期中复习冲刺03 阅读与完形填空精讲练30篇-2024-2025学年九年级英语上册重难考点提升训练（牛津译林版）

期中复习冲刺03阅读与完形填空精讲练30篇 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 考点目录 一、（高频）阅读单选之记叙文：记事叙旧、哲理感悟、名人故事、科普常识等。 1 Passage 1 1 Passage 2 2 Passage 3 4 Passage 4 5 二、（难点）阅读单选之说明文 6 Passage 1 6 Passage 2 7 Passage 3 8 三、（热点）阅读单选之议论文类 9 Passage 1 9 Passage 2 10 Passage 3 12 Passage 4 13 四、（高频）阅读单元选之应用文类。（实用文体） 14 Passage 1 14 Passage 2 15 Passage 3 16 五、（难点）阅读单选之诗歌小说类。 18 Passage 1 18 Passage 2 19 六、完形填空 20 Cloze 1 21 七、（难点）完形填空精选 22 Cloze 1 22 Cloze 2 23 Cloze 3 25 Cloze 4 26 Cloze 5 27 八、任务型阅读之阅读短文回答问题。 28 Passage 1 28 Passage 2 29 Passage 3 30 Passage 4 31 Passage 5 32 九、任务型阅读之阅读填表。 33 Passage 1 33 Passage 2 34 Passage 3 36 一、（高频）阅读单选之记叙文：记事叙旧、哲理感悟、名人故事、科普常识等。 Passage 1 My feet race up the path back to Grandpa’s yard as fast as I can make them go. Grandpa’s dog, Bandit, is at my heels. Our breath makes a big cloud ball in the cold. My grandpa is scratching the ground with a hoe (锄头). “Grandpa, I heard something strange in your woods!” I tell him. “Let’s go find out what it is,” he says. He takes my hand. Grandpa’s big hand feels warm and safe. My grandpa lives at the top of a mountain all by himself. There are no other children here. So sometimes I go into the woods with Bandit and pretend (假装) that I am Alex, the Adventurer. I must stay near the small path and I can’t go past the big rock. This way, Grandpa can always see me from the yard. As we hike toward the big rock, I hold Grandpa’s hand tighter. Cack-cack-cack-cack! There’s that sound! I hold Grandpa’s leg. “What is that, Grandpa?” l whisper. “It’s the first sign of spring,” he says. “How about you go past the big rock a bit? See if you can find out what it is.” “By myself?” I ask. “I promise it’s safe,” he tells me. “And I’ll stay here by the big rock where you can see me.” “No.” I start to say. I look at Grandpa. His whole face seems to be smiling, even his eyes. I wonder what an adventurer would do. I stand up straighter and make a brave face. “Grandpa,” I say, “I think I can do it.” Cack-cack-cack! The sound is even louder on the other side of the rock. I stop and look back. My face must not look so brave, because Grandpa says, “It’s all right, just a little further.” Crunch! Crunch! My feet step on the dead leaves as I get closer. Suddenly it becomes quiet. I hear Grandpa whisper, “Just sit down and watch.” I sit, holding on to my knees. My heart is beating fast. I do not see any animals. You can see a long way into the forest when there are no leaves. I look up. The trees look like skeletons against the sky. Nothing there. Just ahead of me there is a big puddle (水坑). Cack-cack-cack! The sound becomes terribly loud in front of me. My eyes move fast to the puddle. Several pairs of golden eyes are sticking up out of the water! Long brown legs float behind. “Frogs!” I shout. Grandpa sits down beside me. “These are wood frogs,” he explains. They’re calling to each other because it’s time for them to lay eggs. They hide all year, except for this short time.” He points at a big pile of frog eggs in the puddle. They look like jelly bubbles. As I head back up the small path, holding Grandpa’s hand, I look back and smile. There’s something special in Grandpa’s woods. 1．When did the story most probably happen? A．At the beginning of winter. B．In midsummer. C．In early autumn. D．In early spring. 2．Why did the writer mention the nickname, Alex the Adventure, in Paragraph 3? A．Because the author got the nickname because of her bravery. B．Because her grandpa called her that to encourage her to be brave. C．Because she would be able to get more strength from the nickname. D．Because the nickname was given by her friends in the woods. 3．Which is the correct order of the things below? a. I race back to Grandpa’s yard. b. I pretend that I am Alex the Adventure. c. I find several frogs in the puddle. d. I stand up- straighter and make a brave face. e. My grandpa and I hike towards the big rock. f. I hear something strange in the woods. A．b-f-a-e-d-c B．b-a-f-e-c-d C．f-a-b-d-e-c D．f-b-a-d-c-e 4．What might be the best title for the passage? A．Amazing frogs in Grandpa’s puddle B．Strange sounds in Grandpa’s woods C．Beautiful views in Grandpa’s woods D．Terrible experiences in Grandpa’s yard Passage 2 Mikail a Ulmer is just 14 years old, but she knows a thing or two about business. The teenager is the CEO of Me the Bees Lemonade. She is causing quite a buzz. She has appeared on Good Morning America, NBC News, and in Forbes and Time magazine for her business success. She has even been invited to the White House twice. Mikail a started her lemonade business when, at the age of four, she was stung (叮) by two bees in one week. However, she didn’t become afraid of bees. Instead, encouraged by her parents, she learned more about the insects and their important roles in the food cycle. At the same time, Mikaila’s family received a cookbook from her great grandmother and discovered an old recipe (食谱) for lemonade. Mikail had a thought that if she could make the lemonade with honey bought from local beekeepers, she could do her best to help the bee population, which was a dream for her. That fall, Mikaila’s mom and dad suggested she should make the lemonade for a children’s business competition in her hometown of Austin, Texas. The product was a success and, with that, Me the Bees Lemonade was born. Over the past ten years, Me the Bees Lemonade has sold 1 million bottles across 1,000 stores in the U. S. In 2017, Mikail a set up her own non- profit (利润) organization, the Healthy Hive Foundation, to carry on research, education and protection projects for honey bees. What’s more, Me the Bees Lemonade continues to donate 10 percent of all profits to help protect bees. Along the way, Mikail a has partnered with companies like Microsoft to use new technologies that have helped to realize her dream. That’s certainly no easy success for a teen. But Mikail a isn’t stopping there. In between her studies, she spends her time managing her business, traveling to give speeches and coming up with new product ideas. Mikail a has also created a guide for young people. It talks about her business and tips for finding the right technology to make big ideas happen. “My generation, we’re the future,” Mikail a says. “If we start at a young age doing something, donating back and giving back, then, when we grow up, we can do that on a larger scale.” Through technology, hard work and the kind of dream— big ideas only a kid could have, along with the support of her family, Mikail a proves that—— just like bees—— ▲ . 5．What is the underlined phrase “causing quite a buzz” in Para.1 similar to? A．making a lot of noise B．becoming well-known C．making a sound like bees D．causing a lot of trouble 6．What is the best structure of this passage? (1= Paragraph 1,2= Paragraph 2 ……) A． B． C． D． 7．Which of the following is TRUE about the Healthy Hive Foundation according to the article? A．It develops new honey products. B．It makes profits by selling bees. C．It was set up by Mikaila’s parents. D．It helps to protect honey bees. 8．Which might be the best choice for ________ in the last paragraph? A．you’re never too small to make a living B．you’re never too common to make a living C．you’re never too small to make a difference D．you’re never too busy to make a difference Passage 3 Many years ago, I lost all of the hearing in one of my ears suddenly. At first, I thought it was just a small problem and I didn’t notice it. But two days later, after taking the medicine, my hearing still didn’t return. Soon after, my doctor told me I had a brain tumor (瘤). The tests later made me feel tired and I would spend more time alone. That time gave me a chance to work on my favorite hobby—art. I spent most of my time in college studying art, wishing for a way to mix technology (技术) into my work instead of just using computers as a tool. As a girl who liked drawing, it was impossible for me to do technical work and be an artist. But later, I took a course in computers and loved computers for the purpose of art. As my body fitted in its new changes after the operation, I began doing small experiments at night: drawing, making models, and studying how computers work. I was afraid if anything happened to my other ear, I wouldn’t be able to communicate. I paid more attention to the physical objects. I began building objects to help stop possible disasters that would influence communication in our society. I’ve met many challenges. They had more to do with what people think of my work and of me than anything technical, however. I was once told people didn’t believe that the projects really worked and people don’t believe me, either. Despite this, I’ve learned many things during this whole process. The most important is that we have to create our own chances. We should try to turn something bad in our life into something good. We have to make time for hard work and trust ourselves. We must never give up. 9．The writer studied hard at art in college in order to ________. A．use computers as a tool B．find a way to mix technology into her work C．take a course in computers and love computers D．build objects to help stop possible disasters 10．What was the biggest difficulty the writer met? A．Having lots of medical tests. B．Technical difficulties. C．People’s opinions. D．Physical illness. 11．The underlined word “Despite” in the last paragraph means “________” in Chinese. A．尽管 B．由于 C．毕竟 D．此外 12．The writer shared her experience mainly to ________. A．tell that technology is only a tool for us B．say that one should learn to live with illness C．encourage people to be environmentally friendly D．show us that bad experiences can be made good Passage 4 When the children arrived at the tunnel (隧道), they looked up at the trees above it. “What’s happening?” Peter said. “Look at the trees. They’re moving.” He was right. The trees were moving down the hill. “It’s a landslide,” Roberta said. “There has been a lot of rain. The earth is soft. It is moving and bringing the trees with it.” “They are going to fall on the railway line,” Phyllis said. “There will be an accident if the train hits them. We must stop the next train.” “How do we do that?” Peter said. “The next train will arrive at 11:29. That’s in five minutes. And the train is only about fifteen kilometers away.” “We can run towards the train and wave (挥手) to the driver,” Phylli s said. “He won’t think there is anything wrong,” Roberta said. “We always wave to him.” “We need something red to wave,” Peter said. “Red is for peril.” “My coat is red,” Phyllis said. “I’ll make a flag (旗帜) with it.” “Mother will be angry if you do that,” Roberta said. “Your coat is expensive.” “People may die if there is an accident,” Peter said. “The coat isn’t important.” Phyllis tore (撕) her coat into several strips. “We need sticks to tie the strips to,” Peter said. The children ran to a nearby tree. With his knife, Peter cut off three thin branches. He tied each of the strips of red coat to one of the branches. “Now we have red flags,” he said. “When we wave these, the driver will know something is wrong. And he will stop the train.” The children ran through the tunnel and waited at the other side for the train to come. Then, the train arrived. The children waved their flags. Roberta was so nervous that she almost fell over. The driver saw the red flags and the children. He knew something was wrong. So he stopped the train quickly. Peter and Phyllis ran towards the driver and shouted that there were trees on the line. The driver climbed down the train and found out what was happening. He said to the children, “_______ I’m sure the railway company will want to thank you.” 13．Which word has the closest meaning to “peril”? A．death B．danger C．disaster D．difficulty 14．Which sentence is the most suitable for _______? A．Many hands make light work. B．You’ve prevented a bad accident! C．The station will send people to help. D．Who came up with such a good idea? 15．Which could be the best title for the text? A．A Terrible Landslide B．A Dangerous Trip C．The Railway Children D．Expensive Red Flags 二、（难点）阅读单选之说明文 Passage 1 Have you ever heard about Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Surely, they are all about finding the best deals on holiday gifts for yourself and family members. And have you heard about Giving Tuesday? Here is something about it! Every year, Giving Tuesday is celebrated on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which encourages people to help those in need by making financial (财务的). Unlike Black Friday, Giving Tuesday serves a more altruistic (利他的) purpose. In 2019, many Giving Tuesday social media campaigns worldwide helped raise an amazing $1.9 billion from 27 million donors! Over the past five years, many higher education institutions have also been using the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to ask alumni (校友), the University of Michigan, which calls it Blueday, while Pennsylvania State University raised $710,000 to benefit over 85 University programs. Though donating money certainly helps, there are many other ways to support the great cause, especially during the COVID﹣19 pandemic. You can video tutor (辅导), or team up with an adult to get groceries (食品杂货) or medications for an elderly neighbor. Also, call on your peers to help you with a service project that addresses an issue close to your heart, or pick one from the several ideas suggested on the Giving Tuesday website. You can also donate your gently﹣used clothes and toys to local shelters. 16．How does the writer start the topic? A．By carrying out a typical study. B．By explaining special points. C．By mentioning familiar things. D．By listing important numbers. 17．Where can we put the following sentence in the text? In its first year, the movement brought in almost $10 million for charities, and things have only improved since. A． B． C． D． 18．What can we learn about Giving Tuesday from the text? A．The purpose of Giving Tuesday is to attract people to buy more products. B．You can only donate money to people in need when Giving Tuesday comes. C．The Giving Tuesday website provides the public with more ideas to help. D．Fewer universities are willing to organize any activities on Giving Tuesday. 19．Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A．Different Holidays in the West B．An Introduction to Giving Tuesday C．Celebrations of Giving Tuesday D．More Giving, Less Hunger Passage 2 Good photographers are like reporters. They record people’s lives with cameras. They are also like artists or writers. Their photos can make people think or feel something. Different types of photographers Famous photographers ·Fashion photographers mainly take pictures of new products like clothes. ·Portrait photographers take photos of different people. ·Landscape photographers usually take pictures outdoors in nature. ·Event photographers take photos of big parties and ceremonies (仪式). ·Robert Doisneau was French. He was well-known for his black and white street photos of Paris. ·Anne Geddes was born in Australia. Taking baby pictures has made her world-famous. ·Richard Avedon was from the USA．He mainly took photos of fashion and famous people. His photos helped develop a new style for photography. 20．This passage may be taken from a magazine about________. A．Animals B．art C．nature D．fashion 21．Event photographers take photos of ________. A．sports games B．outdoor sights C．fashionable clothes D．polite students 22．What type of photographers is Anne Geddes? A．Fashion photographers B．Landscape photographers C．Portrait photographers D．Event photographers Passage 3 Wild cheetahs used to live all over the grasslands in Africa and the Middle East. A century ago, there were over 100,000 cheetahs in the wild. Today that number has dropped to about 7,000. Their living place is becoming smaller and smaller. Less wilderness means less space to hunt. It also brings cheetahs closer to lions, who hunt cheetah cubs (幼崽). And cheetahs are sometimes killed by hunters or farmers who try to protect their cows and pigs. San Diego and other zoos have started programs to make sure cheetahs won’t die out. They also study cheetah behaviour and support programs to protect cheetahs in the wild. Most zoo cheetahs were born in zoos. In the wild, cheetah moms usually have 3 to 5 cubs at a time. The cubs grow up together and play together. But sometimes zoos will get a cheetah cub with no brothers or sisters. If so, they will try to find another cheetah family for it. If they can’t, zoos will find a dog for the lonely cub. Finding a dog for the single cheetah seems to help. Those little dogs are energetic and like to play and discover, just like cheetah cubs. So they can make good friends. What does it take to become a cheetah’s partner? The dog must be the right age, and about the same size as a cheetah cub when both are young. The dog also needs a calm, confident, and friendly personality. At first, zoos thought that cheetahs and dogs would stay together for life. Now, they’re learning that as cheetahs grow up, they spend more time alone. When cheetahs grow up, they remain friendly with the dogs as long as they used to. As adults, some cheetahs have a special job at the zoo. They might take part in programs to educate the public about cheetahs. Most people will never get to see a cheetah in the wild. But zoo cheetahs can help visitors learn about the speed and beauty of their wild kin (亲属) in some ways. Sometimes the dog comes along. When there are a lot of visitors, having a friend nearby can help the cheetah feel more confident. 23．What can we know from Paragraph 1? A．The history of cheetahs. B．The problems cheetahs face. C．The writer’s pity on cheetahs. D．The zoo’s protection for cheetahs. 24．What mainly helps a dog to make good friends with a cheetah cub? A．Its habit and age. B．Its habit and size. C．Its habit and personality. D．Its size and age. 25．What does “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to? A．Zoos. B．Dogs. C．Cheetahs. D．The public. 26．What’s the main reason for zoos to keep cheetahs? A．To find dogs as their friends. B．To educate the public about cheetahs. C．To keep them away from lions. D．To make sure they still live on the earth. 三、（热点）阅读单选之议论文类 Passage 1 As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more. Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.” The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their brothers and sisters. Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event.” 27．The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to _________. A．report on the findings of a study B．teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table C．show the relationship between parents and children D．give information about family problems 28．Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because _________. A．they are busy serving food to their children B．they are busy keeping order at the dinner table C．they have to pay more attention to younger children D．they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family 29．By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________. A．have to help their parents to serve dinner B．get the least attention from the family C．are often kept away from the dinner table D．find it hard to keep up with other children 30．Which of the following statements would the writer agree to? A．Parents should talk to each of their children often. B．It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner. C．It is important to have the right food for children. D．Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner. Passage 2 Everybody knows how important it is for students to get a good night’s sleep every night. You aren’t able to do your best and keep up with all of your tasks if you don’t sleep well. I’m sure you already know that you should go to bed at a proper hour. Most experts agree that the best number of hours is eight, and this has been accepted as common sense. However, I was young once and I know that most of you get much less sleep than that—and in some cases it will influence your schoolwork. I read an interesting article in a teachers’ magazine recently. They did a study of 848 students in Wales. Worryingly, the result showed that teenagers facing a new problem. They may go to bed and get up at suitable times but a growing number are waking up in the middle of the night, not to use the bathroom or have a snack but because of a new phenomenon (现象) : FOMO—Fear Of Missing Out! According to the article, schoolchildren are suffering because of a growing trend (趋势) to wake up during the night to check their phones. Afraid of missing a reply or chance to join in a chat, teenagers are waking at all times of the night, going online. All this happens when they should be sound asleep. Experts are worried about this growing trend and the report shows some worrying facts that I’d like to share with you: 23% of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up nearly every night to use phones. Another 15% wake up at night once a week for the same reason. One in three students are always tired and unable to study well. Students who use phones during the night are more possible to suffer from depression (抑郁) and anxiety (焦虑). So switch off your phones at night. The world won’t end and your phones will be waiting to greet you in the morning. I give you my word that you won’t miss anything important. 