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Passage 1
【2023年新高考全国Ⅰ卷】When Jhn Tdd was a child, he lved t explre the wds arund his huse, bserving hw nature slved prblems. A ditry stream, fr example, ften became clear after flwing thrugh plants and alng rcks where tiny creatures lived. When he gt lder, Jhn started t wnder if this prcess culd be used t clean up the messes peple were making.
After studying agriculture, medicine, and fisheries in cllege, Jhn went back t bserving nature and asking questins. Why can certain plants trap harmful bacteria (细菌)? Which kinds f fish can eat cancer-causing chemicals? With the right cmbinatin f animals and plants, he figured, maybe he culd clean up waste the way nature did. He decided t build what he wuld later call an ec-machine.
The task Jhn set fr himself was t remve harmful substances frm sme sludge (污泥). First, he cnstructed a series f clear fiberglass tanks cnnected t each ther. Then he went arund t lcal pnds and streams and brught back sme plants and animals. He placed them in the tanks and waited. Little by little, these different kinds f life gt used t ne anther and frmed their wn ecsystem. After a few weeks, Jhn added the sludge.
He was amazed at the results. The plants and animals in the ec-machine tk the sludge as fd and began t eat it! Within weeks, it had all been digested, and all that was left was pure water.
Over the years Jhn has taken n many big jbs. He develped a greenhuse-like facility that treated sewage (污水) frm 1,600 hmes in Suth Burlingtn. He als designed an ec-machine t clean canal water in Fuzhu, a city in sutheast China.
“Eclgical design” is the name Jhn gives t what he des. “Life n Earth is kind f a bx f spare parts fr the inventr,” he says. “Yu put rganisms in new relatinships and bserve what’s happening. Then yu let these new systems develp their wn ways t self-repair.”
4. What can we learn abut Jhn frm the first tw paragraphs?
A. He was fnd f traveling.B. He enjyed being alne.
C. He had an inquiring mind.D. He lnged t be a dctr.
5. Why did Jhn put the sludge int the tanks?
A. T feed the animals.B. T build an ecsystem.
C. T prtect the plants.D. T test the ec-machine.
6. What is the authr’s purpse in mentining Fuzhu?
A. T review Jhn’s research plans.B. T shw an applicatin f Jhn’s idea.
C. T cmpare Jhn’s different jbs.D. T erase dubts abut Jhn’s inventin.
7. What is the basis fr Jhn’s wrk?
A. Nature can repair itself.B. Organisms need water t survive.
C. Life n Earth is diverse.D. Mst tiny creatures live in grups.
Passage 2
【2023年新高考全国Ⅱ卷】Turning sil, pulling weeds, and harvesting cabbage sund like tugh wrk fr middle and high schl kids. And at first it is, says Abby Jaramill, wh with anther teacher started Urban Spruts, a schl garden prgram at fur lw-incme schls. The prgram aims t help students develp science skills, envirnmental awareness, and healthy lifestyles.
Jaramill’s students live in neighbrhds where fresh fd and green space are nt easy t find and fast fd restaurants utnumber grcery stres. “The kids literally cme t schl with bags f snacks and large bttles f sft drinks,” she says. “They cme t us thinking vegetables are awful, dirt is awful, insects are awful.” Thugh sme are initially scared f the insects and turned ff by the dirt, mst are eager t try smething new.
Urban Spruts’ classes, at tw middle schls and tw high schls, include hands-n experiments such as sil testing, flwer-and-seed dissectin, tastings f fresh r dried prduce, and wrk in the garden. Several times a year, students ck the vegetables they grw, and they ccasinally make salads fr their entire schls.
Prgram evaluatins shw that kids eat mre vegetables as a result f the classes. “We have students wh say they went hme and talked t their parents and nw they’re eating differently,” Jaramill says.
She adds that the prgram’s benefits g beynd nutritin. Sme students get s interested in gardening that they bring hme seeds t start their wn vegetable gardens. Besides, wrking in the garden seems t have a calming effect n Jaramill’s special educatin students, many f whm have emtinal cntrl issues. “They get utside,” she says, “and they feel successful.”
4. What d we knw abut Abby Jaramill?
A. She used t be a health wrker.B. She grew up in a lw-incme family.
C. She wns a fast fd restaurant.D. She is an initiatr f Urban Spruts.
5. What was a prblem facing Jaramill at the start f the prgram?
A. The kids’ parents distrusted her.B. Students had little time fr her classes.
C. Sme kids disliked garden wrk.D. There was n space fr schl gardens.
6. Which f the fllwing best describes the impact f the prgram?
A. Far-reaching.B. Predictable.
C. Shrt-lived.D. Unidentifiable.
7. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Rescuing Schl GardensB. Experiencing Cuntry Life
C. Grwing Vegetable LversD. Changing Lcal Landscape
Passage 3
【2023年全国乙卷】 Living in Iwa and trying t becme a phtgrapher specializing in landscape (风景) can be quite a challenge, mainly because the crn state lacks gegraphical variatin.
Althugh landscapes in the Midwest tend t be quite similar, either farm fields r highways, smetimes I find distinctive character in the hills r lakes. T make sme f my landscape shts, I have traveled up t fur hurs away t sht within a 10-minute time frame. I tend t travel with a few f my friends t state parks r t the cuntryside t g n adventures and take phts alng the way.
Being at the right place at the right time is decisive in any style f phtgraphy. I ften leave early t seek the right destinatins s I can set up early t avid missing the mment I am attempting t phtgraph. I have missed plenty f beautiful sunsets/sunrises due t being n the spt nly five minutes befre the best mment.
One time my friends and I drve three hurs t Devil’s Lake, Wiscnsin, t climb the purple quartz (石英) rck arund the lake. After we fund a crazy-lking rad that hung ver a bunch f rcks, we decided t phtgraph the scene at sunset. The psitin enabled us t lk ver the lake with the sunset in the backgrund. We managed t leave this spt t climb higher because f the spare time until sunset. Hwever, we did nt mark the rute (路线) s we ended up almst missing the sunset entirely. Once we fund the place, it was stressful getting lights and cameras set up in the limited time. Still, lking back n the phts, they are sme f my best shts thugh they culd have been s much better if I wuld have been prepared and managed my time wisely.
4. Hw des the authr deal with the challenge as a landscape phtgrapher in the Midwest?
A. By teaming up with ther phtgraphers.B. By shting in the cuntryside r state parks.
C. By studying the gegraphical cnditins.D. By creating settings in the crn fields.
5. What is the key t successful landscape phtgraphy accrding t the authr?
A. Prper time management.B. Gd shting techniques.
C. Adventurus spirit.D. Distinctive styles.
6. What can we infer frm the authr trip with friends t Devil’s Lake?
A. They went crazy with the purple quartz rck.
B. They felt stressed while waiting fr the sunset.
C. They reached the shting spt later than expected.
D. They had prblems with their emipment.
7. Hw des the authr find his phts taken at Devil’s Lake?
A. Amusing.B. Satisfying.
C. Encuraging.D. Cmfrting.
Passage 4
【2023年全国甲卷】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 is 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.
24. Which is clsest in meaning t “a dab hand” in paragraph 1?
A. An artist.B. A winner.C. A specialist.D. A pineer.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
Passage 5
【2023年北京卷】Sitting in the garden fr my friend’s birthday. I felt a buzz (振动) in my pcket. My heart raced when I saw the email sender’s name. The email started ff: “Dear Mr Green, thank yu fr yur interest” and “the review prcess tk lnger than expected.” It ended with “We are srry t infrm yu…”and my visin blurred (模糊). The psitin—measuring sil quality in the Sahara Desert as part f an undergraduate research prgramme — had felt like the answer I had spent years lking fr.
I had put s much time and emtinal energy int applying, and I thught the rejectin meant the end f the rad fr my science career.
S I was shcked when, nt lng after the email, Prfessr Mary Devn, wh was running the prgramme, invited me t bserve the wrk being dne in her lab. I jumped at the chance, and a few weeks later I was equally shcked—and verjyed—when she invited me t talk with her abut ptential prjects I culd pursue in her lab. What she prpsed didn’t seem as exciting as the riginal prject I had applied t, but I was ging t give it my all.
I fund myself wrking with a rbtics prfessr n techniques fr cllecting data frm the desert remtely. That prject, which I culd cmplete frm my sfa instead f in the burning heat f the desert, nt nly survived the lckdwn but wrked where traditinal methds didn’t. In the end, I had a new scientific interest t pursue.
When I applied t graduate schl, I fund three prgrammes prmising t allw me t fllw my desired research directin. And I applied with the same anxius excitement as befre. When I was rejected frm ne that had seemed like a perfect fit, it was undubtedly difficult. But this time I had the perspective (视角) t keep it frm sending me int panic. It helped that in the end I was accepted int ne f the ther prgrammes I was als excited abut.
Rather than setting plans in stne, I’ve learned that smetimes I need t take the pprtunities that are ffered, even if they dn’t sund perfect at the time, and make the mst f them.
24. Hw did the authr feel upn seeing the email sender’s name?
A. Anxius.B. Angry.C. Surprised.D. Settled.
25. After talking with Prfessr Devn, the authr decided t ________.
A. criticise the review prcessB. stay lnger in the Sahara Desert
C. apply t the riginal prject againD. put his heart and sul int the lab wrk
26. Accrding t the authr, the prject with the rbtics prfessr was ________.
A. demandingB. inspiringC. misleadingD. amusing
27. What can we learn frm this passage?
A. An invitatin is a reputatin.B. An innvatin is a reslutin.
C. A rejectin can be a redirectin.D. A reflectin can be a restrictin.
2022年记叙文
Passage1
【2022年新高考全国Ⅱ卷】We jurnalists live in a new age f strytelling, with many new multimedia tls. Many yung peple dn’t even realize it’s new. Fr them, it’s just nrmal.
This hit hme fr me as I was sitting with my 2-year-ld grandsn n a sfa ver the Spring Festival hliday. I had brught a children’s bk t read. It had simple wrds and clrful pictures — a perfect match fr his age.
Picture this: my grandsn sitting n my lap as I hld the bk in frnt s he can see the pictures. As I read, he reaches ut and pkes (戳) the page with his finger.
What’s up with that? He just likes the pictures, I thught. Then I turned the page and cntinued. He pked the page even harder. I nearly drpped the bk. I was cnfused: Is there smething wrng with this kid?
Then I realized what was happening. He was actually a stranger t bks. His father frequently amused the by with a tablet cmputer which was laded with clrful pictures that cme alive when yu pke them. He thught my strybk was like that.
Srry, kid. This bk is nt part f yur high-tech wrld. It’s an utdated, lifeless thing. An antique, like yur grandfather. Well, I may be ld, but I’m nt hpelessly challenged, digitally speaking. I edit vide and prduce audi. I use mbile payment. I’ve even built websites.
There’s ne ntable gap in my new-media experience, hwever: I’ve spent little time in frnt f a camera, since I have a face made fr radi. But that didn’t stp China Daily frm asking me last week t share a persnal stry fr a vide prject abut the integratin f Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei prvince.
Anyway, grandpa is nw an internet star — tw minutes f fame! I prmise nt t let it g t my head. But I will make sure my 2-year-ld grandsn sees it n his tablet.
4. What d the underlined wrds “hit hme fr me” mean in paragraph 2?
A. Prvided shelter fr me. B. Became very clear t me.
C. Tk the pressure ff me. D. Wrked quite well n me.
5. Why did the kid pke the strybk?
A. He tk it fr a tablet cmputer. B. He disliked the clrful pictures.
C. He was angry with his grandpa. D. He wanted t read it by himself.
6. What des the authr think f himself?
A. Scially ambitius. B. Physically attractive.
C. Financially independent. D. Digitally cmpetent.
7. What can we learn abut the authr as a jurnalist?
A. He lacks experience in his jb. B. He seldm appears n televisin.
C. He manages a vide department. D. He ften interviews internet stars.
Passage 2
【2022年北京卷】My name is Alice. Early last year, I was trubled by an anxiety that crippled ( 削弱 ) my ability t d anything. I felt like a strm clud hung ver me. Fr almst a year I struggled n, cnstantly staring at this wall that faced me. My perfectinist tendencies were the main rt f this: I wanted t be perfect at whatever I did, which bviusly in life is nt pssible, but it cnsumed me.
One day, I attended a presentatin by wildlife cnservatinist Grant Brwn at my high schl. His presentatin nt nly awed and inspired me, but als helped emerge an inner desire t make a difference in the wrld. I jined a pre-presentatin dinner with him and that smaller setting allwed me t slwly build up my curage t speak ne-n-ne with him—an idea that had seemed cmpletely impssible. This first cntact was where my stry began.
A mnth later, Brwn invited me t attend the Wrld Yuth Wildlife Cnference. Lking back, I nw see that this wuld be the first in a series f timely pprtunities that my ld self wuld have let pass, but that this new and mre cnfident Alice enthusiastically seized. Shrtly after I received his invitatin, applicatins t jin the Yuth fr Nature and the Yuth fr Planet grups were sent arund thrugh my high schl. I decided t cmmit t cmpleting the applicatins, and sn I was a part f a grwing glbal team f yung peple wrking t prtect nature. Each f these new steps cntinued t grw my cnfidence.
I am writing this just six mnths since my jurney began and I’ve realised that my biggest bstacle ( 障碍 ) this whle time was myself. It was that vice in the back f my head telling me that ne phrase that has stpped s many peple frm reaching their ptential: I can’t. They say gd things cme t thse wh wait; I say: grab every pprtunity with everything yu have and be impatient. After all, nature des nt require ur patience, but ur actin.
24. What was the main cause fr Alice’s anxiety?
A. Her inability t act her age.B. Her habit f cnsumptin.
C. Her desire t be perfect.D. Her lack f inspiratin.
25. Hw did Grant Brwn’s presentatin influence Alice?
A. She decided t d smething fr nature.B. She tasted the sweetness f friendship.
C. She learned abut the harm f desire.D. She built up her curage t speak up.
26. The activities Alice jined in helped her t becme mre ________.
A. intelligentB. cnfidentC. innvativeD. critical
27. What can we learn frm this passage?
A. Practice makes perfect.B. Patience is a cure f anxiety.
C. Actin is wrry’s wrst enemy.D. Everything cmes t thse wh wait.
Passage 3
【2022年浙江卷6月】Pasta and pizza were n everyne’s lunch menu in my native land f Italy. Everyne wh had such a lunch was fair-skinned and spke Italian. A few years later, as I std in the lunch line with my kindergarten class in a schl in Brklyn, I realized things were n lnger that simple. My classmates ranged frm thse kids with pale skin and large blue eyes t thse with rich brwn skin and dark hair. The fd chices were almst as diverse as the students. In frnt f me was an array f fds I culdn’t even name in my native language. Fearing that I wuld pick ut smething awful, I desperately tried t ask the by ahead f me fr a recmmendatin. Unfrtunately, between us std the barrier f language.
Althugh my kindergarten experience feels like a century ag, the lessns I learned will stick in my mind frever. Fr the past three summers, I have wrked in a gvernment agency in New Yrk. New immigrants much like the little girl in the lunch line flded ur ffice seeking help. I ften had t be an interpreter fr the Italian-speaking nes. As I served the rle f vital cmmunicatin link, I was reminded f my desperate struggle t cnverse befre I learned English. I watched with great sympathy as elderly Italians tried t hld a cnversatin in Italian with peple wh did nt speak the language. It suddenly became very clear t me hw lucky I was t be fluent in tw languages.
In New Yrk, a multicultural city, students like me are blessed with a chance t wrk with a diverse ppulatin. In my English t Italian translatins, I’ve learned abut scial prgrams that I didn’t knw existed. This wrk expanded my mind in ways that are impssible inside the fur walls f a classrm. Walking thrugh the streets f Brklyn tday, I am n lnger cnfused by this city’s sunds and smells. Instead, enjy its diversity.
1. What did the authr realize after entering schl in Brklyn?
A. Time passed quickly.B. English was hard t learn.
C. The fd was terrible.D. Peple were very different.
2. Wh des “the little girl” in paragraph 2 refer t?
A An Italian teacher.B. A gvernment fficial.
C. The authr herself.D. The authr’s classmate.
3. Hw did the summer jb benefit the authr?
A. It strengthened her lve fr schl.B. It helped sharpen her sense f directin.
C. It pened her eyes t the real wrld.D. It made her childhd dream cme true.
Passage 4
【2022年浙江卷1月】 Fr nearly a decade nw, Merebeth has been a self-emplyed pet transprt specialist. Her pet transprt jb was bm f the financial crisis （危机）in the late 2000s. The dwnturn hit the real estate （房地产）firm where she had wrked fr ten years as an ffice manager. The firm went brke and left her lking fr a new jb. One day, while driving near her hme, she saw a dg wandering n the rad, clearly lst. She tk it hme, and her sister in Denver agreed t take it. This was a lving hme fr sure, but 1, 600 miles away. It didn't take lng fr Merebeth t decide t drive the dg there herself. It was her first rad trip t her new jb.
Merebeth*s pet delivery service als satisfies her wanderlust. It has taken her t every state in the US except Mntana, Washingtn and Oregn, she says prudly. If she wants t visit a new place, she will simply find a pet with transprt needs there. She travels in all weathers. She has driven thrugh 55 mph winds in Wyming, heavy flding and strms in Alabama and ttal whiteut cnditins in Kansas.
This wanderlust is inherited frm her father, she says. She mved their family frm Canada t Califrnia when she was ne year ld, because he wanted them t explre a new place tgether. As sn as she graduated frm high schl she left hme t live n Catalina Island ff the Califrnian cast, away frm her parents, where she enjyed a life f sailing and ff-rad biking.
It turns ut that pet transprting pays quite well at abut $30, 000 per year befre tax. She desn't wrk in summer, as it wuld be unpleasantly ht fr the animals in the car, even with air cnditining. As autumn cmes, she gets restless—the same ld wanderlust returning. It’s a call she must heed alne, thugh. Merebeth says, *'When I am n the rad, I'm just in my wn wrld. I've always been independent-spirited and I just feel strngly that I mush help animals.
Why did Merebeth changed her jb?
She wanted t wrk near her hme.
She was tired f wrking in the ffice.
Her sister asked her t mve t Denver.
Her frmer emplyer was ut f business.
The wrd "wanderlust" in paragraph 2 means a desire t ?
make mney.B. try varius jbs.
C. be clse t nature.D. travel t different places.
3 What can we learn abut Merebeth in her new jb?
She has chances t see rare animals.
She wrks hard thrughut the year.
She relies n herself the whle time.
She earns a basic and tax-free salary.
Passage 5
【2022年浙江卷6月】Pasta and pizza were n everyne’s lunch menu in my native land f Italy. Everyne wh had such a lunch was fair-skinned and spke Italian. A few years later, as I std in the lunch line with my kindergarten class in a schl in Brklyn, I realized things were n lnger that simple. My classmates ranged frm thse kids with pale skin and large blue eyes t thse with rich brwn skin and dark hair. The fd chices were almst as diverse as the students. In frnt f me was an array f fds I culdn’t even name in my native language. Fearing that I wuld pick ut smething awful, I desperately tried t ask the by ahead f me fr a recmmendatin. Unfrtunately, between us std the barrier f language.
Althugh my kindergarten experience feels like a century ag, the lessns I learned will stick in my mind frever. Fr the past three summers, I have wrked in a gvernment agency in New Yrk. New immigrants much like the little girl in the lunch line flded ur ffice seeking help. I ften had t be an interpreter fr the Italian-speaking nes. As I served the rle f vital cmmunicatin link, I was reminded f my desperate struggle t cnverse befre I learned English. I watched with great sympathy as elderly Italians tried t hld a cnversatin in Italian with peple wh did nt speak the language. It suddenly became very clear t me hw lucky I was t be fluent in tw languages.
In New Yrk, a multicultural city, students like me are blessed with a chance t wrk with a diverse ppulatin. In my English t Italian translatins, I’ve learned abut scial prgrams that I didn’t knw existed. This wrk expanded my mind in ways that are impssible inside the fur walls f a classrm. Walking thrugh the streets f Brklyn tday, I am n lnger cnfused by this city’s sunds and smells. Instead, enjy its diversity.
1. What did the authr realize after entering schl in Brklyn?
A. Time passed quickly.B. English was hard t learn.
C. The fd was terrible.D. Peple were very different.
2. Wh des “the little girl” in paragraph 2 refer t?
A An Italian teacher.B. A gvernment fficial.
C. The authr herself.D. The authr’s classmate.
3. Hw did the summer jb benefit the authr?
A. It strengthened her lve fr schl.B. It helped sharpen her sense f directin.
C. It pened her eyes t the real wrld.D. It made her childhd dream cme true.
Passage 6
【2022年天津卷第二次】I’m an 18-year-ld pre-medical student, tall nd gd-lking, with tw shrt stry bks and quite a number f essays my credit. Why am I singing such praises f myself? Just t explain that he attainment f self-pride cmes frm a great deal f self-lve, and t attain it, ne must first learn t accept neself as ne is. That was where my struggle began.
Brn and raised in Africa，I had always taken my African rigin as burden. My self-dislike was further fueled when my family had t relcate t Nrway, where I attended a high schl. Cmpared t all the white girls arund me, with their glden hair and delicate lips, I ,a black girl, had curly hair and full, red lips. My nse ften had a thin sheet f sweat n it, whatever the weather was. I just wanted t bury myself in my shell crying “I’m s different!”
What als cntributed t my self-dislike was my ccasinal stuttering (口吃), which had weakened my self-cnfidence. It always std between me and any fine pprtunity. I’d taken it as an excuse t avid any public speaking sessins, and unknwingly let it rule ver me.
Frtunately, as I grew lder, there came a turning pint. One day a white girl caught my eye n the schl bus when she suddenly turned back. T my astnishment, she had a thin sheet f sweat n her nse t, and it was in Nvember! “Ww,” I whispered t myself, “this isn’t a genetic(遗传的) disrder after all. It’s perfectly nrmal.” Days later, my life tk an-ther twist(转折). Searching the internet fr stuttering cures, I accidentally learned that such famus peple as Isaac Newtn and Winstn Churchill als stuttered. I was greatly relieved and then an idea suddenly hit me—if I’m smart, I shuldn’t allw my stuttering t stand between me and my success.
Anther bst t my self-cnfidence came days later as I was watching the news abut Oprah Winfrey, the famus talkshw hst and writer—she’s black t! Whenever I think f her stry and my frmer dislike f my clr, I’m practically filled with shame.
Tday, I’ve grwn t accept what I am with pride; it simply gives me feeling f uniqueness. The idea f self-lve has taken n a whle new meaning fr me: there’s always smething fantastic abut us, and what w need t d is learn t appreciate it.
41. What affected the authr’s adjustment t her schl life in Nrway!
A. Her appearance
B. Scial discrimɪnatin.
C. Her changing emtins.
D. The climate in Nrway.
42. What did the authr’s ccasinal stuttering bring abut accrding n Paragraph 3?
A. Her lack f self-cnfidence.
B. Her lss f interest in schl.
C. Her unwillingness t greet her classmates.
D. Her desire fr chances t imprve herself.
43. Hw did the authr feel n nticing the similarity between her and ne girl n the bus?
A. Blessed and prud.
B. Cnfused and afraid.
C. Amazed and relieved.
D. Shcked and ashamed.
44. What lessn did the authr learn frm the cases f Newtn and Churchill?
A. Great minds speak alike.
B. Stuttering is n barrier t success.
C. Wisdm cunts mre than hard wrk.
D. Famus peple can’t live with their weaknesses.
45. What can best summarize the message cntained in the passage?
A. Pride cmes befre a fall.
B. Where there is a will, there is a way.
C. Self-acceptance is based n the lve fr neself.
D Self-lve is key t the attainment f self-pride.
2021年记叙文
Passage1
【2021年新高考全国Ⅰ 卷】By day, Rbert Tittertn is a lawyer. In his spare n stage beside pianist Maria Rasppva — nt as a musician but as her page turner. “I’m nt a trained musician, but I’ve learnt t read music s I can help Maria in her perfrmance.”
Mr Tittertn is chairman f the Omega Ensemble but has been the grup’s fficial page turner fr the past fur years. His jb is t sit beside the pianist and turn the pages f the scre s the musician desn’t have t break the flw f sund by ding it themselves. He said he became just as nervus as thse playing instruments n stage.
“A lt f skills are needed fr the jb. Yu have t make sure yu dn’t turn tw pages at nce and make sure yu find the repeats in the music when yu have t g back t the right spt.” Mr Tittertn explained.
Being a page turner requires plenty f practice. Sme pieces f music can g fr 40 minutes and require up t 50 page turns, including back turns fr repeat passages. Silent nstage cmmunicatin is key, and each pianist has their wn style f “ndding” t indicate a page turn which they need t practise with their page turner.
But like all perfrmances, there are mments when things g wrng. “I was turning the page t get ready fr the next page, but the draft wind frm the turn caused the spare pages t fall ff the stand,” Mr Tittertn said, “Luckily I was able t catch them and put them back.”
Mst page turners are pian students r up-and-cming cncert pianists, althugh Ms Rasppva has nce asked her husband t help her ut n stage.
“My husband is the wrst page turner,” she laughed. “He’s interested in the music, feeling every nte, and I have t say: ‘Turn, turn!’ “Rbert is the best page turner I’ve had in my entire life.”
24. What shuld Tittertn be able t d t be a page turner?
A. Read music.B. Play the pian.
C. Sing sngs.D. Fix the instruments.
25. Which f the fllwing best describes Tittertn’s jb n stage?
A. Bring.B. Well-paid.
C. Demanding.D. Dangerus.
26. What des Tittertn need t practise?
A. Cunting the pages.B. Recgnizing the “ndding”.
C. Catching falling bjects.D. Perfrming in his wn style.
27. Why is Ms Rasppva’s husband “the wrse page turner”?
A He has very pr eyesight.B. He ignres the audience.
C. He has n interest in music.D. He frgets t d his jb.
Passage 2
【2021年新高考全国Ⅱ 卷】I have wrked as a keeper at the Natinal Z, Paris fr 11 years. Spt and Stripe are the first tiger cubs that have ever been brn here. Glbally, a third f Sumatran cubs in zs dn't make it t adulthd, s I decided t give them rund-the-clck care at hme.
I've gt tw children—the yunger ne, Kynan, was extremely happy abut the tigers arriving - but all f us really lked frward t being part f their lives and watching them grw. I wasn't wrried abut bringing them int my hme with my wife and kids. These were cubs. They weighed abut 2.5 kg and were s small that there was abslutely n risk.
As they grew mre mbile, we let them mve freely arund the huse during the day, but when we were asleep we had t cntain them in a large rm, therwise they'd get up t mischief. We'd cme dwn in the mrning t find they'd turned the rm upside dwn, and left it lking like a z.
Things quickly gt very intense due t the huge amunt f energy required t lk after them. There were sme tugh times and I just felt extremely tired. I was grateful that my family was there t help. We had t have a bit f a prductin line ging, making up “tiger milk”, washing baby bttles, and cleaning the flrs.
When Spt and Stripe were fur mnths ld, they were learning hw t pen drs and jump fences, and we knew it really was time fr them t g. It was hard fr us t finally part with them. Fr the first few days, Kynan was always a bit disappinted that the cubs weren't there.
I'm nt sad abut it. I'm hands-n with them every day at the z, and I d lk back very fndly n the time that we had them.
4. Why did the authr bring the tiger cubs hme?
A. T ensure their survival.B. T bserve their differences.
C. T teach them life skills.D. T let them play with his kids.
5. What d the underlined wrds “get up t mischief” mean in paragraph 3?
A. Behave badly.B. Lse their way.C. Sleep sundly.D. Miss their mm.
6. What did the authr think f raising the tiger cubs at hme?
A. Bring.B. Tiring.C. Cstly.D. Risky.
7. Why did the authr decide t send Spt and Stripe back t the z?
A. They frightened the children.B. They became difficult t cntain.
C. They annyed the neighburs.D. They started fighting each ther.
Passage 3
【2021年新高考全国Ⅱ 卷】A British wman wh wn a S1 millin prize after she was named the Wrld's Best Teacher will use the cash t bring inspiratinal figures int UK schls.
Andria Zafiraku,a nrth Lndn secndary schl teacher, said she wanted t bring abut a classrm revlutin (变革). “We are ging t make a change, ”she said.“I’ve started a prject t prmte the teaching f the arts in ur schls.”
The prject results frm the difficulties many schls have in getting artists f any srt - whether an up-and-cming lcal musician r a majr mvie star - int schls t wrk with and inspire children.
Zafiraku began the prject at Alpertn Cmmunity Schl, her place f wrk fr the past twelve years. “I've seen thse magic mments when children are talking t smene they are inspired by - their eyes are shining and their faces light up,” she said. “We need artists . mre than ever in ur schls."
