专题04 阅读理解（记叙文）（期中真题汇编，北京专用）高二英语上学期

专题04 阅读理解 记叙文 主题01 人与自我——个人经历 Passage 1 （24-25学年高二上·北京101中·期中） Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve had a taste for adventure, but I never imagined this would lead to my chosen career. My work as an expedition doctor has taken me all over the world, from mosquito-infested wet land in Africa to the untouched wilderness of Antarctica. However, my favourite trips, and the ones in which I now specialize, are those involving mountains. Never do I feel more inspired by nature than when I look up at their towering peaks and begin to prepare myself mentally for the challenges ahead. I trained as a doctor in the UK, but there was little in that training to prepare me to deal with a broken leg during a storm on the side of a mountain! In fact, I’d say that medical skills come some way down the list of job requirements, after stamina (耐力), problem-solving and communication. This kind of medicine is million miles away from the controlled, clean environment of a hospital, and your medical kit basically consists of whatever you can carry, so you sometimes have to use whatever is available. For example, I’ve learned that some drugs can be used for several conditions, and I’ve even had to cut branches off a small tree to make a piece of wood to support a broken arm. Now I do most of my work for adventure holiday companies, travelling to remote places. When I started out, these holidays were quite rare，but they have become much more mainstream now that we’ve all seen celebrities climbing Kilimanjaro or watched reality shows about people exploring jungles. I do have mixed feelings about all these people with large amounts of income coming to poor areas just for their own enjoyment, so I try to make sure that the companies I work for have high moral standards and bring advantages to the local communities. And of course, tourism provides employment, and also opens the eyes of visitors to the hardship that many people are forced to go through. 1．What made the author choose his career? A．His love of nature. B．His desire for adventure. C．His talent for medicine. D．His sense of responsibility. 2．What is the biggest challenge for the author during the trips? A．Reducing potential risks. B．Surviving in the wild. C．Adapting to local customs. D．Dealing with emergencies. 3．According to the author, the companies he now works for should . A．satisfy tourists and make profits B．offer tourists challenges and security C．benefit local people as well as tourists D．build tourists’ mental and physical well-being Passage 2 （24-25学年高二上·北京八一学校·期中） Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had slaved over, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?” Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real talk I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country. I had never heard of that name before. As I searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; flip (掷) a coin. Heads-the commander, and tails — the peanuts guy. Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver. Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Washington? Obviously, my grade was awful. Heartbroken but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No re-dos; no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year, Ten months later, that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my option to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet! 4．What did the author’s classmates think about his report? A．Boring. B．Puzzling. C．Ridiculous. D．Inspiring. 5．Why was the author confused about the task? A．He was new at the school. B．He followed the advice and flipped a coin. C．He forgot his teacher’s instruction. D．He was unfamiliar with American history. 6．In the end, the author turned things around . A．by redoing his task B．through his own efforts C．with the help of his grandfather D．under the guidance of his headmaster Passage 3 （24-25学年高二上·北京人大附中·期中） Charles Robert Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 in Shropshire, England. Darwin’s childhood passion was science, and his interest in chemistry, however, was clear: he was even nicknamed ‘Gas’ by his classmates. In 1825, his father sent him to study medicine at Edinburgh University, where he learned how to classify plants. Darwin became passionate about natural history and this became his focus while he studied at Cambridge. Darwin went on a voyage together with Robert Fitzroy, the captain of HMS Beagle, to South America to facilitate British trade in Patagonia. The journey was life-changing. Darwin spent much of the trip on land collecting samples of plants, animals and rocks, which helped him to develop an understanding of the processes that shape the Earth’s surface. Darwin’s analysis of the plants and animals that he gathered led him to express doubts on former explanations about how species formed and evolved over time. Darwin’s work convinced him that natural selection was key to understanding the development of the natural world. The theory of natural selection says that individuals of a species are more likely to survive when they inherit (经遗传获得) characteristics best suited for that specific environment. These features then become more widespread and can lead eventually to the development of a new species. With natural selection, Darwin argued how a wide variety of life forms developed over time from a single common ancestor. Darwin married his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1839. When Darwin’s eldest daughter, Annie, died from a sudden illness in 1851, he lost his belief in God. His tenth and final child, Charles Waring Darwin, was born in 1856. Significantly for Darwin, this baby was disabled, altering how Darwin thought about the human species. Darwin had previously thought that species remained adapted until the environment changed; he now believed that every new variation was imperfect and that a struggle to survive was what drove species to adapt. Though rejected at the beginning, Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is nowadays well accepted by the scientific community as the best evidence-based explanation for the diversity and complexity of life on Earth. The Natural History Museum’s library alone has 478 editions of his On the Origin of Species in 38 languages. 7．What made Darwin reconsider the origin and development of species? A．Examining plants and animals collected. B．His desire for a voyage to different continents. C．Classifying samples in a journey to South America. D．His passion for natural history at Edinburgh University. 8．