31．Which part of the magazine is the passage most probably from? A．Travel &Adventure B．Health C．Environment D．Fashion & Beauty 32．How does the writer introduce the new trend? A．By using examples. B．By asking questions. C．By making a comparison (比较). D．By showing research findings. 33．Research shows that schoolchildren are tired because they ________. A．are going to bed very late B．are eating snacks at night C．are waking up in the middle of the night D．are getting up too early in the morning 34．Fear Of Missing Out is ________. A．a feeling of not going out at night B．a fear of missing the newest phones C．a feeling of not keeping up with your tasks D．a fear of missing chances of chatting online Passage 3 Should teenagers be allowed to have part-time jobs? We did a survey among two hundred people. According to the result, 78% say yes, and 22% say no. We choose some reasons as follows. Agree Disagree Jobs prepare teenagers for later life.Many college graduates (毕业生) look forward to a satisfying (满意的) job. But almost all job interviewers say they want someone with experience. It’s difficult for you to get a job with no work experience. —Amy, Shanghai It is the time to study.If teenagers start working, they won’t have time to study. They might keep on working to achieve someone else’s dreams, not theirs. They are too young to decide for their future. —Scarlet, Beijing Jobs teach responsibility (责任).Teenagers at 14 and older should be allowed to have part-time jobs. They teach responsibility and how to work as a team. What’s more, teens who earn money at a young age can learn how to manage personal finances (财务). —Tony, Guangzhou Kids should pay more attention to their education.According to the survey, students who work more than15 hours per week might lose interest in school and their grades may drop. This means kids might not enter university if they work part-time for a long time. —Kate, Chongqing 35．Scarlet disagrees with the opinion because she thinks ________. A．students’ grades will drop B．teenagers will have no time to study C．teenagers may lose interest in their studies D．the experience can’t help teens find jobs later 36．Who thinks part-time jobs can develop teenagers’ team spirits? A．Amy. B．Tony. C．Kate. D．Scarlet. 37．Which of the following is NOT true according to the reading? A．The number of people who agree with the opinion is 156. B．Amy thinks work experience can help students find a job later. C．Tony thinks jobs will make teens spend money more wisely. D．All job interviewers want college graduates to have work experience. Passage 4 Zhong Kaitong, a fourth-grader from Guangzhou, enjoyed a fun vacation this summer. Instead of attending English or math training courses, she played badminton and basketball most of the time. A new guideline(指导方针) called “double reduction” introduced by central authorities(中 央) on July 24 helped Zhong enjoy some free time during the summer. Aiming to ease the schoolwork burden(负担) on primary and junior high school students, the guideline calls for reducing homework, improving the quality of education and regulation(规范) after-class activities, Xinhua reported. Crammed study schedules not only lead to inefficiency but also mean students get less or no time for playing sports or doing physical exercise or taking rest, resulting in a rising rate of overweight and myopia(近 视) among Chinese children. Thanks to the guideline, now children below the third grade will not have homework any more. It should take no more than 90 minutes for junior high school students to finish their homework. What’s more, the after-school tutorial institutes are required to register as nonprofit organizations, and all special classes are not allowed on weekends, after 8:30 p.m. on weekdays, and during festivals, and summer and winter vacations. More than 75 percent of children in Chinese cities from grades 1—12 are taking private tutoring courses, Global Times reported. “Parents are worried that if their children start behind, they will stay behind. Some training institutions have taken advantage of parents’ anxieties(焦虑) to make money,” said Chen Xianzhe, a professor at South China Normal University. “The guideline is meant to calm the anxieties of parents and society as a whole.” “But this does not mean the tutoring courses will completely disappear, since exams still exist,” said Chu Zhaohui, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences. One on-one or one-on-two tutoring might see a rise due to this need. “Therefore, schools should improve their education quality, take the main responsibility for students’ education and not push them into tutoring courses,” Chu added. 38．Which is NOT the purpose of “double reduction”? A．To make the quality of education better. B．To make the students have less homework. C．To make the parents enjoy more free time. D．To make after-class activities more organized 39．After “double reduction”, when is it possible for students to take special classes? A．In summer holiday. B．During Spring Festival. C．Before 8:30 p.m. on weekends. D．Before 8:30 p.m. on weekdays. 40．According to the passage, parents are worried because ________. A．some institutions are trying to make money from them B．they think their children will stay behind if they start behind C．there will be no more exams if the tutoring courses disappear D．over one-fourth of children are taking private tutoring courses 41．What may possibly happen in China after “double reduction”? A．The rate of overweight and myopia among children will drop. B．Children below the fourth grade do not have to do homework. C．Off-campus tutoring institutions continue to provide advanced teaching. D．Senior high school students spend fewer than 90 minutes finishing their homework. 四、（高频）阅读单元选之应用文类。（实用文体） Passage 1 Advice from the Kid Expert My mom tells me to throw away some of my stuff, but it all seems special. Madelyn Florida It’s great that you like your stuff! Ask yourself whether you really value and use it, though, or whether you just want to put it aside. Rank (排列) what you have, from treasured to least. Maybe you’ll decide to let go of some lower-ranked things. To help you decide, try an experiment. Notice what you use over a month’s time. At the end of the month, you might consider giving away what you didn’t use. Knowing that your things will bring happiness to someone else may help you let them go. My parents argue a lot. I wish I could make them stop. It’s really worrying. Michal Massachusetts You aren’t alone. Many kids feel unwell when their parents argue. Adults disagree at times, just as kids do. It’s natural to wish you could make your parents stop arguing, but that isn’t your job. They must solve their own disagreements. If you feel unwell, fix your mind on things that’ll help you feel calm. Do activities you enjoy or write or draw to express how you feel. At a time when things are calm, tell your parents how you feel. You might say, “When I hear you arguing, I feel worried and afraid.” You can also talk things over with a school counselor (辅导员) or teacher. I am afraid of the dark, but I’m not sure why. Harper Maryland Lots of kids (and adults!) feel the same way you do. Try to understand the feeling better. You could ask yourself questions, like “When do I feel most afraid? Do noises or storms make it worse? Do I watch fearful movies that keep replaying in my mind?” Make a list of what you think can be fearful about the dark. Then think about whether you really need to fear those things. Talk with a parent about the things on your list, too, and ways to deal with them. For example, if you fear not to being able to see what’s around you, maybe you can use a flashlight to remind yourself that a room is safe. 42．The expert suggested Madelyn should rank her things in order to ________. A．know how many valuable things she had B．decide what things she could give up C．help her keep all her things in order D．show her mum what things she had 43．According to the expert’s advice, Michal _______ . A．needn’t try to prevent his parents from arguing B．should help his parents solve their disagreements C．needn’t feel sad when his parents are arguing D．can write down what his parents are arguing about 44．We can learn from the passage that ________. A．only children feel afraid of the dark B．Harper often watches fearful movies C．Harper’s parents offer her some advice D．a flashlight may help Harper feel safe Passage 2 New Products (产品) Put this electronic garnet on your wrist (手腕) to protect you from the mosquitoes (蚊子). Price: 22 dollars         The little key float means you won’t lose anything you drop in the water. It floats (漂浮). Price: 14 dollars Your body does the ironing for you. The higher the temperature, the better! Price: 33 dollars         Skin Repair helps your skin after you have been in the sun too long. Price: 22 dollars 45．If you go to a forest with mosquitoes, you may need Product ________. A． B． C． D． 46．If you spend a lot of time ________ on a sunny day, you may need the new Product . A．in your office B．at home C．in the store D．on the beach 47．With 60 dollars, how many different products can you get at most? A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four. Passage 3 Volunteer Army:The Heroes Attack was the most popular film among the war and historical films during Mid﹣Autumn Festival. Price:¥50 ●50% off on National Day for all ●Free for children under 6 years old, free for people over 60 years old ●A free large box of pop corn for students with student cards For more, please call 55568806       Viewing score:80 October 1,2023 This film is not like common Chinese movies. It is about how the new youth in the 1940s worked closely to protect our country.         Viewing score:100 September 28,2023 It may be one of the best war and historical films. It does a good job in the stories and special effects (特效).         Viewing score:90 October 3,2023 This film allows us to understand the early days of China in1949. I believe China will become stronger and stronger.         Viewing score:70 October 2,2023 The stories are wonderful. However, the acting skills of the actors need to be improved. 48．We can read this material ________. A．on a leaflet B．on a website C．in a magazine D．from a TV show 49．What type of movie does this film belong to? A．A documentary B．A science fiction C．A romantic film D．A historical film 50．Who likes the film Volunteer Army:The Heroes Attack least? A．Angela. B．Katie. C．Rich. D．James. 51．If Mrs.Wang wants to watch Volunteer Army:The Heroes Attack with her 7-year-old twin sons, and her 65-year-old parents on National Day, she must pay ________. A．￥50 B．￥75 C．￥125 D．￥150 52．What can you learn from the material? A．James thinks the actors act well. B．It takes more than two hours to watch this film. C．Rich wrote the film review later than the other three. D．Volunteer Army:The Heroes Attack is popular with most people. 五、（难点）阅读单选之诗歌小说类。 Passage 1 Long John Silver and another pirate were outside the fort holding a white flag. He wanted to make an agreement with Captain Smollett. Silver said they intend to find the treasure with the map which Smollett might know. He also said, you can either join us if we find the treasure and we will leave you in a safe place on the journey home. If you refuse our conditions we will fight you to the end. Captain Smollett couldn’t refuse the conditions. Instead he gave some conditions to the pirates. This made Silver glared with anger at the captain. Before he sturmbled down hill, and disappeared into the woods, he shouted he would break the wooden fort to pieces within an hour. Then the captain gave his orders, “Doctor, take the door, but do not let them see you. Hunter, take the east side. Joyce, the west. Mr Trelawney, you’re the best shot—you and Gray take this north side with the five gun holes. Shoot when you see anyone. Hawkins, you and I will load the guns and help where we’re needed.” We put out the fire, and put the ammunition, four extra guns, and our swords in the centre of the room. Joyce shot first, but pirates ran to the fort shouting loudly, while others fired at us from behind the trees. One bullet came through the doorway, breaking the doctor’s gun to pieces. The pirates climbed inside the fence and we fought against them, at last, three men fell, two men dead and the third man ran back woods. Four men were now inside the fort. They ran up the hill towards our house. They pulled the guns from the holes and then ran towards the door. At last, we went outside and killed more of them with the swords.and the rest of the pirates ran away. When the fighting was over we went back inside. Two more of our men died in the attack and the captain was wounded. Now the numbers were now reduced from seven of us against nineteen pirates to four against nine. (Adapted. from Treasure Island ) 53．Long John Silver chose to hold a white a flag in order to _________. A．help captain Smollett and fellows B．want to get the treasure map C．save the main character—Jim Hawkins D．agree to find the treasure together 54．According to the passage, we can infer that Captain Smollett is ________. A．wise B．helpful C．humorous D．polite 55．According to the passage, which of the following is the correct order? (1) Silver outside the fort holding a white flag. (2) We killed more of them with the swords. (3) The pirates climbed inside the fence. (4) He sturmbled down hill,and disappeared into the woods. (5) Four men were now inside the fort. A．(1) (3) (2) (4) (5) B．(1) (4) (3) (5) (2) C．(1) (4) (5) (3) (2) D．(1) (3) (4) (2) (5) 56．From the passage, we can know _______ A．Silver wanted to make an agreement with us. B．Unluckily, we lost more men than pirates. C．We had no fight plans against pirates. D．We managed to hold the fort at last. Passage 2 Acrobats (杂技演员) of the Ocean The darkened sky recedes (远去) at dawn, Black ocean turns to blue. A distant sound breaks through the air, As dolphins come into view. Like birds on air they rise and jump, Light dancing off their skin. They squeak and chatter through the waves, They leap, they chase, they spin. They swim as fast as lightning, And protect others in their pod. Jumping high like shooting stars, They leave observers awed. These ballet dancers of the sea, Slap tails, butt heads, and play. Their curved mouths always smiling, They look and swim away. I’d like to be a dolphin, Taking care of those I love. While dancing in the ocean air, Sun shining warm above. And protect others in their pod. Jumping high like shooting stars, They leave observers awed. 57．At what time of day do the dolphins come into view? A．Afternoon. B．Dawn. C．Lunchtime. D．Nightfall. 58．In the line “I’d like to be a dolphin”, “I” is mostly possible to be ________. A．a swimmer that trains in the ocean B．an acrobat that works in the ocean C．a dancer who enjoys the warm sunshine D．a person who is willing to care for others 59．What is the poem mainly about? A．Dolphins need to play often. B．Dolphins are acrobatic creatures. C．The speaker wants to be a dolphin. D．Dolphins swim with lightning speed. 六、完形填空 Cloze 1 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 We went for a walk in the fields, my mother, my wife, my son and I. Mother was 60 to come out with us, for she was in poor health, and even a(n) 61 distance would make her feel tired. But I insisted that, just for this reason, walking was necessary. Nodding her agreement, she went to fetch her overcoat. This year, spring came too late. Some old people found it hard to endure (忍耐) the long cold. But 62 spring was here now, and my mother had 63 another bitter winter. My mother and I walked in front, followed by my wife and son. Later, 64 appeared between us: my mother wanted to take the main road, for it was wide and 65 , while my son preferred the little path, where there might be more interesting things. It was up to me to make the final 66 . My mother had got used to listening to her strong son, and my son was in the habit of 67 his father, a big figure in his mind. I suddenly felt the weight of a heavy responsibility. I tried to 68 a win-win (双赢的) choice, but failed. Finally, I decided to 69 my son, because there would be long years ahead in which I could be with him. But my mother changed her 70 , and said, “We’d better take the little path. You’ll have to 71 me on your back in places I can’t walk across.” Differences were solved, we picked our way along the little path. When we came to a certain spot. I let my mother get on my back. My wife followed my 72 and carried our son. Tall as my mother was, she was quite 73 , and not heavy at all. My son was fat, but a child could only be so heavy. Despite this, both my wife and I walked 74 , as steadily (稳定地) as possible, as if we bore the whole world on our backs. 60．A．uncertain B．unwilling C．excited D．worried 61．A．extra B．far C．long D．short 62．A．after all B．above all C．further more D．in fact 63．A．enjoyed B．survived C．lived D．missed 64．A．methods B．challenges C．decisions D．differences 65．A．smooth B．busy C．empty D．long 66．A．decision B．idea C．way D．difficulty 67．A．agreeing B．obeying C．loving D．greeting 68．A．put out B．work out C．turn out D．carry out 69．A．walk B．notice C．agree D．refuse 70．A．feeling B．mind C．direction D．plan 71．A．take B．bring C．carry D．hold 72．A．instruction B．path C．way D．example 73．A．ill B．fat C．short D．thin 74．A．quietly B．quickly C．slowly D．easily 七、（难点）完形填空精选 Cloze 1 I remembered the unforgettable experience of the play The Little Mermaid. My friend Avery and I both tried out for it. Avery really hoped to get picked to be Mermaid while I didn’t 75 what part I got as long as I was in it. “So you’d be happy to have a(n) 76 part like the starfish?” Avery asked. “Exactly!” I said. A few days later, Avery and I went to check the acting list. “Wow! You got the 77 as Mermaid and I got the sister.” said Avery. “That can’t be right,” I said. “There 78 be some mistake!” But I 79 was given the part of Mermaid. I was pretty sure the reason I’d done well was because I hadn’t been nervous at all during the audition (试演). “Do you want to come over after school and we can 80 our lines (台词)?” I asked. “No, thanks. I’m pretty busy this week.” Avery said, not even looking at me. That night at dinner, after congratulating me for getting the leading role, my parents asked 81 I felt about it. “Well, I’m confused,” I said. “Avery was very sad because I was picked to be Mermaid. She 82 our friendship.” “Hmm,” said my mum. “Arizona, don’t you think this might be a 83 for you to be an extra-good friend? Give Avery a little time and understanding, and she just might come around before too long.” Over the next week, I did my best to give Avery some time and 84 . Then at rehearsal one day, I went up to her. “I know you didn’t exactly love being the sister, but you’re such a talented actor, and the way how you act is 85 .” I smiled. “Thanks,” said Avery. “The 86 doesn’t have so many lines. But I’m thinking about all the ways besides talking that my character can express herself.” “Well,” I said, “I’m still having 87 in dealing with a few things about my character. I’d love your help if you have any free time this week.” She smiled, “I think I might be free on Thursday.” Our play ended up going great. We had so much fun, and the audience loved the show. 88 things were difficult at the beginning with Avery and me, they’re better than ever now! People may have a hard time dealing with their feelings of 89 , but it might be the perfect time for them to be extra-good friends. 75．A．matter B．care C．suggest D．remember 76．A．small B．perfect C．important D．extra 77．A．role B．prize C．choice D．name 78．A．can B．must C．need D．might 79．A．hardly B．nearly C．really D．mainly 80．A．divide B．list C．introduce D．practise 81．A．what B．how C．why D．whether 82．A．gave up B．laughed at C．waited for D．worried about 83．A．dream B．chance C．victory D．problem 84．A．courage B．advice C．