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专题08 阅读理解之记叙文10篇（名校最新期中真题）-2022-2023学年高二英语下学期期中复习查缺补漏冲刺满分（牛津译林版2020）
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译林版（2020）高二英语下学期期中复习 查缺补漏冲刺满分
(名校最新期中真题)
专题08 阅读理解之记叙文10篇
（2022春·江苏南通·高二统考期中）I didn’t show an inclination to watch his Broadway musicals, when Stephen Sondheim died on Nov. 26, 2021, at age 91. Something in me instead wanted to see Al Hirschfeld’s drawings of Sondheim’s shows and characters over the decades.
As a boy growing up in the Boston suburbs in the 1970s, Hirschfeld’s images were my first ticket to Broadway, transported by their publication in The Times’s Arts & Leisure section. And they were also how I formed an early bond with my parents, one that stood over time and even into their years with Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默病).
“Oklahoma!” was the first musical my parents took me to, in Boston, when I was six. Around that time, I asked them why we got The Times when we didn’t live in New York. They said they still considered themselves New Yorkers and they loved Arts &Leisure and Hirschfeld’s drawings about theater. His drawings were like a lifeline for my parents to New York City over the decades, and they helped open the door for me to Sondheim.
This is how:
I made my way to New York in 1989, as a freshman at N.Y.U., where I met a dorm mate who looked like Hirschfeld’s drawing of LittleRed Riding Hood from Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.” Her name was Danielle Ferland. I told my parents about this Hirschfeld-in-the-flesh excitedly by phone. Danielle and other friends introduced me to Sondheim’s music which evoked (唤起) my memories of Hirschfeld’s drawings.
As my parents grew older, it was harder to take them to see shows with me. But in my years as the theater reporter at The Times, they would ask what I was seeing in New York and were happy to hear about Angela Lansbury performing in a 2009 revival (重演) of Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music.” They remembered her characteristic eyes from Hirschfeld’ s drawings.
When I see them next time, I will take my book of Hirschfeld’s drawings to show them and see if they remember these drawings.
1．What does the underlined “an inclination” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．An ability. B．A tendency.
C．An opportunity. D．A responsibility.
2．What do Hirschfeld’s drawings mean to the author?
A．A difficult childhood.
B．A chance to work for Broadway.
C．An inseparable connection with parents.
D．A treatment for a disease in her later years.
3．What introduced the author to Sondheim’s music?
A．Stories publicized on The Times.
B．The musical her parents took her to.
C．Recommendations made by her friends.
D．A course she signed up for at university.
4．What did the author’s parents still remember about “A Little Night Music”?
A．The time of its first staging. B．The excitement it had caused.
C．The performance on Broadway. D．The drawings of its performer.
（2022春·江苏苏州·高二统考期中）After a meeting shortly before the winter break, I walked through the halls of floor 3 in Met a Forum, ready to leave the building, wheat heard a voice call out my name. It was a friend with whom I shared a connection that is quite rare around this campus — both of us are from Slovakia. Extremely happy to hear my native language after so long, I joined him in the room that he booked to study in.
During our conversation, he revealed to me that first-year committee exist within the study association GEWIS and that he belongs to one. Long story short, he took me to the GEWIS room where I stared the process of joining one committee. Not only did GEWIS give me a social life during the pandemic but it also presented me with countless exciting activities and opportunities. Unfortunately, most of my international friends cannot relate.
During the summer break, I got a text from Fort who is now our chairman. He said that there were plans to start a committee to get more internationals involved in GEWIS. Fort is a local student. I was surprised to see him taking such an initiative (主动行动). I appreciated the sympathy (同情) for the difficulty that internationals deal with, so I joined the first meeting.
Fast forward to today we are a committee containing 8 different nationalities. You might see us on campus wearing our iconic light-green and purple T-shirts with the word “GeLOBAL” on it. With our diverse team, there is no shortage of ideas for making GEWIS more international-friendly, and for fun activities.
On the 25th of October, we kicked things off with our first official GEWIS activity — around the globe with GeLOBAL. The people who joined took part in a fun yet educational pub quiz involving trivia (冷知识) questions from all around the world. They also got the opportunity to learn useful phrase (such as pick-up lines) from a wide pool of languages. There were snacks and drinks — including foreign ones, of course. There was a welcoming, inclusive energy in the air.
5．Why does the author have a rare relationship with his friend?
A．They seldom see each other. B．They connect in a special way.
C．They come from the same country. D．They don’ know each other very well.
6．Which word best described the author’s attitude to Gels?
A．Grateful. B．Tolerant. C．Resistant. D．Critical.
7．Why did Fort want to start a committee for foreign students?
A．To make himself their leader. B．To help them adapt to life there.
C．To teach them different languages. D．To involve them in international affairs.
8．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．GEWIS: the platform B．The internationals
C．GEWIS: welcome you D．The campus life abroad
（2022春·江苏南京·高二统考期中）For my second career, as a weather forecaster (预报员), I jerked on the Canadian Plains, which is the second-best place to chase (追逐) severe weather, after Tornado Alley. I was also studying for a degree in Meteorology so I could interpret weather data and make my own forecasts. I didn’t want to be looked at as someone silly who didn’t know what she was talking about. Around that time, a photographer friend invited me to chase with him in the Alley for a month. I said sure; I wanted to learn everything I could.
During my second round in 2013, I got to see the largest tornado in recorded history—on the very fat day of the chase season. We were waiting in this dark and dirty gas-station parking lot in El Reno, Oklahoma. Chasers do that a lot. We sit around in groups waiting and eating junk food. The forecast called it a high-risk day, and finally, a tornado rolled in around 5: 30 p. m.
It started out as a little cloud and then turned into a 60,000-foot thunderstorm in maybe 20 minutes. We jumped in our car and raced toward it. A few minutes later I was looking out the window, filming this massive wall of what seemed like rain. We thought the tornado was hidden inside. But then I saw it taking shape and felt it sucking in wind. That’s when I realized that wall was the tornado itself it was around 2.6 miles across with winds nearly 300 miles per hour. It was explosive.
We hurried to be out of there. Cars packed the roads. All we could see were brake lights. We feared we’d be stuck. But in a few minutes, it was over.
Three storm chasers died that day, just up the road from where we’d been stuck. That had never happened before, So yeah, I wondered why I would risk going out again. But then the next chase season called me back.
9．Why did the author agree to chase tornadoes with her photographer friend?
A．To earn credits for her degree. B．To forecast the weather on site.
C．To interpret weather data for the friend. D．To improve her profession performance.
10．What can we learn from paragraphs 2 and 3?
A．tornadoes occur once in a chase season. B． tornadoes are hidden behind a wall of rain.
C．Chasing tornadoes require time and patience. D．Chasing tornadoes involves group competition.
11．Which of the following words can best describe the author?
A．Efficient and committed. B．Enthusiastic and brave.
C．Traditional and ambitious. D．Determined and talented.
12．What is the best title for the text?
A．On the move B．Not a weather girl C．Season of chase D．A narrow escape
（2022春·江苏常州·高二统考期中）Aaron Wheelz is a wheelchair motocross athlete who joined AGT: Extreme to attempt “Ramp (斜坡) dropping into 40 ft. front flip (前空翻)”. This dangerous action is already difficult for a person who does not have a disability. So it is extra challenging for Aaron, who suffers from spina bifida (脊柱裂).
Aaron said, “Growing up with a disability, there’s always this push that you should walk...almost always using a wheelchair means you gave up.” He frequently went to the Skate Park and watched guys on their bikes. Although terrified. Aaron gave it a try. He hit the bottom and fell on his face on the first attempt. This brave athlete was thinking that even though he did not land right, he did it! Obviously, that’s why he was in AGT: Extreme. When he conquered his fear and learned this sport, that’s when his life began.
Then, the long wait was over! Aaron climbed up a 40 ft. ramp and dived down at an uncontrollable speed. He then did a front flip and fell face down on the other side. Everyone was worried about Aaron, especially Simon, the host of AGT: Extreme.
Simon was so worried that he did not want Aaron to do it again. The audience was equally shocked. But this persevering man explained that he over-spun a little bit and failed to land right. He asked for another chance and climbed the ramp again. He showed the heart of an extreme athlete.
Tension was building and everyone was scared. Aaron made the 40 ft. plunge again, flipped, landed on the other side, but this time, he landed a perfect front flip on a wheelchair.
Everyone broke into loud cheers and applause when he landed perfectly and safely. Simon said to Aaron, “You are the definition of never giving up. You defined why, I think, we made this show. You got every chance to win.”
This amazing feat has been viewed on YouTube for more than 400K times already. People from all over the world have expressed their support for this fighter.
13．What do we know about Aaron’s first front flip attempt?
A．He failed to present himself perfectly.
B．He was too afraid to control his speed.
C．He had his whole body seriously injured.
D．He gained loud cheers from the audience.
14．How did the audience probably feel when Aaron climbed the ramp again?
A．Frightened. B．Nervous. C．Disappointed. D．Confused.
15．What can we learn from the text?
A．Aaron performed again for YouTube.
B．Simon praised Aaron for his courage.
C．Aaron won his first gold medal for the show.
D．The guys in the park advised Aaron to ride a bike.
16．Which of the following can best describe Aaron?
A．Brave and humorous.
B．Confident and caring.
C．Strong-willed and ambitious.
D．Warm-hearted and intelligent.
（2022春·江苏盐城·高二江苏省阜宁中学校考期中）Growing up in rural Jiangsu Province, Yu Jigao showed a strong interest in fine arts at an early age and studied on his own for years. His hard work paid off later. In the early 1950s, he made his way to Nanjing Normal University, where he learned painting theories and techniques from some famous artists. It was then that Yu found his lifelong artistic zeal for gongbi. Gongbi paintings usually describe birds and flowers, symbols of beauty and joy, in an artistic way with intense color.
After graduation from the art school in 1957, Yu began his professional career at the Chinese Painting Institute of Jiangsu. He has since published a series of art collections. Since 1959, Yu has contributed a series of works to many important sites. Yu’s works have also been displayed in a range of national and international exhibitions. From 1986 to 1997, he held his exhibitions in such places as Beijing, Guangzhou and New York. Both the themes and artistic techniques have won widespread praise in the past years.
While observing traditional rules, he uses accurate lines, powerful brush movements as well as the interplay between dark and light to represent the harmony of nature. Though he adopts a realistic style, he tries to enrich his works with spiritual beauty through his brush. Yu says, “That feeling turns into the images of singing birds and elegant flowers in my paintings.” Thanks to his careful observation of nature and artistic sensitivity, Yu is able to combine realistic description with artistic expression in his brushwork.
Now as deputy director of the Academy of Chinese Gongbi Painting of Flowers and Birds and a national top-level artist, Yu maintains a simple and easy-going style. In addition to artistic creation, Yu has devoted himself to promoting his painting style as the cultural heritage of China. “Art is part of my life,” Yu says. “I am proud to be a flower-bird painter. I hope to create a bright future for it through my efforts.”
17．What does the underlined word “zeal” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Request. B．Passion. C．Justice. D．Fund.
18．What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about Yu?
A．His school life.
B．His painting techniques.