Artist Michael Craig-Martin said: “Andria's brilliant prject t bring artists frm all fields int direct cntact with children is particularly welcme at a time when the arts are being dwngraded in schls." It was a mistake t see the arts as unnecessary, he added.
Histrian Sir Simn Schama is als a supprter f the prject. He said that arts educatin in schls was nt just an add-n. “It is abslutely necessary. The future depends n creativity and creativity depends n the yung. What will remain f us when artificial intelligence takes ver will be ur creativity, and it is ur creative spirit, ur visinary sense f freshness,that has been ur strength fr centuries."
8. What will Zafiraku d with her prize mney?
A. Make a mvie.B. Build new schls.
C. Run a prject.D. Help lcal musicians.
9. What des Craig-Martin think f the teaching f the arts in UK schls?
A. It is particularly difficult.B. It increases artists' incme.
C. It pens children's mind.D. It deserves greater attentin.
10. What shuld be stressed in schl educatin accrding t Schama?
A. Mral principles.B. Interpersnal skills.
C. Creative abilities.D. Psitive wrldviews.
11. Which f the fllwing is a suitable title fr the text?
A. Bring Artists t SchlsB. When Histrians Meet Artists
C. Arts Educatin in BritainD. The Wrld's Best Arts Teacher
Passage 4
【2021年全国甲卷】When I was 9, we packed up ur hme in Ls Angeles and arrived at Heathrw, Lndn n a gray January mrning. Everyne in the family settled quickly int the city except me. Withut my belved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I felt at a lss and ut f place. Until I made a discvery.
Suthbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center f British skatebarding, where the cntinuus crashing f skatebards left yur head ringing .I lved it. I sn made friends with the lcal skaters. We spke ur wn language. And my favrite: Safe. Safe meant cl. It meant hell. It meant dn't wrry abut it. Once, when trying a certain trick n the beam（横杆）, I fell nt the stnes, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Tby came ver, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe. A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their bards lud, shuting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that's what mattered—landing tricks, being a gd skater.
When I was 15, my family mved t Washingtn. I tried skatebarding there, but the lcals were far less welcming. Within a cuple f years, I'd given it up.
When I returned t Lndn in 2004, I fund myself wandering dwn t Suthbank, spending hurs there. I've traveled back several times since, mst recently this past spring. The day was cld but clear: turists and Lndners stpped t watch the skaters. Weaving（穿梭）amng the kids wh rushed by n their bards, I fund my way t the beam. Then a rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded（滑）up t the beam. He sat next t me. He seemed nt t ntice the man next t him. But sn I caught a few f his glances. “I was a lcal here 20 years ag,” I tld him. Then, slwly, he began t nd his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”
“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”
8. What can we learn abut the authr sn after he mved t Lndn?
A. He felt disappinted.B. He gave up his hbby.
C. He liked the weather there.D. He had disagreements with his family.
9. What d the underlined wrds “Safe! Safe! Safe!” prbably mean?
A. Be careful!B. Well dne!C. N way!D. Dn't wrry!
10. Why did the authr like t spend time in Suthbank when he returned t Lndn?
A. T jin the skatebarding.B. T make new friends.
C. T learn mre tricks.D. T relive his childhd days
11. What message des the authr seem t cnvey in the text?
A. Children shuld learn a secnd language.
B Sprt is necessary fr children's health.
C. Children need a sense f belnging
D. Seeing the wrld is a must fr children.
Passage 5
【2021年北京卷】I remember the day during ur first week f class when we were infrmed abut ur semester（学期） prject f vlunteering at a nn-prfit rganizatin．When the teacher intrduced us t the different rganizatins that needed ur help，my last chice was Operatin Iraqi Children （OIC）．My first impressin f the rganizatin was that it was nt ging t make enugh f a difference with the plans I had in mind．
Then，an OIC representative gave us sme details，which smewhat interested me．After ding sme research， I believed that we culd really d smething fr thse kids．When I went nline t the OIC website，I saw pictures f the Iraqi children．Their faces were s pwerful in sending a message f their despair（绝望） and need that I jined this prject withut hesitatin．We decided t cllect as many schl supplies as pssible，and make them int kits——ne kit，ne child．
The mst rewarding day fr ur grup was prject day，when all the effrts we put int cllecting the items finally came tgether．When I saw the varius supplies we had cllected，it hit me that every kit we were t build that day wuld eventually be in the hands f an Iraqi child．Over the past fur mnths，I had never imagined hw I wuld feel nce ur prject was cmpleted．While making the kits，I realized that I had lst sight f the true meaning behind it．I had nly fcused n the fact that it was anther schl prject and ne I wanted t get a gd grade n．When the kits were cmpleted，and ready t be sent verseas，the warm feeling I had was ne I wuld never frget．
In the beginning，I dared myself t make a difference in the life f anther persn．Nw that ur prject is ver，I realize that I have affected nt nly ne life，but ten．With ur effrts，ten yung bys and girls will nw be able t further their educatin．
24. Hw did the authr feel abut jining the OIC prject in the beginning？
A. It wuld affect his/her initial plans．
B. It wuld invlve traveling verseas．
C It wuld nt bring him/her a gd grade．
D. It wuld nt live up t his/her expectatins．
25. What mainly helped the authr change his/her attitude tward the prject？
A. Images f Iraqi children．B. Research by his/her classmates．
C. A teacher's intrductin．D. A representative's cmments．
26. The authr's OIC prject grup wuld help ten Iraqi children t________．.
A. becme OIC vlunteersB. further their educatin
C. study in freign cuntriesD. influence ther children
27. What can we cnclude frm this passage？
A. One's ptential cannt always be underrated．
B. First impressin cannt always be trusted．
C. Actins speak luder than wrds．
D. He wh hesitates is lst．
Passage 6
【2021年浙江卷6月】Leslie Nielsen’s childhd was a difficult ne, but he had ne particular shining star in his life — his uncle, wh was a well-knwn actr. The admiratin and respect his uncle earned inspired Nielsen t make a career (职业) in acting. Even thugh he ften felt he wuld be discvered t be a n-talent, he mved frward, gaining a schlarship t the Neighbrhd Playhuse and making his first televisin appearance a few years later in 1948. Hwever, becming a full-time, successful actr wuld still be an uphill battle fr anther eight years until he landed a number f film rles that finally gt him nticed.
But even then, what he had wasn’t quite what he wanted. Nielsen always felt he shuld be ding cmedy but his gd lks and distinguished vice kept him busy in dramatic rles. It wasn’t until 1980 — 32 years int his career — that he landed the rle it wuld seem he was made fr in Airplane! That mvie led him int the secnd half f his career where his cmedic presence alne culd make a mvie a financial success even when mvie reviewers wuld nt rate it highly.
Did Nielsen then feel cntent in his career? Yes and n. He was thrilled t be ding the cmedy that he always felt he shuld d but even during his last few years, he always had a sense f curisity, wndering what new rle r challenge might be just arund the cmer. He never stpped wrking, never retired.
Leslie Nielsen’s devtin t acting is wnderfully inspiring. He built a hugely successful career with little mre than plain ld hard wrk and determinatin. He shwed us that even a single desire, never given up n, can make fr a remarkable life.
1. Why did Nielsen want t be an actr?
A. He enjyed watching mvies.B. He was eager t earn mney.
C. He wanted t be like his uncleD. He felt he was gd at acting.
2. What d we knw abut Nielsen in the secnd half f his career?
A. He directed sme high quality mvies.B. He avided taking n new challenges.
C. He fcused n playing dramatic rles.D. He became a successful cmedy actr.
3. What des Nielsen’s career stry tell us?
A. Art is lng, life is shrt.B. He wh laughs last laughs lngest.
C. It’s never t late t learn.D. Where there’s a will there’s a way.
Passage 7
【2021年浙江卷6月】We live in a twn with three beaches. There are tw parts less than 10 minutes’ walk frm hme where neighbrhd children gather t play. Hwever, what my children want t d after schl is pick up a screen — any screen — and stare at it fr hurs. They are nt alne. Tday's children spend an average f fur and a half hurs a day lking at screens, split between watching televisin and using the Internet.
In the past few years, an increasing number f peple and rganisatins have begun cming up with plans t cunter this trend. A cuple f years ag film-maker David Bnd realised that his children, then aged five and three, were attached t screens t the pint where he was able t say “chclate” int his three-year-ld sn’s ear withut getting a respnse. He realised that smething needed t change, and, being a Lndn media type, appinted himself “marketing directr frm Nature”. He dcumented his jurney as he set abut treating nature as a brand t be marketed t yung peple. The result was Prject Wild Thing, a film which charts the birth f the Wrld Netwrk, a grup f rganisatins with the cmmn gal f getting children ut int nature.
“Just five mre minutes utdrs can make a difference,” David Bnd says. “There is a lt f really interesting evidence which seems t be suggesting that if children are inspired up t the age f seven, then being utdrs will be n habit fr life.” His wn children have gt int the habit f playing utside nw: “We just send them ut int the garden and tell them nt t cme back in fr a while.”
Summer is upn us. There is an amazing wrld ut there, and it needs ur children as much as they need it. Let us get them ut and let them play.
4. What is the prblem with the authr’s children?
A. They ften anny their neighburs.B. They are tired f ding their hmewrk.
C. They have n friends t play withD. They stay in frnt f screens fr t lng.
5. Hw did David Bnd advcate his idea?
A. By making a dcumentary film.B. By rganizing utdr activities.
C. By advertising in Lndn media.D. By creating a netwrk f friends.
6. Which f the fllwing can replace the underlined wrd “charts” in paragraph 2?
A. recrdsB. predictsC. delaysD. cnfirms
7. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Let Children Have FunB. Yung Children Need Mre Free Time
C. Market Nature t ChildrenD. David Bnd: A Rle Mdel fr Children
Passage 8
【2021年浙江卷1月】 Mre than 25 years ag, Sar Brierley lived in rural（农村）India. One day, he played with his brther alng the rail line and fell asleep. When he wke up and fund himself alne, the 4-year-ld decided his brther might be n the train he saw in frnt f him-s he gt n.
That train tk him a thusand miles acrss the cuntry t a ttally strange city. He lived n the streets, and then in an rphanage（孤儿院）. There, he was adpted by an Australian family and flwn t Tasmania.
As he writes in his new bk, A Lng Way Hme, Brierley culdn't help but wnder abut his hmetwn back in India. He remembered landmarks, but since he didn't knw his twn's name, finding a small neighbrhd in a vast cuntry prved t be impssible.
Then he fund a digital mapping prgram. He spent years searching fr his hmetwn in the prgram's satellite pictures. In 2011, he came acrss smething familiar. He studied it and realized he was lking at a twn's central business district frm a bird's-eye view. He thught, “On the right-hand side yu shuld see the three-platfrm train statin”—and there it was. "And n the left-hand side yu shuld see a big funtain"-and there it was. Everything just started t match.
When he std in frnt f the huse where he grew up as a child, he saw a lady standing in the entrance. "There's smething abut me, " he thught—and it tk him a few secnds but he finally remembered what she used t lk like.
In an interview Brierley says, "My mther lked s much shrter than I remembered. But she came frth and walked frward, and I walked frward, and my feelings and tears and the chemical in my brain, yu knw, it was like a nuclear fusin（核聚变）. I just didn't knw what t say, because I never thught seeing my mther wuld ever cme true. And here I am, standing in frnt f her. ”
1．Why was Brierley separated frm his family abut 25 years ag?
A．He gt n a train by mistake.
B．He gt lst while playing in the street.
C．He was taken away by a freigner.
D．He was adpted by an Australian family.
2．Hw did Brierley find his hmetwn?
A．By analyzing ld pictures.
B．By travelling all arund India.
C．By studying digital maps.
D．By spreading his stry via his bk.
3．What des Brierley mainly talk abut in the interview?
A．His lve fr his mther.
B．His reunin with his mther.
C．His lng way back hme.
D．His memry f his hmetwn.
Passage 9
【2021年天津卷第二次】When peple ask me hw I started writing, I find myself describing an urgent need that I felt t wrk with language. Having said that, I did nt knw fr a lng time what I was lking fr. It was nt until I fllwed this feeling t its surce that I discvered I had a passin fbr writing. With sme encuragement frm my clleagues, I had ne f my pems published. This bit f success, hwever, was the pint where my prblem began.
Back in 1978, I had t travel between three different campuses in the mrning, teaching freshman cmpsitin. Afternns I spent taking my daughter t her ballet and hrse-riding lessns. I cmpsed my lectures n the way, and that was all the thinking time I had. When I returned hme, there was nt enugh f me left fbr writing after a full wrking day.
As a way ut, I decided t get up tw hurs befre my usual time. My alarm was set fbr 5:00 A.M. The first day I shut it ff because I had placed it within arm's reach. The secnd day I set tw clcks, ne n my night table, and ne ut in the hallway. I had t jump ut f bed and run t silence it befre my family was awken. This was when my mrning writing began.
Since that first mrning in 1978, I have been fllwing the habit t this day, nt making r accepting many excuses fr nt writing. I wrte my pems in this manner fr nearly ten years befre my first bk was published. When I decided t write a nvel, I divided my tw hurs: the first fr petry, the secnd fbr fictin. Well r badly, I wrte at least tw pages a day. This is hw my nvel, The Line f the Sun. was finished. If I had waited t have the time, I wuld still be waiting t write my nvel.
What I gt ut f getting up in the dark t wrk is the feeling that I am in cntrl. Fr many peple, the initial sense f urgency t create easily dies away because it requires making the tugh decisin: taking the time t create, stealing it frm yurself if ifs the nly way.
41. What mtivated the authr t start her writing career?
A. Her strng wish t share.
B. Her keen interest in writing.
C. Her urgent need t make a living.
D. Her passinate desire fbr fame.
42. What prblem did the authr face when she decided t begin her writing?
A. She was t exhausted t write after a busy day.
B. She had truble in deciding n her writing style.
C. She had t take time t discipline her daughter.
D. She was unsure abut her writing skills.
43. Why did the authr place an alarm clck in the hallway?
A. In case the clck in her rm brke dwn.
B. In case she failed t hear the ringing.
C. T frce herself ut f bed.
D. T wake up her family.
44. Hw did the authr manage t finish her nvel?
A. By sticking t writing every mrning.
B. By writing when her mind was mst active.
C. By drawing inspiratins frm classic nvels.
D. By reducing her teaching hurs at schl.
45. What can we learn frm the authr's success in her writing career?
A. It is never t late t change yur jb.
B. Imaginative ideas die away if nt taken in time.
C. A tight schedule is n excuse fbr lack f actin.
D. Daily life prvides ideas fbr creative writing.
2020年记叙文
Passage1
【2020年新高考全国Ⅰ 卷（山东卷）】Jenifer Mauer has needed mre willpwer than the typical cllege student t pursue her gal f earning a nursing degree. That willpwer bre fruit when Jennifer graduated frm University f Wiscnsin-Eau Claire and became the first in her large family t earn a bachelr's degree.
Mauer, f Edgar, Wiscnsin, grew up n a farm in a family f 10 children. Her dad wrked at a jb away frm the farm, and her mther ran the farm with the kids. After high schl, Jennifer attended a lcal technical cllege, wrking t pay her tuitin(学费), because there was n extra mney set aside fr a cllege educatin. After graduatin, she wrked t help her sisters and brthers pay fr their schling.
Jennifer nw is married and has three children f her wn. She decided t g back t cllege t advance her career and t be able t better supprt her family while ding smething she lves: nursing. She chse the UW-Eau Claire prgram at Ministry Saint Jseph's Hspital in Marshfield because she was able t pursue her fur-year degree clse t hme. She culd drive t class and be hme in the evening t help with her kids. Jenifer received great supprt frm her family as she wrked t earn her degree: Her husband wrked tw jbs t cver the bills, and her 68-year-ld mther helped take care f the children at times.
Thrugh it all, she remained in gd academic standing and graduated with hnrs. Jennifer sacrificed(牺牲)t achieve her gal, giving up many nights with her kids and missing imprtant events t study. ''Sme nights my heart was breaking t have t pick between my kids and studying fr exams r papers,'' she says. Hwever, her children have learned an imprtant lessn witnessing their mther earn her degree. Jennifer is a first-generatin graduate and an inspiratin t her family-and that's pretty pwerful.
4. What did Jennifer d after high schl?
A. She helped her dad with his wrk.
B. She ran the family farm n her wn.
C. She supprted herself thrugh cllege.
D. She taught her sisters and brthers at hme.
5. Why did Jennifer chse the prgram at Ministry Saint Jseph's Hspital in Marshfield?
A. T take care f her kids easily.B. T learn frm the best nurses.
C. T save mney fr her parents.D. T find a well-paid jb there.
6. What did Jennifer sacrifice t achieve her gal?
A. Her health.B. Her time with family.
C. Her reputatin.D. Her chance f prmtin.
7. What can we learn frm Jenifer's stry?
A. Time is mney.B. Lve breaks dwn barriers.
C. Hard wrk pays ff.D. Educatin is the key t success.
Passage2
【2020年新高考全国Ⅱ 卷（海南卷）】The end f the schl year was in sight and spirits were high. I was back teaching after an absence f 15 years, dealing with the varius kinds f "frbidden fruit" that cme ut f bk bags. Nw was the spring f the water pistl.
I decided t think up a methd f dealing with frbidden fruit.
"Please bring that pistl t me," I said. "I'm ging t put it in my Grandma's Bx."
"What's that?" they asked.
"It's a large wden chest full f tys fr my grandchildren," I replied,
"Yu dn't have grandchildren" smene said.
"I dn't nw." I replied. "But smeday I will. When I d, my bx will be full f wnderful things fr them."
My imaginary Grandma's Bx wrked like magic that spring, and later. Smetimes. students wuld ask me t describe all the things I had in it. Then I wuld try t remember the different pssessins I suppsedly had taken away—since I seldm actually kept them. Usually the ffender wuld appear at the end f the day, and I wuld return the belnging.
The-years went by, and my first grandchild Grdn was brn. I shared my jy with that year's class. Then smene said, "Nw yu can use yur Grandma's Bx." Frm then n instead f cming t ask their pssessins back, the students wuld say, "That's kay. Put it in yur Grandma's Bx fr Grdn."
I lved talking abut the imaginary bx, nt nly with my students but als with my wn children. They enjyed hearing abut all the frbidden fruit I had cllected. Then ne Christmas I received a surprise gift—a large, beautifully made wden chest. My sn Bruce had made my Grandma's Bx a reality.
4. What was the authr's purpse in having the cnversatin with the students?
A. T cllect the water pistl.B. T talk abut her grandchildren.
C. T recmmend sme tys.D. T explain her teaching methd.
5. What d the underlined wrds "the ffender" in paragraph 8 refer t?
A. The student's parent.B. The maker f the Grandma's Bx.
C. The authr's grandchildD. The wner f the frbidden fruit.
6. What did the students d after they learned abut the birth f Grdn?
A. They went t play with the baby.B. They asked t see the Grandma's Bx.
C. They made a present fr Grdn.D. They stpped asking their tys back.
7. What can we infer abut the authr?
A. She enjys telling jkes.B. She is a strict and smart teacher.
C. She lves ding wdwrk.D. She is a respnsible grandmther
Passage3
【2020年北京卷】Fr the past five years, Paula Smith, a histrian f science, has devted herself t re-creating lng-frgtten techniques. While ding research fr her new bk, she came acrss a 16th-century French manuscript（手稿）cnsisting f nearly 1,000 sets f instructins, cvering subjects frm tl making t finding the best sand.
The authr's intentin remains as mysterius（神秘）as his name; he may have been simply taking ntes fr his wn recrds. But Smith was struck mainly by the fact that she didn't truly grasp any f the skills the authr described. "Yu simply can't get an understanding f that handwrk by reading abut it," she says.
Thugh Smith did get her hands n the best sand, ding things the ld-fashined way isn't just abut playing arund with French mud. Recnstructing the wrk f the craftsmen（工匠）wh lived centuries ag can reveal hw they viewed the wrld, what bjects filled their hmes, and what went n in the wrkshps that prduced them. It can even help slve present-day prblems: In 2015, scientists discvered that a 10th-century English medicine fr eve prblems culd kill a drug-resistant virus.
The wrk has als brught insights fr museums, Smith says. One must knw hw n bject was made in rder t preserve it. What's mre, recnstructins might be the nly way t knw what treasures lked like befre time wre them dwn. Schlars have seen this idea in practice with ancient Greek and Rman statues. These sculptures were painted a rainbw f striking clurs. We can't appreciate these kinds f details withut seeing wrks f art as they riginally appeared-smething Smith believes yu can d nly when yu have a rad map.
Smith has put the manuscript's ideas int practice. Her final gal is t link the wrlds f art and science back tgether: She believes that bringing the ld recipes t life can help develp a kind f learning that highlights experimentatin, teamwrk, and prblem slving.
Back when science—then called “the new philsphy”—tk shape, academics lked t craftsmen fr help in understanding the natural wrld. Micrscpes and telescpes were invented by way f artistic tinkering（修补）, as craftsmen experimented with glass t better bend light.
If we can rediscver the values f hands-n experience and craftwrk, Smith says, we can marry the best f ur mdern insights with the handiness f ur ancestrs.
38. Hw did Smith, feel after reading the French manuscript?
A. Cnfused abut the technical terms.
B. Impressed with its detailed instructins.
C. Discuraged by its cmplex structure.
D. Shcked fr her wn lack f hand skills.
39. Accrding t Smith, the recnstructin wrk is dne mainly t _____________.
A. restre ld wrkshpsB. understand the craftsmen
C. imprve visual effectsD. inspire the philsphers
40. Why des the authr mentin museums?
A. T reveal the beauty f ancient bjects.
B. T present the findings f ld science.
C T highlight the imprtance f antiques.
D. T emphasise the values f hand skills.
41. Which wuld be the best title fr this passage?
A. Craftsmen Set the Trends fr Artists
B. Craftsmanship Leads t New Theries
C. Craftsmanship Makes Better Scientists
D. Craftsmen Reshape the Future f Science
Passage4
【2020年浙江卷1月】I never knew anyne wh’d grwn up in Jacksn withut being afraid f Mrs. Callway ur librarian. She ran Jacksn’s Carnegie Library abslutely by herself. SILENCE in big black letters was n signs hung everywhere. If she thught yu were dressed imprperly, she sent yu straight back hme t change yur clthes. I was willing；I wuld d anything t read.
My mther was nt afraid f Mrs. Callway. She wished me t have my wn library card t check ut bks fr myself, She tk me in t intrduce me. “Eudra is nine years ld and has my permissin t read any bk she wants frm the shelves, children r adults,” Mther said.
Mrs. Callway made her wn rules abut bks. Yu culd nt take back a bk t the library n the same day yu`d taken it ut；it made n difference t her that yu’d read every wrd in it and needed anther t start. Yu culd take ut tw bks at a time and tw nly. S tw by tw, I read library bks as fast as I culd g, rushing them hme in the basket f my bicycle. Frm the minute I reached ur huse, I started t read. I knew this was extreme happiness, knew it at the time.
My mther shared this feeling f mine. Nw, I think f her as reading s much f the time while ding smething else. I remember her reading a magazine while taking the part f the Wlf in a game f "Little Red Riding Hd" with my brther's tw daughters. She'd just lk up at the right time, lng enugh t answer– in character –"The better t eat yu with, my dear," and g back t her place in the magazine article.
21. Which f the fllwing best described Mrs. Callway?
A. diet.B. Strict.C. Humrus.D. Cnsiderate.
22. What d the underlined wrds "this feeling" refer t in the last paragraph?
A. Desire t read.B. Lve fr Mrs. Callway.
C. Interest in games.D. Fear f the library rules.
23. Where is the text prbably frm?
A. guidebk.B. an autbigraphy.C. a news reprt.D. bk review.
2019年记叙文
Passage1
【2019年全国卷 Ⅰ】Fr Canaan Elementary’s secnd grade in Patchgue, N.Y.，tday is speech day ,and right nw it’s Chris Palaez’s turn. The 8-year-ld is the jker f the class. With shining dark eyes, he seems like the f kid wh wuld enjy public speaking.
But he’s, nervus.“I’m here t tell yu tday why yu shuld … shuld…”Chris trips n the“-ld,”a. prnunciatin difficulty fr many nn-native English speakers. His teacher ,Thmas Whaley ,is next t him, whispering supprt.“…Vte fr …me …”Except fr sme stumbles, Chris is ding amazingly well. When he brings his speech t a nice cnclusin ,Whaley invites the rest f the class t praise him.
A sn f immigrants, Chris stared learning English a little ver three years ag. Whaley recalls(回想起)hw at the beginning f the year，when called upn t read，Chris wuld excuse himself t g t the bathrm.
Learning English as a secnd language can be a painful experience. What yu need is a great teacher wh lets yu make mistakes. “It takes a lt fr any student，” Whaley explains，“especially fr a student wh is learning English as their new language，t feel cnfident enugh t say，‘I dn’t knw，but I want t knw.’”
Whaley gt the idea f this secnd-grade presidential campaign prject when he asked the children ne day t raise their hands if they thught they culd never be a president. The answer brke his heart. Whaley says the prject is abut mre than just learning t read and speak in public. He wants these kids t learn t bast(夸耀)abut themselves.
“Basting abut yurself，and yur best qualities,” Whaley says，“is very difficult fr a child wh came int the classrm nt feeling cnfident.”
24. What made Chris nervus？
A. Telling a stry.B. Making a speech.
C. Taking a test.D. Answering a questin.
25. What des the underlined wrd “stumbles” in paragraph 2 refer t?
A. Imprper pauses.B. Bad manners.C. Spelling mistakes.D. Silly jkes.
26. We can infer that the purpse f Whaley’s prject is t _________.
A. help students see their wn strengths
B. assess students’ public speaking skills
C. prepare students fr their future jbs
D. inspire students’ lve fr plitics
27. Which f the fllwing best describes Whaley as a teacher?
A. Humrus.B. Ambitius.C. Caring.D. Demanding.
Passage 2
【2019年全国卷Ⅱ】“Yu can use me as a last resrt(选择), and if nbdy else vlunteers，then I will d it.” This was an actual reply frm a parent after I put ut a request fr vlunteers fr my kids lacrsse(长曲棍球)club.
I guess that there's prbably sme demanding wrk schedule, r scial anxiety arund stepping up t help fr an unknwn sprt. She may just need a little persuading. S I try again and tug at the heartstrings. I mentin the single parent with fur kids running the shw and I talk abut the dad caching a team that his kids aren’t even n … At this pint the unwilling parent speaks up,“Alright. Yes, I’ll d it.”
I’m secretly relieved because I knw there’s real pwer in sharing vlunteer respnsibilities amng many. The unwilling parent rganizes the meal schedule, sends ut emails, and cllects mney fr end-f-seasn gifts. Smewhere alng the way, the same parent ends up becming an invaluable member f the team. The cach is able t fcus n the kids while the ther parents are relieved t be ff the hk fr anther seasn. Handing ut sliced ranges t bldthirsty kids can be as exciting as watching yur wn kid scre a gal.
Still, mst f us vlunteers breathe a sigh f relief when the seasn cmes t a clse. That relief is cupled with a deep understanding f why the same peple keep cming back fr mre: Cnnecting t the cmmunity(社区)as yu freely give yur time, mney, skills, r services prvides a real jy. Vlunteering just feels s gd.
In that sense, I’m pretty sure vlunteering is mre f a selfish act than I’d freely like t admit. Hwever, if thers benefit in the prcess, and I get sme reward t, des it really matter where my mtivatin lies?
24. What can we infer abut the parent frm her reply in paragraph l？
A. She knws little abut the club.
B. She isn't gd at sprts.
C. She just desn't want t vlunteer.
D. She's unable t meet her schedule.
25. What des the underlined phrase“tug at the heartstrings”in paragraph 2 mean ?
A. Encurage team wrk.
B. Appeal t feeling.
C. Prmte gd deeds.
D. Prvide advice.
26. What can we learn abut the parent frm paragraph 3?
A. She gets interested in lacrsse.
B. She is prud f her kids.
C. She’ll wrk fr anther seasn.
D. She becmes a gd helper.
27. Why des the authr like ding vlunteer wrk?
A. It gives her a sense f duty.
B. It makes her very happy.
C. It enables her t wrk hard.
D. It brings her material rewards.
Passage 3
【2019年北京卷】Alice Mre is a teenager entrepreneur(创业者), wh in May 2015 set up her business AilieCandy. By the time she was 13，her cmpany was wrth millins f dllars with the inventin f a super-sweet treat that culd save kids' teeth，instead f destrying them.
