专题03 阅读理解（记叙文）（期中真题汇编，湖南专用）高一英语上学期

**基本信息** 精选湖南多所名校高一上期中记叙文阅读试题，涵盖历史文化、社会服务、科学技术等真实情境，通过细节理解、推理判断等题型考查语言能力与思维品质。 **题型特征** |题型|题量/分值|知识覆盖|命题特色| |----|-----------|----------|----------| |阅读理解（记叙文）|52题（每篇4题）|细节理解（如David发现恐龙蛋的过程）、推理判断（如Jordan花园成功的原因）、词义猜测（如“manipulating”“slip-ups”）、主旨大意（如Max阅读习惯的价值）|情境真实（含恐龙蛋发现、教师捐肝等热点事件），问题梯度分明（基础题占60%，提升题占40%），适配期中检测需求，来源湖南名校联考真题|

专题03 阅读理解（记叙文） 主题语境01 人与社会-历史、社会与文化 Passage 1 （25-26高一上·湖南名校联考联合体·期中）Don Shiffler didn’t think much about it when his three-year-old son said that the thin, green rock he found was a dinosaur (恐龙) egg. Think again, Dad. Researchers say the “rock” young David Shiffler found is the oldest evidence (证据) of a meat-eating, egg-laying dinosaur. The family was on their way home from a camping trip, having just seen “The Land Before Time”, a cartoon (动画片) about a young dinosaur, and Shiffler said David had dinosaurs on his mind. “Everything he picked up that day was a dinosaur egg,” said Shiffler. Without giving it serious thought, Shiffler placed the unusual “rock” on a shelf, where it remained for nearly two months. David, however, kept telling his father that the coin-sized rock was important. “I knew it was a dinosaur egg,” David, now four, said last month at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, where the fossilized (化石的) piece of eggshell is now on show. After Dad finally gave in and brought the piece to the museum, experts examined it carefully. They discovered that it was about 150 million years old — a major discovery that is changing scientists’ understanding of when meat-eating, egg-laying dinosaurs first appeared. 1.How did Don Shiffler first react to the rock his son found? A. He kept it safely on a shelf. B. He didn’t take it seriously. C. He realized it was a dinosaur egg. D. He thought of taking it to the museum. 2.Which of the following best explains why David believed the rock was dinosaur egg? A. He was full of imagination. B. He was an unusually clever boy. C. He could watch things carefully. D. He had made a study of dinosaurs. 3.Why did Don Shiffler decide to take the rock to the museum? A. He found it was valuable. B. His son told him it was very old. C. His son kept saying it was important. D. He had got a call from the museum. 4.Before David’s discovery, scientists used to think that meat-eating, egg-laying dinosaurs________. A. hadn’t appeared on the earth B. hadn’t appeared in America C. had appeared on the earth much later D. had appeared on the earth much earlier 【答案】1. B　2. A　3. C　4. C 【解析】【导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了唐·希夫勒三岁的儿子大卫发现了一块“恐龙蛋”，而唐·希夫勒起初并未重视，但大卫坚持认为这很重要，最终这块化石被证实是约1.5亿年前的肉食性、产卵恐龙的证据，改变了科学家对这类恐龙首次出现时间的理解。 (1)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第一段“Don Shiffler didn’t think much about it when his three-year-old son said that the thin, green rock he found was a dinosaur egg. (当唐·希夫勒三岁的儿子说他发现的那块又薄又绿的石头是恐龙蛋时，他并没有多想。)”和第五段“Without giving it serious thought, Shiffler placed the unusual “rock” on a shelf. (希夫勒没有认真考虑，就把这块不寻常的“石头”放在了架子上。)”可知，唐·希夫勒最初对他儿子发现的石头没有认真对待，只是把它放在了架子上。故选B。 (2)题解析： 推理判断题。根据第三段“The family was on their way home from a camping trip, having just seen “The Land Before Time”, a cartoon about a young dinosaur, and Shiffler said David had dinosaurs on his mind. (这家人刚看完一部关于小恐龙的动画片《史前大陆》，正在从露营旅行回家的路上，希夫勒说大卫满脑子都是恐龙。)”可知，大卫刚看完关于恐龙的动画片，满脑子都是恐龙，所以他认为这块石头是恐龙蛋，这说明他充满了想象力。故选A。 (3)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第六段“David, however, kept telling his father that the coin-sized rock was important. (然而，大卫一直告诉他的父亲，这块硬币大小的石头很重要。)”和第八段“After Dad finally gave in and brought the piece to the museum. (在爸爸最终让步并把这块石头带到博物馆后。)”可知，唐·希夫勒决定把石头带到博物馆是因为他的儿子一直说它很重要。故选C。 (4)题解析： 细节理解题。根据最后一段“They discovered that it was about 150 million years old — a major discovery that is changing scientists’ understanding of when meat-eating, egg-laying dinosaurs first appeared. (他们发现它大约有1.5亿年的历史——这一重大发现正在改变科学家对肉食性、产卵恐龙首次出现时间的理解。)”可知，在大卫发现之前，科学家们认为肉食性、产卵恐龙在地球上出现得晚得多。故选C。 Passage 2 （25-26高一上·湖南株洲株洲南方中学·期中）From her window in countryside of Aberdeenshire, Laura never fails to enjoy the natural beauty and reflect on the great changes life has brought. The pretty farm on a hillside in Strichen was a world away from her life just a few years ago. Now, besides beautiful countryside views, she looks out for the daily tricks of Shaun, a characterful sheep who has changed her life unimaginably. Raising him when he was young inspired (激发) Laura to write a hit children’s book, “Shaun’s New Home”. Laura decided to reinvent her life as her fortieth birthday was coming soon. After her husband Edward lost his job, they set up a home-based business. Influenced by their neighbours who moved to Banff and sent amazing countryside pictures, they decided to live the dream before it was too late. They bought a property (房产) in Strichen and relocated 450 miles north. As word got round about their love of animals and their willingness to take in those needing a fresh start, the field at the farm became home to ducks, chickens, pigs and so on. But Shaun’s arrival was the real-life changer. She adopted (收养) him as a friend for Clyde, a tiny little sheep. Shaun, who had been with farm dogs, had dog-like characters. He followed Laura around, loved shaking its tail, and was very cute. Laura started recording the playful behaviour of Shaun, Clyde and other adopted animals. She would imagine what they might be saying to one another, and Edward suggested she turn those ideas into a book. “I never imagined I could write a book. Let alone find a publisher,” Laura said. “So, calling myself an author and seeing my book become popular is beyond my wildest dreams. It’s all about discovery, love and belonging, and being able to share that is wonderful.” Laura has been reading Shaun’s adventures to children in primary schools, while also writing book two. 1.Why did Laura decide to move to Strichen? A. To accept a neighbor’s invitation. B. To improve her writing skills. C. To make a fresh start in her life. D. To celebrate her 40th birthday. 2.What inspired Laura to write the book? A. Her adoption of Shaun. B. Her wildest dreams. C. Their home-based business. D. Beautiful country side views. 3.What was special about Shaun? A. He learned to help with farm work. B. He acted like a dog sometimes. C. He protected other animals on the farm. D. He taught Laura how to write stories. 4.What does the writer mainly intend to tell us? A. Writing a book requires support from family. B. Adopting animals is a way to live the dream. C. Countryside life is always better than city life. D. Life changes can lead to unexpected outcomes. 【答案】1. C　2. A　3. B　4. D 【解析】【导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Laura在丈夫失业后决定重新开始生活，搬到乡村，收养动物，并因一只特别的羊Shaun的启发而写了一本畅销儿童书的故事。 (1)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第三段中“Laura decided to reinvent her life as her fortieth birthday was coming soon. After her husband Edward lost his job, they set up a home-based business. Influenced by their neighbours who moved to Banff and sent amazing countryside pictures, they decided to live the dream before it was too late. They bought a property (房产) in Strichen and relocated 450 miles north.(随着40岁生日的临近，劳拉决定重新开始自己的生活。丈夫爱德华失业后，他们成立了一家家庭企业。受搬到班夫并寄来乡村美景照片的邻居的影响，他们决定在为时已晚之前实现梦想。他们在Strichen买了一块地，搬到了450英里外的北方)”可知，Laura决定搬到Strichen是为了重新开始她的生活。故选C项。 (2)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段中“Now, besides beautiful countryside views, she looks out for the daily tricks of Shaun, a characterful sheep who has changed her life unimaginably. Raising him when he was young inspired (激发) Laura to write a hit children’s book, “Shaun’s New Home”.(现在，除了美丽的乡村景色，她每天都要注意Shaun的把戏，这只性格独特的羊已经不可思议地改变了她的生活。在他小的时候养育他，激发了劳拉写了一本畅销儿童书《肖恩的新家》)”可知，Laura收养Shaun激发了她写书的灵感。故选A项。 (3)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第四段中“Shaun, who had been with farm dogs, had dog-like characters. He followed Laura around, loved shaking its tail, and was very cute.(Shaun曾经和农场里的狗在一起，有着像狗一样的性格。他跟着劳拉到处走，喜欢摇尾巴，非常可爱)”可知，Shaun的特别之处在于他有时表现得像只狗。故选B项。 (4)题解析： 推理判断题。通读全文，结合第二段中“Now, besides beautiful countryside views, she looks out for the daily tricks of Shaun, a characterful sheep who has changed her life unimaginably. Raising him when he was young inspired (激发) Laura to write a hit children’s book, “Shaun’s New Home”.(现在，除了美丽的乡村景色，她每天都要注意Shaun的把戏，这只性格独特的羊已经不可思议地改变了她的生活。在他小的时候养育他，激发了劳拉写了一本畅销儿童书《肖恩的新家》)”、第三段中“Laura decided to reinvent her life as her fortieth birthday was coming soon. After her husband Edward lost his job, they set up a home-based business. Influenced by their neighbours who moved to Banff and sent amazing countryside pictures, they decided to live the dream before it was too late. They bought a property (房产) in Strichen and relocated 450 miles north.(随着40岁生日的临近，劳拉决定重新开始自己的生活。丈夫爱德华失业后，他们成立了一家家庭企业。受搬到班夫并寄来乡村美景照片的邻居的影响，他们决定在为时已晚之前实现梦想。他们在Strichen买了一块地，搬到了450英里外的北方)”和最后一段中““I never imagined I could write a book. Let alone find a publisher,” Laura said. “So, calling myself an author and seeing my book become popular is beyond my wildest dreams.(“我从未想过自己能写书。更不用说找出版商了，”劳拉说。“所以，称自己为作家，看到自己的书受欢迎，这是我做梦也想不到的)””可知，文章主要讲述了Laura的生活变化，包括搬到乡村、收养动物，并因一只特别的羊Shaun的启发而写了一本畅销儿童书。作者想通过Laura的故事告诉我们生活变化可以带来意想不到的结果。故选D项。 主题语境02 人与社会-社会服务与人际沟通 （25-26高一上·湖南湘一名校联考·期中）Jamie Lynn Dorr is a loving mother. She faces the challenges of raising a son with autism (自闭症). Recently, she shared an amazing video online, which touched many people’s hearts. The news is this: Her son’s teacher is a perfect match for giving him part of her liver (肝脏), something he needs to live. Four years ago, Jamie moved to a new town. She had few friends, and her son, Bowen, needed all her attention. Then, a teacher named Holly Allgood came into their lives. She brought great kindness, support, and a friendship that would prove to be life-changing. “If you know Holly, you know she is accommodating,” Jamie said. “From the moment we met, she continued to remind me that even on the hard days, we were not alone. She has caught so many of my tears, answered my late calls, and seen our worst moments. I sent my special-needs son to school because I knew Holly would care for him.” When Bowen’s health worsened, Holly did much more than her job required. She visited Bowen, video-called him from the hospital, and supported Jamie through this difficult time. Then came more bad news: Neither Jamie nor her husband could be liver donors (捐赠者). Without thinking twice, Holly offered to be tested as a donor, and she was a perfect match. As Jamie wrote in her moving post, “Holly Allgood isn’t just Bowen’s teacher and our friend, but she is truly our hero. She is taking great risks to give Bowen a chance to live, and I am so thankful that Bowen will always carry a part of her with him.” 1.What can be learned about Jamie before she met Holly? A. She lived a tough life. B. She depended on others for support. C. She got used to the new life quickly. D. She failed to find a school for her son. 2.What does the underlined word “accommodating” in paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Strict. B. Helpful. C. Frank. D. Creative. 3.Why did Holly offer to be tested as a liver donor? A. She wanted to save Bowen’s life. B. Bowen was one of her best students. C. She hoped to set a good example. D. It was a chance to pay back the family. 4.What is the purpose of Jamie sharing the video online? A. To explain what autism is. B. To express her thanks to Holly. C. To show Bowen’s health condition. D. To raise money for Bowen’s treatment. 【答案】1. A　2. B　3. A　4. B 【解析】【导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了自闭症患儿Bowen的母亲Jamie遇到善良的老师Holly，Holly不仅给予母子关怀支持，还为急需肝脏移植的Bowen捐献肝脏的感人故事。 (1)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Four years ago, Jamie moved to a new town. She had few friends, and her son, Bowen, needed all her attention.(四年前，Jamie搬到了一个新城镇。她几乎没有朋友，而她的儿子Bowen需要她全身心的照顾。)”可知，Jamie搬家后朋友稀少，还要独自照料自闭症儿子，生活十分艰难。故选A项。 (2)题解析： 词句猜测题。根据第三段中的“From the moment we met, she continued to remind me that even on the hard days, we were not alone. She has caught so many of my tears, answered my late calls, and seen our worst moments.(从我们相遇的那一刻起，她就不断提醒我，即使在艰难的日子里，我们也不是孤单一人。她擦干了我无数的眼泪，接起我深夜的电话，见证了我们最糟糕的时刻。)”可知，Holly始终给予Jamie母子关怀与帮助，因此“accommodating”意为“乐于助人的”，与“Helpful”含义一致。故选B项。 (3)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“When Bowen’s health worsened, Holly did much more than her job required. She visited Bowen, video-called him from the hospital, and supported Jamie through this difficult time. Then came more bad news: Neither Jamie nor her husband could be liver donors. Without thinking twice, Holly offered to be tested as a donor, and she was a perfect match.(当鲍恩的健康状况恶化时，Holly 做了远超工作要求的事情。她去看望Bowen，从医院给他打视频电话，并在这段艰难的时期支持Jamie 。然后传来了更坏的消息：Jamie 和她的丈夫都不能成为肝脏捐赠者。Holly 毫不犹豫地提出要接受捐赠者检测，结果她完全匹配。)”以及第五段中的“She is taking great risks to give Bowen a chance to live.(她冒着巨大的风险，给了Bowen活下去的机会。)”可知，Holly主动提出进行肝脏捐赠检测是为了拯救Bowen的生命。故选A项。 (4)题解析： 推理判断题。根据尾段中的“As Jamie wrote in her moving post, “Holly Allgood isn’t just Bowen’s teacher and our friend, but she is truly our hero. She is taking great risks to give Bowen a chance to live, and I am so thankful that Bowen will always carry a part of her with him.”(正如Jamie 在她感人的帖子中所写：“Holly Allgood不仅是Bowen的老师和我们的朋友，她更是我们真正的英雄。她冒着巨大的风险，给了Bowen 活下去的机会，我很感激Bowen 会永远带着她的一部分。”)”可知，Jamie在线上分享视频是为了表达对Holly的感激之情。故选B项。 主题语境03 人与自我-生活与学习 （25-26高一上·湖南醴陵第一中学西安交大杯-学·期中）Max reads more than anyone he knows. He loves to read during all of his free time. His friends laugh at him because he would rather read than play video games, but his parents and his teachers are proud of him. They say reading is important, and it will help him learn about the world around him. They also tell him it is a good habit. One day Max was reading a magazine article about volcanoes (火山). He told his friends all about volcanoes and what causes them to erupt. The very next week, the teacher started a science project about volcanoes. Guess who everyone wanted in their project group! Max’s friends weren’t laughing at him anymore. Max ended up being in a group with Liz, Anna and Josh. The work was to create a poster board with information about volcanoes and to build a volcano model. Max made copies of the magazine article about volcanoes so his project partners could read about them too. They also went to the library to look for more information about volcanoes. The group met at Anna’s house that night to organize the information and decide what they wanted to put on the poster board. They all asked Max what he thought was most important. Then they decided together to do what Max said. The next night they met at Josh’s house to build their volcano. They used cardboard and modeling clay. First they made a volcano shape with the cardboard, and then they covered the shape in brown and red clay. The volcano looked great. Max, Liz, Anna and Josh were very proud of their hard work. When they turned in their project, their teacher was proud too. Thanks to Max’s good habit, they came an A+ on both parts of the project. 1.Why did everyone want Max in their group? A. Because of his friendliness. B. Because of his good marks. C. Because of his knowledge of volcanoes. D. Because of his speaking skills. 2.Which word can be used to describe Max best according to the text? A. Studious. B. Greedy. C. Honest. D. Ambitious. 3.What can be a suitable title for the text? A. A Science Project B. Max’s Good Habit C. A Volcano Model D. Teamwork in Class 【答案】1. C　2. A　3. B 【解析】【导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Max因热爱阅读积累了丰富的知识，在科学项目中凭借这些知识帮助团队取得优异成绩的故事。 (1)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段“One day Max was reading a magazine article about volcanoes (火山). He told his friends all about volcanoes and what causes them to erupt. The very next week, the teacher started a science project about volcanoes. Guess who everyone wanted in their project group Max’s friends weren’t laughing at him anymore.(一天，Max正在阅读一篇关于火山的杂志文章。他告诉朋友们关于火山的一切以及火山爆发的原因。就在第二周，老师开始了一个关于火山的科学项目。猜猜看，每个人都想让谁加入他们的项目组？Max的朋友们不再嘲笑他了。)”可知，因为Max对火山的知识丰富，所以每个人都希望Max加入他们的项目组。故选C。 (2)题解析： 推理判断题。根据第一段“Max reads more than anyone he knows. He loves to read during all of his free time.(Max读的书比他认识的任何人都多。他喜欢在所有的空闲时间读书。)”可知，Max是一个勤奋好学的人。故选A。 (3)题解析： 主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是根据第一段“Max reads more than anyone he knows. He loves to read during all of his free time.(Max读的书比他认识的任何人都多。他喜欢在所有的空闲时间读书。)”以及最后一段“Thanks to Max’s good habit they came an A+ on both parts of the project.(多亏了Max的好习惯，他们在项目的两个部分都得了A+。)”可知，文章主要讲述了Max因热爱阅读积累了丰富的知识，在科学项目中凭借这些知识帮助团队取得优异成绩的故事。可知，B选项“Max’s Good Habit(Max的好习惯)”最符合文章标题。故选B。 主题语境01 人与社会-历史、社会与文化 Passage 1 （25-26高一上·湖南长沙雷锋中学·期中）A survey said the average Asian dad spent one minute a day with his children. I was shocked. I mean, a whole minute? Every day? Get real. Once a week maybe. The fact is, many Asian males (男性) are bad at kid-related things. In fact, I am one of them. Child-rearing (养育子女) doesn’t come naturally to guys. My mother knew the names of our teachers, best friends and crushes. My dad was only vaguely aware there were short people sharing the apartment. My mother bought healthy fresh food at the market every day. My dad would only go shopping when there was nothing in the fridge except a jar of capers and a bay leaf. Then he’d buy beer. My mother always knew the right questions to ask our teachers. My dad would ask my English teacher if she could get us a discount on school fees. My mother served kid food to kids. My dad added chilli sauce (辣椒酱) to everything, including our baby food. It seems that mothers have superpowers. My son fell off a wall once and hurt himself all over. I demanded someone bring me a computer so I could google what to do. My wife ignored me and did some sort of chanting phrase such as “Mummy kiss it better”, and cured 17 separate injuries in less than 15 seconds. Yes, mothers are incredible people, but they are not always right. Yet honesty forces me to record the fact that mothers only know best 99.99% of the time. Here are some famous slip-ups. The mother of Bill Gates: “If you’re going to drop out of college and hang out with your stupid friends, don’t come to me when you find yourself penniless (身无分文).” The mother of Albert Einstein: “When you grow up, you’ll find that sitting around thinking about the nature of time and space won’t pay the bills.” 1.The writer writes the passage in a ______ tone (语调). A. sad. B. humorous. C. angry. D. peaceful. 2.In paragraph 2, the writer makes a comparison between mothers and fathers to show that ______. A. women love kids more than men. B. men are not good at child-rearing. C. men are not interested in child-rearing. D. child-rearing is difficult both for women and men. 3.What does the underlined word “slip-ups” in the fourth paragraph probably mean? A. stories. B. disadvantages. C. mistakes. D. advantages. 4.How is the last paragraph mainly developed? A. By making comparisons. B. By analyzing causes. C. By giving examples. D. By following the order of time. 【答案】1. B　2. B　3. C　4. C 【解析】【导语】 本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讲述了亚洲父亲在养育子女方面不擅长，并举例说明母亲虽厉害但也并非总是正确。 (1)题解析： 推理判断题。全文多处夸张与调侃的表达，比如第一段中“The fact is,many Asian males (男性) are bad at kid-related things.In fact,I am one of them.(事实上，许多亚洲男性都不擅长与孩子相关的事情。事实上，我就是其中之一)”；第二段“My dad would only go shopping when there was nothing in the fridge except a jar of capers and a bay leaf. Then he’d buy beer.(我爸爸只有在冰箱里只剩一瓶刺山柑和一片月桂叶时才去购物。然后他买了啤酒)”以及最后一段“The mother of Bill Gates: “If you’re going to drop out of college and hang out with your stupid friends, don’t come to me when you find yourself penniless (身无分文).”(比尔·盖茨的母亲说：“如果你要从大学退学，整天和你那些愚蠢的朋友混在一起，当你发现自己身无分文时，别来找我。”)”等，可见作者以轻松诙谐的方式描述父母育儿差异，语调幽默。故选B。 (2)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段“My mother knew the names of our teachers, best friends and crushes. My dad was only vaguely aware there were short people sharing the apartment.(我妈妈知道我们老师、最好的朋友甚至暗恋对象的名字。我爸只是模糊地意识到有小个子的人和他共住一套公寓)”以及后文对父母在养育孩子方面不同表现的对比可知，作者通过对比突出父亲在育儿方面的疏离与不擅长，旨在说明“男性不擅长养育子女”。故选B。 (3)题解析： 词句猜测题。根据最后一段中“Yes, mothers are incredible people, but they are not always right. Yet honesty forces me to record the fact that mothers only know best 99.99% of the time.(是的，母亲是不可思议的人，但她们并不总是对的。然而，诚实迫使我记录下这样一个事实：母亲在99.99%的情况下都是最了解情况的)”以及后文所举的比尔·盖茨和爱因斯坦的母亲的例子可知，这些例子都是母亲判断错误的，母亲也并非总是正确的，也会犯错误，故推测slip-ups意为“错误”，与mistakes意思相近。故选C。 (4)题解析： 细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Here are some famous slip-ups. The mother of Bill Gates: “If you’re going to drop out of college and hang out with your stupid friends, don’t come to me when you find yourself penniless (身无分文).” The mother of Albert Einstein: “When you grow up, you’ll find that sitting around thinking about the nature of time and space won’t pay the bills.”(这里有一些著名的错误。比尔·盖茨的母亲说：“如果你要从大学退学，整天和你那些愚蠢的朋友混在一起，当你发现自己身无分文时，别来找我。”阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦的母亲说：“等你长大了就会发现，整天坐着思考时间和空间的本质是付不起账单的。”)”可知，最后一段主要是通过举例来展开的。故选C。 Passage 2 （25-26高一上·湖南长沙第一中学-11月·期中）Jordan knew he wanted to do something unique with his farmland. He wanted to win the local garden club’s “Yard of the Month” award. But he didn’t have the money to buy new trees, so he began by using bushes and shrubs (矮树苗) that a local nursery had thrown away — that looked dead to most people. Because he worked days at a can factory, Jordan often tended his garden at night. Neighbors got used to seeing one little headlight as Jordan stood on a ladder, cutting and shaping his steadily growing bushes. Gradually, the shrubs took on different shapes. Jordan then began planting trees and using zip ties, coat hangers, PVC pipe, and even his wife’s old stockings to achieve the forms he wanted. “He has a way of manipulating plants to do things he wants them to do by training, bending, wiring, and clipping,” says a neighbor. “And the plants seem to bend to his will.” Many professional gardeners are amazed by what Jordan has been able to achieve. “The garden itself was created from lack of knowledge,” says Jordan in his booming bass voice, “because I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to do this with plants. For one time in my life, ignorance paid off.” Jordan’s attention to detail and his willingness to work hard have made him a local hero. He was the first African American to win “Yard of the Month” honor from the local garden club. And more recognition followed: articles in major newspapers and appearances on well-known TV shows. Jordan’s garden now includes about 400 species of plants and 150 shrubs in different shapes. On his front yard, four-foot-tall letters filled with bright red begonias (秋海棠) spell Love, Peace, and Goodwill. These are the values Jordan lives by. Jordan opens his private garden to everyone, including those going through a tough time financially. A box for donations can be found in his garden, but giving is optional. Jordan welcomes people who can’t afford to pay. He understands; he’s been there. 1.What does the underlined word “manipulating” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Controlling. B. Expecting. C. Planting. D. Using. 2.Which of the following words can best describe Jordan? A. Hard-working and shy. B. Creative and generous. C. Helpful and knowledgeable. D. Positive and humorous. 3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. Tickets are expensive for visitors. B. Jordan used to be poor. C. The garden is only open to plant lovers. D. Jordan lives on donation from others. 4.What does Jordan’s experience of building the garden mainly tell us? A. A good beginning is half done. B. Actions speak louder than words. C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 【答案】1. A　2. B　3. B　4. C 【解析】【导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述乔丹利用废弃植物，凭借努力和创意打造花园获奖，且无偿开放的故事。 (1)题解析： 词句猜测题。根据第二段中的“He has a way of manipulating plants to do things he wants them to do by training, bending, wiring, and clipping.(他有一种通过训练、弯曲、布线和修剪来manipulating植物做他想让它们做的事情的方法)”可知，他可以通过一系列手段让植物按自己的意愿生长，即控制植物的生长。由此猜测划线词意为“控制，操控”，与control同义。故选A项。 (2)题解析： 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“But he didn’t have the money to buy new trees, so he began by using bushes and shrubs (矮树苗) that a local nursery had thrown away — that looked dead to most people.(但他没有钱买新树，所以他开始用当地一家苗圃所扔掉的灌木和矮树苗——在大多数人看来，这些灌木和矮树苗已经死了)”和第二段中的“Jordan then began planting trees and using zip ties, coat hangers, PVC pipe, and even his wife’s old stockings to achieve the forms he wanted.(然后，乔丹开始植树，并使用束带、衣架、PVC管，甚至他妻子的旧袜子来达到他想要的形状)”可知，乔丹利用废弃材料打造花园，体现创意；根据最后一段中的“Jordan opens his private garden to everyone, including those going through a tough time financially. A box for donations can be found in his garden, but giving is optional. Jordan welcomes people who can’t afford to pay. (乔丹向所有人开放他的私人花园，包括那些正在经历经济困难时期的人。在他的花园里可以找到一个捐赠箱，但捐赠是可选择的。乔丹欢迎那些付不起钱的人)”可知，他无偿开放花园，体现慷慨。