C．His achievements in painting.
D．His contributions to the art school.
19．Which is Yu’s painting feature?
A．Adopting abstract objects.
B．Excluding plants and animals.
C．Combining traditional rules with a realistic style.
D．Representing the imbalance between nature and humans.
20．What does Yu expect of his painting style?
A．It will be passed on.
B．It will change over time.
C．It will look more complicated.
D．It will reach the top international level.
（2022春·江苏苏州·高二常熟中学校考期中）On the day he almost died, Kimbal Musk had food on the brain. The Internet startup talent and restaurateur had just arrived in Jackson Hole from a conference where chef Jamie Oliver had spoken about the benefits of healthy eating. This made Musk think a lot—how he might make a difference to the food industry—but beyond expanding his farm-to-table movement along with his restaurant, Musk hadn’t yet broken the code. Then he went sailing down a snowy slope (坡) and fell over, breaking his neck.
Musk eventually made a full recovery, but it involved spending two months on his back, which gave him plenty of time to come up with a plan. Since then, he has launched an initiative to put “learning gardens” in public schools across America; attracted Generation Z to the farming profession by changing shipping containers into high-tech, data-driven, year-round farms; and this year, is kicking off a new campaign to create one million at-home gardens.
Aimed at reaching low-income families, the Million Gardens Movement was inspired by the pandemic, as both a desire to feel more connected to nature and food insecurity have been at the forefront of so many people’s lives. “We were getting a lot of inquiries about gardening from people that had never gardened before,” says Musk. “People were looking to garden for a bunch of reasons: to save money on groceries, to improve the nutritional quality of their diets, or just to cure the boredom that came with the lockdown.”
The program offers free garden kits that can be grown indoors or outdoors, and will be distributed through schools that Musk’s non-profit, Big Green, has already partnered with. It also offers free courses on how to get the garden growing and fresh seeds and materials for the changing growing seasons. “It’s not difficult. Anyone can do this, no matter where you come from, no matter where you live. We are all able to grow something,” says Musk.
21．What inspired Musk to make a difference to food industry?
A．The pandemic. B．A skiing accident.
C．Jamie Oliver’s speech. D．The farm-to-table movement.
22．What is a cause of people beginning gardening according to Musk?
A．To get access to healthy food.
B．To make their house beautiful.
C．To make money by selling garden produce.
D．To build up their strength during the pandemic.
23．What does the Million Gardens Movement focus on?
A．Encouraging people to preserve nature.
B．Providing free food for low-income families.
C．Promoting “learning gardens” across schools.
D．Educating new gardeners to grow their own food.
24．Which of the following best describes Musk?
A．Charity-minded. B．Stubborn. C．Easy-going. D．Scholarly.
（2022春·江苏淮安·高二统考期中）One day, I was sitting in a local coffee shop, and staring at this man in a wheelchair. He could move his head and parts of his fingers but nothing else. He had a servant who cut up his food and placed it on a special mechanically powered fork that he would use to eat.
He saw me staring at him and invited me to join him at his table. His name was Stephen. For several hours we sat at that table and we got to know each other on a deeply personal level. I had never known a man who was more radiant(容光焕发), more energizing to talk and get to know than Stephen.
Stephen used to be a very successful businessman in Denver. He was in the natural gas business. Thirteen years before, when he was forty, he was waiting for news of a natural gas discovery to occur any moment.
He said, “I had so much nervous energy. I saw the storm clouds gathering, and I decided to clean out the gutters(屋檐排水沟) rather than sitting around waiting for this gas well to come in.”
He climbed up the ladder to clear the piles of pine needles(松针) on the roof. As he backed up, he accidentally fell off the roof. He landed on his back. He was paralyzed(瘫痪) for the rest of his life, except for his head and his hand.
I asked him, “How do you do it all? How do you suddenly stop hiking, fishing, and running marathons?”
He said, “There are three things you have to do when something like this happens. The first thing you have to do is adjust. The second thing you do is adjust. And the third thing you do is adjust.”
He said, “By adjusting to your abilities, Bill, you have to change your self-expectations. If you can’t be a physical athlete any longer, then perhaps you can be a spiritual athlete.” He was.
25．Why was the author staring at Stephen at the coffee shop?
A．Stephen took food specially.
B．Stephen greeted him with a smile.
C．They knew each other before.
D．Stephen’s servant made a noise.
26．What made Stephen decide to clean out the gutters?
A．The news calling on him to do that.
B．His great care about his money.
C．His eagerness for the gas discovery.
D．His concern about the bad weather.
27．How did Stephen adjust to his disability?
A．He turned to the author for help. B．He accepted himself as he was.
C．He talked to himself regularly. D．He gave up being an athlete.
28．“A spiritual athlete” Stephen mentioned in the last paragraph might be ________.
A．humorous and energetic B．confident and caring
C．optimistic and open-minded D．faithful and easygoing
（2022春·江苏苏州·高二吴县中学校考期中）Skateboarding can be traced back to the 1950s in America, where West Coast surfers started attaching wheels to wooden boards in order to “surf” on land. It became popular in the 1960s, with stars from Clint Eastwood to Katharine Hepburn pictured trying their hand at the sport. In 1965, ABC televised the National Skateboard Championships, which saw international skaters battled it out for a prize of $500.
In Japan, the All Japan Skateboard Association, founded in 1982, helped to gradually introduce the activity through surfing centers. Skater Taiichiro Nakamura, better known as “Chopper”, got his start in skateboarding in the late 1980s at the age of 15. When he was young, Chopper’s father always encouraged him to pursue an unconventional career, so Chopper practiced skating hard, eventually turning his hobby into a profession.
With his slight build, Chopper never thought he’d reach the same level as international skaters. So with many of his American counterparts(对手)pursuing bigger “air” and increasingly ambitious aerial(空中的) tricks, Chopper stuck close to the ground and pursued original street skating instead. He involved himself in his tricks with a sense of fun, inventing moves like the “potato roll”.
“Chopper made people realize that skateboarding isn’t just about copying other people’s styles,” says Hayate Kamimura, who skates with the Osaka Daggers and works as an instructor at a nearby skate park. “It’s about how you bring out your own creativity and invent a style that nobody else has.”
In the past, Chopper didn’t have many people to skate with. Now the sport has come to mainstream acceptance in Japan thanks to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, in which skating was included. However, there still aren’t enough skate parks where people can skate without disturbing others. If you skate on the street, you have to share that space with people walking by, who will get the impression that skateboarding is noisy, dangerous or scary.
29．What made skateboarding become popular in the 1960s in America?
A．The large number of advertisements for it.
B．The fancy wheels of the skateboard.
C．The big award of the competitions.
D．The influence of some celebrities.
30．What caused Chopper to practice skating hard?
A．His desire to follow in his father’s footsteps.
B．His plan to become a professional skater.
C．His admiration for a famous skater.
D．His ambition to promote it in Japan.
31．What does Chopper aim to achieve in skateboarding?
A．How to create his own style. B．How to increase aerial tricks.
C．How to be an instructive coach. D．How to catch up with international skaters.
32．What can we infer about skateboarding in Japan now?
A．It promotes the awareness of having a shared space.
B．It calls for improvements to skateboards.
C．It needs better management.
D．It becomes a sport for all
（2022春·江苏南通·高二统考期中）Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in northern Malawi, children did their school homework by candlelight: There was no electricity. But that started to change in 2006, when villager Colrerd Nkosi finished secondary school in Mzimba, and returned home—and found he could no longer live without power.
Aged 23 at the time, Nkosi soon figured out that a stream gushing past the house where he grew up had just enough force to push the pedals on his bicycle. He created a makeshift generator (临时发电机) that brought power into his home. Word spread quickly among the cluster of brick houses and neighbours began paying regular visits to charge their mobile phones. “I started getting requests for electricity and decided to upgrade,” said Nkosi, now 38.
With no prior training, he turned an old fridge compressor into a water-powered turbine and put it in a nearby river, generating electricity for six households. Today, the village is supplied by a bigger turbine, built from the motor of a disused maize seller (玉米剥粒机). The power is carried along metal cables strung from a two-kilometre line of tree trunks topped with wooden planks.
The users pay no fee for the power but give Nkosi some money for maintenance—slightly more than $1 per household per month. “The electricity is basically free,” Nkosi said, speaking in local Chichewa. He admitted that the maintenance income was too small to cover repair costs, which he mainly funded from his own pocket.
Despite the challenges, he is determined to expand his mini-grid to surrounding areas. “Once more villages and schools have electricity, people will no longer cut down trees for charcoal,” he said. “Students will have a lot more time to study.”
As dusk settles over Kasangazi Primary School, chatty groups of learners file into a classroom for a night-time study session. “Before we had electricity here, we used to use candles to study,” said student Gift Mfune, “Now we all have no excuse but to pass our examinations,” he exclaimed.
33．Why did the temporary generator need updating?
A．To make much more money. B．To meet more people’s needs.
C．To attract more people’s visits. D．To charge more mobile phones.
34．What can we know about the students in Kasangazi Primary School?
A．They show no concern for their exams.
B．They take little interest in their studies.
C．They feel grateful to Nkosi for his help.
D．They’re sure to have a promising future.
35．Which words can best describe Nkosi?
A．Determined and generous. B．Easy-going and courageous.
C．Open-minded and tolerant. D．Intelligent and cooperative.
36．Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text?
A．The Founding of a Power Station B．The Contribution of a Young Man
C．The Situation of a Primary School D．The Development of a Poor Village
（2022春·江苏连云港·高二统考期中）To this paper-cutting artist, Shi Qinling, scissors are like what brushes are to painters, or what pens are to writers. Always having a pair of scissors on her also allows her to create art whenever inspiration hits. “Some people like to pen their feelings in diaries. I prefer to cut them out,” says the 35-year-old, who is currently working at the Fenglin community cultural activity center in Shanghai.
Shi developed an interest in handicraft when she was a child who often found herself alone at home. Out of boredom, she would play with paper, folding and cutting them into different shapes. This interest later developed into a passion, one that she decided to pursue by majoring in arts and crafts design during her time in university.
After graduation, however, she found herself working at a ship design company as she was unsure about what she wanted to do with her future. About a year later, the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Research Institute offered her a position in their paper-cutting department. Realizing that she still had a love for the craft, she switched her career.
In 2010, she started learning paper-cutting from Xi Xiaoqin, the national inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage for paper-cutting. Three years later, one of her works, The Fighting Fish, won third place at the Baihua Cup, a competition for Chinese arts and crafts. Six years later, Shi was named a Shanghai paper-cutting inheritor and become the city’s “youngest inheritor” of the paper-cutting heritage.
37．What can we learn about Shi from Paragraph 1?
A．Scissors are important for her for self-protection.
B．Scissors are significant for her for artistic expression.
C．She creates art by drawing whenever she has inspiration.
D．She is a paper-cutting artist as well as a painter and writer.
38．Why did Shi work at a ship design company after graduation?
A．She was at a loss what to do in the future. B．She majored in ship design in university.
C．She was sure that she loved to design ships. D．She wanted to be an inheritor of the company.
39．What does the underlined word “switched” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．Adopted. B．Hatched. C．Changed. D．Reformed.
