2016年高考英语试题及答案解析-山西卷及全国卷

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2016年高考英语试题及答案解析-全国卷Ⅱ 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) (共15题：每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

What’s On? Electric Underground

7.30pm-1.00am Free at the Cyclops Theatre

Do you know who’s playing in your area? We’re bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands.Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer.He’s going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce you music.

Gee Whizz

8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy at Kaleidoscope

Come and see Gee Whizz perform.He’s the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene.This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest.Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks(快餐).

Simon’s Workshop

5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria Stage

This is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to

do comedy.The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh.Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years’ experience of teaching comedy.His workshops are exciting and fun.An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.

Charlotte Stone

8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza World

Fine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out.Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano.The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食).Book early to get a table.Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.

1.Who can help you if you want to have your music produced? A.Jules Skye. B.Gee Whizz.

C.Charlotte Stone. D.James Pickering.

2.At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?

A.The Cyclops Theatre B.Kaleidoscope C.Victoria Stage D.Pizza World

3.What do we know about Simon’s Workshop?

A.It requires membership status. B.It lasts three hours each time.

C.It is run by a comedy club. D.It is held every Wednesday. 4.When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs? A.5.00pm-7.30pm. B.7.30pm-1.00am. C.8.00pm-11.00pm. D.8.30pm-10.30pm. B

Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out

something about my students.I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said:”Make something out of the Tinkertoys.You have 45 minutes today - and 45minutes each day for the rest of the week.”

A few students hesitated to start.They waited to see the rest of the class would do.Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided.Another group built something out of their own imaginations.

Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time.His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home.I was delighted at the presence of such a student.Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work.His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染) other students.

Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside.I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking.Without fail one would declare, ”But I’m just not creative.”gaosan.com

“Do you dream at night when you’re asleep?” “Oh, sure.”

“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.” The student would tell something wildly imaginative.Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads.“That’s pretty creative.Who does that for you?”

“Nobody.I do it.”

“Really-at night, when you’re asleep?” “Sure.”

“Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”

5.The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to ________? A.know more about the students B.make the lessons more exciting

C.raise the students’ interest in art D.teach the students about toy design

6.What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A.He liked to help his teacher. B.He preferred to study alone. C.He was active in class. D.He was imaginative.

7.What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.Mistake. B.Drawback. C.Difficulty. D.Burden.

8.Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?

A.To help them to see their creativity. B.To find out about their sleeping habits. C.To help them to improve their memory. D.To find out about their ways of thinking. C

Reading can be a social activity.Think of the people who belong to book groups.They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them.Now, the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.

Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share.BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book.Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.

Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing,

says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read.BookCrossing combines both.”

Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops.Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.

People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it.E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been found.Bruce peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.

BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual(虚拟).The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.

9.Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?

A.To explain what they are. B.To introduce BookCrossing.

C.To stress the importance of reading. D.To encourage readers to share their ideas.

10.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2refer to?

A.The book. B.An adventure.

C.A public place. D.The identification number.

11.What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it? A.Meet other readers to discuss it. B.Keep it safe in his bookcase.

C.Pass it on to another reader. D.Mail it back to its owner. 12.What is the best title for the text?

A.Online Reading: A Virtual Tour B.Electronic Books: A new

Trend

C.A Book Group Brings Tradition Back D.A Website Links People through Books

D

A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.

Frank Hurley’s pictures would be outstanding----undoubtedly first-rate photo-journalism---if they had been made last week.In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海滩), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.

The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian-built three-master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea.From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled(雪橇) across the continent.The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done.Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.

As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.Scott’s last journey, completed as be lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world’s imagination,

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crowds.Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and

still photography.Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published. gaosan.com

13.What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley? A.They were made last week B.They showed undersea sceneries C.They were found by a cameraman D.They recorded a disastrous adventure

14.Who reached the South Pole first according to the text? A.Frank Hurley B.Ernest Shackleton C.Robert Falcon Scott D.Caroline Alexander

15.What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage?

A.Artistic creation B.Scientific research C.Money making D.Treasure hunting 第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A garden that’s just right for you

Have you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where the atmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum(总和) of its parts? 16 .But it doesn’t happen by accident.It starts with looking inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening process.

●___17___

Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color.Others are concerned about using gardening methods that require less water and fewer

fertilizers(肥料).___18___.However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden.One of them comes from our earliest years.

●Recall(回忆)your childhood memories

Our model of what a garden should be often goes back to childhood.Grandma’s rose garden and Dad’s vegetable garden might be good or bad, but that’s not what’s important.___19___how being in those gardens made us feel.If you’d like to build a powerful bond with your garden, start by taking

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youth.___20___then go outside and work out a plan to translate your childhood memories into your grown-up garden.Have fun.