故选B项。 (3)题解析： 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Jordan welcomes people who can’t afford to pay. He understands; he’s been there.(乔丹欢迎那些付不起钱的人。他理解，他也曾经历过)”可推知，乔丹过去很穷。故选B项。 (4)题解析： 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段中“Jordan’ attention to detail and his willingness to work hard have made him a local hero.(乔丹对细节的关注和他努力工作的意愿使他成为当地的英雄)”并结合全文内容可知，乔丹是通过自己的坚持和认真建造花园并无偿开放。由此推知，他的建造花园的经历告诉我们“有志者事竟成”。故选C项。 Passage 3 （25-26高一上·湖南长沙明德中学·期中）“If knowledge is power, then learning is a Super Power.” That’s the motto of Jim Kwik, a world leader in speed learning and best brain performance whose cutting-edge techniques and impressive mental achievements have made him a rock star of the personal transformation world. At the age of five, Jim was sitting on a chair in his classroom. Suddenly, hearing a fire engine alarm, Jim Kwik who saw firemen as superheroes lifted his chair and moved to the corridor to watch them. Standing over the chair to watch the firemen, Jim Kwik was late to react as his fellow mate pulled his chair and he got his head severely injured. After that accident, he was never back to normal. He couldn’t remember and understand things, struggling to cope with schooling as he said once that his heart would beat out of his chest whenever his teacher asked him to read aloud a book in front of his classmates. He still remembered a teacher talking to other teachers pointing him out and naming him as “a boy with the broken brain”. His parents were very protective. But Jim never gave up! He taught himself by reading comic books every night under the blankets with the flashlight. By doing this every day he taught himself how to read in three years. Finally, Jim got a chance to have some success in school. Today, he is a highly sought-out brain trainer for top companies and organizations, with some of his videos reaching over 20 million views, and he’s known for having coached Hollywood stars like Will Smith and Hugh Jackman along with the cast of the movie X-Men. 1.What do we know about Jim Kwik? A. He heals brain and mental diseases. B. He is a world famous learning expert. C. He was injured by his classmate on purpose. D. He got injured when taking part in a fire fighting. 2.What happened to Jim after the accident? A. He never went back to school. B. He felt nervous to talk with classmates. C. He found it difficult to handle school tasks. D. He was called ”broken brain"by his classmates. 3.Which word can best describe the story of Jim Kwik? A. Tragic. B. Embarrassing. C. Inspiring. D. Entertaining. 4.Which would be the best title for the text? A. Knowledge Is a Super Power B. Learning Makes a Brain Change C. A Super Brain Guarantees Success D. An Accident Turned Out a Blessing 【答案】1. B　2. C　3. C　4. B 【解析】【导语】 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Jim Kwik由于头部受伤，不能记住和理解事物，努力应付学校教育，但是他没有放弃，通过自学，他在三年内自学了如何阅读，终于有机会在学校有所成就。如今Jim Kwik成为了学习专家。 (1)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第一段“That’s the motto of Jim Kwik, a world leader in speed learning and best brain performance whose cutting-edge techniques and impressive mental achievements have made him a rock star of the personal transformation world.(这是Jim Kwik的座右铭，他是快速学习和最佳大脑表现方面的世界领导者，他的尖端技术和令人印象深刻的精神成就使他成为个人转变领域的摇滚明星)”可知，吉姆·奎克是世界著名的学习专家。故选B。 (2)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第三段“After that accident, he was never back to normal. He couldn’t remember and understand things, struggling to cope with schooling as he said once that his heart would beat out of his chest whenever his teacher asked him to read aloud a book in front of his classmates. He still remembered a teacher talking to other teachers pointing him out and naming him as “a boy with the broken brain”.(那次事故之后，他再也没有恢复正常。他不能记住和理解事物，努力应付学校教育，因为他曾经说过，每当老师让他在同学面前大声朗读一本书时，他的心都会跳出来。他还记得一位老师和其他老师说话时指着他，称他为“一个脑子坏了的男孩”)”可知，事故发生后吉姆发现自己很难处理学校的任务。故选C。 (3)题解析： 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“But Jim never gave up! He taught himself by reading comic books every night under the blankets with the flashlight. By doing this every day he taught himself how to read in three years. Finally, Jim got a chance to have some success in school.(但吉姆从未放弃!他每天晚上都躲在毯子下面，打着手电筒看漫画书，自学成才。通过每天这样做，他在三年内自学了如何阅读。终于，吉姆有机会在学校有所成就)”可知，吉姆·奎克的故事是鼓舞人心的。故选C。 (4)题解析： 主旨大意题。根据文章主要讲述了Jim Kwik由于头部受伤，不能记住和理解事物，努力应付学校教育，但是他没有放弃，通过自学，他在三年内自学了如何阅读，终于有机会在学校有所成就。如今Jim Kwik成为了学习专家。可知，B选项“学习使大脑发生变化”最符合文章标题。故选B。 主题语境02 人与社会-文学、艺术与体育 （25-26高一上·湖南名校联盟·期中）Visitors arriving at the “Big Summer Bash" in Congham, East Anglia, carry strange boxes filled with green leaves—— and snails (蜗牛). This is the World Snail Racing Championships, drawing trainers from as far as South Korea and America. The racetrack is a table covered with a wet cloth marked with two circles. Fifteen snails start from the center, and the first to reach the outer line wins, hoping to beat the record set by a snail named Archie in 1995, who crossed the course in two minutes flat. Until recently, this funny race was part of Congham’s church festival, where villagers played games to raise money for the local church. However, such events faced a slow decline (衰退). It became hard to find people to help, especially as the older members grew tired. With rural areas losing young people and closing schools and shops, village life seemed to be disappearing. But summer festivals are making an unexpected comeback. Organizers report that more money is being raised than before. One reason is the growing number of middle- class newcomers from cities. Such people are often blamed for the decline of village life, pricing out locals without really integrating into the community. Yet in many places they have shown themselves to have the skills, resources, energy and time to organize successful events. The Lurgashall village festival in West Sussex, for example, is run by a retired finance (金融的) expert. In Kent, a former banker leads Otford’s. In Witcham, the World Peashoot Championships are co- chaired by Eleanor Herring, who moved there in 2021. In Compton, most committee members are people who have come to live there only recently. In Congham, newcomers Nicholas Dickinson and Ian Haynes now run the snail race and have rebuilt the festival around it. Even heavy rain could not stop the crowd’s excitement. “Snails are amazing—they make you believe in them,” said ten-year-old Alyssa. As people stood close under umbrellas, watching the slow race, a small but real sense of hope seemed to grow—for the snails, and for the English countryside itself. 1.How does the writer introduce the topic? A. By explaining the rules of snail racing. B. By comparing snails with human athletes. C. By introducing the history of snail racing. D. By describing an unusual competition scene. 2.What mainly caused the village events’ decline? A. Loss of local shops. B. Poor church support. C. Aging and youth loss. D. Declining public interest. 3.Why does the writer mention Eleanor Herring? A. To prove that city people hardly join rural events. B. To suggest that village festivals need more money. C. To explain why rural communities are dying slowly. D. To show that newcomers can help local traditions return. 4.What is the best title for the passage? A. The Decline of British Countryside B. The Story of a Snail Racing Contest C. The Change of Newcomers in English Villages D. From Snail Races to the Return of Village Life 【答案】1. D　2. C　3. D　4. D 【解析】【导语】 这是一篇记叙文。文章以康厄姆世界蜗牛赛跑锦标赛为引子，讲述乡村活动曾因人口问题衰退，后在城市新移民助力下复苏，为英国乡村带来希望。 (1)题解析： 推理判断题。根据第一段中“This is the World Snail Racing Championships, drawing trainers from as far as South Korea and America. The racetrack is a table covered with a wet cloth marked with two circles. Fifteen snails start from the center, and the first to reach the outer line wins, hoping to beat the record set by a snail named Archie in 1995, who crossed the course in two minutes flat.( 这便是世界蜗牛赛跑锦标赛，吸引了远自韩国和美国的“蜗牛训练师”。赛道是一张铺着湿布的桌子，上面画有两个圆圈。15 只蜗牛从中心出发，率先抵达外圈线的获胜，选手们都希望能打破 1995 年由一只名叫阿奇的蜗牛创下的纪录 —— 它仅用两分钟就跑完了全程。)”可推知，作者是通过描述一个不寻常的比赛场景来引入主题的。故选D项。 (2)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段中“It became hard to find people to help, especially as the older members grew tired. With rural areas losing young people and closing schools and shops, village life seemed to be disappearing.( 越来越难找到帮忙的人，尤其是年长的村民们日渐年迈力衰。随着农村地区年轻人不断流失、学校和商店接连关闭，乡村生活似乎正在逐渐消逝。)”可知，活动的组织者逐渐年老疲惫，而农村的年轻人也不断外流，这是导致活动衰落的根本原因。故选C项。 (3)题解析： 推理判断题。根据第三段中“But summer festivals are making an unexpected comeback. Organizers report that more money is being raised than before. One reason is the growing number of middle- class newcomers from cities.( 但夏日节日正意外地迎来复苏。组织者表示，如今筹集到的资金比以往更多。其中一个原因是来自城市的中产新移民数量不断增加。)”以及第四段中“In Witcham, the World Peashoot Championships are co- chaired by Eleanor Herring, who moved there in 2021. In Compton, most committee members are people who have come to live there only recently.( 在威肯，世界豌豆锦标赛由埃莉诺·赫林（Eleanor Herring）共同主持，她于2021年搬到那里。在康普顿，大多数委员会成员都是最近才来这里居住的人。)”可推知，作者提到埃莉诺·赫林是为了表明新来者可以帮助当地传统的恢复。故选D项。 (4)题解析： 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章以“蜗牛赛跑”这一乡村特色活动为切入点，先讲述乡村活动的衰退，再重点说明新移民如何助力包括蜗牛赛跑在内的乡村节日复苏，最终指向“乡村生活的回归”。由此可知，这篇文章最好的标题是“从蜗牛赛跑到乡村生活的回归”。故选D项。 主题语境03 人与社会-科学与技术 （25-26高一上·湖南衡阳第一中学·期中）Every year vaccines (疫苗) save around five million lives globally. Unfortunately, most vaccines need to be kept cool to stop them from going off. This makes it difficult to transport them to remote areas, because if they get too warm they won’t work. This is what Dr Asel Sartbaeva has been attempting to solve. As a child, Asel Sartbaeva always looked up to scientists like Michael Faraday and Marie Curie. When she studied at Cambridge University, she met an award-winning physicist called Brian Josephson. “My jaw dropped,” she said, “It felt like a ‘big thing’ for me to be working in the same place as scientists I had looked up to for so long.” In 2010, when taking her daughter to be vaccinated, she noticed the doctor had kept the vaccines in the fridge. Later she found that there were places around the world where vaccines couldn’t be delivered because they couldn’t be refrigerated (冷藏) for the whole journey — meaning some people miss out on getting vaccines. Sartbaeva wanted to invent a way to keep vaccines stable at all temperatures, so she came up with ensilication (硅化法) to improve their stability. Over the next few years, Sartbaeva and her team have tested out different ways to see if the ensilicated vaccines can be kept stable when they’re out of the fridge. One of these experiments involved sending vaccines in the post from Bath to Newcastle. The journey is more than 300 miles, which can take a day or two by post, but the vaccines were still safe to use when they arrived. In 2021, Sartbaeva was named a UNICEF Ambassador for Girls in Science Project. She designed experiments to get girls interested in the science-based subjects. “I hope they’ll encourage more girls to work in scientific field because we need more like them. Besides scientific and teaching work, I strive to bridge the gap between scientific innovations and the public, making them more accessible,” she said. 1.How did Sartbaeva feel when she met Brian Josephson? A. Embarrassed. B. Relieved. C. Scared. D. Honored. 2.What drove Sartbaeva to invent ensilication? A. Poor quality of vaccines. B. Vaccine instability without refrigeration. C. Her daughter’s unexpected illness. D. Children’s high demand for vaccines. 3.Why does the author mention the journey in paragraph 4? A. To show the effectiveness of ensilication. B. To emphasize the high cost of transportation. C. To compare different means of transportation. D. To explain the working principle of ensilication. 4.What can we know about Sartbaeva according to the last paragraph? A. She encourages girls to be UNICEF Ambassadors. B. She tries to clear the misunderstanding about women. C. She aims to popularize science among common people. D. She thinks females more talented than males in science. 【答案】1. D　2. B　3. A　4. C 【解析】【导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了阿塞尔·萨特巴耶娃博士致力于解决疫苗运输过程中的冷藏难题，发明了硅化法来保持疫苗的稳定性，以及她为推广科学所做出的努力。 (1)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段中“When she studied at Cambridge University, she met an award-winning physicist called Brian Josephson. “My jaw dropped,” she said, “It felt like a ‘big thing’ for me to be working in the same place as scientists I had looked up to for so long.”(当她在剑桥大学学习时，她遇到了一位获奖物理学家，名叫布莱恩·约瑟夫森。