space D．strength 85．A．general B．valuable C．strict D．amazing 86．A．mum B．Mermaid C．starfish D．sister 87．A．fun B．luck C．difficulty D．experience 88．A．So B．Although C．But D．As 89．A．sadness B．calm C．patience D．fear Cloze 2 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 It was half past six on Monday morning: time to get ready for school. Jay Stone went to his mirror and looked at himself. “Not bad, Stone, not bad,” he said to himself and 90 . Maybe he was not ready for Hollywood, but with his dark brown eyes and thick brown hair, he had the looks that 91 girls’ heads. As his eyes moved down to his strong arms and chest (胸), he smiled again. His daily exercise worked! 92 , the smile froze when his eyes moved from the upper part of his body to his legs. His legs were short. Not just short, but far too short for his body. Sitting, he was as tall as almost anyone. 93 , he had to look up at most of the boys and even many of the girls. The kids at school had a nickname (绰号) for him: Shorty! Jay didn’t like his nickname at all, but he had to 94 it. He had no choice. One day, Jay fell over during the football training and hurt his leg. While waiting for the X- ray 95 , he looked at himself in the mirror again. “What will the X- ray show? What if my leg is badly hurt? When can I play football again? Will I ever be able to play again?” Questions, endless questions... Suddenly, a little smile appeared on his face. “The questions are the answer!” His smile grew even bigger. He realized that his questions were like a 96 , all telling him the same thing: your legs are important! He was beginning to see them 97 ! No longer as the “shorty” people made fun of. No, no. He could run faster than anyone else in the football team. Even at basketball, where the other players were much taller than him, they were still afraid of him because of his 98 . He felt his face grow warm and he saw it turn red. “Whatever the X- ray shows, one thing is 99 : I’ll never go back to that old way of thinking about my legs!” 90．A．cried B．laughed C．shouted D．smiled 91．A．hurt B．caught C．turned D．lifted 92．A．Anyway B．However C．Moreover D．Also 93．A．Lying B．Jumping C．Running D．Standing 94．A．praise B．accept C．refuse D．avoid 95．A．research B．resource C．review D．result 96．A．message B．meaning C．poem D．present 97．A．carefully B．differently C．luckily D．closely 98．A．height B．weight C．speed D．strength 99．A．extra B．worth C．sure D．possible Cloze 3 This term, I joined a group. The members of the group have the same interest in 100 . It encourages us to read and share good books. Last month, a member of the group 101 the book Heidi. At first I thought it was simple for 102 . But after reading the book, I was filled with warmth through the beauty and 103 between the lines. The book tells the story of a little girl named Heidi. Her aunt 104 her after she lost her parents as a baby. 105 , after her aunt got a new job, she was taken to the mountain to 106 with her grandfather. There she lived a free life 107 she went to big house in Frankfurt to be a companion for Clara, a 108 girl in a wheelchair. In the end, Heidi took Clara back to the 109 . With her help, the sick girl got well and was able to 110 again. Heidi was a (n) 111 girl. When she was in Frankfurt and 112 her life with her grandpa, she didn’t tell the truth because she knew Clara was lonely and needed 113 . Her kindness was like soft sunlight, 114 darkness and sadness Although sometimes life is not as good as we expect, we should always be happy and show kindness as much as we can, just like Heidi. 100．A．painting B．dancing C．singing D．reading 101．A．recorded B．required C．recommended D．researched 102．A．me B．her C．him D．you 103．A．honesty B．kindness C．imagination D．courage 104．A．took care of B．caught up with C．stayed in touch with D．got on well with 105．A．Actually B．Moreover C．However D．Finally 106．A．work B．stay C．deal D．argue 107．A．if B．until C．as D．since 108．A．sick B．creative C．confident D．gentle 109．A．school B．country C．hospital D．mountain 110．A．speak B．sleep C．see D．walk 111．A．caring B．quiet C．wise D．honest 112．A．challenged B．missed C．changed D．confirmed 113．A．success B．friendship C．knowledge D．training 114．A．bringing in B．leading to C．driving away D．suffering from Cloze 4 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 My mother used to ask me, “What is the most important part of the body?” When I was younger, I thought 115 was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ear, Mommy.” She said, “No. Many people are deaf. 116 thinking about it.” I hardly remember this question 117 she asked me again several years later. I lost into deep thought. Before making my 118 attempt (尝试), I had considered the correct answer for a long time. So I told her, “Eyesight is very important, so it 119 be our eyes.” “You’re learning fast, but not correct.” said she. Over the years, she asked me a few more times and always her answer was, “No. But you are getting 120 every year.” Then last year, my grandpa passed away and it was our 121 to say our final goodbye to Grandpa. Do you know the most important part 122 , my dear?” Mom asked me. I was 123 when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a 124 between her and me. “Today is the day you need to learn this important 125 .” She looked down at me as only a mother can. I saw tears (眼泪) well up in her eyes. She said. “My dear, it is your 126 .” “Is it because it holds up my head?” I asked. She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a 127 one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on in life. I only hope you have enough love and friends.” Then and there, I realized the thing that 128 the most is not a selfish one but sympathetic (同情) to part of others. People will forget what you said or did but never forget 129 you made them feel. 115．A．voice B．sight C．thought D．sound 116．A．Stop B．Risk C．Keep D．Forget 117．A．until B．as soon as C．after D．though 118．A．another B．first C．last D．second 119．A．must B．should C．can D．may 120．A．prettier B．smarter C．faster D．older 121．A．chance B．possibility C．turn D．duty 122．A．yet B．though C．already D．still 123．A．pleased B．encouraged C．surprised D．excited 124．A．game B．choice C．secret D．promise 125．A．class B．lesson C．text D．subject 126．A．arm B．shoulder C．leg D．body 127．A．sick B．hurt C．believed D．loved 128．A．impresses B．matters C．admires D．praises 129．A．what B．how C．when D．who Cloze 5 When you’re trying to make friends, you’ll probably meet someone who just doesn’t like you, 130 you’ve never done anything personally to him/her. Well, what should you do? Here’s some 131 . Gossip (流言) can make meeting new people difficult, especially when people hear 132 bad about you. It can 133 someone from getting to know you at all. When you’re in a situation like this, you may 134 terrible. Rather than working hard to try to win them over, however, just be yourself. In time, they will see that the gossip about you is wrong. Or, they may choose to believe it. Don’t worry about it and move on by friending the people who are 135 having you in their life. You’d think that your friend’s friends would also become your friends. But it doesn’t work that way. Sometimes people are 136 with the friendships they have, and they aren’t interested in making any more friends. If someone chooses not to be friends with you just because you’re new to the group, don’t be 137 . There’s nothing wrong about you or them. An even more difficult 138 is when someone has actually met you and just doesn’t like you. Every joke you make is taken the wrong way. Every time you try to do something nice, they find fault (找茬儿). As much as it hurts, accept that not everyone is going to be your friend. Don’t take it 139 . These things could 140 to everyone. Don’t 141 yourself. There are just some people you’re not going to click with. In friendship, it’s important to 142 the positives (正面) with people. If someone doesn’t want to be your friend, that’s okay. Don’t get mad at them because it’s their 143 . Instead, give your time and 144 to the people that are interested in hanging out with you. 130．A．although B．because C．if D．instead 131．A．advice B．speech C．decision D．therapy 132．A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．something 133．A．prevent B．suggest C．insist D．promise 134．A．remain B．sound C．feel D．turn 135．A．worth B．lucky C．generous D．loyal 136．A．patient B．crazy C．happy D．strict 137．A．curious B．worried C．impatient D．modest 138．A．method B．wisdom C．position D．situation 139．A．personally B．certainly C．hardly D．correctly 140．A．promise B．happen C．devote D．reply 141．A．suit B．trust C．doubt D．hurt 142．A．think twice B．agree with C．deal with D．take notice of 143．A．feeling B．choice C．courage D．standard 144．A．power B．strength C．attention D．spirit 八、任务型阅读之阅读短文回答问题。 Passage 1 请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。 Chinese people like the red colour a lot. Even now, Chinese people like to refer to ourselves as Chizi, meaning the red descendant (子孙). Red represents the motherland and authority. Official uniforms of the Tang Dynasty were red. In the Qing Dynasty, red was used on official caps to show different rankings. As we know, the Five-starred Red Flag was first raised on October 1st, 1949. Even nowadays, headlines of official documents (文件) are painted in red. This is why they are called red-head documents. For ordinary people, red stands for happiness. For example, the word “double happiness” used for weddings is red. The bride (新娘) wears red clothes which are different from the white gowns of the west. During the Chinese Spring Festival, people will give red packets with money inside to the children as good wishes. Couplets (对联) hanging on both sides of the doors are written in red. The word red equals prettiness. The expression “hongyan” meaning red colour is a synonym of a beautiful girl. Red is also one of the most popular words used in the names of Chinese women. But in traffic lights red means stop driving. This is how the westerners like to use the red colour. It is because red is very bright, and is good for warning purposes. But it doesn’t really have any negative meanings. 145．What does Chizi mean? 146．When was the Five-starred Red Flag first raised? 147．Why are official documents called red-head documents? 148．When will people give red packets? 149．What do you think of the red colour? Passage 2 Jeans are so common, and you may want to know its history and who invented them. Jeans were invented by a German named Levi Strauss. He went to the U.S. in 1847 and followed the Gold Rush to San Francisco. He carried many kinds of fabric (布料) to sell. Levi quickly became a successful businessman. The miners (矿工) in California had a problem with their pants. When they found gold or ore (矿石), they carried it in their pockets. But the metal was heavy, and the pockets ripped (撕开). In 1873, Jacob and Levi made the first jeans-tough pants. The miners loved them, and the jeans quickly became popular. At the beginning, Levi’s jeans were work pants. Many workers wore them all the time. But a gentleman wouldn’t think of wearing jeans. Women didn’t wear pants at all. But this changed when Western movies became popular. All the cowboys were in jeans. People thought the cowboys looked cool. But jeans still weren’t proper for places like schools and offices. Back in the U.S., fashions changed. Movie stars wore jeans in their films. Teenagers everywhere loved them. Some schools banned (禁止) jeans because of their “rebel” (叛逆) image. But casual clothing including jeans, became popular for more and more occasions. Eventually, jeans were so common that it became okay for anyone to wear them. You can even find pictures of the president wearing jeans. Today, all kinds of people around the world wear jeans. People wear them everywhere. Jeans are popular today for the same reasons they were popular when Levi Strauss first made them. They look good, they last long, and they are comfortable. That’s probably why you own a pair or two, or seven, yourself. 根据短文内容回答问题，每小题答案不超过六个单词。 150．Who invented jeans? 151．When was the first jeans-tough pants made? 152．Did gentleman and women wear jeans at the beginning? 153．What did people think of the cowboys in jeans? 154．Why were jeans banned in some schools? Passage 3 阅读短文，根据短文内容用英语回答问题，每题答案不超过5个单词。 When I studied at the Overseas Family School in Singapore, we held an activity called MAD Week in early April. “MAD” stands for “music, art and drama”. It is like a kind of art festival for students to perform themselves in front of people and enjoy the magic of art. At the beginning of MAD Week, we had to wear a hat to school. To my surprise, most of the students made creative hats by themselves. Some girls chose to work as a team and wore hats that looked like ice cream. One boy made a really tall hat that he could hardly wear! As for me, I used paper, feathers and even candies to make my hat creative. I joined the “MAD Hat Parade”, too. Groups of students and teachers walked with their fantastic hats. It was great fun taking pictures with them, and I was so glad to have a “MAD Hat Day” like this. It’s really a good way for students to show their creative ideas and be interested in the arts. 155．When was MAD Week held? 156．What does “MAD” stand for? 157．Who made creative hats for most of the students? 158．List one of the activities the writer took part in during the week. 159．What do you think of this “MAD Week”? Passage 4 请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。 What is personality? Personality is the pattern of feelings, thoughts and behavior shown through people’s lives. It makes them different from others. Each person’s personality is made up of different personality characters such as kindness or shyness. These characters decide how people behave in different situations. For example, if someone shy is served the wrong meal in a restaurant, he probably won’t say anything. On the other hand, someone outgoing will probably complain and get the meal he ordered. Where does your personality come from? The human brain is like a computer because it controls the human body just as a computer controls a robot. However, humans aren’t robots! We have personalities. The human brain has a special part giving us personality and allowing us to think for ourselves, unlike a computer. This part of the brain is called the mind. Personality types Clearly scientists cannot study the mind by looking inside someone’s brain! All they would see is blood and grey matter. To study the mind, scientists have to study human behavior. This includes watching people carefully and organizing personality tests like this one: 1. Do you think you’re pretty or good-looking? 2. Would you rather read a book or go to a party? 3. Do you have a large group of friends or just one or two close friends? 4. Do you mind talking in public or does it scare you? 5. Are you messy or neat? 6. Do you plan your work well or do you do things at the last minute? Scientists believe that answers to these types of questions tell us something about a person’s personality characters. After asking thousands of people thousands of questions, they’ve found that some personality characters seem to go together. This has led scientists to believe that there’re certain personality types. For example, shy people are often quiet. They have an introverted (内向的) personality type. The opposite is an extroverted (外向的) personality type — people who are outgoing, talkative and like being around other people. 160．What is personality? 161．Why is the human brain like a computer? 162．How do scientists study human behavior? 163．How many personality types are mentioned in this passage? 164．What decides your personality?（请自拟一句话作答） Passage 5 阅读回答问题 Sarah was born in 2008. She found she was going through some hard times. She felt like she didn’t fit in (合得来) with her friends and was always worried about what they thought of her. She had trouble sleeping at night and felt anxious. Sarah didn’t know what to do. One day, Sarah’s mum noticed Sarah wasn’t acting like herself. She asked Sarah if something was troubling her. At first, Sarah didn’t want to talk about it, but finally, she opened up to her mum. Sarah told her mum how she felt. Her mum listened to her patiently and told her it was normal (正常的) to feel that way at her age. She said everyone goes through hard times and then helped her find a counselor—someone working on teenage problems. Sarah was nervous at first, but the counsellor was kind and understanding. She taught Sarah to deal with her anxiety and helped her work through her feelings of not fitting in with her friends. Over time, Sarah started to feel better. She learnt that it’s important to be true to herself and that she didn’t have to change to fit in with her friends. She also learnt that it’s OK to get help when she needs it. She knew she might still have some hard times someday, but she felt more confident. 注：每题答案不超过5个词。 165．How old is Sarah? 166．What did Sarah’s mum notice about Sarah one day? 167．Who did Sarah’s mum find to help Sarah? 168．How did Sarah feel in the end?   169．What can you learn from Sarah’s story?   九、任务型阅读之阅读填表。 Passage 1 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案填写在答题卡的相应横线上。 This is an unusual truth that anyone older than 25 will already know: as life goes on, time seems to speed up. Think back to childhood when holidays seemed to last forever and you attended a school for what felt like decades. Now consider last year, by contrast, and it probably raced by. As those in their 30s and 40s will know, the effect gets worse with age—and, for people in their 70s, a year can flash by what seems like days. “Where did the time go?” we wonder. The best reason is that we can keep the important facts in mind longer when our brains have to process more information. Childhood and young adulthood are full of novelty (新奇)—the first time you rode a bike, had a romance, get a job—but, as we get older, things get more routine (常规). You can test this out by remembering a recent experience of novelty in your life, such as travel. A few years back, I went skiing for the first time, and that four-day trip still feels “long”. But I might have difficulty noticing a four-day period in my ordinary life. One way that can work things out, then, is easy to see: try lots of new things. Travel more, if you can, and to strange places. Try new hobbies and meet new people—you’ll be using your brain with a lot of efforts, and the result will be a life that feels longer, more meaningful. But small changes work, too: even making a change in the route (路线) you take to the office, reading different kinds of novels or choosing a different place to buy your sandwich at lunchtime will have an influence on your feelings. But novelty can only go so far. Besides, a fulfilling (令人满意的) life requires routine: you can’t build deep relationships, or rise through the ranks at work if you always make new friends or get new jobs or even have new husbands or wives. That’s why the Buddhist teacher Shizen Young suggests another method: learn to meditate (冥想). Even a few minutes a day will get you to have better concentration (专注), and the better you get at concentrating, and the more information your brain will take in during any experience, no matter how boring. You need to believe in yourself. You’ll be making your whole life a little more novel (新颖的). You’ll be more present and time will pass less quickly; in fact, you’ll make your life longer—without magic pills or creative medical technology. How to stop time 170 up The problem It is not a common truth to anyone who is 171 25 years old that time seems to go faster as life goes on. The 172 you get, the faster time races by. The 173 of the problem When things become usual in our life, it might be 174 for you to pay attention to them and so on time passes by. So, experiencing something fresh and special can make you 175 things longer. Advice on how to solve the problem ●It takes you a lot of efforts to use your brain when trying new things, making you feel that your life is longer and 176 more to you. ●Changing something a little can also make a 177 to your feelings. ●Learning to meditate helps people 178 their concentration and take in more information from boring experiences. Conclusion Trust yourself. 179 there might be no new medical technology, you can still live a bit more novel life and experiencing slow flow of time actually makes your life longer. Passage 2 任务型阅读。阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后的表格。