专题02 阅读理解之记叙文（期中真题好题速递）-【好题汇编】备战2024-2025学年高二英语上学期期中真题分类汇编（人教版2019）

1 专题02阅读理解之记叙文 （一） （23-24高二上·山东菏泽·期中）I know next to nothing about baseball. When in the right field during P. E. as a boy, I prayed the ball wouldn’t come to me. It took a miracle (奇迹) for me to catch it. Yet I later became the father of two boys, Will and Tim (8 and 5), who were both interested in baseball. On Saturday mornings, I’d take Will out to the playground and play catch with him. Thanks to my weak arm, the ball dropped before he could catch it. After many misses one day, he said, “How am I ever going to make the major leagues?” “You got the wrong dad, kid,” I thought. Baseball isn’t my thing. Still, I wanted to give my kids confidence on the field. There was an official Little League in our area, but it was super-competitive and primarily targeted older boys. What if we had something more low-key, something that welcomed boys and girls, and younger ones? I shared the idea with some neighbors. “That would be great!”they said. Now who could organize such a thing? Not me. I tried to put the idea aside, but it wouldn’t leave me. I finally decided that I must do something about it. So I called the city’s recreation department, explaining that some families wanted to start a baseball league in our neighborhood. Were there any fields for that? They bounced me around. Finally, I spoke to the official in charge. I got butterflies in my stomach. What if he said no? “Yes, we have something for you,” the man said, hearing my request. We got two fields for four hours every Sunday morning. Our league was founded. What a joy it was to sit on the benches, watching Will and Tim playing baseball! How grateful I was for other parents who did the coaching! And I became the most unlikely baseball commissioner (专员) ever. Many years have passed. Now Will and Tim are new dads, and I can’t wait to see what they’ll have to do. I know better than anyone: Parenthood calls you to do the most unlikely things. 1．Why did the author think his son Will got the wrong father? A．He lacked confidence. B．He had poor baseball skills. C．He had little energy or time. D．He didn’t know Will’s dream. 2．What special feature did the author expect the baseball league had? A．Being easy to join. B．Having its own fields. C．Focusing on training kids. D．Having professional coaches. 3．How did the author probably feel while talking to the official? A．Confident. B．Peaceful. C．Nervous. D．Hesitant. 4．What does the author want to stress in the text? A．The need to challenge oneself. B．The greatness of parental love. C．The responsibility of parenthood. D．The role of sports in kids’ growth. （二） （23-24高二上·浙江杭州·期中）“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish, by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”---Albert Einstein If you have a kid with special needs in the school system, you’re likely to have come across that saying hanging on a classroom wall. My five-year-old daughter Syona has cerebral palsy (脑瘫) and it means, combined with her communication and sight problems, that normal standard isn’t always an accurate measure of her abilities. By now you have probably heard about Chris Ulmer, the 26-year old teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, who starts his special education class by calling up each student to give them much admiration and a high-five. I couldn’t help but be reminded of Syona’s teacher and how she supports each kid in a very similar way. Ulmer recently shared a video of his teaching experience. “I have seen their confidence increase rapidly.” he said. All I could think was: how lucky these students are to have such good teachers. Syona’s teacher has an attitude that can best be summarized in one word: wonderful. Her teacher doesn’t focus on what can’t be done---she focuses on what can be done. Over the past several months, my husband Dilip and I have seen Syona’s confidence increase greatly. She uses words she wouldn’t have thought of using before. She recently told me about her classmates trip to Ecuador and was very proud when I understood her on the first try. I actually wonder what the influence would be if we did something similar to what Ulmer does with his students in our home. We’ve recently started our day by reminding each other of the good qualities we all have. If we are reminded of our strengths on a regular basis, we will become increasingly confident about progress and success. 5．What does the author think of Albert Einstein’s saying? A．Funny. B．True. C．Strange. D．Confusing. 6．What can we learn about Syona’s teacher? A．She is Syona’s favorite teacher. B．She puts Einstein’s quote on the wall C．She uses videos to teach her students. D．She helps increase her students’ confidence. 7．What change has taken place in the author’s family? A．They’ve invited Ulmer’s students to their home. B．They visit Ulmer’s classroom regularly. C．They give each other praise every day. D．They feel thankful to people in their lives. 8．What is the author’s attitude towards Chris Ulmar’s way of teaching? A．Supportive B．Opposed C．Indifferent D．Negative （三） （23-24高二上·江苏无锡·期中）I didn’t quite know what I was looking for when I flew to Mongolia for a term abroad. I just needed something different, far from the late-night libraries of my college town. Most different, I hoped, would be my rural homestay: two weeks in central Mongolia with a family of nomadic(游牧的) herders. I was studying Mongolian at the time, but still, there was so much I couldn’t say or understand. As we walked in the snow behind the goats, my host mom would ask me if I was cold, then giggle (咯咯地笑) and copy a big shiver to make sure I understood. In the evenings, she showed me how to make dumplings with her fingers. My host siblings would talk with me, speaking too fast for me to understand, as we explored the rocks around our tent; I’d listen and nod. This verbal(言语的) barrier was strangely freeing. In the crowded dining hall at home, meeting new people made me anxious. I’d stay quiet, measuring out my words, struggling for something to say that wouldn’t expose me as unfunny or boring. In Mongolia, I couldn’t perfect my words. I could only smile, and try out one of the phrases I’d mastered: “May I help?” “Where is the dog?” “Are you tired?” My host family laughed at my pronunciation, at the way I threw up my hands and eyebrows in a frequent gesture of confusion. But in their laughter, I felt safe, unembarrassed. With my Mongolian family on the grassland, I found a feeling of ease I’d never felt before. We were so different, they and I, and not just in language. Their skin was hardened and darkened by sun; I’d been hidden under hats and sunscreen since birth. My host siblings(兄弟姐妹) grew up drawing water from frozen streams and jogging behind herds of sheep; I spent summers at tennis camp. For me, these gaps made all the difference. Without shared social measures, I wasted no time wondering how I was measuring up. Only real things—kindness, helpfulness—mattered. 9．Why did the author go to Mongolia for a term abroad? A．She dreamed of living a nomadic life. B．She was tired of studying late at night. C．She had to study Mongolians’ normal life. D．She was collecting information for libraries. 10．What does the underlined word “shiver” in paragraph 2 mean? A．Hug. B．Smile. C．Attack. D．Shake. 11．How did the author behave at the dining hall in her home country? A．She felt at ease in the crowd. B．She usually weighed her words. C．She asked a lot of funny questions. D．She often made others laugh with jokes. 12．What did the author learn from her life in Mongolia? A．You are judged wherever you go. B．Nature makes humans feel insignificant. C．Appearance reflects one’s standard of life. D．Being kind is the common social standard. （四） （23-24高二上·浙江宁波·期中）Growing up on a mountain farm in Tyrol, Fritz enjoyed watching how cows and horses interacted with each other more freely, once they’d been led out of the barn and into pasture. It was what he observed in his boyhood that took root in his pursuit of becoming a biologist. After he finished his study at university. Fritz landed work at Austria’s Konrad Lorenz Research Center, raising raven chicks by hand and teaching graylag geese how to open boxes as he pursued his PhD．Working this closely with free-living animals was exactly what he’d dreamed of as a boy. In 1997, a zoo gave the research center its first northern bald ibis chicks (隐鹮) Nowhere near as teachable as geese—and not even close to super intelligent ravens—the ibises frustrated most of the scientists. But Fritz was fascinated. He devoted himself to taking care of them. After the ibises were first released back into the wild more than 20 years ago, Fritz learned that spending generations in zoo hadn’t reduced their drive to migrate (迁徙), though it did leave them geographically uninformed. In their search for “south”, some ended up in Russia. What the ibises needed, Fritz thought, was a guide. Fritz decided he would teach the birds a new, safer migration route by guiding them himself in a tiny aircraft. And he was confident he could succeed in this daring, unconventional plan—because he had done it before. “Around that time, the movie ‘Fly Away Home’ was a huge hit with us biologists,” Fritz says. When he announced that he’d do the same with the ibises, he was initially laughed at. But Fritz didn’t give up. He modified an ultralight aircraft so it would travel at speeds slow enough for his winged students to keep up. He had been his young pupils’ only provider of food, love and hugs since they were just a few days old, and the ibises eagerly followed their teacher, who just happened to pilot a fairly noisy machine. In 2004, three years after some initially bumpy (颠簸的) experiments, Fritz led the first batch of birds from Austria to Italy, and has since led 15 such migrations. Over that time, he has rewilded 277 young ibises, many of which then started to pass the route on to their own young. 13．What determined Fritz’s career choice? A．Fritz’s childhood observation. B．Fritz’s passion for biology. C．Fritz’s growth environment. D．Fritz’s interaction with animals. 14．What disappointed the scientists about ibis chicks? A．They are easy to get lost in the migration. B．They are lacking in the desire to migrate. C．They are accustomed to the life in the zoo. D．They are strikingly far from easy to teach. 15．Why did Fritz decide to teach the ibises a new migration route? A．The ibises were too awkward to find a new migration route. B．The ibises needed a guide for lack of geographical knowledge. C．Fritz wanted to prove that he could succeed in a daring plan. D．Fritz wanted to recreate a touching scene of a popular movie. 16．What is Fritz like according to the passage? A．sensitive but courageous. B．innovative but demanding. C．persistent and insightful. D．enthusiastic and cooperative. （五） （23-24高二上·山东青岛·期中）Being a writer in the 21st century can keep you in front of a screen for so long that it feels like the room is sideways. Being a human with the Internet can mean hours spent on social media, scrolling and posting for so long that your sense of reality actually becomes sideways. Three years ago, I started to search for ways to deal with my anxiety. I had a brilliant idea, one that felt completely foreign to people like me: I’d go outside, to the real outside. I grew up in the city, not hiking or camping, so I knew nothing about the outdoors. I have three kids with endless energy, so I figured I could solve two questions at once. I would get a breather from my job and the kids would play with insects and realize there is nothing better than nature. We drove to Great Falls, Virginia, where hundreds of people on any given day spent hours meandering through the hillside and forest. The blue water pulsed, turning white and crashing powerfully hundreds of feet beneath us. The kids held their breath as if they had seen magics. But it’s just nature, just the outside, and that had been there all along. Since then, we’ve been fascinated. Last summer I felt my home’s walls closing in, so I decided to go camping. I built my first fire. My kids watched my every move, asking every ten minutes to help get more branches and roast meat. About a month, my craving to take a break from the city grew again. We camped two more times before the cold came, each time seeing a bit more of what nature had to offer city folks. 17．Why did the author decide to go outside three years ago? A．Because he was interested in nature. B．Because he hoped to reduce anxiety. C．Because he fell in love with camping. D．Because he was eager for the outdoors. 18．What does the author want his kids to do? A．Enjoy the beauty of nature. B．Stay away from social media. C．Learn to protect themselves. D．Choose to do what they are fond of. 19．How did the kids feel about the tour to Great Falls? A．Tired. B．Scared. C．Bored. D．Excited. 20．What does the underlined word “craving” in the last paragraph mean? A．Memory. B．Chance. C．Desire. D．Ability. （六） （23-24高二上·宁夏银川·期中）A man named Randy liked to look for big trees and old trees. He made maps to show where these trees were. He did not want to cut them down. He wanted people to take care of them. Randy was told that there was a very tall tree on Vancouver Island. The tree was said to be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada. Randy started to find the tree. But someone else found it first. It was found by a logger (伐木工). Loggers wanted to cut down Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it. Randy made a path in the forest so people could see the tallest tree. The tree was so big and beautiful that it would bring them enjoyment. More and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these people, that forest is now a park. Canada’s tallest tree is still there. 21．Why did Randy make maps of big trees and old trees? A．To carry out his duty carefully. B．To avoid getting lost in forests. C．To show where these trees were. D．To get information for selling them. 22．What did the loggers want to do to Canada’s tallest tree? A．Take care of it. B．Cut it down. C．Take pictures of it. D．Make it famous. 23．Why did Randy make a path to the tallest tree in Canada? A．To help people cut it. B．To help people see it. C．To help people water it. D．To help people move it. 24．What do we learn about the forest with Canada’s tallest tree? A．It is now a park. B．People burned it down. C．It will disappear soon. D．People lost interest in it. （七） （23-24高二上·河北沧州·期中）A year ago, I started working out with a personal trainer and the results were obvious. The reflection in the mirror was fit and strong, with a narrow waist. This month I’ll be celebrating my 74th birthday, but I feel more like I’m about to turn 40. In fact, I’m in the best shape of my life. And I’m here to tell you that it’s never too late to make changes. If I can do it in my early 70s, then you can do it too. I haven’t always felt so body confident. As a busy working mum I had the same hang-ups as so many other women. In my forties I fell into the trap of trying to do it all. I raised my daughter Laura, now 43, while working as a NHS clinical leader, which left me feeling stressed and exhausted. By 50 I’d reached breaking point. I ended up breaking down in the doctor’s surgery. And I was signed off work with stress-related depression. I began to do a lot of soul searching. My burnout had set me on a completely different path. Around this time, my approach to my health was also shifting. So many women hit 50 thinking that’s it and they’re done, but for me it felt like a new beginning. I enrolled in a gym and learned how to use the equipments. Over the next few years, I went to the gym roughly twice a week. Sometimes I didn’t want to go—but at the end of every session I always felt better. I wrote and self-published a book called Journey to Chocolate about my seeking for a more balanced and satisfying life. I started eating “clean” with lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, avoiding processed food and not drinking alcohol from Monday to Thursday. The changes to my diet made me feel more energetic and alert. I slept better, and managing my weight was much easier. 25．Why does the author write this article? A．To inspire. B．To inform. C．To discuss. D．To show off. 26．What does the author think of her life as a working mum? A．Annoying. B．Tiring. C．Rewarding. D．Amazing. 27．What is the book Journey to Chocolate mainly about? A．The meaning of life. B．The way to keep clean. C．The author’s pursuit. D．The benefits of chocolate. 28．What can be the best title of this text? A．Keep Energetic at 74 B．Hold on to Your Dream C．Retire as Early as Possible D．Make Use of Old Age （八） （23-24高二上·浙江嘉兴·期中）Working at a commercial bank in New York City in the mid-2010s, Anna Sacks sensed a lack of meaning in her life. She wanted to do something more fulfilling. Some people seeking meaning might read a self-help book, or perhaps volunteer a few hours a week. Sacks packed up her life and moved to Connecticut for three months to participate in Adamah, a farming program that focuses on sustainable living and growing sustainable food. Returning to New York, Sacks carried with her a newfound purpose and a set of skills to turn her dreams into reality. “One of the things that really stuck with me from Adamah was how little waste they produced and how they handled the waste they did have, mostly through composting,” she says. “And I just thought, ‘Why aren’t we doing that here? What is actually in all those bags and recycling bins at the roadsides?’” The Adamah program opened Sacks’s eyes to the damage consumer culture is doing and the need to find solutions. So in 2016, she started working with a food rescue program, and in 2017, she found her true calling—what she calls “trash walking”. During walks around her neighborhood, Sacks, 31, picked through trash to look for reusable items. Soon her trash walks expanded to include recycling bins in big companies. Surprisingly, she discovered really great stuff—like clothing and food—all of which she documents on Instagram and TikTok. Under the name The Trash Walker, Sacks quickly gained popularity for her educational, funny, and surprising videos that highlight the problems with consumerism and share information about how to live a more sustainable lifestyle. “The root issue is overproduction, which leads to over-consumption, which leads to a large amount of waste,” she says. Sacks is one of the most influential climate change activists on social media today. The lesson from her trash walking isn’t just that we need to produce less stuff. It’s that we need to stop throwing perfectly good items in the trash too. 29．