内容正文:
五年高考真题分类集训
英语
Passage 4
3.B细节理解题。通过文章最后一段In an interview
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。律师Titterton会在闲颗
Brierley says,"My mother looked so much shorter than I
时间为钢琴家翻乐谱。文章讲述了这项工作的高要求以及
remembered.But she came forth and walked forward,
从业者们的惩辛。
and I walked forward,and my feelings and tears and the
l,A细节理解题。【定位句】“T'm not a trained musician,
chemical in my brain,you know,it was like nuclear
but I've learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her
fusion.I just didn't know what to say,because I never
performance.”(第一段最后一句)
thought seeing my mother would ever come true.And
译文:“我不是一个受过训练的音乐家,但我已经学会了
here I am,standing in front of her.(在一次采访中,布尔
识谱,这样我就可以在Maia的表演中帮助她。”
利说:“我妈妈看起来比我记忆中矮多了。但是地走了出
根据定位句可知,要想成为一个翻乐谱的人,Titterton应
来,朝我走来,我也向着地走去,我的感情、眼泪和大脑里
该学会识谱。故选A。
的化学物质,你知道的:就像发生了核聚变。只是不知道
2.C狼理判断题。【定位句】"A lot of skills are needed for
该说些什么,因为我从没想过见到我母亲会成为现实」
the job.You have to make sure you don't turn two pages
我就在这里,站在地而前,”)可知,作者在采访中讲述了
at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music
他和母亲的团聚。故选B项。
when you have to go back to the right spot,"Mr
题组二
Titterton explained.(第三段)
Passage 1
译文:Titterton先生解释道:“这项工作需要很多技能。
【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。作者在13岁时开始喜欢
你必须确保你不会司时翻两页,并且确保在必须回到正
哲学,随后Weiner的书The Socrates Express唤起了作者
确的位置时找到乐谱中的重复段.”
对哲学的热爱,文章通过介绍了The Socrates Express这
根据定位句可推知,Titterton先生在舞台上的工作要求
本书,倡导读者花时问去读这本书。
很高。故选C。
l.C细节理解题。根据第一段“I was about13 when an
3.B鈿节理解题。【定往句】Silent onstage communication
uncle gave me a copy of Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's
is key,and each pianist has their own style of"nodding"
World.It was full of ideas that were new to me,so I
to indicate a page turn which they need to practise with
spent the summer with my head in and out of that book.
their page turner,.(第四段第三句)
It spoke to me and brought me into a world of philosophy
译文:在舞台上无声的交流是关健,而且每一位钢琴家都
(哲学).(我13岁的时候,一个数叔给了我一本Jostein
有他们自己的“点头”风格来暗示翻页,这需要他们和为
Gaarder的《Sophie的世界》。书里面的观点对我来说都
他们翻乐谱的人一起练习。根据定位句可知,Titterton需要
很新奇,所以我整个夏天都在钻研那本书。它对我锐话,
练习辨别钢琴家“点头”的含义,从而正确翻页。故选B。
把我带入一个哲学的世界,)”可知,Jostein Gaarder为作
4.D如节理解题。【定位句】He's absorbed in the music,
者打开了通往哲学的大门。故选C。
feeling every note,.and I have to say,“Turn,turn!"(最后
2.D推理判断题。根据第四段中“Weiner starts each
一段第二句)。译文:他专注于普乐,感受着每一个音符
chapter with a scene on a train ride between cities and
我不得不说:“翻,翻!”
