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2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试仿真模拟卷(二)
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。昕完每段对话后，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 long is the man late? A. Ten minutes.
B. Twenty minutes.
C. Half an hour.
2. How does the man most probably feel? A. Sad.
B. Surprised.
C. Bored.
3. What are the speakers talking about? A. The woman’s favourite animals. B. Some animals they are looking at. C. The woman’s experience in the zoo. 4. What will the woman most probably do next? A. Buy some fruit. 5. What is the woman doing?
A. Trying on dresses. B. Paying for a dress. 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。 6. How long will the man have to walk?
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B. Go to the fruit section. C. Tell more about the boy.
C. Comparing some colors.
A. For about 10 minutes. B. For about 20 minutes. C. For about 25 minutes. 7. What's the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Strangers.
B. Classmates.
C. Friends.
听第7段材料，回答第8～9题。 8. Who will take the lessons?
A. The woman's son. B. Eva.
C. Stanley,
9. How much do the lessons cost the woman each week? A．$15．
B．$30．
C．$60．
听第8段材料，回答第10~12题。
10. What does the man like doing in his spare time?
A. Learning about inventions C. Writing stories.
11. What were umbrellas used for at the very beginning?
A. Keeping away sunshine. B. Decorating rooms. C. Keeping off water. 12. Where were umbrellas first used in Europe? A. In England.
B. In France.
C. In Greece.
B. Telling stories.
听第9段材料，回答第13 ~16题。 13. What is the woman doing there?
A. Looking for something. B. Having a walk. 14. What are the woman's favorite TV programs? A. Talk shows.
B. News programs.
C. Soap operas. C. Reading a newspaper.
15. Who likes watching sports programs?
A. The woman's father. B. The woman's friend. C. The woman's husband. 16. Why does the woman dislike watching the news with her husband?
A. He can't keep quiet. B. He likes changing channels.C. He likes asking questions. 听第10段材料，回答第17~20题。 17. How does the speaker usually wake up? A. He is woken up by his parents. B. He is woken up by a clock. C. He wakes up naturally.
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18. How does the speaker go to school? A. On foot.
B. By bike.
C. By bus.
19. Where does the speaker have lunch on school days? A. At school.
B. At home.
C. In a restaurant.
20. What does the speaker usually do between 10:00 pm and 10:30 pm?
A. He does homework. B. He listens to music. C. He takes a shower. 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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It does not come as a surprise that Dubai has a growing problem with tragic．The local rulers have explored all the conventional ways to get traffic moving again，including higher prices for parking，fuel and insurance．But at a recent conference in Hamburg，Hussain Lootah said that the city may adopt a more strict approach：setting an income level for vehicle ownership．
Mr Lootah’s approach is unlikely to be copied widely，but mayors of other big cities around the world are starting to think about taking severe actions of their own，including complete car bans in inner cities．But the efforts may not be enough to reduce traffic and pollution．The problems will only get worse：the number of vehicles sold globally each year will grow from around 80 million today to more than 100 million by the end of the decade，according to IHS Automotive．
There are already a handful of car-free communities around the world．But these are typically small and often tourist destinations that seek to create a throwback in time，such as Sark Island，in the English Channel．The largest ear-free urban area is probably Venice，where it is impossible to build roads and bridges to link the more than 100 small islands the city sits on．
Yet pedestrian malls and other car-free zones keep popping up in cities around the world．Some cities are considering ways to limit central city access to“green”machines，such as battery-electric vehicles．Hamburg is perhaps the furthest along．
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Such extreme plans may fly in a city such as Hamburg．But in many other cities the political resistance even to less far-reaching measures is hard to overcome．Michael Bloomberg，New York’s former mayor，tried twice to introduce a jam charge for much of Manhattan，but his plans were rejected by state lawmakers． 21.What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us?
A．Dubai government tries to improve its local incomes． B．Dubai government tries to solve traffic problems． C．Dubai government tries to reduce prices for parking． D．Dubai government tries to offer more insurance to locals． 22.Why is it still hard to reduce traffic problems?
A．Because Mr Lootah’s approach will be copied widely． B．Because mayors take gentle measures toward them． C．Because more vehicles will be sold globally each year． D．Because complete car bans in inner cities are not made． 23.What causes Venice to be the largest car-free urban area? A．Its natural geographical characteristics． B．Its too many tourist destinations． C．Its reduced number of cars． D．Its government law on car free． 24.What can we learn from Paragraph 4?
A．“Green”machines can be accessible in central city． B．All vehicles can be used in central city． C．Hamburg may not adopt“green”machines． D．People can only walk in central city．
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Imagine a stranger walking past you on a cold, rainy day. “Lovely weather, isn’t it?” the stranger says. Do you laugh, or even smile? If not, you may not have a dry sense of humor. British people, and particularly the English, are well-known for our dry sense of humor. We often say the opposite of what we mean in order to be funny, and tell jokes in a tone of
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voice that makes it sound like we are being completely serious. As US writer Julian Tan put it on the HuffPost Students blog: “It is as if it is ‘Opposite Day’ every day in Britain.”
If the people of Britain are known for having a “stiff upper lip” and not showing emotion, then our dry sense of humor shows this through jokes. Often it will take a long time or several beers, to get a British person to tell you what they actually think about something and get behind the wall of humorous sarcasm (讽刺) that they have in front of them. English comedian Ricky Gervais put it like this: “We play jokes on our friends. We use sarcasm as a shield (护盾) and a weapon. We avoid being serious until it’s absolutely necessary.”
It can be annoying and confusing if you haven’t been raised with these types of jokes: “Why did he just say such a ridiculous thing? Is he making fun of me?” But it is also true that understanding this type of humor is a good way to make friends with people in the UK, even if you don’t find it funny.
It’s important to remember that the person telling the joke may actually be making fun of himself or herself, not you. One of the characteristics of British humor is “its strong theme of self-deprecation” (making fun of oneself), according to Tan. So don’t worry – often, English people, and British people in general, just want to make fun of themselves!
25.According to the passage, we can know that someone with a dry sense of humor can ___________.
A. not use sarcasm as a shield and a weapon. B. not make friends with people in the UK C. pretend to play jokes on their friends D. say funny things in a serious way
26.Which of the following words best describes British humor according to Julian Tan? A. Opposite. B. Annoying.
C. Ridiculous. D. Funny.
27.The underlined phrase “stiff upper lip” in Paragraph 3 refers to a quality of ___________. A. remaining calm C. taking a positive attitude
B. communicating feelings D. focusing attention
28.It can be inferred from the passage that _______________. A. British people are famous for being emotional
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