（每空一词） Years ago, I interviewed a successful advertising man. He told me that he dreamed of being a writer in fact. I never believed he could succeed. However, about ten years later, holding up his new book. He has published more than 100 best sellers. His ability to see himself as a writer shows a concept (理念) known as “possible selves”. It describes how people’s future life will be: what they may become, or want to become, or even fear to become. A possible self can bring you far more than daydreams. Your dream can come true if you build a bridge from your “now” self to your possible self. But how do we build that bridge? Here are a few steps you can try. First of all, just take action. If your dream is to succeed in getting a certain job, attend a course and start by taking up that type of work as a hobby or a side job. You should tell yourself that these are the steps you can take to achieve that goal. Secondly, when you have a goal, share it. A study found that the adults who sent weekly progress to a friend completed their goals more easily than those who didn’t share their goals. If more friends know about your goal, it is more possible for you to achieve it. That finding was true for all goals. Finally, get advice from the people who you haven’t spoken to in years. A lot of research has found that when you’re asking for valuable advice, people in your wider network are more likely (可能) to offer it than those closest to you. So, reach out to your weak connections for it when needed. Lead-in ◆ I had an 180 with a successful advertising man who dreamed of being a writer in fact. ◆ 181 I believed he couldn’t make it, he published over 100 books ten years later. The concept of a possible self It describes 182 people’s future life will be like. The importance of a possible self ◆A possible self can bring you 183 daydreams. ◆Your dream will be 184 if you build a bridge between your “now” self and your possible self. The 185 you can take ◆Firstly, take action. If you dream of getting a certain job 186 , take a course in it and start the work as a hobby or a side job. ◆ Secondly, 187 your goal. A study found it 188 for the adults to achieve their goals by sharing them than those who didn’t. ◆ Thirdly, ask for advice. People in your wider network are more likely to offer you advice of great 189 . Passage 3 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后的表格内填入最恰当的单词，每个空格只能填一个单词。 Recently, people in Brisbane, Australia have shown great interest in a series of mini doors in their streets. Tourists and local people have been sharing photos and videos after discovering them. “Why are they here?” Many people wonder. The first mysterious mini door appeared in the centre of Brisbane in 2017. It is red and just a few centimeters in height. Since then, more and more mini doors have been found all over the city. The mini doors are the works of Mace Robertson. The Australian artist calls them “fairy (精灵) doors”. And he recently says that he has created so many mini doors that he himself cannot even remember exactly how many there are. Robertson started to create the series after seeing mini doors in many other cities. One woman from Georgia in the USA kept the fairy door tradition (传统) alive for years. Some European cities then started to do the same thing. “I thought Brisbane needed more art,” Robertson says. “So, I decided to make mini doors, too.” Kids certainly love the mini doors. Some have even left notes for the “fairies”. And people of all ages in Brisbane start to take part in the sport of discovering the mini doors. And Robertson says there is no sign that he’ll stop—we can only expect to see more “fairy doors” in the future! Doors for Fairies Introduction ●People in Brisbane, Australia are now 190 in discovering red mini doors in the city. Background information ●The first mini door was made in the centre of Brisbane in 2017. ●Mace Robertson has made so many mini doors that even he himself can’t remember the exact 191 of them. The 192 why Robertson created the mini door ●Robertson came up with the idea after he found that a woman in the U. S tried to 193 the fairy door tradition alive. ●Robertson also saw some Europe cities build mini doors. Conclusion ●Discovering mini doors has now become a 194 sport for people of all ages in Brisbane. Robertson will continue creating more mini doors. 试卷第2页，共3页 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 期中复习冲刺03 阅读与完形填空精讲练30篇 参考答案 题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 答案 D C A B B B D C B C 题号 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 答案 A D B B C C B C B B 题号 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 答案 A C B D A D C B B A 题号 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 答案 B D C D B B D C D B 题号 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 答案 A B A D A D C B D C 题号 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 答案 B D B A B D B D B B 题号 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 答案 D A B D A A B B D B 题号 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 答案 C D D C B A A B C D 题号 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 答案 B A B C D D C B A D 题号 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 答案 C B D B D A B C C D 题号 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 答案 C A B A C B B A D D 题号 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 答案 A B B C D C A D A B 题号 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 答案 C A C A B B D B B A 题号 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 答案 A D A C A C B D A B 题号 141 142 143 144 答案 C D B C 145．It means the red descendant./The red descendant. 146．The Five-starred Red Flag was first raised on October 1st, 1949./On October 1st, 1949. 147．Because headlines of official documents are painted in red. 148．During/At the Chinese Spring Festival. 149．I think red is a bright colour, because it can represent happiness and good luck. (答案不唯一) 150．(A German named) Levi Strauss. 151．In 1873. 152．No, they didn’t. 153．People thought the cowboys looked cool. 154．Because of their “rebel” image. 155．In early April. 156．Music, art and drama. 157．Themselves./They made them by themselves. 158．Make a MAD hat./Walk with the fantastic hat./Take pictures. Join the “MAD Hat Parade”. 159．Creative./Interesting. 160．Personality/It is the pattern of feelings, thoughts and behavior shown through people’s lives. 161．Because it controls the human body just as a computer controls a robot. 162．It includes watching people carefully and organizing personality tests. 163．Two./2. 164．The mind decides one’s personality.（言之成理即可） 165．16/ Fifteen (years old). 166．Sarah wasn’t acting like herself. 167．A counselor. 168．More confident. 169．Believe ourselves./Be confident./… 170．speeding 171．over 172．older 173．reason 174．difficult 175．remember 176．mean 177．difference 178．improve 179．Although 180．interview 181．Though/Although 182．what 183．beyond 184．achieved/realized 185．steps 186．successfully 187．share 188．easier 189．value 190．interested 191．number 192．reason 193．keep 194．popular 答案第2页，共2页 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 期中复习冲刺03阅读与完形填空精讲练30篇 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 考点目录 一、（高频）阅读单选之记叙文：记事叙旧、哲理感悟、名人故事、科普常识等。 1 Passage 1 1 Passage 2 3 Passage 3 5 Passage 4 6 二、（难点）阅读单选之说明文 8 Passage 1 8 Passage 2 10 Passage 3 11 三、（热点）阅读单选之议论文类 13 Passage 1 13 Passage 2 14 Passage 3 16 Passage 4 17 四、（高频）阅读单元选之应用文类。（实用文体） 19 Passage 1 19 Passage 2 21 Passage 3 22 五、（难点）阅读单选之诗歌小说类。 24 Passage 1 24 Passage 2 26 六、完形填空 27 Cloze 1 27 七、（难点）完形填空精选 30 Cloze 1 30 Cloze 2 33 Cloze 3 36 Cloze 4 39 Cloze 5 42 八、任务型阅读之阅读短文回答问题。 44 Passage 1 45 Passage 2 46 Passage 3 47 Passage 4 49 Passage 5 51 九、任务型阅读之阅读填表。 52 Passage 1 52 Passage 2 55 Passage 3 57 一、（高频）阅读单选之记叙文：记事叙旧、哲理感悟、名人故事、科普常识等。 Passage 1 My feet race up the path back to Grandpa’s yard as fast as I can make them go. Grandpa’s dog, Bandit, is at my heels. Our breath makes a big cloud ball in the cold. My grandpa is scratching the ground with a hoe (锄头). “Grandpa, I heard something strange in your woods!” I tell him. “Let’s go find out what it is,” he says. He takes my hand. Grandpa’s big hand feels warm and safe. My grandpa lives at the top of a mountain all by himself. There are no other children here. So sometimes I go into the woods with Bandit and pretend (假装) that I am Alex, the Adventurer. I must stay near the small path and I can’t go past the big rock. This way, Grandpa can always see me from the yard. As we hike toward the big rock, I hold Grandpa’s hand tighter. Cack-cack-cack-cack! There’s that sound! I hold Grandpa’s leg. “What is that, Grandpa?” l whisper. “It’s the first sign of spring,” he says. “How about you go past the big rock a bit? See if you can find out what it is.” “By myself?” I ask. “I promise it’s safe,” he tells me. “And I’ll stay here by the big rock where you can see me.” “No.” I start to say. I look at Grandpa. His whole face seems to be smiling, even his eyes. I wonder what an adventurer would do. I stand up straighter and make a brave face. “Grandpa,” I say, “I think I can do it.” Cack-cack-cack! The sound is even louder on the other side of the rock. I stop and look back. My face must not look so brave, because Grandpa says, “It’s all right, just a little further.” Crunch! Crunch! My feet step on the dead leaves as I get closer. Suddenly it becomes quiet. I hear Grandpa whisper, “Just sit down and watch.” I sit, holding on to my knees. My heart is beating fast. I do not see any animals. You can see a long way into the forest when there are no leaves. I look up. The trees look like skeletons against the sky. Nothing there. Just ahead of me there is a big puddle (水坑). Cack-cack-cack! The sound becomes terribly loud in front of me. My eyes move fast to the puddle. Several pairs of golden eyes are sticking up out of the water! Long brown legs float behind. “Frogs!” I shout. Grandpa sits down beside me. “These are wood frogs,” he explains. They’re calling to each other because it’s time for them to lay eggs. They hide all year, except for this short time.” He points at a big pile of frog eggs in the puddle. They look like jelly bubbles. As I head back up the small path, holding Grandpa’s hand, I look back and smile. There’s something special in Grandpa’s woods. 1．When did the story most probably happen? A．At the beginning of winter. B．In midsummer. C．In early autumn. D．In early spring. 2．Why did the writer mention the nickname, Alex the Adventure, in Paragraph 3? A．Because the author got the nickname because of her bravery. B．Because her grandpa called her that to encourage her to be brave. C．Because she would be able to get more strength from the nickname. D．Because the nickname was given by her friends in the woods. 3．Which is the correct order of the things below? a. I race back to Grandpa’s yard. b. I pretend that I am Alex the Adventure. c. I find several frogs in the puddle. d. I stand up- straighter and make a brave face. e. My grandpa and I hike towards the big rock. f. I hear something strange in the woods. A．b-f-a-e-d-c B．b-a-f-e-c-d C．f-a-b-d-e-c D．f-b-a-d-c-e 4．What might be the best title for the passage? A．Amazing frogs in Grandpa’s puddle B．Strange sounds in Grandpa’s woods C．Beautiful views in Grandpa’s woods D．Terrible experiences in Grandpa’s yard 【答案】1．D 2．C 3．A 4．B 【详解】本文是一篇记叙文。文章通过孩子和爷爷的对话以及他们在树林中的探险，逐渐揭示出产生奇怪声音的来源是木蛙。 1．细节理解题。根据“‘It’s the first sign of spring,’ he says.”可知，爷爷说青蛙的叫声是初春的象征。故选D。 2．推理判断题。根据“So sometimes I go into the woods with Bandit and pretend (假装) that I am Alex, the Adventurer.”推测，这里作者提到“Alex, the Adventurer”是用来给自己勇气的。故选C。 3．细节理解题。根据“So sometimes I go into the woods with Bandit and pretend (假装) that I am Alex, the Adventurer.”，“I heard something strange in your woods！”，“My feet race up the path back to Grandpa’s yard as fast as I can make them go.”，“This way, Grandpa can always see me from the yard.”，“I stand up straighter and make a brave face.”以及“Several pairs of golden eyes are sticking up out of the water! Long brown legs float behind. “Frogs!” I shout.”可知，本文是按照b. 假装探险者 > f. 听到奇怪的声音 > a. 跑回爷爷的院子 > e. 和爷爷一起走向大岩石 > d. 站直表现出勇敢 > c. 发现青蛙这样的顺序进行的。故选A。 4．最佳标题题。根据文章内容可知，作者听到了奇怪的声音，然后和爷爷一起去探险，最终发现是青蛙发出的声音，所以选项B“祖父树林里的奇怪声音”符合题意。故选B。 Passage 2 Mikail a Ulmer is just 14 years old, but she knows a thing or two about business. The teenager is the CEO of Me the Bees Lemonade. She is causing quite a buzz. She has appeared on Good Morning America, NBC News, and in Forbes and Time magazine for her business success. She has even been invited to the White House twice. Mikail a started her lemonade business when, at the age of four, she was stung (叮) by two bees in one week. However, she didn’t become afraid of bees. Instead, encouraged by her parents, she learned more about the insects and their important roles in the food cycle. At the same time, Mikaila’s family received a cookbook from her great grandmother and discovered an old recipe (食谱) for lemonade. Mikail had a thought that if she could make the lemonade with honey bought from local beekeepers, she could do her best to help the bee population, which was a dream for her. That fall, Mikaila’s mom and dad suggested she should make the lemonade for a children’s business competition in her hometown of Austin, Texas. The product was a success and, with that, Me the Bees Lemonade was born. Over the past ten years, Me the Bees Lemonade has sold 1 million bottles across 1,000 stores in the U. S. In 2017, Mikail a set up her own non- profit (利润) organization, the Healthy Hive Foundation, to carry on research, education and protection projects for honey bees. What’s more, Me the Bees Lemonade continues to donate 10 percent of all profits to help protect bees. Along the way, Mikail a has partnered with companies like Microsoft to use new technologies that have helped to realize her dream. That’s certainly no easy success for a teen. But Mikail a isn’t stopping there. In between her studies, she spends her time managing her business, traveling to give speeches and coming up with new product ideas. Mikail a has also created a guide for young people. It talks about her business and tips for finding the right technology to make big ideas happen. “My generation, we’re the future,” Mikail a says. “If we start at a young age doing something, donating back and giving back, then, when we grow up, we can do that on a larger scale.” Through technology, hard work and the kind of dream— big ideas only a kid could have, along with the support of her family, Mikail a proves that—— just like bees—— ▲ . 5．What is the underlined phrase “causing quite a buzz” in Para.1 similar to? A．making a lot of noise B．becoming well-known C．making a sound like bees D．causing a lot of trouble 6．What is the best structure of this passage? (1= Paragraph 1,2= Paragraph 2 ……) A． B． C． D． 7．Which of the following is TRUE about the Healthy Hive Foundation according to the article? A．It develops new honey products. B．It makes profits by selling bees. C．It was set up by Mikaila’s parents. D．It helps to protect honey bees. 8．Which might be the best choice for ________ in the last paragraph? A．you’re never too small to make a living B．you’re never too common to make a living C．you’re never too small to make a difference D．you’re never too busy to make a difference 【答案】5．B 6．B 7．D 8．C 【详解】本文主要讲述了14岁的Mikaila Ulmer，是Me the Bees Lemonade的CEO。她通过创办柠檬水业务帮助保护蜜蜂，取得了显著的商业成功。Mikaila不仅开创了非营利组织来支持蜜蜂保护，还通过技术、家庭支持和自己的努力，让年轻人相信小小年纪也能带来改变。 5．词义猜测题。根据“The teenager is the CEO of Me the Bees Lemonade. She is causing quite a buzz.”以及接下来两句可知，Mikail在小小年纪就创办了公司，并且因为她的商业成功而变得广为人知，出现在多个媒体上，甚至被邀请到白宫两次。推测她非常出名，cause quite a buzz“引起轰动”。故选B。 6．篇章结构题。根据文章内容可知，第一段为引言，介绍 Mikaila Ulmer 和她的公司 Me the Bees Lemonade，以及她在媒体上的成功。第二段为背景，讲述 Mikaila 如何开始她的柠檬水生意，包括她被蜜蜂叮咬的经历、家庭的支持和发现老食谱。第三段位发展，描述 Me the Bees Lemonade 的成功，包括销售情况和成立非营利组织 Healthy Hive Foundation。第四段位未来计划，介绍 Mikaila 的未来计划，包括管理业务、演讲、开发新产品和撰写指南。第五段位总结，总结 Mikaila 的成就和她的梦想，强调年轻一代的潜力。故选B。 7．细节理解题。根据“In 2017, Mikail a set up her own non-profit (利润) organization, the Healthy Hive Foundation, to carry on research, education and protection projects for honey bees.”可知， Mikaila 成立这个非营利组织，旨在进行蜂蜜蜂的研究、教育和保护项目。故选D。 8．推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，Mikaila 从小就开始她的事业，并且通过她的努力产生了积极的影响。这句话强调了年轻一代的力量和潜力。故选C。 Passage 3 Many years ago, I lost all of the hearing in one of my ears suddenly. At first, I thought it was just a small problem and I didn’t notice it. But two days later, after taking the medicine, my hearing still didn’t return. Soon after, my doctor told me I had a brain tumor (瘤). The tests later made me feel tired and I would spend more time alone. That time gave me a chance to work on my favorite hobby—art. I spent most of my time in college studying art, wishing for a way to mix technology (技术) into my work instead of just using computers as a tool. As a girl who liked drawing, it was impossible for me to do technical work and be an artist. But later, I took a course in computers and loved computers for the purpose of art. As my body fitted in its new changes after the operation, I began doing small experiments at night: drawing, making models, and studying how computers work. I was afraid if anything happened to my other ear, I wouldn’t be able to communicate. I paid more attention to the physical objects. I began building objects to help stop possible disasters that would influence communication in our society. I’ve met many challenges. They had more to do with what people think of my work and of me than anything technical, however. I was once told people didn’t believe that the projects really worked and people don’t believe me, either. Despite this, I’ve learned many things during this whole process. The most important is that we have to create our own chances. We should try to turn something bad in our life into something good. We have to make time for hard work and trust ourselves. We must never give up. 9．The writer studied hard at art in college in order to ________. A．use computers as a tool B．find a way to mix technology into her work C．take a course in computers and love computers D．build objects to help stop possible disasters 10．What was the biggest difficulty the writer met? A．Having lots of medical tests. B．Technical difficulties. C．People’s opinions. D．Physical illness. 11．The underlined word “Despite” in the last paragraph means “________” in Chinese. A．尽管 B．由于 C．毕竟 D．此外 12．The writer shared her experience mainly to ________. A．tell that technology is only a tool for us B．say that one should learn to live with illness C．encourage people to be environmentally friendly D．show us that bad experiences can be made good 【答案】9．B 10．C 11．A 12．D 【详解】本文主要讲述了作者在得了重病后，不但没有消沉，反而在修养期间开始钻研绘画艺术和计算机的故事。 9．细节理解题。根据第二段“I spent most of my time in college studying art, wishing for a way to mix technology (技术) into my work”可知，作者在大学里努力学习艺术是为了找到一种将技术融入作品的方法。故选B。 10．推理判断题。根据第三段“I’ve met many challenges. They had more to do with what people think of my work and of me than anything technical, however.”可知，作者遇到了很多挑战，然而，它们更多的是与人们对作者的工作和作者的看法有关，而不是任何技术性的东西。由此推知，作者遇到的最大困难是人们的看法。故选C。 11．词义猜测题。分析第三段最后一句“I was once told people didn’t believe that the projects really worked and people don’t believe me, either.”以及第四段第一句“Despite this, I’ve learned many things during this whole process.”可知，这两句话之间是让步关系，表示尽管有人曾经告诉作者，人们不相信这些项目真的有效，人们也不相信作者，但是在整个过程中，作者还是学到了很多东西。由此推知，Despite意为“尽管”。故选A。 12．主旨大意题。根据第四段“We should try to turn something bad in our life into something good.”并通读全文可知，作者分享她的经历主要是为了告诉我们不好的经历可以变好。故选D。 Passage 4 When the children arrived at the tunnel (隧道), they looked up at the trees above it. “What’s happening?” Peter said. “Look at the trees. They’re moving.” He was right. The trees were moving down the hill. “It’s a landslide,” Roberta said. “There has been a lot of rain. The earth is soft. It is moving and bringing the trees with it.” “They are going to fall on the railway line,” Phyllis said. “There will be an accident if the train hits them. We must stop the next train.” “How do we do that?” Peter said. “The next train will arrive at 11:29. That’s in five minutes. And the train is only about fifteen kilometers away.” “We can run towards the train and wave (挥手) to the driver,” Phylli s said. “He won’t think there is anything wrong,” Roberta said. “We always wave to him.” “We need something red to wave,” Peter said. “Red is for peril.” “My coat is red,” Phyllis said. “I’ll make a flag (旗帜) with it.” “Mother will be angry if you do that,” Roberta said. “Your coat is expensive.” “People may die if there is an accident,” Peter said. “The coat isn’t important.” Phyllis tore (撕) her coat into several strips. “We need sticks to tie the strips to,” Peter said. The children ran to a nearby tree. With his knife, Peter cut off three thin branches. He tied each of the strips of red coat to one of the branches. “Now we have red flags,” he said. “When we wave these, the driver will know something is wrong. And he will stop the train.” The children ran through the tunnel and waited at the other side for the train to come. Then, the train arrived. The children waved their flags. Roberta was so nervous that she almost fell over. The driver saw the red flags and the children. He knew something was wrong. So he stopped the train quickly. Peter and Phyllis ran towards the driver and shouted that there were trees on the line. The driver climbed down the train and found out what was happening. He said to the children, “_______ I’m sure the railway company will want to thank you.” 13．