Which of the following changed Darwin’s view on the human species? A．That he had ten children in all. B．That he lost his eldest daughter. C．His youngest son’s being disabled. D．His marriage with Emma Wedgwood. 9．What can we learn from the passage? A．Darwin’s interest of study never changed. B．Darwin’s happy family gave him much support in his studies. C．Darwin’s discoveries were based on his life and field studies. D．Darwin’s theory of evolution was accepted at the very beginning. 10．What is the passage mainly about? A．Darwin’s passion for medical science. B．Charles Darwin’s changing interest. C．Charles Darwin’s discoveries and family tics. D．Charles Darwin’s life and work. Passage 4 （24-25学年高二上·北京第八十中学·期中） Throughout my 41 years at General Electric, I’ve experienced a lot. In the media, I’ve gone from prince to pig and back again. And I’ve been called many things. In the early days, some called me a crazy, wild man. When I became CEO two decades ago, Wall Street asked, “Jack who?” When I tried to make GE more competitive by cutting back our workforce in the early 1980s, the media called me “Neutron Jack.” When they learned we were focused on values and culture at GE, people asked if “Jack has gone soft.” I’ve been No.1 or No. 2 Jack. Services Jack, Global Jack, and, in more recent years, Six Sigma Jack and e-Business Jack. When we made an effort to acquire Honeywell in October 2000, and I agreed to stay on through the transition (过渡期), some thought of me as the Long-in-the-Tooth Jack hanging on by his fingertips to his CEO job. Those characterizations said less about me and a lot more about the stage our company went through. Truth is, down deep, I’ve never really changed much from the boy my mother raised in Salem, Massachusetts. When I started on this journey in 1981, standing before Wall Street analysts for the first time at New York’s Pierre Hotel, I said I wanted GE to become “the most competitive enterprise on earth.” My objective was to put a small-company spirit in a big-company body, to build an organization out of an old-line industrial company that would be more high — spirited, more adaptable, and more flexible than companies that are one-fiftieth our size. I said then that I wanted to create a company “where people dare to try new things — where people know that only the limits of their creativity and drive, their own standards of personal excellence, will be the ceiling on how far and how fast they move.” I’ve put my mind, my heart, and my courage into that journey every day of the 40-plus years I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of GE. 11．According to the first two paragraphs. the author__________. A．had many ups and downs B．had a poor image in public C．became CEO of GE 41 years ago D．suffered from some mental illnesses 12．As the author sees it, the many nicknames of him indicate__________. A．the change of his character with the time B．the various opinions of different journalists C．his popularity among his friends and relatives D．his company’s different stages of development 13．What does the underlined word “journey” in the last paragraph probably mean? A．Taking GE to a new height. B．Travelling from home to office. C．Seeking a higher position in GE. D．Growing from a baby into an adult. 主题01 人与自我——生活态度 Passage 1 （24-25学年高二上·北京八中·期中） Life is just like a box of chocolates and you never know what you're going to get. Sometimes when we are in our darkest hour, something completely unexpected happens that can give us a little bit of hope and comfort. Jessica was a healthy woman. One day, while she was working on a brilliant idea that suddenly struck her, which she thought would be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem she was working on, she suddenly lost consciousness. After she was rushed to the hospital, her heart rate slowed by nearly 50 percent. It took nine days for doctors to concentrate on what was causing her problem. After several weeks, Jessica was still stiff from head to foot, but luckily, she was able to move her lips. Staff noticed this and introduced Jessica to Consuelo Gonzalez, a professional lip reader. Consuelo can understand what people are saying by the shape their lips make. She can also understand how annoying it is not to be able to communicate because she has been completely deaf since the age of 8. For a few hours each week, Jessica could have long conversations with Consuelo, diving into the ocean of words she dearly missed. Through Consuelo, Jessica asked the doctors and nurses questions she had long wanted answers to. She also talked to Consuelo about the vivid dreams she was mixing up with reality. In fact, there are other ways for Consuelo to earn a living by reading lips, but she says helping patients separate horrible dreams from reality is the most rewarding way she can use her unique skill. “What is really wonderful, without doubt, is being able to use this skill to create healing and to create communication between human beings. That’s what feels best: Love.” After four and a half months in the hospital, Jessica finally recovered. Consuelo was there, holding Jessica’s hands. Jessica eventually went back to work as a math professor. After her experience she wrote a new living will. One thing she added is that if she ever becomes incapacitated like this again, she is never to be left alone. 14．Why does the author mention a box of chocolates in the first paragraph? A．To present an argument. B．To make a comparison. C．To introduce a topic. D．To give an example. 15．How can we describe Consuelo Gonzalez? ______ A．Friendly and cautious. B．Brave and creative. C．Kind and caring. D．Determined and humorous. 16．What can best summarize the message contained in the passage? A．Love can make people no longer alone facing difficulties. B．Creating communication between human beings is rewarding. C．Self-acceptance is based on the love for oneself. D．