【期末备考】专题04：阅读理解记叙文-上海名校2023-2024学年高二下学期英语试卷精选汇编

专题04 阅读理解记叙文 Passage 1 上海市奉贤中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期末英语试题 Passage 2 上海市南洋模范中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 Passage 3 上海市建平中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期末英语试题 Passage 4 上海市曹杨第二中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 Passage 5 上海市控江中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 Passage 6 上海市复旦大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 Passage 7 上海奉贤区致远高级中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期末教学评估英语试题 Passage 8 上海市大同中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 Passage 1 　Suddenly Uncle Henry stood up. “There’s a cyclone coming, Em,” he called to his wife. “I’ll go look after the stock.” Then he ran toward the sheds where the cows and horses were kept. Aunt Em dropped her work and came to the door. One glance told her of the danger close at hand. “Quick, Dorothy!” she screamed. “Run for the cellar!” Toto jumped out of Dorothy’s arms and hid under the bed, and the girl started to get him. Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into the small, dark hole. Dorothy caught Toto at last and started to follow her aunt. When she was halfway across the room there came a great roar from the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor. Then a strange thing happened. The house circled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon. It was very dark, and the wind blew horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily. After the first few twists and turns, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle (摇篮). Toto did not like it. He ran about the room, now here, now there, barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited to see what would happen. At last she crawled over the swinging floor to her bed, and lay down upon it; and Toto followed and lay down beside her. In spite of the swinging of the house and the crying of the wind, Dorothy soon closed her eyes and fell fast asleep. 1．What does the underlined word “cyclone” in paragraph 1 probably mean? A．deadline B．flood C．monster D．tornado 2．Why did Aunt Em go into the hole in the floor when the cyclone approached? A．To find the puppy Toto. B．To find shelter from the cyclone. C．To protect their fortune. D．To get tools to help Henry. 3．Which of the following is True about Dorothy? A．She managed to control the house. B．She found herself flying in a balloon. C．She turned baby crying loudly. D．She remained undisturbed with Toto. 4．Which words can be used to describe Dorothy in the emergency? A．Afraid and brave. B．Curious and tired. C．Flexible and calm. D．Excited and thrilled. Passage 2 Noah reached for his guitar, remembering his father as he did so, thinking how much he missed him. He strummed once, adjusted the tension on two strings, then strummed again. This time it sounded about right, and he began to play. Soft music, quiet music. He hummed for a little while at first, then began to sing as night came down around him. He played and sang until the sun was gone and the sky black. It was a little after seven when he quit, and he settled back into his chair and began to rock. By habit, he looked upward and saw Orion and the Big Dipper, Gemini and the Pole Star, twinkling in the autumn sky. He started to run the numbers in his head, then stopped. He knew he’d spent almost his entire savings on the house and would have to find a job again soon, but he pushed the thought away and decided to enjoy the remaining months of restoration without worrying about it. Besides, thinking about money usually bored him. Early on, he’d learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn’t be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise. It was another trait he got from his father. Clem, his hound dog, came up to him then and nuzzled his hand before lying down at his feet. “Hey, girl, how’re you doing?” he asked as he patted her head, and she whined softly, her soft round eyes peering upward. A car accident had taken her leg, but she still moved well enough and kept him company on quiet nights like these. He was thirty-one now, not too old, but old enough to be lonely. He hadn’t dated since he’d been back here, hadn’t met anyone who remotely interested him. It was his own fault, he knew. There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close, something he wasn’t sure he could change even if he tried. And sometimes in the moments right before sleep came, he wondered if he was destined to be alone forever. The evening passed, staying warm, nice. Noah listened to the crickets and the rustling leaves, thinking that the sound of nature was more real and aroused more emotion than things like cars and planes. Natural things gave back more than they took, and their sounds always brought him back to the way man was supposed to be. “It’ll keep you from going crazy,” his father had told him the day he’d shipped out. “It’s God’s music and it’ll take you home.” He finished his tea, went inside, found a book, then turned on the porch light on his way back out. After sitting down again, he looked at the book. It was old, the cover was torn, and the pages were stained with mud and water. It was Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, and he had carried it with him throughout the war. It had even taken a bullet for him once. He rubbed the cover, dusting it off just a little. Then he let the book open randomly and read the words in front of him: This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless. Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done. Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best. Night, sleep, death and the stars. For some reason Whitman always reminded him of New Bern, and he was glad he’d come back. Though he’d been away from fourteen years, this was home and he knew a lot of people here, most of them from his youth. Like so many southern towns, the people who lived here never changed, they just grew a bit older. 5．The underlined sentence in paragraph two is the equivalent of “_________”. A．he hated those who were unable to appreciate simple things in life B．he didn’t see eye to eye with people who liked to save money C．he had difficulty in figuring out how he got this trait from his father D．he didn’t understand why people were so materialistic 6．Which of the following is NOT true according the passage? A．Noah often played the guitar and observed the stars. B．Clem the dog showed great affection for her master. C．Noah was destined to be alone since no woman seemed interested in him. D．Noah planned to restore his house before landing himself a job. 7．Which of the following statements would Noah’s father most agree with? A．Patients suffering from mental disorder can be cured by nature. B．The closer you are to nature, the closer you are to your true self. C．Where there is God’s music, there is home. D．A good book is a man’s best company. 8．Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman _________. A．had been a treasure but was now too damaged to read B．recorded the lives of New Bern’s people who never changed over the years C．was beyond Noah’s understanding so he randomly picked up some words to read D．stirred a feeling of nostalgia in Noah Passage 3 The train was speeding onward and the plains of Texas were pouring eastward. A newly married pair had boarded this coach at San Antonio. The man’s face was reddened from many days in the wind and sun, and a direct result of his new black clothes was that from time to time he looked down respectfully at his clothes. He sat with a hand on each knee, like a man waiting in a barber’s shop. The glace she devoted to other passengers were shy. The bride was not pretty. She wore a dress of blue cashmere. She continually twisted her head to regard her puff sleeves. They embarrassed her. The blushes （脸红）caused by the careless glances of some passengers as she had entered the car were strange to see. They were evidently very happy. “Ever been in a parlor-car （特等火车）before?” he asked, smiling with delight. “No,” she answered; “I never was. It’s fine，ain’t it?” “Great! And then after a while we’ll go forward to the dinner. Fresh meal in the world. Charge a dollar. ” “Oh, do they?” cried the bride. “Charge a dollar? Why，that’s too much — for us — ain’t it, Jack?” Later he explained to her about the trains. “You see, if s a thousand miles from one end of Texas to the other; and this runs right across it, and never stops but four times.” He had the