专题06 阅读表达(2010-2023年天津高考真题)-备战2025年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(天津专用)

备战2025年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(天津专用) 第一期 专题06 阅读表达(2010-2023天津高考真题) （2023·天津·高考真题）阅读表达 Herman Cruse, a school bus driver from New Jersey, has been with Middle Township Public Schools for the past nine years. He believes bus drivers are the eyes and ears of students when they're away from home and they have a gift to discern what kids are feeling. During one morning ride, Cruse noticed a kindergartner seemed a little sad. When Cruse asked him what was wrong, the boy explained that he wasn't able to complete his reading assignment because his parents were busy with his four siblings (兄弟姐妹). An idea suddenly crossed Cruse's mind. “Listen, if you don't mind, I'd like to come to the school and read with you. ”he said. After receiving permission from the boy's teacher, Alex Bakley, Cruse showed up at her classroom the following week. When he walked in, the boy shouted proudly, “Hey, that's my bus driver!”They went into a quiet corner and began reading together. Later, a second student wanted to read with him, then a third. All the kids went to the teacher asking, “Can I read with Mr. Herman?” Cruse now volunteers to help kindergarten students with reading two days a week, and on a third day, he instructs the school's first-and second-graders. After dropping the kids off at school, of course. Every child looks up to Cruse, both on and off the school bus. “Herman is super positive and he's a bright light at our school who makes every child feel loved and heard. ”said Bakley. For Cruse, what started out as a way to kill time has now developed into a way to make a difference in the heart of a child. He used to go to the gym or library after delivering students to schools. It wasn't until he offered to help the boy on the bus that he realized there was something more rewarding he could be doing. It's a joy for him to see the kids get excited when they learn to sound out words. He loves how reading opens up a new world for them. 1．What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 1? (1 word) 2．Why did the boy on the bus look a little upset? (no more than 11 words) 3．What help does Cruse offer after delivering students to schools? (no more than 12 words) 4．Why does Cruse think his voluntary work is rewarding according to the last paragraph? (no more than 16 words) 5．Who's “a bright light” in your life? Please explain in your own words. (no more than 20 words) （2023·天津·高考真题）阅读表达 Growing up in San Francisco, Grace Young used to watch her father shop daily in Chinatown for whatever he needed to make traditional Chinese meals at home. As an award-winning cookbook author, Ms. Young, now 66, has spent decades shopping the same way in New York’s Chinatown. Ms. Young developed a passion for cooking at an early age. At 13, she started to sit in on cooking classes. After college, Ms. Young moved to New York and worked in a book-packaging company. In her 30s, she realized that while she had helped create more than 40 cookbooks, she didn’t know how to make the dishes that tasted of home. “I knew if I recorded all of my parents’ recipes, it would be a great gift that I could give my family and the next generation.” she says. Yet what began as a recipe book became a kind of memoir. Talking about food encouraged her parents to finally open up about their past, like the fact that her father had owned a Chinatown restaurant in the 1940s. “It was really an amazing way to learn not only my family’s recipes, but also my family’s story. “she says. The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen (1999) launched Ms. Young’s work in preserving and sustaining Chinese culinary (烹饪的)traditions. Ms. Young has also devoted herself to supporting the restaurants in Chinatown. Since early 2020, Ms. Young has raised money to buy meals from Chinatown restaurants and deliver them to those in need. This year, instead of cooking at home for her husband and friends, she celebrated the Chinese New Year with various dishes from local restaurants in Chinatown. “If these restaurants don’t survive, Chinese culinary traditions in our city won’t survive.” she says. 6．What is Ms. Young known as?(no more than 5 words) 7．Why did Ms. Young want to record her parents’ recipes?(no more than 15 words) 8．What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 3?(no more than 2 words) 9．What has Ms. Young done to help Chinatown restaurants? Please give an example. (no more than 15 words) 10．How does Ms. Young inspire you in her efforts to preserve Chinese Culinary traditions? Please explain in your own words. (no more than 20 words) （2022·天津·高考真题）阅读表达 It was a dark and stormy night. The ferocious wind shook the windows wildly, as though someone outside were beating on the glass. It was also New Year’s Eve. We were having our annual party and had a house full of people just starting to celebrate. Suddenly, we heard loud explosions. Looking outside and up into the hills, we saw sparks(火花) flying from electrical transformers(变压器). One area after another went dark up in those hills. Then there was the loudest explosion of them all and our house went dark too. I tried to find every candle we had and lit them. The candles made everything look lovely. But we had problems. We had fifteen people standing around and we still had to cook dinner. How would we do that without electricity? The barbecue! Why not cook on the barbecue? We men went outside, some holding flashlights and others cooking. We did a wonderful job. The women stayed inside and got the salads ready. Everything was delicious. There were still a few hours to go before the beginning of the new year, so we all sat around the dining room table and sang up until a few minutes before midnight. We couldn’t watch the ball drop in Times Square on television but that wouldn’t stop us from celebrating. I stood on a chair and, with the help of someone’s watch to tell us the time, we all counted down and I dropped a tennis ball! We all screamed Happy New Year. We didn’t need electricity for that! Nowadays, we still get together with the same group to celebrate the New Year and we still talk about that special night. I don’t think we have ever laughed so much as we did on that New Year’s Eve. 11．What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 1? (1 word) 12．What made dinner preparation difficult according to Paragraph 2? (no more than 6 words) 13．How did the people celebrate on New Year’s Eve according to the passage? (no more than 10 words) 14．How does the author feel about that particular New Year’s Eve? (no more than 8 words) 15．What do you think is the most necessary quality when dealing with an unexpected difficult situation? Please explain why. (no more than 25words) （2021·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 Most of us associate learning with younger people—kids in school and college or recent graduates early in their careers. But at Udemy, an open university offering online courses, Artist Anneke Camstra is engaged in the pursuit of lifelong learning and displays her potential for teaching. She loves the experience of gaining new knowledge and also loves sharing it with others. “I’m retired, but an artist never retires,” Anneke said. “The last few years on the internet have been a great joy for me. I’ve taken so many Udemy courses, and ifs such a great feeling to get my brain working again. I find just as much satisfaction in teaching animation(动画制作)too.” She reaches countless people with her online courses and exposes them to what they can accomplish on their own using animation software, such as GoAnimate and PowToon. Her motivation for teaching on Udemy is “to get the tools to the people.”“You can go such a long way to make things that look professional but still have your own voice,” she explained. Most of Anneke’s students start out thinking they’re not creative and can’t draw. Anneke understands how fear can get in the way of so many things people dream of doing. With her five-day challenge courses, she helps them get over the fear. Anneke loves the impact she has on her students. What makes her more proud of them is that they have gone from their first animation to creating their own works. She encourages people of all ages, especially older people, to cultivate their curiosity for life. Grandparents, for example, can learn to use GoAnimate and make animations together with their grandkids. “Tm an older woman, teaching and having fun learning again,” Anneke said, and she wants others later in their lives to catch up with her on this journey. 16．What does Anneke enjoy doing after her retirement? (no more than 10 words) 17．According to Para. 2, what does Anneke expect her students to do with animation software? (no more than 10 words) 18．What is the main idea of Para. 3? (no more than 15 words) 19．Please explain the meaning of the underlined word in Para. 4(1 word) 20．What do you suggest old people learn to do? Please give your reason(s). (no more than 20 words) （2021·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 I’ve always been creative since I was a little girl. My childhood was filled with arts, crafts (手工) and music, and every day was an exciting adventure of creation. Somewhere along the way, however, I lost touch with my creative self. At 21, I landed a job at a big insurance company out of my business degree. I would go to the office, sit at my desk and repeat the same work five days a week 9 to 5. The days were long and tedious. Working this way for one year was painful enough, let alone a lifetime. Before long I decided to make a change. One thing I had developed an interest in was sewing, so I took a sewing course at a community college. It was only a five-week course but it awakened my interest and got my confidence up. As I dreamt bigger, I began looking into college courses for Fashion Design and three months later I signed up for a part-time design course. I attended classes two nights a week. Although exhausting, it gave me energy, enthusiasm and happiness. As it became clearer that fashion was what I wanted to do full time, the reality of my day-to-day work at the insurance company became harder. I felt bored. No energy, no motivation and zero fulfilment (满足感). I knew I needed to make a bigger change. After struggling for quite a while, I made a difficult decision—leaving my job and studying my design course full time. Two years later I got my diploma. The last few years have been exciting because I’ve been following my heart to do what I love. Today I am living a creative life as the designer of my own fashion brand. Sometimes it’s hard to make a change, but I’m so glad I set the wheels of change in motion with that very small first step because it has led me to where I am today. 21．What was the author interested in when she was a little girl? (no more than 10 words) 22．What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean? (1 word) 23．How did the author feel when she was taking the part-time design course? (no more than 10 words) 24．What did the author do to get back to her creative life? Give two of the facts. (no more than 15 words) 25．Do you consider the author as your role model? Please explain. (no more than 20 words) （2020·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 As any younger brother will tell you, having a big brother involves a lot of walking in someone else’s shadow, especially when you have a brother who is a typical example of “cool”. For years I wanted to do everything my elder brother Tyson did, but no matter how hard I tried, I was always the neglected (被忽略的) one. My legs just weren’t made to run like his. I could never play football or basketball well. I probably would have continued trying to keep up with him for the rest of my high school career, but when my family moved, everything changed. Tyson left for college, so I had to start at a new school all by myself. This new start gave me an opportunity to redefine myself and discover an entirely new version of “cool”. I don’t know what made me decide to try some new activities at the new school, but one day I chanced to show up for an after-school meeting of the Science Olympiad team. I had always been fascinated with chemistry, biology, and math, but since those interests hadn’t fit Tyson’s definition of “cool”, I had never pursued them. On this day, for some reason, I did. As we organized teams, prepared resources and practiced answering questions, I felt more connected than I ever had to any sports team. I didn’t feel as though I needed to keep up with anybody else; I was finally with peers who understood me. It was so good to feel accepted for what I’m good at. For the first time in my life, I actually felt cool. Now I know who I am! I’m Tyson’s little brother, but that’s only part of my identity. I’m a cool guy in my own way, too. I’m relieved to know that “cool” has a much broader definition than what I used to think. 