专题06 阅读理解记叙文精选15篇【考题猜想】-2024-2025学年高一英语上学期期中考点大串讲（上海）

2024-2025学年高一上学期期中考点大串讲（上海） 专题06 阅读理解记叙文精选15篇 （解析版） Passage 01 【来源】上海市建平中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中英语试卷 To celebrate his friend’s birthday, Luke Fortune drove from a small town in Central Oregon to Portland, where he parked his car in a paid garage overnight. The next morning, he discovered that the car’s window had been smashed, along with his dreams for the future: His backpack and computer were gone. “Everything important to me was on that computer,” said Fortune, 21, who is studying to become a paramedic. Two days after the theft, another young man was standing outside his apartment, also in Portland. Masoud Almazrouei, 29, was an exchange student from the United Arab Emirates. He had been approached by a man who said he had a computer for sale. Only $200. Almazrouei, who had been in the United States for only a year, admits now that he was naïve. But he needed a computer so he bought it, took it home, and turned it on. Within seconds, he saw files and photographs. “I wondered who would sell a computer with all of this on it,” he said. “I realized it could be stolen.” Almazrouei found what appeared to be the owner’s cell phone number and called it. Fortune didn’t trust this guy with a thick accent and thought it was a scam. Soon after, a police officer called Fortune to say that a man had dropped the computer off and had said he was sorry. He passed along the man’s number. Fortune called and thanked Almazrouei and insisted on paying him a reward of $200, the money he was out. Almazrouei refused. He said it was his mistake to buy the computer from someone he didn’t know. More important, he said, it was his honor and duty as a Muslim to return the property to the rightful owner. “I saw a photo of this man in his paramedic uniform,” Almazrouei said. “They help people. He is a good man. I don’t want my money back.” Still, the encounter produced its own kind of rewards. For Fortune, it was a lesson in cultural awareness amid the sometimes bitter national debate about immigrants, especially from the Arab world. “I’m from a small mainly white town,” Fortune said. “I’ve never met a Muslim. He’s a good man.” Almazrouei’s lesson was perhaps more complex. When a story about the two young men’s encounter made it to the local papers, Almazrouei received a call from Wim Wiewel, the president of Portland State University, where Almazrouei is studying economics. “We thought since you gave back the laptop, we should give you a laptop so that you’ll have one,” Wiewel told him. “We’re very proud of you. It was a great story, but you did the right thing.” 1．What is the correct order of the events that happened? ①The computer was stolen in a paid garage. ②Almazmouei found a lot of files and photographs in the computer. ③Unsuspecting, Almazrouei bought the computer at $200. ④Almazrouei called Fortune but it didn’t work. A．①②③④ B．①③②④ C．③④②① D．②①③④ 2．The underlined word “scam” in Para. 5 is closest in meaning to “_________”. A．trick B．game C．gamble D．accident 3．What does the author mean by saying “Still, the encounter produced its own kind of rewards” in Para. 8? A．Kindness will eventually pay off one day. B．Almazrouei got admitted into a renowned university. C．Fortune could seek his dream with his computer back. D．Both of the young men learned something in their own way. 4．What can be inferred from the passage? A．Theft is common in Portland. B．Almazrouei was short of money. C．Fortune could not realize his dreams without his computer. D．Fortune used to discriminate against Muslims. 【答案】1．B 2．A 3．D 4．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个名叫Luke Fortune的年轻人的电脑失而复得的故事。 1．细节理解题。根据第一段中“The next morning, he discovered that the car’s window had been smashed, along with his dreams for the future: His backpack and computer were gone. (第二天早上，他发现车窗被打碎了，他对未来的梦想也被打碎了：他的背包和电脑都不见了)”、第三段中“But he needed a computer so he bought it, took it home, and turned it on. (但是他需要一台电脑，所以他买了它，带回家，并打开了它。)”和“Within seconds, he saw files and photographs. (几秒钟之内，他就看到了文件和照片)”以及第四段中“Almazrouei found what appeared to be the owner’s cell phone number and called it. (Almazrouei找到了似乎是主人的手机号码，并拨打了它)”可知，首先，电脑被盗，然后被Almazrouei买到，然后发现文件和照片，最后打电话给失主。故选B项。 2．词句猜测题。根据划线词句前文“Almazrouei found what appeared to be the owner’s cell phone number and called it. (Almazrouei找到了似乎是主人的手机号码，并拨打了它)”及后文“Soon after, a police officer called Fortune to say that a man had dropped the computer off and had said he was sorry. (没过多久，一名警察打电话给Fortune，说有个男人放他那里一台电脑，并说他很抱歉)”可知，Almazrouei先打电话给Fortune，但没交还电脑，而后，他把电脑交给了警察，说明Fortune起初认为这是个骗局。结合划线词句“Fortune didn’t trust this guy with a thick accent and thought it was a scam. (Fortune不相信这个口音很重的家伙，认为这是个scam)”可知，划线词汇应为“骗局”的意思。故选A项。 3．词句猜测题。根据划线句子后文“For Fortune, it was a lesson in cultural awareness amid the sometimes bitter national debate about immigrants, especially from the Arab world. (对于Fortune来说，在关于移民，特别是来自阿拉伯世界的移民，有时是激烈的民族主义的辩论中，这是一个文化意识的教训)”和倒数第二段中“Almazrouei’s lesson was perhaps more complex. (Almazrouei得到的经验教训可能更加复杂)”可知，划线句子意思是“两个年轻人都以自己的方式得到了一些经验教训。”故选D项。 4．推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中“For Fortune, it was a lesson in cultural awareness amid the sometimes bitter national debate about immigrants, especially from the Arab world. (对于Fortune来说，在关于移民，特别是来自阿拉伯世界的移民，有时是激烈的民族主义的辩论中，这是一个文化意识的教训)”以及Fortune所说的“I’m from a small mainly white town. (我来自一个以白人为主的小镇)”及“I’ve never met a Muslim. He’s a good man. (我从没见过穆斯林。他是个好人)”可以推知，Fortune过去歧视穆斯林。故选D项。 Passage 02 【来源】上海市大同中学2023-2024学年高一上学期11月期中英语试题 Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition. He was unable to work a steady job. He fell suddenly ill and had to be admitted to the hospital. He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local children’s hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He ended up working with the seriously ill children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them. One of his kids was a girl with a rare disease that paralyzed (瘫痪) her from the neck down. She couldn’t do anything, and she was very depressed. My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. All the while he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.” At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent home because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also left the children’s hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, in came the little girl who had been paralyzed, only this time she was walking. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave him a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: “Thank you for helping me walk.” My dad would cry every time he told us this story and so would we. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctors, and my dad – who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture – loved every single child in that hospital. 5．The author’s father worked at the local hospital to _______. A．ease his serious heart condition B．realize his childhood dream C．earn money to pay for treatment D．keep himself occupied and happy 6．How did the author’s father help the paralyzed little girl? A．He showed her she could still do things. B．He painted special pictures for her. C．He helped her practise walking. D．He visited her and made a toy for her. 7．According to paragraph 4, the paralyzed girl _______. A．eventually became a unique painter B．gradually recovered and walked C．was sent home and never seen again D．sent him a picture painted with her mouth 8．What message does the passage mainly convey? A．A sick person should not focus on his disease. B．Volunteering is a worthwhile thing to do. C．Love can sometimes bring great results. D．It’s better to give than to receive. 【答案】5．D 6．A 7．B 8．C 【导语】本文为记叙文，主要讲述了一个瘫痪的小女孩在作者父亲爱的鼓励下逐渐恢复，到最后可以走路的故事。 5．细节理解题。结合第二段第一句“He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local children’s hospital(他想做点什么让自己保持忙碌，所以他决定去当地的儿童医院做志愿者)”可知，作者的父亲去当地医院是为了让自己保持忙碌和快乐。故选D项。 6．细节理解题。结合第三段中“He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all.(他开始在她的房间里探望她，带上颜料、画笔和纸。他把纸立起来，把画笔放进嘴里，开始画画。他根本不用手)”可知，父亲是想告诉她，没有手，也可以做很多事情。故选A项。 7．细节理解题。结合第四段中“Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, in came the little girl who had been paralyzed, only this time she was walking(过了一段时间，在我父亲康复并返回工作岗位后，一个瘫痪的小女孩进来了，只是这次她在走路)”可知，小女孩恢复了，可以走路了，故选B项。 8．主旨大意题。结合全文并结合最后一段的“He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctors, and my dad – who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture – loved every single child in that hospital.(他会说，有时爱比医生更强大，而我的父亲——在小女孩给他照片几个月后去世——爱着医院里的每一个孩子)”可知，在父亲爱的鼓励下，一个瘫痪的女孩奇迹般地恢复到可以走了，说明了爱可以带来很好的结果。故选C项。 Passage 03 【来源】上海市复旦大学附属中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes. At 19, when I began studying astrophysics (天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D．at MIT and then as 3 post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement — jobs, research papers, awards — was viewed through the lens of gender politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus right brain, or nature versus nurture, I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind. Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all annoyance: I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory. Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer: 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about. 9．Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again? A．She is unhappy working in male-dominated fields. B．She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination. C．She is not good at telling stories of the kind at all. D．She finds space research more important than that. 10．From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the author’s failures to ________. A．the very fact that she is just a woman B．her involvement in gender politics C．her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist D．the burden she bears in a male-dominated society 11．Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class? A．Female students no longer have to worry about gender issues. B．Her students’ performance has brought back her confidence. C．Her female students can do just as well as male students. D．More female students are pursuing science than before. 12．What does the image the author presents to her students suggest? A．Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation. B．Women have more barriers on their way to academic success. C．Women can balance a career in science and having a family. D．Women now have fewer discrimination problems about science career. 【答案】9．B 10．A 11．D 12．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过比较自己原来所处的年代的情况和现在的情况，告诉我们现在又越来越多的女生开始学习科学，这让作者很自豪。同时作者还给这些女生提出了自己的建议：要在科学和家庭之间取得平衡 9．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“ There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting.(在我的生命中有一段时间，人们不断地问我在一个男性主导的领域工作是什么感觉。我不太擅长讲这些故事，因为说实话，我从来不觉得它们有趣。)”根据第三段“ I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. ”（我再也不提这事了。我花了10年的时间才找回19岁时的自信，并意识到我不想处理性别问题。）可知，她受够了性别歧视的问题。故选B项。 10．推理判断题。根据第二段“But while earning my PhD at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement — jobs, research papers, awards —  was viewed through the lens of gender  politics. So were my failures.(但当我在麻省理工学院获得博士学位，然后作为一名博士后从事太空研究时，这个问题开始困扰我。我的每一项成就——工作、研究论文、奖项——都是从性别政治的角度来看待的。我的失败也是如此。)”可知，作者说人们从性别政治的角度看待她的失败，由此可以推测人们认为她的失败是因为她是一个女性的。故选A项。 11．细节理解题。根据文章第四段“You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer: 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. (你无法想象我回答这个问题时的满足感:45。我知道，我的一些学生担心，他们将如何管理自己的科学研究和想要孩子的愿望。)”可知，现在作者班级里有很多女学生在学习科学，这让作者很自豪。因为现在学习科学的学生比以前要多了很多。故选D项。 12．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.(相反，我给了他们这个：他们的物理教授怀孕做物理实验的画面。反过来，他们给了我一个45位女性的形象，她们被对科学的热爱所驱使。这是一个值得谈论的景象。)”可知，作者针对前面提到的一些学生担心不能很好地处理科研与生育孩子之间的平衡便展示了这个图景来消除学生们的担忧，这也说明女性可以在科研和拥有家庭之间做好平衡。故选C项。 Passage 04 【来源】2023~2024学年上学期上海市杨浦区控江中学高一期中英语试题 I fell in love with the minister’s son the winter I turned fourteen. He was not Chinese. When I found out that my parents had invited the minister’s family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried. What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners? What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeing not a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes but Chinese food? On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. She was pulling back lines out of the backs of fleshy prawns. The kitchen was littered with piles of raw food: a fish with bulging eyes begging not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil, a bowl of soaking dried fungus back to life, a plate of squids whose backs were crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires. And then they arrived — the minister’s family and all my relatives. Robert said hello, and I pretended he was not worthy of existence. Dinner threw me deeper into despair. My relatives licked the ends of their chopsticks and reached across the table, dipping them into the dozen or so plates of food. Robert and his family waited patiently for plates to be passed to them. My relatives whispered with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish. Robert made faces. Then my father poked his chopsticks just below the fish eye and pulled out the soft meat. “Amy, your favourite,” he said, offering me the tender fish cheek. I wanted to disappear. I remained silent for the rest of the night. After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, “You want to be the same as American girls on the outside. But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame.” 13．The writer felt ________ upon knowing that the minister’s family had been invited over for Christmas Eve dinner. A．excited B．worried C．disappointed D．confused 14．In the second paragraph, the writer described the kitchen scene in such a way as to ________. A．paint a vivid picture of how busy her mother was B．explain the reason why her mother created such a menu C．support the claim that the Christmas menu was strange D．