40．What can we infer from Shi’s experience?
A．Interest is the best teacher. B．Pride goes before a fall.
C．It’s never too late to learn. D．All roads lead to Rome.
参考答案：
1．B 2．C 3．C 4．D
【导语】这是一篇记叙文，作者介绍了自己喜欢的歌手去世之后，回忆起他通过记录这位歌手的画家的作品认识歌手和父母建立亲密关系的故事。
1．词义猜测题。根据第一段“I didn’t show an inclination to watch his Broadway musicals, when Stephen Sondheim died on Nov. 26, 2021, at age 91. Something in me instead wanted to see Al Hirschfeld’s drawings of Sondheim’s shows and characters over the decades. (斯蒂芬·桑德海姆于2021年11月26日去世，享年91岁，当时我并没有表现出看他的百老汇音乐剧的inclination。相反，我内心深处想看看艾尔·赫斯菲尔德为桑德海姆几十年来的表演和人物画的画)”中的关键词“instead”可知，前后句意呈相反关系，作者“不想”听那位歌手的歌，而是想去看那位画家的画，所以划线部分inclination和B选项“A tendency (倾向)”接近。故答案为B。
2．细节理解题。根据第二段“As a boy growing up in the Boston suburbs in the 1970s, Hirschfeld’s images were my first ticket to Broadway, transported by their publication in The Times’s Arts & Leisure section. And they were also how I formed an early bond with my parents, one that stood over time and even into their years with Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默病). (作为一个20世纪70年代在波士顿郊区长大的男孩，赫斯菲尔德的照片是我第一张去百老汇的门票，它们刊登在时报的艺术与休闲版上。这也是我和父母早期建立联系的方式，这种联系随着时间的推移，甚至在他们患有阿尔茨海默病的岁月里也没有改变)”可知，作者通过这位画家的作品和他的父母建立起亲密的联系。故答案为C。
3．细节理解题。根据第五段“Danielle and other friends introduced me to Sondheim’s music which evoked(唤起) my memories of Hirschfeld’s drawings. (丹妮尔和其他朋友向我介绍了桑德海姆的音乐，这唤起了我对赫斯菲尔德绘画的记忆)”可知，上大学后，是丹妮尔和其他朋友让作者认识了歌手桑德海姆，即朋友的推荐。故答案为C。
4．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“But in my years as the theater reporter at The Times, they would ask what I was seeing in New York and were happy to hear about Angela Lansbury performing in a 2009 revival (重演) of Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music.” They remembered her characteristic eyes from Hirschfeld’ s drawings. (但在我担任时报戏剧记者的那些年里，他们会问我在纽约看到了什么，并很高兴听到安吉拉·兰斯伯里在2009年重新演出桑德海姆的《小夜乐》)。他们从赫斯菲尔德的画中想起了她独特的眼睛)”可知，是赫斯菲尔德的画，让他们深深地记住了这位歌手的表演。故答案为D。
5．C 6．A 7．B 8．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了GEWIS平台。作者讲述了自己在国外学习时，参加了GEWIS的一个协会，这个协会对外国人友好，提供许多活动和机会，帮助外国人适应当地生活。
5．细节理解题。根据第一段的“It was a friend with whom I shared a connection that is quite rare around this campus — both of us are from Slovakia.(那是我和他共享在这个校园里非常罕见的关系的一个朋友——我们俩都来自斯洛伐克)”可知，作者和他的朋友有罕见的关系是因为他们来自同一个国家。故选C。
6．推理判断题。根据第三段的“I appreciated the sympathy (同情) for the difficulty that internationals deal with, so I joined the first meeting.(我感激人们对国际球员所面临的困难的同情，所以我参加了第一次会议)”可推知，作者对Gels的态度是感激的。故选A。
7．推理判断题。根据第三段的“He said that there were plans to start a committee to get more internationals involved in GEWIS.(他说，计划成立一个委员会，让更多的外国人参与GEWIS)”和最后一段的“The people who joined took part in a fun yet educational pub quiz involving trivia(冷知识) questions from all around the world. They also got the opportunity to learn useful phrase (such as pick-up lines) from a wide pool of languages. There were snacks and drinks — including foreign ones, of course. There was a welcoming, inclusive energy in the air.(参加这个活动的人参加一个有趣而又有教育意义的酒吧小测验，涉及来自世界各地的琐事问题。他们也有机会从广泛的语言中学习有用的短语（比如搭讪语）。有零食和饮料——当然也包括外国的。空气中有一种欢迎的、包容的能量)”可知，Fort为外国朋友创办委员会是为了让他们参与活动，学习有用的短语等，因此推断目的是为了帮助他们适应那里的生活。故选B。
8．主旨大意题。根据第二段的“During our conversation, he revealed to me that first-year committee exist within the study association GEWIS and that he belongs to one. Long story short, he took me to the GEWIS room where I stared the process of joining one committee. Not only did GEWIS give me a social life during the pandemic but it also presented me with countless exciting activities and opportunities.(在我们的交谈中，他向我透露，在GEWIS学习协会中有一个一年级协会，他是其中的一员。长话短说，他带我去GEWIS的房间，在那里我开始了加入一个委员会的过程。GEWIS不仅在疫情期间为我提供了社交生活，还为我提供了无数令人兴奋的活动和机会)”以及下文的讲述可知，文章主要讲述了GEWIS平台，作者讲述了自己在国外学习时，参加了GEWIS的一个协会，这个协会对外国人友好，提供许多活动和机会，帮助外国人适应当地生活。由此可知，A项“GEWIS：平台”适合作本文最佳标题。故选A。
9．D 10．C 11．B 12．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者曾经追逐龙卷风的一次经历，过后，作者也很困惑自己为什么要冒险，但是，当龙卷风季节再次来临时，作者还是回到那儿再次追逐。
9．推理判断题。根据文章第一段“I was also studying for a degree in Meteorology so I could interpret weather data and make my own forecasts.(我还在攻读气象学学位，这样我就可以解释天气数据并做出自己的预测。)”可知，作者正在攻读气象学学位；再根据最后一句“I said sure; I wanted to learn everything I could.(我说当然可以；我想尽我所能去学习一切。)”可知，作者同意朋友的提议，是想加强专业知识。故选D。
10．推理判断题。根据第二段“We were waiting in this dark and dirty gas-station parking lot in El Reno, Oklahoma. Chasers do that a lot. We sit around in groups waiting and eating junk food. The forecast called it a high-risk day, and finally, a tornado rolled in around 5: 30 p. m.(我们在俄克拉荷马州埃尔里诺一个又黑又脏的加油站停车场里等着。追逐手经常这样做。我们围坐在一起等着吃垃圾食品。天气预报称这是高风险的一天，最后，龙卷风在下午5点30分左右袭来。) ”可知，追逐龙卷风需要付出时间和耐心。故选C。
11．推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后一句“I said sure; I wanted to learn everything I could.(我说当然可以；我想尽我所能去学习一切。)”可知，作者是一个很热心学习的人；再根据倒数第二段“We hurried to be out of there. Cars packed the roads. All we could see were brake lights. We feared we’d be stuck. But in a few minutes, it was over. (我们赶紧离开那里。道路上挤满了汽车。我们只能看到刹车灯。我们害怕我们会被困在那儿。但几分钟后，一切都结束了。)”以及最后一段“But then the next chase season called me back. (但接下来的追逐季又在召唤我了)”可知，作者很勇敢。故选B。
12．主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“For my second career, as a weather forecaster（预报员）, I jerked on the Canadian Plains, which is the second-best place to chase（追逐）severe weather, after Tornado Alley.(作为一名天气预报员，我在加拿大平原度过了我的第二职业，那里是追逐恶劣天气的第二好地方，仅次于Tornado Alley。)”可知，作者准备从事天气预报员这一职业；而根据下文可知，作者勇敢地和朋友一起追逐龙卷风。由此可知，文章主要讲述的是作者不仅仅是气象预报员，还喜欢上了追逐了龙卷风。所以“Not a weather girl(不是一名气象女孩)”作为文章标题最为合适。故选B。
13．A 14．A 15．B 16．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了身患残疾的Aaron Wheelz坐在轮椅上完成了40英尺前空翻。
13．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Aaron climbed up a 40 ft. ramp and dived down at an uncontrollable speed. He then did a front flip and fell face down on the other side.(Aaron爬上一个40英尺的斜坡，以无法控制的速度俯冲下去。然后他做了一个前空翻，脸朝下倒在另一边) ”可知，他的第一次尝试并未成功，未能完美地表现自己。故选A。
14．细节理解题。根据第五段“Tension was building and everyone was scared. (气氛越来越紧张，每个人都很害怕)”可知，在场的每个人都感到害怕，也就是观众也是如此。故选A。
15．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Simon said to Aaron, “You are the definition of never giving up. You defined why, I think, we made this show. You got every chance to win.”(Simon对Aaron说，“你是永不放弃的人。你定义了我们为什么要做这个节目。你完全有机会赢。”)”可推断，Simon对Aaron大加赞誉，赞扬了他的勇气。故选B。
16．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“When he conquered his fear and learned this sport, that’s when his life began.(当他克服了恐惧，学会了这项运动，他的人生就开始了)”可知，他是有志向的人；以及第四段“He asked for another chance and climbed the ramp again. He showed the heart of an extreme athlete. (他要求再给他一次机会，又爬上了坡道。他展现了一颗极限运动员的心)”可推断，他是一个意志坚定且雄心勃勃的人。故选C。
17．B 18．C 19．C 20．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了国画大师喻继高。
17．词句猜测题。根据上文“In the early 1950s, he made his way to Nanjing Normal University, where he learned painting theories and techniques from some famous artists. It was then that Yu found(20世纪50年代初，他来到南京师范大学，在那里他从一些著名艺术家那里学习绘画理论和技巧。就在那时)”的语境和强调句型可知，此处是指就在学习绘画理论和技巧时，喻继高发现了他对工笔画一生的艺术热情。故推测，zeal意为“热情”。A. Request. 要求；B. Passion. 热情；C. Justice. 正义；D. Fund.资金。故选B。
18．主旨大意题。根据第二段“After graduation from the art school in 1957, Yu began his professional career at the Chinese Painting Institute of Jiangsu. He has since published a series of art collections. Since 1959, Yu has contributed a series of works to many important sites. Yu’s works have also been displayed in a range of national and international exhibitions. From 1986 to 1997, he held his exhibitions in such places as Beijing, Guangzhou and New York. Both the themes and artistic techniques have won widespread praise in the past years.(1957年从艺术学校毕业后，喻在江苏中国画学院开始了他的职业生涯。此后，他出版了一系列艺术作品集。自1959年以来，喻为许多重要遗址贡献了一系列作品。喻的作品也在一系列国家和国际展览中展出。从1986年到1997年，他在北京、广州和纽约等地举办了展览。在过去的几年里，无论是主题还是艺术技巧都赢得了广泛的赞誉)”可知，本段主要讲述了喻在绘画方面的艺术成就。故选C。
19．细节理解题。根据第三段的“While observing traditional rules, he uses accurate lines, powerful brush movements as well as the interplay between dark and light to represent the harmony of nature. Though he adopts a realistic style, he tries to enrich his works with spiritual beauty through his brush.(在遵守传统规则的同时，他使用精确的线条、有力的笔刷动作以及黑暗和光明之间的相互作用来代表自然的和谐。虽然他采用了现实主义的风格，但他试图通过笔触来丰富自己的作品，使之具有精神美)”可知，喻的绘画风格结合了传统的规则和现实主义风格。故选C。
20．推理判断题。根据第四段的“In addition to artistic creation, Yu has devoted himself to promoting his painting style as the cultural heritage of China. “Art is part of my life,” Yu says. “I am proud to be a flower-bird painter. I hope to create a bright future for it through my efforts.”(除了艺术创作之外，喻还致力于将他的绘画风格作为中国的文化遗产加以推广。喻说：“艺术是我生活的一部分。”。“作为一名花鸟画家，我感到很自豪。我希望通过我的努力，为它创造一个美好的未来。”)”推知，喻希望他的绘画风格被传承下去。故选A。
21．C 22．A 23．D 24．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Musk在受Jamie Oliver演讲的启发后，创立百万个家庭花园，鼓励和教授人们自己种植自己的食物，来让自己吃的食物更健康。