Which word has the closest meaning to “peril”? A．death B．danger C．disaster D．difficulty 14．Which sentence is the most suitable for _______? A．Many hands make light work. B．You’ve prevented a bad accident! C．The station will send people to help. D．Who came up with such a good idea? 15．Which could be the best title for the text? A．A Terrible Landslide B．A Dangerous Trip C．The Railway Children D．Expensive Red Flags 【答案】13．B 14．B 15．C 【详解】本文讲述了三个孩子在发现山体滑坡导致树木即将掉落到铁轨上时，迅速用红色衣物制作旗帜并成功拦停火车，避免了一场可能的事故。 13．词句猜测题。根据“It’s a landslide,”和“There will be an accident if the train hits them. We must stop the next train.”可知，出现了山体滑坡，行驶的火车遇上山体滑坡时，必然会发生事故，因此必须让即将驶来的火车停下来；再根据下文“ ‘We need something red to wave,’ Peter said. ‘Red is for peril.’ ”可知，他们打算挥舞红色的东西，以此来提醒司机前面危险，因此“peril”在此指“危险”，与danger同义。故选B。 14．推理判断题。根据“The driver saw the red flags and the children. He knew something was wrong. So he stopped the train quickly.”和“I’m sure the railway company will want to thank you.”可知，孩子们成功地让火车司机停了下来，以及司机说铁路公司会感谢他们，由此推知他们阻止了一场可怕的事故发生，因此B选项“你们阻止了一场严重的事故！”符合语境。故选B。 15．最佳标题题。通读全文可知，本文讲述了三个孩子在发现山体滑坡导致树木即将掉落到铁轨上时，迅速用红色衣物制作旗帜并成功拦停火车，避免了一场可能的事故。结合选项，C选项“铁路上的孩子”符合文意，适合做本文标题。故选C。 二、（难点）阅读单选之说明文 Passage 1 Have you ever heard about Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Surely, they are all about finding the best deals on holiday gifts for yourself and family members. And have you heard about Giving Tuesday? Here is something about it! Every year, Giving Tuesday is celebrated on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which encourages people to help those in need by making financial (财务的). Unlike Black Friday, Giving Tuesday serves a more altruistic (利他的) purpose. In 2019, many Giving Tuesday social media campaigns worldwide helped raise an amazing $1.9 billion from 27 million donors! Over the past five years, many higher education institutions have also been using the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to ask alumni (校友), the University of Michigan, which calls it Blueday, while Pennsylvania State University raised $710,000 to benefit over 85 University programs. Though donating money certainly helps, there are many other ways to support the great cause, especially during the COVID﹣19 pandemic. You can video tutor (辅导), or team up with an adult to get groceries (食品杂货) or medications for an elderly neighbor. Also, call on your peers to help you with a service project that addresses an issue close to your heart, or pick one from the several ideas suggested on the Giving Tuesday website. You can also donate your gently﹣used clothes and toys to local shelters. 16．How does the writer start the topic? A．By carrying out a typical study. B．By explaining special points. C．By mentioning familiar things. D．By listing important numbers. 17．Where can we put the following sentence in the text? In its first year, the movement brought in almost $10 million for charities, and things have only improved since. A． B． C． D． 18．What can we learn about Giving Tuesday from the text? A．The purpose of Giving Tuesday is to attract people to buy more products. B．You can only donate money to people in need when Giving Tuesday comes. C．The Giving Tuesday website provides the public with more ideas to help. D．Fewer universities are willing to organize any activities on Giving Tuesday. 19．Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A．Different Holidays in the West B．An Introduction to Giving Tuesday C．Celebrations of Giving Tuesday D．More Giving, Less Hunger 【答案】16．C 17．B 18．C 19．B 【详解】本文主要介绍了“捐赠星期二”是一个全球性的慈善活动，旨在鼓励人们在感恩节后的星期二通过捐款或在当地社区做善事来帮助有需要的人。 16．细节理解题。根据“Have you ever heard about Black Friday and Cyber Monday?”可知，文章一开始提到了大多数人都熟悉的“黑色星期五”和“网络星期一”，然后引出了“捐赠星期二”的话题，这是通过提及熟悉的事物来引出主题的。故选C。 17．推理判断题。根据“In its first year, the movement brought in almost $10 million for charities, and things have only improved since.”可知，此句主要讲述了“捐赠星期二”活动在第一年为慈善事业带来了近1000万美元的收入，并且自那以后情况越来越好；第三段第一句“Unlike Black Friday, Giving Tuesday serves a more altruistic (利他的) purpose.”则点出了“捐赠星期二”的利他目标，因此放在处可以更好地承接该段关于全球捐赠和活动筹款情况的内容。故选B。 18．细节理解题。根据“Though donating money certainly helps, there are many other ways to support the great cause”以及下文具体内容可知，文章在最后一段提到“捐赠星期二”网站提供了多种帮助别人的想法，这表明该网站为公众提供了更多的帮助方式。故选C。 19．最佳标题题。文章介绍了“捐赠星期二”的概念、目的、筹款情况以及如何参与，因此“捐赠星期二的介绍”是最适合的标题。故选B。 Passage 2 Good photographers are like reporters. They record people’s lives with cameras. They are also like artists or writers. Their photos can make people think or feel something. Different types of photographers Famous photographers ·Fashion photographers mainly take pictures of new products like clothes. ·Portrait photographers take photos of different people. ·Landscape photographers usually take pictures outdoors in nature. ·Event photographers take photos of big parties and ceremonies (仪式). ·Robert Doisneau was French. He was well-known for his black and white street photos of Paris. ·Anne Geddes was born in Australia. Taking baby pictures has made her world-famous. ·Richard Avedon was from the USA．He mainly took photos of fashion and famous people. His photos helped develop a new style for photography. 20．This passage may be taken from a magazine about________. A．Animals B．art C．nature D．fashion 21．Event photographers take photos of ________. A．sports games B．outdoor sights C．fashionable clothes D．polite students 22．What type of photographers is Anne Geddes? A．Fashion photographers B．Landscape photographers C．Portrait photographers D．Event photographers 【答案】20．B 21．A 22．C 【详解】本文主要介绍不同类型的摄影师以及一些著名的摄影师。 20．细节理解题。文章主要讲述的是摄影师的类型以及几位著名的摄影师，这与艺术（art）相关。文中提到了不同类型的摄影师，如时尚摄影师、肖像摄影师、风景摄影师等，以及他们的作品如何影响人们，这属于艺术领域的内容。故选B。 21．细节理解题。根据“Event photographers take photos of big parties and ceremonies”可知，选项A中的“sports games”可以看作是一种事件，与文中提到的parties和ceremonies更为接近的是大型活动和仪式。 故选A。 22．推理判断题。根据“Anne Geddes was born in Australia. Taking baby pictures has made her world-famous”可知，Anne Geddes是因拍摄婴儿照片而出名的。这属于肖像摄影的范畴，因为肖像摄影就是以人或人物的特定部分为拍摄对象的摄影类型。故选C。 Passage 3 Wild cheetahs used to live all over the grasslands in Africa and the Middle East. A century ago, there were over 100,000 cheetahs in the wild. Today that number has dropped to about 7,000. Their living place is becoming smaller and smaller. Less wilderness means less space to hunt. It also brings cheetahs closer to lions, who hunt cheetah cubs (幼崽). And cheetahs are sometimes killed by hunters or farmers who try to protect their cows and pigs. San Diego and other zoos have started programs to make sure cheetahs won’t die out. They also study cheetah behaviour and support programs to protect cheetahs in the wild. Most zoo cheetahs were born in zoos. In the wild, cheetah moms usually have 3 to 5 cubs at a time. The cubs grow up together and play together. But sometimes zoos will get a cheetah cub with no brothers or sisters. If so, they will try to find another cheetah family for it. If they can’t, zoos will find a dog for the lonely cub. Finding a dog for the single cheetah seems to help. Those little dogs are energetic and like to play and discover, just like cheetah cubs. So they can make good friends. What does it take to become a cheetah’s partner? The dog must be the right age, and about the same size as a cheetah cub when both are young. The dog also needs a calm, confident, and friendly personality. At first, zoos thought that cheetahs and dogs would stay together for life. Now, they’re learning that as cheetahs grow up, they spend more time alone. When cheetahs grow up, they remain friendly with the dogs as long as they used to. As adults, some cheetahs have a special job at the zoo. They might take part in programs to educate the public about cheetahs. Most people will never get to see a cheetah in the wild. But zoo cheetahs can help visitors learn about the speed and beauty of their wild kin (亲属) in some ways. Sometimes the dog comes along. When there are a lot of visitors, having a friend nearby can help the cheetah feel more confident. 23．What can we know from Paragraph 1? A．The history of cheetahs. B．The problems cheetahs face. C．The writer’s pity on cheetahs. D．The zoo’s protection for cheetahs. 24．What mainly helps a dog to make good friends with a cheetah cub? A．Its habit and age. B．Its habit and size. C．Its habit and personality. D．Its size and age. 25．What does “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to? A．Zoos. B．Dogs. C．Cheetahs. D．The public. 26．What’s the main reason for zoos to keep cheetahs? A．To find dogs as their friends. B．To educate the public about cheetahs. C．To keep them away from lions. D．To make sure they still live on the earth. 【答案】23．B 24．D 25．A 26．D 【详解】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了野生猎豹数量的急剧下降以及动物园为保护猎豹所采取的措施，包括通过配对猎豹幼崽与小狗来提供社交支持，以及动物园中成年猎豹在教育和公众宣传方面的特殊作用。 23．主旨大意题。综合第一段可知，本段主要描述了野生猎豹的数量从过去的10万多只下降到现在的7000只左右，并提到了猎豹面临的两个主要问题：一是猎豹幼崽被猎杀，二是猎豹有时会被试图保护牛和猪的猎人或农民杀害；据此可知，本段主要指出了猎豹面临的问题。故选B。 24．细节理解题。根据第六段“What does it take to become a cheetah’s partner? The dog must be the right age, and about the same size as a cheetah cub when both are young.”可知，年龄和大小主要帮助狗与猎豹幼崽交好朋友。故选D。 25．词义猜测题。根据第七段“At first, zoos thought that cheetahs and dogs would stay together for life. Now, they’re learning that as cheetahs grow up, they spend more time alone.”可知，起初，动物园认为猎豹和狗会终生待在一起；但发现随着猎豹的成长，它们会花更多的时间独处；据此可以推断，划线单词“they”指代上文中的“动物园”。故选A。 26．推理判断题。根据第二段“San Diego and other zoos have started programs to make sure cheetahs won’t die out. They also study cheetah behavior and support programs to protect cheetahs in the wild.”可知，圣地亚哥和其他动物园已经启动了确保猎豹不会灭绝的项目；他们还研究猎豹的行为，并支持保护野生猎豹的计划；据此可以推断，动物园饲养猎豹的主要目的是为了确保它们不会灭绝，即仍然能在地球上生存。故选D。 三、（热点）阅读单选之议论文类 Passage 1 As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more. Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.” The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their brothers and sisters. Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event.” 27．The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to _________. A．report on the findings of a study B．teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table C．show the relationship between parents and children D．give information about family problems 28．Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because _________. A．they are busy serving food to their children B．they are busy keeping order at the dinner table C．they have to pay more attention to younger children D．they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family 29．By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________. A．have to help their parents to serve dinner B．get the least attention from the family C．are often kept away from the dinner table D．find it hard to keep up with other children 30．Which of the following statements would the writer agree to? A．Parents should talk to each of their children often. B．It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner. C．It is important to have the right food for children. D．Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner. 【答案】27．C 28．B 29．B 30．A 【详解】本文讲述了路易斯进行的一项研究表明，父母应多和孩子交流。 27．主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了一个研究的结果，该研究发现吃饭时候的父母与孩子的交流对孩子有很大的影响，故选C。 28．细节理解题。根据第二段“But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make.”可知，当家里的孩子多的时候，在吃饭的时候会比较吵闹，所以父母在维持吃饭的秩序方面要花较大的精力，故选B。 29．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. ‘Middle children are invisible’”可知，年龄处于中间的孩子最不被关注，故选B。 30．推理判断题。文章中涉及的这个研究告诉我们吃饭时的交流对孩子有很大的影响，很多父母往往只关注年龄大的，或者年龄小的，对于中间的孩子关注较少，影响了这些人的成长，故作为父母应该与每个孩子都交流，故选A。 Passage 2 Everybody knows how important it is for students to get a good night’s sleep every night. You aren’t able to do your best and keep up with all of your tasks if you don’t sleep well. I’m sure you already know that you should go to bed at a proper hour. Most experts agree that the best number of hours is eight, and this has been accepted as common sense. However, I was young once and I know that most of you get much less sleep than that—and in some cases it will influence your schoolwork. I read an interesting article in a teachers’ magazine recently. They did a study of 848 students in Wales. Worryingly, the result showed that teenagers facing a new problem. They may go to bed and get up at suitable times but a growing number are waking up in the middle of the night, not to use the bathroom or have a snack but because of a new phenomenon (现象) : FOMO—Fear Of Missing Out! According to the article, schoolchildren are suffering because of a growing trend (趋势) to wake up during the night to check their phones. Afraid of missing a reply or chance to join in a chat, teenagers are waking at all times of the night, going online. All this happens when they should be sound asleep. Experts are worried about this growing trend and the report shows some worrying facts that I’d like to share with you: 23% of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up nearly every night to use phones. Another 15% wake up at night once a week for the same reason. One in three students are always tired and unable to study well. Students who use phones during the night are more possible to suffer from depression (抑郁) and anxiety (焦虑). So switch off your phones at night. The world won’t end and your phones will be waiting to greet you in the morning. I give you my word that you won’t miss anything important. 31．Which part of the magazine is the passage most probably from? A．Travel &Adventure B．Health C．Environment D．Fashion & Beauty 32．How does the writer introduce the new trend? A．By using examples. B．By asking questions. C．By making a comparison (比较). D．By showing research findings. 33．Research shows that schoolchildren are tired because they ________. A．are going to bed very late B．are eating snacks at night C．are waking up in the middle of the night D．are getting up too early in the morning 34．Fear Of Missing Out is ________. A．a feeling of not going out at night B．a fear of missing the newest phones C．a feeling of not keeping up with your tasks D．a fear of missing chances of chatting online 【答案】31．B 32．D 33．C 34．D 【详解】本文主要介绍了关于学生睡眠的一项研究，以此强调睡眠对于孩子们的重要性。 31．推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了睡眠对孩子们的重要性，以及对学生睡眠的一项研究，因此文章最有可能来自杂志上的健康板块。故选B。 32．细节理解题。根据“Experts are worried about this growing trend and the report shows some worrying facts that I’d like to share with you: 23% of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up nearly every night to use phones.”可知，作者通过展示研究成果介绍新趋势。故选D。 33．细节理解题。根据“Afraid of missing a reply or chance to join in a chat, teenagers are waking at all times of the night, going online. All this happens when they should be sound asleep.”可知，小学生很累，因为他们夜里醒来看手机。故选C。 34．词句猜测题。根据“Afraid of missing a reply or chance to join in a chat, teenagers are waking at all times of the night, going online.”可知，Fear Of Missing Out指的是害怕他们错过回复信息或是错过聊天的机会。故选D。 Passage 3 Should teenagers be allowed to have part-time jobs? We did a survey among two hundred people. According to the result, 78% say yes, and 22% say no. We choose some reasons as follows. Agree Disagree Jobs prepare teenagers for later life.Many college graduates (毕业生) look forward to a satisfying (满意的) job. But almost all job interviewers say they want someone with experience. It’s difficult for you to get a job with no work experience. —Amy, Shanghai It is the time to study.If teenagers start working, they won’t have time to study. They might keep on working to achieve someone else’s dreams, not theirs. They are too young to decide for their future. —Scarlet, Beijing Jobs teach responsibility (责任).Teenagers at 14 and older should be allowed to have part-time jobs. They teach responsibility and how to work as a team. What’s more, teens who earn money at a young age can learn how to manage personal finances (财务). —Tony, Guangzhou Kids should pay more attention to their education.According to the survey, students who work more than15 hours per week might lose interest in school and their grades may drop. This means kids might not enter university if they work part-time for a long time. —Kate, Chongqing 35．Scarlet disagrees with the opinion because she thinks ________. A．students’ grades will drop B．teenagers will have no time to study C．teenagers may lose interest in their studies D．the experience can’t help teens find jobs later 36．Who thinks part-time jobs can develop teenagers’ team spirits? A．Amy. B．Tony. C．Kate. D．Scarlet. 37．Which of the following is NOT true according to the reading? A．The number of people who agree with the opinion is 156. B．Amy thinks work experience can help students find a job later. C．Tony thinks jobs will make teens spend money more wisely. D．All job interviewers want college graduates to have work experience. 【答案】35．B 36．B 37．D 【详解】本文主要介绍了对于青少年是否应该做兼职，不同的人有不同的看法。 35．细节理解题。根据“If teenagers start working, they won’t have time to study”可知如果青少年开始工作的话，他们没有时间学习。故选B。 36．细节理解题。根据“They teach responsibility and how to work as a team...Tony”可知Tony认为兼职可以培养青少年的团队精神。故选B。 37．细节理解题。根据“But almost all job interviewers say they want someone with experience”可知几乎所有的面试官都说他们希望有经验的人，而不是所有面试官都希望大学毕业生有工作经验。故选D。 Passage 4 Zhong Kaitong, a fourth-grader from Guangzhou, enjoyed a fun vacation this summer. Instead of attending English or math training courses, she played badminton and basketball most of the time. A new guideline(指导方针) called “double reduction” introduced by central authorities(中 央) on July 24 helped Zhong enjoy some free time during the summer. Aiming to ease the schoolwork burden(负担) on primary and junior high school students, the guideline calls for reducing homework, improving the quality of education and regulation(规范) after-class activities, Xinhua reported. Crammed study schedules not only lead to inefficiency but also mean students get less or no time for playing sports or doing physical exercise or taking rest, resulting in a rising rate of overweight and myopia(近 视) among Chinese children. Thanks to the guideline, now children below the third grade will not have homework any more. It should take no more than 90 minutes for junior high school students to finish their homework. What’s more, the after-school tutorial institutes are required to register as nonprofit organizations, and all special classes are not allowed on weekends, after 8:30 p.m. on weekdays, and during festivals, and summer and winter vacations. More than 75 percent of children in Chinese cities from grades 1—12 are taking private tutoring courses, Global Times reported. “Parents are worried that if their children start behind, they will stay behind. Some training institutions have taken advantage of parents’ anxieties(焦虑) to make money,” said Chen Xianzhe, a professor at South China Normal University. “The guideline is meant to calm the anxieties of parents and society as a whole.” “But this does not mean the tutoring courses will completely disappear, since exams still exist,” said Chu Zhaohui, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences. One on-one or one-on-two tutoring might see a rise due to this need. “Therefore, schools should improve their education quality, take the main responsibility for students’ education and not push them into tutoring courses,” Chu added. 38．Which is NOT the purpose of “double reduction”? A．To make the quality of education better. B．To make the students have less homework. C．To make the parents enjoy more free time. D．To make after-class activities more organized 39．After “double reduction”, when is it possible for students to take special classes? A．In summer holiday. B．During Spring Festival. C．Before 8:30 p.m. on weekends. D．Before 8:30 p.m. on weekdays. 40．According to the passage, parents are worried because ________. A．some institutions are trying to make money from them B．they think their children will stay behind if they start behind C．there will be no more exams if the tutoring courses disappear D．over one-fourth of children are taking private tutoring courses 41．What may possibly happen in China after “double reduction”? A．The rate of overweight and myopia among children will drop. B．