2016英语试题
Ⅰ. 语言知识及应用(共两节。满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I 1 that students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had been his mother’s 2 to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.
Hard as Robby tried, he 3 the basic sense of music. However, he persisted, and at the end of each weekly 4 , he always said, “ My mom’s going to hear me play some day.” But it seemed 5 . He just did not have any inborn (天生的) ability.
I only knew his mother from a distance as she 6 Robby off or waited in her old car to pick him up. She always 7 and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was 8 .
Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the upcoming recital (独奏会) when Robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf… I’ve just got to9 !” he insisted.
The night for the recital came. The high school gymnasium was packed with parents, friends and relatives. The recital went off well. 10 Robby came up on stage. I was 11 when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto (协奏曲) No. 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so 12 that everyone rose to applaud him. In tears I ran up on 13 . “Oh! Robby! How did you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf… I kept on practicing at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, 14 she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well…she was born deaf, so tonight was the15 time she ever heard me play…”
1. A. prefer B. imagine C. suppose D. wish
2. A. plan B. belief C. need D. dream
3. A. held B. lacked C. hid D. showed
4. A. seminar B. lesson C. test D. show
5. A. meaningless B. senseless C. useless D. hopeless
6. A. put B. saw C. dropped D. sent
7. A. waved B. waited C. jumped D. left
8. A. tired B. deaf C. sick D. unhappy
9. A. succeed B. learn C. play D. act
10. A. Suddenly B Then C. Finally D. Later
11. A. surprised B. puzzled C. disappointed D. annoyed
12. A. badly B. hardly C. differently D. wonderfully
13. A. platform B. stairs C. stage D. floor
14. A. unluckily B. therefore C. however D. actually
15. A. best B. first C. last D. worst
第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡括号为16-25的相应位置上。
Over years, I’ve been teaching children about a simple 16 powerful concept—the ant philosophy. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. First, ants never quit. They’ll climb over, they’ll climb under, and they’ll climb around. They keep looking for another way. What a neat (了不起的) philosophy, to never quit 17 (look) for a way to get 18 you are supposed to go. Second, ants think winter all summer. That’s 19 important perspective. You can’t be so naive (幼稚的) as to think summer will last forever. So ants are gathering their winter food in the middle of summer. It’s important to be 20 (reality). You have got to think rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun. Think ahead. The third part is 21 ants think summer all winter. During the winter, they remind 22 , “This won’t last long; we’ll soon be out of here.” And 23 the first warm day, the ants are out. If it 24 (turn) cold again, they will dive back down. Last, how much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All he 25 (possibility) can. Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.
II阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
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Born in 1936 in Oak Park, Illinois, the American Richard Bach is the direct descendant (后代) of J.S. Bach, the famous composer. He attended Long Beach State College in 1955.
As an airplane pilot, Bach got married to his first wife and had six children, but divorced later and then left his family because he didn’t believe in marriage.
