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Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2024·浙江省宁波市十校联考)
Treasure Hunt Through Modernday Ruins
Urban exploration of abandoned manmade structures became popular in the 1990s when modern society was fast forwarding into the next century.Left behind were relics of human civilization.Far away from modernization, rusted in air, tangled in weeds and vines, ruins tell forgotten tales and sometimes become history in and of themselves.
Punch Buggy Scrapyard
MOAB, UTAH
Vintage car lovers won't want to miss this huge car disposal yard,the impressive openair Tom's Volkswagen graveyard—a fatherandson cooperation begun in 1961 with eight cars.From buses to Beetles to Karmann Ghias to Squarebacks,hundreds of cars, car windows, doors and tires form a rainbow colored fleet contrasting with the dry yellow ground.
Game of Thrones' End
KUPARI, CROATIA
Six miles east of Dubrovnik,one of the main filming locations of the hit series Game of Thrones' King's Landing, is a bay of abandoned hotels that witnessed Croatia's real power play.It was once a seaside resort for the military elite before the Yugoslav army destroyed it during the Croatian War in the 1990s.What exists today at the complex of former glory are overgrown weeds, graffiti and rusty remains.
Once Upon a Gold
ATHENS
Stadiums that once housed tears and sweat, cheers and boos during the 2004 Olympic Games are now left for weeds.The beach volleyball arena, aquatics center and other venues were abandoned because of little local interest and lack of planning when the $15 billion grand building was being erected.
Twining Romance
QUEENSLAND,AUSTRALIA
Nearly a century ago,Spanish sugarcane cutter José Paronella wanted to build a castle in the rainforest for his wife.The resulting wonderland—Paronella Park—with vines twining on stone pillars and moss peeping out from cracks has been open to the public since 1935.Its current owners are dedicated to “maintaining and preserving” the primitive beauty of this renowned carbon neutral tourist attraction with 7,500 flora and fauna (动植物).
[语篇解读]本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了几个现代废墟,人们可以探索这些废弃的人造建筑,了解一些被遗忘的故事。
1.Which place might interest a fan of TV series?
A.MOAB. B.KUPARI.
C.ATHENS. D.QUEENSLAND.
解析:选B。细节理解题。根据Game of Thrones' End KUPARI, CROATIA部分中的“Six miles east of Dubrovnik,one of the main filming locations of the hit series Game of Thrones' King's Landing, is a bay of abandoned hotels that witnessed Croatia's real power play.”可知,KUPARI是热门剧集《权力的游戏》中君临城的主要拍摄地之一,因此电视剧迷们可能会喜欢这个地方。故选B项。
2.What caused the Olympic stadiums to be abandoned?
A.Lack of public awareness.
B.Overgrown weeds.
C.High construction cost.
D.Insufficient planning.
解析:选D。细节理解题。根据Once Upon a Gold ATHENS部分中的“The beach volleyball arena, aquatics center and other venues were abandoned because of little local interest and lack of planning when the $15 billion grand building was being erected.”可知,这个曾经的奥林匹克体育馆因为缺乏规划而被废弃。故选D项。
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Punch Buggy Scrapyard started with eighty different cars.
B.Competitions are still held in the venues of the 2004 Olympic Games.
C.Game of Thrones' End is a glorious theater where plays were performed.
D.Paronella Park is preserved to present its original and natural beauty.
解析:选D。细节理解题。根据Twining Romance QUEENSLAND,AUSTRALIA部分中的“Its current owners are dedicated to ‘maintaining and preserving’ the primitive beauty of this renowned carbon neutral tourist attraction with 7,500 flora and fauna (动植物).”可知,帕罗尼拉公园保留了其原始的自然之美。故选D项。
B
(2024·郑州一模)There are several items that most women would consider to be daily essentials that they need to have in their purses at all times.Few would consider a pair of scissors to be among these items.But for Shi Qinling, this tool has been with her everywhere she goes for the past decade—not as a means of selfprotection but artistic expression.“Papercutting is not about cutting random patterns from paper.Writers tell stories using words, I do the same,but with a pair of scissors,”Shi said.
Shi developed an interest in handicraft (手工艺)when she was a child who often found herself alone at home.Out of boredom, she would play with paper, folding and cutting them into different shapes.This interest later developed into a passion, one that she decided to pursue by majoring in arts and design during her time in university.After graduation, however, she found herself working at a ship design company as she was unsure about what she wanted to do with her future.About a year later, the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Research Institute offered her a position in their papercutting department.Realizing that she still had a love for the handicraft, she made the career switch.
