高考英语二轮-阅读表达（专项训练）（天津专用）（学生版）

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考向 阅读表达题
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（2024·天津·一模）阅读表达
Just like everyne, I have experienced ups and dwns in my life. I am an aerspace engineer frm India. I was tld by my relatives, clse friends and thers that it was hard fr a nn-IT student t pursue a master’s degree in IT and graduate frm a US university.
I had never taken curses related t cmputers r prgramming. I was never interested in being a prgrammer, but things changed. I became s captivated by the cnvenience IT has brught t ur life that I made up my mind t chase a master’s degree in IT.
At first, I came acrss t many difficulties and setbacks. Cming frm a middle-class family, the huge cst per credit was a big issue. My English accent was terrible. Mst imprtantly, the curse seemed impssible at first. Althugh I felt s discuraged and frustrated, I never thught f giving up.
Then I decided t chse my university because it prmised its students t help them learn practically. During my first mnth, it was difficult t understand the Americans’ accent and finish my assignments. But I never gave in. I walked tw miles t the university every day s that I culd use my travel mney t buy a meal. I started lking fr jbs and I gt an ffer t wrk as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day.
I tk all these challenges as my chances, and I believed that hard wrk was my strength. Right nw I am graduating with a GPA f 3.96/4 and a jb ffer frm a multinatinal cmpany that has asked me t start right after graduatin.
When yu have a dream t realize, there is nthing that can stp yu. All yu need is the diligence and persistence. Hard wrk always pays ff. Having a determined will is als necessary.
1．Why did the authr’s family and friends say that it was hard fr him t pursue a master’s degree in IT? (n mre than 8 wrds)

2．What des the underlined part “captivated by” in paragraph 2 mean? (2 wrds)

3．What is the main idea f paragraph 3? (n mre than 10 wrds)

4．What made the authr graduate with a higher GPA and a gd jb ffer? (n mre than 15 wrds)

5．What d yu think f the authr? Why? (n mre than 25 wrds)

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（2025·天津·模拟预测）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
The Wnders f Urban Gardening
Urban gardening has been n the rise in recent years, and it’s nt just a passing trend. In the cncrete jungles f big cities, peple are discvering the jy and benefits f grwing their wn plants right in their backyards, rfs, r even small balcnies.
Take my neighbr, Mr. Smith, fr example. He used t have a small, barren patch f land in his backyard. A cuple f years ag, he decided t turn it int a mini-garden. He started with sme easy-t-grw vegetables like tmates and cucumbers. At first, it was a bit f a struggle. The sil wasn’t in the best cnditin, and he had t learn hw t deal with pests withut using harmful chemicals. But as time went by, his garden flurished. Nw, his backyard is a vibrant asis filled with green leaves and clrful blssms. He nt nly has fresh, rganic prduce fr his family but als shares the surplus with neighbrs.
Urban gardening als has a significant envirnmental impact. Plants absrb carbn dixide and release xygen, imprving the air quality in the city. Gardens can help reduce the urban heat island effect by prviding shade and evaprative cling. Additinally, by grwing their wn fd, peple can cut dwn n the carbn emissins assciated with transprting fd frm farms t cities.
Fr many city dwellers, urban gardening is als a great way t relieve stress. Spending time in the garden, digging in the sil, and watching plants grw can be incredibly therapeutic. It allws peple t discnnect frm the hustle and bustle f city life and cnnect with nature. Mrever, it can be a fun family activity. Children can learn abut where fd cmes frm, the life cycle f plants, and the imprtance f taking care f the envirnment.
Hwever, urban gardening des face sme challenges. Space is ften limited, s gardeners need t be creative in using vertical gardening techniques r small-scale cntainers. Als, dealing with limited sunlight in sme urban areas and ensuring prper water supply can be tricky. But with a bit f knwledge and perseverance, these bstacles can be vercme.
1．Hw did Mr. Smith’s backyard change? (10 wrds)

2．What envirnmental benefits des urban gardening bring? (List tw, 15 wrds)

3．Why is urban gardening gd fr relieving stress? (10 wrds)

4．What des the underlined wrd “barren” mean? (One wrd)

5．If yu lived in a city, wuld yu like t try urban gardening? Why? (N mre than 20 wrds)