A.Know why you garden

B.Find a good place for your own garden C.It’s our experience of the garden that matters D.It’s delightful to see so many beautiful flowers

E.Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plants

F.You can produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden, too

G.For each of those gardens, writer down the strongest memory you have

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device(装置)on your desk.And they’ve never actually__21__you.Everything they know about you__22__through this device, sometimes from hundreds of miles away.__23__they

feel they can know you__24__from the sound of your voice.That’s how powerful the__25__is.

Powerful, yes, but not always__26__.For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone.Rani, my faceless agent whom I’d never met__27__, got me rock-bottom prices on airfares, cars, and hotels.But her cold voice really__28 me.I sometimes wished to__29__another agent.

One morning, I had to__30__an immediate flight home for a family emergency.I ran into Rani’s office__31__.The woman sitting at the desk,__32__my madness, sympathetically jumped up.She gave me a__33__smile, nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the__34__immediately.“What a wonderful lady!” I thought.

Rushing out__35__I called out over my shoulder,“By the way, what’s your name?”“I’m Rani,” she said.I turned around and saw a__36__woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip.I was__37__! Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was, well, so__38__.

Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out.Rani’s__39__---her warm smile, her nods, her ‘I’m here for you’__40__---were all silent signals that didn’t travel through wires. gaosan.com

21.A.accepted B.noticed C.heard D.met 22.A.came B.moved C.ran D.developed 23.A.Thus B.Yet C.Then D.Indeed 24.A.rather B.also C.just D.already

25.A.TelephoneB.voice C.connection D.impression 26.A.direct B.useful C.easy D.accurate

27.A.in person B.by myself C.in public D.on purpose 28.A.annoyed B.interested C.discouraged D.confused

29.A.promote B.train C.find D.know 30.A.arrange B.postpone C.confirm D.book

31.A.for the first time B.at any time C.from time to time D.in good time

32.A.expecting B.seeing C.testing D.avoiding 33.A.shy B.comforting C.familiar D.forced 34.A.bill B.form C.ticket D.list

35.A.hopefully B.disappointedly C.gratefully D.regretfully 36.A.careful B.serious C.nervous D.pleasant 37.A.amused B.worried C.helpless D.speechless 38.A.calm B.nice C.proud D.clever

39.A.forgiveness B.eagerness C.friendliness D.skillfulness 40.A.explanation B.attitude C.concept D.Behavior 2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 英语 第II卷

注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分) 第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

If you feel stressed by responsibilities at work, you should take a step back and identify (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 important 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__49__ (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.

第三部分写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(﹨)划掉。

删除：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

The summer holiday is coming.My classmates and I are talking about how to do during the holiday.We can chose between staying at home and take a trip.If we stay at home, it is comfortable but there is no need to spend money.But in that case, we will learn little about world.If we go on a trip abroad, we can broaden you view and gain knowledges we cannot get from books.Some classmates suggest we can go to places of interest nearby.I thought that it is a good idea.It does not cost many, yet we can still learn a lot. gaosan.com

第二节书面表达(满分25分)

假定你是李华，你校摄影俱乐部(photography club)将举办国际中学摄影展。请给你的英国朋友Peter写封信。请他提供作品。信的内容包括：

1.主题：环境保护; 2.展览时间;

3.投稿邮箱：**************************.注意：

1.词数100左右;

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 2016年高考英语试题及答案解析-山西卷 注意事项：

1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用2B铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型A后的方框涂黑。

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，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。

3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。

4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。 第Ⅰ卷

第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)

做题时，现将答案标在试卷上，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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A.£ 19.15 B.£ 9.18 C.£ 9.15 答案是C。

1.What are the speakers talking about? A.Having a birthday party. B.Doing some exercise. C.Getting Lydia a gift

2.What is the woman going to do? A.Help the man. B.Take a bus. C.Get a camera

3.What does the woman suggest the man do? A.Tell Kate to stop. B.Call Kate, s friends. C.Stay away from Kate.

4.Where does the conversation probably take place? A.In a wine shop. B.In a supermarket. C.In a restaurant.

5.What does the woman mean? A.Keep the window closed. B.Go out for fresh air. C.Turn on the fan.

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.What is the man going to do this summer? A.Teach a course. B.Repair his house. C.Work at a hotel.

7.How will the man use the money? A.To hire a gardener. B.To buy books.

C.To pay for a boat trip. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Schoolmates. B. Colleagues. C. Roommates.

9.What does Frank plan to do right after graduation? A.Work as a programmer. B.Travel around the world. C.Start his own business.

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8段材料，回答第10至12题 10.Why does the woman make the call? A.To book a hotel room. B.To ask about the room service C.To make changes ti a reservation

11.When will the women arrive at the hotel? A.On September 15 B.On September 16 C.On September 23

12.How much will the woman pay her room per night? A. $179 B.$199 C. $219

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What is the woman’s plan for Saturday?

