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

专题02阅读理解之记叙文 （一） （23-24高二上·江苏南通·期末）I was visiting my parents in 2003 when my mom came out of their room with a puzzled look on her face. She’d been listening to the radio and heard an interview with a best-selling author of young adult fantasy novels. The woman’s name was Tamora Pierce, the same as a young student my mom had taught nearly four decades before. The Internet should be able to tell us. I found the author’s website quickly. She was a popular writer of books. I clicked on the biography link to scan for references to Burlingame Junior High, where my mom had worked, and my heart began to excite when I spotted it at the bottom of the first section. Here was confirmation that my mother had taught a now-famous writer! But my eyes came to a stop reading the next paragraph, in which Pierce described writing her first fiction as a sixth grader. “The next year, as I was still scribbling (乱写) my own stories, my English teacher, Mrs. Jacobson, introduced me to the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien,” the biography read. “I got hooked on fantasy, and then on science fiction, and both made their way into my stories.” My mother’s name was Mary Jacobson. Within days, my dad had checked out all the Tamora Pierce books at the local library, and in one we found another surprise: a 1998 novel, which was dedicated (题献词) to “the teacher who shaped my life”. The teacher was Mary Jacobson. The dedication concluded, “A great teacher is above all other treasures.” This story made me see my mom differently. We knew she was a teacher, but we had no idea what kind of teacher she had been. She was just 24 when she taught Pierce. Until 2011, when she passed away, we did know who she was. 1．Why did the mother wear a puzzled look in Paragraph 1? A．The interviewee was a best-selling writer. B．The interviewee may be her former student. C．The author visited the parents unexpectedly. D．She was listening to the radio when the author arrived. 2．Searching for the information about Pierce, the author knew . A．the pride the mother took in Pierce. B．the mother’s preference for fantasy. C．the mother’s influence on Pierce and her gratitude. D．the hardship Pierce had suffered to become a writer. 3．Which of the following can best describe Jacobson? A．Devoted and grateful. B．Caring and demanding. C．Inspiring and respectable. D．Sympathetic and intelligent. 4．What’s the suitable title of the passage? A．An Ordinary Teacher Shaping A Famous Writer B．A Woman Writer with Gratitude for Her Teacher C．Pierce: From a Student Writer to a Fantasy Queen D．To Honor My Mother: A Creator of Famous Writers 【答案】1．B 2．C 3．C 4．A 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者的母亲是一名老师，但是她曾经教过的一个学生成为了著名的作家，学生表达了对老师的感谢。 1．细节理解题。根据第一段“I was visiting my parents in 2003 when my mom came out of their room with a puzzled look on her face. She’d been listening to the radio and heard an interview with a best-selling author of young adult fantasy novels. The woman’s name was Tamora Pierce, the same as a young student my mom had taught nearly four decades before.(2003年，我去看望父母，母亲从他们的房间里走出来，脸上带着困惑的表情。她一直在听收音机，听到了对一位畅销青少年奇幻小说作家的采访。这个女人的名字叫塔莫拉·皮尔斯，和我妈妈近40年前教过的一个年轻学生一样。)”可知，在第一段中母亲带着困惑的表情因为受访者可能是她以前的学生。故选B。 2．细节理解题。根据第三段““The next year, as I was still scribbling (乱写) my own stories, my English teacher, Mrs. Jacobson, introduced me to the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien,” the biography read. “I got hooked on fantasy, and then on science fiction, and both made their way into my stories.” My mother’s name was Mary Jacobson.( “第二年，当我还在写自己的故事时，我的英语老师雅各布森夫人向我介绍了j·r·r·托尔金的《指环王》三部曲，”传记中写道。“我先是迷上了奇幻小说，后来又迷上了科幻小说，它们都出现在我的故事里。”我母亲的名字叫玛丽·雅各布森。)”以及第四段“Within days, my dad had checked out all the Tamora Pierce books at the local library, and in one we found another surprise: a 1998 novel, which was dedicated (题献词) to “the teacher who shaped my life”. The teacher was Mary Jacobson. The dedication concluded, “A great teacher is above all other treasures.”(几天之内，我父亲就在当地的图书馆借出了所有塔莫拉·皮尔斯的书，在其中一本中我们发现了另一个惊喜：一本1998年的小说，献给“塑造我一生的老师”。老师是玛丽·雅各布森。献词的结尾是：“伟大的老师高于一切财富。”)”可知，在搜索皮尔斯的信息时，作者了解了母亲对皮尔斯的影响和她的感激。故选C。 3．推理判断题。根据第三段““The next year, as I was still scribbling (乱写) my own stories, my English teacher, Mrs. Jacobson, introduced me to the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien,” the biography read. “I got hooked on fantasy, and then on science fiction, and both made their way into my stories.” My mother’s name was Mary Jacobson.( “第二年，当我还在写自己的故事时，我的英语老师雅各布森夫人向我介绍了j·r·r·托尔金的《指环王》三部曲，”传记中写道。“我先是迷上了奇幻小说，后来又迷上了科幻小说，它们都出现在我的故事里。”我母亲的名字叫玛丽·雅各布森。)”以及第四段“Within days, my dad had checked out all the Tamora Pierce books at the local library, and in one we found another surprise: a 1998 novel, which was dedicated (题献词) to “the teacher who shaped my life”. The teacher was Mary Jacobson. The dedication concluded, “A great teacher is above all other treasures.”(几天之内，我父亲就在当地的图书馆借出了所有塔莫拉·皮尔斯的书，在其中一本中我们发现了另一个惊喜：一本1998年的小说，献给“塑造我一生的老师”。老师是玛丽·雅各布森。献词的结尾是：“伟大的老师高于一切财富。”)”可推知，雅各布森鼓舞了学生发掘自己的潜力，是鼓舞人心和值得尊敬的。故选C。 4．主旨大意题。根据最后一段“This story made me see my mom differently. We knew she was a teacher, but we had no idea what kind of teacher she had been. She was just 24 when she taught Pierce. Until 2011, when she passed away, we did know who she was.(这个故事让我对妈妈有了不同的看法。我们知道她是个老师，但我们不知道她是什么样的老师。她教皮尔斯的时候才24岁。直到2011年她去世，我们才知道她是谁)”结合文章讲述了作者的母亲是一名老师，但是她曾经教过的一个学生成为了著名的作家，学生表达了对老师的感谢。可知，A选项“一个普通的老师塑造了一个著名的作家”最符合文章标题。故选A。 （二） （23-24高二上·江苏淮安·期末）Visitors won’t find many straight rows in the organic garden at Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, California. Sometimes the beds look like hearts, eyes, question marks or a rainbow. And then there’s the lovely drainage ditch (水沟), called the “Middle River,” which laughing, muddy students carved right down the center of their one-acre land. As he looks around, Kelsey Siegel, the young teacher in charge of the garden, can’t help but smile. “So many of the youth we work with have grown up in front of TV and video games; they haven’t really had this experience of playing in the mud and water,” he notes. The schoolyard farm “fills in something that’s missing in their lives.” Before they planted their garden five years ago with the help of highly-praised chef Alice Waters, few of the students at this multicultural Northern California school had even tasted vine-ripened (藤熟的) tomatoes, let alone raised them seedlings. Teachers worried that some children weren’t eating enough fresh fruits and vegetables at home, and the school wasn’t much help either: Like many state campuses, King replaced its hot-meal cafeteria years ago with a more cost-effective outdoor “snack-shack (小吃棚).” For Waters, the founder of Berkeley’s Chez Panisse restaurant, the thought of children having to rely on such reheated junk — right in her own backyard — was too much to stomach. The small, visionary (有远见卓识的) woman is widely regarded as the Julia Child of organic cuisine in America, the person who’s taught millions the joy of cooking simple dishes with locally grown, chemical-free produce. Waters remembers poking (戳) at mystery food in her school cafeteria as a kid. But today, she says, the spread of vending machines and fast food in America’s schools has become downright evil. “What is it, one in three kids is overweight now? It’s just horrifying,” she sighs, drinking mineral water at a quiet table downstairs in her hugely popular restaurant, about a mile from the King campus “I don’t know what has to happen before we wake up.” 5．What does paragraph 1 highlight? A．Students’ creativity in farming the schoolyard. B．Students’ knowledge of building the schoolyard. C．The strange look of the organic garden. D．The nice environment of the organic garden. 6．The garden has a(n)______ impact on students. A．unnoticeable B．predictable C．modest D．far-reaching 7．What can we infer from the last paragraph? A．Waters preferred fast-food to her school’s mystery food. B．Waters is indifferent to what is happening to children. C．Waters has taught people to grow organic plants. D．Waters is deeply concerned about students’ diet and health. 8．What can be a suitable title for the text? A．Field of dreams B．Garden of pleasure C．Junk-free restaurant D．Cost-effective campus 【答案】5．C 6．D 7．D 8．A 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，在备受赞誉的厨师Alice Waters的帮助下，加利福尼亚州伯克利市马丁·路德·金中学的学生们创造了一个有机花园，在里面，学生们按照自己心意设计自己的种植床形状，开心种植，经历在泥里和水里玩耍的快乐，吃到自己种的健康的食物。 5．推理判断题。由第一段中“Visitors won’t find many straight rows in the organic garden at Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, California. Sometimes the beds look like hearts, eyes, question marks or a rainbow. And then there’s the lovely drainage ditch (水沟), called the “Middle River,”(在加利福尼亚州伯克利市马丁·路德·金中学的有机花园里，游客们不会发现很多直排的植物。有时种植床看起来像心形、眼睛、问号或彩虹。然后是一条可爱的排水沟，被称为“中河”)”可知，加利福尼亚州伯克利市马丁·路德·金中学的有机花园里，学生们的种植床不是传统的直排，而是被学生们设计成心形、眼睛、问号或彩虹等形状，连排水沟都很可爱，可得出第一段强调了有机花园的奇特外观。故选C项。 6．推理判断题。由第二段中““So many of the youth we work with have grown up in front of TV and video games; they haven’t really had this experience of playing in the mud and water,” he notes. The schoolyard farm “fills in something that’s missing in their lives.”(他指出：“与我们一起工作的许多年轻人都是在电视和电子游戏面前长大的；他们并没有真正经历过在泥里和水里玩耍的经历。”校园农场“填补了他们生活中缺失的东西。”)”可知，有机花园让学生们体验了在泥里和水里玩耍的快乐，在结合第三段中“Before they planted their garden five years ago with the help of highly-praised chef Alice Waters, few of the students at this multicultural Northern California school had even tasted vine-ripened (藤熟的) tomatoes, let alone raised them seedlings. (五年前，在备受赞誉的厨师Alice Waters的帮助下种植花园之前，这所多元文化的北加州学校的学生中很少有人品尝过藤熟的西红柿，更不用说给它们育苗了)”可知，有机花园让学生们品尝到了藤熟的西红柿，学生们还学会了育苗，可得出有机花园对学生们产生了深远的（far-reaching）影响。故选D项。 7．推理判断题。由最后一段中“For Waters, the founder of Berkeley’s Chez Panisse restaurant, the thought of children having to rely on such reheated junk — right in her own backyard — was too much to stomach. (对于伯克利Chez Panisse餐厅的创始人Waters来说，一想到孩子们不得不在自家后院吃这种重新加热的垃圾，她就难以忍受)”，“But today, she says, the spread of vending machines and fast food in America’s schools has become downright evil. “What is it, one in three kids is overweight now? It’s just horrifying,” she sighs (但今天，她说，自动售货机和快餐在美国学校的传播已经变成了彻头彻尾的邪恶。“怎么了，现在三分之一的孩子超重了？太可怕了，”她叹了口气)”和“I don’t know what has to happen before we wake up. (我不知道在我们醒来之前会发生什么。”)”可知，Waters认为自动售货机和快餐是不好的东西，让学生们超重，她不能忍受学生们在自家后院吃这种重新加热的垃圾，她很忧虑，可得出Waters非常关心学生的饮食和健康。故选D项。 8．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章讲述了，在备受赞誉的厨师Alice Waters的帮助下，加利福尼亚州伯克利市马丁·路德·金中学的学生们创造了一个有机花园，在里面，学生们按照自己心意设计自己的种植床形状，开心种植，经历在泥里和水里玩耍的快乐，吃到自己种的健康的食物，内容有关“种地”，A项“梦想的田野（Field of dreams）”符合文意。故选A项。 （三） （23-24高二上·江苏南京·期末）Helen Uffner has dressed Broadway, Hollywood and TV shows for more than 40 years. But high-rise developers and Amazon distribution centers are making it impossible to store her extraordinary vintage (古董衫) collection. Helen Uffner began her love with old clothes as a young teenager, troubling her father, who worried that people would think he could not afford proper clothes for his daughter. With the prospect (前景) of a career in period fashion lacking promise, she joined a management consultancy after college. But soon she decided to monetize (把……转换成货币) her passion. Over the next 40 years, Helen Uffner established a celebrated business renting out vintage clothes. Initially, she ran the business out of her apartment. By the late 1990s, she moved to a 6,000-square-foot space in the clothing district. Challenges began in 2006, when the landlord was selling the building and wanted her out. At the same time commercial rents were increasing sharply and the city’s clothing industry had all but disappeared. Eventually, in 2008, Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing moved to Long Island City. The transition was not easy. But by 2018, Helen Uffner found herself in the same trouble. She ultimately settled into another space only to face the drama all over again—her current building is planned for being torn down to make room for the construction of a high-rise. While COVID-19 has reduced the price of office renting, vast warehouse space of the kind Helen Uffner needs is at a premium because of the demand coming from Amazon and other e-commerce sites. Now in her 70s, Helen Uffner has found the prospect of moving for a fourth time especially tough. “I have been making the joke that the emperor has no clothes,” Helen Uffner said, “because who will actually dress him.” 9．What was Helen’s father’s attitude toward her passion for old clothes? A．He felt nervous as her dream would cost a lot. B．He felt his daughter would be fascinated with fashion. C．He felt worried as people might think he couldn’t afford clothes for her. D．He felt angry as it would be a waste of time and money. 10．Why did Helen join a management consultancy after college? A．To lay the foundation for the pursuit of her ultimate goal. B．To monetize her passion for the clothing industry. C．To avoid the possible bad career prospect. D．To follow in the footsteps of her father. 11．What does the underlined phrase “at a premium” probably mean? A．Beyond reach B．On sale C．At rest D．Under guarantee 12．What does the joke made by Helen in the last paragraph mean? A．Nobody cares the appearance as survival matters most B．People are too shallow to admit their mistakes for pursuing money C．The art-related industry has been ignored in the urban development D．Her age kills her passion for the extraordinary vintage collection. 【答案】9．C 10．C 11．A 12．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Helen Uffner创办的古董服装租赁公司由于城市化发展，她所租用的仓储不断被拆除，这使得她公司的前景尤其艰难。 9．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Helen Uffner began her love with old clothes as a young teenager, troubling her father, who worried that people would think he could not afford proper clothes for his daughter. (Helen Uffner十几岁时就爱上了旧衣服，这让她的父亲很不安，因为他担心人们会认为他买不起合适的衣服给女儿穿。)”可知，Helen Uffner从十几岁就喜欢旧衣服，这让她的父亲很不安，因为父亲担心人们可能认为他给她买不起衣服。故选C项。 10．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“With the prospect (前景) of a career in period fashion lacking promise, she joined a management consultancy after college. (大学毕业后，她进入了一家管理咨询公司，因为她对古装行业的前景不抱希望。)”可知，由于她对古装行业的前景不抱希望，所以大学毕业后加入了一家管理咨询公司，由此可知，她加入一家咨询公司是为了避免可能出现的糟糕的职业前景。故选C项。 11．词义猜测题。根据第六段“While COVID-19 has reduced the price of office renting, (虽然新冠疫情降低了办公室租金，)”可知，新冠疫情降低了办公室的租金，根据While可知，上下文之间表示表转折关系，结合划线短语后的“because of the demand coming from Amazon and other e-commerce sites.(由于亚马逊和其他电子商务网站的需求)”可知，尽管疫情降低了最近，但是Helen Uffner由于亚马逊和其他电子商务网站的需求，她所需的大型仓库空间仍然非常昂贵，对她来说应该是遥不可及的，由此可知，划线短语的意思“遥不可及”的意义相近。故选A项。 12．推理判断题。根据尾段中的“Now in her 70s, Helen Uffner has found the prospect of moving for a fourth time especially tough. “I have been making the joke that the emperor has no clothes,” Helen Uffner said, “because who will actually dress him.”(现年70多岁的Helen Uffner发现，第四次搬家的前景尤其艰难。“我一直开玩笑说皇帝没穿衣服，”Helen Uffner说，“因为谁会给他穿衣服呢?”)”以及上文中介绍的因为城市建设的需要，Helen Uffner不得不搬迁三次可知，这一次搬迁的前景尤其艰难的时候她说“国王没有穿衣服”指的是古董衫租赁行业由于城市发展而不得不经常搬迁，而“谁又会真正给他穿上衣服呢”指的是没有人在意这个行业，由此可知，Helen讲的笑话的意思是艺术相关产业在城市发展中被忽视。故选C项。 （四） （23-24高二上·江苏无锡·期末）In 1969, I was five years old in Lynchburg, Virginia, a skinny black kid of somewhat poor village. At that time, what my villagers were watching was “one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind — Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were walking on the Moon.” I always joined them with great interest. My father was a farmer who worked from dawn until dark, struggling to feed my family. But he always took pains to do all the things to make money for his children to experience different adventures and encourage us to run after our own dreams. After Neil Armstrong’s moon landing, all the kids in the neighborhood thought I would be an astronaut one day. But I didn’t see an astronaut like me, because family background did matter. I went on with this dream through a high school, and even a college. After graduation, I went to work for NASA．A friend of mine handed me an application and believed that I would be a great astronaut. Although I was lucky enough to be chosen, I didn’t know what it meant to be a real astronaut. In 2007, I was in Space Shuttle “Atlantis,” careening off the planet, traveling at 17,500 miles per hour, and eight and a half minutes later, the main engines cut off, and we were floating in space. My job on this mission was to install(安装) a laboratory for materials and human research, which the European team have been waiting for 10 year. I grabbed out the big module, using the robotic arm and attaching it to the space station. So, this moment happened. It was done and I had a big sigh of relief. In the space station, I could communicate with different people from all around the world. We had these people living and working together. Whether Russian or French, all these different people coexisted in harmony as one family. And so, when I looked up to space, I thought we all had to hold onto something until we finally came to the fantastic space. 13．Why did the author think it impossible to be an astronaut at first? A．He was a farmer. B．His family was poor. C．He was too young. D．His father was too tired. 14．What does the underlined phrase “careening off’ probably mean in paragraph 3? A．Thinking back to. B．Looking out of. C．Taking pictures of. D．Flying away from. 15．What can the author’s job be described as according to paragraph 4? A．Demanding and challenging. B．Rewarding and boring. C．Satisfying and motivating. D．Promising and amazing. 16．What message does the author want to express? A．Everyone is likely to become an astronaut. B．Parents are the best examples of their children. C．Different people can coexist in harmony as one family. D．Everyone should hold onto his dream, whether rich or poor. 【答案】13．B 14．D 15．A 16．D 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者坚持自己的梦想，当上了宇航员 13． 推理判断题，根据文章第二段的“My father was a farmer who worked from dawn until dark, struggling to feed my family. But he always took pains to do all the things to make money for his children to experience different adventures and encourage us to run after our own dreams. After Neil Armstrong’s moon landing, all the kids in the neighborhood thought I would be an astronaut one day. But I didn’t see an astronaut like me, because family background did matter. (我的父亲是一个农民，他从早到晚地工作，努力养活我的家人。但他总是不厌其烦地做所有的事情来赚钱，让他的孩子体验不同的冒险，并鼓励我们追逐自己的梦想。在尼尔·阿姆斯特朗登月后，社区里所有的孩子都认为我有一天会成为宇航员。但是我没有看到像我这样的宇航员，因为家庭背景确实很重要。)”可推断，作者的家庭很贫穷，父亲需要辛苦工作才能养家，作者认为成为宇航员家庭背景很重要，因此推断最初作者认为自己成为宇航员是不可能的，因为他的家庭很穷。故选B。 14．猜测词义题，根据文章第三段划线词所在句“In 2007, I was in Space Shuttle “Atlantis,” careening off the planet, traveling at 17,500 miles per hour, and eight and a half minutes later, the main engines cut off, and we were floating in space. (2007年，我乘坐“亚特兰蒂斯”号航天飞机，以每小时17500英里的速度careening off地球，八分半钟后，主发动机关闭，我们漂浮在太空中。)”可推断，“亚特兰蒂斯”号航天飞机飞离地球后八分半钟，主发动机关闭，作者一行漂浮在太空中，因此careening off的意思是“飞离”。故选D。 15．推理判断题，根据文章第四段“My job on this mission was to install(安装) a laboratory for materials and human research, which the European team have been waiting for 10 year. I grabbed out the big module, using the robotic arm and attaching it to the space station. So, this moment happened. It was done and I had a big sigh of relief.