Love is key to the attainment of others’ respect. Passage 2 （24-25学年高二上·北京北师大附中·期中） Carl Allamby started his car repair business at the tender age of 19. Over the years, it had grown into two shops with 11 workers, but Allamby had become uneasy, longing for something more. Therefore, at the age of 34, he decided to go for his bachelor’s degree in business management. After taking classes part-time over the next five years, Allamby was told he had to take biology to get his degree, which later turned out to be the best thing that ever happened. Biology classes reawakened a childhood dream that he had hidden somewhere deep within himself. Born in East Cleveland, Ohio, Allamby was raised by his stay-at-home mother and a father who sold home goods door-to-door. His school didn’t offer the advanced science classes that might have led him on a premed (医学预科的) path. Even if it had, doing well in school could prove dangerous. “You could get into a lot of trouble just for being the class nerd (讨厌的人),” Allamby said. So he set aside the thoughts of becoming a doctor and started fixing cars instead. But a different Carl Allamby walked into that biology class at age 39. He was ready to live his dream. With the support of his family he soon decided to skip business school to take science classes. Becoming a doctor was late and he would become a nurse instead, he reasoned. But Allamby’s chemistry professor told him “Why not a doctor? You have a great talent for the work. You will go a long way.” The professor was right and Allamby did very well. In 2015, Allamby cut ties with his past, and then he started at Northeast Ohio Medical University. In 2019, Carl Allamby became Carl Allamby, MD．He took a job in emergency medicine at Cleveland Clinic Akron General. “How many people can do something so brand-new at such a late stage in their life?” he said. “My age and past career are all good reasons why I shouldn’t be here. And yet, here I am.” 17．Why was taking biology “the best thing that ever happened” to Allamby? A．It ensured him a bachelor’s degree. B．It developed his potential to become a doctor. C．It brought about positive transition in his life. D．It satisfied his childhood curiosity about doctors. 18．What is the author’s purpose in writing Para. 3? A．To describe Allamby’s difficulty in school. B．To introduce Allamby’s family background. C．To explain why Allamby once gave up his dream. D．To show how Allamby struggled in his childhood. 19．What do we know from the chemistry professor’s words? A．He appreciated Allamby’s courage. B．He recognized Allamby’s capability. C．He suggested Allamby should aim lower. D．He thought Allamby was too old to be a doctor. 20．What does Allamby’s story mainly tell us? A．Failure is the mother of success. B．Education holds the key to success. C．A tough man can bear great suffering. D．It’s never too late to pursue your dream. 主题02 人与社会——公益行为 Passage 1 （24-25学年高二上·北京顺义一中·期中） Tyler Dison had just finished his night shift (夜班) when a call came across the radio. An apartment near the police station had caught fire and the dispatcher (调度员) reported a 3-year-old child trapped inside. Though firefighters were on the way, Tyler knew he could get there sooner. And so, the 25-year-old police officer raced to the scene determined to help. “I must save this child at all costs,” he thought. When Tyler Dison arrived at the apartment building, he saw fire flames shooting out of the windows. The police officer gave no thought to his own safety. Instead, he rushed into the flames. Rushing into the apartment filled with flames and thick, black smoke. Tyler immediately began searching for the child. The heat was unbearable but the brave officer refused to give up until, at last, he located the child. Officer Dison raced out with the 3-year-old boy in his arms, taking the child to his police car. The brave hero then drove to meet the ambulance (救护车) halfway so the boy could receive medical attention as quickly as possible. “If I hadn’t done something, that baby would have died,” Officer Dison explained. “His breathing was very shallow, and he wasn’t really responding.” Officer Dison got burned in his arm. However, it didn’t matter to Tyler Dison. All he cared about was saving the 3-year-old. And thanks to his courage, the little boy got the help he needed and is going to be just fine. “I’m so happy that baby is doing OK,” Tyler said. “I grew up in this town, I want to protect it always.” The call Tyler Dison received that day was unlike any one he had ever experienced. Even so, when he arrived at the scene, Tyler’s past training and his deep desire to save lives told him just what to do. 21．What did Tyler Dison choose to do after he received the call? A．Call the ambulance. B．Join the firefighters. C．Rush to the fire scene. D．Finish his night shift. 22．The boy’s life was finally saved because ______. A．he refused to give up hope B．he received treatment in time C．Dison helped him get his breath back D．Dison wasted no time putting out the fire 23．What are the best words to describe Tyler Dison? A．Responsible and honest. B．Brave and adventurous. C．Courageous and selfless. D．Independent and humorous. 主题03 人与自然——人与环境 Passage 1 （24-25学年高二上·北京广渠门中学·期中） Something strange was happening inside LeeAnne’s home. During the summer of 2014，14-year-old J.D．had severe stomach pains, but his CT scan found nothing wrong. LeeAnne and her husband lost hair and suffered dizziness and headaches. LeeAnne even lost her eyelashes. In January 2015, the city of Flint sent out a notice that the water supply, switched from the Detroit water system to the Flint River to cut cost, contained high levels of trihalomethanes (三卤甲烷). The notice warned that people with poor immune (免疫的) systems might be at increased risk for liver, kidney, and nervous system problems but emphasized that the water was otherwise safe to drink. Alarmed, LeeAnne researched the water supply and searched the Internet. Then she distributed a fact sheet to city officials, listing the side effects of exposure to trihalomethanes. Then she urged her neighbors to attend city council meetings, where they shared their health problems. Still, officials insisted the water was safe to drink. So LeeAnne demanded that the city test her water. The results were disturbing. The trihalomethanes were the least of her problems. The lead levels in her water were nearly seven times the legal amount. But the city maintained her plumbing (管道) was the cause. LeeAnne immediately had her children tested for lead. All the kids showed lead exposure. She read Flint’s water quality reports and discovered the city wasn’t applying the proper corrosion (腐蚀) control standards to its pipes; the standards prevent the metal in pipes from leaching into the water. In March, a follow-up test of LeeAnne’s water showed lead levels nearly 27 times higher than the EPA’s threshold. LeeAnne’s pipes could not be responsible for the high lead levels, since they were plastic. In September, Virginia Tech lab released a report that concluded the Flint River water was 19 times more corrosive than the Detroit water. The governor eventually admitted the water was unsafe. He ordered that Flint’s water supply be switched back to Detroit’s. In Washington, President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Flint and ordered federal aid to help the city recover. 