In 2010, Shi started learning papercutting from Xi Xiaoqin, an expert of papercutting.Three years later, one of her works, The Fighting Fish, won the third place in a national competition.Six years later,Shi was named a Shanghai papercutting inheritor (继承人) and became the city's “youngest inheritor” of the papercutting heritage.Over the past decade, Shi's works have been exhibited in 23 exhibitions.Although Shi is already so skilled that she can create an animal pattern in 10 minutes, she continues to practice her skills every day.The reason is that she views papercutting as not just an art form, but also a form of learning about traditional Chinese culture.She thinks she has the responsibility to inherit this cultural treasure, and will make more efforts to attract people from different age groups and different fields to try papercutting.
[语篇解读]本文是一篇新闻报道。文章介绍了剪纸艺术继承人石勤玲学习剪纸及把剪纸艺术发扬光大的过程,赞扬了她传承保护传统艺术的决心。
4.What does papercutting mean to Shi Qinling?
A.A deep passion for the handicrafts.
B.A tool that relieves her of boredom.
C.Cutting random patterns from paper.
D.An art form of learning Chinese culture.
解析:选D。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的“The reason is that she views papercutting as not just an art form, but also a form of learning about traditional Chinese culture.”可知,剪纸对于石勤玲来说,不仅是一种艺术形式,同时是学习中国传统文化的一种形式,结合起来就是剪纸是学习中国文化的一种艺术形式,故选D项。
5.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A.How Shi Qinling got rid of the boredom.
B.What Shi Qinling had done in university.
C.How Shi Qinling started papercutting career.
D.Why Shi Qinling resigned from her previous job.
解析:选C。主旨大意题。根据第二段可知,石勤玲从小就开始对剪纸感兴趣,上大学也是就读艺术设计专业,但毕业之后入职船舶设计公司,后因内心对剪纸深深的热爱加入了上海工艺美术研究所,几经波折,终于开启了剪纸创作事业,故选C。
6.Which of the following best describes Shi Qinling?
A.Creative and ambitious.
B.Selfless and determined.
C.Talented and hardworking.
D.Determined and responsible.
解析:选D。推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Realizing that she still had a love for the handicraft, she made the career switch.”可知,因为心中对剪纸的热爱,石勤玲决定辞职改变职业方向,说明石勤玲是一个坚定的人,即determined;其次,根据最后一段的“She thinks she has the responsibility to inherit this cultural treasure, and will make more efforts to attract people from different age groups and different fields to try papercutting.”可知,石勤玲认为自己有责任保护和传承中国传统文化,表明她是一个有责任心的人,即responsible。故选D项。
7.Which can be the best title for the text?
A.Papercutting Inheritor Shapes a Sharp Career
B.Papercutting Makes an Ordinary Artist Better
C.A Means of Learning About Chinese Culture
D.An Excellent Artist Shares Her Own Career Story
解析:选A。主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文介绍了剪纸传承人石勤玲的故事,包括她是如何爱上剪纸、怎样开始从事剪纸事业、在剪纸方面取得的成绩以及剪纸对她的意义。A选项包含了关键词:papercutting inheritor和career,作为本文标题最为恰当,故选A。
C
(2024·济南市高三统一检测)Most teenagers kill time playing video games,or surfing TikTok.But it's not so for William Gadoury,a 14yearold from Quebec.William Gadoury has been crazy about the Mayans for most of his childhood,ever since his grandparents bought him books about the civilization.What started as a hobby at age 12 snowballed into serious research,and he theorized that the locations of Mayan cities might correspond to stars in Mayan constellations (星座).
Using ancient books,Gadoury analyzed 22 Mayan constellation maps and covered the positions onto HERE WeGo images of the Yucatán Peninsula,which to this day is home to large local populations and some bestpreserved architecture from Mayan culture.He would track the constellations from HERE WeGo using special sheets,covering them onto the position of Mayan cities on a paper map.The teen was able to show that 117 Mayan cities matched up with the position of the stars,with the brightest stars representing bigger cities.
But when Gadoury was working on the 23rd Mayan constellation,he found a conflict:three stars,but only two ancient cities on HERE WeGo.The third star pointed to a location on the MexicoBelize border.However, the area was covered with thick jungle,leaving Gadoury stuck.
Luckily, he asked Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for images from their RADARSAT2 satellite.Indeed, there was a square,manmadelooking structure in the heavy forest.Gadoury then learned a fire had swept across the region, thinning out the grass cover.He found images from the agency, and eventually concluded that there was indeed a city there.
Gadoury's findings eventually took him into the jungle in 2022 to search on foot,along with scientist Francisco EstradaBelli.The team discovered a farming village deep in the Mexican jungle,which showed the “backbone” of the Maya's longterm success which was down to their ability to work the land and support large cities.
[语篇解读]本文是记叙文。与其他玩电子游戏或刷TikTok的孩子不同,14岁的男孩Gadoury专心研究玛雅文明,推测玛雅城市的位置可能与玛雅星座中星星的位置相对应,据此他和一个科学家发现了一个玛雅农庄。
8.What are Gadoury's findings mainly about?
