01.阅读理解之记叙文-备战2025年高考英语之暑假名校模拟试题精练精析

备战2025年高考之暑假名校模拟试题精练精析 阅读理解 （记叙文） 1 （2024·湖南长沙·三模）“Hey, lady! You can move your ugly car up now!” The silver-haired driver behind me in a fancy truck rudely yelled at me. Without much thought, I yelled back at the man, “What? Are you in a rush or something? ” I was waiting in line at the drive-through to order our breakfast on a Sunday morning. There were only 12 inches or so between me and the car in front of me. There were also three additional cars in front of that one. We were getting nowhere fast. What was he hoping to gain by yelling at me? I wanted to let my own anger go after this ridiculous exchange. But the more I thought about it, the angrier I got. I was angry that he yelled at a mother in front of two kids. My daughter and my son were both confused and saddened by what they had just witnessed. We were on our way to a soccer tournament, and we had a bonus day free from school and work. Probably, there was nothing in the world to be upset about. Then this man let his anger out. I told my kids I was so mad that I had to roll my window up so that I wouldn’t keep yelling at this guy. Then, I stopped and looked back. I had moved up the 12 or so inches at his “suggestion”, while he hadn’t moved an inch. Suddenly, I felt sympathy for him. He must have been suffering in some way. As my kids and I slowly made our way to the pick-up window to pay for our order, I had an idea. “I heard how rude that man was to you, and I wanted to apologize to you for having to put up with that. He isn’t worth paying for,” the cashier said to me. “My kids support me in doing that,” I answered the cashier, adding that hate cannot drive out hate. 1. Why was the driver angry with the author? A. Her car cut in. B. She held up his truck. C. Her car stopped suddenly. D. She screamed at him. 2. What does the author mainly tell us in paragraph 3? A. Why her anger kept growing. B. What her kids’ reaction was. C. How she calmed herself down D. Why she ordered the breakfast. 3. What was the author’s final decision? A. She taught her kids a lesson. B. She apologized to the driver. C. She paid for the driver’s food. D. She gave the cashier some advice 4. What does the author intend to convey in the text? A. Respond to hate with kindness B. Deal with a man as he deals with you. C. Put distance between your car and another. D. Never go to the drive-through at rush hours 2 （2024·湖南长沙·模拟预测）Ms. McIntyre, 38, worked as a publisher. She suffered brain cancer and her health got worse despite some medical treatment. But she realized that in a way, she was luckier than some other people. She had insurance to help pay for her medical care. But Ms. McIntyre and her husband, Mr. Gregory, knew that many people with cancer face tough decisions because of the costs of medical care and wind up owing far more than they can pay. Though her health was failing, Ms. McIntyre decided to help pay off the medical debts of as many people as she possibly could. The couple began donating money to a group called RIP Medical Debt, which is committed to working to pay off the unpaid medical debts of others. The group can pay off medical bills for about 100 times less money than they cost. In other words, for every 100 donated, the group can pay off 10,000 in unpaid medical bills. Unfortunately, Ms. McIntyre passed away before long. Mr. Gregory posted a message for Ms. McIntyre on her social media accounts. “If you’re reading this, I have passed away,” the post began. Then the post explained, “To celebrate my life, I’ve arranged to buy up others’ medical debts and then destroy the debts.” The couple had set up a page on a website to raise money for this purpose. They had hoped to raise about $20,000. Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post attracted a lot of attention. The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less than a week, the site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in. By November 22, 2023, Ms. McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to pay off about $60 million in medical debts. Mr. Gregory planned a special event in December to celebrate Ms. McIntyre’s life and to announce how many millions of dollars of medical debts her efforts had paid for. 5. Why did Ms. McIntyre feel luckier than some other people? A. The doctors eventually cured her. B. Her disease didn’t become worse. C. She had security about medical care. D. She had a decent job before being ill. 6. How did Ms. McIntyre and her husband help others? A. By paying for their daily debts. B. By giving away money to them. C. By purchasing medical insurance for them. D. By ridding them of debts from treatments. 7. What is paragraph 4 mainly about? A. The couple’s anticipation. B. The public involvement. C. The operation of a website. D. The increase of medical debts. 8. Which of the following words can best describe Ms. McIntyre? A. Influential and understanding. B. Humorous and elegant. C. Cautious and promising. D. Enthusiastic and adaptable. 3 （2024·北京朝阳·模拟预测）In the 2010s, 34-year-old Brianne Miller travelled around the world as a marine biologist. No matter how remote the location, she made the same alarming discovery: huge amounts of plastic littering the water and threatening marine life. Miller knew she needed to do something. Canadians throw out three million tons of plastic waste each year, 33 percent of which comes from food packaging. Approximately one third of all food produced worldwide goes to waste, too. Miller, determined to fix the problem, imagined a shop that went further than banning plastic bags — a place that avoided both wasteful packaging and the bad habit of wasting food itself. In June 2018, Miller opened her first zero-waste grocery store in Canada. She named it Nada, and ensured everything was designed to make the zero-waste shopping experience easy. You can bring your own containers, though it’s not necessary: right by the front door are sanitized (消毒过的) glass or plastic containers, free for the taking. Nada sells various food items, all 100 percent package-free. Miller is clear that the store doesn’t try to compete on price. For example, popcorn with paper package at a regular store may cost 70 cents per 100 grams; at Nada, a customer might pay $1 per 100 grams. Even so, zero-waste shopping can still come with savings. Take products that typically come packaged in large containers, like spaghetti sauce, a large part of the traditional cost would be in that glass jar. Although the early days of the pandemic were tough on the business, Miller timely turned to online ordering and delivery, though in a very Nada way. Everything from olive oil to fresh eggs comes delivered in sanitized containers, which are collected with the next round of deliveries. Those containers do so much more than just reduce waste. They get people thinking big, just as Miller hoped. “They’re tagged with Nada stickers, so you can see how many times the container has been used,” she says, and then smiles. 9. Brianne Miller was inspired to start her business by the fact that ______. A. food packaging generated tons of waste B. plastic litters posed a threat to marine life C. people formed the bad habit of wasting food D. lots of food produced worldwide went to waste 10. Which of the following can best describe Miller? A. Brave and cautious. B. Caring and humorous. C. Creative and determined. D. Optimistic and thoughtful. 11. What can be learned from the last two paragraphs? A. Miller thinks her efforts worthwhile. B. Miller stopped her business during the pandemic. C. Nada suffered serious losses because of the pandemic. D. Containers were recycled during the pandemic to save money. 4 （2024·山西临汾·三模）Andrew McCarthy stars roles in era-defining movies such as Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire and Less Than Zero. But he is also an award-winning travel writer whose books include The Longest Way Home (2012) and Walking With Sam (2021). In the new book, he looks back on an epic adventure, where he walked 500 miles across Spain’s Camino de Santiago with his 19-year-old son, Sam. McCarthy had hoped the trip would be a way to re-examine their evolving relationship, as Sam was just stepping into his own manhood. “I wanted to get to know my son. Not just in the parent-child, dominant-submissive or unruly roles, but as adults, as equals, as peers (同龄人),” he said. “The Camino gave me the greatest luxury you have with adult children — which is time.” For McCarthy it was a chance to spend time with Sam, and perhaps avoid repeating the history he had with his own father. “My relationship with my dad ended pretty much when I left home at 17 years old, and I didn’t want that happen with my kids,” MeCarthy said. The book’s structure follows the path of the Camino, with a chapter per day over the course. It creates a pleasant rhythm of the trail. It also establishes a gradual sense of community and friendship among the other walkers they encounter, and paints a clear picture of McCarthy as somebody extremely in touch with his feelings. Sometimes physical togetherness and shared experiences are the most you can ask for in a relationship, and there are lovely examples of both here. In one scene McCarthy realizes Sam is suffering from a sugar crash, and offers him a protein bar he’s been saving for just such a moment. “I reach out and rub his shoulder,” McCarthy writes.“He nods softly, gratefully. We sit together as thousands upon thousands of dandelion puffs (蒲公英) float in the air like dancing diamonds.” Walking with Sam captures this encouraging and hopeful expedition as the pair walk across the country and towards one another. 12. What do we know about Walking With Sam according to paragraph 1? A. A fantasy novel. B. A travel memoir. C. A prize-winning diary entry. D. An era-defining movie. 13. Why did McCarthy start the adventure? A. To honor his father. B. To help his son fly the nest. C. To bond with his son. D. To seek for writing inspiration. 14. McCarthy develops Walking with Sam by ______. A. comparison and contrast B. cause and effect C. facts and opinions D. sequence of events 15. What does the author think of Walking With Sam? A. Plain but functional. B. Inspiring and touching. C. Brief but informative. D. Humorous and straightforward. 5 （2024·河南郑州·三模）My husband made a little two-story house that mirrored our own in color and design for our Little Free Library, while I carefully selected books from our shelves. The idea struck us immediately-instead of loading boxes into the car for yet another used book sale, we could simply walk them to the roadside. Fifteen or so years later, it’s safe to say that thousands of books, as well as the occasional DVDs, CDs and jigsaw puzzles have been shared through our little library. Located on a busy street just a few blocks from a subway station, our little library sees dozens, perhaps hundreds, of passers-by each day. Many of those who use our library do not hesitate to share their love of this neighborhood resource. One gentleman regularly stops by to pick up books for a nearby retirement home. At other times, we have received cards and gifts, including chocolates and even a personalized sketch (素描) from a local artist. Like the people who use our library, the books that come and go reflect the broad diversity of our city. Arabic, French and Russian books are the large part among the dominant English-language books. I have even collected favorite books of mine in languages I don’t understand, simply for the joy of adding another edition to my collection. Surprisingly, our library hasn’t solved our book storage problem-if anything, we now have more books than ever before. I have heard some complaints that Little Free Libraries do not always serve the purpose of building community and may compete with our public libraries and independent bookstores. This has not been our experience. We continue to buy more books than we need and we are fiercely loyal users of the public system. Our Little Free Library has enhanced our love of reading and has connected us to a community of book lovers in the heart of our busy neighborhood. 