A.Going shopping B.Going camping C.Going boating 14.Where will tne woman stay in Keswick?

A.In a country inn B. In a five-star hotel C. In her aunt’s home

15.What will Gordon do over the weekend? A.Visit his friends B.Watch DVDs C.Join the woman

16.What does the woman think of Gordon’s coming weekend?

A.Relaxed B.Boring C.Busy. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题 17.Who is Wang Ming?

A.A student B. An employer C .An engineer

18.What does the speaker say about the college job market this year?

A.It’s unpredictable B. It’s quite stable C.It’s not optimistic

19.Whar percentage of student job seekers have found a job by now?

A.20% B.22% C.50%

20.Why are engineering graduates more likely to accept a job? A.They need more work experience B.The salary is usually good C.Their choice is limited.

第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

You probably know who Marie Curie was,but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson.Of the outstanding ladies listed below,who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?

Jane Addams(1860-1935)

Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank.Addans helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区)by creating shelters and promoting education andservices for people in need In 1931,Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Rachel Carson(1907-1964)

If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today.Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.

Sandra Day O’Connor(1930-present)

When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952,she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员) and ,in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.

Rosa Parks(1913-2005)

On December 1,1955,in Montgomery,Alabama,Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison.But it also set lff the Montgmery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired lr giving in,”said Parks.

21.What is jane Addams noted for in history? A.Her social work.

B.Her lack of proper training in law.

C. Her efforts to win a prize. D.Her community background.

22.What is the reason for O’Connor’s being rejected by the law firm?

A.Her lack of proper training in law. B.Her little work experience in court. C.The discrimination against women. D.The poor financial conditions.

23.Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the US?

A.Jane Addams. B.Rachel Carson.

C.Sandra Day O’Connor.

24.What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text? A. They are highly educated. B. They are truly creative. C. They are pioneers. D. They are peace-lovers. B

Grandparents Answer a Call

As a third generation native of Brownsville, Texas, Mildred Garza never pleased move away,. Even when her daughter and son asked her to move to San Antonio to help their children, she politely refused . Only after a year of friendly discussion did Ms Gaf finally say yes. That was four years ago. Today all three generations regard the move to a success,giving them a closer relationship than they would have had in separate cities.

No statistics show the number of grandparents like Garza who are moving closer to the children and grandchildren. Yet there is evidence suggesting that the trend is growing. Even

President Obama’s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, has agreed to leave Chicago and into the White House to help care for her granddaughters. According to a study grandparents com. 83 percent of the people said Mrs. Robinson ‘s decision will influence the grandparents in the American family. Two-thirds believe more families will follow the example of Obama’s family.

“in the 1960s we were all a little wild and couldn’t get away from home far enough fsst enough to prove we could do it on our own,”says Christine Crosby, publisher of grate manazine for grandparents .We now realize how important family is and how important”” to be near them, especially when you’re raining children.”

Moving is not for everyone. Almost every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren and is willing to make sacrifices, but sometimes it is wiser to say no and visit frequently instead. Having your grandchildren far away is hard, especially knowing your adult child is struggling, but giving up the life you know may be harder.

25.Why was Garza’s move a success? A.It strengthened her family ties. B.It improved her living conditions. C.It enabled her make more friends. D.It helped her know more new places.

26.What was the reaction of the public to Mrs. Robinson’s decision?

A.17% expressed their support for it. B.Few people responded sympathetically. C.83% believed it had a bad influence. D.The majority thought it was a trend.

27.What did Crosby say about people in the 1960s?

A.They were unsure of raise more children. B.They were eager to raise more children. C.They wanted to live away from their parents. D.They bad little respect for their grandparent.

28.What does the author suggest the grandparents do in the lasr paragraph?

A.Make decisions in the best interests' of their own B. Ask their children to pay more visits to them C.Sacrifice for their struggling children D.Get to know themselves better C

I am peter Hodes ,a volunteer stem courier. Since March 2012, I've done 89 trips of those , 51 have been abroad, I have 42 hours to carry stem cells(干细胞)in my little box because I've got two ice packs and that's how long they last, in all, from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor(捐献者) to the time they can be implanted in the patient, we’ve got 72 hours at most, So I am always conscious of time. 学科&网

I had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in America. I picked up the stem cells in Providence, Rhode Island, and was meant to fly to Washington then back to London. But when I arrived at the check-in desk at Providence, the lady on the desk said:”Well, I’m really sorry, I’ve got some bad news for you-there are no fights from Washington.”So I took my box and put it on the desk and I said:”In this box are some stem cells that are urgently needed for a patient-please, please, you’ve got to get me back to the United Kingdom.”She just dropped everything. She arranged for a flight on a small plance to be held for me.re-routed(改道)me through Newark and got me back to the UK even earlier than originally scheduled.