What motivated Anna Sacks to get involved in Adamah? A．A self-help book she read. B．Her job at a commercial bank. C．Her desire for a meaningful life. D．The volunteer experience she had. 30．What did Anna Sacks find impressive about Adamah? A．Fast-growing food output. B．Sustainable living practices. C．Advanced farming techniques. D．Various waste management methods. 31．Why did Anna Sacks start her “trash walking” initiative? A．To improve her living conditions. B．To gain popularity on social media. C．To advertise her food rescue program. D．To handle the damage by consumer culture. 32．What does the author advocate to reduce waste? A．Raising prices on products. B．Collecting second-hand items. C．Producing high-quality goods. D．Making full use of products. （九） （23-24高二上·山东潍坊·期中）Working at an investment bank in New York City in the mid-2010s. Anna Sacks was living the life—just not the life she wanted. Sure, she was happy. But she wanted to do something that felt important and was fulfilling on a deeper level. Sacks packed up her life and moved to Connecticut for three months to participate in Adamah, a Jewish farming program that focuses on sustainable living and growing sustainable food. The Adamah program opened Sacks’s eyes to the damage consumer culture is doing on a local, national, and global level, and the need to find solutions. From then on, she began what she calls “trash (垃圾) walking.” While walking around her neighborhood, Sacks, 31, picked through rubbish to look for reusable items. Soon, her trash walks expanded to include company rubbish along with residential trash. Surprisingly, she discovered a wide range of really great stuff—like clothing, dinnerware, and food—all of which she documents on Instagram and TikTok. Under the name The Trash Walker, Sacks quickly gained popularity for her educational, funny, and surprising videos that highlight the problems with consumerism and share information about how to live a more sustainable life. “The root issue is overproduction, which leads to overconsumption, which leads to a large amount of waste,” she says. Sacks’s videos have gone viral many times, causing shockwaves through the industries she calls out. Trash walking has given Sacks a nearly endless supply and she shares much of her “treasure” with others. She tries giving them informally to family, friends, or individuals she knows may need a specific item. Then she takes the remaining items to free stores so other New Yorkers can benefit from her treasure-hunting. Sacks’s main focus is simply getting people to pay attention to how many unnecessary things they buy and then throw away. “Once you become aware of the way you consume, you can see ways you improve,” she says. 33．What inspired Sacks to begin her “trash walking”? A．Her desire to live a richer life. B．The great need for household stuff. C．Her involvement in a project. D．The wish to be an Internet star. 34．What do Sacks’ videos focus on? A．Funny stories. B．Views on consumption. C．Educational courses. D．Solutions to problems. 35．How does Sacks deal with her trash? A．She donates all to the charity. B．She keeps most for her family. C．She gives away much to others. D．She sells some to individuals. 36．What can be a suitable title for the text? A．Trash Walker: Find Treasure in Trash. B．Trash Walking: A Tough Journey. C．Trash Walker: Live in the Moment. D．Trash Walking: A New Career. （十） （23-24高二上·河北承德·期中）Sarah was not an early riser. But what made the annoying early morning hours bearable was the comforting smell of fresh coffee floating in the air. Her favorite coffee shop was just a few minutes away from her apartment. One sunny morning, Sarah rushed to get dressed. Having a job interview, she felt anxious, afraid to be late. She grabbed her car key, dashed out of the door and made her way to her familiar coffee shop as usual. As she joined the line of cars at the drive-through, the smell of roasted coffee beans and the thought of the first taste of coffee were her little daily luxury. The line inched forward, and soon, Sarah found herself at the drive-through window. She reached for her purse to pay, but before she could hand over her credit card, the coffee shop assistant smiled and said, “Your coffee has been covered by the car ahead of you.” Sarah was taken aback. “Really?” she asked, feeling astonished and grateful. The assistant nodded. The unexpected act of kindness put a smile on her face, making her upcoming interview feel a little relaxing. As she exited the drive-through, Sarah glanced in her rear view mirror (后视镜) at the next car approaching the coffee shop window. An idea began to come into her mind. Maybe she could do the same and brighten someone else’s morning. She decided to return to the coffee shop. Inside, she approached the cashier and said, “I’d like to pay for the coffee of the person in the car behind me.” The assistant smiled and nodded again. As Sarah eventually left the coffee shop, Sarah couldn’t help but wonder how the next driver would react. A wave of satisfaction washed over Sarah as she witnessed the continuation of the coffee chain. She knew she had just initiated a chain of generosity and kindness. 37．What can we learn about Sarah from the first two paragraphs? A．She led a life of luxury. B．She used to get up early. C．She was nervous about the interview. D．She was new to the coffee shop. 38．Why did Sarah go back to the coffee shop? A．To find out who paid for her coffee. B．To order herself another cup of coffee. C．To see what was exactly happening there. D．To buy coffee for the driver behind her. 39．How did Sarah feel when she finally left the coffee shop? A．Ambitious. B．Content. C．Awkward. D．Suspicious. 40．What is the text mainly about? A．A chain of coffee shops. B．An unforgettable interview. C．The kindness from an assistant. D．The power of paying it forward. （十一） （23-24高二上·四川宜宾·期中）On Christmas Eve morning I awoke with a mission: to find my lost cat, Baby-Girl. As I got ready, I could hear icy rain pelting the windows. Baby-Girl was somewhere in the storm, I could just feel it. Sure, it had been months since she’d disappeared, but I still had faith. This was the season for miracles, after all. My dad and I spent the last holiday searching for her in the park nearby. Dad was the family’s “realist,” which meant he spent time trying to prepare me for the worst. “She’s either been hit by a car or been taken in by someone,” he said. I rolled my eyes. He could do with a little more faith! Though I couldn’t explain it, I knew I’d see Baby-Girl again. She could survive all on her own. Even after I lived without her and the weeks stretched into months, deep down I had this feeling that we’d be reunited one day. Now, again for the holidays, I made up my mind to pick up my search. I grabbed Baby-Girl’s cat carrier and loaded it into the car, then asked my dad to drive me to the shelter. “Sharon, be realistic!” my dad said as we headed to the garage. “She’s been gone too long. You’re not going to find her.” “Well, I just have a feeling,” I said. “Don’t you believe in Christmas miracle?” At the shelter, a staff member took us to see the cats. We walked through rows of cages. My eyes scanned cats of all colors and sizes. None of them was my Baby-Girl. Then I noticed a room farther back. I pushed ahead. “Sweetheart, that’s where they keep the cats that just came in,” Dad said. I insisted on stepping into the room. Suddenly, there came a familiar meow (猫叫). I followed it and my eyes fell on a little cat with big green eyes. Skinnier than I remembered, it was Baby-Girl! My eyes welled up with tears. I opened the cage door. Baby-Girl practically jumped into my arms. 41．What did the author’s father think about the lost cat? A．It could be stolen. B．It wasn’t lovely at all. C．It could be seen again. D．It was impossible to be found. 42．Which word can be used to describe the author? A．Ambitious. B．Indifferent. C．Determined. D．Considerate. 43．Where was the cat found? A．The shelter. B．The garage. C．The park. D．The car. 44．What did Christmas miracle refer to in the text? A．The lost cat came home on her own. B．The father decided to retake the pet. C．The lost cat and the author reunited. D．The father got together with the author. （十二） （23-24高二上·四川眉山·期中）Unable to hold back my curiosity any longer, I opened the beautifully wrapped present. It was a shiny, new laptop. I had scored straight A’s for my examination and this was my reward. I had always envied (嫉妒) my friends who were always exchanging news about “chat rooms” or “e-mailing”, which I knew nothing about. Now I was going to find out. It started out simply enough. I was searching for some information online when I came across a social networking site. Soon I became attached to my new-found electronic friend. I began to spend more and more time on YouTube and became controlled by Facebook and Twitter. Whenever I was not accessing these social networking sites, I would be going through gossip (八卦) or fashion websites. As time passed, I would lock myself in my room during weekends, refusing to come out and take part in family discussions. I preferred to stay connected to the “friends” online whom I had never met. Soon I was spending the early hours of the morning surfing the Internet. Sleep became broken naps and my grades at school also began worsening. It was about this time that my parents started voicing their disapproval. I was asked to reduce my usage of the Internet. Yet, however hard I tried, I was unable to pull myself away. I was thirsty for just another click, or just another look at message board. Then one day, my father took away my laptop. I cried, shouted and even begged but in vain. Dad had made up his mind. Over time, I realized that Dad and Mum had always wanted the best for me. That was when I decided to take the big step—to quit my internet addiction. Quitting was harder than I expected. But with strong determination, I knew that I would be able to do it. I promised my parents that I would turn over a new leaf. 45．Why did the author’s parents buy her a laptop? A．To reward her for her excellent grades. B．To let her make more friends easily. C．To meet her curiosity about chat rooms. D．To help her set up a social networking site. 46．What happened to the author after she got addicted to the Internet? A．She went out with new friends a lot. B．She suffered from sleeplessness. C．She got anxious and lost her temper. D．She ignored the people and things around her. 47．What made the author decide to quit her internet addiction? A．Her father’s demand. B．Her boredom with the Internet. C．Her worsening school grades. D．Her parents’ love and expectations. 48．What can we learn from the author’s story? A．It’s never too late to mend. B．Action speaks louder than words. C．Behind bad luck comes good luck. D．A bad beginning makes a bad ending. （十三） （23-24高二上·福建三明·期中）I still remember my father’s embarrassment the day when he was invited to have dinner at a colleague’s house. Freshly arriving in Brazil, and not being able to look up on the Internet, he offended his hosts by making a hand gesture — a circle with the thumb and index finger. He had always understood it to mean “OK”, but in Brazil, it meant something different. The incident was quickly forgotten. My father’s colleague understood that he probably wasn’t yet aware of the local meaning of the gesture. He gently explained it meant something rude, and then it was kept in mind under “things not to be done in Rio”. I was reminded myself when touring China. After I replied to a friend’s WeChat message with a Van Gogh sticker that I thought meant “keep fighting”, another friend told me I used it wrong. “The Chinese version is a bit different,” she said, taking out her phone and showing to me. “See these characters? They mean ‘I will hit you!’” Life is full of crossed meanings. In India, you sign to someone to come over with your palm down, not up. And in the Middle East, you never use your left hand for anything public. As adults, we understand that even if it hurts, a mistake is only an insult (侮辱) when it is made on purpose. Yet, many conflicts come from misunderstanding, and history is full of the unfortunate outcomes of cross-cultural communication. My father’s pre-Internet Brazilian mistake was forgiven because of context — he had just arrived and he didn’t know its local meaning. But when context is absent or simply differently understood — especially in the social media — perhaps it is time we all think twice before typing or talking, especially when the consequences can be more severe than the misuse of a WeChat sticker. 49．What can be inferred from the author’s father’s story? A．Cultural differences are common. B．The Internet helps to avoid mistakes. C．Misunderstandings lead to bad results. D．The OK sign means differently in Brazil. 50．What did the author mean to do by using the Van Gogh sticker? A．To greet his friend. B．To threaten his friend. C．To encourage his friend. D．To make fun of his friend. 51．What might result in if there is no context? A．Forgiveness. B．Cultural gaps. C．Cultural conflicts. D．Mutual(相互的) respect. 52．What could be the best title for the text? A．Tourism and Culture. B．Language and Culture. C．Verbal Communication. D．Cross-Cultural Communication. （十四） （23-24高二上·湖南永州·期中）Carey made a great academic achievement in high school and looked forward to attending Harvard and other top schools. But he could not afford the application fees, let alone school fees. But with a passion for business, Carey dreamed of attending a college in the Northeast so he could be close to New York City and other major business centers. In the process of his application, he was determined to deal with it by himself. He looked at hundreds of websites, checking scholarship requirements. Many scholarships had very specific qualifications that he didn’t meet. But Carey had 600 volunteer hours and started a nonprofit organization which organized volunteer opportunities for students when he was in high school. So he searched for scholarships that looked for excellent grades combined with leadership and community service. Soon, he got the Gates Millennium Scholarship, which covers school fees from a bachelor’s to a doctor’s degree. A $20,000 scholarship from Coca-Cola followed. He also received a $20,000 Horatio Alger Scholarship and the $10,000 Axa Achievement Scholarship. And smaller awards just kept coming. In the end, he had amazing success, receiving 34 scholarships worth $1.3 million—enough to pay for years of school, plus cover his living expenses with some leftover to invest. Carey has used the money for schooling, room and board, daily supplies, travel for interviews, and other needs. After appearing at national conferences and in the media, hundreds of students and parents have emailed and called for advice, which inspired Carey, now a business major at Drexel, to make a mobile-phone app called Scholly—short for “scholarships”—to help other teens get scholarship money. Though the app had thousands of downloads, Carey and his colleagues decided to keep the price only at 99 cents because their purpose was more public service than profit. As for his career plans, he has the goal of a true enterprise: “I do not have to get a job when I graduate.” 53．What did Carey do when he applied for scholarships? A．He started a nonprofit organization. B．He took part in community service. C．He matched his strengths with the criteria. D．He checked requirements with volunteers. 54．Why does Carey develop Scholly? A．To appeal for more downloads. B．To help other teens make apps. C．To raise funds for his own schooling. D．To facilitate scholarship application. 55．What does Carey intend to do for his career? A．Working for a charity. B．Starting his own business. C．Maintaining his current job. D．Getting a high paid job. 56．Which of the following best describe Christopher Carey? A．Ambitious and generous. B．Tolerant and diligent. C．Creative and humble. D．Stubborn and adventurous. （十五） （23-24高二上·山东菏泽·期中）Mia Samolinski attended the same school as Anthony Zhongor, an 18-year-old freshman, but the two had never met. That night, their paths crossed in the most remarkable way. Mia had just gotten into her car and was about to drive away, but she hit the gas instead of the brakes. Security footage (录像) shows the car rushing over a sidewalk, hitting a trash can, and then plunging (突然前冲) into the dark, cold water of the bay in just a few short seconds. People rushed to look in the water, but only one person jumped in after Mia, and it was Anthony. “She went pretty deep in there,” the teenager recalled. “She was striking the door and the window, trying to break the window, of course, and that got me nervous and scared for her, so I just took my clothes off and went into the water.” Mia’s car began to sink rapidly, but she couldn’t get the doors or windows open. Anthony tried to get the doors open from the outside, but couldn’t quite manage it. As the seconds ticked by, the teenage hero realized he could use his own body weight to push down the heavy front end of the car, making the back end stick out of the water. Mia climbed into the back and managed to escape through the rear hatch (后备箱盖). She and Anthony swam to the shore together. As soon as they were safe, tearful Mia thanked Anthony sincerely for saving her. Like so many heroes, Anthony did not set out to save a life that night. But he was in the right place, at the right time. “It doesn’t matter who it was, he or she was suffering,” he said, “I couldn’t watch anybody suffering in front of me.” 57．What led Mia into the accident? A．The brake’s failing. B．Her wrong operation. C．Her awkward driving skill. D．The complex traffic situation. 58．How did Anthony help Mia escape from the car? A．He opened the back door. B．