21．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“The Internet startup talent and restaurateur had just arrived in Jackson Hole from a conference where chef Jamie Oliver had spoken about the benefits of healthy eating. This made Musk think a lot—how he might make a difference to the food industry（这位互联网创业天才和餐馆老板刚刚参加完Jackson Hole的一个会议抵达Jackson Hole，会上主厨Jamie Oliver谈到了健康饮食的好处。这让马斯克思考了很多——他如何能对食品行业作出改变）”可知Musk是在参加完Jamie Oliver的演讲之后开始考虑对食品行业作出改变，即受到了这个演讲的启发。故选C项。
22．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“People were looking to garden for a bunch of reasons: to save money on groceries, to improve the nutritional quality of their diets, or just to cure the boredom that came with the lockdown.（“人们之所以注意种植花园，原因有很多: 为了在杂货上省钱，为了改善饮食的营养质量，或者仅仅是为了消除封锁带来的无聊感。”）”可知改善饮食的营养质量是其中一个原因，即让他们所吃的食物变得更健康更有营养；故选项A“To get access to healthy food（为了获得健康的食物）符合题意；其余三个选项文章并未提及；故选A项。
23．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Aimed at reaching low-income families, the Million Gardens Movement was inspired by the pandemic, as both a desire to feel more connected to nature and food insecurity have been at the forefront of so many people’s lives.（旨在惠及低收入家庭的百万花园运动受到流行病的启发，因为渴望与自然建立更多联系的愿望和粮食的不安全一直处于许多人生活的最前沿。）”可知渴望与自然的联系和粮食安全问题是人们咨询百万花园运动的主要原因；根据文章最后一段“It also offers free courses on how to get the garden growing and fresh seeds and materials for the changing growing seasons. “It’s not difficult. Anyone can do this, no matter where you come from, no matter where you live. We are all able to grow something,” says Musk.（它还提供免费课程，介绍如何让花园生长以及在不断变化的生长季节提供新鲜种子和材料。“这并不难。任何人都可以做到这一点，无论你来自哪里，无论你住在哪里。 我们都能够种植一些东西，”马斯克说。）”可知，百万花园计划是专门教人自己种植的；与前面人们咨询百万花园运动的原因结合起来，可推断，百万花园重点是教人们如何种植自己吃的食物，使人们吃的食物更健康，并增加人与自然之间的联系。故选D项。
24．推理判断题。由文章第三段“Aimed at reaching low-income families（旨在惠及低收入家庭）”可知Musk创立百万花园运动主要针对低收入家庭；由文章最后一段“The program offers free garden kits that can be grown indoors or outdoors（该计划提供可以在室内或室外种植的免费花园套件）”可知他免费给人们提供种植套件；“It also offers free courses（它还提供免费课程）”可知Musk的计划还给人提供免费课程；综上所述，可推知Musk是富有慈善意识的；故选A项。
25．A 26．C 27．B 28．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者在喝咖啡时遇到了身残志坚的Stephen，通过与Stephen的聊天得知乐观豁达的Stephen背后的故事。
25．细节理解题。根据第一段中“He could move his head and parts of his fingers but nothing else. He had a servant who cut up his food and placed it on a special mechanically powered fork that he would use to eat.(他只能移动头部和手指的某些部位，除此之外什么也动不了。他有一个仆人，他把食物切碎，放在一个特殊的机械动力叉子上，他会用它来吃饭。) ”可知，作者注意到Stephen是因为他的饮食方式很特别。故选A。
26．细节理解题。根据第三段中“Thirteen years before, when he was forty, he was waiting for news of a natural gas discovery to occur any moment.(13年前，当他40岁的时候，他一直在等待随时会有发现天然气的消息。)”和第四段“He said, “I had so much nervous energy. I saw the storm clouds gathering, and I decided to clean out the gutters(屋檐排水沟) rather than sitting around waiting for this gas well to come in.”(他说：“我当时非常紧张。我看到风暴云在聚集，所以我决定清理屋檐排水沟，而不是坐在那里等着气井进来。”) ”可知，Stephen决定清理排水沟是因为他对天然气发现的渴望。故选C。
27．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“By adjusting to your abilities, Bill, you have to change your self-expectations. If you can’t be a physical athlete any longer, then perhaps you can be a spiritual athletes.(比尔，为了适应你的能力，你必须改变你的自我期望。如果你不能再做一个身体上的运动员，那么也许你可以做一个精神上的运动员。) ”可推断，Stephen接受自己残疾这个事实来适应自己是残疾人。故选B。
28．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“I had never known a man who was more radiant (容光焕发), more energizing to talk and get to know than Stephen.(我从来没有见过像Stephen这样容光焕发、谈笑风生的人。) ”和倒数第二段“He said, “There are three things you have to do when something like this happens. The first thing you have to do is adjust. The second thing you do is adjust. And the third thing you do is adjust.”(他说：“当这种事情发生时，你必须做三件事。你要做的第一件事就是调整。你要做的第二件事就是调整。你要做的第三件事就是调整。”)”以及最后一段中“ If you can’t be a physical athlete any longer, then perhaps you can be a spiritual athlete.（如果你不能成为一名体育运动员，那么也许你可以成为一名精神运动员。）”可推断，此处的“精神运动员”是指乐观豁达的人。故选C。
29．D 30．B 31．A 32．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了滑板运动的起源，并讲述了滑板人Chopper的一些故事。
29．细节理解题。根据第一段“It became popular in the 1960s, with stars from Clint Eastwood to Katharine Hepburn pictured trying their hand at the sport.(20世纪60年代，因为许多明星，从Clint Eastwood到Katharine Hepburn，都曾拍过尝试这项运动的照片，这项运动开始流行。)”可知，滑板运动在20世纪60年代开始流行是因为有明星效应。故选D。
30．细节理解题。根据第二段“When he was young, Chopper’s father always encouraged him to pursue an unconventional career, so Chopper practiced skating hard, eventually turning his hobby into a profession.(当他年轻的时候，他的父亲总是鼓励他追求一个非传统的职业，所以他努力练习滑板，最终把他的爱好变成了职业。)”可知，他努力练习滑板是因为想成为专业的滑板人。故选B。
31．推理判断题。根据第三段“So with many of his American counterparts(对手)pursuing bigger “air” and increasingly ambitious aerial(空中的) tricks, Chopper stuck close to the ground and pursued original street skating instead. He involved himself in his tricks with a sense of fun, inventing moves like the “potato roll”.(因此，当他的许多美国对手追求更大的“旋转度数”和越来越雄心勃勃的空中技巧时，Chopper紧贴地面，转而追求最初的街头滑板。他带着一种乐趣参与到他的戏法中，发明了像“土豆卷”这样的动作。)”根据第四段“It’s about how you bring out your own creativity and invent a style that nobody else has.”（关键在于你如何发挥自己的创造力，创造出别人没有的风格）可推断，Chopper想创造出有自己风格的滑板技巧。故选A。
32．推理判断题。根据最后一段“However, there still aren’t enough skate parks where people can skate without disturbing others. If you skate on the street, you have to share that space with people walking by, who will get the impression that skateboarding is noisy, dangerous or scary.(然而，仍然没有足够的滑板公园让人们可以在不打扰他人的情况下练习滑板。如果你在街上练习滑板，你必须和路过的人分享这个空间，他们会觉得滑板是嘈杂的、危险的或可怕的。)”可推断，日本的滑板运动还需要加强管理。故选C。
33．B 34．C 35．A 36．B
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了一个名为恩科西的年轻人发明了临时发电机，帮助村民供电的故事。
33．细节理解题。根据第二段关键句“He created a makeshift generator (临时发电机) that brought power into his home. Word spread quickly among the cluster of brick houses and neighbours began paying regular visits to charge their mobile phones. “I started getting requests for electricity and decided to upgrade,” said Nkosi, now 38.”（他发明了一种临时发电机，将电力送入家中。消息迅速在住砖房的人群中传播开来，邻居开始定期上门给手机充电。现年38岁的恩科西说：“我开始收到用电请求，并决定升级。”）可知，随着消息的传播，恩科西收到了更多用电请求，所以决定把临时发电机升级，由此可知，临时发电机需要更新是为了满足更多人的用电需求。故选B项。
34．推理判断题。根据最后一段关键句“'Before we had electricity here, we used to use candles to study,' said student Gift Mfune, 'Now we all have no excuse but to pass our examinations,' he exclaimed.”（“在我们这里通电之前，我们常常用蜡烛学习，”学生Gift Mfune说，“现在我们都没有借口，只能通过考试，”他惊呼道。）可知，通电之前，Kasangazi小学的学生只能用蜡烛学习，在恩科西的帮助下，拥有了电，他们有了更好的学习条件，由此可知，Kasangazi小学的学生感激恩科西的帮助。故选C项。
35．推理判断题。根据第四段关键句“The users pay no fee for the power but give Nkosi some money for maintenance—slightly more than $1 per household per month.”（用户无需支付电费，但会给恩科西一些钱用于维护费用——每月每户略高于1美元。）可知，恩科西为用户供电不需要用户支付电费，由此可知，恩科西是个慷慨的人；根据第五段关键句“Despite the challenges, he is determined to expand his mini-grid to surrounding areas.”（尽管面临挑战，他仍决心将他的迷你电网扩展到周边地区。）可知，尽管面临挑战，恩科西仍然决心将他的迷你电网扩展到周边地区，由此可知，恩科西是个意志坚定的人，综上所述，恩科西是个慷慨的和意志坚定的人。故选A项。
36．主旨大意题。通读全文，结合第一段关键句“But that started to change in 2006, when villager Colrerd Nkosi finished secondary school in Mzimba, and returned home—and found he could no longer live without power.”（但这种情况在2006年开始发生变化，当时村民科尔雷德·恩科西在姆津巴完成了中学学业，回到家中，发现没有电他再也无法生活。）可知，文章主要介绍了一个名为恩科西的年轻人发明了临时发电机，帮助村民供电的故事，“The Contribution of a Young Man”意为“一个年轻人的贡献”，选项能够概括文章的主要内容。故选B项。
37．B 38．A 39．C 40．A
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了剪纸艺术家史秦岭从事剪纸的经过以及取得的成就。
37．细节理解题。根据第一段中“To this paper-cutting artist, Shi Qinling, scissors are like what brushes are to painters, or what pens are to writers. Always having a pair of scissors on her also allows her to create art whenever inspiration hits.(剪刀对于这位剪纸艺术家史秦岭来说，就像画笔对于画家，笔对于作家一样。总是带着一把剪刀也能让她在灵感来袭时创造艺术)”可知，剪刀对Shi的艺术表达意义重大。故选B。
38．细节理解题。根据第三段中“After graduation, however, she found herself working at a ship design company as she was unsure about what she wanted to do with her future.(然而，毕业后，她发现自己在一家船舶设计公司工作，因为她不确定自己未来想做什么)”可知，Shi毕业后在船舶设计公司工作是因为她不知道将来要做什么。故选A。
39．词句猜测题。根据第三段中“After graduation, however, she found herself working at a ship design company as she was unsure about what she wanted to do with her future. About a year later, the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Research Institute offered her a position in their paper-cutting department.(然而，毕业后，她发现自己在一家船舶设计公司工作，因为她不确定自己未来想做什么。大约一年后，上海工艺美术研究院给她提供了一个剪纸部门的职位)”以及画线词上文“Realizing that she still had a love for the craft, she”可知，Shi一开始在船舶设计公司工作，后来意识到自己喜欢剪纸，所以改变了职业。故画线词意思是“改变”。故选C。
40．推理判断题。根据第二段“Shi developed an interest in handicraft when she was a child who often found herself alone at home. Out of boredom, she would play with paper, folding and cutting them into different shapes. This interest later developed into a passion, one that she decided to pursue by majoring in arts and crafts design during her time in university.(当她还是个经常独自在家的孩子时，她就对手工产生了兴趣。无聊的时候，她会玩纸，把它们折成不同的形状。这种兴趣后来发展成一种热情，她决定在大学期间主修工艺美术设计)”结合文章主要讲述了剪纸艺术家史秦岭从事剪纸的经过以及取得的成就。可推知，兴趣是最好的老师。故选A。
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（2022春·江苏南通·高二统考期中）I didn’t show an inclination to watch his Broadway musicals, when Stephen Sondheim died on Nov. 26, 2021, at age 91. Something in me instead wanted to see Al Hirschfeld’s drawings of Sondheim’s shows and characters over the decades.