introduce the typical Chinese dishes served on Christmas Eve 15．What can be inferred about the writer based on what happened during the dinner? A．She suffered greatly during the dinner. B．She hated eating the fish cheek below the eye. C．She regretted not talking more with Robert. D．She was picky about the Christmas menu. 16．Why did the writer’s mother have a talk with her that night? A．To inform her of the cultural gap between the east and the west. B．To share her understanding of the word “shame”. C．To encourage her to become integrated into the local community. D．To urge her to be proud of her Chinese roots. 【答案】13．B 14．C 15．A 16．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者十四岁那年的冬天，爱上了牧师的儿子。结果父母邀请了牧师一家来吃平安夜晚餐，作者为自己的亲戚在晚餐时的表现感到羞耻，最后母亲和作者谈话，鼓励作者为自己身为中国人感到骄傲。 13．推理判断题。根据第一段中“When I found out that my parents had invited the minister’s family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried. What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners? What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeing not a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes but Chinese food?(当我发现我的父母邀请牧师一家来吃平安夜晚餐时，我哭了。罗伯特会怎么看我们简陋的中国式圣诞节呢？他会怎么看我们那些吵闹而又缺乏美国礼仪的中国亲戚呢？如果他看到的不是烤火鸡和红薯，而是中国菜，他会感到多么可怕的失望？)”可推知，得知牧师一家被邀请来吃平安夜晚餐，作者感到很担心。故选B。 14．推理判断题。根据第二段中“On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu.(在圣诞节前夕，我发现母亲超出了自己的能力，做了一份奇怪的菜单)”可推知，在第二段中，作者以这样一种方式描述了厨房的场景，以支持圣诞菜单很奇怪的说法。故选C。 15．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“I wanted to disappear. I remained silent for the rest of the night.(我想消失。那天晚上剩下的时间，我一言不发)”可推知，晚餐期间，作者吃饭时很痛苦。故选A。 16．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame.(你一定为自己的与众不同而自豪。你唯一的羞耻就是有羞耻)”可知，作家的母亲那天晚上和她谈话是为了鼓励她为自己的中国根感到骄傲。故选D。 Passage 05 【来源】2023~2024学年上学期上海格致中学高一期中英语试题 The student arrived early, sat front and center, and stood out in my classroom in more ways than one. I’d say that he was about 40 years older than his classmates in my undergraduate communications class. He eagerly jumped into class discussions, with his humor and wisdom of experience. And he was always respectful of the other students’ perspectives, as if each of them were a teacher. Jerry Valencia walked in with a smile — and he left with one too. “These students gave me the confidence that I didn’t need to feel bad about my age,” Valencia says. One day, I spotted Valencia on campus. He said he would have to stop taking classes that semester and reapply for next year. By then, he hoped to have earned enough money from construction jobs and have his student-loan papers in order. But he said he was still coming to campus to attend events or see friends. He asked seriously whether he could still sit in on my communications class. Sure, I said. But he wouldn’t get any credit. No problem, he said. Soon there he was again, back at his old desk, front and center, jumping into our discussions on how to find and tell stories in Los Angeles — a 63-year-old man with as much energy and curiosity as any of the youngsters in class. For an assignment on changing neighborhoods, Valencia wrote about a favorite local chain restaurant that was “unceremoniously closed.” He called it a theft of childhood. “It is almost as if someone has stolen that childhood and rudely replaced it with a slippery hill where everything they treasure will slide away,” he wrote. A lot of Valencia’s classmates apparently knew he couldn’t afford that semester’s tuition but was still doing the homework. “Here he is, willingly taking a class for the delight of it and benefit of learning,” says Jessica Espinosa, a 25-year-old junior. Afterward, I overheard Valencia wanted to stay in school until he earned a master’s degree, but it had taken him 12 years to finish community college, so he had a long way to go. He had earned his associate of arts degree over the summer, then transferred to LA to start on his bachelor’s. There is something splendidly unreasonable about Valencia’s determination to get a four-year degree and then a master’s. At his current pace, he’ll be 90 when he finally hangs all that paper on the wall. But that doesn’t seem especially relevant. He’s found all the youthful energy and academic opportunity stimulating. Valencia’s grade in my class this semester will not show up on his transcripts (成绩单). But I’m giving him an A — and in the most important ways, it counts. 17．What made Valencia different from his classmates according to Para. 1? A．He was an early bird to attract other students’ attention. B．He took pride in his age, for he often wore a smile on his face. C．He was eager to draw his conclusion in the communications class. D．He may often share his wise and humorous ideas in the discussion. 18．According to the author, Valencia continued to attend classes because ________. A．he got enjoyment and treasured the chance of learning B．he needed the credits to further study a bachelor’s degree C．he desired to attend events and have an A on his transcripts D．he wanted to keep up with his classmates by learning hard 19．Which of the following best describes Valencia? A．Modest and independent. B．Energetic and generous. C．Considerate and intelligent. D．Enthusiastic and motivated. 20．The passage mainly tells us that ________. A．teachers like diligent and highly-motivated students B．efforts will be paid off as long as we are determined C．it is never too late to learn even though we start a little late D．getting an A counts when it comes to learning at a higher level 【答案】17．D 18．A 19．D 20．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了一个关于“活到老，学到老”的故事。杰里·瓦伦西亚是一个63岁的大三学生，尽管年龄很大，但他对学习仍然充满热情。在课堂上，他会积极参加讨论，尊重其他同学的观点，很多学生对他的精神充满了敬佩。他并没有足够的钱去支付学费但他仍不放弃，通过工作赚钱，坚持继续完成学业，还要继续读研。 17．细节理解题。由第一段中的“He eagerly jumped into class discussions, with his humor and wisdom of experience. (他以他的幽默和经验智慧，热情地参加了课堂讨论)”可知，瓦伦西亚与他的同学的不同之处在于：在讨论中，他可能经常分享他的智慧和幽默的想法。故选D项。 18．细节理解题。由倒数第二段中的“A lot of Valencia’s classmates apparently knew he couldn’t afford that semester’s tuition but was still doing the homework. “Here he is, willingly taking a class for the delight of it and benefit of learning,” says Jessica Espinosa, a 25-year-old junior. (瓦伦西亚的许多同学显然知道他付不起那学期的学费，但他仍在做作业。25岁的大三学生杰西卡·埃斯皮诺萨说：“他来了，为了学习的乐趣和益处，他很乐意去上课。”)”可知，瓦伦西亚继续上课是因为他得到了学习的乐趣，珍惜学习的机会。故选A项。 19．推理判断题。由第一段中的“He eagerly jumped into class discussions, with his humor and wisdom of experience. (他以他的幽默和经验智慧，热情地参加了课堂讨论)”可知，瓦伦西亚很热情；由倒数第二段中的“A lot of Valencia’s classmates apparently knew he couldn’t afford that semester’s tuition but was still doing the homework. “Here he is, willingly taking a class for the delight of it and benefit of learning,” says Jessica Espinosa, a 25-year-old junior. (瓦伦西亚的许多同学显然知道他付不起那学期的学费，但他仍在做作业。25岁的大三学生杰西卡·埃斯皮诺萨说：“他来了，为了学习的乐趣和益处，他很乐意去上课。”)”可知，63岁交不起学费的瓦伦西亚，为了学习的乐趣仍继续上课，说明他很上进；他是一个热情、上进的人。故选D项。 20．主旨大意题。通读全文，本文讲述了一个关于“活到老，学到老”的故事。杰里·瓦伦西亚是一个63岁的大三学生，尽管年龄很大，但他对学习仍然充满热情。在课堂上，他会积极参加讨论，尊重其他同学的观点，很多学生对他的精神充满了敬佩。他并没有足够的钱去支付学费但他仍不放弃，通过工作赚钱，坚持继续完成学业，还要继续读研。可得出这篇文章主要告诉我们“学习永远不嫌晚，即使我们起步有点晚”。故选C项。 Passage 06 【来源】2023~2024学年上学期上海市松江二中期中考试试题 MY GARDEN IS MY REFUGE; I find reflective isolation in it. I have seven children, so our house is a scene of lively confusion. For a long time, I guarded this place of peace and quiet. When the children followed me into the garden, I would hand out chores. “Here: you weed the beans, you water the onions.” Soon they would be hot or their backs would hurt from bending over, and they would leave me to myself. Then one day, I was trying to prepare the soil, and I honestly wasn’t enjoying my time of peace and loneliness. My 13-year-old son, Josiah, picked up a spare spade and began helping. Working as a team, we had the pea patch dug up and fertilized in no time at all. I thanked Josiah, realizing that l had enjoyed his company. The same thing happened with picking up rocks and planting the seeds —one or two of the children would appear to watch and then participate. Each time, I would feel surprised to find the work was lighter for their help, and their laughter made time pass faster. So I stopped resenting their company and instead I began to share my gardening secrets. As spring became summer and the real work began, I expected the children to disappear, but no, there they were, watering, pulling weeds and checking for insects. One day I slipped out by myself to the garden, feeling a little bit guilty. I had a suspicion that the sugar snap peas were ripe, and I wanted a taste. As I walked along the row, a little voice piped up behind me. “What are you eating, Mama?” Abby’s big blue eyes sparkled as I showed her how to pull the strings off and pop (剥出) the peas into her mouth. She just loved how tasty they were. Then my sweet seven-year-old girl put me to shame. “Mama, I’ve got to pick a bunch. Won’t the others love them? I can’t wait to share.” I realized how selfish I had been. I’d tried to keep the joys of gardening to myself, and here was a child who couldn’t wait to share with her brothers and sisters. I held back tears and said, “Sure, honey, let’s pick some and I’ll show you how to prepare them. We’ll make the most wonderful supper.” 21．Why did the writer ask her children to do chores whenever they were in the garden? A．She didn’t want to do all the work on her own. B．She intended to show the hard labor of gardening. C．She didn’t want them to get hurt or get too tired. D．She was determined to keep the garden to herself. 22．What were the children like? ① loud ② lively ③ guilty ④ loving ⑤ strong A．①②③④ B．①②④ C．①②③ D．④⑤ 23．The underlined word “resent” probably means________. A．dislike B．expect C．keep D．sacrifice 24．What did the writer try to tell the readers with this story? A．The best way to communicate with children is by working together. B．The golden rule of gardening is that many hands make light work. C．Everything feels better when shared with your family or your friend. D．Parents should spend as much time with their children as possible. 【答案】21．D 22．B 23．A 24．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者喜欢在自己的花园里独处，享受这份宁静祥和，可是孩子们很喜欢在花园里帮助作者干活，慢慢作者喜欢和孩子们一起在花园里干活，同时意识到自己的自私，认识到应该和家人一起分享园艺的乐趣。 21．推理判断题。根据第一段“MY GARDEN IS MY REFUGE; I find reflective isolation in it. I have seven children, so our house is a scene of lively confusion. For a long time, I guarded this place of peace and quiet. When the children followed me into the garden, I would hand out chores. “Here: you weed the beans, you water the onions.” Soon they would be hot or their backs would hurt from bending over, and they would leave me to myself.(我的花园是我的避难所，我在里面找到了与世隔绝的感觉。我有七个孩子，所以我们家现在是一片混乱。很长一段时间，我守卫着这个宁静祥和的地方。当孩子们跟着我走进花园时，我会给他们分配任务。“在这里，你给豆子除草，给洋葱浇水”很快他们就会热起来，或者他们的背会因为弯腰而疼痛，最后他们就会留我一人在花园。)”可知，作者很爱在花园里独处，享受着宁静祥和，但是孩子们来到花园后，作者无法享受这份宁静，由此可以推断出，作者给孩子们分配任务，是因为等他们累了，他们就会离开花园，把作者一个人留在花园里，这样作者就能独立待在花园里，故选D。 22．推理判断题。根据第一段中“I have seven children, so our house is a scene of lively confusion.(我有七个孩子，所以我们家现在是一片混乱，非常热闹。)”可知，作者的孩子很吵闹，也很活泼，根据第二段中“My 13-year-old son, Josiah, picked up a spare spade and began helping.(我13岁的儿子Josiah拿起一把备用铲子开始帮忙。)”和第三段中“Each time, I would feel surprised to find the work was lighter for their help, and their laughter made time pass faster(每一次，我都会惊讶地发现，因为他们的帮助，工作变得更轻松，他们的笑声让时间过得更快)”可知，孩子们总是帮助作者，所以说他们很有爱心，由此可知，孩子们是吵闹，活泼和有爱心的，故选B。 23．词句猜测题。根据第三段上文“Each time, I would feel surprised to find the work was lighter for their help, and their laughter made time pass faster.(每一次，我都会惊讶地发现，因为他们的帮助，工作变得更轻松，他们的笑声让时间过得更快)”可知，有了孩子们的帮助，工作变得很轻松，笑声也让时间过得更快，这说明作者开始喜欢和孩子们在花园里一起工作，结合划线单词下文“instead I began to share my gardening secrets.(相反我开始分享我的园艺秘诀。)”可知，作者开始喜欢和孩子们在花园里一起工作，不再讨厌孩子们的陪伴，而且开始和孩子们一起分享自己的园艺秘密，由此可推知，划线单词“resent”和dislike(不喜欢)意思一样，故选A。 24．推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是最后一段“I realized how selfish I had been. I’d tried to keep the joys of gardening to myself, and here was a child who couldn’t wait to share with her brothers and sisters. I held back tears and said, “Sure, honey, let’s pick some and I'll show you how to prepare them. We’ll make the most wonderful supper.”(我意识到自己有多自私。我一直想把园艺的乐趣留给自己，而这个孩子迫不及待地想和她的兄弟姐妹们分享。我忍住眼泪说“当然，亲爱的，我们摘一些，我教你怎么做。我们会做出最美味的晚餐”)”可知，文章主要讲述了作者喜欢在自己的花园里独处，享受这份宁静祥和，可是孩子们很喜欢在花园里帮助作者干活，慢慢作者喜欢和孩子们在花园里一起干活，同时意识到自己的自私，认识到应该和家人一起分享园艺的乐趣，由此可知，作者写这篇文章是为了告诉读者，和你的家人或朋友分享，一切都会感觉更好。故选C。 Passage 07 【来源】上海师范大学附属中学闵行分校2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 Disneyland’s opening day, July 17, 1955, was a terrible experience. Rides broke down. Restaurants ran out of food and drink and drinking fountains were in short supply... All in front of a national audience of 90 million, then the largest live broadcast in television history on a day that would be known in Disney history as Black Sunday. But Disney’s story actually started two decades earlier with what Walt Disney called “Daddy’s Day”. On Saturdays in the 1930s and 1940s, Disney would take his two daughters to ride the Griffith Park merry-go-round, which they’d enjoy while he sat on a bench dreaming of ways for families to have fun together. Disney disliked the amusement parks they often visited, seeing them as dirty, unimaginative places run by rude employees. He thought he could do better. In 1939 he asked two animators (动画片制作者) at his movie studio to work on a plan for an amusement park. By 1952 the idea had expanded into a $1.5 million amusement park proposal that he presented to Burbank. The City Council, which feared such a project would create a carnival (嘉年华) atmosphere, rejected the proposal. Disney counted the rejection as fortunate setback. By now, his dream for a theme park had gone beyond the space available in Burbank. He searched locations throughout Southern California. A 160-acre orange garden, 22 miles south of Los Angeles, was soon selected. The ABC television network offered $5 million in loans and investments if Disney agreed to produce and host a one-hour weekly show called "Disneyland". The deal amounted to months of free advertising for the park and allowed Disney to introduce TV audiences, particularly kids, to the park. Disneyland opened then. The 5,000 expected guests increased to 28, 154, thanks to fake tickets. After the madness of opening day, Disney and his new park were criticized in the press. The media predicted a quick and early end. But the public didn’t listen. Visitors arrived in large groups, and within weeks Disneyland was a success. Over sixty years later, Disneyland’s popularity continues to grow, with total overall attendance topping 700 million and showing no signs of slowing down. 25．