26．How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 1? (no more than 8 words) 27．What changes offered a new start to the author after his family moved? (no more than 15 words) 28．According to Paragraph 3, what marked the turning point in the author’s growth? (no more than 7 words) 29．What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about? (no more than 10 words) 30．What is your example of “cool”? Please explain why. (no more than 20 words) （2020·天津·高考真题）阅读短文, 按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 I remember the day shyness took over my life. I was 14 and having a French lesson The teacher told us to record ourselves speaking about a holiday. Perfect！ I recorded myself with confidence. Then, I pressed "play" to listen back. All I heard was a little kid talking. My immediate reaction was to assume I was listening to someone else's recording. But that was my voice. I realised there was something strange about me. My little voice has made me feel really shy. And my shyness has caused me to avoid attending events, not make important connections, and keep my ideas to myself. As a shy person, working from home, hiding behind my computer was brilliant. But the more time I spent hidden away, the more my comfort zone shrank（缩小）. Everyday interactions, like ordering a coffee, became increasingly awkward and uncomfortable. And then, one day I was at a big conference and it suddenly hit me like lightning. All speakers were confident, comfortable with being seen. There were no quieter voices. But the trouble is, if the loud voices are the only ones you hear, we quiet people feel even more alienated（疏远的）。 The world needs a mixture of personalities. Success is not just about who can shout the loudest. The world needs quieter people, too. That day I chose to stop hiding and embrace my shyness. No more feeling like I needed to change who I am in order to succeed. No more living a small life. Then I created the Shy and Mighty Society, a space for shy people like me to shine, and in the process of helping others, I could also push myself forward, bit by bit. Now, I'm happy to tell people I feel shy. I'm not ashamed any more. And I know that I’m not alone. 31．Why did the author feel strange about herself after listening to the recording? （no more than 10 words） 32．What is the main idea of Para.2? （no more than 10 words 33．What does the underlined word in Para.3 mean? （1 word） 34．Why did the author create the Shy and Mighty Society? （no more than 10 words） 35．Suppose you are in charge of the Shy and Mighty Society, what will you do to help other shy people? And why? （no more than 20 words） （2019·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 Haze Mabry, who has worked as a school keeper for thirteen years, walks into the school building every day and empties garbage cans, wipes down bathrooms and mops wet messes in the hallways. Last Friday, after he arrived at the school, instead of finding garbage to clean up, he found almost 800 students lining the hallways with handmade cards, blowing noisemakers and singing a full-throated happy birthday to him. It was his 80th. As he walked the long hallway, some popped out of line to hug him. They handed him so many cards that they filled several large boxes. Touched by their enthusiastic expression of affection, Mabry thanked them all. “They’re like my children,” Mabry said. On a regular day, students at the school sometimes come up to him to say they’re not feeling well or other times to tell him about something that happened at break. He knows most of the kids at the school, but can’t name each one. Some of them make him know them. Like Faith, who often forgets her backpack in the cafeteria, and Lucy, who just wants a hug. “He won’t brag(夸耀) on himself, but it doesn’t matter what he’s doing or where he is, he will always stop what he’s doing to take care of a child if that child is having a bad day. If a child approaches him, he will pause to give that child his undivided attention. He’s the most loved one in this building,” said Lori Gilreath, a reading teacher. Mabry works circles around all the students, cleaning up messes others don’t want to touch. He doesn’t expect a lot. Mabry said he hadn’t planned to do much for his milestone birthday, so he was happy the students had prepared the surprise celebration. Over the weekend, he worked through the piles of handmade cards at his house. One card from a student stood out to him. It read: “Mr. Haze, you are my sunshine.” 36．What is Mabry’s daily work as a school keeper？（no more than 5 words） 37．How did the students celebrate Mabry’s birthday？（no more than 15 words） 38．What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 probably mean？（1 word） 39．Why is Mabry’s presence at the school important？（no more than 10 words） 40．Who is the “sunshine” in your life？Please explain. （no more than 20 words） （2019·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 My teacher Peter Bullock proved that science wasn’t boring and made physics great fun. In every lesson he would produce one of those worksheets in purple ink that smelled fresh from the machine. Every sheet contained a poem or a joke and we looked forward to them being handed out. I’ve kept them all to show to my own children. There was one poem in particular that’s stayed in my memory, which went: In early days Man measured Time By sunrise and sunset sublime; As well as being able to turn physics into poetry, Peter had energy and passion and conveyed the sense that science was part of the world around you and not a dull boring academic discipline. I’m sure he was sticking pretty much to the standard topics—waves and electricity and so on—but he managed to convert everything into a joke or a story and did so in a clever and imaginative way. Peter Bullock was not only an exciting teacher, but also the man who founded the debate club in my school. He encouraged me to take part and express myself in a forceful way that I’ve been doing ever since—and getting paid for it. That made me what I am today—a commercial lawyer. Peter Bullock taught me throughout my secondary schooling and I took physics, chemistry and maths at A-level. Everyone in his class enjoyed learning. He was inspiring. He turned me on to the idea that the things you are interested in might seem dull on the surface, but you can still excite others. For example, when I tell people I’m interested in law, they may think: “How boring.” I guess being a physics teacher is much the same. Peter showed me that what matters is how you convey your own passion so that you excite other people. 41．Why did the students expect to get the worksheets in Peter’s class? (no more than 10 words) 42．What is the meaning of the underlined word in Para. 2? (1 word) 43．What does Para. 3 mainly tell us? (no more than 15 words) 44．How did Peter make his students interested in the things that seem dull? (no more than 10 words) 45．What do you think is the most important quality of a good teacher? Please explain. (no more than 20 words) （2018·天津·高考真题）Some people live to climb the highest mountains. Some people live only dreaming about it while others live to avoid ever climbing at all. But one thing is certain, all people encounter mountains in their life. When I was a little girl, my family moved to a tiny town at the bottom of a big mountain. One day after school, while exploring the green woods of this magnificent mountain, I almost fell on a set of stairs. What could these steps lead to? Curiosity got the best of me as I knew it would be starting to get dark soon. I started climbing up those strangely mysterious steps. I climbed and climbed. There was nothing but just green bushes and these steps. I had to reach the top! But it was now getting real dark. If I kept going I might not be able to see my way back. My mom would be worried sick if I didn’t come home soon. So I ran back home almost in the dark while trying not to get too scared. Anxiously I went to bed dreaming about what I would find at the top of this magical mountain. Could there be a castle up there? Maybe I would find a monster(怪物). Maybe I was taking the risk of never coming back home. Or, maybe all I would find was absolutely nothing! But something inside me was going to climb that mountain at all cost. I could hardly wait to try this adventure again. Now we live in a world surrounded by the "can’t do" attitudes. We all fall down. We all have doubts and regrets. Still we must climb and dream about what’s at the top of our mountain. Monsters may appear or the night will fall. But never ever give up on your dream! Never let anyone tell you, "You can’t." Dream big and climb high! 46．What made the author start to climb up the stairs to the mountain top? (no more than 5 words) 47．Why did the author hurry back home without reaching the top of the mountain? Give two reasons. (no more than 15 words) 48．How would you describe the author in terms of personalities according to Paragraph 4? (no more than 10 words) 49．How do you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph? (no more than 5 words) 50．What’s your attitude towards the "mountain" in your life? Please explain. (no more than 20 words) （2018·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 For many teenagers, a job is a way to earn a little extra money. For me, it is more than that. At the age of 16, I was offered my very first job as a shopgirl in a clothing store. On the first day, my manager was training me how to fold and organize platform after platform of clothes. The work seemed overwhelming, and everything had to be done in an accurate way. I got so impatient because I couldn’t get it right the first couple of times. After about ten tries, I had the clothes folded perfectly. Then it took me thirty minutes to get them all looking uniform. Now, I fold and organize clothes every day, and I’m able to do them well. Through this experience, I’ve learned to be patient. Helping customers and establishing connections with them is one of the things I love most about my job. About two months ago, I helped a woman who was looking for a dress. She told me exactly what she was picturing—a blue dress with long sleeves and a lace neck. We didn’t have any such dress, and when I explained that to her, she wasn’t very happy. Instead of getting annoyed, I tried getting to know her a bit better and asked what the dress was for, so I could find other items in her size that could work. We shared our love of the Netflix fashion show, and she ended up buying $200 worth of new clothes, having found other items she liked. This experience has taught me to be more open with strangers. Every job has its share of frustrations and challenges; to do well you must learn to deal with them. I’ve learned this from my own experience, and it has helped me in other aspects of my life as well. 51．What was the author’s first job? (no more than 5 words) 52．What is the meaning of the underlined word in Para. 2? (no more than 3 words) 53．How did the author manage to meet the customer’s needs in Para. 3? (no more than 15 words) 54．How has the author’s work experience changed her in personality? (no more than 10 words) 55．