2016年高考英语真题

【题型要求】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

全国卷I

Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia‘s biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top 61 (attract).

So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where pocket money helps pay for research. I 62 (allow) to get up close to these cut e animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be 63 (official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back 64 my days on the TV show in the mid-1980s, 65 I was the first Western TV reporter 66 (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include 67 (introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research centre in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.

On my recent visit, I held a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by 68 mother. The nursery team switches him every few 69 (day) with his sister so that the one is being bottle-fed, 70 other is with mum – she never suspects.

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61. attraction 62. was allowed 63. officially 64. to 65. when

66. permitted 67. introducing 68. his 69. days 70. the

全国卷II

If you feel stressed by responsibilities at work, you should take a step back and ide ntify (识别)those of 41 (great) and less importance. Then, handle the most important tasks first so you’ll feel a real sense of 42 (achieve). Leaving the less impo rtant things until tomorrow 43 (be) often acceptable.

Most of us are more focused 44 our tasks in the morning than we are later in the day. So, get an early start and try to be as productive 45 possible before lunch. This

will give you the confidence you need to get you through the afternoon and go home feeling accomplished.

Recent 46 (study) show that we are far more productive at work if we take short breaks 47 (regular). Give your body and brain a rest by stepping outside for 48 while, exercising, or dong something you enjoy.

If you find something you love doing outside of the office, you‘ll be less likely 4 9 (bring) your work home. It could be anything - gardening, cooking, music, sports - but whatever it is, 50 (make) sure it‘s a relief from daily stress rather than another thing to worry about.

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41. greater 42. achievement 43. is 44. on 45. as

46. studies 47. regularly 48. a 49. to bring 50. make

全国卷III

In much of Asia, especially the so-called ―rice bowl‖ cultures of China, Japan Korea, 41 Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might 42 (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal 43 (create) special designs.

The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably coo ked their rood in large pots, 44 (use) twigs (树枝) to remove it. Over time, 45 the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.

Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 46 (gradual) turned into chopsticks. Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 47 lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the 48 (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and 49 (be) too violent