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’playsintheirownlanguage,inourglobe,withinShakespearewrotefor.Pleasecomeandjoinus.NationalTheatreofChinaBeijing|Chinese

thearchitecture

Thisgreatoccasion（盛会）willbethenationaltheatreofchina

’firstvisittotheUK.The

company’productionsshowthenewfaceof21st

centuryChinesetheatre.Thisproductionof

Shakespeare’sRichardIIIwillbedirectedbytheNational’sAssociateWangDirector,Xiaoying.

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

DeafinitelyTheatre

LondonlBritishSign

Language

（BSL）

BytranslatingtherichandhumouroustextofLove

’sLabour

’sLostintothephysicaluagelangof

BSL,DeafinitelyTheatrecreatesanewinterpretationofShakespeare’scomedyandaimstobuild

abridgebetweendeafandhearingworldsbyperformingtobothgroupsasoneaudience.

Date&Time:

Tuesday22May,2.30pm&Wednesday23May,7.30pmHabimaNationalTheatreTelAvivlHebrew

TheHabimaisthecentreofHebrew-languagetheatreworldwide,FoundedinMoscowafterthe

1905revolution,thecompanyeventuallysettledinTelAvivinthelate1920s,Since1958,theyhavebeenrecognizedasthenationaltheatreofIsrael.ThisproductionofShakespeare’ThesMerchantofVenicemarkstheirfirstvisittotheUK.

Date&Time:

Monday28May,7.30&Tuesday29May,7.30pm

21.WhichplaywillbeperformedbytheNationalTheatreofChina?

A.RichardⅢ.

B.Lover’sLabour’sLost

C.AsYouLikeIt

D.ThemerchantofVenice

22.

WhatisspecialaboutDeafinitelyTheatre?

A.Ithastwogroupsofactors

B.ItistheleadingtheatreinLondon

C.ItperformsplaysinBSL

D.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,webothcamefromatraditionoftheaterandliveTV.Wewererespectfulofcraft（技艺）andfocusedondiggingintothecharactersweweregoingtoplay.Bothofushadthequalitiesandvirtuesthataretypicalof

Americanactors:

humorous,

aggressive,andmaking

funof

eachother—

but

alwayswith

an

underlyingaffection.Thosewerealsoatthecore

（核心）

ofourrelationshipoffthescreen.

Wesharedthebriefthatifyou

’refortunateenoughtohavesuccess,youshouldputsomething

back—

hewithhisNewman

’sOwnfoodandhisHoleintheWallcampsforkidswhoareriouslyse

ill,andmewithSundanceandtheinstituteandthefestival.PaulandIdidn

thatregularly,butsharingthatbroughtustogether.Wesupportedeachotherfinanciallyandby

showingupatevents.

’tseeeachoth

Ilastsawhimafewmonthsag

o.He

’dbeeninandoutofthehospital.HeandIbothknew

whatthedealwas,

andwedidn

’ttalkaboutOursit.wasarelationshipthatdidn

’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,bringingthecompanyclosertoitsgoalofsellingtheflyingcarwithinthenextyear.Thewehicle-namedthe

Transition–hastwoseatswheelsandwingsthatfoldupsoitcanbedrivenlikeacar.TheTransition,whichflewat1,400feetforeightminuteslastmonth,canreacharound70milesperhourontheroadand115inthefliesusinga23-gallontankofgasandbums5gallonsperhourin

theair.Ontheground,itgets35milespergallon.

Around100peoplehavealreadyputdowna$10,000deposittogetaTransitionwhenthey

goonsale,andthosenumberswilllikelyriseafterTerrafugiaintroducestheTransitiontothe

publiclaterthisweekattheNewYorkAutoShow.Butdon

’texpectittoshowupintoomany

driveways.It

’sexpectedtocost$279,000it.Andwon

’thelpifyou

’restuckC.Theintrafficarneeds

arunway.