It all began when Mre visited a bank with her dad. On the uting, she was ffered a candy bar. Hwever, her dad reminded her that sugary treats were bad fr her teeth. But Mre was sick f missing ut n candies. S she desired t get rund the warning, "Why can't I make a healthy candy that's gd fr my teeth s that my parents can't say n t it?" With that in mind, Mre asked her dad if she culd start her wn candy cmpany. He recmmended that she d sme research and talk t dentists abut what a healthier candy wuld cntain.
With her dad's permissin, she spent the next tw years researching nline and cnducting trials t get a recipe that was bth tasty and tth-friendly. She als apprached dentists t learn mre abut teeth cleaning. Cnsequently, she succeeded in making a kind f candy nly using natural sweeteners, which can reduce ral bacteria.
Mre then used her savings t get her business f the grund. Afterwards, she and her father secured their first business meeting with a supermarket wner, wh finally agreed t sell Mre's prduct-Cancandy.
As CanCandy's success grws, s des Mre's credibility as a yung entrepreneur. Mre is enthusiastic abut the candy she created, and she's als psitive abut what the future might bring. She hpes that every kid can have a clean muth and a brad smile.
Meanwhile, with her parents' help, Mre is generally able t live a nrmal teenage life. Althugh she funded her cmpany early n in life, she wasn't driven primarily by prfit. Mre wants t use her unique talent t help thers find their smiles. She dnates 10% f AilicCandy's prfits t Big Smiles. With her talent and determinatin, it appears that the sky culd be the limit fr Alice Mre.
34. Hw did Mre react t her dad's warning?
A. She argued with him.B. She tried t find a way ut.
C. She paid n attentin.D. She chse t cnsult dentists.
35. What is special abut CanCandy?
A. It is beneficial t dental health.B. It is free f sweeteners.
C. It is sweeter than ther candies.D. It is prduced t a dentists' recipe.
36. What des Mre expect frm her business?
A. T earn mre mney.B. T help thers find smiles.
C. T make herself stand ut.D. T beat ther candy cmpanies.
37. What can we learn frm Alice Mre's stry?
A. Fame is a great thirst f the yung.
B. A yuth is t be regarded with respect.
C. Psitive thinking and actin result in success.
D. Success means getting persnal desires satisfied
Passage 4
【2019年江苏卷】The 65-year-ld Steve Gdwin was fund suffering frm early Alzheimer’s(阿尔楚海默症). He was lsing his memry.
A sftware engineer by prfessin, Steve was a keen lver f the pian, and the nly musician in his family. Music was his true passin, thugh he had never perfrmed utside the family.
Melissa, his daughter, felt it mre than wrthwhile t save his music, t which she fell asleep catch night when she was yung. She thught abut hiring a prfessinal pianist t wrk with her father.
Nami, Melissa’s best friend and a talented pianist, gt t knw abut this and shwed willingness t help.
“Why d this?” Steve wndered.
“Because she cares.” Melissa said.
Steve ndded, tears in eye.
Nami drve t the Gdwin hme. She tld Steve she’d lve t hear him play. Steve mved t the pian and sat at the bench, hands trembling as he gently placed his fingers n the keys.
Nami put a small recrder near the pian, Starts and stps and mistakes. Lng pauses, heart sinking. But Steve pressed n, playing fr the first time in his life fr a stranger.
“It was beautiful." Nami said after listening t the recrding. “The music was wrth saving.”
Her respnsibility, her privilege, wuld be t rescue it. The music was still in Steve Gdwin. It was bidden in rms with drs abut t be lcked.
Nami and Steve met every ther week and spent hurs tgether. He’d mve his fingers clumsily n the pian, and then she’d take his place. He struggled t explain what he heard in his head. He std by the pian, eyes clsed, listening fr the first time t his wn wrk being played by smene else.
Steve and Nami spke in musical cde lines, beats, intervals, mving frm the rt t end a sng in a new key. Steve heard it. All f it. He just culdn’t play it.
Wrking with Nami did wnders fr Steve. It had excited within him the belief he culd write ne last sng. One day, Nami received an email. Attached was a recrding, a recrding f lss and lve, f the fight. Steve called it “Melanchly Flwer”.
Nami heard multiple stps and starts, Steve struggling, searching while his wife Jni called him “hney” and encuraged him. The task was s hard, and Steve, angry and upset, said he was quitting. Jni praised him, telling her husband this culd be his signature piece.
Nami managed t figure ut 16 f Steve’s favrite, and mst persnal sngs. With Nami’s help, the Gdwin family fund a sund engineer t recrd Nami playing Steve’s sngs. Jni thught that wuld be the end. But it wasn’t.
In the mnths leading up t the 2016 Oregn Repertry Singers Christmas cncert, Nami tld the directr she had a special ne in mind: “Melanchly Flwer”
She tld the directr abut her prject with Steve. The directr agreed t add it t the playing list. But Nami wuld have t ask Steve’s permissin. He cnsidered it an hnr.
After the cncert, Nami tld the family that Steve’s music was beautiful and prfessinal. It needed t be shared in public.
The family rented a frmer church in dwntwn Prtland and scheduled a cncert. By the day f the shw, mre than 300 peple had said they wuld attend.
By then, Steve was having a hard time remembering the names f sme f his friends. He knew the path his life was nw taking. He tld his family he was at peace.
Steve arrived and sat in the frnt rw, surrunded by his family. The huse lights faded. Nami tk the stage. Her fingers. His heart.
65. Why did Melissa want t save her father’s music?
A. His music culd stp his disease frm wrsening.
B. She wanted t please her dying ld father.
C. His music deserved t be preserved in the family.
D. She wanted t make her father a prfessinal.
66. After hearing Steve’s playing, Nami ________.
A. refused t make a cmment n it
B. was deeply impressed by his music
C. decided t free Steve frm suffering
D. regretted ffering help t her friend
67. Hw can the prcess f Steve’s recrding be described?
A. It was slw but prductive.
B. It was beneficial t his health.
C. It was tiresme fr Nami.
D. It was vital fr Nami’s career.
68. Befre Steve finished “Melanchly Flwer," his wife Jni _______.
A. thught the music talent f Steve was exhausted
B. didn’t expect the damage the disease brught abut
C. didn’t fully realize the value f her husband’s music
D. brught her husband’s music career t perfectin
69. Hw did Steve feel at the cncert held in dwntwn Prtland？
A. He felt cncerned abut his illness.
B. He sensed a respnsibility fr music.
C. He regained his faith in music.
D. He gt int a state f quiet.
70. What can be a suitable title fr the passage?
A. The Kindness f FriendsB. The Pwer f Music
C. The Making f a MusicianD. The Value f Determinatin
2018年记叙文
Passage1
【2018年浙江卷11月】I start every summer with the best f intentins:t attack ne big bk frm the past, a classic that I was suppsed t have read when yung and ambitius. Often the pairings f bks and settings have been purely accidental: "Mby Dick" n a three-day crss-cuntry train trip: “The Magic Muntain” in a New England beachside cttage with n lcks n the drs, n telephnes r televisins in the rms, and little t d beynd rw n the salt pnd. Attempting "The Man Withut Qualities" n a return t Hawaii, my native state, hwever, was less fruitful: I made it thrugh ne and a quarter vlumes (册), then decided that I'd gt the pint and went swimming instead.
But this summer I find myself at a lss. I’m nt quite interested in Balzac, say, r “Tristram Shandy.” There’s always War and Peace, which I've cvered sme distance several times, nly t get bgged dwn in the "War" part, set it aside fr a while, and realize that I have t start ver frm the beginning again, having frgtten everyne’s name and scial rank. Hw appealing t simply fall back n a favrite-nce mre int “The Waves” r “Justine,” which feels almst like cheating, t exciting and t much fun t prperly belng in serius literature.
And then there’s Stendhal’s “The Red and the Black,” which happens t be the name f my favrite ccktail (鸡尾酒) f the summer, created by Michael Ceccni at Savy and BackFrty. It is easy t drink, and kncking back three r fur seems like such a delightful idea. Ceccni's thery: "I take whatever’s fresh at the green market and turn it int liquid." The result is a pure sht f afternn in the park, making ne feel cheerful and peaceful all at nce, lying n uncut grass with eyes shut, sun beating thrugh the lids...
27．What can we infer abut the authr frm the first paragraph?
A．He has a cttage in New England.B．He shws talents fr literature.
C．He enjys reading when traveling.D．He admires a lt f great writers.
28．What d the underlined wrds "get bgged dwn" in paragraph 2 mean?
A．Get cnfused.B．Be carried away.
C．Be interrupted.D．Make n prgress.
29．Why des the authr say reading his favrite bks feels like cheating?
A．He finishes them quickly.B．He shuld read smething serius.
C．He barely understands them.D．He has read them many times befre.
30．What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A．The Bks f SummerB．My Summer Hlidays
C．T Read r Nt t ReadD．It’s Never T Late t Read
Passage2
【2018年全国Ⅲ卷】Adults understand what it feels like t be flded with bjects. Why d we ften assume that mre is mre when it cmes t kids and their belngings? The gd news is that I can help my wn kids learn earlier than I did hw t live mre with less.
I fund the pre-hlidays a gd time t encurage yung children t dnate less-used things, and it wrked. Because f ur effrts, ur daughter Gergia did decide t dnate a large bag f tys t a little girl whse mther was unable t pay fr her hliday due t illness. She chse t sell a few larger bjects that were less ften used when we prmised t put the mney int her schl fund(基金）(ur kindergarten daughter is serius abut becming a dctr)
Fr weeks, I've been thinking f bigger, deeper questins: Hw d we make it a habit fr them? And hw d we train urselves t help them live with, need, and use less? Yesterday, I sat with my sn, Shepherd, determined t test my wn thery n this. I decided t play with him with nly ne ty fr as lng as it wuld keep his interest. I expected that ne ty wuld keep his attentin fr abut five minutes, ten minutes, max. I chse a red rubber ball-simple, universally available. We passed it, he tried t put it in his muth, he tried buncing it, rlling it, sitting n it, thrwing it. It was ttally, cmpletely enugh fr him. Befre I knew it an hur had passed and it was time t mve n t lunch.
We bth became absrbed in the simplicity f playing tgether. He had my full attentin and I had his. My little experiment t find jy in a single bject wrked fr bth f us.
32. What d the wrds “mre is mre” in paragraph 1 prbably mean?
A. The mre, the better. B. Enugh is enugh.
C. Mre mney, mre wrries. D. Earn mre and spend mre.
33. What made Gergia agree t sell sme f her bjects?
A. Saving up fr her hliday B. Raising mney fr a pr girl
C. Adding the mney t her fund D. Giving the mney t a sick mther
34. Why did the authr play the ball with Shepherd?
A. T try ut an idea
B. T shw a parent's lve
C. T train his attentin
D. T help him start a hbby
35. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Take It r Leave It B. A Lessn frm Kids
C. Live Mre with Less D. The Pleasure f Giving
Passage 3
【2018年浙江卷6月】 In 1812, the year Charles Dickens was brn, there were 66 nvels published in Britain. Peple had been writing nvels fr a century — mst experts date the first nvel t Rbinsn Cruse in 1719 — but nbdy wanted t d it prfessinally. The steam-pwered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy（识字） rate in England was under 50%. Many wrks f fictin appeared withut the names f the authrs, ften with smething like “By a lady.”Nvels, fr the mst part, were lked upn as silly, immral, r just plain bad.
In 1870, when Dickens died, the wrld murned him as its first prfessinal writer and publisher, famus and belved, wh had led an explsin in bth the publicatin f nvels and their readership and whse characters — frm Oliver Twist t Tiny Tim — were held up as mral tuchstnes. Tday Dickens’ greatness is unchallenged. Remving him frm the panthen（名人堂） f English literature wuld make abut as much sense as the Luvre selling ff the Mna Lisa.
Hw did Dickens get t the tp? Fr all the feelings readers attach t stries, literature is a numbers game, and the test f time is extremely difficult t pass. Sme 60,000 nvels were published during the Victrian age, frm 1837 t 1901; tday a casual reader might be able t name a half-dzen f them. It’s partly true that Dickens’ style f writing attracted audiences frm all walks f life. It’s partly that his writings rde a wave f scial, plitical and scientific prgress. But it’s als that he rewrte the culture f literature and put himself at the center. N ne will ever knw what mix f talent, ambitin, energy and luck made Dickens such a singular writer. But as the 200th anniversary f his birth appraches, it is pssible — and imprtant fr ur wn culture — t understand hw he made himself a lasting ne.
21. Which f the fllwing best describes British nvels in the 18th century?
A. They were difficult t understand.B. They were ppular amng the rich.
C. They were seen as nearly wrthless.D. They were written mstly by wmen.
22. Dickens is cmpared with the Mna Lisa in the text t stress ________.
A. his reputatin in FranceB. his interest in mdern art
C. his success in publicatinD. his imprtance in literature
23. What is the authr’s purpse in writing the text?
A. T remember a great writer.B. T intrduce an English nvel.
C. T encurage studies n culture.D. T prmte values f the Victrian age.
Passage 4
【2018年北京卷】 My First Marathn（马拉松）
A mnth befre my first marathn, ne f my ankles was injured and this meant nt running fr tw weeks, leaving me nly tw weeks t train. Yet, I was determined t g ahead.
I remember back t my 7th year in schl. In my first P. E. class, the teacher required us t run laps and then hit a sftball. I didn’t d either well. He later infrmed me that I was ＂nt athletic＂.
The idea that I was ＂nt athletic＂ stuck with me fr years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, nt abut cmpetitin r whether r nt I was athletic. It was all abut the battle against my wn bdy and mind. A test f wills!
The night befre my marathn, I dreamt that I culdn’t even find the finish line. I wke up sweating and nervus, but ready t prve smething t myself.
Shrtly after crssing the start line, my she laces(鞋带) became untied. S I stpped t readjust. Nt the start I wanted!
At mile 3, I passed a sign: ＂GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!＂
By mile 17, I became ut f breath and the nce injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the curse walking a bit and then running again.
By mile 21, I was starving!
As I apprached mile 23, I culd see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clck sunding at 4 a. m. r questined my expenses n running.
I was ne f the final runners t finish. But I finished! And I gt a medal. In fact, I gt the same medal as the ne that the guy wh came in first place had. zxxk
Determined t be myself, mve frward, free f shame and wrldly labels(世俗标签), I can nw call myself a ＂marathn winner＂.
36. A mnth befre the marathn, the authr ____________.
A. was well trained B. felt scared
C. made up his mind t run D. lst hpe
37. Why did the authr mentin the P. E. class in his 7th year?
A. T acknwledge the supprt f his teacher.
B. T amuse the readers with a funny stry.
C. T shw he was nt talented in sprts.
D. T share a precius memry.
38. Hw was the authr’s first marathn?
A. He made it. B. He quit halfway.
C. He gt the first prize. D. He walked t the end.
39. What des the stry mainly tell us?
A. A man wes his success t his family supprt.
B. A winner is ne with a great effrt f will.
C. Failure is the mther f success.
D. One is never t ld t learn.
Passage 5
【2018年天津卷】When I was 17, I read a magazine article abut a museum called the McNay, nce the hme f a waterclrist named Marian McNay. She had requested the cmmunity t turn it int a museum upn her death. On a sunny Saturday, Sally and I drve ver t the museum. She asked, "D yu have the address? ""N, but I'll recgnize it, there was a picture in the magazine. "
"Oh, stp. There it is!”
The museum was free. We entered, excited. A grup f peple sitting in the hall stpped talking and stared at us.
"May I help yu?" a man asked. "N, "I said. "We're fine.” Tur guides gt n my nerves. What if they talked a lng time abut a painting yu weren't that interested in? Sally had gne upstairs. The peple in the hall seemed very nsy(爱窥探的), keeping their eyes n me with curisity. What was their prblem? I saw sme nice sculptures in ne rm. Suddenly I sensed a man standing behind me. "Where d yu think yu are? " he asked. I turned sharply. "The McNay Art Museum!" He smiled, shaking his head. "Srry, the McNay is n New Braunfels Street." "What’s this place?” I asked, still cnfused. "Well, it's ur hme." My heart jlted(震颤). I raced t the staircase and called ut, "Sally! Cme dwn immediately! "
"There's sme really gd stuff(艺术作品) up there." She stepped dwn, lking cnfused. I pushed her tward the frnt dr, waving at the family, saying, "Srry, please frgive us, yu have a really nice place." Outside, when I tld Sally what happened, she cvered her muth, laughing. She culdn't believe hw lng they let us lk arund withut saying anything.
The real McNay was splendid, but we felt nervus the whle time we were there. Van Ggh, Picass. This time, we stayed tgether, in case anything else unusual happened.
Thirty years later, a wman apprached me in a public place. "Excuse me, did yu ever enter a residence, lng ag, thinking it was the McNay Museum?"
"Yes. But hw d yu knw? We never tld anyne."
"That was my hme. I was a teenager sitting in the hall. Befre yu came ver, I never realized what a beautiful place I lived in. I never felt lucky befre. Yu thught it was a museum. My feelings abut my hme changed after that. I've always wanted t thank yu."
41. What d we knw abut Marian McNay?
A. She was a painter.
B. She was a cmmunity leader.
C. She was a museum directr.
D. She was a jurnalist.
42. Why did the authr refuse the help frm the man in the huse?
A. She disliked peple wh were nsy.
B. She felt nervus when talking t strangers.
C. She knew mre abut art than the man.
D. She mistk him fr a tur guide.
43. Hw did the authr feel abut being stared at by the peple in the hall?
A. Puzzled. B. Cncerned.
C. Frightened. D. Delighted.
44. Why did the authr describe the real McNay museum in just a few wrds?
A. The real museum lacked enugh artwrk t interest her.
B. She was t upset t spend much time at the real museum.
C. The McNay was disappinting cmpared with the huse.
D. The event happening in the huse was mre significant.
45. What culd we learn frm the last paragraph?
A. Peple shuld have gd taste t enjy life.
B. Peple shuld spend mre time with their family.
C. Peple tend t be blind t the beauty arund them.
D. Peple tend t educate teenagers at a museum.2017年记叙文
Passage1
【2017年新课标Ⅰ卷】I wrk with Vlunteers fr Wildlife, a rescue and educatin rganizatin at Bailey Arbretum in Lcust Valley. Trying t help injured, displaced r sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. Hwever, when it wrks, it is simply beautiful.
I gt a rescue call frm a wman in Muttntwn. She had fund a yung wl(猫头鹰) n the grund. When I arrived, I saw a 2-t 3-week-ld wl. It had already been placed in a carrier fr safety.
I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I culd lcate the nest, I might have been able t put it back, but n luck. My next wrk was t cnstruct a nest and anchr it in a tree.
The hmewner was very helpful. A wire basket was fund. I put sme pine branches int the basket t make this nest safe and cmfrtable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed dwn.
Nw all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the hmewner a recrding f the hunger screams f wl chicks. These advertise the presence f chicks t adults; they might als encurage ur chick t start calling as well. I gave the wner as much infrmatin as pssible and headed hme t see what news the night might bring.
A nervus night t be sure, but smetimes the spirits f nature smile n us all! The hmewner called t say that the parents had respnded t the recrdings. I drve ver and saw the chick in the nest lking healthy and active. And it was accmpanied in the nest by the greatest sight f all — LUNCH! The parents had dne their duty and wuld prbably cntinue t d s.
24. What is unavidable in the authr’s rescue wrk accrding t paragraph 1?
A. Effrts made in vain.
B. Getting injured in his wrk.
C. Feeling uncertain abut his future.
D. Creatures frced ut f their hmes.
25. Why was the authr called t Muttntwn?
A. T rescue a wman.
B. T take care f a wman.
C. T lk at a baby wl.
D. T cure a yung wl.
26. What made the chick calm dwn?
A. A new nest.B. Sme fd.C. A recrding.D. Its parents.
27. Hw wuld the authr feel abut the utcme f the event?
A. It’s unexpected.B. It’s beautiful.
C. It’s humrus.D. It’s discuraging.
Passage 2
【2017年新课标Ⅱ卷】I first met Paul Newman in 1968, when Gerge Ry Hill, the directr f Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, intrduced us in New Yrk City. When the studi didn’t want me fr the film — it wanted smebdy as well knwn as Paul — he std up fr me. I dn’t knw hw many peple wuld have dne that; they wuld have listened t their agents r the studi pwers.
The friendship that grew ut f the experience f making that film and The Sting fur years later had its rt in the fact that althugh there was an age difference, we bth came frm a traditin f theater and live TV. We were respectful f craft(技艺) and fcused n digging int the characters we were ging t play. Bth f us had the qualities and virtues that are typical f American actrs: humrus, aggressive, and making fun f each ther — but always with an underlying affectin. Thse were als at the cre(核心) f ur relatinship ff the screen.
We shared the belief that if yu’re frtunate enugh t have success, yu shuld put smething back — he with his Newman’s Own fd and his Hle in the Wall camps fr kids wh are seriusly ill, and me with Sundance and the institute and the festival. Paul and I didn’t see each ther all that regularly, but sharing that brught us tgether. We supprted each ther financially and by shwing up at events.
I last saw him a few mnths ag. He’d been in and ut f the hspital. He and I bth knew what the deal was, and we didn’t talk abut it. Ours was a relatinship that didn’t need a lt f wrds.
24. Why was the studi unwilling t give the rle t the authr at first?
A. Paul Newman wanted it.
B. The studi pwers didn’t like his agent.
C. He wasn’t famus enugh.
D. The directr recmmended smene else.
25. Why did Paul and the authr have a lasting friendship?
A. They were f the same age.
B. They wrked in the same theater.
C. They were bth gd actrs.
D. They had similar characteristics.
26. What des the underlined wrd "that" in paragraph 3 refer t?
A. Their belief.
B. Their care fr children.
C. Their success.
D. Their supprt fr each ther.
27. What is the authr’s purpse in writing the text?
A. T shw his lve f films.
B. T remember a friend.
C. T intrduce a new mvie.
D. T share his acting experience.
Passage 3
【2017年新课标Ⅲ卷】Minutes after the last mvie ended yesterday at the Plaza Theater, emplyees were busy sweeping up ppcrns and gathering cke cups. It was a scene that had been repeated many times in the theater’s 75-year histry. This time, hwever, the cleanup was a little different. As ne grup f wrkers carried ut the rubbish, anther grup began remving seats and ther theater equipment in preparatin fr the building’s end.
The film classic The Last Picture Shw was the last mvie shwn in the ld theater. Thugh the mvie is 30 years ld, mst f the 250 seats were filled with teary-eyed audience wanting t say gd-bye t the ld building. Theater wner Ed Bradfrd said he chse the mvie because it seemed apprpriate. The mvie is set in a small twn where the nly mvie theater is preparing t clse dwn.
Bradfrd said that large mdern theaters in the city made it impssible fr the Plaza t cmpete. He added that the theater’s lcatin(位置) was als a reasn. ＂This used t be the center f twn,＂ he said. ＂Nw the area is mstly ffice buildings and warehuses.＂
Last week sme city fficials suggested the city might be interested in turning the ld theater int a museum and public meeting place. Hwever, these plans were abandned because f financial prblems. Bradfrd sld the building and land t a lcal develpment firm, which plans t build a shpping cmplex n the land where the theater is lcated.
The theater audience said gd-bye as Bradfrd lcked the drs fr the last time. After 75 years the Plaza Theater had shwn its last mvie. The theater will be missed.
24. In what way was yesterday’s cleanup at the Plaza special?
A. It made rm fr new equipment.
B. It signaled the clsedwn f the theater.
C. It was dne with the help f the audience.
D. It marked the 75th anniversary f the theater.
25. Why was The Last Picture Shw put n?
A. It was an all-time classic.
B. It was abut the histry f the twn.
C. The audience requested it.
D. The theater wner fund it suitable.
26. What will prbably happen t the building?
A. It will be repaired.
B. It will be turned int a museum.
C. It will be kncked dwn.
D. It will be sld t the city gvernment.
27. What can we infer abut the audience?
A. They are disappinted with Bradfrd.
B. They are sad t part with the ld theater.
C. They are supprtive f the city fficials.
D. They are eager t have a shpping center.
Passage 4
【2017年浙江卷】Benjamin West, the father f American painting, shwed his talent fr art when he was nly six years f age. But he did nt knw abut brushes befre a visitr tld him he needed ne. In thse days, a brush was made frm camel’s hair. There were n camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair wuld wrk instead. He cut sme fur frm the family cat t make a brush.
The brush did nt last lng. Sn Benjamin needed mre fur. Befre lng, the cat began t lk ragged(蓬乱). His father said that the cat must be sick. Benjamin was frced t admit what he had been ding.
The cat’s lt was abut t imprve. That year, ne f Benjamin’s cusins, Mr. Penningtn, came t visit. He was impressed with Benjamin’s drawings. When he went hme, he sent Benjamin a bx f paint and sme brushes. He als sent six engravings(版画) by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen.
In 1747, when Benjamin was nine years ld, Mr.Penningtn returned fr anther visit. He was amazed at what Benjamin had dne with his gift. He asked Benjamin’s parents if he might take the by back t Philadelphia fr a visit.
In the city, Mr.Penningtn gave Benjamin materials fr creating il paintings. The by began a landscape(风景) painting. William Williams, a well-knwn painter, came t see him wrk. Williams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him tw classic bks n painting t take hme. The bks were lng and dull. Benjamin culd read nly a little, having been a pr student. But he later said, "Thse tw bks were my cmpanins by day, and under my pillw at night." While it is likely that he understd very little f the bks, they were his intrductin t classical paintings. The nine-year-ld by decided then that he wuld be an artist.
21.What is the text mainly abut?
A. Benjamin’s visit t Philadelphia.
B. Williams’ influence n Benjamin.
C. The beginning f Benjamin’s life as an artist.
D. The friendship between Benjamin and Penningtn.
22.What des the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest?
A. The cat wuld be clsely watched.
B. The cat wuld get sme medical care.
C. Benjamin wuld leave his hme shrtly.
D. Benjamin wuld have real brushes sn.
23.What did Penningtn d t help Benjamin develp his talent?
A. He tk him t see painting exhibitins.
B. He prvided him with painting materials.
C. He sent him t a schl in Philadelphia.
D. He taught him hw t make engravings.
24.Williams’ tw bks helped Benjamin t .
A. master the use f paints
B. appreciate landscape paintings
C. get t knw ther painters
D. make up his mind t be a painter
Passage 5
【2017年浙江卷】FLORENCE, Italy — Svetlana Cjchru feels hurt. The Mldvan has lived here seven years as a caregiver t Italian kids and the elderly, but in rder t stay she’s had t prve her language skills by taking a test which requires her t write a pstcard t an imaginary friend and answer a fictinal jb ad.
Italy is the latest Western Eurpean cuntry trying t cntrl a grwing immigrant(移民)ppulatin by demanding language skills in exchange fr wrk permits, r in sme cases, citizenship.
Sme immigrant advcates wrry that as hard financial times make it mre difficult fr natives t keep jbs, such measures will becme mre a vehicle fr intlerance than integratin(融合).Others say it’s nly natural that newcmers learn the language f their hst natin, seeing it as a cnditin t ensure they can cntribute t sciety.
Other Eurpean cuntries laid dwn a similar requirement fr immigrants, and sme terms are even tugher. The gvernments argue that this will help freigners better jin the sciety and prmte understanding acrss cultures.
Italy, which has a much weaker traditin f immigratin, has witnessed a sharp increase in immigratin in recent years. In 1990, immigrants numbered sme 1.14 millin ut f Italy’s then 56.7 millin peple, r abut 2 percent. At the start f this year, freigners living in Italy amunted t 4.56 millin f a ttal ppulatin f 60.6 millin, r 7.5 percent, with immigrants’ children accunting fr an ever larger percentage f births in Italy.
Cjchru, the Mldvan caregiver, hped btaining permanent residence (居住权) wuld help her bring her tw children t Italy; they live with her sister in Mldva, where salaries are amng the lwest in Eurpe. She was skeptical that the language requirement wuld encurage integratin.
Italians always "see me as a freigner," an utsider, even thugh she’s stayed in the cuntry fr years and can speak the lcal language fluently, she said.
28.Why des Cjchru have t take a language test?
A. T cntinue t stay in Italy.B. T teach her children Italian.
C. T find a better jb in Italy.D. T better mix with the Italians.
29.Sme peple wrry that the new language requirement may .
A. reduce Italy’s ppulatin quicklyB. cause cnflicts amng peple
C. lead t financial difficultiesD. put pressure n schls
30.What d we knw abut Cjchru?