Children below the fourth grade do not have to do homework. C．Off-campus tutoring institutions continue to provide advanced teaching. D．Senior high school students spend fewer than 90 minutes finishing their homework. 【答案】38．C 39．D 40．B 41．A 【详解】本文主要讲述了中央于7月24日出台了一项新的指导方针，旨在减轻中小学生的课业负担，该方针要求减少家庭作业，提高教育质量，规范课外活动。 38．细节理解题。根据“Aiming to ease the schoolwork burden(负担) on primary and junior high school students, the guideline calls for reducing homework, improving the quality of …”可知，双减政策的目的是减轻中小学生的课业负担，减少家庭作业，提高教育质量，规范课外活动。因此C选项并不是双减政策的目的。故选C。 39．细节理解题。根据“What’s more, the after-school tutorial institutes are required to register as nonprofit organizations, and all special classes are not allowed on weekends, …”可知学生可以在周末以及工作日晚上8点30分之前上特长班。故选D。 40．细节理解题。根据“Parents are worried that if their children start behind, they will stay behind. ”可知，父母担心孩子落后，担心自己落后。故选B。 41．推理判断题。根据“Crammed study schedules not only lead to … resulting in a rising rate of overweight and myopia(近 视) among Chinese children. ”可知，双减后儿童的超重和近视比率将会下降。故选A。 四、（高频）阅读单元选之应用文类。（实用文体） Passage 1 Advice from the Kid Expert My mom tells me to throw away some of my stuff, but it all seems special. Madelyn Florida It’s great that you like your stuff! Ask yourself whether you really value and use it, though, or whether you just want to put it aside. Rank (排列) what you have, from treasured to least. Maybe you’ll decide to let go of some lower-ranked things. To help you decide, try an experiment. Notice what you use over a month’s time. At the end of the month, you might consider giving away what you didn’t use. Knowing that your things will bring happiness to someone else may help you let them go. My parents argue a lot. I wish I could make them stop. It’s really worrying. Michal Massachusetts You aren’t alone. Many kids feel unwell when their parents argue. Adults disagree at times, just as kids do. It’s natural to wish you could make your parents stop arguing, but that isn’t your job. They must solve their own disagreements. If you feel unwell, fix your mind on things that’ll help you feel calm. Do activities you enjoy or write or draw to express how you feel. At a time when things are calm, tell your parents how you feel. You might say, “When I hear you arguing, I feel worried and afraid.” You can also talk things over with a school counselor (辅导员) or teacher. I am afraid of the dark, but I’m not sure why. Harper Maryland Lots of kids (and adults!) feel the same way you do. Try to understand the feeling better. You could ask yourself questions, like “When do I feel most afraid? Do noises or storms make it worse? Do I watch fearful movies that keep replaying in my mind?” Make a list of what you think can be fearful about the dark. Then think about whether you really need to fear those things. Talk with a parent about the things on your list, too, and ways to deal with them. For example, if you fear not to being able to see what’s around you, maybe you can use a flashlight to remind yourself that a room is safe. 42．The expert suggested Madelyn should rank her things in order to ________. A．know how many valuable things she had B．decide what things she could give up C．help her keep all her things in order D．show her mum what things she had 43．According to the expert’s advice, Michal _______ . A．needn’t try to prevent his parents from arguing B．should help his parents solve their disagreements C．needn’t feel sad when his parents are arguing D．can write down what his parents are arguing about 44．We can learn from the passage that ________. A．only children feel afraid of the dark B．Harper often watches fearful movies C．Harper’s parents offer her some advice D．a flashlight may help Harper feel safe 【答案】42．B 43．A 44．D 【详解】本文是一些学生介绍了自己一些生活小问题，儿童专家给其提供了对应的解决办法。 42．细节理解题。根据“Rank (排列) what you have, from treasured to least. Maybe you’ll decide to let go of some lower-ranked things.”可知，把你所拥有的从珍贵到最少进行排名，也许你会决定放弃一些排名较低的东西。故选B。 43．推理判断题。根据“It’s natural to wish you could make your parents stop arguing, but that isn’t your job.”可知，希望你能让父母停止争吵是很自然的，但这不是你的工作。由此可知，Michal不必试图阻止他的父母争吵。故选A。 44．推理判断题。根据“For example, if you fear not to being able to see what’s around you, maybe you can use a flashlight to remind yourself that a room is safe.”可知，如果你害怕看不见周围的东西，也许你可以用手电筒提醒自己房间是安全的，即手电筒可能会让Harper感到安全。故选D。 Passage 2 New Products (产品) Put this electronic garnet on your wrist (手腕) to protect you from the mosquitoes (蚊子). Price: 22 dollars         The little key float means you won’t lose anything you drop in the water. It floats (漂浮). Price: 14 dollars Your body does the ironing for you. The higher the temperature, the better! Price: 33 dollars         Skin Repair helps your skin after you have been in the sun too long. Price: 22 dollars 45．If you go to a forest with mosquitoes, you may need Product ________. A． B． C． D． 46．If you spend a lot of time ________ on a sunny day, you may need the new Product . A．in your office B．at home C．in the store D．on the beach 47．With 60 dollars, how many different products can you get at most? A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four. 【答案】45．A 46．D 47．C 【详解】本文介绍了四种新产品的信息。 45．细节理解题。根据“Put this electronic garnet on your wrist (手腕) to protect you from the mosquitoes (蚊子).”可知如果去有蚊子的森林，你可能需要产品。故选A。 46．细节理解题。根据“Skin Repair helps your skin after you have been in the sun too long.”可知“Skin Repair”可以帮助您在阳光下暴晒太久后的皮肤。因此如果晴天在海滩上很久，你可能需要产品。故选D。 47．细节理解题。根据每个产品依次的价格“Price: 22 dollars”、“Price: 14 dollars”、“Price: 33 dollars”以及“Price: 22 dollars”可知如果有60美元，最多可以买到三件产品。故选C。 Passage 3 Volunteer Army:The Heroes Attack was the most popular film among the war and historical films during Mid﹣Autumn Festival. Price:¥50 ●50% off on National Day for all ●Free for children under 6 years old, free for people over 60 years old ●A free large box of pop corn for students with student cards For more, please call 55568806       Viewing score:80 October 1,2023 This film is not like common Chinese movies. It is about how the new youth in the 1940s worked closely to protect our country.         Viewing score:100 September 28,2023 It may be one of the best war and historical films. It does a good job in the stories and special effects (特效).         Viewing score:90 October 3,2023 This film allows us to understand the early days of China in1949. I believe China will become stronger and stronger.         Viewing score:70 October 2,2023 The stories are wonderful. However, the acting skills of the actors need to be improved. 48．We can read this material ________. A．on a leaflet B．on a website C．in a magazine D．from a TV show 49．What type of movie does this film belong to? A．A documentary B．A science fiction C．A romantic film D．A historical film 50．Who likes the film Volunteer Army:The Heroes Attack least? A．Angela. B．Katie. C．Rich. D．James. 51．If Mrs.Wang wants to watch Volunteer Army:The Heroes Attack with her 7-year-old twin sons, and her 65-year-old parents on National Day, she must pay ________. A．￥50 B．￥75 C．￥125 D．￥150 52．What can you learn from the material? A．James thinks the actors act well. B．It takes more than two hours to watch this film. C．Rich wrote the film review later than the other three. D．Volunteer Army:The Heroes Attack is popular with most people. 【答案】48．B 49．D 50．C 51．B 52．D 【详解】本文是影评。主要是电影《志愿军》的介绍及影评。 48．推理判断题。根据图片上的内容“search”可知本文来自网页。故选B。 49．细节理解题。根据“among the war and historical films”可知，《志愿军》是中秋节期间最受欢迎的战争片和历史片。故选D。 50．细节理解题。根据“Viewing score:70”可知，Rich最不喜欢这部电影。故选C。 51．推理判断题。根据“Price:¥50 ●50% off on National Day for all ●Free for children under 6 years old, free for people over 60 years old”可知，王夫人一家需要花费（50+50+50）× 50%=75元。故选B。 52．细节理解题。根据“Volunteer Army:The Heroes Attack was the most popular film”可知，《志愿军》是中秋节期间最受欢迎的战争片和历史片。故选D。 五、（难点）阅读单选之诗歌小说类。 Passage 1 Long John Silver and another pirate were outside the fort holding a white flag. He wanted to make an agreement with Captain Smollett. Silver said they intend to find the treasure with the map which Smollett might know. He also said, you can either join us if we find the treasure and we will leave you in a safe place on the journey home. If you refuse our conditions we will fight you to the end. Captain Smollett couldn’t refuse the conditions. Instead he gave some conditions to the pirates. This made Silver glared with anger at the captain. Before he sturmbled down hill, and disappeared into the woods, he shouted he would break the wooden fort to pieces within an hour. Then the captain gave his orders, “Doctor, take the door, but do not let them see you. Hunter, take the east side. Joyce, the west. Mr Trelawney, you’re the best shot—you and Gray take this north side with the five gun holes. Shoot when you see anyone. Hawkins, you and I will load the guns and help where we’re needed.” We put out the fire, and put the ammunition, four extra guns, and our swords in the centre of the room. Joyce shot first, but pirates ran to the fort shouting loudly, while others fired at us from behind the trees. One bullet came through the doorway, breaking the doctor’s gun to pieces. The pirates climbed inside the fence and we fought against them, at last, three men fell, two men dead and the third man ran back woods. Four men were now inside the fort. They ran up the hill towards our house. They pulled the guns from the holes and then ran towards the door. At last, we went outside and killed more of them with the swords.and the rest of the pirates ran away. When the fighting was over we went back inside. Two more of our men died in the attack and the captain was wounded. Now the numbers were now reduced from seven of us against nineteen pirates to four against nine. (Adapted. from Treasure Island ) 53．Long John Silver chose to hold a white a flag in order to _________. A．help captain Smollett and fellows B．want to get the treasure map C．save the main character—Jim Hawkins D．agree to find the treasure together 54．According to the passage, we can infer that Captain Smollett is ________. A．wise B．helpful C．humorous D．polite 55．According to the passage, which of the following is the correct order? (1) Silver outside the fort holding a white flag. (2) We killed more of them with the swords. (3) The pirates climbed inside the fence. (4) He sturmbled down hill,and disappeared into the woods. (5) Four men were now inside the fort. A．(1) (3) (2) (4) (5) B．(1) (4) (3) (5) (2) C．(1) (4) (5) (3) (2) D．(1) (3) (4) (2) (5) 56．From the passage, we can know _______ A．Silver wanted to make an agreement with us. B．Unluckily, we lost more men than pirates. C．We had no fight plans against pirates. D．We managed to hold the fort at last. 【答案】53．B 54．A 55．B 56．D 【详解】本文是一篇小说，节选自《金银岛》。文章讲述了Silver和Smollett双方为了寻求宝藏而展开激烈的争斗，最终Smollett方以少胜多的故事。 53．细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“He wanted to make an agreement with Captain Smollett.”和第二段第一句“Silver said they intend to find the treasure with the map which Smollett might know.”可知，Silver想得到宝藏图以寻找宝藏。故选B。 54．推理判断题。根据第二段“Captain Smollett couldn’t refuse the conditions. Instead he gave some conditions to the pirates. This made Silver glared with anger at the captain.”可知，Smollett在无法拒绝的情况下还给出了其他条件，并且激怒了Silver。可见Smollett是一位明智的人。故选A。 55．细节理解题。根据根据第一段“Long John Silver and another pirate were outside the fort holding a white flag.”，第二段“Before he sturmbled down hill, and disappeared into the woods...”，第四段“The pirates climbed inside the fence and we fought against them...”和“Four men were now inside the fort.”，以及最后一段“At last, we went outside and killed more of them with the swords.”可知题目中事件发生的先后顺序为(1) (4) (3) (5) (2)，故选B。 56．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Now the numbers were now reduced from seven of us against nineteen pirates to four against nine.”可知，我们7个人打19个海盗，最终我们剩下4个人，对方剩下9个人，以少胜多，我们最终设法守住了堡垒。故选D。 Passage 2 Acrobats (杂技演员) of the Ocean The darkened sky recedes (远去) at dawn, Black ocean turns to blue. A distant sound breaks through the air, As dolphins come into view. Like birds on air they rise and jump, Light dancing off their skin. They squeak and chatter through the waves, They leap, they chase, they spin. They swim as fast as lightning, And protect others in their pod. Jumping high like shooting stars, They leave observers awed. These ballet dancers of the sea, Slap tails, butt heads, and play. Their curved mouths always smiling, They look and swim away. I’d like to be a dolphin, Taking care of those I love. While dancing in the ocean air, Sun shining warm above. And protect others in their pod. Jumping high like shooting stars, They leave observers awed. 57．At what time of day do the dolphins come into view? A．Afternoon. B．Dawn. C．Lunchtime. D．Nightfall. 58．In the line “I’d like to be a dolphin”, “I” is mostly possible to be ________. A．a swimmer that trains in the ocean B．an acrobat that works in the ocean C．a dancer who enjoys the warm sunshine D．a person who is willing to care for others 59．What is the poem mainly about? A．Dolphins need to play often. B．Dolphins are acrobatic creatures. C．The speaker wants to be a dolphin. D．Dolphins swim with lightning speed. 【答案】57．B 58．D 59．B 【详解】本文主要讲述了海豚是海洋杂技动物。 57．细节理解题。根据“The darkened sky recedes (远去) at dawn, Black ocean turns to blue.”可知，海豚会在黎明时出现在视野中。故选B。 58．推理判断题。根据“Taking care of those I love. While dancing in the ocean air, Sun shining warm above.”可以推出，此处的“I”应该指一个愿意关心别人的人。故选D。 59．主旨大意题。根据“Acrobats (杂技演员) of the Ocean”及短文的内容可知，本文主要讲述了海豚是海洋杂技动物。故选B。 六、完形填空 Cloze 1 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 We went for a walk in the fields, my mother, my wife, my son and I. Mother was 60 to come out with us, for she was in poor health, and even a(n) 61 distance would make her feel tired. But I insisted that, just for this reason, walking was necessary. Nodding her agreement, she went to fetch her overcoat. This year, spring came too late. Some old people found it hard to endure (忍耐) the long cold. But 62 spring was here now, and my mother had 63 another bitter winter. My mother and I walked in front, followed by my wife and son. Later, 64 appeared between us: my mother wanted to take the main road, for it was wide and 65 , while my son preferred the little path, where there might be more interesting things. It was up to me to make the final 66 . My mother had got used to listening to her strong son, and my son was in the habit of 67 his father, a big figure in his mind. I suddenly felt the weight of a heavy responsibility. I tried to 68 a win-win (双赢的) choice, but failed. Finally, I decided to 69 my son, because there would be long years ahead in which I could be with him. But my mother changed her 70 , and said, “We’d better take the little path. You’ll have to 71 me on your back in places I can’t walk across.” Differences were solved, we picked our way along the little path. When we came to a certain spot. I let my mother get on my back. My wife followed my 72 and carried our son. Tall as my mother was, she was quite 73 , and not heavy at all. My son was fat, but a child could only be so heavy. Despite this, both my wife and I walked 74 , as steadily (稳定地) as possible, as if we bore the whole world on our backs. 60．A．uncertain B．unwilling C．excited D．worried 61．A．extra B．far C．long D．short 62．A．after all B．above all C．further more D．in fact 63．A．enjoyed B．survived C．lived D．missed 64．A．methods B．challenges C．decisions D．differences 65．A．smooth B．busy C．empty D．long 66．A．decision B．idea C．way D．difficulty 67．A．agreeing B．obeying C．loving D．greeting 68．A．put out B．work out C．turn out D．carry out 69．A．walk B．notice C．agree D．refuse 70．A．feeling B．mind C．direction D．plan 71．A．take B．bring C．carry D．hold 72．A．instruction B．path C．way D．example 73．A．ill B．fat C．short D．thin 74．A．quietly B．quickly C．slowly D．easily 【答案】 60．B 61．D 62．A 63．B 64．D 65．A 66．A 67．B 68．B 69．D 70．B 71．C 72．D 73．D 74．C 【详解】本文主要讲述了一天作者一家四个人外出散步。为了走得好些，母亲提议走大道，我儿子提议走小路，后来妈妈同意走小路，前提是到过不去的地方，要我背着，我答应了。在走过不好的道路时，我背着母亲，妻子背着儿子，走得很稳定。 60．句意：母亲不愿意和我们一起出来，因为她身体不好，即使是一小段距离也会让她感到疲惫。 uncertain不确定的；unwilling不愿意的；excited激动的；worried担心的。根据“for she was in poor health,”可知，母亲身体不好，不愿意和我们一起出去。故选B。 61．句意：母亲不愿意和我们一起出来，因为她身体不好，即使是一小段距离也会让她感到疲惫。 extra额外的；far远的；long长的；short短的。根据“for she was in poor health”可知，母亲身体不好，即使走很短的路也会感到疲惫。故选D。 62．句意：但是，毕竟春天到了，我的母亲又熬过了一个严冬。 after all毕竟；above all首先，尤其是；further more进一步；in fact事实上。根据“This year, spring came too late.”可知，今年春天来得晚，但是毕竟还是来了。故选A。 63．句意：但是，毕竟春天到了，我的母亲又熬过了一个严冬。 enjoyed享受；survived幸存；lived居住；missed思念，错过。根据“Some old people found it hard to endure (忍耐) the long cold.”可知，有些老人觉得漫长的严寒难以忍受，但毕竟春天到啦，母亲熬过了严寒。故选B。 64．句意：后来，我们之间出现了分歧：我母亲想走大路，因为大路又宽又平，而我儿子更喜欢小路，因为小路可能会有更多有趣的事情。 methods方法；challenges挑战；decisions决定；differences不同。根据“my mother wanted to take the main road, for it was wide and ..., while my son preferred the little path, where there might be more interesting things.”可知，母亲和儿子在选择走哪条路出现了不同的观点。故选D。 65．句意：后来，我们之间出现了分歧：我母亲想走大路，因为大路又宽又平，而我儿子更喜欢小路，因为小路可能会有更多有趣的事情。 smooth光滑的；busy忙碌的；empty空的；long长的。根据“my mother wanted to take the main road”可知，母亲想走大路是因为路又宽又平。故选A。 66．句意：最后的决定由我来做。 decision决定；idea想法；way路；difficulty困难。根据“It was up to me to make the final”可知，最后决定走哪条路由作者来做决定。故选A。 67．句意：我母亲已经习惯了听她强壮的儿子说话，我的儿子也习惯了服从他的父亲，他父亲在他心目中是个大人物。 agreeing同意；obeying服从；loving爱；greeting问候。根据“... his father, a big figure in his mind.”可知，父亲在儿子心中是大人物，因此他服从父亲。故选B。 68．句意：我试图做出双赢的选择，但失败了。 put out扑灭；work out计算出，制定出；turn out证明是，结果是；carry out执行。根据“... a win-win (双赢的) choice,”可知，是指试图制定出双赢的选择。故选B。 69．句意：最后，我决定拒绝我的儿子，因为未来会有很多年我可以和他在一起。 walk走；notice注意；agree同意；refuse拒绝。根据“because there would be long years ahead in which I could be with him.”可知，作者决定拒绝儿子的选择。故选D。 70．句意：但我的母亲改变了她的想法。 feeling感觉；mind想法；direction方向；plan计划。根据“We’d better take the little path.”可知，母亲改变了她的想法。故选B。 71．句意：你不得不在我不能走过去的地方把我背在背上。 take带走；bring拿来；carry背，搬运；hold持有。根据“me on your back”可知，是指背在背上。故选C。 72．句意：我妻子以我为榜样，背我们的儿子。 instruction用法说明；path道路；way方法；example例子，榜样。根据“and carried our son.”可知，妻子以我为榜样。故选D。 73．句意：我母亲虽然很高，但她很瘦，一点也不重。 ill生病的；fat肥胖的；short矮的；thin瘦的。根据“and not heavy at all.”可知，母亲很瘦。故选D。 74．句意：尽管如此，我和妻子还是走得很慢，尽可能地稳定地走着，好像我们背着整个世界。 quietly安静地；quickly快地；slowly缓慢地；easily容易地。根据“as if we bore the whole world on our backs.”可知，我们走得很慢。故选C。 七、（难点）完形填空精选 Cloze 1 I remembered the unforgettable experience of the play The Little Mermaid. My friend Avery and I both tried out for it. Avery really hoped to get picked to be Mermaid while I didn’t 75 what part I got as long as I was in it. “So you’d be happy to have a(n) 76 part like the starfish?” Avery asked. “Exactly!” I said. A few days later, Avery and I went to check the acting list. “Wow! You got the 77 as Mermaid and I got the sister.” said Avery. “That can’t be right,” I said. “There 78 be some mistake!” But I 79 was given the part of Mermaid. I was pretty sure the reason I’d done well was because I hadn’t been nervous at all during the audition (试演). “Do you want to come over after school and we can 80 our lines (台词)?” I asked. “No, thanks. I’m pretty busy this week.” Avery said, not even looking at me. That night at dinner, after congratulating me for getting the leading role, my parents asked 81 I felt about it. “Well, I’m confused,” I said. “Avery was very sad because I was picked to be Mermaid. She 82 our friendship.” “Hmm,” said my mum. “Arizona, don’t you think this might be a 83 for you to be an extra-good friend? Give Avery a little time and understanding, and she just might come around before too long.” Over the next week, I did my best to give Avery some time and 84 . Then at rehearsal one day, I went up to her. “I know you didn’t exactly love being the sister, but you’re such a talented actor, and the way how you act is 85 .” I smiled. “Thanks,” said Avery. “The 86 doesn’t have so many lines. But I’m thinking about all the ways besides talking that my character can express herself.” “Well,” I said, “I’m still having 87 in dealing with a few things about my character. I’d love your help if you have any free time this week.” She smiled, “I think I might be free on Thursday.” Our play ended up going great. We had so much fun, and the audience loved the show. 88 things were difficult at the beginning with Avery and me, they’re better than ever now! People may have a hard time dealing with their feelings of 89 , but it might be the perfect time for them to be extra-good friends. 75．A．matter B．care C．suggest D．remember 76．A．small B．perfect C．important D．extra 77．A．role B．prize C．choice D．name 78．A．can B．must C．need D．might 79．A．hardly B．nearly C．really D．mainly 80．A．divide B．list C．introduce D．practise 81．A．what B．how C．why D．whether 82．A．gave up B．laughed at C．waited for D．worried about 83．A．dream B．chance C．victory D．problem 84．A．courage B．advice C．space D．strength 85．A．general B．valuable C．strict D．amazing 86．A．mum B．Mermaid C．starfish D．sister 87．A．fun B．luck C．