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（2025·天津宝坻·二模）阅读短文, 并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
My friend Peggy and I had bth been t Paris befre, but always signed up fr a tur grup, seeing all the usual turist sites and hearing the same tur guide recitatins. This wuld be the first time t visit it n ur Jack Jnes, free t gd anywhere and try anything.
On previus trips, we hadn’t made any real cntact with the peple f that city. This time we’d make it. One evening, we fund a tiny cafe knwn nly t the lcals, and went inside. We were greeted by the wner, whse smile gradually disappeared when he discvered Peggy and I were nt French and bad a very limited cmmand f French. Neither culd he speak any English, s he retreated t the kitchen. Mments later, a yung wman led us t ur seats at the ther end f a table already ccupied by an elderly cuple. She gave us tw menus, but unfrtunately, there was n picture attached t each dish.
Fr a few minutes, we struggled t recall a few French wrds, but discvered that the descriptins f each dish were t hard fr us. Our table mates nticed ur difficulty. The ld man began explaining each dish, ne at a time. Since he spked very little English, his translatins tk the frm f gestures and animal sunds. Fr example, fr the beef dish, he pretended that his hands were hrns n bth sides f his head, accmpanied by a cw’s sund.
When the yung waitress returned, we placed ur rder and ur new friends gave her instructins n hw t prepare the fd. Despite ur limited ability t speak French, we cntinued ur lively cnversatin thrughut the meal. We talked abut the beauty f Paris, ur lives and ur families. Near the end f the evening, a flwer seller made her way thrugh the cafe. We watched the ld gentleman purchase a bunch f flwers. Artfully, he picked up tw rses frm the bunch, presented them t his lady, and gave her a kiss. Then, bwing smartly in ur directin, he held ut thse tw rses, ne fr each f us.
We fund ur Paris. And we’ll never frget that evening in Paris.
1．What des the underlined part in paragraph 1 prbably mean?(n mre than 5 wrds)

2．Why did the cafe wner’s smile gradually disappear?(n mre than 10 wrds)

3．Why did the ld man make animal sunds?(n mre than 10 wrds)

4．Hw was that evening the authr and Peggy spent with their new friends?(n mre than 5 wrds)

5．What impressin d yu think the authr might have n Paris after the experience in the cafe?(n mre than 20 wrds)

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（2025·天津宝坻·二模）阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容完成下列各题。
When Tm transferred frm his rural middle schl t a bustling city high schl, he faced a crushing academic gap. Raised in a village where math lessns fcused n basic additin and subtractin, Tm felt utterly unprepared fr the city schl’s rigrus curriculum. Algebra equatins and gemetric therems seemed like a freign language. His first math test — a humiliating 42/100 — left him paralyzed with shame. “I’ll never catch up,” he thught, feeling verwhelmed and aviding eye cntact with classmates wh scred effrtlessly in the 90s.
Ms. Liu, a patient and bservant math teacher, recgnized Tm’s silent struggle. After class, she handed him a neatly printed practice sheet. “Let’s tackle this step by step,” she said. Fr the next three mnths, Ms. Liu dedicated tw afternns weekly t ne-n-ne tutring. She brke cmplex prblems int visual diagrams, cmparing algebraic variables t “missing puzzle pieces” and gemetric angles t “flded paper edges.” T help him memrize frmulas, she created catchy mnemnics (助记符，顺口溜), like “All Students Take Cffee” fr trignmetric (三角函数) ratis. Additinally, she invited Tm t jin her after-schl study grup, where peers shared prblem-slving shrtcuts in a judgment-free zne.
Tm’s determinatin matched his teacher’s effrt. He transfrmed every spare mment int a learning pprtunity: reviewing flashcards during his hur-lng bus cmmute, slving practice prblems during lunch breaks, and rewriting ntes until his hands cramped. Each evening, he emailed Ms. Liu his hmewrk drafts, and she respnded with detailed crrectins by dawn. Prgress was painfully slw—his next test climbed t 65, then 78 — but Tm clung t Ms. Liu’s mantra: “Small steps still mve muntains.”
The turning pint arrived when Ms. Liu surprised him with an applicatin fr the Reginal Math Olympiad. “Yu’re ready,” she insisted, thugh Tm dubted himself. Fr weeks, he drilled past cmpetitin papers, ften wrking past midnight. On the day f the event, his palms sweat as he faced the first algebra prblem, but Ms. Liu’s vice eched in his mind: “Fcus n what yu knw.” When results were annunced, Tm’s name appeared under “Hnrable Mentins” — an achievement he’d never imagined pssible.
At the award ceremny, Tm clutched (紧握，抱紧) his certificate, tears blurring the stage lights. “Ms. Liu didn’t just teach me math,” he tld the crwd, his vice trembling. “She shwed me that failure is just the first draft f success.” The applause frm classmates and teachers cemented a truth Tm nw embraced: perseverance culd bridge even the widest gaps.
1．What was Tm’s biggest prblem after transferring t the city high schl? (N mre than 8 wrds)

2．Explain the meaning f the wrd “verwhelmed” in Paragraph 1. (N mre than 2 wrds)

3．List tw specific ways Ms. Liu helped Tm imprve his math skills. (N mre than 15 wrds)

4．What des Tm’s participatin in the math cmpetitin shw abut his grwth? (N mre than 20 wrds)

5．What lessn can students learn frm this stry? (N mre than 25 wrds)