A. She lives with her sister nw in Italy.
B. She enjys learning the Italian language.
C. She speaks Italian well enugh fr her jb.
D. She wishes t g back t her hme cuntry.
Passage 6
【2017年北京卷】 It was a cld March day in High Pint, Nrth Carlina. The girls n the Wesleyan Academy sftball team were waiting fr their next turns at bat during practice, stamping their feet t stay warm. Eighth-grader Taylr Bisbee shivered(发抖) a little as she watched her teammate Paris White play. The tw didn’t knw each ther well — Taylr had just mved t twn a mnth r s befre.
Suddenly, Paris fell t the grund,＂Paris’s eyes rlled back,＂ Taylr says. ＂She started shaking. I knew it was an emergency.＂
It certainly was, Paris had suffered a sudden heart failure. Withut immediate medical care, Paris wuld die. At first, n ne mved. The girls were in shck. Then the sftball cach shuted ut, ＂Des anyne knw CPR?＂
CPR is a life-saving technique. T d CPR, yu press n the sick persn’s chest s that bld mves thrugh the bdy and takes xygen t rgans. Withut xygen, the brain is damaged quickly.
Amazingly, Taylr had just taken a CPR curse the day befre. Still, she hesitated. She didn’t think she knew it well enugh. But when n ne else came frward, Taylr ran t Paris and began ding CPR. ＂It was scary. I knew it was the difference between life and death,＂ says Taylr.
Taylr’s swift actin helped her teammates calm dwn. One girl called 911. Tw mre ran t get the schl nurse, wh brught a defibrillatr, an electrnic device(器械) that can shck the heart back int wrk. Luck stayed with them: Paris’s heartbeat returned.
＂I knw I was really lucky,＂ Paris says nw. ＂Mst peple dn’t survive this. My team saved my life.＂
Experts say Paris is right: Fr a sudden heart failure, the single best chance fr survival is having smene nearby step in and d CPR quickly.
Tday, Paris is back n the sftball team. Taylr will apply t cllege sn. She wants t be a nurse. ＂I feel mre cnfident in my actins nw,＂ Taylr says. ＂I knw I can act under pressure in a scary situatin.＂
56. What happened t Paris n a March day?
A. She caught a bad cld.
B. She had a sudden heart prblem.
C. She was kncked dwn by a ball.
D. She shivered terribly during practice.
57. Why des Paris say she was lucky?
A. She made a wrthy friend.
B. She recvered frm shck.
C. She received immediate CPR.
D. She came back n the sftball team.
58. Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe Taylr?
A. Enthusiastic and kind.
B. Curageus and calm.
C. Cperative and generus.
D. Ambitius and prfessinal.
Passage 7
【2017年天津卷】Fifteen years ag, I tk a summer vacatin in Lecce in suthern Italy. After climbing up a hill fr a panramic(全景的) view f the blue sea, white buildings and green live trees, I paused t catch my breath and then psitined myself t take the best pht f this panrama.
Unfrtunately, just as I tk ut my camera, a wman apprached frm behind, and planted herself right in frnt f my view. Like me, this wman was here t stp, sigh and appreciate the view.
Patient as I was, after abut 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the sht I wuld eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it t much t ask her t mve s I culd take just ne picture f the landscape? Sure, I culd have asked her, but smething prevented me frm ding s. She seemed s cntent in her bservatin. I didn’t want t mess with that.
Anther 15 minutes passed and I grew bred. The wman was still there. I decided t take the pht anyway. And nw when I lk at it, I think her presence in the pht is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful n its wn, smehw cmes t life and breathes because this wman is engaging with it.
This pht, with the unique beauty that unflded befre me and that wman wh “ruined” it, nw hangs n a wall in my bedrm. What wuld she think if she knew that her figure is captured(捕捉) and frzen n sme stranger’s bedrm wall? A bedrm, after all, is a very private space, in which sme wman I dn’t even knw has been immrtalized(使……永存). In sme ways, she lives in my huse.
Perhaps we all live in each thers’ spaces. Perhaps this is what phts are fr: t remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a cmmn desire fr pleasure, fr cnnectin, fr smething that is greater than us.
That pht is a reminder, a captured mment, an unspken cnversatin between tw wmen, separated nly by a thin square f glass.
41. What happened when the authr was abut t take a pht?
A. Her camera stpped wrking.
B. A wman blcked her view.
C. Smene asked her t leave.
D. A friend apprached frm behind.
42. Accrding t the authr, the wman was prbably___________.
A. enjying herself
B. lsing her patience
C. waiting fr the sunset
D. thinking abut her past
43. In the authr’s pinin, what makes the pht s alive?
A. The rich clr f the landscape.
B. The perfect psitining f the camera.
C. The wman’s existence in the pht.
D. The sft sunlight that summer day.
44. The pht n the bedrm wall enables the authr t better understand ____________.
A. the need t be clse t nature
B. the imprtance f private space
C. the jy f the vacatin in Italy
D. the shared passin fr beauty
45. The passage can be seen as the authr’s reflectins upn _____________.
A. a particular life experienceB. the pleasure f traveling
C. the art f phtgraphyD. a lst friendship
2016年记叙文
Passage1
【2016年新课标Ⅰ卷】I am Peter Hdes, a vlunteer stem cell curier. Since March 2012, I’ve dne 89 trips—f thse , 51 have been abrad. I have 42 hurs t carry stem cells（干细胞）in my little bx because I’ve gt tw ice packs and that’s hw lng they last. In all, frm the time the stem cells are harvested frm a dnr(捐献者) t the time they can be implanted in the patient, we’ve gt 72 hurs at mst. S I am always cnscius f time.
I had ne trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in America. I picked up the stem cells in Prvidence, Rhde Island, and was meant t fly t Washingtn then back t Lndn. But when I arrived at the check-in desk at Prvidence, the lady n the desk said:＂Well, I’m really srry, I’ve gt sme bad news fr yu—there are n flights frm Washingtn.＂ S I tk my bx and put it n the desk and I said:＂In this bx are sme stem cells that are urgently needed fr a patient-please, please, yu’ve gt t get me back t the United Kingdm.＂ She just drpped everything. She arranged fr a flight n a small plane t be held fr me，re-ruted(改道)me thrugh Newark and gt me back t the UK even earlier than riginally scheduled.
Fr this curier jb, yu’re cnsciusly aware that in that bx yu’re gt smething that is ptentially ging t save smebdy’s life.
29. Which f the fllwing can replace the underlined wrd ＂curier＂ in Paragraph1?
A. prviderB. delivery man C. cllectr D. medical dctr
30. Why des Peter have t cmplete his trip within 42hurs?
A. He cannt stay away frm his jb t lng.
B. The dnr can nly wait fr that lng.
C. The peratin needs that much time.
D. The ice wn’t last any lnger.
31. Which flight did the wman put Peter n first?
A. T Lndn.B. T New Yrk. C. T Prvidence. D. T Washingtn.
Passage 2
【2016年新课标Ⅱ卷】Five years ag, when I taught art at a schl in Seattle, I used Tinkertys as a test at the beginning f a term t find ut smething abut my students. I put a small set f Tinkertys in frnt f each student, and said: "Make smething ut f the Tinkertys. Yu have 45 minutes tday — and 45 minutes each day fr the rest f the week."
A few students hesitated t start. They waited t see what the rest f the class wuld d. Several thers checked the instructins and made smething accrding t ne f the mdel plans prvided. Anther grup built smething ut f their wn imaginatins.
Once I had a by wh wrked experimentally with Tinkertys in his free time. His cnstructins filled a shelf in the art classrm and a gd part f his bedrm at hme. I was delighted at the presence f such a student. Here was an exceptinally creative mind at wrk. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whse creativity wuld infect(感染)ther students.
Encuraging this kind f thinking has a dwnside. I ran the risk f lsing thse students wh had a different style f thinking. Withut fail ne wuld declare, "But I’m just nt creative."
"D yu dream at night when yu’re asleep?"
"Oh, sure."
"S tell me ne f yur mst interesting dreams." The student wuld tell smething wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky r in a time machine r grwing three heads. "That’s pretty creative. Wh des that fr yu?"
"Nbdy. I d it."
"Really — at night, when yu’re asleep?"
"Sure."
"Try ding it in the daytime, in class, kay?"
5. The teacher used Tinkertys in class in rder t .
A. knw mre abut the studentsB. make the lessns mre exciting
C. raise the students’ interest in artD. teach the students abut ty design
6. What d we knw abut the by mentined in Paragraph 3?
A. He liked t help his teacher.B. He preferred t study alne.
C. He was active in class.D. He was imaginative.
7. What des the underlined wrd "dwnside" in Paragraph 4 prbably mean?
A. Mistake.B. Drawback.
C. Difficulty.D. Burden.
8. Why did the teacher ask the students t talk abut their dreams?
A. T help them t see their creativity.
B. T find ut abut their sleeping habits.
C. T help them t imprve their memry.
D. T find ut abut their ways f thinking.
Passage 3
【2016年新课标Ⅱ卷】A new cllectin f phts brings an unsuccessful Antarctic vyage back t life.
Frank Hurley’s pictures wuld be utstanding — undubtedly first-rate pht-jurnalism — if they had been made last week. In fact, they were sht frm 1914 thrugh 1916, mst f them after a disastrus shipwreck(海难), by a cameraman wh had n reasnable expectatin f survival. Many f the images were stred in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wden ship.
The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Nrwegian-built three-master that was intended t take Sir Ernest Shackletn and a small crew f seamen and scientists, 27 men in all, t the suthernmst shre f Antarctica’s Weddell Sea. Frm that pint Shackletn wanted t frce a passage by dg sled (雪橇) acrss the cntinent. The jurney was intended t achieve mre than what Captain Rbert Falcn Sctt had dne. Captain Sctt had reached the Suth Ple early in 1912 but had died with his fur cmpanins n the march back.
As writer Carline Alexander makes clear in her frceful and well-researched stry TheEndurance, adventuring was even then a thrughly cmmercial effrt. Sctt’s last jurney, cmpleted as he lay in a tent dying f cld and hunger, caught the wrld’s imaginatin, and a film made in his hnr drew crwds. Shackletn, a netime British merchant-navy fficer wh had gt t within 100 miles f the Suth Ple in 1908, started a business befre his 1914 vyage t make mney frm mvie and still phtgraphy. Frank Hurley, a cnfident and gifted Australian phtgrapher wh knew the Antarctic, was hired t make the images, mst f which have never befre been published.
13. What d we knw abut the phts taken by Hurley?
A. They were made last week.B. They shwed undersea sceneries.
C. They were fund by a cameraman.D. They recrded a disastrus adventure.
14. Wh reached the Suth Ple first accrding t the text?
A. Frank Hurley.B. Ernest Shackletn.
C. Rbert Falcn Sctt.D. Carline Alexander.
15. What des Alexander think was the purpse f the 1914 vyage?
A. Artistic creatin.B. Scientific research.
C. Mney making.D. Treasure hunting.
Passage 4
【2016年新课标Ⅲ卷】 On ne f her trips t New Yrk several years ag, Eudra Welty decided t take a cuple f New Yrk friends ut t dinner. They settled in at a cmfrtable East Side cafe and within minutes, anther custmer was appraching their table.
＂Hey, aren’t yu frm Mississippi?＂the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger. ＂I’m frm Mississippi t.＂
Withut a secnd thught, the wman jined the Welty party. When her dinner partner shwed up, she als pulled up a chair.
＂They began telling me all the news f Mississippi,＂ Welty said. ＂I didn’t knw what my New Yrk friends were thinking.＂
Taxis n a rainy New Yrk night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the grup gt up t leave, it was puring utside. Welty’s new friends immediately sent a waiter t find a cab. Heading back dwntwn tward her htel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn f events that had changed their Big Apple dinner int a Mississippi state reunin(团聚).
＂My friend said: ‘Nw we believe yur stries,’＂ Welty added. ＂And I said: ‘Nw yu knw. These are the peple that make me write them.’＂
Sitting n a sfa in her rm, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, lked pleased with this explanatin.
＂I dn’t make them up,＂ she said f the characters in her fictin these last 50 r s years.＂I dn’t have t.＂
Beauticians, bartenders, pian players and peple with purple hats, Welty’s peple cme frm afternns spent visiting with ld friends, frm walks thrugh the streets f her native Jacksn, Miss., frm cnversatins verheard n a bus. It annys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has nw given ut. Smetimes, sitting n a bus r a train, she hears nly a fragment(片段) f a particularly interesting stry.
25. What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?
A. Tw strangers jined her.
B. Her childhd friends came in.
C. A heavy rain ruined the dinner.
D. Sme peple held a party there.
26. The underlined wrd ＂them＂ in Paragraph 6 refers t Welty’s _____________.
A. readers B. parties C. friends D. stries
27. What can we learn abut the characters in Welty’s fictin?
A. They live in big cities. B. They are mstly wmen.
C. They cme frm real life. D. They are pleasure seekers.
Passage 5
【2016年浙江卷】Tw things changed my life: my mther and a white plastic bike basket. I have thught lng and hard abut it and it’s true. I wuld be a different persn if my mm hadn’t turned a silly bicycle accessry int a life lessn I carry with me tday.
My mther and father were united in their way f raising children, but it mstly fell t my mther t actually carry it ut. Lking back, I hnestly dn’t knw hw she did it. Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task, but she made it lk effrtless. If we cmplained abut nt having what anther kid did, we’d hear smething like, "I dn’t care what s-and-s gt fr his birthday, yu are nt getting a TV in yur rm/a car fr yur birthday/a lavish sweet-16 party." We had t earn ur allwance(零用钱) by ding chres arund the huse. I can still remember hw lng it tk t plish the legs f ur cffee table. My brthers can n dubt remember hurs spent cleaning the huse. Like the tw little girls grwing up at the White Huse, we made ur wn beds (n ne left the huse until that was dne) and picked up after urselves. We had t keep track f ur belngings, and if smething was lst, it was nt replaced.
It was summer and, ne day, my mther drve me t the bike shp t get a tire fixed — and there it was in the windw. White, shiny, plastic and decrated with flwers, the basket winked at me and I knew — I knew — I had t have it.
"It’s beautiful," my mther said when I pinted it ut t her. "What a neat basket."
I tried t hld ff at first. I played it cl fr a shrt while. But then I guess I culdn’t stand it any lnger: "Mm, please can I please, please get it? I’ll d extra chres fr as lng as yu say. I’ll d anything, but I need that basket. I lve that basket. Please, Mm. Please?"
I was desperate.
"Yu knw," she said, gently rubbing my back while we bth stared at what I believed was the clest thing ever, "If yu save up yu culd buy this yurself."
"By the time I make enugh it’ll be gne!"
"Maybe Rger here culd hld it fr yu," she smiled at Rger, the bike guy.
"He can’t hld it fr that lng, Mm. Smene else will buy it. Please, Mm, please?"
"There might be anther way," she said.
And s ur paying plan unflded. My mther bught the beautiful basket and put it safely in sme hiding place I culdn’t find. Each week I eagerly cunted my grwing savings increased by extra wrk here and there (washing the car, helping my mther make dinner, delivering r cllecting things n my bike that already lked naked withut the basket in frnt). And then, weeks later, I cunted, re-cunted and jumped fr jy. Oh, happy day! I made it! I finally had the exact amunt we’d agreed
Days later the unthinkable happened. A neighbrhd girl I’d played with millins f times appeared with the exact same basket fixed t her shiny, new bike that already had all the bells and whistles. I rde hard and fast hme t tell my mther abut this disaster. This hrrible turn f events.
And then came the lessn I’ve taken with me thrugh my life:"Hney, yur basket is extra-special," Mm said, gently wiping away my ht tears. "Yur basket is special because yu paid fr it yurself."
55.What can we learn frm the first tw paragraphs?
A. The children enjyed ding husewrk.
B. The authr came frm a well-ff family.
C. The mther raised her children in an unusual way.
D. The children were fnd f the US president’s daughters.
56.When the authr saw the basket in the windw, she ________.
A. fell in lve with itB. stared at her mther
C. recgnized it at nceD. went up t the bike guy
57.Why did the authr say many "pleases" t her mther?
A. She lnged t d extra wrk.
B. She was eager t have the basket.
C. She felt tired after standing t lng.
D. She wanted t be plite t her mther.
58.By using "naked" (Paragraph 12), the authr seems t stress that the basket was ________.
A. smething she culd affrdB. smething imprtant t her
C. smething impssible t getD. smething she culd d withut
59.T the authr, it seemed t be a hrrible turn f events that ________.
A. smething spiled her paying plan
B. the basket cst mre than she had saved
C. a neighbrhd girl had bught a new bike
D. smene else had gt a basket f the same kind
60.What is the life lessn the authr learned frm her mther?
A. Save mney fr a rainy day.B. Gd advice is beynd all price.
C. Earn yur bread with yur sweat.D. Gd helps thse wh help themselves.
Passage 6
【2016年北京卷】Surviving Hurricane Sandy(飓风桑迪)
Natalie Dan, 14, has always felt lucky t live in Rckaway, New Yrk. Living just a few blcks frm the beach, Natalie can see the cean and hear the waves frm her huse. ＂It’s the cean that makes Rckaway s special,＂ she says.
On Octber 29, 2012, that cean turned fierce. That night, Hurricane Sandy attacked the East Cast, and Rckaway was hit especially hard. Frtunately, Natalie’s family escaped t Brklyn shrtly befre the city’s bridge clsed.
When they returned t Rckaway the next day, they fund their neighbrhd in ruins. Many f Natalie’s friends had lst their hmes and were living far away. All arund her, peple were suffering, especially the elderly. Natalie’s schl was s damaged that she had t temprarily attend a schl in Brklyn.
In the fllwing few days, the men and wmen helping Rckaway recver inspired Natalie. Vlunteers came with carlads f dnated clthing and tys. Neighbrs devted their spare time t helping thers rebuild. Teenagers climbed dzens f flights f stairs t deliver water and fd t elderly peple trapped in pwerless high-rise buildings.
＂My mm tells me that I can’t cntrl what happens t me,＂ Natalie says, ＂but I can always chse hw I deal with it.＂
Natalie’s chice was t help.
She created a website page, matching survivrs in need with dnrs wh wanted t help. Natalie psted infrmatin abut a by named Patrick, wh lst his baseball card cllectin when his huse burned dwn. Within days, Patrick’s cllectin was replaced.
In the cming mnths, her website page helped lts f kids: Christpher, wh received a new basketball; Charlie, wh gt a new keybard. Natalie als wrked with ther rganizatins t bring much-needed supplies t Rckaway. Her effrts made her a famus persn. Last April, she was invited t the White Huse and hnred as a Hurricane Sandy Champin f Change.
Tday, the scars(创痕) f destructin are still seen in Rckaway, but hpe is in the air. The streets are clear, and many hmes have been rebuilt. ＂I can’t imagine living anywhere but Rckaway,＂ Natalie declares. ＂My neighbrhd will be back, even strnger than befre.＂
59. When Natalie returned t Rckaway after the hurricane, she fund _________.
A. sme friends had lst their lives
B. her neighbrhd was destryed
C. her schl had mved t Brklyn
D. the elderly were free frm suffering
60. Accrding t Paragraph 4, wh inspired Natalie mst?
A. The peple helping Rckaway rebuild.
B. The peple trapped in high-rise buildings.
C. The vlunteers dnating mney t survivrs.
D. Lcal teenagers bringing clthing t elderly peple.
61. Hw did Natalie help the survivrs?
A. She gave her tys t ther kids.
B. She tk care f yunger children.
C. She called n the White Huse t help.
D. She built an infrmatin sharing platfrm.
62. What des the stry intend t tell us?
A. Little peple can make a big difference.
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. East r west, hme is best.
D. Technlgy is pwer.
Passage 7
【2016年江苏卷】Nt s lng ag, mst peple didn’t knw wh Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was ging t becme. She was just an average high athlete. There was every indicatin that she was just anther Jamaican teenager withut much f a future. Hwever, ne persn wanted t change this. Stephen Francis bserved then eighteen-year-ld Shelly-Ann at a track meet and was cnvinced that he had seen the beginnings f true greatness. Her times were nt exactly impressive, but even s, he sensed there was smething trying t get ut, smething the ther caches had verlked when they had assessed her and fund her lacking. He decided t ffer Shelly-Ann a place in his very strict training sessins. Their cperatin quickly prduced results, and a few years later at Jamaica’s Olympic trials in early 2008, Shelly-Ann, wh at that time nly ranked number 70 in the wrld, beat Jamaica’s unchallenged queen f the sprint (短跑).
"Where did she cme frm?" asked an astnished sprinting wrld, befre cncluding that she must be ne f thse ne-hit wnders that spring up frm time t time, nly t disappear again withut signs. But Shelly-Ann was t prve that she was anything but a ne-hit wnder. At the Beijing Olympics she swept away any dubts abut her ability t perfrm cnsistently by becming the first Jamaican wman ever t win the 100 metres Olympic gld. She did it again ne year n at the Wrld Champinships in Berlin, becming wrld champin with a time f 10.73 — the furth fastest time ever.
Shelly-Ann is a little wman with a big smile. She has a mental tughness that did nt cme abut by chance. Her jurney t becming the fastest wman n earth has been anything but smth and effrtless. She grew up in ne f Jamaica’s tughest inner-city cmmunities knwn as Waterhuse, where she lived in a ne-rm apartment, sleeping fur in a bed with her mther and tw brthers. Waterhuse, ne f the prest cmmunities in Jamaica, is a really vilent and verppulated place. Several f Shelly-Ann’s friends and family were caught up in the killings; ne f her cusins was sht dead nly a few streets away frm where she lived. Smetimes her family didn’t have enugh t eat. She ran at the schl champinships barefted because she culdn’t affrd shes. Her mther Maxime, ne f a family f furteen, had been an athlete herself as a yung girl but, like s many ther girls in Waterhuse, had t stp after she had her first baby. Maxime’s early entry int the adult wrld with its respnsibilities gave her the determinatin t ensure that her kids wuld nt end up in Waterhuse’s rundabut f pverty. One f the first things Maxime used t d with Shelly-Ann was taking her t the track, and she was ready t sacrifice everything.
It didn’t take lng fr Shelly-Ann t realize that sprts culd be her way ut f Waterhuse. On a summer evening in Beijing in 2008, all thse lng, hard hurs f wrk and cmmitment finally bre fruit. The bareft kid wh just a few years previusly had been living in pverty, surrunded by criminals and vilence, had written a new chapter in the histry f sprts.
But Shelly-Ann’s victry was far greater than that. The night she wn Olympic gld in Beijing, the rutine murders in Waterhuse and the drug wars in the neighburing streets stpped. The dark clud abve ne f the wrld’s tughest criminal neighburhds simply disappeared fr a few days. "I have s much fire burning fr my cuntry," Shelly said. She plans t start a fundatin fr hmeless children and wants t build a cmmunity centre in Waterhuse. She hpes t inspire the Jamaicans t lay dwn their weapns. She intends t fight t make it a wman’s as well as a man’s wrld.
As Muhammad Ali puts it, "Champins aren’t made in gyms. Champins are made frm smething they have deep inside them. A desire, a dream, a visin." One f the things Shelly-Ann can be prud f is her understanding f this truth.
65.Why did Stephen Francis decide t cach Shelly-Ann?
A. He had a strng desire t free her family frm truble.
B. He sensed a great ptential in her despite her weaknesses.
C. She had big prblems maintaining her perfrmance.
D. She suffered a lt f defeats at the previus track meets.
66.What did the sprinting wrld think f Shelly-Ann befre the 2008 Olympic Games?
A. She wuld becme a prmising star.
B. She badly needed t set higher gals.
C. Her sprinting career wuld nt last lng.
D. Her talent fr sprinting was knwn t all.
67.What made Maxime decide t train her daughter n the track?
A. Her success and lessns in her career.
B. Her interest in Shelly-Ann’s quick prfit.
C. Her wish t get Shelly-Ann ut f pverty.
D. Her early entrance int the sprinting wrld.
68.What can we infer frm Shelly-Ann’s statement underlined in Paragraph 5?
A. She was highly rewarded fr her effrts.
B. She was eager t d mre fr her cuntry.
C. She became an athletic star in her cuntry.
D. She was the envy f the whle cmmunity.
69.By mentining Muhammad Ali’s wrds, the authr intends t tell us that ________.
A. players shuld be highly inspired by caches
B. great athletes need t cncentrate n patience
C. hard wrk is necessary in ne’s achievements
D. mtivatin allws great athletes t be n the tp
70.What is the best title fr the passage?
A. The Making f a Great AthleteB. The Dream fr Champinship
C. The Key t High PerfrmanceD. The Pwer f Full Respnsibility
Passage 8
【2016年上海卷】 One early mrning, I went int the living rm t find my mther reading a thick bk called Best Lved Pems t Read Again and Again. My interest was arused nly by the fact that the wrd ＂Pems＂ appeared in big, ht pink letters.
＂Is it gd?＂ I asked her.
＂Yeah,＂ she answered. ＂There’s ne I really like and yu’ll like it, t.＂ I leaned frward.
＂‘Patty Pem,’＂ she read the title. Wh is Patty? I wndered. The pem began:
She never puts her tys away,
Just leaves them scattered = 1 \* GB3 ① where they lay,… = 1 \* GB3 ①散乱的

The pem was just three shrt sectins. The final ne came quickly:

When she grws and gathers pise = 2 \* GB3 ②, = 2 \* GB3 ②稳重
I’ll miss her harum-scarum = 3 \* GB3 ③ nise, = 3 \* GB3 ③莽撞的
And lk in vain = 4 \* GB3 ④ fr scattered tys. = 4 \* GB3 ④徒劳地
And I’ll be sad.
A terrible srrw washed ver me. Whever Patty was, she was a mean girl. Then, the shck.
＂It’s yu, hney,＂ My mther said sadly.
T my mther, the pem revealed a parent’s affectin when her child grws up and leaves. T me, the ＂she＂ in the pem was hrrr. It was my mama wh wuld be sad. It was s terrible I burst ut crying.
＂What’s wrng?＂ my mther asked.
＂Oh Mama,＂ I cried. ＂I dn’t want t grw up ever!＂
She smiled. ＂Hney, it’s kay. Yu’re nt grwing up anytime sn. And when yu d, I’ll still lve yu, kay?＂
＂Okay,＂ I was still weeping. My panic has gne. But I culd nt help thinking abut that silly pem. After what seemed like a safe amunt f time, I read the pem again and was cnfused. It all fit s well tgether, like a puzzle. The language was simple, s simple I culd plainly understand its meaning, yet it was still beautiful. I was nw fascinated by the idea f petry, wrds that had the pwer t make r break a persn’s wrld.
I have since fallen in lve with ther pems, but ＂Patty Pem＂ remains my pem. After all, ＂Patty Pem＂ gave me my lve fr petry nt because it was the pem that lifted my spirits, but because it was the ne that hurt me the mst.
66. Why was the writer attracted by the bk Best Lved Pems t Read Again and Again?
A. It was a thick enugh bk.
B. Smething n its cver caught her eye.
C. Her mther was reading it with interest.
D. It has a meaningful title.
67. After her mther read the pem t her, the writer felt ______ at first.
A. sad B. excited C. hrrified D. cnfused
68. The writer’s mther liked t read ＂Patty Pem＂ prbably because______.
A. it reflected her wn childhd
B. it was written in simple language
C. it was cmpsed by a famus pet
D. it gave her a hint f what wuld happen
69. It can be cncluded frm the passage that＂Patty Pem＂leads the writer t _______.
A. discver the pwer f petry
B. recgnize her lve fr puzzles
C. find her eagerness t grw up
D. experience great hmesickness
Passage 9
【2016年天津卷】Every man wants his sn t be smewhat f a clne, nt in features but in ftsteps. As he grws yu als age, and yur ambitins becme mre unachievable. Yu begin t realize that yur by, in yur ftsteps, culd prbably accmplish what yu hped fr. But ftsteps can be muddied and they can g ff in different directins.
My sn Jdy has hated schl since day ne in kindergarten. Science prjects waited until the last mment. Bk reprts weren’t written until the final threat.
I’ve been a newspaperman all my adult life. My daughter is a university graduate wrking tward her master’s degree in English. But Jdy? When he entered the tenth grade he became a “v-tech” student(技校学生). They’re called “mtrheads” by the rest f the student bdy.
When a secretary in my ffice first called him “mtrhead”, I was shcked. “Hey, he’s a gd kid,” I wanted t say. “And smart, really.”
I learned later that mtrheads are, indeed, different. They usually have dirty hands and wear dirty wrk clthes. And they dn’t ften make schl hnr rlls(光荣榜).
But being the parent f a mtrhead is itself an experience in educatin. We wh labr in clean shirts in ffices dn’t have the abilities that mtrheads have. I began t learn this when I had my car crashed. The cst t repair it was estimated at $800. “Hey, I can fix it,” said Jdy. I dubted it, but let him g ahead, fr I had nthing t lse.