then frames each philosopher's work in the context
根据定位句可知,Raspopova的丈夫沉浸在音乐中,从而
of one thing they can help us do better.The end
忘记做自己的工作,以至于地不得不提示丈夫诚翻页了,
result is a read in which we learn to wonder like Socrates,
所以说Raspopova的文夫是最糟糕的翻页者。故选D。
see like Thoreau,listen like Schopenhauer,and have no
Passage 5
regrets like Nietzsche.(Weiner在每一章的开头都描述了
【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了布尔利小
一个城市之间火车旅行的场景,然后将每一住哲学家的
时候意外走失,长大后通过自己努力找回家人的故事。
著作柜定在一个他们能够帮助我们做得更好的事情上
l.A细节理解题.根据第一段最后一句When he woke
最终的结果是,我们学会了像苏格拉底一样思考,像梭罗
up and found himself alone,the 4-year-old decided his
一样看,像叔本华一样听,像尼采一样没有遗签。)”可知,
brother might be on the train he saw in front of him,so
作者在第四段开头描写了Weiner书的内容,接着作者通
he got on.(当他醒来发现自己一个人时,4岁的孩子判断
过列举了几位伟大的哲学家来描写读完这本书后我们能
他哥哥可能在他前面看到的火车上,所以他上了车)以及
从中学到的东西,由此可推知,作者列举了几位伟大的哲
第二段中That train took him a thousand miles across the
学家是为了帮助读者理解Weiner的书。故选D。
country to a totally strange city..(那列火车把他带到了一
3.B细节理解题。根据第四段中“This,more than a book
个千里逗逗之外的陌生城市)可知,布尔利在25年前和家人
about undestanding philosophy,is a book about learning to use
分开是因为他误上了火车。故选A项。
philosophy to improve a life..(这不仅仅是一本关于理解哲学
2.C知节理解题。通过文章第四段Then he found a
的书,更是一本关于学习运用哲学来改善生活的书。)”可知,
digital mapping program.He spent years searching for his
作者喜欢The Socrates Express这本书,是国为它的思想可以
hometown in the program's satellite pictures..(然后他找
应用到日常生活中。故选B。
到了一个数字地图程序。他花了数年时间在该节目的卫
4.D推理判斯题。根据倒数第二段中“He makes
星图片中寻找家乡)以及Everything just started to
philosopical thought an appealing exercise that improves
match.(一切都开始匹配了)可知,南尔利是通过研究数
the quality of our experiences,and he does so with
字地图找到家乡的。故选C项。
plenty of humor..(他使哲学思想成为一种有吸引力的练
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详解答案
习,可以提高我们经验的质量,而且他在做这件事的时候充
Passage 3
满了幽肤感。)”可知,Weiner的书很幽默,根据最后一段中
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Leslie
"The Socrates Express is a fun,sharp book that draws readers
Nielsen的演艺生涯。
in with its apparent simplicity and gradually pulls them in
L,C细节理解题。通过文章第一段“his uncle,who was a
deeper thoughts on desire,loneliness,and aging.(The
well-known actor.The admiration and respect his uncle
Socrates Express是一本有趣而尖锐的书,它以其表面上的
earned inspired Nielsen to make a career in acting.(
简单吸引着读者,并逐渐将他们拉进对欲望、孤独和衰老的
叔叔,是一位著名的演员。Nielsen的叔叔所赢得的饮佩
深层思考中。)”可知,Weiner的书简单易懂,由此可知,
和尊重激励他走上了演艺事业)”可知,Nielsen想当演员
Weiner的书既幽默又筒单易懂。故选D。
的原因是想像他叔叔一样。故选C项。
Passage 2
2.D钿节理解题,通过文章第二段“That movie led him
体裁:说明文主题语境:人与社会
into the second half of his career where his comedic
【语篇解读】文章主要介绍了一项关于人类语言的研究
presence alone could make a movie a financial success
结果。
even when movie reviewers would not rate it highly.
l,D推理判断题。【定位句】Now a team of researchers
部电影使他进入了职业生涯的后半段,即使影评人对这
led by Damidn Blasi at the University of Zurich,
部电影评价不高,但仅仅凭他的喜刷表演就可以使这部
Switzerland,has found how and why this trend arose.