pride of an owner. He pointed out to her the dazzling fittings of the coach; and in truth her eyes opened wider and she watched the sea-green velvet（丝绒人）, the shining bronze，silver, and glass, the wood that glowed as darkly brilliant as the surface of a pool of oil. At one end a bronze statue held a support for a separated room, and on the ceiling were frescos（壁画）in olive and silver. To the minds of the pair, their surroundings reflected the glory of their marriage that morning in San Antonio: this was the environment of their new estate; and the man’s face in particular shone with an elation （得意）that made him appear ridiculous to the Negro porter. This porter at times surveyed them with an amused and superior grin. On other occasions he bullied them with skill in ways that did not make it easy to them that they were being bullied. He oppressed them. But of this oppression they had small knowledge, and infrequently, a number of travelers covered them with stares of derisive （嘲讽的）enjoyment. At last they went to the dining-car. Two rows of Negro waiters, in glowing white suits, surveyed their entrance with the interest. The pair fell to the seats of a waiter who happened to feel pleasure in steering them through their meal. He viewed them with the manner of a fatherly guide, his face radiant with kindness. The service, coupled with the ordinary deference（毕恭毕敬），was rare to them. And yet, as they returned to their coach, they showed in their faces a sense of escape. 9．The description of the couple's clothes and behaviour seems to indicate that they had a sense of ____. A．superiority B．awkwardness C．despair D．satisfaction 10．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．The interior of the coach was luxurious and modem. B．The Negro porter was very helpful to the couple. C．It was the first time for the couple to take a train in Texas. D．Some passengers on the train took the couple as an object of fun. 11．What does the underlined word “surveyed” mean in the 8th paragraph? A．monitored B．observed C．searched D．investigated 12．What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A．The waiter was indifferent to the couple. B．The couple felt uneasy at dinner. C．The service was satisfactory. D．The couple enjoyed the dinner. Passage 4 The summer I turned 16, my father gave me his 69 Chevy Malibu convertible (敞篷车) Beautifully repainted with V-8 engine — it was a gift wasted on me at that age. What did I know about classic cars? The important thing was that Hannah and I could drive around Tucson with the top down. Hannah was my best friend, a year younger but much taller, almost five foot ten. “Hannah’s going to be something, ”my mother always said. And sure enough, that summer she signed with a modeling agency. She was already doing catalog and runway work. A month after my birthday, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we stopped at the McDonald’s drive-through, putting the fries on the seat between us to share. “Let’s ride around awhile, ”I said. It was a clear night, oven-warm, full moon cast low over the desert. Taking an a curve too fast, I hit a patch of dirt and slid from side to side. I then cut through a neighbor’s landscape wall and drove into a full-grown palm. The front wheels came to rest halfway up the tree trunk. French fries on the floor, the dash, and my lap. An impossible amount of blood on Hannah’s face, pieces of skin hanging into her eyes. They took us in separate ambulances. In the emergency room, my parents spoke quietly: Best plastic surgeon in the city. End of her modeling career. We’d been wearing leg belts, but the car didn’t have shoulder bands. I'd damaged my cheekbone on the wheel; Hannah’s forehead had split wide open on the dash. What would I say to her? When her mother Sharon came into my hospital room. I started to cry preparing myself for her anger. She sat beside me and took my hand. “I hit my best friend’s car in the rear when I was your age,” she said. “I wrecked her car and mine.” “I’m so sorry,” I said “You’re both alive,” she said. “The rest is window dressing. ”I started to protest, and Sharon stopped me“I forgive you. Hannah will too. ” Sharon’s forgiveness allowed Hannah and me to get back in the car together that summer, to stay friends throughout high school and college to be in each other’s weddings, and to watch my four teenagers get along with her three younger children. I think of her gift of forgiveness every time I’m tempted to blame someone in a secret for something recognized as wrong. And whenever I see Hannah. the scars are so faded that no one else would notice, but in the sunlight I can still see the faint shimmer (微光) just below her hairline — for me, a sign of grace. 13．Which of the following about Hannah is TRUE according to the passage? A．She was not as badly injured as the author. B．She never really forgave the author though her mother did. C．She could have been a model if she hadn’t experienced the accident D．She learned the gift of forgiveness from what the author said to her mother 14．In paragraph 4, “window dressing” is closest in meaning to “________”. A．insignificant B．colorful C．undetermined D．hopeful 15．According to the passage, Sharon comforted the author by ________. A．showing her own scar B．mentioning her own story C．visiting the author in person D．teaching the author a personal lesson 16．Which of the following might be the best title of the article? A．A Graceful Friend B．A Lasting Friendship C．A Lucky Car Accident D．The Gift of Forgiveness Passage 5 Growing Up in the Library I grew up in libraries, or at least it feels that way. I was raised in the suburbs of Cleveland, just a few blocks from the brick-faced Bertram Woods branch of the Shaker Heights Public Library system. I went there several times a week with my mother. She and I would walk in together, but as soon as we passed through the door, we each headed towards our favorite sections. The library might have been the first place I was ever given autonomy. Even when I was maybe four or five years old, I was allowed to head off on my own. Then, after a while, my mother and I would reunite at the checkout counter with our finds. Together we'd wait as the librarian pulled out the date card and stamped it with the checkout machine — that giant fist thumping the card with a loud chunk-chunk, printing a crooked due date underneath a score of previous crooked due dates that belonged to other people, other times. Those visits were dreamy, frictionless (没有摩擦的) periods that held the promise of leaving me richer than I'd arrived. It wasn't like going to a store with my mom, which guaranteed a tug-of-war between what I wanted and what my mother was willing to buy me; in the library, I could have anything I wanted. After we had finished checking out the books, I loved being in the car and having all the books we'd gotten stacked on my lap, pressing me under their solid, warm weight, their Mylar covers sticking a bit to my thighs. It was such a thrill leaving a place with things you hadn't paid for; such a thrill expecting the new books we would read. On the ride home, my mother and I talked about the order in which we were going to read our books, a serious conversation in which we planned how to pace ourselves through this charmed period of grace until the books were due. When I was older, I usually walked to the library by myself, lugging back as many books as I could carry. Occasionally, I did go with my mother, and the trip would be as engaging as it had been when I was small. Even when I was in my last year of high school and could drive myself to the library, my mother and I still went together every now and then, and the trip unfolded exactly as it had when I was a child, with all the same beats and pauses and comments and daydreaming, the same perfect rhythm we'd followed so many times before. After my mother passed away two years ago, I plunged into a deep shadow of grief for a long time. When I miss my mother these days, I like to picture us in the car together, going for one more magnificent trip to Bertram Woods, during which we talked, laughed — as if she were still in my company, giving me inexhaustible strength. 17．In this passage, the word “autonomy” (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to “________”. A．vitality B．freedom C．inspiration D．entitlement 18．After the author and her mother left the library, ________. A．they would plan to read their newly-borrowed books with feverish enthusiasm B．they would have a serious conversation about which book attracted them the most C．