(我在这次任务中的工作是安装一个用于材料和人类研究的实验室，欧洲团队已经等待了10年，我用机械臂取出大模块，并将其连接到空间站。于是，这一刻发生了，完成后，我大大松了一口气。)”可推断，作者的工作要求高，具有挑战性。故选A。 16．推理判断题，根据文章最后一段“And so, when I looked up to space, I thought we all had to hold onto something until we finally came to the fantastic space. (因此，当我仰望大空时，我认为我们都必须抓住一些东西，直到我们最终来到这个奇妙的空间。)”以及全文内容可知，作者通过讲述自己追梦的经历，想表达的是每个人都应该坚持自己的梦想，无论是富人还是穷人。故选D。 （五） （23-24高二上·浙江绍兴·期末）It is difficult to name a female architect more iconic than Zaha Hadid, whose name can be translated from Arabic as glorious. She passed away five years ago at the age of 65, but the impact she has left on the world of architecture is profound. Hadid was born into an upper-class Iraqi family in 1950. At the very beginning, she wanted to become a mathematician and studied science at the American University of Beirut, But at some point she realized that she preferred shapes to numbers. And she turned her concentration to architecture and went to London where she met the famous Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. “There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?” Hadid once said. Despite her abundance of amazing ideas, before the beginning of the 90s, not a single building based on her blueprints had been built. Her highly expressive style, while initially criticized and believed to be crazy, is now regarded as pioneering work. Her striking contemporary architecture, inspired by natural landforms, has graced the skylines of major metropolitan cities. “Women are always being told, ‘you’re not going to make it; It’s too difficult. You can’t do that Don’t enter this competition; You’ll never win it’,” Hadid said. “They need confidence in themselves and people around them for support.” Never one to be boxed in by conventions, Hadid proved society wrong. She received her first prize, the “Gold Medal Architectural Design” for her British Architecture in 1982. From then on, the awards kept rolling in. But the true triumph for Hadid came in 2004. Her project for the London Olympics Aquatic Center won her the Pritzker Architecture Prize. She became the first woman and first Muslim to earn the award, making a name for herself and paving the way for female architects. Hadid’s genius lives on in the array of many other spectacular buildings she has left behind in the world. Among them are the Guangzhou Opera House, the Beijing Daxing International Airport, as well as the Al Wakrah Stadium in Qatar where the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held. Hadid may be gone, but her global influence on a new generation of female architects is here to stay. 17．What made Hadid quit science to learn architecture? A．Her talent in architecture. B．Her interest in architecture. C．Her difficulty in learning science. D．Her encounter with Rem Koolhaas. 18．What can we learn about Hadid’s works? A．Her architecture was inspired by mathematics B．Her British Architecture won her the Pritzker Architecture Prize. C．Her architecture style was too bold to be accepted at the very beginning. D．Her works can only be found in European countries and the Middle East. 19．What does paragraph 4 mainly about? A．The talk between Hadid and her colleague. B．The reason why women fail to be architects. C．The prejudice from society against women. D．The difficulty Hadid faced being an architect. 20．What is the most profound impact Hadid has left on the world? A．She formed a unique style. B．She broke away from the convention. C．She received various architecture awards D．She encouraged other women architects. 【答案】17．B 18．C 19．C 20．D 【导语】本文为一篇记叙文，讲述了已故女性建筑师哈·哈迪德(Zaha Hadid)的生平，作品及伟大的影响。 17．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“But at some point she realized that she preferred shapes to numbers. And she turned her concentration to architecture and went to London where she met the famous Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.(但在某种程度上，她意识到自己更喜欢形状而不是数字。她把注意力转向了建筑，并去了伦敦，在那里她遇到了著名的荷兰建筑师雷姆·库哈斯)”可知，Hadid放弃科学学习建筑是由于她发现自己对建筑感兴趣。故选B。 18．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Despite her abundance of amazing ideas, before the beginning of the 90s, not a single building based on her blueprints had been built. Her highly expressive style, while initially criticized and believed to be crazy, is now regarded as pioneering work.(尽管她有很多令人惊叹的想法，但在90年代初之前，没有一座建筑是根据她的蓝图建造的。她高度表达的风格，虽然最初被批评和认为是疯狂的，现在被认为是开创性的工作)”可知，Hadid的作品在一开始由于风格过于大胆，让人难以接受。故选C。 19．主旨大意题。根据文章第四段““Women are always being told, ‘you’re not going to make it; It’s too difficult. You can’t do that Don’t enter this competition; You’ll never win it’,” Hadid said. “They need confidence in themselves and people around them for support.”(“女性总是被告知，‘你不会成功的；太难了。你不能那样做，不要参加这个比赛；你永远也赢不了。”哈迪德说。“她们需要对自己和周围的人有信心，以获得支持。”)”可知，这一段主要讲述了社会对妇女的偏见。故选C。 20．推理判断题。根据文章倒数第三段“She became the first woman and first Muslim to earn the award, making a name for herself and paving the way for female architects.(她成为第一位获得该奖项的女性和第一位穆斯林，为自己赢得了声誉，并为女性建筑师铺平了道路)”及最后一段“Hadid may be gone, but her global influence on a new generation of female architects is here to stay.(哈迪德可能已经离开了，但她对新一代女性建筑师的全球影响力将继续存在)”可推知，Hadid留下的最深远的影响在于她的故事鼓励了其他女性建筑师追求自己的梦想。故选D。 （六） （23-24高二上·浙江舟山·期末）According to the United Nations, 60 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come directly from the way that we currently produce our electricity.71 percent of the earth is covered in water yet only around 1.5 percent of the global energy is produced through wave power. That’s what inspired Eco Wave Power CEO, Inna Braverman to take on the challenge. Two weeks after she was born in Ukraine in 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred and she got hurt, suffering from breathing arrest and a clinical death. But thanks to her mother, who was a nurse, she was saved. Growing up, she felt it her purpose to find green and sustainable energy. Inna found that previous wave energy developers have decided to pursue offshore technologies, contributing to huge installation and maintenance costs, incredibly vulnerable stations in storms, and consequently lack of funding. Her innovative version, however, is to install the power station on land. The only part of the system in the water is the floaters which bob up and down with the waves. These push compressed air into a tank where the energy is stored to produce electricity. The floaters are attached to existing man-made structures such as banks, piers, and breakwaters. The simplicity of the design makes it cheaper to install and maintain as well as being better protected from rough weather and therefore, insurable. Once a commercial plant producing 20 megawatt s or more (enough for 20,000 homes) is in place, the unit cost significantly reduces. “Our price of energy decreases to about $0.05 US (€0.05) per kilowatt hour, which is comparable to the prices of onshore wind,” Inna explains. A pilot station was installed in Gibraltar in 2016. It was the first wave energy system to be connected to the grid in Europe. More tests of the wave energy system have been arranged in different countries and regions. 21．What do we know from the first two paragraphs? A．Inna was inspired by a UN program to focus on green energy. B．Inna’s early experience enabled her to explore green energy solutions. C．Inna came up with the idea of green energy thanks to her mother. D．Green and sustainable energy solutions are greatly influenced by the nuclear disaster. 22．What’s the purpose of the author to write paragraph 3? A．To demonstrate the environmental impact of wave energy. B．To highlight Inna Braverman’s innovative approach to wave energy. C．To outline the challenges faced by other wave energy developers. D．To provide information about wave energy production around the world. 23．How is Inna Braverman’s approach to wave energy different from previous ones? A．Its maintenance on the sea floor. B．Its dependence on government funding. C．Its installation on land. D．Its exclusive focus on offshore technologies. 24．Which of the following is the best title for the text? A．Eco Wave Power: Pioneer in Sustainable Energy B．Chernobyl Survivor’s Vision: Endless Power for the Future C．Land-Based Wave Power: Innovation for Green Electricity D．Onshore Energy: Eco Wave Power’s Fight Against Gas Emissions 【答案】21．B 22．B 23．C 24．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Eco Wave Power公司首席执行官Inna Braverman采用陆基发电站的创新方案利用波浪能进行环保发电的事迹。 21．推理判断题。通读前两段，根据第二段中“Growing up, she felt it her purpose to find green and sustainable energy. (在成长过程中，她觉得找到绿色和可持续的能源是她的目标。)”可知，Inna的早期经历促使她探索绿色能源解决方案。故选B项。 22．推理判断题。根据第三段中“Inna found that previous wave energy developers have decided to pursue offshore technologies, contributing to huge installation and maintenance costs, incredibly vulnerable stations in storms, and consequently lack of funding. Her innovative version, however, is to install the power station on land. (Inna发现，以前的波浪能开发商已经决定采用海上技术，这导致了巨大的安装和维护成本，以及在风暴中非常脆弱的站点，因此缺乏资金。然而，她的创新方案是将发电站安装在陆地上。)”可知，本段的目的是突出Inna Braverman对波浪能的创新方法。故选B项。 23．细节理解题。根据第三段中“Inna found that previous wave energy developers have decided to pursue offshore technologies, contributing to huge installation and maintenance costs, incredibly vulnerable stations in storms, and consequently lack of funding. Her innovative version, however, is to install the power station on land. (Inna发现，以前的波浪能开发商已经决定采用海上技术，这导致了巨大的安装和维护成本，以及在风暴中非常脆弱的站点，因此缺乏资金。然而，她的创新方案是将发电站安装在陆地上。)”可知，Inna Braverman对波能的研究方法与之前不同的是将发电站安装在陆地上。故选C项。 24．主旨大意题。通读全文，根据第一段“According to the United Nations, 60 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come directly from the way that we currently produce our electricity.71 percent of the earth is covered in water yet only around 1.5 percent of the global energy is produced through wave power. That’s what inspired Eco Wave Power CEO, Inna Braverman to take on the challenge. (根据联合国的数据，全球60%的温室气体排放直接来自我们目前的发电方式。71%的地球被水覆盖，但只有1.5%的全球能源是通过波浪能产生的。这就是Eco Wave Power公司首席执行官Inna Braverman接受挑战的原因。)”和第三段中“Her innovative version, however, is to install the power station on land. (然而，她的创新方案是将发电站安装在陆地上。)”可知，本文讲述了Eco Wave Power公司首席执行官Inna Braverman采用陆基发电站的创新方案利用波浪能进行环保发电的事迹。C“陆基波浪能：绿色电力的创新”符合主题，故选C项。 （七） （23-24高二上·浙江宁波·期末）Bertha Mahony Miller, a US editor and publisher, was born on March13th, 1882 in Rockport, Massachusetts. After her mother’s death, 11-year-old Mahony helped look after her three younger siblings. She entered local teacher-training classes after high school but left the next year to pursue studies at newly formed Simmons College in Boston. Unable to afford the four-year program in library science, she chose instead to take a year of secretarial courses. In 1906, Mahony became a secretary for the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union (WEIU), a nonprofit social-service agency. Board members soon recognized her creativity and intelligence, so she was given a variety of duties. One of her favorites was organizing plays for children, and her interest in children’s literature expanded as she searched through books for appropriate material. With the support of the Union, Mahony opened the Bookshop for Boys and Girls in 1916. The creation of this Boston store devoted to children’s books came at a time when most parents, booksellers and publishers did not put much thought into what children read. Mahony aimed to change this by offering a large selection of thoughtfully chosen books and seeking help from many notable librarians such as Anne Carroll Moore and Alice Jordan. Storytelling, author visits and other activities helped spark people’s interest in the store, and the creation of a bookmobile extended its reach to other regions. To coincide with (与……同时举行) the opening of the store, Mahony edited and published a buying guide of selected children’s books, the first commercial list of its kind. It grouped some 1,200 books into categories based on age and subject matter and provided a brief description of each publication. The attention it drew led her to another idea. In 1924, Mahony and coworker Elinor Whitney founded The Horn Book Magazine, the first periodical devoted entirely to children. Mahony and Whitney also compiled (汇编) Realms of Gold in Children’s Books (1929), a publication covering five centuries of children’s literature. Bertha Mahony Miller devoted much of her life to promoting children’s literature. Her efforts enlightened (启发) consumers and encouraged publishers to expand and improve their juvenile (少年的) offerings. She is considered a figurehead of the children’s literature movement. 25．Mahony developed an interest in children’s literature when . A．she was in high school B．she attended local teacher-training classes C．she opened the Bookshop for Boys and Girls D．she was working as a secretary for the WEIU 26．What does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to? A．The bookstore only offered children’s books. B．People paid little attention to children’s books. C．Mahony could not get any help from the professionals. D．It was challenging to expand the bookstore into other areas. 27．What’s mainly talked about in paragraph 4? A．The awards Mahony received in her life. B．The support Mahony got from her friends and family. C．The contributions Mahony made to children’s literature. D．The difficulties Mahony met during the creation of the bookstore. 28．What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text? A．To prove the importance of reading. B．To call on children to read more books. C．To show the respect for Bertha Mahony Miller. D．To introduce the development of children’s literature. 【答案】25．D 26．B 27．C 28．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Bertha Mahony Miller的个人经历以及她对儿童文学的贡献。 25．细节理解题。根据第二段“In 1906, Mahony became a secretary for the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union (WEIU), a nonprofit social-service agency. Board members soon recognized her creativity and intelligence, so she was given a variety of duties. One of her favorites was organizing plays for children, and her interest in children’s literature expanded as she searched through books for appropriate material.(1906年，马奥尼成为非营利社会服务机构妇女教育和工业联盟（WEIU）的秘书。董事会成员很快就认可了她的创造力和智慧，所以她被赋予了各种各样的职责。她最喜欢的一件事是为孩子们组织戏剧，随着她在书中寻找合适的材料，她对儿童文学的兴趣越来越大)”可知，马奥尼在纽约大学担任秘书时，对儿童文学产生了兴趣。故选D。 26．词句猜测题。根据划线词上文“The creation of this Boston store devoted to children’s books came at a time when most parents, booksellers and publishers did not put much thought into what children read.(这家位于波士顿的书店专门出售儿童书籍，当时大多数家长、书商和出版商都没有考虑过孩子们读什么书)”可知，Mahony想要改变当时大多数家长、书商和出版商都没有考虑过孩子们读什么书，即“人们很少关注儿童书籍”这一情况，故this指的是“人们很少关注儿童书籍”。故选B。 27．主旨大意题。根据第四段“To coincide with (与……同时举行) the opening of the store, Mahony edited and published a buying guide of selected children’s books, the first commercial list of its kind. It grouped some 1,200 books into categories based on age and subject matter and provided a brief description of each publication. The attention it drew led her to another idea. In 1924, Mahony and coworker Elinor Whitney founded The Horn Book Magazine, the first periodical devoted entirely to children. Mahony and Whitney also compiled (汇编) Realms of Gold in Children’s Books (1929), a publication covering five centuries of children’s literature.(为了配合书店的开业，马奥尼编辑并出版了一份精选儿童书籍的购买指南，这是同类书籍的第一个商业清单。它根据年龄和主题将大约1200本书分类，并对每一种出版物提供了简要说明。它引起的注意使她产生了另一个想法。1924年，马奥尼和同事埃莉诺·惠特尼创办了《霍恩图书杂志》，这是第一本完全面向儿童的期刊。马奥尼和惠特尼还编写了《儿童书籍中的黄金王国》（1929），这本书涵盖了五个世纪的儿童文学)”可知，第4段主要讲了马奥尼对儿童文学的贡献。故选C。 28．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Bertha Mahony Miller devoted much of her life to promoting children’s literature. Her efforts enlightened (启发) consumers and encouraged publishers to expand and improve their juvenile (少年的) offerings. She is considered a figurehead of the children’s literature movement.(伯莎·马奥尼·米勒一生中大部分时间都致力于推广儿童文学。她的努力启发了消费者，并鼓励出版商扩大和改进他们的青少年读物。她被认为是儿童文学运动的代表人物)”结合文章主要讲述了Bertha Mahony Miller的个人经历以及她对儿童文学的贡献。由此推知，作者写这篇文章的目的是表示对Bertha Mahony Miller的尊重。故选C。 （八） （23-24高二上·湖北黄冈·期末）A simple haircut can be a major stress or for someone with cognitive or physical disabilities. Loud noises from hair dryers and strong smells can trigger a person with autism (自闭症), and just getting in the door can be tough for anyone in a wheelchair. But one Minnesota stylist is looking to change that by opening an accessible salon. With a nine-year-old stepdaughter, Maddy, who uses a wheelchair because of spina-bifida (脊柱裂), Cat Rongitsch knows firsthand how inaccessible spaces like hair salons can be. “We’ve been dragged through back doors or expected to carry her down stairs or use freight elevators because they’re not prepared to accommodate her,” says Rongitsch, who also has a three-year-old daughter who might have high-functioning autism, though she hasn’t been tested yet. Rongitsch already makes haircut house calls to kids who find traditional salons stressful. “Everyone is desperate for a safe place that will not be a crazy meltdown experience, and oftentimes that means calling down to someone’s house,” she says. “Going anywhere else seems unimaginable.” But Rongitsch dreams of a place where anyone can feel safe and comfortable getting a haircut outside the home. Rongitsch is making plans to open Dignified Beauty in St. Paul, Minnesota. The doors and walkways would have plenty of room for wheelchairs, and textured floors would make it easy for visually impaired people to navigate. A spa-like atmosphere at Dignified Beauty would be less triggering to people with autism. Loud top-40 hits would be replaced with soft classical music (if anything). Stylists would use quiet hair dryers and soft voices. Fidget toys (解压玩具) and blankets would be on hand to help people stay calm. Safe spaces would be available if anyone felt overwhelmed by sound, smell, or touch. As for the staff, Rongitsch would look to hire people with “a heart full of love for each individual,” she says. Stylists would learn how to handle customers who don’t like others touching their hair. They would also give every client the same level of dignity, which is particularly important to Rongitsch, who’s seen strangers ignore Maddy. “They’re not sure if it’s a physical disability or mental disability loo, so they will talk to me and not her,” says Rongitsch. “That issue is the biggest with her: just being acknowledged as a person.” 29．What can we know about Rongitsch from the first 3 paragraphs? A．She has a nine-year-old daughter who uses a wheelchair. B．She sometimes calls on at someone’s house to make haircuts. C．She owns an available Dignified Beauty in St. Paul, Minnesota. D．Her daughter has been diagnosed with high-functioning autism. 30．What service can people with autism enjoy at Dignified Beauty? A．Passionate music. B．Devices for relieving stress. C．Immoderate equipment. D．Thrilling movies with tense plots. 31．Which of the following best describes Rongitsch? A．Positive and selfless. B．Elegant and ambitious. C．Optimistic and devoted. D．Considerate and insightful. 32．What can be the suitable title for the text? A．Rongitsch — A Kindhearted Stylist with Love for Individual B．People with Disabilities Deserve Dignity as Healthy People C．