电彩获得经济上的成功)”可知,在Nielsen职业生涯的后
二段最后一句)译文:现在,由瑞士苏黎世大学的Damian
半段,他成了一个成功的喜刷演员。故选D项。
B引器s领导的一队研究人员已经发现了这种趋势产生的方
3.D推理判断题。通读全文,再结合文章最后一段“He
式和原因。根据第二段内容尤其是定位句可推知,
built a hugely successful career with little more than plain
Damian Blasi的研究专注于人类语膏的发展。故选D。
old hard work and determination.He showed us that even
2,C推理判断题。【定位句】They discovered that the
a single desire,never given up on,can make for a
upper and lower front teeth of ancient human adults were
remarkable life,(他凭借平凡的芬力和决心建立了一个非
aligned(对齐),making it hard to produce labiodentals,
常成功的事业。他告诉我们,即使是只有一个愿望,永不
which are formed by touching the lower lip to the upper
效弃,也能成就非凡的人生)”可推知,Nielsen的职业经
teeth.Later,our jaws changed to an overbite structure(
历告诉我们:有志者事竟成。故选D项。
构),making it easier to produce such sounds.(第三段)
Passage 4
译文:他们发现古代成年人的上下门牙是对齐的,这使得
【语篇解读】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。讲述了作者的丈夫刚刚
他们很雄发出唇齿音,唇齿音是由下唇与上齿相碰发出
丢了工作,这种不确定性开始影响到家人,直到作者看到家里
的。后来,我们的下已变成了覆咬合结构,这使我们更容
的老物斯蝎换皮和观看了Michael Jordan的纪录片《最后的舞
易发出这种声音。
蹈》后,领悟到我们必须学会把过去抛在脑后,像蜥蜴一样,用
根据定位句可推知,古代的成年人很难发出唇齿音是因
我们柔嫩,充满希望的皮肤,作为人生的起点。
为他们的下巴站构不方便(发出唇齿普)。故选C,
l.B细节理解题。根撼第一段中“I reported the strange
3,A段落大意题。【定位句】Analyses of a language
surface on the skin of the lizard to my husband and
database also confirmed that there was a global change in
children the next morning.Seconds later,our lizard
the sound of world languages after the Neolithic age,with
emerged from its tank with its old skin flowing behind it.
the use of“f"and“v”increasing remarkably during the
(第二天早上,我向丈夫和孩子们报告了蜥蜴皮肤上奇怪
last few thousand years,(第五段第一句)
的表面。几秒钟后,我们的蜥蝎从水箱里出来,旧皮肤蜕
译文:一个语言数据库的分析也证实,在新石器时代之后
了下来)”可知,宠物蜥场旧的皮肤既落了。故选B。
世界语言的发音有了全球性的变化,在最近的几千年里,
2.A细节理解题。根据第六段“Two hours before my
“"和“”(这两个发音)的使用明显增加了。
husband came back home from another job interview,my
根据第五段内客尤其是定位句可推知,本段主要为研究
daughter climbed up to grab a glass vase from a high
结果提供了支持性的证据。故选A。
shelf.It fell and crashed beside the cake.Tiny pieces of
4.C细节理解题。【定位句】“The set of speech sounds we
glass were everywhere.She sobbed loudly as I threw the
use has not necessarily remained stable since the
cake away.My husband had banana pudding for his
appearance of human beings,but rather the huge variety
birthday,(就在我史夫参加另一场工作而试回家前两个
of speech sounds that we find today is the product of a
小时,我女儿爬到一个高高的架子上,抓起一个玻璃花
complex interplay of things like biological change and
瓶。它掉下来摔碎在蛋糕旁边。到处都是细小的玻璃碎
cultural evolution,"said Steven Moran,a member of the
片。我把蛋就扔掉时,她大声物泣。我丈夫生日吃了香
research team,(最后一段第二句)
蕉布丁)”可知,作者的丈夫过生日吃了香蕉布丁是因为
译文:诚研究小组的一位成员Steven Moran说:“自人类
生日蛋糕毁了。故选A。
出现以来,我们使用的这套语音并不一定保持稳定,相
3.C推理判断题,根据倒数第三段“The poignancy of
反,我们现在发现的语青的极多种类是生物变化和文化
Jordan retiring from his beloved basketball to play
演变之类的东西在复杂的相互作用下的产物。”
baseball and what had pushed him to make such a tough
根据定住句可知,人类的语音是一套复杂且动态变化的
decision took me by surprise.As I watched him take off
系统。故选C。
his basketball uniform and replace it with a baseball
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五年高考真题分类集训
英语
uniform,I saw him leaving behind the layer that no longer
2.C细节理解题,根据第三夜中的“We had gone to a
served him,just as our lizard had.Neither of them chose
prairie and gotten seeds from the plants,and then we
the moment that had transformed them.But they had to
planted them.”可知,C项正确。
live with who they were after everything was different.
