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（2023下·北京·高二校考期中）My memories of my father are divided into parts and shares. Alive, and then dead. Healthy, and then helpless. And further back in time, the first and most division: Present and then absent; loving, and then indifferent.
He used to be a good writer and loving father. When I was a 16-year-old girl, he was fired from his company, a public, gossip-based dismissal that he would spend decades refusing responsibility for. This was the first crack that divided my relationship with him into poles of before and after. To escape his shame, he pushed away those who reminded him of it, first divorcing my mother, then alienating my sister and I.
As an adult, my relationship with my father was one of low expectations and high boundaries. He spent most of his time travelling. But when he died of heart failure in August, I was knocked off balance by the weight of the blow. I thought, after years of setting up delicate fences around our relationship, that I had already begun letting go. His death delivered a realization: despite years of analyzing his complicated love for me, there were pieces of my father I never understood—until I found my father’s notebooks in his cupboard.
In the notebooks, he often collected documentation: train tickets from Rome or a photograph of San Francisco’s Prescott Hotel. But what he was also doing was offering fatherly guidance, the kind I could only receive after he died. His life, in which what he had was never quite enough, was eventually exposed. In his final decade, he realized he had built a castle for himself upon sand and regret. Now in his entries, I hear his voice. “Debaleh,” I hear him say, using his pet name for me, “learn from my mistakes.”
I read these pages among my dad’s clothes, and wept. I hadn’t known that my father, too, lived with that familiar ache for new horizons in his heart, the one that can only be comforted by traveling.
1．Why did the author’s father keep away from his family
A．They weren’t responsible members. B．He didn’t get on well with his wife.
C．Their presence recalled his sad experience. D．They talked behind others’ backs everywhere.
2．What advice did the author’s father give her
A．Writing a journal carefully. B．Travelling more for relaxation.
C．Avoiding following in his footsteps. D．Obeying father’s guidance thoroughly.
3．What made the author end up crying
A．Finding her father’s clothes. B．Getting to know her late father.
C．Failing to look for new horizons. D．Knowing her father’s heart disease.
【答案】1．C 2．C 3．B
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的父亲曾经是一位优秀的作家和慈爱的父亲，但是由于一些不愉快的经历，父亲选择疏远家人，直到作者的父亲去世，作者阅读父亲的记录，才开始了解父亲。
1．细节理解题。根据第二段“When I was a 16-year-old girl, he was fired from his company, a public, gossip-based dismissal that he would spend decades refusing responsibility for. This was the first crack that divided my relationship with him into poles of before and after. To escape his shame, he pushed away those who reminded him of it, first divorcing my mother, then alienating my sister and I.(当我还是个16岁的女孩时，他被公司解雇了，这是一次公开的、基于流言蜚语的解雇，几十年来他一直拒绝为此承担责任。这是把我和他的关系分成前后两极的第一个裂痕。为了逃避羞耻感，他赶走了那些提醒他的人，先是和我母亲离婚，然后疏远了我和妹妹)”可知，作者的父亲远离他的家人是因为他们的出现使他想起了悲伤的经历。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段““Debaleh,” I hear him say, using his pet name for me, “learn from my mistakes.”(“德巴勒，”我听到他说，用他对我的爱称，“从我的错误中吸取教训。”)”可知，作者的父亲建议作者不要步他的后尘。故选C。
3．细节理解题。根据最后一段“I read these pages among my dad’s clothes, and wept. I hadn’t known that my father, too, lived with that familiar ache for new horizons in his heart, the one that can only be comforted by traveling.(我在父亲的衣服中间读着这些信，哭了起来。我不知道我的父亲也生活在他心中那种熟悉的对新视野的渴望中，那种只有旅行才能得到安慰的渴望)”可知，了解她已故的父亲让作者最后哭了。故选B。
（2023下·北京·高二北京市八一中学校考期中）When school started on that warm August day, I threw myself into everything I did, including playing volleyball. I wanted to become beautiful, or at the very least, skinny. I stopped eating completely. Soon I began losing weight, which thrilled me, and I even grew to love the tiredness and lightheadedness that came with my poor diet, for those feelings meant that I was winning.
As the season progressed, things had become tense between my head volleyball coach, Coach Smith, and me. She felt that something was wrong with my health. She talked with me about my eating and was angry that I wouldn’t listen to her when she tried to make me eat. She tried to persuade me in a determined way and so we fought constantly. Then my hunger started to affect my performance. I was so tired that practice and games were becoming a struggle. One afternoon, with hurt in her eyes, Coach Smith asked me what I had eaten and I told her nothing yet, but I was going to. She looked at me, disappointment in her eyes, knowing she couldn’t make me stop, and walked away.
A couple of weeks later I attended a formal dinner for our volleyball team. I stood there as my coach managed to say something nice about me. I realized then that I had ruined my senior year by being disrespectful, and I had probably ruined hers as well. So that evening I wrote her a letter apologizing and thanking her.
Then one Saturday, as I was reading in the library, I felt someone gently take my arm and say softly, “Lynn Jones, how are you doing ” I looked up and saw the familiar face. “Thanks for the letter,” she said. “It meant a lot.”
When I think of a coach, I think of someone above me, someone who gives instruction—not a friend. But Coach Smith is different, and, like any other good friend, she dealt with my problem in a determined way even when I hated her for it at that time. I didn’t deserve her kindness, but she gave it anyway. I will forever be grateful for her help, and now for her friendship.
4．The author fought with Coach Smith because ________.
A．she refused to go on a diet B．she caused failure of her team
C．she changed the training course D．she kept her idea of losing weight
5．Why did the author write a letter to Coach Smith
A．She felt sorry for eating too little food.
B．She desired to improve her performance.
C．She was grateful for Smith’s care for her health.
D．She wanted to build a close relationship with Smith.
6．What is the best title for the passage
A．Unexpected Friendship B．A Fight with My Coach
C．A Strict Volleyball Coach D．My Way of Losing Weight
【答案】4．D 5．C 6．A
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者为了减肥而节食，甚至不惜和教练争吵。后来得到教练的提醒，通过运动来减少体重，她十分感谢自己的教练，并且收获了一段友谊。
4．细节理解题。根据第二段“She talked with me about my eating and was angry that I wouldn’t listen to her when she tried to make me eat. She tried to persuade me in a determined way and so we fought constantly.(她和我谈论我的饮食，当她试图让我吃东西时，我不听她的话，她很生气。她试图用坚定的方式说服我，所以我们经常吵架)”可知，作者与史密斯教练争吵，是因为她坚持减肥的想法。故选D。
5．细节理解题。根据第三段“I realized then that I had ruined my senior year by being disrespectful, and I had probably ruined hers as well. So that evening I wrote her a letter apologizing and thanking her.(那时我意识到，我的无礼毁了我的高三，可能也毁了她的高三。所以那天晚上我给她写了一封信，向她道歉并感谢她)”可知，作者写信是因为她感谢史密斯对她健康的照顾。故选C。
6．主旨大意题。根据最后一段“I will forever be grateful for her help, and now for her friendship.(我将永远感激她的帮助，现在又感谢她的友谊)”结合文章主要讲述了作者坚持自己的节食减肥方法，后来得到教练的提醒，通过运动来减少体重，她十分感谢自己的教练，并且收获了一段友谊。故A选项“意外的友谊”最符合文章标题。故选A。
（2022下·北京·高二校考期中）A Letter that Changed My Life
I was about 30 years old and was working as a firefighter in the South Bronx’s Engine Co. 82. It was a restful Sunday and between alarms I rushed to the office to read a copy of the New York Times. I read an article on the Book Review section which openly stated what I took to be a calumny—that William Butler Yeats had gone beyond his Irishness and was forever to be known as a universal poet. As I read it, my blood began to boil.