A Salon Accessible to People with Disabilities to Be Opened by a Woman D．Rongitsch and Her disabled Daughters Long for Being Acknowledged as a Person 【答案】29．B 30．B 31．D 32．C 【导语】本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了明尼苏达州的发型师Rongitsch正在计划开一家理发店，给自闭症患者和身体残疾者提供一个舒适的理发环境和服务。 29．细节理解题。根据第三段首句“Rongitsch already makes haircut house calls to kids who find traditional salons stressful.(Rongitsch已经打电话给那些传统沙龙有压力的孩子，要求给他们上门理发。)”和第一段最后一句“But one Minnesota stylist is looking to change that by opening an accessible salon.(但明尼苏达州的一位造型师希望通过开设一家无障碍沙龙来改变这一现状)”可知，Rongitsch的职业是造型师，故选B。 30．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“Fidget toys (解压玩具) and blankets would be on hand to help people stay calm.(解压玩具和毯子随时可以帮助人们保持冷静。)”可知，在Dignified Beauty理发沙龙，患者可以使用一些设备来舒缓情绪。故选B。 31．推理判断题。根据整篇文章信息，尤其是第一段中“But one Minnesota stylist is looking to change that by opening an accessible salon.(但明尼苏达州的一位造型师希望通过开设一家无障碍沙龙来改变这一现状)”，倒数第三段“Rongitsch is making plans to open Dignified Beauty in St. Paul, Minnesota. The doors and walkways would have plenty of room for wheelchairs, and textured floors would make it easy for visually impaired people to navigate.(Rongitsch正计划在明尼苏达州圣保罗开设Dignified Beauty。门和走道将有足够的空间容纳轮椅，带纹理的地板将使视障人士轻松通行。)”和倒数第二段中“A spa-like atmosphere at Dignified Beauty would be less triggering to people with autism. Loud top-40 hits would be replaced with soft classical music (if anything). Stylists would use quiet hair dryers and soft voices. Fidget toys (解压玩具) and blankets would be on hand to help people stay calm. Safe spaces would be available if anyone felt overwhelmed by sound, smell, or touch.(Dignified Beauty类似水疗中心的氛围不会太刺激自闭症患者。响亮的前40名热门歌曲将被柔和的古典音乐（如果有的话）取代。造型师会使用安静的吹风机和柔和的声音。解压玩具和毯子随时可以帮助人们保持冷静。如果有人感到被声音、气味或触摸淹没，可以使用安全空间。)”可知，Rongitsch考虑到理发店的门和通道要有足够的空间让轮椅通过，所以创办了理发沙龙，并在该沙龙使用纹理地板、古典轻音乐、无声吹风机等，让患者得到安慰。总结可知，Rongitsch是一个考虑周到、有洞察力的人。故选D。 32．主旨大意题。根据全文内容，尤其是第一段中“Loud noises from hair dryers and strong smells can trigger a person with autism (自闭症), and just getting in the door can be tough for anyone in a wheelchair. But one Minnesota stylist is looking to change that by opening an accessible salon.(吹风机发出的巨大噪音和强烈的气味可能会触发自闭症患者，而对于坐轮椅的人来说，进门可能会很困难。但明尼苏达州的一位造型师希望通过开设一家无障碍沙龙来改变这一现状)”和第二段“With a nine-year-old stepdaughter, Maddy, who uses a wheelchair because of spina-bifida (脊柱裂), Cat Rongitsch knows firsthand how inaccessible spaces like hair salons can be. “We’ve been dragged through back doors or expected to carry her down stairs or use freight elevators because they’re not prepared to accommodate her,” says Rongitsch, who also has a three-year-old daughter who might have high-functioning autism, though she hasn’t been tested yet.(有一个九岁的继女Maddy，她因脊柱裂而坐轮椅(脊柱裂), Cat Rongitch亲身体验了美发沙龙等难以进入的空间。“我们被拖过后门，或者被要求把她抬下楼梯或使用货运电梯，因为他们不准备容纳她，”Rongitch说，她还有一个三岁的女儿，可能患有高功能自闭症，尽管她还没有接受检测。)”可知，本文主要讲述Rongitsch致力于开办一个新的理发沙龙，为自闭症患者和其它残障人员提供便利，C项“由一位女性开设的残疾人士沙龙”适合作文章标题。故选C。 （九） （23-24高二上·湖北武汉·期末）“Are you okay?” My brother Matthew asked from the driver’s seat as we hung upside down, trapped by our seat belts and covered in sand. Off-roading (越野驾驶) on 85,000 acres of dunes (沙丘) in California had become our tradition. I felt the blood rushing to my head, my heart pounding like the loud bass in a car. It reminded me of the four bass-loving brothers who lived across from us growing up. As a little girl, I often wondered if Matthew and I would ever have their friendship. When Matthew found out he was to have a baby brother, he was over the moon. But to everyone’s surprise, “It’s a girl!” His disappointment was obvious. As soon as I could walk, my big brother was everything to me, my idol. But to him, I was an annoyance, though he found comfort in tormenting (捉弄) me. Yet, I put up with it, waiting for moments when he’d reach out from his loneliness. The sibling relationship is unique, and it’s often the longest relationship we have in our entire lives. After learning that I missed him, Matthew unexpectedly invited me to visit him at university.In his room, he handed me a drink. We didn’t need many words; as siblings, we had a simple way of chatting. He knew about my struggles — the family secrets — and became my rock. When I was excluded from the family Thanksgiving, he refused to attend without me. Instead, we had dinner — just the two of us. My big brother, once a tormentor, had become my protector and friend. But after our off-roading accident, I saw him differently — vulnerable and unprotected. “Are you okay? Are you bleeding?” I checked his injuries. The man I’d seen as strong was now human, fragile. As we got ourselves back upright, I realized it was time for me to be his protector. Our shared bond had grown even deeper. I looked at my big brother, and we both smiled. Without him, my life would be unimaginably different. It was my turn to protect him. Thankfully, we had let each other in. 33．Why did the author’s heart pound like the loud bass? A．Because she was reminded of the four brothers who loved loud bass. B．Because she admired the friendship between the four bass-loving brothers. C．Because she was trapped in the upside-down car. D．Because she liked listening to the loud bass in a car. 34．What does the underlined phrase “over the moon” mean in paragraph 2? A．Land on the moon. B．Greatly delighted. C．Totally disappointed. D．Extremely exhausted. 35．Why my brother became my rock? A．He was excluded from the family Thanksgiving. B．He knew his own struggles and family secrets. C．He supported me when I was not included in the family gathering. D．He refused to attend the family Thanksgiving party with me. 36．Which of the following can best describe my brother? A．Creative and brave. B．Ambitious and romantic. C．Courageous and humorous. D．Thoughtful and protective. 【答案】33．C 34．B 35．C 36．D 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者和自己的哥哥Matthew之间感情的变化，从儿时的矛盾到成年后的相互支持和理解。 33．细节理解题。根据文章第一段““Are you okay?” My brother Matthew asked from the driver’s seat as we hung upside down, trapped by our seat belts and covered in sand. Off-roading (越野驾驶) on 85,000 acres of dunes (沙丘) in California had become our tradition. I felt the blood rushing to my head, my heart pounding like the loud bass in a car.(“你还好吗？”我哥哥Mathew坐在驾驶座上问，当时我们被安全带困住，身上全是沙子，头朝下倒挂着。在加利福尼亚85000英亩的沙丘上越野驾驶已经成为我们的传统。我感到血液涌向我的头部，我的心像汽车里的低音一样砰砰直跳)”可知，作者的心像汽车里的低音一样砰砰直跳是因为作者被困在了翻倒的汽车里。故选C。 34．词句猜测题。根据划线单词下一句“But to everyone’s surprise, “It’s a girl!” His disappointment was obvious.(但出乎大家意料的是，“是个女孩！”他的失望是显而易见的)”可知，得知是个作者是个女孩后，Matthew非常失望，由此可推测，当Mathew以为会有个弟弟时“非常开心”。选项A“Land on the moon (登陆月球)”；选项B“Greatly delighted (非常高兴)”；选项C“Totally disappointed (完全失望)”；选项D“Extremely exhausted (极度疲倦)”。 故选B。 35．推理判断题。根据文章第五段“He knew about my struggles — the family secrets — and became my rock. When I was excluded from the family Thanksgiving, he refused to attend without me. Instead, we had dinner — just the two of us.(他知道我的挣扎——家庭秘密——并成为我的靠山。当我被排除在家庭感恩节之外时，他拒绝独自参加。相反，我们吃了晚餐——只有我们两个人)”可知，作者的哥哥在作者被排除在家庭感恩节之外时，他拒绝独自参加，并陪着作者一起吃了晚餐。由此推知，作者的哥哥是作者的的靠山。故选C。 36．推理判断题。根据文章第四段“After learning that I missed him, Matthew unexpectedly invited me to visit him at university. In his room, he handed me a drink. We didn’t need many words; as siblings, we had a simple way of chatting.(得知我想念他后，Matthew出乎意料地邀请我去大学看望他。在他的房间里，他递给我一杯饮料。我们不需要太多的词汇；作为兄弟姐妹，我们聊天的方式很简单)”可知，Matthew是个善解人意的人；再根据文章第五段“He knew about my struggles — the family secrets — and became my rock. When I was excluded from the family Thanksgiving, he refused to attend without me. Instead, we had dinner — just the two of us.(他知道我的挣扎——家庭秘密——并成为我的靠山。当我被排除在家庭感恩节之外时，他拒绝独自参加。相反，我们吃了晚餐——只有我们两个人)”可推知，Matthew是个会保护妹妹的人。故选D。 （十） （23-24高二上·广东深圳·期末）When people ask about my experience of learning Cantonese, I recount a journey driven by unending curiosity and a strong desire to connect with a dynamic culture. Growing up in a Russian family, my fascination with languages grew thanks to my father, a language expert. It’s during a cultural appreciation class in junior high that I was first introduced to the world of Hong Kong films, famous for their characteristic action-packed dramas and storytelling styles. However, what really amazed me was the uniqueness of the language, Cantonese, which sparked a urgent need within me to explore it and the rich culture behind. This marked the beginning of a thrilling linguistic journey. Learning Cantonese posed challenges, such as unfamiliar characters, complex tones, and different grammar structures, yet I persevered. Immersed in textbooks and available online courses, I practiced the tones everyday until my pronunciation flowed naturally. Cantonese dramas and music also played a role in familiarizing me with its rhythm. To truly grasp the essence of Cantonese, I knew that studying alone wasn’t enough — I needed firsthand experience. So, I took a gap year to pack my bags for Hong Kong, a city featuring the lively heartbeat of Cantonese culture. Buried in its busy streets and daily conversations, from casual chats to food ordering, I found myself enveloped in a linguistic wonderland. Within a few months, my Cantonese proficiency flourished, fueling a surge of confidence. My explorations extended beyond the streets. I enrolled in formal language classes that offered professional guidance. Through hard work, I successfully completed all the courses in Cantonese Linguistics. From then on, I’ve been passionately committed to spreading the Cantonese culture, ensuring its richness reaches a wider audience. Today, I continue my Cantonese voyage with unflagging enthusiasm. It has transformed into more than just a linguistic pursuit; it grants me a passport to sincere connections, profound insights, and heartfelt admiration for its one-of-a-kind culture. 37．What motivated the author to start his linguistic journey? A．His father’s intentional arrangement. B．His teacher’s positive encouragement. C．His strong interest in Chinese movies. D．His great passion for cultural exploration. 38．Why did the author head to Hong Kong during the gap year? A．To participate in a language workshop. B．To take a bite of the diverse local food. C．To fully comprehend the spirit of Cantonese. D．To stay well informed about studying abroad. 39．Which best describes the author’s learning process of Cantonese? A．Demanding but strategic. B．Effortless and enjoyable. C．Challenging but creative. D．Adventurous and eventful. 40．What message does the text mainly convey? A．Education is the passport to the future. B．Language is the road map of a culture. C．Opportunity favors the prepared mind. D．Success belongs to those with curiosity. 【答案】37．D 38．C 39．A 40．B 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者学习粤语的经历，这是一段充满好奇心和强烈渴望融入充满活力的文化的旅程，粤语的独特性激发了作者探索这门语言及其背后丰富文化的渴望，他采用了各种方法来学习粤语，还前往香港让自己沉浸在粤语的语言环境中，如今他依旧饱有热情地探索着粤语及其文化。 37．细节理解题。根据第二段中“However, what really amazed me was the uniqueness of the language, Cantonese, which sparked a urgent need within me to explore it and the rich culture behind. This marked the beginning of a thrilling linguistic journey. (然而，真正让我惊讶的是粤语的独特性，这激发了我对探索它及其背后丰富文化的迫切需求。这标志着一段激动人心的语言之旅的开始)”可知，促使作者开始他的语言之旅的是他对粤语文化探索的极大热情。故选D项。 38．细节理解题。根据第四段中“To truly grasp the essence of Cantonese, I knew that studying alone wasn’t enough — I needed firsthand experience. So, I took a gap year to pack my bags for Hong Kong, a city featuring the lively heartbeat of Cantonese culture. (要真正掌握粤语的精髓，我知道光靠学习是不够的，我需要亲身体验。因此，我花了一年的时间收拾行李，前往香港，一个以粤语文化的活力中心为特色的城市)”可知，作者在间隔年期间前往香港是为了充分体会粤语的精髓。故选C项。 39．推理判断题。根据第三段中“Learning Cantonese posed challenges, such as unfamiliar characters, complex tones, and different grammar structures, yet I persevered. (学习粤语有很多挑战，比如不熟悉的汉字、复杂的声调和不同的语法结构，但我坚持了下来)”可知，作者学习粤语的过程中面临很多挑战，因此这个过程是费力的。再结合第三段中“Immersed in textbooks and available online courses, I practiced the tones everyday until my pronunciation flowed naturally. Cantonese dramas and music also played a role in familiarizing me with its rhythm. (沉浸在课本和在线课程中，我每天练习音调，直到我的发音自然流畅。粤语剧和音乐也让我熟悉了粤语的节奏)”、第四段中“Buried in its busy streets and daily conversations, from casual chats to food ordering, I found myself enveloped in a linguistic wonderland. (沉浸在繁忙的街道和日常对话中，从闲聊到点餐，我发现自己被笼罩在一个语言仙境中)”和第五段中“My explorations extended beyond the streets. I enrolled in formal language classes that offered professional guidance. (我的探索超越了街道。我参加了提供专业指导的正式语言课程)”可知，作者通过各种手段和媒介来学习粤语，包括课本、在线课程、影视剧、音乐、真实的语言环境、正式的语言课程，因此这个过程也是有策略的。故选A项。 40．推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是最后一段中“It has transformed into more than just a linguistic pursuit; it grants me a passport to sincere connections, profound insights, and heartfelt admiration for its one-of-a-kind culture. (它已经不仅仅是一种语言追求；它给了我真诚的联系、深刻的见解和对其独特文化的由衷钦佩的通行证)”可知，文章主要围绕作者学习粤语的经历展开，粤语的独特性激发了作者探索这门语言及其背后丰富文化的渴望，他采用了各种方法来学习粤语，还前往香港让自己沉浸在粤语的语言环境中，如今他依旧饱有热情地探索着粤语及其文化，这段旅程充满好奇心和融入充满活力的文化的强烈渴望。由此可知，语言和文化贯穿了作者的这份经历，文章主要想表达语言是一种文化的路线图，帮助作者了解其背后的文化。故选B项。 （十一） （23-24高二上·广东广州·期末）Growing up on a farm in Virginia during racial segregation (种族隔离) , West knew education would be her means of escape. But she didn’t know her quiet work would change lives around the world. Gladys West knew from a young age that she didn’t want to be a farmer. But the mathematician, born in 1930 in a county, still had to help harvest crops on her family’s small farm. The hard work started before daybreak and lasted well into the blistering heat of the afternoon. She hated the dirt but, while she worked, she kept her mind on the building behind the trees at the end of the farm. It was her school, and even then she knew it would be her ticket to freedom. “I was gonna get an education and I was going to get out of there. I wasn’t going to be stuck there all my life,” West, 89, says firmly. Gladys West began her career as a mathematician in 1956 in a lab where there were only three other black employees when she joined. She was widely admired for her ability to solve complex mathematical problems by hand. She eventually went on to program computers to solve the equations (等式) for her. Her first major project was to determine the movements of Neptune and Pluto in relation to each other. In 1978, Gladys became the Project Manager of SeaSat, an surveillance (监控) satellite designed to provide data on oceanographic features and conditions. The project was among the first to show that satellites can be used to observe oceanographic data. By programming a computer to account for tides, gravity, and other factors, Gladys and her team created a program to precisely calculate the orbit of satellites. Her work on this project made it possible to develop a geoid, which is a model of the shape of the Earth. The model and its later updates led to her developing the GPS system, which can make accurate calculations in any location on Earth. Finally in 2018, through her tireless efforts, Gladys West received formal recognition for her work on the GPS. Her name also got featured on the BBC’s 100 Women of 2018, which honored inspiring women from around the globe. 41．What can we learn in paragraph 2? A．Gladys became a mathematician when working as a farmer. B．Gladys had to raise her family by working hard on the farm. C．Gladys was eager to get out of the poor situation for freedom. D．Gladys could not pay for school education when she was young. 42．What directly contributed to the development of the GPS system? A．The orbit of the satellites. B．The movements of the planets. C．An equation. D．The model of Earth shape. 43．Which of the following best describe Gladys West? A．Helpful and easygoing. B．Determined and competent. C．Devoted and considerate. D．Optimistic and thankful. 44．Which is the best title of the passage? A．How to Escape from Poverty B．How to Become a Mathematician C．Gladys West: the Hidden Figure Who Helped Invented GPS D．Gladys West: A Girl Who Struggled to Realize Her Dreams 【答案】41．C 42．D 43．B 44．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍黑人女数学家Gladys West以及她对GPS系统的贡献。 41．推理判断题。由文章第二段“It was her school, and even then she knew it would be her ticket to freedom. ‘I was gonna get an education and I was going to get out of there. I wasn’t going to be stuck there all my life,’ West, 89, says firmly.(这是她的学校，即使在那时，她也知道这将是她获得自由的门票。‘我要接受教育，我要离开那里。我不会一辈子都被困在那里，’89岁的West坚定地说。)”可知，Gladys渴望摆脱困境，获得自由。故选C项。 42．细节理解题。由文章第三段“Her work on this project made it possible to develop a geoid, which is a model of the shape of the Earth. The model and its later updates led to her developing the GPS system, which can make accurate calculations in any location on Earth.(她在这个项目上的工作使开发大地水准面成为可能，这是地球形状的模型。该模型及其后来的更新使她开发了GPS系统，该系统可以在地球上的任何位置进行准确的计算。)”可知，地球形状模型直接促进了全球定位系统的发展。故选D项。 43．推理判断题。由文章第二段“It was her school, and even then she knew it would be her ticket to freedom. ‘I was gonna get an education and I was going to get out of there. I wasn’t going to be stuck there all my life,’ West, 89, says firmly.(这是她的学校，即使在那时，她也知道这将是她获得自由的门票。‘我要接受教育，我要离开那里。我不会一辈子都被困在那里，’89岁的West坚定地说。)”以及文章最后一段“Finally in 2018, through her tireless efforts, Gladys West received formal recognition for her work on the GPS. Her name also got featured on the BBC’s 100 Women of 2018, which honored inspiring women from around the globe.(终于在2018年，通过不懈的努力，Gladys West在全球定位系统方面的工作获得了正式认可。她的名字也出现在英国广播公司的‘2018年100位女性’节目中，该节目向来自全球的鼓舞人心的女性致敬。)”可知，Gladys West是一位意志坚定且能力强的人。故选B项。 44．主旨大意题。由文章最后一段“Finally in 2018, through her tireless efforts, Gladys West received formal recognition for her work on the GPS. Her name also got featured on the BBC’s 100 Women of 2018, which honored inspiring women from around the globe.(终于在2018年，通过不懈的努力，Gladys West在全球定位系统方面的工作获得了正式认可。她的名字也出现在英国广播公司的‘2018年100位女性’节目中，该节目向来自全球的鼓舞人心的女性致敬。)”以及上文可知，文章主要介绍黑人女数学家Gladys West以及她对GPS系统的贡献，所以C项Gladys West: the Hidden Figure Who Helped Invented GPS(Gladys West：帮助发明GPS的隐藏人物)符合文意。故选C项。 （十二） （23-24高二上·广东肇庆·期末）After most people complete their undergraduate degree, they either take a break or jump into a job. Few, like Brianna Craft, set out to save the world. It started when she was a freshman sitting in an environmental studies class in 2006. Craft was shocked when the professor described the harm climate change was having on people. She records the moment in her new book, Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir. After graduation, Craft spent a year in AmeriCorps, focusing on protecting the environment. AmeriCorps is an organization connecting individuals and organizations to help communities tackle their toughest challenges. “That helped me figure out that my future was not in doing science,” she says. Instead, she wanted to work with people and policy. She then had an opportunity to attend the UN climate negotiations (磋商). That, in turn, prepared her for her current role as a senior researcher at the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). Her focus is to ensure that the lowest contributors to greenhouse gases and those most affected by climate change have a voice in international climate negotiations. For five years, Craft attended and supported climate conferences around the world, leading to the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015. Craft says, “I wanted people to care about the work I did in the climate negotiations, and why we pushed so hard to form this agreement.” That led her to write Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir. Craft brings the viewpoint of an African American woman from a rural northwest community. She weaves (编织) together several storylines-including her difficult childhood with an irresponsible parent, her self-discovery in college and her work to help work towards climate agreements and ensure that even the smallest countries have a voice. 