3.B河义猜测题。据画线词所在句的前一句“All that
Just like us.I realized that we have to learn to leave the
work,all those blisters,it was worth it..”可知,作者认为
past behind.(Jordan从心爱的篮球是役,转而打捧球,这
他们所做的工作和(手上)长的水泡都是值得的。故B项
是多么令人痛心的事情,是什么促使他做出如此展难的
正确。
决定,让我感到惊讶。当我看着他脱下篮球服,换上棒球
4.C观点态度题。作者的学校组织学生们培育了一个花
股时,我看到他税下了那层不再适合他的衣服,就像我们
园并且接受了电视台的采访,作者感觉所有的辛苦工作
的蜥蝎一样。他们都没有选择那个改变了他们的时刻。
是值得的,由此可见作者对这个项目是“感到骄做的”。
但他们必须和自己生活在一起因为一切都变了。就像我
故C项正确。
们一样。我意识到我们必领学会把过去抛在脑后)”以及最后
题组三
"Jordan said that no matter how it ends,it starts with hope.
Passage 1
With our tender,hopeful skin,that is where we begin.Jordan
体裁:记叙文主题语境:人与自我—健康的生活方式、
说,不管结局如何,都是以希望开始的。用我们柔嫩、充满希望
积极的生活态度—一零浪费的生活方式
的皮肤,那是我们的起,点)”可推知,作者在文章中提到The
【语篇解读】文章主要讲述了作者在家庭中过上零液费的
La对De是为了展开文章美于放手过去,重新开始的主题。
生活方式的经历。
故选C。
l,B词义猜测题。【定位句】I've learned a few things
4.A词义猜测题。根据画线词后文“Neither of them
along the way though,which I hope you'll find
chose the moment that had transformed them.But they
encouraging if you're doing your best to figure out how
had to live with who they were after everything was
you can make the change in a not-always-supportive
different.Just like us.I realized that we have to learn to
household..(第二段第二句)
leave the past behind..(他们都没有选择那个改变了他们
译文:在这个过程中,我学到了一些东西,那就是如果你
的时刻。但他们必须和自己生活在一起阴为一切都变
正尽自己最大努力去弄清楚如何在一个不总是支持你的
了。就像我们一样。我意识到我们必须学会把过去抛在
家庭中做出改变,我希望你会受到鼓舞
脑后)”可知,作者看着乔丹脱下篮球服,换上棒琼服时,
根据定位句和画线部分所在句中的“Chances are that if
意识到看到他放开了过去,把过去抛在脑后了。即画线
you're looking to live a more sustainable lifestyle,not
词意思是“放开过去”。故选A。
everyone around you will be ready to”"可推知,画线部分
5.C推理判断题。根据例数第二段“Humans do not shed
所在句表示如果你想有一种更加可持续的生活方式,可
能并不是你周图的每个人都准备好加入你的行列了。因
skin as easily as other animals.The beginning of change is
此,画线部分jump on that bandwagon应意为“跟上潮流
upsetting.The process is tiring.Damage changes us
随大流”,与B项意思相近。故选B。
before we are ready.I see our lizard,raw and nearly new.
(人奏不像其他动物那样容易蜕皮。变革的开始令人不
2.A推理判断题。【定位句】A few days later,I came back
安。这个过程很累人。伤害在我们准备好之前就改变了
with my first jars of zero waste groceries,and my dad
我们。我看到了我们生撒的、几乎是全新的蜥蜴)”以及
commented on how silly it was for me to carry jars
最后一段“Jordan said that no matter how it ends,.it starts
everywhere.It came off as a bit discouraging.(第三段最
后两句)
with hope.With our tender,hopeful skin,that is where we
译文:几天后,我带着我的第一罐零浪费杂货回来了,而
begin.(Jordan说,不管结局如何,都是以希望开始的.
