2016年北京高考英语试题及答案(2)

^，s in his nineties.
A.as long as   B.as if   C. even though   D.in case
28.______ over a week ago, the books are expected to arrive any time now.
A. Ordering                        B. To order
C. Having ordered                   D. Ordered
29. The most pleasant thing of the rainy season is _____ one can be entirely dust.
A. what                               B. that
C. whether                            D. why
30. The students have been working hard on their lessons and their efforts______ success in the end.
A. rewarded                           B. were rewarded
C. will reward                         D. will be rewarded
31. I love the weekend,because I_____ get up early on Saturdays and Sundays.
A. needn’t                              B. mustn’t
C. wouldn’t                              D. shouldn’t
32. Newly-built wooden cottages line the street, _______ the old town into a dreamland.
A. turn                B. turning
C. to turn              D. turned
33. I really enjoy listening to music ___ it helps me relax and takes my mind away from other cares of the day.
A. because               B.before
C. unless              D. until
34. Why didn’t you tell me about your trouble last week? If you ___ me, I could have helped.
A. told         B. had told
C. were to tell    D. would tell
35. I am not afraid of tomorrow, ______ I have seen yesterday and I love today.
A. so   B. and
C. for   D. but
第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）
阅读下面短文， 掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上讲该项 涂黑。


A Race Against Death
It was a cold January in 1925 in North Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.
On the 20th of that month, Dr.Welch   36   a Sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious(传染的)disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be  37  if it struck the town. Dr.Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick.   38  , the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.
How could the medicine get to Nome? The town`s  39  was already full of ice, so it couldn`t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn`t travel on the   40  roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn`t exist yet.
  41  January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twemty more were   42  . Nome`s town officials came up with a(n)  43  . They would have the medicine sent by   44  from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogeled(狗拉雪橇)drivers—known as “mushers”—would   45  it to Nome in a relay(接力).
The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night.  46  he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon`s face was black from the extreme cold. 
On January 31， a musher named Seppala had to   47  a frozen body of water called Norton Sound .It was the most  48  part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice,which could sometimes break up without warning.If that happened,Seppala might fall into the icy water below.He would  49  ,and so would the sick children of  Nome.But  Seppala made it across.
   A huge snowstorm hit on February 1.Amusher  named Kaasen had to brave this storm.At one point,huge piles of sonw blocked his 50  .He had to leave the trail (雪橇痕迹)to get around them.Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to  51  the trail again. The only hope was Balto,Kaasen’s lead dog, Balto put his nose to the ground, 5 2  to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail.If  Balto failed,it would mean disaster for Nome.The minutes passed by.Suddenly, Balto began to  53  .He had foung the trail
   At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dog  54  in Nome. Within minutes,Dr.Welch had the medicine.He quickly gave it to the sick children.All of them recoverd. 
   Nome had been  55  .
36.A.examined    B.warned     C.interviewed        D.cured
37.A.harmless    B.helpless  C. fearless   D.careless
38.A.Moreover   B.Therefore  C.Otherwise    D.However
39.A.airport     B.station  C. harbor   D.border
40.A.narrow  B. snowy  C.busy    D.dirty
41.A.From    B.On  C.By   D.After
42.A.tired   B.upset  C. pale   D.sick
43.A.plan    B.excuse  C.message    D.topic
44.A.air  B.rail  C. sea   D.road
45.A.carry   B.return  C. mail   D.give
46.A.Though  B.Since  C. When  D.If
47.A.enter  B.move  C. visit   D.cross
48.A.shameful  B.boring  C.dangerous    D.foolish
49.A.escape  B.bleed  C. swim   D.die