全国高考英语试题及答案全国卷2.docx

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全国高考英语试题及答案全国卷2

2017年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（全国卷2）

英语

第二部分阅读理解（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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

A

Inthecomingmonths,wearebringingtogetherartistsfromallovertheglobe,toenjoy

speakingShakespeare’plsaysintheirownlanguage,inourglobe,withinthearchitecture

Shakespearewrotefor.Pleasecomeandjoinus.

NationalTheatreofChinaBeijing|Chinese

Thisgreatoccasion（盛会）willbethenationaltheatreofchina’firsstvisittotheUK.The

company’psroductionsshowthenewfaceof21stcenturyChinesetheatre.Thisproductionof

Shakespeare’sRichIIaIrwdillbedirectedbytheNational’sAssocWiataenDgiXreiacotoyri,ng.

Date&Time:

Saturday28April,2.30pm&Sunday29April,1.30pm&6.30pm

MarjanishviliTheatreTbilisilGeorgian

OneofthemostfamoustheatresinGeorgia,theMarjanishvili,foundedin1928,appears

regularlyattheatrefestivalsallovertheworlD.ThisnewproductionofAsYouLikeItishelmed

（指导）bythecompany’sArtisticDirectorLevanTsuladze.

Date&Time:

Friday18May,2.30pm&Sunday19May,7.30pm

DeafinitelyTheatreLondonlBritishSignLanguage（BSL）

BytranslatingtherichandhumouroustextofLove’sLabour’sLostintothephyusiacgaelloafng

BSL,DeafinitelyTheatrecreatesanewinterpretationofShakespeare’scomedyandaimstobuild

abridgebetweendeafandhearingworldsbyperformingtobothgroupsasoneaudience.

Date&Time:

Tuesday22May,2.30pm&Wednesday23May,7.30pm

HabimaNationalTheatreTelAvivlHebrew

TheHabimaisthecentreofHebrew-languagetheatreworldwide,FoundedinMoscowafterthe

1905revolution,thecompanyeventuallysettledinTelAvivinthelate1920s,Since1958,they

havebeenrecognizedasthenationaltheatreofIsrael.ThisproductionofShakespeare’Thse

MerchantofVenicemarkstheirfirstvisittotheUK.

Date&Time:

Monday28May,7.30&Tuesday29May,7.30pm

21.WhichplaywillbeperformedbytheNationalTheatreofChina?

A.RichardⅢ.B.Lover’sLabour’sLost

C.AsYouLikeItD.ThemerchantofVenice

22.WhatisspecialaboutDeafinitelyTheatre?

A.IthastwogroupsofactorsB.ItistheleadingtheatreinLondon

C.ItperformsplaysinBSLD.Itisgoodatproducingcomedies

23.WhencanyouseeaplayinHebrew?

A.OnSaturday28Apil.B.OnSunday29April

C.OnTuesday22May.D.OnTuesday29May

B

IfirstmetPaulNewmanin1968,whenGeorgeRoyHill,thedirectorofButchCassidyandthe

SundanceKid,introducedusinNewYorkCity.Whenthestudiodidn’twantitmeforthefilm

wantedsomebodyaswellknownasPaul—hestoodupforme.Idon’tknowhowmanypeople

wouldhavedonethat;theywouldhavelistenedtotheiragentsorthestudiopowers.

ThefriendshipthatgrewoutoftheexperienceofmakingthatfilmandTheStingfouryears

laterhaditsrootinthefactthatalthoughtherewasanagedifference,webothcamefroma

traditionoftheaterandliveTV.Wewererespectfulofcraft（技艺）andfocusedondigginginto

thecharactersweweregoingtoplay.Bothofushadthequalitiesandvirtuesthataretypicalof

Americanactors:

humorous,aggressive,andmakingfunofeachother—butalwayswithan

underlyingaffection.Thosewerealsoatthecore（核心）ofourrelationshipoffthescreen.

Wesharedthebriefthatifyou’refortunateenoughtohavesuccess,youshouldputsomething

back—hewithhisNewman’sOwnfoodandhisHoleintheWallcampsforkidswhoareriosuesly

ill,andmewithSundanceandtheinstituteandthefestival.PaulandIdidn’tseeeachoth

thatregularly,butsharingthatbroughtustogether.Wesupportedeachotherfinanciallyandby

showingupatevents.

Ilastsawhimafewmonthsago.He’dbeeninandoutofthehospital.HeandIbothknew

whatthedealwas,andwedidn’ttalkaboutOit.urswasarelationshipthatdidn’tneedalotof

words.

24.Whywasthestudiounwillingtogivetheroletoauthoratfirst?

A.PaulNewmanwantedit.B.Thestudiopowersdidn’tlikehisagent.

C.Hewasn’tfamousenough.D.Thedirectorrecommendedsomeoneelse.

25.WhydidPaulandtheauthorhavealastingfriendship?

A.Theywereofthesameage.B.Theyworkedinthesametheater.

C.Theywerebothgoodactors.D.Theyhadsimilarcharacteristics.

26.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“thatin”paragraph3referto?

A.Theirbelief.B.Theircareforchildren.

C.Theirsuccess.D.Theirsupportforeachother.

27.Whatistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthetest?

A.Toshowhisloveoffilms.B.TorememberafrienD.

C.Tointroduceanewmovie.D.Tosharehisactingexperience.