45．What motivated Craft to work on climate change? A．A course. B．A book. C．A scientist. D．A program. 46．How did the experience in AmeriCorps help Craft? A．She made achievements. B．She fell in love with science. C．She got inspiration for her book. D．She was clearer about her career path. 47．What does Craft do as a senior researcher at the IIED? A．She promotes equal rights to speak among countries. B．She focuses on removing greenhouse gases in London. C．She ensures climate negotiations are the UN’s top priority. D．She speaks for the countries producing the most greenhouse gases. 48．Which of the following words best describes Craft’s job? A．Boring. B．Risky. C．Fruitful. D．Well-paid. 【答案】45．A 46．D 47．A 48．C 【导语】本文是记叙文。讲述了环境保护主义者克拉夫为应对气候变化做出的贡献。 45．细节理解题。根据第二段的“It started when she was a freshman sitting in an environmental studies class in 2006. Craft was shocked when the professor described the harm climate change was having on people. She records the moment in her new book, Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir.( 2006年，她还是一名大一新生，坐在一门环境研究课上。当教授描述气候变化对人类的危害时，克拉夫特感到震惊。她在她的新书《崛起的一切：气候变化回忆录》中记录了这一时刻。)”和第三段“After graduation, Craft spent a year in AmeriCorps, focusing on protecting the environment.(毕业后，克拉夫特在美国服务队呆了一年，专注于保护环境。)”可知，一门课程激励Craft致力于天气变化。故选A。 46．细节理解题。根据第三段的“AmeriCorps is an organization connecting individuals and organizations to help communities tackle their toughest challenges. “That helped me figure out that my future was not in doing science,” she says. Instead, she wanted to work with people and policy.(美国志愿队是一个将个人和组织联系起来，帮助社区应对最严峻挑战的组织。“这让我明白，我的未来不是做科学，”她说。相反，她想与人民和政策打交道。)”可知，在美国志愿队的经历让克拉夫对于自己的事业之路更加清晰。故选D。 47．细节理解题。根据第四段的“That, in turn, prepared her for her current role as a senior researcher at the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). Her focus is to ensure that the lowest contributors to greenhouse gases and those most affected by climate change have a voice in international climate negotiations.(这反过来又为她现在担任伦敦国际环境与发展研究所(IIED)高级研究员的角色做好了准备。她的重点是确保温室气体排放最少的国家和受气候变化影响最严重的国家在国际气候谈判中有发言权。)”可知，克拉夫作为伦敦国际环境与发展研究所(IIED)高级研究员工作的重点是提倡国家间的平等发言权。故选A。 48．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“For five years, Craft attended and supported climate conferences around the world, leading to the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015. Craft says, “I wanted people to care about the work I did in the climate negotiations, and why we pushed so hard to form this agreement.” That led her to write Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir.( 五年来，克拉夫特参加并支持了世界各地的气候会议，并于2015年签署了《巴黎协定》。克拉夫特说:“我希望人们关心我在气候谈判中所做的工作，以及我们为什么如此努力地达成这项协议。”这让她写出了《崛起的一切：气候变化回忆录》。”可推断，克拉夫工作成就硕果累累。故选C。 （十三） （23-24高二上·北京石景山·期末）My House My mother moved a lot when she was growing up on account of Grandpa being in the army. She hated having to adjust to new schools and make new friends. That’s why I thought she was joking when she put forward the idea of moving. But she was completely serious. “For just the two of us,” my mother said, “an apartment in the city will suit our needs much better.” Personally, I think she’s lost her mind. I guess I can understand why she would want to move, but what about me and what this house means to me? I suppose if you looked at my house, you might think it was just another country house. But to me it is anything but standard. I moved into this house with my parents ten years ago. I can still remember that first day like it was yesterday. The first thing I noticed was the big front yard. To me it seemed like an ocean of grass — I couldn’t wait to dive in. The backyard was full of gnarled (扭曲的，粗糙的) and scary trees that talk on windy nights. But I grew to like them and the shadows they cast in my room. My father and I even built a small treehouse, where I often go to remember all the wonderful times we had before my father’s death. This house is special — maybe only to me — but special nevertheless. It’s the little seemingly insignificant things that make this house so special to me: the ice-cold tile floors that make me tremble on midnight; the smell of my father’s pipe that still exists: the towering bookcases of my mother; the view outside my bedroom window. This house holds too many memories, memories which would be lost if we gave it up. 49．Why did the author’s mother decide to move? A．Because she hated the countryside. B．Because Grandpa was on constant move. C．Because Dad’s death made her lose her mind. D．Because she thought a city flat more fit for them. 50．What impressed the author when she first moved into the house? A．The treehouse. B．The green grass. C．The big trees. D．The cold floors. 51．How did the author let us feel that the house was special to her? A．By arguing whether the house was standard. B．By explaining why the house suited their needs. C．By describing the small things related to her house. D．By comparing the differences between country and city life. 【答案】49．D 50．B 51．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者农村的家对作者的特殊意义，这所房子承载了许多回忆，而她不想丢下这些回忆，所以不愿搬家。 49．细节理解题。根据第一段中的“‘For just the two of us,’ my mother said, ‘an apartment in the city will suit our needs much better.’(‘就我们两个人而言，’我母亲说，‘城市里的公寓会更适合我们的需求。’)”可知，因为作者的母亲认为城市的一间公寓更加适合她们两个，所以决定搬家。故选D。 50．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The first thing I noticed was the big front yard. To me it seemed like an ocean of grass—I couldn’t wait to dive in.(我首先注意到的是大前院。对我来说，这就像一片草地的海洋——我迫不及待地想扑进去。)”可知，当作者最初搬进这所房子时，给她留下深刻印象的是前院的绿草地。故选B。 51．推理判断题。根据第二段中的“I can still remember that first day like it was yesterday. The first thing I noticed was the big front yard. To me it seemed like an ocean of grass—I couldn’t wait to dive in. The backyard was full of gnarled(扭曲的，粗糙的) and scary trees that talk on windy nights. But I grew to like them and the shadows they cast in my room. My father and I even built a small treehouse, where I often go to remember all the wonderful times we had before my father’s death.(我还记得第一天，就像昨天一样。我首先注意到的是大前院。对我来说，这就像一片草地的海洋——我迫不及待地想扑进去。后院里长满了扭曲的可怕的树，在刮风的夜晚它们会说话。但我渐渐喜欢上了它们和它们在我房间里投下的阴影。我父亲和我甚至建了一个小树屋，我经常去那里回忆父亲去世前我们所有的美好时光。)”和第三段“This house is special—maybe only to me—but special nevertheless. It’s the little seemingly insignificant things that make this house so special to me: the ice-cold tile floors that make me tremble on midnight; the smell of my father’s pipe that still exists: the towering bookcases of my mother; the view outside my bedroom window.(这所房子很特别——也许只对我来说——但无论如何都很特别。正是那些看似微不足道的小事让这所房子对我来说如此特别：冰冷的瓷砖地板让我在午夜颤抖；我父亲烟斗的味道仍然存在：我母亲高耸的书架；我卧室窗外的景色。)”可推测出，作者通过描述与房子有关的小事来展现出作者对房子的特别情感。故选C。 （十四） （23-24高二上·北京顺义·期末）“The living environment in China is perfect for me, and I feel right at home even though my Chinese isn’t fluent. It’s not a difficult task to come to China without fluent Chinese. You can enjoy yourself here.” Since I left Japan, I started my journey in China. These have been my first thoughts on my time here in China. In February 2022, I began learning Chinese. Almost a year later, I found myself in Beijing, the capital of China. Before coming here, I had attended Chinese classes, and I could sense my progress in the language. As you might expect, studying for just one year wasn’t enough to say I was fluent in Chinese, and to be honest, I’m not there yet. But full skills in the language are not necessary to enjoy many attractions of life in China. The one thing that truly makes me feel comfortable and less lonely is making friends and joining in conversations. At Tsinghua University, where I studied in China, I made friends with many Chinese young people and enjoyed spending time with them for meals and other activities. They would often ask me to hang out together and go to KTV, which was a popular form among Chinese youth. During breaks from study, I often started travelling across China. I’ve visited cities like Shanghai, Chongqing and Changsha. Although I have experienced travelling on overnight trains for over 12 hours several times and visited unfamiliar cities, I never feel fearful or unwelcome as a foreigner. Chinese people are warm and welcoming to foreigners, and eager to join in conversations. I once joined in community activities in Northwest China’s Gansu province to gain a deeper understanding of China’s countryside areas and help the development of local communities and education. As a volunteer teacher at a local school, I shared traditional Japanese culture such as pop music and languages with the students. Since Japanese language came from Chinese, they are similar somehow. I told the students we could see the connections between our cultures through our daily language use. If you want to understand and experience the life in China, you’ll find a way to do so. I hope that many foreigners who may not speak Chinese fluently can still enjoy themselves here, just as I have. 52．How did the writer feel about living in China without fluent Chinese? A．Challenged. B．Bored. C．Nervous. D．Easy. 53．What mainly helped the writer get used to the life in China? A．Speaking fluent Chinese. B．Studying in a Chinese university. C．Having talks with Chinese friends. D．Getting to know many Chinese places. 54．The author joined in community activities in Gansu to ______. A．gain a deeper understanding of China’s city areas B．share traditional Japanese culture to the local people C．find out the differences between Japanese and Chinese D．help the development of local communities and education 55．According to the passage, which word can best describe the writer? A．Active. B．Funny. C．Humorous. D．Honest. 56．What can we learn from this passage? A．Japanese language didn’t come from Chinese. B．We may all feel fearful when visiting new cities. C．Language may not be a big problem when living in China. D．Hanging out to a KTV is necessary when visiting a new place. 【答案】52．D 53．C 54．D 55．A 56．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，作者通过亲身经历告诉读者，即使汉语不流利，外国人依然能在中国享受精彩的生活。 52．细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The living environment in China is perfect for me, and I feel right at home even though my Chinese isn’t fluent.(中国的生活环境非常适合我，即使我的中文不流利，我也有宾至如归的感觉。)”可知，作者的中文不流利，但他感觉在中国的生活很容易。故选D。 53．细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The one thing that truly makes me feel comfortable and less lonely is making friends and joining in conversations.(真正让我感到舒适和不那么孤独的一件事是交朋友和参加对话。)”可知，和中国朋友交流让作者习惯了中国的生活。故选C。 54．细节理解题。根据第五段中的“I once joined in community activities in Northwest China’s Gansu province to gain a deeper understanding of China’s countryside areas and help the development of local communities and education.(我曾经参加过中国西北部甘肃省的社区活动，以更深入地了解中国的农村地区，并帮助当地社区和教育的发展。)”可知，作者参加甘肃的社区活动是为了帮助当地社区和教育的发展。故选D。 55．推理判断题。根据第三段中的“At Tsinghua University, where I studied in China, I made friends with many Chinese young people and enjoyed spending time with them for meals and other activities. They would often ask me to hang out together and go to KTV, which was a popular form among Chinese youth.(在我在中国学习的地方，清华大学，我结交了许多中国年轻人，喜欢和他们花时间一起吃饭和做其他活动。他们经常让我一起出去玩，去KTV，这是中国年轻人的一种流行形式。)”、第四段中的“During breaks from study, I often started travelling across China.(放短假时，我经常开始在中国各地旅行。)”、第五段中的“I once joined in community activities in Northwest China’s Gansu province to gain a deeper understanding of China’s countryside areas and help the development of local communities and education.(我曾经参加过中国西北部甘肃省的社区活动，以更深入地了解中国的农村地区，并帮助当地社区和教育的发展。)”可知，作者结交许多中国朋友，和他们一起做各种事情，放假时会走遍中国旅行，还参加社区活动，由此可推测出，作者是一个非常积极的人。故选A。 56．推理判断题。根据第一段中的“It’s not a difficult task to come to China without fluent Chinese. You can enjoy yourself here.(来中国时不会流利的中文不是一件困难的事情。你可以在这里玩得很开心。)”和第二段中的“But full skills in the language are not necessary to enjoy many attractions of life in China.(但是，要在中国享受生活的许多乐趣，完全掌握语言技能并不是必要的。)”可推测出，在中国生活时，语言并不是一个大问题。故选C。 （十五） （23-24高二上·北京海淀·期末）Adom Appiah, is not your typical High School Junior. He has taken his volunteerism to a whole new level by starting a nonprofit charity organization called Ball4Good. Amazingly, this innovative organization was a result of Adom’s 7th grade school assignment. At age 12, his history teacher, Mrs. Kelsea Turner, at Spartanburg Day School, had challenged her students to dedicate 20% of their class time to a service project. She suggested that they research a community need and then work independently on finding a solution. Adom was inspired. Adom had great passion for playing sports as a soccer and basketball player. So, he naturally thought of combining sports and community support into an athletics-oriented service project. His idea was to invite athletes, leaders and celebrities to play ball games to raise money for local charities. Ball4Good held its first Celebrity Basketball Game in 2017. He used donations received on his 13th birthday as seed money for the event. It was a huge success and raised over $70,000 for 13 local charities. Then, Adom’s idea has transformed into a movement that is helping communities through various ways such as celebrity sport events, charity drives and fundraising. It donates raised funds to various causes affecting children, such as autism, homelessness, abuse and cancer. If all these accomplishments about Ball4Good were not enough, the teen has also authored three motivational children’s books to inspire students to change the world and bounce back from failures. Donations from book sales have supported several charitable causes. In addition, he won a National Award (Gloria Barron for Young Heroes, 2019) that comes with a $10,000 prize for his public service efforts. Having multiple projects has not slowed Adom down, as he is currently hosting his own show called Kids Changing the World on TV. “I try to have kids involved in every step of the way, so they can figure out how things work in the business and philanthropist world,” Adom said. He wants people to know that success starts with believing in yourself. His goal is to expand Ball4Good’s reach. He believes that by encouraging others to get involved, he’s multiplying the impact of Ball4Good. 57．What inspired Adom Appiah to start Ball4Good? A．Passion for sports and support from a community. B．A school assignment given by his history teacher. C．His experiences of being a soccer and basketball player. D．Athletes, leaders and celebrities he invited to play games. 58．According to the passage, we can learn that Ball4Good . A．aims to promote community sports B．held its first activity with Adom’s own savings C．helps communities simply through celebrity sport events D．uses raised money to help children in various difficulties 59．Which of the following can best describe Adom Appiah? A．Kind and humorous. B．Generous and patient. C．Innovative and inspiring. D．Hardworking and reliable. 【答案】57．B 58．D 59．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Adom Appiah创办非盈利组织Ball4Good帮助儿童以及他的成就。 57．细节理解题。根据第二段的“At age 12, his history teacher, Mrs. Kelsea Turner, at Spartanburg Day School, had challenged her students to dedicate 20% of their class time to a service project. She suggested that they research a community need and then work independently on finding a solution. Adom was inspired.(12岁时，他在斯帕坦堡走读学校(Spartanburg Day School)的历史老师凯尔西·特纳(Kelsea Turner)要求学生们拿出20%的上课时间来做一个服务项目。她建议他们先研究一下社区的需求，然后各自独立地寻找解决方案。Adom受到了启发)”可知，Adom创办了非盈利组织Ball4Good是受到了历史老师布置的作业的启发。故选B。 58．细节理解题。根据第四段“Then, Adom’s idea has transformed into a movement that is helping communities through various ways such as celebrity sport events, charity drives and fundraising. It donates raised funds to various causes affecting children, such as autism, homelessness, abuse and cancer.(然后，Adom的想法变成了一场运动，通过各种方式帮助社区，比如名人体育赛事、慈善活动和筹款。它将筹集到的资金捐赠给影响儿童的各种事业，如自闭症、无家可归、虐待和癌症)”可知，Ball4Good使用捐款帮助处于各种困难中的孩子们。故选D。 59．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段内容“If all these accomplishments about Ball4Good were not enough, the teen has also authored three motivational children’s books to inspire students to change the world and bounce back from failures. Donations from book sales have supported several charitable causes. In addition, he won a National Award (Gloria Barron for Young Heroes, 2019) that comes with a $10,000 prize for his public service efforts. Having multiple projects has not slowed Adom down, as he is currently hosting his own show called Kids Changing the World on TV. (如果这些关于Ball4Good的成就还不够，这位青少年还写了三本励志儿童书籍，激励学生们改变世界，从失败中振作起来。图书销售所得的捐款支持了几项慈善事业。此外，他还获得了国家奖(格洛丽亚·巴伦青年英雄奖，2019年)，并因他的公共服务努力获得了1万美元的奖金。拥有多个项目并没有放慢Adom的脚步，因为他目前正在主持自己的电视节目《孩子们改变世界》)”以及倒数第一段的“He wants people to know that success starts with believing in yourself. His goal is to expand Ball4Good’s reach. He believes that by encouraging others to get involved, he’s multiplying the impact of Ball4Good.(他想让人们知道，成功始于相信自己。他的目标是扩大Ball4Good的覆盖范围。他认为，通过鼓励其他人参与进来，他正在扩大Ball4Good的影响力)”可推知，Adom是一个很有创新且鼓舞人心的人。故选C。 （十六） （23-24高二上·天津西青·期末）Five years ago, a truly unforgettable event took place. My wife and I were celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary (纪念日) that year. To our delight, it was a splendid event, lovingly hosted by our sons just for us. Our dear, old friends gave us a wonderful surprise with their thoughtful gifts and heartfelt congratulations. Our gift to each other was a driving trip out west. We drove from Ontario into Alberta, then southward into Glacier National Park in Montana, and continued to Yellowstone National Park. It was a cold spring day, and the Beartooth Highway had opened for the season just days before. Alongside the road, there was still a great amount of snow there. The scenery was so impressive that we made lots of stops to record memories with my camera. At the highest point of the highway, I stopped at a lookout to catch the amazing views, with my wife in the centre of my camera lens. There were not many cars on the road. Sometimes, cars with energetic young tourists passed by. And then we heard a motorcycle in the distance. The driver of the motorcycle, who wore dirty clothes, parked behind our cars. Approaching us, he spoke only a simple command, “Give me your camera and get over there with your wife.” I must admit I felt nervous that we might be robbed where we just created some beautiful memories. Surprisingly, he just took a picture of us, handed back my camera and rode off before we could offer our thanks. Unexpectedly, the photo he took is now one of the most valuable and prized of our trip. In that unexpected encounter, I absorbed a lesson in the most unlikely of places. We should never judge a man by his appearance. To the motorcyclist who may one day read this story and remember us: we wish to extend our deepest appreciation and a heartfelt “Thank you” for the kindness you showed us that day. 60．