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（2025·天津·二模）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
This is a stry f a mdern schl — Summerhill. Summerhill began as an experimental schl. It is n lnger such; it is nw a demnstratin schl, fr it demnstrates that freedm wrks. When my wife and I began the schl, we had ne main philsphy: t make the schl fit the child — instead f making the child fit the schl.
Obviusly, a schl that makes active children sit at desks studying mstly useless subjects is a bad schl. It is a gd schl nly fr thse wh believe in such a schl, fr thse uncreative citizens wh want bedient, uncreative children wh will fit int a civilizatin whse standard f success is fame and frtune.
I had taught in rdinary schls fr many years. I knew the ther way well. I knew it was all wrng. It was wrng because it was based n an adult cnceptin f what a child shuld be and f hw a child shuld learn.
Well, we set ut t make a schl in which we shuld allw children the freedm t be themselves. In rder t d this, we had t abandn all disciplines, all directins, all suggestins, all mral training, and all religius instructins. We have been called brave, but it did nt require curage. All it required was what we had — a cmplete belief in the child as a gd, nt an evil, being.
My view is that a child is brn wise and realistic. If left t himself withut adult suggestins f any kind, he will develp as far as he is capable f develping. Lgically, Summerhill is a place in which peple wh have the inherent ability and wish t be schlars will be schlars; while thse wh are nly fit t sweep the streets will sweep the streets. But we have nt prduced a street cleaner s far. Nr d I write this snbbishly (势利的), fr I wuld rather see a schl prduce a happy street cleaner than an anxius schlar.
1．Why is Summerhill regarded as “a demnstratin schl”? (n mre than 10 wrds)

2．Why did Summerhill abandn all disciplines and mral training? (n mre than 8 wrds)

3．Hw des the authr view children’s nature accrding t the text? (n mre than 12 wrds)

4．What des the underlined wrd mean in the last paragraph? (1 wrd)

5．D yu agree with Summerhill’s apprach? Give ne reasn. (n mre than 20 wrds)

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（2025·天津·二模）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
If yur gal is t be happier in the year ahead, yu might fcus n yur bdy rather than yur mind. Yu can start right nw by sitting up a little straighter. Then give a brief smile-even a fake ne. These tweaks will tell yur brain that smething gd is abut t happen and yu’re mre likely t feel psitive.
Sund unlikely? In research led by cgnitive scientist Jhn Bargh at Yale, peple wh held a cup f warm cffee befre an interview were mre likely t find an individual warm and kind. Happiness isn’t exclusively a cnscius decisin. Very ften ur bdies send signals abut hw we feel and ur cnscius brains are simply respnding rather than cntrlling. Feeling happier may start with ging utside since research shws that being arund water-including lakes, streams and pnds-imprves well-being mre dramatically than almst anything else.
When everything is familiar, ur brains g int a kind f hlding pattern. Any new sensry input will inspire yur brain t wake up-which brings its wn kind f pleasure. In ne 2013 study, researchers fund that having variety in a daily rutine and visiting places peple had never been simply made them feel happier.
Bdy reacts faster than mind. In a baseball game, when a pitcher thrws a ball at 100 miles per hur, it takes abut fur-tenths f a secnd t get t the batter. Cnscius awareness takes abut half a secnd-which means that the ball crsses the plate befre the batter quite literally “knws” it. If the bdy functined nly with cnscius input, nbdy wuld ever hit a baseball.
Yu dn’t have t wait fr events t make yu happy-yu can always lk fr the gd. If yu make yur bdy a partner in the effrt, yu’re even mre likely t ptimize yur happiness. Hld that warm cffee, spend time by the water, r g fr a walk in the sunshine. Yur bdy will send the message that all is well-and yur brain just might start believing it.
1．Hw des sitting up straight and smiling influence ur emtins? (n mre than 9 wrds)

2．Hw can peple feel happier accrding t the 2013 study? (n mre than 12 wrds)

3．Why des the authr mentin the example f baseball game? (n mre than 10 wrds)

4．What des the underlined wrd in the last paragraph mean? (ne wrd)

5．What wuld yu d t make yu happy after learning this passage and why? (n mre than 20 wrds)

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（2025·天津·模拟预测）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
“Are yu crazy? Yu finally retired. Why wuld yu wrk in a hspital again?” My friends asked me when I decided t return t nursing after frty years f wrking in the career and fur years f retirement.
Last week, I jined the Vlunteer Registered Nurse prgram. My jb was t care fr patients at the bedside. On my first day, the charge nurse said, “Mr. Jnes needs a bath and sme extra attentin. He’s disappinted that he’s nt ging hme tday.” When seeing him, I gave him my biggest smile and intrduced myself. I asked if he wuld like t take a shwer and he shk his head sadly. “Taking a shwer may make yu feel better,” I encuraged.
He agreed. When he finished it, I said, “Wuld yu like a ft-sak (泡脚) while yu sit in yur chair?”
“That sunds gd,” He said. As he saked his feet, I expressed my sympathy fr him and explained the pssible reasn why he needed t stay a day lnger.
I helped dry his feet and massaged (按摩) them. Then I tidied his rm.
After that, I asked, “Is there anything else I can d fr yu?” He replied, “N, I believe yu have dne a great deal. Thank yu. I feel s much better nw than when yu came in here.”
I felt I had made a small difference. But I was nt dne yet. I prepared t nurse anther patient, a small man. His vice was weak. The patient care technician (技师) was encuraging him t eat smething frm the lunch plate in frnt f him. I guessed the patient had tried t use the spn but fund it was futile. It was bvius that he had n strength in his weak arms t make it. Seeing that, I tld the patient care technician, “Yu’re als busy with ther patients. I’ll help him.” Then I assisted the patient in having lunch. When I helped him, he said, “Yu understand me but many thers dn’t.” My heart leaped.
Fr me, nursing is the best jb. It has enriched my life and made it meaningful.
Nw, I am still a nurse. I lve my career and never regret chsing the prfessin.
1．What were the authr’s friends wndering? (n mre than 10 wrds)