C

TerrafugiaInc.saidMondaythatitsnewflyingcarhascompleteditsfirstflight,bringingthe

companyclosertoitsgoalofsellingtheflyingcarwithinthenextyear.Thewehicle-namedthe

Transition–hastwoseatswheelsandwingsthatfoldupsoitcanbedrivenlikeacar.The

Transition,whichflewat1,400feetforeightminuteslastmonth,canreacharound70milesper

hourontheroadand115inthefliesusinga23-gallontankofgasandbums5gallonsperhourin

theair.Ontheground,itgets35milespergallon.

Around100peoplehavealreadyputdowna$10,000deposittogetaTransitionwhenthey

goonsale,andthosenumberswilllikelyriseafterTerrafugiaintroducestheTransitiontothe

publiclaterthisweekattheNewYorkAutoShow.Butdon’texpectittoshowupintoomany

driveways.It’sexpectedtocost$279,000it.Awnodn’thelpifyou’restuCc.kTihnetrcaaffrineeds

arunway.

Inventorshavebeentryingtomakeflyingcarssincethe1930s,accordingtoRobertMann,

anairlineindustryexpert.ButMannthinksTerrafugiahascomecloserthananyonetomakingthe

flyingcarareality.Thegovernmenthasalreadypermittedthecompanytousespecialmaterials

tomakeiteasierforthevehicletofly.TheTransitionisnowgoingthroughcrashteststomake

sureitmeetsfederalsafetystandards.

MannsaidTerrafugiawashelpedbytheFederalAviationAdministration’sdecisionfiveyears

agotocreateaseparatesetofstandardsforlightsportaircraft,whicharelowerthanthosefor

pilotsoflargerplanes.Terrafugiasaysanownerwouldneedtopassatestandcomplete20hours

offlyingtimetobeabletoflytheTransition,arequirementpilotswouldfindrelativelyeasyto

meet.

28.Whatisthefirstparagraphmainlyabout?

A.ThebasicdataoftheTransition.B.Theadvantagesofflyingcars.

C.Thepotentialmarketforflyingcars.C.ThedesignersoftheTransition.

29.WhyistheTransitionunlikelytoshowupintoomanydriveways?

A.Itcausestrafficjams.B.Itisdifficulttooperate.

C.Itisveryexpensive.D.Itbumstoomuchfuel.

30.Whatisthegovernment’sattitudetothedevelopmentoftheflyingcar?

A.CautiousB.Favorable.

C.Ambiguous.D.Disapproving.

31.Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?

A.FlyingCaratAutoShowB.TheTransition’sFistFlight

C.PilotsD’reamComingTrueD.FlyingCarClosertoReality

D

Whenaleafyplantisunderattack，itdoesn’stitquietly.Backin1983,twoscientists,Jack

SchultzandIanBaldwin,reportedthatyoungmapletreesgettingbittenbyinsectssendouta

particularsmellthatneighboringplantscanget.Thesechemicalscomefromtheinjuredpartsof

theplantandseemtobeanalarm.Whattheplantspumpthroughtheairisamixtureof

chemicalsknownasvolatileorganiccompounds,VOCsforshort.

ScientistshavefoundthatallkindsofplantsgiveoutVOCswhenbeingattacked.It’s

wayofcryingout.Butisanyonelistening?

Apparently.Becausewecanwatchtheneighbors

react.

Someplantspumpoutsmellychemicalstokeepinsectsaway.Butothersdodouble

duty.Theypumpoutperfumesdesignedtoattractdifferentinsectswhoarenaturalenemiesto

theattackers.Oncetheyarrive,thetablesareturned.Theattackerwhoarenaturalenemiesto

theattackers.Oncetheyarrive,thetablesareturneD.Theattackerwhowaslunchingnow

becomeslunch.

Instudyafterstudy,itappearsthatthesechemicalconversationshelptheneighbors.The

damageisusuallymoreseriousonthefirstplant,buttheneighbors,relativelyspeaking,stay

saferbecausetheyheardthealarmandknewwhattodo.

Doesthismeanthatplantstalktoeachother?

Scientistsdon’ktnow.Maybethefirstplantj

ustmadeacryofpainorwassendingamessagetoitsownbranches,andso,ineffect,wastalkin

gtoitself.Perhapstheneighborsjusthappenedto“overhearth”ecry.Soinformationwasexcha

nged,butitwasn’attrue,intentionalbackandforth.

CharlesDarwin,over150yearsago,imaginedaworldfarbusier,noisierandmoreintimate（

亲密的）thantheworldwecanseeandhear.Oursensesareweak.There’aswholelotgoingon.

32.Whatdoesaplantdowhenitisunderattack?

A.Itmakesnoises.B.Itgetshelpfromotherplants.

C.ItstandsquietlyD.Itsendsoutcertainchemicals.

33.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“thetablesareturned”inparagraph3?

A.TheattackersgetattackeD.B.Theinsectsgatherunderthetable.

C.Theplantsgetreadytofightback.D.Theperfumesattractnaturalenemies.

34.Scientistsfindfromtheirstudiesthatplantscan.

A.predictnaturaldisastersB.protectthemselvesagainstinsects

C.talktooneanotherintentionallyD.helptheirneighborswhennecessary

35.whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?

A.Thewordischangingfasterthanever.

B.Peoplehavestrongersensesthanbefore

C.Theworldismorecomplexthanitseems

D.PeopleinDarwin’stimewereimaginative.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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。

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