What do we know about the trip? A．It was a gift for their wedding anniversary. B．It was a suggestion from their friends. C．It was in the late autumn five years ago. D．It was taken by train to the west. 61．What caused the couple to frequently pause on their trip along Beartooth Highway? A．Road signs. B．Impressive scenery. C．Car problems. D．Complex roadblocks. 62．Why was the author nervous when the motorcycle driver offered to take a picture? A．He could have lost the camera. B．The motorcycle driver would borrow the camera. C．His wife might not be satisfied with the view there. D．The motorcycle driver might not be good at the taking pictures. 63．Which of the following best describes the driver of the motorcycle? A．Rich and generous. B．Kind and straightforward. C．Creative and capable. D．Careful and admirable. 64．Which of the following can be concluded from the passage? A．No pains, no gains. B．Seeing is believing. C．Don’t judge a book by its cover. D．The longest journey begins with the first step. 【答案】60．A 61．B 62．A 63．B 64．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述为了庆祝结婚四十周年，作者和妻子进行了一场旅行，在途中遇到一位骑摩托的人，他原本是想帮他们拍照，但是他耿直的态度和脏乱的外表让作者误以为他要抢劫，作者写这篇文章为了感谢他并且告诉我们不能以貌取人。 60．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“My wife and I were celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary that year.(那年，我和妻子正在庆祝结婚40周年)”及“Our gift to each other was a driving trip out west.(我们送给彼此的礼物是开车去西部旅行)”可知，这次旅行是他们结婚纪念日的礼物。故选A项。 61．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“The scenery was so impressive that we made lots of stops to record memories with my camera.(这里的景色给人留下了深刻的印象，我们停了很多站，用我的相机记录下了回忆)”可知，令人印象深刻的风景使这对夫妇在沿着熊牙高速公路的旅行中经常停下来。故选B项。 62．推理判断题。根据文章第三段“I must admit I felt nervous that we might be robbed where we just created some beautiful memories.(我必须承认，我很紧张，因为我们可能会在创造美好回忆的地方被抢劫)”可知，作者担心这个骑摩托的人可能会抢走他们刚拍了美好照片的相机。故选A项。 63．推理判断题。根据文章第三段“Approaching us, he spoke only a simple command, “Give me your camera and get over there with your wife.” I must admit I felt nervous that we might be robbed where we just created some beautiful memories. Surprisingly, he just took a picture of us, handed back my camera and rode off before we could offer our thanks.(走近我们时，他只说了一句简单的命令：“把你的相机给我，和你妻子一起过去。”我必须承认，我很紧张，因为我们可能会在创造美好回忆的地方被抢劫。令人惊讶的是，他仅仅给我们拍了一张照片，还没来得及表示感谢，就把我的相机交了回来，然后骑车离开了)”可知，这位骑摩托车的人和作者素不相识，可他却直接走过来让作者把相机给他，让作者误以为被抢劫，可结果证明他是好心，只是想要帮作者和妻子拍照，故可以推断，这位骑摩托车的为人是耿直且善良的。故选B项。 64．推理判断题。结合全文及文章最后一段“In that unexpected encounter, I absorbed a lesson in the most unlikely of places. We should never judge a man by his appearance.(在那次意外的相遇中，我在最不可能的地方吸取了教训。我们决不应该以貌取人)”可知，作者因为骑摩托的人脏乱的外表和直接的态度怀疑他是抢劫者，可事实证明他只是好心想要帮助他们拍照，作者通过这件事告诉我们不能以貌取人。故选C项。 （十七） （23-24高二上·天津河东·期末）Jason Ahn’s favorite parts of Marvel’s Iron Man movies are scenes showing inventions being developed. Many of these scenes are similar to the experiences he went through himself before winning national recognition for an innovative classroom whiteboard design. For Ahn, 17, a rising senior at Ames High School in Iowa in the US, there was a good month’s worth of nights staying up until 4 am — before going to school the next day — during which he first gained the idea for an auto rolling and erasing whiteboard, or ARE Board. He then submitted it to the Raytheon Technologies Invention Convention US Nationals. All that work paid off for Ahn in 2022 when he was among inventors from across the country to win awards at the competition. In his advanced placement physics class — and throughout most of his time in school — he noticed his teachers struggle with having to write and erase the same notes for each of their classes; that was if they could even reach the top of their traditional whiteboards. However, electronic whiteboards are too expensive. He made a working prototype (原型) of a whiteboard on a motorized conveyor belt (机动传送带) system that can be scrolled (滚动) up and down. It is more time and space efficient than a traditional whiteboard. He wanted to make something similar to an electronic whiteboard but far cheaper and easy to use. “I’ve seen my friends kind of joking, ‘Isn’t this kind of a step backward? We’ve evolved all the way to electronic whiteboards’.” Ahn said. “In some cases, it’s good to keep the traditional aspects and characteristics of some fundamental tools,” because markers and erasers are more tangible (有形的) and accessible to people, he added. One of the awards he won at the competition provided him with a patent lawyer to help him get a patent application with the fee covered. He’d be willing to sell a patent to a company. Ahn thinks of things in daily life that might make the world a better place. “I’m making a notebook of all the ideas that I’m thinking of,” he said. 65．What about Marvel’s Iron Man movies interests Ahn the most? A．Iron Man’s hi-tech suit. B．The hi-tech fight scenes. C．The various hi-tech inventions used. D．The scenes of hi-tech products being made. 66．What inspired Ahn to invent ARE Board? A．His teachers’ struggles to erase whiteboards. B．An electronic whiteboard he came across. C．A motorized conveyor belt system he found. D．His cooperation with other inventors. 67．Which of the following best describes Ahn? A．Hardworking and humorous. B．Optimistic and modest. C．Determined and ambitious. D．Creative and cooperative. 【答案】65．D 66．A 67．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了美国男孩Jason Ahn发明了自动滚动和擦除白板的过程，介绍了这一发明的灵感来源和优势及Ahn今后的打算和计划。 65．细节理解题。根据第一段中“Jason Ahn’s favorite parts of Marvel’s Iron Man movies are scenes showing inventions being developed.”（在漫威钢铁侠系列电影中，杰森·安最喜欢的部分是展示发明开发的场景。）可知，Ahn最感兴趣漫威钢铁侠系列电影中的展示高科技产品制造的场景。故选D项。 66．推理判断题。根据第四段“In his advanced placement physics class — and throughout most of his time in school — he noticed his teachers struggle with having to write and erase the same notes for each of their classes; that was if they could even reach the top of their traditional whiteboards. However, electronic whiteboards are too expensive.”（在他的高阶物理课上——在他上学的大部分时间里——他注意到他的老师们每节课都要写和擦同样的笔记;前提是他们甚至可以到达传统白板的顶部。然而，电子白板太贵了。）可推知，Ahn看到老师们每次擦板书都很费劲，所以有了发明ARE板的想法。故选A项。 67．推理判断题。根据文章大意以及第二段“For Ahn, 17, a rising senior at Ames High School in Iowa in the US, there was a good month’s worth of nights staying up until 4 am — before going to school the next day — during which he first gained the idea for an auto rolling and erasing whiteboard, or ARE Board. He then submitted it to the Raytheon Technologies Invention Convention US Nationals.”（17岁的Ahn，是美国爱荷华州艾姆斯高中的一名即将升入高年级的学生，他有整整一个月的时间熬夜到凌晨4点，第二天才去上学。在这段时间里，他第一次有了自动滚动和擦黑板的想法。然后，他将其提交给雷神技术发明大会美国国民。）和最后一段“Ahn thinks of things in daily life that might make the world a better place. “I’m making a notebook of all the ideas that I’m thinking of,” he said.”（在日常生活中，Ahn总是想着能让世界变得更美好的事情。“我把我想到的所有想法都记在了笔记本上，”他说。）可推知，Ahn是一个意志坚定，雄心勃勃的男孩。故选C项。 （十八） （23-24高二上·天津和平·期末）Packing up her bedroom in Virgin a Beach, Douglas had to say goodbye to her family, to her two dogs, and to the beach, where she loved to ride waves on her boogie board. But it was time to take the leap, however, heartbreaking and awkward it would be. Even at 14, Douglas knew that. So off she went about 1.200 miles to West Des Moines, Iowa, to train with a coach from China and live with a white family she had never been met. When she arrived,\Douglas thought that she must be the only black person in the state. “I was unpacking and saying, ‘What am I doing?’”said Douglas, who is 16.“it was like:’Where do I put everything? Where are the spoons?’ I’d wake up and say, ‘This is my bed, where am I?’” Liang Chow, who had coached the Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson, transformed Douglas into one of the best gymnasts in the world, helping her skyrocket from an average member of the national team to the top of the sport. And a couple with four young daughters became her second family, nurturing her in low a while her real family|supported her from afar,(遥远地). That move also was important in Douglas’s making history. By winning the Olympic all-round title, she became the first black woman to do so. She also became the fourth American woman to win the all-round, following Mary Lou Rettonjin 1984, Carly Patternson in 2004 and Nastia Liukin in 2008. Douglas won, scoring 62.232 points, and led the competition from beginning to end.’Viktoria Komova, who sobbed into her coach’s chest when she learned she had lost, won the silver, with 61.973 points. Aliya Mustafina. the 2010 world all-round champion, won the bronze with 59.566 points. The other American in the competition, Aly Raisman finished fourth after losing a tiebreaker(决胜局) to Mustafina. Douglas said she had felt confident all along that she would win.“It was just an amazing feeling,”she said,“I was just like, believe, don’t fear, believe.” 68．Douglas left her home at 14 because she A．didn’t like her dogs B．needed training to make a difference C．wanted to live with her second family D．wanted to become the only black champion in the state 69．When Douglas first arrived at the new home, she felt . A．uneasy B．excited C．independent D．tired 70．What can we learn about the competition mention ed in the passage? A．Komova felt stressed during the game and lost her heart. B．Douglas stayed ahead throughout the whole game. C．Aliya came from America and won the third place. D．Most of the competitors were from America. 71．Which of the following statements about|Douglas is TRUE? A．She was the first American woman to win the all-around. B．She was the only black person in the state of Iowa. C．Her family didn’t like the idea of her becoming a gymnast. D．Her move to Iowa brought her the chance to succeed. 【答案】68．B 69．A 70．B 71．D 【导语】本文是一篇人物传记。文章主要介绍了道格拉斯在2012年伦敦奥运会女子体操全能比赛中夺得金牌的经历。她成为了第一位获得该项赛事冠军的黑人女性，并克服了种种困难和挑战，最终在比赛中表现出色，赢得了裁判和观众的认可。 68．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“But it was time to take the leap, however, heartbreaking and awkward it would be. Even at 14, Douglas knew that.(这将是令人心碎和尴尬的。即使在14岁的时候，道格拉斯也知道这一点。)”以及第四段“Liang Chow, who had coached the Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson, transformed Douglas into one of the best gymnasts in the world, helping her skyrocket from an average member of the national team to the top of the sport.(奥运会金牌得主Shawn Johnson的教练Liang Chow把道格拉斯变成了世界上最好的体操运动员之一，帮助她从一名普通的国家队队员一跃成为这项运动的顶尖选手。)”可知，道格拉斯14岁离开家是为了接受训练从而有所作为。故选B。 69．推理判断题。根据文章第三段““I was unpacking and saying, ‘What am I doing?’ ”said Douglas, who is 16.“it was like:’ Where do I put everything? Where are the spoons?’ I’d wake up and say, ‘This is my bed, where am I?’”(“我一边打开行李一边问自己，‘我在做什么？’”16岁的道格拉斯说。“这就像是：‘我该把东西放在哪里？勺子在哪里？’我醒来后会说，‘这是我的床，我在哪里？’”)”可知，当道格拉斯来到新家时，感到非常不安，不知所措。故选A。 70．细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“Douglas won, scoring 62.232 points, and led the competition from beginning to end.(道格拉斯以62.232分获胜，从比赛开始到结束都处于领先地位。)”可知，道格拉斯在整场比赛中一直领先。故选B。 71．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“So off she went about 1.200 miles to West Des Moines, Iowa, to train with a coach from China and live with a white family she had never been met. (于是，她去了1200英里外的爱荷华州西得梅因，跟随一位来自中国的教练训练，住在一个她从未见过的白人家庭里。)” 以及第四段“Liang Chow, who had coached the Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson, transformed Douglas into one of the best gymnasts in the world, helping her skyrocket from an average member of the national team to the top of the sport.(奥运会金牌得主Shawn Johnson的教练Liang Chow把道格拉斯变成了世界上最好的体操运动员之一，帮助她从一名普通的国家队队员一跃成为这项运动的顶尖选手。)”可知，道格拉斯搬到了爱荷华州，接受了教练Liang Chow的训练，从而成为了顶尖选手。由此可知，她搬到爱荷华州给她带来了成功的机会。故选D。 （十九） （23-24高二上·上海崇明·期末）In my living room, there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to “Bloom where you are planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area. Dorothy taught in a school in Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness. From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom (忧郁) disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom, I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). In case you don’t know, poke greens are a weed-type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground. Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooled down. When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive he Child Development Associate Certification, Dorothy was ready. She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. Afterward, she invited me to the one-and-only steak house in the area celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph.D．degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom (传家宝), but to me it a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things. 72．“Early Childhood Development” in Paragraph 1 refers to________ A．a program directed by Dorothy B．a course given by the author C．an activity held by the students D．an organization sponsored by Union College 73．Upon arriving at the classroom, he author was cheered up by ________. A．a warm welcome B．the sight of poke greens C．Dorothy’s latest projects D．a big dinner made for her 74．What can we know about Dorothy from the last paragraph? A．She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant. B．She got a pen as a gift from the author. C．She passed the required assessment. D．She received her Ph. D．degree. 75．What does the author mainly intend to tell us? A．Whatever you do, you must do it carefully. B．Whoever you are, you deserve equal treatment. C．However poor you are, you have the right to education. D．Wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement. 【答案】72．B 73．A 74．C 75．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Dorothy在贫困地区从事教育工作的故事，告诉我们，不管我们在哪里，都可以取得成就，实现自己的梦想。 72．细节理解题。根据第一段中“I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. (我认识多萝西是在20世纪80年代初，当时我在肯塔基州巴伯维尔市的联合学院教授儿童早期发展课程)”可知，本段所说Early Childhood Development(儿童早期发展)是指作者开设的课程。故选B项。 73．细节理解题。根据第三段中“Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom, I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. (一到Dorothy的教室，我就受到了笑脸的欢迎，受到了女王般的待遇)”可知，一到教室，作者就受到热烈的欢迎。故选A项。 74．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. (她参加了评估，所有领域都通过了)”可推知，Dorothy通过了所需要的评估。故选C项。 75．推理判断题。通读全文，根据第一段中“In my living room, there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to ‘Bloom where you are planted.’ It reminds me of Dorothy. (在我的客厅里，有一块牌匾建议我‘你被种在哪里，就在哪里开花’。它让我想起了Dorothy)”可推知，本文通过Dorothy的故事，告诉我们，不管我们在哪里，都可以取得成就，实现自己的梦想。故选D项。 （二十） （23-24高二上·上海奉贤·期末）As the pandemic started, so, too, did my journey as a Ph.D．student in a new country. Lockdown and homesickness combined to leave me feeling isolated and desperate to meet people. So, when I received an email one morning inviting volunteers to join the university’s graduate students’ society, I was intrigued. I worried that getting involved in extracurriculars would be a distraction from my Ph.D．work; I thought doing experiments and reading papers were supposed to be my sole priorities. But maybe this was my chance to make friends and find the connections I was missing. I searched for opportunities that would involve teamwork and engagement both within and outside the university. A newly fledged venture matching graduate students with jobs and internships caught my eye, which needed placement coordinators who would lead teams of graduate student volunteers to help bring in industry partners, determine logistics, and work with the university administration and student applicants. I had no relevant experience, but I decided I might as well go for it and apply due to its requirement for interactions with others. The first few weeks in my new role were frustrating. Along with my routine Ph.D．work, I was suddenly managing a team of four volunteers and arranging virtual meetings with industry professionals and startup founders. I found I was busier than ever before, but I enjoyed the daily mix of activities. It was an antidote (解药) to isolation, bringing me into contact with people from a variety of fields, positions, and backgrounds. At first I was scared in meetings with industry professionals, feeling I wasn’t prepared or polished enough. But as I gained experience and confidence, the interactions became truly enjoyable and rewarding. I began to feel less lonely and more energetic about my work and life. I also learned about leadership. I asked team members to lead some of our meetings, encouraged them to express their views, and made sure to include them consistently. This approach allowed us to meet our targets while helping everyone feel more invested, fulfilled, and connected—as colleagues, but also as friends. 76．What is the closest meaning of the underlined word “intrigued” in paragraph 1? A．Hesitant. B．Interested. C．Indifferent. D．Optimistic. 77．Why did the author decide to apply for the position as a placement coordinator? A．Because he had relevant experience. B．Because he thought it was his priority. C．Because he wanted to have more interactions with other people. D．Because no one applied for this position. 78．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A．The author was informed of this volunteer job by his supervisor. B．The author performed well at the beginning of his volunteering. C．The author was a native who studied in the university. D．The author felt his loneliness was reduced after he participated in volunteering. 79．Which is the best title for this passage? A．Overcoming Isolation during COVID-19. B．Help from Colleagues. C．Lessons Learned from University D．Precious Friendship 【答案】76．B 77．C 78．D 79．A 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲的是作者在异国读博士时遇到新冠疫情，作者感到孤独，但是勇于挑战自己，尝试从未做过的工作，最终丰富了自己的阅历，开阔了自己的视野。 76．词句猜测题。根据第一段的“Lockdown and homesickness combined to leave me feeling isolated and desperate to meet people.(封锁和思乡使我感到孤独，渴望与人见面。)”和“But maybe this was my chance to make friends and find the connections I was missing.(但也许这是我结交朋友的机会找到我所失去的联系。)”可推知，作者收到一封邀请志愿者加入大学研究生社团的电子邮件时，作者很感兴趣，划线词intrigued的意思是“感兴趣的”，和interested意思相近，故选B。 77．推理判断题。根据第二段的“I had no relevant experience, but I decided I might as well go for it and apply due to its requirement for interactions with others.(我没有相关经验，但考虑到它需要与人互动，我决定不妨去应聘。)”可知，作者决定申请安置协调员的职位是因为他想和其他人有更多的互动。故选C。 78．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“I began to feel less lonely and more energetic about my work and life.(我开始感到不那么孤独，对我的工作和生活更有活力。)”可知，作者开始感到不那么孤独，对我的工作和生活更有活力，所以“The author felt his loneliness was reduced after he participated in volunteering.(参加志愿者活动后，作者的孤独感减少了。)”是正确的说法。故选D。 79．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段的“As the pandemic started, so, too, did my journey as a Ph.D. student in a new country.  Lockdown and homesickness combined to leave me feeling isolated and desperate to meet people.(随着大流行的开始，我在一个新的国家读博士的旅程也开始了。封锁和思乡使我感到孤独，渴望与人见面。)”，第三段的“Along with my routine Ph.D. work, I was suddenly managing a team of four volunteers and arranging virtual meetings with industry professionals and startup founders. I found I was busier than ever before, but I enjoyed the daily mix of activities. It was an antidote (解药) to isolation, bringing me into contact with people from a variety of fields, positions, and backgrounds.(除了我的日常博士工作，我突然要管理一个由四名志愿者组成的团队，安排与行业专业人士和初创公司创始人的虚拟会议。我发现我比以前更忙了，但我喜欢每天的各种活动。