2016年高考英语全国新课标卷III参考答案题号：1题目： Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?A. 241-2742 B. 723-1182C.381-3300 D. 232-6220 真题解析：细节理解题，难度简单，根据关键词opera定位到文章第一段，找到关键词opera，对应相应的电话号码。
答案为A知识能力要求：细节定位及信息匹配题号：2题目： When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?A.February. B. May. C. August. D. November. 真题解析：细节理解题，难度简单，根据关键词Chamber Orchestra定位到文章第二段，原文为“which offers several concerts from March t hrough June.”句意为音乐会在3月至6月之间举办，排除选项得出答案为B 知识能力要求：细节定位及句意理解题号：3 题目： Where can student go for free performances with their I.D. cards?A. MusicHall. B. Memorial Hall.C. Patricia Cobbett Theater. D. Riverbend Music Theater. 真题解析：细节理解题，难度较简单，可知题目问的是地点，根据关键词free performances定位到文章第四段，原文为“Students with I.D. cards can attend the events for free. ” 读完可知本句在重复题目，所以正确答案在关键信息附近，扩大范围阅读，得到信息“Performances are on the main campus(校园) of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Thea ter.” 故答案为C知识能力要求：细节理解及已定范围内的信息寻找题号：4 题目： How is Riverbend Music Theater different from the other places?A. It has seats in the open air.B. It gives shows all year round.C. It offers membership discounts.D. It presents famous musical works. 真题解析：细节理解题，难度中等，根据题目关键词“Riverbend Music Theater” 和“different from the other places”定位到文章最后一段，读完整段之后，结合之前段落读到的信息，可知不同点在于Riverbend Music Theater与其它地方的不同在于它在户外设有座位，故答案为A 知识能力要求：细节定位及全篇信息理解题号：5 题目： What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?A. Two strangers joined her.B. Her childhood friends came in.C. A heavy rain ruined the dinner.D. Some people held a party there. 真题解析：细节理解题，难度偏难，根据题目中的关键词“Welty”和“at the cafe”可知文章第一段至第四段所发生的地点都在cafe中，阅读第一段至第四段，可知B，C选项未提及，由原文“They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.”“When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.”可知对于Welty来说，这两个人都是stranger，故正确答案为A 知识能力要求：细节定位，较大范围内文章理解，阅读细致程度题号：6 题目： The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty’s ________.A. readers B. parties C. friends D. stories 真题解析：词意猜测题，难度中等，看到题目判断为代词词意猜测，所以勇敢向前文看，由前文中的句子“Now we believe your stories”可知them代指的是stories，故正确答案为D 知识能力要求：根据前文内容进行推测题号：7 题目： What can we learn about the characters in Welty’s fiction?A. They live in big cities.B. They are mostly women.C. They come from real life.D. They are pleasure seekers. 真题解析：推断题，难度中等，结合题目关键词fiction定位到文章倒数第二段，原文为“I don’t make them up,” she said of the charac ters in her fiction these last 50 or so years. “I don’t have to.” 结合本句及前文可知Welty的故事都是来源于真实的生活，故正确答案为C 知识能力要求：结合文意及句意进行理解推测题号：8题目： What can people do at the apple events?A. Attend experts’ lecture. B. Visiting fruit-loving families. C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard. D. Taste many kinds of apples. 真题解析：本题为细节题，难度为容易。
定位关键词apple events，找到文章第二段第一句话：Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety of apples. 对照选项为D项，many kinds of 同义替换a wide variety of。
知识能力要求：细节理解题号：9题目： What can we learn about Decio?A. It is a new variety. B. It has a strange look.C. It is rarely seen now. D. It has a specialtaste. 真题解析：本题为细节题，难度为容易。
定位关键词Decio，找到文章第二段第4行，关键词所在句子没有对应选项，根据就近原则继续读下一句话：Altho ugh it doesn’t taste of anything special, it’s still worth a try, as it the knobbly (多疙瘩的) Cat’s Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else. 特别强调其外表与众不同，选项正确答案B。
知识能力要求：细节理解题号：10题目：What does the underlined phrase “apipe dream” in Paragra ph 3 mean?A. A practicalidea. B. A vain hope.C. A brilliant plan. D.A selfish desire. 真题解析：词义猜测题，难度为中等。
词义猜测一般在放在语境中结合上下文来解答。
One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you’ll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so it’s a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it. 定位句中说到一种口感非常出色苹果，但是对种植要求很高，对于苹果爱好者来说只能是一个pipe dream，所以正确答案为B。
知识能力要求：语境结合阅读理解能力，同时要知道vain的意思。
题号：11题目： What is the auth or’s purpose in writing the text?A. To show how to grow apples.B. To introduce an apple festival.C. To help people select apples.D. To promote apple research. 真题解析：主旨大意题，询问作者写作意图。
主旨题定位一般看首段和尾段，再结合其它细节题，可以看出作者的目的是向读者介绍名为Apple Day的节日。
知识能力要求：写作意图理解题号：12题目： What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?A. News report. B. Research papers. C. Private e-mails. D. Daily conversations. 真题解析：细节题，难度容易。
题目询问文章中提到的经典规律用于哪个方面，关键词classic rules定位文章第一段第二句话，Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcast and the morning papers. 选项为A项。
知识能力要求：细节理解题号：13 题目： What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?A. They’re socially inactive.B. They’re good at telling stories.C. They’re inconsiderate of others.D. They’re caref ul with their words. 真题解析：推断题，难度中等。