He broke one of the windows. C．He kept the back of the car out of the water. D．He managed to push the car to the shallow end. 59．Which of the following best describes Anthony? A．Brave and helpful. B．Creative and gifted. C．Lucky and friendly. D．Generous and careful. 60．What message does the last paragraph mainly convey? A．Heroes are never accidental. B．Heroes come from teenagers. C．Heroes are not born but made. D．Behind every hero hides a tragedy. （十六） （23-24高二上·山西吕梁·期中）Exploring the peaks (山顶) of the world’s highest mountains or the secrets of space has become almost second nature for Poorna Malavath and Kavya Manyapu. It has taken Manyapu to NASA where her research has included designing space suits, and Malavath to the top of Mount Everest in 2014, when she became the youngest ever woman to climb the world’s highest mountain at the age of just 13. Now, the two women have channeled their exploring spirit into climbing some of the world’s most difficult mountains as part of their campaign, Project Shakthi, which raises money to fund girls’ education. At the end of August, they climbed a 6,012-meter virgin peak in Ladakh, India-one previously unmapped and untouched by humans, Never climbed before, the mountain presented difficult challenges for even an experienced mountaineer like Malavath, for there were neither routes to follow nor advice from previous climbers to cling to. “We have to prepare ourselves mentally to accept everything,” Malavath says. Every member of the team experienced some form of altitude sickness (高原反应) while climbing up the virgin peak. Rainy weather conditions that turned to snow at high altitudes added to the complexities of climbing the mountain. And for a relatively inexperienced climber like Manyapu, though she had trained extensively, the challenges were even greater. In the group’s darkest moments on the journey, they found motivation in Project Shakthi’s purpose: “We climb so that girls can read”, a deeply personal cause for both Malavath and Manyapu. In the meantime, the project has already begun selecting girls who will receive its sponsorship through the $12,000 it has raised so far. “Poorna and I actually visited our village back in India right after we completed our exploration of the virgin peak,” Manyapu says, “And we are starting the project in our village because that’s where our roots are.” Eventually, the project will aim to sponsor girls across the globe, empowering them and offering them opportunities to receive education. 61．What is the purpose of Project Shakthi? A．To design space suits. B．To map mountain peaks. C．To explore the secrets of space. D．To collect money for girls’ education. 62．What does the underlined phrase “cling to” in paragraph 3 mean? A．Ignore. B．Turn down. C．Rely on. D．Give. 63．Which of the following best describes climbing the virgin peak? A．Dangerous. B．Unnecessary. C．Unchallenging. D．Interesting. 64．What is the best title for the text? A．Kavya Manyapu’s Achievements in Studying Space B．Two Successful Women Climbed a Mountain for Charity C．Girls in the Villages Have Long Suffered Unfair Treatment D．Difficulties Poorna Malavath Experienced When Climbing Mount Everest （十七） （23-24高二上·福建漳州·期中）Johnny Agar had always dreamed of competing in triathlons (铁人三项赛) as an athlete. Unfortunately, he’d been diagnosed with cerebral palsy (大脑性瘫痪) shortly after he was born. This disorder makes it difficult for the now-28-year-old to get around. However, he and his father are proving that where there’s a will — and a lot of love — there’s a way! Jeff Agar, 59, is helping Johnny experience life to the fullest by entering triathlons by his side. As a team, they’ve completed over 200 races, including a full ironman triathlon that required them to swim, bike and run 140 miles in just 17 hours. “I’m not a fan of triathlon,” Jeff joked. “I’m doing it not because I love it. This is Johnny’s dream and I’m giving him the legs and the power to do it.” Although Jeff typically provides the majority of the manpower, it was important for Johnny to cross the finish line on his own legs. “Walking in races was my way of telling Dad, ‘Okay, I’m not just going to say thank-you anymore; I’m going to actually put words into action,’” Johnny said. Johnny and his dad now form Team Agar, using their story and the power of motivational speaking to inspire others. “When we completed that 140-mile Ironman together, it had an amazing impact on many people who had seen our story. We began to see that competing isn’t just about us crossing the finish line; it’s about helping others leave uncertainty in the dust — even those facing greater obstacles than we did.” Earlier this month, they received some incredible news. They were invited to compete in one of the toughest triathlons: the Ironman World Championship! What made the occasion even more special was a pre-recorded video message from Johnny’s idol, athlete Peyton Manning. “Rumor has it that you’re a big fan of mine,” Peyton said, “I’m a big fan of yours as well! You guys are incredible; you’re a true inspiration.” 65．What can we learn about Jeff from the text? A．He has a great passion for triathlons. B．He is upset about Johnny’s severe illness. C．He goes all out to help his son achieve his ambition. D．He crosses the finish line with his son in competitions. 66．Why did Jeff and Johnny set up Team Agar? A．To give motivation to other people. B．To encourage more people to join them. C．To make themselves more competitive. D．To participate in more competitions as a team. 67．What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph? A．Peyton will record more videos of Johnny and Jeff. B．Jeff and Johnny have influenced people positively. C．Johnny and Jeff have been getting along well with Peyton. D．Peyton has provided Johnny with material assistance. 68．Which can be a suitable title for the text? A．An Old Father’s Love for Triathlons B．A Disabled Competitor Works Wonders C．Dad Helps Son With Cerebral Palsy Achieve His Dream D．Great Achievements Made by Dad and Son in Sports （十八） （23-24高二上·山西大同·期中）When a woman bought a painting that appeared to bear the signature (签名) of N. C． Wyeth at a store in 2017, she joked that the 4-dollar item might actually be a real work by the Maine painter. Her joke was no laughing matter, and the painting is now estimated to fetch as much as $250,000 at auction (拍卖会) in September. According to experts at Bonhams Skinner auction house, the seller unknowingly bought the work at a Savers store in Manchester, New Hampshire, while searching for frames to reuse. At that time, the Wyeth painting had been put against a wall along with mostly damaged posters and prints. The woman took the piece home, and then made a quick Internet search but could not find any information about the work. After hanging the painting in her bedroom for several years, she eventually stored it in her study. She rediscovered the painting this past May while doing cleaning, and this time posted images of the work on an online page titled “Things Found in Walls”, which is devoted to “stories of things you have found in walls, dug up in your backyard, or in that spare house across the street from your grandma’s”, according to the group’s description. Comments on the post led her to contact Lauren Lewis, a former curator who worked with paintings by three generations of the Wyeths: N. C． Wyeth, his son Andrew Wyeth and his grandson Jamie Wyeth. So she did. “After seeing the piece in person, Lewis was 99% certain it was authentic instead of a copy,” she told The Boston Globe. “While it certainly had some small scratches (划痕), it was in remarkable condition considering none of us had any idea of its journey over the last 80 years.” Wyeth often produced cover art for publishers of periodicals and novels. The painting up for sale in September is one of four he completed for a 1939 edition of Helen Hunt Jackson’s book Ramona, originally published in 1884. In it, Wyeth painted the young title character facing her elderly mother. 69．What was the woman’s joke? A．The storekeeper was lazy and foolish. B．The painting she bought might be valuable. C．The signature of N. C． Wyeth was wrong. D．The Maine painter would appear at auction. 70．How did the woman deal with the painting shortly after she got home? A．She put it in her study. B．She sold it to Lauren Lewis. C．She sent it to her friend. D．She searched online about it. 71．What does the underlined word “authentic” in paragraph 6 mean? A．Real. B．Damaged. C．Famous. D．Stolen. 72．What is the text mainly about? A．A world-famous artist in the US. B．A novel by Helen Hunt Jackson. C．A painting getting its recognition. D．An expert going on a treasure hunt. （十九） （23-24高二上·四川绵阳·期中）In 2014, Xu Yitang, a Beijing native who had been studying Peking Opera since childhood, went with friends for a birthday celebration to Beijing Zoo. Little did he know that a chance encounter at the aquarium there would excite a lifelong passion. As Xu Yitang stared at corals bathed in tank’s light, a sense of wonder crowded into his mind. Lost in the beauty and mystery of the creatures, he spent the entire afternoon in front of it. After that, he began to frequent the local market to learn about coral farming from merchants who sell ornamental plants, fish and corals. He also searched for information on relevant forums online. Before long, he had set up a small fish tank at home and started cultivating a coral. Nowadays, Xu Yitang who has moved to the tropical island of South China’s Hainan province, works for a Sanya-based tropical biological laboratory belonging to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Each day, he spends several hours diving deep under the waves to observe and document the growth and development of the creatures that captured his heart all those years ago. Nicknamed “coral man”, he is actively engaged on such social media platforms as Sina Weibo, where he regularly shares visually beautiful photos and entertaining videos of corals. He aims to encourage individuals to take action in protecting coral reefs and the oceans as a whole from the destructive impact of climate change and human activities. Unfortunately, with the strengthening of the greenhouse effect, rising sea temperatures have led to coral bleaching (白化) and decay. A coral reef’s beautiful colors come from the symbiotic algae (共生藻类) zooxanthellae that provide more than 90 percent of the energy through photosynthesis (光合作用). Coral bleaching occurs when coral expels the algae and dies due to the lack of nutrients. In the laboratory, he would film educational videos to raise awareness and knowledge about corals, so that people can learn how to protect them effectively. 73．What changed Xu Yitang’s career choice? A．Frequenting the local market. B．Setting up a small fish tank at home. C．Having an encounter at the aquarium. D．Observing coral growth and development. 74．What can we infer from paragraph 2 ? A．Xu is a diver in the lab. B．Xu is a coral conservationist. C．Xu spends few hours on his work every day. D．Xu shares his videos for corals through social media platforms. 75．What caused coral bleaching? A．Rising sea temperatures. B．Lots of nutrients in the water. C．Coral farming practices. D．Lack of sunlight in deep waters. 76．How does he feel about his job now ? A．Critical. B．Indifferent. C．Objective. D．Enthusiastic. （二十） （23-24高二上·四川成都·期中）Leslie Jones is a well-known comedian and actress, best known for her time on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) and her work in stand-up comedy. Her journey into comedy started unexpectedly. When she was a college freshman, and a friend signed her up for a campus comedy contest. Despite having no previous experience in stand-up, she immediately felt comfortable on stage and won the contest. This experience lit her passion for comedy. However, Leslie Jones faced challenges in pursuing (追求) a professional comedy career. At the age of 19, she received advice from Jamie Foxx, who suggested that she needed more life experiences to draw material from for her comedy. Foxx advised her to go out, live life, work various jobs, and gain a broader range of experiences to enrich her comedy. Jones took Foxx’s advice to heart and took on a series of jobs, including working as a justice of the peace at weddings and even working for a construction company owned by Scientologists. Throughout these experiences, she kept her ultimate goal of becoming a comedian in mind. In her memoir, Leslie Jones, she reflects on her upbringing as a military brat, her journey through the male-dominated (男人主宰的) world of comedy clubs, and her eventual breakthrough when she joined the cast of SNL in 2014 at the age of 47. One unique aspect of Leslie Jones’ comedy style is her commitment to physical comedy, even if it sometimes results in injury. She’s willing to take risks and use her physicality to get laughs from her audience. She’s known for her energetic and bold performances, which often involve physical performance or exaggerated movements. In summary, Leslie Jones’ comedy career began unexpectedly in college, and despite facing initial challenges, she pursued a variety of life experiences to enrich her comedy. Her devotion to physical comedy and her unique approach have contributed to her success in the entertainment industry. 77．What do we know about Leslie Jones? A．She is afraid of standing on stage. B．She is famous for performing comedy. C．She has challenges in contacting people. D．She starts her comedy career on schedule. 78．Why did Leslie Jones do all kinds of work? A．To make her comedy colorful. B．To give some advice on Foxx. C．To remember her ultimate goal. D．To keep her friendship with Foxx. 79．What made Leslie Jones successful in comedy? A．Her spirit of taking risks. B．Her exaggerated eye contact. C．Her unique physical performance. D．Her desire for gaining experiences. 80．Which of the following best describes Leslie Jones? A．Responsible. B．Easy-going. C．Self-confident. D．Hard-working. （二十一） （23-24高二上·河南郑州·期中）Milan Kundera, the son of a famous concert pianist and musicologist, was born on April 1, 1929. Brno, Czechoslovakia (now in Czech Republic). The young Kundera studied music but gradually turned to writing, and he began teaching literature at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Prague in 1952. He joined the Communist Party in 1948, was expelled in 1950, and was readmitted in 1956, remaining a member until 1970. He published several collections of poetry in the 1950s. Then his short stories and highly successful one-act play, The Owners of the Keys, were published in the 1960s, followed by his first novel. One of his greatest works, The Joke, a comic and ironic (讽刺的) about the private lives and destinies (命运) of various Czechs, was translated into several languages and achieved international recognition. His second novel, Life Is Elsewhere (1969), about an unlucky, romantic-minded hero who supported the Communist takeover of 1948, was forbidden of its Czech publication. Kundera refused to admit his political errors to the authorities, who banned all his works, fired him from his teaching positions, and drove him away from the Communist Party. In 1975 Kundera was allowed to emigrate with his wife from Czechoslovakia to teach at the University of Rennes in France. In 1979 the Czech government took away his citizenship. In the 1970s and 80s his novels were published in France and elsewhere abroad but were banned in his homeland until 1989. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, one of his most successful works, is a series of ironic meditations (沉思录) on the modern state’s tendency to deny and clear out human memory and historical truth. Kundera began writing in French with Slowness in 1994, followed by Identity (1997), Ignorance (2000), and The Festival of Insignificance (2013), which is about a group of Parisian friends. On July 11, 2023, Milan Kundera died in Paris, France. 81．What does the underlined word “expelled” in paragraph 1 mean? A．Rejected. B．Promoted. C．Introduced. D．Punished. 82．What can you learn about Kundera from the passage? A．He wrote his first novel before The Owners of the Keys. B．His second novel was translated into several languages C．He created his works in French in his old years of life. D．He moved to France with his wife to learn French. 83．According to the passages, Milan Kundera used to be anyone but a _______________. A．playwright B．poet C．novelist D．translator 84．What is The Book of Laughter and Forgetting aimed at? A．Preserving human wisdom. B．Uncovering a political truth. C．Teaching modern history. D．Praising the government. （二十二） （23-24高二上·吉林长春·期中）Sitting in the classroom I felt confused, for I couldn’t read the blackboard. Then Mum took me to the hospital. Within a few days, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a severe visual impairment (视力障碍). In fact, I was practically blind. Amazingly, I’d managed to reach the age of 13 without anyone realizing, not even me! “It all makes sense now,” Mum said. As a kid living on a farm, I was forever falling over things. I was known as the clumsy (笨拙) one to my parents and four sisters. But now, I was being told that I saw the world differently — I could only make out the outlines of things. I was given reading glasses but they didn’t help much. Refusing to let my diagnosis hold me back, I continued doing everything I loved. As long as everything was in its place, I could feel my way around. Later I got married to Lance and had amazing kids. I could change nappies (尿布) and dress the kids fine — it just took a little longer as I relied on touch to work out where things were. Cooking, on the other hand, was not my forte. I was terrible — always mixing up sugar and salt! Nowadays, my grandkids have all been brought up not to leave toys on the floor or move chairs away from the table. “We don’t want Grandma tripping,” Lance will say. Over the year, I’ve enjoyed lovely family holidays, but sometimes felt like Lance or the kids were too protective of me. So I was thrilled when I booked myself on a trip to the Gold Coast with people who were just like me in a travel company. I’m not missing out — my life is beautiful. I’m so lucky to have a wonderful family and lots of experiences. Life is precious — you don’t need to “see” that. 85．