What job would you like to do? How can you help people in your work? (no more than 20 words) （2017·天津·高考真题）阅读表达 Walter was always sitting in the same chair when I came to visit. He would look up and smile when he saw me and pat the chair next to him for me to sit down. He loved to tell me about his lost golden years when he was an excellent baseball player. I was a good listener. After a couple of hours of talking, I would shake his hands and say goodbye to him. I hoped that I brought a little sunshine into Walter's life. I met Walter when I was a high school student participating in a volunteer program with elderly people in a nursing home. It was the first of many such activities, ranging from playing with disabled children to sitting with cancer patients in a hospital. These activities seemed to satisfy my desire to be useful and to feel a meaningful connection to the lives of others. My parents inculcated me with a belief that there was no greater human value than kindness, and encouraged me to make helping others and contributing to society important goals in life. Volunteer work provided a way of attempting to realize the truth of these messages. I learned that volunteerism is not a one-way act of helping someone less fortunate. Involvement in the life of another person has enriched my life as well. Seeing how people deal with the challenges of their lives has taught me valuable lessons in courage and dignity. Many of the people whom I have met as a volunteer are an unforgettable part of my life. Perhaps I received far more than I ever gave. This is why volunteerism works — each of us has so much need for human connection and so much to give to others. 56．What did the author do every time he visited Walter? (no more than 10 words) 57．What was the first activity the author got involved in as a volunteer? (no more than 10 words) 58．What is the meaning of the underlined word in Paragraph 3? (1 word) 59．What is the main idea of Paragraph 4? (no more than 10 words) 60．If you are to be a volunteer, what will you do? What can you benefit from the volunteer work? (no more than 20 words) （2017·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 In the years of my growing up, Dad was strict with me. He made sure I made my bed and did my homework. He would call in advance to make sure there was no alcohol at the party. I got so angry with him for laying down the law. I would scream, “ I hate you!” Dad would yell back, “Good! I don’t care!” Deep down I knew he did.   One time at a party, I drank too much alcohol and got so sick. I said, “ Call my dad.” Next thing, Dad was carrying me to the car. I woke up the next morning, thinking I would definitely be criticised. As expected, I got a roasting, but I now understand why I need discipline. Dad was 29 when he got his big roles in films. I had an early start at the age of nine with a role in a 1990s TV series, but it wasn’t until I finished film studies that I pursued my career as an actress. Like those early days for Dad, I faced lots of rejections. Working in such a competitive industry, I’ve sometimes thought, “ I can’t do this any more.” Once, after a trip to Hollywood, I returned to Australia so depressed and spent months in my bedroom painting, listening to Eckhart Tolle’s music and trying to find myself again. Dad sat me down and said,“Alice, I know it’s hard, but it’s all about persistence(坚持不懈).” Now I get to work with Dad a lot, which I love. We both passionate about acting, which comes from us being so interested in people. If it weren’t for Dad, I wouldn’t be where I am today. He’s my biggest fan, and when you have that in your life you can go a long way. 61．What rules did Alice’s father set for her when she was growing up?(no more than 15 words) 62．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?(no more than 5 words) 63．What did Alice’s father do when she felt depressed?(no more than 5 words) 64．According to the last paragraph, what do Alice and her father have in common?(no more than 10 words) 65．What do you think of Alice’s father? Please explain.(no more than 20 words) （2016·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 I’m a 34-year-old man, married, lived in a nice house, and have a successful career as an educational consultant. But my life was not always so great. I had a learning disability from an early age. I went to a special school where I got plenty of extra help. Still, I suffered the rest of my school days in public schools. My life improved remarkably when I discovered art. The art world gave me a chance to express myself without words. I went to a workshop and gradually got good at making things with clay(黏土). Here I learned my first important lesson: disabled as I was in language. I could still be smart and well express myself with clay. And my confidence came along. I got my next lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but I was scared from the start. I soon noticed it wasn’t a talent thing; it was practice. So I did it more. After about five years of climbing, I found myself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it all the time, you will get better at it. Later I decided to apply my previous experience to learning how to read and write. Every day I practiced reading and writing, which I used to avoid as much as possible. After two hard years, I was literate. Having gone through the long process with art, rock climbing, and reading and writing, now I’ve got to a point in my life where I know I am smart enough to dive into an area that is totally unknown, hard, but interesting. 66．What made the author’s school days difficult? (No more than 5 words) 67．Why did art give the author confidence? (No more than 10 words) 68．What lesson did the author learn from rock climbing? (No more than 15 words) 69．What is the meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 4? (No more than 5 words) 70．How does the author’s story inspire you to overcome difficulties in life? Put it in your own words. (No more than 20 words) （2015·天津·高考真题）第一节：阅读表达（共5小题) 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 Six days a week, up and down the red hills of northeast Georgia, my grandfather brought the mail to the folks there. At age 68, he retired from the post office, but he never stopped serving the community. On his 80th birthday, I sent him a letter, noting the things we all should be thankful for — good health, good friends and good outcomes. By most measurements he was a happy man. Then I suggested it was time for him to slow down. At long last, in a comfortable home, with a generous pension, he should learn to take things easy. “Thank you for your nice words,” he wrote in his letter back, “and I know what you meant, but slowing down scares me. Life isn’t having it made; it’s getting it made.” “The finest and happiest years of our lives were not when all the debts were paid, and all difficult experiences had passed, and we had settled into a comfortable home. No. I go back years ago, when we lived in a three-room house, when we got up before daylight and worked till after dark to make ends meet. I rarely had more than four hours of sleep. But what I still can’t figure out is why I never got tired, never felt better in my life. I guess the answer is, we were fighting for survival, protecting and providing for those we loved. What matters are not the great moments, but the partial victories, the waiting, and even the defeats. It’s the journey, not the arrival, that counts.” The letter ended with a personal request: “Boy, on my next birthday, just tell me to wake up and get going, because I will have one less year to do things — and there are ten million things waiting to be done.” Christina Rossetti, an English poet, once said: “Does the road wind uphill all the way? Yes, to the very end.” Today, at 96, my grandfather is still on that long road, climbing. 71．What was the author’s grandfather before he retired? (no more than 5 words) 72．What did the author advise his grandfather to do in his letter? (no more than 10 words) 73．What is the grandfather’s view on life according to his letter back? (no more than 10 words) 74．How do you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words) 75．Do you agree with the grandfather’s view on life? Give reasons in your own words, (no more than 20 words) （2014·天津·高考真题）阅读短文， 按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 Last December, Doris Low turned 90. Once a week she still drives to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) in Toronto, where she helps transform literature into Braille to bring the power of story and knowledge to the hears and minds of blind readers. She has been volunteering her time and talents to such enterprises foe more than 40 years. After working in the business world for a while, Low got fed up. So she turned to teaching at a technical school and later moved into the library. Low’s mother liked reading. As her eyes began to fail, low read to her. Then “hearing an advertisement encouraging people to learn Braille, I decided to give it a try.” In 1973, she was certified as a braille transcriber and began transcribing books as a volunteer for the CNIB library. The job was strenuous — she could get to the end of a page, make a mistake on the last line, and have to do the whole thing again. For a number of years, low also worked in the CNIB sound studio reading books onto tape. Three years ago, she took up proofreading at the CNIB’s word factory. In April, during Volunteer Week, the CNIB recognized Low for her great contributions. Thanks to volunteers like Low, the CNIB library has got more than 80,000 accessible materials for people unable to read traditional print. “ I can’t imagine how many readers of all ages have benefited from Doris’s contribution as a skilled volunteer through her rich voice and her high degree of accuracy in the hundreds of books she has brailled and proofread over the years — and she is still doing so,” said a CNIB official. “For me,” said Low, “the CNIB is more than just a place to volunteer. Three thins matter most in my life: a little play, a little work, a little love. I’ve found them all here.” 76．What does Low still do at the age of 90 at the CNIB? ( no more than 10 words) 77．Why did Low learn Braille? ( no more than 15 words) 78．what does the underlined word “strenuous” most probably mean?(1 word) 79．What are Low’s contributions to the CNIB? ( no more than 10 words) 80．What do you think of Low? Give your reasons. ( no more than 20 words) （2013·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 My name is Clara. I still remember that chilly December day, sitting in science class. I’d finished a worksheet early and picked up a Time for Kids magazine. A piece of news caught my eye. NASA was holding an essay contest to name its Mars rover (火星探测器). Before I even knew anything else about it, a single word flooded my 11-year-old mind: Curiosity. I couldn’t wait for the bell to ring so I could get started on my essay. That afternoon, I raced home, sat down at the computer, and typed until my fingers ached. “Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone’s mind…” Five months later, my mom received a phone call, and immediately, a wide smile spread across her face. On August 5, 2012, at 10:31 p.m., the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars, and I was honored to have a front-row seat in NASA． Curiosity is such an important part of who I am. I have always been fascinated by the stars, the planets, the sky and the universe. I remember as a little girl, my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours. She’d tell me stories and point out the stars. Grandma lived in China, thousands of miles away from my home in Kansas, but the stars kept us together even when we were apart. They were always there, yet there was so much I didn’t know about them. That’s what I love so much about space. People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mars. My answer is simple because we’re curious. We human beings do not just hole up in one place. We are constantly wondering and trying to find out what’s over the hill and beyond the horizon. 81．How did Clara get the news about the essay contest? (no more than 10 words) 82．Why did Clara have a front-row seat in NASA? (no more than 10 words) 83．What does Clara remember about the time spent with Grandma? (no more than 15 words) 84．What does the underlined phrase “hole up” mean? (1 word) 85．In your opinion, why is curiosity important? (no more than 20 words) （2012·天津·高考真题）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容按照每题的具体要求回答问题。（答案写在答题卡上相应题号后的横线上） Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion. Like many young athletes, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious illness kept her from competing in the Games. The disappointment didn’t stop her from going forward. Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming. A brilliant athlete, she was well-conditioned for spending long periods of time in the water. As a long-distance swimmer, she would compete against herself and the obstacles presented by distance, danger, cold, and exhaustion. For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world’s best long-distance swimmers. In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course. In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida. Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975. Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978. Though the span of water is less than 100 miles wide, it is rough and dangerous. After battling the water for two days, she had to give up for the sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world with her courage and strong desire to succeed. For Nyad her strength of purpose was just as important as reaching Cuba. That is how she defined success. It did not matter that her swim came up short; she believed she had touched the other shore. When Nyad ended her career as a swimmer, she continued to try new things---travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life. Diana Nyad works to inspire others, just as she did when she swam the waters of the world. 86．What prevented Nyad from taking part in the Olympic Games? (Not more than 5 words) _______________________________________________________________________ 87．What does the underlined word “obstacles” mean? (1 word) _______________________________________________________________________ 88．What achievement did Nyad make in 1970? (Not more than 10 words.) _______________________________________________________________________ 89．Why did Nyad believe that she had touched the other shore? (Not more than 10 words) _______________________________________________________________________ 90．Please explain how you are inspired by Nyad. (Not more than 20 words) _____________________________________________________________________ （2011·天津·高考真题）In college, Spring Break （春假）is usually associated with the beach, parties and sleepless nights, bringing about relaxation, free time and friends. Students who wish to spend their break doing something productive and rewarding, however, may choose to participate in the Alternative Break Program. It places college students in communities both at home and abroad. The Program allows students to take part in various projects dealing with issues such as literacy （识字）, homelessness and the environment. It includes helping kids with their lessons, raising money for families in need and collecting data for environmental research. The hope is that, by getting themselves involved in different environments, students will have the opportunity to learn about members of communities and broaden their view. In turn, they will incorporate (融合) their experiences and lessons learned into their own communities. In a word, the Program aims to encourage students to be active citizens and engage themselves in making a difference in society. In the spring of 2006, about 36,000 students in the USA participated in the Alternative Break Program. Samantha Giacobozzi, now director of the Program, has been on five alternative break trips herself, including trips to New Orleans, India and Dominican Republic. “I was a student who went on alternative break trips and had my life totally transformed by that experience,” she said. “Every year, we meet many students who have attended the Program. You can see changes in their life that are connected with their alternative break experiences.” The Program began in 1991.Today, it has become increasingly popular with college students in the United States. 91．Who may choose to participate in the Alternative Break Program?(No mare than 10 words) 92．What is the aim of the Program?(NO more than 15 words) 93．What is the meaning of the underlined word "transformed" in Paragraph 5? (1 word) 94．What is Samantha's attitude toward the Program?(No more than 10 words) 95．If you take part in the Program, which project are you interested in? And why?(No more than 25 words) （2010·天津·高考真题）阅读表达（共5小题） 阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 When Dan Shaw gets up from the sofa in his home, Cuddles is never far away. When he wants to go outside, he doesn’t take Cuddles out for walk—Cuddles takes him for a walk. Cuddles is clearly no ordinary family pet. It is a two-foot-high miniature horse and serves as the guiding eyes of Shaw, who is blind. When Shaw lost his sight, his wife suggested he apply for a guide dog. Shaw, an animal lover, said he couldn’t bear to part with a dog (which usually lives about eight to ten years) and get used to a new one, perhaps several times in his life. Then Shaw heard of a program about the tiny guide horses. He learned that the horse possess many qualities that make them an excellent choice for guiding people. They are clean friendly, smart and have great memories. They can be trained to remain calm in noisy and crowded places. Best of all, they live for 25-25years, which would enable Shaw to have the same guide companion for most or all of his life. Shaw immediately applied to be and was accepted as the first person to receive a guide horse. The instant he met Cuddles, he knew he was making the right choice. Then he began his training. Through training ,Shaw and Cuddles learned to find way on busy streets, step over curbs（便道沿儿）and find elevator buttons. Cuddles even demonstrated（显示）its ability to step in front of Shaw and block him, to prevent him from walking into a dangerous situation. The little horse also expertly led Shaw through busy shopping malls. They got along without any difficulties. Now Shaw is confident that Cuddles will change his life for the better. 96．What’s the meaning of the underlined word “miniature” in Paragraph 1?(No more than 2 words) 97．Why didn’t Shaw want to choose a dog as his guide? (No more than 15 words) 98．What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us? (No more than 10 words) 99．How does Shaw feel about his future life with the help of Cuddles? (No more than 10 words) 100．In your opinion, what is the ideal relationship between man and animals? (No more than 20 words) 试卷第1页，共3页 试卷第1页，共3页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 参考答案： 1．Notice/Sense /Perceive. 2．(Because)his parents were too busy to read with him. 3．Helping kindergartners with reading and instructing the school's first-and second-graders. 4．(Because)the kids get excited when reading, which opens up a new world for them. 5．My father/mother. (Because)he/she encourages me and helps me (to)overcome the difficulties in my life. 【导语】文章主要讲述了幼儿园的校车司机Cruse帮助幼儿园的一位小男孩练习阅读的故事。 1．考查词义猜测。由文章第一段第二句“He believes bus drivers are the eyes and ears of students when they're away from home ”(他认为，当学生们远离家时，公交车司机是他们的眼睛和耳朵。)和文章第二段第一句“During one morning ride, Cruse noticed a kindergartner seemed a little sad. ”(在一次早上的驾驶途中，克鲁斯注意到一个幼儿园的孩子看起来有点悲伤。)可知，公交车司机要有感知和注意孩子们情绪的天赋。故答案为Notice/Sense /Perceive. 2．考查细节理解。由文章第二段第二句“the boy explained that he wasn't able to complete his reading assignment because his parents were busy with his four siblings(兄弟姐妹). ”(男孩解释说，他没能完成阅读作业，因为他的父母忙于照顾他的四个兄弟姐妹。)可知男孩的父母太忙了无法帮助他完成阅读作业。故填(Because)his parents were too busy to read with him. 3．考查细节理解。由文章第四段第一句“Cruse now volunteers to help kindergarten students with reading two days a week, and on a third day, he instructs the school's first-and second-graders. ”(Cruse现在自愿帮助幼儿园学生每周阅读两天，第三天，他指导学校的一年级和二年级学生。)可知Cruse帮助幼儿园和一年级、二年级的孩子阅读。故填Helping kindergartners with reading and instructing the school's first-and second-graders. 4．考查推理判断。由文章最后一个自然段最后两句“It's a joy for him to see the kids get excited when they learn to sound out words. He loves how reading opens up a new world for them.”(他很高兴看到孩子们在学习发音时变得兴奋起来。他喜欢阅读为他们打开一个新的世界。)可知Cruse觉得非常值得是因为阅读为孩子们打开了全新的世界。故填(Because)the kids get excited when reading, which opens up a new world for them. 5．开放性试题。由文章第四段第三句“Herman is super positive and he's a bright light at our school who makes every child feel loved and heard.”(赫尔曼非常积极，他是我们学校的一盏明灯，让每个孩子都感到被爱和被倾听。)可知bright light是能引导学生积极方向的人，让学生感受到爱和希望。所以，可以填写能引导自己积极向上的人。故填My father/mother. (Because) he/she encourages me and helps me (to) overcome the difficulties in my life. 6．An award-winning cookbook author. 7．To give her family and the next generation a great gift. 8．Personal experiences 9．Raised money to buy meals from Chinatown restaurants and delivered them to those in need. 10．Her work inspires me to learn more about Chinese cooking and to share it with others. 【导语】 本文是一篇人物传记。文章主要讲述了Grace Young的故事，她从小在唐人街看着父亲购买食材烹饪中国美食，后来成为一名烹饪书作家。她通过自己的努力和影响力，让更多人了解和欣赏中国烹饪文化。 6． 考查细节理解。根据文章第一段“As an award-winning cookbook author, Ms. Young, now 66, has spent decades shopping the same way in New York’s Chinatown.(作为一名屡获殊荣的烹饪书作者，现年66岁的杨女士几十年来一直在纽约的唐人街以同样的方式购物。)”可知，杨女士是一名屡获殊荣的烹饪书作者。故答案为An award-winning cookbook author。 7． 考查细节理解。根据文章第二段““I knew if I recorded all of my parents’ recipes, it would be a great gift that I could give my family and the next generation.” she says.(“我知道如果我把父母所有的食谱都记录下来，这将是我送给家人和下一代的一份很棒的礼物。”她说。)”可知，她认为把所有的食谱记下来，可以作为给家人和下一代的一份很棒的礼物。故答案为To give her family and the next generation a great gift。 8． 词义猜测题。根据划线单词下文“Talking about food encouraged her parents to finally open up about their past, like the fact that her father had owned a Chinatown restaurant in the 1940s. “It was really an amazing way to learn not only my family’s recipes, but also my family’s story. “she says. (谈论食物鼓励她的父母最终敞开心扉谈论他们的过去，比如她父亲在20世纪40年代曾在唐人街开过一家餐馆。“这真的是一个很棒的方式，不仅可以了解我家人的食谱，还可以了解我家人的故事。”她说。)”可推测，划线单词指的是“个人的一些曾经的过往或经历”。故答案为Personal experiences。 9． 考查细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“Ms. Young has also devoted herself to supporting the restaurants in Chinatown. Since early 2020, Ms. Young has raised money to buy meals from Chinatown restaurants and deliver them to those in need. This year, instead of cooking at home for her husband and friends, she celebrated the Chinese New Year with various dishes from local restaurants in Chinatown.(杨女士还致力于支持唐人街的餐馆。自2020年初以来，杨女士一直在筹集资金，从唐人街的餐馆购买饭菜，并将它们送到有需要的人手中。今年，她没有在家为丈夫和朋友做饭，而是在唐人街的当地餐馆吃了各种各样的菜来庆祝中国新年。“如果这些餐馆没有生存下去，我们城市的中国烹饪传统也将不复存在。”她说。)”可知，杨女士一直在筹集资金，从唐人街的餐馆购买饭菜，并将它们送到有需要的人手中。故答案为Raised money to buy meals from Chinatown restaurants and delivered them to those in need。 10． 开放题。要求考生谈谈杨女士是如何激励考生努力保护中国烹饪传统的，考生言之有理即可。故参考答案为Her work inspires me to learn more about Chinese cooking and to share it with others。 11．Fierce./ Strong./ Violent. 12．No electricity./ The power failure./ There was no electricity./ Electricity was gone. 13．They cooked on the barbecue, sang, and counted down./ By cooking on the barbecue, singing, and counting down. 14．It was the most exciting one./ It was a night filled with laughter./ It was special./ Exciting./ Pleasant./ Unforgettable./ Joyful./ Different./ Memorable./ Unique. 15．It is courage, for it gives us strength, which enables us to deal with difficulties. 【导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要记叙了作者经历过的一个突发事故，新年夜变压器爆炸，十五个朋友面面相觑，没有电还需要做年夜饭，但作者和朋友一起努力，度过了一个美好的新年夜。 11．考查词义猜测。根据文章第一段“The ferocious wind shook the windows wildly, as though someone outside were beating on the glass.(狂风猛烈地摇动着窗户，好像外面有人在敲打着玻璃。)”，结合常识可知，风肯定很大才会像窗外有人敲打着玻璃；形容风特别大可以用形容词fierce“猛的”、strong“强的”或violent“暴力的”。故答案为Fierce./ Strong./ Violent。 12．考查细节理解。根据文章第二段“We had fifteen people standing around and we still had to cook dinner. How would we do that without electricity?(我们有15个人站着，我们还得做晚饭。没有电，我们要怎么办呢？)” 可知当时有15个人共同准备迎接新年，如何在断电的情况下准备这么多人的晚餐，变得很困难。故答案为No electricity./ The power failure./ There was no electricity./ Electricity was gone.。 13．考查细节理解。根据文章第三段“Why not cook on the barbecue?(为什么不在烧烤架上做呢)”、“so we all sat around the dining room table and sang up until a few minutes before midnight.(所以我们都坐在餐厅的桌子旁，一直唱到午夜前几分钟。)”和“we all counted down and I dropped a tennis ball!(我们都开始倒数，然后我掉了一个网球！)” 可知，大家在烧烤架上做了饭、唱了歌，也做了新年倒数。故答案为They cooked on the barbecue, sang, and counted down./ By cooking on the barbecue, singing, and counting down.。 14．考查推理判断。根据文章第四段“Nowadays, we still get together with the same group to celebrate the New Year and we still talk about that special night. I don’t think we have ever laughed so much as we did on that New Year’s Eve. (现在，我们仍然聚在一起庆祝新年，我们仍然谈论那个特别的夜晚。我想我们从来没有像那个新年前夜那样笑得那么开心过。)”可知，作者认为那一夜是特别的，是充满欢笑的。