What mainly led to Walt Disney’s plan to build his own amusement park? A．His ambition to expand beyond the movie industry. B．His animators’ suggestion on an entertainment plan. C．His wish to create a better place for family recreation. D．His daughters’ unpleasant experience in the Griffith Park. 26．By “Disney counted the rejection as a fortunate setback” in paragraph 3, the author means the rejection ________. A．brought good luck to Disney and his park B．contributed to the difficulty of opening the park C．was viewed as a financial obstacle to the design of the park D．presented Disney with a favorable opportunity to rethink his plan 27．What can be learned about Disneyland from the passage? A．Everything went on smoothly before it opened. B．It spent $5 million on advertising for its opening. C．People’s enthusiasm for it increased despite criticism. D．Only invited guests could get into it on its opening day. 28．Which is the best title for the passage? A．Disneyland: How It All Began B．Disneyland: An Overnight Success C．Disneyland: How It Developed D．Disneyland: A Park with a Long History 【答案】25．C 26．D 27．C 28．A 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了迪士尼乐园是如何开始的。 25．推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“Disney disliked the amusement parks they often visited, seeing them as dirty, unimaginative places run by rude employees.(迪士尼不喜欢他们经常参观的游乐园，认为它们肮脏、缺乏想象力，由粗鲁的员工经营)”和第三段第一句“He thought he could do better. (他认为他可以做得更好)”可知，他希望创造一个更好的家庭娱乐场所，这导致沃尔特·迪士尼计划建造自己的游乐园。故选C。 26．词句猜测题。根据第三段划线句后“By now, his dream for a theme park had gone beyond the space available in Burbank. He searched locations throughout Southern California. A 160-acre orange garden, 22 miles south of Los Angeles, was soon selected.(到目前为止，他对主题公园的梦想已经超出了伯班克现有的空间。他搜索了整个南加州的位置。一个160英亩的在洛杉矶南部22英里的橘子园很快被选中)”可知，在被拒绝后，他对游乐园进行了更好的改造。由此可知，划线句是说这次拒绝为迪士尼提供了一个重新考虑计划的有利机会。故选D。 27．细节理解题。根据倒第二段“After the madness of opening day, Disney and his new park were criticized in the press. The media predicted a quick and early end. But the public didn't listen. Visitors arrived in large groups, and within weeks Disneyland was a success.(在疯狂的开放日之后，迪士尼和他的新乐园受到了媒体的批评。媒体预测这场战争将很快结束。但是公众并没有听从。大批游客蜂拥而至，几周之内，迪斯尼乐园就大获成功)”可知，尽管受到批评，但人们对它的热情却与日俱增。故选C。 28．主旨大意题。根据第二段“But Disney's story actually started two decades earlier with what Walt Disney called‘Daddy's Day’.(但迪士尼的故事实际上开始于20年前沃尔特·迪士尼所谓的‘爸爸节’)”可知，文章主要是讲迪士尼乐园的开始。故选A。 Passage 08 【来源】2013-2014学年上海七宝中学高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap (包装). On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honour! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it! One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it.Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous. Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room.“If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d never seen him cry before. The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!” “Thank God!” I heard Mum cry. From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love! 29．What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958? A．He got a baby brother. B．He got a Christmas gift. C．He became four years old. D．He received a doll. 30．What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Impossible. B．Boring. C．Difficult. D．Fearful. 31．Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming? A．Excitement. B．Happiness. C．Sadness. D．Disappointment. 32．What is the passage mainly about? A．A sad Christmas day. B．Life with a lovely baby. C．A special Christmas gift. D．Memories of a happy family. 【答案】29．A 30．D 31．C 32．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲的是作者所度过的一个特别的圣诞节，作者的弟弟从医院康复回家了，给作者带来了很多的快乐，虽然作者用来装礼物的袜子是空的，但是里面充满了幸福。 29．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard.(1958年9月11日，妈妈生下了理查德。)”可知，在1958年9月11日，作者有了一个小弟弟，故选A。 30．词句猜测题。根据第三段中的“It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”(它发烧了。一连几天，我听到爸爸妈妈低声说着“无望”、“可怜”、“快死了”之类的话。)”可知，这些词是很可怕的词，ominous意为“可怕的”，和fearful意思相近。故选D。 31．细节理解题。根据第四段中的“As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears.(他说话的时候，眼里充满了泪水。)”可知，父亲的内心充满“悲伤(sadness)”。故选C。 32．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段“One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap (包装).(我最美好的回忆之一是关于圣诞礼物的。与其他礼物不同，它没有包装。)”和倒数第三段“The hospital said we can bring Richard home!(医院说我们可以把理查德带回家了！)”可知，本文主要讲作者收到了一份特别的圣诞礼物——小弟弟的康复。故选C。 Passage 09 【来源】上海市位育中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 People used to find it safe to keep their treasure and money in some secret or unknown places. They tried various ways as they could think out. They buried treasure to stop other people from taking it. They chose a quiet place, dug a deep hole and buried the treasure in it. Then they made a map of where the treasure was or wrote down other clues that would help them or someone else to find it again. In Britain a few years ago, a writer wrote about some treasure that he had buried. He put clues in the story to help readers find it. Thousands of people hunted for the treasure. They dug holes all over Britain, hoping to find it. One of the most popular adventure stories ever written is Robert Louis Stephenson’s “Treasure Island”, an exciting story about a young boy, Jim Hawkins, who is captured by pirates (海盗) and later finds some buried treasure. Then there is the true story about a man who had to travel overseas for a year. He did not trust banks, so he buried his life savings in a park. Then he went away. On his return, he went straight to the park. But the park was no longer there. In its place there was a huge building. And then there was a woman who buried her savings, all in bank notes, in a waterproof bag. When she dug it up years later, there was nothing left. Worms and insects had eaten the bag and everything in it. And of course, these are stories about people who bury things and either forget where they have buried them or lose the map. Although it is true that people sometimes lose their money because a bank fails, banks are still the safest place to keep our savings and treasures. 33．_________ could help them or someone else to find it again. A．Making a map of the place and writing down some clues B．Digging another hole and writing some clues C．Colouring the place and making the map D．Asking someone else and numbering the place 34．A writer in Britain _________. A．really had buried some small coins B．started a nationwide treasure hunt C．had lost his treasure and wanted people to help him find it D．caused trouble because people dug holes everywhere 35．The man who buried his money in a park _________. A．thought his money was safer there than in a bank B．stayed away longer than he expected C．got his life savings back again D．travelled on the sea for a year 36．From these stories we understand that _________. A．we cannot trust banks B．we should not trust anyone C．burying may not be the safe way to keep something valuable D．insects can keep anything valuable 【答案】33．A 34．D 35．A 36．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了人们埋藏宝藏的一些故事，但把宝藏埋起来，会因为各种各样的原因，最后导致损失财富。说明埋藏宝藏并非明智之举。 33．细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“Then they made a map of where the treasure was or wrote down other clues that would help them or someone else to find it again.”（然后，他们绘制了一张宝藏的地图，或者写下其他线索，帮助他们或其他人再次找到宝藏。）可知，绘制藏宝图或者写下其他线索有助于日后找到宝藏。故选A项。 34．推理判断题。根据第二段“In Britain a few years ago, a writer wrote about some treasure that he had buried. He put clues in the story to help readers find it. Thousands of people hunted for the treasure. They dug holes all over Britain, hoping to find it.”（几年前在英国，一位作家写到了他埋藏的一些宝藏。他在故事中加入线索帮助读者找到线索。成千上万的人寻找宝藏。他们在英国各地挖洞，希望能找到它。）可知，该英国作家写的故事导致许多人四处挖洞寻找宝藏，引起了麻烦。故选D项。 35．细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“He did not trust banks, so he buried his life savings in a park.”（他不信任银行，所以他把毕生的积蓄埋在了公园里。）可知，他认为把钱埋藏在公园比放在银行更可靠。故选A项。 36．推理判断题。根据第四段后三句“Then he went away. On his return, he went straight to the park. But the park was no longer there. In its place there was a huge building.”（然后他就走了。他一回来就直接去了公园。但是公园已经不在了。在它的位置上有一座巨大的建筑。）及第五段最后一句“Worms and insects had eaten the bag and everything in it.”（虫子和昆虫把袋子和里面的东西都吃光了。）和第六段“And of course, these are stories about people who bury things and either forget where they have buried them or lose the map.”（当然，还有一些人埋藏了东西，他们要么忘记了埋在哪里，要么丢了地图。）可知，把宝藏埋起来，会因为各种各样的原因，最后导致损失财富，可见，这并非一种安全的方式。故选C项。 Passage 10 【来源】上海市延安中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题 We lost another tree in our last storm, and it broke my heart. Thanks to the large amounts of rainfall here in the Pacific Northwest, tree roots don’t grow very deep or provide a strong anchor against the wind. We have lost many trees through the years, but this one was different. About 17 years ago, I joined the Arbor Day Foundation, and they sent me 10 Canadian blue spruce seedlings. Our property has many large Douglas firs, which are magnificent trees, but I wanted to add some variety. I planted my blue spruce seedlings along the driveway, and I did all I could to protect them. Shortly after that, a storm with gusts up to 129km/h ripped through our area and took down many of our fir trees. My seedlings survived. But when we decided to join our neighbor in selling our downed trees to a logger, we had to move the seedlings to keep them from getting destroyed. Sadly, five of the 10 blue spruce trees didn’t survive being moved. Of the five that lived, three were in our front yard, where I could watch them grow into mature trees from my front window. When one of the big Douglas firs that towered over them died, we decided to cut it down before it fell. After much debate, my husband, Eldon, and my son-in-law Gary Parker decided they could drop it without hitting any of the blue spruce trees. I watched breathlessly as the drama unfolded, praying the whole time I heard the chainsaw. The fir fell right between two of them as planned, and my trees continued to grow. Then one night I was lying in bed during yet another windstorm and heard a loud noise, followed by the sound of a tree crashing down. The next morning I awoke to find the largest of our blue spruces lying on the ground; I was incredibly upset. For 17 years, I’d enjoyed watching it grow from a seedling to a tree nearly 40 feet (12.2 meters) tall. Now it was gone! Losing my tree was hard to accept, even though I knew that it was nature’s way. I also knew there was only one thing I could do about it. Another 10 new seedlings recently arrived from the Arbor Day Foundation. I planted them in a safe spot close to the house. When they’re a little larger, I’ll transplant them to a permanent spot where I can watch them grow tall and beautiful. 37．Why does the author share the fact that the tree lost in the last storm was “different” in the first paragraph? A．Mainly because it was a rare Canadian blue spruce. B．Mainly because it had survived many strong windstorms. C．Mainly because she had devoted a great deal of effort to protecting it. D．Mainly because the author once signed an agreement with the Foundation. 38．The author has lost many trees mainly because ________. A．most trees were too weak to protect themselves from the windstorm B．many trees did not survive after being relocated to a permanent spot C．she plants trees along the driveway where the wind affects them greatly D．the amount of rainfall there means tree roots can’t provide firm support 39．Which of the following is TRUE? A．All the blue spruces were coincidentally uprooted in the last severe storm. B．The author’s family cut the fir to make room for the blue spruces around it. C．The author planned to sell blue spruces to a logger when they were mature. D．The author was worried that cutting the dead fir would hurt the blue spruces. 40．What can we conclude from the last paragraph? A．The author couldn’t get over the fact that she had lost her blue spruces. B．The author wanted to fight against nature by planting more trees. C．The Arbor Day Foundation provides guidance about transplantation. D．The author is hopeful about the new blue spruces she has newly planted. 【答案】37．C 38．D 39．D 40．D 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在太平洋西北地区的特殊气候下种植蓝色云杉树的经历，以及在风暴和伐木中一些树木的命运。 37．推理判断题。根据第一段中“We lost another tree in our last storm, and it broke my heart. (在上次的暴风雨中，我们又损失了一棵树，这让我很伤心。)”以及第二段中“I planted my blue spruce seedlings along the driveway, and I did all I could to protect them. (我沿着车道种下了蓝云杉幼苗，并尽我所能保护它们。)”可知，作者提到“在上次的风暴中我们失去了另一棵树”，这让作者很心痛是因为它投入了大量的精力来保护它，由此是不同的。故选C。 38．细节理解题。根据第一段中“Thanks to the large amounts of rainfall here in the Pacific Northwest, tree roots don’t grow very deep or provide a strong anchor against the wind. (由于太平洋西北地区的大量降雨，树根不能长得很深，也不能提供强大的抗风锚。)”可知，由于西北太平洋地区大量的降雨，树根不会长得很深，也无法在风中提供稳固的支撑，所以失去树木是一个常见现象。故选D。 39．细节理解题。根据第四段中“When one of the big Douglas firs that towered over them died, we decided to cut it down before it fell.(当一棵高大的道格拉斯冷杉倒下时，我们决定在它倒下之前把它砍倒。)”以及第五段中“After much debate, my husband, Eldon, and my son-in-law Gary Parker decided they could drop it without hitting any of the blue spruce trees. I watched breathlessly as the drama unfolded, praying the whole time I heard the chainsaw. The fir fell right between two of them as planned, and my trees continued to grow.( 经过一番争论，我的丈夫埃尔登和女婿加里·帕克决定，他们可以在不击中任何一棵蓝云杉的情况下把它锯断。我气喘吁吁地看着剧情展开，在听到电锯声的时候一直在祈祷。那棵冷杉就像计划的那样，正好落在两棵树之间，我的树也继续生长。)”可知，当作者的丈夫和女婿在锯断冷杉的时候，作者十分担心会击中附近的蓝云杉，由此推断出作者担心砍掉枯死的冷杉会伤害到蓝云杉。故选D。 40．推理判断题。根据最后一段“”Losing my tree was hard to accept, even though I knew that it was nature’s way. I also knew there was only one thing I could do about it. Another 10 new seedlings recently arrived from the Arbor Day Foundation. I planted them in a safe spot close to the house. When they’re a little larger, I’ll transplant them to a permanent spot where I can watch them grow tall and beautiful.