As a boy growing up in the Boston suburbs in the 1970s, Hirschfeld’s images were my first ticket to Broadway, transported by their publication in The Times’s Arts & Leisure section. And they were also how I formed an early bond with my parents, one that stood over time and even into their years with Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默病).
“Oklahoma!” was the first musical my parents took me to, in Boston, when I was six. Around that time, I asked them why we got The Times when we didn’t live in New York. They said they still considered themselves New Yorkers and they loved Arts &Leisure and Hirschfeld’s drawings about theater. His drawings were like a lifeline for my parents to New York City over the decades, and they helped open the door for me to Sondheim.
This is how:
I made my way to New York in 1989, as a freshman at N.Y.U., where I met a dorm mate who looked like Hirschfeld’s drawing of LittleRed Riding Hood from Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.” Her name was Danielle Ferland. I told my parents about this Hirschfeld-in-the-flesh excitedly by phone. Danielle and other friends introduced me to Sondheim’s music which evoked (唤起) my memories of Hirschfeld’s drawings.
As my parents grew older, it was harder to take them to see shows with me. But in my years as the theater reporter at The Times, they would ask what I was seeing in New York and were happy to hear about Angela Lansbury performing in a 2009 revival (重演) of Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music.” They remembered her characteristic eyes from Hirschfeld’ s drawings.
When I see them next time, I will take my book of Hirschfeld’s drawings to show them and see if they remember these drawings.
1．What does the underlined “an inclination” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．An ability. B．A tendency.
C．An opportunity. D．A responsibility.
2．What do Hirschfeld’s drawings mean to the author?
A．A difficult childhood.
B．A chance to work for Broadway.
C．An inseparable connection with parents.
D．A treatment for a disease in her later years.
3．What introduced the author to Sondheim’s music?
A．Stories publicized on The Times.
B．The musical her parents took her to.
C．Recommendations made by her friends.
D．A course she signed up for at university.
4．What did the author’s parents still remember about “A Little Night Music”?
A．The time of its first staging. B．The excitement it had caused.
C．The performance on Broadway. D．The drawings of its performer.
（2022春·江苏苏州·高二统考期中）After a meeting shortly before the winter break, I walked through the halls of floor 3 in Met a Forum, ready to leave the building, wheat heard a voice call out my name. It was a friend with whom I shared a connection that is quite rare around this campus — both of us are from Slovakia. Extremely happy to hear my native language after so long, I joined him in the room that he booked to study in.
During our conversation, he revealed to me that first-year committee exist within the study association GEWIS and that he belongs to one. Long story short, he took me to the GEWIS room where I stared the process of joining one committee. Not only did GEWIS give me a social life during the pandemic but it also presented me with countless exciting activities and opportunities. Unfortunately, most of my international friends cannot relate.
During the summer break, I got a text from Fort who is now our chairman. He said that there were plans to start a committee to get more internationals involved in GEWIS. Fort is a local student. I was surprised to see him taking such an initiative (主动行动). I appreciated the sympathy (同情) for the difficulty that internationals deal with, so I joined the first meeting.
Fast forward to today we are a committee containing 8 different nationalities. You might see us on campus wearing our iconic light-green and purple T-shirts with the word “GeLOBAL” on it. With our diverse team, there is no shortage of ideas for making GEWIS more international-friendly, and for fun activities.
On the 25th of October, we kicked things off with our first official GEWIS activity — around the globe with GeLOBAL. The people who joined took part in a fun yet educational pub quiz involving trivia (冷知识) questions from all around the world. They also got the opportunity to learn useful phrase (such as pick-up lines) from a wide pool of languages. There were snacks and drinks — including foreign ones, of course. There was a welcoming, inclusive energy in the air.
5．Why does the author have a rare relationship with his friend?
A．They seldom see each other. B．They connect in a special way.
C．They come from the same country. D．They don’ know each other very well.
6．Which word best described the author’s attitude to Gels?
A．Grateful. B．Tolerant. C．Resistant. D．Critical.
7．Why did Fort want to start a committee for foreign students?
A．To make himself their leader. B．To help them adapt to life there.
C．To teach them different languages. D．To involve them in international affairs.
8．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．GEWIS: the platform B．The internationals
C．GEWIS: welcome you D．The campus life abroad
（2022春·江苏南京·高二统考期中）For my second career, as a weather forecaster (预报员), I jerked on the Canadian Plains, which is the second-best place to chase (追逐) severe weather, after Tornado Alley. I was also studying for a degree in Meteorology so I could interpret weather data and make my own forecasts. I didn’t want to be looked at as someone silly who didn’t know what she was talking about. Around that time, a photographer friend invited me to chase with him in the Alley for a month. I said sure; I wanted to learn everything I could.
During my second round in 2013, I got to see the largest tornado in recorded history—on the very fat day of the chase season. We were waiting in this dark and dirty gas-station parking lot in El Reno, Oklahoma. Chasers do that a lot. We sit around in groups waiting and eating junk food. The forecast called it a high-risk day, and finally, a tornado rolled in around 5: 30 p. m.
It started out as a little cloud and then turned into a 60,000-foot thunderstorm in maybe 20 minutes. We jumped in our car and raced toward it. A few minutes later I was looking out the window, filming this massive wall of what seemed like rain. We thought the tornado was hidden inside. But then I saw it taking shape and felt it sucking in wind. That’s when I realized that wall was the tornado itself it was around 2.6 miles across with winds nearly 300 miles per hour. It was explosive.
We hurried to be out of there. Cars packed the roads. All we could see were brake lights. We feared we’d be stuck. But in a few minutes, it was over.
Three storm chasers died that day, just up the road from where we’d been stuck. That had never happened before, So yeah, I wondered why I would risk going out again. But then the next chase season called me back.
9．Why did the author agree to chase tornadoes with her photographer friend?
A．To earn credits for her degree. B．To forecast the weather on site.
C．To interpret weather data for the friend. D．To improve her profession performance.
10．What can we learn from paragraphs 2 and 3?
A．tornadoes occur once in a chase season. B． tornadoes are hidden behind a wall of rain.
C．Chasing tornadoes require time and patience. D．Chasing tornadoes involves group competition.
11．Which of the following words can best describe the author?
A．Efficient and committed. B．Enthusiastic and brave.
C．Traditional and ambitious. D．Determined and talented.
12．What is the best title for the text?
A．On the move B．Not a weather girl C．Season of chase D．A narrow escape
（2022春·江苏常州·高二统考期中）Aaron Wheelz is a wheelchair motocross athlete who joined AGT: Extreme to attempt “Ramp (斜坡) dropping into 40 ft. front flip (前空翻)”. This dangerous action is already difficult for a person who does not have a disability. So it is extra challenging for Aaron, who suffers from spina bifida (脊柱裂).
Aaron said, “Growing up with a disability, there’s always this push that you should walk...almost always using a wheelchair means you gave up.” He frequently went to the Skate Park and watched guys on their bikes. Although terrified. Aaron gave it a try. He hit the bottom and fell on his face on the first attempt. This brave athlete was thinking that even though he did not land right, he did it! Obviously, that’s why he was in AGT: Extreme. When he conquered his fear and learned this sport, that’s when his life began.
Then, the long wait was over! Aaron climbed up a 40 ft. ramp and dived down at an uncontrollable speed. He then did a front flip and fell face down on the other side. Everyone was worried about Aaron, especially Simon, the host of AGT: Extreme.
Simon was so worried that he did not want Aaron to do it again. The audience was equally shocked. But this persevering man explained that he over-spun a little bit and failed to land right. He asked for another chance and climbed the ramp again. He showed the heart of an extreme athlete.
Tension was building and everyone was scared. Aaron made the 40 ft. plunge again, flipped, landed on the other side, but this time, he landed a perfect front flip on a wheelchair.
Everyone broke into loud cheers and applause when he landed perfectly and safely. Simon said to Aaron, “You are the definition of never giving up. You defined why, I think, we made this show. You got every chance to win.”
This amazing feat has been viewed on YouTube for more than 400K times already. People from all over the world have expressed their support for this fighter.
13．What do we know about Aaron’s first front flip attempt?
A．He failed to present himself perfectly.
B．He was too afraid to control his speed.
C．He had his whole body seriously injured.
D．He gained loud cheers from the audience.
14．How did the audience probably feel when Aaron climbed the ramp again?
A．Frightened. B．Nervous. C．Disappointed. D．Confused.
15．What can we learn from the text?
A．Aaron performed again for YouTube.
B．Simon praised Aaron for his courage.
C．Aaron won his first gold medal for the show.
D．The guys in the park advised Aaron to ride a bike.