2．What did the authr d when Mr. Jnes was saking his feet? (n mre than 15 wrds)

3．What did Mr. Jnes think f the things that the authr did fr him? (n mre than 5 wrds)

4．What des the underlined wrd in Paragraph 5 mean? (n mre than 1 wrd)

5．What d yu think f the authr and why? (n mre than 20 wrds)

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（2025·天津南开·三模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
By day, Rbert Tittertn is a lawyer. In his spare time thugh he ges 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 (乐谱)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 40minutes 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 cme 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.”
1．What des Rbert Tittertn d in his spare time?（n mre than 10 wrds）

2．Hw des Mr Tittertn help the pianist as a page turner?（n mre than 12 wrds）

3．What’s the main idea f Paragraph 3 and 4?（n mre than 15 wrds）

4．Hw d yu understand the underlined phrase?（n mre than 2 wrds）

5．What d yu think f Ms Rasppva’s husband frm the passage? Please explain it in yur wn wrds.（n mre than 25 wrds）

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（2025·天津和平·三模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Samantha, my childhd playmate living in Flrida, had t deal with sme cmplex prblems in her life. Her mther recgnized the difficulty she was having and understd that things wuld be much better if I culd cme and visit and spend a cuple f days helping her srt things ut. S her mther purchased the tickets fr me t fly dwn and see her.
I flew ut frm Bstn in a thunderstrm and it was rainy and thundering mst f the way t Charltte, Nrth Carlina. When I arrived in Charltte, the flight had been delayed s much that there were n additinal flights ging ut fr the rest f the night. I became very grieved and burst int tears.
It nly tk a minute r tw befre I felt an arm being put arund my shulders frm behind. It was a wman that I had flwn int Charltte n the same flight with and she said, “Dn’t wrry, yung girl. Yu’re with us nw.”
I cried harder when she said that, because I immediately felt less alne. Deb and Mark were heading t Orland with their tw teenage daughters. We all sat dwn and started chatting. They treated me immediately as thugh I was a family member. During the night, I curled up (蜷作一团) with my bag and slept while this family watched ver me.
In the mrning, we were infrmed that there was a flight t Orland. That flight had fur seats, enugh fr Deb, Mark, and their daughters. But Deb and Mark declared that they wuld nt be taking that flight t Orland because I was part f their family fr the day, and they weren’t ging t leave part f their family behind.
We flew int Tampa, n the west cast f Flrida, and Deb and Mark rented a car and drve t Orland. My friend’s mther was waiting fr me in Orland when we arrived. When I left the family, there were tears, a lt f hugs, and prmises t stay in tuch. This family was an inspiratin t me, and they remain s every day.
1．What’s the purpse f the authr’s trip?(n mre than 10 wrds)

2．What des the underlined wrd prbably mean in Paragraph 2?(1 wrd)

3．What made the authr feel better that night at the airprt?(n mre than 10 wrds)

4．Why did the cuple abandn the flight t their destinatin?(n mre than 10 wrds)

5．What is the mst tuching persnality f this cuple? Please explain.(n mre than 20 wrds)

