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浙江省杭州市2021-2022学年高二下学期期末教学质量监测英语试题
第二节(满分 25 分)
When I was a kid about twelve years old, I had a lot of freckles (雀斑). I had reached the age when I had begun to really look at myself in the mirror, and I was overwhelmed. Apparently my mother was too, because sometimes she’d look at me and shake her head.
当我还是一个12岁左右的孩子时,我有很多雀斑(雀斑). 我已经到了开始真正照镜子的年龄,我不知所措。显然,我妈妈也是,因为有时她会看着我,摇摇头。
I had a cousin whose name was Janette Elizabeth. She looked exactly like her name sounds because she had a flawless peaches-and-cream complexion (肤色). I couldn’t help comparing myself with her and thinking that my life would be a lot different if I had beautiful skin too.
我有一个堂妹,名叫珍妮特·伊丽莎白。她看起来和她的名字听起来一模一样,因为她有着完美的桃红色和奶油色皮肤(肤色). 我忍不住把自己和她进行了比较,心想如果我也有漂亮的皮肤,我的生活会大不相同。
And then, in the back pages of Janette Elizabeth’s magazine, I found the answer: an advertisement for freckle-remover cream. I knew that I could afford it if I saved my money, and I did. The ad assured me that the product would work well. For three weeks I went to the mailbox every day precisely at the time the mail was delivered. I knew that if someone else in my family got the mail, I would never hear the end of it. There was no way that they would let me open the box in private.
然后,在珍妮特·伊丽莎白杂志的封底上,我找到了答案:一则祛斑霜的广告。我知道,如果我存下钱,我就能负担得起,我做到了。广告向我保证产品会很好用。三个星期以来,我每天都在邮件投递的时候去邮箱。我知道,如果家里有其他人收到了邮件,我永远不会听到邮件的结局。他们不可能让我私下打开邮箱。
Three weeks later, my package finally came. I went to my room with it, sat on the edge of my bed, and opened it. I was sure that I was looking at a miracle. When I got up the next morning, I applied the cream all over my body. Then I took my hoe (锄头) and went with my brother and cousins to hoe the field, where I got rid of some tiger lilies (虎百合), seemingly ugly with black and small spots.
三个星期后,我的包裹终于来了。我拿着它走进房间,坐在床边,打开它。我确信我看到的是一个奇迹。第二天早上我起床的时候,我把奶油涂在全身。然后我拿了我的锄头(锄头) 和我的兄弟和表兄弟们一起去锄地,在那里我种下了一些虎百合(虎百合), 看起来很难看,有黑色和小斑点。
The sun was so strong that even my face started to burn. By the end of the day, when I came bac