16．Which of the following can best describe Aaron?
A．Brave and humorous.
B．Confident and caring.
C．Strong-willed and ambitious.
D．Warm-hearted and intelligent.
（2022春·江苏盐城·高二江苏省阜宁中学校考期中）Growing up in rural Jiangsu Province, Yu Jigao showed a strong interest in fine arts at an early age and studied on his own for years. His hard work paid off later. In the early 1950s, he made his way to Nanjing Normal University, where he learned painting theories and techniques from some famous artists. It was then that Yu found his lifelong artistic zeal for gongbi. Gongbi paintings usually describe birds and flowers, symbols of beauty and joy, in an artistic way with intense color.
After graduation from the art school in 1957, Yu began his professional career at the Chinese Painting Institute of Jiangsu. He has since published a series of art collections. Since 1959, Yu has contributed a series of works to many important sites. Yu’s works have also been displayed in a range of national and international exhibitions. From 1986 to 1997, he held his exhibitions in such places as Beijing, Guangzhou and New York. Both the themes and artistic techniques have won widespread praise in the past years.
While observing traditional rules, he uses accurate lines, powerful brush movements as well as the interplay between dark and light to represent the harmony of nature. Though he adopts a realistic style, he tries to enrich his works with spiritual beauty through his brush. Yu says, “That feeling turns into the images of singing birds and elegant flowers in my paintings.” Thanks to his careful observation of nature and artistic sensitivity, Yu is able to combine realistic description with artistic expression in his brushwork.
Now as deputy director of the Academy of Chinese Gongbi Painting of Flowers and Birds and a national top-level artist, Yu maintains a simple and easy-going style. In addition to artistic creation, Yu has devoted himself to promoting his painting style as the cultural heritage of China. “Art is part of my life,” Yu says. “I am proud to be a flower-bird painter. I hope to create a bright future for it through my efforts.”
17．What does the underlined word “zeal” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Request. B．Passion. C．Justice. D．Fund.
18．What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about Yu?
A．His school life.
B．His painting techniques.
C．His achievements in painting.
D．His contributions to the art school.
19．Which is Yu’s painting feature?
A．Adopting abstract objects.
B．Excluding plants and animals.
C．Combining traditional rules with a realistic style.
D．Representing the imbalance between nature and humans.
20．What does Yu expect of his painting style?
A．It will be passed on.
B．It will change over time.
C．It will look more complicated.
D．It will reach the top international level.
（2022春·江苏苏州·高二常熟中学校考期中）On the day he almost died, Kimbal Musk had food on the brain. The Internet startup talent and restaurateur had just arrived in Jackson Hole from a conference where chef Jamie Oliver had spoken about the benefits of healthy eating. This made Musk think a lot—how he might make a difference to the food industry—but beyond expanding his farm-to-table movement along with his restaurant, Musk hadn’t yet broken the code. Then he went sailing down a snowy slope (坡) and fell over, breaking his neck.
Musk eventually made a full recovery, but it involved spending two months on his back, which gave him plenty of time to come up with a plan. Since then, he has launched an initiative to put “learning gardens” in public schools across America; attracted Generation Z to the farming profession by changing shipping containers into high-tech, data-driven, year-round farms; and this year, is kicking off a new campaign to create one million at-home gardens.
Aimed at reaching low-income families, the Million Gardens Movement was inspired by the pandemic, as both a desire to feel more connected to nature and food insecurity have been at the forefront of so many people’s lives. “We were getting a lot of inquiries about gardening from people that had never gardened before,” says Musk. “People were looking to garden for a bunch of reasons: to save money on groceries, to improve the nutritional quality of their diets, or just to cure the boredom that came with the lockdown.”
The program offers free garden kits that can be grown indoors or outdoors, and will be distributed through schools that Musk’s non-profit, Big Green, has already partnered with. It also offers free courses on how to get the garden growing and fresh seeds and materials for the changing growing seasons. “It’s not difficult. Anyone can do this, no matter where you come from, no matter where you live. We are all able to grow something,” says Musk.
21．What inspired Musk to make a difference to food industry?
A．The pandemic. B．A skiing accident.
C．Jamie Oliver’s speech. D．The farm-to-table movement.
22．What is a cause of people beginning gardening according to Musk?
A．To get access to healthy food.
B．To make their house beautiful.
C．To make money by selling garden produce.
D．To build up their strength during the pandemic.
23．What does the Million Gardens Movement focus on?
A．Encouraging people to preserve nature.
B．Providing free food for low-income families.
C．Promoting “learning gardens” across schools.
D．Educating new gardeners to grow their own food.
24．Which of the following best describes Musk?
A．Charity-minded. B．Stubborn. C．Easy-going. D．Scholarly.
（2022春·江苏淮安·高二统考期中）One day, I was sitting in a local coffee shop, and staring at this man in a wheelchair. He could move his head and parts of his fingers but nothing else. He had a servant who cut up his food and placed it on a special mechanically powered fork that he would use to eat.
He saw me staring at him and invited me to join him at his table. His name was Stephen. For several hours we sat at that table and we got to know each other on a deeply personal level. I had never known a man who was more radiant(容光焕发), more energizing to talk and get to know than Stephen.
Stephen used to be a very successful businessman in Denver. He was in the natural gas business. Thirteen years before, when he was forty, he was waiting for news of a natural gas discovery to occur any moment.
He said, “I had so much nervous energy. I saw the storm clouds gathering, and I decided to clean out the gutters(屋檐排水沟) rather than sitting around waiting for this gas well to come in.”
He climbed up the ladder to clear the piles of pine needles(松针) on the roof. As he backed up, he accidentally fell off the roof. He landed on his back. He was paralyzed(瘫痪) for the rest of his life, except for his head and his hand.
I asked him, “How do you do it all? How do you suddenly stop hiking, fishing, and running marathons?”
He said, “There are three things you have to do when something like this happens. The first thing you have to do is adjust. The second thing you do is adjust. And the third thing you do is adjust.”
He said, “By adjusting to your abilities, Bill, you have to change your self-expectations. If you can’t be a physical athlete any longer, then perhaps you can be a spiritual athlete.” He was.
25．Why was the author staring at Stephen at the coffee shop?
A．Stephen took food specially.
B．Stephen greeted him with a smile.
C．They knew each other before.
D．Stephen’s servant made a noise.
26．What made Stephen decide to clean out the gutters?
A．The news calling on him to do that.
B．His great care about his money.
C．His eagerness for the gas discovery.
D．His concern about the bad weather.
27．How did Stephen adjust to his disability?
A．He turned to the author for help. B．He accepted himself as he was.
C．He talked to himself regularly. D．He gave up being an athlete.
28．“A spiritual athlete” Stephen mentioned in the last paragraph might be ________.
A．humorous and energetic B．confident and caring
C．optimistic and open-minded D．faithful and easygoing
（2022春·江苏苏州·高二吴县中学校考期中）Skateboarding can be traced back to the 1950s in America, where West Coast surfers started attaching wheels to wooden boards in order to “surf” on land. It became popular in the 1960s, with stars from Clint Eastwood to Katharine Hepburn pictured trying their hand at the sport. In 1965, ABC televised the National Skateboard Championships, which saw international skaters battled it out for a prize of $500.
In Japan, the All Japan Skateboard Association, founded in 1982, helped to gradually introduce the activity through surfing centers. Skater Taiichiro Nakamura, better known as “Chopper”, got his start in skateboarding in the late 1980s at the age of 15. When he was young, Chopper’s father always encouraged him to pursue an unconventional career, so Chopper practiced skating hard, eventually turning his hobby into a profession.
With his slight build, Chopper never thought he’d reach the same level as international skaters. So with many of his American counterparts(对手)pursuing bigger “air” and increasingly ambitious aerial(空中的) tricks, Chopper stuck close to the ground and pursued original street skating instead. He involved himself in his tricks with a sense of fun, inventing moves like the “potato roll”.
“Chopper made people realize that skateboarding isn’t just about copying other people’s styles,” says Hayate Kamimura, who skates with the Osaka Daggers and works as an instructor at a nearby skate park. “It’s about how you bring out your own creativity and invent a style that nobody else has.”
In the past, Chopper didn’t have many people to skate with. Now the sport has come to mainstream acceptance in Japan thanks to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, in which skating was included. However, there still aren’t enough skate parks where people can skate without disturbing others. If you skate on the street, you have to share that space with people walking by, who will get the impression that skateboarding is noisy, dangerous or scary.
29．What made skateboarding become popular in the 1960s in America?
A．The large number of advertisements for it.
B．The fancy wheels of the skateboard.
C．The big award of the competitions.
D．The influence of some celebrities.
30．What caused Chopper to practice skating hard?
A．His desire to follow in his father’s footsteps.
B．His plan to become a professional skater.
C．His admiration for a famous skater.
D．His ambition to promote it in Japan.
31．What does Chopper aim to achieve in skateboarding?
A．How to create his own style. B．How to increase aerial tricks.
C．How to be an instructive coach. D．How to catch up with international skaters.
32．What can we infer about skateboarding in Japan now?
A．It promotes the awareness of having a shared space.
B．It calls for improvements to skateboards.
C．It needs better management.
D．It becomes a sport for all
（2022春·江苏南通·高二统考期中）Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in northern Malawi, children did their school homework by candlelight: There was no electricity. But that started to change in 2006, when villager Colrerd Nkosi finished secondary school in Mzimba, and returned home—and found he could no longer live without power.
Aged 23 at the time, Nkosi soon figured out that a stream gushing past the house where he grew up had just enough force to push the pedals on his bicycle. He created a makeshift generator (临时发电机) that brought power into his home. Word spread quickly among the cluster of brick houses and neighbours began paying regular visits to charge their mobile phones. “I started getting requests for electricity and decided to upgrade,” said Nkosi, now 38.
With no prior training, he turned an old fridge compressor into a water-powered turbine and put it in a nearby river, generating electricity for six households. Today, the village is supplied by a bigger turbine, built from the motor of a disused maize seller (玉米剥粒机). The power is carried along metal cables strung from a two-kilometre line of tree trunks topped with wooden planks.
The users pay no fee for the power but give Nkosi some money for maintenance—slightly more than $1 per household per month. “The electricity is basically free,” Nkosi said, speaking in local Chichewa. He admitted that the maintenance income was too small to cover repair costs, which he mainly funded from his own pocket.
Despite the challenges, he is determined to expand his mini-grid to surrounding areas. “Once more villages and schools have electricity, people will no longer cut down trees for charcoal,” he said. “Students will have a lot more time to study.”
As dusk settles over Kasangazi Primary School, chatty groups of learners file into a classroom for a night-time study session. “Before we had electricity here, we used to use candles to study,” said student Gift Mfune, “Now we all have no excuse but to pass our examinations,” he exclaimed.
33．Why did the temporary generator need updating?
A．To make much more money. B．To meet more people’s needs.
C．To attract more people’s visits. D．To charge more mobile phones.
34．What can we know about the students in Kasangazi Primary School?
A．They show no concern for their exams.
B．They take little interest in their studies.
C．They feel grateful to Nkosi for his help.
D．They’re sure to have a promising future.
35．Which words can best describe Nkosi?