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（2025·天津滨海新·三模）阅读表达
Fr seven mnths, the dark-haired vilinist at the 34th Street subway statin had been just part f my mrning backgrund nise. His precise Vivaldi perfrmances blended with train annuncements and clicking heels as I rushed t my accunting jb, ccasinally drpping change but never exchanging wrds.
The mrning when everything changed began rdinarily enugh — anther rainy March day, anther hurried cmmute. As I mechanically drpped a dllar int his pen case, his bw suddenly stilled. “Excuse me,” he said with a mild Eastern Eurpean accent. “Yur right shelace…”
I glanced dwn t see the lace untied and cvered in mud. When I bent dwn t retie it, the musician knelt beside me, his vilin mmentarily frgtten. “Dangcrus in crwds,” he remarked, demnstrating a duble-knt technique. In that awkward psitin, I finally nticed the Budapest Academy f Music pin (别针) fastened inside his instrument case.
“Thank ” I hesitated, realizing I’d never learned his name.
“László,” he supplied, then surprised me by asking, “Yu always walk s fast. T where?” That simple questin revamped my rutine. As trains came and went, we talked — abut his transitin frm cncert halls t subway platfrms after mving t America, abut my grandmther’s Hungarian (匈牙利的) heritage. When he played “Szmrú Vasárnap” in recgnitin f ur shared rts, the familiar meldy stpped me mid-step. I was thrilled by the break frm my dull rutine.
Nw my cmmute includes scheduled pauses. On Mndays, I bring László fresh vilin strings frm the music stre near my ffice. On Thursdays, he brings me a cpy f the Hungarian newspaper he reads. What began as a shelace warning has grwn int smething remarkable — prf that beneath the mechanical rush f city life, human cnnectins still flurish in the unlikeliest places.
Smetimes, when latecmers rush past ur cnversatins, I see my frmer self in their hurried steps. They dn’t knw what they’re missing — the subway’s best musician wn’t call after them abut untied laces. That privilege belngs nly t thse wh finally stp mving lng enugh t listen.
1．What did the authr use t d while passing the vilinist? (n mre than 10 wrds)

2．Why did the authr stp t talk t the vilinist? (n mre than 10 wrds)

3．What des the underlined wrd in Paragraph 5 prbably mean? (1 wrd)

4．What is the main idea f Paragraph 6? (n mre than 12 wrds)

5．Hw des the authr’s stry inspire yu? (n mre than 25 wrds)