What can we know from the first paragraph? A．The reading glasses got the problem fixed. B．She always tripped because she was awkward. C．She got severe visual impairment at the age of 13. D．Nobody realized her sight was poor until she was 13. 86．What does the underlined word “forte” in Paragraph 3 mean? A．Weakness. B．Favourite. C．Strength. D．Business. 87．What can we know about the author? A．She is able to see things clearly now. B．She led a lonely and hopeless life. C．She could help care for the kids. D．She went to the Gold Coast all by herself. 88．What can we learn from the author’s story? A．We need to go to travel frequently on our own. B．We should always turn to the family for help. C．Everyone should pay special attention to the blind people. D．Everyone can enjoy the beauty of life with a positive mind. 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 1 专题02阅读理解之记叙文 （一） （23-24高二上·山东菏泽·期中）I know next to nothing about baseball. When in the right field during P. E. as a boy, I prayed the ball wouldn’t come to me. It took a miracle (奇迹) for me to catch it. Yet I later became the father of two boys, Will and Tim (8 and 5), who were both interested in baseball. On Saturday mornings, I’d take Will out to the playground and play catch with him. Thanks to my weak arm, the ball dropped before he could catch it. After many misses one day, he said, “How am I ever going to make the major leagues?” “You got the wrong dad, kid,” I thought. Baseball isn’t my thing. Still, I wanted to give my kids confidence on the field. There was an official Little League in our area, but it was super-competitive and primarily targeted older boys. What if we had something more low-key, something that welcomed boys and girls, and younger ones? I shared the idea with some neighbors. “That would be great!”they said. Now who could organize such a thing? Not me. I tried to put the idea aside, but it wouldn’t leave me. I finally decided that I must do something about it. So I called the city’s recreation department, explaining that some families wanted to start a baseball league in our neighborhood. Were there any fields for that? They bounced me around. Finally, I spoke to the official in charge. I got butterflies in my stomach. What if he said no? “Yes, we have something for you,” the man said, hearing my request. We got two fields for four hours every Sunday morning. Our league was founded. What a joy it was to sit on the benches, watching Will and Tim playing baseball! How grateful I was for other parents who did the coaching! And I became the most unlikely baseball commissioner (专员) ever. Many years have passed. Now Will and Tim are new dads, and I can’t wait to see what they’ll have to do. I know better than anyone: Parenthood calls you to do the most unlikely things. 1．Why did the author think his son Will got the wrong father? A．He lacked confidence. B．He had poor baseball skills. C．He had little energy or time. D．He didn’t know Will’s dream. 2．What special feature did the author expect the baseball league had? A．Being easy to join. B．Having its own fields. C．Focusing on training kids. D．Having professional coaches. 3．How did the author probably feel while talking to the official? A．Confident. B．Peaceful. C．Nervous. D．Hesitant. 4．What does the author want to stress in the text? A．The need to challenge oneself. B．The greatness of parental love. C．The responsibility of parenthood. D．The role of sports in kids’ growth. 【答案】1．B 2．A 3．C 4．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者对棒球一窍不通，却想办法为孩子们成立了一个棒球联盟的故事。 1．细节理解题。根据第一段“Thanks to my weak arm, the ball dropped before he could catch it. After many misses one day, he said, “How am I ever going to make the major leagues?” “You got the wrong dad, kid,” I thought. Baseball isn’t my thing.（由于我的手臂无力，球在他接住之前就掉了下来。一天错过多次后，他说：“我怎么才能进入大联盟呢？”“孩子，你找错爸爸了，”我想。棒球不是我的菜。）”可知，作者的棒球技术很差，所以作者认为儿子询问作者如何进入大联盟找错爸爸了。故选B。 2．细节理解题。根据第二段“There was an official Little League in our area, but it was super-competitive and primarily targeted older boys. What if we had something more low-key, something that welcomed boys and girls, and younger ones?（我们地区有一个官方的小联盟，但它的竞争非常激烈，主要针对年龄较大的男孩。如果我们有一些更低调的东西，一些欢迎男孩和女孩，以及更年轻的孩子的东西呢？）”可知，作者希望这个棒球联盟能够更容易加入。故选A。 3．推理判断题。根据第三段“I got butterflies in my stomach. What if he said no?（我的胃里七上八下。如果他拒绝了怎么办？）”可知，作者在与官员交谈时可能会感到紧张。故选C。 4．推理判断题。根据最后一段“I know better than anyone: Parenthood calls you to do the most unlikely things.（我比任何人都清楚：为人父母会让你去做最不可能的事情。）”可知，作者想要在文中强调为人父母的责任。故选C。 （二） （23-24高二上·浙江杭州·期中）“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish, by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”---Albert Einstein If you have a kid with special needs in the school system, you’re likely to have come across that saying hanging on a classroom wall. My five-year-old daughter Syona has cerebral palsy (脑瘫) and it means, combined with her communication and sight problems, that normal standard isn’t always an accurate measure of her abilities. By now you have probably heard about Chris Ulmer, the 26-year old teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, who starts his special education class by calling up each student to give them much admiration and a high-five. I couldn’t help but be reminded of Syona’s teacher and how she supports each kid in a very similar way. Ulmer recently shared a video of his teaching experience. “I have seen their confidence increase rapidly.” he said. All I could think was: how lucky these students are to have such good teachers. Syona’s teacher has an attitude that can best be summarized in one word: wonderful. Her teacher doesn’t focus on what can’t be done---she focuses on what can be done. Over the past several months, my husband Dilip and I have seen Syona’s confidence increase greatly. She uses words she wouldn’t have thought of using before. She recently told me about her classmates trip to Ecuador and was very proud when I understood her on the first try. I actually wonder what the influence would be if we did something similar to what Ulmer does with his students in our home. We’ve recently started our day by reminding each other of the good qualities we all have. If we are reminded of our strengths on a regular basis, we will become increasingly confident about progress and success. 5．What does the author think of Albert Einstein’s saying? A．Funny. B．True. C．Strange. D．Confusing. 6．What can we learn about Syona’s teacher? A．She is Syona’s favorite teacher. B．She puts Einstein’s quote on the wall C．She uses videos to teach her students. D．She helps increase her students’ confidence. 7．What change has taken place in the author’s family? A．They’ve invited Ulmer’s students to their home. B．They visit Ulmer’s classroom regularly. C．They give each other praise every day. D．They feel thankful to people in their lives. 8．What is the author’s attitude towards Chris Ulmar’s way of teaching? A．Supportive B．Opposed C．Indifferent D．Negative 【答案】5．B 6．D 7．C 8．A 【导语】这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲了作者的女儿患有脑瘫，在一位老师的帮助下，他的女儿增加了信心，可以和别人正常交流了，因此作者把这种特殊的教育方法用在家庭中，每天他们都会给彼此赞美。 5．推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish, by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.(每个人都是天才。但是，如果你以爬树的能力来判断一条鱼，那么它一辈子都会认为自己很笨)”和第二段“My five-year-old daughter Syona has cerebral palsy (脑瘫) and it means, combined with her communication and sight problems, that normal standard isn’t always an accurate measure of her abilities.(我5岁的女儿Syona患有脑瘫，这意味着，再加上她的沟通和视力问题，正常的标准并不总是对她能力的准确衡量)”和最后一段的“If we are reminded of our strengths on a regular basis, we will become increasingly confident about progress and success.(如果我们经常被提醒我们的优势，我们将对进步和成功越来越有信心)”可知，作者认为爱因斯坦说的这句话是非常正确的。故选B。 6．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“I couldn’t help but be reminded of Syona’s teacher and how she supports each kid in a very similar way. Ulmer recently shared a video of his teaching experience. “I have seen their confidence increase rapidly.” he said.(我不禁想起了Syona的老师，她以非常相似的方式支持每个孩子。Ulmer最近分享了一段他教学经历的视频。“我看到他们的信心迅速增强。”他说)”可知，Syona的老师帮助她的学生们增加了信心。故选D。 7．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“I actually wonder what the influence would be if we did something similar to what Ulmer does with his students in our home. We’ve recently started our day by reminding each other of the good qualities we all have.(实际上，我想知道如果我们在家里像Ulmer那样对孩子，会有什么影响。最近，我们以提醒彼此我们都拥有的好品质开始了我们的一天)”可知，在作者家里发生的变化就是每天他们都会给彼此赞美。故选C。 8．推理判断题。根据第三段“By now you have probably heard about Chris Ulmer, the 26-year old teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, who starts his special education class by calling up each student to give them much admiration and a high-five. I couldn’t help but be reminded of Syona’s teacher and how she supports each kid in a very similar way.(到目前为止，你可能听说过佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔26岁的老师克里斯·乌尔默(Chris Ulmer)，他在开始他的特殊教育课程时，会叫来每个学生，对他们表示钦佩，并与他们击掌。我不禁想起了Syona的老师，她是如何以非常相似的方式支持每个孩子的)”可知，作者提到自己想到了Syona的老师，她以非常相似的方式支持每个孩子，这表明作者对Chris Ulmar的教学方式是支持的。故选A项。 （三） （23-24高二上·江苏无锡·期中）I didn’t quite know what I was looking for when I flew to Mongolia for a term abroad. I just needed something different, far from the late-night libraries of my college town. Most different, I hoped, would be my rural homestay: two weeks in central Mongolia with a family of nomadic(游牧的) herders. I was studying Mongolian at the time, but still, there was so much I couldn’t say or understand. As we walked in the snow behind the goats, my host mom would ask me if I was cold, then giggle (咯咯地笑) and copy a big shiver to make sure I understood. In the evenings, she showed me how to make dumplings with her fingers. My host siblings would talk with me, speaking too fast for me to understand, as we explored the rocks around our tent; I’d listen and nod. This verbal(言语的) barrier was strangely freeing. In the crowded dining hall at home, meeting new people made me anxious. I’d stay quiet, measuring out my words, struggling for something to say that wouldn’t expose me as unfunny or boring. In Mongolia, I couldn’t perfect my words. I could only smile, and try out one of the phrases I’d mastered: “May I help?” “Where is the dog?” “Are you tired?” My host family laughed at my pronunciation, at the way I threw up my hands and eyebrows in a frequent gesture of confusion. But in their laughter, I felt safe, unembarrassed. With my Mongolian family on the grassland, I found a feeling of ease I’d never felt before. We were so different, they and I, and not just in language. Their skin was hardened and darkened by sun; I’d been hidden under hats and sunscreen since birth. My host siblings(兄弟姐妹) grew up drawing water from frozen streams and jogging behind herds of sheep; I spent summers at tennis camp. For me, these gaps made all the difference. Without shared social measures, I wasted no time wondering how I was measuring up. Only real things—kindness, helpfulness—mattered. 9．Why did the author go to Mongolia for a term abroad? A．She dreamed of living a nomadic life. B．She was tired of studying late at night. C．She had to study Mongolians’ normal life. D．She was collecting information for libraries. 10．What does the underlined word “shiver” in paragraph 2 mean? A．Hug. B．Smile. C．Attack. D．Shake. 11．How did the author behave at the dining hall in her home country? A．She felt at ease in the crowd. B．She usually weighed her words. C．She asked a lot of funny questions. D．She often made others laugh with jokes. 12．What did the author learn from her life in Mongolia? A．You are judged wherever you go. B．Nature makes humans feel insignificant. C．Appearance reflects one’s standard of life. D．Being kind is the common social standard. 【答案】9．B 10．D 11．B 12．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在蒙古留学的经历，她发现与游牧家庭相处时，语言不再是障碍，善良和真诚才是重要的社会标准。 9．细节理解题。根据第一段的“I didn’t quite know what I was looking for when I flew to Mongolia for a term abroad. I just needed something different, far from the late-night libraries of my college town.(当我飞往蒙古去国外学习的时候，我并不知道我在寻找什么。我只是需要一些不同的东西，远离我大学城的深夜图书馆)”可知，作者去蒙古留学一学期是因为她厌倦了深夜学习。故选B。 10．词义猜测题。根据第二段的“I was studying Mongolian at the time, but still, there was so much I couldn’t say or understand. As we walked in the snow behind the goats, my host mom would ask me if I was cold, then giggle and copy a big shiver to make sure I understood.(当时我正在学习蒙古语，但仍然有很多东西我说不出来或听不懂。当我们跟在山羊后面走在雪地里的时候，我的寄宿妈妈问我冷不冷，然后咯咯地笑，并模仿一个大大的……，以确保我明白)”可知，因为下雪了天冷而作者不能完全听懂蒙古语，因此寄宿妈妈会做一个发抖的动作问作者冷不冷，则划线词意为：颤抖。故选D。 11．细节理解题。根据第三段的“In the crowded dining hall at home, meeting new people made me anxious. I’d stay quiet, measuring out my words, struggling for something to say that wouldn’t expose me as unfunny or boring. (在国内拥挤的食堂里，结识新朋友让我感到焦虑。我会保持安静，掂量着自己的用词，挣扎着想说点什么，这样才不会让人觉得我无趣或无聊)”可知，作者在国内的食堂里经常斟酌用词以避免说话的无趣。故选B。 12．推理判断题。根据最后一段的“For me, these gaps made all the difference. Without shared social measures, I wasted no time wondering how I was measuring up. Only real things—kindness, helpfulness—mattered.(对我来说，这些差距让一切变得不同。没有共同的社交衡量标准，我没有浪费时间去想我是如何衡量的。只有真正的东西——善良，乐于助人——才是重要的)”可知，作者从她在蒙古的生活中感悟到善良是共同的社会准则，不分国度。故选D。 （四） （23-24高二上·浙江宁波·期中）Growing up on a mountain farm in Tyrol, Fritz enjoyed watching how cows and horses interacted with each other more freely, once they’d been led out of the barn and into pasture. It was what he observed in his boyhood that took root in his pursuit of becoming a biologist. After he finished his study at university. Fritz landed work at Austria’s Konrad Lorenz Research Center, raising raven chicks by hand and teaching graylag geese how to open boxes as he pursued his PhD．Working this closely with free-living animals was exactly what he’d dreamed of as a boy. In 1997, a zoo gave the research center its first northern bald ibis chicks (隐鹮) Nowhere near as teachable as geese—and not even close to super intelligent ravens—the ibises frustrated most of the scientists. But Fritz was fascinated. He devoted himself to taking care of them. After the ibises were first released back into the wild more than 20 years ago, Fritz learned that spending generations in zoo hadn’t reduced their drive to migrate (迁徙), though it did leave them geographically uninformed. In their search for “south”, some ended up in Russia. What the ibises needed, Fritz thought, was a guide. Fritz decided he would teach the birds a new, safer migration route by guiding them himself in a tiny aircraft. And he was confident he could succeed in this daring, unconventional plan—because he had done it before. “Around that time, the movie ‘Fly Away Home’ was a huge hit with us biologists,” Fritz says. When he announced that he’d do the same with the ibises, he was initially laughed at. But Fritz didn’t give up. He modified an ultralight aircraft so it would travel at speeds slow enough for his winged students to keep up. He had been his young pupils’ only provider of food, love and hugs since they were just a few days old, and the ibises eagerly followed their teacher, who just happened to pilot a fairly noisy machine. In 2004, three years after some initially bumpy (颠簸的) experiments, Fritz led the first batch of birds from Austria to Italy, and has since led 15 such migrations. Over that time, he has rewilded 277 young ibises, many of which then started to pass the route on to their own young. 13．What determined Fritz’s career choice? A．Fritz’s childhood observation. B．Fritz’s passion for biology. C．Fritz’s growth environment. D．Fritz’s interaction with animals. 14．What disappointed the scientists about ibis chicks? A．They are easy to get lost in the migration. B．They are lacking in the desire to migrate. C．They are accustomed to the life in the zoo. D．They are strikingly far from easy to teach. 15．Why did Fritz decide to teach the ibises a new migration route? A．The ibises were too awkward to find a new migration route. B．The ibises needed a guide for lack of geographical knowledge. C．Fritz wanted to prove that he could succeed in a daring plan. D．Fritz wanted to recreate a touching scene of a popular movie. 16．What is Fritz like according to the passage? A．sensitive but courageous. B．innovative but demanding. C．persistent and insightful. D．enthusiastic and cooperative. 【答案】13．A 14．D 15．B 16．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了生物学家Fritz教给朱鹭一种新的迁徙路线，使这种鸟儿安全迁徙的故事。 13．细节理解题。根据第一段中“It was what he observed in his boyhood that took root in his pursuit of becoming a biologist. (正是他在少年时代的观察，使他立志成为一名生物学家。)”可知，是Fritz童年的观察决定了他的职业选择。故选A项。 14．细节理解题。根据第二段中“In 1997, a zoo gave the research center its first northern bald ibis chicks(隐鹮) Nowhere near as teachable as geese—and not even close to super intelligent ravens—the ibises frustrated most of the scientists. (1997年，一家动物园给了研究中心第一批北方秃头朱鹮幼鸟，它们远不如鹅那么容易教，甚至远不如超级聪明的乌鸦——朱鹮让大多数科学家感到沮丧。)”可知，朱鹭幼鸟非常不容易教，这让科学家感到失望。故选D项。 15．细节理解题。根据第二段中“After the ibises were first released back into the wild more than 20 years ago, Fritz learned that spending generations in zoo hadn’t reduced their drive to migrate(迁徙), though it did leave them geographically uninformed. In their search for ‘south’, some ended up in Russia. What the ibises needed, Fritz thought, was a guide. (20多年前，朱鹭第一次被放生到野外后，Fritz了解到，在动物园里生活几代并没有减少它们迁徙的动力，尽管这确实让它们对地理环境一无所知。在寻找‘南方’的过程中，一些人来到了俄罗斯。Fritz认为，朱鹭需要的是一个向导。)”可知，朱鹭缺乏地理知识，需要一个向导，所以Fritz决定教朱鹭一种新的迁徙路线。故选B项。 16．推理判断题。根据第三段中“Fritz decided he would teach the birds a new, safer migration route by guiding them himself in a tiny aircraft. And he was confident he could succeed in this daring, unconventional plan—because he had done it before. (Fritz决定亲自驾驶一架小飞机，教这些鸟一条新的、更安全的迁徙路线。而且他相信自己能在这个大胆的、非传统的计划中取得成功——因为他以前做过。)”、“When he announced that he’d do the same with the ibises, he was initially laughed at. But Fritz didn’t give up.(当他宣布他将对朱鹭做同样的事情时，他最初遭到了嘲笑。但Fritz没有放弃。)”以及最后一段“In 2004, three years after some initially bumpy(颠簸的) experiments, Fritz led the first batch of birds from Austria to Italy, and has since led 15 such migrations.(2004年，在经历了一些最初坎坷的实验三年后，Fritz带领第一批鸟类从奥地利迁徙到意大利，此后又带领了15次这样的迁徙。)”可知，Fritz坚持不懈并且富有洞察力。故选C项。 （五） （23-24高二上·山东青岛·期中）Being a writer in the 21st century can keep you in front of a screen for so long that it feels like the room is sideways. Being a human with the Internet can mean hours spent on social media, scrolling and posting for so long that your sense of reality actually becomes sideways. Three years ago, I started to search for ways to deal with my anxiety. I had a brilliant idea, one that felt completely foreign to people like me: I’d go outside, to the real outside. I grew up in the city, not hiking or camping, so I knew nothing about the outdoors. I have three kids with endless energy, so I figured I could solve two questions at once. I would get a breather from my job and the kids would play with insects and realize there is nothing better than nature. We drove to Great Falls, Virginia, where hundreds of people on any given day spent hours meandering through the hillside and forest. The blue water pulsed, turning white and crashing powerfully hundreds of feet beneath us. The kids held their breath as if they had seen magics. But it’s just nature, just the outside, and that had been there all along. Since then, we’ve been fascinated. Last summer I felt my home’s walls closing in, so I decided to go camping. I built my first fire. My kids watched my every move, asking every ten minutes to help get more branches and roast meat. About a month, my craving to take a break from the city grew again. We camped two more times before the cold came, each time seeing a bit more of what nature had to offer city folks. 17．Why did the author decide to go outside three years ago? A．Because he was interested in nature. B．Because he hoped to reduce anxiety. C．Because he fell in love with camping. D．Because he was eager for the outdoors. 18．What does the author want his kids to do? A．Enjoy the beauty of nature. B．Stay away from social media. C．Learn to protect themselves. D．Choose to do what they are fond of. 19．How did the kids feel about the tour to Great Falls? A．Tired. B．Scared. C．Bored. D．Excited. 20．What does the underlined word “craving” in the last paragraph mean? A．Memory. B．Chance. C．Desire. D．Ability. 【答案】17．B 18．A 19．D 20．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者三年前为了减少焦虑，选择走向户外。从此爱上了亲近大自然，还培养孩子一切享受自然之美。 17．细节理解题。根据第一段“Three years ago, I started to search for ways to deal with my anxiety. I had a brilliant idea, one that felt completely foreign to people like me: I’d go outside, to the real outside.(三年前，我开始寻找解决焦虑的方法。我有一个绝妙的主意，一个对我这样的人来说完全陌生的主意：我要到外面去，到真正的外面去)”可知，作者在三年前决定走出去是因为他希望减少焦虑。故选B。 18．细节理解题。根据第二段“I would get a breather from my job and the kids would play with insects and realize there is nothing better than nature.(我可以从工作中喘口气，孩子们可以和昆虫一起玩耍，意识到没有什么比大自然更好的了)”可知，作者希望他的孩子们享受自然之美。故选A。 19．推理判断题。根据第三段“We drove to Great Falls, Virginia, where hundreds of people on any given day spent hours meandering through the hillside and forest. The blue water pulsed, turning white and crashing powerfully hundreds of feet beneath us. The kids held their breath as if they had seen magics.(我们开车去了维吉尼亚州的大瀑布镇，在那里，每天都有数百人在山坡和森林里漫步数小时。蓝色的海水在我们下面几百英尺处跳动，变成白色，猛烈地撞击着。孩子们屏住呼吸，仿佛看到了魔法)”可推知，孩子们对大瀑布之旅感到兴奋。故选D。 20．词句猜测题。根据划线词后文“to take a break from the city grew again”以及“We camped two more times before the cold came, each time seeing a bit more of what nature had to offer city folks.(在寒冷来临之前，我们又露营了两次，每次都能看到大自然给城市人提供的更多东西)”可知，后文提到他们又去露营了两次，说明渴望离开城市，休息一下。故划线词意思是“渴望”。故选C。 （六） （23-24高二上·宁夏银川·期中）A man named Randy liked to look for big trees and old trees. He made maps to show where these trees were. He did not want to cut them down. He wanted people to take care of them. Randy was told that there was a very tall tree on Vancouver Island. The tree was said to be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada. Randy started to find the tree. But someone else found it first. It was found by a logger (伐木工). Loggers wanted to cut down Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it. Randy made a path in the forest so people could see the tallest tree. The tree was so big and beautiful that it would bring them enjoyment. More and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these people, that forest is now a park. Canada’s tallest tree is still there. 21．Why did Randy make maps of big trees and old trees? A．To carry out his duty carefully. B．To avoid getting lost in forests. C．To show where these trees were. D．To get information for selling them. 22．What did the loggers want to do to Canada’s tallest tree? A．Take care of it. B．Cut it down. C．Take pictures of it. D．Make it famous. 23．Why did Randy make a path to the tallest tree in Canada? A．To help people cut it. B．To help people see it. C．To help people water it. D．To help people move it. 24．What do we learn about the forest with Canada’s tallest tree? A．It is now a park. B．People burned it down. C．It will disappear soon. D．People lost interest in it. 【答案】21．C 22．B 23．B 24．A 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Randy喜欢搜寻大树和古树，当他得知伐木工人想要砍掉加拿大最高的树后，他在森林里开辟了一条路，以便人们过来参观这棵树，最终人们挽救了这棵树。 21．细节理解题。根据第一段中“A man named Randy liked to look for big trees and old trees. He made maps to show where these trees were. (一个名叫Randy的人喜欢寻找大树和古树。他绘制了地图来显示这些树的位置。)”可知，Randy绘制了大树和古树的地图是为了显示这些树的位置。故选C项。 22．细节理解题。根据第三段中“Loggers wanted to cut down Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it. (伐木工人想要砍掉加拿大最高的树和它周围所有的树。)”可知，伐木工人想砍掉加拿大最高的树。故选B项。 23．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Randy made a path in the forest so people could see the tallest tree. (Randy在森林里开辟了一条小路，这样人们就能看到最高的树。)”可知，Randy在加拿大最高的树前开辟了一条路是为了帮助人们看到它。故选B项。 24．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Thanks to these people, that forest is now a park. Canada’s tallest tree is still there. (多亏了这些人，那片森林现在变成了公园。加拿大最高的树还在那里。)”可知，加拿大最高的树所在的森林现在是一个公园。故选A项。 （七） （23-24高二上·河北沧州·期中）A year ago, I started working out with a personal trainer and the results were obvious. The reflection in the mirror was fit and strong, with a narrow waist. This month I’ll be celebrating my 74th birthday, but I feel more like I’m about to turn 40. In fact, I’m in the best shape of my life. And I’m here to tell you that it’s never too late to make changes. If I can do it in my early 70s, then you can do it too. I haven’t always felt so body confident. As a busy working mum I had the same hang-ups as so many other women. In my forties I fell into the trap of trying to do it all. I raised my daughter Laura, now 43, while working as a NHS clinical leader, which left me feeling stressed and exhausted. By 50 I’d reached breaking point. I ended up breaking down in the doctor’s surgery. And I was signed off work with stress-related depression. I began to do a lot of soul searching. My burnout had set me on a completely different path. Around this time, my approach to my health was also shifting. So many women hit 50 thinking that’s it and they’re done, but for me it felt like a new beginning. I enrolled in a gym and learned how to use the equipments. Over the next few years, I went to the gym roughly twice a week. Sometimes I didn’t want to go—but at the end of every session I always felt better. I wrote and self-published a book called Journey to Chocolate about my seeking for a more balanced and satisfying life. I started eating “clean” with lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, avoiding processed food and not drinking alcohol from Monday to Thursday. The changes to my diet made me feel more energetic and alert. I slept better, and managing my weight was much easier. 25．Why does the author write this article? A．To inspire. B．To inform. C．To discuss. D．To show off. 26．What does the author think of her life as a working mum? A．Annoying. B．Tiring. C．Rewarding. D．Amazing. 27．What is the book Journey to Chocolate mainly about? A．The meaning of life. B．The way to keep clean. C．The author’s pursuit. D．The benefits of chocolate. 28．What can be the best title of this text? A．Keep Energetic at 74 B．Hold on to Your Dream C．Retire as Early as Possible D．Make Use of Old Age 【答案】25．A 26．B 27．C 28．A 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者年老后改变思想，坚持锻炼，保持健康的故事。 25．推理判断题。根据第一段中“If I can do it in my early 70s, then you can do it too.( 如果我能在70岁出头的时候做到，那么你也能做到。)”可知，作者写这篇文章的目的是激励更多人积极锻炼，故选A项。 26．推理判断题。根据第二段中“I raised my daughter Laura, now 43, while working as a NHS clinical leader, which left me feeling stressed and exhausted. (我在担任英国国家医疗服务体系临床领导职务期间抚养了我的女儿劳拉，现年43岁。那时我总感到压力巨大且疲惫不堪。)”可知，作者一边工作一边带孩子的时候，生活非常劳累，故选B项。 27．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“I wrote and self-published a book called Journey to Chocolate about my seeking for a more balanced and satisfying life.( 我写了一本名为《巧克力之旅》的书，并自行出版了这本书，书中记录了我追求更加平衡和满足的生活的心路历程。)”可知，这本书主要是关于作者对平衡的、令人满意的生活的追求，故选 C项。 28．主旨大意题。根据第一段“This month I’ll be celebrating my 74th birthday, but I feel more like I’m about to turn 40.( 这个月我即将庆祝我的七十四岁生日，但是感觉上更像是要步入四十岁。)”、第三段“I began to do a lot of soul searching. My burnout had set me on a completely different path.( 我开始进行了深入的自我反省。那次身心疲惫的经历让我走上了完全不同的道路。)”、倒数第二段“I enrolled in a gym and learned how to use the equipments. Over the next few years, I went to the gym roughly twice a week. Sometimes I didn’t want to go—but at the end of every session I always felt better(我报名加入了健身房并学习如何使用各种健身器材。接下来的几年里，我大约每周会去两次健身房。有时候我并不想去，但每次锻炼结束后，我都总会感觉更好。)”以及最后一段“I wrote and self-published a book called Journey to Chocolate about my seeking for a more balanced and satisfying life.( 我写了一本名为《巧克力之旅》的书，并自行出版了这本书，书中记录了我追求更加平衡和满足的生活的心路历程。)”可知，本文主要讲述了作者虽然年老，但主动改变思想，坚持锻炼，在74岁时，健康状况如同40岁一样，故选A项。 （八） （23-24高二上·浙江嘉兴·期中）Working at a commercial bank in New York City in the mid-2010s, Anna Sacks sensed a lack of meaning in her life. She wanted to do something more fulfilling. Some people seeking meaning might read a self-help book, or perhaps volunteer a few hours a week. Sacks packed up her life and moved to Connecticut for three months to participate in Adamah, a farming program that focuses on sustainable living and growing sustainable food. Returning to New York, Sacks carried with her a newfound purpose and a set of skills to turn her dreams into reality. “One of the things that really stuck with me from Adamah was how little waste they produced and how they handled the waste they did have, mostly through composting,” she says. “And I just thought, ‘Why aren’t we doing that here? What is actually in all those bags and recycling bins at the roadsides?’” The Adamah program opened Sacks’s eyes to the damage consumer culture is doing and the need to find solutions. So in 2016, she started working with a food rescue program, and in 2017, she found her true calling—what she calls “trash walking”. During walks around her neighborhood, Sacks, 31, picked through trash to look for reusable items. Soon her trash walks expanded to include recycling bins in big companies. Surprisingly, she discovered really great stuff—like clothing and food—all of which she documents on Instagram and TikTok. Under the name The Trash Walker, Sacks quickly gained popularity for her educational, funny, and surprising videos that highlight the problems with consumerism and share information about how to live a more sustainable lifestyle. “The root issue is overproduction, which leads to over-consumption, which leads to a large amount of waste,” she says. Sacks is one of the most influential climate change activists on social media today. The lesson from her trash walking isn’t just that we need to produce less stuff. It’s that we need to stop throwing perfectly good items in the trash too. 29．What motivated Anna Sacks to get involved in Adamah? A．A self-help book she read. B．Her job at a commercial bank. C．Her desire for a meaningful life. D．The volunteer experience she had. 30．What did Anna Sacks find impressive about Adamah? A．Fast-growing food output. B．Sustainable living practices. C．Advanced farming techniques. D．Various waste management methods. 31．Why did Anna Sacks start her “trash walking” initiative? A．To improve her living conditions. B．To gain popularity on social media. C．To advertise her food rescue program. D．To handle the damage by consumer culture. 32．What does the author advocate to reduce waste? A．Raising prices on products. B．Collecting second-hand items. C．Producing high-quality goods. D．Making full use of products. 【答案】29．C 30．B 31．D 32．D 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述银行工作的女孩Anna Sacks为寻求更有意义的生活，参加了一个名为Adamah的项目，因此关注到了消费文化的不良影响，并为此寻找解决措施。 29．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“Working at a commercial bank in New York City in the mid-2010s, Anna Sacks sensed a lack of meaning in her life. She wanted to do something more fulfilling.(2010年代中期，Anna Sacks在纽约市的一家商业银行工作，她感觉到自己的生活缺乏意义。她想做一些更有成就感的事情)”及第二段“Sacks packed up her life and moved to Connecticut for three months to participate in Adamah, a farming program that focuses on sustainable living and growing sustainable food.(Sacks结束了她的生活，搬到康涅狄格州参加Adamah项目，为期三个月，这是一个专注于可持续生活和种植可持续食品的农业项目)”可知，她对有意义的生活的渴望促使Anna Sacks加入Adamah项目。故选C项。 30．细节理解题。根据文章第三段““One of the things that really stuck with me from Adamah was how little waste they produced and how they handled the waste they did have, mostly through composting,” she says.(她说：“Adamah让我印象深刻的一件事是，他们产生的废物是多么的少，以及他们如何处理他们所拥有的废物，主要是通过堆肥”)”可知，Anna Sacks发现Adamah项目的可持续生活实践令人印象深刻。故选B项。 31．推理判断题。根据文章第四段“The Adamah program opened Sacks’s eyes to the damage consumer culture is doing and the need to find solutions. So in 2016, she started working with a food rescue program, and in 2017, she found her true calling—what she calls “trash walking”.(Adamah项目让Sacks看到了消费者文化正在造成的损害以及寻找解决方案的必要性。因此，2016年，她开始参与一个食品救援项目，2017年，她找到了自己真正的职业——她称之为“垃圾漫步”)”可知，Anna Sacks开始了她的“垃圾漫步”计划，以应对消费者文化的破坏。故选D项。 32．细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“The lesson from her trash walking isn’t just that we need to produce less stuff. It’s that we need to stop throwing perfectly good items in the trash too.(她的“垃圾漫步”经验不仅仅是我们需要减少生产。我们也需要停止把非常好的东西扔进垃圾桶)”可知，作者主张充分利用产品来减少浪费。故选D项。 （九） （23-24高二上·山东潍坊·期中）Working at an investment bank in New York City in the mid-2010s. Anna Sacks was living the life—just not the life she wanted. Sure, she was happy. But she wanted to do something that felt important and was fulfilling on a deeper level. Sacks packed up her life and moved to Connecticut for three months to participate in Adamah, a Jewish farming program that focuses on sustainable living and growing sustainable food. The Adamah program opened Sacks’s eyes to the damage consumer culture is doing on a local, national, and global level, and the need to find solutions. From then on, she began what she calls “trash (垃圾) walking.” While walking around her neighborhood, Sacks, 31, picked through rubbish to look for reusable items. Soon, her trash walks expanded to include company rubbish along with residential trash. Surprisingly, she discovered a wide range of really great stuff—like clothing, dinnerware, and food—all of which she documents on Instagram and TikTok. Under the name The Trash Walker, Sacks quickly gained popularity for her educational, funny, and surprising videos that highlight the problems with consumerism and share information about how to live a more sustainable life. “The root issue is overproduction, which leads to overconsumption, which leads to a large amount of waste,” she says. Sacks’s videos have gone viral many times, causing shockwaves through the industries she calls out. Trash walking has given Sacks a nearly endless supply and she shares much of her “treasure” with others. She tries giving them informally to family, friends, or individuals she knows may need a specific item. Then she takes the remaining items to free stores so other New Yorkers can benefit from her treasure-hunting. Sacks’s main focus is simply getting people to pay attention to how many unnecessary things they buy and then throw away. “Once you become aware of the way you consume, you can see ways you improve,” she says. 33．What inspired Sacks to begin her “trash walking”? A．Her desire to live a richer life. B．The great need for household stuff. C．Her involvement in a project. D．The wish to be an Internet star. 34．What do Sacks’ videos focus on? A．Funny stories. B．Views on consumption. C．Educational courses. D．Solutions to problems. 35．How does Sacks deal with her trash? A．She donates all to the charity. B．She keeps most for her family. C．She gives away much to others. D．She sells some to individuals. 36．What can be a suitable title for the text? A．Trash Walker: Find Treasure in Trash. B．Trash Walking: A Tough Journey. C．Trash Walker: Live in the Moment. D．Trash Walking: A New Career. 【答案】33．C 34．B 35．C 36．A 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位名叫Anna Sacks的女性的生活经历和她对可持续生活方式的独特贡献，她通过“垃圾漫步”来减少浪费，提高人们对可持续生活方式的认识。 33．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Sacks packed up her life and moved to Connecticut for three months to participate in Adamah, a Jewish farming program that focuses on sustainable living and growing sustainable food. The Adamah program opened Sacks’s eyes to the damage consumer culture is doing on a local, national, and global level, and the need to find solutions. From then on, she began what she calls “trash (垃圾) walking.”(Sacks结束了自己的生活，搬到了康涅狄格州，在那里住了三个月，参加了一个名为Adamah的犹太农业项目，该项目专注于可持续的生活和种植可持续的食物。Adamah项目让Sacks看到了消费文化在地方、国家和全球层面上造成的损害，以及找到解决方案的必要性。从那时起，她开始了她所谓的“垃圾漫步”)”可知，Sacks参加了一个项目后，看到了消费文化在地方、国家和全球层面上造成的损害，以及找到解决方案的必要性，于是她开始了“垃圾漫步”。故选C。 34．细节理解题。根据文章第四段“Under the name The Trash Walker, Sacks quickly gained popularity for her educational, funny, and surprising videos that highlight the problems with consumerism and share information about how to live a more sustainable life. “The root issue is overproduction, which leads to overconsumption, which leads to a large amount of waste,” she says. (Sacks以“垃圾漫步者”的名字迅速走红，因为她的有教育性的、有趣和令人惊讶的视频突出了消费主义的问题，并分享了如何过上更可持续的生活的信息。她说：“根本问题是生产过剩，生产过剩导致消费过剩，消费过剩导致大量浪费。”)”可知，Sacks的视频主要是和消费主义相关，包括她对消费的看法。故选B。 35．细节理解题。根据文章第五段“Trash walking has given Sacks a nearly endless supply and she shares much of her “treasure” with others. She tries giving them informally to family, friends, or individuals she knows may need a specific item. Then she takes the remaining items to free stores so other New Yorkers can benefit from her treasure-hunting.(“垃圾漫步”给Sacks了几乎无穷无尽的供应，她与他人分享了她的大部分“宝藏”。她试着把它们非正式地送给家人、朋友或她知道可能需要某件特定物品的个人。然后，她把剩下的东西送到免费商店，这样其他纽约人就可以从她的寻宝活动中受益)”可知，Sacks将大部分的垃圾送给了家人、朋友和免费商店。