(失去我的树让我难以接受，尽管我知道这是自然规律。我也知道我能做的只有一件事。植树节基金会最近又送来了10棵新树苗。我把它们种在房子附近的安全地点。当它们长得大一点的时候，我会把它们移植到一个永久的地方，在那里我可以看着它们长得又高又漂亮。)可知，作者说失去自己种植并观察长大的蓝色云杉树很难接受，但知道这是自然规律，而且他会采取行动，也就是种下 Arbor Day Foundation 捐赠的新的树苗，等它们长大后移植到一个安全的地方。因此，选项D“The author is hopeful about the new blue spruces she has newly planted.(作者对她重新种植的蓝色云杉树很有信心)”符合文章信息。故选D。 Passage 11 【来源】上海交通附属中学2022-2023学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题 Every April I am troubled by the same concern that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks dull, with hills, sky and forest appearing grey. My spirits ebb, as they did during an April snowfall when I first came to Maine. “Just wait,” a neighbour advised. “You’ll wake up one morning and spring will just be here.” And look, on 3 May that year I awoke to a green so amazing as to be almost electric, as if spring were simply a matter of flipping a switch. Hills, sky and forest revealed their purples, blues and greens. Leaves had unfolded and daffodils were fighting their way heavenward. Then there was the old apple tree. It sits on an undeveloped lot in my neighbourhood. It belongs to no one and therefore to everyone. The tree’s dark twisted branches stretch out in unpruned (未经修剪的) abandon. Each spring it blossoms so freely that the air becomes filled with the scent of apple. Until last year, I thought I was the only one aware of this tree. And then one day, in a bit of spring madness, I set out to remove a few disorderly branches. No sooner had I arrived under the tree than neighbours opened their windows and stepped onto their porches(门廊; 走廊). These were people I barely knew and seldom spoke to, but it was as if I had come uninvited into their personal gardens. My mobile-home neighbour was the first to speak. “You’re not cutting it down, are you?” she asked anxiously. Another neighbour frowned as I cut off a branch. “Don’t kill it, now,” he warned. Soon half the neighbourhood had joined me under the apple tree. It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people’s names, what they did for a living and how they passed the winter. It was as if the old apple tree was gathering us under its branches for the purpose of both acquaintanceship and shared wonder. I couldn’t help recalling Robert Frost’s words: The trees that have it in their pent-up buds To darken nature and be summer woods One thaw led to another. Just the other day I saw one of my neighbours at the local store. He remarked how this recent winter had been especially long and complained of not having seen or spoken at length to anyone in our neighbourhood. And then, he looked at me and said, “We need to prune that apple tree again.” 41．By saying that “my spirits ebb” in paragraph 1, the author means that _______ . A．he feels relieved B．he is tired C．he is surprised D．he feels blue 42．The apple tree mentioned in the passage is most likely to _______ . A．be appealing only to the author B．have been abandoned by its original owner C．be regarded as a delight in the neighbourhood D．have been neglected by everyone in the community 43．According to paragraph 4, why did the neighbours open their windows and step onto their porches? A．They wanted to get to know the author. B．They were concerned about the safety of the tree. C．They wanted to prevent the author from pruning the tree. D．They were surprised that someone unknown was pruning the tree. 44．It can be inferred that the author’s neighbour mentioned in the last paragraph most cared about _______ . A．when spring would arrive B．how to pass the long winter C．the pruning of the apple tree D．the neighbourhood gathering 【答案】41．D 42．C 43．B 44．D 【导语】本文是记叙文。文章主要介绍了作者生活在这个地方很久了，和邻居没有什么接触，一次他想修剪一颗老苹果树，邻居看到后都以为作者要砍掉这棵树，于是很担心，都过来询问作者，这让邻居们都聚集到了苹果树下，带来了邻居之间的快乐。 41．词句猜测题。根据第一段中“The landscape looks dull, with hills, sky and forest appearing grey. (这里的景色看起来很暗淡，山丘、天空和森林都显得灰暗。)”可知，这里的风景看起来很暗淡，让作者感到沮丧，由此可推知，my spirits ebb意为“感到沮丧”，故选D。 42．推理判断题。根据第五段中“Soon half the neighbourhood had joined me under the apple tree. It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people’s names, what they did for a living and how they passed the winter. It was as if the old apple tree was gathering us under its branches for the purpose of both acquaintanceship and shared wonder.(不久，邻居们有一半人来到苹果树下与我会合。我在那里住了五年，直到现在才知道这些人的名字，他们以什么为生，以及他们是如何度过冬天的。就好像那棵老苹果树把我们聚集在它的树枝下，既是为了相识，也是为了分享奇迹。)”可推知，苹果树被认为是邻里之间的快乐之事，故选C。 43．细节理解题、根据第四段中“I set out to remove a few disorderly branches. No sooner had I arrived under the tree than neighbours opened their windows and stepped onto their porches(门廊; 走廊). (我开始移除一些乱七八糟的树枝。我刚到树下，邻居们就打开窗户，走进门廊。)”和第五段中““You’re not cutting it down, are you?” she asked anxiously. Another neighbour frowned as I cut off a branch. “Don’t kill it, now,” he warned. (“你不会把它砍了吧？”她焦急地问道。当我砍下一根树枝时，另一个邻居皱起了眉头。“现在不要砍它，”他警告说。)”可知，邻居们打开窗户走进门廊是因为他们担心苹果树的安全，故选B。 44．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Heremarked how this recent winter had been especially long and complained of not having seen or spoken at length to anyone in our neighbourhood. And then, he looked at me and said, “We need to prune that apple tree again.”(他说，最近这个冬天特别漫长，他抱怨说，没有见过我们附近的任何人，也没有和他们长谈过。然后，他看着我说，“我们需要再修剪一下那棵苹果树。”)”可推知，邻居们最关心的是邻里之间的相聚，故选D。 Passage 12 【来源】上海市南洋模范中学2022-2023学年高一下学期期中英语试卷 Years ago, I made friends with a couple who had recently fallen in love. It was glorious to be in their orbit, watching as their relationship blossomed into a serious commitment. I recall the night we celebrated their engagement, watching this golden couple swing each other on the dance floor, laughing while emitting a glow that could light a city grid. As happy as I was for them, in that moment I couldn’t ignore a sudden heaviness of heart. That pang was back, whispering, “Why not me?” It had been a long time between visits from the pang. In the past, it was a constant companion as I navigated life with naive notions of love, romance and fate. I had grown up believing a relationship should complete me. As a result, I often felt more lost than found as part of a couple. Then as I matured, I took a closer look at those who I thought had it all, the ones who tick all the boxes, who look and act the romance-novel parts. And when I dared to explore under the shiny surfaces, I saw that no honest couple had what I’d assumed they had: the perfect relationship, the easy love, the lucky life. No, what I saw was a lot of unhappiness. Yes, while some couples were both blissed and blessed, many admitted that their relationships were hardly the happily-ever-after. What’s more, I grew to understand I avoided bad relationships and like my life too much to settle. I realized I am the cake and relationships just the icing. The pang only emerges when I make the mistake of comparing myself to others. The reason why I’m sharing this is because in the past couple of weeks, I have watched that golden couple endure one of the ugliest break-ups. What I saw that night on the dance floor was a romantic illusion. When the bubble burst, the fall back to earth was terrible for them both. Watching the break-up, I am aware that to protect perfection is to do reality an injustice. I accept the understanding that there is only one relationship that really counts in life and that is the one we have with ourselves. And mine is a healthy one, not golden, but rosy all the same, because as my friends’ split has proven once again, shine and sparkle can blind the rest of us. 45．What can we learn about the author from the first two paragraphs? A．She was moved to tears by the engagement of her friends. B．She didn’t really feel happy for the engagement of her friends. C．She had mixed feelings while seeing the engagement of her friends. D．She didn’t think her friends would live a happy life after their engagement. 46．Why did the author feel lost in her relationship in the past? A．She was misguided to pursue the perfect love. B．She was too naive to find a perfect partner. C．She was keen on being a good partner. D．She was immature to control her fate. 47．By “to project perfection is to do reality an injustice” in the last paragraph, the author implies that . A．pursuing perfection does good to reality B．we should never stop looking for perfection C．what reality is all about is just perfection D．a perfect relationship is hard to find in life 48．According to the author, what is the most important thing in life? A．Accepting whatever you have in life. B．Living in harmony with yourself. C．Leading an admirable and happy life. D．Having a golden relationship. 【答案】45．C 46．A 47．D 48．B 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。这篇文章讲述了人们不应该对于别人看起来完美的恋爱或关系产生过多干扰自己思维的负面情绪，因为存在于这些人们表面之下的事实，不仅很可能与表象相去甚远，而且也不是我们价值的唯一指标。文章通过亲身经历和心得体会，表达了对于恋爱关系的深刻思考和对于人生的洞察和感悟。最终得出的结论是，我们和自己之间的关系是唯一真正重要的关系，我们应该把焦点集中在自己的内心世界上，尽可能地从自己身上体验生命的真谛。 45．细节理解题。根据第一段中“I recall the night we celebrated their engagement, watching this golden couple swing each other on the dance floor, laughing while emitting a glow that could light a city grid. (我记得我们庆祝他们订婚的那个晚上，看着这对黄金夫妇在舞池里互相摇摆，一边笑着，一边散发出可以照亮城市电网的光芒。)”及第二段“As happy as I was for them, in that moment I couldn’t ignore a sudden heaviness of heart. That pang was back, whispering, ‘Why not me?’(虽然我为他们感到高兴，但在那一刻，我无法忽视内心突然的沉重。那种痛苦又回来了，低声说：‘为什么不是我？’)”可知，作者在朋友的订婚仪式上为朋友高兴的同时也为自己感到难过，作者的感受是百感交集，故选C项。 46．细节理解题。根据第三段中“In the past, it was a constant companion as I navigated life with naive notions of love, romance and fate. (过去，当我带着对爱情、浪漫和命运的天真观念驾驭生活时，它是一个不变的伴侣。)”及第四段中“Then as I matured, I took a closer look at those who I thought had it all, the ones who tick all the boxes, who look and act the romance-novel parts.(然后，随着我的成熟，我仔细观察了那些我认为拥有一切的人，那些勾选所有盒子的人，那些看起来和表演浪漫小说部分的人。)”可知，过去的她被误导去追求完美的爱情，所以会感到失落。故选A项。 47．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“What I saw that night on the dance floor was a romantic illusion.(那天晚上我在舞池里看到的是一种浪漫的幻觉)”及最后一段中“Watching the break-up, I am aware that to protect perfection is to do reality an injustice.(看着分手，我知道保护完美就是对现实的不公正。)”可知作者是在暗示完美关系在现实中很难找到。故选D项。 48．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“I accept the understanding that there is only one relationship that really counts in life and that is the one we have with ourselves.(我接受这样的理解，即生活中只有一种关系真正重要，那就是我们与自己的关系。)”可知，作者认为我们与自己的关系是唯一在生命中真正重要的关系。故选B项。 Passage 13 【来源】上海师范大学附属中学 2022-2023学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 Hong Kong isn’t the first place you’d expect to find a peaceful island. But in a quiet corner of Sai Kung district (西贡区), a tiny green island offers a rare glimpse into the past. Nicknamed “Ghost Island,” Yim Tin Tsai (盐田仔) was once home to a flourishing Hakka (客家) community. They settled on the empty island and built salt pans (盐田) to earn a living. When the salt pans were shut down more than 100 years ago, most residents turned to farming and fishing. In the 1960s, more and more families moved to other places. The last of the villagers on the island had moved abroad by the 1990s, and, in the following years, Yim Tin Tsai lay empty. If travelers had visited Yim Tin Tsai a decade ago, they would have found nothing but overgrown weeds (野草) and crumbling houses. That’s exactly what villager Colin Chan saw when he returned to the island after 40 years. But, for him, the island represented something special — a unique side of Hong Kong’s history and culture that shouldn’t be forgotten. “I came back here hoping to recover something I felt I had lost,” Colin said. “I found the island was in ruins and I was very sad. This is the place I grew up. This is my father’s home and his father’s home.” In 1999, Colin was elected as village representative and began what would become a lifelong mission: to make the island come alive. Together with about 10 former villagers, Colin raised money to build a visitor center for travelers. In 2004, a charitable foundation donated funds to renovate the island’s historical chapel (小教堂). In 2005, UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation honored the chapel with an award of merit (优异奖). Motivated by this, the villagers organized a regular ferry schedule to enable travelers to reach the island, and set out to showcase the village’s unique history. They built a heritage trail, repaired Hakka ancestral homes, created a museum, and even started an organic farm that sits at the foot of the church. 49．According to the article, the Hakka community________. A．all moved to other countries in the 1990s B．settled on Yim Tin Tsai about 100 years ago C．made a living by salt mining, farming and fishing on Yim Tin Tsai D．found Yim Tin Tsai to be a fertile place when they had first arrived there 50．The word “crumbling” in paragraph 4 could probably be replaced by “______.” A．frightened B．broken C．disappearing D．decreasing 51．Which of the following is NOT a reason why Colin Chan came back to Yim Tin Tsai? A．Because he wanted to recover the special feeling of the place where he grew up. B．Because as village representative, he had the duty to bring the village back to life. C．Because he didn’t want to see the hometown of his father and grandfather in ruins. D．Because he wanted to preserve Hong Kong’s history and culture mirrored in the island. 52．We can learn from the article that _______. A．UNESCO honored Yim Tin Tsai with an award of merit in 2005. B．If travelers visit Yim Tin Tsai today, they will find it a lush, green island full of life. C．Colin Chan raised money to build a museum to showcase the village’s unique history. D．the villagers on Yim Tin Tsai want to restore the salt pans which were closed more than 100 years ago. 【答案】49．C 50．B 51．B 52．B 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了香港盐田仔从作为客家之乡，到变为荒岛，再到复兴为生机勃勃的旅游景点的历程。 49．细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“They settled on the empty island and built salt pans (盐田) to earn a living. When the salt pans were shut down more than 100 years ago, most residents turned to farming and fishing.(他们在荒岛上定居，建造盐田谋生。当盐田在100多年前被关闭时，大多数居民转向务农和捕鱼。)”