difficulty D．experience 88．A．So B．Although C．But D．As 89．A．sadness B．calm C．patience D．fear 【答案】 75．B 76．A 77．A 78．B 79．C 80．D 81．B 82．A 83．B 84．C 85．D 86．D 87．C 88．B 89．A 【详解】本文是一篇记叙文，作者分享了自己与好友Avery一同参演戏剧《小美人鱼》的经历。 75．句意：Avery真的很希望被选为小美人鱼的扮演者，而我不在乎我会得到什么角色，只求自己能参与到这个演出中。 matter有重大影响；care在乎；suggest建议；remember记得。根据“Avery really hoped to get picked to be Mermaid while I didn’t...what part I got as long as I was in it.”可知，前后表示对比，因此作者不在乎自己能得到什么角色，只求能参演其中。故选B。 76．句意：所以能得到一个像海星这样的小角色你也很开心？ small小的；perfect完美的；important重要的；extra额外的。根据“I didn’t...what part I got as long as I was in it.”及“the starfish”提示，海星在这部戏里是个小角色，故选A。 77．句意：哇！你演小美人鱼这个角色，我来演姐姐。 role角色；prize奖励；choice选择；name名字。空格后“Mermaid”指的是小美人鱼这个角色，故选A。 78．句意：一定是搞错了！ can可以；must一定；need需要；might可能。根据上文“That can’t be right”可知，作者认为一定是搞错了，表十分肯定的推测应用must。故选B。 79．句意：但是我确实得到了小美人鱼这个角色。 hardly几乎不；nearly几乎；really确实地；mainly主要地。根据下文“I was pretty sure the reason I’d done well was because I hadn’t been nervous at all during the audition (试演)”可知，作者回想自己的试演经过之后，肯定自己的确是得到了小美人鱼这个角色，故选C。 80．句意：你想不想放学之后过来这里，我们一起练习台词？ divide分割；list列清单；introduce介绍；practise练习。空格后为“our lines”，此处指的是练习台词，故选D。 81．句意：那天吃晚饭时，父母祝贺我获得了扮演主角的机会，然后他们问我感觉如何。 what什么；how如何；why为什么；whether是否。根据下文“Well, I’m confused”可知，父母问作者感受如何，作者表达了自己的困惑。故选B。 82．句意：她放弃了我们的友谊。 gave up放弃；laughed at嘲笑；waited for等待；worried about担心。根据上文“Avery said, not even looking at me”可知，Avery对作者的提议很冷淡，因此作者认为Avery放弃了两人之间的友谊。故选A。 83．句意：Arizona，你难道不觉得这可能是你成为一个超级好友的机会吗？ dream梦想；chance机会；victory胜利；problem问题。根据下文“People may have a hard time dealing with their feelings of...but it might be the perfect time for them to be extra-good friends”可知，人们可能会有一段艰难的时光来处理友谊中遇到的悲伤，但这也可能是他们成为超级好友的最佳机会。故选B。 84．句意：接下来的一周，我尽力给Avery留出一些时间和空间。 courage勇气；advice建议；space空间；strength力量。根据上文“Give Avery a little time and understanding, and she just might come around before too long”可知，作者决定听从父母建议，给Avery留出了时间和空间。故选C。 85．句意：我知道你不喜欢扮演姐姐这个角色，但你是一个很有天赋的演员，你的表演方式太棒了。 general普遍的；valuable有价值的；strict严格的；amazing令人惊叹的。根据上文“you’re such a talented actor”可知，Avery是一个很有天赋的演员，她的表演方式也令人惊叹。故选D。 86．句意：姐姐没有那么多台词。 mum母亲；Mermaid美人鱼；starfish海星；sister姐姐。根据下文“But I’m thinking about all the ways besides talking that my character can express herself”可知，此处是Avery在谈论自己的角色，即小美人鱼的姐姐。故选D。 87．句意：我在扮演小美人鱼这个角色方面还有一些问题要解决。 fun乐趣；luck幸运；difficulty困难；experience经历。根据下文“I’d love your help if you have any free time this week”可知，作者在扮演小美人鱼这个角色方面还有一些问题要解决，所以向Avery求助，have difficulty (in) doing sth.意为“做某事有困难”，符合句意，故选C。 88．句意：虽然刚开始Avery和我的关系经历了一些困难，但我们现在的关系比以往都要更好！ So因此；Although虽然；But但是；As因为。根据语境可知，此处说的是虽然刚开始Avery和作者的关系经历了一些困难，但两人现在的关系比以往都要更好，此处应用although引导让步状语从句。故选B。 89．句意：人们可能会有一段艰难的时光来处理友谊中遇到的悲伤情绪，但这也可能是他们成为超级好友的最佳时机。 sadness悲伤；calm平静；patience耐心；fear恐惧。根据上文“Avery was very sad because I was picked to be Mermaid. She...our friendship”可知，此处指的是在友谊中遇到的悲伤情绪。故选A。 Cloze 2 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 It was half past six on Monday morning: time to get ready for school. Jay Stone went to his mirror and looked at himself. “Not bad, Stone, not bad,” he said to himself and 90 . Maybe he was not ready for Hollywood, but with his dark brown eyes and thick brown hair, he had the looks that 91 girls’ heads. As his eyes moved down to his strong arms and chest (胸), he smiled again. His daily exercise worked! 92 , the smile froze when his eyes moved from the upper part of his body to his legs. His legs were short. Not just short, but far too short for his body. Sitting, he was as tall as almost anyone. 93 , he had to look up at most of the boys and even many of the girls. The kids at school had a nickname (绰号) for him: Shorty! Jay didn’t like his nickname at all, but he had to 94 it. He had no choice. One day, Jay fell over during the football training and hurt his leg. While waiting for the X- ray 95 , he looked at himself in the mirror again. “What will the X- ray show? What if my leg is badly hurt? When can I play football again? Will I ever be able to play again?” Questions, endless questions... Suddenly, a little smile appeared on his face. “The questions are the answer!” His smile grew even bigger. He realized that his questions were like a 96 , all telling him the same thing: your legs are important! He was beginning to see them 97 ! No longer as the “shorty” people made fun of. No, no. He could run faster than anyone else in the football team. Even at basketball, where the other players were much taller than him, they were still afraid of him because of his 98 . He felt his face grow warm and he saw it turn red. “Whatever the X- ray shows, one thing is 99 : I’ll never go back to that old way of thinking about my legs!” 90．A．cried B．laughed C．shouted D．smiled 91．A．hurt B．caught C．turned D．lifted 92．A．Anyway B．However C．Moreover D．Also 93．A．Lying B．Jumping C．Running D．Standing 94．A．praise B．accept C．refuse D．avoid 95．A．research B．resource C．review D．result 96．A．message B．meaning C．poem D．present 97．A．carefully B．differently C．luckily D．closely 98．A．height B．weight C．speed D．strength 99．A．extra B．worth C．sure D．possible 【答案】 90．D 91．C 92．B 93．D 94．B 95．D 96．A 97．B 98．C 99．C 【详解】本文讲述了Jay Stone对自己外貌的看法以及他如何利用自己的短腿优势在运动中取得成功的故事。 90．句意：他自言自语地笑着说。 cried哭；laughed嘲笑；shouted喊；smiled微笑。根据“Not bad, Stone, not bad,”可知，此处他对自己很满意，应该是微笑着说。故选D。 91．句意：也许他还没有准备好去好莱坞，但他深棕色的眼睛和浓密的棕色头发，让女孩们着迷。 hurt伤害；caught抓住；turned转动；lifted提高。根据“but with his dark brown eyes and thick brown hair, he had the looks that”可知，此处指的是对外貌的描写，应该说使女孩子着迷，turn sb’s head“使得某人着迷”。故选C。 92．句意：然而，当他的眼睛从上半身移到腿上时，笑容僵住了。 Anyway无论如何；However然而；Moreover此外；Also也。根据“the smile froze”可知，后文语境发生了转折，应该说“然而”，当他的眼睛从上半身移到腿上时，笑容僵住了。故选B。 93．句意：站着，他不得不抬头看着大多数男孩，甚至许多女孩。 Lying躺；Jumping跳；Running跑；Standing站着。根据前文“Sitting, he was as tall as almost anyone.”可知，前面描述了坐着的情况，结合“he had to look up at most of the boys and even many of the girls.”可知，此处是说他站着的时候，不得不仰望别人。故选D。 94．句意：Jay一点也不喜欢他的绰号，但他不得不接受。 praise表扬；accept接受；refuse拒绝；avoid避免。根据“Jay didn’t like his nickname at all, but he had to”可知，此处指的他不喜欢，但也不得不接受这个绰号。故选B。 95．句意：在等待X光结果的同时，他又照了照镜子。 research研究；resource资源；review回顾；result结果。根据“While waiting for the X- ray”可知，指的是等待X光结果的时候，他照了镜子。故选D。 96．句意：他意识到他的问题就像一条信息，都告诉他一件事：你的腿很重要！ message信息；meaning意思；poem诗；present礼物。根据“all telling him the same thing: your legs are important!”并结合语境，后文指的是一条信息。故选A。 97．句意：他开始对他们有了不同的看法！ carefully仔细地；differently不同地；luckily幸运地；closely亲密地。根据后文“No longer as the ‘shorty’ people made fun of.”可知，此处指的有了不同看法。故选B。 98．句意：即使在篮球场上，其他球员比他高得多，他们仍然因为他的速度而害怕他。 height高度；weight重量；speed速度；strength力量。根据“He could run faster than anyone else”可知，应该说因为他的速度而害怕他。故选C。 99．句意：无论X光片显示什么，有一件事是肯定的：我永远不会回到那种看待我腿的旧方式！ extra额外的；worth值得的；sure必定的；possible可能。根据后文“I’ll never go back to that old way of thinking about my legs!”可知，作者在此是表决心，应该说有件事是肯定的。故选C。 Cloze 3 This term, I joined a group. The members of the group have the same interest in 100 . It encourages us to read and share good books. Last month, a member of the group 101 the book Heidi. At first I thought it was simple for 102 . But after reading the book, I was filled with warmth through the beauty and 103 between the lines. The book tells the story of a little girl named Heidi. Her aunt 104 her after she lost her parents as a baby. 105 , after her aunt got a new job, she was taken to the mountain to 106 with her grandfather. There she lived a free life 107 she went to big house in Frankfurt to be a companion for Clara, a 108 girl in a wheelchair. In the end, Heidi took Clara back to the 109 . With her help, the sick girl got well and was able to 110 again. Heidi was a (n) 111 girl. When she was in Frankfurt and 112 her life with her grandpa, she didn’t tell the truth because she knew Clara was lonely and needed 113 . Her kindness was like soft sunlight, 114 darkness and sadness Although sometimes life is not as good as we expect, we should always be happy and show kindness as much as we can, just like Heidi. 100．A．painting B．dancing C．singing D．reading 101．A．recorded B．required C．recommended D．researched 102．A．me B．her C．him D．you 103．A．honesty B．kindness C．imagination D．courage 104．A．took care of B．caught up with C．stayed in touch with D．got on well with 105．A．Actually B．Moreover C．However D．Finally 106．A．work B．stay C．deal D．argue 107．A．if B．until C．as D．since 108．A．sick B．creative C．confident D．gentle 109．A．school B．country C．hospital D．mountain 110．A．speak B．sleep C．see D．walk 111．A．caring B．quiet C．wise D．honest 112．A．challenged B．missed C．changed D．confirmed 113．A．success B．friendship C．knowledge D．training 114．A．bringing in B．leading to C．driving away D．suffering from 【答案】 100．D 101．C 102．A 103．B 104．A 105．C 106．B 107．B 108．A 109．D 110．D 111．A 112．B 113．B 114．C 【详解】本文主要介绍了《海蒂》这本书，告诉我们，尽管生活有时不如我们期望的那样好，但我们也应该始终保持快乐，尽可能地表现善良，就像海蒂一样。 100．句意：小组成员对阅读有同样的兴趣。 painting绘画；dancing跳舞；singing唱歌；reading阅读。根据“It encourages us to read and share good books.”可知，小组成员对阅读有同样的兴趣。故选D。 101．句意：上个月，该小组的一名成员推荐了《海蒂》这本书。 recorded记录；required需要；recommended推荐；researched调查。根据“the book Heidi.”可知，是推荐了《海蒂》这本书。故选C。 102．句意：一开始我以为这对我来说很简单。 me我；her她，她的；him他；you你，你们。根据“But after reading the book, I was filled with warmth through the beauty”可知，一开始作者以为这本书对自己来说很简单。I的宾格是me，作句子的宾语。故选A。 103．句意：但读完这本书后，字里行间的美丽和善良让我感到温暖。 honesty诚实；kindness善良；imagination想象力；courage勇气。根据“Her kindness was like soft sunlight,”可知，这本书讲述了一个善良的故事，所以字里行间都体现了善良。故选B。 104．句意：她的姑姑在她小时候失去父母后一直照顾她。 took care of照顾；caught up with赶上；stayed in touch with和……保持联系；got on well with和……和睦相处。根据“after she lost her parents as a baby.”可知，是姑姑在照顾她。故选A。 105．句意：然而，在她的姑姑找到一份新工作后，她被带到山上和她的祖父在一起。 Actually事实上；Moreover而且；However然而；Finally最后。根据“after her aunt got a new job,”可知，此处存在转折，位于句首，逗号隔开，用副词however。故选C。 106．句意：然而，在她的姑姑找到一份新工作后，她被带到山上和她的祖父在一起。 work工作；stay停留，暂住；deal解决；argue争论。根据“she was taken to the mountain to…with her grandfather.”结合选项可知，是和祖父在一起。stay with sb.和某人在一起，是固定用法。故选B。 107．句意：在那里，她过着自由的生活，直到她去法兰克福的一所大房子陪伴克拉拉，一个坐在轮椅上的生病的女孩。 if如果，是否；until直到；as像……一样；since因为。根据“she went to big house in Frankfurt to be a companion for Clara,”结合选项可知，她过着自由的生活，直到她去法兰克福的一所大房子陪伴克拉拉。故选B。 108．句意：在那里，她过着自由的生活，直到她去法兰克福的一所大房子陪伴克拉拉，一个坐在轮椅上的生病的女孩。 sick生病的；creative有创造力的；confident自信的；gentle温和的。根据“girl in a wheelchair.”可知，克拉拉是个生病的女孩。故选A。 109．句意：最后，海蒂带克拉拉回到了山上。 school学校；country国家；hospital医院；mountain山。根据“she was taken to the mountain”可知，是回到了山上。故选D。 110．句意：在她的帮助下，生病的女孩痊愈了，又能走路了。 speak说话；sleep睡觉；see看见；walk走路。根据“With her help, the sick girl got well”可知，女孩之前不能走，后来痊愈可以走路了。故选D。 111．句意：海蒂是一个体贴人的女孩。 caring体贴人的；quiet安静的；wise机智的；honest诚实的。根据“she didn’t tell the truth because she knew Clara was lonely and needed”可知，海蒂是个体贴人的女孩。故选A。 112．句意：当她在法兰克福时她想念和爷爷在一起的生活，她没有说出真相，因为她知道克拉拉很孤独，需要友谊。 challenged挑战；missed想念；changed改变；confirmed确认。根据“When she was in Frankfurt”可知，会想念和爷爷在一起的生活。故选B。 113．句意：当她在法兰克福时她想念和爷爷在一起的生活，她没有说出真相，因为她知道克拉拉很孤独，需要友谊。 success成功；friendship友谊；knowledge知识；training训练。根据“she knew Clara was lonely”可知，克拉拉需要友谊。故选B。 114．句意：她的善良就像柔和的阳光，驱走了黑暗和悲伤。 bringing in引入；leading to导致；driving away驱走；suffering from遭受。根据“Her kindness was like soft sunlight,”可知，阳光可以驱走黑暗。故选C。 Cloze 4 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 My mother used to ask me, “What is the most important part of the body?” When I was younger, I thought 115 was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ear, Mommy.” She said, “No. Many people are deaf. 116 thinking about it.” I hardly remember this question 117 she asked me again several years later. I lost into deep thought. Before making my 118 attempt (尝试), I had considered the correct answer for a long time. So I told her, “Eyesight is very important, so it 119 be our eyes.” “You’re learning fast, but not correct.” said she. Over the years, she asked me a few more times and always her answer was, “No. But you are getting 120 every year.” Then last year, my grandpa passed away and it was our 121 to say our final goodbye to Grandpa. Do you know the most important part 122 , my dear?” Mom asked me. I was 123 when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a 124 between her and me. “Today is the day you need to learn this important 125 .” She looked down at me as only a mother can. I saw tears (眼泪) well up in her eyes. She said. “My dear, it is your 126 .” “Is it because it holds up my head?” I asked. She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a 127 one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on in life. I only hope you have enough love and friends.” Then and there, I realized the thing that 128 the most is not a selfish one but sympathetic (同情) to part of others. People will forget what you said or did but never forget 129 you made them feel. 115．A．voice B．sight C．thought D．sound 116．A．Stop B．Risk C．Keep D．Forget 117．A．until B．as soon as C．after D．though 118．A．another B．first C．last D．second 119．A．must B．should C．can D．may 120．A．prettier B．smarter C．faster D．older 121．A．chance B．possibility C．turn D．duty 122．A．yet B．though C．already D．still 123．A．pleased B．encouraged C．surprised D．excited 124．A．game B．choice C．secret D．promise 125．A．class B．lesson C．text D．subject 126．A．arm B．shoulder C．leg D．body 127．A．sick B．hurt C．believed D．loved 128．A．impresses B．matters C．admires D．praises 129．A．what B．how C．when D．who 【答案】 115．D 116．C 117．A 118．D 119．A 120．B 121．C 122．A 123．C 124．A 125．B 126．B 127．D 128．B 129．B 【详解】本文讲述了作者的妈妈过去常询问自己身体最重要的部分是什么，作者直到爷爷去世才明白：是肩膀。 115．句意：当我年轻的时候，我认为声音对我们人类来说非常重要。 voice嗓音；sight视力；thought想法；sound声音。根据“My ear, Mommy.”可知，作者认为声音是非常重要的。故选D。 116．句意：继续想想吧。 Stop停止；Risk冒险；Keep保持；Forget忘记。根据“No. Many people are deaf.”可知，作者的妈妈让他继续思考这个问题。故选C。 117．句意：我几乎不记得这个问题，直到几年后她又问我。 until直到；as soon as一……就……；after在……之后；though虽然。根据“I hardly remember this question…she asked me again several years later.”可知，作者几乎不记得这个问题，直到几年后她又问。故选A。 118．句意：在做第二次尝试之前，我已经考虑了很长时间的正确答案。 another另一个；first首先；last最后；second第二。根据“Before making my…attempt”可知，作者几年前回答过这个问题，故此处指“第二次尝试”。故选D。 119．句意：视力很重要，所以一定是我们的眼睛。 must一定；should应该；can能；may可能。根据“Eyesight is very important,”可知，作者认为视力很重要，所以身体最重要的部分一定是眼睛。故选A。 120．句意：但你一年比一年聪明。 prettier更漂亮的；smarter更聪明的；faster更快的；older更老的。根据“No. But…”可知，此处表示转折，虽然作者的答案不对，但是一年比一年聪明。故选B。 121．句意：去年，我爷爷去世了，轮到我们和爷爷说最后的再见了。 chance机会；possibility可能性；turn转向；duty责任。it’s one’s turn to do sth.“轮到某人做某事”。故选C。 122．句意：亲爱的，到目前为止你知道最重要的部分了吗？ yet到目前为止；though尽管；already早已；still仍。根据“Do you know the most important part…”可知，此处是询问“到目前为止你知道最重要的部分了吗”。故选A。 123．句意：当她现在问我这个问题时，我很惊讶。 pleased高兴的；encouraged鼓励；surprised惊讶的；excited兴奋的。根据“I always thought this was a…between her and me.”可知，当作者再次被妈妈问到这个问题时，感到很惊讶。故选C。 124．句意：我一直以为这是我和她之间的游戏。 game游戏；choice选择；secret秘密；promise承诺。根据“Over the years, she asked me a few more times and always her answer was,”以及“I always thought this was a…between her and me.”可知，作者总是认为这是和妈妈之间的游戏。故选A。 125．句意：今天是你需要学习这重要一课的日子。 class班级；lesson课，教训；text文本；subject科目。根据下文“Today is the day you need to learn…”可知，此处表示“重要一课”。故选B。 126．句意：亲爱的，是你的肩膀。 arm手臂；shoulder肩膀；leg腿；body身体。根据“Is it because it holds up my head?”可知，此处指“肩膀”。故选B。 127．句意：不，是因为当朋友或所爱的人哭泣时，它可以支撑住他们的头。 sick虚弱的；hurt受伤；believed相信；loved热爱。根据“it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a…one when they cry”可知，当朋友或所爱的人哭泣时，它可以支撑住他们的头。故选D。 128．句意：就在那时，我意识到最重要的不是自私，而是同情他人的一部分。 impresses使印象深刻；matters要紧；admires钦佩；praises赞美。根据“the thing that…the most is not a selfish one but sympathetic (同情) to part of others”可知，最重要的不是自私，而是同情他人的一部分。故选B。 129．句意：人们会忘记你说过的话或做过的事，但永远不会忘记你给他们的感觉。 what什么；how怎样；when什么时候；who谁。根据“never forget…you made them feel.”可知，人们永远不会忘记你给他们的感觉是怎样的，how符合题意。故选B。 Cloze 5 When you’re trying to make friends, you’ll probably meet someone who just doesn’t like you, 130 you’ve never done anything personally to him/her. Well, what should you do? Here’s some 131 . Gossip (流言) can make meeting new people difficult, especially when people hear 132 bad about you. It can 133 someone from getting to know you at all. When you’re in a situation like this, you may 134 terrible. Rather than working hard to try to win them over, however, just be yourself. In time, they will see that the gossip about you is wrong. Or, they may choose to believe it. Don’t worry about it and move on by friending the people who are 135 having you in their life. You’d think that your friend’s friends would also become your friends. But it doesn’t work that way. Sometimes people are 136 with the friendships they have, and they aren’t interested in making any more friends. If someone chooses not to be friends with you just because you’re new to the group, don’t be 137 . There’s nothing wrong about you or them. An even more difficult 138 is when someone has actually met you and just doesn’t like you. Every joke you make is taken the wrong way. Every time you try to do something nice, they find fault (找茬儿). As much as it hurts, accept that not everyone is going to be your friend. Don’t take it 139 . These things could 140 to everyone. Don’t 141 yourself. There are just some people you’re not going to click with. In friendship, it’s important to 142 the positives (正面) with people. If someone doesn’t want to be your friend, that’s okay. Don’t get mad at them because it’s their 143 . Instead, give your time and 144 to the people that are interested in hanging out with you. 130．A．although B．because C．if D．instead 131．A．advice B．speech C．decision D．therapy 132．A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．something 133．A．prevent B．suggest C．insist D．promise 134．A．remain B．sound C．feel D．turn 135．A．worth B．lucky C．generous D．loyal 136．A．patient B．crazy C．happy D．strict 137．A．curious B．worried C．impatient D．modest 138．A．method B．wisdom C．position D．situation 139．A．personally B．certainly C．hardly D．correctly 140．A．promise B．happen C．devote D．reply 141．A．suit B．trust C．doubt D．hurt 142．A．think twice B．agree with C．deal with D．take notice of 143．A．feeling B．choice C．courage D．standard 144．A．power B．strength C．attention D．spirit 【答案】 130．A 131．A 132．D 133．A 134．C 135．A 136．C 137．B 138．D 139．A 140．B 141．C 142．D 143．B 144．C 【详解】本文介绍了一些交朋友的建议。 130．句意：当你想交朋友的时候，你可能会遇到一个就是不喜欢你的人，尽管你个人从来没有对他/她做过任何事。 although尽管；because因为；if如果；instead代替。根据“someone who just doesn’t like you”及“you’ve never done anything”可知，此处表示尽管你没有做任何事，但是这个人就是不喜欢你。故选A。 131．句意：这里有一些建议。 advice建议；speech演讲；decision决定；therapy疗法。根据“Well, what should you do”可知，接下来要给出遇到不喜欢你的人时你应该怎样做的建议。故选A。 132．句意：流言蜚语会让认识新朋友变得困难，尤其是当人们听到关于你的一些不好的事情时。 everything一切事情；nothing没有事情；anything任何事情；something某事。根据“bad about you”可知，此处指关于你的不好的某些事情，故选D。 133．句意：它可以完全阻止别人了解你。 prevent阻止；suggest建议；insist坚持；promise承诺。根据上句“people hear something bad about you”可知，当一个人听到关于你的不好的事情，这个人可能就不再想了解你，所以不好的流言蜚语会阻止别人了解你。故选A。 134．句意：当你处于类似这样的境况时，你可能会感觉很糟糕。 remain遗留；sound听起来；feel感觉；turn转动。根据“Gossip...someone from getting to know you at all”可知，不好的流言蜚语阻止新人去了解你，让你结交朋友困难，如果陷入这种境地，感觉肯定是糟糕的。故选C。 135．句意：不要担心，继续前进，去和那些生命中值得拥有你的人做朋友。 worth值得；lucky幸运的；generous慷慨的；loyal忠实的。根据“Rather than working hard to try to win them over, however, just be yourself”可知，遇到流言蜚语缠身时，坚持做自己，真正值得拥有你的人会选择相信你，并和你做朋友。be worth doing“值得做某事”，故选A。 136．句意：有时人们对他们拥有的友谊很满意，他们没有兴趣再结交朋友。 patient有耐心的；crazy疯狂的；happy满意的；strict严格的。根据“they aren’t interested in making any more friends”可知，人们对现有的友谊很满意，不再想结交更多朋友。故选C。 137．句意：如果有人仅仅因为你是新手而选择不和你成为朋友，不要担心。 curious好奇的；worried担心的；impatient不耐烦的；modest谦虚的。根据下句“There’s nothing wrong about you or them.”可知，此种情况下双方都没有错，没必要去担心别人因为自己是新人，所以不和自己做朋友。故选B。 138．句意：更困难的情况是，有人事实上见过你，就是不喜欢你。 method方法；wisdom智慧；position位置；situation境况。根据“when someone has actually met you and just doesn’t like you”可知，此处介绍了又一种交友过程中遇到的困难的境况，故选D。 139．句意：不要认为是针对自己而不开心。 personally本人；certainly当然；hardly几乎不；correctly正确地；take sth personally“认为某事针对自己而不悦”，根据“accept that not everyone is going to be your friend”可知，此处建议要接受并不是每个人都会喜欢自己，和自己做朋友，有的时候别人不和你做朋友，并不是针对你个人的。故选A。 140．句意：这些事情可能会发生在每个人身上。 promise承诺；happen发生；devote奉献；reply回复。此处指“见过的人就是不喜欢你”这类事情会可能会发生在每个人身上，happen to sb.“发生在某人身上”，故选B。 141．句意：不要怀疑你自己。 suit适合；trust信任；doubt怀疑；hurt伤害。根据“accept that not everyone is going to be your friend”可知，有的人就是不喜欢你，无法和你做朋友，这不是你的错，不要为此自我怀疑。故选C。 142．句意：在友谊中，留意关注与人相处的积极面是很重要的。 think twice再三考虑；agree with同意；deal with处理；take notice of留意。根据“the positives (正面) with people”可知，此处建议友谊中多去留心积极正面的方面，故选D。 143．句意：不要生他们的气，因为那是他们的选择。 feeling感受；choice选择；courage勇气；standard标准。别人要不要和你做朋友，是这个人自己选择的。故选B。 144．句意：相反，把你的时间和注意力花在那些愿意和你一起出去玩的人身上。 power力量；strength力气；attention注意力；spirit精神。“Instead”表示相反，不要执着于不喜欢自己、不愿意和自己做朋友的人，而是将注意力和时间放在自己的朋友身上。故选C。 八、任务型阅读之阅读短文回答问题。 Passage 1 请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。 