16. Why did the author and her husband build the Little Free Library? A. To prepare for used book sales. B. To make friends with book lovers. C. To deal with their unwanted books. D. To make use of community resources. 17. What is paragraph 3 mainly about? A. People’s care for the elderly. B. The friendship between library users. C. People’s love for the Little Free Library. D. The exploration of the community resources. 18. What does the Little Free Library reflect about the neighborhood? A. Its cultural diversity. B. Its storage problems. C. Readers’ preferences. D. People’s reading habits. 19. How has the Little Free Library impacted the community? A. It has strengthened neighborhood connections. B. It has become a meeting place for local artists. C. It has weakened public libraries to some degree. D. It has promoted the rise of independent bookstores. 6 （2024·江西·一模）One of China’s first female sea-rescue pilots looks back in pride at 300-plus missions and promises to save more lives. When the perfect storm brews(酝酿) over the boundless sea and lives are in danger, a crew of highly trained professionals embarks on a mission impossible to search for and rescue survivors from the rough waters. Wan Qiuwen is one of them. And, she’s a woman. The 36-year-old from Shanghai has broken the glass ceiling to become one of China’s first two female rescue helicopter pilots who respond to search and rescue missions involving cargo ship snags(货船遇险), vessel accidents, medical emergencies and special marine operations. The demanding nature of the profession had always favored male candidates until the rules were changed for the first and only time. She says, “Rescue at sea can be both challenging and terrifying. If you don’t think and act fast, people may die.” On Aug 20,2020, an oil tanker ferrying 3,000 metric tons of gasoline collided with a cargo ship loaded with sand and gravel about 1.5 nautical miles (2,778 meters) southeast of the Yangtze River estuary, sparking a fire on the deck of the oil tanker and causing the latter to sink. Wan was among the first respondents. She flew to the site from Gaodong helicopter airport, which is the country’s first-of-its-kind marine rescue launchpad(发射台). “The tanker was still burning and there was a thick envelope of smoke, reducing visibility to near zero.” she recalls. And yet, with her sea wisdom, Wan spotted a survivor and executed a successful rescue operation. She hovered above the troubled waters for a couple of minutes to estimate the best extraction point, and then threw down a rope and pulled up a seriously injured crew member. Now, a mother of a boy, when people ask her if she will continue to fly once her child grows up, Wan’s response is affirmative. “This profession is about saving lives and I am a rescue pilot, once and always.” 20. What do the underlined words “broken the glass ceiling” probably mean? A. Winning wide praise. B. Making a personal breakthrough. C. Disobeying rules of her career. D. Breaking barriers preventing women’s advancement. 21. Which of the following best describe Wan Qiuwen? A. Courageous and Creative. B. Professional and Determined. C. Conservative and Hardworking. D. Responsible and Self-disciplined. 22. What can be learned from the accident happening on August 20, 2020? A. It is visible for Wan to see clearly the site from the sky. B. Both the oil tanker and the cargo ship sank after collision. C. During the rescue, Wan threw down a rope without hesitation. D. Before taking rescue action Wan made a judgement on the situation. 23. What is the purpose of the passage ? A. To call on more people to be a sea-rescue pilot. B. To inform the risks of becoming a sea-rescue pilot. C. To introduce an exceptional woman sea-rescue pilot. D. To educate people the meaning of breaking through gender prejudice. 7 （2024·宁夏银川·一模）“We’ve got a problem here,” our mechanic (修理工) Randy said over the phone. “What is it?” I asked. My husband, Matthew, and I had dropped off our car for an oil change a couple of hours earlier. We had made an appointment with our usual mechanic Randy and decided on using synthetic oil, which requires a change every 500 miles, as opposed to 300 miles for regular oil. Though synthetic oil was the more expensive option, it seemed like a good investment considering how much we would travel. “Once of my guys put in the wrong oil,” Randy explained. He had been out of the garage for a test drive and left our oil change to one of his employees. The employee had put in the regular oil. “Now we can drain (排干) the engine and put in the synthetic oil,” Randy said. “Or you can leave it as it is. You won’t be charged since it was our mistake.” Matthew and I decided to leave things alone. Draining the engine seemed like a waste. We could get the synthetic oil the next time around. But we did insist on paying for the work — it had been an honest mistake after all. Matthew and I didn’t think about the oil change until a few weeks later. We were making plans to drive from South Carolina, up through the mountains of West Virginia, to visit my uncle in Maryland. It was a long trip, and we’d already put 286 miles on the car since our last oil change, so we wanted Randy to change the oil early. We dropped off the car before lunch and asked Randy to do the change. We’d barely sat down to eat when my phone rang. It was Randy. “Your brakes are completely shot,” he said. “I’m surprised they lasted the drive over here. You’ll need to replace them immediately.” Luckily, he had the parts on hand. We gave him the go-ahead and hung up. Matthew and I stared at each other in disbelief. If the correct oil had been put in a few weeks earlier, we wouldn’t have gone back to the mechanic so soon. We wouldn’t have known the brakes were bad. Who knows what could have happened, especially on those mountain roads? 24. Why did Randy call the author at the beginning of the text? A. To ask for a leave. B. To admit a mistake. C. To offer a suggestion. D. To reply to a question. 25. What did the author think of the use of synthetic oil? A. Time-consuming. B. Jaw-dropping. C. Cost-effective. D. Sought-after. 26. Why did Randy call the author again in paragraph 6? A. To report a problem. B. To promote a service. C. To propose a solution. D. To put forward a plan. 27. What is a suitable title for the text? A. An unexpected “mistake” B. Be grateful for a “mistake” C. An undesirable car accident D. Be regretful for an oil change 8 I know next to nothing about baseball. When in the right field during P. E. as a boy, I prayed the ball wouldn’t come to me. It took a miracle (奇迹) for me to catch it. Yet I later became the father of two boys, Will and Tim (8 and 5), who were both interested in baseball. On Saturday mornings, I’d take Will out to the playground and play catch with him. Thanks to my weak arm, the ball dropped before he could catch it. After many misses one day, he said, “How am I ever going to make the major leagues?” “You got the wrong dad, kid,” I thought. Baseball isn’t my thing. Still, I wanted to give my kids confidence on the field. There was an official Little League in our area, but it was super-competitive and primarily targeted older boys. What if we had something more low-key, something that welcomed boys and girls, and younger ones? I shared the idea with some neighbors. “That would be great!”they said. Now who could organize such a thing? Not me. I tried to put the idea aside, but it wouldn’t leave me. I finally decided that I must do something about it. So I called the city’s recreation department, explaining that some families wanted to start a baseball league in our neighborhood. Were there any fields for that? They bounced me around. Finally, I spoke to the official in charge. I got butterflies in my stomach. What if he said no? “Yes, we have something for you,” the man said, hearing my request. We got two fields for four hours every Sunday morning. Our league was founded. What a joy it was to sit on the benches, watching Will and Tim playing baseball! How grateful I was for other parents who did the coaching! And I became the most unlikely baseball commissioner (专员) ever. Many years have passed. Now Will and Tim are new dads, and I can’t wait to see what they’ll have to do. I know better than anyone: Parenthood calls you to do the most unlikely things. 28. Why did the author think his son Will got the wrong father? A. He lacked confidence. B. He had poor baseball skills. C. He had little energy or time. D. He didn’t know Will’s dream. 29. What special feature did the author expect the baseball league had? A. Being easy to join. B. Having its own fields. C. Focusing on training kids. D. Having professional coaches. 30. How did the author probably feel while talking to the official? A. Confident. B. Peaceful. C. Nervous. D. Hesitant. 31. What does the author want to stress in the text? A. The need to challenge oneself. B. The greatness of parental love. C. The responsibility of parenthood. D. The role of sports in kids’ growth. 9 （2024·山东·模拟预测）In my early childhood, I was often surprised when I saw my father making a small amount of money with difficulty. Being a child, I was unable to understand him. When I was older, my father started doing a part-time job at home. He used to bring some work back and work till late night. I can’t forget he played with me when I was 3-4 years old. He taught me how to read when I was at the age of 5. He took care of me all night when I was sick. Whenever I felt down, he would cheer me up. He also cared about my lessons and often helped me get ready for examinations. Later he sent me to New Delhi for the best education. Whenever I needed money, he never refused. He always managed money for my studies. Two years ago, I got a job at a hospital in New Delhi. When I got my first salary which was about ten times more than my pocket money, I spent it all on myself. When I returned home one fine morning, I heard my father communicating with one neighbor. He was telling him my success in the job very proudly. He also told him that I had a higher salary than him at the end of his work. A dream, his son should become better than himself came true. I was unable to move on my feet. Past 23 years flashed into my mind in a moment. I knew my father loved me very much. I could understand the decisions my father made in the past. His goal is making his child more successful than himself. If today I am successful, this is because of my father. 32. From the first paragraph, we know the writer’s father is ______. A. Humorous B. hard-working C. serious D. outgoing 33. When the writer was young, his father ______. A. only cared about his examinations B. encouraged and helped him a lot C. offered him a lot of money D. hardly bought anything for him 34. The right order of the story is ______. a. My father sent me to get the best education. b. My father thought his dream came true. c. Being a child I was unable to understand my father. d. I could understand the meaning of my father’s aspirations. e. I got a higher salary than my father. A. b-d-c-e-a B. d-a-c-e-b C. c-a-e-b-d D. c-a-d-b-e 35. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. The writer spent his first salary all on himself. B. The writer heard what his father said to one neighbor. C. The writer still couldn’t understand what his father decided in the past. D. The writer finally understood why his father had faced the financial difficulty. 36. The best title of this passage may be ______. A. A Successful Child B. An Unforgettable Moment C. A Difficult Time D. A Father’s Love 10 （2024·陕西宝鸡·三模）Jameson Lobb, a 24-year-old investment banker from Toronto, was just one week into his new job on Wall Street. Over the past month, he’d been settling in to the New York City apartment he was sharing with his college buddy, an artificial intelligence engineer named Raphael Jafri. Now, on Oct. 4, 2021, the two were squeezing in a lunchtime workout on Pier (码头) 15. overlooking the East River, when Lobb froze. “Somebody’s in the water,” he said. Before Jafri could respond, Lobb climbed over the rail at the edge of the pier and leaped into the cold, polluted water without taking the time to remove his shoes. Jafri didn’t need to see the victim. Maybe Lobb saw someone in the water who needs our help, he thought. Or maybe it’s Lobb who needs my help. Either way, I’m going in. He took off his shoes and swan-dived. Approaching the unconscious victim, Lobb saw that it was a middle-aged man. When at last they reached Pier 15, they faced a new uncertainty. How-to get out? On the pier, a crowd had gathered. From somewhere, the onlookers produced a rope and a life preserver (救生圈), which they threw to Jafri and Lobb. With the two men pushing from below and the crowd pulling from above, the man’s dangling body slowly rose until helping hands pulled him onto the pier. From the metal beam (梁), Lobb climbed up onto the pier, but Jafri remained in the water a few minutes more, until he was rescued by the Coast Guard. Both men, Jafri in particular, thoroughly exhausted from 15-plus minutes in the water and bleeding from numerous barnacle cuts, watched as rescue workers loaded the nearly drowned man into an ambulance and drove away. In place of that knowledge, they have a story they get to tell now, another experience that has further enhanced their bond. Lots of people were on the piers that day, yet only the two of them jumped in the water — because, they say, they were the fittest people there and, so, had a moral responsibility. “If I know I’m capable,” Lobb says, “why wouldn’t I help?” Jafri adds, laughing, “People always say ‘If your friend jumps off a cliff, are you jumping?’ I think I answered that one.” 37. Which of following best describe Jameson Lobb as a passer-by? A. Smart and thoughtful. B. Caring and fearless. C. Kind and experienced. D. Devoted and brave. 38. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about? A. The knowledge about first aid. B. The way to rescue the drowned. C. The process of saving a stranger. D. The value of people’s pulling together. 39. Why was Jafri left alone in the water after the rescue? A. He meant to gain Coast Guard’s help. B. He was found unconscious and bleeding. C. He failed to climb up onto the pier. D. He was in worse condition. 40. What does the author intend to convey in the text? A. Unsung heroes deserve our respect. B. Danger is next neighbour to security. C. Timely rescue always comes first. D. A friend in need is a friend in deed. 11 （2024·宁夏吴忠·模拟预测）When I was small, my mother and I would walk to our local library in Franklin Square. As we didn’t always have access to a reliable car, walking hand in hand was the most convenient way to get anywhere. It was at story time for children that both my mother and I made lasting friendships. Today, I am fortunate to live around the corner from the Gold Coast Public Library in Glen Head and a short walk to the Sea Cliff Children’s Library. My 18-month-old son, Colin, and I find ourselves in Sea Cliff several times a week, meeting and making friends. Well, that is what many people don’t understand — a library is more than books; it’s a community. Sure, the library in Franklin Square was the place where I was introduced to Judy Blume novels. But it was also the place where I got my first e-mail address in 1997. At the library, friends and I learned how to research colleges and search for scholarships on the Internet. The library was the place where we sometimes giggled (咯咯地笑) too loudly, and where the librarians knew us by name. Their knowing our names wasn’t a bad thing. When I came home from my first term at Binghamton University, Mary LaRosa, the librarian at the Franklin Square library offered me my first teaching job. I now teach reading at Nassau Community College. My students are often amazed that they can check out books via their smartphones and virtually visit a variety of Long Island libraries. The app used by Nassau and Suffolk county public libraries, as well as the college library, makes their homework easier by helping them find resources. Even though they can’t always easily visit their local libraries, the library is always with them. 41. Why does the author consider herself lucky today? A. She has become her mother’s best friend. B. She has access to a reliable car now. C. She lives close to libraries. D. She can meet friends at the library. 42. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 2 refer to? A. Socializing in a library. B. Reading books in a library. C. Visiting a library with a family member. D. Building parent-child friendship in a library. 43. What did the author do at the library according to the passage? A. She told stories to her mother. B. She learned how to go online. C. She got her current teaching job. D. She initially read Judy Blume novels. 44. What is the author’s attitude to her students’ way of visiting libraries? A. Cautious. B. Ambiguous. C. Disapproving. D. Favourable. 12 （2024·山西运城·二模）29-year-old Dim Nang Lao is a mother of a six-year-old boy in a mountainous and remote region in northeastern Cambodia. Like many other parents in her village who marry and have children at a young age, she used to have little knowledge about how she should look after her child to ensure he can grow healthy and strong and reach his full potential. But everything changed when she received Nurturing Care Parenting training from village volunteers. Nurturing Care Parenting aims to help every child get the best possible start in life, including through healthcare, early education and play. It also helps parents avoid violence or punishment to discipline their children. “I learned a lot from Nurturing Care Parenting,” Dim Nang Lao says. “I learned how to care for my child’s health, nutrition and education. I learned how to talk to him when he is wrong and comfort him when he is sad. I learned that a child is a white paper. If I hit him, he will learn those actions from me.” Dim Nang Lao is one of many who have benefited from the training. According to a local official named Ang Chenda, the training has reached five villages and has improved the lives of many families. She says she welcomes the training as many parents in the area did not fully understand what they needed to do to fully support their children’s needs and development and often spent most of their time earning an income through farm work. “After the training, their understanding of raising young children is far different,” Ang Chenda says. “They are more aware of the importance of caring for their children. They take their children to the health center for check-ups, issue birth certificates for their children and send their children to school. They also reduce violence and use positive discipline instead.” Dim Nang Lao says she is grateful for the opportunity to learn about positive parenting and apply it in her daily life. “I hope that more parents in our country can receive this training and benefit from it as I do,” she adds. 45. What can we learn about many parents in Dim Nang Lao’s village? A. They cared little about their kids’ physical health. B. They got married and had children at an old age. C. They couldn’t make a living through farm work. D. They didn’t know how to care for their kids well. 46. What does Dim Nang Lao focus on in paragraph 3? A. What she learned from her son. B. Her son’s change over the time. C. What she gained from the training. D. The goal of the parenting program. 47. Why is Ang Chenda mentioned in the text? A. To speak highly of Nurturing Care Parenting. B. To introduce a harmonious parent-child relationship. C. To show the popularity of the training outside villages. D. To highlight the positive influence of parenting on kids. 48. What does Dim Nang Lao expect of Nurturing Care Parenting? A. It will train more than parents. B. It will be promoted extensively. C. It will offer jobs to more parents. D. It will be well received worldwide. 13 （2024·吉林长春·模拟预测）Raised in a fatherless home, my father was extremely tightfisted towards us children. His attitude didn’t soften as I grew into adulthood and drifted away to college. I had to ride the bus whenever I came home. Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, Dad never met me, even in cold weather. If I grumbled (嘟囔), he’d say in his loudest father voice, “That’s what your legs are for!” The walk didn’t bother me as much as the fear of walking alone along the highway and country roads. I also felt less than valued that my father didn’t seem concerned about my safety. That feeling was canceled one spring evening. It had been a particularly difficult week at college after long hours in labs. I longed for home. When the bus reached a stop, I stepped off and dragged my suitcase to begin the long journey home. A row of hedge (篱笆) edged the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. Once I had turned off the highway to start the last lap of my journey, I was always relieved to see the hedge because it meant that I was almost home. On that particular evening, the hedge had just come into view when I saw something gray moving along the top of the hedge, moving toward the house. Upon closer observation, I realized it was the top of my father’s head. Then I knew, each time I’d come home, he had stood behind the hedge, watching, until he knew I had arrived safely. I swallowed hard against the threatening tears. He did care, after all. On later visits, that spot of gray became my watchtower. I could hardly wait until I was close enough to watch for its secret movement above the greenery. Upon reaching home, I would find my father sitting innocently in his chair. “So! My son, it’s you!” he’d say, his face lengthening into pretended surprise. I replied, “Yes, Dad, it’s me. I’m home.” 49. What did the author think of the two-mile walk home? A. It reflected his value. B. It was the most troublesome. C. It wasn’t ranked number one in his concerns. D. It was extremely unbearable in cold weathers. 50. How did the author feel when he saw the hedge? A. Disappointed. B. Hopeful. C. Frustrated. D. Regretful. 51. Why did the author’s father watch behind the hedge? A. The author often changed routes back home. B. He wanted to help the author build up courage. C. He was really concerned about his son’s safety. D. That was the only way he could express his love. 52. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. Father’s Secret. B. My Childhood Life. C. Terrible Journey Home. D. Riding Bus Alone. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$备战2025年高考之暑假名校模拟试题精练精析 阅读理解 （记叙文） 1 （2024·湖南长沙·三模）“Hey, lady! You can move your ugly car up now!” The silver-haired driver behind me in a fancy truck rudely yelled at me. Without much thought, I yelled back at the man, “What? Are you in a rush or something? ” I was waiting in line at the drive-through to order our breakfast on a Sunday morning. There were only 12 inches or so between me and the car in front of me. There were also three additional cars in front of that one. We were getting nowhere fast. What was he hoping to gain by yelling at me? I wanted to let my own anger go after this ridiculous exchange. But the more I thought about it, the angrier I got. I was angry that he yelled at a mother in front of two kids. My daughter and my son were both confused and saddened by what they had just witnessed. We were on our way to a soccer tournament, and we had a bonus day free from school and work. Probably, there was nothing in the world to be upset about. Then this man let his anger out. I told my kids I was so mad that I had to roll my window up so that I wouldn’t keep yelling at this guy. Then, I stopped and looked back. I had moved up the 12 or so inches at his “suggestion”, while he hadn’t moved an inch. Suddenly, I felt sympathy for him. He must have been suffering in some way. As my kids and I slowly made our way to the pick-up window to pay for our order, I had an idea. “I heard how rude that man was to you, and I wanted to apologize to you for having to put up with that. He isn’t worth paying for,” the cashier said to me. “My kids support me in doing that,” I answered the cashier, adding that hate cannot drive out hate. 1. Why was the driver angry with the author? A. Her car cut in. B. She held up his truck. C. Her car stopped suddenly. D. She screamed at him. 2. What does the author mainly tell us in paragraph 3? A. Why her anger kept growing. B. What her kids’ reaction was. C. How she calmed herself down D. Why she ordered the breakfast. 3. What was the author’s final decision? A. She taught her kids a lesson. B. She apologized to the driver. C. She paid for the driver’s food. D. She gave the cashier some advice 4. What does the author intend to convey in the text? A. Respond to hate with kindness B. Deal with a man as he deals with you. C. Put distance between your car and another. D. Never go to the drive-through at rush hours 2 （2024·湖南长沙·模拟预测）Ms. McIntyre, 38, worked as a publisher. She suffered brain cancer and her health got worse despite some medical treatment. But she realized that in a way, she was luckier than some other people. She had insurance to help pay for her medical care. But Ms. McIntyre and her husband, Mr. Gregory, knew that many people with cancer face tough decisions because of the costs of medical care and wind up owing far more than they can pay. Though her health was failing, Ms. McIntyre decided to help pay off the medical debts of as many people as she possibly could. The couple began donating money to a group called RIP Medical Debt, which is committed to working to pay off the unpaid medical debts of others. The group can pay off medical bills for about 100 times less money than they cost. In other words, for every 100 donated, the group can pay off 10,000 in unpaid medical bills. Unfortunately, Ms. McIntyre passed away before long. Mr. Gregory posted a message for Ms. McIntyre on her social media accounts. “If you’re reading this, I have passed away,” the post began. Then the post explained, “To celebrate my life, I’ve arranged to buy up others’ medical debts and then destroy the debts.” The couple had set up a page on a website to raise money for this purpose. They had hoped to raise about $20,000. Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post attracted a lot of attention. The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less than a week, the site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in. By November 22, 2023, Ms. McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to pay off about $60 million in medical debts. Mr. Gregory planned a special event in December to celebrate Ms. McIntyre’s life and to announce how many millions of dollars of medical debts her efforts had paid for. 5. Why did Ms. McIntyre feel luckier than some other people? A. The doctors eventually cured her. B. Her disease didn’t become worse. C. She had security about medical care. D. She had a decent job before being ill. 6. How did Ms. McIntyre and her husband help others? A. By paying for their daily debts. B. By giving away money to them. C. By purchasing medical insurance for them. D. By ridding them of debts from treatments. 7. What is paragraph 4 mainly about? A. The couple’s anticipation. B. The public involvement. C. The operation of a website. D. The increase of medical debts. 8. Which of the following words can best describe Ms. McIntyre? A. Influential and understanding. B. Humorous and elegant. C. Cautious and promising. D. Enthusiastic and adaptable. 3 （2024·北京朝阳·模拟预测）In the 2010s, 34-year-old Brianne Miller travelled around the world as a marine biologist. No matter how remote the location, she made the same alarming discovery: huge amounts of plastic littering the water and threatening marine life. Miller knew she needed to do something. Canadians throw out three million tons of plastic waste each year, 33 percent of which comes from food packaging. Approximately one third of all food produced worldwide goes to waste, too. Miller, determined to fix the problem, imagined a shop that went further than banning plastic bags — a place that avoided both wasteful packaging and the bad habit of wasting food itself. In June 2018, Miller opened her first zero-waste grocery store in Canada. She named it Nada, and ensured everything was designed to make the zero-waste shopping experience easy. You can bring your own containers, though it’s not necessary: right by the front door are sanitized (消毒过的) glass or plastic containers, free for the taking. Nada sells various food items, all 100 percent package-free. Miller is clear that the store doesn’t try to compete on price. For example, popcorn with paper package at a regular store may cost 70 cents per 100 grams; at Nada, a customer might pay $1 per 100 grams. Even so, zero-waste shopping can still come with savings. Take products that typically come packaged in large containers, like spaghetti sauce, a large part of the traditional cost would be in that glass jar. Although the early days of the pandemic were tough on the business, Miller timely turned to online ordering and delivery, though in a very Nada way. Everything from olive oil to fresh eggs comes delivered in sanitized containers, which are collected with the next round of deliveries. Those containers do so much more than just reduce waste. They get people thinking big, just as Miller hoped. “They’re tagged with Nada stickers, so you can see how many times the container has been used,” she says, and then smiles. 9. Brianne Miller was inspired to start her business by the fact that ______. A. food packaging generated tons of waste B. plastic litters posed a threat to marine life C. people formed the bad habit of wasting food D. lots of food produced worldwide went to waste 10. Which of the following can best describe Miller? A. Brave and cautious. B. Caring and humorous. C. Creative and determined. D. Optimistic and thoughtful. 11. What can be learned from the last two paragraphs? A. Miller thinks her efforts worthwhile. B. Miller stopped her business during the pandemic. C. Nada suffered serious losses because of the pandemic. D. Containers were recycled during the pandemic to save money. 4 （2024·山西临汾·三模）Andrew McCarthy stars roles in era-defining movies such as Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire and Less Than Zero. But he is also an award-winning travel writer whose books include The Longest Way Home (2012) and Walking With Sam (2021). In the new book, he looks back on an epic adventure, where he walked 500 miles across Spain’s Camino de Santiago with his 19-year-old son, Sam. McCarthy had hoped the trip would be a way to re-examine their evolving relationship, as Sam was just stepping into his own manhood. “I wanted to get to know my son. Not just in the parent-child, dominant-submissive or unruly roles, but as adults, as equals, as peers (同龄人),” he said. “The Camino gave me the greatest luxury you have with adult children — which is time.” For McCarthy it was a chance to spend time with Sam, and perhaps avoid repeating the history he had with his own father. “My relationship with my dad ended pretty much when I left home at 17 years old, and I didn’t want that happen with my kids,” MeCarthy said. The book’s structure follows the path of the Camino, with a chapter per day over the course. It creates a pleasant rhythm of the trail. It also establishes a gradual sense of community and friendship among the other walkers they encounter, and paints a clear picture of McCarthy as somebody extremely in touch with his feelings. Sometimes physical togetherness and shared experiences are the most you can ask for in a relationship, and there are lovely examples of both here. In one scene McCarthy realizes Sam is suffering from a sugar crash, and offers him a protein bar he’s been saving for just such a moment. “I reach out and rub his shoulder,” McCarthy writes.“He nods softly, gratefully. We sit together as thousands upon thousands of dandelion puffs (蒲公英) float in the air like dancing diamonds.” Walking with Sam captures this encouraging and hopeful expedition as the pair walk across the country and towards one another. 12. What do we know about Walking With Sam according to paragraph 1? A. A fantasy novel. B. A travel memoir. C. A prize-winning diary entry. D. An era-defining movie. 13. Why did McCarthy start the adventure? A. To honor his father. B. To help his son fly the nest. C. To bond with his son. D. To seek for writing inspiration. 14. McCarthy develops Walking with Sam by ______. A. comparison and contrast B. cause and effect C. facts and opinions D. sequence of events 15. What does the author think of Walking With Sam? A. Plain but functional. B. Inspiring and touching. C. Brief but informative. D. Humorous and straightforward. 5 （2024·河南郑州·三模）My husband made a little two-story house that mirrored our own in color and design for our Little Free Library, while I carefully selected books from our shelves. The idea struck us immediately-instead of loading boxes into the car for yet another used book sale, we could simply walk them to the roadside. Fifteen or so years later, it’s safe to say that thousands of books, as well as the occasional DVDs, CDs and jigsaw puzzles have been shared through our little library. Located on a busy street just a few blocks from a subway station, our little library sees dozens, perhaps hundreds, of passers-by each day. Many of those who use our library do not hesitate to share their love of this neighborhood resource. One gentleman regularly stops by to pick up books for a nearby retirement home. At other times, we have received cards and gifts, including chocolates and even a personalized sketch (素描) from a local artist. Like the people who use our library, the books that come and go reflect the broad diversity of our city. Arabic, French and Russian books are the large part among the dominant English-language books. I have even collected favorite books of mine in languages I don’t understand, simply for the joy of adding another edition to my collection. Surprisingly, our library hasn’t solved our book storage problem-if anything, we now have more books than ever before. I have heard some complaints that Little Free Libraries do not always serve the purpose of building community and may compete with our public libraries and independent bookstores. This has not been our experience. We continue to buy more books than we need and we are fiercely loyal users of the public system. Our Little Free Library has enhanced our love of reading and has connected us to a community of book lovers in the heart of our busy neighborhood. 