24．How did LeeAnne react to the city notice? A．She had her children tested for lead. B．She asked the city to replace her pipes. C．She urged the officials to test Flint’s water. D．She collected side effects of trihalomethanes. 25．What is the leading cause of the family’s health problem? A．The lead in their water. B．Corrosion to their pipes. C．Their poor immune systems. D．Exposure to Trihalomethanes. 26．City officials’ attitude toward the water issue was _____. A．unconcerned B．cautious C．doubtful D．objective 27．What does the story mainly tell us? A．Revealing the truth takes time. B．Nothing can stop a determined heart. C．It takes courage to challenge authority. D．Joint effort is the key to solving problems. / 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 专题04 阅读理解 记叙文 主题01 人与自我——个人经历 Passage 1 （24-25学年高二上·北京101中·期中） Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve had a taste for adventure, but I never imagined this would lead to my chosen career. My work as an expedition doctor has taken me all over the world, from mosquito-infested wet land in Africa to the untouched wilderness of Antarctica. However, my favourite trips, and the ones in which I now specialize, are those involving mountains. Never do I feel more inspired by nature than when I look up at their towering peaks and begin to prepare myself mentally for the challenges ahead. I trained as a doctor in the UK, but there was little in that training to prepare me to deal with a broken leg during a storm on the side of a mountain! In fact, I’d say that medical skills come some way down the list of job requirements, after stamina (耐力), problem-solving and communication. This kind of medicine is million miles away from the controlled, clean environment of a hospital, and your medical kit basically consists of whatever you can carry, so you sometimes have to use whatever is available. For example, I’ve learned that some drugs can be used for several conditions, and I’ve even had to cut branches off a small tree to make a piece of wood to support a broken arm. Now I do most of my work for adventure holiday companies, travelling to remote places. When I started out, these holidays were quite rare，but they have become much more mainstream now that we’ve all seen celebrities climbing Kilimanjaro or watched reality shows about people exploring jungles. I do have mixed feelings about all these people with large amounts of income coming to poor areas just for their own enjoyment, so I try to make sure that the companies I work for have high moral standards and bring advantages to the local communities. And of course, tourism provides employment, and also opens the eyes of visitors to the hardship that many people are forced to go through. 1．What made the author choose his career? A．His love of nature. B．His desire for adventure. C．His talent for medicine. D．His sense of responsibility. 2．What is the biggest challenge for the author during the trips? A．Reducing potential risks. B．Surviving in the wild. C．Adapting to local customs. D．Dealing with emergencies. 3．According to the author, the companies he now works for should . A．satisfy tourists and make profits B．offer tourists challenges and security C．benefit local people as well as tourists D．build tourists’ mental and physical well-being 【答案】1．B 2．D 3．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。短文叙述了作者的职业经历。 1．细节理解题。根据第一段“Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve had a taste for adventure, but I never imagined this would lead to my chosen career.”（从我还是个小男孩开始，我就喜欢冒险，但我从未想过这会导致我选择的职业。）可知，对冒险的渴望使得作者选择了他的职业。故选B项。 2．细节理解题。根据第三段“I trained as a doctor in the UK, but there was little in that training to prepare me to deal with a broken leg during a storm on the side of a mountain! In fact, I’d say that medical skills come some way down the list of job requirements, after stamina (耐力), problem-solving and communication.”（我曾在英国接受过医生培训，但在那次培训中，我几乎没有做什么准备，以应对在山边暴风雨中折断的腿！事实上，我想说的是，医疗技能在工作要求列表中排在了耐力、解决问题和沟通之后）根据第四段“This kind of medicine is million miles away from the controlled, clean environment of a hospital, and your medical kit basically consists of whatever you can carry, so you sometimes have to use whatever is available.”（这种药物远离医院可控的，干净的环境，你的医疗包基本上包括你能携带的任何东西，所以你有时不得不使用任何可用的东西。）可知，作者在旅行中面临的最大挑战是处理紧急情况。故选D项。 3．推理判断题。根据最后一段“so I try to make sure that the companies I work for have high moral standards and bring advantages to the local communities. And of course, tourism provides employment, and also opens the eyes of visitors to the hardship that many people are forced to go through.”（所以我努力确保我工作的公司具有高道德标准，并为当地社区带来优势。当然，旅游业提供了就业机会，也让游客看到了许多人被迫经历的艰难）可知，根据作者的说法，他现在供职的公司应该会让当地人和游客受益。故选C项。 Passage 2 （24-25学年高二上·北京八一学校·期中） Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had slaved over, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?” Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real talk I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country. I had never heard of that name before. As I searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; flip (掷) a coin. Heads-the commander, and tails — the peanuts guy. Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver. Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Washington? Obviously, my grade was awful. Heartbroken but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No re-dos; no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year, Ten months later, that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my option to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet! 4．What did the author’s classmates think about his report? A．Boring. B．Puzzling. C．Ridiculous. D．Inspiring. 5．Why was the author confused about the task? A．He was new at the school. B．He followed the advice and flipped a coin. C．He forgot his teacher’s instruction. D．He was unfamiliar with American history. 6．In the end, the author turned things around . A．by redoing his task B．through his own efforts C．with the help of his grandfather D．under the guidance of his headmaster 【答案】4．C 5．D 6．B 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。本文记叙了作者作为一个外来移民初到新学校时，由于不了解美国历史而成为同学们的笑料，此后作者通过自己的努力扭转了局面、取得成功的故事。 4．推理判断题。根据第一段Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher.(自豪地读着我所写的，我环顾了一下房间，只发现我的同学们都笑出了眼泪。我困惑地瞥了一眼面无表情的老师)可知，同学们认为作者的文章是荒唐可笑的。故选C。 5．细节理解题。根据第二段“Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country. I had never heard of that name before.(因为我的历史观念来自于我祖国的一位古代老师。我以前从未听说过那个名字)”可知，作者对美国历史不了解，因而作者不知如何完成老师的作业。故选D。 6．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year, Ten months later, that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation.(因此，在那学年剩下的时间里，我全身心地投入到我的学习中。十个月后，这个机会降临了，我发现自己和祖父坐在校长办公室里，现在进行着完全不同的谈话)”可知，最后，作者通过自己的努力扭转了局面。故选B。 Passage 3 （24-25学年高二上·北京人大附中·期中） Charles Robert Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 in Shropshire, England. Darwin’s childhood passion was science, and his interest in chemistry, however, was clear: he was even nicknamed ‘Gas’ by his classmates. In 1825, his father sent him to study medicine at Edinburgh University, where he learned how to classify plants. Darwin became passionate about natural history and this became his focus while he studied at Cambridge. Darwin went on a voyage together with Robert Fitzroy, the captain of HMS Beagle, to South America to facilitate British trade in Patagonia. The journey was life-changing. Darwin spent much of the trip on land collecting samples of plants, animals and rocks, which helped him to develop an understanding of the processes that shape the Earth’s surface. Darwin’s analysis of the plants and animals that he gathered led him to express doubts on former explanations about how species formed and evolved over time. Darwin’s work convinced him that natural selection was key to understanding the development of the natural world. The theory of natural selection says that individuals of a species are more likely to survive when they inherit (经遗传获得) characteristics best suited for that specific environment. These features then become more widespread and can lead eventually to the development of a new species. With natural selection, Darwin argued how a wide variety of life forms developed over time from a single common ancestor. Darwin married his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1839. When Darwin’s eldest daughter, Annie, died from a sudden illness in 1851, he lost his belief in God. His tenth and final child, Charles Waring Darwin, was born in 1856. Significantly for Darwin, this baby was disabled, altering how Darwin thought about the human species. Darwin had previously thought that species remained adapted until the environment changed; he now believed that every new variation was imperfect and that a struggle to survive was what drove species to adapt. Though rejected at the beginning, Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is nowadays well accepted by the scientific community as the best evidence-based explanation for the diversity and complexity of life on Earth. The Natural History Museum’s library alone has 478 editions of his On the Origin of Species in 38 languages. 7．What made Darwin reconsider the origin and development of species? A．Examining plants and animals collected. B．His desire for a voyage to different continents. C．Classifying samples in a journey to South America. D．His passion for natural history at Edinburgh University. 8．Which of the following changed Darwin’s view on the human species? A．That he had ten children in all. B．That he lost his eldest daughter. C．His youngest son’s being disabled. D．His marriage with Emma Wedgwood. 9．What can we learn from the passage? A．Darwin’s interest of study never changed. B．Darwin’s happy family gave him much support in his studies. C．Darwin’s discoveries were based on his life and field studies. D．Darwin’s theory of evolution was accepted at the very beginning. 10．What is the passage mainly about? A．Darwin’s passion for medical science. B．Charles Darwin’s changing interest. C．Charles Darwin’s discoveries and family tics. D．Charles Darwin’s life and work. 【答案】7．A 8．C 9．C 10．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文，讲述了查尔斯·罗伯特·达尔文的生平、科学兴趣、重要理论以及他的个人生活。 7．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Darwin’s analysis of the plants and animals that he gathered led him to express doubts on former explanations about how species formed and evolved over time.(达尔文对所收集的植物和动物的分析使他开始质疑过去关于物种如何形成和随时间演化的解释。)”可知，达尔文对所收集的植物和动物的分析使他对物种的起源和发展产生质疑和重新审议。故选A。 8．细节理解题。根据文章第四段“His tenth and final child, Charles Waring Darwin, was born in 1856. Significantly for Darwin, this baby was disabled, altering how Darwin thought about the human species.(他的第十个也是最后一个孩子查尔斯·沃林·达尔文于1856年出生。对达尔文来说，这个婴儿是残疾的，这改变了达尔文对人类物种的看法。)”可知，达尔文最小的孩子的先天残疾使达尔文改变了人类物种的看法。故选C。 9．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Darwin went on a voyage together with Robert Fitzroy, the captain of HMS Beagle, to South America to facilitate British trade in Patagonia. The journey was life-changing. Darwin spent much of the trip on land collecting samples of plants, animals and rocks, which helped him to develop an understanding of the processes that shape the Earth’s surface. Darwin’s analysis of the plants and animals that he gathered led him to express doubts on former explanations about how species formed and evolved over time.( 达尔文与HMS贝格尔号（HMS Beagle）的船长罗伯特·菲茨罗伊（Robert Fitzroy）一同前往南美洲，以促进英国在巴塔哥尼亚（Patagonia）的贸易。这次旅行彻底改变了达尔文的人生。达尔文在旅途中大部分时间都在陆地上，收集植物、动物和岩石的样本，这帮助他理解了塑造地球表面的过程。达尔文对他所收集的植物和动物的分析，使他开始怀疑以前关于物种如何随时间形成和演化的解释。)”和文章倒数第二段“His tenth and final child, Charles Waring Darwin, was born in 1856. Significantly for Darwin, this baby was disabled, altering how Darwin thought about the human species. Darwin had previously thought that species remained adapted until the environment changed; he now believed that every new variation was imperfect and that a struggle to survive was what drove species to adapt.(他的第十个孩子，也是最后一个孩子，查尔斯·沃林·达尔文，出生于1856年。对达尔文来说，这个孩子的出生意义重大，因为他是个残疾人，这改变了达尔文对人类物种的看法。达尔文之前认为，物种会一直适应环境，直到环境发生变化；而现在他相信，每一个新的变异都是不完美的，而生存斗争才是推动物种适应环境的动力。)”可知，我们可以从文章中了解到，达尔文的发现是基于他的生活和实地研究的。故选C。 10．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章前三段主要讲述了查尔斯·罗伯特·达尔文的生平、学业经历、科学兴趣对其理论形成和发展的影响。第四段讲述了他的家庭和个人生活、最后一段讲述了达尔文理论的地位和影响。因此，文章主要讲述了达尔文的生活和工作。故选D。 