她说：“我当时目瞪口呆，对我来说，能和我仰慕已久的科学家在同一个地方工作，感觉就像是一件大事。”)”可知，布莱恩·约瑟夫森是萨特巴耶娃仰慕已久的科学家，能遇到约瑟夫森并与他在同一个地方工作，她感到很荣幸。故选D项。 (2)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第三段中“Later she found that there were places around the world where vaccines couldn’t be delivered because they couldn’t be refrigerated (冷藏) for the whole journey — meaning some people miss out on getting vaccines. Sartbaeva wanted to invent a way to keep vaccines stable at all temperatures, so she came up with ensilication (硅化法) to improve their stability.(后来她发现，世界上有些地方因为无法在整个运输过程中冷藏疫苗，导致疫苗无法送达——这意味着有些人无法接种疫苗。萨特巴耶娃想发明一种方法，让疫苗在所有温度下都能保持稳定，于是她想出了硅化法来提高疫苗的稳定性)”可知，是疫苗在没有冷藏的情况下的不稳定性促使萨特巴耶娃发明了硅化法。故选B项。 (3)题解析： 推理判断题。根据第四段“Over the next few years, Sartbaeva and her team have tested out different ways to see if the ensilicated vaccines can be kept stable when they’re out of the fridge. One of these experiments involved sending vaccines in the post from Bath to Newcastle. The journey is more than 300 miles, which can take a day or two by post, but the vaccines were still safe to use when they arrived.(在接下来的几年里，萨特巴耶娃和她的团队测试了不同的方法，以观察硅化疫苗在离开冰箱后是否能保持稳定。其中一个实验包括通过邮寄将疫苗从巴斯送到纽卡斯尔。这段旅程超过300英里，邮寄可能需要一两天的时间，但疫苗到达时仍然可以安全使用)”可知，作者在第四段中提到邮寄疫苗的旅程是为了展示硅化法的有效性，即疫苗在离开冰箱后仍然可以保持稳定。故选A项。 (4)题解析： 细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Besides scientific and teaching work, I strive to bridge the gap between scientific innovations and the public, making them more accessible(除了科学和教学之外，我还努力弥合科学创新与公众之间的差距，使科学创新更容易被公众接受)”可知，萨特巴耶娃致力于在普通民众中普及科学。故选C项。 主题语境04 人与自我-做人与做事 （25-26高一上·湖南市岳麓区湖南师范大学附属中学·期中）I can well remember the pain. My stomach was sick, my heart hurt, and my eyes painful from holding back tears. “You know, Annie,” my friend John said, “Joanna and Andrea were just talking about you.” I immediately got nervous. “They said that the only reason you start on the basketball team is because the coach likes you. It’s not because you’re good.” I thought I might be sick. “They said they’re tired of you always getting what you want.” I struggled to keep myself from crying, sinking to my knees on the cold floor. After John told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I was hurt. Joanna and Andrea came in from lunch break acting as if nothing had happened. Joanna was still my deskmate, and Andrea was still my partner for our history project. I was amazed at their ability to pretend we had perfect friendship, especially since they’d said such hurtful things. I was a freshman in high school, and I felt like I didn’t have a friend in the world, all because of Gossip — informal talk or stories about other people’s private lives, perhaps unkind or not true. The tongue can be our worst enemy. Gossip harms confidence and separates close friends. It’s like a sharp knife, cutting one’s self-respect into pieces. When we say unkind things about others, we’re sticking knives into their hearts. So how was I to act next? When Joanna and Andrea pretended our friendship hadn’t changed, I thought of attacking them back. But instead, I told them directly that they had hurt me. Joanna started crying and Andrea was speechless. I knew they were both sorry for what they had said. They apologized, and I forgave them. Sure, things were a little uncomfortable at first, but soon enough everything was back to the way it had been before. I still deal with gossip, sometimes as a receiver and sometimes as a sharer. But the more I learn about love, the more I realize the importance of encouraging others — something gossip never does. 1.What can we conclude from the second paragraph? A. Joanna and Andrea were grateful that the writer was their friend. B. Joanna and Andrea made fun of the writer’s basketball performances. C. Joanna and Andrea were unhappy about the writer being on the team. D. Joanna and Andrea did not think the writer was the coach’s favourite. 2.How did the writer respond to her friends’comments about her? A. She decided to fight back immediately. B. She told them frankly how she felt. C. She found it awkward to speak to them. D. She pretended that nothing had happened. 3.What is the writer’s reaction to gossip? A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Unconcerned. D. Unclear. 4.What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Gossip is definitely a sticking knife into people’s hearts. B. We have to be patient when people gossip about our friends. C. We can’t escape the world with gossip, but love offers a guiding hand. D. We should be careful around our friends since they may cheat us sometimes. 【答案】1. C　2. B　3. A　4. C 【解析】【导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者因朋友间的流言蜚语而受伤，最终选择坦诚沟通并原谅对方的故事。 (1)题解析： 推理判断题。根据第二段中““You know, Annie,” my friend John said, “Joanna and Andrea were just talking about you.” I immediately got nervous. “They said that the only reason you start on the basketball team is because the coach likes you. It’s not because you’re good.” I thought I might be sick. “They said they’re tired of you always getting what you want.”(“你知道吗，安妮，”我的朋友约翰说，“乔安娜和安德烈亚刚才在谈论你。”我立刻紧张起来。“她们说你之所以能在篮球队打首发，唯一原因是教练喜欢你。并不是因为你打得好。”我觉得自己可能要吐了。“她们说她们受够了你总是得到自己想要的东西。”)”可知，乔安娜和安德烈亚对作者加入篮球队这件事感到不满。故选C。 (2)题解析： 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“But instead, I told them directly that they had hurt me.(但相反，我直接告诉他们，他们伤害了我。)”可知，作者直接告诉了朋友们自己的感受。故选B。 (3)题解析： 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“I still deal with gossip, sometimes as a receiver and sometimes as a sharer. But the more I learn about love, the more I realize the importance of encouraging others — something gossip never does.(我仍然会遇到流言蜚语，有时是接收者，有时是传播者。但我对爱了解得越多，就越意识到鼓励他人的重要性——这是流言蜚语永远做不到的。)”可知，作者对流言蜚语持积极态度。故选A。 (4)题解析： 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“I still deal with gossip, sometimes as a receiver and sometimes as a sharer. But the more I learn about love, the more I realize the importance of encouraging others — something gossip never does.(我仍然会遇到流言蜚语，有时是接收者，有时是传播者。但我对爱了解得越多，就越意识到鼓励他人的重要性——这是流言蜚语永远做不到的。)”可知，我们无法逃避有流言蜚语的世界，但爱可以为我们指引方向。故选C。 主题语境05 人与自我-生活与学习 （25-26高一上·湖南三新联盟·期中）“Shí éí Nizhoni yinishye,” 19-year-old Nizhoni Tso says in a video online, pointing to the matching written words. “My name is Nizhoni.” She isn’t following the latest dance trend. Instead, she’s leading a language lesson. With a calm and steady voice, she teaches her followers how to introduce themselves in Navajo, a language that the United Nations has classified as endangered. Nizhoni grew up in the Navajo Nation, hearing the language from her grandparents. But, like many in her generation, she didn’t speak it fluently. “I understood it, but I couldn’t form the sentences to talk back,” she remembers. “It felt like a part of me was missing, like I was holding a book I couldn’t read.” That feeling led to Nizhoni’s decision to learn Navajo herself. And she decided to record the entire process online, hoping to find a way to push herself and maybe connect with others on the journey. Her first videos were nervous, showing her practicing basic words. However, the community response was immediate and huge. Her followers grew into the tens of thousands, from other Navajo youth to non-native people attracted by the language. Besides, comments poured in from elders, offering encouragement and sometimes gently correcting her pronunciation. This online classroom became her most powerful teacher. Her work has also resulted in a movement. Dozens of other young Navajo people have started their own language-focused social media accounts, creating an online web of learners and teachers. This is important for a language that has fewer fluent speakers each year, as the elder generation passes away. The influence goes beyond the online world. Nizhoni now volunteers to teach beginner classes at her local community center, where she has students of all ages. Her grandmother, who once spoke to a child who couldn’t fully answer back, now attends every class, smiling with pride. “To hear my granddaughter teach our language... it’s a comfort,” her grandmother says. “It mends a broken connection.” 1.What is the challenge faced by Navajo? A. It is in danger of dying out. B. It fails to attract young people. C. It is difficult to pronounce correctly. D. It is mainly spoken in traditional families. 2.Why did Nizhoni start posting videos online? A. To become a social media star. B. To promote the Navajo language. C. To offer support to Navajo learners. D. To encourage herself to stick to her decision. 3.How has Nizhoni’s work affected Navajo? A. Navajo is no longer endangered. B. The number of Navajo learners is on the rise. C. Navajo gains worldwide popularity online. D. More schools start adding Navajo to their curriculum. 4.What do the underlined words “mends a broken connection” in paragraph 5 refer to? A. Repairing a family relationship. B. Bridging a generational language gap. C. Solving an Internet connectivity problem. D. Connecting Navajo with other languages. 【答案】1. A　2. D　3. B　4. B 【解析】【导语】 这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了19岁的尼佐尼为弥补自身纳瓦霍语短板，在线记录学习过程并授课，带动众多年轻人参与，线下也开展教学，助力这一濒危语言传承。 (1)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第一段“With a calm and steady voice, she teaches her followers how to introduce themselves in Navajo, a language that the United Nations has classified as endangered.(她用沉稳柔和的声音，教粉丝们如何用纳瓦霍语自我介绍。这种语言已被联合国列为濒危语言。)”可知，纳瓦霍语面临的挑战是濒临消失。故选A项。 (2)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第三段“And she decided to record the entire process online, hoping to find a way to push herself and maybe connect with others on the journey. (她决定将整个学习过程记录在网上，希望能找到推动自己的方式，或许还能在这段旅程中与他人建立联系。)”可知，尼佐尼发布视频是为了鼓励自己坚持学习纳瓦霍语的决定。故选D项。 (3)题解析： 推理判断题。根据第四段“Dozens of other young Navajo people have started their own language-focused social media accounts, creating an online web of learners and teachers. (数十名其他纳瓦霍年轻人开设了自己的语言类社交媒体账号，形成了一个由学习者和教师组成的在线网络。)”可知，尼佐尼的行动让纳瓦霍语学习者数量不断增加。故选B项。 (4)题解析： 词句猜测题。根据第二段“Nizhoni grew up in the Navajo Nation, hearing the language from her grandparents. But, like many in her generation, she didn’t speak it fluently. “I understood it, but I couldn’t form the sentences to talk back,” she remembers. “It felt like a part of me was missing, like I was holding a book I couldn’t read.”(Nizhoni在纳瓦霍族长大，从祖父母那里听到这种语言。但是，和她这一代的许多人一样，她说得不流利。“我明白了，但我说不出话来回应，”她回忆道。“感觉就像我失去了一部分，就像我拿着一本我看不懂的书。”)”以及最后一段“The influence goes beyond the online world. Nizhoni now volunteers to teach beginner classes at her local community center, where she has students of all ages. Her grandmother, who once spoke to a child who couldn’t fully answer back, now attends every class, smiling with pride. “To hear my granddaughter teach our language... it’s a comfort,” her grandmother says. (这种影响超越了网络世界。Nizhoni现在自愿在当地社区中心教授初级课程，那里有各个年龄段的学生。她的祖母曾经和一个无法完全回答的孩子说话，现在她参加了每一节课，自豪地微笑着。“听我孙女教我们的语言……这是一种安慰，”她的祖母说)”可知，Nizhoni的祖母曾经因为孙女不会说纳瓦霍语而感到遗憾，现在孙女教纳瓦霍语，祖母感到欣慰，说明这修复了祖孙之间因语言不通而产生的隔阂，由此可推知，mends a broken connection指的是弥合代际语言鸿沟，让祖母和孙女能用纳瓦霍语相互交流了。故选B项。 主题语境01 人与自我-生活与学习 Passage 1 （25-26高一上·湖南长沙长郡中学-11月·期中）David Thompson sat on a hard bench behind the long narrow desk and watched the flies fly lazily in the sun. The drone of the younger boys reading letters and the older boys reciting Latin verbs made him sleepy. David had to force his eyes to stay open. He wanted to learn something new. He looked up at the schoolmaster’s high desk in the front of the room. The new teacher, Mr. John Adams, was from Harvard College. David’s father had been impressed with him. The boys had already had several other teachers, but none of them seemed to inspire David. So far, there was nothing to show that this one was special, though he’d only been there two days. “It’s too hot to sit and memorize lessons,” the schoolmaster said. “We’ll move outdoors for the next part of our lesson.” He led the group of boys into the schoolyard. “You younger boys, dig for grubs and beetles (幼虫和甲虫). Count their feet. See if you can describe their shells (壳).” David watched the teacher surrounded by laughing young students. No one had ever used the schoolyard itself for a classroom. “What next?” he thought. Soon he didn’t have time to think about the younger boys, for he was running after butterflies and dragonflies himself. David and his friends liked this new way of learning. “It will be a clear night tonight. Go outside and look at the sky,” said the schoolmaster. “Look at the stars ad notice their brightness and the patterns they make. These patterns have names from Greek mythology (神话), names like Orion, Aries, and others. Tomorrow we will learn about the ancient stories on them.” “How is the new schoolmaster?” asked David’s father that evening, when David announced he was going out to look at the sky. “He’s different from any schoolmaster we’ve had,” David admitted. “He seems interested in everything around him, and he wants us to be curious too. He even used the schoolyard as a classroom.” “So Mr. John Adams and his new ways make school useful to you after all,” joked David’s father. “I believe he has,” said David. “I know I won’t forget the lessons he has taught us.” 1.What does the underlined word “drone” in paragraph 1 mean? A. Clear speaking voices. B. Low dull sounds. C. Enthusiastic responses. D. High spirits. 