专题14 阅读理解之记叙文-备战2024年中考英语真题题源解密（江苏专用）

专题14 阅读理解之记叙文 阅读理解综合考查学生对英语语言知识的运用，题型包括词义猜测题、细节理解题、脉络理解题、推理推断题、主旨大意题等。题材广泛，包括故事、日常生活、人物传记、科普知识、社会文化、自然风光等，体裁有记叙文、议论文、说明文和应用文。本专题目的在于帮助学生提高记叙文的解题能力，以帮助同学们高效复习。 （2023·江苏盐城）When Mark walked empty-handed up the sand, the sun was shining brightly. The watching children were as disappointed as he was. They looked at each other and spoke softly so he couldn’t hear. “Is that all?” “Is he giving up?” But Mark wasn’t giving up. He rested on the hot sand. He ate some chocolate biscuits and fed energy back into his body. Slowly his strength and determination returned. “Would the crayfish(鳌虾) still be there?” He wondered. Mark knew crayfish usually hid in the darkness beneath rocks, only coming out at night to feed. How long would his crayfish remain there before it went back under the rocks? Mark forced himself to be patient. He lay on his back in the sun, eyes closed, nearly asleep. Excitement and speed would only waste energy. Finally Mark rose and went back into the water. The children, watching from the shore, were silent. They waited, twisting(缠绕) curls of hair in their fingers, digging their teeth into their knees. Out in the bay, the crayfish was still there. Its feelers moved in the currents(水流). Mark took long, slow, deep breaths. He cheered himself up with encouraging words, “I can do it. I can. I can do it.” Over and over he told himself, hoping his mind would get the idea and believe it. Down he dived. Down. Down. Down. Lungs bursting, ears popping, eyes painful. Nearly there. Pressure(压力), Pressure. He reached out his hands. Reaching. Reaching. But it was no good. He couldn’t make it. Only an arm’s length away, but he couldn’t reach the crayfish. Up he went. Tired, burning, disappointed, annoyed. Floating on the surface, he told himself off. “You hurried too much. Take your time. Prepare yourself. Don’t dive until everything feels right,” he spoke to himself calmly, and he felt the confidence building up inside him. “I can do it. I can do it.” He felt good.