Passage 4 （24-25学年高二上·北京第八十中学·期中） Throughout my 41 years at General Electric, I’ve experienced a lot. In the media, I’ve gone from prince to pig and back again. And I’ve been called many things. In the early days, some called me a crazy, wild man. When I became CEO two decades ago, Wall Street asked, “Jack who?” When I tried to make GE more competitive by cutting back our workforce in the early 1980s, the media called me “Neutron Jack.” When they learned we were focused on values and culture at GE, people asked if “Jack has gone soft.” I’ve been No.1 or No. 2 Jack. Services Jack, Global Jack, and, in more recent years, Six Sigma Jack and e-Business Jack. When we made an effort to acquire Honeywell in October 2000, and I agreed to stay on through the transition (过渡期), some thought of me as the Long-in-the-Tooth Jack hanging on by his fingertips to his CEO job. Those characterizations said less about me and a lot more about the stage our company went through. Truth is, down deep, I’ve never really changed much from the boy my mother raised in Salem, Massachusetts. When I started on this journey in 1981, standing before Wall Street analysts for the first time at New York’s Pierre Hotel, I said I wanted GE to become “the most competitive enterprise on earth.” My objective was to put a small-company spirit in a big-company body, to build an organization out of an old-line industrial company that would be more high — spirited, more adaptable, and more flexible than companies that are one-fiftieth our size. I said then that I wanted to create a company “where people dare to try new things — where people know that only the limits of their creativity and drive, their own standards of personal excellence, will be the ceiling on how far and how fast they move.” I’ve put my mind, my heart, and my courage into that journey every day of the 40-plus years I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of GE. 11．According to the first two paragraphs. the author__________. A．had many ups and downs B．had a poor image in public C．became CEO of GE 41 years ago D．suffered from some mental illnesses 12．As the author sees it, the many nicknames of him indicate__________. A．the change of his character with the time B．the various opinions of different journalists C．his popularity among his friends and relatives D．his company’s different stages of development 13．What does the underlined word “journey” in the last paragraph probably mean? A．Taking GE to a new height. B．Travelling from home to office. C．Seeking a higher position in GE. D．Growing from a baby into an adult. 【答案】11．A 12．D 13．A 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在通用电气公司的职业生涯和心路历程。 11．推理判断题。根据第一段“Throughout my 41 years at General Electric, I’ve experienced a lot. In the media, I’ve gone from prince to pig and back again. And I’ve been called many things. (在通用电气的41年里，我经历了很多。在媒体上，我从王子变成了猪，然后又变了回来。我也有过很多称呼。)”以及第二段“In the early days, some called me a crazy, wild man. When I became CEO two decades ago, Wall Street asked, “Jack who?” (刚开始的时候，有人说我是一个疯狂、野蛮的人。20年前，当我成为首席执行官时，华尔街问我：“杰克是谁？”)”可知，作者经历了很多起起落落。故选A。 12．细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中“Those characterizations said less about me and a lot more about the stage our company went through. (这些描述更多地反映了我们公司所经历的阶段，而不是我自己。)”可知，在作者看来，他的许多绰号表明了他的公司的不同发展阶段。故选D。 13．词句猜测题。根据倒数第二段中“I said then that I wanted to create a company “where people dare to try new things — where people know that only the limits of their creativity and drive, their own standards of personal excellence, will be the ceiling on how far and how fast they move.” (我当时说，我想创建一家公司，“在那里，人们敢于尝试新事物，在那里，人们知道，只有他们的创造力和动力的极限，他们自己的个人卓越标准，才是他们前进的距离和速度的上限。”)”和最后一段“I’ve put my mind, my heart, and my courage into that journey every day of the 40-plus years I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of GE. (40多年来，我有幸成为通用电气的一员，在这段旅程的每一天，我都倾注了我的心血和勇气。)”可知，作者想要通用电气的员工敢于尝试新事物，发挥创造力，不断进步，即这是一段把通用电气带到一个新的高度的过程，故journey在此处的意思是“将通用电气带到一个新的高度”。A. Taking GE to a new height将通用电气推向了一个新的高度；B. Travelling from home to office从家到办公室的旅行；C. Seeking a higher position in GE在通用电气公司寻求更高的职位；D. Growing from a baby into an adult从婴儿成长为成年人。故选A。 主题01 人与自我——生活态度 Passage 1 （24-25学年高二上·北京八中·期中） Life is just like a box of chocolates and you never know what you're going to get. Sometimes when we are in our darkest hour, something completely unexpected happens that can give us a little bit of hope and comfort. Jessica was a healthy woman. One day, while she was working on a brilliant idea that suddenly struck her, which she thought would be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem she was working on, she suddenly lost consciousness. After she was rushed to the hospital, her heart rate slowed by nearly 50 percent. It took nine days for doctors to concentrate on what was causing her problem. After several weeks, Jessica was still stiff from head to foot, but luckily, she was able to move her lips. Staff noticed this and introduced Jessica to Consuelo Gonzalez, a professional lip reader. Consuelo can understand what people are saying by the shape their lips make. She can also understand how annoying it is not to be able to communicate because she has been completely deaf since the age of 8. For a few hours each week, Jessica could have long conversations with Consuelo, diving into the ocean of words she dearly missed. Through Consuelo, Jessica asked the doctors and nurses questions she had long wanted answers to. She also talked to Consuelo about the vivid dreams she was mixing up with reality. In fact, there are other ways for Consuelo to earn a living by reading lips, but she says helping patients separate horrible dreams from reality is the most rewarding way she can use her unique skill. “What is really wonderful, without doubt, is being able to use this skill to create healing and to create communication between human beings. That’s what feels best: Love.” After four and a half months in the hospital, Jessica finally recovered. Consuelo was there, holding Jessica’s hands. Jessica eventually went back to work as a math professor. After her experience she wrote a new living will. One thing she added is that if she ever becomes incapacitated like this again, she is never to be left alone. 14．Why does the author mention a box of chocolates in the first paragraph? A．To present an argument. B．To make a comparison. C．To introduce a topic. D．To give an example. 15．How can we describe Consuelo Gonzalez? ______ A．Friendly and cautious. B．Brave and creative. C．Kind and caring. D．Determined and humorous. 16．What can best summarize the message contained in the passage? A．Love can make people no longer alone facing difficulties. B．Creating communication between human beings is rewarding. C．Self-acceptance is based on the love for oneself. D．Love is key to the attainment of others’ respect. 【答案】14．C 15．C 16．A 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了有一天，身体健康的杰西卡突然生病导致只有嘴唇能动，后来在专业唇读师康斯韦洛·冈萨雷斯的帮助下，最终康复的故事。 14．推理判断题。根据第一段“Life is just like a box of chocolates and you never know what you're going to get. Sometimes when we are in our darkest hour, something completely unexpected happens that can give us a little bit of hope and comfort. (生活就像一盒巧克力，你永远不知道下一个是什么味道。有时候，当我们处于最黑暗的时刻，一些完全意想不到的事情会发生，给我们一点希望和安慰。)”以及下文内容可推知，作者在第一段提到一盒巧克力是为了引入一个话题。故选C项。 15．推理判断题。根据第五段“In fact, there are other ways for Consuelo to earn a living by reading lips, but she says helping patients separate horrible dreams from reality is the most rewarding way she can use her unique skill. “What is really wonderful, without doubt, is being able to use this skill to create healing and to create communication between human beings. That’s what feels best: Love.” (事实上，康斯韦洛还有其他靠读唇为生的方法，但她说，帮助病人区分噩梦和现实是她能运用自己独特技能的最有价值的方法。