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书 山 有 路
2016 高考模拟卷(四)
(时间:120分钟 满分:150分)
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力(略)
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,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和D)中,选出最佳选项。
( A )
A widow’s wish to hear her late husband’s voice again has pushed London’s
subway system to restore a 40-year-old recording of the subway’s famous “Mind the
gap” announcement.
The Underground,or the tube,first opened in 1863,tracked down the voice
recording by Oswald Lawrence after his widow,Margaret McCollum,told them what it
meant to her.
McCollum,65,said she used to frequently visit Embankmenl tube station or plan
her journeys around the stop to listen to Lawrence’s voice,even before his death.She
was taken aback in November when she noticed it had been replaced by a different
voice.
“Lawrence was a drama school graduate when he auditioned(试音)for the tube
recording.He went on to become a theater actor and then worked for a tour company.For
six years after his death,I’d stay on the platform—just sit and listen to it again,”
she added.
When Margaret approached the tube,she was told it had a new broadcast system
and it couldn’t use the old recording anymore.
Nigel Holness,director of London Underground,said its staff has been so moved
by McCollum’s story that they dug up the recording and gave the widow a copy of
the announcement on a CD for her to keep. “Tube staff is also working to restore
Lawrence’s announcement at the station,” he added. “It is celebrating its 150th
anniversary this year.The tube’s Mind the gap messages,voiced by various actors,have
accompanied countless London commuter journeys since the 1960s.Train drivers and
staff made the warnings themselves before that.”
“I’m very pleased that people are interested in Oswald’s old recording,”
Margaret said. “He was a gre
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