这是隔离的解药，让我接触到来自不同领域、职位和背景的人。)”和“I began to feel less lonely and more energetic about my work and life.(我开始感到不那么孤独，对我的工作和生活更有活力。)”可知，本文主要讲的是作者在异国读博士时遇到新冠疫情，作者感到孤独，但是勇于挑战自己，尝试从未做过的工作，最终丰富了自己的阅历，开阔了自己的视野，因此最好的标题是A选项“Overcoming Isolation during COVID-19.(克服COVID-19期间的孤独)”，故选A。 试卷第1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 $$ 专题02阅读理解之记叙文 （一） （23-24高二上·江苏南通·期末）I was visiting my parents in 2003 when my mom came out of their room with a puzzled look on her face. She’d been listening to the radio and heard an interview with a best-selling author of young adult fantasy novels. The woman’s name was Tamora Pierce, the same as a young student my mom had taught nearly four decades before. The Internet should be able to tell us. I found the author’s website quickly. She was a popular writer of books. I clicked on the biography link to scan for references to Burlingame Junior High, where my mom had worked, and my heart began to excite when I spotted it at the bottom of the first section. Here was confirmation that my mother had taught a now-famous writer! But my eyes came to a stop reading the next paragraph, in which Pierce described writing her first fiction as a sixth grader. “The next year, as I was still scribbling (乱写) my own stories, my English teacher, Mrs. Jacobson, introduced me to the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien,” the biography read. “I got hooked on fantasy, and then on science fiction, and both made their way into my stories.” My mother’s name was Mary Jacobson. Within days, my dad had checked out all the Tamora Pierce books at the local library, and in one we found another surprise: a 1998 novel, which was dedicated (题献词) to “the teacher who shaped my life”. The teacher was Mary Jacobson. The dedication concluded, “A great teacher is above all other treasures.” This story made me see my mom differently. We knew she was a teacher, but we had no idea what kind of teacher she had been. She was just 24 when she taught Pierce. Until 2011, when she passed away, we did know who she was. 1．Why did the mother wear a puzzled look in Paragraph 1? A．The interviewee was a best-selling writer. B．The interviewee may be her former student. C．The author visited the parents unexpectedly. D．She was listening to the radio when the author arrived. 2．Searching for the information about Pierce, the author knew . A．the pride the mother took in Pierce. B．the mother’s preference for fantasy. C．the mother’s influence on Pierce and her gratitude. D．the hardship Pierce had suffered to become a writer. 3．Which of the following can best describe Jacobson? A．Devoted and grateful. B．Caring and demanding. C．Inspiring and respectable. D．Sympathetic and intelligent. 4．What’s the suitable title of the passage? A．An Ordinary Teacher Shaping A Famous Writer B．A Woman Writer with Gratitude for Her Teacher C．Pierce: From a Student Writer to a Fantasy Queen D．To Honor My Mother: A Creator of Famous Writers （二） （23-24高二上·江苏淮安·期末）Visitors won’t find many straight rows in the organic garden at Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, California. Sometimes the beds look like hearts, eyes, question marks or a rainbow. And then there’s the lovely drainage ditch (水沟), called the “Middle River,” which laughing, muddy students carved right down the center of their one-acre land. As he looks around, Kelsey Siegel, the young teacher in charge of the garden, can’t help but smile. “So many of the youth we work with have grown up in front of TV and video games; they haven’t really had this experience of playing in the mud and water,” he notes. The schoolyard farm “fills in something that’s missing in their lives.” Before they planted their garden five years ago with the help of highly-praised chef Alice Waters, few of the students at this multicultural Northern California school had even tasted vine-ripened (藤熟的) tomatoes, let alone raised them seedlings. Teachers worried that some children weren’t eating enough fresh fruits and vegetables at home, and the school wasn’t much help either: Like many state campuses, King replaced its hot-meal cafeteria years ago with a more cost-effective outdoor “snack-shack (小吃棚).” For Waters, the founder of Berkeley’s Chez Panisse restaurant, the thought of children having to rely on such reheated junk — right in her own backyard — was too much to stomach. The small, visionary (有远见卓识的) woman is widely regarded as the Julia Child of organic cuisine in America, the person who’s taught millions the joy of cooking simple dishes with locally grown, chemical-free produce. Waters remembers poking (戳) at mystery food in her school cafeteria as a kid. But today, she says, the spread of vending machines and fast food in America’s schools has become downright evil. “What is it, one in three kids is overweight now? It’s just horrifying,” she sighs, drinking mineral water at a quiet table downstairs in her hugely popular restaurant, about a mile from the King campus “I don’t know what has to happen before we wake up.” 5．What does paragraph 1 highlight? A．Students’ creativity in farming the schoolyard. B．Students’ knowledge of building the schoolyard. C．The strange look of the organic garden. D．The nice environment of the organic garden. 6．The garden has a(n)______ impact on students. A．unnoticeable B．predictable C．modest D．far-reaching 7．What can we infer from the last paragraph? A．Waters preferred fast-food to her school’s mystery food. B．Waters is indifferent to what is happening to children. C．Waters has taught people to grow organic plants. D．Waters is deeply concerned about students’ diet and health. 8．What can be a suitable title for the text? A．Field of dreams B．Garden of pleasure C．Junk-free restaurant D．Cost-effective campus （三） （23-24高二上·江苏南京·期末）Helen Uffner has dressed Broadway, Hollywood and TV shows for more than 40 years. But high-rise developers and Amazon distribution centers are making it impossible to store her extraordinary vintage (古董衫) collection. Helen Uffner began her love with old clothes as a young teenager, troubling her father, who worried that people would think he could not afford proper clothes for his daughter. With the prospect (前景) of a career in period fashion lacking promise, she joined a management consultancy after college. But soon she decided to monetize (把……转换成货币) her passion. Over the next 40 years, Helen Uffner established a celebrated business renting out vintage clothes. Initially, she ran the business out of her apartment. By the late 1990s, she moved to a 6,000-square-foot space in the clothing district. Challenges began in 2006, when the landlord was selling the building and wanted her out. At the same time commercial rents were increasing sharply and the city’s clothing industry had all but disappeared. Eventually, in 2008, Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing moved to Long Island City. The transition was not easy. But by 2018, Helen Uffner found herself in the same trouble. She ultimately settled into another space only to face the drama all over again—her current building is planned for being torn down to make room for the construction of a high-rise. While COVID-19 has reduced the price of office renting, vast warehouse space of the kind Helen Uffner needs is at a premium because of the demand coming from Amazon and other e-commerce sites. Now in her 70s, Helen Uffner has found the prospect of moving for a fourth time especially tough. “I have been making the joke that the emperor has no clothes,” Helen Uffner said, “because who will actually dress him.” 9．What was Helen’s father’s attitude toward her passion for old clothes? A．He felt nervous as her dream would cost a lot. B．He felt his daughter would be fascinated with fashion. C．He felt worried as people might think he couldn’t afford clothes for her. D．He felt angry as it would be a waste of time and money. 10．Why did Helen join a management consultancy after college? A．To lay the foundation for the pursuit of her ultimate goal. B．To monetize her passion for the clothing industry. C．To avoid the possible bad career prospect. D．To follow in the footsteps of her father. 11．What does the underlined phrase “at a premium” probably mean? A．Beyond reach B．On sale C．At rest D．Under guarantee 12．What does the joke made by Helen in the last paragraph mean? A．Nobody cares the appearance as survival matters most B．People are too shallow to admit their mistakes for pursuing money C．The art-related industry has been ignored in the urban development D．Her age kills her passion for the extraordinary vintage collection. （四） （23-24高二上·江苏无锡·期末）In 1969, I was five years old in Lynchburg, Virginia, a skinny black kid of somewhat poor village. At that time, what my villagers were watching was “one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind — Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were walking on the Moon.” I always joined them with great interest. My father was a farmer who worked from dawn until dark, struggling to feed my family. But he always took pains to do all the things to make money for his children to experience different adventures and encourage us to run after our own dreams. After Neil Armstrong’s moon landing, all the kids in the neighborhood thought I would be an astronaut one day. But I didn’t see an astronaut like me, because family background did matter. I went on with this dream through a high school, and even a college. After graduation, I went to work for NASA．A friend of mine handed me an application and believed that I would be a great astronaut. Although I was lucky enough to be chosen, I didn’t know what it meant to be a real astronaut. In 2007, I was in Space Shuttle “Atlantis,” careening off the planet, traveling at 17,500 miles per hour, and eight and a half minutes later, the main engines cut off, and we were floating in space. My job on this mission was to install(安装) a laboratory for materials and human research, which the European team have been waiting for 10 year. I grabbed out the big module, using the robotic arm and attaching it to the space station. So, this moment happened. It was done and I had a big sigh of relief. In the space station, I could communicate with different people from all around the world. We had these people living and working together. Whether Russian or French, all these different people coexisted in harmony as one family. And so, when I looked up to space, I thought we all had to hold onto something until we finally came to the fantastic space. 13．Why did the author think it impossible to be an astronaut at first? A．He was a farmer. B．His family was poor. C．He was too young. D．His father was too tired. 14．What does the underlined phrase “careening off’ probably mean in paragraph 3? A．Thinking back to. B．Looking out of. C．Taking pictures of. D．Flying away from. 15．What can the author’s job be described as according to paragraph 4? A．Demanding and challenging. B．Rewarding and boring. C．Satisfying and motivating. D．Promising and amazing. 16．What message does the author want to express? A．Everyone is likely to become an astronaut. B．Parents are the best examples of their children. C．Different people can coexist in harmony as one family. D．Everyone should hold onto his dream, whether rich or poor. （五） （23-24高二上·浙江绍兴·期末）It is difficult to name a female architect more iconic than Zaha Hadid, whose name can be translated from Arabic as glorious. She passed away five years ago at the age of 65, but the impact she has left on the world of architecture is profound. Hadid was born into an upper-class Iraqi family in 1950. At the very beginning, she wanted to become a mathematician and studied science at the American University of Beirut, But at some point she realized that she preferred shapes to numbers. And she turned her concentration to architecture and went to London where she met the famous Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. “There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?” Hadid once said. Despite her abundance of amazing ideas, before the beginning of the 90s, not a single building based on her blueprints had been built. Her highly expressive style, while initially criticized and believed to be crazy, is now regarded as pioneering work. Her striking contemporary architecture, inspired by natural landforms, has graced the skylines of major metropolitan cities. “Women are always being told, ‘you’re not going to make it; It’s too difficult. You can’t do that Don’t enter this competition; You’ll never win it’,” Hadid said. “They need confidence in themselves and people around them for support.” Never one to be boxed in by conventions, Hadid proved society wrong. She received her first prize, the “Gold Medal Architectural Design” for her British Architecture in 1982. From then on, the awards kept rolling in. But the true triumph for Hadid came in 2004. Her project for the London Olympics Aquatic Center won her the Pritzker Architecture Prize. She became the first woman and first Muslim to earn the award, making a name for herself and paving the way for female architects. Hadid’s genius lives on in the array of many other spectacular buildings she has left behind in the world. Among them are the Guangzhou Opera House, the Beijing Daxing International Airport, as well as the Al Wakrah Stadium in Qatar where the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held. Hadid may be gone, but her global influence on a new generation of female architects is here to stay. 17．What made Hadid quit science to learn architecture? A．Her talent in architecture. B．Her interest in architecture. C．Her difficulty in learning science. D．Her encounter with Rem Koolhaas. 18．What can we learn about Hadid’s works? A．Her architecture was inspired by mathematics B．Her British Architecture won her the Pritzker Architecture Prize. C．Her architecture style was too bold to be accepted at the very beginning. D．Her works can only be found in European countries and the Middle East. 19．What does paragraph 4 mainly about? A．The talk between Hadid and her colleague. B．The reason why women fail to be architects. C．The prejudice from society against women. D．The difficulty Hadid faced being an architect. 20．What is the most profound impact Hadid has left on the world? A．She formed a unique style. B．She broke away from the convention. C．She received various architecture awards D．She encouraged other women architects. （六） （23-24高二上·浙江舟山·期末）According to the United Nations, 60 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come directly from the way that we currently produce our electricity.71 percent of the earth is covered in water yet only around 1.5 percent of the global energy is produced through wave power. That’s what inspired Eco Wave Power CEO, Inna Braverman to take on the challenge. Two weeks after she was born in Ukraine in 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred and she got hurt, suffering from breathing arrest and a clinical death. But thanks to her mother, who was a nurse, she was saved. Growing up, she felt it her purpose to find green and sustainable energy. Inna found that previous wave energy developers have decided to pursue offshore technologies, contributing to huge installation and maintenance costs, incredibly vulnerable stations in storms, and consequently lack of funding. Her innovative version, however, is to install the power station on land. The only part of the system in the water is the floaters which bob up and down with the waves. These push compressed air into a tank where the energy is stored to produce electricity. The floaters are attached to existing man-made structures such as banks, piers, and breakwaters. The simplicity of the design makes it cheaper to install and maintain as well as being better protected from rough weather and therefore, insurable. Once a commercial plant producing 20 megawatt s or more (enough for 20,000 homes) is in place, the unit cost significantly reduces. “Our price of energy decreases to about $0.05 US (€0.05) per kilowatt hour, which is comparable to the prices of onshore wind,” Inna explains. A pilot station was installed in Gibraltar in 2016. It was the first wave energy system to be connected to the grid in Europe. More tests of the wave energy system have been arranged in different countries and regions. 21．What do we know from the first two paragraphs? A．Inna was inspired by a UN program to focus on green energy. B．Inna’s early experience enabled her to explore green energy solutions. C．Inna came up with the idea of green energy thanks to her mother. D．Green and sustainable energy solutions are greatly influenced by the nuclear disaster. 22．What’s the purpose of the author to write paragraph 3? A．To demonstrate the environmental impact of wave energy. B．To highlight Inna Braverman’s innovative approach to wave energy. C．To outline the challenges faced by other wave energy developers. D．To provide information about wave energy production around the world. 23．How is Inna Braverman’s approach to wave energy different from previous ones? A．Its maintenance on the sea floor. B．Its dependence on government funding. C．Its installation on land. D．Its exclusive focus on offshore technologies. 24．Which of the following is the best title for the text? A．Eco Wave Power: Pioneer in Sustainable Energy B．Chernobyl Survivor’s Vision: Endless Power for the Future C．Land-Based Wave Power: Innovation for Green Electricity D．Onshore Energy: Eco Wave Power’s Fight Against Gas Emissions （七） （23-24高二上·浙江宁波·期末）Bertha Mahony Miller, a US editor and publisher, was born on March13th, 1882 in Rockport, Massachusetts. After her mother’s death, 11-year-old Mahony helped look after her three younger siblings. She entered local teacher-training classes after high school but left the next year to pursue studies at newly formed Simmons College in Boston. Unable to afford the four-year program in library science, she chose instead to take a year of secretarial courses. In 1906, Mahony became a secretary for the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union (WEIU), a nonprofit social-service agency. Board members soon recognized her creativity and intelligence, so she was given a variety of duties. One of her favorites was organizing plays for children, and her interest in children’s literature expanded as she searched through books for appropriate material. With the support of the Union, Mahony opened the Bookshop for Boys and Girls in 1916. The creation of this Boston store devoted to children’s books came at a time when most parents, booksellers and publishers did not put much thought into what children read. Mahony aimed to change this by offering a large selection of thoughtfully chosen books and seeking help from many notable librarians such as Anne Carroll Moore and Alice Jordan. Storytelling, author visits and other activities helped spark people’s interest in the store, and the creation of a bookmobile extended its reach to other regions. To coincide with (与……同时举行) the opening of the store, Mahony edited and published a buying guide of selected children’s books, the first commercial list of its kind. It grouped some 1,200 books into categories based on age and subject matter and provided a brief description of each publication. The attention it drew led her to another idea. In 1924, Mahony and coworker Elinor Whitney founded The Horn Book Magazine, the first periodical devoted entirely to children. Mahony and Whitney also compiled (汇编) Realms of Gold in Children’s Books (1929), a publication covering five centuries of children’s literature. Bertha Mahony Miller devoted much of her life to promoting children’s literature. Her efforts enlightened (启发) consumers and encouraged publishers to expand and improve their juvenile (少年的) offerings. She is considered a figurehead of the children’s literature movement. 