16. Why did the author and her husband build the Little Free Library? A. To prepare for used book sales. B. To make friends with book lovers. C. To deal with their unwanted books. D. To make use of community resources. 17. What is paragraph 3 mainly about? A. People’s care for the elderly. B. The friendship between library users. C. People’s love for the Little Free Library. D. The exploration of the community resources. 18. What does the Little Free Library reflect about the neighborhood? A. Its cultural diversity. B. Its storage problems. C. Readers’ preferences. D. People’s reading habits. 19. How has the Little Free Library impacted the community? A. It has strengthened neighborhood connections. B. It has become a meeting place for local artists. C. It has weakened public libraries to some degree. D. It has promoted the rise of independent bookstores. 6 （2024·江西·一模）One of China’s first female sea-rescue pilots looks back in pride at 300-plus missions and promises to save more lives. When the perfect storm brews(酝酿) over the boundless sea and lives are in danger, a crew of highly trained professionals embarks on a mission impossible to search for and rescue survivors from the rough waters. Wan Qiuwen is one of them. And, she’s a woman. The 36-year-old from Shanghai has broken the glass ceiling to become one of China’s first two female rescue helicopter pilots who respond to search and rescue missions involving cargo ship snags(货船遇险), vessel accidents, medical emergencies and special marine operations. The demanding nature of the profession had always favored male candidates until the rules were changed for the first and only time. She says, “Rescue at sea can be both challenging and terrifying. If you don’t think and act fast, people may die.” On Aug 20,2020, an oil tanker ferrying 3,000 metric tons of gasoline collided with a cargo ship loaded with sand and gravel about 1.5 nautical miles (2,778 meters) southeast of the Yangtze River estuary, sparking a fire on the deck of the oil tanker and causing the latter to sink. Wan was among the first respondents. She flew to the site from Gaodong helicopter airport, which is the country’s first-of-its-kind marine rescue launchpad(发射台). “The tanker was still burning and there was a thick envelope of smoke, reducing visibility to near zero.” she recalls. And yet, with her sea wisdom, Wan spotted a survivor and executed a successful rescue operation. She hovered above the troubled waters for a couple of minutes to estimate the best extraction point, and then threw down a rope and pulled up a seriously injured crew member. Now, a mother of a boy, when people ask her if she will continue to fly once her child grows up, Wan’s response is affirmative. “This profession is about saving lives and I am a rescue pilot, once and always.” 20. What do the underlined words “broken the glass ceiling” probably mean? A. Winning wide praise. B. Making a personal breakthrough. C. Disobeying rules of her career. D. Breaking barriers preventing women’s advancement. 21. Which of the following best describe Wan Qiuwen? A. Courageous and Creative. B. Professional and Determined. C. Conservative and Hardworking. D. Responsible and Self-disciplined. 22. What can be learned from the accident happening on August 20, 2020? A. It is visible for Wan to see clearly the site from the sky. B. Both the oil tanker and the cargo ship sank after collision. C. During the rescue, Wan threw down a rope without hesitation. D. Before taking rescue action Wan made a judgement on the situation. 23. What is the purpose of the passage ? A. To call on more people to be a sea-rescue pilot. B. To inform the risks of becoming a sea-rescue pilot. C. To introduce an exceptional woman sea-rescue pilot. D. To educate people the meaning of breaking through gender prejudice. 7 （2024·宁夏银川·一模）“We’ve got a problem here,” our mechanic (修理工) Randy said over the phone. “What is it?” I asked. My husband, Matthew, and I had dropped off our car for an oil change a couple of hours earlier. We had made an appointment with our usual mechanic Randy and decided on using synthetic oil, which requires a change every 500 miles, as opposed to 300 miles for regular oil. Though synthetic oil was the more expensive option, it seemed like a good investment considering how much we would travel. “Once of my guys put in the wrong oil,” Randy explained. He had been out of the garage for a test drive and left our oil change to one of his employees. The employee had put in the regular oil. “Now we can drain (排干) the engine and put in the synthetic oil,” Randy said. “Or you can leave it as it is. You won’t be charged since it was our mistake.” Matthew and I decided to leave things alone. Draining the engine seemed like a waste. We could get the synthetic oil the next time around. But we did insist on paying for the work — it had been an honest mistake after all. Matthew and I didn’t think about the oil change until a few weeks later. We were making plans to drive from South Carolina, up through the mountains of West Virginia, to visit my uncle in Maryland. It was a long trip, and we’d already put 286 miles on the car since our last oil change, so we wanted Randy to change the oil early. We dropped off the car before lunch and asked Randy to do the change. We’d barely sat down to eat when my phone rang. It was Randy. “Your brakes are completely shot,” he said. “I’m surprised they lasted the drive over here. You’ll need to replace them immediately.” Luckily, he had the parts on hand. We gave him the go-ahead and hung up. Matthew and I stared at each other in disbelief. If the correct oil had been put in a few weeks earlier, we wouldn’t have gone back to the mechanic so soon. We wouldn’t have known the brakes were bad. Who knows what could have happened, especially on those mountain roads? 24. Why did Randy call the author at the beginning of the text? A. To ask for a leave. B. To admit a mistake. C. To offer a suggestion. D. To reply to a question. 25. What did the author think of the use of synthetic oil? A. Time-consuming. B. Jaw-dropping. C. Cost-effective. D. Sought-after. 26. Why did Randy call the author again in paragraph 6? A. To report a problem. B. To promote a service. C. To propose a solution. D. To put forward a plan. 27. What is a suitable title for the text? A. An unexpected “mistake” B. Be grateful for a “mistake” C. An undesirable car accident D. Be regretful for an oil change 8 I know next to nothing about baseball. When in the right field during P. E. as a boy, I prayed the ball wouldn’t come to me. It took a miracle (奇迹) for me to catch it. Yet I later became the father of two boys, Will and Tim (8 and 5), who were both interested in baseball. On Saturday mornings, I’d take Will out to the playground and play catch with him. Thanks to my weak arm, the ball dropped before he could catch it. After many misses one day, he said, “How am I ever going to make the major leagues?” “You got the wrong dad, kid,” I thought. Baseball isn’t my thing. Still, I wanted to give my kids confidence on the field. There was an official Little League in our area, but it was super-competitive and primarily targeted older boys. What if we had something more low-key, something that welcomed boys and girls, and younger ones? I shared the idea with some neighbors. “That would be great!”they said. Now who could organize such a thing? Not me. I tried to put the idea aside, but it wouldn’t leave me. I finally decided that I must do something about it. So I called the city’s recreation department, explaining that some families wanted to start a baseball league in our neighborhood. Were there any fields for that? They bounced me around. Finally, I spoke to the official in charge. I got butterflies in my stomach. What if he said no? “Yes, we have something for you,” the man said, hearing my request. We got two fields for four hours every Sunday morning. Our league was founded. What a joy it was to sit on the benches, watching Will and Tim playing baseball! How grateful I was for other parents who did the coaching! And I became the most unlikely baseball commissioner (专员) ever. Many years have passed. Now Will and Tim are new dads, and I can’t wait to see what they’ll have to do. I know better than anyone: Parenthood calls you to do the most unlikely things. 28. Why did the author think his son Will got the wrong father? A. He lacked confidence. B. He had poor baseball skills. C. He had little energy or time. D. He didn’t know Will’s dream. 29. What special feature did the author expect the baseball league had? A. Being easy to join. B. Having its own fields. C. Focusing on training kids. D. Having professional coaches. 30. How did the author probably feel while talking to the official? A. Confident. B. Peaceful. C. Nervous. D. Hesitant. 31. What does the author want to stress in the text? A. The need to challenge oneself. B. The greatness of parental love. C. The responsibility of parenthood. D. The role of sports in kids’ growth. 9 （2024·山东·模拟预测）In my early childhood, I was often surprised when I saw my father making a small amount of money with difficulty. Being a child, I was unable to understand him. When I was older, my father started doing a part-time job at home. He used to bring some work back and work till late night. I can’t forget he played with me when I was 3-4 years old. He taught me how to read when I was at the age of 5. He took care of me all night when I was sick. Whenever I felt down, he would cheer me up. He also cared about my lessons and often helped me get ready for examinations. Later he sent me to New Delhi for the best education. Whenever I needed money, he never refused. He always managed money for my studies. Two years ago, I got a job at a hospital in New Delhi. When I got my first salary which was about ten times more than my pocket money, I spent it all on myself. When I returned home one fine morning, I heard my father communicating with one neighbor. He was telling him my success in the job very proudly. He also told him that I had a higher salary than him at the end of his work. A dream, his son should become better than himself came true. I was unable to move on my feet. Past 23 years flashed into my mind in a moment. I knew my father loved me very much. I could understand the decisions my father made in the past. His goal is making his child more successful than himself. If today I am successful, this is because of my father. 32. From the first paragraph, we know the writer’s father is ______. A. Humorous B. hard-working C. serious D. outgoing 33. When the writer was young, his father ______. A. only cared about his examinations B. encouraged and helped him a lot C. offered him a lot of money D. hardly bought anything for him 34. The right order of the story is ______. a. My father sent me to get the best education. b. My father thought his dream came true. c. Being a child I was unable to understand my father. d. I could understand the meaning of my father’s aspirations. e. I got a higher salary than my father. A. b-d-c-e-a B. d-a-c-e-b C. c-a-e-b-d D. c-a-d-b-e 35. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. The writer spent his first salary all on himself. B. The writer heard what his father said to one neighbor. C. The writer still couldn’t understand what his father decided in the past. D. The writer finally understood why his father had faced the financial difficulty. 36. The best title of this passage may be ______. A. A Successful Child B. An Unforgettable Moment C. A Difficult Time D. A Father’s Love 10 （2024·陕西宝鸡·三模）Jameson Lobb, a 24-year-old investment banker from Toronto, was just one week into his new job on Wall Street. Over the past month, he’d been settling in to the New York City apartment he was sharing with his college buddy, an artificial intelligence engineer named Raphael Jafri. Now, on Oct. 4, 2021, the two were squeezing in a lunchtime workout on Pier (码头) 15. overlooking the East River, when Lobb froze. “Somebody’s in the water,” he said. Before Jafri could respond, Lobb climbed over the rail at the edge of the pier and leaped into the cold, polluted water without taking the time to remove his shoes. Jafri didn’t need to see the victim. Maybe Lobb saw someone in the water who needs our help, he thought. Or maybe it’s Lobb who needs my help. Either way, I’m going in. He took off his shoes and swan-dived. Approaching the unconscious victim, Lobb saw that it was a middle-aged man. When at last they reached Pier 15, they faced a new uncertainty. How-to get out? On the pier, a crowd had gathered. From somewhere, the onlookers produced a rope and a life preserver (救生圈), which they threw to Jafri and Lobb. With the two men pushing from below and the crowd pulling from above, the man’s dangling body slowly rose until helping hands pulled him onto the pier. From the metal beam (梁), Lobb climbed up onto the pier, but Jafri remained in the water a few minutes more, until he was rescued by the Coast Guard. Both men, Jafri in particular, thoroughly exhausted from 15-plus minutes in the water and bleeding from numerous barnacle cuts, watched as rescue workers loaded the nearly drowned man into an ambulance and drove away. In place of that knowledge, they have a story they get to tell now, another experience that has further enhanced their bond. Lots of people were on the piers that day, yet only the two of them jumped in the water — because, they say, they were the fittest people there and, so, had a moral responsibility. “If I know I’m capable,” Lobb says, “why wouldn’t I help?” Jafri adds, laughing, “People always say ‘If your friend jumps off a cliff, are you jumping?’ I think I answered that one.” 37. Which of following best describe Jameson Lobb as a passer-by? A. Smart and thoughtful. B. Caring and fearless. C. Kind and experienced. D. Devoted and brave. 38. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about? A. The knowledge about first aid. B. The way to rescue the drowned. C. The process of saving a stranger. D. The value of people’s pulling together. 39. Why was Jafri left alone in the water after the rescue? A. He meant to gain Coast Guard’s help. B. He was found unconscious and bleeding. C. He failed to climb up onto the pier. D. He was in worse condition. 40. What does the author intend to convey in the text? A. Unsung heroes deserve our respect. B. Danger is next neighbour to security. C. Timely rescue always comes first. D. A friend in need is a friend in deed. 11 （2024·宁夏吴忠·模拟预测）When I was small, my mother and I would walk to our local library in Franklin Square. As we didn’t always have access to a reliable car, walking hand in hand was the most convenient way to get anywhere. It was at story time for children that both my mother and I made lasting friendships. Today, I am fortunate to live around the corner from the Gold Coast Public Library in Glen Head and a short walk to the Sea Cliff Children’s Library. My 18-month-old son, Colin, and I find ourselves in Sea Cliff several times a week, meeting and making friends. Well, that is what many people don’t understand — a library is more than books; it’s a community. Sure, the library in Franklin Square was the place where I was introduced to Judy Blume novels. But it was also the place where I got my first e-mail address in 1997. At the library, friends and I learned how to research colleges and search for scholarships on the Internet. The library was the place where we sometimes giggled (咯咯地笑) too loudly, and where the librarians knew us by name. Their knowing our names wasn’t a bad thing. When I came home from my first term at Binghamton University, Mary LaRosa, the librarian at the Franklin Square library offered me my first teaching job. I now teach reading at Nassau Community College. My students are often amazed that they can check out books via their smartphones and virtually visit a variety of Long Island libraries. The app used by Nassau and Suffolk county public libraries, as well as the college library, makes their homework easier by helping them find resources. Even though they can’t always easily visit their local libraries, the library is always with them. 41. Why does the author consider herself lucky today? A. She has become her mother’s best friend. B. She has access to a reliable car now. C. She lives close to libraries. D. She can meet friends at the library. 42. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 2 refer to? A. Socializing in a library. B. Reading books in a library. C. Visiting a library with a family member. D. Building parent-child friendship in a library. 43. What did the author do at the library according to the passage? A. She told stories to her mother. B. She learned how to go online. C. She got her current teaching job. D. She initially read Judy Blume novels. 44. What is the author’s attitude to her students’ way of visiting libraries? A. Cautious. B. Ambiguous. C. Disapproving. D. Favourable. 12 （2024·山西运城·二模）29-year-old Dim Nang Lao is a mother of a six-year-old boy in a mountainous and remote region in northeastern Cambodia. Like many other parents in her village who marry and have children at a young age, she used to have little knowledge about how she should look after her child to ensure he can grow healthy and strong and reach his full potential. But everything changed when she received Nurturing Care Parenting training from village volunteers. Nurturing Care Parenting aims to help every child get the best possible start in life, including through healthcare, early education and play. It also helps parents avoid violence or punishment to discipline their children. “I learned a lot from Nurturing Care Parenting,” Dim Nang Lao says. “I learned how to care for my child’s health, nutrition and education. I learned how to talk to him when he is wrong and comfort him when he is sad. I learned that a child is a white paper. If I hit him, he will learn those actions from me.” Dim Nang Lao is one of many who have benefited from the training. According to a local official named Ang Chenda, the training has reached five villages and has improved the lives of many families. She says she welcomes the training as many parents in the area did not fully understand what they needed to do to fully support their children’s needs and development and often spent most of their time earning an income through farm work. “After the training, their understanding of raising young children is far different,” Ang Chenda says. “They are more aware of the importance of caring for their children. They take their children to the health center for check-ups, issue birth certificates for their children and send their children to school. They also reduce violence and use positive discipline instead.” Dim Nang Lao says she is grateful for the opportunity to learn about positive parenting and apply it in her daily life. “I hope that more parents in our country can receive this training and benefit from it as I do,” she adds. 45. What can we learn about many parents in Dim Nang Lao’s village? A. They cared little about their kids’ physical health. B. They got married and had children at an old age. C. They couldn’t make a living through farm work. D. They didn’t know how to care for their kids well. 46. What does Dim Nang Lao focus on in paragraph 3? A. What she learned from her son. B. Her son’s change over the time. C. What she gained from the training. D. The goal of the parenting program. 47. Why is Ang Chenda mentioned in the text? A. To speak highly of Nurturing Care Parenting. B. To introduce a harmonious parent-child relationship. C. To show the popularity of the training outside villages. D. To highlight the positive influence of parenting on kids. 48. What does Dim Nang Lao expect of Nurturing Care Parenting? A. It will train more than parents. B. It will be promoted extensively. C. It will offer jobs to more parents. D. It will be well received worldwide. 13 （2024·吉林长春·模拟预测）Raised in a fatherless home, my father was extremely tightfisted towards us children. His attitude didn’t soften as I grew into adulthood and drifted away to college. I had to ride the bus whenever I came home. Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, Dad never met me, even in cold weather. If I grumbled (嘟囔), he’d say in his loudest father voice, “That’s what your legs are for!” The walk didn’t bother me as much as the fear of walking alone along the highway and country roads. I also felt less than valued that my father didn’t seem concerned about my safety. That feeling was canceled one spring evening. It had been a particularly difficult week at college after long hours in labs. I longed for home. When the bus reached a stop, I stepped off and dragged my suitcase to begin the long journey home. A row of hedge (篱笆) edged the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. Once I had turned off the highway to start the last lap of my journey, I was always relieved to see the hedge because it meant that I was almost home. On that particular evening, the hedge had just come into view when I saw something gray moving along the top of the hedge, moving toward the house. Upon closer observation, I realized it was the top of my father’s head. Then I knew, each time I’d come home, he had stood behind the hedge, watching, until he knew I had arrived safely. I swallowed hard against the threatening tears. He did care, after all. On later visits, that spot of gray became my watchtower. I could hardly wait until I was close enough to watch for its secret movement above the greenery. Upon reaching home, I would find my father sitting innocently in his chair. “So! My son, it’s you!” he’d say, his face lengthening into pretended surprise. I replied, “Yes, Dad, it’s me. I’m home.” 49. What did the author think of the two-mile walk home? A. It reflected his value. B. It was the most troublesome. C. It wasn’t ranked number one in his concerns. D. It was extremely unbearable in cold weathers. 50. How did the author feel when he saw the hedge? A. Disappointed. B. Hopeful. C. Frustrated. D. Regretful. 51. Why did the author’s father watch behind the hedge? A. The author often changed routes back home. B. He wanted to help the author build up courage. C. He was really concerned about his son’s safety. D. That was the only way he could express his love. 52. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. Father’s Secret. B. My Childhood Life. C. Terrible Journey Home. D. Riding Bus Alone. 参考答案 1 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者在驾车排队等待时，遭到后方司机的无理指责，作者虽然一度愤怒，但最后选择了以善意回应恶意的故事。 1. 细节理解题。根据文章第一段“Hey, lady! You can move your ugly car up now!(‘嘿，女士！你现在可以把你的丑车往前挪挪了！’)”