he is torn between the two cultures.68. The author managed to enroll in a graduate school because __________.A. studying graduate courses helped him adapt well to the life in the company.B. a graduate degree was the minimum requirement for his career.C. a graduate degree would give him an advantage over others in the job market.D. he wanted to settle permanently in the U.S.69. Which of the following is closest to the main idea of the passage?A. An immigrant was accepted by the society after ten years of struggle.B. An African American returned home with fame and fortune.C. An immigrant returned home with an exhausted heart.D. An young African was climbing to the top of his career.(B)When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they fell they must, but the anger they fell will do more harm in the long-term. They will also experience fear.Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at this or her best. If they associate you with this emotion of fear, they will become less functional around you, and you will have ended up in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making every good employee or partner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion. We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the workday; or we can employ him or her at the emotional level, so they become fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation. Today’s work place is all about relationships.Anyone works harde r in a positive environment in which they’re recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know the paycheck is not the single most motivating factor in the work life of most people.The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence --- knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.70. An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when ________.A. he thinks of his work as too heavyB. he is forced to do things.C. he cannot work at his best.D. He feels his brain shut down.71. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Smart people are more functional in the work place.B. People tend to associate leadership with fear.C. Working conditions do not affect people’s physical health.D. Good relationship is the key to business success.72. To positively influence employees, a leader should first of all ________.A. hide his own emotion of fearB. provide better suggestionsC. develop his own personalityD. give his employees a pay rise73. Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to _________.A. deal wisely with employees’ emotions.B. provide a variety of projects for employees.C. help raise employee’s living standards.D. give employees specific instructions.(C)The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware music-lovers, a design students is to receive financial support to produce eco-friendly tents made of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and the crowds have gone home.Major festivals such a Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year. For his final year project at the University of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with a material that can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof.Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big buildings including churches, Mr. Dunlop used cardboard material for his tents, which he called Myhabs.The design won an award at he annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr. Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business.To raise money for the idea, he toured the city’s private companies which fund new businesses and found a supporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea to four of Mint’s directors and won their support. Mint has committed around 500,000 pounds to Myhabs and taken a share of 30 percent in Mr. Dunlop’s business. The first should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed fully next year.Mr. Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses, such as for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics.For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhabs team before the festival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior (外部的) advertising space.The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some 150,000 each year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK. The events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious.74. Eco-friendly tents in Paragraph 1 refer to tents __________.A. designed for disaster reliefB. economically desirableC. favorable to the environmentD. for holding music performance75. Mr. Dunlop established his business _________.A. independently with an interest-free load from MintB. with the approval of the City’s administrationC. with the help of a Japanese architectD. in partnership with a finance group76. It is implied in the passage that __________.A. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users.B. the weather in the UK is changeable in summer.C. most performances at British festivals are given in the open air.D. the cardboard tents produced by Mr. Dunlop can be user-tailored77. The passage is mainly concerned with ___________.A. the effects of using cardboard tents on music festivalsB. an attempt at developing recyclable tentsC. some efforts at making full use of cardboardsD. an unusual success of a graduation projectSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.What can Europeans teach Americans about increasing employment? Until the financial crisis of the last two years, the answer very clearly would have been “nothing.” The European social-democratic model has many advantages, but getting people into work and keeping them there has never the chief one among them. Until now, Much ink has been spilled in recent months over the fact that the American and European unemployment rates are both now roughly at about 10 percent, while a number of Northern European economies ---- including Germany (7.5 percent), Denmark (7.4 percent), Austria (5.4 percent) and the Netherlands (4 percent) ---- are well below that. Even as the U.S. international companies send jobs abroad, big European companies like Siements are adding them at home. Every day seems to bring news of a new factory being built in Denmark or Germany. Newspaper headlines announce the European “job miracle.” As American unemployment figures stay high, economists on both sides of the Atlantic are debating whether the U.S. should start adopting a more effective approach to labor policy.To answer this, it’s important to understand the nature of the “miracle” and whether it really works. European nations have kept unemployment figures low relative to the U.S. this time around because Europe’s labor markets have evolved to