故选C。 36．主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，文章主要介绍了Anna Sacks通过“垃圾漫步”活动在垃圾中寻找可重复使用的物品，并将这些“宝藏”分享给他人的故事。因此，A选项“Trash Walker: Find Treasure in Trash (垃圾漫步者：在垃圾中寻找宝藏)”最符合文章的主题和主要内容，能够准确概括文章的核心思想。故选A。 （十） （23-24高二上·河北承德·期中）Sarah was not an early riser. But what made the annoying early morning hours bearable was the comforting smell of fresh coffee floating in the air. Her favorite coffee shop was just a few minutes away from her apartment. One sunny morning, Sarah rushed to get dressed. Having a job interview, she felt anxious, afraid to be late. She grabbed her car key, dashed out of the door and made her way to her familiar coffee shop as usual. As she joined the line of cars at the drive-through, the smell of roasted coffee beans and the thought of the first taste of coffee were her little daily luxury. The line inched forward, and soon, Sarah found herself at the drive-through window. She reached for her purse to pay, but before she could hand over her credit card, the coffee shop assistant smiled and said, “Your coffee has been covered by the car ahead of you.” Sarah was taken aback. “Really?” she asked, feeling astonished and grateful. The assistant nodded. The unexpected act of kindness put a smile on her face, making her upcoming interview feel a little relaxing. As she exited the drive-through, Sarah glanced in her rear view mirror (后视镜) at the next car approaching the coffee shop window. An idea began to come into her mind. Maybe she could do the same and brighten someone else’s morning. She decided to return to the coffee shop. Inside, she approached the cashier and said, “I’d like to pay for the coffee of the person in the car behind me.” The assistant smiled and nodded again. As Sarah eventually left the coffee shop, Sarah couldn’t help but wonder how the next driver would react. A wave of satisfaction washed over Sarah as she witnessed the continuation of the coffee chain. She knew she had just initiated a chain of generosity and kindness. 37．What can we learn about Sarah from the first two paragraphs? A．She led a life of luxury. B．She used to get up early. C．She was nervous about the interview. D．She was new to the coffee shop. 38．Why did Sarah go back to the coffee shop? A．To find out who paid for her coffee. B．To order herself another cup of coffee. C．To see what was exactly happening there. D．To buy coffee for the driver behind her. 39．How did Sarah feel when she finally left the coffee shop? A．Ambitious. B．Content. C．Awkward. D．Suspicious. 40．What is the text mainly about? A．A chain of coffee shops. B．An unforgettable interview. C．The kindness from an assistant. D．The power of paying it forward. 【答案】37．C 38．D 39．B 40．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了莎拉某天早上去面试路上去一家咖啡店买咖啡，结果付钱的时候被告知咖啡被前面的人付过了，莎拉十分惊讶和感激，于是也为后面的司机付了咖啡钱。 37．细节理解题。根据第二段“Having a job interview, she felt anxious, afraid to be late. (有一个工作面试，她感到焦虑，害怕迟到)”可知，莎拉对面试很紧张。故选C。 38．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“She decided to return to the coffee shop. Inside, she approached the cashier and said, “I’d like to pay for the coffee of the person in the car behind me.” (她决定回到咖啡店。进去后，她走近收银员说：“我想为我后面那辆车里的人买咖啡。”)”可知，莎拉回到咖啡店是为了给后面的司机买咖啡。故选D。 39．细节理解题。根据最后一段“A wave of satisfaction washed over Sarah as she witnessed the continuation of the coffee chain. (当萨拉看到咖啡连锁店人们继续排队时，一阵满意的情绪涌上心头。)”可知，当莎拉最终离开咖啡店时，她感到满足。故选B。 40．主旨大意题。根据第二段“She reached for her purse to pay, but before she could hand over her credit card, the coffee shop assistant smiled and said, “Your coffee has been covered by the car ahead of you.” Sarah was taken aback. “Really?” she asked, feeling astonished and grateful. The assistant nodded. The unexpected act of kindness put a smile on her face, making her upcoming interview feel a little relaxing. (她伸手去掏钱包准备付款，但还没等她把信用卡递给店员，店员就笑着说：“你的咖啡已经被前面那辆车付了。”萨拉吃了一惊。“真的吗？”她问，既惊讶又感激。店员点点头。这一意想不到的善举让她脸上露出了笑容，让她觉得即将到来的面试有点放松。)”以及最后一段“She knew she had just initiated a chain of generosity and kindness. (她知道她刚刚开启了慷慨和善良的链条。)”结合文章主要讲述了莎拉某天早上去面试路上去一家咖啡店买咖啡，结果付钱的时候被告知咖啡被前面的人付过了，莎拉十分惊讶和感激，于是也为后面的司机付了咖啡钱。可知，这篇文章的主要内容是传递爱的力量。故选D。 （十一） （23-24高二上·四川宜宾·期中）On Christmas Eve morning I awoke with a mission: to find my lost cat, Baby-Girl. As I got ready, I could hear icy rain pelting the windows. Baby-Girl was somewhere in the storm, I could just feel it. Sure, it had been months since she’d disappeared, but I still had faith. This was the season for miracles, after all. My dad and I spent the last holiday searching for her in the park nearby. Dad was the family’s “realist,” which meant he spent time trying to prepare me for the worst. “She’s either been hit by a car or been taken in by someone,” he said. I rolled my eyes. He could do with a little more faith! Though I couldn’t explain it, I knew I’d see Baby-Girl again. She could survive all on her own. Even after I lived without her and the weeks stretched into months, deep down I had this feeling that we’d be reunited one day. Now, again for the holidays, I made up my mind to pick up my search. I grabbed Baby-Girl’s cat carrier and loaded it into the car, then asked my dad to drive me to the shelter. “Sharon, be realistic!” my dad said as we headed to the garage. “She’s been gone too long. You’re not going to find her.” “Well, I just have a feeling,” I said. “Don’t you believe in Christmas miracle?” At the shelter, a staff member took us to see the cats. We walked through rows of cages. My eyes scanned cats of all colors and sizes. None of them was my Baby-Girl. Then I noticed a room farther back. I pushed ahead. “Sweetheart, that’s where they keep the cats that just came in,” Dad said. I insisted on stepping into the room. Suddenly, there came a familiar meow (猫叫). I followed it and my eyes fell on a little cat with big green eyes. Skinnier than I remembered, it was Baby-Girl! My eyes welled up with tears. I opened the cage door. Baby-Girl practically jumped into my arms. 41．What did the author’s father think about the lost cat? A．It could be stolen. B．It wasn’t lovely at all. C．It could be seen again. D．It was impossible to be found. 42．Which word can be used to describe the author? A．Ambitious. B．Indifferent. C．Determined. D．Considerate. 43．Where was the cat found? A．The shelter. B．The garage. C．The park. D．The car. 44．What did Christmas miracle refer to in the text? A．The lost cat came home on her own. B．The father decided to retake the pet. C．The lost cat and the author reunited. D．The father got together with the author. 【答案】41．D 42．C 43．A 44．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者的猫Baby-Girl走失了好几个月，但作者始终没有放弃，最终圣诞节前夕在收容所里找到了它。 41．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“‘She’s either been hit by a car or been taken in by someone,’ he said.(他说：‘她要么被车撞了，要么被人收留了。’)”和第五段中的“She’s been gone too long. You’re not going to find her.(她离开太久了。你找不到她了。)”可知，作者的父亲认为这只丢失的猫不可能再被找回来了。故选D。 42．推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Sure, it had been months since she’d disappeared, but I still had faith.(当然，她失踪已经好几个月了，但我仍然有信心。)”、第三段中的“Even after I lived without her and the weeks stretched into months, deep down I had this feeling that we’d be reunited one day.(即使在我没有她后生活了几周又几个月，但我内心深处有这样一种感觉，即我们总有一天会团聚。)”和第四段中的“Now, again for the holidays, I made up my mind to pick up my search.(现在，又到了假期，我下定决心继续寻找。)”可知，虽然作者的猫失踪了很久，但作者仍然保持信心，从来不放弃寻找，相信总有一天他们会再见，由此可推测出，作者是一个非常坚定的人。故选C。 43．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“At the shelter, a staff member took us to see the cats. We walked through rows of cages. My eyes scanned cats of all colors and sizes. None of them was my Baby-Girl. Then I noticed a room farther back. I pushed ahead. ‘Sweetheart, that’s where they keep the cats that just came in,’ Dad said.(在收容所，一名工作人员带我们去看猫。我们穿过一排排笼子。我的眼睛扫视着各种颜色和大小的猫。没有一个是我的Baby-Girl。然后我注意到后面有一个房间。我奋力向前推进。‘亲爱的，那是他们放刚来的猫的地方，’爸爸说。)”和最后一段中的“I insisted on stepping into the room. Suddenly, there came a familiar meow(猫叫). I followed it and my eyes fell on a little cat with big green eyes. Skinnier than I remembered, it was Baby-Girl!(我坚持要走进房间。突然，传来一声熟悉的猫叫. 我跟着它，眼睛落在一只有着绿色大眼睛的小猫身上。比我记忆中更瘦，她是Baby-Girl！)”可知，作者最终在收容所里找到了Baby-Girl。故选A。 44．推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Sure, it had been months since she’d disappeared, but I still had faith. This was the season for miracles, after all.(当然，她失踪已经好几个月了，但我仍然有信心。毕竟，这是创造奇迹的季节。)”、第三段中的“Even after I lived without her and the weeks stretched into months, deep down I had this feeling that we’d be reunited one day.(即使在我没有她后生活了几周又几个月，但我内心深处有这样一种感觉，即我们总有一天会团聚。)”、倒数第三段“‘Well, I just have a feeling,’ I said. ‘Don’t you believe in Christmas miracle?’(‘嗯，我只是有一种感觉，’我说。‘你不相信圣诞奇迹吗？’)”和最后一段中的“Skinnier than I remembered, it was Baby-Girl! My eyes welled up with tears. I opened the cage door. Baby-Girl practically jumped into my arms.(比我记忆中更瘦，她是Baby-Girl！我热泪盈眶。我打开了笼子的门。Baby-Girl实实在在地跳进了我的怀里。)”并结合全文内容可知，作者的猫Baby-Girl走失了好几个月，但作者相信会有圣诞奇迹，作者内心深处相信总有一天会和自己的猫团聚，而最终作者找到了猫。由此可推测出，在本文中“圣诞奇迹”指的是作者和自己的猫团聚。故选C。 （十二） （23-24高二上·四川眉山·期中）Unable to hold back my curiosity any longer, I opened the beautifully wrapped present. It was a shiny, new laptop. I had scored straight A’s for my examination and this was my reward. I had always envied (嫉妒) my friends who were always exchanging news about “chat rooms” or “e-mailing”, which I knew nothing about. Now I was going to find out. It started out simply enough. I was searching for some information online when I came across a social networking site. Soon I became attached to my new-found electronic friend. I began to spend more and more time on YouTube and became controlled by Facebook and Twitter. Whenever I was not accessing these social networking sites, I would be going through gossip (八卦) or fashion websites. As time passed, I would lock myself in my room during weekends, refusing to come out and take part in family discussions. I preferred to stay connected to the “friends” online whom I had never met. Soon I was spending the early hours of the morning surfing the Internet. Sleep became broken naps and my grades at school also began worsening. It was about this time that my parents started voicing their disapproval. I was asked to reduce my usage of the Internet. Yet, however hard I tried, I was unable to pull myself away. I was thirsty for just another click, or just another look at message board. Then one day, my father took away my laptop. I cried, shouted and even begged but in vain. Dad had made up his mind. Over time, I realized that Dad and Mum had always wanted the best for me. That was when I decided to take the big step—to quit my internet addiction. Quitting was harder than I expected. But with strong determination, I knew that I would be able to do it. I promised my parents that I would turn over a new leaf. 45．Why did the author’s parents buy her a laptop? A．To reward her for her excellent grades. B．To let her make more friends easily. C．To meet her curiosity about chat rooms. D．To help her set up a social networking site. 46．What happened to the author after she got addicted to the Internet? A．She went out with new friends a lot. B．She suffered from sleeplessness. C．She got anxious and lost her temper. D．She ignored the people and things around her. 47．What made the author decide to quit her internet addiction? A．Her father’s demand. B．Her boredom with the Internet. C．Her worsening school grades. D．Her parents’ love and expectations. 48．What can we learn from the author’s story? A．It’s never too late to mend. B．Action speaks louder than words. C．Behind bad luck comes good luck. D．A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 【答案】45．A 46．D 47．D 48．A 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者因为成绩优异得到了一台笔记本作为奖励，结果作者却沉迷于网络，忽略了周围的人和事。最后父亲拿走了作者的笔记本，作者也决心戒网瘾。 45．细节理解题。根据第一段“It was a shiny, new laptop. I had scored straight A’s for my examination and this was my reward.(那是一台崭新的闪亮笔记本电脑。我的考试成绩全是A，这就是对我的奖励)”可知，作者的父母给她买了一台笔记本电脑是为了奖励她的优异成绩。故选A。 46．细节理解题。根据第三段“As time passed, I would lock myself in my room during weekends, refusing to come out and take part in family discussions. I preferred to stay connected to the “friends” online whom I had never met.(随着时间的推移，周末我会把自己锁在房间里，拒绝出来参加家庭讨论。我更喜欢和那些素未谋面的网友保持联系)”可知，作者上网上瘾后忽略了周围的人和事。故选D。 47．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Over time, I realized that Dad and Mum had always wanted the best for me. That was when I decided to take the big step—to quit my internet addiction.(随着时间的推移，我意识到爸爸妈妈总是希望我过得最好。就在那时，我决定迈出一大步——戒掉网瘾)”可知，父母的爱和期望让作者决定戒掉网瘾。故选D。 48．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Quitting was harder than I expected. But with strong determination, I knew that I would be able to do it. I promised my parents that I would turn over a new leaf.(戒网瘾比我想象的要难。但有了坚定的决心，我知道我一定能做到。我答应我的父母，我会改过自新)”结合文章主要讲述了作者因为成绩优异得到了一台笔记本作为奖励，结果作者却沉迷于网络，忽略了周围的人和事。最后父亲拿走了作者的笔记本，作者也决心戒网瘾。可推知，故事告诉我们：亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。故选A。 （十三） （23-24高二上·福建三明·期中）I still remember my father’s embarrassment the day when he was invited to have dinner at a colleague’s house. Freshly arriving in Brazil, and not being able to look up on the Internet, he offended his hosts by making a hand gesture — a circle with the thumb and index finger. He had always understood it to mean “OK”, but in Brazil, it meant something different. The incident was quickly forgotten. My father’s colleague understood that he probably wasn’t yet aware of the local meaning of the gesture. He gently explained it meant something rude, and then it was kept in mind under “things not to be done in Rio”. I was reminded myself when touring China. After I replied to a friend’s WeChat message with a Van Gogh sticker that I thought meant “keep fighting”, another friend told me I used it wrong. “The Chinese version is a bit different,” she said, taking out her phone and showing to me. “See these characters? They mean ‘I will hit you!’” Life is full of crossed meanings. In India, you sign to someone to come over with your palm down, not up. And in the Middle East, you never use your left hand for anything public. As adults, we understand that even if it hurts, a mistake is only an insult (侮辱) when it is made on purpose. Yet, many conflicts come from misunderstanding, and history is full of the unfortunate outcomes of cross-cultural communication. My father’s pre-Internet Brazilian mistake was forgiven because of context — he had just arrived and he didn’t know its local meaning. But when context is absent or simply differently understood — especially in the social media — perhaps it is time we all think twice before typing or talking, especially when the consequences can be more severe than the misuse of a WeChat sticker. 49．What can be inferred from the author’s father’s story? A．Cultural differences are common. B．The Internet helps to avoid mistakes. C．Misunderstandings lead to bad results. D．The OK sign means differently in Brazil. 50．What did the author mean to do by using the Van Gogh sticker? A．To greet his friend. B．To threaten his friend. C．To encourage his friend. D．To make fun of his friend. 51．What might result in if there is no context? A．Forgiveness. B．Cultural gaps. C．Cultural conflicts. D．Mutual(相互的) respect. 52．What could be the best title for the text? A．Tourism and Culture. B．Language and Culture. C．Verbal Communication. D．Cross-Cultural Communication. 【答案】49．A 50．C 51．C 52．D 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章中作者结合亲身经历的一些例子，说明了文化差异可能导致误解和冲突。 49．推理判断题。根据第一段“Freshly arriving in Brazil, and not being able to look up on the Internet, he offended his hosts by making a hand gesture — a circle with the thumb and index finger. He had always understood it to mean “OK”, but in Brazil, it meant something different.(刚到巴西，无法在网上查阅，他做的一个手势——用拇指和食指围了个圈——冒犯了主人。他一直把它理解为“OK”的意思，但在巴西，它的意思不同)”及第二段中的“My father’s colleague understood that he probably wasn’t yet aware of the local meaning of the gesture.(父亲的同事明白，他可能还没有意识到这个手势在当地的含义)”可知，父亲去同事家吃饭是日常生活，就因为一个“OK”手势导致了误会。可推知，父亲的故事表明文化差异很常见。故选A。 50．细节理解题。根据第三段“After I replied to a friend’s WeChat message with a Van Gogh sticker that I thought meant “keep fighting”, another friend told me I used it wrong.(我用梵高贴纸回复了一个朋友的微信，我认为这意味着“继续战斗”，另一个朋友告诉我我用错了)”可知，作者打算用梵高贴纸来鼓励他的朋友。故选C。 51．细节理解题。根据最后一段“But when context is absent or simply differently understood — especially in the social media — perhaps it is time we all think twice before typing or talking, especially when the consequences can be more severe than the misuse of a WeChat sticker.(但当语境缺失或理解不同时——尤其是在社交媒体上——也许我们在打字或说话之前都应该三思而后行，尤其是当后果可能比滥用微信表情包更严重的时候)”可知，如果没有背景或语境时，可能会导致文化冲突。故选C。 52．主旨大意题。通读全文，并根据倒数第二段“Yet, many conflicts come from misunderstanding, and history is full of the unfortunate outcomes of cross-cultural communication.(然而，许多冲突源于误解，历史上充满了跨文化交际的不幸后果)”可知，本文作者结合亲身经历的一些例子，说明了文化差异可能导致误解和冲突。故D选项“跨文化交际”最符合文章标题。故选D。 （十四） （23-24高二上·湖南永州·期中）Carey made a great academic achievement in high school and looked forward to attending Harvard and other top schools. But he could not afford the application fees, let alone school fees. But with a passion for business, Carey dreamed of attending a college in the Northeast so he could be close to New York City and other major business centers. In the process of his application, he was determined to deal with it by himself. He looked at hundreds of websites, checking scholarship requirements. Many scholarships had very specific qualifications that he didn’t meet. But Carey had 600 volunteer hours and started a nonprofit organization which organized volunteer opportunities for students when he was in high school. So he searched for scholarships that looked for excellent grades combined with leadership and community service. Soon, he got the Gates Millennium Scholarship, which covers school fees from a bachelor’s to a doctor’s degree. A $20,000 scholarship from Coca-Cola followed. He also received a $20,000 Horatio Alger Scholarship and the $10,000 Axa Achievement Scholarship. And smaller awards just kept coming. In the end, he had amazing success, receiving 34 scholarships worth $1.3 million—enough to pay for years of school, plus cover his living expenses with some leftover to invest. Carey has used the money for schooling, room and board, daily supplies, travel for interviews, and other needs. After appearing at national conferences and in the media, hundreds of students and parents have emailed and called for advice, which inspired Carey, now a business major at Drexel, to make a mobile-phone app called Scholly—short for “scholarships”—to help other teens get scholarship money. Though the app had thousands of downloads, Carey and his colleagues decided to keep the price only at 99 cents because their purpose was more public service than profit. As for his career plans, he has the goal of a true enterprise: “I do not have to get a job when I graduate.” 