2.Which statement shows that the new schoolmaster understood the children? A. “It’s too hot to sit and memorize lessons…” B. “See if you can describe their shells…” C. “Go outside and look at the sky…” D. “Tomorrow we will learn about the ancient stories…” 3.From paragraph 8, we can learn that . A. David’s father had met the new schoolmaster B. David had thought poorly of school before C. David’s father was not satisfied with the new ways D. David had shown his father his homework 4.What is the main idea of this story? A. Science is all around us. B. School provides us with the best education. C. There is more than one way to learn. D. Homework is an important part of education. 【答案】1. B　2. A　3. B　4. C 【解析】【导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了新校长用其独特的教学方法重新点燃了原本厌学的 David的学习兴趣的故事。 (1)题解析： 词句猜测题。文章第一段中“David had to force his eyes to stay open. He wanted to learn something new. (David不得不强迫自己睁着眼睛。他想学点新东西。)”提到 David的学习兴致不高，所描述的场景也跟他的心情一样，由画线词所在句的“made him sleepy”可推知，那些背诵读书的嗡嗡声让 David昏昏欲睡。故选B。 (2)题解析： 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段““I believe he has,” said David. “I know I won’t forget the lessons he has taught us.” (“我相信他已经做到了，” David说。“我知道我不会忘记他教给我们的东西。”)”提到的新校长的教学方法给 David带来的变化可知，校长了解学生们厌烦了日复一日的常规教学，而A项准确地说明了教师对学生心情的了解。故选A。 (3)题解析： 推理判断题。由第一段中“David had to force his eyes to stay open. He wanted to learn something new. (David不得不强迫自己睁着眼睛。他想学点新东西。)”和第八段“He’s different from any schoolmaster we’ve had,” David admitted. “He seems interested in everything around him, and he wants us to be curious too. He even used the schoolyard as a classroom.” (“他和我们以前的校长都不一样，” David承认。“他似乎对周围的一切都很感兴趣，他想让我们也好奇。他甚至把校园当成了教室。”)”可知，以前David学习兴致不高，放学回家后对新校长给出好评，由此可推知在新校长到来之前，David此前一直对学校的评价不高。故选B。 (4)题解析： 主旨大意题。根据全文内容，结合第八段“He’s different from any schoolmaster we’ve had,” David admitted. “He seems interested in everything around him, and he wants us to be curious too. He even used the schoolyard as a classroom.” (“他和我们以前的校长都不一样，” David承认。“他似乎对周围的一切都很感兴趣，他想让我们也好奇。他甚至把校园当成了教室。”)”可知，文章主要讲了John Adams当教师时让学生们摆脱了单调无聊的常规学习方法，给学生们带来全新的学习体验。故选C。 Passage 2 （25-26高一上·湖南长沙雅礼教育集团·期中）When Clara took over her grandfather’s Brooklyn bookshop in 2018, the first thing she took away wasn’t the old books, but the WiFi router (无线路由器). Regular customers complained. A lawyer said he would spend his $500 monthly coffee money somewhere else if she didn’t put WiFi back. “Books deserve the same full attention we give to people we love,” she told me, while cleaning the brass counter her grandfather put in place in 1967. Her firm choice seemed harmful to herself, especially as other stores nearby closed down. But something unexpected happened. By 2020, the shop had become an unofficial sanctuary (庇护所). Teenagers lay on Persian carpets reading Dostoevsky, forgetting their phones in their backpacks. A retired judge started holding Saturday poetry meetings. At these meetings, people recited poems from memory—a habit Clara called “brain tattooing.” The pandemic (疫情) should have been their death knell. Instead, when Clara started selling “Survival Bundles” (carefully chosen books with handwritten notes), many orders came in: Most buyers were tech company leaders who felt tired of Zoom meetings. A CEO from Silicon Valley said these were the first real books he had held since he finished graduate school. “We’re eager for things we can touch and feel,” Clara said, as she wrapped packages in recycled paper. Last winter, I found her dealing with a new threat. A property developer had bought their building and suddenly raised the rent to three times the original price. What happened next was like a story from a novel: customers organized marches on the sidewalk; the judge helped them for free; even the lawyer who once threatened to leave gave money to pay for their legal help. In the court, Clara quoted Melville: “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand small connections link us together.” The judge—who often came to her poetry meetings—said the rent increase was not fair. Now the shop displays this court decision alongside signed first editions. It’s proof that some important connections still can’t be broken by digital things. 1.What made Clara’s approach to running the bookshop special? A. Focusing on rare book collections. B. Introducing modern technology. C. Meeting the needs of customers. D. Prioritizing full concentration. 2.What does the underlined phrase “death knell” in paragraph 3 mean? A. A big chance to develop. B. An event marking the end. C. A desperate cry for survival. D. A method to attract more buyers. 3.How did the retired judge help Clara when they faced the rent problem? A. He provided legal help for Clara without charge. B. He gave money to pay for their legal defense. C. He bought the building from the property developer. D. He organized protests on the sidewalk with customers. 4.What does the story mainly want to tell us? A. Profit-driven decisions may lead to unexpected outcomes. B. Only by giving up new technology can traditional shops survive. C. Community and human connection can handle modern challenges. D. Sticking to one’s beliefs about traditional things alone can win others’ support. 【答案】1. D　2. B　3. A　4. C 【解析】【导语】 这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了克拉拉接手祖父的书店后，通过取消无线网络，鼓励顾客专注阅读，从而打造了一个充满人文关怀的社区空间，并在疫情和租金上涨等挑战中，依靠社区力量和人际连接使书店得以生存的故事。 (1)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第一段“When Clara took over her grandfather’s Brooklyn bookshop in 2018, the first thing she took away wasn’t the old books, but the WiFi router (无线路由器). Regular customers complained. A lawyer said he would spend his $500 monthly coffee money somewhere else if she didn’t put WiFi back. “Books deserve the same full attention we give to people we love,” she told me, while cleaning the brass counter her grandfather put in place in 1967.(2018 年克拉拉接手祖父在布鲁克林的书店时，她最先撤走的不是旧书，而是无线路由器。老顾客们纷纷抱怨。一位律师说，要是她不把 WiFi 装回去，他每月 500 美元的咖啡钱就会花到别的地方去。“书籍值得我们给予所爱之人那样的全神贯注，” 她一边擦拭祖父 1967 年就安好的黄铜柜台，一边对我说道。)”可知，克拉拉认为书籍应该得到人们像对待所爱的人一样的完全关注，她取消了无线路由器，优先考虑顾客的专注度。故选D。 (2)题解析： 词句猜测题。根据下文“Instead, when Clara started selling “Survival Bundles” (carefully chosen books with handwritten notes), many orders came in.(相反，当克拉拉开始售卖 “生存套装”（精心挑选的书籍，附有手写便签）时，订单纷至沓来。)”可知，克拉拉开始销售“生存套装”时，收到了许多订单，由此可知，疫情本应该是书店的终结，但是书店却存活了下来。因此，death knell意思是“标志着结束的事件”，选项B“An event marking the end”符合题意。故选B。 (3)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第四段“customers organized marches on the sidewalk; the judge helped them for free; even the lawyer who once threatened to leave gave money to pay for their legal help.(顾客们在人行道上组织游行；法官免费帮助他们；就连曾经威胁要离开的律师也捐钱支付他们的法律援助费用。)”可知，当面临租金问题时，退休法官免费为克拉拉提供法律帮助。故选A。 (4)题解析： 推理判断题。文章讲述了克拉拉接手祖父的书店后，通过取消无线网络，鼓励顾客专注阅读，从而打造了一个充满人文关怀的社区空间，并在疫情和租金上涨等挑战中，依靠社区力量和人际连接使书店得以生存的故事。由此可知，这个故事主要想告诉我们社区和人际联系可以应对现代挑战。故选C。 Passage 3 （25-26高一上·湖南湘潭湘钢一中教育集团·期中）A mother of nine who started medical school when her youngest child was 4 years old graduated with her degree and planned to be a neurosurgeon. Sarah Merrill, now 41, said her journey to medical school began at 17. She then met her husband and got married. Merrill first thought about going to school part-time to get a degree, but later she decided to follow her dream of attending medical school. Certainly, it was a challenge. Speaking of her successfully returning to university, Merrill owed it to her family largely. “When I was accepted by Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, we moved from Pennsylvania to Arizona,” said Merrill, who is moving to Indiana with her family to begin her residency (实习期) in neurosurgery. “In fact, they volunteered these movements. I know it was tough for all of us.” Merrill and her children often have “homework parties” where they study for their own courses. Merrill’s choice has given a kind of stimulus to her children. Merrill felt touched knowing her 11-year-old daughter wants to become a surgeon and overhearing her son tell his friends his mom’s going to be a cool brain surgeon, though he doesn’t understand that really. Merrill’s next step into a neurosurgery residency will take her into a male-dominated field where only 5% of board-certified neurosurgeons are women. Dr. Michele Halyard at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine said Merrill was known as a focused student. Halyard said, “If you can deal with nine children patiently, the residency should be a piece of cake because no amount of stress will make you fail.” Merrill had considered choosing a more family-friendly career, but, again, she chose to follow her original dream. It’s the same advice she would give to all. “Set the goal which you’re really enthusiastic about, and it helps to think small. If you know what your interest is, focus on the next step. Then you’ll get where you want to go.” 1.How did the family support Merrill? A. The husband took on more housework. B. They held many homework parties. C. The children desired to become surgeons. D. They moved their house to Arizona. 2.What does the underlined word “stimulus” mean in Paragraph 3? A. Comfort. B. Development. C. Choice. D. Inspiration. 3.What do Halyard’s words in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Merrill can make it in the residency. B. Merrill will have more stress to handle. C. Being mom ensures Merrill a better doctor. D. Staying focused and sensible is key to success. 4.What does Merrill’s experience show? A. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. B. Be true to your passion. C. Keep a good work-life balance. D. Fortune favors the bold. 【答案】1. D　2. D　3. A　4. B 【解析】【导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了41岁的九个孩子的母亲Sarah Merrill，在最小的孩子4岁时攻读医学院，最终毕业并计划成为神经外科医生的追梦历程。 (1)题解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“When I was accepted by Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, we moved from Pennsylvania to Arizona,” said Merrill, who is moving to Indiana with her family to begin her residency (实习期) in neurosurgery. “In fact, they volunteered these movements.(“当我被梅奥诊所阿利克斯医学院录取时，我们从宾夕法尼亚州搬到了亚利桑那州，”Merrill说，她正和家人搬到印第安纳州，开始她的神经外科实习期。“事实上，这些搬迁都是他们自愿的。”)”可知，家人主动配合Merrill的学业两次搬迁，以此支持她追求医学梦想。故选D项。 (2)题解析： 词句猜测题。根据第三段中的“Merrill felt touched knowing her 11-year-old daughter wants to become a surgeon and overhearing her son tell his friends his mom’s going to be a cool brain surgeon, though he doesn’t understand that really.(得知自己11岁的女儿想成为一名外科医生，还无意中听到儿子告诉朋友他妈妈要成为一名很酷的脑外科医生——尽管他并不真正理解这一点，Merrill感到很感动。)”可知，Merrill的选择激励了孩子们拥有自己的目标，因此“stimulus”意为“激励、鼓舞”，与D选项“inspiration”含义相符。故选D项。 (3)题解析： 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“If you can deal with nine children patiently, the residency should be a piece of cake because no amount of stress will make you fail.(如果你能耐心地照顾九个孩子，那么实习期应该是小菜一碟，因为再多的压力也不会让你失败。)”可知，Halyard认为Merrill有耐心应对九个孩子的压力，必然能顺利完成神经外科的实习期，即她能成功度过实习期。故选A项。 (4)题解析： 推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是最后一段中的“Set the goal which you’re really enthusiastic about, and it helps to think small. If you know what your interest is, focus on the next step. Then you’ll get where you want to go.(设定一个你真正热衷的目标，从小处着手会有帮助。如果你知道自己的兴趣所在，专注于下一步。然后你就会到达你想去的地方。)”可知，Merrill始终坚守自己成为神经外科医生的梦想，克服家庭和年龄等诸多困难最终圆梦，其经历体现了“忠于自己的热爱”这一核心。故选B项。 / 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $函学科网 www.zxxk.com 让教与学更高效 专题03阅读理解（记叙文） 基础必练 主题语境01人与社会-历史、社会与文化 Passage 1 【答案】1.B2.A3.C4.C Passage 2 【答案】1.C2.A3.B4.D 主题语境02人与社会-社会服务与人际沟通 【答案】1.A2.B3.A4.B 主题语境03人与自我-生活与学习 【答案】1.C2.A3.B 进阶提升 主题语境01人与社会-历史、社会与文化 Passage 1 【答案】1.B2.B3.C4.C Passage 2 【答案】1.A2.B3.B4.C Passage 3 【答案】1.B2.C3.C4.B 主题语境02人与社会-文学、艺术与体育 112 可学科网 www.zxxk.com 让教与学更高效 【答案】1.D2.C3.D4.D 主题语境03人与社会-科学与技术 【答案】1.D2.B3.A4.C 主题语境04人与自我-做人与做事 【答案】1.C2.B3.A4.C 主题语境05人与自我-生活与学习 【答案】1.A2.D3.B4.B 拓展培优 主题语境01人与自我-生活与学习 Passage 1 【答案】1.B2.A3.B4.C Passage 2 【答案】1.D2.B3.A4.C Passage 3 【答案】1.D2.D3.A4.B 212 专题03 阅读理解（记叙文） 主题语境01 人与社会-历史、社会与文化 Passage 1 （25-26高一上·湖南名校联考联合体·期中）Don Shiffler didn’t think much about it when his three-year-old son said that the thin, green rock he found was a dinosaur (恐龙) egg. Think again, Dad. Researchers say the “rock” young David Shiffler found is the oldest evidence (证据) of a meat-eating, egg-laying dinosaur. The family was on their way home from a camping trip, having just seen “The Land Before Time”, a cartoon (动画片) about a young dinosaur, and Shiffler said David had dinosaurs on his mind. “Everything he picked up that day was a dinosaur egg,” said Shiffler. Without giving it serious thought, Shiffler placed the unusual “rock” on a shelf, where it remained for nearly two months. David, however, kept telling his father that the coin-sized rock was important. “I knew it was a dinosaur egg,” David, now four, said last month at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, where the fossilized (化石的) piece of eggshell is now on show. After Dad finally gave in and brought the piece to the museum, experts examined it carefully. They discovered that it was about 150 million years old — a major discovery that is changing scientists’ understanding of when meat-eating, egg-laying dinosaurs first appeared. 1.How did Don Shiffler first react to the rock his son found? A. He kept it safely on a shelf. B. He didn’t take it seriously. C. He realized it was a dinosaur egg. D. He thought of taking it to the museum. 2.Which of the following best explains why David believed the rock was dinosaur egg? A. He was full of imagination. B. He was an unusually clever boy. C. He could watch things carefully. D. He had made a study of dinosaurs. 3.Why did Don Shiffler decide to take the rock to the museum? A. He found it was valuable. B. His son told him it was very old. C. His son kept saying it was important. D. He had got a call from the museum. 4.Before David’s discovery, scientists used to think that meat-eating, egg-laying dinosaurs________. A. hadn’t appeared on the earth B. hadn’t appeared in America C. had appeared on the earth much later D. had appeared on the earth much earlier Passage 2 （25-26高一上·湖南株洲株洲南方中学·期中）From her window in countryside of Aberdeenshire, Laura never fails to enjoy the natural beauty and reflect on the great changes life has brought. The pretty farm on a hillside in Strichen was a world away from her life just a few years ago. Now, besides beautiful countryside views, she looks out for the daily tricks of Shaun, a characterful sheep who has changed her life unimaginably. Raising him when he was young inspired (激发) Laura to write a hit children’s book, “Shaun’s New Home”. Laura decided to reinvent her life as her fortieth birthday was coming soon. After her husband Edward lost his job, they set up a home-based business. Influenced by their neighbours who moved to Banff and sent amazing countryside pictures, they decided to live the dream before it was too late. They bought a property (房产) in Strichen and relocated 450 miles north. As word got round about their love of animals and their willingness to take in those needing a fresh start, the field at the farm became home to ducks, chickens, pigs and so on. But Shaun’s arrival was the real-life changer. She adopted (收养) him as a friend for Clyde, a tiny little sheep. Shaun, who had been with farm dogs, had dog-like characters. He followed Laura around, loved shaking its tail, and was very cute. Laura started recording the playful behaviour of Shaun, Clyde and other adopted animals. She would imagine what they might be saying to one another, and Edward suggested she turn those ideas into a book. “I never imagined I could write a book. Let alone find a publisher,” Laura said. “So, calling myself an author and seeing my book become popular is beyond my wildest dreams. It’s all about discovery, love and belonging, and being able to share that is wonderful.” Laura has been reading Shaun’s adventures to children in primary schools, while also writing book two. 1.Why did Laura decide to move to Strichen? A. To accept a neighbor’s invitation. B. To improve her writing skills. C. To make a fresh start in her life. D. To celebrate her 40th birthday. 2.What inspired Laura to write the book? A. Her adoption of Shaun. B. Her wildest dreams. C. Their home-based business. D. Beautiful country side views. 3.What was special about Shaun? A. He learned to help with farm work. B. He acted like a dog sometimes. C. He protected other animals on the farm. D. He taught Laura how to write stories. 4.What does the writer mainly intend to tell us? A. Writing a book requires support from family. B. Adopting animals is a way to live the dream. C. Countryside life is always better than city life. D. Life changes can lead to unexpected outcomes. 主题语境02 人与社会-社会服务与人际沟通 （25-26高一上·湖南湘一名校联考·期中）Jamie Lynn Dorr is a loving mother. She faces the challenges of raising a son with autism (自闭症). Recently, she shared an amazing video online, which touched many people’s hearts. The news is this: Her son’s teacher is a perfect match for giving him part of her liver (肝脏), something he needs to live. Four years ago, Jamie moved to a new town. She had few friends, and her son, Bowen, needed all her attention. Then, a teacher named Holly Allgood came into their lives. She brought great kindness, support, and a friendship that would prove to be life-changing. “If you know Holly, you know she is accommodating,” Jamie said. “From the moment we met, she continued to remind me that even on the hard days, we were not alone. She has caught so many of my tears, answered my late calls, and seen our worst moments. I sent my special-needs son to school because I knew Holly would care for him.” When Bowen’s health worsened, Holly did much more than her job required. She visited Bowen, video-called him from the hospital, and supported Jamie through this difficult time. Then came more bad news: Neither Jamie nor her husband could be liver donors (捐赠者). Without thinking twice, Holly offered to be tested as a donor, and she was a perfect match. As Jamie wrote in her moving post, “Holly Allgood isn’t just Bowen’s teacher and our friend, but she is truly our hero. She is taking great risks to give Bowen a chance to live, and I am so thankful that Bowen will always carry a part of her with him.” 1.What can be learned about Jamie before she met Holly? A. She lived a tough life. B. She depended on others for support. C. She got used to the new life quickly. D. She failed to find a school for her son. 2.What does the underlined word “accommodating” in paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Strict. B. Helpful. C. Frank. D. Creative. 3.Why did Holly offer to be tested as a liver donor? A. She wanted to save Bowen’s life. B. Bowen was one of her best students. C. She hoped to set a good example. D. It was a chance to pay back the family. 4.What is the purpose of Jamie sharing the video online? A. To explain what autism is. B. To express her thanks to Holly. C. To show Bowen’s health condition. D. To raise money for Bowen’s treatment. 主题语境03 人与自我-生活与学习 （25-26高一上·湖南醴陵第一中学西安交大杯-学·期中）Max reads more than anyone he knows. He loves to read during all of his free time. His friends laugh at him because he would rather read than play video games, but his parents and his teachers are proud of him. They say reading is important, and it will help him learn about the world around him. They also tell him it is a good habit. One day Max was reading a magazine article about volcanoes (火山). He told his friends all about volcanoes and what causes them to erupt. The very next week, the teacher started a science project about volcanoes. Guess who everyone wanted in their project group! Max’s friends weren’t laughing at him anymore. Max ended up being in a group with Liz, Anna and Josh. The work was to create a poster board with information about volcanoes and to build a volcano model. Max made copies of the magazine article about volcanoes so his project partners could read about them too. They also went to the library to look for more information about volcanoes. The group met at Anna’s house that night to organize the information and decide what they wanted to put on the poster board. They all asked Max what he thought was most important. Then they decided together to do what Max said. The next night they met at Josh’s house to build their volcano. They used cardboard and modeling clay. First they made a volcano shape with the cardboard, and then they covered the shape in brown and red clay. The volcano looked great. Max, Liz, Anna and Josh were very proud of their hard work. When they turned in their project, their teacher was proud too. Thanks to Max’s good habit, they came an A+ on both parts of the project. 1.Why did everyone want Max in their group? A. Because of his friendliness. B. Because of his good marks. C. Because of his knowledge of volcanoes. D. Because of his speaking skills. 2.Which word can be used to describe Max best according to the text? A. Studious. B. Greedy. C. Honest. D. Ambitious. 3.What can be a suitable title for the text? A. A Science Project B. Max’s Good Habit C. A Volcano Model D. Teamwork in Class 主题语境01 人与社会-历史、社会与文化 Passage 1 （25-26高一上·湖南长沙雷锋中学·期中）A survey said the average Asian dad spent one minute a day with his children. I was shocked. I mean, a whole minute? Every day? Get real. Once a week maybe. The fact is, many Asian males (男性) are bad at kid-related things. In fact, I am one of them. Child-rearing (养育子女) doesn’t come naturally to guys. My mother knew the names of our teachers, best friends and crushes. My dad was only vaguely aware there were short people sharing the apartment. My mother bought healthy fresh food at the market every day. My dad would only go shopping when there was nothing in the fridge except a jar of capers and a bay leaf. Then he’d buy beer. My mother always knew the right questions to ask our teachers. My dad would ask my English teacher if she could get us a discount on school fees. My mother served kid food to kids. My dad added chilli sauce (辣椒酱) to everything, including our baby food. It seems that mothers have superpowers. My son fell off a wall once and hurt himself all over. I demanded someone bring me a computer so I could google what to do. My wife ignored me and did some sort of chanting phrase such as “Mummy kiss it better”, and cured 17 separate injuries in less than 15 seconds. Yes, mothers are incredible people, but they are not always right. Yet honesty forces me to record the fact that mothers only know best 99.99% of the time. Here are some famous slip-ups. The mother of Bill Gates: “If you’re going to drop out of college and hang out with your stupid friends, don’t come to me when you find yourself penniless (身无分文).” The mother of Albert Einstein: “When you grow up, you’ll find that sitting around thinking about the nature of time and space won’t pay the bills.” 1.The writer writes the passage in a ______ tone (语调). A. sad. B. humorous. C. angry. D. peaceful. 2.In paragraph 2, the writer makes a comparison between mothers and fathers to show that ______. A. women love kids more than men. B. men are not good at child-rearing. C. men are not interested in child-rearing. D. child-rearing is difficult both for women and men. 3.What does the underlined word “slip-ups” in the fourth paragraph probably mean? A. stories. B. disadvantages. C. mistakes. D. advantages. 