d epend less on subsidies(补贴) that keep people on the dole(领取失业救济金) than on government programs to put them back to work quickly. Wha t’s more, rather than focusing simply on rescuing their economies by stimulus as the U.S. has, northern Europe has spent its resources keeping people at work ---- by any means necessary.In the Scandinavian countries, that has involved large and successful training programs to get laid-off workers back into jobs quickly. But other nations, namely Germany, jobs have also been kept by cutting hours rather than laying off workers, a number of European companies have chosen to cut full-time schedules by a third or more as part of larger government programs to avoid mass layoffs. Companies save money on salaries because the government picks up the cost of the pay cuts. It’s a successful temporary mea sure, but one that adds to the national debt and also has the potential to twist European labor markets. “These measures are successful now, but they could become very risky if the rec overy is delayed,” says economist Paolo Guerrieri of the University of Rome.(Note: answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 15 WORDS) 78. The current European social-democratic system has many advantages except _________________.79. What is the so-called European “Job miracle” against the background of the financial crisis?80. Besides training programs, another measure adopted by many European companies to avoid laying offworkers is ___________.81. What are the negative results when the measure to avoid laying off workers is carried on?第II 卷I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 尽管他身体不好，但是他仍然把全部精力贡献给科学实验。
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第I卷（共105分）第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)该部分分为第一、第二两节。
注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。
听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题l. 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。
听完每段对话后，你都有l0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. What color does the man prefer?A. Light blueB. YellowC. White2. What do we know about the woman?A. She has got a new job.B. She will receive some training in Hawaii.C. She doesn’t like spending her holiday in Hawaii.3. Who is the woman speaking to probably?A. A policeman.B. A friend.C. A shop assistant.4. When did the man get up this morning actually?A. At 6:00.B. At 8:00.C. At 8:30.5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In the theater.B. At the ticket office.C. In the shopping mall.第二节(共15小题;每小题1 5分，满分22 .5分)听下面5段对话或独自。
每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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至7题。
6. What is Mr. Brown doing?A. Attending a meeting.B. Making a call.C. Leaving a message.7. What does the woman ask the man to repeat?A. His position.B. His address.C. His phone number.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Which season does the woman like best?A. Summer.B. Fall.C. Winter.9. How long has it rained?A. For two days.B. For a week.C. For two weeks.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the woman think of working in IT field?A. Hard.B. Popular.C. Well-paid.11. Who is the man’s father?A. An architectural designer.B. A college teacher.C. A biologist.12. What degrees will the man get?A. Architecture design and biology.B. Architecture design and computer science.C. Biology and computer science.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the woman decide to buy for her dad?A. Stamps.B. Postcards.C. Poker cards.14. Which goods among the three is the most expensive?A. The woolen hat.B. The Swiss army knife.C. The leather belt.15. How much money did the woman pay for all?A. $78.B. $108.C. $114.16. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman is visiting the region for the second time.B. The woman’s son is in primary school now.C. The woman buys two silk scarves for herself.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How many people were there running the Ford Motor Company together?A. 11.B. 12.C. 13.18. When did the company develop the production line?A. In 1903.B. In 1908.C. In 1913.19. How did the production line change manufacturing according to the speaker?A. Slightly.B. Slowly.C. Greatly.20. Which of the following was the main contribution made by the production line?A. More efficiency and less cost.B. Better cars and fewer workers.C. More cars for poor families.第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
21. ---Excuse me, what can I do for you?---Yes. I'd like to place ________ advertisement for ________ used car in your paper.A. the; aB. an; /C. an; aD. /; the22. ---I'm trying to find yesterday's newspaper. Have you seen it?---I'm afraid that I ________ it away. I thought you had finished reading it.A. threwB. had thrownC. throwD. will throw23. Why ________ to go abroad to study when there are so many good universities at home?A. imagineB. botherC. considerD. prevent24. ---Helen sat up late watching TV.---No wonder ________ she looks so tired.A. whatB. thatC. whetherD. when25. The lazy girl is dreaming of marrying a millionaire and ________ won’t do any work.A. anyhowB. somehowC. thereforeD. otherwise26. --- Can I look at the menu for a few more minutes before I order?--- Of course. ________, Sir.A. Make yourself at homeB. At your serviceC. Take your timeD. It doesn’t matter27. Many people believe we are heading for environmental disaster ________ we basically changethe way we live.A. butB. althoughC. unlessD. if28. House prices vary from place to place and are usually high ________ there are famousschools.A. whereB. sinceC. whenD. whether29. ---Kate, look after your younger brother this afternoon.---________? Isn’t he old enough to look after himself? He’s twelve years old now.A. May IB. Can IC. Must ID. Should I30. I walked up to the top of the hill with my friend, ________we enjoyed a splendid view of thelake.A. whichB. whereC. whoD. that31. He is the most excellent student, ______who always helps others.A. the oneB. oneC. thatD. a one32. My uncle sang a few old songs, my aunt ________ the piano to accompany him.A. playedB. to playC. playingD. play33. Never in the past twenty years so greatly as today.A. did the city changeB. the city changeC. has the city changedD. the city has changed34. ---What do you think of your headmaster?--- .A. I like himB. He is not very tallC. He often smilesD. He is very kind35. In recent years, a lot of trees have been cut down, which contributes to soil _____.A. being washed awayB. washed awayC. washing awayD. to be washed away第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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），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。