“毫无疑问，真正奇妙的是能够使用这种技能来创造治疗，并在人类之间建立沟通。这就是感觉最好的东西：爱。”)”以及最后一段中“After four and a half months in the hospital, Jessica finally recovered. Consuelo was there, holding Jessica’s hands. (在医院住了四个半月后，杰西卡终于康复了。康斯韦洛也在那儿，握着杰西卡的手。)”可知，康斯韦洛在医院里一直陪伴着杰西卡，直到她康复。由此可推知，康斯韦洛·冈萨雷斯是一个既善良又有爱心的人。故选C项。 16．主旨大意题。根据第五段中““What is really wonderful, without doubt, is being able to use this skill to create healing and to create communication between human beings. That’s what feels best: Love.” (毫无疑问，真正奇妙的是能够使用这种技能来创造治疗，并在人类之间建立沟通。这就是感觉最好的东西：爱。)”以及最后一段中“One thing she added is that if she ever becomes incapacitated like this again, she is never to be left alone. (她补充说，如果她再次像这样失去行动能力，她永远不会被单独留下。)”可知，文章讲述了杰西卡在既善良又有爱心的康斯韦洛·冈萨雷斯的帮助下，克服困难，最终康复的故事。由此可知，A项Love can make people no longer alone facing difficulties. (爱可以使人不再独自面对困难)能最好地概括文章中的信息。故选A项。 Passage 2 （24-25学年高二上·北京北师大附中·期中） Carl Allamby started his car repair business at the tender age of 19. Over the years, it had grown into two shops with 11 workers, but Allamby had become uneasy, longing for something more. Therefore, at the age of 34, he decided to go for his bachelor’s degree in business management. After taking classes part-time over the next five years, Allamby was told he had to take biology to get his degree, which later turned out to be the best thing that ever happened. Biology classes reawakened a childhood dream that he had hidden somewhere deep within himself. Born in East Cleveland, Ohio, Allamby was raised by his stay-at-home mother and a father who sold home goods door-to-door. His school didn’t offer the advanced science classes that might have led him on a premed (医学预科的) path. Even if it had, doing well in school could prove dangerous. “You could get into a lot of trouble just for being the class nerd (讨厌的人),” Allamby said. So he set aside the thoughts of becoming a doctor and started fixing cars instead. But a different Carl Allamby walked into that biology class at age 39. He was ready to live his dream. With the support of his family he soon decided to skip business school to take science classes. Becoming a doctor was late and he would become a nurse instead, he reasoned. But Allamby’s chemistry professor told him “Why not a doctor? You have a great talent for the work. You will go a long way.” The professor was right and Allamby did very well. In 2015, Allamby cut ties with his past, and then he started at Northeast Ohio Medical University. In 2019, Carl Allamby became Carl Allamby, MD．He took a job in emergency medicine at Cleveland Clinic Akron General. “How many people can do something so brand-new at such a late stage in their life?” he said. “My age and past career are all good reasons why I shouldn’t be here. And yet, here I am.” 17．Why was taking biology “the best thing that ever happened” to Allamby? A．It ensured him a bachelor’s degree. B．It developed his potential to become a doctor. C．It brought about positive transition in his life. D．It satisfied his childhood curiosity about doctors. 18．What is the author’s purpose in writing Para. 3? A．To describe Allamby’s difficulty in school. B．To introduce Allamby’s family background. C．To explain why Allamby once gave up his dream. D．To show how Allamby struggled in his childhood. 19．What do we know from the chemistry professor’s words? A．He appreciated Allamby’s courage. B．He recognized Allamby’s capability. C．He suggested Allamby should aim lower. D．He thought Allamby was too old to be a doctor. 20．What does Allamby’s story mainly tell us? A．Failure is the mother of success. B．Education holds the key to success. C．A tough man can bear great suffering. D．It’s never too late to pursue your dream. 【答案】17．C 18．C 19．B 20．D 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了出身贫寒的Carl Allamby在年近50岁的时候克服重重困难，实现了自己儿时的医生梦。 17．推理判断题。根据第五段“In 2015, Allamby cut ties with his past, and then he started at Northeast Ohio Medical University. In 2019, Carl Allamby became Carl Allamby, MD. He took a job in emergency medicine at Cleveland Clinic Akron General.(在2015年，Allamby与他的过去断绝了联系，然后他开始在东北俄亥俄医科大学工作。2019年，Carl Allamby成为Carl Allamby医学博士。他在克利夫兰诊所阿克伦总医院找到了一份急诊医学工作)”可推知，学生物学对Allamby来说是“发生过的最好的事情”是因为这给他的生活带来了积极的转变。故选C项。 18．推理判断题。根据第三段“Born in East Cleveland, Ohio, Allamby was raised by his stay-at-home mother and a father who sold home goods door-to-door. His school didn’t offer the advanced science classes that might have led him on a premed path. Even if it had, doing well in school could prove dangerous. “You could get into a lot of trouble just for being the class nerd,” Allamby said. So he set aside the thoughts of becoming a doctor and started fixing cars instead.(Allamby出生在俄亥俄州的东克利夫兰，他的母亲是全职主妇，父亲是挨家挨户推销家居用品的。他的学校没有提供可能让他走上医学预科之路的高级科学课程。即便如此，在学校表现良好也可能是危险的。“如果你只是班里的书呆子，你可能会惹上很多麻烦，”Allamby说。所以他把当医生的念头搁在一边，开始修车)”可推知，作者写第3段的目的是来解释为什么Allamby曾经放弃了他的梦想。故选C项。 19．细节理解题。根据第四段中“But Allamby’s chemistry professor told him ”Why not a doctor? You have a great talent for the work. You will go a long way.” (但是Allamby的化学教授告诉他：“为什么不去当医生呢？你对这项工作很有天赋。你会大有作为的。”)”可知，从化学教授的话中我们知道他认识到Allamby的能力。故选B项。 20．推理判断题。根据最后一段““How many people can do something so brand-new at such a late stage in their life?” he said. “My age and past career are all good reasons why I shouldn’t be here. And yet, here I am.”(“有多少人能在生命的晚期做一些如此全新的事情？”他说。“我的年龄和过去的职业生涯都是我不应该在这里的好理由。然而，我却在这里。”)”可推知，Allamby的故事主要告诉了我们追求梦想永远都不晚。故选D项。 主题02 人与社会——公益行为 Passage 1 （24-25学年高二上·北京顺义一中·期中） Tyler Dison had just finished his night shift (夜班) when a call came across the radio. An apartment near the police station had caught fire and the dispatcher (调度员) reported a 3-year-old child trapped inside. Though firefighters were on the way, Tyler knew he could get there sooner. And so, the 25-year-old police officer raced to the scene determined to help. “I must save this child at all costs,” he thought. When Tyler Dison arrived at the apartment building, he saw fire flames shooting out of the windows. The police officer gave no thought to his own safety. Instead, he rushed into the flames. Rushing into the apartment filled with flames and thick, black smoke. Tyler immediately began searching for the child. The heat was unbearable but the brave officer refused to give up until, at last, he located the child. Officer Dison raced out with the 3-year-old boy in his arms, taking the child to his police car. The brave hero then drove to meet the ambulance (救护车) halfway so the boy could receive medical attention as quickly as possible. “If I hadn’t done something, that baby would have died,” Officer Dison explained. “His breathing was very shallow, and he wasn’t really responding.” Officer Dison got burned in his arm. However, it didn’t matter to Tyler Dison. All he cared about was saving the 3-year-old. And thanks to his courage, the little boy got the help he needed and is going to be just fine. “I’m so happy that baby is doing OK,” Tyler said. “I grew up in this town, I want to protect it always.” The call Tyler Dison received that day was unlike any one he had ever experienced. Even so, when he arrived at the scene, Tyler’s past training and his deep desire to save lives told him just what to do. 21．