Passage 1
（2024·天津·高考真题）阅读表达
Studies shw teaching children hw t ck at an early age helps with reading cmprehensin and fine mtr ability, in additin t learning abut nutritin and fd safety. In 2015 Stephanie Drewry was lking fr a cking summer camp fr her three children. T her dismay, she quickly realized such a camp didn’t exist.
“I have my degree in educatin, but I had been staying hme with my kids, ” Drewry says. “I lve wrking with kids, s I just decided t take a spare bedrm and turn it int a ne-rm cking schl called Spruts Cking Schl. ”
The schl grew in ppularity s quickly that Drewry realized she wuld need mre space utside her hme fr the classes. In 2017 she mved Spruts int a 1,400-square-ft strefrnt (临街店面) in Carmel, Indiana. As demand grew, Drewry pened anther Spruts in the same area in 2022.
“Our classrms are built with kids in mind. The wrktps (操作台) in the classrms are slightly lwer than nrmal t fit in with their height,” Drewry says. “All f the cking facilities are dmestic nes. I wanted t have them feel like cking in their wn hme.”
The schl ffers activities targeted at kids aged 3 t 13. Yunger kids might make ckies while lder nes are cking sup and meatballs. There are birthday parties and summer camps as well. The fun part f the activities is that the kids can eat r take hme whatever they make. They can als enjy themselves in the themed classes like Harry Ptter r Winter Wnder-land Baking. With all these activities, the schl is extremely ppular.
Teaching kids, especially thse picky eaters, t ck helps a lt because they’re mre willing t eat smething made by themselves. Mre imprtantly, it is als abut releasing children int the wrld with a life skill they’ll need as an adult when they’re n lnger in their parents’ care.
1．What des the underlined wrd mean in Paragraph 1? (1 wrd)
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2．Why was Spruts mved int a 1,400-square-ft strefrnt in 2017? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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3．Hw des the schl design the classrms in cnsideratin f kids’ height? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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4．Why is the schl s ppular accrding t Paragraph 5? (n mre than10 wrds)
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5．Besides cking, what ther life skills wuld yu like t develp? Please give ne example and explain why. (n mre than 20 wrds)
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Passage 2
（2024·天津·高考真题）阅读表达
Awake frm a shrt sleep in her chair, my grandmther ran her fingers thrugh her wavy white hair, lked ut her windw at the blue sky, and asked me what I wuld wish fr if I had just ne wish.
She ften asks this, and I always answer the same way—“T have Granddad back” —which usually gets her reminiscing abut him. Memries f their 67-year life tgether wuld always make her smile.
My grandmther was brn in Ireland. In her teens, she mved t a pr village in England. At 28, my grandmther walked herself thrugh the snw t birth her first child. When she was 50, she survived an emergency surgery. In her 60s, she suffered frm arthritis(关节炎)but still managed t climb Snwdn, Wales’s tallest peak.
Abut a decade ag, I nticed that she began t lse her hearing. If I asked what she had fr lunch, she might say, “Oh, the weather has been lvely tday. ” She seemed t recycle the same handful f answers t my questins.
In recent years, I’ve been trying t shw up fr her mre, in persn. One day after I made us cffee, I asked her: “What’s the secret t being successful in yur 90s? ”
“Oh Richard, s many peple are ld at 60. They just want t sit all day. Yu wn’t make it t 90 like that. Yu have t try. ”
“Try what? ”
“Try walking, ” she said. “Try gardening. Try cking. Trying desn’t require a lt f trying. Just try a little . Like, with this cffee yu’ve made us. I knw yu tried . ”
Even at 93, my grandmther still knits blankets fr the lcal hspital’s babies and buys bks t cntinue with her French. “Age is just anther bt- her attempting t cnvince yu f the impssible in the wrld, but actually the wrld is filled with pssibilities,” she nce said.
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2．What is the main idea f Paragraph 3? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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3．Why did the authr’s grandmther recycle the same answers t his questins? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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4．Hw can peple be successful in ld age accrding t the authr’s grandmther? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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5．In yur pinin, what can yung peple d t imprve the quality f ld peple’s life? (n mre than 20 wrds)
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Passage 3
（2023·天津·高考真题）阅读表达
Herman Cruse, a schl bus driver frm New Jersey, has been with Middle Twnship Public Schls fr the past nine years. He believes bus drivers are the eyes and ears f students when they're away frm hme and they have a gift t discern what kids are feeling.
During ne mrning ride, Cruse nticed a kindergartner seemed a little sad. When Cruse asked him what was wrng, the by explained that he wasn't able t cmplete his reading assignment because his parents were busy with his fur siblings (兄弟姐妹). An idea suddenly crssed Cruse's mind. “Listen, if yu dn't mind, I'd like t cme t the schl and read with yu. ”he said.
After receiving permissin frm the by's teacher, Alex Bakley, Cruse shwed up at her classrm the fllwing week. When he walked in, the by shuted prudly, “Hey, that's my bus driver!”They went int a quiet crner and began reading tgether. Later, a secnd student wanted t read with him, then a third. All the kids went t the teacher asking, “Can I read with Mr. Herman?”
Cruse nw vlunteers t help kindergarten students with reading tw days a week, and n a third day, he instructs the schl's first-and secnd-graders. After drpping the kids ff at schl, f curse. Every child lks up t Cruse, bth n and ff the schl bus. “Herman is super psitive and he's a bright light at ur schl wh makes every child feel lved and heard. ”said Bakley.
Fr Cruse, what started ut as a way t kill time has nw develped int a way t make a difference in the heart f a child. He used t g t the gym r library after delivering students t schls. It wasn't until he ffered t help the by n the bus that he realized there was smething mre rewarding he culd be ding. It's a jy fr him t see the kids get excited when they learn t sund ut wrds. He lves hw reading pens up a new wrld fr them.
1．What des the underlined wrd mean in Paragraph 1? (1 wrd)
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2．Why did the by n the bus lk a little upset? (n mre than 11 wrds)
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3．What help des Cruse ffer after delivering students t schls? (n mre than 12 wrds)
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4．Why des Cruse think his vluntary wrk is rewarding accrding t the last paragraph? (n mre than 16 wrds)