4.How is the last paragraph mainly developed? A. By making comparisons. B. By analyzing causes. C. By giving examples. D. By following the order of time. Passage 2 （25-26高一上·湖南长沙第一中学-11月·期中）Jordan knew he wanted to do something unique with his farmland. He wanted to win the local garden club’s “Yard of the Month” award. But he didn’t have the money to buy new trees, so he began by using bushes and shrubs (矮树苗) that a local nursery had thrown away — that looked dead to most people. Because he worked days at a can factory, Jordan often tended his garden at night. Neighbors got used to seeing one little headlight as Jordan stood on a ladder, cutting and shaping his steadily growing bushes. Gradually, the shrubs took on different shapes. Jordan then began planting trees and using zip ties, coat hangers, PVC pipe, and even his wife’s old stockings to achieve the forms he wanted. “He has a way of manipulating plants to do things he wants them to do by training, bending, wiring, and clipping,” says a neighbor. “And the plants seem to bend to his will.” Many professional gardeners are amazed by what Jordan has been able to achieve. “The garden itself was created from lack of knowledge,” says Jordan in his booming bass voice, “because I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to do this with plants. For one time in my life, ignorance paid off.” Jordan’s attention to detail and his willingness to work hard have made him a local hero. He was the first African American to win “Yard of the Month” honor from the local garden club. And more recognition followed: articles in major newspapers and appearances on well-known TV shows. Jordan’s garden now includes about 400 species of plants and 150 shrubs in different shapes. On his front yard, four-foot-tall letters filled with bright red begonias (秋海棠) spell Love, Peace, and Goodwill. These are the values Jordan lives by. Jordan opens his private garden to everyone, including those going through a tough time financially. A box for donations can be found in his garden, but giving is optional. Jordan welcomes people who can’t afford to pay. He understands; he’s been there. 1.What does the underlined word “manipulating” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Controlling. B. Expecting. C. Planting. D. Using. 2.Which of the following words can best describe Jordan? A. Hard-working and shy. B. Creative and generous. C. Helpful and knowledgeable. D. Positive and humorous. 3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. Tickets are expensive for visitors. B. Jordan used to be poor. C. The garden is only open to plant lovers. D. Jordan lives on donation from others. 4.What does Jordan’s experience of building the garden mainly tell us? A. A good beginning is half done. B. Actions speak louder than words. C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Passage 3 （25-26高一上·湖南长沙明德中学·期中）“If knowledge is power, then learning is a Super Power.” That’s the motto of Jim Kwik, a world leader in speed learning and best brain performance whose cutting-edge techniques and impressive mental achievements have made him a rock star of the personal transformation world. At the age of five, Jim was sitting on a chair in his classroom. Suddenly, hearing a fire engine alarm, Jim Kwik who saw firemen as superheroes lifted his chair and moved to the corridor to watch them. Standing over the chair to watch the firemen, Jim Kwik was late to react as his fellow mate pulled his chair and he got his head severely injured. After that accident, he was never back to normal. He couldn’t remember and understand things, struggling to cope with schooling as he said once that his heart would beat out of his chest whenever his teacher asked him to read aloud a book in front of his classmates. He still remembered a teacher talking to other teachers pointing him out and naming him as “a boy with the broken brain”. His parents were very protective. But Jim never gave up! He taught himself by reading comic books every night under the blankets with the flashlight. By doing this every day he taught himself how to read in three years. Finally, Jim got a chance to have some success in school. Today, he is a highly sought-out brain trainer for top companies and organizations, with some of his videos reaching over 20 million views, and he’s known for having coached Hollywood stars like Will Smith and Hugh Jackman along with the cast of the movie X-Men. 1.What do we know about Jim Kwik? A. He heals brain and mental diseases. B. He is a world famous learning expert. C. He was injured by his classmate on purpose. D. He got injured when taking part in a fire fighting. 2.What happened to Jim after the accident? A. He never went back to school. B. He felt nervous to talk with classmates. C. He found it difficult to handle school tasks. D. He was called ”broken brain"by his classmates. 3.Which word can best describe the story of Jim Kwik? A. Tragic. B. Embarrassing. C. Inspiring. D. Entertaining. 4.Which would be the best title for the text? A. Knowledge Is a Super Power B. Learning Makes a Brain Change C. A Super Brain Guarantees Success D. An Accident Turned Out a Blessing 主题语境02 人与社会-文学、艺术与体育 （25-26高一上·湖南名校联盟·期中）Visitors arriving at the “Big Summer Bash" in Congham, East Anglia, carry strange boxes filled with green leaves—— and snails (蜗牛). This is the World Snail Racing Championships, drawing trainers from as far as South Korea and America. The racetrack is a table covered with a wet cloth marked with two circles. Fifteen snails start from the center, and the first to reach the outer line wins, hoping to beat the record set by a snail named Archie in 1995, who crossed the course in two minutes flat. Until recently, this funny race was part of Congham’s church festival, where villagers played games to raise money for the local church. However, such events faced a slow decline (衰退). It became hard to find people to help, especially as the older members grew tired. With rural areas losing young people and closing schools and shops, village life seemed to be disappearing. But summer festivals are making an unexpected comeback. Organizers report that more money is being raised than before. One reason is the growing number of middle- class newcomers from cities. Such people are often blamed for the decline of village life, pricing out locals without really integrating into the community. Yet in many places they have shown themselves to have the skills, resources, energy and time to organize successful events. The Lurgashall village festival in West Sussex, for example, is run by a retired finance (金融的) expert. In Kent, a former banker leads Otford’s. In Witcham, the World Peashoot Championships are co- chaired by Eleanor Herring, who moved there in 2021. In Compton, most committee members are people who have come to live there only recently. In Congham, newcomers Nicholas Dickinson and Ian Haynes now run the snail race and have rebuilt the festival around it. Even heavy rain could not stop the crowd’s excitement. “Snails are amazing—they make you believe in them,” said ten-year-old Alyssa. As people stood close under umbrellas, watching the slow race, a small but real sense of hope seemed to grow—for the snails, and for the English countryside itself. 1.How does the writer introduce the topic? A. By explaining the rules of snail racing. B. By comparing snails with human athletes. C. By introducing the history of snail racing. D. By describing an unusual competition scene. 2.What mainly caused the village events’ decline? A. Loss of local shops. B. Poor church support. C. Aging and youth loss. D. Declining public interest. 3.Why does the writer mention Eleanor Herring? A. To prove that city people hardly join rural events. B. To suggest that village festivals need more money. C. To explain why rural communities are dying slowly. D. To show that newcomers can help local traditions return. 4.What is the best title for the passage? A. The Decline of British Countryside B. The Story of a Snail Racing Contest C. The Change of Newcomers in English Villages D. From Snail Races to the Return of Village Life 主题语境03 人与社会-科学与技术 （25-26高一上·湖南衡阳第一中学·期中）Every year vaccines (疫苗) save around five million lives globally. Unfortunately, most vaccines need to be kept cool to stop them from going off. This makes it difficult to transport them to remote areas, because if they get too warm they won’t work. This is what Dr Asel Sartbaeva has been attempting to solve. As a child, Asel Sartbaeva always looked up to scientists like Michael Faraday and Marie Curie. When she studied at Cambridge University, she met an award-winning physicist called Brian Josephson. “My jaw dropped,” she said, “It felt like a ‘big thing’ for me to be working in the same place as scientists I had looked up to for so long.” In 2010, when taking her daughter to be vaccinated, she noticed the doctor had kept the vaccines in the fridge. Later she found that there were places around the world where vaccines couldn’t be delivered because they couldn’t be refrigerated (冷藏) for the whole journey — meaning some people miss out on getting vaccines. Sartbaeva wanted to invent a way to keep vaccines stable at all temperatures, so she came up with ensilication (硅化法) to improve their stability. Over the next few years, Sartbaeva and her team have tested out different ways to see if the ensilicated vaccines can be kept stable when they’re out of the fridge. One of these experiments involved sending vaccines in the post from Bath to Newcastle. The journey is more than 300 miles, which can take a day or two by post, but the vaccines were still safe to use when they arrived. In 2021, Sartbaeva was named a UNICEF Ambassador for Girls in Science Project. She designed experiments to get girls interested in the science-based subjects. “I hope they’ll encourage more girls to work in scientific field because we need more like them. Besides scientific and teaching work, I strive to bridge the gap between scientific innovations and the public, making them more accessible,” she said. 1.How did Sartbaeva feel when she met Brian Josephson? A. Embarrassed. B. Relieved. C. Scared. D. Honored. 2.What drove Sartbaeva to invent ensilication? A. Poor quality of vaccines. B. Vaccine instability without refrigeration. C. Her daughter’s unexpected illness. D. Children’s high demand for vaccines. 3.Why does the author mention the journey in paragraph 4? A. To show the effectiveness of ensilication. B. To emphasize the high cost of transportation. C. To compare different means of transportation. D. To explain the working principle of ensilication. 4.What can we know about Sartbaeva according to the last paragraph? A. She encourages girls to be UNICEF Ambassadors. B. She tries to clear the misunderstanding about women. C. She aims to popularize science among common people. D. She thinks females more talented than males in science. 主题语境04 人与自我-做人与做事 （25-26高一上·湖南市岳麓区湖南师范大学附属中学·期中）I can well remember the pain. My stomach was sick, my heart hurt, and my eyes painful from holding back tears. “You know, Annie,” my friend John said, “Joanna and Andrea were just talking about you.” I immediately got nervous. “They said that the only reason you start on the basketball team is because the coach likes you. It’s not because you’re good.” I thought I might be sick. “They said they’re tired of you always getting what you want.” I struggled to keep myself from crying, sinking to my knees on the cold floor. After John told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I was hurt. Joanna and Andrea came in from lunch break acting as if nothing had happened. Joanna was still my deskmate, and Andrea was still my partner for our history project. I was amazed at their ability to pretend we had perfect friendship, especially since they’d said such hurtful things. I was a freshman in high school, and I felt like I didn’t have a friend in the world, all because of Gossip — informal talk or stories about other people’s private lives, perhaps unkind or not true. The tongue can be our worst enemy. Gossip harms confidence and separates close friends. It’s like a sharp knife, cutting one’s self-respect into pieces. When we say unkind things about others, we’re sticking knives into their hearts. So how was I to act next? When Joanna and Andrea pretended our friendship hadn’t changed, I thought of attacking them back. But instead, I told them directly that they had hurt me. Joanna started crying and Andrea was speechless. I knew they were both sorry for what they had said. They apologized, and I forgave them. Sure, things were a little uncomfortable at first, but soon enough everything was back to the way it had been before. I still deal with gossip, sometimes as a receiver and sometimes as a sharer. But the more I learn about love, the more I realize the importance of encouraging others — something gossip never does. 1.What can we conclude from the second paragraph? A. Joanna and Andrea were grateful that the writer was their friend. B. Joanna and Andrea made fun of the writer’s basketball performances. C. Joanna and Andrea were unhappy about the writer being on the team. D. Joanna and Andrea did not think the writer was the coach’s favourite. 