There were few things I was more proud of than my Irish heritage, and ever since I first picked up a book of his poems from a shelf when I was in the military, Yeats had been my favorite Irish writer, followed by Scan O’Casey and James Joyce.
I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote out a letter of anger to the editor. Throughout Yeats’ poetry, his view of the world and the people in it was basically Irish. He had lived his life and written his poetry through the very essence of his Irish sensibility. It was offensive to think Irishness was something to be gone beyond.
I don’t know why I felt it my duty to safeguard the reputation of the world’s greatest poet. I just knew that I had to write that letter.
After my letter got published. I received a letter from The New Yorker, asking for an interview. When my article—“Fireman Smith” appeared in that magazine, the editor of a large publishing firm called me, asking if I was interested in writing a book about my life. I had little confidence to write a whole book, though the subject was worthy. I wrote Report From Engine Co. 82 in six months, and it sold really well. In the years that followed, I wrote three more best-sellers.
Being a writer had been far from my expectations. How had it happened I often found myself thinking about it, and my thoughts always came back to that letter to the New York Times. For me, the writing was a natural consequence of the passion I felt and the subjects represented the great values burning within me as I wrote.
Over the years, my five children have come to me with one dilemma or another. My answer is always the same. Think about what you’re feeling and measure the heat of the fire in your heart, for that is your passion. Your education and your experience will guide you toward making a right decision, but your passion will enable you to make a difference in whatever you do. That’s what I learned the day I stood up for Ireland’s greatest poet.
7．The underlined words “a calumny” in Paragraph probably mean ______.
A．a true story B．a positive comment
C．a false statement D．an inaccurate figure
8．Why did the author write to New York Times
A．To present his love for literature. B．To spread Irish culture to the world.
C．To prove he has brilliant writing skills. D．To defend the reputation of an Irish poet.
9．According to the author, what is the key to his success in writing
A．His passion in writing. B．His skills in arguing.
C．His educational background. D．His experience as a firefighter.
【答案】7．C 8．D 9．A
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者给《纽约时报》写信捍卫爱尔兰诗人叶芝的名誉，没想到这封信改变了作者的一生 ，从此作者走上了写作的道路。
7．词句猜测题。根据第三段中的“I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote out a letter of anger to the editor.(我抓起一张纸，写了一封愤怒的信给编辑)”和第四段“I don’t know why I felt it my duty to safeguard the reputation of the world’s greatest poet. I just knew that I had to write that letter.(我不知道为什么我认为捍卫世界上最伟大的诗人的声誉是我的责任。我只知道我必须写那封信)”可知，作者在读了《纽约时报》对叶芝的评论后，感到愤怒，写信来维护叶芝的名誉，结合划线单词所在句子“I read an article on the Book Review section which openly stated what I took to be a calumny—that William Butler Yeats had gone beyond his Irishness and was forever to be known as a universal poet.(我在书评部分读到一篇文章，公开表示我认为这是a calumny——威廉·巴特勒·叶芝已经超越了他的爱尔兰主义，永远被称为普世诗人)”可知，作者认为《纽约时报》对叶芝的评论是错误的，所以要写信来维护叶芝的名誉，由此可知，划线单词“a calumny”是“一个错误”，与C选项“a false statement(错误的陈述)”意思相近，故选C。
8．细节理解题。根据第四段“I don’t know why I felt it my duty to safeguard the reputation of the world’s greatest poet. I just knew that I had to write that letter.(我不知道为什么我认为捍卫世界上最伟大的诗人的声誉是我的责任。我只知道我必须写那封信)”可知，作者给《纽约时报》写信是为了维护爱尔兰诗人叶芝的名誉，故选D。
9．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“For me, the writing was a natural consequence of the passion I felt(对我来说，写作是我感受到的激情的自然结果)”和最后一段中的“but your passion will enable you to make a difference in whatever you do.(但是你的热情会让你在你做的任何事情上有所作为) ”可知，作者认为，对写作的热情是他写作成功的关键，故选A。
（2022下·北京·高二人大附中校考期中）I hated wearing a burqa. It made me itch; it made me sweat. And it made me invisible. Mine was blue with a small lace opening for the eyes, though underneath I wore a short-sleeved dress and tights. Walking in a burqa, I lost my usual confident gait: I hung my head lower, both hands clutching the edge of the fabric so I wouldn’t stumble. The very fact of wearing it made me feel inferior. To leave the house, when I became a teenager about a decade ago, I had to transform myself into a thing.
My way of protesting was to go out as little as possible, which seemed to be the only way I could protect my individuality. But I yearned to participate in life directly rather than simply observe it through my veil.
My parents, too, wanted me to step into my fullest potential. When other mothers praised their daughters for their cooking and housework, mine would claim that a woman’s real jewel is her education. When other fathers focused on how quickly they could marry their daughters, my father laughed if someone came to our house with a marriage proposal.
On some nights, when the neighbourhood was sleeping and only stray dogs occupied the roads, my father would walk with me outside the house to give me a taste of the world without a burqa. In the shadow of moonlight, we would stroll, hearing the sounds of crickets and dogs rummaging through rubbish. With each step I took, I felt free. Once my father disguised me as a boy to swim in the river that I used to go to when I was a child. He didn’t want me to forget what it felt like to be free.
Sometimes I would get angry and loudly complain that I was forced to cage myself in a burqa. My mother would look at me with a solemn expression, place her hand on my head, and say, “Be someone who can leave this place.” She encouraged me to learn English.
And I did. Armed with an iPad, the internet and a free education website called Khan Academy, I taught myself English, philosophy, maths, science, and history. While most young women my age were getting married, I was learning how to argue like Socrates or apply mathematics like Newton. With each new thing I learned, I began to feel alive, like a plant that blooms when it gets water after it has been parched and dying. By allowing me the freedom of education, my parents gave me a window to the world. More than that, they gave me the tools to create my own identity and make myself visible again.
10．As a teenager, ________.
A．she felt inferior to others B．she was too shy to go out
C．she made up herself into a thing D．she was aware of her individuality
11．When someone came to propose a marriage, her father ________.
A．laughed at their proposal B．felt it weird and stupid
C．refused with laughter D．concealed his anger with laughter
12．She studied hard in order to ________.
A．make herself visible to the world B．free herself from the trap of her parents
C．be capable like Socrates and Newton D．fulfill her parents’ dream of getting education
【答案】10．C 11．C 12．A
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的父母鼓励作者学习，充分发挥自己的潜力，作者也从学习新事物中开始觉得自己有了新生命。
10．细节理解题。根据第一段中“To leave the house, when I became a teenager about a decade ago, I had to transform myself into a thing.(大约十年前，当我成为一个青少年时，为了离开家，我不得不把自己变成一个东西)”可知，作为青少年，她把自己打扮成一个东西。故选C。
11．细节理解题。根据第三段“When other fathers focused on how quickly they could marry their daughters, my father laughed if someone came to our house with a marriage proposal.(当其他父亲都在关注他们能多快把女儿嫁出去时，如果有人来我家向我求婚，我父亲就会笑)”可知，当有人来求婚时，她的父亲笑着拒绝。故选C。
12．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“With each new thing I learned, I began to feel alive, like a plant that blooms when it gets water after it has been parched and dying. By allowing me the freedom of education, my parents gave me a window to the world. More than that, they gave me the tools to create my own identity and make myself visible again.(随着我学到的每一件新事物，我开始觉得自己有了生命，就像一株枯死的植物在得到水分后会开花一样。父母给了我受教育的自由，给了我一扇了解世界的窗户。更重要的是，他们给了我工具来创造我自己的身份，让我再次被人看到)”可知，她努力学习为了让世界看到她自己。故选A。
（2022下·北京·高二101中学校考期中）My grandfather was a rigid perfectionist. Everything had to be orderly, precise and punctual. I was frightened of him until the day he died. Growing up, my mother desperately wanted to please him. She probably thought he might leave if she didn’t.