53．What did Carey do when he applied for scholarships? A．He started a nonprofit organization. B．He took part in community service. C．He matched his strengths with the criteria. D．He checked requirements with volunteers. 54．Why does Carey develop Scholly? A．To appeal for more downloads. B．To help other teens make apps. C．To raise funds for his own schooling. D．To facilitate scholarship application. 55．What does Carey intend to do for his career? A．Working for a charity. B．Starting his own business. C．Maintaining his current job. D．Getting a high paid job. 56．Which of the following best describe Christopher Carey? A．Ambitious and generous. B．Tolerant and diligent. C．Creative and humble. D．Stubborn and adventurous. 【答案】53．C 54．D 55．B 56．A 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了凯里通过自己的努力，获得奖学金，并研发应用程序，帮助其他青少年获得奖学金。 53．细节理解题。根据第二段“But Carey had 600 volunteer hours and started a nonprofit organization which organized volunteer opportunities for students when he was in high school. So he searched for scholarships that looked for excellent grades combined with leadership and community service.(但凯里有600个志愿者小时，并在高中时创办了一个非营利组织，为学生组织志愿者机会。因此，他搜索了寻找优秀的成绩与领导力和社区服务相结合的奖学金)”可知，凯里曾从事志愿者工作，并创办非营利组织，所以他搜索了能把学业成绩跟领导力、社区服务结合在一起的奖学金，即将自己的长处跟奖学金的标准匹配。故选 C。 54．细节理解题。根据第四段“After appearing at national conferences and in the media, hundreds of students and parents have emailed and called for advice, which inspired Carey, now a business major at Drexel, to make a mobile-phone app called Scholly—short for “scholarships”—to help other teens get scholarship money.(在出席全国会议和媒体后，数百名学生和家长通过电子邮件和电话寻求建议，这激发了凯里的灵感，凯里现在是德雷塞尔大学的商科专业学生，他开发了一款名为Scholly（scholarship的缩写）的手机应用程序，目的是帮助其他青少年获得奖学金)”可知，凯里研发Scholly，是为了给奖学金的申请提供便利。故选D。 55．细节理解题。根据第五段“As for his career plans, he has the goal of a true enterprise: “I do not have to get a job when I graduate.”(至于他的职业规划，他有一个真正的企业目标：“我毕业后不必找工作。”)”可知，凯里毕业后不打算找工作，而是打算自己创业，做一个企业。故选B。 56．推理判断题。第五段“Though the app had thousands of downloads, Carey and his colleagues decided to keep the price only at 99 cents because their purpose was more public service than profit. As for his career plans, he has the goal of a true enterprise: “I do not have to get a job when I graduate.” (尽管该应用程序有数千次下载，但凯里和他的同事决定将价格保持在99美分，因为他们的目的更多的是公共服务而非利润。至于他的职业规划，他有一个真正的企业目标：“我毕业后不必找工作。”)”可知，凯里将公共服务作为目的，研发的应用程序定价低，并计划毕业后自己做一个企业，推测凯里是慷慨大方并且有野心的。故选A。 （十五） （23-24高二上·山东菏泽·期中）Mia Samolinski attended the same school as Anthony Zhongor, an 18-year-old freshman, but the two had never met. That night, their paths crossed in the most remarkable way. Mia had just gotten into her car and was about to drive away, but she hit the gas instead of the brakes. Security footage (录像) shows the car rushing over a sidewalk, hitting a trash can, and then plunging (突然前冲) into the dark, cold water of the bay in just a few short seconds. People rushed to look in the water, but only one person jumped in after Mia, and it was Anthony. “She went pretty deep in there,” the teenager recalled. “She was striking the door and the window, trying to break the window, of course, and that got me nervous and scared for her, so I just took my clothes off and went into the water.” Mia’s car began to sink rapidly, but she couldn’t get the doors or windows open. Anthony tried to get the doors open from the outside, but couldn’t quite manage it. As the seconds ticked by, the teenage hero realized he could use his own body weight to push down the heavy front end of the car, making the back end stick out of the water. Mia climbed into the back and managed to escape through the rear hatch (后备箱盖). She and Anthony swam to the shore together. As soon as they were safe, tearful Mia thanked Anthony sincerely for saving her. Like so many heroes, Anthony did not set out to save a life that night. But he was in the right place, at the right time. “It doesn’t matter who it was, he or she was suffering,” he said, “I couldn’t watch anybody suffering in front of me.” 57．What led Mia into the accident? A．The brake’s failing. B．Her wrong operation. C．Her awkward driving skill. D．The complex traffic situation. 58．How did Anthony help Mia escape from the car? A．He opened the back door. B．He broke one of the windows. C．He kept the back of the car out of the water. D．He managed to push the car to the shallow end. 59．Which of the following best describes Anthony? A．Brave and helpful. B．Creative and gifted. C．Lucky and friendly. D．Generous and careful. 60．What message does the last paragraph mainly convey? A．Heroes are never accidental. B．Heroes come from teenagers. C．Heroes are not born but made. D．Behind every hero hides a tragedy. 【答案】57．B 58．C 59．A 60．A 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Mia开车时因操作失误不慎连人带车落入湖中，幸得乐于助人、勇敢善良的Anthony相救而脱离危险的故事。 57．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Mia had just gotten into her car and was about to drive away, but she hit the gas instead of the brakes. (Mia刚上车，正要开车离开，但她没有踩刹车，而是踩了油门)”可知，Mia踩的是油门，而不是刹车，也就是说是她的操作失误导致了这起事故。故选B。 58．细节理解题。根据第四段中的“As the seconds ticked by, the teenage hero realized he could use his own body weight to push down the heavy front end of the car, making the back end stick out of the water. Mia climbed into the back and managed to escape through the rear hatch (后备箱盖). She and Anthony swam to shore together. (随着时间的流逝，这位十几岁的英雄意识到他可以用自己的体重推下汽车沉重的前端，使后端伸出水面。米娅爬到后面，设法从后门逃生。她和安东尼一起游到岸边)”可知，Anthony用自己的体重把Mia那辆出事汽车沉重的前端压下去，从而让车的后端露出水面，然后Mia爬到车的后端，并从后备箱盖逃了出来。因此，安东尼让车的后部浮在水面之外帮助Mia逃离汽车的。故选C。 59．推理判断题。根据第二段中的“People rushed to look in the water, but only one person jumped in after Mia, and it was Anthony. (人们争先恐后地往水里看，但只有一个人在Mia之后跳了进去，那就是Anthony。)”和最后一段中的“‘It doesn’t matter who it was, he or she was suffering,’ he said, ‘I couldn’t watch anybody suffering in front of me.’(‘不管是谁，他或她都在受苦，’他说，‘我看不得任何人在我面前受苦。’)”可知，Anthony既勇敢又乐于助人。故选A。 60．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Like so many heroes, Anthony did not set out to save a life that night. But he was in the right place, at the right time. “It doesn’t matter who it was, he or she was suffering,” he said, “I couldn’t watch anybody suffering in front of me.”(像许多英雄一样，Anthony那天晚上并没有出发去拯救一条生命。但他只是在正确的时间出现在了正确的地点。“不管是谁，他或她都在受苦，”他说，“我看不到任何人在我面前受苦。”)可知，Anthony成为英雄绝非偶然，而是Anthony不忍他人受苦、心地善良的必然结果。因此，最后一段主要传达的信息是英雄从来都不是偶然的。故选A。 （十六） （23-24高二上·山西吕梁·期中）Exploring the peaks (山顶) of the world’s highest mountains or the secrets of space has become almost second nature for Poorna Malavath and Kavya Manyapu. It has taken Manyapu to NASA where her research has included designing space suits, and Malavath to the top of Mount Everest in 2014, when she became the youngest ever woman to climb the world’s highest mountain at the age of just 13. Now, the two women have channeled their exploring spirit into climbing some of the world’s most difficult mountains as part of their campaign, Project Shakthi, which raises money to fund girls’ education. At the end of August, they climbed a 6,012-meter virgin peak in Ladakh, India-one previously unmapped and untouched by humans, Never climbed before, the mountain presented difficult challenges for even an experienced mountaineer like Malavath, for there were neither routes to follow nor advice from previous climbers to cling to. “We have to prepare ourselves mentally to accept everything,” Malavath says. Every member of the team experienced some form of altitude sickness (高原反应) while climbing up the virgin peak. Rainy weather conditions that turned to snow at high altitudes added to the complexities of climbing the mountain. And for a relatively inexperienced climber like Manyapu, though she had trained extensively, the challenges were even greater. In the group’s darkest moments on the journey, they found motivation in Project Shakthi’s purpose: “We climb so that girls can read”, a deeply personal cause for both Malavath and Manyapu. In the meantime, the project has already begun selecting girls who will receive its sponsorship through the $12,000 it has raised so far. “Poorna and I actually visited our village back in India right after we completed our exploration of the virgin peak,” Manyapu says, “And we are starting the project in our village because that’s where our roots are.” Eventually, the project will aim to sponsor girls across the globe, empowering them and offering them opportunities to receive education. 61．What is the purpose of Project Shakthi? A．To design space suits. B．To map mountain peaks. C．To explore the secrets of space. D．To collect money for girls’ education. 62．What does the underlined phrase “cling to” in paragraph 3 mean? A．Ignore. B．Turn down. C．Rely on. D．Give. 63．Which of the following best describes climbing the virgin peak? A．Dangerous. B．Unnecessary. C．Unchallenging. D．Interesting. 64．What is the best title for the text? A．Kavya Manyapu’s Achievements in Studying Space B．Two Successful Women Climbed a Mountain for Charity C．Girls in the Villages Have Long Suffered Unfair Treatment D．Difficulties Poorna Malavath Experienced When Climbing Mount Everest 【答案】61．D 62．C 63．A 64．B 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了普尔纳·马拉瓦特和卡维亚·马尼亚二人的登山活动和为了慈善攀登一座山做出的努力。 61．细节理解题。根据第二段中“Project Shakthi, which raises money to fund girls’ education. (Shakthi项目，筹集资金资助女孩教育)”可知， Shakthi 项目的目的是筹钱资助女孩接受教育。故选D。 62．词义猜测题。根据画线词组前“for there were neither routes to follow nor advice from previous climbers to (因为既没有路线可走，也没有以前登山者的建议)”可推断，此处的意思是“没有以前登山者的建议可依靠”。A. Ignore忽略；B. Turn down把音量调低；C. Rely on依靠；D. Give给予。画线词组的意思和 Rely on 最接近。故选C。 63．推理判断题。根据第三段中“a 6,012-meter virgin peak in Ladakh, India-one previously unmapped and untouched by humans, Never climbed before, the mountain presented difficult challenges for even an experienced mountaineer like Malavath(这是印度拉达克6012米高的处女峰，以前从未被人类绘制过，也从未被攀登过，即使是像马拉瓦特这样经验丰富的登山者也面临着艰难的挑战)”和第四段中“Every member of the team experienced some form of altitude sickness (高原反应) while climbing up the virgin peak. Rainy weather conditions that turned to snow at high altitudes added to the complexities of climbing the mountain. (登山队的每个成员在攀登圣母峰时都经历了某种形式的高原反应。多雨的天气条件在高海拔地区变成了雪，这增加了攀登珠峰的复杂性。)”可推断，爬拉达克的处女峰十分危险。故选A。 64．标题判断题。通读全文，尤其是第二段“Now, the two women have channeled their exploring spirit into climbing some of the world’s most difficult mountains as part of their campaign, Project Shakthi, which raises money to fund girls’ education. (现在，这两个女人把她们的探索精神引导到攀登世界上最困难的一些山峰上，这是她们的活动“Shakthi项目”的一部分，该活动为女孩的教育筹集资金。)”可知，本文主要讲的是两个成功的女人为了慈善攀登一座山。所以，用B项“Two Successful Women Climbed a Mountain for Charity”作为本文的题目与文章主题相符合。故选B。 （十七） （23-24高二上·福建漳州·期中）Johnny Agar had always dreamed of competing in triathlons (铁人三项赛) as an athlete. Unfortunately, he’d been diagnosed with cerebral palsy (大脑性瘫痪) shortly after he was born. This disorder makes it difficult for the now-28-year-old to get around. However, he and his father are proving that where there’s a will — and a lot of love — there’s a way! Jeff Agar, 59, is helping Johnny experience life to the fullest by entering triathlons by his side. As a team, they’ve completed over 200 races, including a full ironman triathlon that required them to swim, bike and run 140 miles in just 17 hours. “I’m not a fan of triathlon,” Jeff joked. “I’m doing it not because I love it. This is Johnny’s dream and I’m giving him the legs and the power to do it.” Although Jeff typically provides the majority of the manpower, it was important for Johnny to cross the finish line on his own legs. “Walking in races was my way of telling Dad, ‘Okay, I’m not just going to say thank-you anymore; I’m going to actually put words into action,’” Johnny said. Johnny and his dad now form Team Agar, using their story and the power of motivational speaking to inspire others. “When we completed that 140-mile Ironman together, it had an amazing impact on many people who had seen our story. We began to see that competing isn’t just about us crossing the finish line; it’s about helping others leave uncertainty in the dust — even those facing greater obstacles than we did.” Earlier this month, they received some incredible news. They were invited to compete in one of the toughest triathlons: the Ironman World Championship! What made the occasion even more special was a pre-recorded video message from Johnny’s idol, athlete Peyton Manning. “Rumor has it that you’re a big fan of mine,” Peyton said, “I’m a big fan of yours as well! You guys are incredible; you’re a true inspiration.” 65．What can we learn about Jeff from the text? A．He has a great passion for triathlons. B．He is upset about Johnny’s severe illness. C．He goes all out to help his son achieve his ambition. D．He crosses the finish line with his son in competitions. 66．Why did Jeff and Johnny set up Team Agar? A．To give motivation to other people. B．To encourage more people to join them. C．To make themselves more competitive. D．To participate in more competitions as a team. 67．What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph? A．Peyton will record more videos of Johnny and Jeff. B．Jeff and Johnny have influenced people positively. C．Johnny and Jeff have been getting along well with Peyton. D．Peyton has provided Johnny with material assistance. 68．Which can be a suitable title for the text? A．An Old Father’s Love for Triathlons B．A Disabled Competitor Works Wonders C．Dad Helps Son With Cerebral Palsy Achieve His Dream D．Great Achievements Made by Dad and Son in Sports 【答案】65．C 66．A 67．B 68．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Johnny Agar因患病无法参加铁人三项比赛，但凭着坚强的意志和诸多付出，他的父亲和他一起参加铁人三项，并组成Team Agar，他们的故事激励了他人，告诉人们虽然结果未知，但是每一次尝试都是值得的。 65．细节理解题。根据第三段“I’m doing it not because I love it. This is Johnny’s dream and I’m giving him the legs and the power to do it.(我这么做不是因为我喜欢。这是约翰尼的梦想，我要给他双腿和力量去实现它)”可知，杰夫竭尽全力帮助儿子实现他的抱负。故选C。 66．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Johnny and his dad now form Team Agar, using their story and the power of motivational speaking to inspire others.(约翰尼和他的父亲现在组成了Team Agar，用他们的故事和励志演讲的力量来激励他人)”可知，杰夫和约翰尼成立Team Agar是为了给别人动力。故选A。 67．推理判断题。根据最后一段“What made the occasion even more special was a pre-recorded video message from Johnny’s idol, athlete Peyton Manning. “Rumor has it that you’re a big fan of mine,” Peyton said, “I’m a big fan of yours as well! You guys are incredible; you’re a true inspiration.”(让这个场合更加特别的是约翰尼的偶像，运动员佩顿·曼宁预先录制的视频。“据说你是我的超级粉丝，”佩顿说，“我也是你的超级粉丝!你们太不可思议了；你真是个鼓舞人心的人。”)”可推知，作者在最后一段想表达杰夫和约翰尼对人们产生了积极的影响。故选B。 68．主旨大意题。根据第二段“Jeff Agar, 59, is helping Johnny experience life to the fullest by entering triathlons by his side. As a team, they’ve completed over 200 races, including a full ironman triathlon that required them to swim, bike and run 140 miles in just 17 hours.(59岁的杰夫·艾格陪着约翰尼参加铁人三项，帮助他最大限度地体验生活。作为一个团队，他们已经完成了200多场比赛，包括一个完整的铁人三项，要求他们在17小时内游泳、骑自行车和跑步140英里)”结合文章主要讲述了Johnny Agar因患病无法参加铁人三项比赛，但凭着坚强的意志和诸多付出，他的父亲和他一起参加铁人三项，并组成Team Agar，他们的故事激励了别人，告诉人们虽然结果未知，但是每一次尝试都是值得的。由此可知，C选项“父亲帮助患有脑瘫的儿子实现他的梦想”最符合文章标题。故选C。 （十八） （23-24高二上·山西大同·期中）When a woman bought a painting that appeared to bear the signature (签名) of N. C． Wyeth at a store in 2017, she joked that the 4-dollar item might actually be a real work by the Maine painter. Her joke was no laughing matter, and the painting is now estimated to fetch as much as $250,000 at auction (拍卖会) in September. According to experts at Bonhams Skinner auction house, the seller unknowingly bought the work at a Savers store in Manchester, New Hampshire, while searching for frames to reuse. At that time, the Wyeth painting had been put against a wall along with mostly damaged posters and prints. The woman took the piece home, and then made a quick Internet search but could not find any information about the work. After hanging the painting in her bedroom for several years, she eventually stored it in her study. She rediscovered the painting this past May while doing cleaning, and this time posted images of the work on an online page titled “Things Found in Walls”, which is devoted to “stories of things you have found in walls, dug up in your backyard, or in that spare house across the street from your grandma’s”, according to the group’s description. Comments on the post led her to contact Lauren Lewis, a former curator who worked with paintings by three generations of the Wyeths: N. C． Wyeth, his son Andrew Wyeth and his grandson Jamie Wyeth. So she did. “After seeing the piece in person, Lewis was 99% certain it was authentic instead of a copy,” she told The Boston Globe. “While it certainly had some small scratches (划痕), it was in remarkable condition considering none of us had any idea of its journey over the last 80 years.” Wyeth often produced cover art for publishers of periodicals and novels. The painting up for sale in September is one of four he completed for a 1939 edition of Helen Hunt Jackson’s book Ramona, originally published in 1884. In it, Wyeth painted the young title character facing her elderly mother. 69．What was the woman’s joke? A．The storekeeper was lazy and foolish. B．The painting she bought might be valuable. C．The signature of N. C． Wyeth was wrong. D．The Maine painter would appear at auction. 70．How did the woman deal with the painting shortly after she got home? A．She put it in her study. B．She sold it to Lauren Lewis. C．She sent it to her friend. D．She searched online about it. 71．What does the underlined word “authentic” in paragraph 6 mean? A．Real. B．Damaged. C．Famous. D．Stolen. 72．What is the text mainly about? A．A world-famous artist in the US. B．A novel by Helen Hunt Jackson. C．A painting getting its recognition. D．An expert going on a treasure hunt. 【答案】69．B 70．D 71．A 72．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一名女士花4美元买到的一幅画作，最终被认为是画家的真迹。 69．细节理解题。