1、2016年重庆高考英语试题及答案简答题（综合题）本大题共120分。简答应写出文字说明、证明过程或演算步骤。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。AWhats On?Electric Underground7.30pm1.00am Freeat the Cyclops TheatreDo you know whos playing in your area? Were bringing you an evening oflive rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you in
2、terested inbecoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successfulrecord producer. Hes going to talk about how you can find the right person toproduce you music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy atKaleidoscopeCome and see GeeWhizz pe
3、rform. Hes the funniest stand-up comedian onthe comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest tothe oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinksand snacks(快餐).Simons Workshop5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays atVictoria StageThis is a go
4、od chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. Theworkshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways ofmaking people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years experienceof teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simonwill giv
5、e you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. CharlotteStone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering onthe piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizza
6、s andpasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open allday, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.1. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?A. JulesSkye.B. Gee Whizz.C. Charlotte Stone.D. James Pickering.2. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a goo
7、d laugh?A. The CyclopsTheatreB. KaleidoscopeC. Victoria StageD. Pizza World3. What do we know about Simons Workshop?A. It requiresmembership status.B. It lasts three hourseach time.C. It is run by a comedy club.D. Itis held every Wednesday.4. When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs?A. 5.00pm-7.3
8、0pm.B. 7.30pm1.00am.C. 8.00pm-11.00pm.D.8.30pm-10.30pm.答案：ABDCB Five years ago, when I taught artat a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a termto find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinkertoys infront of each student, and said:”Make something ou
9、t of the Tinkertoys. You have45 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 theinstructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided.Another group
10、built something out of their own imaginations. Once I had a boy who workedexperimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled ashelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I wasdelighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative
11、mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant inclass whose creativity would infect(感染) other students. Encouraging this kind of thinkinghas a downside. I ran the risk of losing those students who had a differentstyle of thinking. Without fail one would declare, ”But I
12、m just not creative.” “Do you dream at night when youreasleep?” “Oh, sure.” “So tell me one of your mostinteresting dreams.” The student would tell something wildly imaginative.Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. “Thats prettycreative. Who does that for you?” “Nobody. I do
13、 it.” “Really-at night, when youreasleep?” “Sure.”zxx.k “Try doing it in the daytime, inclass, okay?”5. The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to _?A. know more about the studentsB.make the lessons more excitingC. raise the students interest in artD. teach the students about toy design6. What
14、 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 wasimaginative.7. What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Mistake.B. Drawback.C. Difficulty.D. Burden.8. Why did the teac
15、her ask the students to talk about their dreams?A. To help themto see their creativity.B. To find outabout their sleeping habits.C. To help them to improve their memory.D. To find out about their ways of thinking.答案：ADBACReading can be a social activity. Think of thepeople who belong to book groups.
16、 They choose books to read and then meet todiscuss them. Now, the websiteBookCturns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.Members go on the site and register the books theyown and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number tostick inside the book. Then the person
17、leaves it in a public place, hoping thatthe book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new readerwho finds it. Bruce Pederson, the managingdirector of BookCrossing, says, “The two things that change your life are thepeople you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.”
18、Members leave books on parkbenches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their bookwill go to the site and record where they found it. People who find a book can alsoleave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sentto the BookCrossing to keep them
19、 updated about where their books have beenfound. Bruce peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keepinga book to gather dust on a shelf at home. zxx.k BookCrossing is part of a trendamong people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than o
20、ne million members in more than one hundredthirty-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
21、word “it” in Paragraph 2refer to?A. Thebook.B.An adventure.C.A public place.D. Theidentification number.11. What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?A. Meet other readers to discussit.B.Keep it safe in his bookcase.C. Pass it on to another reader.D.Mail it back to its owner.12. What i
22、s the best title for the text?A. Online Reading: A VirtualTourB. Electronic Books: A newTrendC. A Book Group Brings Tradition BackD. A Website Links People through Books答案：BACDDA new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyageback to life.Frank Hurleys pictures would be outstanding-
23、undoubtedlyfirst-rate photo-journalism-if they had been made last week. In fact, theywere shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海滩), by a cameraman who had noreasonable expectation of survival. Many of the images were stored in an icechest, under freezing water, in t
24、he damaged wooden ship. Theship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian-built three-master that wasintended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen andscientists, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarcticas WeddellSea. From that point Shackleton wanted to force a pa
25、ssage by dog sled(雪橇) across the continent. Thejourney was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott haddone. Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died withhis four companions on the march back. Aswriter Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful an
26、d well-researched storyThe Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.Scotts last journey, completed as be lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger,caught the worlds imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds.Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who h
27、ad got to within 100miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage tomake money from movie and still photography. Frank Hurley, a confident andgifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make theimages, most of which have never before been publishe
28、d.13. What do we know about the photos takenby Hurley?A.They were made last weekB.They showed undersea sceneriesC.They were found by a cameramanD.They recorded a disastrous adventure14. Who reached the South Pole firstaccording to the text?A.Frank HurleyB. ErnestShackletonC.Robert Falcon ScottD. Car
29、olineAlexander15. What does Alexander think was thepurpose of the 1914 voyage?A.Artistic creationB. ScientificresearchC.Money makingD. Treasure hunting答案：DCC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 thatsjust right for youHave you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where t
30、heatmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum(总和) of its parts?16.But it doesnt happen by accident. It starts with looking inside yourself andunderstanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how youapproach the gardening process._17Some people may think that a garden
31、is no more than plants, flowers,patterns and masses of color. Others are concerned about using gardeningmethods that require less water and fewer fertilizers(肥料).18.However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want togarden. One of them comes from our earliest years.Recall(回忆)your childhood memories Our model ofwhat a garden should be often goes back to childhood. Grandmas rose garden andDads vegetable garden might be good or bad, but thats not whats