Inventorshavebeentryingtomakeflyingcarssincethe1930s,accordingtoRobertMann,anairlineindustryexpert.ButMannthinksTerrafugiahascomecloserthananyonetomakingtheflyingcarareality.Thegovernmenthasalreadypermittedthecompanytousespecialmaterials

tomakeiteasierforthevehicletofly.TheTransitionisnowgoingthroughcrashteststomake

sureitmeetsfederalsafetystandards.

MannsaidTerrafugiawashelpedbytheFederalAviationAdministration

agotocreateaseparatesetofstandardsforlightsportaircraft,whicharelowerthanthosefor

’sdecisionfiveyears

pilotsoflargerplanes.Terrafugiasaysanownerwouldneedtopassatestandcomplete20hours

offlyingtimetobeabletoflytheTransition,arequirementpilotswouldfindrelativelyeasy

meet.

28.Whatisthefirstparagraphmainlyabout?

A.ThebasicdataoftheTransition.B.Theadvantagesofflyingcars.

C.Thepotentialmarketforflyingcars.C.ThedesignersoftheTransition.

29.WhyistheTransitionunlikelytoshowupintoomanydriveways?

A.Itcausestrafficjams.B.Itisdifficulttooperate.

C.Itisveryexpensive.D.Itbumstoomuchfuel.

to

30.Whatisthegovernment’sattitudetothedevelopmentoftheflyingcar?

A.CautiousB.Favorable.C.Ambiguous.D.Disapproving.31.Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?

A.FlyingCaratAutoShow

B.TheTransition

’sFistFlight

C.PilotsDream’ComingTrue

D.FlyingCarClosertoReality

D

Whenaleafyplantisunderattack，itdoesn’sitquietly.Backin1983,twoscientists,Jack

SchultzandIanBaldwin,reportedthatyoungmapletreesgettingbittenbyinsectssendouta

particularsmellthatneighboringplantscanget.Thesechemicalscomefromtheinjuredpartsof

theplantandseemtobeanalarm.Whattheplantspumpthroughtheairisamixtureof

chemicalsknownasvolatileorganiccompounds,VOCsforshort.

ScientistshavefoundthatallkindsofplantsgiveoutVOCswhenbeingattacked.It

wayofcryingout.Butisanyonelistening?

Apparently.Becausewecanwatchtheneighbors

react.

Someplantspumpoutsmellychemicalstokeepinsectsaway.Butothersdodouble

duty.Theypumpoutperfumesdesignedtoattractdifferentinsectswhoarenaturalenemiesto

theattackers.Oncetheyarrive,thetablesareturned.Theattackerwhoarenaturalenemiesto

theattackers.Oncetheyarrive,thetablesareturneD.Theattackerwhowaslunchingnow

’s

becomeslunch.

Instudyafterstudy,itappearsthatthesechemicalconversationshelptheneighbors.The

damageisusuallymoreseriousonthefirstplant,butthe

neighbors,relatively

speaking,stay

saferbecausetheyheardthealarmandknewwhattodo.

Doesthismeanthatplantstalktoeachother?

Scientistsdon’tknow.Maybethefirstplantj

ustmadeacryofpainorwassendingamessagetoitsownbranches,andso,ineffect,wastalkin

gtoitself.Perhapstheneighborsjusthappenedto“overhearthe”cry.Soinformationwasexcha

nged,butitwasn’tatrue,intentionalbackandforth.

CharlesDarwin,over150yearsago,imaginedaworldfarbusier,noisierandmoreintimate（

亲密的）thantheworldwecanseeandhear.Oursensesareweak.There’sawholelotgoingon.

32.Whatdoesaplantdowhenitisunderattack?

A.Itmakesnoises.

C.Itstandsquietly

B.Itgetshelpfromotherplants.

D.Itsendsoutcertainchemicals.

33.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“thetablesareturned”inparagraph3?

A.TheattackersgetattackeD.B.Theinsectsgatherunderthetable.

C.Theplantsgetreadytofightback.D.Theperfumesattractnaturalenemies.

34.Scientistsfindfromtheirstudiesthatplantscan.

A.predictnaturaldisastersB.protectthemselvesagainstinsects

C.talktooneanotherintentionallyD.helptheirneighbor