In fact, I now think the fear of being left alone, abandoned, was a current throughout much of her life. A few years into my father suffering from Alzheimer, my mother’s voice on the phone sounded so upset that I had to tell her, “Just be with yourself for a little while.”
“No, I can’t do that. I don’t want to do that,” she said abruptly, closing the door on the subject. A while after my father died, she told me that she kept the television on all the time because it made her feel less lonely. “It makes the house seem more lived in,” she said. I had given in to my annoyance and either turned the volume down or turned it off. But after she told me that it filled in some of the loneliness, I never reached for the remote again.
We have had a long journey together, she and I. Over a half-century of memories, now that the journey has ended, I have a choice which ones to study which ones to turn over in my hands and dust off.
I choose to look at the ones that ache with a sweet truth not told often enough: there was love between us. It was just hard to find sometimes. I choose to remember her face on that winter day in Manhattan, when I came to her with a broken heart. I choose to remember walking on the shore with her in summers when we rented a beach house; somehow the sea always transformed us. And how she looked on my wedding day when she handed me a bracelet that had belonged to my grandmother. “Something old,” she said.
13．From the author’s point of view, what did her mother feel in her much time of life
A．A sense of relief. B．A sense of excitement.
C．A sense of being deserted. D．A sense of being pleased.
14．How does the author support the theme of the text
A．By giving examples. B．By stating arguments.
C．By interviewing her father. D．By visiting her grandfather.
15．The author writes the story to ________.
A．express regret for her grandfather
B．show her sympathy toward her mother
C．reveal her deep feelings for her mother
D．emphasize her concern about the generation gap
【答案】13．C 14．A 15．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者和自己的母亲之间的深切的感情。
13．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“In fact, I now think the fear of being left alone, abandoned, was a current throughout much of her life.”(事实上，我现在认为，害怕被单独留下、被抛弃是她生命中大部分时间的主流。)可知，在作者看来，自己母亲一生大部分时间都觉得自己是被遗弃的。故选C项。
14．推理判断题。根据第二段“A few years into my father suffering from Alzheimer, my mother’s voice on the phone sounded so upset that I had to tell her, “Just be with yourself for a little while.”(在我父亲患阿尔茨海默病的几年后，我母亲在电话里的声音听起来很沮丧，我不得不告诉她，“就自己待一会儿。”)”以及第三段“A while after my father died, she told me that she kept the television on all the time because it made her feel less lonely.(我父亲去世后不久，她告诉我，她一直开着电视，因为这样她就不那么孤独了。)”可知，作者列举了父亲患病期间和病逝后母亲的心理和情感状态是孤独的。故选A项。
15．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“I choose to remember her face on that winter day in Manhattan, when I came to her with a broken heart. I choose to remember walking on the shore with her in summers when we rented a beach house; somehow the sea always transformed us.(我选择记住当我带着心碎去找她的时候，她在曼哈顿那个冬日的脸。我选择记住在夏天和她一起在海边散步，那时我们租了一所海滨别墅; 大海总能改变我们。)”可知，作者和自己的母亲之间有很多的经历和故事，作者选择记住那些美好的时光，选择记住自己对于母亲的深沉的爱。所以，作者写这篇文章的目的是表露对于母亲的深沉的感情。故选C项。
（2022下·北京房山·高二统考期中）It is 10 in the morning, and I am travelling by raft down the Li River. The sun is already burning hot even though it has not yet reached full strength, but a calm breeze cools my skin. So far the day is wonderful, but the purpose of my trip is not just to have fun: I am following in the footsteps of Xu Xiake (1587 - 1641), the famous Chinese travel writer and geographer. Though Xu was from Jiangsu, he spent more than 30 years travelling throughout the country, and greatly admired my destination today - Ox Gorge.
As we flow down the river, we are surrounded by steep hills sticking up into the sky - karsts. Unique among mountains, karsts were formed over thousands of years as rain drained into the acidic soil and melted the soft rock, leaving the harder rock behind. Guangxi is full of karsts, giving it some of the most interesting - and beautiful - scenery in the world. Xu was one of the first people to make a careful study of Guilin's karsts and their related cave systems. He, like many people today, found them fascinating.
Suddenly, our raft hits some rapids, and I find myself covered in water. I turn to my raftsman and we share a laugh. The water not only keeps us cool, but it is all part of the adventure.
What made someone like Xu spend years travelling thousands of kilometres away from home Perhaps it’s the same reason as mine: to explore the world and to discover new things. Yet, perhaps no one in China travelled farther or longer than Xu Xiake. At least, if anyone did they did not write about it.
When our raft reaches Ox Gorge, it proves to be every bit as beautiful as I expected - a watery heaven on earth. The raft is tied up, and then I head out to explore. That afternoon, I find a cave on the river. I wade into it and the water grows shallower, until finally I am walking on dry land. Up ahead I see a light and hear laughter echoing off the cave walls. There is a large pool of mud, and a group of young people are jumping into it and swimming around. I run and join them. Soon, like my new friends, I am covered in gray mud from head to toe. After an hour of play, I head back out of the cave and take a swim in the river to get clean. And I wonder, when Xu Xiake came here nearly five hundred years ago, did he examine the mud like a scientist Or did he jump in Of course he jumped in. You know he did.
16．Why did the author decide to go to Ox Gorge
A．To have fun in unique mountains.
B．To make other people greatly admire him.
C．To travel farther and longer than Xu Xiake.
D．To explore the world and discover new things.
17．How did the author feel when he was covered in water
A．Worried. B．Satisfied. C．Delighted. D．Annoyed.
18．What did the author do in the cave
A．He took a swim to get clean. B．He researched the cave walls.
C．He explored the shallow water. D．He jumped into the mud to play.
19．The author wrote the passage mainly to _________.