故答案为It was the most exciting one./ It was a night filled with laughter./ It was special./ Exciting./ Pleasant./ Unforgettable./ Joyful./ Different./ Memorable./ Unique.。 15． 考查推理判断。本题要求考生基于对篇章整体内容的理解，对青年人面对突发事件应如何面对给出自己的想法，为开放性试题。故参考答案为：It is courage, for it gives us strength, which enables us to deal with difficulties. 16．Gaining new knowledge and sharing it with others. Or: Taking Udemycourses and teaching animation. 17．To make professional products and express themselves. Or: To accomplish/complete professional and unique works. Or: To achieve their goals/what they dream of. 18．Anneke helps her students get over the fear and create their own animation works. 19．Develop. 20．To learn to use social media, because it allows them to get to know the outside world better. 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了退休艺术家Anneke Camstra，人老心不老，积极对待生活，在线上从事动画教学的故事。 16．考查细节理解。根据第一段中“She loves the experience of gaining new knowledge and also loves sharing it with others. (她喜欢获得新知识的经历，也喜欢与他人分享。)”以及她所说的话“I’ve taken so many Udemy courses, and ifs such a great feeling to get my brain working again. I find just as much satisfaction in teaching animation too. (我上了很多Udemy的课程，能让我的大脑重新工作真是太棒了。我在动画教学中也发现了同样的满足感。)”可知，Anneke退休后获得新的知识并与人分享，她参加Udemy课程并教授动画。故答案为Gaining new knowledge and sharing it with others. Or: Taking Udemycourses and teaching animation. 17．考查推理判断。根据第二段中“Her motivation for teaching on Udemy is ‘to get the tools to the people.’‘You can go such a long way to make things that look professional but still have your own voice,’ she explained.(她教Udemy的动机是‘把工具带给人们’。她解释说：‘你可以走很长一段路，让事情看起来很专业，但仍然有自己的声音。’)”可以推知，她希望学生制作动画有专业性，同时要表达自己的思想，有自己的特色，实现自己的梦想。故答案为To make professional products and express themselves. Or: To accomplish/complete professional and unique works. Or: To achieve their goals/what they dream of. 18．考查主旨大意。根据第三段中“Anneke understands how fear can get in the way of so many things people dream of doing. With her five-day challenge courses, she helps them get over the fear. Anneke loves the impact she has on her students. What makes her more proud of them is that they have gone from their first animation to creating their own works. (Anneke知道恐惧是如何阻碍人们梦想的事情。通过为期五天的挑战课程，她帮助他们克服恐惧。Anneke喜欢她对学生的影响。更让她感到自豪的是，他们已经从第一部动画发展到创作自己的作品。)”可知，第3段的主旨是Anneke帮助学生克服克服恐惧并创造他们自己的动画作品。故答案为Anneke helps her students get over the fear and create their own animation works. 19．考查词句猜测。划线词句后文“Grandparents, for example, can learn to use GoAnimate and make animations together with their grandkids. (例如，祖父母可以学习使用GoAnimate和他们的孙辈们一起制作动画。)”举例说明了Anneke主张让老年人和孙辈们一起制作动画，再根据划线词语“She encourages people of all ages, especially older people, tocultivatetheir curiosity for life. (她鼓励所有年龄段的人，尤其是老年人，cultivate他们对生活的好奇心。)”可知，Anneke鼓励老年人，培养发展他们的好奇心。从而推知划线词语cultivate应为“培养；发展”的意思。故答案为Develop. 20．考查读后表达。通读全文，以Anneke Camstra的榜样，我建议应该让老年人学习使用社交媒体，因为它使老年人能更好的了解外面的世界。故答案为To learn to use social media, because it allows them to get to know the outside world better. 21．She was interested in arts, crafts and music. Or: She was interested in creative things. 22．Boring./Dull./Uninteresting. 23．She felt/was energetic, enthusiastic and happy. Or: She was filled with energy, enthusiasm and happiness. 24．She quit/quitted her job and took the fashion-design course. Or: She attended a sewing class and took a part-time design course. 25．Yes, (I do). She has the courage to follow her heart and do what she really likes. Or: Yes, (I do). I’d like to live a creative life and make changes when necessary as she. Or: No, (I don’t). I don’t like changes and I want to live a secure life. 【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者坚持做自己真正喜欢做的事情，最后取得了成功。 21．考查细节理解。根据文章第一段内容“I’ve always been creative since I was a little girl. My childhood was filled with arts, crafts (手工) and music, and every day was an exciting adventure of creation.（从我还是一个小女孩的时候起，我就很有创造力。我的童年充满了艺术、手工艺和音乐，每一天都是令人兴奋的创作冒险。）”可知，从作者还是一个小女孩的时候起，她就对有创意的东西感兴趣，对艺术、手工艺和音乐感兴趣。故答案为She was interested in arts, crafts and music./ She was interested in creative things. 22．考查词义猜测。根据画线单词所在句后句“Working this way for one year was painful enough, let alone a lifetime. Before long I decided to make a change.（这样工作一年已经够痛苦的了，更别说一辈子了。不久我决定做出改变。）”可知，作者现在的工作让她感到痛苦，她并不喜欢这份工作。再根据第五段内容“As it became clearer that fashion was what I wanted to do full time, the reality of my day-to-day work at the insurance company became harder. I felt bored. No energy, no motivation and zero fulfilment (满足感). （当我越来越清楚地意识到时尚是我全职想要做的事情时，我在保险公司的日常工作变得更加困难。我觉得无聊。没有活力，没有动力，没有满足感。）”可知，作者真正喜欢的是和时尚相关的工作，保险公司的工作让她感觉无聊。由此可知，画线单词所在句表示的是，在保险公司工作的日子漫长而乏味。故答案为Boring./Dull./Uninteresting. 23．考查细节理解。根据文章第四段内容“As I dreamt bigger, I began looking into college courses for Fashion Design and three months later I signed up for a part-time design course. I attended classes two nights a week. Although exhausting, it gave me energy, enthusiasm and happiness.（当我的梦想更大的时候，我开始研究时装设计的大学课程，三个月后我报名参加了一个兼职设计课程。我每周上两晚课。虽然很累，但它给了我活力、热情和快乐。）”可知，在参加了兼职设计课程后，作者感觉充满了活力、热情和快乐。故答案为She felt/was energetic, enthusiastic and happy./ She was filled with energy, enthusiasm and happiness. 24．考查细节理解。根据文章第三段关键句“One thing I had developed an interest in was sewing, so I took a sewing course at a community college.（我对缝纫产生了兴趣，所以我在一所社区大学上了缝纫课。）”，第四段关键句“As I dreamt bigger, I began looking into college courses for Fashion Design and three months later I signed up for a part-time design course.（当我的梦想更大的时候，我开始研究时装设计的大学课程，三个月后我报名参加了一个兼职设计课程。）”和倒数第三段内容“I knew I needed to make a bigger change. After struggling for quite a while, I made a difficult decision—leaving my job and studying my design course full time. Two years later I got my diploma.（我知道我需要做出更大的改变。经过一段时间的挣扎，我做出了一个艰难的决定，离开我的工作，并全职学习我的设计课程。两年后我拿到了毕业证书。）”可知，作者为了恢复她有创造力的生活，她参加了一个缝纫班，并参加了一个兼职设计课程，辞去了工作，去上时装设计课，根据题目要求，从中选出两点事实即可，不超过15个词。故答案为She quit/quitted her job and took the fashion-design course./ She attended a sewing class and took a part-time design course. 25．开放题。题目询问“你认为作者是你的榜样吗？请解释一下原因。”本题为开放性试题，根据自己的理解，言之有理，符合文章内容即可，不超过20个词，如果答案是肯定的，原因可以是“She has the courage to follow her heart and do what she really likes.（她有勇气追随自己的心，做自己真正喜欢的事。）”；如果答案是否定的，原因可以是“I don’t like changes and I want to live a secure life.（我不喜欢变化，我想过安全的生活。）”。故答案为Yes, (I do). She has the courage to follow her heart and do what she really likes./ Yes, (I do). I’d like to live a creative life and make changes when necessary as she./ No, (I don’t). I don’t like changes and I want to live a secure life. 26．Receiving less attention than someone else. Or: Being/Feeling less successful than someone else. Or: Being/Feeling neglected. 27．That his brother left for college and he changed schools. Or: Tyson’s leaving for college and the author’s going to/attending a new school. 28．Joining the Science Olympiad team. Or: That he joined the Science Olympiad team. Or: Discovering his true interests (in science). 29．(How) the author discovered a broader definition of “cool”. Or: He has discovered his own way to be cool. Or: He found his own identity. 30．Playing football well is cool because I can show how strong I am. Or: Playing the piano is cool because it can give me joy. Or: Helping the poor is cool because it can give them hope and bring me pleasure. 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者一直活在哥哥泰森的阴影下，他的哥哥很酷，所以他总是被忽略。但当哥哥离开去上大学，他独自开始学校生活时，通过加入学校的Science Olympiad，他找到了真正的自己，也按自己的理解重新定义了”酷”。 26．词义猜测题。根据第一段的As any younger brother will tell you, having a big brother involves a lot of walking in someone else’s shadow, especially when you have a brother who is a typical example of “cool”. For years I wanted to do everything my elder brother Tyson did, but no matter how hard I tried, I was always the neglected one.可知，就像任何一个弟弟会告诉你的那样，有一个大哥哥意味着走在别人的影子里，尤其是当你有一个很“酷”的哥哥时。多年以来，我想做我的哥哥泰森做的一切，但是无论我怎么努力，我总是被忽略的一个。根据句意，尤其是I was always the neglected one可推测，划线部分的意思是“得不到关注/被忽略”。故填:Receiving less attention than someone else. Or: Being/Feeling less successful than someone else. Or: Being/Feeling neglected. 27．细节理解题。根据第二段的but when my family moved, everything changed. Tyson left for college, so I had to start at a new school all by myself. (但当我们搬家时，一切都改变了。泰森去上大学了，所以我不得不独自在一个新的学校开始)可知，搬家后，作者的哥哥去上大学以及作者独自开始新学校的生活给了作者他新的开始。故填:That his brother left for college and he changed schools. Or: Tyson’s leaving for college and the author’s going to/attending a new school. 28．细节理解题。根据第三段的I had always been fascinated with chemistry, biology, and math, but since those interests hadn’t fit Tyson’s definition of “cool”, I had never pursued them. On this day, for some reason, I did. (我一直对化学、生物和数学着迷，但因为这些兴趣不符合泰森对“酷”的定义，所以我从来没有追求过。这一天，出于某种原因，我参加了)可知，参加Science Olympiad队是作者成长的转折点，因为他选择不再做哥哥的“影子”。故填:Joining the Science Olympiad team. Or: That he joined the Science Olympiad team. Or: Discovering his true interests (in science). 29．主旨大意题。根据本段的主要内容，尤其是Now I know who I am! I’m Tyson’s little brother, but that’s only part of my identity. I’m a cool guy in my own way, too. I’m relieved to know that “cool” has a much broader definition than what I used to think.(现在我知道我是谁了！我是泰森的弟弟，但那只是我身份的一部分。按照我自的方式，我也是个很酷的人。知道酷的定义比我以前认为的要宽泛得多，我感到很欣慰)可知，本段主要讲述了作者找到了自己的身份以及自己对酷的定义。故填:(How) the author discovered a broader definition of “cool”. Or: He has discovered his own way to be cool. Or: He found his own identity. 30．开放性题目。只要回答出自己认为什么很酷，以及原因即可。故可填:Playing football well is cool because I can show how strong I am. Or: Playing the piano is cool because it can give me joy. Or: Helping the poor is cool because it can give them hope and bring me pleasure. 31．Because her voice was different from what she had expected. Or: Because all she heard was a little kid talking. Or: Because of her little voice. 32．Her shyness had a/an（bad） influence/effect/impact on her（life） Or: Her shyness kept her hidden away. Or: Her shyness kept her away from other people. 33．Accept. Or: Welcome. 34．To help shy people（to shine） and push herself forward. Or: To help other shy people and herself. 35．I will organize a speech contest so that they can walk out of their comfort zone and become more confident. Or: I will share my experience with them, telling them how I handle my shyness. Or: I will encourage them to take part in various activities to improve their social skills. 【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。作者是一个害羞的人，害差使作者不敢参加活动，并把自己封闭起来。后来作者接受了自己的害怕，并创建了Shy and Mighty Society，给像自己一样害羞的人发光的空间，共同提高。 31．细节理解题。根据第一段“I pressed "play" to listen back. All I heard was a little kid talking. My immediate reaction was to assume I was listening to someone else's recording. But that was my voice. I realised there was something strange about me.”可知，作者录完音后，按下“播放”键来听，奇怪地听到一个小孩在说话。作者的第一反应是以为在听别人的录音，但那是作者的声音。由此可知，作者感到奇怪是因为自己的声音小，或听到一个小孩在说话，或是感觉听到的不是自己期望的。故答案为：Because her voice was different from what she had expected. Or: Because all she heard was a little kid talking. Or: Because of her little voice. 32．段落大意题。根据第二段“My little voice has made me feel really shy. And my shyness has caused me to avoid attending events, not make important connections, and keep my ideas to myself. As a shy person, working from home, hiding behind my computer was brilliant. But the more time I spent hidden away, the more my comfort zone shrank（缩小）.” 可知作者的声音小，使作者害羞，害羞使作者不参加活动，不和别人交流。作者越隐藏自己，舒适区就越小。这些都说明了害羞使作者隐藏，远离了别人，给作者带来了坏影响。故答案为：Her shyness had a/an（bad） influence/effect/impact on her（life）. Or: Her shyness kept her hidden away. Or: Her shyness kept her away from other people. 33．词义猜测题。上句提到“The world needs a mixture of personalities. Success is not just about who can shout the loudest. The world needs quieter people, too.”表明作者感悟到这个世界需个性。成功不只是谁喊得声最大。世界也需要更安静的人。根据“That day I chose to stop hiding”可知作者选择不再躲藏，接受自己的害羞。embrace原意是“拥抱”，此处指“接受，迎接”，故答案为：Accept. Or: Welcome. 34．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Then I created the Shy and Mighty Society, a space for shy people like me to shine, and in the process of helping others, I could also push myself forward,”可知作者创建Shy and Mighty Society是为了给像自己一样害羞的人发光的空间，在帮助别人的过程中，也可以推动自己一点点前进。故答案为：To help shy people（to shine） and push herself forward. Or: To help other shy people and herself. 35．推理判断题。作者创建Shy and Mighty Society是为了给像自己一样害羞的人发光的空间，所以作为这个组织的负责人应该是组织活动或分享克服害羞的经验，用多种形式鼓励他人战胜害羞、增加自信、提高社交技能。故答案可以是：I will organize a speech contest so that they can walk out of their comfort zone and become more confident. Or: I will share my experience with them, telling them how I handle my shyness. Or: I will encourage them to take part in various activities to improve their social skills. 