1、全国二卷英语真题与答案第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节 (共 15 题：每小题 2 分，满分 30 分 )阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B 、C 和 D) 中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhat s On?Electric Underground7.30pm 1.00am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know who?s playing in your area? We?re bringing you an evening of live rockand pop music from the best loca
2、l 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, asuccessful record producer. He?s going to talk about how you can find the right p erson toproduce your music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy at Kaleidosco
3、peCome and see Gee Whizz perform. He?s the funniest stand -up comedian on thecomedy 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 drinksand snacks( 快餐 ).Simon?s Workshop5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesd
4、ays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. Theworkshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of makingpeople laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years? experience of teachingcomedy. His workshops are exciting and
5、fun. An evening with Simon will give you theconfidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone willperform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. Themenu is Italian, with ex
6、cellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta( 面食 ). Book early toget a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.21. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?A. Jules Skye. B. Gee Whizz.C. Charlotte Stone. D. James Pickering.22. At which plac
7、e can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?A. The Cyclops Theatre B. KaleidoscopeC. Victoria StageD. Pizza World23. What do we know about Simon?s Workshop?A. It requires membership status.B. It lasts three hours eachtime.C. It is run by a comedy club.D. It is held everyWednesday.24. When will
8、 Charlotte Stone perform her songs?A. 5.00pm-7.30pm.C. 8.00pm-11.00pm.B. 7.30pm 1.00am.D. 8.30pm-10.30pm.BFive years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a testat the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set ofTinkertoys in front o
9、f each student, and said: ” Make something out of the Tinkertoys. Youhave 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
10、one of themodel 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. Hisconstructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. Iwas delighted at the presence of such
11、 a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mindat work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whosecreativity would infect( 感染 ) other students.Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing thosestudents who had a different style of
12、thinking. Without fail one would declare, ”not creative. ”“ Doyou dream at night when you?re asleep? ”“ Oh, sure. ”“ So tell me one of your most interesting dreams. ” The student would tell somethingwildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads.pretty creative. Wh
13、o 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? ”25. The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to _?A. know more about the students B. make the lessons moreexcitingBut I?m just “ That?sC. raise the students? in
14、terest in art D. teach the students abouttoy design26. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?A. He liked to help his teacher. B. He preferred to studyalone.C. He was active in class. D. He was imaginative.27. What does the underlined word “ downside ” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.
15、 Mistake. B. Drawback.C. Difficulty. D. Burden.28. 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 theirsleeping habits.C. To help them to improve their memory. D. To find out about theirways of thinking.CReading can be a
16、social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups.They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the websiteBookC 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 a
17、n 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 andwide with each new reader who finds it.Bruce Pederson, the managi ng director of BookCrossing, says, “ The two thingsthat change your life are
18、the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossingcombines both. ”Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffeeshops. 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
19、 thoughtof it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where theirbooks have been found. Bruce peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish bykeeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to t
20、he “ realand not the virtual( ). The site now has more than one million members in more thanone hundred thirty-five countries.”29. Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph? A. To explain what they are.B. To introduce BookCrossing.C. raise the students? interest in art D. teach
21、the students abouttoy design26. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?A. He liked to help his teacher. B. He preferred to studyalone.C. He was active in class. D. He was imaginative.27. What does the underlined word “ downside ” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Mistake. B. Drawback.C
22、. Difficulty. D. Burden.28. 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 theirsleeping habits.C. To help them to improve their memory. D. To find out about theirways of thinking.CReading can be a social activity. Think
23、of the people who belong to book groups.They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the websiteBookC 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
24、 to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far andwide with each new reader who finds it.Bruce Pederson, the managi ng director of BookCrossing, says, “ The two thingsthat change your life are the people you meet and
25、 books you read. BookCrossingcombines both. ”Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffeeshops. 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 thoughtof it. E-mails
26、are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where theirbooks have been found. Bruce peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish bykeeping 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 “ realand not the vi
27、rtual( 虚拟 ). The site now has more than one million members in more thanone hundred thirty-five countries.”29. Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph? A. To explain what they are.B. To introduce BookCrossing.C. raise the students? interest in art D. teach the students aboutto
28、y design26. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?A. He liked to help his teacher. B. He preferred to studyalone.C. He was active in class. D. He was imaginative.27. What does the underlined word “ downside ” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Mistake. B. Drawback.C. Difficulty. D. Bur
29、den.28. 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 theirsleeping habits.C. To help them to improve their memory. D. To find out about theirways of thinking.CReading can be a social activity. Think of the people who be
30、long to book groups.They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the websiteBookC 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
31、 book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far andwide with each new reader who finds it.Bruce Pederson, the managi ng director of BookCrossing, says, “ The two thingsthat change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossingcombines both. ”Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffeeshops. 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 describ