My sn, with ther mtrheads, fixed the car. They gt parts(零件) frm a junkyard, and ability frm v-tech classes. The lst was $25 instead f $80.
Since that first repair jb, a brken air-cnditiner, a nn-functining washer and a nn-tasting taster have been fixed. Neighbrs and c-wrkers trust their car repairs t him.
These kids are happiest when ding repairs. They jke and laugh and are living in their wn relaxed wrld. And their minds are bright despite their dirty hands and clthes.
I have learned a lt frm my mtrhead: publishers need printers, engineers need mechanics, and architects need builders. Mst imprtant, I have learned that fathers dn’t need clnes in ftsteps r anywhere else.
My sn may never make the schl hnr rll. But he made mine.
41. What used t be the authr’s hpe fr his sn?
A. T avid becming his clne. B. T resemble him in appearance.
C. T develp in a different directin. D. T reach the authr’s unachieved gals.
42. What can we learn abut the authr’s children?
A. His daughter des better in schl. B. His daughter has gt a master’s degree.
C. His sn tried hard t finish hmewrk. D. His sn culdn’t write his bk reprts.
43. The authr let his sn repair the car because he believed that _____________.
A. His sn had the ability t fix it B. it wuld save him much time
C. it wuldn’t cause him any mre lss D. ther mtrheads wuld cme t help
44. In the authr’s eyes, mtrheads are _____________.
A. tidy and hardwrking B. cheerful and smart
C. lazy but bright D. relaxed but rude
45. What did the authr realize in the end?
A. It is unwise t expect yur child t fllw yur path.
B. It is imprtant fr ne t make the hnr rll.
C. Architects play a mre imprtant rle than builders.
D. Mtrheads have greater ability than ffice wrkers.
Passage 10
【2016年天津卷】Failure is prbably the mst exhausting experience a persn ever has. There is nthing mre tiring than nt succeeding.
We experience this tiredness in tw ways: as start-up fatigue(疲惫) and perfrmance fatigue. In the frmer case, we keep putting ff a task because it has either t bring r t difficult. And the lnger we delay it, the mre tired we feel.
Such start-up fatigue is very real, even if nt actually physical, nt smething in ur muscles and bnes. The slutin is bvius thugh perhaps nt easy t apply: always handle the mst difficult jb first.
Years ag, I was asked t write 102 essays n the great ideas f sme famus authrs. Applying my wn rule, I determined t write them in alphabetical rder(按字母顺序), never letting myself leave ut a tugh idea. And I always started the day’s wrk with the difficult task f essay-writing. Experience prved that the rule wrks.
Perfrmance fatigue is mre difficult t handle. Thugh willing t get started, we cannt seem t d the jb right. Its difficulties appear s great that, hwever hard we wrk, we fail again and again. In such a situatin, I wrk as hard as I can — then let the uncnscius take ver.
When planning Encyclpaedia Britannica (《大英百科全书》), I had t create a table f cntents based n the tpics f its articles. Nthing like this had ever been dne befre, and day after day I kept cming up with slutins, but nne f them wrked. My fatigue became almst unbearable.
One day, mentally exhausted, I wrte dwn all the reasns why this prblem culd nt be slved. I tried t cnvince myself that the truble was with the prblem itself, nt with me. Relieved, I sat back in an easy chair and fell asleep.
An hur later, I wke up suddenly with the slutin clearly in mind. In the weeks that fllwed, the slutin which had cme up in my uncnscius mind prved crrect at every step. Thugh I wrked as hard as befre, I felt n fatigue. Success was nw as exciting as failure had been depressing.
Human beings, I believe must try t succeed. Success, then, means never feeling tired.
51. Peple with start-up fatigue are mst likely t _____________.
A. delay tasksB. wrk hardC. seek helpD. accept failure
52. What des the authr recmmend ding t prevent start-up fatigue?
A. Writing essays in strict rder. B. Building up physical strength.
C. Leaving ut the tughest ideas.D. Dealing with the hardest task first.
53. On what ccasin des a persn prbably suffer frm perfrmance fatigue?
A. Befre starting a difficult task.
B. When all the slutins fail.
C. If the jb is rather bring.
D. After finding a way ut.
54. Accrding t the authr, the uncnscius mind may help us _____________.
A. ignre mental prblemsB. get sme nice sleep
C. gain cmplete reliefD. find the right slutin
55. What culd be the best title fr the passage?
A. Success Is Built upn Failure
B. Hw t Handle Perfrmance Fatigue
C. Getting ver Fatigue: A Way t Success
D. Fatigue: An Early Sign f Health Prblems
2015年记叙文
Passage1
【2015年新课标Ⅰ卷】The freezing Nrtheast hasn’t been a terribly fun place t spend time this winter, s when the chance came fr a weekend t Sarasta, Flrida, my bags were packed befre yu culd say ＂sunshine＂. I left fr the land f warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking f beaches and range trees. When we tuched dwn t blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer f gratefulness. Swimming pls, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at nrmal evening hurs, nt 4 in the afternn) filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly t my taste, dulled by mnths f cld — weather rt vegetables — was a 7 a.m. adventure t the Sarasta farmers’ market that prved t be mre than wrth the early wake-up call.
The market, which was funded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday frm 7 a.m. t 1 p.m., rain r shine, alng Nrth Lemn and State streets. Baskets f perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides f the Java Dawg cffee truck; and mst f all, the tmates: amazing, large, sft and rund red tmates.
Disappinted by many a brken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的) prmise, I’ve refused t buy winter tmates fr years. N matter hw attractive they lk in the stre, nce I get them hme they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I hmed in, with uncertainty, n ne particular table at the Brwn’s Grve Farm’s stand, full f fresh and sft tmates the size f my fist. These were the real deal — and at that mment, I realized that the best part f Sarasta in winter was ging t be eating things that back hme in New Yrk I wuldn’t be experiencing again fr mnths.
Delighted as I was by the tmates in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brwn’s Grve Farm is ne f the suppliers fr Jack Dusty, a newly pened restaurant at the Sarasta Ritz Carltn, where —luckily fr me — I was planning t have dinner that very night. Withut even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be rdering every tmat n it.
24. What did the authr think f her winter life in New Yrk?
A. Exciting. B. Bring. C. Relaxing. D. Annying.
25. What made the authr’s getting up early wrthwhile?
A. Having a swim.B. Breathing in fresh air.
C. Walking in the mrning sun.D. Visiting a lcal farmer’s market.
26. What can we learn abut tmates sld in New Yrk in winter?
A. They are sft.B. They lk nice.C. They taste great.D. They are juicy.
27. What was the authr ging t d that evening?
A. G t a farm.B. Check int a htel.
C. Eat in a restaurant.D. Buy fresh vegetables.
Passage 2
【2015年新课标Ⅱ卷】My clr televisin has given me nthing but a headache. I was able t buy it a little ver a year ag because I had my relatives give me mney fr my birthday instead f clthes that wuldn’t fit. I let a salesclerk fl me int buying a discntinued mdel. I realized this a day later, when I saw newspaper advertisements fr the set at seventy-five dllars less than I had paid. The set wrked s beautiful when I first gt it hme that I wuld keep it n until statins signed ff fr the night. Frtunately, I didn’t get any channels shwing all-night mvies r I wuld never have gtten t bed.
Then I started develping a prblem with the set that invlved static(静电) nise. Fr sme reasn, when certain shws switched int a cmmercial, a lud nise wuld sund fr a few secnds. Gradually, this nise began t appear during a shw, and t get rid f it, I had t change t anther channel and then change it back. Smetimes this technique wuld nt wrk, and I had t pick up the set and shake it t remve the sund. I actually began t build up my arm muscles(肌肉) shaking my set.
When neither f these methds remved the static nise, I wuld sit helplessly and wait fr the nise t g away. At last I ended up hitting the set with my first, and it stpped wrking altgether. My trip t the repair shp cst me $62, and the sit is wrking well nw, but I keep expecting mre truble.
21. Why did the authr say he was fled int buying the TV set?
He gt an lder mdel than he had expected.
He culdn’t return it when it was brken.
He culd have bught it at a lwer price.
He failed t find any mvie shws n it.
22. Which f the fllwing an best replace the phrase “signed ff” in paragraph 1?
ended all their prgrams
prvided fewer channels
changed t cmmercials
shwed all-night mvies
23. Hw did the authr finally get this TV set wrking again?
By shaking and hitting it
By turning it n and ff
By switching channels
By having it repaired
24. Hw des the authr sund when telling the stry?
Curius
Anxius
Cautius
Humrus
Passage 3
【2015年浙江卷】Frm the very beginning f schl we make bks and reading a cnstant surce f pssible failure and public humiliatin. When children are little we make them read alud, befre the teacher and ther children, s that we can be sure they "knw" all the wrds they are reading. This means that when they dn't knw a wrd, they are ging t make a mistake, right in frnt f everyne. After having taught fifth-grade classes fr fur years, I decided t try at all csts t rid them f their fear and dislike f bks, and t get them t read ftener and mre adventurusly.
One day sn after schl had started, I said t them, "Nw I'm ging t say smething abut reading that yu have prbably never heard a teacher say befre. I wuld like yu t read a lt f bks this year, but I want yu t read them nly fr pleasure. I am nt ging t ask yu questins t find ut whether yu understand the bks r nt. If yu understand enugh f a bk t enjy it and want t g n reading it, that's enugh fr me. Als I’m nt ging t ask yu what wrds mean. "
The children sat stunned and silent. Was this a teacher talking? One girl, wh had just cme t us frm a schl where she had had a very hard time, lked at me steadily fr a lng time after I had finished. Then, still lking at me, she said slwly and seriusly, “Mr Hlt, d yu really mean that?" I said just as seriusly, "I mean every wrd f it.”
During the spring she really astnished me. One day, she was reading at her desk. Frm a glimpse f the illustratins I thught I knew what the bk was. I said t myself, "It can't be," and went t take a clser lk. Sure enugh, she was reading Mby Dick, in the editin with wdcuts. I said, "Dn't yu find parts f it rather heavy ging?" She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip ver thse parts and g n t the next gd part.”
This is exactly what reading shuld be and in schl s seldm is — an exciting, jyus adventure. Find smething, dive int it, take the gd parts, skip the bad parts, get what yu can ut f it, g n t smething else. Hw different is ur mean-spirited, picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap f "understanding" that can be dug ut f a bk.
41. Accrding t the passage, children's fear and dislike f bks may result frm _________.
A. reading little and thinking little
B. reading ften and adventurusly
C. being made t read t much
D. being made t read alud befre thers
42. The teacher tld his students t read _________.
A. fr enjyment B. fr knwledge
C. fr a larger vcabulary D. fr higher scres in exams
43. Upn hearing the teacher's talk, the children prbably felt that __________.
A. it sunded stupid
B. it was nt surprising at all
C. it sunded t gd t be true
D. it was n different frm ther teachers' talk
44. Which f the fllwing statements abut the girl is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. She skipped ver thse easy parts while reading.
B. She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.
C. She learned t appreciate sme parts f the difficult bks.
D. She turned ut t be a tp student after cming t this schl.
45. Frm the teacher's pint f view, _______.
A. children cannt tell gd parts frm bad parts while reading
B. children shuld be left t decide what t read and hw t read
C. reading is never a pleasant and inspiring experience in schl
D. reading invlves understanding every little piece f infrmatin
Passage 4
【2015年浙江卷】If humans were truly at hme under the light f the mn and stars，we wuld g in darkness happily, the midnight wrld as visible t us as it is t the vast number f ncturnal(夜间活动的) species n this planet. Instead, we are diurnal creatures, with eyes adapted t living in the sun's light. This is a basic evlutinary fact, even thugh mst f us dn't think f urselves as diurnal beings. Yet it's the nly way t explain what we've dne t the night: We've engineered it t receive us by filling it with light.
The benefits f this kind f engineering cme with cnsequences — called light pllutin — whse effects scientists are nly nw beginning t study. Light pllutin is largely the result f bad lighting design, which allws artificial light t shine utward and upward int the sky. Ⅲ-designed lighting washes ut the darkness f night and cmpletely changes the light levels — and light rhythms — t which many frms f life, including, urselves, have adapted. Wherever human light spills int the natural wrld, sme aspect f life is affected.
In mst cities the sky lks as thugh it has been emptied f stars, leaving behind a vacant haze(霾) that mirrrs ur fear f the dark. We've grwn s used t this range haze that the riginal glry f an unlit nigh, - dark enugh fr the planet Venus t thrw shadw n Earth, is whlly beynd ur experience, beynd memry almst.
We’ve lit up the night as if it were an unccupied cuntry, when nthing culd be further frm the truth. Amng mammals alne, the number f ncturnal species is astnishing, Light is a pwerful bilgical frce, and n many species it acts as a magnet(磁铁). The effect is s pwerful that scientists speak f sngbirds and seabirds being“captured”by searchlights n land r by the light frm gas flares n marine il platfrms. Migrating at night, birds tend t cllide with brightly lit tall buildings.
Frgs living near brightly lit highways suffer ncturnal light levels that are as much as a millin times brighter than nrmal, thrwing nearly every aspect f their behavir ut f jint, including their nighttime breeding chruses. Humans are n less trapped by light pllutin than the frgs. Like mst ther creatures, we d need darkness .Darkness is as essential t ur bilgical welfare, t ur internal clckwrk, as light itself.
Living in a glare f ur making, we have cut urselves ff frm ur evlutinary and cultural heritage—the light f the stars and the rhythms f day and night .In a very real sense, light pllutin causes us t lse sight f ur true place in the universe, t frget the scale f ur being, which is best measured against the dimensins f a deep night with the Milky Way — the edge f ur galaxy — arching verhead.
50. Accrding t the passage, human beings .
A. prefer t live in the darkness
B. are used t living in the day light
C. were curius abut the midnight wrld
D. had t stay at hme with the light f the mn
51. What des “it”(Paragraph 1) mst prbably refer t?
A. The night.B. The mn
C. The sky D. The planet
52. The writer mentins birds and frgs t .
A. prvide examples f animal prtectin
B. shw hw light pllutin affects animals
C. cmpare the living habits f bth species
D. explain why the number f certain species has declined
53. It is implied in the last paragraph that .
A. light pllutin dse harm t the eyesight f animals
B. light pllutin has destryed sme f the wrld heritages
C. human beings cannt g t the uter space
D. human beings shuld reflect n their psitin in the universe
54.What might be the best title fr the passage?
A. The Magic Light.B. The Orange Haze.
C. The Disappearing Night.D. The Rhythms f Nature.
Passage 5
【2015年浙江卷】 In 2004, when my daughter Becky was ten, she and my husband, Je, were united in their desire fr a dg. As fr me, I shared nne f their canine lust.
But why, they pleaded. “Because I dn’t have time t take care f a dg.” “But we’ll d it.” “Really? Yu’re ging t walk the dg? Feed the dg? Bathe the dg?” “Yes, yes, and yes.” “I dn’t believe yu.” “We will. We prmise.”
They didn’t. Frm day tw (everyne wanted t walk the cute puppy that first day), neither thught t walk the dg. While I was slw t accept that I wuld be the ne t keep track f her shts, t schedule her vet appintments, t feed and clean her, Misty knew this n day ne. As she lked up at the three new humans in her life (small, medium, and large), she calculated, “The medium ne is the sucker in the pack.”
Quickly, she and I develped smething very similar t a Vulcan mind meld (心灵融合) . She’d lk at me with thse sad brwn eyes f hers, beam her need, and then wait, trusting I wuld understand — which, strangely, I almst always did. In n time, she became my fifth appendage(附肢), snring n my hme-ffice cuch as I wrked, cradling against my feet as I read, and splaying acrss my stmach as I watched televisin.
Even s, part f me cntinued t resent walking duty. Je and Becky had prmised. Nt fair, I’d balk ( 不心甘情愿地做 ) silently as she and I walked . “Nt fair,” I’d ludly remind anyne within earsht upn ur return hme.
Then ne day — January 1, 2007, t be exact — my husband’s dctr uttered an unthinkable wrd: leukemia ( 白血病 ) .With that, I spent eight t ten hurs a day with Je in the hspital, ding anything and everything I culd t ease his discmfrt. During thse six mnths f hspitalizatins, Becky, 12 at the time , adjusted t ther adults being in the huse when she returned frm schl. My wrk clleagues adjusted t my taking ff at a mment's ntice fr medical emergencies. Every part f my life changed; n part f my ld rutine remained.
Save ne: Misty still needed walking. At the beginning, when friends ffered t take her
thrugh her paces, I declined because I knew they had their wn husehlds t deal with.
As the mnths went by，I began t realize that I actually wanted t walk Misty. The walk in the mrning befre I headed t the hspital was a quiet, peaceful time t gather my thughts r t just be befre the day's medical drama unflded. The evening walk was a time t shake ff the day's upsets and let the wrry tracks in my head g t white nise.
When serius illness visits yur husehld, it's nt just yur daily rutine and yur assumptins abut the future that are n lnger familiar. Pretty much everyne yu knw acts differently.
Nt Misty. Take her fr a walk, and she had n interest in Je's bld cunts r bne marrw test results. On the street r in the park, she had nly ne thing n her mind: squirrels! She was s jyus that even n the wrst days, she culd make me smile. On a daily basis, she reminded me that life ges n.
After Je died in 2009，Misty slept n his pillw.
I'm grateful一t a pint. The truth is, after years f balking, I've cme t enjy my walks with Misty. As I watch her chase after a squirrel, thrwing her whle being int the here-and-nw f an exercise that has never nce ended in victry, she reminds me, t, that n matter hw harsh the present r unpredictable the future , there's almst always sme measure f jy t be extracted frm the mment.
55. why didn't the writer agree t raise a dg at the beginning f the stry?
A. She was afraid the dg wuld get the family int truble.
B. It wuld be her business t take care f the dg.
C. Her husband and daughter were united as ne.
D. She didn't want t spil her daughter.
56. Which f the fllwing is the clsest in meaning t "The medium ne is the sucker in the pack.” (Paragraph 3)?
A. "The middle-aged persn lves me mst.”
B. “The medium-sized wman is the hstess.”
C. "The man in the middle is the ne wh has the final say.”
D. "The wman is the kind and trustwrthy ne in the family.”
57. It can be inferred frm Paragraph 3 that_______.
A. Misty was quite clever
B. Misty culd slve math prblems
C. the writer was a slw learner
D. n ne walked Misty the first day
58.The stry came t its turning pint when________.
A. Je died in 2009
B. Je fell ill in 2007
C. the writer began t walk the dag
D. the dg tried t please the writer
59.Why did the writer cntinue t walk Misty while Je was in hspital?
Misty culdn’t live withut her.
Her friends didn’t ffer any help.
The walk prvided her with spiritual cmfrt.
She didn’t want Misty t be thers’ cmpanin.
60.What is the message the writer wants t cnvey in the passage?
A. One shuld learn t enjy hard times.
B .A disaster can change everything in life.
C. Mments f jy suggest that there is still hpe ahead.
D. Peple will change their attitude tward yu when yu are in difficulty.
Passage 6
【2015年重庆卷】At thirteen, I was diagnsed(诊所) with a kind f attentin disrder. It made schl difficult fr me. When everyne else in the class was fcusing n tasks, I culd nt.
In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us t read a stry and then write n it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said,“Mrs. Smith, yu see, the dctr said I have attentin prblems. I might nt be able t d it.”
She glanced dwn at me thrugh her glasses, “Yu are n different frm yur classmates, yung man.”
I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had t take it hme.
In the quietness f my bedrm, the stry suddenly all became clear t me. It was abut a blind persn, Luis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind culdn’t get much educatin. But Luis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system f raised dts（点）, which pened up a whle new wrld f knwledge t the blind.
Wasn’t I the “blind” in my class, being made t learn like the “sighted” students? My thughts spilled ut and my pen started t dance. I cmpleted the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was n different frm thers; I just needed a quieter place. If Luis culd find his way ut f his prblems, why shuld I ever give up?
I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper t Mrs. Smith, s it was quite a surprise when it came back t me the next day — with an “A” n it. At the bttm f the paper were these wrds: “ See what yu can d when yu keep trying?”
36. The authr didn’t finish the reading in class because _________.
A. He was new t the classB. He was tired f literature
C.He had an attentin disrderD.He wanted t take the task hme
37.What d we knw abut Luis Braille frm the passage?
A.He had gd sight.B.He made a great inventin.
C.He gave up reading.D.He learned a lt frm schl.
38.What was Mrs.Smith’s attitude t the authr at the end f the stry?
A.Angry.B.Impatient.C.Sympathetic.D.Encuraging.
39.What is the main idea f the passage?
A.The disabled shuld be treated with respect.
B.A teacher can pen up a new wrld t students.
C.One can find his way ut f difficulties with effrts.
D.Everyne needs a hand when faced with challenges.
Passage 7
【2015年安徽卷】When her five daughters were yung, Helene An always tld them that there was strength in unity (团结). T shw this, she held up ne chpstick, representing ne persn. Then she easily brke it int tw pieces. Next, she tied several chpsticks tgether, representing a family. She shwed the girls it was hard t break the tied chpsticks. This lessn abut family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene An and her family wn a large restaurant business in Califrnia. Hwever, when Helene and her husband Danny left their hme in Vietnam in 1975, they didn’t have much mney. They mved their family t San Francisc. There they jined Danny’s mther, Diana, wh wned a small Italian sandwich shp. Sn afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shp int a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were yung. Hwever, Helene did nt want her daughters t always wrk in the family business because she thught it was t hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated frm cllege and went away t wrk fr themselves, but ne by ne, the daughters returned t wrk in the family business. They pened new restaurants in San Francisc and Ls Angeles. Even thugh family members smetimes disagreed with each ther, they wrked tgether t make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mther taught us that t succeed we must have unity, and t have unity we must have peace. Withut the strength f the family, there is n business."
Their expanding business became a large crpratin in 1996, with three generatins f Ans wrking tgether. Nw the Ans’ crpratin makes mre than $20 millin each year. Althugh they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they wrked tgether. Nw they are a big success.
60. Helene tied several chpsticks tgether t shw ____________.
A. the strength f family unityB. the difficulty f grwing up
C. the advantage f chpsticksD. the best way f giving a lessn
61. We can learn frm Paragraph 2 that the An family ____________.
A. started a business in 1975B. left Vietnam withut much mney
C. bught a restaurant in San FranciscD. pened a sandwich shp in Ls Angeles
62. What can we infer abut the An daughters?
A. They did nt finish their cllege educatin.
B. They culd nt bear t wrk in the family business.
C. They were influenced by what Helene taught them.
D. They were trubled by disagreement amng family members.
63. Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the passage?
A. Hw t Run a CrpratinB. Strength Cmes frm Peace
C. Hw t Achieve a Big DreamD. Family Unity Builds Success
Passage 8
The By Made It!
【2015年北京卷】One Sunday, Nichlas, a teenager, went skiing at Sugarlaf Muntain in Maine. In the early afternn, when he was planning t g hme, a fierce snwstrm swept int the area. Unable t see far, he accidentally turned ff the path. Befre he knew it, Nichlas was lst, all alne! He didn’t have fd, water, a phne, r ther supplies. He was getting clder by the minute.
Nichlas had n idea where he was. He tried nt t panic. He thught abut all the survival shws he had watched n TV. It was time t put the tips he had learned t use.
He decided t stp skiing. There was a better chance f smene finding him if he stayed put. The first thing he did was t find shelter frm the freezing wind and snw. If he didn’t, his bdy temperature wuld get very lw, which culd quickly kill him.
Using his skis, Nichlas built a snw cave. He gathered a huge mass f snw and dug ut a hle in the middle. Then he piled branches n tp f himself, like a blanket, t stay as warm as he culd.
By that evening, Nichlas was really hungry. He ate snw and drank water frm a nearby stream s that his bdy wuldn’t lse t much water. Nt knwing hw much lnger he culd last, Nichlas did the nly thing he culd- he huddled(蜷缩) in his cave and slept.
The next day, Nichlas went ut t lk fr help, but he culdn’t find anyne. He fllwed his tracks and returned t the snw cave, because withut shelter, he culd die that night. On Tuesday, Nichlas went ut t find help. He had walked fr abut a mile when a vlunteer searcher fund him. After tw days stuck in the snw, Nichlas was saved.
Nichlas might nt have survived this snwstrm had it nt been fr TV. He had ften watched Grylls’ survival shw. Man vs. Wild. That’s where he learned the tips that saved his life, In each episde(一期节目)f Man vs. Wild, Grylls is abandned in a wild area and has t find his way ut.
When Grylls heard abut Nichlas’ amazing deeds, he was super impressed that Nichlas had made it since he knew better than anyne hw hard Nichlas had t wrk t stay alive.
56. What happened t Nichlas ne Sunday afternn?
A. He gt lst. B. He brke his skis.
C. He hurt his eyes D. He caught a cld
57. Hw did Nichlas keep himself warm?
A. He fund a shelter. B. He lighted sme branches.
C. He kept n skiing. D. He built a snw cave.
58. On Tuesday, Nichlas _____.
A. returned t his shelter safely
B. was saved by a searcher
C. gt stuck in the snw
D. staved where he was
59. Nichlas left Grylls a very deep impressin because he _____.
A. did the right things in the dangerus situatin
B. watched Grylls’ TV prgram regularly
C. created sme tips fr survival
D. was very hard-wrking
Passage 9
【2015年福建卷】Papa, as a sn f a dirt-pr farmer, left schl early and went t wrk in a factry, fr educatin was fr the rich then. S, the wrld became his schl. With great interest, he read everything he culd lay his hands n, listened t the twn elders and learned abut the wrld beynd his tiny hmetwn. "There’s s much t learn," he’d say. "Thugh we’re brn stupid, nly the stupid remain that way. " He was determined that nne f his children wuld be denied (拒绝) an educatin.
Thus, Papa insisted that we learn at least ne new thing each day. Thugh, as children, we thught this was crazy, it wuld never have ccurred t us t deny Papa a request. And dinner time seemed perfect fr sharing what we had learned. We wuld talk abut the news f the day; n matter hw insignificant, it was never taken lightly. Papa wuld listen carefully and was ready with sme cmment, always t the pint.
Then came the mment—the time t share the day’s new learning.
Papa, at the head f the table, wuld push back his chair and pur a glass f red wine, ready t listen.
"Felice," he’d say, "tell me what yu learned tday. "
"I learned that the ppulatin f Nepal is "
Silence.
Papa was thinking abut what was said, as if the salvatin f the wrld wuld depend upn it. "The ppulatin f Nepal. Hmm. Well…" he’d say. "Get the map; let’s see where Nepal is. " And the whle family went n a search fr Nepal.
This same experience was repeated until each family member had a turn. Dinner ended nly after we had a clear understanding f at least half a dzen such facts.
As children, we thught very little abut these educatinal wnders. Our family, hwever, was grwing tgether, sharing experiences and participating in ne anther’s educatin. And by lking at us, listening t us, respecting ur input, affirming(肯定) ur value, giving us a sense f dignity, Papa was unquestinably ur mst influential teacher.
Later during my training as a future teacher, I studied with sme f the mst famus educatrs. They were imparting(传授) what Papa had knwn all alng—the value f cntinual learning. His technique has served me well all my life. Nt a single day has been wasted, thugh I can never tell when knwing the ppulatin f Nepal might prve useful.
60.What d we knw frm the first paragraph?
A.The authr’s father was brn in a wrker’s family.
B.Thse brn stupid culd nt change their life.
C.The twn elders wanted t learn abut the wrld.
D.The pr culd hardly affrd schl educatin.
61.The underlined wrd "it" in the secnd paragraph refers t "___________".
A. ne new thingB. a requestC. the newsD. sme cmment
62.It can be learned frm the passage that the authr___________.
A.enjyed talking abut news
B.knew very well abut Nepal
C.felt regret abut thse wasted days
D. appreciated his father’s educatinal technique
63.What is the greatest value f "dinner time" t the authr?
A. Cntinual learning.B. Shwing talents.
C. Family get-tgether.D. Winning Papa’s apprval.
64.The authr’s father can be best described as___________.
A.an educatr expert at training future teachers
B.a parent insistent n his children’s educatin
C.a participant willing t share his knwledge
D.a teacher strict abut everything his students did
Passage 10
【2015年广东卷】Peter lved t shp used articles. Almst a mnth ag, he bught a ppular wrd game that used little pieces f wd with different letters n them. As he was purchasing it, the salesgirl said, "Oh, lk, the game bx hasn’t even been pened yet. That might be wrth sme mney."
Peter examined the bx and, sure enugh, it was cmpletely cvered in factry-sealed plastic. And he saw a date f 1973 n the back f the bx.