可知，这些客家人在岛上定居后，建造盐田谋生，盐田关闭后，又转向务农和捕鱼。故选C项。 50．词意猜测题。根据文章第四段中的“If travelers had visited Yim Tin Tsai a decade ago, they would have found nothing but overgrown weeds (野草) and crumbling houses.(如果游客十年前来过盐田仔，他们只会看到杂草丛生和crumbling房屋。)”可知，如果游客十年前来过盐田仔，那时的盐田仔已经变是荒岛，所以只会看到杂草丛生和摇摇欲坠的房屋。Crumbling是一个形容词，表示“破碎的”，与broken互为同义表达。故选B项。 51．细节理解题。根据文章第四段最后一句话“But, for him, the island represented something special — a unique side of Hong Kong’s history and culture that shouldn’t be forgotten.(但是，对他来说，这个岛代表了一些特别的东西——香港历史和文化的独特一面，不应该被遗忘。)”以及第五段““I came back here hoping to recover something I felt I had lost,” Colin said. “I found the island was in ruins and I was very sad. This is the place I grew up. This is my father’s home and his father’s home.”(科林说：“我回到这里，希望能找回我已经失去的东西。我发现这座岛成了一片废墟，我非常难过。这是我长大的地方。这是我父亲的家，也是他父亲的家。”)”可知，科林回到盐田仔的原因主要有：为了保存香港历史和文化独特的一面、为了找回自己已经失去的特殊感觉，为了不让自己父亲及祖父的家变为废墟。而B项“Because as village representative, he had the duty to bring the village back to life.(因为作为村代表，他有责任让村庄恢复生机。)”是他回到盐田仔之后发生的事，不属于原因。故选B项。 52．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Motivated by this, the villagers organized a regular ferry schedule to enable travelers to reach the island, and set out to showcase the village’s unique history. They built a heritage trail, repaired Hakka ancestral homes, created a museum, and even started an organic farm that sits at the foot of the church.(受此激励，村民们组织了定期的轮渡计划，让游客能够到达岛上，并开始展示村庄的独特历史。他们修建了一条遗产小径，修复了客家人的祖屋，创建了一个博物馆，甚至在教堂脚下开办了一个有机农场。)”可知，村民们组织了定期轮渡接送游客，展示村庄独特历史，并修建了遗产小路，恢复了客家人祖屋，创建了博物馆，开办了有机农场等。由此可推知，现在的盐田仔已经变成了一个生机勃勃的地方。故选B项。 Passage 14 【来源】上海市复旦大学附属中学2022-2023学年高一上学期期中英语试卷 Around this time last winter, at a gymnasium 45 minutes outside Budapest, I was surprised to come across a group of roughly 30 men and women with wooden axes (斧子). They had gathered to practice something called Baranta, perhaps the youngest of the world’s so-called traditional martial arts(武术). While they took turns swinging and blocking, one member of the group, a beefy man with a tight, gray, military-style haircut, walked over to where I was standing and began excitedly talking to me in Hungarian. Even with the help of a translator, I had difficulty keeping up with what he was saying. Perhaps sensing this, he pulled out his phone to show me a series of videos, in which several groups were practicing Baranta. The name Baranta, I later learned, originates from an old Hungarian word meaning, roughly, “to attack.” Today, it refers to a fighting style based on a mixture of Hungarian folk dancing, Mongolian wrestling, and the imagined fighting skills of its practitioners’ ancestors. Kata Babinszki, a student at the University of Pécs who is writing an essay on Baranta, told me that the practice dates to the early 1990s. At that time, small groups of Hungarians began plunging into their country’s past, looking back to its history as part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, to its time as a kingdom, and even to the period when Hungarians were horsemen travelling across the edges of eastern Europe and possibly central Asia. Baranta clubs have formed in most major Hungarian cities and in many smaller villages, Babinszki says. These new “traditionalists” are interested in taking up archery and horseback riding and organizing giant “tribal meetings” at which they dress in Mongolian-style coats and hats. Though many of these trappings are rooted less in historical fact than in wistful imagination, few Hungarians seem interested in quibbling over their authenticity. “They’re reaching back to a time when our knowledge is very uncertain,” says Vendel Teszler, a professor at Eõtvõs Loránd University, in Budapest who has studied Hungarian traditionalists. “Nobody can tell them exactly what clothing is historically accurate. Everything can be transformed and created.” Even tradition. 53．Why did the beefy man show the writer a series of videos? A．He was trying to sell the writer these videos. B．He found the writer couldn’t understand his words. C．He had difficulty translating English into Hungarian. D．He wanted the writer to show him how to practice Baranta. 54．According to the passage, what happened in the early 1990s? A．Baranta made a comeback in Hungary. B．Baranta clubs moved from villages to major cities C．Some Hungarians began exploring the country’s history. D．Some Hungarians became interested in Mongolian martial arts. 55．The phrase “quibbling over” (in the last paragraph) most probably means “________”. A．arguing about B．handing over C．insisting on D．engaging in 56．Vendel Teszler is quoted in the last paragraph in order to show ________. A．tradition changes with time no matter how old it is B．the history of Hungary remains a mystery to many people C．wishful imagination appeals more to people than historical fact D．what traditionalists believe in may not be true to the fact 【答案】53．D 54．C 55．A 56．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了去年冬天作者偶遇了一群练习一种被叫做Baranta的一群人，从而了解到了一些与Baranta这种世界上最年轻的所谓的传统武术有关的一些历史情况。 53．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“They had gathered to practice something called Baranta, perhaps the youngest of the world’s so-called traditional martial arts(武术).(他们聚在一起练习一种叫做Baranta的武术，这可能是世界上最年轻的所谓传统武术。)”以及第二段“Perhaps sensing this, he pulled out his phone to show me a series of videos, in which several groups were practicing Baranta.(也许是察觉到了这一点，他拿出手机给我看了一系列视频，里面有几个小组在练习Baranta。)”可知这位健硕的男士与他的同伴们正在练习Baranta，所以这位健硕的男士给我看手机里的视频是想让我教他们如何练习Baranta。故选D项。 54．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Kata Babinszki, a student at the University of Pécs who is writing an essay on Baranta, told me that the practice dates to the early 1990s. At that time, small groups of Hungarians began plunging into their country’s past, looking back to its history as part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, to its time as a kingdom, and even to the period when Hungarians were horsemen travelling across the edges of eastern Europe and possibly central Asia.(Pécs大学的学生Kata babinzki正在写一篇关于Baranta的文章，他告诉我，这种做法可以追溯到上世纪90年代初。那时，一小群匈牙利人开始回顾他们国家的过去，回顾它作为奥匈帝国一部分的历史，回顾它作为一个王国的时期，甚至匈牙利人骑马穿越东欧边缘，可能还有中亚的时期。)”可知在20世纪90年代早期一群匈牙利人开始探索匈牙利这个国家的历史。故选C项。 55．词句猜测题。根据文章第四段“These new “traditionalists” are interested in taking up archery and horseback riding and organizing giant “tribal meetings” at which they dress in Mongolian-style coats and hats.(这些新的“传统主义者”对射箭和骑马感兴趣，并组织大型“部落会议”，他们穿着蒙古风格的外套和帽子。)”以及最后一段第一句“Though many of these trappings are rooted less in historical fact than in wistful imagination,(尽管许多这样的装饰与其说是源于历史事实，不如说是源于怀旧的想象，)”以及““They’re reaching back to a time when our knowledge is very uncertain,” says Vendel Teszler, a professor at Eõtvõs Loránd University, in Budapest who has studied Hungarian traditionalists. “Nobody can tell them exactly what clothing is historically accurate. Everything can be transformed and created.” Even tradition.(“他们回到了一个我们的知识非常不确定的时代，”布达佩斯Eõtvõs Loránd大学研究匈牙利传统主义者的教授Vendel Teszler说。“没有人能确切地告诉他们什么服装是历史上最准确的。一切都可以被改造和创造。”即使是传统。)”可知这些新的“传统主义者”在探索匈牙利历史的道路上所遵循追求的传统只是一种怀旧的形式，至于是不是与原来的传统真正一致，很少有人去辩解。因为一切都是可以被改造和创造的。即使是传统。所以此处划线词quibbling over的意思应与arguing over意思相近。故选A项。 56．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段““They’re reaching back to a time when our knowledge is very uncertain,” says Vendel Teszler, a professor at Eõtvõs Loránd University, in Budapest who has studied Hungarian traditionalists. “Nobody can tell them exactly what clothing is historically accurate. Everything can be transformed and created.” Even tradition.(布达佩斯Eõtvõs Loránd大学研究匈牙利传统主义者的教授Vendel Teszler说：“他们回到了一个我们的知识非常不确定的时代。没有人能确切地告诉他们什么服装是历史上最准确的。一切都可以被改造和创造。”即使是传统。)”可知在教授Vendel Teszler看来匈牙利的这些新的“传统主义者”所穿的服装有可能不一定是历史上本来的样子，因为一切都可以被改造和创造。即使是传统。所以作者在最后一段引用了Vendel Teszler的话目的是为了来说明传统主义者所相信的未必是真的。故选D项。 Passage 15 【来源】上海市华东师范大学第二附属中学（紫竹校区）高一上学期期中考 When I stepped out the plane from Miami into Charlotte, North Carolina, airport for a connecting flight home, I immediately knew something was wrong. Lots of desperate people crowded the terminal. I quickly learned that flights headed to the Northeast were called off because of a storm. The earliest they could get us out of Charlotte was Tuesday. It was Friday. A gate agent stood on the counter and shouted, “Don’t ask us for help! We cannot help you!” I joined a crowd that ran from terminal to terminal in search of a flight out. Eventually, I found six strangers willing to rent a van with me. We drove through the night to Washington, where I took a train the rest of the way to Providence. The real problem, of course, is that incidents like this happen every day, to everyone who flies, more and more often. It really gets to me, though, because for eight years I was on the other side, as a flight attendant for Trans-World Airlines (TWA). I know the days are gone when attendants could be written up if we did not put the lines napkins with the TWA logo in the lower right-hand corner of the first-class diners’ trays. As are the days when there were three dinner options on flights from Boston to Los Angeles in economy class. When, once, stuck on a tarmac (机场停机坪) in Newark for four hours, a planeload of passengers got McDonald’s hamburgers and fries by thoughtfulness of the airline. I have experienced the decline of service along with the rest of the flying public. But I believe everything will change little by little, because I remember the days when to fly was to soar. The airlines, and their employees, took pride in how their passengers were treated. And I think the days are sure to come back one day in the near future. 57．What did the author encounter when stepping out of the plane? A．The gathering crowd against the declining service. B．Accidental attacks in the terminal. C．The cancellation of flights to the Northeast. D．The non-performance and indifference of the security. 58．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A．Incidents happened to those who fly quite often. B．The writer used to be a flight attendant for Trans-World Airlines. C．Even a small mistake might cause complaints from passengers in the past. D．McDonald’s hamburgers and fries were among regular dinner options. 59．The reason why the author mentions the past days in the final paragraph is to ________. A．compare the service in the past with the one now B．illustrate she prefers more dinner options on flights C．indicate she has witnessed the best flight service before D．show she has rich travelling experience 60．What can be implied from the passage? A．The writer lived in Charlotte, North Carolina. B．Passengers would take delight in the treatment they had received. C．The writer with other passengers waited to be picked up patiently. D．The writer thought the service was not as good as it used to be. 【答案】57．C 58．D 59．C 60．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。作者通过自己的经历讲述了现在航空公司的服务不像以前一样好了，但也相信以前的服务水平还会回来。 57．细节理解题。根据第一段的“Lots of desperate people crowded the terminal. I quickly learned that flights headed to the Northeast were called off because of a storm.(许多绝望的人挤满了候机楼。我很快得知飞往东北方向的航班因暴风雨而取消)”可知，作者踏出飞机时发现飞往东北方向的航班取消了。故选C。 58．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“When, once, stuck on a tarmac (机场停机坪) in Newark for four hours, a planeload of passengers got McDonald’s hamburgers and fries by thoughtfulness of the airline.(有一次，一架满载乘客的飞机在纽瓦克停机坪上停留了四个小时，体贴周到的航空公司为乘客们提供了麦当劳的汉堡和炸薯条)”可知，麦当劳的汉堡和炸薯条是在一次飞机延班时为乘客们提供的，全文并没有提及麦当劳的汉堡和薯条是常见的晚餐选择。故选D。 59．推理判断题。根据最后一段的“But I believe everything will change little by little, because I remember the days when to fly was to soar. The airlines, and their employees, took pride in how their passengers were treated. (但我相信一切都会慢慢改变，因为我记得那些乘飞机就是翱翔的日子。航空公司及其员工对乘客受到的待遇感到自豪)”推知，作者提及过去的日子是为了表明自己目睹过最好的航空服务，也相信这样的日子会回来。故选C。 60．推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“I have experienced the decline of service along with the rest of the flying public.(我和其他乘飞机出行的乘客一样，经历了服务质量的下降)”及上文的描述可推知，作者认为航空公司的服务不像以前那么好了。故选D。 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！5 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024-2025学年高一上学期期中考点大串讲（上海） 专题06 阅读理解记叙文精选15篇 （原题版） Passage 01 【来源】上海市建平中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中英语试卷 To celebrate his friend’s birthday, Luke Fortune drove from a small town in Central Oregon to Portland, where he parked his car in a paid garage overnight. The next morning, he discovered that the car’s window had been smashed, along with his dreams for the future: His backpack and computer were gone. “Everything important to me was on that computer,” said Fortune, 21, who is studying to become a paramedic. Two days after the theft, another young man was standing outside his apartment, also in Portland. Masoud Almazrouei, 29, was an exchange student from the United Arab Emirates. He had been approached by a man who said he had a computer for sale. Only $200. Almazrouei, who had been in the United States for only a year, admits now that he was naïve. But he needed a computer so he bought it, took it home, and turned it on. Within seconds, he saw files and photographs. “I wondered who would sell a computer with all of this on it,” he said. “I realized it could be stolen.” Almazrouei found what appeared to be the owner’s cell phone number and called it. Fortune didn’t trust this guy with a thick accent and thought it was a scam. Soon after, a police officer called Fortune to say that a man had dropped the computer off and had said he was sorry. He passed along the man’s number. Fortune called and thanked Almazrouei and insisted on paying him a reward of $200, the money he was out. Almazrouei refused. He said it was his mistake to buy the computer from someone he didn’t know. More important, he said, it was his honor and duty as a Muslim to return the property to the rightful owner. “I saw a photo of this man in his paramedic uniform,” Almazrouei said. “They help people. He is a good man. I don’t want my money back.” Still, the encounter produced its own kind of rewards. For Fortune, it was a lesson in cultural awareness amid the sometimes bitter national debate about immigrants, especially from the Arab world. “I’m from a small mainly white town,” Fortune said. “I’ve never met a Muslim. He’s a good man.” Almazrouei’s lesson was perhaps more complex. When a story about the two young men’s encounter made it to the local papers, Almazrouei received a call from Wim Wiewel, the president of Portland State University, where Almazrouei is studying economics. “We thought since you gave back the laptop, we should give you a laptop so that you’ll have one,” Wiewel told him. “We’re very proud of you. It was a great story, but you did the right thing.” 