they would be anxious to recommend to each other the books they had borrowed D．they would agree on buying the books they had just borrowed if they enjoyed them 19．How does the author feel when she imagines herself in the car with her mother on the way to the library? A．Grieved. B．Shocked. C．Miserable. D．Comforted. 20．What would the author most likely go on to write about in the paragraphs immediately following the last paragraph of this article? A．One specific memory of a childhood trip to the library. B．The fond childhood memories of her mother taking good care of her. C．How her affection for going to the library has endured into her own motherhood. D．Why her own child made up their mind to become a librarian after finishing college. Passage 6 In 2004, Pen Hadow became the first person to trek (跋涉) to the North Pole alone, without being resupplied on the way. That meant swimming through unimaginably cold waters, and risking encounters with polar bears. Just eight months later, he made a similar trip to the South Pole. Now he is back in the Arctic again, preparing for an expedition (远征) he says is even more ambitious. Explorers are confident, driven individuals. They have to be. This time, however, more significance is attached. Pen and two colleagues will set out on a three-month, 1000-kilometre trek to the North Pole, taking detailed measurements of the thickness and density of the ice. Nobody has ever done this before, and he knows the results will be of vital significance to the scientific community. This will be the truest picture yet of what global warming is doing to the ice that covers the polar region. Pen and his wife, Mary, live in the country with their two children. “It’s much harder to be away from them this time,” he admits. They were one and five when I last went, and I made a mistake in the way I said goodbye. I thought it would be a good idea to say to my son, “You’re the man of the house now, look after your mum and your sister.” He absolutely took it to heart, asking his mum how she was all the time, but the stress eventually became too much. While it was well intentioned, it was an unfair thing to do. He is spending these last days before departure preparing his things. “Out on the ice, one is virtually unable to mend things or do anything that isn’t absolutely straightforward,” he says. With him will be Ann Daniels, one of the world’s leading polar explorers, and the photographer, Martin Hartley. They will be supported by a crew of six, flying in supplies. Being part of a team is actually more stressful to someone with his mentality, says Pen, and something else is on his mind too. “I’m going to be 47 on Thursday. I’ve done far less training than I’m comfortable with.” Why? “Organisational things always seem more urgent. So I’m almost fearful of what I’m going to ask of myself.” Pen believes his mission reconnects exploration with the search for knowledge that drove previous generations into the unknown. “Making it to the North Pole was a personal ambition,’”he admits, “and of limited value to anyone beyond the polar adventuring community. This time, scientists will profit from the data, and we’re creating a platform in which to engage as many people as possible in what’s happening in the Arctic Ocean. This is important work, and nobody can do it but us,” he says. “Our skills, which are otherwise not that necessary, have become really relevant. Suddenly, we’re socially useful again.” 21．In the first paragraph, what do we learn about Pen Hadow’s opinion of the new expedition? A．He feels certain that it will be stressful. B．He is aware of the huge importance of its aims. C．He thinks it may be harder than his previous journeys. D．He is less than confident of the scientific work it involves. 22．What does “took it to heart” (in paragraph 2) mean? A．He started to feel unwell. B．He memorised his father’s words. C．He was afraid of the responsibility. D．He carried out his father’s words carefully. 23．What is worrying Pen about the new expedition? A．Whether he will be mentally prepared B．Whether he will still be fit enough to take part. C．Whether the arrangements he has made will turn out well. D．Whether the equipment will work properly in icy conditions. 24．When he compares the new expedition to his previous ones, Pen feels ________. A．uncertain if it will collect information. B．doubtful about its long-term usefulness C．pleased that more people will benefit from it D．relieved that the general public will be more supportive Passage 7 When I was growing up, my family kept chickens. We always had about a dozen of them at any given time and whenever one died off—taken away by hawk or fox or by some obscure chicken illness—my father would replace the lost hen. He’d drive to a nearby poultry farm and return with a new chicken in a sack. The thing is, you must be very careful when introducing a new chicken to the general flock. You can’t just toss it in there with the old chickens, or they will see it as an invader. What you must do instead is to slip the new bird into the chicken coop in the middle of the night while the others are asleep. Place her on a roost beside the flock and tiptoe away. In the morning, when the chickens wake up, they don’t notice the newcomer, thinking only, “She must have been here all the time since I didn’t see her arrive.” The clincher of it is, awaking within this flock, the newcomer herself doesn’t even remember that she’s a newcomer, thinking only, “I must have been here the whole time...” My arrival in India does likewise. My plane lands in Mumbai around 1:30 AM. It is December 30. I find my luggage, then find the taxi that will take me hours and hours out of the city to the Ashram, located in a remote rural village. I doze on the drive through nighttime India, sometimes waking to look out the window, where I can see strange haunted shapes of thin women in saris walking alongside the road with bundles of firewood on their heads. At this hour? Buses with no headlights pass us, and we pass oxcarts. The banyan trees spread their elegant roots throughout the ditches. 25．What’s the function of the first paragraph? A．To tell readers her family background. B．To work up reader’s appetite for the text C．To introduce the following paragraphs D．To make a summary of her childhood. 26．When did the writer probably arrive in India? A．8:00PM. B．1:00AM. C．7:00A．M. D．3:00P.M. 27．What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean? A．shelter B．group C．farm D．chicken 28．Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage? A．The writer takes a nap in the taxi. B．The writer knows how to raise chickens. C．Indian women work on their own. D．Daily life in India surprises the writer. Passage 8 Zelda Fitzgerald, as is revealed by numerous personal books and letters, wore many labels in her life. She was “the original flapper girl” and “the spirit of the Jazz Age.” Married to the celebrated writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (author of The Gireat Giatsby), she was by turns his muse and the woman who ruined his life. In her later years she was “Crazy Zelda”. Accurate as all these descriptions may be, they do not tell the whole story. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, she was noted for her beauty and high spirits in dancing. In July 1918, at a country club dance, Fitzgerald was hooked immediately by the beautiful and charming 18-year-old Zelda who out-shined(使逊色)other beauties with her distinguished ballet. A light affection evolved into a lengthy long-distance pursuit of weekly letters, with Fitzgerald aware of her uncommitted dating of other men. He courted her after his discharge from the Army in February 1919, but Zelda had doubts. Her fiance wasn't rich and there was no guarantee he’d ever be famous. His short stories didn’t sell. His apartment was a dump. Zelda gave back the ring. Hoping to fix the “no money” part of his problem. Fitzgerald quit the job and started to rewrite novels for success and money so that he could win back his girl. Finally, he made it! On March 20, 1920, his novel This Side of Paradise got published and Zelda agreed to marry him. However, their marriage was troubled by wild drinking, fighting, infidelity(不忠实)and bitter recriminations. Emest Hemingway, whom Zelda disliked, blamed her for Scot’s declining literary output, though she has also been portrayed as the victim of an overbearing husbano Actually. Zelda was also creative, pursuing both dancing and writing. Some scholars have portrayed Zelda as a creative talent ignored by the patriarchal(男权的)society of the day. Her inspiration was even drawn by her husband in literary creation-Scott used their relationship as material in his novels, even borrowing episodes from Zelda’s diary and applying them into his fictional writings. She detested(讨厌)her husband’s practice: “Mr. Fitzgerald-I believe that is how he spells his name-seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.” To seek an artistic identity of her own value, as she put it “I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist.” Nevertheless her unique personality was starting to seem more unbalanced than charming. The couple-like the rest of the nation-was living on borrowed time. In October 1929 the stock market crashed, triggering the Great Depression. Six months later, Zelda suffered her first nervous breakdown. After being diagnosed with schizophrenia（精神分裂), she was increasingly confined to specialist clinics, and since then has departed with her husband. Zelda died later in a fire at her hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, putting an end to her flamboyant(绚丽夺目的)life. A young woman, especially one in the 1920s, who was against traditional dress and behavior. 