"Yu shuld put that up fr auctin(拍卖)n the Internet, and see what happens," the salesgirl said.
"Yes, yu’re right. Peple like smething rare," Peter agreed. "I can’t imagine there being very many unpened bxes f this game still arund 40 years later."
"Dn’t frget t tell me if yu sell it," the salesgirl smiled.
"N prblem," Peter said.
After he gt hme, Peter went nline t several auctin websites lking fr his game. But he culdn’t find it. Then he typed in the name f the wrd game and hit Search. The search result was 543 websites cntaining infrmatin abut the changes f the game. Over the years, the game had been prduced using letters in different sizes and game bards in different clrs. He als fund sme lists f game fans lking fr varius versins f the game. Peter emailed sme f them, telling them what he had.
Tw weeks later, Peter went back t the shp.
"Hell. D yu still remember the unpened wrd game?"
The salesgirl lked at him fr a secnd, then recgnized him and said, "Oh, hi!"
"I’ve gt smething fr yu, "Peter said. "I sld the game and made$1,000. Thank yu fr yur suggestin." He handed her three$100 bills.
"Ww!" the salesgirl cried ut. "Thank yu. I never expected it."
26.Which f the fllwing best describes Peter’s wrd game?
A. It was made arund 40 years ag.
B. It had game bards in different sizes.
C. It was kept in a plastic bag with a seal.
D. It had little pieces f wd in different clrs.
27.What did the salesgirl prbably think f Peter’s wrd game?
A. Old and handy.B. Rare and valuable.
C. Classic and attractive.D. Clrful and interesting.
28.Peter gt the names f the game fans frm _________.
A.an auctinB. the InternetC. a game shpD. the secnd-hand shp
29.What happened at the end f the stry?
A. Peter gave the girl $300 as a reward.
B. The salesgirl became Peter’s friend.
C. Peter returned the wrd game fr $1,000.
D. The salesgirl felt cnfused t see Peter again.
30.What is the main theme f the stry?
A. It’s imprtant t keep a prmise.
B. It’s great t share in ther peple’s happiness.
C. We shuld be grateful fr the help frm thers.
D. Smething rare is wrth a large amunt f mney.
Passage 11
【2015年广东卷】When I was nine years ld, I lved t g fishing with my dad. But the nly thing that wasn’t very fun abut it was that he culd catch many fish while I culdn’t catch anything. I usually gt pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, "Sn, if yu want t catch a fish, yu have t think like a fish." I remember being even mre upset then because, "I’m nt a fish!" I didn’t knw hw t think like a fish. Besides, I reasned, hw culd what I think influence what a fish des?
As I gt a little lder I began t understand what my dad really meant. S, I read sme bks n fish. And I even jined the lcal fishing club and started attending the mnthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cld-blded animal and therefre is very sensitive t water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallw water t deep water because the frmer is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish dn’t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes... The mre I understd fish, the mre I became effective at finding and catching them.
When I grew up and entered the business wrld, I remember hearing my first bss say, "We all need t think like salespeple." But it didn’t cmpletely make sense. My dad never nce said, "If yu want t catch a fish yu need t think like a fisherman." What he said was, "Yu need t think like a fish." Years later, with great effrts t prmte lng-term services t peple much lder and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is t think mre like custmers. It is nt an easy jb. I will shw yu hw in the fllwing chapters.
31.Why was the authr upset in the fishing trips when he was nine?
A. He culd nt catch a fish.
B. His father was nt patient with him.
C. His father did nt teach him fishing.
D. He culd nt influence a fish as his father did.
32.What did the authr’s father really mean?
A. T read abut fish.B. T learn fishing by neself.
C. T understand what fish think.D. T study fishing in many ways.
33.Accrding t the authr, fish are mst likely t be fund .
A.in deep water n sunny daysB.in deep water n cludy days
C.in shallw water under sunlightD.in shallw water under waterside trees
34.After entering the business wrld, the authr fund .
A.it easy t think like a custmer
B. his father’s fishing advice inspiring
C. his first bss’s sales ideas reasnable
D.it difficult t sell services t pr peple
35.This passage mst likely cmes frm .
A. a fishing guide B. a ppular sales bk
C. a nvel n childhdD. a millinaire’s bigraphy
Passage 12
【2015年湖北卷】“I see yu’ve gt a bit f water n yur cat,” said the man at the petrl statin. “Is it raining ut there?””N, it’s pretty nice,” I replied, checking my sleeve. “Oh, right. A pny(马驹) bit me earlier.”
As it happened, the bite was virtually painless: mre the kind f small bite yu might get frm a naughty child. The pny respnsible was queuing up fr sme ice cream in the car park near Haytr, and perhaps thught I’d jumped in ahead f him.
The reasn why the pnies here are naughty is that Haytr is a turist-heavy area and turists are cnstantly feeding the pnies fds, despite signs asking them nt t. By feeding the pnies, turists increase the risk f them getting hit by a car, and make them harder t gather during the area’s annual pny drift(迁移).
The purpse f a pny drift is t gather them up s their health can be checked, the baby nes can be stpped frm feeding n their mther’s milk, and thse wh’ve gne beynd their limited area can be returned t their crrect area. Sme f them are als later sld, in rder t limit the number f pnies accrding t the rules set by Natural England.
Three weeks ag, I witnessed a small near-disaster a few miles west f here. While walking, I nticed a pny rll ver n his back. “Hell!” I said t him, assuming he was just rlling fr fun, but he was very still and, as I gt clser, I saw him kicking his legs in the air and breathing heavily. I began t prperly wrry abut him. Frtunately, I managed t get in tuch with a Dartmr’s Livestck Prtectin fficer and send her a pht. The fficer immediately sent a lcal farmer ut t check n the pny. The pny had actually been trapped between tw rcks. The farmer freed him, and he began t run happily arund again.
Dartmr has 1,000 r s pnies, wh play a critical rle in creating the diversity f species in this area. Many peple are wrking hard t preserve these pnies, and trying t cme up with plans t find a sustainable(可持续的) future fr ne f Dartmr’s mst financially-trubled elements.
51. Why are turists asked nt t feed the pnies?
A. T prtect the turists frm being bitten
B. T keep the pnies ff the petrl statin
C. T avid putting the pnies in danger
D. T prevent the pnies frm fighting
52. One f the purpses f the annual pny drift is ______________.
A. t feed baby pnies n milk
B. t cntrl the number f pnies
C. t expand the habitat fr pnies
D. t sell the pnies at a gd price
53. What as the authr’s first reactin when he saw a pny rll n its back?
A. He freed it frm the trap
B. He called a prtectin fficer
C. He wrried abut it very much
D. He thught f it as being naughty
54. What des the authr imply abut the preservatin f Dartmr’s pnies?
A. It lacks peple’s invlvement.
B. It csts a large amunt f mney
C. It will affect turism in Dartmr.
D. It has caused an imbalance f species
Passage 13
【2015年湖北卷】What Theresa Le is ding prves that a large farm isn’t a prerequisite fr a mdern grw-yur-wn lifestyle. On a mere 1/10 f an acre in Ls Angeles, Le and her family grw, can（装罐）and preserve much f the fd they cnsume.
Le is a master fd preserver, gardener and canning expert. She als perates a website, where she shares her tips and recipes, with the gal f demnstrating that everyne has the ability t cntrl what’s n their plate.
Le initially went t schl t becme an engineer, but she quickly learned that her enthusiasm was mainly abut grwing and preparing her wn fd. “I gt int cking my wn fd and started grwing my wn herbs (香草) and fds fr that fresh flavr,”she said. Engineer by day, Le learned cking at night schl. She ultimately purchased a small piece f land with her husband and began grwing their wn fds.
“I teach peple hw t live farm-fresh withut a farm,” Le said. Thrugh her website Le emphasizes that “anybdy can d this anywhere.” Gt an apartment with a balcny （阳台）? Plant sme herbs. A windw? Perfect spt fr grwing. Start with herbs, she recmmends, because “they’re very frgiving.” Just a little f the herbs “can take yur regular cking t a whle new level,” she added. “I think it’s a great place t start.” “Then? Try grwing smething frm a seed, she said, like a tmat r sme tea.”
Canning is a natural extensin f the planting she des. With every planted fd, Le nted, there’s a mment when it’s bursting with its abslute peak flavr. “I try and keep it in a time capsule in a canning jar,” Le said. “Canning fr me is abut knwing what’s in yur fd, knwing where it cmes frm.”
In additin t being mre in tuch with the fd she’s eating, anther jy cmes frm passing this knwledge and this desire fr gd fd t her children: “Influencing them and telling them yur pinin n nt nly being careful what we eat but understanding the bigger picture,” she said, “that if we dn’t take care f the earth, n ne will.”
55.The underlined wrd “prerequisite” (Pare. 1) is clsest in meaning t “______”.
A. recipe B. substitute C. requirement D. challenge
56.Why des Le suggest starting with herbs?
A. They are used daily.
B. They are easy t grw.
C. They can grw very tall
D. They can be eaten uncked
57.Accrding t Le, what is the benefit f canning her planted fds?
A. It can preserve their best flavr
B. It can prmte her nline sales
C. It can better her cking skills
D. It can imprve their nutritin
58.What is the“the bigger picture” (Para. 6) that Le wishes her children t understand?
A. The knwledge abut gd fd
B. The way t live a grw-ur-wn life
C. The jy f getting in tuch with fds
D. The respnsibility t prtect ur earth
Passage 14
【2015年陕西卷】When the dg named Judy sptted the first sheep in her life, she did what cmes naturally. The fur-year-ld dg set ff racing after the sheep acrss several fields and, being a city animal, lst bth her sheep and her sense f directin. Then she ran alng the edge f a cliff(悬崖) and fell 100 feet, buncing ff a rck int the sea.
Her wner Mike Hlden panicked and called the castguard f Crnwall, wh turned up in secnds. Six vlunteers slid dwn the cliff with the help f a rpe but gave up all hpe f finding her alive after a 90-minute search.
Three days later, a hurricane hit the cast near Crnwall. Mr. Hlden returned hme frm his hliday upset and cnvinced his pet was dead. He cmfrted himself with the thught she had died in the mst beautiful part f the cuntry.
Fr the next tw weeks, the Hldens were heartbrken. Then, ne day, the phne rang and Steve Tregear, the castguard f Crnwall, asked Hlden if he wuld like his dg back.
A birdwatcher, armed with a telescpe, fund the pet sitting desperately n a rck. While he sunded the alarm, a student frm Leeds climbed dwn the cliff t cllect Judy.
The dg had initially been kncked uncnscius(失去知觉的) but had survived by drinking water frm a fresh stream at the base f the cliff. She may have fed n the bdy f a sheep which had als fallen ver the edge. "The dg was very thin and hungry, "Steve Tregear said. "It was a very lucky dg. She survived because f a plentiful supply f fresh water," he added.
It was, as Mr. Hlden admitted, "a minr miracle(奇迹)".
50.The dg Judy fell dwn the cliff when she was .
A. rescuing her wnerB. caught in a hurricane
C. blcked by a rckD. running after a sheep
51.Wh sptted Judy after the accident?
A.A birdwatcher.B.A student frm Leeds.
C. Six vlunteers.D. The castguard f Crnwall.
52.What can we infer frm the text?
A. Peple like t travel with their pets.
B. Judy was taken t the fields fr hunting.
C. Luck plays a vital rle in Judy’s survival.
D. Hlden cared little where Judy was buried.
53.Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the text?
A. Miracle f the Castguard.B. Surviving a Hurricane.
C. Dangers in the Wild.D. Cming Back frm the Dead.
Passage 15
【2015年四川卷】Nthing culd stp Dad. After he was put n disability fr a bad back, he bught a small farm in the cuntry, just enugh t grw fd fr the family. He planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees fr hney.
And every week he cleaned Old Man McClgin's chicken huse in exchange fr manure(肥料). The smell really burned the inside f yur nse. When we cmplained abut the terrible smell, Dad said the strnger the manure, the healthier the crps, and he was right. Fr example, just ne f his cantalupes filled the entire huse with its sweet smell, and the taste was even sweeter.
As the vegetables started cming in, Dad threw himself int cking. One day, armed with a basket f vegetables, he annunced he was ging t make stew(炖菜).Dad pulled ut a pressure cker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, ptates, crns, nins and carrts. Fr abut half an hur, the pressure built and the vegetables cked. Finally, Dad turned ff the stve, the pt began t cl and the pressure relief valve sprayed ut a clud f steam. If we thught Dad's pile f chicken manure was bad, this was 10 times wrse. When Dad tk ff the lid, the smell nearly kncked us ut.
Dad carried the pt ut and we pened drs and windws t air ut the huse. Just hw bad was it? The neighbrs came ut f their huses t see if we had a gas leak!
Determined, Dad filled ur plates with steaming stew and passed them arund. It didn’t lk that bad, and after the first wave had shut dwn my ability t smell, it didn’t ffend the nse s much, either. I tk a taste. It wuld never win a prize in a cking cmpetitin, but it was surprisingly edible, and we drank up every last drp f sup.
34. Why did Dad clean Old Man MClgin’s chicken huse regularly?
A. T earn sme mney fr the family.
B. T cllect manure fr his crps.
C. T get rid f the terrible smell.
D. T set a gd example t us.
35. What can we infer abut Dad’s stew?
A. It is ppular amng the neighbrs.
B. It cntains hney and vegetables.
C. It lks very wnderful.
D. It tastes quite delicius.
36. What des the underlined wrd “ffend” in the last paragraph mean?
A. T attract
B. T upset
C. T air
D. T shut
37. What can we learn abut Dad frm the text?
A. He is an experienced ck.
B. He is a trublesme father.
C. He has a psitive attitude t life.
D. He suffers a lt frm his disability.
Passage 16
【2015年天津卷】One day when I was 12, my mther gave me an rder: I was t walk t the public library, and brrw at least ne bk fr the summer. This was ne mre weapn fr her t defeat my strange prblem — inability t read.
In the library, I fund my way int the “Children’s Rm.” I sat dwn n the flr and pulled a few bks ff the shelf at randm. The cver f a bk caught my eye. It presented a picture f a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and nly animal cmpanin I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but ne mrning, he was gne, given away t smene wh had the space and the mney t care fr him. I never frgt my beagle.
There n the bk’s cver was a beagle which lked identical (相同的)t my dg. I ran my fingers ver the picture f the dg n the cver. My eyes ran acrss the title, Ams, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknwingly, I had read the title. Withut pening the bk, I brrwed it frm the library fr the summer.
Under the shade f a bush, I started t read abut Ams. I read very, very slwly with difficulty. Thugh pages were turned slwly, I gt the main idea f the stry abut a dg wh, like mine, had been separated frm his family and wh finally fund his way back hme. That dg was my dg, and I was the little by in the bk. At the end f the stry, my mind cntinued the final scene f reunin, n and n, until my wn lst dg and I were, in my mind, running tgether.
My mther’s call returned me t the real wrld. I suddenly realized smething: I had read a bk, and I had lved reading that bk. Everyne knew I culd nt read. But I had read it. Bks culd be incredibly wnderful and I was ging t read them.
I never tld my mther abut my “miraculus” (奇迹般的) experience that summer, but she saw a slw but remarkable imprvement in my classrm perfrmance during the next year. And years later, she was prud that her sn had read thusands f bks, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authred his wn bks, articles, petry and fictin. The pwer f the wrds has held.
46. The authr’s mther tld him t brrw a bk in rder t___________.
A. encurage him t d mre walking
B. let him spend a meaningful summer
C. help cure him f his reading prblem
D. make him learn mre abut weapns
47. The bk caught the authr’s eye because____________.
A. it cntained pretty pictures f animals
B. it reminded him f his wn dg
C. he fund its title easy t understand
D. he liked children’s stries very much
48. Why culd the authr manage t read the bk thrugh?
A. He was frced by his mther t read it.
B. He identified with the stry in the bk.
C. The bk tld the stry f his pet dg.
D. The happy ending f the stry attracted him.
49. What can be inferred frm the last paragraph?
A. The authr has becme a successful writer.
B. The authr’s mther read the same bk.
C. The authr’s mther rewarded him with bks.
D. The authr has had happy summers ever since.
50. Which ne culd be the best title f the passage?
A. The Charm f a BkB. Mum’s Strict Order
C. Reunin with My BeagleD. My Passin fr Reading
2014年记叙文
Passage1
【2014年新课标Ⅰ卷】Passenger pigens（旅鸽）nce flew ver much f the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accunts frm the 18th and 19th centuries described flcks（群）s large that they darkened the sky fr hurs.
It was calculated that when its ppulatin reach its highest pint, there were mre than 3 billin passenger pigens – a number equal t 24 t 40 percent f the ttal bird ppulatin in the United States, making it perhaps the mst abundant birds in the wrld. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already becme smaller, a flck believed t be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (abut 515 kilmeters) lng was seen near Cincinnati.
Sadly, the abundance f passenger pigens may have been their unding. Where the birds were abundant, peple believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thusands. Cmmercial hunters attracted them t small clearings with grain, waited until pigens had settled t feed, then threw large nets ver them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped t large cities and sld in restaurants.
By the clsing decades f the 19th century, the hardwd frests where passenger pigens nested had been damaged by Americans’ need fr wd, which scattered（驱散）the flcks and frced the birds t g farther nrth, where cld temperatures and spring strms cntributed t their decline. Sn the great flcks were gne, never t be seen again.
In 1897, the state f Michigan passed a law prhibiting the killing f passenger pigens, but by then, n sizable flcks had been seen in the state fr 10 years. The last cnfirmed wild pigen in the United States was sht by a by in Pike Cunty, Ohi, in 1900. Fr a time, zxxk.cma few birds survived under human care. The last f them, knwn affectinately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zlgical Garden in September 1, 1914.
【小题1】 In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigens _______.
A. were the biggest bird in the wrld B. lived mainly in the suth f America
C. did great harm t the natural envirnment D. Were the largest ppulatin in the US
【小题2】The underlined wrd “unding” prbably refers t the pigens’ _______.
A. escape B. ruin C. liberatin D. evlutin
【小题3】What was the main reasn fr peple t kill passenger pigens?
A. T seek pleasure. B. T save ther birds.
C. T make mney. D. T prtect crps.
【小题4】 What can we infer abut the law passed in Michigan?
A. It was ignred by the public. B. It was declared t late.
C. It was unfair. D. It was strict.
Passage 2
【2014年新课标Ⅰ卷】 As mre and mre peple speak the glbal languages f English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, ther languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half f the 6,000-7,000 languages spken arund the wrld tday will likely die ut by the next century, accrding t the United Natins Educatinal, Scientific, and Cultural Organizatin (UNESCO).
In an effrt t prevent language lss, schlars frm a number f rganizatins- UNESCO and Natinal Gegraphic amng them –have fr many years been dcumenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.
Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, wh specializes in the languages and ral traditins f the Himalayas, is fllwing in that traditin. His recently published bk, A Grammar f Thangmi with an Ethnlinguistic Intrductin t the Speakers and Their Culture, grws ut f his experience living, lking and raising a family in a village in Nepal.
Dcumenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting pint fr Turin, wh seeks t include ther languages and ral traditins acrss the Himalayans reaches f India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is nt cntent t simply recrd these vices befre they disappear withut recrd.
At the University f Cambridge Turin discvered a wealth f imprtant materials- including phtgraphs, films, tap recrdings, and field ntes- which had remained unstudied and were badly in need f care and prtectin.
Nw, thrugh the tw rganizatins that he has funded-the Digital Himalaya Prject and the Wrld Oral Literature Prject- Turin has started a campaign t make such dcuments, fund in libraries and stres arund the wrld, available nt just t schlars but t the yungers.
Generatins f cmmunities frm whm the materials were riginally cllected.Thanks t digital technlgy and the widely available Internet. Turin ntes,the endangered languages can be saved and recnnected with speech cmmunities.
【小题1】Many schlars are making effrts t _____.
prmte glbal languages
rescue the disappearing languages
search fr language cmmunities
set up languages research rganizatins.
【小题2】What des “that traditin” in Paragraph 3 refer t?
Having first recrds f the languages
Writing bks n language searching
Telling stries abut language users
Linking with the native speakers
【小题3】What is Turin’s bk based n?
The cultural statics in India.
The dcuments available at Yale.
His language research in Britain.
His persnal experience in Nepal.
【小题4】Which f the fllwing best describe Turin’s Wrk?
Write sell and dnate.
Recrd,repeat and reward.
Cllect,prtect and recnnect.
Design, experiment and reprt.
Passage 3
【2014年新课标Ⅱ卷】
Late in the evening, the phne rang. It was a stranger. He was trying t prnunce my husband’s name and was asking him a lt f questins. Then he said they had fund a pile f papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left ut n the ftpath.
My husband rushed t their hme t find a kind family hlding all his papers and dcuments. Their yung daughter had gne t the trash can and fund a pile f unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully srted them ut, althugh they had fund mainly freign addresses n mst f the dcuments. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephne number t a friend.
That family nt nly restred the imprtant dcuments t us that day but als restred ur faith and trust in peple.We still remember their kindness and ften send a warm wish their way.
【小题1】.What did Rashid plan t d after his arrival in Sydney?
A.G shpping
B.Find a huse
C.Jin his family
D.Take his family
【小题2】.The girl’s parents gt Rashid’s phne number frm_______.
A.a friend f his family
B.a Sydney pliceman
C.a letter in his papes
D.a stranger in Sydney
【小题3】.What des the underlined wrd“restred”in the last paragraph mean?
A.Shwed
B.Sent ut
C.Delivered
D.Gave back
【小题4】.Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the text?
A.Frm India t Australia.
B.Living in a a New Cuntry.
C.Turning Trash t Treasure.
D.In Search f New Friends.
Passage 4
【2014年新课标Ⅱ卷】Since the first Earth Day in 1970,American have gtten a lt “greenter” tward the envirnment . “We didn’t knw at that time there even was an envirnment,let alne that there was a prblem with it,”says Bruce Andersn,president f Earth Day USA.
But what began as nthing imprtant in public affairs has grwn int a scial mvement .Business peple,plitical leaders, university prfessrs,and especially millins f grass-rts Americans are taking part in the mvement. “The understanding has increased many ,many times,”says Gaylrd Nelsn,the frmer gvermr frm Wiscnsin,wh thught up the first Accrding t US gvernment reprts , emissins (排放)frm cars and trucks have drpped frm 10.3 millin tns a year t 5.5 tns .The number f cities prducing CO beynd the standard has been reduced frm 40 t 9 .Althugh serius prblems still remain and need t be dealt with , the wrld is a safer and healthier place .A kind f “Green thinking ” has becme part f practices .
Great imprvement has been achieved .In 1988 there were nly 600 recycling prgrams ,; tday in 1995 there are abut 6,600 .Advanced lights ,mtrs , and building designs have helped save a lt f energy and therefre prevented pllutin .
Twenty –five years ag , there were hardly any educatin prgrams fr envirnment .Tday , it’s hard t find a public schl , university , r law schl that des nt have such a kind f prgram .” Until we d that , nthing else will change! ” say Bruce Andersn .
【小题1】 Accrding t Andersn , befre 1970, Americans had little idea abut ___
A the scial mvement
B recycling techniques
C envirnmental prblems
D the imprtance f Earth Day
【小题2】Where des the supprt fr envirnmental prtectin mainly cme frm?
A The grass –rts level
B The business circle
C Gvernment fficials
D University prfessrs
【小题3】What have Americans achieved in envirnmental prtectin ?
A They have cut car emissins t the lwest
B They have settled their envirnmental prblems
C They have lwered their CO levels in frty cities.
D They have reduced pllutin thrugh effective measures .
【小题4】.What is especially imprtant fr envirnmental prtectin accrding t the last paragraph ?
A Educatin
B Planning
C Green living
D CO reductin
Passage 5
【2014年广东卷】Samuel Osmnd is a 19-year-ld law student frm Crnwall, England. He never studied the pian. Hwever, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chpin and Beethven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece f music by listening t it in parts. Then he thinks abut the ntes in his head. Tw years ag, he played his first piece Mnlight Snata（奏鸣曲）by Beethven. He surprised everyne arund him.
Amazed that he remembered this lng and difficult piece f music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable .They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel desn’t even realize that what he can d is special. Samuel wanted t becme a lawyer as it was the wish f his parents, but music teachers tld him he shuld study music instead. Nw, he studies law and music.
Samuel can’t understand why everyne is s surprised. “I grew up with music. My mther played the pian and my father played the guitar. Abut tw years ag, I suddenly decided t start playing the pian, withut being able t read music and withut having any lessns. It cmes easily t me ---I hear the ntes and can bear them in mind---each and every nte,” says Samuel.
Recently, Samuel perfrmed a piece during a special event at his cllege. The piece had mre than a thusand ntes. The audience was impressed by his amazing perfrmance. He is nw learning a piece that is s difficult that many prfessinal pianists can’t play it. Samuel says cnfidently,” It’s all abut super memry---I guess I have that gift.”
Hwever, Samuel’s ability t remember things desn’t stp with music. His family says that even when he was a yung by, Samuel heard smene read a stry, and then he culd retell the stry wrd fr wrd.
Samuel is still nly a teenager. He desn’t knw what he wants t d in the future. Fr nw, he is just happy t play beautiful music and cntinue his studies.
【小题1】What is special abut Samuel Osmnd?
A. He has a gift fr writing music.
B. He can write dwn the nte he hears.
C. He is a tp student at the law schl.
D. He can play the musical piece he hears.
【小题2】What can we learn frm Paragraph 2?
Samuel chse law against the wish f his parents.[来源:学&科&网]
B. Samuel planned t be a lawyer rather than a musician.
C. Samuel thinks f himself as a man f great musical ability.
D. Samuel studies law and music n the advice f his teachers.
【小题3】Everyne arund Samuel was surprised because he _________.
received a gd early educatin in music
played the guitar and the pian perfectly
culd play the pian withut reading music
culd play the guitar better than his father
【小题4】What can we infer abut Samuel in Paragraph 4?
He became famus during a special event at his cllege.
He is prud f his ability t remember things accurately.
He plays the pian better than many prfessinal pianists.
He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.
【小题5】Which f the fllwing is the best title f the passage?
The Qualities f a Musician
The Stry f a Musical Talent
The Imprtance f Early Educatin
The Relatinship between Memry and Music.
Passage 6
【2014年广东卷】It was a cld winter day. A wman drve up t the Rainbw Bridge tllbth (收费站). “I’m paying fr myself, and fr the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing ver seven tickets. One after anther, the next six drivers arriving at the tllbth were infrmed, “Sme lady up ahead already paid yur fare.”
It turned ut that the wman, Natalie Smith, had read smething n a friend’s refrigeratr: “Practice randm kindness and senseless acts f beauty.” The phrase impressed her s much that she cpied it dwn.
Judy Freman sptted the same phrase n a warehuse wall far away frm hme. When it stayed n her mind fr days, she gave up and drve all the way back t cpy it dwn. “I thught it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken t writing it at the bttm f all her letters, “like a message frm abve.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase s much that he put it up n the classrm wall fr his students, ne f whm was the daughter f Alice Jhnsn, a lcal news reprter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that thugh she liked it, she didn’t knw where it came frm r what it meant.
Tw days later, Alice gt a call frm Anne Herbert, a wman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrte the phrase dwn n a piece f paper, after turning it arund in her mind fr days.
“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything yu think there shuld be mre f, d it randmly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrms f shabby schls, leaving ht meals n kitchen tables in the pr part f twn, and giving mney secretly t a prud ld lady. Anne says, “Kindness can build n itself as much as vilence can.”
The acts f randm kindness spread. If yu were ne f thse drivers wh fund yur fare paid, wh knws what yu might have been inspired t d fr smene else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slwly, with every single act. Let it be yurs!
【小题1】Why did Natalie Smith pay fr the six cars behind her?
A. She knew the car drivers well.
B. She wanted t shw kindness.
C. She hped t please thers.
D. She had seven tickets.
【小题2】Judy Freman cpied dwn the phrase because she .
A. thught it was beautifully written
B. wanted t knw what it really meant
C. decided t write it n a warehuse wall
D. wanted her husband t put it up in the classrm
【小题3】Wh came up with the phrase accrding t the passage?
A. Judy Freman.
B. Natalie Smith.
C. Alice Jhnsn.
D. Anne Herbert.
【小题4】Which f the fllwing statements is clsest in the meaning t the underlined sentence abve?
A. Kindness and vilence can change the wrld.
B. Kindness and vilence can affect ne’s behavir.
C. Kindness and vilence can reprduce themselves.[来源:学.科.网]
D. Kindness and vilence can shape ne’s character.
【小题5】What can we infer frm the last paragraph?
