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1、高中英语真题： 2016届高考考前模拟考试试题.doc 一、阅读理解(共 5 题) 1.A Look at the Festival This Summer 21 What is the most exciting part of Sheep Music? AThe garden partyBThe advertisementCThe family feelDThe parade 22If you want to take your children to a festival，which one is the best choice? AThe FiregatheringBSheep Mus
2、ic CThe Big Chill DSummer Sundae23What is the similarity of these festivals? AThey entertain attendants with music BThey have a long historyCThey need advance bookingDThey can be compared with Glastonbury2.When you attend children s birthdays or a long -expected family holiday ，we usually want to ke
3、ep those important moments in mind with a photograph But if you re one ofthose people who can t stop snapping photos at an important event， beware you could end up forgetting it all in a flash Experts have warned that the addiction to recording every moment of our lives could be having an adverse ef
4、fect on our memoriesMaryanne Garry， a New Zealand psychology professor， has been studying how the frequent taking of photos might change childhood memories“ I think the problem is that people are forgetting to experience the moment ，” she saysParents at the park taking one photo after another of the
5、ir children ，for example ，are actually paying less attention to what is happening around themThe picture only captures a small part of the total experience And because parents remember less about these important events ，they become less effective in their role as the key people who help children lea
6、rn how to talk about their experiences As a result ， children s own childhood memories are reduced The idea that we are experiencing less as we record more got psychologist Linda Henkel thinking She wanted to explore how photographs shape our memoriesHenkel ， who researches human memory at Fairfield
7、 University in Connecticut，did an experiment by sending groups of students to the university s art museum The students observed some objects and photographed others Then ，back at the laboratory，they were given a memory test Henkel found what she called a“ photo -taking effect”The students remembered
8、 fewer of the objects that they had taken photos of，and they remembered fewer details about those objects She says her students memories were worse because they wererelying on the camera to remember the details for them“ As soon as you hit click on that camera ， it s as if you ve outsourced your mem
9、ory” she says24 What does the word“ it” in Paragraph 1 refer to? AAn important eventB A child s birthdayCA valuable photographDA family holiday25According to Paragraph 3， why are children s memories reduced?AFlash lights are causing children to forget more thingsBParen ts are not interested in liste
10、ning to children s experiencesCChildren are more interested in taking photos than experiencingD Parents are less effective in helping children discuss their experiences 26 How did Henkel develop her theory about the “ photo -taking effect”?ABy carrying out an experimentBBy giving a questionnaireCBy
11、interviewing a group of students DBy researching the findings of the others27 What s the purpose of this passage?ATo introduce a new discovery in taking photosBTo discuss the effect of photo-taking on memoryCTo explain how to use cameras in an effective wayDTo describe the ways of remembering valuab
12、le experiences3.Jose Andre Montano Baina was born and raised in the town of Totora，Bolivia not exactly the home of jazzBut now he is taking the Bolivian and the world music scene by storm He has already performed in some of the country s top occasions including theLegislative Palace and alongside fa
13、mous musicians like Bolivian rocker Glen Vargaswhat s so great about that? How about the fact that Jose is just seven years old and ，has no vision! The young musician began to show his extraordinary music talent at the age of four when he started playing the drums with a high standard of ability and
14、 skills ，which are usually played by artists three times his age After mastering them， he quickly moved on to the piano and by the age of five had formed a jazz band! And，while the young boy knows every jazz song in the book and can play them all with great ease and confidence，it is not the only kin
15、d of music he enjoysThis Bolivian prodigy(神童)has various musical taste and isn t limited to jazz He also loves listening to blues，heavy metal ，tango ，bolero and anything in between! His extremely proud father is quick to admit that he has nothing to do with his sonsunusual talent In fact he didnt ev
16、en know much about jazz until Jose started to play“ I didn t know jazz before，he got me into itIt s as if he was born a jazz chip( 芯片)inside him， I don t know how to explain how it came about； it s like the jazz was already inside him” His father recalled As for the young rising superstar，he leads a pretty normal life despite all the fame Just like the rest of you， he goes to school， does homework and yes，has chores assigned (派给)to him as well ! 28What is the text mainly about? AYoung blind jazz