2.How did the writer respond to her friends’comments about her? A. She decided to fight back immediately. B. She told them frankly how she felt. C. She found it awkward to speak to them. D. She pretended that nothing had happened. 3.What is the writer’s reaction to gossip? A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Unconcerned. D. Unclear. 4.What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Gossip is definitely a sticking knife into people’s hearts. B. We have to be patient when people gossip about our friends. C. We can’t escape the world with gossip, but love offers a guiding hand. D. We should be careful around our friends since they may cheat us sometimes. 主题语境05 人与自我-生活与学习 （25-26高一上·湖南三新联盟·期中）“Shí éí Nizhoni yinishye,” 19-year-old Nizhoni Tso says in a video online, pointing to the matching written words. “My name is Nizhoni.” She isn’t following the latest dance trend. Instead, she’s leading a language lesson. With a calm and steady voice, she teaches her followers how to introduce themselves in Navajo, a language that the United Nations has classified as endangered. Nizhoni grew up in the Navajo Nation, hearing the language from her grandparents. But, like many in her generation, she didn’t speak it fluently. “I understood it, but I couldn’t form the sentences to talk back,” she remembers. “It felt like a part of me was missing, like I was holding a book I couldn’t read.” That feeling led to Nizhoni’s decision to learn Navajo herself. And she decided to record the entire process online, hoping to find a way to push herself and maybe connect with others on the journey. Her first videos were nervous, showing her practicing basic words. However, the community response was immediate and huge. Her followers grew into the tens of thousands, from other Navajo youth to non-native people attracted by the language. Besides, comments poured in from elders, offering encouragement and sometimes gently correcting her pronunciation. This online classroom became her most powerful teacher. Her work has also resulted in a movement. Dozens of other young Navajo people have started their own language-focused social media accounts, creating an online web of learners and teachers. This is important for a language that has fewer fluent speakers each year, as the elder generation passes away. The influence goes beyond the online world. Nizhoni now volunteers to teach beginner classes at her local community center, where she has students of all ages. Her grandmother, who once spoke to a child who couldn’t fully answer back, now attends every class, smiling with pride. “To hear my granddaughter teach our language... it’s a comfort,” her grandmother says. “It mends a broken connection.” 1.What is the challenge faced by Navajo? A. It is in danger of dying out. B. It fails to attract young people. C. It is difficult to pronounce correctly. D. It is mainly spoken in traditional families. 2.Why did Nizhoni start posting videos online? A. To become a social media star. B. To promote the Navajo language. C. To offer support to Navajo learners. D. To encourage herself to stick to her decision. 3.How has Nizhoni’s work affected Navajo? A. Navajo is no longer endangered. B. The number of Navajo learners is on the rise. C. Navajo gains worldwide popularity online. D. More schools start adding Navajo to their curriculum. 4.What do the underlined words “mends a broken connection” in paragraph 5 refer to? A. Repairing a family relationship. B. Bridging a generational language gap. C. Solving an Internet connectivity problem. D. Connecting Navajo with other languages. 主题语境01 人与自我-生活与学习 Passage 1 （25-26高一上·湖南长沙长郡中学-11月·期中）David Thompson sat on a hard bench behind the long narrow desk and watched the flies fly lazily in the sun. The drone of the younger boys reading letters and the older boys reciting Latin verbs made him sleepy. David had to force his eyes to stay open. He wanted to learn something new. He looked up at the schoolmaster’s high desk in the front of the room. The new teacher, Mr. John Adams, was from Harvard College. David’s father had been impressed with him. The boys had already had several other teachers, but none of them seemed to inspire David. So far, there was nothing to show that this one was special, though he’d only been there two days. “It’s too hot to sit and memorize lessons,” the schoolmaster said. “We’ll move outdoors for the next part of our lesson.” He led the group of boys into the schoolyard. “You younger boys, dig for grubs and beetles (幼虫和甲虫). Count their feet. See if you can describe their shells (壳).” David watched the teacher surrounded by laughing young students. No one had ever used the schoolyard itself for a classroom. “What next?” he thought. Soon he didn’t have time to think about the younger boys, for he was running after butterflies and dragonflies himself. David and his friends liked this new way of learning. “It will be a clear night tonight. Go outside and look at the sky,” said the schoolmaster. “Look at the stars ad notice their brightness and the patterns they make. These patterns have names from Greek mythology (神话), names like Orion, Aries, and others. Tomorrow we will learn about the ancient stories on them.” “How is the new schoolmaster?” asked David’s father that evening, when David announced he was going out to look at the sky. “He’s different from any schoolmaster we’ve had,” David admitted. “He seems interested in everything around him, and he wants us to be curious too. He even used the schoolyard as a classroom.” “So Mr. John Adams and his new ways make school useful to you after all,” joked David’s father. “I believe he has,” said David. “I know I won’t forget the lessons he has taught us.” 1.What does the underlined word “drone” in paragraph 1 mean? A. Clear speaking voices. B. Low dull sounds. C. Enthusiastic responses. D. High spirits. 2.Which statement shows that the new schoolmaster understood the children? A. “It’s too hot to sit and memorize lessons…” B. “See if you can describe their shells…” C. “Go outside and look at the sky…” D. “Tomorrow we will learn about the ancient stories…” 3.From paragraph 8, we can learn that . A. David’s father had met the new schoolmaster B. David had thought poorly of school before C. David’s father was not satisfied with the new ways D. David had shown his father his homework 4.What is the main idea of this story? A. Science is all around us. B. School provides us with the best education. C. There is more than one way to learn. D. Homework is an important part of education. Passage 2 （25-26高一上·湖南长沙雅礼教育集团·期中）When Clara took over her grandfather’s Brooklyn bookshop in 2018, the first thing she took away wasn’t the old books, but the WiFi router (无线路由器). Regular customers complained. A lawyer said he would spend his $500 monthly coffee money somewhere else if she didn’t put WiFi back. “Books deserve the same full attention we give to people we love,” she told me, while cleaning the brass counter her grandfather put in place in 1967. Her firm choice seemed harmful to herself, especially as other stores nearby closed down. But something unexpected happened. By 2020, the shop had become an unofficial sanctuary (庇护所). Teenagers lay on Persian carpets reading Dostoevsky, forgetting their phones in their backpacks. A retired judge started holding Saturday poetry meetings. At these meetings, people recited poems from memory—a habit Clara called “brain tattooing.” The pandemic (疫情) should have been their death knell. Instead, when Clara started selling “Survival Bundles” (carefully chosen books with handwritten notes), many orders came in: Most buyers were tech company leaders who felt tired of Zoom meetings. A CEO from Silicon Valley said these were the first real books he had held since he finished graduate school. “We’re eager for things we can touch and feel,” Clara said, as she wrapped packages in recycled paper. Last winter, I found her dealing with a new threat. A property developer had bought their building and suddenly raised the rent to three times the original price. What happened next was like a story from a novel: customers organized marches on the sidewalk; the judge helped them for free; even the lawyer who once threatened to leave gave money to pay for their legal help. In the court, Clara quoted Melville: “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand small connections link us together.” The judge—who often came to her poetry meetings—said the rent increase was not fair. Now the shop displays this court decision alongside signed first editions. It’s proof that some important connections still can’t be broken by digital things. 1.What made Clara’s approach to running the bookshop special? A. Focusing on rare book collections. B. Introducing modern technology. C. Meeting the needs of customers. D. Prioritizing full concentration. 2.What does the underlined phrase “death knell” in paragraph 3 mean? A. A big chance to develop. B. An event marking the end. C. A desperate cry for survival. D. A method to attract more buyers. 3.How did the retired judge help Clara when they faced the rent problem? A. He provided legal help for Clara without charge. B. He gave money to pay for their legal defense. C. He bought the building from the property developer. D. He organized protests on the sidewalk with customers. 4.What does the story mainly want to tell us? A. Profit-driven decisions may lead to unexpected outcomes. B. Only by giving up new technology can traditional shops survive. C. Community and human connection can handle modern challenges. D. Sticking to one’s beliefs about traditional things alone can win others’ support. Passage 3 （25-26高一上·湖南湘潭湘钢一中教育集团·期中）A mother of nine who started medical school when her youngest child was 4 years old graduated with her degree and planned to be a neurosurgeon. Sarah Merrill, now 41, said her journey to medical school began at 17. She then met her husband and got married. Merrill first thought about going to school part-time to get a degree, but later she decided to follow her dream of attending medical school. Certainly, it was a challenge. Speaking of her successfully returning to university, Merrill owed it to her family largely. “When I was accepted by Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, we moved from Pennsylvania to Arizona,” said Merrill, who is moving to Indiana with her family to begin her residency (实习期) in neurosurgery. “In fact, they volunteered these movements. I know it was tough for all of us.” Merrill and her children often have “homework parties” where they study for their own courses. Merrill’s choice has given a kind of stimulus to her children. Merrill felt touched knowing her 11-year-old daughter wants to become a surgeon and overhearing her son tell his friends his mom’s going to be a cool brain surgeon, though he doesn’t understand that really. Merrill’s next step into a neurosurgery residency will take her into a male-dominated field where only 5% of board-certified neurosurgeons are women. Dr. Michele Halyard at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine said Merrill was known as a focused student. Halyard said, “If you can deal with nine children patiently, the residency should be a piece of cake because no amount of stress will make you fail.” Merrill had considered choosing a more family-friendly career, but, again, she chose to follow her original dream. It’s the same advice she would give to all. “Set the goal which you’re really enthusiastic about, and it helps to think small. If you know what your interest is, focus on the next step. Then you’ll get where you want to go.” 1.How did the family support Merrill? A. The husband took on more housework. B. They held many homework parties. C. The children desired to become surgeons. D. They moved their house to Arizona. 2.What does the underlined word “stimulus” mean in Paragraph 3? A. Comfort. B. Development. C. Choice. D. Inspiration. 3.What do Halyard’s words in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Merrill can make it in the residency. B. Merrill will have more stress to handle. C. Being mom ensures Merrill a better doctor. D. Staying focused and sensible is key to success. 4.What does Merrill’s experience show? A. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. B. Be true to your passion. C. Keep a good work-life balance. D. Fortune favors the bold. / 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $