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高二年级英语第 页1
贵阳市东升学校 2022-2023 学年度第一学期 10 月月考试卷
高二年级 英语试卷
时间:90 分钟 满分:100 分
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共 7小题;每小题 2.5分,满分 17.5分)
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When my mother died a few years ago,we looked through boxes in which she had lovingly
stored her children’s lives. Handwritten report cards from grade school. News cuttings about
games. Postcards from summer camps. And so many photos:birthdays,graduations,weddings and
trips to wonderful places.
After my father’s death,I found many handwritten pity letters from his friends. Rereading
them once a year,I am transported back to the time I miss so much. Of course,I received many
emails about Dad as well,but I wouldn’t begin to know how or where to find them.
Besides,personal messages are more meaningful when presented in the hand of the sender.
My kids,now in their 20s,have mostly digital keepsakes. Increasingly they rely on Facebook
to store memories. Their letters from college,sent by email,are long gone. Many photos,never
printed,have disappeared. I really worry that for them.
In Andrew Hoskins’ new book Digital Memory Studies,he concludes,“Despite the gradual
disappearance of photographs,letters and other objects that are reminders of people and past
experiences,their keeping is like holding on to those people and experiences.” Digital items offer
nothing of the kind.
Mark B. McKinley explained that collecting physical memorabilia(值得纪念的事物 )can
serve as a means of control to bring out a comfort zone in one’s life,calming fears and easing
worries. It’s no wonder that children are fond of collecting things—it’s important to their
development.
One mother says,“My son collects pieces of broken stones.”The kid might become a great
geologist or a successful businessman. But will his mom print out a photo of that unique collection?
Will his degree in geology be memorialized on paper,or will he be given a digital diploma? And
will he collect his first paycheck or will he be paid by direct deposit?
1.What can be concluded from the first three paragraphs?
A.People don’t