A. Peple shuld practice randm kindness t thse in need.
B. Peple wh receive kindness are likely t ffer it t thers.
C. Peple shuld practice randm kindness t strangers they meet.
D. Peple wh receive kindness are likely t pay it back t the giver.
Passage 7
【2014年广东卷】Like many new graduates, I left university full f hpe fr the future but with n real idea f what I wanted t d. My degree, with hnrs, in English literature had nt really prepared me fr anything practical. I knew I wanted t make a difference in the wrld smehw, but I had n idea hw t d that. That’s when I learned abut the Lighthuse Prject.
I started my jurney as a Lighthuse Prject vlunteer by reading as much as I culd abut the experiences f previus vlunteers. I knew it wuld be a lt f hard wrk, and that I wuld be away frm my family and friends fr a very lng time. In shrt, I did nt take my decisin t apply fr the Lighthuse Prject lightly. Neither did my family.
Eventually, hwever, I wn the supprt f my family, and I sent in all the paperwrk needed fr the applicatin. After cuntless interviews and presentatins, I managed t stand ut amng the candidates and survive the test alne. Several mnths later, I finally received a call asking me t reprt fr the duty. I wuld be ging t a sma village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had n idea. But I was abut t find ut.
After cmpleting my training, I was sent t the village that was small and desperately in need f prper accmmdatin. Thugh the lcal villagers were pr, they ffered their hmes, hearts, and fd as if I were their wn family. I was asked t lead a small team f lcal peple in building a new schlhuse. Fr the next year r s, I taught in that same schlhuse. But I smetimes think I learned mre frm my students than they did frm me.
Smetime during that perid, I realized that all thse things that had seemed s strange r unusual t me n lnger did, thugh I did nt get anywhere with the lcal language, and returned t the United States a different man. The Lighthuse Prject had changed my life frever.
【小题1】What d we knw abut the authr?
A. His university educatin fcused n the theretical knwledge.
B. His dream at university was t becme a vlunteer.
C. He tk pride in having cntributed t the wrld.
D. He felt hnred t study English literature.
【小题2】Accrding t the Paragraph 2, it is mst likely that the authr
A. discussed his decisin with his family.
B. asked previus vlunteers abut vluntary wrk
C. attended special training t perfrm difficult tasks
D. felt sad abut having t leave his family and friends
【小题3】In his applicatin fr the vlunteer jb, the authr
A. participated in many discussins
B. went thrugh challenging survival tests
C. wrte quite a few paper n vluntary wrk
D. faced strng cmpetitin frm ther candidates
【小题4】On arrival at the village, the authr was
A. asked t lead a farming team
B. sent t teach in a schlhuse
C. received warmly by lcal villagers
D. arranged t live in a separate huse.
【小题5】What can we infer frm the authr’s experiences in Nigeria?
A. He fund sme difficulty adapting t the lcal culture
B. He had learned t cmmunicate in the lcal language.
C. He had vercme all his weakness befre he left fr hme.
D. He was chsen as the mst respectable teacher by his students. [来源:学&科
Passage 8
【2014年广东卷】 Scientists tday are making greater effrt t study cean currents (洋流) . Mst d it using satellites and ther high-tech equipment. Hwever, cean expert Curtis Ebbesmeyer des it in a special way -- by studying mvements f randm flating garbage. A scientist with many years’ experience, he started this type f research in the early 1990s when he heard abut hundreds f athletic shes washing up n the shres f the nrthwest cast f the United States. There were smany shes that peple were setting up swap meets t try and match left and right shes t sell r wear.
Ebbesmeyer fund ut in his researches that the shes — abut 60,000 in ttal — fell int the cean in a shipping accident. He phned the she cmpany and asked if they wanted the shes back. As expected, the cmpany tld him that they didn't. Ebbesmeyer realized this culd be a great experiment. If he learned when and where the shes went int the water and tracked where they landed, he culd learn a lt abut the patterns f cean currents.
The Pacific Nrthwest is ne f the wrld's best areas fr beachcmbing(海滩搜寻) because winds and currents jin here, and as a result, there is a grup f serius beachcmbers in the area. Ebbesmeyer gt t knw a lt f them and asked fr their help in cllecting infrmatin abut where the shes landed. In a year he cllected reliable infrmatin n 1, 600 shes. With this data, he and a clleague were able t test and imprve a cmputer prgram designed t mdel cean currents, and publish the findings f their study.
As the result f his wrk, Ebbesmeyer has becme knwn as the scientist t call with questins abut any unusual bjects fund flating in the cean. He has even started an assciatin f beachcmbers and cean experts, with 500 subscribers frm West Africa t New Zealand. They have recrded all lst bjects ranging frm ptates t glf glves.
【小题1】 The underlined phrase swap meets in Paragraph 1 is clsest in meaning t ______________.
A. fitting rms
B. trading fairs
C. business talks
D. grup meetings
【小题2】Ebbesmeyer phned the she cmpany t find ut _____________.
A. what caused the shipping accident
B. when and where the shes went missing
C. whether it was all right t use their shes
D. hw much they lst in the shipping accident
【小题3】Hw did Ebbesmeyer prve his assumptin?
A. By cllecting infrmatin frm beachcmbers.
B. By studying the shes fund by beachcmber.
C. By searching the web fr cean currents mdels.
D. By researching cean currents data in the library.
【小题4】Ebbesmeyer is mst famus fr ___________________.
A. traveling widely the castal cities f the wrld[来源:学.科.网]
B. making recrds fr any lst bjects n the sea
C. running a glbal currents research assciatin
D. phning abut any dubtful bjects n the sea
【小题5】What is the purpse f the authr in writing this passage?
A. T call peple's attentin t cean pllutin.
B. T warn peple f shipping safety in the cean.
C. T explain a unique way f studying cean currents.
D. T give tips n hw t search fr lst bjects n the beach.
Passage 9
【2014年北京卷】The Brwn Bear
My wife Laura and I were n the beach, with three f ur children, taking pictures f shre birds near ur hme in Alaska when we sptted a bear. The bear was thin and small, mving aimlessly.
Just a few minutes later, I heard my daughter shuting, ＂Dad! The bear is right behind us!＂ An aggressive bear will usually rush frward t frighten away its enemy but wuld suddenly stp at the last minute. This ne was silent and its ears pinned back — the sign (迹象) f an animal that is ging in fr the kill. And it was a cld April day. The bear behaved abnrmally, prbably because f hunger.
I held my camera tripd(三脚架) in bth hands t frm a barrier as the bear rushed int me. Its huge head was level with my chest and shulders, and the tripd stuck acrss its muth. It bit dwn and I fund myself supprting its weight. I knew I wuld nt be able t hld it fr lng.
Even s, this was a fight I had t win: I was all that std between the bear and my family, wh wuld stand little chance f running faster than a brwn bear.
The bear hit at the camera, cutting it ff the tripd. I raised my left arm t prtect my face; the beast held tightly n the tripd and pressed it int my side. My arm culd nt mve, and I sensed that my bnes were ging t break.
Drawing back my free hand, I struck the bear as hard as I culd fr five t six times. The bear pened its muth and I grasped its fur, trying t push it away. I was actually wrestling(扭打) with the bear at this pint. Then, as suddenly as it had begun, the fight ended. The bear mved back tward the frest, befre returning fr anther attack — The first time I felt panic.
Apparently satisfied that we caused n further threat, the bear mved ff, destrying a fence as it went. My arm was injured, but the utcme fr us culd hardly have been better. I’m prud that my family reminded clear-headed when panic culd have led t a very different utcme.
60. The brwn bear apprached the family in rder t _______.
A. catch shre birdsB. start an attack
C. prtect the childrenD. set up a barrier fr itself
61. The bear finally went away after it _______.
A. felt safeB. gt injured
C. fund sme fdD. tk away the camera
62. The writer and his family survived mainly due t their ______.
A. pride B. patience
C. calmnessD. cautiusness
Passage 10
【2014年大纲卷（广西卷）】Arriving in Sydney n his wn frm India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a htel fr a shrt time while lking fr a huse fr me and ur children.
During the first week f his stay, he went ut ne day t d sme shpping. He came back in the late afternn t discver that his suitcase was gne. He was extremely wrried as the suitcase had all his imprtant papers, including his passprt（护照）.
He reprted the case t the plice and then sat there, lst and lnely in a strange city, thinking f the terrible trubles f getting all the paperwrk rganised again frm a distant cuntry while trying t settle dwn in a new ne.
Late in the evening, the phne rang. It was a stranger. He was trying t prnunce my husband’s name and was asking him a lt f questins. Then he said they had fund a pile f papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left ut n the ftpath.
My husband rushed t their hme t find a kind family hlding all his papers and dcuments（文件）. Their yung daughter had gne t the trash can and fund a pile f unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully srted them ut, althugh they had fund mainly freign addresses n mst f the dcuments. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephne number t a friend.
That family nt nly restred the imprtant dcuments t us that day but als restred ur faith and trust in peple. We still remember their kindness and ften send a warm wish their way.
56. What did Rashid plan t d after his arrival in Sydney?
A. G shpping. B. Find a huse.
C. Jin his family. D. Take a vacatin.
57. The girl’s parents gt Rashid’s phne number frm _________.
A. a friend f his family B. a Sydney pliceman
C. a letter in his papers D. a stranger in Sydney
58. What des the underlined wrd ＂restred＂ in the last paragraph mean?
A. Shwed. B. Send ut.
C. Delivered. D. Gave back.
59. Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the text?
A. Frm India t Australia. B. Living in a New Cuntry.
C. Turning Trash t Treasure. D. In Search f New Friends.
Passage 11
【2014年大纲卷（广西卷）】Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gtten a lt ＂greener＂ tward the envirnment（环境）. ＂We didn’t knw at that time there even was an envirnment, let alne that there was a prblem with it,＂ says Bruce Andersn, president f Earth Day USA.
But what began as nthing imprtant in public affairs has grwn int a scial mvement. Business peple, plitical leaders, university prfessrs, and especially millins f grass-rts Americans are taking part in the mvement. ＂The understanding has increased many, many times,＂ says Gaylrd Nelsn, the frmer gvernr frm Wiscnsin, wh thught up the first Earth Day.
Accrding t US gvernment reprts, emissins（排放）frm cars and trucks have drpped frm 10.3 millin tns a year t 5.5 millin tns. The number f cities prducing CO beynd the standard has been reduced frm 40 t 9. Althugh serius prblems still remain and need t be dealt with, the wrld is a safer and healthier place. A kind f ＂green thinking＂ has becme part f practices.
Great imprvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were nly 600 recycling（回收利用）prgrams; tday in 1995 there are abut 6,600. Advanced lights, mtrs, and building designs have helped save a lt f energy and therefre prevented pllutin.
Twenty-five years ag, there were hardly any educatin prgrams fr envirnment. Tday, it’s hard t find a public schl, university, r law schl that des nt have such a kind f prgram.＂ Until we d that, nthing else will change!＂ say Bruce Andersn.
60. Accrding t Andersn, befre 1970, Americans had little idea abut __________.
A. the scial mvement B. recycling techniques
C. envirnmental prblems D. the imprtance f Earth Day
61. Where des the supprt fr envirnmental prtectin mainly cme frm?
A. The grass-rts level. B. The business circle.
C. Gvernment fficials. D. University prfessrs.
62. What have Americans achieved in envirnmental prtectin?
A. They have cut car emissins t the lwest.
B. They have settled their envirnmental prblems.
C. They have lwered their CO levels in frty cities.
D. They have reduced pllutin thrugh effective measures.
63. What is especially imprtant fr envirnmental prtectin accrding t the last paragraph?
A. Educatin. B. Planning.
C. Green living. D. CO reductin.
Passage 12
【2014年福建卷】It was Mther’s Day mrning last year and I was ding my shpping at ur lcal supermarket with my five-year-ld sn, Tenysn. As we were leaving, we fund that nly minutes earlier an elderly wman had fallen ver at the entrance and had hit her head n the cncrete. Her husband was with her, but there was bld everywhere and the wman was embarrassed and clearly in shck.
Walking twards the scene, Tenysn became very upset abut what had happened t the cuple. He said t me, “Mum, it’s nt much fun falling ver in frnt f everyne.”
At the frnt f the supermarket a charity(慈善) grup had set up a stand selling cked sausages and flwers t raise funds. Tenysn suggested that we shuld buy the lady a flwer. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was amazed that he’d cme up with such a sweet idea. S we went ver t the flwer seller and asked her if we culd buy a flwer fr the lady t cheer her up. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take yur mney fr such a wnderful gesture.”
By nw paramedics（救援人员）had arrived, and were attending the injured wman. As we walked up t her, my sn became intimidated by all the bld and medical equipment. He said he was just t scared t g up t her.
Instead I gave the flwer t the wman’s husband and tld him, “ My sn was very upset fr yur wife and wanted t give her this flwer t make her feel better.”
At that, the ld man started crying and said, “Thank yu s much, yu have a wnderful sn. Happy Mther’s Day t yu.”
The man then bent dwn and gave his wife the flwer, telling her wh it was frm. Thugh badly hurt and shaken, the ld lady lked up at Tenysn with lve in her eyes and gave him a little smile.
56. What dse the authr intend t tell us?
A. One can never be t careful.
B. Actins speak luder than wrds.
C. Lve begins with a little smile.
D. A small act f kindness brings a great jy.
57. Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. The elderly wman was kncked dwn by Tenysn.
B. Tenysn’s idea f buying a flwer gained his father’s supprt.
C. Tenysn’s care fr the elderly wman puzzled the flwer seller.
D. The elderly wman was mved t tears by Tenysn’s gesture.
58. The underlined wrd “intimidated” in the furth paragraph prbably means “___________”.
A. astnished B. struck C. frightened D. excited
59. What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Flwer Pwer
B. Mther’s Day
C. An Accidental Injury
D. An Embarrassing Mment
Passage 13
A
【2014年湖北卷】Befre I had my sn, I spent tw years wrking with children with disabilities. I learned that shuting and threats f punishment wuld result in a disaster. Cming up against their behaviur culd nly make the jb harder and their behaviur mre extreme. I fund smething that wrked, thugh.
There was a very naughty by in the nursery and a teacher wh was generally very cnfident with the children was asked t take charge f him. One day the by jined a sessin in the rm next t mine. His appearance created an atmsphere f tensin. He spent the entire sessin running arund, hitting and kicking, and destrying prperty.
I was in the craft rm wrking with sme ther children when my c-wrker tld me that this by’s teacher was in tears, and culd nt get cntrl f the situatin. As we were talking, the by ran in. I tld my c-wrker that I wuld take care f him.
I clsed the dr. He was full f energy, thrwing things arund and making a huge mess. But I culd see that he was ding all these t anny me. He needed cnnectin, and this was the nly way he knew hw t ask fr it. S I sat back dwn and kept quiet. Then he slwed dwn and began making a rcket. I talked t him abut it. We cntinued like this fr a few minutes befre I slipped int the cnversatin:
“S what happened tday?”
It was purely a questin, n blame r anger in my tne. I believe that if I had criticized him, the gate that was slwly pening wuld have shut firmly clsed. He tld me that the teacher didn’t let him d what he knew well due t safety but asked him t d what he disliked. He als admitted that he had enjyed making her run arund and saw it as a game. I explained that his teacher had nt seen it as a game and was very upset. This again was stated simply as a fact. I suggested that next time he had a sessin, he talk abut what he hped t d at the start, which might be easier fr everyne. He agreed and was quiet fr a mment. Then he lked at me with tears in his eyes befre quietly asking if he culd g t find his teacher t aplgize.
51. The by made truble fr his teacher because he ______.
A. was accused f destrying prperty
B. was tld nt t yell at ther children
C. was made t d things against his will
D. was blamed fr creating an air f tensin
52. Why didn’t the authr d anything abut the by’s bad behavir at first?
A. She didn’t want t make it wrse.
B. She didn’t mind the huge mess at all.
C. She was tired f shuting and threats.
D. She hadn’t thught f a cping strategy.
53. The authr managed t get the by t talk t her by ______.
A. playing games with him
B. giving him a gd suggestin
C. describing his teacher’s feelings
D. aviding making critical remarks
54. Why did the by have tears in his eyes in the end?
A. He was srry abut his reputatin.
B. He was regretful abut his behavir.
C. He was fearful f the authr’s warning.
D. He was sad fr the authr’s misunderstanding.
Passage 14
D
【2014年湖北卷】Yu’ve flwn halfway arund the wrld; yu’ve sniffed ut this place that nbdy in Falngland r Thailand seems t have ever heard f; s what n earth is there t d here? Yu cnsider this questin as yu sink int an ld wden beach chair that hlds yu abve the sand.
It was a lng jurney frm Bangkk t Huaplee. By the time yu fund the bus statin and gt yurself srted ut, it tk almst as lng as the flight frm Falngland.
Huaplee is lcated just suth f Hua Hin, abut tw hundred kilmetres frm Bangkk, dwn the west side f the Gulf f Thailand. Nt many turists find this place, and the nes that d wnder if finding it has been their purpse all alng.
There’s an apparent laziness that surrunds yu here. It’s what this place ffers, and it’s free f charge. The small waves that tap the shreline seem t slw everything dwn. Yu settle int yur beach chair in preparatin fr a lng rest. Yu sit there and watch the sea.
It’s early afternn, s the ck cmes ut and asks what yu’d like t eat this evening. Befre lng he’s rushed ff t the market t buy the ingredients fr whatever it was that yu rdered—every meal fresh and t rder. N menu here.
There is n plside nise here but just that wnderfully warm, clear blue sea. There’s n street nise. The nly sunds are the murmurs f nature.
Fr nw yu just cunt yur blessings (福祉), listing them in the sand with yur te (脚趾). Yu dn’t have t wrry abut being late fr wrk. Yu dn’t have t d anything.
The beach t yur right stretches ff t the hrizn (地平线), slwly narrwing t nthingness nly t re-emerge again n yur left, nw steadily widening until it cvers the chair beneath yu. Sand t yur left and sand t yur right; it’s unbrken, endless. N start, n end, just sand, sun, and peace. Step ff it, and yu re-enter the wrld f traffic, stress, wrk, and hurry.
Nrmally yu’re the type wh can’t sit still fr mre than ten minutes, but yu’re n Huaplee Lazy Beach nw and, in the right frame f mind, it stretches all the way arund the wrld.
“Hw culd it take me s lng t find it?” yu wnder.
63. When the authr first went t Huaplee Beach, ______.
A. he fund it unwrthwhile
B. he failed t srt himself ut
C. he became sensitive t smell
D. he had difficulty in finding it
64. What is special abut the fd service at Huaplee Beach?
A. N menu.
B. Free fd.
C. Self service.
D. Quick delivery.
65. In the authr’s pinin, a turist can enjy Huaplee Beach mst when he ______.
A. sits in a beach chair
B. frgets his daily rutine
C. plans a detailed schedule
D. draws pictures in the sand
66. What des the authr imply by his questin at the end f the passage?
A. He shuldn’t have cunted his blessings.
B. He shuld have understd the wnder f nature.
C. He shuldn’t have spent s much time n the trip.
D. He shuld have cme t the place earlier.
Passage 15
【2014年湖南卷】In the mid-1950s, I was a smewhat bred early-adlescent male student wh believed that ding any mre than necessary was wasted effrt. One day, this apprach threw me int embarrassment.
In Mrs. Ttten’s eighth-grade math class at Central Avenue Schl in Andersn, Indiana, we were learning t add and subtract decimals (小数).
Our teacher typically assigned daily hmewrk, which wuld be recited in class the fllwing day. On mst days, ur grades were based n ur ral answer t hmewrk questins.
Mrs. Ttten usually walked up and dwn the rws f desks requesting answers frm student after student in the rder the questins had appeared n ur hmewrk sheets. She wuld start either at the frnt r the back f the classrm and wrk tward the ther end.
Since I was seated near the middle f abut 35 students, it was easy t figure ut which questins I might have t answer. This particular time, I had cmpleted my usual tw r three prblems accrding t my calculatins.
What I failed t expect was that several students were absent, which threw ff my estimate. As Mrs. Ttten made her way frm the beginning f the class，I desperately tried t determine which math prblem I wuld get. I tried t wrk it ut befre she gt t me, but I had brain freeze and culdn’t functin.
When Mrs. Ttten reached my desk，she asked what answer I’d gt fr prblem N. 14. “I…I didn’t get anything,” I answered，and my face felt warm.
“Crrect,” she said.
It turned ut that the crrect answer was zer.
What did I learn that day? First, always d all yur hmewrk. Secnd, in real life it isn’t always what yu say but hw yu say it that matters. Third，I wuld never make it as a mathematician.
If I culd chse ne schl day that taught me the mst, it wuld be that ne.
61.What des the underlined part in Paragraph 1 indicate?
A.It is wise t value ne’s time.
B.It is imprtant t make an effrt
C.It is right t stick t ne’s belief.
D.It is enugh t d the necessary.
62. Usually, Mrs. Ttten asked her students t _______.
A. recite their hmewrk tgether
B.grade their hmewrk themselves
C.answer their hmewrk questins rally
D.check the answers t their hmewrk questins
63.The authr culd wrk ut which questins t answer since the teacher always _______.
A.asked questins in a regular way
B.walked up and dwn when asking questins
C.chse tw r three questins fr the students
D.requested her students t finish their usual questins
64.The authr failed t get the questins he had expected because _______.
A.the class didn’t begin as usual
B.several students didn’t cme t schl
C.he didn’t try hard t make his estimate
D.Mrs. Ttten didn’t start frm the back f the class
65．Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the passage?
A.An Unfrgettable Teacher
B.A Future Mathematician
C.An Effective Apprach
D.A Valuable Lessn
Passage 16
【2014年江西卷】Larry was n anther f his underwater expeditins(探险) but this time, it was different. He decided t take his daughter alng with him. She was nly ten years ld. This wuld be her first trip with her father n what he had always been famus fr.
Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him alng n ne f his expeditins. Since then, he had never lked back. Larry started ut by renting diving suits frm the small diving shp just alng the shre. He had hated them. They were either t big r t small. Then, there was the instructr. He gave him a shrt lessn befre allwing him int the water with his father. He had made an exceptin. Larry wuld never have been able t g dwn withut at least five hurs f thery and anther similar number f hurs n practical lessns with a guide. Children his age were nt even allwed t dive.
After the first expeditin, Larry’s later diving adventures nly gt better and better. There was never a dull mment. In his black and blue suit and with an xygen tank fastened n his back, Larry dived frm bats int the middle f the cean. Dangerus areas did nt prevent him frm cntinuing his search. Smetimes, he was limited t a cage underwater but that did nt bther him. At least, he was still able t take phtgraphs f the underwater creatures.
Larry’s first expeditin withut his father was in the Cayman Islands. There were numerus diving spts in the area and Larry was determined t visit all f them. Frtunately fr him, a man ffered t take him arund the different spts fr free. Larry did nt even knw what the time was, hw many spts he dived int r hw many phtgraphs he had taken. The diving spts affrded such a wide array f fish and sea creatures that Larry saw mre than thirty varieties f creatures.
Larry lked at his daughter. She lked as excited as he had been when he was her age. He hped she wuld be able t cntinue the family traditin. Already, she lked like she was much braver than Larry had been then. This was the key t a successful underwater expeditin.
56. In what way was this expeditin different fr Larry?
A. His daughter had grwn up.
B. He had becme a famus diver.
C. His father wuld dive with him.
D. His daughter wuld dive with him.
57. What can be inferred frm Paragraph 2?
A. Larry had sme privileges.
B. Larry liked the rented diving suits.
C. Divers had t buy diving equipment.
D. Ten-year-ld children were permitted t dive.
58. Why did Larry have t stay in a cage underwater smetimes?
A. T prtect himself frm danger.
B. T dive int the deep water.
C. T admire the underwater view.
D. T take phts mre cnveniently.
59. What can be learned frm the underlined sentence?
A. Larry didn’t wear a watch.
B. Larry was nt gd at math.
C. Larry had a pr memry.
D. Larry enjyed the adventure.
60. What did Larry expect his daughter t d?
A. Becme a successful diver.
B. Make a gd diving guide.
C. Take a lt f pht underwater.
D. Have lnger hurs f training.
Passage 17
【2014年山东卷】 One mrning, Ann’s neighbr Tracy fund a lst dg wandering arund the lcal elementary schl. She asked Ann if she culd keep an eye n the dg. Ann said that she culd watch it nly fr the day.
Tracy tk phts f the dg and printed ff 400 FOUND fliers（传单）, and put them in mailbxes. Meanwhile, Ann went t the dllar stre and bught sme pet supplies, warning her tw sns nt t fall in lve with the dg. At the time, Ann’s sn Thmas was 10 years ld, and Jack, wh was recvering frm a heart peratin, was 21 years ld.
Fur days later Ann was still lking after the dg, whm they had started t call Riley. When she arrived hme frm wrk, the dg threw itself against the screen dr and barked madly at her. As sn as she pened the dr, Riley dashed int the bys’ rm where Ann fund Jack suffering a heart attack. Riley ran ver t Jack, but as sn as Ann bent ver t help him the dg went silent.
＂If it hadn’t cme t get me, the dctr said Jack wuld have died,＂ Ann reprted t a lcal newspaper. At this pint, n ne had called t claim the dg, s Ann decided t keep it.
The next mrning Tracy gt a call. A man named Peter recgnized his lst dg and called the number n the flier. Tracy started crying, and tld him, ＂That dg saved my friend’s sn.＂
Peter drve t Ann’s huse t pick up his dg, and saw Thmas and Jack crying in the windw. After a few mments Peter said, ＂Maybe Odie was suppsed t find yu, maybe yu shuld keep it.＂
41. What did Tracy d after finding the dg?
A. She lked fr its wner B. She gave it t Ann as a gift.
C. She sld it t the dllar stre. D. She bught sme fd fr it.
42. Hw did the dg help save Jack?
A. By breaking the dr fr Ann. B. By leading Ann t Jack’s rm.
C. By dragging Jack ut f the rm. D. By attending Jack when Ann was ut.
43. What was Ann’s attitude t the dg accrding t Paragraph 4?
A. Sympathetic. B. Dubtful. C. Tlerant. D. Grateful.
44. Fr what purpse did Peter call Tracy?
A. T help her friend’s sn. B. T interview Tracy.
C. T take back his dg. D. T return the flier t her.
45. What can we infer abut the dg frm the last paragraph?
A. It wuld be given t Odie. B. It wuld be kept by Ann’ family.
C. It wuld be returned t Peter. D. It wuld be taken away by Tracy.
Passage 18
【2014年山东卷】It was ne f thse terribly ht days in Baltimre. Needless t say, it was t ht t d anything utside. But it was als scrching in ur apartment. This was 1962, and I wuld nt live in a place with an air cnditiner fr anther ten years. S my brther and I decided t leave the apartment t find smeplace indrs. He suggested we culd see a mvie. It was a brilliant plan.
Mvie theaters were ne f the few places yu culd sit all day and—mst imprtant —sit in air cnditining. In thse days, yu culd buy ne ticket and sit thrugh tw mvies. Then, the theater wuld shw the same tw mvies again. If yu wanted t, yu culd sit thrugh them twice. Mst peple did nt d that, but the manager at ur theater, Mr. Bellw, did nt mind if yu did.
That particular day, my brther and I sat thrugh bth mvies twice, trying t escape the heat. We bught three bags f ppcrn and three sdas each. Then, we sat and watched The Music Man fllwed by The Man Wh Sht Liberty Valance. We’d already seen the secnd mvie nce befre. It had been at the theater since January, because Mr. Bellw lved anything with Jhn Wayne in it.
We left the theater arund 8, just befre the evening shws began. But we returned the next day and saw the same tw mvies again, twice mre. And we did it the next day t. Finally, n the furth day, the heat wave brke.
Still, t this day I can sing half the sngs in The Music Man and recite half f Jhn Wayne and Jimmy Stewart’s dialgue frm The Man Wh Sht Liberty Valance! Thse memries are sme f the few I have f the heat wave f 1962. They’re really memries f the screen, nt memries f my life.
46. In which year did the authr first live in a place with an air cnditiner?
A. 1952 B. 1962 C. 1972 D. 1982
47. What des the underlined wrd＂It＂ in Paragraph 3 refer t?
A. The heat. B. The theater.
C. The Music Man. D. The Man Wh Sht Liberty Valance.
48. What d we knw abut Mr. Bellw?
A. He lved children very much. B. He was a fan f Jhn Wayne.
C. He sld air cnditiners. D. He was a mvie star.
49. Why did the authr and his/her brther see the same mvies several times?
A. The tw mvies were really wnderful.
B. They wanted t avid the heat utside.
C. The manager f the theater was friendly.
D. They liked the ppcrn and the sda at the theater.
50. What can we learn frm the last paragraph?
A. The authr turned ut t be a great singer.
B. The authr enjyed the heat wave f 1962.
C. The authr’s life has been changed by the tw mvies.
D. The authr cnsiders the experience at the theater unfrgettable.
Passage 19
【2014年陕西卷】 When I tld my father that I was mving t Des Mines, Iwa, he tld me abut the nly time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editr f the literary magazine f Suthern Methdist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He als wrked as a prfessr at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class wh suffered frm a serius back disease. She culdn’t affrd the peratin because her family was pr.