我的父亲评论说,我到处带着罐子是多么愚蠢。结采有
用我们柔嫩、充满希望的皮肤,那是我们的起点)”可推
点令人沮丧。
知,作者最有可能想告诉我们无论发生什么,我们都应该
根据定位句可推知,作者的父亲不赞成用罐子购买食品
继续前进。故选C,
泰货。故选A。
Passage 5
3.D推理判断题。【定位句】①Yet as the months of
【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了作者的学校组织学生们在一
reducing waste continued,I did what I could that was
片空地培育了一个“草原花冠”。在这个过程中,他们学到
within my own reach.(第四段第一句)
了很多东西。他们还接受了电视台的采访,让更多人了解
译文:然而,随着几个月减少浪费的持续进行,我做了力
了他们所做出的努力。
所能及的事情。
1.D推理判断题。根据第二段中的“The producer
Perhaps your household won't entirely make the
checked with the directors,but they said there were
switch,but you may have some control over your own
plenty of stories similar to ours.They wanted to know
personal spaces to make the changes you desire..(第四段
what was special about our particular garden,since many
最后一句)
schools plant them.”可知,很多学校都有花国,他们想知
译文:也许你的家庭不会完全改变,但你可以拉制自己的
道我们的花图有什么特别之处。由此推断,一开始电税
个人空间,来做出你想要的改变。
台的导演们对作者的学校培育花阁的事情并不感兴趣。
根据定位句可推知,作者是一个意志坚定的人
故D项正确。
故选D。
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阅读理解
题组二 易记录
Passage 1(2023·全国甲卷·C篇)
something we don't have a lot of.
I was about 13 when an uncle gave me a copy
1. Who opened the door to philosophy for the
of Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World. It was full of
author?
ideas that were new to me, so I spent the summer
A. Foucault.
B. Eric Weiner.
with my head in and out of that book. It spoke to
C. Jostein Gaarder
D. A college teacher.
me and brought me into a world of philosophy(哲
2. Why does the author list great philosophers in
学).
paragraph 4?
That love for philosophy lasted until I got to
A. To compare Weiner with them.
college, Nothing kills the love for philosophy faster
B. To give examples of great works.
than people who think they understand Foucault
C. To praise their writing skills.
Baudrillard, or Confucius better than you -and
D. To help readers understand Weiner's book.
then try to explain them.
3. What does the author like about The Socrates
Eric Weiner's The Socrates Express: In
Express?
Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
A. Its views on history are well-presented.
reawakened my love for philosophy. It is not an
B. Its ideas can be applied to daily life.
explanation, but an invitation to think and
C. It includes comments from readers.
experience philosophy.
D. It leaves an open ending.
Weiner starts each chapter with a scene on a
4. What does the author think of Weiner's book?
train ride between cities and then frames each
A. Objective and plain.
philosopher's work in the context (背景) of one
B. Daring and ambitious.
thing they can help us do better. The end result is
C. Serious and hard to follow.
a read in which we learn to wonder like Socrates.
D. Humorous and straightforward.
see like Thoreau, listen like Schopenhauer, and
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have no regrets like Nietzsche. This, more than a
Human speech contains more than 2, o00
book about undestanding philosophy, is a book
different sounds, from the common"m" and"a" to
about learning to use philosophy to improve a life.
the rare clicks of some southern African
He makes philosophical thought an appealing
languages. But why are certain sounds more
exercise that improves the quality of our
common than others? A ground-breaking, five-
experiences, and he does so with plenty of humor.
year study shows that diet-related changes in
Weiner enters into conversation with some of the
human bite led to new speech sounds that are now
most important philosophers in history, and he
found in half the world's languages.
becomes part of that crowd in the process by
More than 30 years ago, the scholar Charles
decoding(解读) their mssages and adding his own
Hockett noted that speech sounds called labiodentals
interpretation.
such as“f” and"v”, were more common in the
The Socrates Express is a fun, sharp book
languages of societies that ate softer foods. Now a team
that draws readers in with its apparent simplicity
of researchers led by Damiān Blasi at the University of
and gradually pulls them in deeper thoughts on
Zurich, Switzerland, has found how and why this trend
desire, loneliness, and aging. The invitation is
arose.
clear: Weiner wants you to pick up a coffee or tea
They discovered that the upper and lower
and sit down with this book. I encourage you to
front teeth of ancient human adults were aligned
take his offer. It's worth your time, even if time is
(对齐), making it hard to produce labiodentals.
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which are formed by touching the lower lip to the
4. What does Steven Moran say about the set of
upper teeth. Later, our jaws changed to an
human speech sounds?
overbite structure(结构), making it easier to
A. It is key to effective communication.
produce such sounds.