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5．Wh's “a bright light” in yur life? Please explain in yur wn wrds. (n mre than 20 wrds)
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Passage 4
（2023·天津·高考真题）阅读表达
Grwing up in San Francisc, Grace Yung used t watch her father shp daily in Chinatwn fr whatever he needed t make traditinal Chinese meals at hme. As an award-winning ckbk authr, Ms. Yung, nw 66, has spent decades shpping the same way in New Yrk’s Chinatwn.
Ms. Yung develped a passin fr cking at an early age. At 13, she started t sit in n cking classes. After cllege, Ms. Yung mved t New Yrk and wrked in a bk-packaging cmpany. In her 30s, she realized that while she had helped create mre than 40 ckbks, she didn’t knw hw t make the dishes that tasted f hme. “I knew if I recrded all f my parents’ recipes, it wuld be a great gift that I culd give my family and the next generatin.” she says.
Yet what began as a recipe bk became a kind f memir. Talking abut fd encuraged her parents t finally pen up abut their past, like the fact that her father had wned a Chinatwn restaurant in the 1940s. “It was really an amazing way t learn nt nly my family’s recipes, but als my family’s stry. “she says. The Wisdm f the Chinese Kitchen (1999) launched Ms. Yung’s wrk in preserving and sustaining Chinese culinary (烹饪的)traditins.
Ms. Yung has als devted herself t supprting the restaurants in Chinatwn. Since early 2020, Ms. Yung has raised mney t buy meals frm Chinatwn restaurants and deliver them t thse in need. This year, instead f cking at hme fr her husband and friends, she celebrated the Chinese New Year with varius dishes frm lcal restaurants in Chinatwn. “If these restaurants dn’t survive, Chinese culinary traditins in ur city wn’t survive.” she says.
1．What is Ms. Yung knwn as?(n mre than 5 wrds)
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2．Why did Ms. Yung want t recrd her parents’ recipes?(n mre than 15 wrds)
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3．What des the underlined wrd mean in Paragraph 3?(n mre than 2 wrds)
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4．What has Ms. Yung dne t help Chinatwn restaurants? Please give an example. (n mre than 15 wrds)
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5．Hw des Ms. Yung inspire yu in her effrts t preserve Chinese Culinary traditins? Please explain in yur wn wrds. (n mre than 20 wrds)
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Passage 5
（2022·天津·高考真题）阅读表达
It was a dark and strmy night. The fercius wind shk the windws wildly, as thugh smene utside were beating n the glass. It was als New Year’s Eve. We were having ur annual party and had a huse full f peple just starting t celebrate.
Suddenly, we heard lud explsins. Lking utside and up int the hills, we saw sparks(火花) flying frm electrical transfrmers(变压器). One area after anther went dark up in thse hills. Then there was the ludest explsin f them all and ur huse went dark t. I tried t find every candle we had and lit them. The candles made everything lk lvely. But we had prblems. We had fifteen peple standing arund and we still had t ck dinner. Hw wuld we d that withut electricity?
The barbecue! Why nt ck n the barbecue? We men went utside, sme hlding flashlights and thers cking. We did a wnderful jb. The wmen stayed inside and gt the salads ready. Everything was delicius. There were still a few hurs t g befre the beginning f the new year, s we all sat arund the dining rm table and sang up until a few minutes befre midnight. We culdn’t watch the ball drp in Times Square n televisin but that wuldn’t stp us frm celebrating. I std n a chair and, with the help f smene’s watch t tell us the time, we all cunted dwn and I drpped a tennis ball! We all screamed Happy New Year. We didn’t need electricity fr that!
Nwadays, we still get tgether with the same grup t celebrate the New Year and we still talk abut that special night. I dn’t think we have ever laughed s much as we did n that New Year’s Eve.
1．What des the underlined wrd mean in Paragraph 1? (1 wrd)
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2．What made dinner preparatin difficult accrding t Paragraph 2? (n mre than 6 wrds)
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3．Hw did the peple celebrate n New Year’s Eve accrding t the passage? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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4．Hw des the authr feel abut that particular New Year’s Eve? (n mre than 8 wrds)
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5．What d yu think is the mst necessary quality when dealing with an unexpected difficult situatin? Please explain why. (n mre than 25wrds)
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Passage 6
（2021·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Mst f us assciate learning with yunger peple—kids in schl and cllege r recent graduates early in their careers. But at Udemy, an pen university ffering nline curses, Artist Anneke Camstra is engaged in the pursuit f lifelng learning and displays her ptential fr teaching. She lves the experience f gaining new knwledge and als lves sharing it with thers. “I’m retired, but an artist never retires,” Anneke said. “The last few years n the internet have been a great jy fr me. I’ve taken s many Udemy curses, and ifs such a great feeling t get my brain wrking again. I find just as much satisfactin in teaching animatin(动画制作)t.”
She reaches cuntless peple with her nline curses and expses them t what they can accmplish n their wn using animatin sftware, such as GAnimate and PwTn. Her mtivatin fr teaching n Udemy is “t get the tls t the peple.”“Yu can g such a lng way t make things that lk prfessinal but still have yur wn vice,” she explained.
Mst f Anneke’s students start ut thinking they’re nt creative and can’t draw. Anneke understands hw fear can get in the way f s many things peple dream f ding. With her five-day challenge curses, she helps them get ver the fear. Anneke lves the impact she has n her students. What makes her mre prud f them is that they have gne frm their first animatin t creating their wn wrks.
She encurages peple f all ages, especially lder peple, t cultivate their curisity fr life. Grandparents, fr example, can learn t use GAnimate and make animatins tgether with their grandkids.
“Tm an lder wman, teaching and having fun learning again,” Anneke said, and she wants thers later in their lives t catch up with her n this jurney.
1．What des Anneke enjy ding after her retirement? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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2．Accrding t Para. 2, what des Anneke expect her students t d with animatin sftware? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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3．What is the main idea f Para. 3? (n mre than 15 wrds)
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4．Please explain the meaning f the underlined wrd in Para. 4(1 wrd)
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5．What d yu suggest ld peple learn t d? Please give yur reasn(s). (n mre than 20 wrds)