Her mther ran a bardinghuse in Galvestn, a seaside twn near Hustn, Texas. She was cleaning ut the attic（阁楼）ne day when she came acrss an ld dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its tp page were the wrds, ＂By O. Henry＂. It was a nice stry, and she sent it t her daughter at SMU, wh shwed it t my father. My father had never read the stry befre, but it sunded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had nce lived in Hustn. S it was pssible that the famus authr had gne t the beach and stayed in the Galvestn bardinghuse, and had written the stry there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Clumbia University in New Yrk, wh authenticated the stry as O. Henry’s.
My father then set ut t sell it. Eventually, he fund himself in Des Mines, meeting with Gardner Cwles, a tp editr at the Des Mines Register. Cwles lved the stry and bught it n the spt. My father tk the mney t the girl. It was just enugh fr her t have the peratin she s desperately needed.
My father never tld me what the O. Henry stry was abut. But I dubt that it culd have been better than his wn stry.
49. Wh fund the O. Henry’s manuscript?
A. The girl’s mther. B. The authr’s father.
C. The girl. D. The authr.
50. Which f the fllwing might explain the fact that the manuscript was fund in the attic?
A. O. Henry nce wrked in Hustn. B. O. Henry nce stayed in Galvestn.
C. O. Henry nce mved t Des Mines. D. O. Henry nce taught at SMU.
51. The underlined wrd ＂authenticated＂ in Paragraph 2 prbably means __________.
A. named B. treated C. prved D. described
52. Accrding t the text, why did the authr’s father g t Des Mines?
A. T sell the O. Henry stry. B. T meet the authr himself.
C. T talk with the O. Henry expert. D. T give mney t the girl.
Passage20
【2014年四川卷】In 1943, when I was 4, my parents mved frm Ceur d’Alene, Idah, t Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never very far away.
We arrived in the summer, just in time t enjy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic fr Mm’s vegetable garden. Wrking in the garden at midnight tended t thrw her timing ff, s she didn’t care much abut my bedtime.
Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mm was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed t find sme truble t get int. Once I had a little fire ging in the dirt basement f a htel. I had tried t light a barrel（桶）f paint but culdn’t really get a gd fire ging. The smke gt pretty bad, thugh, and when I made my exit, a crwd and the plice were there t greet me. The plicemen tk my matches and drve me hme.
Mm and Dad were ccupied in the garden and Dad tld the plice t keep me, and they did! I had a tur f the prisn befre Mm rescued me. I hadn’t turned 5 yet.
As I entered kindergarten, the serius cld began t set in. Wuld it surprise yu t knw that I sn left part f my tngue n a metal handrail at schl?
As fr Lenhard Seppala, famus as a dg sledder（驾雪橇者）, I think I knew him well because I was taken fr a ride with his white dg team ne Sunday. At the time I didn’t realize what a superstar he was, but I d remember the ride well. I was wrapped（包裹） heavily and well sheltered frm the freezing and blwing weather.
In 1950, we mved back t Ceur d’Alene, but we gt ne mre Alaskan adventure when Lenhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit t Idah t attend a gathering f frmer neighbrs f Alaska.
35. What can be inferred abut the authr’s family?
A. His father was a cruel man.B. His parents didn’t lve him.
C. His parents used t be very busy.D. His mther didn’t have any jbs.
36. What happened when the authr was 4?
A. He learned t smke. B. He was lcked in a basement.
C. He was arrested by the plice.D. He nearly caused a fire accident.
37. Which f the fllwing is true?
A. Lenhard was gd at driving dg sleds.
B. The authr spent his whle childhd in Alaska.
C. Lenhard ften visited the authr’s family after 1950.
D. The authr suffered a lt while taking the dg sled in Alaska.
38. What is the authr’s purpse f writing the text?
A. T lk back n his childhd with adventures.B. T describe the extreme weather f Alaska.
C. T express hw much he misses Lenhard.D. T shw ff his pride in making truble.
Passage 21
【2014年四川卷】A schlgirl saved her father’s life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serius allergic (过敏的) reactin which stpped his heart.
Izzy, nine, restarted father Clm’s heart by stamping (踩) n his chest after he fell dwn at hme and stpped breathing.
Izzy’s mther, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew dctrs wuld never arrive in time t save her father, s decided t use CPR.
Hwever, she quickly discvered her arms weren’t strng enugh, s she stamped n her father’s chest instead.
Debbie then tk ver with sme mre cnventinal chest cmpressins(按压) until the ambulance arrived.
Izzy, wh has been given a bravery award by her schl, said: ＂I just kicked him really hard. My mum taught me CPR but I knew I wasn’t strng enugh t use hands. I was quite scared. The dctr said I might as well be a dctr r a nurse. My mum said that Dad was ging t hspital with a big ftprint n his chest. ＂
＂She’s a little star,＂ said Debbie, ＂I was really upset but Izzy just tk ver. I just can’t believe what she did. I really think all children shuld be taught first aid. Izzy did CPR then the dctr turned up. Clm had t have mre treatment n the way t the hspital and we’ve gt t see an expert.＂
Truck driver Clm, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reactin n Saturday and was taken t hspital, but was sent hme nly fr it t happen again the next day. The secnd attack was s serius that his airway swelled, preventing him frm breathing, his bld pressure drpped suddenly, and his heart stpped fr a mment.
He has nw made a full recvery frm his suffering.
39. Izzy kicked her father in the chest _________.
A. t express her helplessnessB. t practise CPR n him
C. t keep him awakeD. t restart his heart
40. What’s the right rder f the events?
A. eq \\ac(○,3) eq \\ac(○,1) eq \\ac(○,2) eq \\ac(○,4)B. eq \\ac(○,4) eq \\ac(○,2) eq \\ac(○,3) eq \\ac(○,1)C. eq \\ac(○,3) eq \\ac(○,4) eq \\ac(○,2) eq \\ac(○,1)D. eq \\ac(○,4) eq \\ac(○,3) eq \\ac(○,1) eq \\ac(○,2)
41. What des Paragraph 8 mainly talk abut?
A. What Clm suffered. B. Clm’s present cnditin.
C. What caused Clm’s allergy.D. Symptms f Clm’s allergic reactin.
42. Why des the authr write the news?
A. T describe a serius accident.B. T prve the imprtance f CPR.
C. T reprt a 9-year-ld girl’s brave act. D. T call peple’s attentin t allergic reactin.
Passage 22
【2014年天津卷】One night, when I was eight, my mther gently asked me a questin I wuld never frget. “Sweetie, my cmpany wants t 16 me but needs me t wrk in Brazil. This is like yur teacher telling that yu’ve dne __17__ and allwing yu t skip a grade(跳级), but yu’ll have t 18 yur friends. Wuld yu say yes t yur teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me t think abut it. I was puzzled. The questin kept me 19 fr the rest f the night I had said “yes” but fr the first time, I realized the 20 decisins adults had t make.
Fr almst fur years, my mther wuld call us frm Brazil every day. Every evening I’d 21 wait fr the phne t ring and then tell her every detail f my day. A phne call, hwever, culd never replace her 22 and it was difficult nt t feel lnely at times.
During my furth-grade Christmas break, we flew t Ri t visit her. Lking at her large 23 apartment, I became 24 hw lnely my mther must have been in Brazil herself. It was then 25 I started t appreciate the tugh chices she had t make n 26 family and wrk. 27 difficult decisins, she used t tell me, yu wuldn’t knw whether yu make the right chice, but yu culd always make the best ut f the situatin, with passin and a 28 attitude.
Back hme, I 29 myself that what my mther culd d, I culd, t. If she 30 t live in Ri all by herself, I, t, culd learn t be 31 . I learnt hw t take care f myself and set high but achievable 32 .
My mther is nw back with us. But I will never frget what the 33 has really taught me. Sacrifices __34__ in the end. The separatin between us has prved t be a 35 fr me.
16. A. attract B. prmte C. surprise D. praise
17. A. little B. much C. well D. wrng
18. A. leave B. refuse C. cntact D. frgive
19. A. explaining B. sleeping C. wndering D. regretting
20. A. pr B. timely C. final D. tugh
21. A. eagerly B. plitely C. nervusly D. curiusly
22. A. patience B. presence C. intelligence D. influence
23. A. cmfrtable B. expensive C. empty D. mdern
24. A. interested in B. aware f C. dubtful abutD. satisfied with
25. A. when B. where C. which D. that
26. A. abandning B. balancing C. cmparing D. mixing
27. A. Depending n B. Supplied with C. Faced with D. Insisting n
28. A. different B. friendly C. psitive D. general
29. A. criticized B. infrmed C. warned D. reminded
30. A. managed B. ffered C. attempted D. expected
31. A. grateful B. energetic C. independent D. practical
32. A. examples B. limits C. rules D. gals
33. A. questin B. experience C. histry D. ccasin
34. A. pay ff B. cme back C. run ut D. turn up
35. A. blessing B. gathering C. failure D. pleasure
Passage 23
【2014年天津卷】A wrld-famus Canadian authr, Margaret Atwd, has created the wrld’s first lng-distance signing device(装置), the LngPen.
After many tiring bking-signing turs frm city t city, Atwd thught there must be a better way t d them. She hired sme technical experts and started her wn cmpany in 2004. Tgether they designed the LngPen. Here’s hw it wrks: The authr writes a persnal message and signature n a cmputer tablet(手写板) using a special pen. On the receiving end, in anther city, a rbtic arm fitted with a regular pen signs the bk. The authr and fan can talk with each ther via webcams(网络摄像机) and cmputer screens.
Wrk n the LngPen began in Atwd’s basement(地下室). At first, they had n idea it wuld be as hard as it turned ut t be. The device went thrugh several versins, including ne that actually had smke cming ut f it. The investing finally cmpleted, teat runs were made in Ottawa, and the LngPen was fficially launched at the 2006 Lndn Bk Fair. Frm here, Atwd cnducted tw transatlantic bk signings f her latest bk fr fans in Trnt and New Yrk City.
The LngPen prduces a unique signature each time because it cpies the mvement f the authr in real time. It has several ther ptential applicatins. It culd increase credit card security and allw peple t sign cntracts frm anther prvince. The vide exchange between signer and receiver can be recrded n DVD fr prf when legal dcuments are used.
“It’s really fun,” said the wner f a bkstre, wh was present fr ne f the test runs. “Obviusly yu can’t shake hands with the authr but there are chances fr a cnnectin that yu dn’t get frm a regular bk signing.”
The respnse t the inventin has nt been all favrable. Atwd has received criticism frm authrs wh think she is trying t end bk turs. But she said, “It will be pssible t g t places that yu never gt sent t befre because the publishers culdn’t affrd it.”
41. Why did Atwd decide t invent the LngPen?
A. T set up her wn cmpany.
B. T win herself greater ppularity.
C. T write her bks in a new way.
D. T make bk signings less tiring.
42. Hw des the LngPen wrk?
A. It cpies the authr’s signature and prints it n a bk.
B. It signs a bk while receiving the authr’s signature.
C. The webcam sends the authr’s signature t anther city.
D. The fan uses it t cpy the authr’s signature himself.
43. What d we knw abut the inventin f the LngPen?
A. It has been cmpleted but nt put int use.
B. The basement caught fire by accident.
C. Sme versins failed befre its test run.
D. The designers were well-prepared fr the difficulty.
44. Hw culd the LngPen be used in the future?
A. T draft legal dcuments.
B. T imprve credit card security.
C. T keep a recrd f the authr’s ideas.
D. T allw authr and fan t exchange vides.
45. What culd be inferred frm Paragraphs 5 and 6?
A. Atwd desn’t mean t end bk turs.
B. Critics think the LngPen is f little use.
C. Bkstre wners dn’t supprt the LngPen.
D. Publishers dislike the LngPen fr its high cst.
Passage 24
【2014年天津卷】“Dad,” I say ne day, “let’s take a trip. Why dn’t yu fly and meet me?”
My father had just retired after 27 years as a manager fr IBM. His jb filled his day, his thught, his life. While he wke up and tk a warm shwer, I screamed under a freezing waterfall Peru. While he tied a tie and put n the same Swiss watch, I rwed a bat acrss Lake f the Ozarks.
My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nthing t shw fr my 33 years but a passprt full f funny stamps. He wants me t settle dwn, but nw I want him t find an adventure.
He agrees t travel with me thrugh the natinal parks. We meet fur weeks later in Rapid City.
“ What is ur first stp?” asks my father.
“What time is it?”
“Still dn’t have a watch?”
Less than an hur away is Munt Rushmre. As he stares up at the fur Presidents carved in granite(花岗岩), his muth and eyes pen slwly, like thse f a little by.
“Unbelievable,” he says. “Hw was this dne?”
A film in the infrmatin center shws sculptr Gutzn Brglum devted 14 years t the sculpture and then left the final tuches t his sn.
We stare up and I ask myself, Wuld I ever devte my life t anything?
N directins, n gals. I always used t hear thse wrds in my father’s vice. Nw I hear them in my wn.
The next day we’re at Yellwstne Natinal Park, where we have a picnic.
“Did yu ever travel with yur dad?” I ask.
“Only nce,” he says. “I never spke much with my father. We lved each ther — but never said it. Whatever he culd give me, he gave.”
The last sentence — it’s prbably the same thing I’d say abut my father. And what I’d want my child t say abut me.
In Glacier Natinal Park, my father says, “I’ve never seen water s blue.” I have, in several places f the wrld. I can keep traveling, I realize — and maybe a regular jb wn’t be as dull as I feared.
Weeks after ur trip, I call my father.
“The phts frm the trip are wnderful,” he says. “We’ve gt t take anther trip like that smetime. ”
I tell him I’ve decided t settle dwn, and I’m wearing a watch.
46. We can learn frm Paragraphs 2 and 3 that the father _________.
A. fllwed the fashin
B. gt bred with his jb
C. was unhappy with the authr’s lifestyle
D. liked the authr’s cllectin f stamps
47. What des the authr realize at Munt Rushmre?
A. His father is interested in sculpture.
B. His father is as inncent as a little by.
C. He shuld learn sculpture in the future.
D. He shuld pursue a specific aim in life.
48. Frm the underlined paragraph, we can see that the authr________.
A. wants his children t learn frm their grandfather
B. cmes t understand what parental lve means
C. learns hw t cmmunicate with his father
D. hpes t give whatever he can t his father
49. What culd be inferred abut the authr and his father frm the end f the stry?
A. The call slves their disagreements.
B. The Swiss watch has drawn them clser.
C. They decide t learn phtgraphy tgether.
D. They begin t change their attitudes t life.
50. What culd be the best title fr the passage?
A. Lve Nature, Lve Life
B. A Sn Lst in Adventure
C. A Jurney with Dad
D. The Art f Travel
Passage 25
【2014年天津卷】Peple aren’t walking any mre — if they can figure ut a way t avid it.
I felt superir abut this matter until the ther day I tk my car t mail a small parcel. The jurney is a matter f 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasn’t in any hurry, either. I had merely becme ne mre victim f a natinal sickness: mtrsis.
It is an illness t which I had thught myself immune(免疫的), fr I was bred in the traditin f ging t places n my wn tw legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as gd day’s walk and the ability t cver such a distance in ten hurs as sign f strength and skill. It did nt ccur t us that walking was a hardship. And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years ld I raced — and beat — a teenage ftball player the 168 steps up the Statue f Liberty.
Such enterprises tday are regarded by many middle-aged persns as bad fr the heart. But a well-knwn British physician, Sir Adlphe Abrahams, pinted ut recently that hearts and bdies need prper exercise. A persn wh avids exercise is mre likely t have illnesses than ne wh exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal frm f exercise — the mst familiar and natural f all.
It was Henry Threau wh shwed mankind the richness f ging n ft. The man walking can learn the trees, flwer, insects, birds and animals, the significance f seasns, the very feel f himself as a living creature in a living wrld. He cannt learn in a car.
The car is a cnvenient means f transprt, but we have made it ur way f life. Many peple dn’t dare t apprach Nature any mre; t them the wrld they were brn t enjy is all threat. T them security is a steel river thundering n a cncrete rad. And much f their thinking takes place while waiting fr the traffic light t turn green.
I say that the green f frests is the mind’s best light. And nne but the man n ft can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.
51. What is the natinal sickness?
A. Walking t much.
B. Traveling t much.
C. Driving cars t much.
D. Climbing stairs t much.
52. What was life like when the authr was yung?
A. Peple usually went arund n ft.
B. Peple ften walked 25 miles a day.
C. Peple used t climb the Statue f Liberty.
D. Peple cnsidered a ten-hur walk as a hardship.
53. The authr mentins Henry Threau t prve that ____________ .
A. middle-aged peple like getting back t nature
B. walking in nature helps enrich ne’s mind
C. peple need regular exercise t keep fit
D. ging n ft prevents heart disease
54. What is cmpared t “a steel river” in Paragraph 6?
A. A queue f cars.
B. A ray f traffic light.
C. A flash f lightning.
D. A stream f peple.
55. What is the authr’s intentin f writing this passage?
A. T tell peple t reflect mre n life.
B. T recmmend peple t give up driving.
C. T advise peple t d utdr activities.
D. T encurage peple t return t walking.
Passage 26
【2014年浙江卷】Wealth starts with a gal and saving a dllar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy(策略). There are lessns in that time-hnred cin-savings cntainer.
Any huge task seems easier when reduced t baby steps. If yu wished t climb a 12,000-ft muntain, and culd d it a day at a time, yu wuld nly have t climb 33 feet daily t reach the tp in a year. If yu want t take a really nice trip in 10 years fr a special ccasin, t cllect the $15,000 cst, yu have t save$3.93 a day. If yu drp that int a piggy bank and then nce a year put $ 1,434 in a savings accunt at 1%interest rate after-tax, yu will have yur trip mney.
When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank t teach me that, if I wanted smething, I shuld save mney t buy it. We assciate piggy banks with children, but in many cuntries, the little cntainers are als ppular with adults. Eurpeans see a piggy bank as a sign f gd frtune and wealth. Arund the wrld, many believe a gift f a piggy bank n New Year's Day brings gd luck and financial success. Ah, yes, but yu have t put smething in it.
Why is a pig used as a symbl f saving? Why nt an elephant bank, which is bigger and hlds mre cins? In the Middle Ages, befre mdern banking and credit instruments, peple saved mney at hme, a few cins at a time drpped int a jar r dish. Ptters(制陶工)made these inexpensive cntainers frm an range-clred clay(黏土)called "pygg", and flks saved cins in pygg jars. The Middle English wrd fr pig was "pigge". While the Saxns prnunced pygg, referring t the clay, as "pug", eventually the tw wrds changed int the same prnunciatin, sunding the "i" as in pig r piggy. As the wrd became less assciated with the range clay and mre with the animal, a clever ptter fashined a pygg jar in the shape f a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was brn.
Originally yu had t break the bank t get t the mney, bringing in a sense f seriusness int savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdm f saving, adults ften need t relearn childhd lessns. Think abut the things in life that require large amunts f mney — cllege educatin, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a hme, and fun stuff like great trips. S when yu have mney, take ff the tp 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely.
41.What is the piggy bank strategy?
A. Paying 1% incme tax at a time.
B. Setting a gal befre making a travel plan.
C. Aiming high even when ding small things.
D. Putting aside a little mney regularly fr future use.
42.Why did the writer's parents give him a piggy bank as a gift?
A. T delight him with the latest fashin.B. T encurage him t climb muntains.
C. T help him frm the habit f saving.D. T teach him English prnunciatin.
43.What des the underlined wrd "smething" (Paragraph 3 ) mst prbably refer t?
A. Mney.B. Gifts.C. Financial success.D. Gd luck.
44.The piggy bank riginally was ________.
A. a ptter's instrumentB. a cheap clay cntainer
C.an animal-shaped dishD. a pig-like ty fr children
45.The last paragraph talks abut _________.
A. the seriusness f educating childrenB. the enjyment f taking a great trip
C. the imprtance f managing mney D. the difficulty f starting a business
Passage 27
【2014年浙江卷】 A city child's summer is spent in the street in frnt f his hme, and all thrugh the lng summer vacatins I sat n the edge f the street and watched enviusly the ther bys n the blck play baseball. I was never asked t take part even when ne team had a member missing — nt ut f special cruelty, but because they tk it fr granted I wuld be n gd at it. They were right, f curse.
I wuld never frget the wnderful evening when smething changed. The baseball ended abut eight r eight thirty when it grew dark. Then it was the custm f the bys t retire t a little stp(门廊)that stuck ut frm the candy stre n the crner and that smehw had becme theirs. N grwnup ever sat there r attempted t. There the bys wuld sit, mstly talking abut the games played during the day and f the game t be played tmrrw. Then lng silences wuld fall and the bys wuld wander ff ne by ne. It was just after ne f thse lng silences that my life as an utsider changed. I can n lnger remember which by it was that summer evening wh brke the silence with a questin; but whever he was, I nd t him gratefully nw. "What's in thse bks yu're always reading?" he asked casually. "Stries," I answered. "What kind?" asked smebdy else withut much interest.
Nr d I knw what drve me t behave as I did, fr usually I just sat there in silence, glad enugh t be allwed t remain amng them; but instead f answering his questin, I tld them fr tw hurs the stry I was reading at the mment. The bk was Sister Carrie. They listened bug-eyed and breathless. I must have tld it well, but I think there was anther and deeper reasn that made them s keen an audience. Listening t a tale being tld in the dark is ne f the mst ancient f man's entertainments, but I was ffering them as well, withut being aware f ding it, a new and exciting experience.
The bks they themselves read were the Rver Bys r Tm Swift r G.A. Henty. I had read them t, but at thirteen I had lng since left them behind. Since I was much alne I had becme an enthusiastic reader and I had gne thrugh the bks-fr-bys-series. In thse days there was n reading material between children's and grwnups' bks, r I culd find nne. I had gne right frm Tm Swift and His Flying Machine t Thedre Dreiser and Sister Carrie. Dreiser had hit my yung mind, and they listened t me tell the stry with sme f the wnder that I had had in reading it.
The next night and many nights thereafter, a kind f unspken ritual (仪式) tk place. As it grew dark, I wuld take my place in the center f the stp and begin the evening's tale. Sme nights, in rder t taste my victry mre cmpletely, I cheated. I wuld stp at the mst exciting part f a stry by Jack Lndn r Bret Harte, and withut warning tell them that that was as far as I had gne in the bk and it wuld have t be cntinued the fllwing evening. It was nt true, f curse; but I had t make certain f my new-fund pwer and psitin. I enjyed the lng summer evenings until schl began in the fall. Other wrds f mine have been listened t by larger and mre fashinable audiences, but fr that tugh and athletic ne that sat clse n the stp utside the candy stre, I have an unreasning lve that will last frever.
55.Watching the bys playing baseball, the writer must have felt .
A. bitter and lnelyB. special and different
C. pleased and excitedD. disturbed and annyed
56.The writer feels grateful even nw t the by wh asked the questin because the by .
A. invited him t jin in their game
B. liked the bk that he was reading
C. brke the lng silence f that summer evening
D. ffered him an pprtunity that changed his life
57.Accrding t Paragraph 3, stry-telling was ppular amng the bys basically because .
A. the stry was frm a children's bk
B. listening t tales was an age-ld practice
C. the bys had few entertainments after dark
D. the bys didn't read bks by themselves
58.The bys were attracted t Sister Carrie because .
A.it was written by Thedre Dreiser
B.it was specifically targeted at bys
C.it gave them a deeper feeling f pleasure
D.it talked abut the wnders f the wrld
59.Smetimes the writer stpped at the mst exciting part f a stry t .
A. play a mean trick n the bys
B. experience mre jy f achievement
C. add his wn imaginatin t the stry
D. help the bys understand the stry better
60.What is the message cnveyed in the stry?
A. One can find his psitin in life in his wn way.
B. Friendship is built upn respect fr each ther.
C. Reading is mre imprtant than playing games.
D. Adult habits are develped frm childhd.
Passage 28
【2014年重庆卷】I was never very neat, while my rmmate Kate was extremely rganized. Each f her bjects had its place, but mine always hid smewhere. She even labeled(贴标签) everything. I always lked fr everything. Over time, Kate gt neater and I gt messier. She wuld push my dirty clthing ver, and I wuld lay my bks n her tidy desk. We bth gt tired f each ther.
War brke ut ne evening. Kate came int the rm. Sn, I heard her screaming, ＂Take yur shes away! Why under my bed!＂ Deafened, I saw my shes flying at me. I jumped t my feet and started yelling. She yelled back luder.
The rm was filled with anger. We culd nt have stayed tgether fr a single minute but fr a phne call. Kate answered it. Frm her end f the cnversatin, I culd tell right away her grandma was seriusly ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled(爬) under her cvers, sbbing. Obviusly, that was smething she shuld nt g thrugh alne. All f a sudden, a warm feeling f sympathy rse up in my heart.
Slwly, I cllected the pencils, tk back the bks, made my bed, cleaned the scks and swept the flr, even n her side. I gt s int my wrk that I even didn’t ntice Kate had sat up.
She was watching, her tears dried and her expressin ne f disbelief. Then, she reached ut her hands t grasp mine. I lked up int her eyes. She smiled at me. ＂Thanks.＂
Kate and I stayed rmmates fr the rest f the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key t living tgether: giving in, cleaning up and hlding n.
36. What made Kate s angry ne evening?
A. She culdn’t find her bks. B. She heard the authr shuting lud.
C. She gt the news that her grandma was ill.D. She saw the authr’s shes beneath her bed.
37. The authr tidied up the rm mst prbably because _________.
A. she was scared by Kate’s angerB. she hated herself fr being s messy
C. she wanted t shw her careD. she was asked by Kate t d s
38. Hw is Paragraph 1 mainly develped?
A. By analyzing causes. B. By shwing differences.
C. By describing a prcess.D. By fllwing time rder.
39. What might be the best title fr the stry?
A. My Friend Kate. B. Hard Wrk Pays Off
C. Hw t Be Organized. D. Learning t Be Rmmates
Passage 29
【2014年重庆卷】One mment it was quiet and calm in the frest, the next, the air was charged with tensin. The elephant had heard the distant alarm calls f animals and her md suddenly changed. I urged the elephant deeper int the frest. We sunded like a frest fire—crackling, snapping, trailblazing. But thrugh all the nise came a sharp warning cry. The elephant stpped and we heard it again—the tell-tale call f a sptted deer.
I lked quickly arund the shadws f the frest. Rays f sunlight shne thrugh tree branches, beneath which the patchwrk(交错) f green plants and shadws-within-shadws wuld make tiger stripes(条纹) lk mre attractive. Apart frm an ccasinal nise frm the elephant’s stmach, the frest was silent.
Gradually, the tensin slipped frm ur bdies. The elephant seized a nearby branch and put it int her muth. I reached frward and gently mved my hand ver the elephant’s neck; there was a sft part, free f wrinkles and hairs, behind her ear.
This was my furth time t sense the aura f the frest in Crbett, althugh I saw n tigers in the end. Lcated at the ft f the Himalayan muntains, Crbett is hme t abut 135 Bengal tigers, but the frest seemed t be guarding their whereabuts(出没处), a silent reminder f their secrecy and rarity. Still, I was happy enugh tuching the elephant behind the ear. If I had s desperately wanted t see a tiger, I culd have gne t a z. After all, sptting tigers merely cnfirms their beauty; tracking them can make yu aware f smething mre.
48. Which f the fllwing was a clear signal f alarm?
A. The elephant stpped.B. A sptted deer called.
C. The elephant seized a branch.D. The frest was silent fr a while.
49. The authr begins his accunt f the tur in the frest mainly by ________.
A. describing varius sundsB. cmparing different animals
C. listing different activitiesD. intrducing varius plants
50. What des the underlined part ＂t sense the aura＂ mst prbably mean?
A. T see the diversity. B. T enjy the scenery.
C. T feel the atmsphere.D. T experience the freedm.
51. Hw des the authr feel after several visits t Crbett?
A. Seeing a Bengal tiger is quite thrilling.
B. It is very time-cnsuming t travel in Crbett.
C. It is really wrthwhile t study the animals in Crbett.
D. The prcess f finding Bengal tigers is mst appealing.
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