B. It contributes much to cultural diversity.
The team showed that this change in bite was
C. It is a complex and dynamic system.
connected with the development of agriculture in
D. It drives the evolution of human beings
the Neolithic period. Food became easier to chew at
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this point. The jawbone didn't have to do as much
Leslie Nielsen's childhood was a difficult one.
work and so didn't grow to be so large.
but he had one particular shining star in his life
Analyses of a language database also
his uncle, who was a well-known actor. The
confirmed that there was a global change in the
admiration and respect his uncle earned inspired
sound of world languages after the Neolithic age.
Nielsen to make a career(职业)in acting: Even
with the use of "f" and"v" increasing remarkably
though he often felt he would be discovered to be a
during the last few thousand years. These sounds
no-talent,he moved forward, gaining a scholarship
are still not found in the languages of many hunter-
to the Neighborhood Playhouse and making his
gatherer people today.
first television appearance a few years later in
This research overturns the popular view that
1948. However, becoming a full-time, successful
all human speech sounds were present when
actor would still be an uphill battle for another
human beings evolved around 3oo,ooo years ago.
“The set of speech sounds we use has not
eight years until he landed a number of film roles
that finally got him noticed.
necessarily remained stable since the appearance of
But even then,what he had wasn't quite what
human beings, but rather the huge variety of
he wanted. Nielsen always felt he should be doing
speech sounds that we find today is the product of
comedy but his good looks and distinguished voice
a complex interplay of things like biological change
and cultural evolution," said Steven Moran, a
kept him busy in dramatic roles. It wasn't until
member of the research team.
1980-32 years into his career-that he landed the
1. Which aspect of the human speech sound does
role it would seem he was made for in Airplane!
Damiān Blasi's research focus on?
That movie led him into the second half of his
A. Its variety.
B. Its distribution.
career where his comedic presence alone could
C. Its quantity.
D. Its development.
make a movie a financial success even when movie
2. Why was it difficult for ancient human adults to
reviewers would not rate it highly.
produce labiodentals?
Did Nielsen then feel content in his career?
A. They had fewer upper teeth than lower teeth.
Yes and no. He was thrilled to be doing the
B. They could not open and close their lips
comedy that he always felt he should do but even
easily.
during his last few years,he alwavs had a sense of
C. Their jaws were not conveniently structured.
curiosity, wondering what new role or challenge
D. Their lower front teeth were not large
might be just around the corner. He never stopped
enough.
working,never retired.
Leslie Nielsen's devotion to acting
3. What is paragraph 5 mainly about?
is
A. Supporting evidence for the research results.
wonderfully inspiring. He built a hugely successful
B. Potential application of the research findings.
career with little more than plain old hard work
C. A further explanation of the research methods.
and determination. He showed us that even a
D. A reasonable doubt about the research
single desire, never given up on, can make for a
process.
remarkable life.
Part One
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1. Why did Nielsen want to be an actor?
threw the cake away. My husband had banana
A. He enjoyed watching movies.
pudding for his birthday.
B. He was eager to earn money.
Three days ago, the light in our living room
C. He wanted to be like his uncle.
suddenly went out. After several frustrating hours
D. He felt he was good at acting.
of unsuccessful attempts to fix it, my husband
2. What do we know about Nielsen in the second
suggested watching the Michael Jordan documentary
half of his career?
series The Last Dance.
The poignancy of Jordan retiring from his
A. He directed some high quality movies.
beloved basketball to play baseball and what had
B. He avoided taking on new challenges.
pushed him to make such a tough decision took me
C. He focused on playing dramatic roles
by surprise. As I watched him take off his
D. He became a successful comedy actor
basketball uniform and replace it with a baseball
3. What does Nielsen's career story tell us?
uniform,I saw him leaving behind the layer that no
A. Art is long:life is short.
longer served him,just as our lizard had. Neither of
B. He who laughs last laughs longest
them chose the moment that had transformed
C. It's never too late to learn.
them. But they had to live with who they were
D. Where there's a will there's a way.
after everything was different. Just like us. I
Passage 4(2021·天津卷·B篇)
realized that we have to learn to leave the pas
About five weeks ago, I noticed the skin of our
behind.
pet lizard was growing dusty. It worried me. I
Humans do not shed skin as easily as other
reported the strange surface on the skin of the
animals. The beginning of change is upsetting. The
lizard to my husband and children the next
process is tiring. Damage changes us before we are
ready. I see our lizard,raw and nearly new.
morning. Seconds later,our lizard emerged from its
Jordan said that no matter how it ends, it
tank with its old skin flowing behind it
starts with hope. With our tender, hopeful skin.