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Passage 7
（2021·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
I’ve always been creative since I was a little girl. My childhd was filled with arts, crafts (手工) and music, and every day was an exciting adventure f creatin.
Smewhere alng the way, hwever, I lst tuch with my creative self. At 21, I landed a jb at a big insurance cmpany ut f my business degree. I wuld g t the ffice, sit at my desk and repeat the same wrk five days a week 9 t 5. The days were lng and tedius. Wrking this way fr ne year was painful enugh, let alne a lifetime. Befre lng I decided t make a change.
One thing I had develped an interest in was sewing, s I tk a sewing curse at a cmmunity cllege. It was nly a five-week curse but it awakened my interest and gt my cnfidence up.
As I dreamt bigger, I began lking int cllege curses fr Fashin Design and three mnths later I signed up fr a part-time design curse. I attended classes tw nights a week. Althugh exhausting, it gave me energy, enthusiasm and happiness.
As it became clearer that fashin was what I wanted t d full time, the reality f my day-t-day wrk at the insurance cmpany became harder. I felt bred. N energy, n mtivatin and zer fulfilment (满足感).
I knew I needed t make a bigger change. After struggling fr quite a while, I made a difficult decisin—leaving my jb and studying my design curse full time. Tw years later I gt my diplma.
The last few years have been exciting because I’ve been fllwing my heart t d what I lve. Tday I am living a creative life as the designer f my wn fashin brand.
Smetimes it’s hard t make a change, but I’m s glad I set the wheels f change in mtin with that very small first step because it has led me t where I am tday.
1．What was the authr interested in when she was a little girl? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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2．What des the underlined wrd in Paragraph 2 mean? (1 wrd)
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3．Hw did the authr feel when she was taking the part-time design curse? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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4．What did the authr d t get back t her creative life? Give tw f the facts. (n mre than 15 wrds)
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5．D yu cnsider the authr as yur rle mdel? Please explain. (n mre than 20 wrds)
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Passage 8
（2020·天津·高考真题）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
As any yunger brther will tell yu, having a big brther invlves a lt f walking in smene else’s shadw, especially when yu have a brther wh is a typical example f “cl”. Fr years I wanted t d everything my elder brther Tysn did, but n matter hw hard I tried, I was always the neglected (被忽略的) ne. My legs just weren’t made t run like his. I culd never play ftball r basketball well.
I prbably wuld have cntinued trying t keep up with him fr the rest f my high schl career, but when my family mved, everything changed. Tysn left fr cllege, s I had t start at a new schl all by myself. This new start gave me an pprtunity t redefine myself and discver an entirely new versin f “cl”.
I dn’t knw what made me decide t try sme new activities at the new schl, but ne day I chanced t shw up fr an after-schl meeting f the Science Olympiad team. I had always been fascinated with chemistry, bilgy, and math, but since thse interests hadn’t fit Tysn’s definitin f “cl”, I had never pursued them. On this day, fr sme reasn, I did.
As we rganized teams, prepared resurces and practiced answering questins, I felt mre cnnected than I ever had t any sprts team. I didn’t feel as thugh I needed t keep up with anybdy else; I was finally with peers wh understd me. It was s gd t feel accepted fr what I’m gd at. Fr the first time in my life, I actually felt cl. Nw I knw wh I am! I’m Tysn’s little brther, but that’s nly part f my identity. I’m a cl guy in my wn way, t. I’m relieved t knw that “cl” has a much brader definitin than what I used t think.
1．Hw d yu understand the underlined part in Paragraph 1? (n mre than 8 wrds)
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2．What changes ffered a new start t the authr after his family mved? (n mre than 15 wrds)
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3．Accrding t Paragraph 3, what marked the turning pint in the authr’s grwth? (n mre than 7 wrds)
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4．What des Paragraph 4 mainly talk abut? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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5．What is yur example f “cl”? Please explain why. (n mre than 20 wrds)
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Passage 9
（2020·天津·高考真题）阅读短文, 按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
I remember the day shyness tk ver my life. I was 14 and having a French lessn The teacher tld us t recrd urselves speaking abut a hliday. Perfect！ I recrded myself with cnfidence. Then, I pressed "play" t listen back. All I heard was a little kid talking. My immediate reactin was t assume I was listening t smene else's recrding. But that was my vice. I realised there was smething strange abut me.
My little vice has made me feel really shy. And my shyness has caused me t avid attending events, nt make imprtant cnnectins, and keep my ideas t myself. As a shy persn, wrking frm hme, hiding behind my cmputer was brilliant. But the mre time I spent hidden away, the mre my cmfrt zne shrank（缩小）. Everyday interactins, like rdering a cffee, became increasingly awkward and uncmfrtable.
And then, ne day I was at a big cnference and it suddenly hit me like lightning. All speakers were cnfident, cmfrtable with being seen. There were n quieter vices. But the truble is, if the lud vices are the nly nes yu hear, we quiet peple feel even mre alienated（疏远的）。 The wrld needs a mixture f persnalities. Success is nt just abut wh can shut the ludest. The wrld needs quieter peple, t. That day I chse t stp hiding and embrace my shyness. N mre feeling like I needed t change wh I am in rder t succeed. N mre living a small life.
Then I created the Shy and Mighty Sciety, a space fr shy peple like me t shine, and in the prcess f helping thers, I culd als push myself frward, bit by bit. Nw, I'm happy t tell peple I feel shy. I'm nt ashamed any mre. And I knw that I’m nt alne.
1．Why did the authr feel strange abut herself after listening t the recrding? （n mre than 10 wrds）
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2．What is the main idea f Para.2? （n mre than 10 wrds
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3．What des the underlined wrd in Para.3 mean? （1 wrd）
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4．Why did the authr create the Shy and Mighty Sciety? （n mre than 10 wrds）
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5．Suppse yu are in charge f the Shy and Mighty Sciety, what will yu d t help ther shy peple? And why? （n mre than 20 wrds）
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