For this courier job, you’re consciously aware than that box you’re got something that is potentially going to save somebody’s life.

29.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “courier” in Paragraph17

A.provider B.delivery man C.collector D.medical doctor

30.Why does Peter have to complete his trip within 42hours? A. He cannot stay away from his job too long. B. The donor can only wait for that long. C. The operation needs that very much. D. The ice won't last any longer.

31.Which flight did the woman put Peter on first? A.To London B.To Newark C.To Providence D.To Washington D

The meaning of silence varies among cultural groups. Silences may be thoughtful, or they may be empty when a person has nothing to say. A silence in a conversation may also show stubbornness, or worry. Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable; therefore attempts may be made to fill every gapwith conversation. Persons in other cultural groups value silence and view it as necessary for understanding a person's needs.

Many Native Americans value silence and feel it is a basic part of communicating among people, just as some traditional Chinese and Thai persons do. Therefore, when a person from one of these cultures is speaking and suddenly stops, what maybe implied(暗示) is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing. In these cultures, silence

is a call for reflection.

Other cultures may use silence in other ways, particularly when dealing with conflicts among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power. For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show agreement between parties about the topic udner discussion. However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her. In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.

Nurses and other care-geivers need to be aware of the possible meanings of silence when they come across the personal anxiety their patients may be expericencing. Nurses should recognize their own personal and cultural construction of silence so that a patient’s silence is not interrupted too early or allowed to go on unnecessarily. A nurse who understands the healing(治愈) value of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures.

What does the author say about silence in conversations? It implies anger. It promotes friendship. It is culture-specific. It is content-based.

Which of the following people might regard silence as a call for careful thought?

The Chinese. The French. The Mexicans. The Russians.

What does the author advise nurses to do about silence? Let it continue as the patient pleases. Break it while treating patients. Evaluate its harm to patients. Make use of its healing effects.

What may be the best title for the text? Sound and Silence What It Means to Be Silent Silence to Native Americans Speech Is Silver; Silence Is Gold

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。

Secret codes (密码)keep messages private。Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.

People have used secret codes for thousands of years. 36 Code breaking never lags(落后) far behind code making. The science of creating and reading coded messages is called cryptography.

There are three main types of cryptography. 37 For example, the first letters of “My elephant eats too many eels” Spell out the hidden message “Meet me.”

38 You might represent each letter with a number, For example, Let’s number the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26. If we substitute a number for each letter, the message “Meet me” would read “13 5 20 13 5.”

A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book. 39 For example, ”bridge“ might stand for “meet” and “out”

might stand for “me.” The message “bridge out” would actually mean “Meet me.” 40 However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long. So codes must be changed frequently.

A.It is very hard to break a code without the code book. B.In any language, some letters are used more than others. C.Only people who know the keyword can read the message. D.As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.

E.You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.

F.With a code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.

G.Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.

第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分 45)

第一节完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Heroic Driver

Larry works with Transport Drivers. Inc. One morning in 2009. Larry was __41__

along 165 north after delivering to one of his 42. suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on.43 he got closer, he found 44 vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed 45 shooting out from under the 46 vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and 47 the fire extinguisher (灭火器). Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.

The man who had his bright lights on 48 and told Larry he had 49 an emergency call. They 50 heard a woman’s voice coming from the wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle. 51 the vehicle, they

saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay 52 until the emergency personnel arrived, 53 she thought the car was going to 54 . Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move 55 she injured her neck.

Once fire and emergency people arrive, Larry and the other man 56 and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the 57 if he was needed or 58 to go. They let him and the other man go.

One thing is 59 —Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His 60 most likely saved the woman’s life.

41.A.walking B.touring C.traveling D.rushing

42.A.passengers B.colleagues C.employers D.customers 43.A.Since B.Although C.As D.If 44.A.each B.another C.that D.his 45.A.flames B.smoke C.water D.steam

46.A.used B.disabled C.removed D.abandoned

47.A.got hold of B.prepared C.took charge of D.controlled 48.A.came down B.came through C.came in D.came over 49.A.returned B.received C.made D.confirmed 50.A.then B.again C.finally D.even

51.A.Starting B.Parking C.Passing D.Approaching 52.A.quiet B.still C.away D.calm 53.A.for B.so C.and D.but

54.A.explode B.slip away C.fall apart D.crash 55.A.as if B.unless C.in case D.after

56.A.stepped forward B.backed off C.moved on D.set out 57.A.woman B.police C.man D.driver 58.A.forbidden B.ready C.asked D.free

59.A.for certain B.for consideration C.reported D.checked

60.A.patience B.skills C.efforts D.promise