和第二段“There were only 12 inches or so between me and the car in front of me. There were also three additional cars in front of that one. We were getting nowhere fast. What was he hoping to gain by yelling at me? (我的车前面大概只有12英寸左右的空间，那辆车前面还有三辆其他的车。我们几乎一动不动。他冲我大吼大叫，到底希望得到什么好处？)”可知，司机对作者生气是因为她阻碍了他的车子，尽管实际上前面的车都几乎没动，而作者与前车的距离只有12英寸左右，并没有造成阻碍。故选B。 2. 主旨大意题。根据文章第三段“I wanted to let my own anger go after this ridiculous exchange. But the more I thought about it, the angrier I got. I was angry that he yelled at a mother in front of two kids. My daughter and my son were both confused and saddened by what they had just witnessed. We were on our way to a soccer tournament, and we had a bonus day free from school and work. Probably, there was nothing in the world to be upset about. Then this man let his anger out.(在这次荒谬的交流之后，我想放下自己的愤怒。但我越是想这件事，就越是愤怒。我生气的是，他竟然在两个孩子面前对一个母亲大吼大叫。我的女儿和儿子都对他们刚刚目睹的一切感到困惑和难过。我们正要去一个足球比赛，我们有一个额外的休息日，不用上学也不用工作。可能，世界上没有什么值得烦恼的。然后这个男人发泄了他的愤怒。)”可知，作者原本想要放下自己的愤怒，但经过反复思考后，愤怒反而加剧了。作者特别强调了这位男子在孩子们面前的行为对孩子们造成的负面影响，以及他们原本应该是一个开心的日子却因为这位男子的愤怒行为而被破坏。由此可知，第三段主要讲述了为什么作者越来越生气。故选A。 3. 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“As my kids and I slowly made our way to the pick-up window to pay for our order, I had an idea.(当我和孩子们慢慢走向取货窗口为我们的订单付款时，我有了一个主意。)”和文章最后一段“I heard how rude that man was to you, and I wanted to apologize to you for having to put up with that. He isn’t worth paying for,” the cashier said to me. (‘我听说那个人对你有多粗鲁，我想向你道歉，因为我不得不忍受他。他不值得为他付钱，’收银员对我说。)”可知，作者最后决定为那位粗鲁的司机支付早餐费，这是她对事件的最终回应。故选C。 4. 推理判断题。通过最后一段中““My kids support me in doing that,” I answered the cashier, adding that hate cannot drive out hate.(‘我的孩子们支持我这样做，’我回答收银员，并补充说，仇恨不能驱除仇恨。)”，再结合文章内容可知，尽管那位司机对作者粗鲁，但是作者最终决定为他支付餐费；因此，作者想要传达的是以善意回应恶意。故选A项。 2 5. C 6. D 7. B 8. A 【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了身患绝症的出版商McIntyre女士与其丈夫捐赠善款，通过RIP医疗债务组织帮助他人清偿巨额医疗账单的故事。 5. 细节理解题。根据第一段“But she realized that in a way, she was luckier than some other people. She had insurance to help pay for her medical care. (但她意识到，在某种程度上，她比其他人幸运。她有保险来帮助支付医疗费用)”可知，麦金太尔女士觉得自己比其他人幸运，这是因为她有医疗保险帮助支付医疗费用，她有医疗保障。故选C。 6. 细节理解题。根据第二段“Though her health was failing, Ms. McIntyre decided to help pay off the medical debts of as many people as she possibly could. The couple began donating money to a group called RIP Medical Debt, which is committed to working to pay off the unpaid medical debts of others. (尽管她的健康状况正在恶化，麦金太尔女士还是决定尽可能多地帮助人们偿还医疗债务。这对夫妇开始向一个名为RIP医疗债务的组织捐款，该组织致力于偿还他人未付的医疗债务)”可知，麦金太尔女士和她的丈夫通过偿还他人未付的医疗债务帮助别人。故选D。 7. 主旨大意题。根据第四段“The couple had set up a page on a website to raise money for this purpose. They had hoped to raise about $20,000. Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post attracted a lot of attention. The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less than a week, the site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in. By November 22, 2023, Ms. McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to pay off about $60 million in medical debts. (这对夫妇在一个网站上设立了一个页面，为此目的筹集资金。他们原本希望筹集约2万美元。尽管如此，麦金太尔女士的最后一篇帖子还是引起了很多关注。她网页上的捐款很快就超过了总目标。在不到一周的时间里，该网站筹集的资金是预期的10倍，捐款仍在继续。截至2023年11月22日，麦金太尔女士的网页已筹集了62.7万美元，足以偿还约6000万美元的医疗债务)”可知，本段主要介绍了公众参与筹集资金，即公众参与。故选B。 8. 推理判断题。根据第一段“But Ms. McIntyre and her husband, Mr. Gregory, knew that many people with cancer face tough decisions because of the costs of medical care and wind up owing far more than they can pay. (但麦金太尔女士和她的丈夫格雷戈里先生知道，许多癌症患者由于医疗费用而面临艰难的决定，最终欠款远远超过他们的承受能力)”可知，麦金太尔女士能够理解他人的处境，根据第四段“Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post attracted a lot of attention. The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less than a week, the site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in. By November 22, 2023, Ms. McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to pay off about $60 million in medical debts. (尽管如此，麦金太尔女士的最后一篇帖子还是引起了很多关注。她网页上的捐款很快就超过了总目标。在不到一周的时间里，该网站筹集的资金是预期的10倍，捐款仍在继续。截至2023年11月22日，麦金太尔女士的网页已筹集了62.7万美元，足以偿还约6000万美元的医疗债务)”可知，麦金太尔女士很有影响力，由此可知，麦金太尔女士有影响力和理解他人的。故选A。 3 9. B 10. C 11. A 【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了Miller通过开设了零废物杂货店，提供消毒玻璃杯或塑料容器来装食物。她通过这样的方式来告诉人们：没有包装就没有废品。 9. 细节理解题。 根据第一段中“No matter how remote the location, she made the same alarming discovery: huge amounts of plastic littering the water and threatening marine life. Miller knew she needed to do something.(无论地点有多偏远，她都有同样令人震惊的发现：大量的塑料垃圾乱扔在水中，威胁着海洋生物。Miller知道她需要做点什么。)”和第二段“Canadians throw out three million tons of plastic waste each year, 33 percent of which comes from food packaging. Approximately one third of all food produced worldwide goes to waste, too. Miller, determined to fix the problem, imagined a shop that went further than banning plastic bags — a place that avoided both wasteful packaging and the bad habit of wasting food itself.(加拿大人每年扔掉300万吨塑料垃圾，其中33%来自食品包装。全世界大约有三分之一的食物被浪费掉了。米勒决心解决这个问题，他想象了一家比禁止塑料袋更进一步的商店——一个既避免了浪费包装又避免了浪费食物本身的坏习惯的地方。)”可知，Brianne Miller的创业想法来自于塑料垃圾对海洋生物构成威胁。故选B。 10. 推理判断题。 根据第三段中“In June 2018, Miller opened her first zero-waste grocery store in Canada. She named it Nada, and ensured everything was designed to make the zero-waste shopping experience easy.(2018年6月，米勒在加拿大开设了她的第一家零废物杂货店。她将其命名为Nada，并确保一切都是为了让零浪费的购物体验变得容易。)”和第四段中“Nada sells various food items, all 100 percent package-free.(Nada出售各种食品，都是100%无包装的。)”可知，Miller开设了零废物杂货店，说明她富有创造力；根据第二段中“Miller, determined to fix the problem(Miller，下定决心解决这个问题……)”和倒数第二段中“Although the early days of the pandemic were tough on the business, Miller timely turned to online ordering and delivery, though in a very Nada way.(尽管疫情初期的生意很艰难，但Miller及时转向了在线订购和送货，尽管是以一种非常简单的方式。)”可知，Miller认准了目标，就会下定决心去实现它，说明她有决心。因此可用creative和determined来描述Miller。故选C。 11. 推理判断题。 根据最后一段中“Those containers do so much more than just reduce waste. They get people thinking big, just as Miller hoped. “They’re tagged with Nada stickers, so you can see how many times the container has been used,” she says, and then smiles.(这些容器所做的不仅仅是减少浪费。正如Miller所希望的那样，它们让人们胸怀大志。“它们都贴上了Nada贴纸，所以你可以看到这个容器被使用了多少次，”她说，然后笑了。)”可推知，Miller的努力不仅减少了浪费，而且让人们认识到环保的重要性，她认为她的努力是值得的。故选A。 4 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. B 【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位著名演员兼获奖旅行作家Andrew McCarthy与他的儿子Sam一起徒步旅行的亲身经历，并通过这次旅程探索了父子关系的变化与深化。 12. 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Andrew McCarthy-stars roles in era-defining movies such as Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire and Less Than Zero. But he is also an award-winning travel writer whose books include The Longest Way Home (2012) and Walking With Sam (2021).(安德鲁·麦卡锡在时代定义的电影中扮演过重要角色，如《红粉佳人》、《圣艾尔摩之火》和《零度以下》。但他同时也是一位屡获殊荣的旅行作家，其著作包括《最长的回家路》(2012年出版) 和《与萨姆同行》(2021年出版) )”可知，《与萨姆同行》这本书是由一位获奖旅行作家所写，内容应与旅行相关，可能是一本旅行回忆录。故选B项。 13. 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“McCarthy had hoped the trip would be a way to re-examine their evolving relationship, as Sam was just stepping into his own manhood. “I wanted to get to know my son. Not just in the parent-child, dominant-submissive or unruly roles, but as adults, as equals, as peers,” he said.(麦卡锡曾希望这次旅行能成为重新审视他们父子关系演变的一种方式，因为萨姆正步入自己的成年期。“我想了解我的儿子。不仅仅是在父母与子女、支配与顺从或是叛逆的角色中，而是作为成年人，作为平等的人，作为同辈。”他如此说道)”可知，麦卡锡开始这段冒险是为了与他的儿子建立联系，作为成年人、平等的伙伴来了解彼此。故选C项。 14. 细节理解题。根据文章第三段“The book’s structure follows the path of the Camino, with a chapter per day over the course.(这本书的结构遵循了Camino路线的进程，沿途每天都设有一章节)”可知，《与萨姆同行》一书按照他们在Camino de Santiago行走的路径来结构化，每一天作为一个章节，这是按照事件发生的顺序来展开叙述的。故选D项。 15. 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“In one scene McCarthy realizes Sam is suffering from a sugar crash, and offers him a protein bar he’s been saving for just such a moment. “I reach out and rub his shoulder,” McCarthy writes.“He nods softly, gratefully. We sit together as thousands upon thousands of dandelion puffs float in the air like dancing diamonds.” Walking with Sam captures this encouraging and hopeful expedition as the pair walk across the country and towards one another.(在一个场景中，麦卡锡意识到萨姆正遭受低血糖的困扰，于是递给他一根之前特地保存下来的蛋白棒。“我伸出手，揉了揉他的肩膀，”麦卡锡写道，“他轻轻地点点头，满怀感激。我们一起坐着，成千上万的蒲公英绒球在空中飘舞，如同舞动的钻石。”《与萨姆同行》记录了这一鼓舞人心且充满希望的旅程，这对父子穿越国家，走向彼此)”可知，作者认为这本书是鼓舞人心且感人的。故选B项。 5 16. C 17. C 18. A 19. A 【解析】本文的为一篇记叙文。文章通过叙述作者和她丈夫建立小型免费图书馆的经历，以及这个图书馆如何成为社区中人们分享图书、增强邻里联系的平台，展现了社区文化生活和人际互动的一个温馨场景。 16. 细节理解题。由文章第一段中的“My husband made a little two-story house that mirrored our own in color and design for our Little Free Library, while I carefully selected books from our shelves. The idea struck us immediately-instead of loading boxes into the car for yet another used book sale, we could simply walk them to the roadside. (我丈夫为我们的免费小图书馆做了一座两层的小房子，颜色和设计都和我们的一样，而我则仔细地从书架上挑选书籍。我们立刻想到了一个主意——与其把箱子装进车里去卖旧书，不如直接把它们送到路边。)”可知，作者和她的丈夫建立这个小型免费图书馆是为了处理他们不再需要的书籍。故选C。 17. 主旨大意题。由文章第三段“Many of those who use our library do not hesitate to share their love of this neighborhood resource. One gentleman regularly stops by to pick up books for a nearby retirement home. At other times, we have received cards and gifts, including chocolates and even a personalized sketch (素描) from a local artist. (许多使用我们图书馆的人毫不犹豫地分享他们对这个社区资源的热爱。一位绅士经常路过，为附近的养老院取书。在其他时候，我们收到卡片和礼物，包括巧克力，甚至是当地艺术家的个性化素描。)”可知，第三段主要描述了人们对于这个小型免费图书馆的喜爱之情。故选C。 18. 细节理解题。由第四段中的“Like the people who use our library, the books that come and go reflect the broad diversity of our city. (就像使用我们图书馆的人一样，来来往往的书反映了我们城市的广泛多样性。)”可知，这个小型免费图书馆反映了社区的文化多样性。故选A。 19. 细节理解题。由最后一段中的“Our Little Free Library has enhanced our love of reading and has connected us to a community of book lovers in the heart of our busy neighborhood. (我们的免费小图书馆增强了我们对阅读的热爱，并将我们与繁忙社区中心的图书爱好者社区联系起来。)”可知，这个小型免费图书馆增强了社区的联系，让邻里之间的书友联系在了一起。故选A。 6 20. D 21. B 22. D 23. C 【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了中国首批女性海上救援直升机飞行员之一万秋雯，她突破性别障碍，执行300多起救援任务，承诺拯救更多生命的故事。 20. 词句猜测题。根据第二段中“The demanding nature of the profession had always favored male candidates until the rules were changed for the first and only time.(这一职业的高要求性质历来偏向于男性候选人，直到规则首次也是唯一一次改变)”可知，划线部分指的是万秋雯成为首批女性海上救援直升机飞行员之一的事迹，意味着她突破了阻碍女性晋升的障碍，故划线部分与D选项“打破阻碍女性晋升的障碍”意思相近。故选D。 21. 推理判断题。根据第三段中“And yet, with her sea wisdom, Wan spotted a survivor and executed a successful rescue operation. She hovered above the troubled waters for a couple of minutes to estimate the best extraction point, and then threw down a rope and pulled up a seriously injured crew member.(然而，凭借她的海上智慧，万秋雯发现了幸存者并执行了一次成功的救援行动。她在波涛汹涌的海面上盘旋了几分钟，以估测最佳的营救位置，随后投下绳索，救起了一名重伤的船员)”可知，万秋雯是专业的，根据第四段“Now, a mother of a boy, when people ask her if she will continue to fly once her child grows up, Wan’s response is affirmative. “This profession is about saving lives and I am a rescue pilot, once and always.”(现在，作为一名男孩的母亲，当人们问她孩子长大后是否会继续飞行时，万秋雯的回答是肯定的。“这个职业关乎拯救生命，我是一名救援飞行员，从前是，永远都是。”)”可知，万秋雯具有坚定的决心。故选B。 22. 推理判断题。根据第三段中“She hovered above the troubled waters for a couple of minutes to estimate the best extraction point, and then threw down a rope and pulled up a seriously injured crew member.(她在波涛汹涌的海面上盘旋了几分钟，以估测最佳的营救位置，随后投下绳索，救起了一名重伤的船员)”可知，在进行营救行动之前，万秋雯对情况进行了判断。故选D。 23. 推理判断题。根据全文内容及第二段中“The 36-year-old from Shanghai has broken the glass ceiling to become one of China’s first two female rescue helicopter pilots who respond to search and rescue missions involving cargo ship snags(货船遇险), vessel accidents, medical emergencies and special marine operations.(这位来自上海的36岁女性打破了性别障碍，成为了中国首批两位参与货船遇险、船只事故、医疗紧急情况及特殊海上作业搜救任务的女性救援直升机飞行员之一)”可知，文章主要讲述了万秋雯作为中国首批女性海上救援直升机飞行员之一的卓越事迹和个人经历，突出了她的勇气、专业和对职业的承诺。因此，文章的主要目的是介绍这位杰出的女性海上救援飞行员。故选C。 7 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. B 【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个因机械师的失误（使用了错误的机油）而引发的系列事件，最终这个“错误”意外地让作者及时发现了刹车系统的问题，从而避免了可能发生的严重后果。 24. 细节理解题。由文章第一段““We’ve got a problem here,” our mechanic (修理工) Randy said over the phone. (“我们这里有个问题，”我们的修理工兰迪在电话里说。)”