根据第一段中“When a woman bought a painting that appeared to bear the signature (签名) of N. C. Wyeth at a store in 2017, she joked that the 4-dollar item might actually be a real work by the Maine painter. Her joke was no laughing matter, and the painting is now estimated to fetch as much as $250,000 at auction (拍卖会) in September. (2017年，一名女子在一家商店买了一幅似乎有N. C. Wyeth签名的画，她开玩笑说，这幅4美元的画可能是这位缅因州画家的真迹。她的玩笑可不是闹着玩的，这幅画现在估计将在9月份的拍卖会上拍出25万美元的高价。)”可知，这位女士开玩笑说她买的那幅画可能会很值钱。故选B项。 70．细节理解题。根据第三段中“The woman took the piece home, and then made a quick Internet search but could not find any information about the work. (这位女士把作品带回家，然后在网上快速搜索了一下，但没有找到任何关于这件作品的信息。)”可知，这个女士回家后在网上查找这幅画的相关信息。故选D项。 71．词句猜测题。划线词的后文“instead of a copy (而不是复制品)”说明这幅画是真迹，从而推知“After seeing the piece in person, Lewis was 99% certain it was authentic (在亲眼看到这件作品后，Lewis 99%确信它是authentic)”其中划线词汇意思是“真的，真迹”。故选A项。 72．主旨大意题。通读全文，根据第一段中“Her joke was no laughing matter, and the painting is now estimated to fetch as much as $250,000 at auction (拍卖会) in September. (她的玩笑可不是闹着玩的，这幅画现在估计将在9月份的拍卖会上拍出25万美元的高价。)”和倒数第二段的“After seeing the piece in person, Lewis was 99% certain it was authentic instead of a copy(在亲眼看到这件作品后，Lewis 99%确信它是真迹)”可知，本文主要讲的是一幅得到认可的画。故选C项。 （十九） （23-24高二上·四川绵阳·期中）In 2014, Xu Yitang, a Beijing native who had been studying Peking Opera since childhood, went with friends for a birthday celebration to Beijing Zoo. Little did he know that a chance encounter at the aquarium there would excite a lifelong passion. As Xu Yitang stared at corals bathed in tank’s light, a sense of wonder crowded into his mind. Lost in the beauty and mystery of the creatures, he spent the entire afternoon in front of it. After that, he began to frequent the local market to learn about coral farming from merchants who sell ornamental plants, fish and corals. He also searched for information on relevant forums online. Before long, he had set up a small fish tank at home and started cultivating a coral. Nowadays, Xu Yitang who has moved to the tropical island of South China’s Hainan province, works for a Sanya-based tropical biological laboratory belonging to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Each day, he spends several hours diving deep under the waves to observe and document the growth and development of the creatures that captured his heart all those years ago. Nicknamed “coral man”, he is actively engaged on such social media platforms as Sina Weibo, where he regularly shares visually beautiful photos and entertaining videos of corals. He aims to encourage individuals to take action in protecting coral reefs and the oceans as a whole from the destructive impact of climate change and human activities. Unfortunately, with the strengthening of the greenhouse effect, rising sea temperatures have led to coral bleaching (白化) and decay. A coral reef’s beautiful colors come from the symbiotic algae (共生藻类) zooxanthellae that provide more than 90 percent of the energy through photosynthesis (光合作用). Coral bleaching occurs when coral expels the algae and dies due to the lack of nutrients. In the laboratory, he would film educational videos to raise awareness and knowledge about corals, so that people can learn how to protect them effectively. 73．What changed Xu Yitang’s career choice? A．Frequenting the local market. B．Setting up a small fish tank at home. C．Having an encounter at the aquarium. D．Observing coral growth and development. 74．What can we infer from paragraph 2 ? A．Xu is a diver in the lab. B．Xu is a coral conservationist. C．Xu spends few hours on his work every day. D．Xu shares his videos for corals through social media platforms. 75．What caused coral bleaching? A．Rising sea temperatures. B．Lots of nutrients in the water. C．Coral farming practices. D．Lack of sunlight in deep waters. 76．How does he feel about his job now ? A．Critical. B．Indifferent. C．Objective. D．Enthusiastic. 【答案】73．C 74．B 75．A 76．D 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了许一堂从北京到海南的一位珊瑚保护者的故事，他通过在北京动物园的一次偶遇开始对珊瑚深深着迷，后来通过学习、观察和自己的努力，在家中搭建珊瑚养殖系统，并最终进入实验室从事对珊瑚的观察和保护工作。他通过社交媒体分享珊瑚的美丽和故事，呼吁人们保护珊瑚和海洋生态，同时文章也介绍了珊瑚白化现象以及其原因。 73．细节理解题。根据第一段中“Little did he know that a chance encounter at the aquarium there would excite a lifelong passion. (他一点也不知道，在那里的水族馆的一次偶然相遇会激发一生的激情。)”可知，在水族馆的一次偶然相遇对他产生了职业选择产生了巨大的影响。故选C。 74．推理判断题。根据第二段中“He aims to encourage individuals to take action in protecting coral reefs and the oceans as a whole from the destructive impact of climate change and human activities. (他的目的是鼓励个人采取行动，保护珊瑚礁和整个海洋免受气候变化和人类活动的破坏性影响。)”可知，许一堂通过个人行动，来保护珊瑚礁和整个海洋免受气候变化和人类活动的破坏性影响，由此推断出他是一名珊瑚保护者。故选B。 75．细节理解题。根据第三段中“Unfortunately, with the strengthening of the greenhouse effect, rising sea temperatures have led to coral bleaching (白化) and decay. (不幸的是，随着温室效应的加强，海洋温度的上升导致了珊瑚的白化和腐烂。)”可知，随着温室效应的加强，海洋温度的上升导致了珊瑚的白化和腐烂。故选A。 76．推理判断题。根据第一段中“Little did he know that a chance encounter at the aquarium there would excite a lifelong passion. (他一点也不知道，在那里的水族馆的一次偶然相遇会激发一生的激情。)”以及第二段中“Each day, he spends several hours diving deep under the waves to observe and document the growth and development of the creatures that captured his heart all those years ago. (每天，他都要花几个小时潜入海浪深处，观察和记录这些多年前俘获了他心的生物的生长发育。)”以及“Nicknamed “coral man”, he is actively engaged on such social media platforms as Sina Weibo, where he regularly shares visually beautiful photos and entertaining videos of corals. (他被称为“珊瑚人”，活跃在新浪微博等社交媒体平台上，定期分享珊瑚的美丽照片和娱乐视频。)”可知，许一堂在水族馆的一次经历激发了他对未来职业的热情，同时每天，他都要花几个小时潜入海浪深处，观察和记录这些多年前俘获了他心的生物的生长发育，并且积极在社交媒体上进行珊瑚保护宣传，因此推断他都对这项工作时充满热情的。故选D。 （二十） （23-24高二上·四川成都·期中）Leslie Jones is a well-known comedian and actress, best known for her time on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) and her work in stand-up comedy. Her journey into comedy started unexpectedly. When she was a college freshman, and a friend signed her up for a campus comedy contest. Despite having no previous experience in stand-up, she immediately felt comfortable on stage and won the contest. This experience lit her passion for comedy. However, Leslie Jones faced challenges in pursuing (追求) a professional comedy career. At the age of 19, she received advice from Jamie Foxx, who suggested that she needed more life experiences to draw material from for her comedy. Foxx advised her to go out, live life, work various jobs, and gain a broader range of experiences to enrich her comedy. Jones took Foxx’s advice to heart and took on a series of jobs, including working as a justice of the peace at weddings and even working for a construction company owned by Scientologists. Throughout these experiences, she kept her ultimate goal of becoming a comedian in mind. In her memoir, Leslie Jones, she reflects on her upbringing as a military brat, her journey through the male-dominated (男人主宰的) world of comedy clubs, and her eventual breakthrough when she joined the cast of SNL in 2014 at the age of 47. One unique aspect of Leslie Jones’ comedy style is her commitment to physical comedy, even if it sometimes results in injury. She’s willing to take risks and use her physicality to get laughs from her audience. She’s known for her energetic and bold performances, which often involve physical performance or exaggerated movements. In summary, Leslie Jones’ comedy career began unexpectedly in college, and despite facing initial challenges, she pursued a variety of life experiences to enrich her comedy. Her devotion to physical comedy and her unique approach have contributed to her success in the entertainment industry. 77．What do we know about Leslie Jones? A．She is afraid of standing on stage. B．She is famous for performing comedy. C．She has challenges in contacting people. D．She starts her comedy career on schedule. 78．Why did Leslie Jones do all kinds of work? A．To make her comedy colorful. B．To give some advice on Foxx. C．To remember her ultimate goal. D．To keep her friendship with Foxx. 79．What made Leslie Jones successful in comedy? A．Her spirit of taking risks. B．Her exaggerated eye contact. C．Her unique physical performance. D．Her desire for gaining experiences. 80．Which of the following best describes Leslie Jones? A．Responsible. B．Easy-going. C．Self-confident. D．Hard-working. 【答案】77．B 78．A 79．C 80．D 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了著名的喜剧演员Leslie Jones的喜剧经历，以及她独特的喜剧风格。 77．细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Leslie Jones is a well-known comedian and actress (Leslie Jones是一位著名的喜剧演员和女演员)”可知，Leslie Jones以表演喜剧而闻名。故选B项。 78．细节理解题。根据第三段中的“At the age of 19, she received advice from Jamie Foxx, who suggested that she needed more life experiences to draw material from for her comedy. Foxx advised her to go out, live life, work various jobs, and gain a broader range of experiences to enrich her comedy. Jones took Foxx’s advice to heart and took on a series of jobs (19岁时，她接受了Jamie Foxx的建议，他建议她需要更多的生活经历来为她的喜剧汲取素材。Foxx建议她走出去，去生活，从事各种工作，获得更广泛的经验，以丰富她的喜剧。Jones把Foxx的建议牢记在心，接受了一系列的工作)”可知，Leslie Jones去从事各种各样的工作是为了积累生活经历，让她的喜剧更加丰富多彩。故选A项。 79．细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Her devotion to physical comedy and her unique approach have contributed to her success in the entertainment industry. (她对身体喜剧的热爱和她独特的方法为她在娱乐界的成功做出了贡献)”可知，Leslie Jones独特的身体表演让自己的喜剧获得成功。故选C项。 80．推理判断题。根据第四段“In her memoir, Leslie Jones, she reflects on her upbringing as a military brat, her journey through the male-dominated (男人主宰的) world of comedy clubs, and her eventual breakthrough when she joined the cast of SNL in 2014 at the age of 47. (在她的回忆录Leslie Jones中，她回顾了自己作为一名军人子女的成长经历，她在男性主导的喜剧俱乐部世界中的经历，以及她在2014年以47岁的年龄加入《周六夜现场》时取得的最终突破)”和最后一段中的“In summary, Leslie Jones’ comedy career began unexpectedly in college, and despite facing initial challenges, she pursued a variety of life experiences to enrich her comedy. (综上所述，Leslie Jones的喜剧生涯意外地在大学开始，尽管最初面临挑战，但她追求各种各样的生活经历来丰富她的喜剧)”可知，Leslie Jones并非科班出身的喜剧演员，最初面临挑战，她通过不同的生活经历丰富自己的喜剧，在这一男性主导的行业中努力坚持，最终获得突破。由此推知，她是非常努力的人。故选D项。 （二十一） （23-24高二上·河南郑州·期中）Milan Kundera, the son of a famous concert pianist and musicologist, was born on April 1, 1929. Brno, Czechoslovakia (now in Czech Republic). The young Kundera studied music but gradually turned to writing, and he began teaching literature at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Prague in 1952. He joined the Communist Party in 1948, was expelled in 1950, and was readmitted in 1956, remaining a member until 1970. He published several collections of poetry in the 1950s. Then his short stories and highly successful one-act play, The Owners of the Keys, were published in the 1960s, followed by his first novel. One of his greatest works, The Joke, a comic and ironic (讽刺的) about the private lives and destinies (命运) of various Czechs, was translated into several languages and achieved international recognition. His second novel, Life Is Elsewhere (1969), about an unlucky, romantic-minded hero who supported the Communist takeover of 1948, was forbidden of its Czech publication. Kundera refused to admit his political errors to the authorities, who banned all his works, fired him from his teaching positions, and drove him away from the Communist Party. In 1975 Kundera was allowed to emigrate with his wife from Czechoslovakia to teach at the University of Rennes in France. In 1979 the Czech government took away his citizenship. In the 1970s and 80s his novels were published in France and elsewhere abroad but were banned in his homeland until 1989. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, one of his most successful works, is a series of ironic meditations (沉思录) on the modern state’s tendency to deny and clear out human memory and historical truth. Kundera began writing in French with Slowness in 1994, followed by Identity (1997), Ignorance (2000), and The Festival of Insignificance (2013), which is about a group of Parisian friends. On July 11, 2023, Milan Kundera died in Paris, France. 81．What does the underlined word “expelled” in paragraph 1 mean? A．Rejected. B．Promoted. C．Introduced. D．Punished. 82．What can you learn about Kundera from the passage? A．He wrote his first novel before The Owners of the Keys. B．His second novel was translated into several languages C．He created his works in French in his old years of life. D．He moved to France with his wife to learn French. 83．According to the passages, Milan Kundera used to be anyone but a _______________. A．playwright B．poet C．novelist D．translator 84．What is The Book of Laughter and Forgetting aimed at? A．Preserving human wisdom. B．Uncovering a political truth. C．Teaching modern history. D．Praising the government. 【答案】81．A 82．C 83．D 84．B 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作家Milan Kundera的一生。 81．词句猜测题。根据第一段“He joined the Communist Party in 1948,…(他于1948年加入共产党)”和“…, and was readmitted in 1956, remaining a member until 1970. (1956年被重新接纳，直到1970年)”可知，1956年被重新接纳，说明在此之前被“开除”了，所以此处划线部分expelled表示“开除，除名”的含义。A. rejected拒绝，不录取；B. promoted 促进，提升；C. introduced介绍；D. punished惩罚。故选A。 82．推理判断题。根据第二段“Then his short stories and highly successful one-act play, The Owners of the Keys, were published in the 1960s, followed by his first novel. (随后，他的短篇小说和非常成功的独幕剧《钥匙的主人》在20世纪60年代出版，随后是他的第一部小说)”可知，Kundera的第一部小说是在《钥匙的主人》之后，所以A排除。根据第二段“One of his greatest works, The Joke, a comic and ironic (讽刺的) about the private lives and destinies(命运) of various Czechs, was translated into several languages and achieved international recognition. (最伟大的作品之一《笑话》是一部关于许多捷克人私生活和命运的喜剧和讽刺作品，被翻译成多种语言，并获得了国际认可)”可知，《笑话》被翻译成多种语言，所以B排除。根据第三段“In 1975 Kundera was allowed to emigrate with his wife from Czechoslovakia to teach at the University of Rennes in France. (1975年，Kundera获准与妻子从捷克斯洛伐克移民到法国雷恩大学任教)”可知，Kundera和妻子去法国是去任教而不是学习法语，所以D项排除。根据第四段“Kundera began writing in French with Slowness in 1994, followed by Identity (1997), Ignorance(2000), and The Festival of Insignificance(2013), which is about a group of Parisian friends. (Kundera于1994年开始用法语创作《慢》，随后是《身份》（1997年）、《无知》（2000年）和《无意义的节日》（2013年），这部作品讲述了一群巴黎朋友的故事)”可知，Kundera在1994年开始用法语创作，那时已经处于老年时期。故选C。 83．细节理解题。根据第二段“He published several collections of poetry in the 1950s. Then his short stories and highly successful one-act play, The Owners of the Keys, were published in the 1960s, followed by his first novel. (他在20世纪50年代出版了几本诗集。随后，他的短篇小说和非常成功的独幕剧《钥匙的主人》在20世纪60年代出版，随后是他的第一部小说)”可知，Kundera是一名剧作家、诗人和小说家，未提及是一名译者。故选D。 84．细节理解题。根据第三段“The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, one of his most successful works, is a series of ironic meditations (沉思录) on the modern state’s tendency to deny and clear out human memory and historical truth. (《笑忘录》是他最成功的作品之一，是对现代国家否认和清除人类记忆和历史真相的倾向的一系列讽刺思考)”可知，《笑忘录》这本书的目的是为了揭露政治事实。故选B。 （二十二） （23-24高二上·吉林长春·期中）Sitting in the classroom I felt confused, for I couldn’t read the blackboard. Then Mum took me to the hospital. Within a few days, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a severe visual impairment (视力障碍). In fact, I was practically blind. Amazingly, I’d managed to reach the age of 13 without anyone realizing, not even me! “It all makes sense now,” Mum said. As a kid living on a farm, I was forever falling over things. I was known as the clumsy (笨拙) one to my parents and four sisters. But now, I was being told that I saw the world differently — I could only make out the outlines of things. I was given reading glasses but they didn’t help much. Refusing to let my diagnosis hold me back, I continued doing everything I loved. As long as everything was in its place, I could feel my way around. Later I got married to Lance and had amazing kids. I could change nappies (尿布) and dress the kids fine — it just took a little longer as I relied on touch to work out where things were. Cooking, on the other hand, was not my forte. I was terrible — always mixing up sugar and salt! Nowadays, my grandkids have all been brought up not to leave toys on the floor or move chairs away from the table. “We don’t want Grandma tripping,” Lance will say. Over the year, I’ve enjoyed lovely family holidays, but sometimes felt like Lance or the kids were too protective of me. So I was thrilled when I booked myself on a trip to the Gold Coast with people who were just like me in a travel company. I’m not missing out — my life is beautiful. I’m so lucky to have a wonderful family and lots of experiences. Life is precious — you don’t need to “see” that. 85．What can we know from the first paragraph? A．The reading glasses got the problem fixed. B．She always tripped because she was awkward. C．She got severe visual impairment at the age of 13. D．Nobody realized her sight was poor until she was 13. 86．What does the underlined word “forte” in Paragraph 3 mean? A．Weakness. B．Favourite. C．Strength. D．Business. 87．What can we know about the author? A．She is able to see things clearly now. B．She led a lonely and hopeless life. C．She could help care for the kids. D．She went to the Gold Coast all by herself. 88．What can we learn from the author’s story? A．We need to go to travel frequently on our own. B．We should always turn to the family for help. C．Everyone should pay special attention to the blind people. D．Everyone can enjoy the beauty of life with a positive mind. 【答案】85．D 86．C 87．C 88．D 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者并没有让严重的视力障碍变成自己生活的阻碍，而是继续做喜欢的事情，在结婚有了孩子之后可以帮忙照顾孩子，在成为祖母之后独自加入旅行团去欣赏世界的美丽的故事。 85．细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Within a few days, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a severe visual impairment (视力障碍). In fact, I was practically blind. Amazingly, I’d managed to reach the age of 13 without anyone realizing, not even me! (几天后，我被诊断出患有严重的视力障碍。事实上，我几乎是瞎了。令人惊讶的是，我已经成功地活到了13岁而没有人发现，甚至我自己也没有！)”可知，在作者13岁被诊断出视力障碍之前，没有人意识到她的视力很差。故选D项。 86．词句猜测题。根据画线词所在句的下一句“I was terrible — always mixing up sugar and salt! (我太糟糕了——总是把糖和盐混在一起！)”可知，作者总是弄混糖和盐，因此她是不擅长烹饪的。由此推知，forte意思是“长处”，与strength意思相近。故选C项。 87．细节理解题。根据第三段中的“I could change nappies (尿布) and dress the kids fine — it just took a little longer as I relied on touch to work out where things were. (我可以给孩子们换尿布，给他们穿衣服——只是要花更长的时间，因为我要靠触摸来找出东西在哪里。)”可知，虽然作者视力不好，但是可以为孩子们换尿布以及穿衣服，因此是可以帮忙照顾孩子的。故选C项。 88．推理判断题。通读全文，并结合最后一段“Life is precious — you don’t need to “see” that. (生命是宝贵的——你不需要去“看”它。)”可知，作者虽然有严重的视力障碍，但是这没有成为她生活的阻碍，她乐观地继续做喜欢的事情，在结婚有了孩子之后可以帮忙照顾孩子，在成为祖母之后独自加入旅行团去欣赏世界的美丽，视力问题不妨碍她用心去体验生命。由此可知，作者的故事告诉我们每个人都可以用积极的心态享受生命的美好。故选D项。 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$