A.The villages in the Mexican jungle.
B.The images from CSA satellites.
C.The origins of Mayan culture.
D.The locations of Mayan cities.
解析:选D。细节理解题。根据第一段中的“he theorized...in Mayon constellations (星座)”可知,Gadoury通过研究推测,玛雅城市的位置可能与玛雅星座中星星的位置相对应。由此可知,Gadoury的研究发现主要与玛雅城市的位置有关。
9.How did Gadoury carry out his research according to Paragraph 2?
A.By tracking the bestpreserved building on maps.
B.By analyzing 117 Mayan cities in ancient books.
C.By checking star maps against satellite images.
D.By updating HERE WeGo on the Internet.
解析:选C。细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Gadoury analyzed 22...the Yucatán Peninsula”“He would track...cities on a paper map”可知,Gadoury通过对照HERE WeGo地图和玛雅星图研究玛雅城市的位置。
10.What made it difficult for Gadoury to find the third city of the 23rd Mayan constellation?
A.A thick forest. B.A forest fire.
C.Fund shortage. D.Bad weather.
解析:选A。细节理解题。根据第三段中的“the area was covered with thick jungle,leaving Gadoury stuck”可知,因为森林覆盖问题,Gadoury难以找到第三个城市。
11.Which of the following best describes Gadoury?
A.Cheerful. B.Intelligent.
C.Ambitious. D.Sympathetic.
解析:选B。推理判断题。通读全文可知,本文主要介绍了14岁的男孩Gadoury专心研究玛雅文明,通过比对地图和玛雅星图最终发现了一个玛雅农庄的故事。由此可推知,Gadoury是一个聪明的孩子。cheerful“快乐的,高兴的”,ambitious“有雄心的”,sympathetic“同情的,有同情心的”。
Ⅱ.完形填空
(2024·江苏省南通第一次调研测试)At 20, I was scared and lonely.My laptop was filled with the beginning of novels,halffinished song lyrics (歌词)—things I'd started with teenage __1__ only to be disappointed by my lack of creativity.I was __2__ in trying to find a new way to approach life, with no one to __3__ me in the right direction.
One Saturday,I went to a training day for my school's new journalism team.The teacher suggested I start a blog as a good way to get into __4__.Bored and in need of a __5__,I immediately set up a Blogger account.
As I typed post after post in the months that followed,I assumed I would run out of __6__.But somehow writing about the news and later about __7__,came easily.Here was something interesting that required only a laptop and an __8__.I loved the research that went into each post,loved being able to __9__ what interested me and loved finding just the right phrase to describe how I __10__.I found something I was good at and more importantly, something I __11__.
I kept posting and slowly I got better.I __12__, edited and even learned how to employ a metaphor.It wasn't long until my mind was made up: I was going to be a(n) __13__.Seven years later, I am.Having just completed a fantastic placement (实习工作) in a local newspaper,I have never been so __14__ to my younger self for actually listening to the one piece of advice that turned out to __15__ most.
[语篇解读]本文是记叙文。文章讲述了作者20岁时想尝试一种新的生活方式,但是无人指点,后来作者听从了老师让自己写博客的建议,从而发现了自己擅长和喜欢的事,从此作者不再孤单和害怕,找到了人生目标。
1. A.confusion B.maturity
C.enthusiasm D.innocence
解析:选C。句意为:我的笔记本电脑里装满了小说的开头,还有写了一半的歌词——这些都来自青少年时期的一腔热血,但都因为我缺乏创造力而宣告结束。根据句意并结合常识可知,小说和歌词等都是出于作者青春期的热情。enthusiasm意为“热情”,符合语境。
2. A.praised B.stuck
C.tricked D.punished
解析:选B。根据后文“with no one to __3__ me in the right direction”可知,作者尝试寻找一种新的生活方式,但是无人指点,所以是被困住了。stick意为“卡住”,be stuck (in)意为“被困(于)”,符合语境。
3. A.defend B.force