29．Where will you most probably find this article? A．In a newspaper. B．In a literary magazine. C．In a prepared speech D．In a research report. 30．Which phrase can best summarize the relationship between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda? A．Ideal partnership B．Unbalanced love relationship. C．Love-hate relationship. D．Mutually-jealous relationship 31．The underlined word “plagiarism” in paragraph three is closet in meaning to “________”. A．copying B．adaption C．reference D．imagination 32．Which of the following is true according to the article? A．Fitzgerald successfully won Zelda’s heart by reading her his novels and writing her weekly letters. B．Hemingway disliked Zelda because of her female identity and talent that outshined her husband. C．Zelda was glad to be her husband’s muse and provided him with literary materials. D．The “Crazy Zelda” died without Fitzgerald’s companion after severe schizophrenia. 第 1 页 共 13 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 专题04 阅读理解记叙文 Passage 1 上海市奉贤中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期末英语试题 Passage 2 上海市南洋模范中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 Passage 3 上海市建平中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期末英语试题 Passage 4 上海市曹杨第二中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 Passage 5 上海市控江中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 Passage 6 上海市复旦大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 Passage 7 上海奉贤区致远高级中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期末教学评估英语试题 Passage 8 上海市大同中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 Passage 1 　Suddenly Uncle Henry stood up. “There’s a cyclone coming, Em,” he called to his wife. “I’ll go look after the stock.” Then he ran toward the sheds where the cows and horses were kept. Aunt Em dropped her work and came to the door. One glance told her of the danger close at hand. “Quick, Dorothy!” she screamed. “Run for the cellar!” Toto jumped out of Dorothy’s arms and hid under the bed, and the girl started to get him. Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into the small, dark hole. Dorothy caught Toto at last and started to follow her aunt. When she was halfway across the room there came a great roar from the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor. Then a strange thing happened. The house circled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon. It was very dark, and the wind blew horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily. After the first few twists and turns, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle (摇篮). Toto did not like it. He ran about the room, now here, now there, barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited to see what would happen. At last she crawled over the swinging floor to her bed, and lay down upon it; and Toto followed and lay down beside her. In spite of the swinging of the house and the crying of the wind, Dorothy soon closed her eyes and fell fast asleep. 1．What does the underlined word “cyclone” in paragraph 1 probably mean? A．deadline B．flood C．monster D．tornado 2．Why did Aunt Em go into the hole in the floor when the cyclone approached? A．To find the puppy Toto. B．To find shelter from the cyclone. C．To protect their fortune. D．To get tools to help Henry. 3．Which of the following is True about Dorothy? A．She managed to control the house. B．She found herself flying in a balloon. C．She turned baby crying loudly. D．She remained undisturbed with Toto. 4．Which words can be used to describe Dorothy in the emergency? A．Afraid and brave. B．Curious and tired. C．Flexible and calm. D．Excited and thrilled. 【答案】1．D 2．B 3．D 4．C 【分析】本文是记叙文。文章讲述了当风暴来临时一家人对风暴不同的反应。Em姨妈快速地寻找庇护所，Henry急忙去看家畜而Dorothy并没有慌张而是灵活镇定地应对这场风暴。 1．词义猜测题。根据第二段和第三段中提到的“the wind”以及第三段中的“the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle.”可知，房屋严重倾斜以及Dorothy觉得自己好像被轻轻摇动了，就像摇篮里的婴儿一样，这是风暴导致的结果，因此划线词指的是tornado（风暴，旋风）。故选D。 2．推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into the small, dark hole.”可知，Em姨妈吓坏了，把地板上的活板门打开了，顺着梯子爬进了一个小黑洞中。由此可知，旋风接近时， Em姨妈钻进地板下面的洞中是为了在风暴来临时寻找庇护所。故选B。 3．细节理解题。根据最后一段“At last she crawled over the swinging floor to her bed, and lay down upon it; and Toto followed and lay down beside her. In spite of the swinging of the house and the crying of the wind, Dorothy soon closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.”可知，最后，她爬过摆动的地板到了床上。Toto跟着她在旁边躺下。尽管房子在摇晃，风声很大，但Dorothy很快还是闭上了眼睛睡着了。由此可知，Dorothy和Toto并没有受到打扰。故选D。 4．推理判断题。由上一题的分析可知，Dorothy在风暴来临后，并没有慌张而是灵活镇定地应对这场风暴。因此C项能够描述Dorothy。故选C。 Passage 2 Noah reached for his guitar, remembering his father as he did so, thinking how much he missed him. He strummed once, adjusted the tension on two strings, then strummed again. This time it sounded about right, and he began to play. Soft music, quiet music. He hummed for a little while at first, then began to sing as night came down around him. He played and sang until the sun was gone and the sky black. It was a little after seven when he quit, and he settled back into his chair and began to rock. By habit, he looked upward and saw Orion and the Big Dipper, Gemini and the Pole Star, twinkling in the autumn sky. He started to run the numbers in his head, then stopped. He knew he’d spent almost his entire savings on the house and would have to find a job again soon, but he pushed the thought away and decided to enjoy the remaining months of restoration without worrying about it. Besides, thinking about money usually bored him. Early on, he’d learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn’t be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise. It was another trait he got from his father. Clem, his hound dog, came up to him then and nuzzled his hand before lying down at his feet. “Hey, girl, how’re you doing?” he asked as he patted her head, and she whined softly, her soft round eyes peering upward. A car accident had taken her leg, but she still moved well enough and kept him company on quiet nights like these. He was thirty-one now, not too old, but old enough to be lonely. He hadn’t dated since he’d been back here, hadn’t met anyone who remotely interested him. It was his own fault, he knew. There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close, something he wasn’t sure he could change even if he tried. And sometimes in the moments right before sleep came, he wondered if he was destined to be alone forever. The evening passed, staying warm, nice. Noah listened to the crickets and the rustling leaves, thinking that the sound of nature was more real and aroused more emotion than things like cars and planes. Natural things gave back more than they took, and their sounds always brought him back to the way man was supposed to be. “It’ll keep you from going crazy,” his father had told him the day he’d shipped out. “It’s God’s music and it’ll take you home.” He finished his tea, went inside, found a book, then turned on the porch light on his way back out. After sitting down again, he looked at the book. It was old, the cover was torn, and the pages were stained with mud and water. It was Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, and he had carried it with him throughout the war. It had even taken a bullet for him once. He rubbed the cover, dusting it off just a little. Then he let the book open randomly and read the words in front of him: This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless. Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done. Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best. Night, sleep, death and the stars. For some reason Whitman always reminded him of New Bern, and he was glad he’d come back. Though he’d been away from fourteen years, this was home and he knew a lot of people here, most of them from his youth. Like so many southern towns, the people who lived here never changed, they just grew a bit older. 5．The underlined sentence in paragraph two is the equivalent of “_________”. A．he hated those who were unable to appreciate simple things in life B．he didn’t see eye to eye with people who liked to save money C．he had difficulty in figuring out how he got this trait from his father D．he didn’t understand why people were so materialistic 6．Which of the following is NOT true according the passage? A．Noah often played the guitar and observed the stars. B．Clem the dog showed great affection for her master. C．Noah was destined to be alone since no woman seemed interested in him. D．Noah planned to restore his house before landing himself a job. 7．Which of the following statements would Noah’s father most agree with? A．Patients suffering from mental disorder can be cured by nature. B．The closer you are to nature, the closer you are to your true self. C．Where there is God’s music, there is home. D．A good book is a man’s best company. 8．Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman _________. A．had been a treasure but was now too damaged to read B．recorded the lives of New Bern’s people who never changed over the years C．was beyond Noah’s understanding so he randomly picked up some words to read D．stirred a feeling of nostalgia in Noah 【答案】5．D 6．C 7．B 8．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了回到老家的某天Noah弹吉他时的感触。 5．词句猜测题。根据划线部分上文“He knew he’d spent almost his entire savings on the house and would have to find a job again soon, but he pushed the thought away and decided to enjoy the remaining months of restoration without worrying about it. Besides, thinking about money usually bored him. Early on, he’d learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn’t be bought,(他知道自己几乎把所有的积蓄都花在了房子上，很快就得再找一份工作了，但他放弃了这个想法，决定享受剩下的几个月的修缮工作，不用担心。此外，想到钱通常会让他感到厌烦。早期，他学会了享受简单的东西，那些买不到的东西)”可知，Noah此刻享受的是用金钱无法买来的东西，由此可知划线句子意为“他不明白为什么有的人很物质（把快乐建立在物质生活上）”。故选D。 6．细节理解题。根据第三段的“It was his own fault, he knew. There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close, something he wasn’t sure he could change even if he tried. And sometimes in the moments right before sleep came, he wondered if he was destined to be alone forever.(他知道这是他自己的错。他和任何开始走近的女人之间都有某种距离，即使他尝试了，他也不确定能不能改变。有时，在睡前的时刻，他会想自己是否注定要永远孤独)”可知，Noah认为自己注定孤独不是因为没有女人对他感兴趣，而是他和她们保持某种距离。故选C。 7．推理判断题。根据第四段的“The evening passed, staying warm, nice. Noah listened to the crickets and the rustling leaves, thinking that the sound of nature was more real and aroused more emotion than things like cars and planes. Natural things gave back more than they took, and their sounds always brought him back to the way man was supposed to be. “It’ll keep you from going crazy,” his father had told him the day he’d shipped out. “It’s God’s music and it’ll take you home.”(夜晚过去了，温暖而美好。Noah听着蟋蟀的叫声和树叶的沙沙声，觉得大自然的声音比汽车和飞机的声音更真实，更能激起人们的情感。自然事物给予的比索取的多，大自然的声音总能把他带回人类应有的样子。“这样你就不会发疯了。”他出航那天，父亲对他说。“这是上帝的音乐，它会带你回家。”)”可知，Noah的父亲认为大自然的声音是上帝的声音，它会让人平静，并且会带人们回到生养自己的地方，做回真正的自己。由此推知，Noah的父亲会同意“你越接近自然，你就越接近真实的自己”。故选B。 8．推理判断题。根据最后一段的“For some reason Whitman always reminded him of New Bern, and he was glad he’d come back. Though he’d been away from fourteen years, this was home and he knew a lot of people here, most of them from his youth. Like so many southern towns, the people who lived here never changed, they just grew a bit older.(出于某种原因，惠特曼总是让他想起New Bern，他很高兴自己能回来。虽然他已经离开了14年，但这里是他的家，他在这里认识很多人，其中大部分是他年轻时认识的。像许多南方城镇一样，住在这里的人从来没有改变过，他们只是变老了一点)”推知，惠特曼的《草叶集》激起了诺亚的怀旧之情。故选D。 Passage 3 The train was speeding onward and the plains of Texas were pouring eastward. A newly married pair had boarded this coach at San Antonio. The man’s face was reddened from many days in the wind and sun, and a direct result of his new black clothes was that from time to time he looked down respectfully at his clothes. He sat with a hand on each knee, like a man waiting in a barber’s shop. The glace she devoted to other passengers were shy. The bride was not pretty. She wore a dress of blue cashmere. She continually twisted her head to regard her puff sleeves. They embarrassed her. The blushes （脸红）caused by the careless glances of some passengers as she had entered the car were strange to see. They were evidently very happy. “Ever been in a parlor-car （特等火车）before?” he asked, smiling with delight. “No,” she answered; “I never was. It’s fine，ain’t it?” “Great! And then after a while we’ll go forward to the dinner. Fresh meal in the world. Charge a dollar. ” “Oh, do they?” cried the bride. “Charge a dollar? Why，that’s too much — for us — ain’t it, Jack?” Later he explained to her about the trains. “You see, if s a thousand miles from one end of Texas to the other; and this runs right across it, and never stops but four times.” He had the pride of an owner. He pointed out to her the dazzling fittings of the coach; and in truth her eyes opened wider and she watched the sea-green velvet（丝绒人）, the shining bronze，silver, and glass, the wood that glowed as darkly brilliant as the surface of a pool of oil. At one end a bronze statue held a support for a separated room, and on the ceiling were frescos（壁画）in olive and silver. To the minds of the pair, their surroundings reflected the glory of their marriage that morning in San Antonio: this was the environment of their new estate; and the man’s face in particular shone with an elation （得意）that made him appear ridiculous to the Negro porter. This porter at times surveyed them with an amused and superior grin. On other occasions he bullied them with skill in ways that did not make it easy to them that they were being bullied. He oppressed them. But of this oppression they had small knowledge, and infrequently, a number of travelers covered them with stares of derisive （嘲讽的）enjoyment. At last they went to the dining-car. Two rows of Negro waiters, in glowing white suits, surveyed their entrance with the interest. The pair fell to the seats of a waiter who happened to feel pleasure in steering them through their meal. He viewed them with the manner of a fatherly guide, his face radiant with kindness. The service, coupled with the ordinary deference（毕恭毕敬），was rare to them. And yet, as they returned to their coach, they showed in their faces a sense of escape. 9．The description of the couple's clothes and behaviour seems to indicate that they had a sense of ____. A．superiority B．awkwardness C．despair D．satisfaction 10．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．The interior of the coach was luxurious and modem. B．The Negro porter was very helpful to the couple. C．It was the first time for the couple to take a train in Texas. D．Some passengers on the train took the couple as an object of fun. 11．What does the underlined word “surveyed” mean in the 8th paragraph? A．monitored B．observed C．searched D．investigated 12．What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A．The waiter was indifferent to the couple. B．The couple felt uneasy at dinner. C．The service was satisfactory. D．The couple enjoyed the dinner. 【答案】9．B 10．D 11．B 12．B 【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一对新婚夫妇在圣安东尼奥乘车前往得克萨斯州的过程中受到嘲笑的故事。 9．推理判断题。根据第二段倒数第二句“ They embarrassed her.”可知，这对夫妇当时感到很尴尬，由此可知，对这对夫妇衣着和行为的描写表明他们有一种尴尬的感觉，故答案为C。 10．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“ a number of travelers covered them with stares of derisive （嘲讽的）enjoyment.”可知，一些乘客把这对夫妇当作嘲讽的对象，故答案为D。 11．词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“the man’s face in particular shone with an elation （得意）that made him appear ridiculous to the Negro porter.”可知，尤其是那人的脸上洋溢着喜悦的神情，使他在黑人看门人看来显得滑稽可笑，这说明他引起了看门人的注意，自然要仔细打量他们，由此可知画线词词义为“观察、打量”，故答案为B。 12．推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“ they showed in their faces a sense of escape.”可知，这对夫妇有种想逃的感觉，由此可知他们感到很不舒服，故答案为B。 【点睛】词义猜测题的难度较大，抓住画线词上下文对人物动作、表情及心理活动的描写是关键，例如本篇第3题，根据画线词前的“the man’s face in particular shone with an elation （得意）that made him appear ridiculous to the Negro porter.”可知，尤其是那人的脸上洋溢着喜悦的神情，使他在黑人看门人看来显得滑稽可笑，这说明他的表情引起了看门人的注意，所以看门人自然要仔细打量他们，由此可知画线词词义为“观察、打量”。 Passage 4 The summer I turned 16, my father gave me his 69 Chevy Malibu convertible (敞篷车) Beautifully repainted with V-8 engine — it was a gift wasted on me at that age. What did I know about classic cars? The important thing was that Hannah and I could drive around Tucson with the top down. Hannah was my best friend, a year younger but much taller, almost five foot ten. “Hannah’s going to be something, ”my mother always said. And sure enough, that summer she signed with a modeling agency. She was already doing catalog and runway work. A month after my birthday, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we stopped at the McDonald’s drive-through, putting the fries on the seat between us to share. “Let’s ride around awhile, ”I said. It was a clear night, oven-warm, full moon cast low over the desert. Taking an a curve too fast, I hit a patch of dirt and slid from side to side. I then cut through a neighbor’s landscape wall and drove into a full-grown palm. The front wheels came to rest halfway up the tree trunk. French fries on the floor, the dash, and my lap. An impossible amount of blood on Hannah’s face, pieces of skin hanging into her eyes. They took us in separate ambulances. In the emergency room, my parents spoke quietly: Best plastic surgeon in the city. End of her modeling career. We’d been wearing leg belts, but the car didn’t have shoulder bands. I'd damaged my cheekbone on the wheel; Hannah’s forehead had split wide open on the dash. What would I say to her? When her mother Sharon came into my hospital room. I started to cry preparing myself for her anger. She sat beside me and took my hand. “I hit my best friend’s car in the rear when I was your age,” she said. “I wrecked her car and mine.” “I’m so sorry,” I said “You’re both alive,” she said. “The rest is window dressing. ”I started to protest, and Sharon stopped me“I forgive you. Hannah will too. ” Sharon’s forgiveness allowed Hannah and me to get back in the car together that summer, to stay friends throughout high school and college to be in each other’s weddings, and to watch my four teenagers get along with her three younger children. I think of her gift of forgiveness every time I’m tempted to blame someone in a secret for something recognized as wrong. And whenever I see Hannah. the scars are so faded that no one else would notice, but in the sunlight I can still see the faint shimmer (微光) just below her hairline — for me, a sign of grace. 13．Which of the following about Hannah is TRUE according to the passage? A．She was not as badly injured as the author. B．She never really forgave the author though her mother did. C．She could have been a model if she hadn’t experienced the accident D．She learned the gift of forgiveness from what the author said to her mother 14．In paragraph 4, “window dressing” is closest in meaning to “________”. A．insignificant B．colorful C．undetermined D．hopeful 15．According to the passage, Sharon comforted the author by ________. A．showing her own scar B．mentioning her own story C．visiting the author in person D．teaching the author a personal lesson 16．Which of the following might be the best title of the article? A．A Graceful Friend B．A Lasting Friendship C．A Lucky Car Accident D．The Gift of Forgiveness 【答案】13．C 14．A 15．B 16．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者和朋友开车出了车祸，朋友和她妈妈对作者的谅解让作者终生受益。 13．推理判断题。根据第二段中“that summer she signed with a modeling agency. She was already doing catalog and runway work.”（那年夏天，她与一家模特经纪公司签约。她已经在做广告和秀场工作了。）和第五段的“In the emergency room, my parents spoke quietly: Best plastic surgeon in the city. End of her modeling career.”（在急救室里，我的父母轻声地说:“全城最好的整形医生。”结束了她的模特生涯。）可知，Hannsh已经和模特公司签约，这次事故结束了她的模特生涯，即如果没有这次事故，她本可以成为模特的。故选C。 14．词句猜测题。根据上文汉娜的妈妈说的话“You’re both alive”（你们俩都活着。）可知，此处应是表达：你们俩都活着，其它的都不重要了，结合四个选项：A.insignificant不重要的；B. colorful多彩的；C. undetermined未确定的；D. hopeful 有希望的。故选A。 15．细节理解题。根据第四段的“She sat beside me and took my hand. ‘I hit my best friend’s car in the rear when I was your age,’ she said.‘I wrecked her car and mine.’”（她坐在我旁边，握着我的手。她说:“当我像你这么大的时候，我撞上了我最好朋友的车。”“我弄坏了她和我的车。”）可知，Sharon是给作者讲述自己曾发生的一件类似的经历，以此来安慰作者。故选B。 16．主旨大意题。文章开头讲述作者和朋友开车出了事故，最后作者朋友的妈妈对作者的宽恕，让作者在今后的人生里每每要责备别人时都会想起Sharon的宽恕，这种宽恕对作者来说是一种礼物，因此本文的标题用“宽恕的礼物”非常合适。故选D。 Passage 5 Growing Up in the Library I grew up in libraries, or at least it feels that way. I was raised in the suburbs of Cleveland, just a few blocks from the brick-faced Bertram Woods branch of the Shaker Heights Public Library system. I went there several times a week with my mother. She and I would walk in together, but as soon as we passed through the door, we each headed towards our favorite sections. The library might have been the first place I was ever given autonomy. Even when I was maybe four or five years old, I was allowed to head off on my own. Then, after a while, my mother and I would reunite at the checkout counter with our finds. Together we'd wait as the librarian pulled out the date card and stamped it with the checkout machine — that giant fist thumping the card with a loud chunk-chunk, printing a crooked due date underneath a score of previous crooked due dates that belonged to other people, other times. Those visits were dreamy, frictionless (没有摩擦的) periods that held the promise of leaving me richer than I'd arrived. It wasn't like going to a store with my mom, which guaranteed a tug-of-war between what I wanted and what my mother was willing to buy me; in the library, I could have anything I wanted. After we had finished checking out the books, I loved being in the car and having all the books we'd gotten stacked on my lap, pressing me under their solid, warm weight, their Mylar covers sticking a bit to my thighs. It was such a thrill leaving a place with things you hadn't paid for; such a thrill expecting the new books we would read. On the ride home, my mother and I talked about the order in which we were going to read our books, a serious conversation in which we planned how to pace ourselves through this charmed period of grace until the books were due. When I was older, I usually walked to the library by myself, lugging back as many books as I could carry. Occasionally, I did go with my mother, and the trip would be as engaging as it had been when I was small. Even when I was in my last year of high school and could drive myself to the library, my mother and I still went together every now and then, and the trip unfolded exactly as it had when I was a child, with all the same beats and pauses and comments and daydreaming, the same perfect rhythm we'd followed so many times before. After my mother passed away two years ago, I plunged into a deep shadow of grief for a long time. When I miss my mother these days, I like to picture us in the car together, going for one more magnificent trip to Bertram Woods, during which we talked, laughed — as if she were still in my company, giving me inexhaustible strength. 17．In this passage, the word “autonomy” (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to “________”. A．vitality B．freedom C．inspiration D．entitlement 18．After the author and her mother left the library, ________. A．they would plan to read their newly-borrowed books with feverish enthusiasm B．they would have a serious conversation about which book attracted them the most C．they would be anxious to recommend to each other the books they had borrowed D．they would agree on buying the books they had just borrowed if they enjoyed them 19．How does the author feel when she imagines herself in the car with her mother on the way to the library? A．Grieved. B．Shocked. C．Miserable. D．Comforted. 20．What would the author most likely go on to write about in the paragraphs immediately following the last paragraph of this article? A．One specific memory of a childhood trip to the library. B．The fond childhood memories of her mother taking good care of her. C．How her affection for going to the library has endured into her own motherhood. D．Why her own child made up their mind to become a librarian after finishing college. 【答案】17．B 18．A 19．D 20．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者小时候和母亲一起去图书馆借书的美好回忆，这份回忆一直陪伴着作者，给作者无尽的力量。 17．词句猜测题。由第一段中的“She and I would walk in together, but as soon as we passed through the door, we each headed towards our favorite sections. The library might have been the first place I was ever given autonomy. (她和我会一起走进去，但我们一进门，就各自朝着我们最喜欢的地方走去。图书馆可能是我第一个获得autonomy的地方)”和第二段中的“Even when I was maybe four or five years old, I was allowed to head off on my own. (即使在我四五岁的时候，我也被允许独自出发在图书馆里逛)”可知，作者和妈妈一起去图书馆，可以拥有独自在图书馆里逛的自由，可得出图书馆可能是作者第一个获得自由的地方，autonomy在此处意为“自由（freedom）”。