Chinese people like the red colour a lot. Even now, Chinese people like to refer to ourselves as Chizi, meaning the red descendant (子孙). Red represents the motherland and authority. Official uniforms of the Tang Dynasty were red. In the Qing Dynasty, red was used on official caps to show different rankings. As we know, the Five-starred Red Flag was first raised on October 1st, 1949. Even nowadays, headlines of official documents (文件) are painted in red. This is why they are called red-head documents. For ordinary people, red stands for happiness. For example, the word “double happiness” used for weddings is red. The bride (新娘) wears red clothes which are different from the white gowns of the west. During the Chinese Spring Festival, people will give red packets with money inside to the children as good wishes. Couplets (对联) hanging on both sides of the doors are written in red. The word red equals prettiness. The expression “hongyan” meaning red colour is a synonym of a beautiful girl. Red is also one of the most popular words used in the names of Chinese women. But in traffic lights red means stop driving. This is how the westerners like to use the red colour. It is because red is very bright, and is good for warning purposes. But it doesn’t really have any negative meanings. 145．What does Chizi mean? 146．When was the Five-starred Red Flag first raised? 147．Why are official documents called red-head documents? 148．When will people give red packets? 149．What do you think of the red colour? 【答案】145．It means the red descendant./The red descendant. 146．The Five-starred Red Flag was first raised on October 1st, 1949./On October 1st, 1949. 147．Because headlines of official documents are painted in red. 148．During/At the Chinese Spring Festival. 149．I think red is a bright colour, because it can represent happiness and good luck. (答案不唯一) 【详解】本文介绍了红色在中国文化中的重要性和象征意义，并详细描述了其在官方文件、婚礼习俗和节日庆祝中的应用。尽管在交通信号灯中红色表示停止，但在中国文化中，红色通常没有负面含义。 145．根据“Even now, Chinese people like to refer to ourselves as Chizi, meaning the red descendant (子孙).”可知，中国人喜欢称自己为“赤子”，意思是红色的后代。故填It means the red descendant./The red descendant. 146．根据“As we know, the Five-starred Red Flag was first raised on October 1st, 1949.”可知，我们知道，五星红旗于1949年10月1日首次升起。故填The Five-starred Red Flag was first raised on October 1st, 1949./On October 1st, 1949. 147．根据“Even nowadays, headlines of official documents (文件) are painted in red. This is why they are called red-head documents.”可知，官方文件的标题用红色，这就是为什么它们被称为“红头文件”。故填Because headlines of official documents are painted in red. 148．根据“During the Chinese Spring Festival, people will give red packets with money inside to the children as good wishes.”可知，在中国春节期间，人们会给孩子们红包作为美好的祝愿。故填During/At the Chinese Spring Festival. 149．开放性试题，答案不唯一，言之有理即可。参考答案为I think red is a bright colour, because it can represent happiness and good luck. Passage 2 Jeans are so common, and you may want to know its history and who invented them. Jeans were invented by a German named Levi Strauss. He went to the U.S. in 1847 and followed the Gold Rush to San Francisco. He carried many kinds of fabric (布料) to sell. Levi quickly became a successful businessman. The miners (矿工) in California had a problem with their pants. When they found gold or ore (矿石), they carried it in their pockets. But the metal was heavy, and the pockets ripped (撕开). In 1873, Jacob and Levi made the first jeans-tough pants. The miners loved them, and the jeans quickly became popular. At the beginning, Levi’s jeans were work pants. Many workers wore them all the time. But a gentleman wouldn’t think of wearing jeans. Women didn’t wear pants at all. But this changed when Western movies became popular. All the cowboys were in jeans. People thought the cowboys looked cool. But jeans still weren’t proper for places like schools and offices. Back in the U.S., fashions changed. Movie stars wore jeans in their films. Teenagers everywhere loved them. Some schools banned (禁止) jeans because of their “rebel” (叛逆) image. But casual clothing including jeans, became popular for more and more occasions. Eventually, jeans were so common that it became okay for anyone to wear them. You can even find pictures of the president wearing jeans. Today, all kinds of people around the world wear jeans. People wear them everywhere. Jeans are popular today for the same reasons they were popular when Levi Strauss first made them. They look good, they last long, and they are comfortable. That’s probably why you own a pair or two, or seven, yourself. 根据短文内容回答问题，每小题答案不超过六个单词。 150．Who invented jeans? 151．When was the first jeans-tough pants made? 152．Did gentleman and women wear jeans at the beginning? 153．What did people think of the cowboys in jeans? 154．Why were jeans banned in some schools? 【答案】150．(A German named) Levi Strauss. 151．In 1873. 152．No, they didn’t. 153．People thought the cowboys looked cool. 154．Because of their “rebel” image. 【详解】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了牛仔裤的历史，包括它的发明者、发明背景、发展过程以及流行原因。 150．根据“Jeans were invented by a German named Levi Strauss.”可知，牛仔裤是由一个叫Levi Strauss的德国人发明的，故填(A German named) Levi Strauss. 151．根据“In 1873, Jacob and Levi made the first jeans-tough pants.”可知，第一条牛仔裤是在1873年制作的，故填In 1873. 152．根据“At the beginning, Levi’s jeans were work pants. Many workers wore them all the time. But a gentleman wouldn’t think of wearing jeans. Women didn’t wear pants at all.”可知，一开始绅士和女人都不穿牛仔裤，故填No, they didn’t. 153．根据“People thought the cowboys looked cool.”可知，人们认为穿牛仔裤的牛仔看起来很酷，故填People thought the cowboys looked cool. 154．根据“Some schools banned (禁止) jeans because of their ‘rebel’ (叛逆) image.”可知，一些学校禁止穿牛仔裤是因为它们的“叛逆”形象，故填Because of their “rebel” image. Passage 3 阅读短文，根据短文内容用英语回答问题，每题答案不超过5个单词。 When I studied at the Overseas Family School in Singapore, we held an activity called MAD Week in early April. “MAD” stands for “music, art and drama”. It is like a kind of art festival for students to perform themselves in front of people and enjoy the magic of art. At the beginning of MAD Week, we had to wear a hat to school. To my surprise, most of the students made creative hats by themselves. Some girls chose to work as a team and wore hats that looked like ice cream. One boy made a really tall hat that he could hardly wear! As for me, I used paper, feathers and even candies to make my hat creative. I joined the “MAD Hat Parade”, too. Groups of students and teachers walked with their fantastic hats. It was great fun taking pictures with them, and I was so glad to have a “MAD Hat Day” like this. It’s really a good way for students to show their creative ideas and be interested in the arts. 155．When was MAD Week held? 156．What does “MAD” stand for? 157．Who made creative hats for most of the students? 158．List one of the activities the writer took part in during the week. 159．What do you think of this “MAD Week”? 【答案】155．In early April. 156．Music, art and drama. 157．Themselves./They made them by themselves. 158．Make a MAD hat./Walk with the fantastic hat./Take pictures. Join the “MAD Hat Parade”. 159．Creative./Interesting. 【详解】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在新加坡学习时参加MAD周活动的事情。 155．根据“When I studied at the Overseas Family School in Singapore, we held an activity called MAD Week in early April.”可知，我们在四月初举办了一个名为MAD周的活动，即MAD周是四月初举办的。故填In early April. 156．根据“‘MAD’ stands for ‘music, art and drama’.”可知，MAD代表音乐、艺术和戏剧。故填Music, art and drama. 157．根据“To my surprise, most of the students made creative hats by themselves.”可知，大多数学生都是自己制作创意帽子的。故填Themselves./They made them by themselves. 158．根据“At the beginning of MAD Week, we had to wear a hat to school. To my surprise, most of the students made creative hats by themselves...I joined the ‘MAD Hat Parade’, too. Groups of students and teachers walked with their fantastic hats. It was great fun taking pictures with them, and I was so glad to have a ‘MAD Hat Day’ like this.”可知，在MAD周开始，大多数学生都是自己制作创意帽子的；我也参加了“疯狂帽子游行”；一群群的学生和老师戴着他们的帽子走着；和他们一起拍照很有趣，此处为开放性作答，结合实际，言之有理即可。参考答案为Make a MAD hat./Walk with the fantastic hat./Take pictures. Join the “MAD Hat Parade”. 159．根据“It’s really a good way for students to show their creative ideas and be interested in the arts.”和全文可知，此处为开放性作答，结合实际，言之有理即可。参考答案为Creative./Interesting. Passage 4 请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。 What is personality? Personality is the pattern of feelings, thoughts and behavior shown through people’s lives. It makes them different from others. Each person’s personality is made up of different personality characters such as kindness or shyness. These characters decide how people behave in different situations. For example, if someone shy is served the wrong meal in a restaurant, he probably won’t say anything. On the other hand, someone outgoing will probably complain and get the meal he ordered. Where does your personality come from? The human brain is like a computer because it controls the human body just as a computer controls a robot. However, humans aren’t robots! We have personalities. The human brain has a special part giving us personality and allowing us to think for ourselves, unlike a computer. This part of the brain is called the mind. Personality types Clearly scientists cannot study the mind by looking inside someone’s brain! All they would see is blood and grey matter. To study the mind, scientists have to study human behavior. This includes watching people carefully and organizing personality tests like this one: 1. Do you think you’re pretty or good-looking? 2. Would you rather read a book or go to a party? 3. Do you have a large group of friends or just one or two close friends? 4. Do you mind talking in public or does it scare you? 5. Are you messy or neat? 6. Do you plan your work well or do you do things at the last minute? Scientists believe that answers to these types of questions tell us something about a person’s personality characters. After asking thousands of people thousands of questions, they’ve found that some personality characters seem to go together. This has led scientists to believe that there’re certain personality types. For example, shy people are often quiet. They have an introverted (内向的) personality type. The opposite is an extroverted (外向的) personality type — people who are outgoing, talkative and like being around other people. 160．What is personality? 161．Why is the human brain like a computer? 162．How do scientists study human behavior? 163．How many personality types are mentioned in this passage? 164．What decides your personality?（请自拟一句话作答） 【答案】160．Personality/It is the pattern of feelings, thoughts and behavior shown through people’s lives. 161．Because it controls the human body just as a computer controls a robot. 162．It includes watching people carefully and organizing personality tests. 163．Two./2. 164．The mind decides one’s personality.（言之成理即可） 【详解】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了人的性格。 160．根据原文“Personality is the pattern of feelings, thoughts and behavior shown through people’s lives.”可知，性格是通过人们的生活表现出来的感情、思想和行为的模式。故填Personality/It is the pattern of feelings, thoughts and behavior shown through people’s lives. 161．根据原文“The human brain is like a computer because it controls the human body just as a computer controls a robot”可知，人脑就像一台电脑，因为它控制着人体，就像电脑控制着机器人一样。故填Because it controls the human body just as a computer controls a robot. 162．根据原文“To study the mind, scientists have to study human behavior. This includes watching people carefully and organizing personality tests …”可知，科学家通过观察和组织性格测试来研究人类的行为。故填It includes watching people carefully and organizing personality tests. 163．根据原文“They have an introverted (内向的) personality type. The opposite is an extroverted (外向的) personality type — people who are outgoing, talkative and like being around other people”可知，文中提到了内向和外向两种性格。故填Two./2. 164．本小题无标准答案，学生言之成理即可。故参考答案为：The mind decides one’s personality. Passage 5 阅读回答问题 Sarah was born in 2008. She found she was going through some hard times. She felt like she didn’t fit in (合得来) with her friends and was always worried about what they thought of her. She had trouble sleeping at night and felt anxious. Sarah didn’t know what to do. One day, Sarah’s mum noticed Sarah wasn’t acting like herself. She asked Sarah if something was troubling her. At first, Sarah didn’t want to talk about it, but finally, she opened up to her mum. Sarah told her mum how she felt. Her mum listened to her patiently and told her it was normal (正常的) to feel that way at her age. She said everyone goes through hard times and then helped her find a counselor—someone working on teenage problems. Sarah was nervous at first, but the counsellor was kind and understanding. She taught Sarah to deal with her anxiety and helped her work through her feelings of not fitting in with her friends. Over time, Sarah started to feel better. She learnt that it’s important to be true to herself and that she didn’t have to change to fit in with her friends. She also learnt that it’s OK to get help when she needs it. She knew she might still have some hard times someday, but she felt more confident. 注：每题答案不超过5个词。 165．How old is Sarah? 166．What did Sarah’s mum notice about Sarah one day? 167．Who did Sarah’s mum find to help Sarah? 168．How did Sarah feel in the end?   169．What can you learn from Sarah’s story?   【答案】165．16/ Fifteen (years old). 166．Sarah wasn’t acting like herself. 167．A counselor. 168．More confident. 169．Believe ourselves./Be confident./… 【详解】本文讲述了萨拉经历了一段艰难的时期，母亲耐心开导她并带她看心理咨询师，最后好转的故事。这件事使萨拉明白了在她需要帮助的时候可以寻求帮助。 165．根据“Sarah was born in 2008.”可知，萨拉2008年出生，现在是2024年，所以她16岁。故填16/ Fifteen (years old). 166．根据“One day, Sarah’s mum noticed Sarah wasn’t acting like herself.”可知，萨拉的妈妈注意到萨拉的行为不像她自己了。故填Sarah wasn’t acting like herself. 167．根据“She said everyone goes through hard times and then helped her find a counselor—someone working on teenage problems.”可知，母亲带她去看心理咨询师。故填A counselor. 168．根据“She knew she might still have some hard times someday, but she felt more confident.”可知，萨拉最后感觉更自信了。故填More confident. 169．开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为Believe ourselves./Be confident./… 九、任务型阅读之阅读填表。 Passage 1 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案填写在答题卡的相应横线上。 This is an unusual truth that anyone older than 25 will already know: as life goes on, time seems to speed up. Think back to childhood when holidays seemed to last forever and you attended a school for what felt like decades. Now consider last year, by contrast, and it probably raced by. As those in their 30s and 40s will know, the effect gets worse with age—and, for people in their 70s, a year can flash by what seems like days. “Where did the time go?” we wonder. The best reason is that we can keep the important facts in mind longer when our brains have to process more information. Childhood and young adulthood are full of novelty (新奇)—the first time you rode a bike, had a romance, get a job—but, as we get older, things get more routine (常规). You can test this out by remembering a recent experience of novelty in your life, such as travel. A few years back, I went skiing for the first time, and that four-day trip still feels “long”. But I might have difficulty noticing a four-day period in my ordinary life. One way that can work things out, then, is easy to see: try lots of new things. Travel more, if you can, and to strange places. Try new hobbies and meet new people—you’ll be using your brain with a lot of efforts, and the result will be a life that feels longer, more meaningful. But small changes work, too: even making a change in the route (路线) you take to the office, reading different kinds of novels or choosing a different place to buy your sandwich at lunchtime will have an influence on your feelings. But novelty can only go so far. Besides, a fulfilling (令人满意的) life requires routine: you can’t build deep relationships, or rise through the ranks at work if you always make new friends or get new jobs or even have new husbands or wives. That’s why the Buddhist teacher Shizen Young suggests another method: learn to meditate (冥想). Even a few minutes a day will get you to have better concentration (专注), and the better you get at concentrating, and the more information your brain will take in during any experience, no matter how boring. You need to believe in yourself. You’ll be making your whole life a little more novel (新颖的). You’ll be more present and time will pass less quickly; in fact, you’ll make your life longer—without magic pills or creative medical technology. How to stop time 170 up The problem It is not a common truth to anyone who is 171 25 years old that time seems to go faster as life goes on. The 172 you get, the faster time races by. The 173 of the problem When things become usual in our life, it might be 174 for you to pay attention to them and so on time passes by. So, experiencing something fresh and special can make you 175 things longer. Advice on how to solve the problem ●It takes you a lot of efforts to use your brain when trying new things, making you feel that your life is longer and 176 more to you. ●Changing something a little can also make a 177 to your feelings. ●Learning to meditate helps people 178 their concentration and take in more information from boring experiences. Conclusion Trust yourself. 179 there might be no new medical technology, you can still live a bit more novel life and experiencing slow flow of time actually makes your life longer. 【答案】 170．speeding 171．over 172．older 173．reason 174．difficult 175．remember 176．mean 177．difference 178．improve 179．Although 【详解】本文主要介绍了时间流逝很快的原因以及阻止时间快速流逝的方法。 170．根据“as life goes on, time seems to speed up.”可知，本文主要介绍了如何阻止时间加速，stop doing“停止做”，speed up“加速”。故填speeding。 171．根据“This is an unusual truth that anyone older than 25 will already know: as life goes on, time seems to speed up.”可知，这是一个不同寻常的事实，任何超过25岁的人都已经知道：随着生活继续，时间似乎加快了，此处是指超过25岁，over“超过”。故填over。 172．根据“Now consider last year, by contrast, and it probably raced by.”可知，年级越大，时间过得越快，此处是“the+比较级，the+比较级”的结构，old“老的”，空处用比较级。故填older。 173．根据“The best reason is that we can keep the important facts in mind longer when our brains have to process more information.”及表格右栏的内容可知，此处是介绍发生这种情况的原因。故填reason。 174．根据“as we get older, things get more routine (常规). ... But I might have difficulty noticing a four-day period in my ordinary life.”可知，当我们生活中的事情变得平常时，你可能很难注意到它们，那么时间一天天就过去了，be后跟形容词difficult“困难的”，作表语。故填difficult。 175．根据“The best reason is that we can keep the important facts in mind longer when our brains have to process more information.”及“You can test this out by remembering a recent experience of novelty in your life, such as travel. A few years back, I went skiing for the first time, and that four-day trip still feels ‘long’.”可知，经历一些新鲜而特别的事情可以让你记住更长的时间，remember“记住”，make sb do sth“让某人做某事”。故填remember。 176．根据“Try new hobbies and meet new people—you’ll be using your brain with a lot of efforts, and the result will be a life that feels longer, more meaningful.”可知，当你尝试新事物时，你需要付出很多努力才能使用你的大脑，这让你觉得你的生命更长久，对你来说意义更大，mean“意义”，动词。故填mean。 177．根据“But small changes work, too: even making a change in the route (路线) you take to the office, reading different kinds of novels or choosing a different place to buy your sandwich at lunchtime will have an influence on your feelings.”可知，稍微改变一些事情也会对你的感受产生影响，make a difference to“对……有影响”。故填difference。 178．根据“Even a few minutes a day will get you to have better concentration (专注), and the better you get at concentrating, and the more information your brain will take in during any experience, no matter how boring.”可知，学会冥想可以帮助人们提高注意力，从无聊的经历中吸收更多信息，improve“提高”，help sb do sth“帮助某人做某事”。故填improve。 179．根据“in fact, you’ll make your life longer—without magic pills or creative medical technology.”可知，虽然可能没有新的医疗技术，但你仍然可以过一种更新奇的生活，体验缓慢的时间流动实际上会使你的寿命更长。空后两句是让步关系，用although引导让步状语从句。故填Although。 Passage 2 任务型阅读。阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后的表格。（每空一词） Years ago, I interviewed a successful advertising man. He told me that he dreamed of being a writer in fact. I never believed he could succeed. However, about ten years later, holding up his new book. He has published more than 100 best sellers. His ability to see himself as a writer shows a concept (理念) known as “possible selves”. It describes how people’s future life will be: what they may become, or want to become, or even fear to become. A possible self can bring you far more than daydreams. Your dream can come true if you build a bridge from your “now” self to your possible self. But how do we build that bridge? Here are a few steps you can try. First of all, just take action. If your dream is to succeed in getting a certain job, attend a course and start by taking up that type of work as a hobby or a side job. You should tell yourself that these are the steps you can take to achieve that goal. Secondly, when you have a goal, share it. A study found that the adults who sent weekly progress to a friend completed their goals more easily than those who didn’t share their goals. If more friends know about your goal, it is more possible for you to achieve it. That finding was true for all goals. Finally, get advice from the people who you haven’t spoken to in years. A lot of research has found that when you’re asking for valuable advice, people in$$