36．Cleaning the（school）building. Or: Doing（the）cleaning. Or: He cleans the（school）building. Or: He does（the）cleaning. 37．By lining the hallways，blowing noisemakers，singing a song，handing him cards，and hugging him. Or: By lining the hallways with（handmade）cards，blowing noisemakers，singing a song，and hugging him. Or: They lined the hallways，blew noisemakers，sang a song，handed him cards，and hugged him. Or: They lined the hallways with（handmade）cards，blew noisemakers，sang a song，and hugged him. 38．Love. Or: Liking. Or: Fondness. 39．（Because）he loves/cares about（the）students and works hard. Or: （Because）he loves（the）students and is devoted to his work. Or: （Because）he is kind/caring/helpful to the students，and hard-working. Or: （Because）he is regarded as a kind/warm-hearted/helpful/caring and hard-working man. 40．My father/mother. （Because）he/she loves me and encourages me when I'm faced/confronted with difficulties. Or: My teacher. （Because）he/she cares about me and prepares me for my future career. Or: My friend. （Because）he/she brings me joy/happiness and gives me a lot of comfort/help/encouragement. 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文中记叙了一位清洁工Mabry，他的日常工作就是清扫学校大楼。Mabry爱学生，关心学生。学生们也尊敬他，喜欢他。在他80生日那天，学生们用自己的方式帮他庆祝生日，表达了对Mabry的热爱。 36．细节理解题。根据第一段Haze Mabry, who has worked as a school keeper for thirteen years, walks into the school building every day and empties garbage cans, wipes down bathrooms and mops wet messes in the hallways.可知，Haze Mabry是一位清洁工，他的日常工作就是清扫学校大楼。因此本句的答案可为：Cleaning the (school) building；Or：doing (the) cleaning；Or: He cleans the (school) building；Or: He does (the) cleaning. 37．细节理解题。根据第二段Last Friday, after he arrived at the school, instead of finding garbage to clean up, he found almost 800 students lining the hallways with handmade cards, blowing noisemakers and singing a full-throated happy birthday to him. It was his 80th. As he walked the long hallway, some popped out of line to hug him.可知，上个周五，他发现几乎有800名学生在走廊里排队，拿着手制卡片，吹口哨，为他唱了一首响亮的生日快乐歌，拥抱他。因此答案为：By lining the hallways, blowing noisemakers, singing a song, handing him cards, and hugging him. Or: By lining the hallways with (handmade) cards, blowing noisemakers, singing a song, and hugging him. Or: They lined the hallways, blew noisemakers, sang a song, handed him cards, and hugged him. Or: They lined the hallways with (handmade) card, blew noisemakers, sang a song, handed him cards, and hugged him. 38．猜测词义题。根据第二段学生们为Mabry庆祝生日的方式和划线词后的内容Touched by their enthusiastic expression of affection, Mabry thanked them all. “They’re like my children,” Mabry said.可知，Mabry爱学生，把学生当作自己的孩子。那么学生们也表达了他们对Mabry的热爱。因此Mabry被学生的爱所感动，故所以“affection”相当于“Love”，故填love，Or: liking. Or: Fondness. 39．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的内容he will always stop what he’s doing to take care of a child if that child is having a bad day. If a child approaches him, he will pause to give that child his undivided attention. He’s the most loved one in this building,”以及最后一段Mabry works circles around all the students, cleaning up messes others don’t want to touch. He doesn’t expect a lot.可知，Mabry关心爱护孩子，帮助孩子，是一个善良、热心的人。一个不怕脏不怕累、勤奋工作的人。因此答案为： (Because) he loves/cares about（the）students and works hard. Or: (Because) he loves the students and devoted to his work. Or: (Because) he is kind/caring /helping to the students , and hard-working. Or: (Because) he is regarded as a kind /warm-hearted /helpful/caring and hard-working man. 40．考查综合表达能力。本题的题目：who is the “sunshine” in your life?（谁是你生活中的阳光？）只要在生活或学习中帮助过你，关心你、爱护你的，鼓励你，安慰你的都可称为your sunshine。因此答案可为： My father/mother.(Because) he/she loves me and encouraged me when I’m faced/confronted with difficulties. Or: My teacher.(Because) he/she cares about me and prepares me for my future career. Or: My friend.(Because) he/she brings me joy/happiness and gives me a lot of comfort/ help/ encouragement. 41．(Because) every sheet contained/had a poem or a joke. Or: (Because) there was a poem/a joke on every sheet. Or: (Because) the worksheets were interesting/amusing. 42．Subject. Or: Field. Or: Area. 43．The author’s experience in the debate club contributed to his career. Or: The author benefited from his experience in the debate club. Or: Peter influenced the author’s career. Or: Peter played a very important role in the author’s life. Or: Peter founded the debate club, which helped the author to become a lawyer. 44．By conveying his own passion to the students. Or: He used poems, jokes and stories in his teaching. Or: By using creative teaching methods. 45．A good teacher should be passionate. This is important because a passionate teacher could excite the students. Or: A good teacher should be humorous. This is important because a humorous teacher makes learning easy and fun. Or: A good teacher should be knowledgeable. This is important because students could learn a lot from him/her. Or: Creativity is the most important quality to keep students interested and motivated. Or: A good teacher is supposed to love his/her students. Only those who are loved can learn how to love others. 【分析】本文为记叙文。作者讲述了自己的物理老师彼得·布洛克。彼得不仅能把物理学变成诗歌，他还充满活力和激情，传达出科学是你周围世界的一部分，而不是枯燥乏味的学术学科的感觉。彼得·布洛克深深激励和影响了作者。 41．原文出处在第一自然段：Every sheet contained a poem or a joke and we looked forward to them being handed out.其中，looked forward to语义是题干expect to的同义表达替换，结合连词 and 语义中所具有的因果先后逻辑可知，此题的答案应该是and 前文：Every sheet contained a poem or a joke。此题难度不大，结合原文，直接抄写原句即可为正确答案。另请注意，根据 对参考答案的分析可知，回答Why的问题时，because这个词不一定必须写出， 因此也请考生注意字数要求。答案：(Because) every sheet contained/had a poem or a joke. Or: (Because) there was a poem/a joke on every sheet. Or: (Because) the worksheets were interesting/amusing. 42．原文下划线单词为第二自然段此处：not a dull boring academic discipline。原文第一自然段中的背景为Peter老师是一个物理老师，他的课堂从不沉闷无聊，是因为他善于用诗歌或笑话来调动学生们的学习兴趣。此处设空处的描述：Peter老师向学生们传达的就是科学是一你所处的这个世界的一部分，并不是一种 沉闷的学术 discipline. 结合“学术的”的搭配以及物理学科的前文背景，此处的 discipline 一词指的应该是学科的“科”字，也可是领域，区域，学科-- field/area/subject答案：Subject. Or: Field. Or: Area. 43．归纳段意题目。倒数第二段介绍了这样的关键词: the debate club/take part/getting paid for it / I am today- a commercial lawyer，需要学生在快速阅读的过程中快速搞清故事的发展。Peter老师所创办的校内辩论俱乐部并在他的要求我也加入了进去，未来收到了回报，作者成为了律师。故段意归纳含有以下意向即可算是正确的：影响/收 获/有助于/职业/未来工作/人生。答案：The author’s experience in the debate club contributed to his career. Or: The author benefited from his experience in the debate club. Or: Peter influenced the author’s career. Or: Peter played a very important role in the author’s life. Or: Peter founded the debate club, which helped the author to become a lawyer. 44．答案在最后一段。此题难度在于无法在原文中的一句话中攫取中能够作为答案的原句。题干中的interested（感兴趣的）与seem dull（似乎无聊的）反复地、以不同表达出现在最后一段中，这就需要学生们在不超过字数的前提下，能够高度概括。注意原文这两处表达He turned me on to the idea (turn sb. on意为inspire)以及后文最后一句you convey your own passion so that you excite other people，可知，想表达的意思为“传递激情影响学生”。答案：By conveying his own passion to the students. Or: He used poems, jokes and stories in his teaching. Or: By using creative teaching methods. 45．半开放式题。此题问的是你认为好老师的最重要的品质是什么。考生需要在字数要求下，写出自认为教师应该具有的品质是什么，再由because引导一个从句加以解释即可。可以根据本篇文章作者讲述自己的物理老师的优点，概括出教师应该具有的品质。根据第一段内容，作者的物理老师用紫色墨水在每一张纸上写上一首诗或一个笑话发给学生，可知老师是热情的，有爱心的；物理老师在讲述枯燥的科学原理的时候，尽可能用笑话或故事的形式来讲，这说明老师是幽默的，知识渊博的；根据老师创办了辩论俱乐部，可知老师是热情的，有创造力的。答案可以是热情的，幽默的，有创造力的等，所以答案为：A good teacher should be passionate. This is important because a passionate teacher could excite the students. Or: A good teacher should be humorous. This is important because a humorous teacher makes learning easy and fun. Or: A good teacher should be knowledgeable. This is important because students could learn a lot from him/her. Or: Creativity is the most important quality to keep students interested and motivated. Or: A good teacher is supposed to love his/her students. Only those who are loved can learn how to love others. 46．Curiosity made her do so. Or:The desire to explore. 47．Because it was getting dark，and she didn’t want her mother to worry about her. Or:Because she was seared，and might not be able to find her/the way back home. 48．She had rich imagination and she was brave. Or:She was a brave and determined girl with rich imagination. Or:She was imaginative and determined，and she dared to explore. Or:She was imaginative，adventurous and determined. 49．We all sometimes fail. Or:We face failure/defeat/hardships/challenges in life. Or:There are difficulties/barriers/obstacles in life. Or:We run into trouble sometimes. Or:We have trouble in life. 50．I will try to reach my goal because I want to live an exciting life. Or:I will try to reach/get to the top of the“mountain”because I want to be successful in life. 【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议短文阅读。作者通过小时候爬山的经历告诉我们：我们每个人在人生中都会遇到很多座山，但我们要勇于梦想，攀登高峰。 46．细节归纳题。根据文章第二段What could these steps lead to? Curiosity got the best of me as I knew it would be starting to get dark soon. I started climbing up those strangely mysterious steps.可知，好奇心驱使作者探索这些台阶通往什么，从而可以归纳出答案，注意字数的限制。 47．细节归纳题。根据文章第三段But it was now getting real dark. If I kept going I might not be able to see my way back. My mom would be worried sick if I didn’t come home soon. So I ran back home almost in the dark while trying not to get too scared.可知，作者没有到达山顶而急于回家的原因一共有4个，考生只需要归纳2个原因，注意字数的限制。 48．细节归纳题。根据文章第四段作者梦见城堡或怪物，可知作者非常具有想象力；根据But something inside me was going to climb that mountain at all cost. I could hardly wait to try this adventure again.可知，作者内心的某些东西会不惜一切代价爬上那座山并迫不及待地想再次冒险，可知作者具有冒险精神并且有决心。根据这些归纳出答案，注意字数的限制。 49．句意理解题。根据全文我们可以推断出We all fall down.指的是“我们生活中遇到的障碍/困难/失败/挑战等”。由此可以归纳出答案，注意字数的限制。 50．开放题。首先要理解题干中的mountain指的是“障碍或失败”，并且要陈述自己的理由，注意字数的限制。 点睛：本文是一篇夹叙夹议短文阅读。整体文章易懂，但题目设置灵活，总体难度中等。考生不但要从文章中找出答案，还要根据问题的设置归纳出相应的答案。书写答案的时候，考生要注意语法结构的正确以及字数的限制。 51．Selling clothes. Or: She sold clothes. Or: She worked as a shopgirl. Or: Working in a clothing store. Or: Working as a shopgirl. Or: She was a shopgirl. 52．Huge and difficult. Or: Too much/Beyond me. Or: Difficult/Tough/Hard/Frustrating. Or: Challenging/Demanding. Or: Great in amount. 53．She learned about the customer’s interest and helped her get the clothes that suited her. Or: By learning about the customer’s taste and what her dress was for. Or: She helped the customer to get the clothes she liked. 54．It has made her patient and more open with people/ strangers. Or: She is (more) patient and more open with people/ strangers. Or: She has become (more) patient and more open with people/ strangers. Or: She is more patient and open facing frustrations and challenges. 55．I’d like to be a teacher. I can help children acquire knowledge and grow up. Or: I’d like to be a doctor so that I can improve people’s health and save their lives. Or: I’d like to be a policeman. I can protect people from danger and create a safe living environment. 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。短文叙述了作者在16岁当售货员的经历，通过此经历，作者学会了要有耐心，且对陌生人更加诚恳。告诉读者每一份工作都有它的挫折和挑战;要想做好，你必须学会去处理它们，这对我生活的其他方面也有帮助。 51．细节理解题。由第二段“At the age of 16, I was offered my very first job as a shopgirl in a clothing store”可知，16岁时，作者得到了第一份工作，在一家服装店当店员。所以作者的第一份工作是卖衣服。故回答为：Selling clothes. Or: She sold clothes. Or: She worked as a shopgirl. Or: Working in a clothing store. Or: Working as a shopgirl. Or: She was a shopgirl. 52．词句猜测题。由第二段划线词后的句子“everything had to be done in an accurate way. I got so impatient because I couldn’t get it right the first couple of times. After about ten tries, I had the clothes folded perfectly. Then it took me thirty minutes to get them all looking uniform.”可知，每件事都必须准确无误地完成。我很不耐烦，因为前几次我都做的不好。试了大约十次后，我才把衣服叠得整整齐齐。然后我花了30分钟让他们看起来很均匀。所以通过上下文语境可以判断出，第2段划线的“overwhelming”意思是“巨大的和困难的”的意思。故回答为：Huge and difficult. Or: Too much/Beyond me. Or:Difficult/Tough/Hard/Frustrating. Or: Challenging/Demanding. Or: Great in amount. 53．细节理解题。由第三段“Instead of getting annoyed, I tried getting to know her a bit better and asked what the dress was for, so I could find other items in her size that could work. We shared our love of the Netflix fashion show, and she ended up buying $200 worth of new clothes, having found other items she liked.”可知，作者没有生气，而是试着更好地了解她，问她这件衣服要怎么穿，这样我就可以找到其他适合她的尺码的衣服。我们分享了我们对Netflix时装秀的热爱，结果她买了价值200美元的新衣服，找到了她喜欢的其他商品。所以作者了解到顾客的兴趣，帮她买了适合自己的衣服设法来满足客户的需求。故回答为：She learned about the customer’s interest and helped her get the clothes that suited her. Or: By learning about the customer’s taste and what her dress was for. Or: She helped the customer to get the clothes she liked. 54．细节理解题。由第二段“Through this experience, I’ve learned to be patient.”通过这次经历，我学会了有耐心。以及第三段“This experience has taught me to be more open with strangers.”经历教会我要对陌生人更加诚恳。所以作者的工作经历使她更有耐心，对陌生人更加诚恳。故回答为：It has made her patient and more open with people/ strangers. Or: She is (more) patient and more open with people/ strangers. Or: She has become (more) patient and more open with people/ strangers. Or: She is more patient and open facing frustrations and challenges. 55．推理判断题。通读全文可知，短文叙述了作者在16岁当售货员的经历，作者学会了要有耐心，且对陌生人更加诚恳。作者学会了告诉读者每一份工作都有它的挫折和挑战;要想做好，你必须学会处理它们，这对我生活的其他方面也有帮助。所以判断出你想做什么工作? 你怎么帮助别人？故回答为：I’d like to be a teacher. I can help children acquire knowledge and grow up. Or: I’d like to be a doctor so that I can improve people’s health and save their lives. Or: I’d like to be a policeman. I can protect people from danger and create a safe living environment. 56．He listened to Walter talking about his lost golden years. Or: He acted as Walter’s listener. 57．Visiting elderly/old people in a nursing home. Or: He visited elderly/old people in a nursing home. Or: A volunteer program with elderly people in a nursing home. 58．Taught/Instructed/Educated. 59．The author learned that volunteerism is not a one-way act. Or: The author learned that volunteerism is a two-way act. Or: The author has benefited a lot from volunteerism/his volunteer work. 60．I will look after elderly people in a nursing home. I can learn a lot from their past experience(s). Or: I will help disabled children. It can satisfy my desire to be useful. Or: I will sit with cancer patients. I can learn to deal with the challenges of life. Or: I will be a volunteer to protect the environment. We can live in a better and cleaner world. Or: I will be a volunteer in an important event. It can broaden my horizons. 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章通过作者去养老院看望老人Walter，回顾了自己参加志愿活动的原因；作者认为志愿活动满足了他想成为有用的人和感受到与他人生活有意义的联系的愿望，并且从志愿活动中，他得到的比付出的要多。 56．细节理解题。由第一段的句子“He loved to tell me about his lost golden years when he was an excellent baseball player. I was a good listener.”可知，Walter喜欢告诉我他失去的黄金岁月，那时他是一个优秀的棒球运动员，我是个很好的倾听者，说明作者每次拜访Walter，作者倾听Walter讲他失去的黄金岁月，或充当Walter的倾听者。故答案为He listened to Walter talking about his lost golden years./ He acted as Walter’s listener. 57．细节理解题。由第二段的句子“I met Walter when I was a high school student participating in a volunteer program with elderly people in a nursing home. It was the first of many such activities,”（我在高中时认识沃尔特，当时我正在一家养老院参加一个老年人志愿者项目，这是许多此类活动中的第一次）可知，作者第一次做志愿者是拜访养老院的老人。故答案为Visiting elderly/old people in a nursing home./ He visited elderly/old people in a nursing home./ A volunteer program with elderly people in a nursing home. 58．词义猜测题。由第三段的句子“My parents inculcated me with a belief that there was no greater human value than kindness, and encouraged me to make helping others and contributing to society important goals in life.”可知，我父母教育我一个信念，即没有比仁慈更重要的人类价值，并鼓励我把帮助他人和为社会作出贡献作为人生的重要目标；结合句意，inculcate意为“教育、谆谆教诲”。故答案为Taught/Instructed/Educated. 59．主旨大意题。第四段主要讲了，作者认为志愿服务不是帮助不幸的人的单向行为，而是双向行为，参与别人的生活也丰富了他的生活，看到人们如何应对生活中的挑战，作者从勇气和尊严中得到了宝贵的教训，作为志愿者，作者得到的比付出的要多。故答案为The author learned that volunteerism is not a one-way act./The author learned that volunteerism is a two-way act./The author has benefited a lot from volunteerism/his volunteer work. 60．开放性试题。本题为开放性试题，考生结合自己对志愿活动的认识和看法，言之有理即可。故答案为I will look after elderly people in a nursing home. I can learn a lot from their past experience(s)./I will help disabled children. It can satisfy my desire to be useful./I will sit with cancer patients. I can learn to deal with the challenges of life./I will be a volunteer to protect the environment. We can live in a better and cleaner world./I will be a volunteer in an important event. It can broaden my horizons. 【点睛】词义猜测是应用英语的重要能力，也是高考中必考的题型。它不但需要准确无误地理解上下文，而且要有较大的泛读量，掌握或认识较多的课外词汇。做这种类型的技巧之一：要根据词、词组、句子所在的语境上下文来判断其意义，上下文语境就是判断该词或短语意义的主要依据。命题者在出这类题时惯用常规词义来麻痹考生，我们要特别注意熟词生义，切不可脱离语境主观臆断。如在第3小题中，inculcate的意义要结合此单词的语境方可得出，由句子“My parents inculcated me with a belief that there was no greater human value than kindness, and encouraged me to make helping others and contributing to society important goals in life.”可知，结合句意，inculcate意为“教育、谆谆教诲”。故答案为Taught/Instructed/Educated. 61．She should make her bed, do her homework and drink no alcohol.   Or: Making her bed, doing her homework and drinking no alcohol. 62．I got/was criticised/scolded. 63．He encouraged/comforted/inspired her. 64．They are both passionate about acting and interested in people. 65．He is a good/devoted/caring/loving father because he was strict with his daughter and encouraged her when she was in trouble.Or:He is always supportive/a source of strength.Whenever she is in trouble,he is there for her. 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了一个严父、慈父对女儿的教育培养以及对女儿的影响。 61．考查细节理解。根据文章第一段的句子“He made sure I made my bed and did my homework. He would call in advance to make sure there was no alcohol at the party. I got so angry with him for laying down the law. ”（他确保我整理床铺和做作业。他会提前打电话确认聚会上没有酒。我很生他的气，因为他提出了法律。)可知，作者爱丽斯的父亲给他制定了铺床，做作业和不许喝酒的规章制度。故答案为She should make her bed, do her homework and drink no alcohol.  Or: Making her bed, doing her homework and drinking no alcohol.。 62．考查词义猜测。根据文章第二段划线句子前面的内容：“Dad was 29 when he got his big roles in films. I had an early start at the age of nine with a role in a 1990s TV series, but it wasn’t until I finished film studies that I pursued my career as an actress. Like those early days for Dad,”（父亲29岁时获得了电影中的重要角色。我早在9岁时就开始了90年代一部电视剧中的角色，但直到我完成了电影专业的学习，我才开始了演员生涯。就像爸爸早年那样。）可以判断出，我和父亲早年的时候一样，面对了许多次的拒绝，即受到了批评。故答案为I got/was criticized/scolded.。 63．考查细节理解。根据文章第一段内容“Once, after a trip to Hollywood, I returned to Australia so depressed and spent months in my bedroom painting, listening to Eckhart Tolle’s music and trying to find myself again. Dad sat me down and said,“Alice, I know it’s hard, but it’s all about persistence(坚持不懈). ”（有一次，在去了好莱坞之后，我沮丧地回到澳大利亚，在我的卧室里呆了几个月，画画，听埃克哈特·托尔的音乐，试图重新找回自己。爸爸让我坐下，对我说:“爱丽丝，我知道这很难，但这都需要坚持。）可以判断出在爱丽斯感到精神不振的时候，父亲鼓励或者安慰或者激励了她。故答案为He encouraged/comforted/inspired her.。 64．考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段中“We both passionate about acting, which comes from us being so interested in people.”（我们都对演戏很有激情，这是因为我们对人很感兴趣。）可以判断出爱丽斯和她的父亲的共同点就是对演艺事业充满了激情，对人们感兴趣。故答案为They are both passionate about acting and interested in people.。 65．考查推理判断。根据文章的内容和最后一段的句子“Dad was strict with me. He made sure I made my bed and did my homework. He would call in advance to make sure there was no alcohol at the party.和As expected, I got a roasting, but I now understand why I need discipline”(爸爸对我很严格。他确保我整理床铺和做作业。他会提前打电话确认聚会上没有酒。和像预期的那样,我烤了,但我现在明白为什么我需要纪律。)可知，爱丽斯的父亲对女儿严格要求是一个严父。和第四段内容“Once, after a trip to Hollywood, I returned to Australia so depressed and spent months in my bedroom painting, listening to Eckhart Tolle’s music and trying to find myself again. Dad sat me down and said,“Alice, I know it’s hard, but it’s all about persistence(坚持不懈).”(有一次，在去了好莱坞之后，我沮丧地回到澳大利亚，在我的卧室里呆了几个月，画画，听埃克哈特·托尔的音乐，试图重新找回自己。爸爸让我坐下，对我说:“爱丽丝，我知道这很难，但这都需要坚持。)可以判断出爱丽斯的父亲对女儿的关爱和鼓励，所以判断出爱丽斯的父亲是一个好父亲，是女儿力量的源泉。故答案为He is a good/devoted/caring/loving father because he was strict with his daughter and encouraged her when she was in trouble.Or:He is always supportive/a source of strength.Whenever she is in trouble,he is there for her.。 【点睛】阅读表达题是一种综合性的题型，测试目的是从多方位多角度考查考生通过阅读获取信息、处理信息并进行书面表达的能力。比传统的阅读理解试题更具综合性和主观性，更能体现对考生综合语言运用能力的考查。考查题型有封闭型问题（Close-ended Questions），要求结合文中具体依据进行回答；还有 开放型问题（Open-ended Questions）：要求结合个人观点态度进行表述。这篇文章为记叙文，学生可以通过提出的问题，进行点对点的信息筛查，在文章中找出相关的句子，回答问题的时候，注意题目要求的字数限制，在规定范围内答题就可以。 66．（His）learning disability. Or:Having a learning disability. Or:That he was learning disabled. Or:He had a learning disability. 67．He could be smart and express himself with clay. Or:Art could help him express himself without words. Or:He could well express himself with clay/art. 68．If you enjoy something and keep doing it, you will get better at it. Or:The more you practice something, the better at it you will become. Or:Practice makes perfect. Or:Pracitce leads to success. 69．I could read and write. 70．We should not lose heart in face of difficulties. If we work hard, we will find a way out. Or:The author’s story tells me that I should be confident and practice hard overcome difficulties in my life. Or:We should overcome our weaknesses and fears with courage and dertermination. 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。作者小的时候有学习障碍，但是他不放弃，通过做黏土来表达自己，通过不断练习，使自己学会读书写字。 66．细节理解题。根据文章第一段的句子I had a learning disability from an early age,可知作者学校的日子很难，因为他有学习障碍。故填（His）learning disability. Or: Having a learning disability.Or: That he was learning disabled. Or: He had a learning disability. 67．细节理解题。根据文章第二段的句子disabled as I was in language, I could still be smart and well express myself with clay可知艺术给了作者自信因为艺术可以帮助他不用语言表达自己。故填He could be smart and express himself with clay. Or: Art could help him express himself without words. Or: He could well express himself with clay/art. 68．细节理解题。根据文章第三段的句子I soon noticed it wasn’t a talent thing; it was practice.可知作者从爬山学到如果你喜欢做一件事，就一直做，你会更好的。故填If you enjoy something and keep doing it, you will get better at it. Or: The more you practice something, the better at it you will become. Or: Practice makes perfect. Or: Pracitce leads to success. 69．句意猜测题。根据文章第四段的句子Every day I practiced reading and writing, which I used to avoid as much as possible. After two hard years, I was literate.可知,这句话的意思是：我会读书写字。故填I could read and write. 70．推理判断题。根据文章的内容和最后一段的句子Having gone through the long process with…，I’ve got to a point in my life where I know I am smart enough to dive into an area that is totally unknown, hard but interesting.可知，从作者的故事中我们学会，面对失败我们不应该灰心。故填We should not lose heart in face of difficulties. If we work hard, we will find a way out. Or: The author’s story tells me that I should be confident and practice hard overcome difficulties in my life. Or: We should overcome our weaknesses and fears with courage and determination. 71．He was a postman.   Or: He worked in a post-office. 72．He advised him to slow down (and take things easy). / He advised he/his grandfather (should) slow down. 73．The process is more important than the result. Or: A man should not slow down however old he is. Or: Life isn't having it made; it's getting it made. / It's the journey, not the arrival that counts. 74．My/His/The grandfather is still busy doing meaningful things. Or: The grandfather is still living an active life. Or: The grandfather is still involved in whatever he can do. 75．Yes. Because one should always be full of passion in his life no matter how old he is. Or: Because people should make full use of their time to do something meaningful. No. Because it is more sensible for people to slow down and enjoy an easy life in their old age. Or: Because slowing down contributes to better health and longer life for people in old age. 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。作者的爷爷曾经是名邮寄员，然而退休之后一直忙于做一些有意义的事情。作者写信给爷爷让他多休息休息，但爷爷回信说他仍然坚持他的忙碌的生活。 71．细节理解题。根据文章第一段At age 68, he retired from the post office可知，68岁时，他从邮局退休。故回答为：He was a postman.  Or: He worked in a post-office. 72．细节理解题。根据文章第二段Then I suggested it was time for him to slow down.可知作者在信中建议他爷爷放慢速度。故回答为：He advised him to slow down (and take things easy). / He advised he/his grandfather (should) slow down. 73．细节理解题。根据文章第四段It’s the journey, not the arrival, that counts.可知，重要的是旅程，而不是到达。故回答为：The process is more important than the result.Or: A man should not slow down however old he is.Or: Life isn't having it made; it's getting it made. / It's the journey, not the arrival that counts. 74．词句猜测题。根据第一段“At age 68, he retired from the post office, but he never stopped serving the community.”68岁时，他从邮局退休，但他从未停止过为社区服务。根据第三段“Life isn’t having it made; it’s getting it made.” 生活不只是拥有,而是去创造。根据上下文的语境可以判断出，划线词的意思“他爷爷仍然在忙于做有意义的事情”的事。故回答为：My/His/The grandfather is still busy doing meaningful things.Or: The grandfather is still living an active life.Or: The grandfather is still involved in whatever he can do. 75．开放题。作者的爷爷曾经是名邮寄员，然而退休之后一直忙于做一些有意义的事情。作者写信给爷爷让他多休息休息，但爷爷回信说他仍然坚持他的忙碌的生活。首先要回答同意不同意他爷爷的生活观，并且陈述自己的理由。故回答为：Yes. Because one should always be full of passion in his life no matter how old he is.Or: Because people should make full use of their time to do something meaningful. No. Because it is more sensible for people to slow down and enjoy an easy life in their old age.Or: Because slowing down contributes to better health and longer life for people in old age. 76．