1．What is the correct order of the events that happened? ①The computer was stolen in a paid garage. ②Almazmouei found a lot of files and photographs in the computer. ③Unsuspecting, Almazrouei bought the computer at $200. ④Almazrouei called Fortune but it didn’t work. A．①②③④ B．①③②④ C．③④②① D．②①③④ 2．The underlined word “scam” in Para. 5 is closest in meaning to “_________”. A．trick B．game C．gamble D．accident 3．What does the author mean by saying “Still, the encounter produced its own kind of rewards” in Para. 8? A．Kindness will eventually pay off one day. B．Almazrouei got admitted into a renowned university. C．Fortune could seek his dream with his computer back. D．Both of the young men learned something in their own way. 4．What can be inferred from the passage? A．Theft is common in Portland. B．Almazrouei was short of money. C．Fortune could not realize his dreams without his computer. D．Fortune used to discriminate against Muslims. Passage 02 【来源】上海市大同中学2023-2024学年高一上学期11月期中英语试题 Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition. He was unable to work a steady job. He fell suddenly ill and had to be admitted to the hospital. He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local children’s hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He ended up working with the seriously ill children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them. One of his kids was a girl with a rare disease that paralyzed (瘫痪) her from the neck down. She couldn’t do anything, and she was very depressed. My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. All the while he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.” At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent home because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also left the children’s hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, in came the little girl who had been paralyzed, only this time she was walking. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave him a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: “Thank you for helping me walk.” My dad would cry every time he told us this story and so would we. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctors, and my dad – who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture – loved every single child in that hospital. 5．The author’s father worked at the local hospital to _______. A．ease his serious heart condition B．realize his childhood dream C．earn money to pay for treatment D．keep himself occupied and happy 6．How did the author’s father help the paralyzed little girl? A．He showed her she could still do things. B．He painted special pictures for her. C．He helped her practise walking. D．He visited her and made a toy for her. 7．According to paragraph 4, the paralyzed girl _______. A．eventually became a unique painter B．gradually recovered and walked C．was sent home and never seen again D．sent him a picture painted with her mouth 8．What message does the passage mainly convey? A．A sick person should not focus on his disease. B．Volunteering is a worthwhile thing to do. C．Love can sometimes bring great results. D．It’s better to give than to receive. Passage 03 【来源】上海市复旦大学附属中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes. At 19, when I began studying astrophysics (天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D．at MIT and then as 3 post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement — jobs, research papers, awards — was viewed through the lens of gender politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus right brain, or nature versus nurture, I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind. Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all annoyance: I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory. Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer: 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about. 9．Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again? A．She is unhappy working in male-dominated fields. B．She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination. C．She is not good at telling stories of the kind at all. D．She finds space research more important than that. 10．From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the author’s failures to ________. A．the very fact that she is just a woman B．her involvement in gender politics C．her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist D．the burden she bears in a male-dominated society 11．Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class? A．Female students no longer have to worry about gender issues. B．Her students’ performance has brought back her confidence. C．Her female students can do just as well as male students. D．More female students are pursuing science than before. 12．What does the image the author presents to her students suggest? A．Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation. B．Women have more barriers on their way to academic success. C．Women can balance a career in science and having a family. D．Women now have fewer discrimination problems about science career. Passage 04 【来源】2023~2024学年上学期上海市杨浦区控江中学高一期中英语试题 I fell in love with the minister’s son the winter I turned fourteen. He was not Chinese. When I found out that my parents had invited the minister’s family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried. What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners? What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeing not a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes but Chinese food? On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. She was pulling back lines out of the backs of fleshy prawns. The kitchen was littered with piles of raw food: a fish with bulging eyes begging not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil, a bowl of soaking dried fungus back to life, a plate of squids whose backs were crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires. And then they arrived — the minister’s family and all my relatives. Robert said hello, and I pretended he was not worthy of existence. Dinner threw me deeper into despair. My relatives licked the ends of their chopsticks and reached across the table, dipping them into the dozen or so plates of food. Robert and his family waited patiently for plates to be passed to them. My relatives whispered with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish. Robert made faces. Then my father poked his chopsticks just below the fish eye and pulled out the soft meat. “Amy, your favourite,” he said, offering me the tender fish cheek. I wanted to disappear. I remained silent for the rest of the night. After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, “You want to be the same as American girls on the outside. But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame.” 13．The writer felt ________ upon knowing that the minister’s family had been invited over for Christmas Eve dinner. A．excited B．worried C．disappointed D．confused 14．In the second paragraph, the writer described the kitchen scene in such a way as to ________. A．paint a vivid picture of how busy her mother was B．explain the reason why her mother created such a menu C．support the claim that the Christmas menu was strange D．introduce the typical Chinese dishes served on Christmas Eve 15．What can be inferred about the writer based on what happened during the dinner? A．She suffered greatly during the dinner. B．She hated eating the fish cheek below the eye. C．She regretted not talking more with Robert. D．She was picky about the Christmas menu. 16．Why did the writer’s mother have a talk with her that night? A．To inform her of the cultural gap between the east and the west. B．To share her understanding of the word “shame”. C．To encourage her to become integrated into the local community. D．To urge her to be proud of her Chinese roots. Passage 05 【来源】2023~2024学年上学期上海格致中学高一期中英语试题 The student arrived early, sat front and center, and stood out in my classroom in more ways than one. I’d say that he was about 40 years older than his classmates in my undergraduate communications class. He eagerly jumped into class discussions, with his humor and wisdom of experience. And he was always respectful of the other students’ perspectives, as if each of them were a teacher. Jerry Valencia walked in with a smile — and he left with one too. “These students gave me the confidence that I didn’t need to feel bad about my age,” Valencia says. One day, I spotted Valencia on campus. He said he would have to stop taking classes that semester and reapply for next year. By then, he hoped to have earned enough money from construction jobs and have his student-loan papers in order. But he said he was still coming to campus to attend events or see friends. He asked seriously whether he could still sit in on my communications class. Sure, I said. But he wouldn’t get any credit. No problem, he said. Soon there he was again, back at his old desk, front and center, jumping into our discussions on how to find and tell stories in Los Angeles — a 63-year-old man with as much energy and curiosity as any of the youngsters in class. For an assignment on changing neighborhoods, Valencia wrote about a favorite local chain restaurant that was “unceremoniously closed.” He called it a theft of childhood. “It is almost as if someone has stolen that childhood and rudely replaced it with a slippery hill where everything they treasure will slide away,” he wrote. A lot of Valencia’s classmates apparently knew he couldn’t afford that semester’s tuition but was still doing the homework. “Here he is, willingly taking a class for the delight of it and benefit of learning,” says Jessica Espinosa, a 25-year-old junior. Afterward, I overheard Valencia wanted to stay in school until he earned a master’s degree, but it had taken him 12 years to finish community college, so he had a long way to go. He had earned his associate of arts degree over the summer, then transferred to LA to start on his bachelor’s. There is something splendidly unreasonable about Valencia’s determination to get a four-year degree and then a master’s. At his current pace, he’ll be 90 when he finally hangs all that paper on the wall. But that doesn’t seem especially relevant. He’s found all the youthful energy and academic opportunity stimulating. Valencia’s grade in my class this semester will not show up on his transcripts (成绩单). But I’m giving him an A — and in the most important ways, it counts. 17．What made Valencia different from his classmates according to Para. 1? A．He was an early bird to attract other students’ attention. B．He took pride in his age, for he often wore a smile on his face. C．He was eager to draw his conclusion in the communications class. D．He may often share his wise and humorous ideas in the discussion. 18．According to the author, Valencia continued to attend classes because ________. A．he got enjoyment and treasured the chance of learning B．he needed the credits to further study a bachelor’s degree C．he desired to attend events and have an A on his transcripts D．he wanted to keep up with his classmates by learning hard 19．Which of the following best describes Valencia? A．Modest and independent. B．Energetic and generous. C．Considerate and intelligent. D．Enthusiastic and motivated. 20．The passage mainly tells us that ________. A．teachers like diligent and highly-motivated students B．efforts will be paid off as long as we are determined C．it is never too late to learn even though we start a little late D．getting an A counts when it comes to learning at a higher level Passage 06 【来源】2023~2024学年上学期上海市松江二中期中考试试题 MY GARDEN IS MY REFUGE; I find reflective isolation in it. I have seven children, so our house is a scene of lively confusion. For a long time, I guarded this place of peace and quiet. When the children followed me into the garden, I would hand out chores. “Here: you weed the beans, you water the onions.” Soon they would be hot or their backs would hurt from bending over, and they would leave me to myself. Then one day, I was trying to prepare the soil, and I honestly wasn’t enjoying my time of peace and loneliness. My 13-year-old son, Josiah, picked up a spare spade and began helping. Working as a team, we had the pea patch dug up and fertilized in no time at all. I thanked Josiah, realizing that l had enjoyed his company. The same thing happened with picking up rocks and planting the seeds —one or two of the children would appear to watch and then participate. Each time, I would feel surprised to find the work was lighter for their help, and their laughter made time pass faster. So I stopped resenting their company and instead I began to share my gardening secrets. As spring became summer and the real work began, I expected the children to disappear, but no, there they were, watering, pulling weeds and checking for insects. One day I slipped out by myself to the garden, feeling a little bit guilty. I had a suspicion that the sugar snap peas were ripe, and I wanted a taste. As I walked along the row, a little voice piped up behind me. “What are you eating, Mama?” Abby’s big blue eyes sparkled as I showed her how to pull the strings off and pop (剥出) the peas into her mouth. She just loved how tasty they were. Then my sweet seven-year-old girl put me to shame. “Mama, I’ve got to pick a bunch. Won’t the others love them? I can’t wait to share.” I realized how selfish I had been. I’d tried to keep the joys of gardening to myself, and here was a child who couldn’t wait to share with her brothers and sisters. I held back tears and said, “Sure, honey, let’s pick some and I’ll show you how to prepare them. We’ll make the most wonderful supper.” 