A．share his travel experience with readers
B．introduce the beautiful scenery of Guilin
C．remember the famous writer and geographer Xu Xiake
D．stress the importance of protecting the fascinating karsts
【答案】16．D 17．C 18．D 19．A
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己在黄牛峡游玩的经历。
16．细节理解题。根据第四段“What made someone like Xu spend years travelling thousands of kilometres away from home Perhaps it's the same reason as mine: to explore the world and to discover new things.( 是什么让徐霞客这样的人花了数年的时间远离家乡？也许和我的理由一样:去探索世界，去发现新事物)”可知，作者来到黄牛峡谷是为了探索世界，发现新事物。故选D项。
17．细节理解题。根据第三段“Suddenly, our raft hits some rapids, and I find myself covered in water. I turn to my raftsman and we share a laugh. The water not only keeps us cool, but it is all part of the adventure. (突然，我们的筏子撞上了激流，我发现自己被水淹没了。我转向我的筏夫，我们一起大笑。水不仅能让我们保持凉爽，而且也是探险的一部分)”可知，作者撞上激流被弄得浑身都是水的时候是很开心的，大笑起来。故选C项。
18．细节理解题。根据最后一段“That afternoon, I find a cave on the river. I wade into it and the water grows shallower, until finally I am walking on dry land. Up ahead I see a light and hear laughter echoing off the cave walls. There is a large pool of mud, and a group of young people are jumping into it and swimming around. I run and join them. Soon, like my new friends, I am covered in gray mud from head to toe.(那天下午，我在河边发现了一个山洞。我趟了进去，水越来越浅，最后走在了干地上。我看到前方有一道光，听到岩壁上回荡着笑声。有一个大泥塘，一群年轻人正在跳进泥塘里游泳。我跑过去加入他们。很快，像我的新朋友一样，我从头到脚都是灰色的泥。)”可知，作者和那群年轻人一样跳进了大泥塘玩耍。故选D项。
19．推理判断题。根据首段“It is 10 in the morning, and I am travelling by raft down the Li River. The sun is already burning hot even though it has not yet reached full strength, but a calm breeze cools my skin. So far the day is wonderful, but the purpose of my trip is not just to have fun: I am following in the footsteps of Xu Xiake (1587 - 1641), the famous Chinese travel writer and geographer. Though Xu was from Jiangsu, he spent more than 30 years travelling throughout the country, and greatly admired my destination today - Ox Gorge. (现在是上午10点，我正乘木筏沿着漓江顺流而下。太阳虽然还没有达到最大的强度，但已经很热了，但平静的微风使我的皮肤凉爽。到目前为止，天气很好，但我这次旅行的目的不只是为了好玩：我是在追随中国著名旅游作家和地理学家徐霞客(1587 - 1641)的脚步。徐先生虽然是江苏人，但30多年来，他走遍了全国各地，对我今天的目的地——牛峡十分钦佩)”并结合全文内容可知，作者主要是和读者分享了在牛峡谷游玩过程中的所见，所经历的及心中的感想。故选A项。
（2022下·北京丰台·高二统考期中）As an educator and health care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that causes AlDS. The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been gifts in my life. They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.
Tyler was born infected with HIV: his mother was also infected. From the very beginning of his life, he was dependent on medications (药物) to enable him to survive. When he was five, he had a tube inserted (插入) in a vein (静脉) in his chest. This tube was connected to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack on his back. Medications were linked to this pump and continuously supplied through this tube to his bloodstream. At times, he also needed supplemented (补充的) oxygen to support his breathing.
Tyler wasn’t willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease. It was not unusual to find him playing and racing around his backyard, wearing his medicine-laden backpack and dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon. All of us who knew Tyler were amazed at his pure joy in being alive and the energy it gave him. Tyler’s mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast that she needed to dress him in red. That way, when she peered through the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly spot him.
This dreaded disease eventually wore down even the likes of a little dynamo like Tyler. He grew quite ill and, unfortunately, so did his HIV-infected mother. When it became apparent that he wasn’t going to survive, Tyler’s mom talked to him about death. She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.
A few days before his death, Tyler called me over to his hospital bed and whispered, “might die soon. I’m not scared. When I die, please dress me in red. Mom promised she’s coming to heaven, too. I’ll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me.”
20．Tyler had to wear his backpack so that ________ .
A．his mother could recognize him in the crowd
B．oxygen could be provided to support his breathing
C．he could carry his favourite toys wherever he went
D．its pump could supply medications to his bloodstream
21．We can learn from the passage that________.
A．Tyler was very afraid of dying so soon
B．Tyler gave up the chance to enjoy his childhood
C．Tyler tried to enjoy his life though being badly ill
D．Tyler couldn’t move freely with his medicine-laden backpack
22．From the passage, we can learn that Tyler is ________.
A．courageous and optimistic B．confident and energetic
C．enthusiastic and adventurous D．ambitious and passionate
23．Which can be the best title for the passage
A．Gifts in my life B．Dress me in red
C．Never give up D．Live with HIV
【答案】20．D 21．C 22．A 23．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作为一名教育工作者和卫生保健提供者，我与许多感染了艾滋病儿童一起工作，他们教会了我很多东西，重点讲述了泰勒的故事，让我明白了勇气与乐观。
20．细节理解题。根据文章第二段中“This tube was connected to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack on his back. Medications were linked to this pump and continuously supplied through this tube to his bloodstream.”（这根管子连接着一个泵，他把泵装在背上的一个小背包里。药物被连接在这个泵上，并通过这个管道持续输送到他的血液中。）可知，泰勒不得不背包的原因是它的泵可以为他的血液提供药物（its pump could supply medications to his bloodstream）。故选D项。
21．推理判断题。根据文章第三段中“Tyler wasn’t willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease. It was not unusual to find him playing and racing around his backyard, wearing his medicine-laden backpack and dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon. All of us who knew Tyler were amazed at his pure joy in being alive and the energy it gave him.”（泰勒不愿意让这种致命的疾病夺走他童年的任何一分一秒。经常可以看到他背着装满药物的背包，用小马车拖着氧气罐在后院玩耍和比赛。我们所有认识泰勒的人都惊讶于他活着时的纯粹快乐和快乐给他的能量。）可知，尽管泰勒病得很重，但仍然努力享受生活（Tyler tried to enjoy his life though being badly ill）。故选C项。
22．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“I’m not scared. When I die, please dress me in red. Mom promised she’s coming to heaven, too. I’ll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me.”（我不害怕。我死后，请给我穿上红色的衣服。妈妈说她也会去天堂的。她来的时候我正在玩，我想确保她能找到我。）可知，泰勒是一个面对死亡毫不畏惧，且非常乐观的人（courageous and optimistic）。故选A项。
23．主旨大意题。根据文章第三段中“Tyler’s mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast that she needed to dress him in red.”（泰勒的妈妈经常取笑他，说他动作太快了，她得给他穿上红色衣服。）以及最后一段中“When I die, please dress me in red.”（我死后，请给我穿上红色的衣服。）结合全文可知，文章围绕艾滋病患者泰勒展开，他玩耍时总穿红色的衣服（Dress me in red）。故选B项。
（2022下·北京西城·高二北京四中校考期中）I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival. She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will. However, I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.
So I boarded the plane in mid-August, and hated the long flight. I arrived, tired and hungry. I had left my husband of 2 years, alone, in our old New Orleans house.
I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago. The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already evacuated, but my husband chose to stay behind. He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world, but he could call his cousin in Chicago. He gave his cousin a message for me, that he would be just fine, and not to worry.
As the day wore on, I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans, and I realized, thanks to CNN, that New Orleans was under water.
I performed, hoping that my husband would survive. And I performed perfectly. The audience stood and applauded. I left the stage and went straight to the TV. I saw the street sign near my home, of Humanity Street, but nothing below it except water.
In the days that followed, I found out that my house, my car, my clothes, my furniture, everything that I'd left behind was gone … but not my husband. He survived by riding on the rear bumper of a VW bus, holding on to the overhead luggage rack, in the pouring rain, down the highway from New Orleans, half-way to Baton Rouge. The rest of the journey was a long walk, but he survived.
By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community.
24．How did the author feel when she left home
A．Disappointed. B．Worried. C．Tired. D．Unwilling.
25．What does the underlined word "evacuated" mean
A．Gathered. B．Struggled. C．Escaped. D．Hid.
26．What might be the title for the passage
A．Lost It All, Gained Even More B．Once Gone, Never Returned
C．Caught in the Hurricane D．Trapped in a Dilemma
【答案】24．D 25．C 26．A
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章叙述了作者离开家帮助妹妹的音乐节，在此期间作者所在的城市遭遇到飓风的袭击，她家里的东西都损失了，幸好丈夫幸存下来，他们重建了家园，而且感情更好了。
24．细节理解题。根据第一段中“She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will.(她住在世界的另一边，我去看望她，不想离开，感觉像是违背了自己的意愿离开了家)”可知，作者在离开家的时候是不愿意的。故选D。
25．词句猜测题。根据画线词上文“The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already”以及后文“but my husband chose to stay behind”可知，据预测，飓风将袭击作者他们所在的城市，许多人evacuated，但作者的丈夫选择留下。结合but表示转折意义可知，其他人和作者丈夫的做法相反，由此可知他们逃离了，故画线词的意思是“逃离”。A. Gathered.聚集；B. Struggled.奋斗；C. Escaped.逃走；D. Hid.隐藏。故选C。
26．主旨大意题。根据最后一段“By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community.( 9月的第一个星期，我飞回巴吞鲁日机场，拥抱了我的丈夫。从那以后，我们的关系加深了；我们已经完全重建了我们的房子，买了一辆新车，买了新家具和新衣服，并加入了一个鼓舞人心、振奋精神的社区)”结合文章叙述了作者离开家帮助妹妹的音乐节，在此期间作者所在的城市遭遇到飓风的袭击，她家里的东西都损失了，幸好丈夫幸存下来，他们重建了家园，而且感情更好了。可知，A选项“失去了一切，得到了更多”最符合文章标题。故选A。
（2023下·北京·高二大峪中学校考期中）My 10-year-old Donna said, “Mom, I made a new friend at school today. Can she come over tomorrow ” Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell.
“Sure, honey, that sounds great,” I said, thinking back to my own best friend, Lillian. We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights, New York. We met at the age of 10, too. Like my daughter, I was shy, but Lillian drew me out. She was one of the friendliest people in school, with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile. I knew we would be best friends forever.
In senior high school, Lillian went on a trip to Florida. That was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days. “I’ll be back soon,” she told me. But three days later, Lillian’s sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn’t come out any more. I got depressed for a long time. Soon, my family moved to New Jersey. Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes.
The next day Donna brought her new friend home. “Hi, Mrs. Loggia,” the little girl said. Her hair was so shiny and black and she flashed me a big smile, “My name is Laura.”
My daughter’s new friend was so much like Lillian. I was still puzzled when Laura’s mom came to pick her up later that afternoon. I opened the door to let her in. “Judy!” she cried. “It’s me, Lillian’s sister, from Washington Heights.” Yes, my daughter’s friend looked familiar. She was Lillian’s niece.
27．Which of the following can replace the underlined words in Paragraph 2
A．Invited me to go shopping.
B．Drew pictures with me outside.
C．Helped me out of a locked room.
D．Made me more outgoing than before.
28．What can we know about the author
A．She always missed Lillian.
B．She met Laura in Washington Heights.
C．She preferred Laura to her own daughter.
D．She moved to New Jersey because of Lillian’s death.
29．What can be a suitable title for the text
A．A Terrible Trip
B．A Shy Daughter
C．A Best Friend
D．A Familiar Niece
【答案】27．D 28．A 29．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一天作者害羞的女儿Donna提出要带朋友回家，作者想起了自己的好朋友Lillian，她让害羞的作者变得开朗，却意外逝世，作者一直非常思念她。第二天Donna的朋友Laura来到家里，作者发现她和Lillian很像，结果发现Laura竟然是Lillian的侄女。
27．词句猜测题。根据画线词的上文“Like my daughter, I was shy (和我女儿一样，我也很害羞)”和“but”可知，作者也很害羞，Lillian的出现让事情发生了转折，再结合画线词的下文“She was one of the friendliest people in school (她是学校里最友好的人之一)”可推知，友好的Lillian应该是让作者变得更加外向一些。因此drew me out意思应该是“让我变得比之前外向”，与made me more outgoing than before意思接近。故选D项。
28．细节理解题。根据第二段中的““Sure, honey, that sounds great,” I said, thinking back to my own best friend, Lillian. (“当然，亲爱的，听起来很棒，”我说，想起了我最好的朋友Lillian)”和第三段中的“Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes. (每当我想到她，泪水就涌上我的眼睛)”可知，作者时常会想起好朋友Lillian，一直在思念她。故选A项。
29．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第二段中的“I knew we would be best friends forever. (我就知道我们会永远是最好的朋友)”可知，文章主要围绕作者的好友Lillian展开，讲述了一天作者的女儿Donna提出要带朋友回家，作者想起了自己一直思念的已故好友Lillian。第二天Donna的朋友Laura来到家里，作者发现她和Lillian很像，结果发现Laura竟然是Lillian的侄女。由此可知，C项“一个最好的朋友”契合文章大意，贴合文章的线索，最适合作为标题。故选C项。
（2023下·北京·高二北京交通大学附属中学校考期中）My daughter Kelly is a cautious person. She needs to warm up to situations, who is hesitant to try new things. When with close friends, she becomes a leader who laughs loudly and chants, “Girls rule, boys drool.” But when that comfort zone is not around her, she is shy and nervous.
This has been challenging for me at times. “Shy” is not a word that I think has ever been used to describe me. But this has been a year of firsts for my girl that has filled her with a new sense of confidence. This year she moved to lap lane in swimming where she was preparing for a swim team. This year she learned to ride a bike without training wheels. And this year she completed her first kids’ triathlon (三项全能).
On Saturday, with a thunderstorm coming soon and my son’s birthday party later in the day, we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to participate in her first triathlon. We practiced transitions from swim to bike to run with her. we got all the equipment she’d need, and we kept talking about the race. But as we waited the two hours for the older kids to finish before her turn, she held my leg a little harder and told me she loved me a few too many times. She was nervous but trying to keep it together.
And then it was her turn. From the second she jumped into the water, my heart soared. My daughter transformed into the most confident human being I had ever seen. She dominated that swim, crushed that bike ride and ran to the finish with the biggest smile on her face.
I can honestly say that I never felt so proud of someone in my entire life. It wasn’t because she did a sport or anything like that. It was because she was afraid of something and conquered that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn’t seen before.
All day I would find myself just looking over at her and smiling. She might be wearing the finalist medal but I felt like I won that day. I won the chance to see my girl shine.
Shine on, sweet baby.
30．Kelly is nervous when ________.
A．boys are around her B．she changes into a leader
C．she is away from her mom D．situations are new to her
31．We can know from Paragraph 3 ________.
A．the race began in the early morning
B．the whole family gave Kelly support
C．Kelly was eager for her turn in the race
D．Kelly prepared for her brother’s birthday party
32．In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “conquered” probably means ________.