C.point D.join
解析:选C。根据前文“I was __2__ in trying to find a new way to approach life”可知,作者在尝试寻找一种新的生活方式时,结合空后的in the right direction可知,此处是指没有人给作者指引正确的方向。point意为“指引”,符合语境。
4. A.socializing B.advertising
C.debating D.writing
解析:选D。根据第三段中的“But somehow writing about the news and...”可知,此处是指写博客是开始写作的好方法。writing意为“写作”,符合语境。
5. A.project B.course
C.tour D.budget
解析:选A。句意为:由于感到无聊和需要一个项目,我立即开通了一个博客账户。根据第一段中的“I was __2__ in trying to find a new way to approach life”和第二段第一句可知,作者在尝试寻找一种新的生活方式,于是参加了新闻团队,所以此处指需要一个项目。project意为“项目”,符合语境。
6. A.steam B.time
C.money D.luck
解析:选A。句意为:在接下来的几个月里,当我一篇又一篇地发帖时,我以为自己会失去兴趣。根据后文“But somehow writing about the news and later about __7__,came easily.”可知,作者后来写新闻变得很容易。由But可知,设空处所在句与后文构成转折关系,因此此处指作者以为自己会失去兴趣。run out of steam为固定搭配,意为“筋疲力尽;丧失热情”,符合语境。
7. A.events B.myself
C.celebrities D.itself
解析:选B。根据本段倒数第二句中的“loved finding just the right phrase to describe how I __10__”可知,后来作者开始写自己的感受,所以此处指写他自己。myself意为“我自己”,符合语境。
8. A.idea B.option
C.excuse D.answer
解析:选A。根据前文“But somehow writing about the news and later about __7__, came easily.”并结合常识可知,作者觉得写博客简单,因为只要一台电脑和一个想法就行。idea意为“想法”,符合语境。
9. A.transform B.reject
C.predict D.explore
解析:选D。句意:我喜欢每篇帖子中的研究,喜欢能够探索令我感兴趣的东西,喜欢找到恰好合适的短语来描述我的感受。根据句意可知,作者喜欢写新闻时的研究探索、发现的过程,explore意为“探索”,符合语境,其他选项与文意不符。
10.A.acted B.felt
C.developed D.succeeded
解析:B。根据句意可知,此处指作者喜欢找到恰好合适的短语来描述自己的感受。feel 意为“感觉”,符合语境。
11.A.resisted B.remembered
C.explained D.enjoyed
解析:选D。根据第一段第二句中的“My laptop was filled with the beginning of novels,halffinished song lyrics”可知,作者是喜欢写作的;结合空前的“I found something I was good at and more importantly”可知,此处指作者找到了擅长的东西,更重要的是,找到了自己喜爱的东西。enjoy 意为“喜爱”,符合语境。
12.A.redrafted B.copied
C.deleted D.published
解析:选A。根据前文“I kept posting and slowly I got better.”可知,作者的写作能力提高了,所以是对自己写的文章进行改写和编辑。redraft 意为“改写”,符合语境。
13.A.composer B.instructor
C.journalist D.adventurer
解析:选C。根据后文“Seven years later, I am.”和“Having just completed a fantastic placement (实习) in a local newspaper”可知,作者是在当地的报社实习,因此作者是想成为一名记者。journalist意为“新闻记者”,符合语境。
14.A.friendly B.helpful
C.mean D.grateful
解析:选D。根据上文可知,作者听从了老师的建议,做了自己擅长且喜欢的事情,所以此处指作者感谢年少时的自己。grateful意为“感激的”,符合语境。
15.A.matter B.differ
C.increase D.happen
解析:选A。通读全文可知,20岁时,作者想尝试一种新的生活方式,但是无人指点,后来作者听从了老师让自己写博客的建议,从而发现了自己擅长和喜欢的事,所以这是最重要的建议。matter意为“事关紧要;要紧;有重大影响”,符合语境。
【二次精读积语料】
核心
单词
A篇
rust n.铁锈;荒废,停滞 vt.& vi.(使)生锈 tangle n.纠缠,纠纷;混乱 vt.& vi.(使)缠结 impressive adj.令人赞叹的;给人深刻印象的 fleet n.舰队,船队;车队 glory n.光荣;巅峰;赞颂 overgrown adj.长得很快的;杂草丛生的 weed n.杂草;水草 venue n.(事件或活动的)发生地 erect v.建造,竖立;建立 wonderland n.仙境,奇境;奇特的地方 renowned adj.有名的,享有盛誉的
B篇
random adj.随机的;奇怪的;任意的 passion n.热情;热恋;强烈的情感 pursue vt.继续;追求 unsure adj.不确定的;缺乏信心的,无把握的;不可靠的
C篇
architecture n.建筑设计,建筑风格 eventually adv.最后,终于
词缀
变形
A篇
civilization n.文明;文明社会→civilize v.教化,使有教养→civil adj.国民的;民用的
modernization n.现代化,现代化的事物→modernize vt.使现代化→modern adj.现代的;近代的
B篇
heritage n.遗产;传统→inherit vt.& vi.继承 vt.继任
C篇
theorize v.从理论上说明,形成理论,理论化→theory n.学说,理论
核心
短语
A篇
contrast with 与……截然不同,形成鲜明的对照
B篇
develop an interest in 对……产生兴趣 major in 主修;专修;专攻
C篇
be crazy about...热衷于…… correspond to 与……相一致 match up with...和……匹配
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