She helps transform literature into Braille (for blind readers/ the blind). 77．(Because) her mother’s eyes began to fail and she heard an/ the advertisement. 78．Difficult/Hard/tiring/tough. 79．She has brailled and proofread hundreds of books, and read books into onto tape. 80．Low is kind and helpful because she has devoted much time to transcribing books into Braille as a volunteer. /Low is kind-hearted lady with a positive attitude toward life because she takes delight in helping others. 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。Doris Low 到去年12月份就90岁了。但是她从事志愿者活动已经有40年了。她的工作是把故事和知识传播给盲人读者通过吧文学作品翻译成布莱叶盲文。有时还要读录成磁带。三年前她又从事校对工作。这个工作很辛苦，但是她喜欢。 76．考查细节理解。根据第一段中“Once a week she still drives to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) in Toronto, where she helps transform literature into Braille to bring the power of story and knowledge to the hears and minds of blind readers.(她仍然每周开车去多伦多的加拿大国家盲人研究所（CNIB），在那里她帮助把文学转化为盲文，把故事和知识的力量带给盲人读者的听觉和心灵)”可知，Low现在90岁仍然在CNIB从事帮助把文学作品翻译成布莱叶盲文的工作。故答案为She helps transform literature into Braille (for blind readers/ the blind). 77．考查细节理解。根据第三段“Low’s mother liked reading. As her eyes began to fail, Low read to her. Then “hearing an advertisement encouraging people to learn Braille, I decided to give it a try.” In 1973, she was certified as a braille transcriber and began transcribing books as a volunteer for the CNIB library.(Low的妈妈喜欢阅读。当她的眼睛开始衰弱时，Low读给她听。后来，“听到一则鼓励人们学习盲文的广告，我决定试一试。” 1973年，她被认证为盲文抄写员，并开始作为志愿者为CNIB图书馆抄写书籍)”可知，因为她的妈妈喜欢阅读，但是她的视力变差了，而她也听到了一则鼓励人们学习布莱叶盲文的广告。故答案为(Because) her mother’s eyes began to fail and she heard an/ the advertisement. 78．考查词句猜测。根据画线词后文“she could get to the end of a page, make a mistake on the last line, and have to do the whole thing again”可知，她可能翻到一页的末尾，最后一行写错了，就得从头再写一遍，可见这份工作很辛苦，故画线词意思是“辛苦、困难”，故答案为Difficult/Hard/tiring/tough. 79．考查细节理解。根据第五段“Thanks to volunteers like Low, the CNIB library has got more than 80,000 accessible materials for people unable to read traditional print. “ I can’t imagine how many readers of all ages have benefited from Doris’s contribution as a skilled volunteer through her rich voice and her high degree of accuracy in the hundreds of books she has brailled and proofread over the years — and she is still doing so,” said a CNIB official.(多亏了像Low这样的志愿者，CNIB图书馆为无法阅读传统印刷品的人提供了8万多份资料。 CNIB的一位官员说：“我无法想象有多少读者从多丽丝作为一名熟练的志愿者的贡献中受益，她丰富的嗓音和她多年来对数百本书进行盲文和校对的高度准确性，而且她现在仍在这样做。”)”可知，Low对CNIB的贡献：把很多书翻译成了布莱叶盲文、校对了数百本书籍还读书录成磁带。故答案为She has brailled and proofread hundreds of books, and read books into onto tape. 80．开放性题目。题干：你觉得Low怎么样？说明你的原因。可回答：Low很善良，也很乐于助人，因为作为一名志愿者，她花了很多时间把书转录成盲文。/Low是一位有积极生活态度的善良的女士，因为她喜欢帮助别人。故答案为Low is kind and helpful because she has devoted much time to transcribing books into Braille as a volunteer. /Low is kind-hearted lady with a positive attitude toward life because she takes delight in helping others. 81．By reading a Time for Kids magazine. Or: From a Time for Kids magazine 82．She won the essay contest held by NASA. Or: She named the Mars rover “Curiosity”. Or: “Curiosity” was chosen as the name of the Mars rover. 83．She sat together with Grandma listening to her stories about stars. Or: Her grandma told her stories about stars. Or: They sat together talking about stars. 84．Stay/Remain/Live/Hide 85．Curiosity is important because it leads to discovery or inventions. Or: With curiosity, we keep asking questions and exploring the world unknown. Or: Curiosity drives us through our lives so that we never stop wondering about the things beyond our knowledge. 【分析】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。短文通过克拉拉所提出的“好奇号”被选为火星探测器的名字。告诉人们好奇心的重要性。 81．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“I’d finished a worksheet early and picked up a Time for Kids magazine. A piece of news caught my eye.”我早早地完成了作业，拿起了儿童时代杂志。一条消息吸引了我的眼球。由此可知，克拉拉是通过童时代杂志得到征文比赛的消息的。故答案为：By reading a Time for Kids magazine. Or: From a Time for Kids magazine. 82．细节理解题。根据“On August 5, 2012, at 10:31 p.m., the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars, and I was honored to have a front-row seat in NASA.”可知，2012年8月5日晚上10点31分，名为“好奇”号的火星车安全降落在火星表面，我很荣幸能在美国宇航局获得前排座位。由此可知，为什么克拉拉在美国宇航局获得前排座位是因为她在美国宇航局举办的论文竞赛中获胜。故答案为：She won the essay contest held by NASA. Or: She named the Mars rover “Curiosity”. Or: “Curiosity” was chosen as the name of the Mars rover. 83．细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“I remember as a little girl, my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours. She’d tell me stories and point out the stars”可知，我记得当我还是个小女孩的时候，我和祖母会在后院一起坐上几个小时。她会给我讲故事并指出星星。故答案为：She sat together with Grandma listening to her stories about stars. Or: Her grandma told her stories about stars. Or: They sat together talking about stars. 84．词句猜测题。根据“We are constantly wondering and trying to find out what’s over the hill and beyond the horizon.”可知，我们不断地在想，并试图找出山那边、地平线那边是什么。所以我们人类不能老呆在一个地方。故答案为：Stay/Remain/Live/Hide. 85．开放性试题。根据最后一段“People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mars. My answer is simple because we’re curious. We human beings do not just hole up in one place. We are constantly wondering and trying to find out what’s over the hill and beyond the horizon.”可知，人们经常问我为什么要去火星这样遥远的地方。我的答案很简单，因为我们都很好奇。我们人类不会躲在一个地方。我们不断地在想，并试图找出山那边、地平线那边是什么。由此判断出，为什么好奇心是如此的重要是因为怀着好奇心，我们不断地问问题，探索未知的世界。故答案为：Curiosity is important because it leads to discovery or inventions. Or: With curiosity, we keep asking questions and exploring the world unknown. Or: Curiosity drives us through our lives so that we never stop wondering about the things beyond our knowledge. 86．A serious illness (did). 87．Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges. 88．She swam a ten-mile marathon and set women’s record. Or: She swam a ten-mile marathon, setting the women’s record. Or: She set the women’s record for a ten-mile marathon swimming. 89．Because she had tried her best (to fulfill the task). Or: Her strength of purpose was as important as reaching Cuba. 90．I am encouraged by her determination and strong will. Or: I am inspired by her courage and strong desire to succeed. Or: From her I learn that once we set a goal, we should try hard to achieve it. Or: We should never give up in the face of difficulty/failure. Or: We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields. 【导语】这是一篇记叙文，本文主要讲述了著名的运动员Diana Nyad一生都在为实现自己的理想而努力的故事。 86．考查细节理解。根据文章第一段中“but a serious illness kept her from competing in the Games(但一场严重的疾病使她无法参加奥运会)”可知，一场严重的疾病使Nyad无法参加奥运会。故答案是A serious illness (did). 87．考查词义猜测。根据划线词后的“presented by distance, danger, cold, and exhaustion(由距离，危险，寒冷和疲惫所带来)”可知，这里的obstacles是指在奋斗的过程中出现的种种困难。故答案为Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges. 88．考查细节理解。根据第二段中“In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course.( 1970年，她在安大略湖游了一场10英里的马拉松，创造了该项目的女子纪录。)”可知，她在1970年游了十英里的马拉松并创造了女子记录。故答案为She swam a ten-mile marathon and set women’s record./She swam a ten-mile marathon, setting the women’s record./She set the women’s record for a ten-mile marathon swimming. 89．考查细节理解。根据第三段中“For Nyad her strength of purpose was just as important as reaching Cuba. That is how she defined success. It did not matter that her swim came up short; she believed she had touched the other shore.(对Nyad来说，她的决心和到达古巴一样重要。这就是她对成功的定义。虽然她游泳成绩不佳，但这并不要紧；她相信她已经到达了彼岸。)”可知，她尽全力完成了这项任务或者她的决心和到达古巴一样重要，所以她认为她已经到达了彼岸。故答案为Because she had tried her best (to fulfill the task)./Her strength of purpose was as important as reaching Cuba. 90．考查开放题型。根据文章描述可知Nyad是一个意志坚定的人，为了实现自己的梦想不放弃不抛弃。故答案为I am encouraged by her determination and strong will./I am inspired by her courage and strong desire to succeed./From her I learn that once we set a goal, we should try hard to achieve it./We should never give up in the face of difficulty/failure./We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields. 91．Students who wish to do something productive and rewarding. 92．It is to encourage students to be active citizens and make a difference in society. 93．Changed. 94．She thinks highly of the Program. /She is in favor of the Program. /She holds a positive attitude toward the Praogram. Or: She thinks it’s a great experience of changing one’s life. Or: She is thankful/grateful for the Program. 95．I am interested in helping kids with their lessons because education is important to them. Or :I want to raise money for families in need because they are poor and need our help. Or: I am interested in collecting data for environmental research because the environment should be protected. 【分析】本文介绍了大学生在春假可以做的一项活动the Alternative Break Program。该活动可以帮助认字、无家可归的人和环保。它鼓励大学生为社会做贡献，帮助他人，改变自己的人生。 91．第一段的句子：Students who wish to spend their break doing something productive and rewarding, however, may choose to participate in the Alternative Break Program.可知，然而，那些希望花时间做一些富有成效和有回报的事情的学生，可以选择参加the Alternative Break Program。结合字数限制，故答案是Students who wish to spend their break doing something productive and rewarding。 92．从第三段的句子：In a word, the Program aims to encourage students to be active citizens and engage themselves in making a difference in society.可知总之，该计划旨在鼓励学生成为积极的公民，并参与社会的变革。 结合字数限制，故答案是It is to encourage students to be active citizens and engage themselves in making a difference in society. 93．从第五段的句子：You can see changes in their life that are connected with their alternative break experiences.”可知你可以看到他们生活中的变化，这些变化与他们不同的休息经历有关 。因此可知这段经历改变生活，故"transformed"是changed的意思。故答案是Changed。 94．从第五段的句子：Every year, we meet many students who have attended the Program. You can see changes in their life that are connected with their alternative break experiences.”可知每年，我们都会遇到许多参加过这个项目的学生。你可以看到他们生活中的变化，这些变化与他们的体验有关。因此推断她对这个课程评价很高。故答案是She thinks highly of the Program,or she is in favor of the Program. Or she thinks it is a great experience of changing one’s life. Or she is thankful/grateful for the program. 95．从第二段的句子：It includes helping kids with their lessons, raising money for families in need and collecting data for environmental research.可知它包括帮助孩子学习功课，为有需要的家庭筹集资金，以及收集环境研究数据。故答案是 I’m interested in helping kids with their lessons because education is important to them. Or :I want to raise money for families in need because they are poor and need our help. Or:I’m interested in collecting data for environmental research because nvironment should be protected. 【点睛】阅读表达的题目要根据文章的内容进行回答，有的是细节题，到相关的段落寻找关键句，得出答案，还有推理题，要根据相关的句子找出作者想要表达的意思，考查学生的理解力。 96．Tiny \Little\Small\Very small. 97．A dog’s life is short and Shaw could not bear to part with it. 98．The tiny horses possess have many good qualities to guide people.Or: The tiny horses possess\have many qualities to be ideal guides. 99．He feels that his future life will be better/easier. 100．They should be good friends and help each other. Or: They should get along as friends and take care of each other. 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了导盲马Cuddles和主人Shaw之间互相帮助的故事。 96．考查词句猜测。根据文章第三段“Then Shaw heard of a program about the tiny guide horses.(后来肖听说了一个关于小导盲马的节目。)”可知，这是一匹两英尺高的微型马，是盲人肖的向导。Miniature意为“微小的”。故答案是：Tiny \Little\Small\Very small. 97．考查细节理解。根据文章第二段第二句话“Shaw, an animal lover, said he couldn’t bear to part with a dog (which usually lives about eight to ten years) and get used to a new one, perhaps several times in his life.(肖是一名动物爱好者，他说他无法忍受和一只狗分开(这只狗通常能活8到10年)，他会习惯一只新的狗，这辈子可能会习惯好几次。)”可知，Shaw不想选择一只狗作为他的向导，因为小狗的生命是短暂的，Shaw接受不了与之分开。故答案是：A dog’s life is short and Shaw could not bear to part with it. 98．考查主旨大意。根据文章第三段第二句“He learned that the horse possess many qualities that make them an excellent choice for guiding people.(他了解到马具有许多品质，使它们成为引导人们的最佳选择。)”可知，第三段主要讲述了马拥有许多优秀的品质来引导人们。故答案是：The tiny horses possess have many good qualities to guide people. Or: The tiny horses possess\have many qualities to be ideal guides. 99．考查推理判断。根据文章最后一句“Now Shaw is confident that Cuddles will change his life for the better.(现在肖确信“Cuddles”会让他的生活变得更好。)”可知，他觉得他将来的生活会更好。故答案是：He feels that his future life will he better/easier. 100．考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段“Through training ,Shaw and Cuddles learned to find way on busy streets, step over curbs  and find elevator buttons. Cuddles even demonstrated  its ability to step in front of Shaw and block him, to prevent him from walking into a dangerous situation. The little horse also expertly led Shaw through busy shopping malls. The$$