A．Determined and generous. B．Easy-going and courageous.
C．Open-minded and tolerant. D．Intelligent and cooperative.
36．Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text?
A．The Founding of a Power Station B．The Contribution of a Young Man
C．The Situation of a Primary School D．The Development of a Poor Village
（2022春·江苏连云港·高二统考期中）To this paper-cutting artist, Shi Qinling, scissors are like what brushes are to painters, or what pens are to writers. Always having a pair of scissors on her also allows her to create art whenever inspiration hits. “Some people like to pen their feelings in diaries. I prefer to cut them out,” says the 35-year-old, who is currently working at the Fenglin community cultural activity center in Shanghai.
Shi developed an interest in handicraft when she was a child who often found herself alone at home. Out of boredom, she would play with paper, folding and cutting them into different shapes. This interest later developed into a passion, one that she decided to pursue by majoring in arts and crafts design during her time in university.
After graduation, however, she found herself working at a ship design company as she was unsure about what she wanted to do with her future. About a year later, the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Research Institute offered her a position in their paper-cutting department. Realizing that she still had a love for the craft, she switched her career.
In 2010, she started learning paper-cutting from Xi Xiaoqin, the national inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage for paper-cutting. Three years later, one of her works, The Fighting Fish, won third place at the Baihua Cup, a competition for Chinese arts and crafts. Six years later, Shi was named a Shanghai paper-cutting inheritor and become the city’s “youngest inheritor” of the paper-cutting heritage.
37．What can we learn about Shi from Paragraph 1?
A．Scissors are important for her for self-protection.
B．Scissors are significant for her for artistic expression.
C．She creates art by drawing whenever she has inspiration.
D．She is a paper-cutting artist as well as a painter and writer.
38．Why did Shi work at a ship design company after graduation?
A．She was at a loss what to do in the future. B．She majored in ship design in university.
C．She was sure that she loved to design ships. D．She wanted to be an inheritor of the company.
39．What does the underlined word “switched” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．Adopted. B．Hatched. C．Changed. D．Reformed.
40．What can we infer from Shi’s experience?
A．Interest is the best teacher. B．Pride goes before a fall.
C．It’s never too late to learn. D．All roads lead to Rome.
参考答案：
1．B 2．C 3．C 4．D
【导语】这是一篇记叙文，作者介绍了自己喜欢的歌手去世之后，回忆起他通过记录这位歌手的画家的作品认识歌手和父母建立亲密关系的故事。
1．词义猜测题。根据第一段“I didn’t show an inclination to watch his Broadway musicals, when Stephen Sondheim died on Nov. 26, 2021, at age 91. Something in me instead wanted to see Al Hirschfeld’s drawings of Sondheim’s shows and characters over the decades. (斯蒂芬·桑德海姆于2021年11月26日去世，享年91岁，当时我并没有表现出看他的百老汇音乐剧的inclination。相反，我内心深处想看看艾尔·赫斯菲尔德为桑德海姆几十年来的表演和人物画的画)”中的关键词“instead”可知，前后句意呈相反关系，作者“不想”听那位歌手的歌，而是想去看那位画家的画，所以划线部分inclination和B选项“A tendency (倾向)”接近。故答案为B。
2．细节理解题。根据第二段“As a boy growing up in the Boston suburbs in the 1970s, Hirschfeld’s images were my first ticket to Broadway, transported by their publication in The Times’s Arts & Leisure section. And they were also how I formed an early bond with my parents, one that stood over time and even into their years with Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默病). (作为一个20世纪70年代在波士顿郊区长大的男孩，赫斯菲尔德的照片是我第一张去百老汇的门票，它们刊登在时报的艺术与休闲版上。这也是我和父母早期建立联系的方式，这种联系随着时间的推移，甚至在他们患有阿尔茨海默病的岁月里也没有改变)”可知，作者通过这位画家的作品和他的父母建立起亲密的联系。故答案为C。
3．细节理解题。根据第五段“Danielle and other friends introduced me to Sondheim’s music which evoked(唤起) my memories of Hirschfeld’s drawings. (丹妮尔和其他朋友向我介绍了桑德海姆的音乐，这唤起了我对赫斯菲尔德绘画的记忆)”可知，上大学后，是丹妮尔和其他朋友让作者认识了歌手桑德海姆，即朋友的推荐。故答案为C。
4．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“But in my years as the theater reporter at The Times, they would ask what I was seeing in New York and were happy to hear about Angela Lansbury performing in a 2009 revival (重演) of Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music.” They remembered her characteristic eyes from Hirschfeld’ s drawings. (但在我担任时报戏剧记者的那些年里，他们会问我在纽约看到了什么，并很高兴听到安吉拉·兰斯伯里在2009年重新演出桑德海姆的《小夜乐》)。他们从赫斯菲尔德的画中想起了她独特的眼睛)”可知，是赫斯菲尔德的画，让他们深深地记住了这位歌手的表演。故答案为D。
5．C 6．A 7．B 8．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了GEWIS平台。作者讲述了自己在国外学习时，参加了GEWIS的一个协会，这个协会对外国人友好，提供许多活动和机会，帮助外国人适应当地生活。
5．细节理解题。根据第一段的“It was a friend with whom I shared a connection that is quite rare around this campus — both of us are from Slovakia.(那是我和他共享在这个校园里非常罕见的关系的一个朋友——我们俩都来自斯洛伐克)”可知，作者和他的朋友有罕见的关系是因为他们来自同一个国家。故选C。
6．推理判断题。根据第三段的“I appreciated the sympathy (同情) for the difficulty that internationals deal with, so I joined the first meeting.(我感激人们对国际球员所面临的困难的同情，所以我参加了第一次会议)”可推知，作者对Gels的态度是感激的。故选A。
7．推理判断题。根据第三段的“He said that there were plans to start a committee to get more internationals involved in GEWIS.(他说，计划成立一个委员会，让更多的外国人参与GEWIS)”和最后一段的“The people who joined took part in a fun yet educational pub quiz involving trivia(冷知识) questions from all around the world. They also got the opportunity to learn useful phrase (such as pick-up lines) from a wide pool of languages. There were snacks and drinks — including foreign ones, of course. There was a welcoming, inclusive energy in the air.(参加这个活动的人参加一个有趣而又有教育意义的酒吧小测验，涉及来自世界各地的琐事问题。他们也有机会从广泛的语言中学习有用的短语（比如搭讪语）。有零食和饮料——当然也包括外国的。空气中有一种欢迎的、包容的能量)”可知，Fort为外国朋友创办委员会是为了让他们参与活动，学习有用的短语等，因此推断目的是为了帮助他们适应那里的生活。故选B。
8．主旨大意题。根据第二段的“During our conversation, he revealed to me that first-year committee exist within the study association GEWIS and that he belongs to one. Long story short, he took me to the GEWIS room where I stared the process of joining one committee. Not only did GEWIS give me a social life during the pandemic but it also presented me with countless exciting activities and opportunities.(在我们的交谈中，他向我透露，在GEWIS学习协会中有一个一年级协会，他是其中的一员。长话短说，他带我去GEWIS的房间，在那里我开始了加入一个委员会的过程。GEWIS不仅在疫情期间为我提供了社交生活，还为我提供了无数令人兴奋的活动和机会)”以及下文的讲述可知，文章主要讲述了GEWIS平台，作者讲述了自己在国外学习时，参加了GEWIS的一个协会，这个协会对外国人友好，提供许多活动和机会，帮助外国人适应当地生活。由此可知，A项“GEWIS：平台”适合作本文最佳标题。故选A。
9．D 10．C 11．B 12．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者曾经追逐龙卷风的一次经历，过后，作者也很困惑自己为什么要冒险，但是，当龙卷风季节再次来临时，作者还是回到那儿再次追逐。
9．推理判断题。根据文章第一段“I was also studying for a degree in Meteorology so I could interpret weather data and make my own forecasts.(我还在攻读气象学学位，这样我就可以解释天气数据并做出自己的预测。)”可知，作者正在攻读气象学学位；再根据最后一句“I said sure; I wanted to learn everything I could.(我说当然可以；我想尽我所能去学习一切。)”可知，作者同意朋友的提议，是想加强专业知识。故选D。
10．推理判断题。根据第二段“We were waiting in this dark and dirty gas-station parking lot in El Reno, Oklahoma. Chasers do that a lot. We sit around in groups waiting and eating junk food. The forecast called it a high-risk day, and finally, a tornado rolled in around 5: 30 p. m.(我们在俄克拉荷马州埃尔里诺一个又黑又脏的加油站停车场里等着。追逐手经常这样做。我们围坐在一起等着吃垃圾食品。天气预报称这是高风险的一天，最后，龙卷风在下午5点30分左右袭来。) ”可知，追逐龙卷风需要付出时间和耐心。故选C。
11．推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后一句“I said sure; I wanted to learn everything I could.(我说当然可以；我想尽我所能去学习一切。)”可知，作者是一个很热心学习的人；再根据倒数第二段“We hurried to be out of there. Cars packed the roads. All we could see were brake lights. We feared we’d be stuck. But in a few minutes, it was over. (我们赶紧离开那里。道路上挤满了汽车。我们只能看到刹车灯。我们害怕我们会被困在那儿。但几分钟后，一切都结束了。)”以及最后一段“But then the next chase season called me back. (但接下来的追逐季又在召唤我了)”可知，作者很勇敢。故选B。
12．主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“For my second career, as a weather forecaster（预报员）, I jerked on the Canadian Plains, which is the second-best place to chase（追逐）severe weather, after Tornado Alley.(作为一名天气预报员，我在加拿大平原度过了我的第二职业，那里是追逐恶劣天气的第二好地方，仅次于Tornado Alley。)”可知，作者准备从事天气预报员这一职业；而根据下文可知，作者勇敢地和朋友一起追逐龙卷风。由此可知，文章主要讲述的是作者不仅仅是气象预报员，还喜欢上了追逐了龙卷风。所以“Not a weather girl(不是一名气象女孩)”作为文章标题最为合适。故选B。
13．A 14．A 15．B 16．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了身患残疾的Aaron Wheelz坐在轮椅上完成了40英尺前空翻。
13．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Aaron climbed up a 40 ft. ramp and dived down at an uncontrollable speed. He then did a front flip and fell face down on the other side.(Aaron爬上一个40英尺的斜坡，以无法控制的速度俯冲下去。然后他做了一个前空翻，脸朝下倒在另一边) ”可知，他的第一次尝试并未成功，未能完美地表现自己。故选A。
14．细节理解题。根据第五段“Tension was building and everyone was scared. (气氛越来越紧张，每个人都很害怕)”可知，在场的每个人都感到害怕，也就是观众也是如此。故选A。