25．Mahony developed an interest in children’s literature when . A．she was in high school B．she attended local teacher-training classes C．she opened the Bookshop for Boys and Girls D．she was working as a secretary for the WEIU 26．What does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to? A．The bookstore only offered children’s books. B．People paid little attention to children’s books. C．Mahony could not get any help from the professionals. D．It was challenging to expand the bookstore into other areas. 27．What’s mainly talked about in paragraph 4? A．The awards Mahony received in her life. B．The support Mahony got from her friends and family. C．The contributions Mahony made to children’s literature. D．The difficulties Mahony met during the creation of the bookstore. 28．What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text? A．To prove the importance of reading. B．To call on children to read more books. C．To show the respect for Bertha Mahony Miller. D．To introduce the development of children’s literature. （八） （23-24高二上·湖北黄冈·期末）A simple haircut can be a major stress or for someone with cognitive or physical disabilities. Loud noises from hair dryers and strong smells can trigger a person with autism (自闭症), and just getting in the door can be tough for anyone in a wheelchair. But one Minnesota stylist is looking to change that by opening an accessible salon. With a nine-year-old stepdaughter, Maddy, who uses a wheelchair because of spina-bifida (脊柱裂), Cat Rongitsch knows firsthand how inaccessible spaces like hair salons can be. “We’ve been dragged through back doors or expected to carry her down stairs or use freight elevators because they’re not prepared to accommodate her,” says Rongitsch, who also has a three-year-old daughter who might have high-functioning autism, though she hasn’t been tested yet. Rongitsch already makes haircut house calls to kids who find traditional salons stressful. “Everyone is desperate for a safe place that will not be a crazy meltdown experience, and oftentimes that means calling down to someone’s house,” she says. “Going anywhere else seems unimaginable.” But Rongitsch dreams of a place where anyone can feel safe and comfortable getting a haircut outside the home. Rongitsch is making plans to open Dignified Beauty in St. Paul, Minnesota. The doors and walkways would have plenty of room for wheelchairs, and textured floors would make it easy for visually impaired people to navigate. A spa-like atmosphere at Dignified Beauty would be less triggering to people with autism. Loud top-40 hits would be replaced with soft classical music (if anything). Stylists would use quiet hair dryers and soft voices. Fidget toys (解压玩具) and blankets would be on hand to help people stay calm. Safe spaces would be available if anyone felt overwhelmed by sound, smell, or touch. As for the staff, Rongitsch would look to hire people with “a heart full of love for each individual,” she says. Stylists would learn how to handle customers who don’t like others touching their hair. They would also give every client the same level of dignity, which is particularly important to Rongitsch, who’s seen strangers ignore Maddy. “They’re not sure if it’s a physical disability or mental disability loo, so they will talk to me and not her,” says Rongitsch. “That issue is the biggest with her: just being acknowledged as a person.” 29．What can we know about Rongitsch from the first 3 paragraphs? A．She has a nine-year-old daughter who uses a wheelchair. B．She sometimes calls on at someone’s house to make haircuts. C．She owns an available Dignified Beauty in St. Paul, Minnesota. D．Her daughter has been diagnosed with high-functioning autism. 30．What service can people with autism enjoy at Dignified Beauty? A．Passionate music. B．Devices for relieving stress. C．Immoderate equipment. D．Thrilling movies with tense plots. 31．Which of the following best describes Rongitsch? A．Positive and selfless. B．Elegant and ambitious. C．Optimistic and devoted. D．Considerate and insightful. 32．What can be the suitable title for the text? A．Rongitsch — A Kindhearted Stylist with Love for Individual B．People with Disabilities Deserve Dignity as Healthy People C．A Salon Accessible to People with Disabilities to Be Opened by a Woman D．Rongitsch and Her disabled Daughters Long for Being Acknowledged as a Person （九） （23-24高二上·湖北武汉·期末）“Are you okay?” My brother Matthew asked from the driver’s seat as we hung upside down, trapped by our seat belts and covered in sand. Off-roading (越野驾驶) on 85,000 acres of dunes (沙丘) in California had become our tradition. I felt the blood rushing to my head, my heart pounding like the loud bass in a car. It reminded me of the four bass-loving brothers who lived across from us growing up. As a little girl, I often wondered if Matthew and I would ever have their friendship. When Matthew found out he was to have a baby brother, he was over the moon. But to everyone’s surprise, “It’s a girl!” His disappointment was obvious. As soon as I could walk, my big brother was everything to me, my idol. But to him, I was an annoyance, though he found comfort in tormenting (捉弄) me. Yet, I put up with it, waiting for moments when he’d reach out from his loneliness. The sibling relationship is unique, and it’s often the longest relationship we have in our entire lives. After learning that I missed him, Matthew unexpectedly invited me to visit him at university.In his room, he handed me a drink. We didn’t need many words; as siblings, we had a simple way of chatting. He knew about my struggles — the family secrets — and became my rock. When I was excluded from the family Thanksgiving, he refused to attend without me. Instead, we had dinner — just the two of us. My big brother, once a tormentor, had become my protector and friend. But after our off-roading accident, I saw him differently — vulnerable and unprotected. “Are you okay? Are you bleeding?” I checked his injuries. The man I’d seen as strong was now human, fragile. As we got ourselves back upright, I realized it was time for me to be his protector. Our shared bond had grown even deeper. I looked at my big brother, and we both smiled. Without him, my life would be unimaginably different. It was my turn to protect him. Thankfully, we had let each other in. 33．Why did the author’s heart pound like the loud bass? A．Because she was reminded of the four brothers who loved loud bass. B．Because she admired the friendship between the four bass-loving brothers. C．Because she was trapped in the upside-down car. D．Because she liked listening to the loud bass in a car. 34．What does the underlined phrase “over the moon” mean in paragraph 2? A．Land on the moon. B．Greatly delighted. C．Totally disappointed. D．Extremely exhausted. 35．Why my brother became my rock? A．He was excluded from the family Thanksgiving. B．He knew his own struggles and family secrets. C．He supported me when I was not included in the family gathering. D．He refused to attend the family Thanksgiving party with me. 36．Which of the following can best describe my brother? A．Creative and brave. B．Ambitious and romantic. C．Courageous and humorous. D．Thoughtful and protective. （十） （23-24高二上·广东深圳·期末）When people ask about my experience of learning Cantonese, I recount a journey driven by unending curiosity and a strong desire to connect with a dynamic culture. Growing up in a Russian family, my fascination with languages grew thanks to my father, a language expert. It’s during a cultural appreciation class in junior high that I was first introduced to the world of Hong Kong films, famous for their characteristic action-packed dramas and storytelling styles. However, what really amazed me was the uniqueness of the language, Cantonese, which sparked a urgent need within me to explore it and the rich culture behind. This marked the beginning of a thrilling linguistic journey. Learning Cantonese posed challenges, such as unfamiliar characters, complex tones, and different grammar structures, yet I persevered. Immersed in textbooks and available online courses, I practiced the tones everyday until my pronunciation flowed naturally. Cantonese dramas and music also played a role in familiarizing me with its rhythm. To truly grasp the essence of Cantonese, I knew that studying alone wasn’t enough — I needed firsthand experience. So, I took a gap year to pack my bags for Hong Kong, a city featuring the lively heartbeat of Cantonese culture. Buried in its busy streets and daily conversations, from casual chats to food ordering, I found myself enveloped in a linguistic wonderland. Within a few months, my Cantonese proficiency flourished, fueling a surge of confidence. My explorations extended beyond the streets. I enrolled in formal language classes that offered professional guidance. Through hard work, I successfully completed all the courses in Cantonese Linguistics. From then on, I’ve been passionately committed to spreading the Cantonese culture, ensuring its richness reaches a wider audience. Today, I continue my Cantonese voyage with unflagging enthusiasm. It has transformed into more than just a linguistic pursuit; it grants me a passport to sincere connections, profound insights, and heartfelt admiration for its one-of-a-kind culture. 37．What motivated the author to start his linguistic journey? A．His father’s intentional arrangement. B．His teacher’s positive encouragement. C．His strong interest in Chinese movies. D．His great passion for cultural exploration. 38．Why did the author head to Hong Kong during the gap year? A．To participate in a language workshop. B．To take a bite of the diverse local food. C．To fully comprehend the spirit of Cantonese. D．To stay well informed about studying abroad. 39．Which best describes the author’s learning process of Cantonese? A．Demanding but strategic. B．Effortless and enjoyable. C．Challenging but creative. D．Adventurous and eventful. 40．What message does the text mainly convey? A．Education is the passport to the future. B．Language is the road map of a culture. C．Opportunity favors the prepared mind. D．Success belongs to those with curiosity. （十一） （23-24高二上·广东广州·期末）Growing up on a farm in Virginia during racial segregation (种族隔离) , West knew education would be her means of escape. But she didn’t know her quiet work would change lives around the world. Gladys West knew from a young age that she didn’t want to be a farmer. But the mathematician, born in 1930 in a county, still had to help harvest crops on her family’s small farm. The hard work started before daybreak and lasted well into the blistering heat of the afternoon. She hated the dirt but, while she worked, she kept her mind on the building behind the trees at the end of the farm. It was her school, and even then she knew it would be her ticket to freedom. “I was gonna get an education and I was going to get out of there. I wasn’t going to be stuck there all my life,” West, 89, says firmly. Gladys West began her career as a mathematician in 1956 in a lab where there were only three other black employees when she joined. She was widely admired for her ability to solve complex mathematical problems by hand. She eventually went on to program computers to solve the equations (等式) for her. Her first major project was to determine the movements of Neptune and Pluto in relation to each other. In 1978, Gladys became the Project Manager of SeaSat, an surveillance (监控) satellite designed to provide data on oceanographic features and conditions. The project was among the first to show that satellites can be used to observe oceanographic data. By programming a computer to account for tides, gravity, and other factors, Gladys and her team created a program to precisely calculate the orbit of satellites. Her work on this project made it possible to develop a geoid, which is a model of the shape of the Earth. The model and its later updates led to her developing the GPS system, which can make accurate calculations in any location on Earth. Finally in 2018, through her tireless efforts, Gladys West received formal recognition for her work on the GPS. Her name also got featured on the BBC’s 100 Women of 2018, which honored inspiring women from around the globe. 41．What can we learn in paragraph 2? A．Gladys became a mathematician when working as a farmer. B．Gladys had to raise her family by working hard on the farm. C．Gladys was eager to get out of the poor situation for freedom. D．Gladys could not pay for school education when she was young. 42．What directly contributed to the development of the GPS system? A．The orbit of the satellites. B．The movements of the planets. C．An equation. D．The model of Earth shape. 43．Which of the following best describe Gladys West? A．Helpful and easygoing. B．Determined and competent. C．Devoted and considerate. D．Optimistic and thankful. 44．Which is the best title of the passage? A．How to Escape from Poverty B．How to Become a Mathematician C．Gladys West: the Hidden Figure Who Helped Invented GPS D．Gladys West: A Girl Who Struggled to Realize Her Dreams （十二） （23-24高二上·广东肇庆·期末）After most people complete their undergraduate degree, they either take a break or jump into a job. Few, like Brianna Craft, set out to save the world. It started when she was a freshman sitting in an environmental studies class in 2006. Craft was shocked when the professor described the harm climate change was having on people. She records the moment in her new book, Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir. After graduation, Craft spent a year in AmeriCorps, focusing on protecting the environment. AmeriCorps is an organization connecting individuals and organizations to help communities tackle their toughest challenges. “That helped me figure out that my future was not in doing science,” she says. Instead, she wanted to work with people and policy. She then had an opportunity to attend the UN climate negotiations (磋商). That, in turn, prepared her for her current role as a senior researcher at the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). Her focus is to ensure that the lowest contributors to greenhouse gases and those most affected by climate change have a voice in international climate negotiations. For five years, Craft attended and supported climate conferences around the world, leading to the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015. Craft says, “I wanted people to care about the work I did in the climate negotiations, and why we pushed so hard to form this agreement.” That led her to write Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir. Craft brings the viewpoint of an African American woman from a rural northwest community. She weaves (编织) together several storylines-including her difficult childhood with an irresponsible parent, her self-discovery in college and her work to help work towards climate agreements and ensure that even the smallest countries have a voice. 45．What motivated Craft to work on climate change? A．A course. B．A book. C．A scientist. D．A program. 46．How did the experience in AmeriCorps help Craft? A．She made achievements. B．She fell in love with science. C．She got inspiration for her book. D．She was clearer about her career path. 47．What does Craft do as a senior researcher at the IIED? A．She promotes equal rights to speak among countries. B．She focuses on removing greenhouse gases in London. C．She ensures climate negotiations are the UN’s top priority. D．She speaks for the countries producing the most greenhouse gases. 48．Which of the following words best describes Craft’s job? A．Boring. B．Risky. C．Fruitful. D．Well-paid. （十三） （23-24高二上·北京石景山·期末）My House My mother moved a lot when she was growing up on account of Grandpa being in the army. She hated having to adjust to new schools and make new friends. That’s why I thought she was joking when she put forward the idea of moving. But she was completely serious. “For just the two of us,” my mother said, “an apartment in the city will suit our needs much better.” Personally, I think she’s lost her mind. I guess I can understand why she would want to move, but what about me and what this house means to me? I suppose if you looked at my house, you might think it was just another country house. But to me it is anything but standard. I moved into this house with my parents ten years ago. I can still remember that first day like it was yesterday. The first thing I noticed was the big front yard. To me it seemed like an ocean of grass — I couldn’t wait to dive in. The backyard was full of gnarled (扭曲的，粗糙的) and scary trees that talk on windy nights. But I grew to like them and the shadows they cast in my room. My father and I even built a small treehouse, where I often go to remember all the wonderful times we had before my father’s death. This house is special — maybe only to me — but special nevertheless. It’s the little seemingly insignificant things that make this house so special to me: the ice-cold tile floors that make me tremble on midnight; the smell of my father’s pipe that still exists: the towering bookcases of my mother; the view outside my bedroom window. This house holds too many memories, memories which would be lost if we gave it up. 49．Why did the author’s mother decide to move? A．Because she hated the countryside. B．Because Grandpa was on constant move. C．Because Dad’s death made her lose her mind. D．Because she thought a city flat more fit for them. 50．What impressed the author when she first moved into the house? A．The treehouse. B．The green grass. C．The big trees. D．The cold floors. 51．How did the author let us feel that the house was special to her? A．By arguing whether the house was standard. B．By explaining why the house suited their needs. C．By describing the small things related to her house. D．By comparing the differences between country and city life. （十四） （23-24高二上·北京顺义·期末）“The living environment in China is perfect for me, and I feel right at home even though my Chinese isn’t fluent. It’s not a difficult task to come to China without fluent Chinese. You can enjoy yourself here.” Since I left Japan, I started my journey in China. These have been my first thoughts on my time here in China. In February 2022, I began learning Chinese. Almost a year later, I found myself in Beijing, the capital of China. Before coming here, I had attended Chinese classes, and I could sense my progress in the language. As you might expect, studying for just one year wasn’t enough to say I was fluent in Chinese, and to be honest, I’m not there yet. But full skills in the language are not necessary to enjoy many attractions of life in China. The one thing that truly makes me feel comfortable and less lonely is making friends and joining in conversations. At Tsinghua University, where I studied in China, I made friends with many Chinese young people and enjoyed spending time with them for meals and other activities. They would often ask me to hang out together and go to KTV, which was a popular form among Chinese youth. During breaks from study, I often started travelling across China. I’ve visited cities like Shanghai, Chongqing and Changsha. Although I have experienced travelling on overnight trains for over 12 hours several times and visited unfamiliar cities, I never feel fearful or unwelcome as a foreigner. Chinese people are warm and welcoming to foreigners, and eager to join in conversations. I once joined in community activities in Northwest China’s Gansu province to gain a deeper understanding of China’s countryside areas and help the development of local communities and education. As a volunteer teacher at a local school, I shared traditional Japanese culture such as pop music and languages with the students. Since Japanese language came from Chinese, they are similar somehow. I told the students we could see the connections between our cultures through our daily language use. If you want to understand and experience the life in China, you’ll find a way to do so. I hope that many foreigners who may not speak Chinese fluently can still enjoy themselves here, just as I have. 52．How did the writer feel about living in China without fluent Chinese? A．Challenged. B．Bored. C．Nervous. D．Easy. 53．What mainly helped the writer get used to the life in China? A．Speaking fluent Chinese. B．Studying in a Chinese university. C．Having talks with Chinese friends. D．Getting to know many Chinese places. 54．The author joined in community activities in Gansu to ______. A．gain a deeper understanding of China’s city areas B．share traditional Japanese culture to the local people C．find out the differences between Japanese and Chinese D．help the development of local communities and education 55．According to the passage, which word can best describe the writer? A．Active. B．Funny. C．Humorous. D．Honest. 56．What can we learn from this passage? A．Japanese language didn’t come from Chinese. B．We may all feel fearful when visiting new cities. C．Language may not be a big problem when living in China. D．Hanging out to a KTV is necessary when visiting a new place. （十五） （23-24高二上·北京海淀·期末）Adom Appiah, is not your typical High School Junior. He has taken his volunteerism to a whole new level by starting a nonprofit charity organization called Ball4Good. Amazingly, this innovative organization was a result of Adom’s 7th grade school assignment. At age 12, his history teacher, Mrs. Kelsea Turner, at Spartanburg Day School, had challenged her students to dedicate 20% of their class time to a service project. She suggested that they research a community need and then work independently on finding a solution. Adom was inspired. Adom had great passion for playing sports as a soccer and basketball player. So, he naturally thought of combining sports and community support into an athletics-oriented service project. His idea was to invite athletes, leaders and celebrities to play ball games to raise money for local charities. Ball4Good held its first Celebrity Basketball Game in 2017. He used donations received on his 13th birthday as seed money for the event. It was a huge success and raised over $70,000 for 13 local charities. Then, Adom’s idea has transformed into a movement that is helping communities through various ways such as celebrity sport events, charity drives and fundraising. It donates raised funds to various causes affecting children, such as autism, homelessness, abuse and cancer. If all these accomplishments about Ball4Good were not enough, the teen has also authored three motivational children’s books to inspire students to change the world and bounce back from failures. Donations from book sales have supported several charitable causes. In addition, he won a National Award (Gloria Barron for Young Heroes, 2019) that comes with a $10,000 prize for his public service efforts. Having multiple projects has not slowed Adom down, as he is currently hosting his own show called Kids Changing the World on TV. “I try to have kids involved in every step of the way, so they can figure out how things work in the business and philanthropist world,” Adom said. He wants people to know that success starts with believing in yourself. His goal is to expand Ball4Good’s reach. He believes that by encouraging others to get involved, he’s multiplying the impact of Ball4Good. 57．What inspired Adom Appiah to start Ball4Good? A．Passion for sports and support from a community. B．A school assignment given by his history teacher. C．His experiences of being a soccer and basketball player. D．Athletes, leaders and celebrities he invited to play games. 58．According to the passage, we can learn that Ball4Good . A．aims to promote community sports B．held its first activity with Adom’s own savings C．helps communities simply through celebrity sport events D．uses raised money to help children in various difficulties 59．Which of the following can best describe Adom Appiah? A．Kind and humorous. B．Generous and patient. C．Innovative and inspiring. D．Hardworking and reliable. （十六） （23-24高二上·天津西青·期末）Five years ago, a truly unforgettable event took place. My wife and I were celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary (纪念日) that year. To our delight, it was a splendid event, lovingly hosted by our sons just for us. Our dear, old friends gave us a wonderful surprise with their thoughtful gifts and heartfelt congratulations. Our gift to each other was a driving trip out west. We drove from Ontario into Alberta, then southward into Glacier National Park in Montana, and continued to Yellowstone National Park. It was a cold spring day, and the Beartooth Highway had opened for the season just days before. Alongside the road, there was still a great amount of snow there. The scenery was so impressive that we made lots of stops to record memories with my camera. At the highest point of the highway, I stopped at a lookout to catch the amazing views, with my wife in the centre of my camera lens. There were not many cars on the road. Sometimes, cars with energetic young tourists passed by. And then we heard a motorcycle in the distance. The driver of the motorcycle, who wore dirty clothes, parked behind our cars. Approaching us, he spoke only a simple command, “Give me your camera and get over there with your wife.” I must admit I felt nervous that we might be robbed where we just created some beautiful memories. Surprisingly, he just took a picture of us, handed back my camera and rode off before we could offer our thanks. Unexpectedly, the photo he took is now one of the most valuable and prized of our trip. In that unexpected encounter, I absorbed a lesson in the most unlikely of places. We should never judge a man by his appearance. To the motorcyclist who may one day read this story and remember us: we wish to extend our deepest appreciation and a heartfelt “Thank you” for the kindness you showed us that day. 60．What do we know about the trip? A．It was a gift for their wedding anniversary. B．It was a suggestion from their friends. C．It was in the late autumn five years ago. D．It was taken by train to the west. 61．What caused the couple to frequently pause on their trip along Beartooth Highway? A．Road signs. B．Impressive scenery. C．Car problems. D．Complex roadblocks. 62．Why was the author nervous when the motorcycle driver offered to take a picture? A．He could have lost the camera. B．The motorcycle driver would borrow the camera. C．His wife might not be satisfied with the view there. D．The motorcycle driver might not be good at the taking pictures. 63．Which of the following best describes the driver of the motorcycle? A．Rich and generous. B．Kind and straightforward. C．Creative and capable. D．Careful and admirable. 64．Which of the following can be concluded from the passage? A．No pains, no gains. B．Seeing is believing. C．Don’t judge a book by its cover. D．The longest journey begins with the first step. （十七） （23-24高二上·天津河东·期末）Jason Ahn’s favorite parts of Marvel’s Iron Man movies are scenes showing inventions being developed. Many of these scenes are similar to the experiences he went through himself before winning national recognition for an innovative classroom whiteboard design. For Ahn, 17, a rising senior at Ames High School in Iowa in the US, there was a good month’s worth of nights staying up until 4 am — before going to school the next day — during which he first gained the idea for an auto rolling and erasing whiteboard, or ARE Board. He then submitted it to the Raytheon Technologies Invention Convention US Nationals. All that work paid off for Ahn in 2022 when he was among inventors from across the country to win awards at the competition. In his advanced placement physics class — and throughout most of his time in school — he noticed his teachers struggle with having to write and erase the same notes for each of their classes; that was if they could even reach the top of their traditional whiteboards. However, electronic whiteboards are too expensive. He made a working prototype (原型) of a whiteboard on a motorized conveyor belt (机动传送带) system that can be scrolled (滚动) up and down. It is more time and space efficient than a traditional whiteboard. He wanted to make something similar to an electronic whiteboard but far cheaper and easy to use. “I’ve seen my friends kind of joking, ‘Isn’t this kind of a step backward? We’ve evolved all the way to electronic whiteboards’.” Ahn said. “In some cases, it’s good to keep the traditional aspects and characteristics of some fundamental tools,” because markers and erasers are more tangible (有形的) and accessible to people, he added. One of the awards he won at the competition provided him with a patent lawyer to help him get a patent application with the fee covered. He’d be willing to sell a patent to a company. Ahn thinks of things in daily life that might make the world a better place. “I’m making a notebook of all the ideas that I’m thinking of,” he said. 65．What about Marvel’s Iron Man movies interests Ahn the most? A．Iron Man’s hi-tech suit. B．The hi-tech fight scenes. C．The various hi-tech inventions used. D．The scenes of hi-tech products being made. 66．What inspired Ahn to invent ARE Board? A．His teachers’ struggles to erase whiteboards. B．An electronic whiteboard he came across. C．A motorized conveyor belt system he found. D．His cooperation with other inventors. 67．Which of the following best describes Ahn? A．Hardworking and humorous. B．Optimistic and modest. C．Determined and ambitious. D．Creative and cooperative. （十八） （23-24高二上·天津和平·期末）Packing up her bedroom in Virgin a Beach, Douglas had to say goodbye to her family, to her two dogs, and to the beach, where she loved to ride waves on her boogie board. But it was time to take the leap, however, heartbreaking and awkward it would be. Even at 14, Douglas knew that. So off she went about 1.200 miles to West Des Moines, Iowa, to train with a coach from China and live with a white family she had never been met. When she arrived,\Douglas thought that she must be the only black person in the state. “I was unpacking and saying, ‘What am I doing?’”said Douglas, who is 16.“it was like:’Where do I put everything? Where are the spoons?’ I’d wake up and say, ‘This is my bed, where am I?’” Liang Chow, who had coached the Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson, transformed Douglas into one of the best gymnasts in the world, helping her skyrocket from an average member of the national team to the top of the sport. And a couple with four young daughters became her second family, nurturing her in low a while her real family|supported her from afar,(遥远地). That move also was important in Douglas’s making history. By winning the Olympic all-round title, she became the first black woman to do so. She also became the fourth American woman to win the all-round, following Mary Lou Rettonjin 1984, Carly Patternson in 2004 and Nastia Liukin in 2008. Douglas won, scoring 62.232 points, and led the competition from beginning to end.’Viktoria Komova, who sobbed into her coach’s chest when she learned she had lost, won the silver, with 61.973 points. Aliya Mustafina. the 2010 world all-round champion, won the bronze with 59.566 points. The other American in the competition, Aly Raisman finished fourth after losing a tiebreaker(决胜局) to Mustafina. Douglas said she had felt confident all along that she would win.“It was just an amazing feeling,”she said,“I was just like, believe, don’t fear, believe.” 68．Douglas left her home at 14 because she A．didn’t like her dogs B．needed training to make a difference C．wanted to live with her second family D．wanted to become the only black champion in the state 69．When Douglas first arrived at the new home, she felt . A．uneasy B．excited C．independent D．tired 70．What can we learn about the competition mention ed in the passage? A．Komova felt stressed during the game and lost her heart. B．Douglas stayed ahead throughout the whole game. C．Aliya came from America and won the third place. D．Most of the competitors were from America. 71．Which of the following statements about|Douglas is TRUE? A．She was the first American woman to win the all-around. B．She was the only black person in the state of Iowa. C．Her family didn’t like the idea of her becoming a gymnast. D．Her move to Iowa brought her the chance to succeed. （十九） （23-24高二上·上海崇明·期末）In my living room, there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to “Bloom where you are planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area. Dorothy taught in a school in Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness. From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom (忧郁) disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom, I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). In case you don’t know, poke greens are a weed-type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground. Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooled down. When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive he Child Development Associate Certification, Dorothy was ready. She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. Afterward, she invited me to the one-and-only steak house in the area celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph.D．degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom (传家宝), but to me it a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things. 72．“Early Childhood Development” in Paragraph 1 refers to________ A．a program directed by Dorothy B．a course given by the author C．an activity held by the students D．an organization sponsored by Union College 73．Upon arriving at the classroom, he author was cheered up by ________. A．a warm welcome B．the sight of poke greens C．Dorothy’s latest projects D．a big dinner made for her 74．What can we know about Dorothy from the last paragraph? A．She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant. B．She got a pen as a gift from the author. C．She passed the required assessment. D．She received her Ph. D．degree. 75．What does the author mainly intend to tell us? A．Whatever you do, you must do it carefully. B．Whoever you are, you deserve equal treatment. C．However poor you are, you have the right to education. D．Wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement. （二十） （23-24高二上·上海奉贤·期末）As the pandemic started, so, too, did my journey as a Ph.D．student in a new country. Lockdown and homesickness combined to leave me feeling isolated and desperate to meet people. So, when I received an email one morning inviting volunteers to join the university’s graduate students’ society, I was intrigued. I worried that getting involved in extracurriculars would be a distraction from my Ph.D．work; I thought doing experiments and reading papers were supposed to be my sole priorities. But maybe this was my chance to make friends and find the connections I was missing. I searched for opportunities that would involve teamwork and engagement both within and outside the university. A newly fledged venture matching graduate students with jobs and internships caught my eye, which needed placement coordinators who would lead teams of graduate student volunteers to help bring in industry partners, determine logistics, and work with the university administration and student applicants. I had no relevant experience, but I decided I might as well go for it and apply due to its requirement for interactions with others. The first few weeks in my new role were frustrating. Along with my routine Ph.D．work, I was suddenly managing a team of four volunteers and arranging virtual meetings with industry professionals and startup founders. I found I was busier than ever before, but I enjoyed the daily mix of activities. It was an antidote (解药) to isolation, bringing me into contact with people from a variety of fields, positions, and backgrounds. At first I was scared in meetings with industry professionals, feeling I wasn’t prepared or polished enough. But as I gained experience and confidence, the interactions became truly enjoyable and rewarding. I began to feel less lonely and more energetic about my work and life. I also learned about leadership. I asked team members to lead some of our meetings, encouraged them to express their views, and made sure to include them consistently. This approach allowed us to meet our targets while helping everyone feel more invested, fulfilled, and connected—as colleagues, but also as friends. 76．What is the closest meaning of the underlined word “intrigued” in paragraph 1? A．Hesitant. B．Interested. C．Indifferent. D．Optimistic. 77．Why did the author decide to apply for the position as a placement coordinator? A．Because he had relevant experience. B．Because he thought it was his priority. C．Because he wanted to have more interactions with other people. D．Because no one applied for this position. 78．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A．The author was informed of this volunteer job by his supervisor. B．The author performed well at the beginning of his volunteering. C．The author was a native who studied in the university. D．The author felt his loneliness was reduced after he participated in volunteering. 79．Which is the best title for this passage? A．Overcoming Isolation during COVID-19. B．Help from Colleagues. C．Lessons Learned from University D．Precious Friendship 试卷第1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 $$