故选B项。 18．细节理解题。由倒数第二段中的“On the ride home, my mother and I talked about the order in which we were going to read our books, a serious conversation in which we planned how to pace ourselves through this charmed period of grace until the books were due. (在回家的路上，我和母亲谈论了我们读书的顺序，我们在严肃的谈话中计划着如何调整自己的节奏，度过这段美好的时光，直到书到期)”可知，在离开图书馆后，作者和母亲会以狂热的热情计划阅读她们新借来的书。故选A项。 19．推理判断题。由最后一段中的“When I miss my mother these days, I like to picture us in the car together, going for one more magnificent trip to Bertram Woods, during which we talked, laughed — as if she were still in my company, giving me inexhaustible strength. (这些日子，当我想念母亲时，我喜欢想象我们一起坐在车里，去伯特伦·伍兹进行一次更加壮丽的旅行，其间我们谈笑风生——仿佛她仍在我身边，给了我无尽的力量)”可知，当作者想象自己和母亲坐车去图书馆时，她感觉母亲仍在自己身边，给了她无尽的力量，可得出作者感到安慰。故选D项。 20．推理判断题。由最后一段中的“After my mother passed away two years ago, I plunged into a deep shadow of grief for a long time. When I miss my mother these days, I like to picture us in the car together, going for one more magnificent trip to Bertram Woods, during which we talked, laughed — as if she were still in my company, giving me inexhaustible strength. (两年前母亲去世后，我陷入了深深的悲伤阴影中很长一段时间。这些日子，当我想念母亲时，我喜欢想象我们一起坐在车里，去伯特伦·伍兹进行一次更加壮丽的旅行，其间我们谈笑风生——仿佛她仍在我身边，给了我无尽的力量)”可知，母亲不在了后，作者缓解痛苦的方式是想象和母亲一起去图书馆的画面，这能让作者感受到母亲、感到安慰，可得出作者有多么喜欢去图书馆和母亲带作者去图书馆对作者的影响，可推出接下来作者最可能写她对去图书馆的喜爱如何延续到她自己做母亲的过程中。故选C项。 Passage 6 In 2004, Pen Hadow became the first person to trek (跋涉) to the North Pole alone, without being resupplied on the way. That meant swimming through unimaginably cold waters, and risking encounters with polar bears. Just eight months later, he made a similar trip to the South Pole. Now he is back in the Arctic again, preparing for an expedition (远征) he says is even more ambitious. Explorers are confident, driven individuals. They have to be. This time, however, more significance is attached. Pen and two colleagues will set out on a three-month, 1000-kilometre trek to the North Pole, taking detailed measurements of the thickness and density of the ice. Nobody has ever done this before, and he knows the results will be of vital significance to the scientific community. This will be the truest picture yet of what global warming is doing to the ice that covers the polar region. Pen and his wife, Mary, live in the country with their two children. “It’s much harder to be away from them this time,” he admits. They were one and five when I last went, and I made a mistake in the way I said goodbye. I thought it would be a good idea to say to my son, “You’re the man of the house now, look after your mum and your sister.” He absolutely took it to heart, asking his mum how she was all the time, but the stress eventually became too much. While it was well intentioned, it was an unfair thing to do. He is spending these last days before departure preparing his things. “Out on the ice, one is virtually unable to mend things or do anything that isn’t absolutely straightforward,” he says. With him will be Ann Daniels, one of the world’s leading polar explorers, and the photographer, Martin Hartley. They will be supported by a crew of six, flying in supplies. Being part of a team is actually more stressful to someone with his mentality, says Pen, and something else is on his mind too. “I’m going to be 47 on Thursday. I’ve done far less training than I’m comfortable with.” Why? “Organisational things always seem more urgent. So I’m almost fearful of what I’m going to ask of myself.” Pen believes his mission reconnects exploration with the search for knowledge that drove previous generations into the unknown. “Making it to the North Pole was a personal ambition,’”he admits, “and of limited value to anyone beyond the polar adventuring community. This time, scientists will profit from the data, and we’re creating a platform in which to engage as many people as possible in what’s happening in the Arctic Ocean. This is important work, and nobody can do it but us,” he says. “Our skills, which are otherwise not that necessary, have become really relevant. Suddenly, we’re socially useful again.” 21．In the first paragraph, what do we learn about Pen Hadow’s opinion of the new expedition? A．He feels certain that it will be stressful. B．He is aware of the huge importance of its aims. C．He thinks it may be harder than his previous journeys. D．He is less than confident of the scientific work it involves. 22．What does “took it to heart” (in paragraph 2) mean? A．He started to feel unwell. B．He memorised his father’s words. C．He was afraid of the responsibility. D．He carried out his father’s words carefully. 23．What is worrying Pen about the new expedition? A．Whether he will be mentally prepared B．Whether he will still be fit enough to take part. C．Whether the arrangements he has made will turn out well. D．Whether the equipment will work properly in icy conditions. 24．When he compares the new expedition to his previous ones, Pen feels ________. A．uncertain if it will collect information. B．doubtful about its long-term usefulness C．pleased that more people will benefit from it D．relieved that the general public will be more supportive 【答案】21．B 22．D 23．B 24．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Pen Hadow即将进行的北极探险，这次探险极具意义，因为他将把探险与探索知识联系起来。 21．推理判断题。根据第一段“This time, however, more significance is attached. Pen and two colleagues will set out on a three-month, 1000-kilometre trek to the North Pole, taking detailed measurements of the thickness and density of the ice. Nobody has ever done this before, and he knows the results will be of vital significance to the scientific community. (然而，这一次的意义更为重大。Pen Hadow和两名同事将开始为期三个月、1000公里的北极跋涉，对冰层的厚度和密度进行详细的测量。以前从来没有人这样做过，他知道这些结果将对科学界具有至关重要的意义。)”可推断，他深知这次探险意义更为重大。故选B。 22．词句猜测题。根据上文“I thought it would be a good idea to say to my son, “You’re the man of the house now, look after your mum and your sister.”(我认为对我儿子说:“你现在是家里的男人了，照顾你的妈妈和妹妹。”是个好主意)”可知，Pen Hadow让儿子照顾自己的妈妈和妹妹。再根据下文“asking his mum how she was all the time(一直问他妈妈感觉怎样)”可知，他的儿子认真地执行父亲的话。所以took it to heart为“他认真地执行他父亲的话。”之意。故选D。 23．推理判断题。根据第三段第五句开始“Being part of a team is actually more stressful to someone with his mentality, says Pen, and something else is on his mind too. ‘I’m going to be 47 on Thursday. I’ve done far less training than I’m comfortable with.’ Why? ‘Organisational things always seem more urgent. So I’m almost fearful of what I’m going to ask of myself.’(Pen说，作为团队的一员，对于那些心理状态良好的人来说，压力其实更大，而且他还在考虑其他事情。“到周四我就47岁了。我所做的训练远远少于我所能接受的。“为什么?“有组织的事情似乎总是更紧急。所以我几乎害怕我要问自己的问题。”)”可推断，他担心自己不能胜任此次探险。故选B。 24．细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句“‘Making it to the North Pole was a personal ambition,’ he admits, ‘and of limited value to anyone beyond the polar adventuring community. This time, scientists will profit from the data, and we’re creating a platform in which to engage as many people as possible in what’s happening in the Arctic Ocean. This is important work, and nobody can do it but us,’ he says.(他承认：“成功到达北极是个人的雄心壮志，对极地探险团体以外的任何人来说都没有多大价值。”这一次，科学家们将从数据中获益，我们正在创建一个平台，让尽可能多的人参与到北冰洋发生的事情中来。这是一项重要的工作，除了我们没人能做。)”可知，他觉得这次探险将会使得更多的人从他们的工作中获益。故选C。 Passage 7 When I was growing up, my family kept chickens. We always had about a dozen of them at any given time and whenever one died off—taken away by hawk or fox or by some obscure chicken illness—my father would replace the lost hen. He’d drive to a nearby poultry farm and return with a new chicken in a sack. The thing is, you must be very careful when introducing a new chicken to the general flock. You can’t just toss it in there with the old chickens, or they will see it as an invader. What you must do instead is to slip the new bird into the chicken coop in the middle of the night while the others are asleep. Place her on a roost beside the flock and tiptoe away. In the morning, when the chickens wake up, they don’t notice the newcomer, thinking only, “She must have been here all the time since I didn’t see her arrive.” The clincher of it is, awaking within this flock, the newcomer herself doesn’t even remember that she’s a newcomer, thinking only, “I must have been here the whole time...” My arrival in India does likewise. My plane lands in Mumbai around 1:30 AM. It is December 30. I find my luggage, then find the taxi that will take me hours and hours out of the city to the Ashram, located in a remote rural village. I doze on the drive through nighttime India, sometimes waking to look out the window, where I can see strange haunted shapes of thin women in saris walking alongside the road with bundles of firewood on their heads. At this hour? Buses with no headlights pass us, and we pass oxcarts. The banyan trees spread their elegant roots throughout the ditches. 25．What’s the function of the first paragraph? A．To tell readers her family background. B．To work up reader’s appetite for the text C．To introduce the following paragraphs D．To make a summary of her childhood. 26．When did the writer probably arrive in India? A．8:00PM. B．1:00AM. C．7:00A．M. D．3:00P.M. 27．What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean? A．shelter B．group C．farm D．chicken 28．Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage? A．The writer takes a nap in the taxi. B．The writer knows how to raise chickens. C．Indian women work on their own. D．Daily life in India surprises the writer. 【答案】25．C 26．B 27．B 28．A 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，作者用自家如何帮助新鸡融入鸡群的故事，叙述了自己如何像小鸡一样在夜晚融入印度。 25．推理判断题。由第一段“When I was growing up, my family kept chickens. We always had about a dozen of them at any given time and whenever one died off—taken away by hawk or fox or by some obscure chicken illness—my father would replace the lost hen. (在我成长的过程中，我家养鸡。在任何特定的时间，我们总是有十几只母鸡，每当有一只被鹰或狐狸或某种不明原因的鸡病夺走，我父亲就会替换掉这只没了的鸡)”可知，第一段讲“作者家会替换没了的那只鸡”，正好引出第二段“作者家会带回一只小鸡，并如何帮助新鸡融入鸡群的故事”，可得出第一段的作用是引出其他段落。故选C项。 26．细节理解题。由第四段中的“My plane lands in Mumbai around 1:30 AM. (我的飞机在凌晨1:30左右降落在孟买)”可知，作者可能是1:00AM左右到达印度的。故选B项。 27．词句猜测题。由第二段中的“You can’t just toss it in there with the old chickens, or they will see it as an invader. What you must do instead is to slip the new bird into the chicken coop in the middle of the night while the others are asleep. Place her on a roost beside the flock and tiptoe away. (你不能把它和老鸡一起扔进去，否则它们会把它当成入侵者。你必须做的是把新鸡在半夜里放进鸡笼里，当其它鸡睡着了时。把它放在flock旁边的栖息处，踮起脚尖走开)”可知，本段讲如何帮助新鸡融入鸡群，那就是当其它鸡睡着了时把新鸡在半夜里放进鸡笼里，鸡笼里有好多鸡，可得出把新鸡放在鸡群旁边的栖息处，flock在此处意为“鸡群（group）”。故选B项。 28．细节理解题。由最后一段中的“then find the taxi that will take me hours and hours out of the city to the Ashram, located in a remote rural village. I doze on the drive through nighttime India, sometimes waking to look out the window (然后找到了一辆出租车，这辆出租车将带我离开城市数小时，前往位于偏远乡村的Ashram。我在驱车穿越印度的夜间路上打瞌睡，有时醒来向窗外望去)”可知，“作者在出租车上小睡了一会儿”正确。故选A项。 Passage 8 Zelda Fitzgerald, as is revealed by numerous personal books and letters, wore many labels in her life. She was “the original flapper girl” and “the spirit of the Jazz Age.” Married to the celebrated writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (author of The Gireat Giatsby), she was by turns his muse and the woman who ruined his life. In her later years she was “Crazy Zelda”. Accurate as all these descriptions may be, they do not tell the whole story. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, she was noted for her beauty and high spirits in dancing. In July 1918, at a country club dance, Fitzgerald was hooked immediately by the beautiful and charming 18-year-old Zelda who out-shined(使逊色)other beauties with her distinguished ballet. A light affection evolved into a lengthy long-distance pursuit of weekly letters, with Fitzgerald aware of her uncommitted dating of other men. He courted her after his discharge from the Army in February 1919, but Zelda had doubts. Her fiance wasn't rich and there was no guarantee he’d ever be famous. His short stories didn’t sell. His apartment was a dump. Zelda gave back the ring. Hoping to fix the “no money” part of his problem. Fitzgerald quit the job and started to rewrite novels for success and money so that he could win back his girl. Finally, he made it! On March 20, 1920, his novel This Side of Paradise got published and Zelda agreed to marry him. However, their marriage was troubled by wild drinking, fighting, infidelity(不忠实)and bitter recriminations. Emest Hemingway, whom Zelda disliked, blamed her for Scot’s declining literary output, though she has also been portrayed as the victim of an overbearing husbano Actually. Zelda was also creative, pursuing both dancing and writing. Some scholars have portrayed Zelda as a creative talent ignored by the patriarchal(男权的)society of the day. Her inspiration was even drawn by her husband in literary creation-Scott used their relationship as material in his novels, even borrowing episodes from Zelda’s diary and applying them into his fictional writings. She detested(讨厌)her husband’s practice: “Mr. Fitzgerald-I believe that is how he spells his name-seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.” To seek an artistic identity of her own value, as she put it “I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist.” Nevertheless her unique personality was starting to seem more unbalanced than charming. The couple-like the rest of the nation-was living on borrowed time. In October 1929 the stock market crashed, triggering the Great Depression. Six months later, Zelda suffered her first nervous breakdown. After being diagnosed with schizophrenia（精神分裂), she was increasingly confined to specialist clinics, and since then has departed with her husband. Zelda died later in a fire at her hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, putting an end to her flamboyant(绚丽夺目的)life. A young woman, especially one in the 1920s, who was against traditional dress and behavior. 29．Where will you most probably find this article? A．In a newspaper. B．In a literary magazine. C．In a prepared speech D．In a research report. 30．Which phrase can best summarize the relationship between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda? A．Ideal partnership B．Unbalanced love relationship. C．Love-hate relationship. D．Mutually-jealous relationship 31．The underlined word “plagiarism” in paragraph three is closet in meaning to “________”. A．copying B．adaption C．reference D．imagination 32．Which of the following is true according to the article? A．Fitzgerald successfully won Zelda’s heart by reading her his novels and writing her weekly letters. B．Hemingway disliked Zelda because of her female identity and talent that outshined her husband. C．Zelda was glad to be her husband’s muse and provided him with literary materials. D．The “Crazy Zelda” died without Fitzgerald’s companion after severe schizophrenia. 【答案】29．B 30．C 31．A 32．D 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了文学传奇人物泽尔达·菲茨杰拉德的一生。 29．推理判断题。根据第一段“Zelda Fitzgerald, as is revealed by numerous personal books and letters, wore many labels in her life. She was “the original flapper girl” and “the spirit of the Jazz Age.” Married to the celebrated writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (author of The Gireat Giatsby), she was by turns his muse and the woman who ruined his life. In her later years she was “Crazy Zelda”.”（从众多的私人书籍和信件中可以看出，泽尔达·菲茨杰拉德在她的生活中有许多标签。 她是“最初的摩登女郎”和“爵士时代的精神”。 她嫁给了著名作家f·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德(《伟大的Giatsby》的作者)，成了他的缪斯女神，也成了毁了他生活的女人。 在她的晚年，她是“疯狂泽尔达”。  ）结合全文内容，可知这篇文章主要介绍了文学传奇人物泽尔达·菲茨杰拉德。由此推断，你最可能在一本文学杂志上找到这篇文章。故选B。 30．推理判断题。根据第二段“Fitzgerald was hooked immediately by the beautiful and charming 18-year-old Zelda who out-shined(使逊色)other beauties with her distinguished ballet. A light affection evolved into a lengthy long-distance pursuit of weekly letters, with Fitzgerald aware of her uncommitted dating of other men. He courted her after his discharge from the Army in February 1919, but Zelda had doubts.”（18岁的泽尔达美丽迷人，她出色的芭蕾舞使其他美女相形见绌，菲茨杰拉德立刻被她迷住了。 一段淡淡的感情演变成了每周一封长长的长途信件，菲茨杰拉德知道她还在和其他男人约会。 他在1919年2月退伍后向她求爱，但泽尔达心存疑虑）可知菲茨杰拉德和泽尔达之间有着爱情；根据第三段“However, their marriage was troubled by wild drinking, fighting, infidelity（不忠实）and bitter recriminations.”（然而，他们的婚姻被酗酒、斗殴、不忠和激烈的相互指责所困扰）可知菲茨杰拉德和泽尔达之间有着憎恶，由此推知，菲茨杰拉德和泽尔达之间是爱恨交加的关系。故选C。 31．词句猜测题。根据第三段“Her inspiration was even drawn by her husband in literary creation-Scott used their relationship as material in his novels, even borrowing episodes from Zelda's diary and applying them into his fictional writings.”（她的灵感甚至来自于她的丈夫在文学创作中——斯科特在他的小说中使用了他们的关系作为素材，甚至从泽尔达的日记中借用了一些情节，并将它们应用到他的小说中）可知划线词所在句子“She detested(讨厌)her husband's practice: “Mr. Fitzgerald-I believe that is how he spells his name-seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.””意思是：“她讨厌她丈夫的做法:“Mr. Fitzgerald——我相信他的名字就是这么拼写的——似乎认为剽窃始于家庭。”由此可知， plagiarism意思是“剽窃”。故选A。 32．细节理解题。根据最后一段“After being diagnosed with schizophrenia（精神分裂）, she was increasingly confined to specialist clinics, and since then has departed with her husband. Zelda died later in a fire at her hospital in Asheville.”（在被诊断出患有精神分裂症后，她越来越被限制在专科诊所，从那时起，她就和丈夫分开了。泽尔达后来死于她在阿什维尔医院的一场火灾。）可知“疯狂的泽尔达”得了严重的精神分裂症，在没有菲茨杰拉德的陪伴下，死去了。故选D。 第 1 页 共 20 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$