I didn't think about it much until a morning
that is where we begin.
last week when I knocked my favorite teapot off
1. What can we learn about the pet lizard from
the table. It burst into hundreds of pieces. As I
Paragraph 1?
swept up the mess, I wondered why we had been
A. Its tank grew dirty.
breaking so many things over the months.
B. Its old skin came off.
The destruction started three months ago. It
C. It got a skin disease.
was my husband's birthday. He had just lost his
D. It went missing.
job. The uncertainty was starting to wear on us,so
2. Why did the author's husband have banana
I wanted to do something special.
pudding for his birthday?
“Let's make a cake for Dad!" I cried
A. The birthday cake was ruined.
B. The author made good puddings.
My kids screamed with joy. We baked, iced
C. Pudding was his favorite dessert.
and sprinkled for most of the day. Candles on the
D. They couldn't afford a birthday cake.
cake! Balloons on the walls! Flowers on the table
3. Why does the author mention The Last Dance in
Two hours before my husband came back
the passage?
home from another job interview, my daughter
A. To prove a theory.
climbed up to grab a glass vase from a high shelf.
B. To define a concept.
It fell and crashed beside the cake. Tiny pieces of
C. To develop the theme.
glass were everywhere. She sobbed loudly as I
D. To provide the background.
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4. The underlined part "leaving behind the layer"
As a result, the producer sent a reporter to
in Paragraph 8 can be understood as
our school. He interviewed the headmaster and
A. letting go of the past
asked him many questions about the garden. After
B. looking for a new job
that, they interviewed us, and we explained to
C. getting rid of a bad habit
them what we had learned through this project.
D. giving up an opportunity
That night, we watched the news, and there
5. What does the author most likely want to tell us?
we were. The news reporter told our story. It was
A. Love of family helps us survive great hardships.
only two minutes long, but it was us. We were
B. It's not the end of the world if we break things
famous. All that work, all those blisters, it was
C. We should move on no matter what happens.
worth it. We knew that when we saw the garden
D. Past experiences should be treasured.
every day, but now we knew that the whole city
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thought so, too.
My school appeared on the news last week
1. What seemed to be the TV directors' initial
because we had made an important change in our
reaction to the garden?
local area. Our class had planted a large garden in
A. They were excited
what was once only a vacant lot. It was a lot of
B. They were surprised.
work but it was all worth it. I got blisters(水泡) from
C. They were worried.
digging, and we all got insect bites, too.
D. They were uninterested.
I learned a lot about gardening and collaboration
2. What is special about the garden?
(合作), and then I learned about the media. Our
A. Weeds were allowed to spread naturally.
teacher telephoned the TV station and informed
B. The grass grew faster than common grass.
them of what we had accomplished. She spoke
C. The seeds came from the plants of a prairie
with the producer, The producer checked with the
D. Underground water was used for the plants.
directors, but they said there were plenty of
3. What does the underlined word "that" refer to in
stories similar to ours. They wanted to know what
the last paragraph?
was special about our particular garden, since
A. We got blisters on our hands.
many schools plant them.
B. Our hard work was worthwhile
The teacher explained that, after going on the
C. The garden would be famous.
Internet to learn about the prairie(大草原),we
D. The project would be finished.
had made a prairie garden. We had gone to a
4. How did the author feel about the project?
A. Annoyed.
prairie and gotten seeds from the plants, and then
B. Curious.
we planted them. We did not water the garden
C. Proud.
D. Regretful.
but we did weed it. We decided to let nature water
it with rain, since that was how prairies grew in
the past. We sent a picture of the garden to the
news station. In the picture, the grass was so
high that it stood taller than the fourth grade
students.
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