What did Tyler Dison choose to do after he received the call? A．Call the ambulance. B．Join the firefighters. C．Rush to the fire scene. D．Finish his night shift. 22．The boy’s life was finally saved because ______. A．he refused to give up hope B．he received treatment in time C．Dison helped him get his breath back D．Dison wasted no time putting out the fire 23．What are the best words to describe Tyler Dison? A．Responsible and honest. B．Brave and adventurous. C．Courageous and selfless. D．Independent and humorous. 【答案】21．C 22．B 23．C 【导语】这是一篇记叙文，25岁的警官Tyler Dison在准备下班时得知有一处公寓着火了，一个3岁的男童被困其中，他立刻驱车赶到火灾现场，不顾自身安危冲进着火的公寓楼，将男童及时救了出来。 21．细节理解题。根据第二段中“Though firefighters were on the way, Tyler knew he could get there sooner. And so, the 25-year-old police officer raced to the scene determined to help.(虽然消防员已经在路上了，但Tyler知道他可以更快到达那里。于是，这位25岁的警察迅速赶到现场，决心提供帮助)”可知，Tyler Dison在接到电话后选择赶往火灾现场，故选C。 22．细节理解题。根据第五段中“The brave hero then drove to meet the ambulance (救护车) halfway so the boy could receive medical attention as quickly as possible.(这位勇敢的英雄随后开车去接救护车，以便男孩能尽快接受治疗。)”和倒数第三段中“And thanks to his courage, the little boy got the help he needed and is going to be just fine.(多亏了他的勇气，小男孩得到了他需要的帮助，很快就会好起来的)”可知，男孩最终被救是因为他得到了及时的治疗，故选B。 23．推理判断题。根据第三段中“The police officer gave no thought to his own safety. Instead, he rushed into the flames.(那个警察没有考虑到自己的安全。相反，他冲向了火焰)”和第四段中“The heat was unbearable but the brave officer refused to give up(酷热难耐，但这位勇敢的军官拒绝放弃)”以及倒数第三段中“All he cared about was saving the 3-year-old.(他只想着救那个三岁的孩子)”可知，Tyler Dison勇敢无私，故选C。 主题03 人与自然——人与环境 Passage 1 （24-25学年高二上·北京广渠门中学·期中） Something strange was happening inside LeeAnne’s home. During the summer of 2014，14-year-old J.D．had severe stomach pains, but his CT scan found nothing wrong. LeeAnne and her husband lost hair and suffered dizziness and headaches. LeeAnne even lost her eyelashes. In January 2015, the city of Flint sent out a notice that the water supply, switched from the Detroit water system to the Flint River to cut cost, contained high levels of trihalomethanes (三卤甲烷). The notice warned that people with poor immune (免疫的) systems might be at increased risk for liver, kidney, and nervous system problems but emphasized that the water was otherwise safe to drink. Alarmed, LeeAnne researched the water supply and searched the Internet. Then she distributed a fact sheet to city officials, listing the side effects of exposure to trihalomethanes. Then she urged her neighbors to attend city council meetings, where they shared their health problems. Still, officials insisted the water was safe to drink. So LeeAnne demanded that the city test her water. The results were disturbing. The trihalomethanes were the least of her problems. The lead levels in her water were nearly seven times the legal amount. But the city maintained her plumbing (管道) was the cause. LeeAnne immediately had her children tested for lead. All the kids showed lead exposure. She read Flint’s water quality reports and discovered the city wasn’t applying the proper corrosion (腐蚀) control standards to its pipes; the standards prevent the metal in pipes from leaching into the water. In March, a follow-up test of LeeAnne’s water showed lead levels nearly 27 times higher than the EPA’s threshold. LeeAnne’s pipes could not be responsible for the high lead levels, since they were plastic. In September, Virginia Tech lab released a report that concluded the Flint River water was 19 times more corrosive than the Detroit water. The governor eventually admitted the water was unsafe. He ordered that Flint’s water supply be switched back to Detroit’s. In Washington, President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Flint and ordered federal aid to help the city recover. 24．How did LeeAnne react to the city notice? A．She had her children tested for lead. B．She asked the city to replace her pipes. C．She urged the officials to test Flint’s water. D．She collected side effects of trihalomethanes. 25．What is the leading cause of the family’s health problem? A．The lead in their water. B．Corrosion to their pipes. C．Their poor immune systems. D．Exposure to Trihalomethanes. 26．City officials’ attitude toward the water issue was _____. A．unconcerned B．cautious C．doubtful D．objective 27．What does the story mainly tell us? A．Revealing the truth takes time. B．Nothing can stop a determined heart. C．It takes courage to challenge authority. D．Joint effort is the key to solving problems. 【答案】24．D 25．A 26．A 27．B 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。LeeAnne一家人2014年夏天都经历了一些身体不适的状况，但是没有查出原因。2015年1月，弗林特市发出通知说，为了节省成本，水源从底特律的水改道成了弗林特河里的水，这个水被发现了三卤甲烷超标，但不影响饮用。LeeAnne对此深感怀疑，她要求进一步检查自己的水源和孩子，发现水里存在的最大问题是铅超标。经过反复确认，政府最终承认弗林特河里的水不适合饮用，再次将水源改回到底特律的水。 24．细节理解题。由第三段中的“Alarmed, LeeAnne researched the water supply and searched the Internet. Then she distributed a fact sheet to city officials, listing the side effects of exposure to trihalomethanes.（这使她很担心，LeeAnne继续调查了水源并在网上搜集了资料。然后她向城市官员发送了一份情况说明书，列出了三卤甲烷超标会带来的副作用）”可知，城市发的通知让她很担心，所以LeeAnne搜集了三卤甲烷超标会带来的副作用，发送给了城市官员。故选D。 25．细节理解题。由第四段中的“The results were disturbing. The trihalomethanes were the least of her problems. The lead levels in her water were nearly seven times the legal amount.（结果让人感到很不安。三卤甲烷的问题微乎其微。她们水中的铅含量是合法标准的七倍之多。）”可知，她们家庭中健康问题的主要原因是水中的铅含量超标。故选A。 26．推理判断题。由第三段中的“Then she urged her neighbors to attend city council meetings, where they shared their health problems. Still, officials insisted the water was safe to drink.（她敦促邻居们去参加市议会会议，在那里他们阐述了他们的健康问题。但是，官员们仍然坚持认为水是适合饮用的。）”可知，政府官员一开始不关心水污染问题，坚持认为它是适合饮用的。A. unconcerned不关心的；B. cautious小心的，谨慎的；C. doubtful怀疑的；D. objective客观的。故选A。 27．推理判断题。由最后一段中的“The governor eventually admitted the water was unsafe. He ordered that Flint’s water supply be switched back to Detroit’s.（政府官员最终承认了水是不安全的，并命令将水源改回到底特律的水）”以及一开始政府官员坚持认为水是适合饮用的，可知，这个故事主要讲LeeAnne如何坚持不懈的努力，才让政府官员面对问题，改掉水源。由此判断出这个故事告诉我们没有什么能阻止一颗坚定的心。故选B。 / 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $