专题05 阅读理解之记叙文（原卷版+解析版）

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记叙文是以叙述为主要表达方式，以写人物的经历和事物发展变化为主要内容的一种文体。 记叙文是用来描述事物的文章.时间,人物,地点,起因,经过,结果是记叙文的6要素。记叙文写作，是把自己的亲身感受和经历，通过生动、形象的语言，描述给读者。 记叙文包括的范围很广，如记人记事：日记、游记、传说、新闻、通讯、小说等，都属于记叙文的范畴。记叙文写的是生活中的见闻，要表达出作者对于生活的真切感受。 总的说，以记叙和描写为主要表达方式的文章叫记叙文。 但记叙文写作,伴随自然流露的适当议论和抒情。
记叙文有广义与狭义之分。 广义的记叙文，包括记叙性的文学作品，如散文、小说等。 狭义的记叙文是指以记人、叙事、写景、状物为主，对社会生活中的人、事、景、物的情态变化和发展进行叙述和描写的一类文章，常见的如消息、通讯、特写、报告文学、游记、日记、参观记、回忆录，以及一部分书信等。正因为记叙文写的是生活中的见闻，所以一定要表达出作者对于生活的真切感受。
记叙文的特点就是以记叙为主要表达方式，综合其他表达方式；以写人、叙事、写景、状物为主要内容；通过描述人物、时间及状物、写景来表达一定的中心。
写作记叙文要做到一下几点：
第一，要交代明白。无论记人记事，还是写景状物，一般都要交代明白时间、地点、人物、事件、原因、结果，否则文章就不完整。
第二，线索清楚。虽然观察的角度、记述的方式可以不同，但每一篇文章都应当有一条关联材料、统贯全篇的中心线索，否则文章就会松散。
第三，人称要一致。无论用第一人称“我”记述，还是用第三人称“他”记述，都要通篇一贯，一般不宜随意转换，否则就容易造成混乱。
第四，时间，地点，人物，起因，经过，结果。
一、记叙文的分类
侧重写人的记叙文，以人物的外貌、语言、动作、心理描写为主。
侧重记事的记叙文，以叙述事情的发生、发展、经过和结果为重点。
侧重绘景的记叙文，以描绘景物、寄托情怀为主。
侧重状物的记叙文，以状物为主，借象征抒怀。
二、记叙文的特征
记叙文是记人叙事的文章，它主要是用于说明事件的时间、背景、起因、过程及结果，即我们通常所说的五个" W "( what, wh, when, where, why )和一个" H "( hw )。记叙文的重点在于"述说"和"描写"，因此一篇好的记叙文要叙述条理清楚，描写生动形象。
1. 叙述的人称
英语的记叙文一般是以第一或第三人称的角度来叙述的。用第一称表示的是由叙述者亲眼所见、亲耳所闻的经历。它的优点在于能把故事的情节通过"我"来传达给读者，使人读后感到真实可信，如身临其境。如：
The ther day, I was driving alng the street. Suddenly, a car lst its cntrl and ran directly twards me fast. I was s frightened that I quickly turned t the left side. But it was t late. The car hit my bike and I fell ff it.
用第三人称叙述，优点在于叙述者不受"我"活动范围以内的人和事物的限制，而是通过作者与读者之外的第三者，直接把故事中的情节展现在读者面前，文章的客观性很强。如：
Little Tm was ging t schl with an umbrella, fr it was raining hard. On the way, he saw an ld wman walking in the rain with nthing t cver. Tm went up t the ld wman and wanted t share the umbrella with her, but he was t shrt. What culd he d? Then he had a gd idea.
2. 动词的时态
在记叙文中，记和叙都离不开动词。所以动词出现率最高，且富于变化。记叙文中用得最多的是动词的过去的，这是英语记叙文区别于汉语记叙文的关键之处。英语写作的优美之处就在于这些动词时态的变化，正是这一点才使得所记、所叙有鲜活的动态感、鲜明的层次感和立体感。
3. 叙述的顺序
记叙一件事要有一定的顺序。无论是顺叙、倒叙、插叙还是补叙，都要让读者能弄清事情的来龙去脉。顺叙最容易操作，较容易给读者提供有关事情的空间和时间线索。但这种方法也容易使文章显得平铺直叙，读起来平淡乏味。倒叙、插叙、补叙等叙述方法能有效地提高文章的结构效果，让所叙之事跌宕起伏，使读者在阅读时思维产生较大的跳跃，从而为文章所吸引，深入其中。但这些方法如果使用不当，则容易弄巧成拙，使文章结构散乱，头绪不清，让读者不知所云。
4. 叙述的过渡
过渡在上下文中起着承上启下、融会贯通的作用。过渡往往用在地点转移或时间、事件转换以及由概括说明到具体叙述时。如：
In my summer hlidays, I did a lt f things. Apart frm ding my hmewrk, reading an English nvel, watching TV and ding sme husewrk, I went n a trip t Qingda. It is really a beautiful city. There are many places f interest t see. But what impressed me mst was the sunrise.
The next mrning I gt up early. I was very happy because it was a fine day. By the time I gt t the beach, the cluds n the hrizn were turning red. In a little while, a small part f the sun was gradually appearing. The sun was very red, nt shining. It rse slwly. At last it brke thrugh the red cluds and jumped abve the sea, just like a deep-red ball. At the same time the cluds and the sea water became red and bright.
What a mving and unfrgettable scene!
5. 叙述与对话
引用故事情节中主要人物的对话是记叙文提高表现力的一种好方法。适当地用直接引语代替间接的主观叙述，可以客观生动地反映人物的性格、品质和心理状态，使记叙生动、有趣，使文章内容更加充实、具体。试比较下面两段的叙述效果：
I was in the kitchen, and I was cking smething. Suddenly I heard a lud nise frm the frnt. I thught maybe smene was kncking the dr. I asked wh it was but I heard n reply. After a while I saw my cat running acrss the parlr. I realized it was the cat. I felt released.
这本来应是一段故事性很强的文字，但经作者这么一写，就不那么吸引人了。原因是文中用的都是叙述模式，没有人物语言，把"悬念"给冲淡了。可作如下调整：
I was in the kitchen cking smething. "Crash!" a lud nise came frm the frnt. Thinking smene was kncking at the dr, I asked, "Wh?" N reply. After a while, I saw my cat running acrss the parlr. "Its yu." I said, quite released.
三、记叙文的命题特点（以阅读理解为例）
从命题形式上看，常见的有细节理解、词义猜测、主旨大意、推理判断、作者意图等题型。除了推论或词义辨识题，记叙文命题的顺序一般都会按照文章的脉络和故事发展的顺序层层推进，否则就会觉得别扭，逻辑不通。同时，记叙文需要事件的发展过程作支撑，一半以上的题目都会用来检测考生对故事的了解，因此，我们必须弄明白整件事情的发展脉络。而其余像主旨大意、作者意图之类的题目，则取决于文章的落句，集中考查对作者所发的感触的理解。总之，细节题是记叙文命题的主流题型。而寓意之类的题则是高一层次的题，有一定的难度和区分度，它们是拉开距离的题，答对了这些题，你才有可能成功地跻身高分之列。综上所述，记叙文的应对策略即：不漏细节，奠定基础；把准寓意，方能成功。
记叙文常见的命题类型如下：
1.主旨大意题
文章主旨给出的四种形式:文首,文中,文尾,没有明确主旨,需总结。虽然作者表达主题思想的方式不同，但命题常用的提问方式有以下几种：
What’s the main idea/subject/tpic f the passage?
The main idea f the passage is…
The passage is mainly abut_____.
Which f the fllwing statements best expresses the main idea f the passage?
The best title fr the passage is/ might be____.
The authr’s main purpse f writing this passage is____.
做题要领：文章主旨通常会出现在文首,文中或文尾，因此寻找主题句或主题段往往是做好此类题的键。但当文中没有直接出现主题句，应对文章意思全面理解后归纳概括主旨，但不能太笼统即不切主题,言过其实或以偏概全。
2.细节理解题
这类题目是针对文章的具体事实和细节而出,因此通常能在文章中直接或间接地找到答案.此类要求查找重要事实和细节的试题通常以下列形式提出：
Which f the fllwing statements is (nt) true accrding t the passage?
Which f the fllwing is (nt) discussed/Mentined in the passage?
Accrding t the passage, what/where/
Which/wh/why/when/hw…?
All f the fllwing are (nt) true / mentined / discussed except_________.
Hw des the authr/writer feel abut___?
3.词义／语义判断题
这类考题常见的提问方式有以下几种：
Accrding t the authr, the underlined wrd”…” means____.
Frm the passage, we can infer that the wrd”…”is___.
“…” can be best replaced by___.
What des the authr prbably mean by”…”?
By”…”, the authr means that___
做此类题时，应在文中找线索或信息词。根据上下文判断新词汇在特定句中确切意思。根据周围熟悉的词及语义判断新单词之意，有时还需依靠构词法。
4.推断题
以原文内容为前提,透过现象看本质即透过文章表面文字信息推测文章隐含意思。根据作者的观点理论客观地对文中未明显说明的现象或事例给予合理的逻辑推断，做出一定解释。
推断题的常见形式：
It can be inferred / cncluded frm the text that____.
Frm the text we knw that ______.
The passage implies that ______.
The paragraph fllwing the passage will mst prbably discusses______.
解推断题的方法：解推断题最主要的方法是根据语义关系推断具体细节。
5. 观点态度题
回答这类问题应从篇章的体裁入手.一般来说,在说明文中作者的态度是客观的或中立的;在议论文中,作者的态度才会显得多种多样. 可以根据阐述主题或有关主题的相关语句或词语确定作者的态度。
常见的态度词语有:psitive/supprt/apprval(赞同的/ptimisticcritical/negative/tlerant/disappinted/pessimistic(悲观的) /indifferent(冷淡的)/dubtfulNeutral(中立的）/bjective(客观的）
这类考题常见的提问方式有以下几种:
What’s the authr’s/writer’s attitude t…?
The authr thinks/suggests/believes that___.
Hw des the authr feel abut…?
Which f the fllwing will the authr agree / disagree with?
Which f the fllwing can best describe the authr’s attitude twards…?
四、记叙文的解题技巧
记叙文讲述的是发生在当前或过去或将来事情的经过。简而言之，记叙文就是讲故事，包括人物或故事情节。常见的记叙文根据其用途可分为文学记叙文和说明记叙文：文学记叙文以虚构为主，如趣闻逸事、传说、寓言、传奇故事、短篇小说、科幻小说等；说明记叙文以事实为依据，包括历史、传记、新闻报道、日记等。无论哪一种记叙文作者都要交代何人何时何地为什么、怎么样、干了何事等等，这也就是我们常说的“5Ws and 1H”。这是我们在阅读记叙文时要首先了解的，接着按照线索弄清事情的来龙去脉，就能理解整个故事。
特别值得注意的是：记叙文的叙事顺序有顺叙和倒叙两种，有时候作者为了吸引读者会采用倒叙的方法，即不按照事情发展的先后顺序来叙述，而是从最重要、最能引人入胜的事件开始，然后再回过头来追叙故事的开端和经过。阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后位置。
另外，讲故事必定有其目的：或证明某一理论，或阐明某一概念，或赞美某种美德，或谴责某种罪恶等等。我们在阅读时要通过作者的重要细节描写联系故事情节去领会作者的意图，对作者重墨泼就的细节描写要重点关注。 概括起来一句话：读记叙文的关键是抓情节。 抓住了故事情节，就理解了文章的脉络，其他的就迎刃而解了。
要解答好记叙文阅读理解题，就应该有一套针对性强的方法和技巧。下面是我们在阅读教学中积累下来的一点心得体会，希望能对大家有所帮助。
1.关注细节
记叙文中有大量的事件发展过程中的细节，包括记叙文的5W（what, wh, when, where, why）要素。因此我们作答细节题的时候，就没有那么复杂，一般只需要由前到后，从上到下，一题一题地做就可以了。
2.注重联系
在做题过程中，我们大都不能在文中找到与题干一字不差的词语或句子。这时我们需要认真研究问题，抓住题干中的关键词语，然后到文中准确地找到与之相关的语句，或是疑似语句的位置，接着去左顾，或右盼，在前句或后句寻找线索。
3.读懂表象
如前所述，主旨大意题或推理判断、作者意图题等实际上是同一类型的问题，或者说是可用同种方法解答的题型。在解答此类题目的时候，不可被题干的表象所迷惑，要像剥洋葱一样，一层一层地剥；在四个可选项中，一个一个地去证实，去排除。特别是解答推论或暗指类的题目，比如“What can be inferred frm …?”或是What des the authr imply in…?”之类的题目，文中所陈述的往往不是答案。我们要在文前文后去查找，在字里行间里去寻觅。有时还少不了借助自己的生活经验和常理来体会这言外之意。
4.挖掘意义
每年的高考阅读题中，特别是记叙文的阅读题，都会出现一至两道词义猜测题。而这些词汇往往是你素昧平生的，或者和你有点头之交，在文中却另有新意的，总之，猜的是那些在高考词汇表要求之外的词汇。小小的一个词，一个短语，考核的不是你的语法的熟练程度，也不是你的记忆力，而是你对文章通篇或者一个段落的整体把握和变通能力。
【典例示例】
Cmpassin is a desire within us t help thers．With effrt, we can translate cmpassin int actin．An experience last weekend shwed me this is true．I wrk part-time in a supermarket acrss frm a building fr the elderly．These ld peple are ur main custmers, and it’s nt hard t lse patience ver their slwness．But last Sunday, ne aged gentleman appeared t teach me a valuable lessn．This untidy man walked up t my register(收款机) with a bx f biscuits．He said he was ut f cash(现金), had just mved int his rm, and had nthing in his cupbards．He asked if we culd let him have the fd n trust．He prmised t repay me the next day．
I culdn’t help staring at him．I wndered what kind f persn he had been ten r twenty years befre, and what he wuld be like if luck had gne his way．I had a hurt in my heart fr this kind f human sul, all alne in the wrld．I tld him that I was srry, but stre rules didn’t allw me t d s．I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my jb．
Just then, anther man, standing behind the first, spke up．If anything, he lked mre pitiable．“Charge it t me,” was all he said．
What I had been feeling was pity．Pity is sft and safe and easy．Cmpassin, n the ther hand, is caring in actin．I thanked the secnd man but tld him that was nt allwed either．Then I reached int my pcket and paid fr the biscuits myself．I reached int my pcket because these tw men had reached int my heart and taught me cmpassin.
解析：故事采用顺叙的叙事方法，主要情节发展如下：One aged gentleman begged me t have the fd n trust and prmised t repay the next day.---- I tld him the stre rules didn’t allw me t d s.---- Anther man wanted me t charge the fd t him.----I paid fr the biscuits myself. 作者用第一人称讲述自己亲身经历的这段故事，让人觉得亲切可信，同时也增强了文章的感染力。作者说自己通过这段故事学会了cmpassin（同情），事实上也是在号召读者多伸出同情之手，共建和谐社会。
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（2023·四川成都·成都七中校考模拟预测）I never imagined that smene telling me I lked skinny wuld anger me. And yet, I was made very angry when a clleague pinched (捏) my waist and screamed, “Rsa, yu’ve lst weight. Yu lk great!” The truth is that I was tired and nt taking care f myself. I decided t start a prper weight-lss prgram.
The first t g wuld be rad rage (路怒). I am in far less cntrl f this weight than any ther. Every time smething gets in the way, I fly ff the handle. I need t lse the rad rage! N, n mre speed. Instead, I nw repeat the wrds, “I am nt in a hurry.” This year, I will drive safely, allwing the “stupid” t happen all arund me. Frm that, I hpe t gain patience.
Next is guilt. When guilt drives my cnscience t d better, it’s functinal. But when it presents itself as an internal dialgue that ges nwhere, it’s useless. This year, I want t stp feeling guilty fr nt keeping a cleaner huse, fr spending time away frm my children t be with friends, fr nt attending every party because I’d rather be at hme, r fr watching TV when I shuld be reading. My image and perfrmance are nt at the back f anyne else’s mind but my wn. Frm this, I hpe t gain freedm t be myself.
The last is fear. Fear has held me back. Fear f failure has prevented me frm being a writer. Fear f embarrassment has prevented me frm giving an pinin. Fear f being rejected has stpped me frm aiming higher in my life. Fear f regret has led me int situatins that made me uncmfrtable. If I can lse any ne f these fears, I stand t gain experience.
S, if I can lse the rage, shake ff sme guilt, and take fear ff my plate, I stand t gain patience, freedm, and experience. Pund fr pund I have nt lst a thing but I will be much lighter. Next time, I hpe my clleague lks me in the eye t see my glw instead f pinching part f me that has nthing t d with hw great I really lk.
1. What des the underlined part “fly ff the handle” in Paragraph 2 prbably mean?
A. Pick up speed.B. Drive ff.
C. Desert the car.D. Lse cntrl f anger.
2. What has made the authr feel guilty befre?
A. Attending t many parties.
B. Reading much with her children.
C. Wasting her time in watching TV.
D. Spending little time with her friends.
3. Hw has fear affected the authr?
A. It has prevented her achieving her gals.
B. It has made situatins cmplicated fr her.
C. It has stpped her furthering her educatin.
D. It has made it difficult fr her t make friends.
4. Which f the fllwing may be the best title?
A. Stp Bdy ShamingB. Lighten Yu Mind
C. Watch Yur WeightD. Avid Bdy Cntact
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（2023·四川·棠湖中学校考模拟预测）TAMPA, Fla,—At USF, 21-year-ld Alexander Mercier f Odessa, majred in mathematics and micrbilgy, which leads him t start imprtant research that may make him the schl’s first Rhdes Schlar.
“I wuld say I am stubbrn,” explained Mercier, wh culd hear as early as Saturday if he gets the hnr. He says the hnr is due t mre than just brains. Instead, it was determinatin that made him an accmplished pianist. He says his biggest natural talent was drawing and he als has a lve f art. But it was math that attracted him and he wuldn’t let g. He was studying hw math may help cntrl the spread f diseases.
“I wuld sleep n the cuch next t the cmputer,” he said. “I saw a gap in epidemilgical (流行病学的) research in the study f hw diseases spread. I didn’t knw at the time that it wuld becme ne f the mst imprtant tpics in the wrld.”
While his wrk is timely and imprtant, there’s lts f cmpetitin. Eleven ther finalists frm this regin f the cuntry are als vying fr the hnr. They attend schls like MIT, Stanfrd and the University f Chicag.
Mercier wes it t his schl that he can have as gd a chance as any f the thers and he feels that USF has prepared him well. If he desn’t win the hnr and get t study expense-free at Oxfrd, he says he’ll have many ptins. “I will cntinue t d the wrk that I enjy and that I think will benefit peple,” he said.
Sme are surprised that USF hasn’t had a previus Rhdes Schlar. Hwever, many schls haven’t had ne. Only 32 are selected each year frm acrss the natin. USF has nly been in existence since 1956. By cntrast, the first classes at Oxfrd were held in 1096.
5. Why did Mercier chse t majr in mathematics and micrbilgy?
A. He saw its bright future.B. He has a passin fr math.
C. He wants t win the hnr.D. He is talented in this field.
6. Which expressin can best replace the underlined phrase “vying fr”?
A. Hunting fr.B. Applying fr.
C. Allwing fr.D. Cmpeting fr.
7. What can we infer abut Mercier?
A. He will study art at Oxfrd.B. He tries t becme a pianist.
C. He is grateful t his schl.D. He studies hw diseases exist.
8. What des the passage mainly talk abut?
A. A senir culd be USF’s first Rhdes Schlar.
B. 32 students are selected fr Rhdes Schlar.
C. Math may help cntrl the spread f diseases.
D. A senir fund the mst vital tpics in the wrld.
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（2023·四川成都·川大附中校考模拟预测）My mther was never truly happy in Cnnecticut finding the winter bitter cld and the culture prvincial (偏狭的). Thugh she grew up in New Jersey, she mved t San Francisc in her early twenties, met and married my dad ut there. After I was brn, they decided t return east, clser t their wn parents. But she never let g f her lve fr the Bay Area.
Califrnia was always part f the cnversatin when I was a kid. I ate meals ff a map-f-the-wrld placemat (餐垫), and Mm taught me t identify San Francisc befre I learned where Hartfrd was. She tld us stries f perfectin n a single city, fantasizing abut retiring ut west. My dad wuld play alng, but his heart wasn’t in the same place.
While my mther’s status in the nnprfit wrld advanced, her desire t mve back t her favrite place grew strng. She applied fr jbs in the Bay, underwent bicastal Skype screenings, even traveled ut fr a cuple f interviews n a whim (心血来潮). Smetimes her cver letters disappeared, ther times she made it dwn t the final tw candidates. With each rejectin, she prmised t make her next jb applicatin even strnger.
This past May, I relcated frm San Francisc t New Yrk fr a jb. A few weeks later, Mm called me. Her pursuit had finally paid ff. She’s been ffered a vice president psitin at a public health nnprfit in Oakland. A few weeks later, she packed up her baggage and left Cnnecticut fr gd.
Our lives are mre semblable than ever these days. We’re bth discvering ur new hmes, making friends. We’re lking fr a gd yga studi t jin, reading the same bks and chatting abut the plts by text message. I emailed her phts frm my trip t Burning Man and she replied with stries abut her new cwrkers wh g every year. There’s even time fr the ccasinal dating disaster.
Perhaps that’s the paradx (悖论) f grwing lder. Things will always change, and they can change immediately—my mther is prf. But an individual’s wn pwer t create change always stays the same. Everything can change, and therefre nthing ever really changes.
Nw when I’m ut west fr a visit, Mm meets me at a statin with her big bag. We stp by the Grand Lake farmers market, picking ut the freshest seasnal ingredients, befre hiking up the hill t her new apartment. One f these days, I’ll actually ck her dinner.
9. What can we knw abut the authr’s mther?
A. She always likes t struggle n her wn.B. Nthing can stp her frm reaching her gal.
C. She wns a public health nnprfit cmpany.D. She takes everything f her daughter n herself.
10. What des the underlined wrd “semblable” mean?
A. Changeable.B. Cmfrtable.C. Similar.D. Creative.
11. Which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A. The relatinship between the authr and her mther is very gd.
B. The authr wuld nt like t let her mther wrk n.
C. The authr and her mther live in the same city at present.
D. The authr wuld nt like t change her life situatin.
12. In the last paragraph, the authr mainly wants t tell the readers that ________.
A. her family’s life always change because f her mther
B. the mther-daughter feelings will stay the same frever
C. she has grwn up during her family’s cnstant mves
D. her mther always wants t change her current situatins
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（2023·河南开封·统考三模）It was 1994, and I was a 19-year-ld student in my third year at Western University in Lndn, Ontari. I had signed up fr a curse in the Department f English taught by ne Dnald S. Hair.
A few weeks int the class, the prfessr administered ur first test. I didn't think I had anything t wrry abut—until he handed my exam back the fllwing week with a 67 written n it in red ink.
Sixty-seven! I'd never received such a lw mark. I was dependent n a schlarship, and any grade belw 80 put my future in jepardy. My seatmate's annyed expressin suggested her mark had been painful t. We angered silently: Prfessr Hair was an ld weird (怪人)! Hw dare he ruin ur GPAs? What was the ld by's prblem, anyway?
But the real prblem was this: He was right. I knew it as sn as I'd cled ff and taken the time t digest his cmments. My writing was careless, my understanding f key cncepts shallw. Like many f my partners, I was used t earning tp grades. Nw, fr the first time, a teacher had intrduced an uncmfrtable questin. Were we actually “earning” them?
The next day, I went t his ffice. With burning cheeks, I tld him I knew I’d butchered the exam. T my childish surprise, he wasn’t a “weird” in the least. He was funny, warm and uncmmnly patient. He assured me if I wrked hard, I'd achieve my ptential in the curse, and he’d be available t help me.
I went away, read and read sme mre. The mre I read, the mre interesting his classes became, and sn, his cmplex, absrbing lectures were the highlight f my week. I spared n effrt in that curse. The grade I earned in his class was the lwest I’d received that year. But I had earned that grade. Nearly 30 years later, I'm still prud f that.
13. What des the underlined wrd “jepardy” mean in paragraph 3?
A. Advance.B. Demand.C. Truble.D. Cnclusin.
14. Why des the authr mentin the seatmate in the text?
A. T explain the test was t difficult.
B. T prve the prfessr's grading had prblems.
C. T suggest she didn't wrk hard.
D. T shw she was unfriendly in class.
15. Hw des the authr feel abut the prfessr in the end?
A. Disgusted.B. Cautius.C. Uninterested.D. Appreciative.
16. What can be the best title fr the text?
A. Yu have t earn a grade instead f “get” itB. Be cnfident and nt afraid f failure
C. Yu shuld treasure a gd teacherD. Never rely n schlarships frever
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（2023·河北·校联考三模）In casual cnversatins, there is a seemingly simple questin I can never answer withut hesitating — “Where are yu frm?”
I culd say I am frm Thailand, where I was brn. Or I am frm Mexic, where I spent the majrity f my childhd. Or I am frm the US, whse language is rted int my life. In my mind, nne f these answers are satisfying enugh. After all, t be frm smewhere carries expectatins f understanding “yur” culture and “yur” hme.
I feel envius whenever my friends say they’re “ging hme” fr schl breaks. As a student wh frequently mves, I have never seen my living space as “hme”, but “shelter”, anther lcatin t stay in befre I unavidably mve again.
S, des this mean I d nt have, and will never have, a hme? I resign myself t living with this sense f sadness, until very recently.
In my drm, inside my drawer is a specially designed white bath twel that I have nt used since I brught it with me frm my parents’ huse. One day, I tk it ut, but stpped after smelling the sft, sweet laundry detergent (洗衣粉), the ne my parents used back in Thailand. I felt my eyes water as that randm smell brught my mixed emtins t the surface: sadness and nstalgia, a strng feeling f missing hme. I still avid using that twel until nw because I dn’t want t replace the smell f nstalgia with my newly-bught detergent.
Sadly, even with this new discvery, I will still struggle when answering where I am frm, and I will always feel a sense f lss in nt having a physical hme t “g back t”. Yet, in randm mments, when a smell catches me ff guard (让我猝不及防) with the memries it brings, I like t believe that the things I feel then are things peple feel when they are hme. And if these mments can make me smile, even with a sense f lss, what better hme can I ask fr?
17. Why is the authr unable t see his living space as “hme”?
A. His living places ften change.B. He is unsatisfied with the place.
C. His expectatins f “hme” are high.D. He can’t understand the culture there.
18. Why des the authr treasure that twel?
A. It was made in his hmetwn.B. It is a present frm his parents.
C. Its smell awakened his memries.D. Its design wins his preference.
19. What des the authr want t cnvey in the last paragraph?
A. He n lnger feels a sense f lss.
B. He feels a physical hme is unnecessary.
C. He has gt the answer t “Where are yu frm?”
D. He has fund a sense f hme in sme mments.
20. What can be the best title f the text?
A. A Man’s Hme Is His CastleB. There Is N Place Like Hme
C. The Smell Brings Me HmeD. The Emtin Cnnects Me With Hme
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（2023春·河南开封·高三统考阶段练习）Jim Glaub and Dylan Parker had just been handed the keys t their new Manhattan apartment n 22nd Street when the utging tenant (房客) said smething curius: “Just s yu knw, there’s this thing where letters addressed t Santa cme t the apartment.” The previus tenants had received the mail t. It had been cming fr years, and n ne knws why. “But it’s nt that big a deal.”
Glaub and Parker settled int their new hme, and fr the first tw years nly a few letters trickled (缓慢增加) in frm kids r parents asking “Santa” fr gifts: tys, cals, dlls. Then in the mnths befre Christmas 2010, they were deluged. Every day, they’d pen their mailbx t find it full f letters t Santa. They respnded t as many as they culd, writing ntes, even buying gifts. But they culd nly d s much.
Glaub, f curse, is nt Santa. He runs a Bradway marketing cmpany. But ne night, when he and Parker threw a Christmas party, a slutin appeared. Guests nticed the hundreds f letters and asked abut them.
“I tld them the stry,” Glaub says. His guests were interested. “A lt f peple were like, ‘I’ll take a letter. I’ll fulfill it.” That’s when Glaub and Parker realized they didn’t have t fulfill all these letters themselves. “Peple want t help.” And s was brn Miracle n 22nd Street, a cmmunity-based vlunteer rganizatin that respnds t children’s letters t Santa with seasn’s greetings and gifts fr kids.
T spread the wrd, they started a website, miraclen 22nd street.cm. Wrking with ther nnprfits that help thse in need, they invited families frm arund the cuntry t g nline and request gifts and Christmas tys fr children.
Glaub n lnger think abut why the letters cme t the apartment. “It’s part f Christmas fr me,” he says. “It’s the same fr the kids and families. They lk frward t it. It wuldn’t be Christmas withut it.”
21. Why did Glaub and Parker receive s many letters during Christmas?
A. They wanted t help the kids.
B. They were rich enugh t affrd the gifts.
C. The previus tenant instructed them t.
D. It’s a lng-lasting traditin with unknwing reasns.
22. What des the underlined wrd “deluged” mean in paragraph 2?
A. Frightened.B. Flded.C. Disappinted.D. Praised.
23. Hw did Glaub and Parker respnd t the letters?
A. They held a party t seek help frm guests.
B. They spread the news by wrd f muth.
C. They pled the resurces f the cmmunity.
D. They set a cmpany t buy gifts fr the need.
24. Which is a suitable title fr the text?
A. Christmas Gifts frm SantaB. A Real-life Versin f Santa
C. Receiving Mysterius LettersD. The Unnticed Act f Kindness
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（2023·江苏泰州·统考模拟预测）At age 23, Chad’s life was just beginning. But ne night, a drunk driver crashed int his mtrcycle and his leg was severely injured. T save the leg, Chad went thrugh peratin after peratin, but in vain. When the dctr annunced the leg had t cme ff, Chad sank int a bitter desperatin. Hw wuld he functin with nly ne leg? Wuld he have the family he had always dreamed f? And hw wuld he ever pay ff the hspital bills?
Nthing we did eased his deep frustratin. One night, I brught Gene, the husband f my clleague, t Chad’s hspital rm. Gene jked with Chad at nce, telling him he was “n his last leg”. Chad explded, “Hw can yu talk like that when they’re ging t cut ff my leg?” Gene just bent ver, rlled up his trusers and revealed his wn prsthesis (假肢). I left them alne.
When I returned an hur later, the light had cme back int Chad’s eyes. “Gene said that peple wh give t thers always get back mre than they give. He said I shuld nt wrry abut my future and the mst imprtant thing was never t give up.”
Fur mnths later, Chad was back at wrk. He remembered Gene’s wrds. He learned t ride a bicycle with his fake leg, swam ne-legged and practiced running slw. Hwever, the hardest prblem was hw he wuld ever get back n his “ft” financially. The hspital bills wuld take him thirty years t pay.
His dctr ften called t ask him t rush t the hspital and ffer cmfrt t an injury victim. N matter hw tired Chad was, n matter when he was called, he wuld drp everything t help. One day, he received a different call. “Chad,” the dctr began, “I am calling t tell yu that a stranger has just paid all yur medical bills.”
Gene was right. Peple wh give freely t thers get back mre than they give.
25. What can we learn abut Chad after the accident?
A. He felt cncerned abut his future.B. He left the hspital in desperatin.
C. He regretted riding the mtrcycle.D. He refused t receive the treatment.
26. Hw did Gene manage t cheer Chad?
A. He tended Chad carefully and lvingly.
B. He ffered sme funny wrds f cmfrt.
C. He shared a similar stry f his wn with Chad.
D. He prved t be capable f swimming ne-legged.
27. Which f the fllwing best describes Chad?
A. Determined and helpful.B. Caring and humrus.
C. Cnfident and cperative.D. Ambitius and warmhearted.
28. What message des the authr want t cnvey in the text?
A. Lve breaks dwn barriers.B. Kindness is always rewarded.
C. A gd medicine tastes bitter.D. He wh laughs last laughs best.
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（2023·贵州·校联考模拟预测）Alena Analeigh Wicker lad an incredibly impressive list f accmplishments. She studied bilgical sciences at tw separate universities. She is a frmer NASA intern and went t a medical schl. At the yung age f 13, she was well n her way t achieving her dreams and ambitins. She als supplied supprt t ther yung girls like her, wh were interested in science and technlgy, and hped that her stry wuld serve as a surce f inspiratin.