21．Why did the writer ask her children to do chores whenever they were in the garden? A．She didn’t want to do all the work on her own. B．She intended to show the hard labor of gardening. C．She didn’t want them to get hurt or get too tired. D．She was determined to keep the garden to herself. 22．What were the children like? ① loud ② lively ③ guilty ④ loving ⑤ strong A．①②③④ B．①②④ C．①②③ D．④⑤ 23．The underlined word “resent” probably means________. A．dislike B．expect C．keep D．sacrifice 24．What did the writer try to tell the readers with this story? A．The best way to communicate with children is by working together. B．The golden rule of gardening is that many hands make light work. C．Everything feels better when shared with your family or your friend. D．Parents should spend as much time with their children as possible. Passage 07 【来源】上海师范大学附属中学闵行分校2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 Disneyland’s opening day, July 17, 1955, was a terrible experience. Rides broke down. Restaurants ran out of food and drink and drinking fountains were in short supply... All in front of a national audience of 90 million, then the largest live broadcast in television history on a day that would be known in Disney history as Black Sunday. But Disney’s story actually started two decades earlier with what Walt Disney called “Daddy’s Day”. On Saturdays in the 1930s and 1940s, Disney would take his two daughters to ride the Griffith Park merry-go-round, which they’d enjoy while he sat on a bench dreaming of ways for families to have fun together. Disney disliked the amusement parks they often visited, seeing them as dirty, unimaginative places run by rude employees. He thought he could do better. In 1939 he asked two animators (动画片制作者) at his movie studio to work on a plan for an amusement park. By 1952 the idea had expanded into a $1.5 million amusement park proposal that he presented to Burbank. The City Council, which feared such a project would create a carnival (嘉年华) atmosphere, rejected the proposal. Disney counted the rejection as fortunate setback. By now, his dream for a theme park had gone beyond the space available in Burbank. He searched locations throughout Southern California. A 160-acre orange garden, 22 miles south of Los Angeles, was soon selected. The ABC television network offered $5 million in loans and investments if Disney agreed to produce and host a one-hour weekly show called "Disneyland". The deal amounted to months of free advertising for the park and allowed Disney to introduce TV audiences, particularly kids, to the park. Disneyland opened then. The 5,000 expected guests increased to 28, 154, thanks to fake tickets. After the madness of opening day, Disney and his new park were criticized in the press. The media predicted a quick and early end. But the public didn’t listen. Visitors arrived in large groups, and within weeks Disneyland was a success. Over sixty years later, Disneyland’s popularity continues to grow, with total overall attendance topping 700 million and showing no signs of slowing down. 25．What mainly led to Walt Disney’s plan to build his own amusement park? A．His ambition to expand beyond the movie industry. B．His animators’ suggestion on an entertainment plan. C．His wish to create a better place for family recreation. D．His daughters’ unpleasant experience in the Griffith Park. 26．By “Disney counted the rejection as a fortunate setback” in paragraph 3, the author means the rejection ________. A．brought good luck to Disney and his park B．contributed to the difficulty of opening the park C．was viewed as a financial obstacle to the design of the park D．presented Disney with a favorable opportunity to rethink his plan 27．What can be learned about Disneyland from the passage? A．Everything went on smoothly before it opened. B．It spent $5 million on advertising for its opening. C．People’s enthusiasm for it increased despite criticism. D．Only invited guests could get into it on its opening day. 28．Which is the best title for the passage? A．Disneyland: How It All Began B．Disneyland: An Overnight Success C．Disneyland: How It Developed D．Disneyland: A Park with a Long History Passage 08 【来源】2013-2014学年上海七宝中学高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap (包装). On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honour! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it! One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it.Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous. Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room.“If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d never seen him cry before. The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!” “Thank God!” I heard Mum cry. From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love! 29．What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958? A．He got a baby brother. B．He got a Christmas gift. C．He became four years old. D．He received a doll. 30．What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Impossible. B．Boring. C．Difficult. D．Fearful. 31．Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming? A．Excitement. B．Happiness. C．Sadness. D．Disappointment. 32．What is the passage mainly about? A．A sad Christmas day. B．Life with a lovely baby. C．A special Christmas gift. D．Memories of a happy family. Passage 09 【来源】上海市位育中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 People used to find it safe to keep their treasure and money in some secret or unknown places. They tried various ways as they could think out. They buried treasure to stop other people from taking it. They chose a quiet place, dug a deep hole and buried the treasure in it. Then they made a map of where the treasure was or wrote down other clues that would help them or someone else to find it again. In Britain a few years ago, a writer wrote about some treasure that he had buried. He put clues in the story to help readers find it. Thousands of people hunted for the treasure. They dug holes all over Britain, hoping to find it. One of the most popular adventure stories ever written is Robert Louis Stephenson’s “Treasure Island”, an exciting story about a young boy, Jim Hawkins, who is captured by pirates (海盗) and later finds some buried treasure. Then there is the true story about a man who had to travel overseas for a year. He did not trust banks, so he buried his life savings in a park. Then he went away. On his return, he went straight to the park. But the park was no longer there. In its place there was a huge building. And then there was a woman who buried her savings, all in bank notes, in a waterproof bag. When she dug it up years later, there was nothing left. Worms and insects had eaten the bag and everything in it. And of course, these are stories about people who bury things and either forget where they have buried them or lose the map. Although it is true that people sometimes lose their money because a bank fails, banks are still the safest place to keep our savings and treasures. 33．_________ could help them or someone else to find it again. A．Making a map of the place and writing down some clues B．Digging another hole and writing some clues C．Colouring the place and making the map D．Asking someone else and numbering the place 34．A writer in Britain _________. A．really had buried some small coins B．started a nationwide treasure hunt C．had lost his treasure and wanted people to help him find it D．caused trouble because people dug holes everywhere 35．The man who buried his money in a park _________. A．thought his money was safer there than in a bank B．stayed away longer than he expected C．got his life savings back again D．travelled on the sea for a year 36．From these stories we understand that _________. A．we cannot trust banks B．we should not trust anyone C．burying may not be the safe way to keep something valuable D．insects can keep anything valuable Passage 10 【来源】上海市延安中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题 We lost another tree in our last storm, and it broke my heart. Thanks to the large amounts of rainfall here in the Pacific Northwest, tree roots don’t grow very deep or provide a strong anchor against the wind. We have lost many trees through the years, but this one was different. About 17 years ago, I joined the Arbor Day Foundation, and they sent me 10 Canadian blue spruce seedlings. Our property has many large Douglas firs, which are magnificent trees, but I wanted to add some variety. I planted my blue spruce seedlings along the driveway, and I did all I could to protect them. Shortly after that, a storm with gusts up to 129km/h ripped through our area and took down many of our fir trees. My seedlings survived. But when we decided to join our neighbor in selling our downed trees to a logger, we had to move the seedlings to keep them from getting destroyed. Sadly, five of the 10 blue spruce trees didn’t survive being moved. Of the five that lived, three were in our front yard, where I could watch them grow into mature trees from my front window. When one of the big Douglas firs that towered over them died, we decided to cut it down before it fell. After much debate, my husband, Eldon, and my son-in-law Gary Parker decided they could drop it without hitting any of the blue spruce trees. I watched breathlessly as the drama unfolded, praying the whole time I heard the chainsaw. The fir fell right between two of them as planned, and my trees continued to grow. Then one night I was lying in bed during yet another windstorm and heard a loud noise, followed by the sound of a tree crashing down. The next morning I awoke to find the largest of our blue spruces lying on the ground; I was incredibly upset. For 17 years, I’d enjoyed watching it grow from a seedling to a tree nearly 40 feet (12.2 meters) tall. Now it was gone! Losing my tree was hard to accept, even though I knew that it was nature’s way. I also knew there was only one thing I could do about it. Another 10 new seedlings recently arrived from the Arbor Day Foundation. I planted them in a safe spot close to the house. When they’re a little larger, I’ll transplant them to a permanent spot where I can watch them grow tall and beautiful. 37．Why does the author share the fact that the tree lost in the last storm was “different” in the first paragraph? A．Mainly because it was a rare Canadian blue spruce. B．Mainly because it had survived many strong windstorms. C．Mainly because she had devoted a great deal of effort to protecting it. D．Mainly because the author once signed an agreement with the Foundation. 38．The author has lost many trees mainly because ________. A．most trees were too weak to protect themselves from the windstorm B．many trees did not survive after being relocated to a permanent spot C．she plants trees along the driveway where the wind affects them greatly D．the amount of rainfall there means tree roots can’t provide firm support 39．Which of the following is TRUE? A．All the blue spruces were coincidentally uprooted in the last severe storm. B．The author’s family cut the fir to make room for the blue spruces around it. C．The author planned to sell blue spruces to a logger when they were mature. D．The author was worried that cutting the dead fir would hurt the blue spruces. 40．What can we conclude from the last paragraph? A．The author couldn’t get over the fact that she had lost her blue spruces. B．The author wanted to fight against nature by planting more trees. C．The Arbor Day Foundation provides guidance about transplantation. D．The author is hopeful about the new blue spruces she has newly planted. Passage 11 【来源】上海交通附属中学2022-2023学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题 Every April I am troubled by the same concern that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks dull, with hills, sky and forest appearing grey. My spirits ebb, as they did during an April snowfall when I first came to Maine. “Just wait,” a neighbour advised. “You’ll wake up one morning and spring will just be here.” And look, on 3 May that year I awoke to a green so amazing as to be almost electric, as if spring were simply a matter of flipping a switch. Hills, sky and forest revealed their purples, blues and greens. Leaves had unfolded and daffodils were fighting their way heavenward. Then there was the old apple tree. It sits on an undeveloped lot in my neighbourhood. It belongs to no one and therefore to everyone. The tree’s dark twisted branches stretch out in unpruned (未经修剪的) abandon. Each spring it blossoms so freely that the air becomes filled with the scent of apple. Until last year, I thought I was the only one aware of this tree. And then one day, in a bit of spring madness, I set out to remove a few disorderly branches. No sooner had I arrived under the tree than neighbours opened their windows and stepped onto their porches(门廊; 走廊). These were people I barely knew and seldom spoke to, but it was as if I had come uninvited into their personal gardens. My mobile-home neighbour was the first to speak. “You’re not cutting it down, are you?” she asked anxiously. Another neighbour frowned as I cut off a branch. “Don’t kill it, now,” he warned. Soon half the neighbourhood had joined me under the apple tree. It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people’s names, what they did for a living and how they passed the winter. It was as if the old apple tree was gathering us under its branches for the purpose of both acquaintanceship and shared wonder. I couldn’t help recalling Robert Frost’s words: The trees that have it in their pent-up buds To darken nature and be summer woods One thaw led to another. Just the other day I saw one of my neighbours at the local store. He remarked how this recent winter had been especially long and complained of not having seen or spoken at length to anyone in our neighbourhood. And then, he looked at me and said, “We need to prune that apple tree again.” 41．By saying that “my spirits ebb” in paragraph 1, the author means that _______ . A．he feels relieved B．he is tired C．he is surprised D．he feels blue 42．The apple tree mentioned in the passage is most likely to _______ . A．be appealing only to the author B．have been abandoned by its original owner C．be regarded as a delight in the neighbourhood D．have been neglected by everyone in the community 43．According to paragraph 4, why did the neighbours open their windows and step onto their porches? A．They wanted to get to know the author. B．They were concerned about the safety of the tree. C．They wanted to prevent the author from pruning the tree. D．They were surprised that someone unknown was pruning the tree. 44．It can be inferred that the author’s neighbour mentioned in the last paragraph most cared about _______ . A．when spring would arrive B．how to pass the long winter C．the pruning of the apple tree D．the neighbourhood gathering Passage 12 【来源】上海市南洋模范中学2022-2023学年高一下学期期中英语试卷 Years ago, I made friends with a couple who had recently fallen in love. It was glorious to be in their orbit, watching as their relationship blossomed into a serious commitment. I recall the night we celebrated their engagement, watching this golden couple swing each other on the dance floor, laughing while emitting a glow that could light a city grid. As happy as I was for them, in that moment I couldn’t ignore a sudden heaviness of heart. That pang was back, whispering, “Why not me?” It had been a long time between visits from the pang. In the past, it was a constant companion as I navigated life with naive notions of love, romance and fate. I had grown up believing a relationship should complete me. As a result, I often felt more lost than found as part of a couple. Then as I matured, I took a closer look at those who I thought had it all, the ones who tick all the boxes, who look and act the romance-novel parts. And when I dared to explore under the shiny surfaces, I saw that no honest couple had what I’d assumed they had: the perfect relationship, the easy love, the lucky life. No, what I saw was a lot of unhappiness. Yes, while some couples were both blissed and blessed, many admitted that their relationships were hardly the happily-ever-after. What’s more, I grew to understand I avoided bad relationships and like my life too much to settle. I realized I am the cake and relationships just the icing. The pang only emerges when I make the mistake of comparing myself to others. The reason why I’m sharing this is because in the past couple of weeks, I have watched that golden couple endure one of the ugliest break-ups. What I saw that night on the dance floor was a romantic illusion. When the bubble burst, the fall back to earth was terrible for them both. Watching the break-up, I am aware that to protect perfection is to do reality an injustice. I accept the understanding that there is only one relationship that really counts in life and that is the one we have with ourselves. And mine is a healthy one, not golden, but rosy all the same, because as my friends’ split has proven once again, shine and sparkle can blind the rest of us. 45．What can we learn about the author from the first two paragraphs? A．She was moved to tears by the engagement of her friends. B．She didn’t really feel happy for the engagement of her friends. C．She had mixed feelings while seeing the engagement of her friends. D．She didn’t think her friends would live a happy life after their engagement. 46．Why did the author feel lost in her relationship in the past? A．She was misguided to pursue the perfect love. B．She was too naive to find a perfect partner. C．She was keen on being a good partner. D．She was immature to control her fate. 47．By “to project perfection is to do reality an injustice” in the last paragraph, the author implies that . A．pursuing perfection does good to reality B．we should never stop looking for perfection C．what reality is all about is just perfection D．a perfect relationship is hard to find in life 48．According to the author, what is the most important thing in life? A．Accepting whatever you have in life. B．Living in harmony with yourself. C．Leading an admirable and happy life. D．Having a golden relationship. Passage 13 【来源】上海师范大学附属中学 2022-2023学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 Hong Kong isn’t the first place you’d expect to find a peaceful island. But in a quiet corner of Sai Kung district (西贡区), a tiny green island offers a rare glimpse into the past. Nicknamed “Ghost Island,” Yim Tin Tsai (盐田仔) was once home to a flourishing Hakka (客家) community. They settled on the empty island and built salt pans (盐田) to earn a living. When the salt pans were shut down more than 100 years ago, most residents turned to farming and fishing. In the 1960s, more and more families moved to other places. The last of the villagers on the island had moved abroad by the 1990s, and, in the following years, Yim Tin Tsai lay empty. If travelers had visited Yim Tin Tsai a decade ago, they would have found nothing but overgrown weeds (野草) and crumbling houses. That’s exactly what villager Colin Chan saw when he returned to the island after 40 years. But, for him, the island represented something special — a unique side of Hong Kong’s history and culture that shouldn’t be forgotten. “I came back here hoping to recover something I felt I had lost,” Colin said. “I found the island was in ruins and I was very sad. This is the place I grew up. This is my father’s home and his father’s home.” In 1999, Colin was elected as village representative and began what would become a lifelong mission: to make the island come alive. Together with about 10 former villagers, Colin raised money to build a visitor center for travelers. In 2004, a charitable foundation donated funds to renovate the island’s historical chapel (小教堂). In 2005, UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation honored the chapel with an award of merit (优异奖). Motivated by this, the villagers organized a regular ferry schedule to enable travelers to reach the island, and set out to showcase the village’s unique history. They built a heritage trail, repaired Hakka ancestral homes, created a museum, and even started an organic farm that sits at the foot of the church. 49．According to the article, the Hakka community________. A．all moved to other countries in the 1990s B．settled on Yim Tin Tsai about 100 years ago C．made a living by salt mining, farming and fishing on Yim Tin Tsai D．found Yim Tin Tsai to be a fertile place when they had first arrived there 50．The word “crumbling” in paragraph 4 could probably be replaced by “______.” A．frightened B．broken C．disappearing D．decreasing 51．Which of the following is NOT a reason why Colin Chan came back to Yim Tin Tsai? A．Because he wanted to recover the special feeling of the place where he grew up. B．Because as village representative, he had the duty to bring the village back to life. C．Because he didn’t want to see the hometown of his father and grandfather in ruins. D．Because he wanted to preserve Hong Kong’s history and culture mirrored in the island. 52．We can learn from the article that _______. A．UNESCO honored Yim Tin Tsai with an award of merit in 2005. B．If travelers visit Yim Tin Tsai today, they will find it a lush, green island full of life. C．Colin Chan raised money to build a museum to showcase the village’s unique history. D．the villagers on Yim Tin Tsai want to restore the salt pans which were closed more than 100 years ago. Passage 14 【来源】上海市复旦大学附属中学2022-2023学年高一上学期期中英语试卷 Around this time last winter, at a gymnasium 45 minutes outside Budapest, I was surprised to come across a group of roughly 30 men and women with wooden axes (斧子). They had gathered to practice something called Baranta, perhaps the youngest of the world’s so-called traditional martial arts(武术). While they took turns swinging and blocking, one member of the group, a beefy man with a tight, gray, military-style haircut, walked over to where I was standing and began excitedly talking to me in Hungarian. Even with the help of a translator, I had difficulty keeping up with what he was saying. Perhaps sensing this, he pulled out his phone to show me a series of videos, in which several groups were practicing Baranta. The name Baranta, I later learned, originates from an old Hungarian word meaning, roughly, “to attack.” Today, it refers to a fighting style based on a mixture of Hungarian folk dancing, Mongolian wrestling, and the imagined fighting skills of its practitioners’ ancestors. Kata Babinszki, a student at the University of Pécs who is writing an essay on Baranta, told me that the practice dates to the early 1990s. At that time, small groups of Hungarians began plunging into their country’s past, looking back to its history as part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, to its time as a kingdom, and even to the period when Hungarians were horsemen travelling across the edges of eastern Europe and possibly central Asia. Baranta clubs have formed in most major Hungarian cities and in many smaller villages, Babinszki says. These new “traditionalists” are interested in taking up archery and horseback riding and organizing giant “tribal meetings” at which they dress in Mongolian-style coats and hats. Though many of these trappings are rooted less in historical fact than in wistful imagination, few Hungarians seem interested in quibbling over their authenticity. “They’re reaching back to a time when our knowledge is very uncertain,” says Vendel Teszler, a professor at Eõtvõs Loránd University, in Budapest who has studied Hungarian traditionalists. “Nobody can tell them exactly what clothing is historically accurate. Everything can be transformed and created.” Even tradition. 53．Why did the beefy man show the writer a series of videos? A．He was trying to sell the writer these videos. B．He found the writer couldn’t understand his words. C．He had difficulty translating English into Hungarian. D．He wanted the writer to show him how to practice Baranta. 54．According to the passage, what happened in the early 1990s? A．Baranta made a comeback in Hungary. B．Baranta clubs moved from villages to major cities C．Some Hungarians began exploring the country’s history. D．Some Hungarians became interested in Mongolian martial arts. 55．The phrase “quibbling over” (in the last paragraph) most probably means “________”. A．arguing about B．handing over C．insisting on D．engaging in 56．Vendel Teszler is quoted in the last paragraph in order to show ________. A．tradition changes with time no matter how old it is B．the history of Hungary remains a mystery to many people C．wishful imagination appeals more to people than historical fact D．what traditionalists believe in may not be true to the fact Passage 15 【来源】上海市华东师范大学第二附属中学（紫竹校区）高一上学期期中考 When I stepped out the plane from Miami into Charlotte, North Carolina, airport for a connecting flight home, I immediately knew something was wrong. Lots of desperate people crowded the terminal. I quickly learned that flights headed to the Northeast were called off because of a storm. The earliest they could get us out of Charlotte was Tuesday. It was Friday. A gate agent stood on the counter and shouted, “Don’t ask us for help! We cannot help you!” I joined a crowd that ran from terminal to terminal in search of a flight out. Eventually, I found six strangers willing to rent a van with me. We drove through the night to Washington, where I took a train the rest of the way to Providence. The real problem, of course, is that incidents like this happen every day, to everyone who flies, more and more often. It really gets to me, though, because for eight years I was on the other side, as a flight attendant for Trans-World Airlines (TWA). I know the days are gone when attendants could be written up if we did not put the lines napkins with the TWA logo in the lower right-hand corner of the first-class diners’ trays. As are the days when there were three dinner options on flights from Boston to Los Angeles in economy class. When, once, stuck on a tarmac (机场停机坪) in Newark for four hours, a planeload of passengers got McDonald’s hamburgers and fries by thoughtfulness of the airline. I have experienced the decline of service along with the rest of the flying public. But I believe everything will change little by little, because I remember the days when to fly was to soar. The airlines, and their employees, took pride in how their passengers were treated. And I think the days are sure to come back one day in the near future. 57．What did the author encounter when stepping out of the plane? A．The gathering crowd against the declining service. B．Accidental attacks in the terminal. C．The cancellation of flights to the Northeast. D．The non-performance and indifference of the security. 58．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A．Incidents happened to those who fly quite often. B．The writer used to be a flight attendant for Trans-World Airlines. C．Even a small mistake might cause complaints from passengers in the past. D．McDonald’s hamburgers and fries were among regular dinner options. 59．The reason why the author mentions the past days in the final paragraph is to ________. A．compare the service in the past with the one now B．illustrate she prefers more dinner options on flights C．indicate she has witnessed the best flight service before D．show she has rich travelling experience 60．What can be implied from the passage? A．The writer lived in Charlotte, North Carolina. B．Passengers would take delight in the treatment they had received. C．The writer with other passengers waited to be picked up patiently. D．The writer thought the service was not as good as it used to be. 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！5 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$