绝密启用前6月8日15:0016:402016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷注意事项：1.答第卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚，写在答题卡上。2.选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。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，从媒体所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMusicOpera at Music Hall:1243 Elm Street.The season runs June through August, with additional performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts. Phone: 241-2742. http:/www.cityopera.com.Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June. Call 723-1182 for more information. http:/www.chamberorch.com.Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular season runs September through May at Music Hall and in summer at Riverbend. http:/www.symphony.org/home.asp.College Conservatory of Music (CCM): Performances are on the main campus(校园)of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known LaSalle. Quartet, CCMs Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modem music. Students with I.D.cards can attend the events for free.A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183.http:/www.ccm.uc.edu/events/calendar.Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave.Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover （price difference）,Big nameshow all summer long ! Phone: 2326220. http:/www.riverbendmusic.com.1.Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?A.241-2742. B.723-1182 C.381-3300D.232-6220.2. When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?A. February.B. May.C. August.D. November.3. Where can students go for free performances with their I.D. cards?A. Music Hall.B. Memorial Hall.C. Patricia Cobbctt Theater.D. Riverbend Music Theater.4. How is Riverbend Music Theater different from the other places?A. It has seats in the open air.B. It givcs shows all year round.C. It offers membership discounts.D. It presents famous musical works.BOn one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take acouple of New York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.Hey, arent you from Mississippi? the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the strangger. Im from Mississippi too. Without a second thought, the woman joinded the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty said. I didnt know what my New York friends were thinking.Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine.By the time group got up to leave, it was pouring outside. Weltys new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into My friend said: Now we believe your stories,Welty added,And I said :Now you know,these are the people that make me write them.Sitting on a sofa in her room,Welty, asilm figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.I dont makt them up, she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years.I dont have to.Beauticians,bartenders,piano players and poeple wiht people hats,Weltys people come from afternoons spent vistiting with old friends, from walks thtough the streets of her native Jackson,Miss.,from conversations overheard on a bus.It annoys Welty that,at 78,her left ear has now given out.Sometimes,sitting on a bus or a train, sht hears only a fragment（片断）particularly interesting story.5.What happpened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?A.Two strangers joined her.B.Her childhood friends came in.C.A heavy rain ruined the dinner.D.Some people held a party there.6. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to WeltysA. readers B. parties C. friends D. stories7. What can we learn about the characters in Weltys fiction;A. They live in big cities.B. They are mostly women.C. They come from real life.D. They are pleasure seekers.CIf you are a fruit grower一or would like to become one一take advantage of Apple Day to see whats around. Its called Apple Day but in practice its more like Apple Month. The day itself is on October 21, but since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety of apples .To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal ,Gala in supermarkets,