Alena’s mther, McQuarter, claimed that her daughter had always been exceptinal and superir. She ffered t be educated at hme, S McQuarter hmeschled Alena during elementary schl. Even after Alena returned t schl in the fifth grade, she cntinued studying high schl subjects based n a curse carefully designed by her mther.
“I was bred,” Alena explains. “The high schl wrk was s easy fr me that I ended up graduating frm high schl when I was 12. I lve schl; I lve learning; I lve reading. I have a desire t learn, and that has just always been me.”
After graduatin, Alena went t tw separate universities, earning degrees in bilgical sciences frm bth Arizna State University and Oakwd University. And while studying fr the accelerated degrees, Alena started the Brwn STEM Girl Fundatin, in hnr f Katherine Jhnsn, wh had been a pineering African-American mathematician at NASA. The Fundatin’s target is t engage and educate girls in Science, Technlgy, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
Alena has prmted her fundatin nline. “It feels amazing t be able t create a path fr girls that lk like me.” Alena shares her tips. She says, “It desn’t matter hw ld yu are. Yu can d it. Dn’t let anybdy tell yu n. I wuld say t any little girl ut there that’s reading this: Never give up n yurself and never let anyne tell yu that yu can’t d smething.”
29. What d we knw abut McQuarter?
A. She tk great pride in Alena.
B. She advised Alena t study at hme.
C. She ensured Alena studied at schl until 12.
D. She frced Alena t learn high schl subjects.
30. What is the gal f the Brwn STEM Girl Fundatin?
A. T educate girls t g t cllege.
B. T expse girls t the scientific field.
C. T prmte the develpment f science.
D. T inspire girls t becme members f NASA.
31. Why des the authr mentin Alena’s wrds in the last paragraph?
A. T ffer an aplgy.B. T make a request.
C. T make a suggestin.D. T ffer an invitatin.
32. Which wrds can best describe Alena?
A. Hnest and daring.B. Mdest and generus.
C. Talented and gd-lking.D. Prmising and caring.
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（2023·全国·高三专题练习） Terri Bltn is a dab hand when it cmes t DIY (d-it-yurself). Skilled at putting up shelves and piecing tgether furniture, she never pays smene else t d a jb she can d herself.
She credits these skills t her late grandfather and builder Derek Llyd. Frm the age f six, Terri, nw 26, accmpanied Derek t wrk during her schl hlidays. A day’s wrk was rewarded with £5 in pcket mney. She says: “I’m sure I wasn’t much f a help t start with, painting the rms and putting dwn the flring thrughut the huse. It tk weeks and it was backbreaking wrk, but I knw he was prud f my skills.”
Terri, wh nw rents a huse with friends in Wandswrth, Suth West Lndn, says DIY als saves her frm lsing any depsit when a tenancy (租期) cmes t an end. She adds: “I’ve mved huse many times and I always like t persnalise my rm and put up pictures, s, it’s been useful t knw hw t cver up hles and repaint a rm t avid any charges when I’ve mved ut.”
With millins f peple likely t take n DIY prjects ver that cming weeks, new research shws that mre than half f peple are planning t make the mst f the lng, warm summer days t get jbs dne. The average spend per prject will be arund £823. Tw thirds f peple aim t imprve their cmfrt while at hme. Tw fifth wish t increase the value f their huse. Thugh DIY has traditinally been seen as male hbby, the research shws it is wmen nw leading the charge.
33. Which is clsest in meaning t “a dab hand” in paragraph 1?
A. An artist.B. A winner.C. A specialist.D. A pineer.
34. Why did Terri’s grandfather give her £5 a day?
A. Fr a birthday gift.B. As a treat fr her wrk.
C. T supprt her DIY prjects.D. T encurage her t take up a hbby.
35. Hw did Terri avid lsing the depsit n the huse she rented?
A. By making it lk like befre.B. By furnishing it herself.
C. By splitting the rent with a rmmate.D. By cancelling the rental agreement.
36. What trend in DIY des the research shw?
A. It is becming mre cstly.B. It is getting mre time-cnsuming.
C. It is turning int a seasnal industry.D. It is gaining ppularity amng females.
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（2023·甘肃酒泉·统考三模）At the age f sixteen, I jined a vlunteer grup with my dad. I went n my first vlunteer prject in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discvered that “ur family” was living in a trailer (拖车) that was in pr cnditin. A crew had been wrking n it fr tw weeks, but every time they finished ne prblem, anther surfaced.
We decided the nly reasnable slutin was t build a new huse — smething unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was verjyed with their new huse that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday f that week, while we ate lunch tgether, I asked the family’s three bys, Jsh, Eric and Ryan, “What d yu want fr yur new rm?” Expecting tys and ther gadgets that children usually ask fr, we were surprised when Jsh respnded, “I just want a bed.”
The bys had never slept in a bed! They were accustmed t plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds wuld be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in ur grup drve t the nearest city and bught beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck cming, we tld the family abut the surprise. We culd hardly cntain urselves. It was like watching excited children n Christmas mrning.
That afternn, as we fitted the frames f the beds tgether, Eric ran int the huse t watch us. T dirty t enter his rm, he bserved with wide-eyed enthusiasm frm the drway.
As my father slipped a pillwcase (枕套) nt ne f the pillws, Eric asked, “What is that?” “A pillw,” he replied. “What d yu d with it?” Eric cntinued t ask. “When yu g t sleep, yu put yur head n it,” I answered sftly. Tears came t ur eyes as he handed Eric the pillw. “Oh... that’s sft,” he said, hugging it tightly.
Nw, when my sister r I start t ask fr smething that seems urgent, my dad gently asks, “D yu have a pillw?” We knw exactly what he means.
37. Why did the writer’s vlunteer grup decide t build a new huse fr the pr family?
A. The trailer was t small t hld such a large family.
B. Sme strangers had dnated sme mney t the family.
C. The trailer was in such pr cnditin that it culdn’t be fixed up.
D. The crew that had been wrking n it fr tw weeks asked them t d s.
38. Hw did the writer feel when Jsh respnded, “I just want a bed.”?
A. Amazed.B. Thrilled.C. Cnfused.D. Embarrassed.
39. What can we infer frm the father’s wrds at the end f the stry?
A. What he will buy is nt what they want but a pillw.
B. His children shuld d mre vlunteer wrk fr the pr.
C. His children shuld nt waste mney n cheap things.
D. What they ask fr may nt be necessary.
40. What d we knw abut Eric?
A. He was accustmed t sleeping with a pillw under his head.
B. He didn’t enter the rm when he asked the questins.
C. He slipped a pillwcase nt ne f the pillws.
D. He begged the vlunteer grup t buy sme pillws.
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（2023春·广东惠州·高三统考期末）Mney Daniels spends several hurs every week cleaning up cans and bttles in the rivers near his hme with ther teen envirnmentalists in Chattanga, TN. Tgether, they have cllected mre than 1 tn f aluminum cans, nearly 1,000 cans a week fr a year. In January, he c-funded a club called the Cleanup Kids with his best friend. The prject’s missin: t encurage kids t pick up 1 millin punds f trash acrss the glbe befre the end f the year.
Daniels says he first develped a passin fr wildlife when he was 3. “As far back as I can remember, I’ve always lved animals,” Daniels says. Marine life especially interests him. When he began discvering trash n walks alng the river with his family, he immediately thught f his favrite sea creatures.
His missin nw is saving the earth’s rivers, which he pints ut are even mre plluted than the wrld’s ceans. “Eighty percent f the cean’s trash cmes frm rivers,” he says. In 2019, he adpted the name Cnservatin Kid n Instagram, and started psting abut things like hw smething as simple as a deserted face mask can entangle (缠住), chke, and kill turtles, birds, and fish. Mask waste has increased an estimated 9,000% since the pandemic(疫情) began.
Althugh he mstly speaks t ther teens, Daniels has fund that adults are ften persuaded by his argument that cleaning up, recycling, and ridding plastic ught t be a selfish act fr humanity: when plastics break dwn, they can wind up in ur drinking water. He has met with the mayr f his city, and his experiences speaking with influential grwnups has cnvinced him that adults can change their habits.
But, in truth, the burden t save the planet has landed n children like him. “Kids may be a small percent f the ppulatin, but we’re 100% f the future,” he says. “And we can save the wrld.”
41. What led t the birth f Daniel’s prject?
A. The inspiratin frm his best friend.
B. The gal t make a rle mdel fr kids.
C. The cncern fr the cean life.
D. The idea f ther teen envirnmentalists.
42. Which can be inferred frm paragraph 3?
A. The cean’s trash has grwn rapidly.
B. The river pllutin requires less attentin.
C. Many animals are infected in the pandemic.
D. River waste cntributes mst t the cean’s trash.
43. Which f the fllwing can best describe Mney Daniels?
A. Optimistic and creative.
B. Caring and respnsible.
C. Cnsiderate and generus.
D. Curageus and devted.
44. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. Grwnups’selfish behavirs fr humanity.
B. A teenager’s cntributins t saving the waters.
C. A yungster’s respnsibility t prtect the wrld.
D. Teen envirnmentalists’ effrts t clean the ceans.
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（2023·吉林长春·东北师大附中校考模拟预测）“Mm!” a girl calls ut in a busy stre. I turn tward it, s d several ther wmen. It desn’t matter that I’m in the stre alne r that my tw daughters are much lder than this helpless little vice. When I hear “Mm!” I am ready fr actin and rescue.
Mm is defined in the dictinary as a female parent. But thrugh the years my children have used the wrd t mean much mre.
Jessica, at 7, screams “M-hm” in an accusing tne, fr she can’t find a matching sck.
Fr Sarah, at 13, n a mrning when she’s already late fr schl, “Mm!” means “I am desperate fr new clthes. I can’t believe I’ve existed in these rags.”
“Mm?” Sarah is almst 17 and rarely kncks n my dr in the mrning anymre. Yet I recgnize the vulnerability in her vice.
“D yu want sme help?” I ask her, sleep-blurred.
She nds, and then bursts int tears. “Jhn’s mad at me, and I dn’t knw why. He wn’t talk tme. What shuld I d?”
I put my arm arund her. I want t prtect my child frm the cruel beasts wh make her weep s, but I’ve gt a ht ptat f my wn just nw. I feel the disability f being respnsible fr myself and fr my daughters. I talk t my friends and they empathize(共情). I talk t my brther and he slves prblems. I need mre.
S I dial the familiar number I nce called frm cllege.
“Hell?” The vice is crackly, uncertain. It has lived thrugh s much already that it’s cautius abut anther blw.
“Mm?” I say.
“Hney, are yu all right?” my mther asks.
Smehw, that is everything I want t hear.
45. What des the underlined wrd “vulnerability” mean in paragraph 5?
A. Tensin.B. Delight.C. Weakness.D. Curisity.
46. Why can’t the writer help her daughter this time?
A. She has n clue wh Jhn is.B. Her wrk takes all her attentin.
C. She is t mentally exhausted.D. She is t sleepy t stay fcused.
47. What can best describe the writer?
A. Ambitius and faithful.B. Enthusiastic and humrus.
C. Brave and independent.D. Sensitive and respnsible.
48. What can we learn frm the text?
A. The mther’s mind is the child’s classrm.
B. A mther always cares fr the yungest child.
C. The wrld’s all glry and pride all cme frm the mther.
D. The mst beautiful vice in the wrld is the call f mther.
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（2023·四川巴中·统考一模）French writer Annie Ernaux wn the 2022 Nbel Prize in literature n Oct 6. She is the first French female t win the prize. In the wrds f the Nbel cmmittee, Ernaux was given the award “fr the curage and amazing insight” f her writing.
Having spent ver five decades as a writer, the 82-year-ld winner has published mre than 20 bks t her name, including Cleaned Out (1974), Shame (1997) and A Girl’s Stry(2016).
Rather than cnsider herself a writer f fictin, Ernaux has used the term “an ethnlgist (民族学家) f herself” t describe herself.
Brn in 1940 in a rural village in Nrmandy, France, Ernaux grew up in a wrking-class envirnment as her parents ran a cmbined grcery stre and cafe. She wrked as a teacher befre becming a full-time writer. Her “upbringing and experiences navigating adlescence and adulthd” inspire many f her wrks. Fr example, the bk Shame explres the theme f childhd trauma (创伤) while A Girl’s Stry fllws a yung wman’s cming f age in the 1950s.
Thugh the matters Ernaux describes in her bks are serius and even smetimes heavy, they are always written in plain language. Ernaux described her style as “flat writing” thrugh which she aims t tell her stries bjectively, “unshaped by flrid (过多修饰的) descriptin r verwhelming emtins,” nted Fx News.
“She writes abut things that n ne else writes abut, fr instance her jealusy, her experiences as an abandned lver and s frth. I mean, really hard experiences, “ Anders Olssn, chairman f the Nbel Cmmittee fr Literature, said after the award annuncement in Stckhlm. He added, “She gives wrds fr these experiences that are very simple and striking. They are shrt bks, but they are really mving.”
49. What can we learn abut Annie Ernaux frm the text?
A. She was awarded fr the bravery and bservatins shwn in her writing.
B. The Nbel cmmittee described her as “an ethnlgist f herself”.
C. She is the first French persn t win the Nbel Prize.
D. She started wrking as a full-time writer in 1974.
50. Where did she get inspiratin fr her wrks?
A. Her students’ lives.
B. Her persnal experiences.
C. The stries f guests t her cafe.
D. The histry f her hmetwn.
51. Which f the fllwing best describes Ernaux’s writing style?
A. Plain and relaxing.
B. Descriptive and serius.
C. Objective and easy t understand.
D. Emtinal and tuching.
52. Why is Annie Ernaux different frm ther writers, accrding t Anders Olssn?
A. She suffered a lt f hardships.
B. Her wrks are shrt and mving.
C. Her wrks are abut unexplred subjects.
D. She shares painful feelings thrugh her writing.
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（2023·四川巴中·统考一模）When I was abut 5 years ld, the Santa Claus Parade came t twn and passed within a blck f ur huse. On that mrning, my mther dressed me up and sent me ut in the street with my 11-year-ld sister as temprary guardian.
I was fascinated by the crwd. Vendrs (小贩) sld ppcrn, candy apples and ht chestnuts. Thrugh the eyes f a child, the parade was larger than life with giant flats, marching bands, snwmen, elves and magical strybk creatures that captured my imaginatin.
I was attracted by the cstumed children sitting n the flats-always waving t the crwd. Whever they were, I knew I wanted t be ne f them. I wanted t be in the parade. I wanted t wave as the entire city lined the streets t see me. This quickly became my ultimate fantasy in the fllwing few years.
But I was als a realist. We were a family f mdest means. There was n way my family culd be able t find an entry pint int the parade.
Abut 20 years later, I was able t see the parade again thrugh my children’s eyes. T me, the parade was as magnificent as ever. I still lved the flats, but nw I als enjyed watching the cstumed marchers and the bands.
I realized that I still wanted t be in it. Happily, I discvered the parade is always lking fr vlunteers. My daughter signed up t sit n a flat as an Ice Princess and I was given the rle f marshal(典礼官).
The jb was pretty easy. Our primary fcus was keeping children safe. I wasn’t suppsed t interact with the crwd but I just culdn’t stp myself frm watching s many adring nlkers as I walked past. Sme kids wanted t shake my hand. Others thrust their letters t Santa at me, which I cllected and depsited in a mailbx at the end f the parade. It wvas a heady experience.
I returned t vlunteer every year thereafter. My daughter graduated frm a flat kid t a marcher and eventually drpped ut f the parade. But I cntinued. I was a marshal fr 21 years, and I will keep cming back.
53. What was the authr’s ultimate fantasy when she was a child?
A. Buying snacks frm the vendrs.
B. Waving at the crwd frm the flats.
C. Dressing up as a magical creature.
D. Jining in the marching bands.
54. Which f the fllwing best explains “means” underlined in Paragraph 4?
A. incme
B. way
C. methd
D. apprach
55. What has been the authr’s main jb in the parade fr the past 21 years?
A. Cllecting children’s letters t Santa.
B. Keeping the flats mving steadily.
C. Interacting wvith the crwd.
D. Ensuring the safety f kids.
56. What is the text mainly abut?
A. the Santa Claus parade
B. Celebrating Christmas thrugh the years
C. Ways t celebrate Christmas
D. A sweet memry
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（2023·四川·校联考模拟预测）Frane Selak, a music teacher in Cratia, was brn in 1929. He is prbably the unluckiest and luckiest man in the wrld, whse stry is s incredible that it will leave yu speechless.
The first time he was n the verge f death was n a cld January day in 1962, when he was traveling by train t Dubrvnik. The train suddenly derailed in a frzen river, killing 17 passengers. He managed t escape with nly a brken arm, a few scratches, and bruises. A year later, he was flying frm Zagreb t Rijeka, when suddenly a dr came ff and the teacher flew ut f the plane. We dn’t usually hear much abut survivrs when it cmes t plane crashes, as evidenced by the 19 peple wh lst their lives in the crash. With ne exceptin — Frane Selak, wh was lucky enugh t land n a haystack and wke up a few days later in hspital with minr injuries.
The series f unfrtunate events did nt stp here. Or are they frtunate? In 1966, Frane Selak was traveling in a bus that crashed and fell int a river. There were fur casualties, but Selak cheated death again. In 1970, Selak was driving when suddenly his car caught fire. He was lucky t get ut f the car just befre it explded. Three years later, anther f Selak’ scars caught fire. He lived mments f hrrr, caught fire, and lst almst all his hair, but again he survived withut majr injuries.
In 1995 he was in Zagreb and ne day he was hit by a bus, but miraculusly survived and was left with nly a few injuries. The fllwing year, Frane Selak drve int a parapet t avid a truck cming frm the ppsite directin. He was thrwn ut f the car and left hanging frm a tree, nly t see his car explde 100 meters belw.
T make the picture cmplete and the character’s luck unquestinable, in 2003, Selak wn 1 millin dllars in the Cratian lttery. In 2010, the 81-year-ld retiree decided that “mney can’t buy happiness”, and decided t live a mdest life with his fifth wife.
Frane Selak is nw wrld-famus fr escaping death.
57. What is the text mainly abut?
A. Hw t survive when yu are in a traffic accident.
B. Curage is a weapn against death.
C. A man with fabulus gd luck.
D. Plane crashes can be deadly.
58. Hw many times has Frane Selak escaped death?
A. 6.B. 7.C. 8.D. 9.
59. What can we learn abut Frane Selak?
A. He wanted a peaceful retirement.
B. He was invlved in three plane crashes.
C. He was prud f his frtunate experiences.
D. He suffered serius injuries all ver his bdy in 1973.
60. Which f the fllwing events highlights Frane Selak’s dramatic stry?
A. He fled just befre the car explded in 1970.
B. He was the nly survivr f a plane crash in 1963.
C. He was hit by a bus but almst uninjured in 1995.
D. He wn 1,000,000 dllars in the Cratian lttery in 2003.