可知，Randy打电话是为了承认一个错误。故选B。 25. 细节理解题。由文章第二段中的“Though synthetic oil was the more expensive option, it seemed like a good investment considering how much we would travel. (虽然合成油是更昂贵的选择，但考虑到我们要旅行的时间，这似乎是一个很好的投资。)”可知，作者认为使用合成油是成本效益高的。故选C。 26. 细节理解题。由文章第六段中的“It was Randy. “Your brakes are completely shot,” he said. “I’m surprised they lasted the drive over here. You’ll need to replace them immediately.” Luckily, he had the parts on hand. (是Randy。“你的刹车完全失灵了，”他说。“我很惊讶他们能坚持开车过来。你需要立即更换它们。”幸运的是，他手头有零件。)”可知，Randy再次打电话是为了报告刹车完全失灵的问题。故选A。 27. 主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是由文章最后一段“Matthew and I stared at each other in disbelief. If the correct oil had been put in a few weeks earlier, we wouldn’t have gone back to the mechanic so soon. We wouldn’t have known the brakes were bad. Who knows what could have happened, especially on those mountain roads? (Matthew和我难以置信地面面相觑。如果早几个星期装上正确的机油，我们就不会这么快就去找修理工了。我们不知道刹车坏了。谁知道会发生什么，尤其是在山路上？)”可知，本文讲述了一个因机械师的失误（使用了错误的机油）而引发的系列事件，最终这个“错误”意外地让作者及时发现了刹车系统的问题，从而避免了可能发生的严重后果。因此，最合适的标题是“Be grateful for a “mistake” (对一个“错误”心存感激)”。故选B。 8 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. C 【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者对棒球一窍不通，却想办法为孩子们成立了一个棒球联盟的故事。 28. 细节理解题。根据第一段“Thanks to my weak arm, the ball dropped before he could catch it. After many misses one day, he said, “How am I ever going to make the major leagues?” “You got the wrong dad, kid,” I thought. Baseball isn’t my thing.（由于我的手臂无力，球在他接住之前就掉了下来。一天错过多次后，他说：“我怎么才能进入大联盟呢？”“孩子，你找错爸爸了，”我想。棒球不是我的菜。）”可知，作者的棒球技术很差，所以作者认为儿子询问作者如何进入大联盟找错爸爸了。故选B。 29. 细节理解题。根据第二段“There was an official Little League in our area, but it was super-competitive and primarily targeted older boys. What if we had something more low-key, something that welcomed boys and girls, and younger ones?（我们地区有一个官方的小联盟，但它的竞争非常激烈，主要针对年龄较大的男孩。如果我们有一些更低调的东西，一些欢迎男孩和女孩，以及更年轻的孩子的东西呢？）”可知，作者希望这个棒球联盟能够更容易加入。故选A。 30. 推理判断题。根据第三段“I got butterflies in my stomach. What if he said no?（我的胃里七上八下。如果他拒绝了怎么办？）”可知，作者在与官员交谈时可能会感到紧张。故选C。 31. 推理判断题。根据最后一段“I know better than anyone: Parenthood calls you to do the most unlikely things.（我比任何人都清楚：为人父母会让你去做最不可能的事情。）”可知，作者想要在文中强调为人父母的责任。故选C。 9 32. B 33. B 34. C 35. C 36. D 【解析】这是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲作者小时候不理解父亲为什么为赚很少的钱而极其努力，父亲送作者去学校受最好的教育，作者后来得到了一份好工作，钱比父亲赚得多，偶然的机会听到父亲对邻居说的话，才明白父亲的经济困难都是因为他想要自己的孩子比自己更成功。 32. 细节理解题。根据第一段的“When I was older, my father started doing a part-time job at home. He used to bring some work back and work till late night.(当我长大后，我父亲开始在家做兼职。他过去常常带一些工作回来，一直工作到深夜)”可知，父亲在家中做兼职工作，经常工作到深夜，可以看出他非常勤劳。故选B。 33. 细节理解题。根据第二段的“I can’t forget he played with me when I was 3-4 years old. He taught me how to read when I was at the age of 5. He took care of me all night when I was sick. Whenever I felt down, he would cheer me up. He also cared about my lessons and often helped me get ready for examinations.(我不能忘记他在我3-4岁的时候和我一起打球。我5岁的时候，他教我读书。我生病的时候他照顾了我一整夜。每当我情绪低落时，他都会让我振作起来。他还关心我的功课，经常帮助我为考试做准备)”可知，父亲在作者小时候给予了他很多鼓励和帮助。故选B。 34. 细节理解题。根据第一段中“Being a child, I was unable to understand him.(作为一个孩子，作者无法理解父亲)”可知，作为孩子，作者无法理解父亲，c排第一；根据第二段中“Later he sent me to New Delhi for the best education.(父亲送作者受最好的教育)”可知，作者的父亲送他接受最后的教育，a排第二；根据第三段中“When I got my first salary which was about ten times more than my pocket money, l spent it all on myself.(我拿到第一份薪水时，它比我的零花钱多十倍，我把它都花在了自己身上)”可知，作者的薪水比父亲高，e排第三；根据第四段中“A dream, his son should become better than himself came true.(梦想实现了，他的儿子应该变得比自己更好)”可知，父亲的梦想实现了，b排第四；根据倒数第二段的“I knew my father loved me very much. I could understand the decisions my father made in the past. His goal is making his child more successful than himself.(我知道我父亲非常爱我。我能理解我父亲过去所做的决定。他的目标是让孩子比自己更成功)”可知，作者理解了父亲的志向，所以d排最后。故选C。 35. 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“I could understand the decisions my father made in the past.(我能理解我父亲过去所做的决定)”可知，作者理解了父亲过去所做的决定。所以C项“作者仍然无法理解他父亲过去的决定。”的描述是错误。故选C。 36. 主旨大意题。通读全文以及最后一段“If today I am successful, this is because of my father.(如果今天我成功了，那是因为我的父亲)”可知，本文主要讲述父亲想要自己的孩子比自己更成功，努力赚钱送孩子受最好的教育，且在孩子的成长中尽职尽责，体现了一名父亲对孩子的爱，所以“父亲的爱”适合作本文的标题。故选D。 10 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. D 【解析】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了来自多伦多的24岁银行家洛布和人工智能工程师贾弗里在午餐时间进行锻炼时，发现有人落水并英勇跳入河中救人的故事。尽管两人都受了伤，但他们成功地将落水者救回岸边，并看着他被救护车带走。两人表示，因为他们是最健壮的人，因此有道德责任去救人。洛布和加法里的勇敢行为加深了他们的友谊。 37. 推理判断题。根据最后一段““If I know I’m capable,” Lobb says, “why wouldn’t I help?” (“如果我知道我有能力，”洛布说，“我为什么不帮忙呢？”)”以及第二段“Before Jafri could respond, Lobb climbed over the rail at the edge of the pier and leaped into the cold, polluted water without taking the time to remove his shoes.(在贾弗里做出反应之前，洛布爬过码头边上的栏杆，连鞋子都没脱就跳进了冰冷、被污染的水中)”可知，詹姆斯·洛布作为一个路人有爱心且无所畏惧。故选B。 38. 主旨大意题。根据第四段“Approaching the unconscious victim, Lobb saw that it was a middle-aged man. When at last they reached Pier 15, they faced a new uncertainty. How-to get out? On the pier, a crowd had gathered. From somewhere, the onlookers produced a rope and a life preserver (救生圈), which they threw to Jafri and Lobb. With the two men pushing from below and the crowd pulling from above, the man’s dangling body slowly rose until helping hands pulled him onto the pier.(走近昏迷的受害者时，洛布发现那是一个中年男子。当他们终于到达15号码头时，他们面临着新的不确定因素。怎么出去？码头上聚集了一群人。围观的人不知从什么地方拿出一根绳子和一个救生圈，扔给了贾弗里和洛布。两个人从下面推着，人群从上面拉着，这名男子摇晃的身体慢慢上升，直到有人伸出援助之手把他拉上了码头)”可知，第四段主要讲的是拯救陌生人的过程。故选C。 39. 细节理解题。根据第五段“From the metal beam (梁), Lobb climbed up onto the pier, but Jafri remained in the water a few minutes more, until he was rescued by the Coast Guard. Both men, Jafri in particular, thoroughly exhausted from 15-plus minutes in the water and bleeding from numerous barnacle cuts, watched as rescue workers loaded the nearly drowned man into an ambulance and drove away.(洛布从金属梁上爬上了码头，但贾夫里在水里又呆了几分钟，直到他被海岸警卫队救起。这两个人，尤其是贾弗里，在水里泡了15多分钟，浑身是血，浑身是藤壶的伤口，看着救援人员把这个差点淹死的人抬上救护车，然后开车离开)”可知，营救结束后，贾弗里一个人留在水里是因为他的情况更糟。故选D。 40. 推理判断题。根据最后一段““If I know I’m capable,” Lobb says, “why wouldn’t I help?” Jafri adds, laughing, “People always say ‘If your friend jumps off a cliff, are you jumping?’ I think I answered that one.”(“如果我知道我有能力，”洛布说，“我为什么不帮忙呢？”Jafri笑着补充道：“人们总是说，‘如果你的朋友跳下悬崖，你也在跳吗?’我想我回答了这个问题。”)”可推知，作者想在文中表达患难见真情。故选D。 11 41. C 42. A 43. D 44. D 【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了从作者小时候到成家生子再到工作教书这一路上图书馆的变化。 41. 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Today, I am fortunate to live around the corner from the Gold Coast Public Library in Glen Head and a short walk to the Sea Cliff Children’s Library. (今天，我很幸运地住在格伦黑德黄金海岸公共图书馆的拐角处，步行不远就能到达海崖儿童图书馆)”可知，作者认为自己很幸运是因为她住得离图书馆很近。故选C。 42. 词句猜测题。由文章第二段中划线词上文“Today, I am fortunate to live around the corner from the Gold Coast Public Library in Glen Head and a short walk to the Sea Cliff Children’s Library. My 18-month-old son, Colin, and I find ourselves in Sea Cliff several times a week, meeting and making friends. (今天，我很幸运地住在格伦黑德的黄金海岸公共图书馆附近，走一小段路就能到海崖儿童图书馆。我和18个月大的儿子科林每周都会去海崖几次，和朋友见面和结交朋友。)”可知，“that is what many people don’t understand(这是许多人不理解的)”中的代词that指代上文中的“I find ourselves in Sea Cliff several times a week, meeting and making friends”作者在图书馆与和朋友见面和结交朋友，即在图书馆社交。故选A。 43. 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Sure, the library in Franklin Square was the place where I was introduced to Judy Blume novels. (当然，富兰克林广场的图书馆是我初次了解朱迪·布鲁姆小说的地方)”可知，作者最初是在图书馆读到了朱迪·布鲁姆的小说。故选D。 44. 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“My students are often amazed that they can check out books via their smartphones and virtually visit a variety of Long Island libraries. The app used by Nassau and Suffolk county public libraries, as well as the college library, makes their homework easier by helping them find resources. Even though they can’t always easily visit their local libraries, the library is always with them. (我的学生们经常感到惊讶的是，他们可以通过智能手机借书，还可以参观长岛的各种图书馆。拿骚县和萨福克县公共图书馆以及大学图书馆使用的应用程序通过帮助他们查找资源，使他们的家庭作业更容易。尽管他们不能总是容易地参观当地的图书馆，但图书馆总是与他们同在)”可知，学生可以使用图书馆的应用程序查找资源，帮助做家庭作业，可以通过访问虚拟图书馆来获取想要的资源。由此可推测出，作者对学生们访问虚拟图书馆的方式是支持的、赞同的。故选D。 12 45. D 46. C 47. A 48. B 【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要以Dim Nang Lao的生活为切入点，介绍了一个培训乡村父母如何更好地培养孩子的项目。 45. 细节理解题。根据第一段“Like many other parents in her village who marry and have children at a young age, she used to have little knowledge about how she should look after her child to ensure he can grow healthy and strong and re ach his full potential. (像她村里许多其他年轻结婚生子的父母一样，她过去对于如何照顾她的孩子以确保他能够健康成长、强壮并且发挥他的全部潜力知之甚少。)”可知，在这个村子里，有很多像Dim Nang Lao一样的父母，他们过去不知道如何好好照顾自己的孩子。A项的表述过于绝对，乡村的父母并不是不在意孩子的身体健康，故A项可排除。故选D项。 46. 主旨大意题。根据第三段““I learned a lot from Nurturing Care Parenting,” Dim Nang Lao says. “I learned how to care for my child’s health, nutrition and education. I learned how to talk to him when he is wrong and comfort him when he is sad. I learned that a child is a white paper. If I hit him, he will learn those actions from me.”(Dim Nang Lao说：‘我从养育育儿中学到了很多。我学会了如何关心孩子的健康、营养和教育。我学会了在他犯错的时候和他说话，在他伤心的时候安慰他。我懂得了孩子是一张白纸。如果我打他，他会向我学习那些动作的。’)”可知，第三段中Dim Nang Lao主要介绍了她从培训中学到的东西，即培训带给她的收获。故选C项。 47. 推理判断题。根据第四段中“According to a local official named Ang Chenda, the training has reached five villages and has improved the lives of many families. She says she welcomes the training as many parents in the area did not fully understand what they needed to do to fully support their children’s needs and development and often spent most of their time earning an income through farm work.(据一位名叫Ang Chenda的当地官员称，培训已经覆盖了五个村庄，改善了许多家庭的生活。她说，她欢迎这种培训，因为该地区的许多父母并不完全了解他们需要做些什么来完全支持孩子的需求和发展，而且他们经常把大部分时间花在通过农活赚取收入上。)”以及第五段中““After the training, their understanding of raising young children is far different,” Ang Chenda says. “They are more aware of the importance of caring for their children. They take their children to the health center for check-ups, issue birth certificates for their children and send their children to school. They also reduce violence and use positive discipline instead.” (‘经过培训，他们对抚养孩子的理解大不相同。’Ang Chenda说：‘他们更加意识到关爱孩子的重要性。他们带孩子去健康中心进行体检，为孩子办理出生证明，送孩子上学。他们还减少了暴力行为，转而使用积极的纪律教育方式。’)”可知，当地一位官员Ang Chenda主要谈及Nurturing Care Parenting改善了许多家庭的生活，给村里的父母带来的改变，他们更加重视孩子教育，培养孩子的方法也改进了，由此可推断，文章提到Ang Chenda是为了赞扬Nurturing Care Parenting这个项目。故选A项。 48. 推理判断题。根据最后一段“‘I hope that more parents in our country can receive this training and benefit from it as I do,’ she adds. (‘我希望我们国家更多的父母能接受这种培训，并像我一样从中受益，’她补充道。)”可知，Dim Nang Lao希望全国各地更多的父母能够接受培训，像她一样受益。由此可推断，Dim Nang Lao希望这个培训项目能够得到广泛推广。文中并没有提到Dim Nang Lao希望这个项目可以培训除父母以外的人，故A项是夸大理解，可排除。排除D项的关键信息是worldwide，因为文章只提到Dim Nang Lao希望这个项目能够使全国更多的父母受益。故选B项。 13 49. C 50. B 51. C 52. A 【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者的父亲表面上不关心自己的孩子，实际上会躲在树篱后看着儿子回家，确保孩子的安全。 49. 细节理解题。根据文章第二段中“The walk didn’t bother me as much as the fear of walking alone along the highway and country roads. (步行并没有像独自沿着高速公路和乡间小路行走的恐惧那样困扰我。)”可知，步行两英里回家不是作者最担心的事情，故选C项。 50. 细节理解题。根据第四段中“A row of hedge (篱笆) edged the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. Once I had turned off the highway to start the last lap of my journey, I was always relieved to see the hedge because it meant that I was almost home. (一排篱笆沿着爬山到我们家的车道。一旦我离开高速公路开始我旅程的最后一圈，我总是松了一口气，因为这意味着我快到家了。)”可知，作者看到树篱时会觉得充满希望，故选B项。 51. 推理判断题。根据第四段中“Then I knew, each time I’d come home, he had stood behind the hedge, watching, until he knew I had arrived safely. I swallowed hard against the threatening tears. He did care, after all. (然后我知道，每次我回家时，他都站在篱笆后面看着，直到他知道我安全到达。我强忍着眼泪狠狠地咽了口唾沫。毕竟，他确实在乎。)”可知，作者的父亲在树篱后面看着是因为他真的关心儿子的安全，故选C项。 52. 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了作者的父亲表面上不关心自己的儿子，实际上会躲在树篱后看着儿子回家，确保孩子的安全，A项“Father’s Secret. (父亲的秘密)”可以概括文章主题，故选A项。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$