A．to defeat someone especially in a competition
B．to succeed in dealing with or control something
C．to become very popular or successful in a place
D．to take control of a country or a city and its people
【答案】30．D 31．B 32．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述作者女儿Kelly是个慢热型的人，和陌生人在一起会紧张害羞，在作者一家人的帮助下，女儿用自信和热情克服了“害羞与紧张”的故事。
30．细节理解题。根据首段中的“She needs to warm up to situations, who is hesitant to try new things.(她需要适应各种情况，她对尝试新事物犹豫不决。)”可知，Kelly需要适应各种情况，对新事物总是犹豫不决，结合下文中的“But when that comfort zone is not around her, she is shy and nervous.(但是当那个舒适区不在她身边时，她就会害羞和紧张。)”可知，她在远离舒适区的时候总是觉的害羞和紧张，由此可知，Kelly处于全新的局面时会紧张。故选D项。
31．细节理解题。根据第三段中的“On Saturday, with a thunderstorm coming soon and my son’s birthday party later in the day, we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to participate in her first triathlon. (星期六，雷雨马上就要来了，我儿子的生日派对就在那天晚些时候，我们都在黑暗的早晨出去参加Kelly的第一次铁人三项比赛。)”可知，在雷雨马上到来，而且是作者儿子生日派对还在那天的晚些时候，作者一家在黑暗的早上去参加Kelly的铁人三项比赛，结合下文中的“We practiced transitions from swim to bike to run with her. we got all the equipment she’d need, and we kept talking about the race.(我们和她一起练习从游泳到骑自行车再到跑步的过渡。我们买了她需要的所有设备，我们一直在谈论比赛。)”可知，作者一家还一直跟着她一起从游泳到骑行到跑步的过渡，而且都在讨论关于比赛的事情，全家总动员，由此可知，本段讲述的是作者一家人对Kelly的支持。故选B项。
32．词义猜测题。根据划线单词前的“I can honestly say that I never felt so proud of someone in my entire life. It wasn’t because she did a sport or anything like that. It was because she was afraid of something(我可以诚实地说，我这辈子从来没有为一个人感到如此骄傲过。不是因为她参加了体育运动之类的。那是因为她害怕什么)”可知，作者为自己的女儿感到非常的自豪，但不是因为她参加了运动类比赛，而是因为她害怕什么，结合划线单词后的“…that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn’t seen before.(用那种以前我从未看过的信心和热情……那种害怕)”可知，此处应指的是作者看到自己的女儿害怕什么而能用自己的信心和热情“克服”那种害怕而感到自豪，由此可知，划线单词的意思与“to succeed in dealing with or control something成功地处理或控制某事”意义相近，表示“克服”。故选B项。专题04 阅读理解之记叙文10篇
（2023下·北京·高二校考期中）My memories of my father are divided into parts and shares. Alive, and then dead. Healthy, and then helpless. And further back in time, the first and most division: Present and then absent; loving, and then indifferent.
He used to be a good writer and loving father. When I was a 16-year-old girl, he was fired from his company, a public, gossip-based dismissal that he would spend decades refusing responsibility for. This was the first crack that divided my relationship with him into poles of before and after. To escape his shame, he pushed away those who reminded him of it, first divorcing my mother, then alienating my sister and I.
As an adult, my relationship with my father was one of low expectations and high boundaries. He spent most of his time travelling. But when he died of heart failure in August, I was knocked off balance by the weight of the blow. I thought, after years of setting up delicate fences around our relationship, that I had already begun letting go. His death delivered a realization: despite years of analyzing his complicated love for me, there were pieces of my father I never understood—until I found my father’s notebooks in his cupboard.
In the notebooks, he often collected documentation: train tickets from Rome or a photograph of San Francisco’s Prescott Hotel. But what he was also doing was offering fatherly guidance, the kind I could only receive after he died. His life, in which what he had was never quite enough, was eventually exposed. In his final decade, he realized he had built a castle for himself upon sand and regret. Now in his entries, I hear his voice. “Debaleh,” I hear him say, using his pet name for me, “learn from my mistakes.”
I read these pages among my dad’s clothes, and wept. I hadn’t known that my father, too, lived with that familiar ache for new horizons in his heart, the one that can only be comforted by traveling.
1．Why did the author’s father keep away from his family
A．They weren’t responsible members. B．He didn’t get on well with his wife.
C．Their presence recalled his sad experience. D．They talked behind others’ backs everywhere.
2．What advice did the author’s father give her
A．Writing a journal carefully. B．Travelling more for relaxation.
C．Avoiding following in his footsteps. D．Obeying father’s guidance thoroughly.
3．What made the author end up crying
A．Finding her father’s clothes. B．Getting to know her late father.
C．Failing to look for new horizons. D．Knowing her father’s heart disease.
（2023下·北京·高二北京市八一中学校考期中）When school started on that warm August day, I threw myself into everything I did, including playing volleyball. I wanted to become beautiful, or at the very least, skinny. I stopped eating completely. Soon I began losing weight, which thrilled me, and I even grew to love the tiredness and lightheadedness that came with my poor diet, for those feelings meant that I was winning.
As the season progressed, things had become tense between my head volleyball coach, Coach Smith, and me. She felt that something was wrong with my health. She talked with me about my eating and was angry that I wouldn’t listen to her when she tried to make me eat. She tried to persuade me in a determined way and so we fought constantly. Then my hunger started to affect my performance. I was so tired that practice and games were becoming a struggle. One afternoon, with hurt in her eyes, Coach Smith asked me what I had eaten and I told her nothing yet, but I was going to. She looked at me, disappointment in her eyes, knowing she couldn’t make me stop, and walked away.
A couple of weeks later I attended a formal dinner for our volleyball team. I stood there as my coach managed to say something nice about me. I realized then that I had ruined my senior year by being disrespectful, and I had probably ruined hers as well. So that evening I wrote her a letter apologizing and thanking her.
Then one Saturday, as I was reading in the library, I felt someone gently take my arm and say softly, “Lynn Jones, how are you doing ” I looked up and saw the familiar face. “Thanks for the letter,” she said. “It meant a lot.”
When I think of a coach, I think of someone above me, someone who gives instruction—not a friend. But Coach Smith is different, and, like any other good friend, she dealt with my problem in a determined way even when I hated her for it at that time. I didn’t deserve her kindness, but she gave it anyway. I will forever be grateful for her help, and now for her friendship.
4．The author fought with Coach Smith because ________.
A．she refused to go on a diet B．she caused failure of her team
C．she changed the training course D．she kept her idea of losing weight
5．Why did the author write a letter to Coach Smith
A．She felt sorry for eating too little food.
B．She desired to improve her performance.
C．She was grateful for Smith’s care for her health.
D．She wanted to build a close relationship with Smith.
6．What is the best title for the passage
A．Unexpected Friendship B．A Fight with My Coach
C．A Strict Volleyball Coach D．My Way of Losing Weight
（2022下·北京·高二校考期中）A Letter that Changed My Life
I was about 30 years old and was working as a firefighter in the South Bronx’s Engine Co. 82. It was a restful Sunday and between alarms I rushed to the office to read a copy of the New York Times. I read an article on the Book Review section which openly stated what I took to be a calumny—that William Butler Yeats had gone beyond his Irishness and was forever to be known as a universal poet. As I read it, my blood began to boil.
There were few things I was more proud of than my Irish heritage, and ever since I first picked up a book of his poems from a shelf when I was in the military, Yeats had been my favorite Irish writer, followed by Scan O’Casey and James Joyce.
I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote out a letter of anger to the editor. Throughout Yeats’ poetry, his view of the world and the people in it was basically Irish. He had lived his life and written his poetry through the very essence of his Irish sensibility. It was offensive to think Irishness was something to be gone beyond.
I don’t know why I felt it my duty to safeguard the reputation of the world’s greatest poet. I just knew that I had to write that letter.
After my letter got published. I received a letter from The New Yorker, asking for an interview. When my article—“Fireman Smith” appeared in that magazine, the editor of a large publishing firm called me, asking if I was interested in writing a book about my life. I had little confidence to write a whole book, though the subject was worthy. I wrote Report From Engine Co. 82 in six months, and it sold really well. In the years that followed, I wrote three more best-sellers.
Being a writer had been far from my expectations. How had it happened I often found myself thinking about it, and my thoughts always came back to that letter to the New York Times. For me, the writing was a natural consequence of the passion I felt and the subjects represented the great values burning within me as I wrote.
Over the years, my five children have come to me with one dilemma or another. My answer is always the same. Think about what you’re feeling and measure the heat of the fire in your heart, for that is your passion. Your education and your experience will guide you toward making a right decision, but your passion will enable you to make a difference in whatever you do. That’s what I learned the day I stood up for Ireland’s greatest poet.
7．The underlined words “a calumny” in Paragraph probably mean ______.
A．a true story B．a positive comment
C．a false statement D．an inaccurate figure
8．Why did the author write to New York Times
A．To present his love for literature. B．To spread Irish culture to the world.
C．To prove he has brilliant writing skills. D．To defend the reputation of an Irish poet.
9．According to the author, what is the key to his success in writing
A．His passion in writing. B．His skills in arguing.
C．His educational background. D．His experience as a firefighter.
（2022下·北京·高二人大附中校考期中）I hated wearing a burqa. It made me itch; it made me sweat. And it made me invisible. Mine was blue with a small lace opening for the eyes, though underneath I wore a short-sleeved dress and tights. Walking in a burqa, I lost my usual confident gait: I hung my head lower, both hands clutching the edge of the fabric so I wouldn’t stumble. The very fact of wearing it made me feel inferior. To leave the house, when I became a teenager about a decade ago, I had to transform myself into a thing.
My way of protesting was to go out as little as possible, which seemed to be the only way I could protect my individuality. But I yearned to participate in life directly rather than simply observe it through my veil.
My parents, too, wanted me to step into my fullest potential. When other mothers praised their daughters for their cooking and housework, mine would claim that a woman’s real jewel is her education. When other fathers focused on how quickly they could marry their daughters, my father laughed if someone came to our house with a marriage proposal.
On some nights, when the neighbourhood was sleeping and only stray dogs occupied the roads, my father would walk with me outside the house to give me a taste of the world without a burqa. In the shadow of moonlight, we would stroll, hearing the sounds of crickets and dogs rummaging through rubbish. With each step I took, I felt free. Once my father disguised me as a boy to swim in the river that I used to go to when I was a child. He didn’t want me to forget what it felt like to be free.
Sometimes I would get angry and loudly complain that I was forced to cage myself in a burqa. My mother would look at me with a solemn expression, place her hand on my head, and say, “Be someone who can leave this place.” She encouraged me to learn English.
And I did. Armed with an iPad, the internet and a free education website called Khan Academy, I taught myself English, philosophy, maths, science, and history. While most young women my age were getting married, I was learning how to argue like Socrates or apply mathematics like Newton. With each new thing I learned, I began to feel alive, like a plant that blooms when it gets water after it has been parched and dying. By allowing me the freedom of education, my parents gave me a window to the world. More than that, they gave me the tools to create my own identity and make myself visible again.
10．As a teenager, ________.
A．she felt inferior to others B．she was too shy to go out
C．she made up herself into a thing D．she was aware of her individuality
11．When someone came to propose a marriage, her father ________.
A．laughed at their proposal B．felt it weird and stupid
C．refused with laughter D．concealed his anger with laughter
12．She studied hard in order to ________.
A．make herself visible to the world B．free herself from the trap of her parents
C．be capable like Socrates and Newton D．fulfill her parents’ dream of getting education
（2022下·北京·高二101中学校考期中）My grandfather was a rigid perfectionist. Everything had to be orderly, precise and punctual. I was frightened of him until the day he died. Growing up, my mother desperately wanted to please him. She probably thought he might leave if she didn’t.
In fact, I now think the fear of being left alone, abandoned, was a current throughout much of her life. A few years into my father suffering from Alzheimer, my mother’s voice on the phone sounded so upset that I had to tell her, “Just be with yourself for a little while.”
“No, I can’t do that. I don’t want to do that,” she said abruptly, closing the door on the subject. A while after my father died, she told me that she kept the television on all the time because it made her feel less lonely. “It makes the house seem more lived in,” she said. I had given in to my annoyance and either turned the volume down or turned it off. But after she told me that it filled in some of the loneliness, I never reached for the remote again.
We have had a long journey together, she and I. Over a half-century of memories, now that the journey has ended, I have a choice which ones to study which ones to turn over in my hands and dust off.
I choose to look at the ones that ache with a sweet truth not told often enough: there was love between us. It was just hard to find sometimes. I choose to remember her face on that winter day in Manhattan, when I came to her with a broken heart. I choose to remember walking on the shore with her in summers when we rented a beach house; somehow the sea always transformed us. And how she looked on my wedding day when she handed me a bracelet that had belonged to my grandmother. “Something old,” she said.
13．From the author’s point of view, what did her mother feel in her much time of life
A．A sense of relief. B．A sense of excitement.
C．A sense of being deserted. D．A sense of being pleased.
14．How does the author support the theme of the text
A．By giving examples. B．By stating arguments.
C．By interviewing her father. D．By visiting her grandfather.
15．The author writes the story to ________.
A．express regret for her grandfather
B．show her sympathy toward her mother
C．reveal her deep feelings for her mother
D．emphasize her concern about the generation gap
（2022下·北京房山·高二统考期中）It is 10 in the morning, and I am travelling by raft down the Li River. The sun is already burning hot even though it has not yet reached full strength, but a calm breeze cools my skin. So far the day is wonderful, but the purpose of my trip is not just to have fun: I am following in the footsteps of Xu Xiake (1587 - 1641), the famous Chinese travel writer and geographer. Though Xu was from Jiangsu, he spent more than 30 years travelling throughout the country, and greatly admired my destination today - Ox Gorge.
As we flow down the river, we are surrounded by steep hills sticking up into the sky - karsts. Unique among mountains, karsts were formed over thousands of years as rain drained into the acidic soil and melted the soft rock, leaving the harder rock behind. Guangxi is full of karsts, giving it some of the most interesting - and beautiful - scenery in the world. Xu was one of the first people to make a careful study of Guilin's karsts and their related cave systems. He, like many people today, found them fascinating.
Suddenly, our raft hits some rapids, and I find myself covered in water. I turn to my raftsman and we share a laugh. The water not only keeps us cool, but it is all part of the adventure.
What made someone like Xu spend years travelling thousands of kilometres away from home Perhaps it’s the same reason as mine: to explore the world and to discover new things. Yet, perhaps no one in China travelled farther or longer than Xu Xiake. At least, if anyone did they did not write about it.
When our raft reaches Ox Gorge, it proves to be every bit as beautiful as I expected - a watery heaven on earth. The raft is tied up, and then I head out to explore. That afternoon, I find a cave on the river. I wade into it and the water grows shallower, until finally I am walking on dry land. Up ahead I see a light and hear laughter echoing off the cave walls. There is a large pool of mud, and a group of young people are jumping into it and swimming around. I run and join them. Soon, like my new friends, I am covered in gray mud from head to toe. After an hour of play, I head back out of the cave and take a swim in the river to get clean. And I wonder, when Xu Xiake came here nearly five hundred years ago, did he examine the mud like a scientist Or did he jump in Of course he jumped in. You know he did.
16．Why did the author decide to go to Ox Gorge
A．To have fun in unique mountains.
B．To make other people greatly admire him.
C．To travel farther and longer than Xu Xiake.
D．To explore the world and discover new things.
17．How did the author feel when he was covered in water
A．Worried. B．Satisfied. C．Delighted. D．Annoyed.
18．What did the author do in the cave
A．He took a swim to get clean. B．He researched the cave walls.
C．He explored the shallow water. D．He jumped into the mud to play.
19．The author wrote the passage mainly to _________.
A．share his travel experience with readers
B．introduce the beautiful scenery of Guilin
C．remember the famous writer and geographer Xu Xiake
D．stress the importance of protecting the fascinating karsts
（2022下·北京丰台·高二统考期中）As an educator and health care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that causes AlDS. The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been gifts in my life. They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.
Tyler was born infected with HIV: his mother was also infected. From the very beginning of his life, he was dependent on medications (药物) to enable him to survive. When he was five, he had a tube inserted (插入) in a vein (静脉) in his chest. This tube was connected to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack on his back. Medications were linked to this pump and continuously supplied through this tube to his bloodstream. At times, he also needed supplemented (补充的) oxygen to support his breathing.
Tyler wasn’t willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease. It was not unusual to find him playing and racing around his backyard, wearing his medicine-laden backpack and dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon. All of us who knew Tyler were amazed at his pure joy in being alive and the energy it gave him. Tyler’s mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast that she needed to dress him in red. That way, when she peered through the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly spot him.
This dreaded disease eventually wore down even the likes of a little dynamo like Tyler. He grew quite ill and, unfortunately, so did his HIV-infected mother. When it became apparent that he wasn’t going to survive, Tyler’s mom talked to him about death. She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.
A few days before his death, Tyler called me over to his hospital bed and whispered, “might die soon. I’m not scared. When I die, please dress me in red. Mom promised she’s coming to heaven, too. I’ll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me.”
20．Tyler had to wear his backpack so that ________ .
A．his mother could recognize him in the crowd
B．oxygen could be provided to support his breathing
C．he could carry his favourite toys wherever he went
D．its pump could supply medications to his bloodstream
21．We can learn from the passage that________.
A．Tyler was very afraid of dying so soon
B．Tyler gave up the chance to enjoy his childhood
C．Tyler tried to enjoy his life though being badly ill
D．Tyler couldn’t move freely with his medicine-laden backpack
22．From the passage, we can learn that Tyler is ________.
A．courageous and optimistic B．confident and energetic
C．enthusiastic and adventurous D．ambitious and passionate
23．Which can be the best title for the passage
A．Gifts in my life B．Dress me in red
C．Never give up D．Live with HIV
（2022下·北京西城·高二北京四中校考期中）I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival. She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will. However, I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.
So I boarded the plane in mid-August, and hated the long flight. I arrived, tired and hungry. I had left my husband of 2 years, alone, in our old New Orleans house.
I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago. The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already evacuated, but my husband chose to stay behind. He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world, but he could call his cousin in Chicago. He gave his cousin a message for me, that he would be just fine, and not to worry.
As the day wore on, I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans, and I realized, thanks to CNN, that New Orleans was under water.
I performed, hoping that my husband would survive. And I performed perfectly. The audience stood and applauded. I left the stage and went straight to the TV. I saw the street sign near my home, of Humanity Street, but nothing below it except water.
In the days that followed, I found out that my house, my car, my clothes, my furniture, everything that I'd left behind was gone … but not my husband. He survived by riding on the rear bumper of a VW bus, holding on to the overhead luggage rack, in the pouring rain, down the highway from New Orleans, half-way to Baton Rouge. The rest of the journey was a long walk, but he survived.
By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community.
24．How did the author feel when she left home
A．Disappointed. B．Worried. C．Tired. D．Unwilling.
25．What does the underlined word "evacuated" mean
A．Gathered. B．Struggled. C．Escaped. D．Hid.
26．What might be the title for the passage
A．Lost It All, Gained Even More B．Once Gone, Never Returned
C．Caught in the Hurricane D．Trapped in a Dilemma
（2023下·北京·高二大峪中学校考期中）My 10-year-old Donna said, “Mom, I made a new friend at school today. Can she come over tomorrow ” Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell.
“Sure, honey, that sounds great,” I said, thinking back to my own best friend, Lillian. We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights, New York. We met at the age of 10, too. Like my daughter, I was shy, but Lillian drew me out. She was one of the friendliest people in school, with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile. I knew we would be best friends forever.
In senior high school, Lillian went on a trip to Florida. That was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days. “I’ll be back soon,” she told me. But three days later, Lillian’s sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn’t come out any more. I got depressed for a long time. Soon, my family moved to New Jersey. Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes.
The next day Donna brought her new friend home. “Hi, Mrs. Loggia,” the little girl said. Her hair was so shiny and black and she flashed me a big smile, “My name is Laura.”
My daughter’s new friend was so much like Lillian. I was still puzzled when Laura’s mom came to pick her up later that afternoon. I opened the door to let her in. “Judy!” she cried. “It’s me, Lillian’s sister, from Washington Heights.” Yes, my daughter’s friend looked familiar. She was Lillian’s niece.
27．Which of the following can replace the underlined words in Paragraph 2
A．Invited me to go shopping.
B．Drew pictures with me outside.
C．Helped me out of a locked room.
D．Made me more outgoing than before.
28．What can we know about the author
A．She always missed Lillian.
B．She met Laura in Washington Heights.
C．She preferred Laura to her own daughter.
D．She moved to New Jersey because of Lillian’s death.
29．What can be a suitable title for the text
A．A Terrible Trip
B．A Shy Daughter
C．A Best Friend
D．A Familiar Niece
（2023下·北京·高二北京交通大学附属中学校考期中）My daughter Kelly is a cautious person. She needs to warm up to situations, who is hesitant to try new things. When with close friends, she becomes a leader who laughs loudly and chants, “Girls rule, boys drool.” But when that comfort zone is not around her, she is shy and nervous.
This has been challenging for me at times. “Shy” is not a word that I think has ever been used to describe me. But this has been a year of firsts for my girl that has filled her with a new sense of confidence. This year she moved to lap lane in swimming where she was preparing for a swim team. This year she learned to ride a bike without training wheels. And this year she completed her first kids’ triathlon (三项全能).
On Saturday, with a thunderstorm coming soon and my son’s birthday party later in the day, we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to participate in her first triathlon. We practiced transitions from swim to bike to run with her. we got all the equipment she’d need, and we kept talking about the race. But as we waited the two hours for the older kids to finish before her turn, she held my leg a little harder and told me she loved me a few too many times. She was nervous but trying to keep it together.
And then it was her turn. From the second she jumped into the water, my heart soared. My daughter transformed into the most confident human being I had ever seen. She dominated that swim, crushed that bike ride and ran to the finish with the biggest smile on her face.
I can honestly say that I never felt so proud of someone in my entire life. It wasn’t because she did a sport or anything like that. It was because she was afraid of something and conquered that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn’t seen before.
All day I would find myself just looking over at her and smiling. She might be wearing the finalist medal but I felt like I won that day. I won the chance to see my girl shine.
Shine on, sweet baby.
30．Kelly is nervous when ________.
A．boys are around her B．she changes into a leader
C．she is away from her mom D．situations are new to her
31．We can know from Paragraph 3 ________.
A．the race began in the early morning
B．the whole family gave Kelly support
C．Kelly was eager for her turn in the race
D．Kelly prepared for her brother’s birthday party
32．In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “conquered” probably means ________.
A．to defeat someone especially in a competition
B．to succeed in dealing with or control something
C．to become very popular or successful in a place
D．to take control of a country or a city and its people

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