15．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Simon said to Aaron, “You are the definition of never giving up. You defined why, I think, we made this show. You got every chance to win.”(Simon对Aaron说，“你是永不放弃的人。你定义了我们为什么要做这个节目。你完全有机会赢。”)”可推断，Simon对Aaron大加赞誉，赞扬了他的勇气。故选B。
16．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“When he conquered his fear and learned this sport, that’s when his life began.(当他克服了恐惧，学会了这项运动，他的人生就开始了)”可知，他是有志向的人；以及第四段“He asked for another chance and climbed the ramp again. He showed the heart of an extreme athlete. (他要求再给他一次机会，又爬上了坡道。他展现了一颗极限运动员的心)”可推断，他是一个意志坚定且雄心勃勃的人。故选C。
17．B 18．C 19．C 20．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了国画大师喻继高。
17．词句猜测题。根据上文“In the early 1950s, he made his way to Nanjing Normal University, where he learned painting theories and techniques from some famous artists. It was then that Yu found(20世纪50年代初，他来到南京师范大学，在那里他从一些著名艺术家那里学习绘画理论和技巧。就在那时)”的语境和强调句型可知，此处是指就在学习绘画理论和技巧时，喻继高发现了他对工笔画一生的艺术热情。故推测，zeal意为“热情”。A. Request. 要求；B. Passion. 热情；C. Justice. 正义；D. Fund.资金。故选B。
18．主旨大意题。根据第二段“After graduation from the art school in 1957, Yu began his professional career at the Chinese Painting Institute of Jiangsu. He has since published a series of art collections. Since 1959, Yu has contributed a series of works to many important sites. Yu’s works have also been displayed in a range of national and international exhibitions. From 1986 to 1997, he held his exhibitions in such places as Beijing, Guangzhou and New York. Both the themes and artistic techniques have won widespread praise in the past years.(1957年从艺术学校毕业后，喻在江苏中国画学院开始了他的职业生涯。此后，他出版了一系列艺术作品集。自1959年以来，喻为许多重要遗址贡献了一系列作品。喻的作品也在一系列国家和国际展览中展出。从1986年到1997年，他在北京、广州和纽约等地举办了展览。在过去的几年里，无论是主题还是艺术技巧都赢得了广泛的赞誉)”可知，本段主要讲述了喻在绘画方面的艺术成就。故选C。
19．细节理解题。根据第三段的“While observing traditional rules, he uses accurate lines, powerful brush movements as well as the interplay between dark and light to represent the harmony of nature. Though he adopts a realistic style, he tries to enrich his works with spiritual beauty through his brush.(在遵守传统规则的同时，他使用精确的线条、有力的笔刷动作以及黑暗和光明之间的相互作用来代表自然的和谐。虽然他采用了现实主义的风格，但他试图通过笔触来丰富自己的作品，使之具有精神美)”可知，喻的绘画风格结合了传统的规则和现实主义风格。故选C。
20．推理判断题。根据第四段的“In addition to artistic creation, Yu has devoted himself to promoting his painting style as the cultural heritage of China. “Art is part of my life,” Yu says. “I am proud to be a flower-bird painter. I hope to create a bright future for it through my efforts.”(除了艺术创作之外，喻还致力于将他的绘画风格作为中国的文化遗产加以推广。喻说：“艺术是我生活的一部分。”。“作为一名花鸟画家，我感到很自豪。我希望通过我的努力，为它创造一个美好的未来。”)”推知，喻希望他的绘画风格被传承下去。故选A。
21．C 22．A 23．D 24．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Musk在受Jamie Oliver演讲的启发后，创立百万个家庭花园，鼓励和教授人们自己种植自己的食物，来让自己吃的食物更健康。
21．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“The Internet startup talent and restaurateur had just arrived in Jackson Hole from a conference where chef Jamie Oliver had spoken about the benefits of healthy eating. This made Musk think a lot—how he might make a difference to the food industry（这位互联网创业天才和餐馆老板刚刚参加完Jackson Hole的一个会议抵达Jackson Hole，会上主厨Jamie Oliver谈到了健康饮食的好处。这让马斯克思考了很多——他如何能对食品行业作出改变）”可知Musk是在参加完Jamie Oliver的演讲之后开始考虑对食品行业作出改变，即受到了这个演讲的启发。故选C项。
22．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“People were looking to garden for a bunch of reasons: to save money on groceries, to improve the nutritional quality of their diets, or just to cure the boredom that came with the lockdown.（“人们之所以注意种植花园，原因有很多: 为了在杂货上省钱，为了改善饮食的营养质量，或者仅仅是为了消除封锁带来的无聊感。”）”可知改善饮食的营养质量是其中一个原因，即让他们所吃的食物变得更健康更有营养；故选项A“To get access to healthy food（为了获得健康的食物）符合题意；其余三个选项文章并未提及；故选A项。
23．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Aimed at reaching low-income families, the Million Gardens Movement was inspired by the pandemic, as both a desire to feel more connected to nature and food insecurity have been at the forefront of so many people’s lives.（旨在惠及低收入家庭的百万花园运动受到流行病的启发，因为渴望与自然建立更多联系的愿望和粮食的不安全一直处于许多人生活的最前沿。）”可知渴望与自然的联系和粮食安全问题是人们咨询百万花园运动的主要原因；根据文章最后一段“It also offers free courses on how to get the garden growing and fresh seeds and materials for the changing growing seasons. “It’s not difficult. Anyone can do this, no matter where you come from, no matter where you live. We are all able to grow something,” says Musk.（它还提供免费课程，介绍如何让花园生长以及在不断变化的生长季节提供新鲜种子和材料。“这并不难。任何人都可以做到这一点，无论你来自哪里，无论你住在哪里。 我们都能够种植一些东西，”马斯克说。）”可知，百万花园计划是专门教人自己种植的；与前面人们咨询百万花园运动的原因结合起来，可推断，百万花园重点是教人们如何种植自己吃的食物，使人们吃的食物更健康，并增加人与自然之间的联系。故选D项。
24．推理判断题。由文章第三段“Aimed at reaching low-income families（旨在惠及低收入家庭）”可知Musk创立百万花园运动主要针对低收入家庭；由文章最后一段“The program offers free garden kits that can be grown indoors or outdoors（该计划提供可以在室内或室外种植的免费花园套件）”可知他免费给人们提供种植套件；“It also offers free courses（它还提供免费课程）”可知Musk的计划还给人提供免费课程；综上所述，可推知Musk是富有慈善意识的；故选A项。
25．A 26．C 27．B 28．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者在喝咖啡时遇到了身残志坚的Stephen，通过与Stephen的聊天得知乐观豁达的Stephen背后的故事。
25．细节理解题。根据第一段中“He could move his head and parts of his fingers but nothing else. He had a servant who cut up his food and placed it on a special mechanically powered fork that he would use to eat.(他只能移动头部和手指的某些部位，除此之外什么也动不了。他有一个仆人，他把食物切碎，放在一个特殊的机械动力叉子上，他会用它来吃饭。) ”可知，作者注意到Stephen是因为他的饮食方式很特别。故选A。
26．细节理解题。根据第三段中“Thirteen years before, when he was forty, he was waiting for news of a natural gas discovery to occur any moment.(13年前，当他40岁的时候，他一直在等待随时会有发现天然气的消息。)”和第四段“He said, “I had so much nervous energy. I saw the storm clouds gathering, and I decided to clean out the gutters(屋檐排水沟) rather than sitting around waiting for this gas well to come in.”(他说：“我当时非常紧张。我看到风暴云在聚集，所以我决定清理屋檐排水沟，而不是坐在那里等着气井进来。”) ”可知，Stephen决定清理排水沟是因为他对天然气发现的渴望。故选C。
27．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“By adjusting to your abilities, Bill, you have to change your self-expectations. If you can’t be a physical athlete any longer, then perhaps you can be a spiritual athletes.(比尔，为了适应你的能力，你必须改变你的自我期望。如果你不能再做一个身体上的运动员，那么也许你可以做一个精神上的运动员。) ”可推断，Stephen接受自己残疾这个事实来适应自己是残疾人。故选B。
28．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“I had never known a man who was more radiant (容光焕发), more energizing to talk and get to know than Stephen.(我从来没有见过像Stephen这样容光焕发、谈笑风生的人。) ”和倒数第二段“He said, “There are three things you have to do when something like this happens. The first thing you have to do is adjust. The second thing you do is adjust. And the third thing you do is adjust.”(他说：“当这种事情发生时，你必须做三件事。你要做的第一件事就是调整。你要做的第二件事就是调整。你要做的第三件事就是调整。”)”以及最后一段中“ If you can’t be a physical athlete any longer, then perhaps you can be a spiritual athlete.（如果你不能成为一名体育运动员，那么也许你可以成为一名精神运动员。）”可推断，此处的“精神运动员”是指乐观豁达的人。故选C。
29．D 30．B 31．A 32．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了滑板运动的起源，并讲述了滑板人Chopper的一些故事。
29．细节理解题。根据第一段“It became popular in the 1960s, with stars from Clint Eastwood to Katharine Hepburn pictured trying their hand at the sport.(20世纪60年代，因为许多明星，从Clint Eastwood到Katharine Hepburn，都曾拍过尝试这项运动的照片，这项运动开始流行。)”可知，滑板运动在20世纪60年代开始流行是因为有明星效应。故选D。
30．细节理解题。根据第二段“When he was young, Chopper’s father always encouraged him to pursue an unconventional career, so Chopper practiced skating hard, eventually turning his hobby into a profession.(当他年轻的时候，他的父亲总是鼓励他追求一个非传统的职业，所以他努力练习滑板，最终把他的爱好变成了职业。)”可知，他努力练习滑板是因为想成为专业的滑板人。故选B。
31．推理判断题。根据第三段“So with many of his American counterparts(对手)pursuing bigger “air” and increasingly ambitious aerial(空中的) tricks, Chopper stuck close to the ground and pursued original street skating instead. He involved himself in his tricks with a sense of fun, inventing moves like the “potato roll”.(因此，当他的许多美国对手追求更大的“旋转度数”和越来越雄心勃勃的空中技巧时，Chopper紧贴地面，转而追求最初的街头滑板。他带着一种乐趣参与到他的戏法中，发明了像“土豆卷”这样的动作。)”根据第四段“It’s about how you bring out your own creativity and invent a style that nobody else has.”（关键在于你如何发挥自己的创造力，创造出别人没有的风格）可推断，Chopper想创造出有自己风格的滑板技巧。故选A。
32．推理判断题。根据最后一段“However, there still aren’t enough skate parks where people can skate without disturbing others. If you skate on the street, you have to share that space with people walking by, who will get the impression that skateboarding is noisy, dangerous or scary.(然而，仍然没有足够的滑板公园让人们可以在不打扰他人的情况下练习滑板。如果你在街上练习滑板，你必须和路过的人分享这个空间，他们会觉得滑板是嘈杂的、危险的或可怕的。)”可推断，日本的滑板运动还需要加强管理。故选C。
33．B 34．C 35．A 36．B
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了一个名为恩科西的年轻人发明了临时发电机，帮助村民供电的故事。
33．细节理解题。根据第二段关键句“He created a makeshift generator (临时发电机) that brought power into his home. Word spread quickly among the cluster of brick houses and neighbours began paying regular visits to charge their mobile phones. “I started getting requests for electricity and decided to upgrade,” said Nkosi, now 38.”（他发明了一种临时发电机，将电力送入家中。消息迅速在住砖房的人群中传播开来，邻居开始定期上门给手机充电。现年38岁的恩科西说：“我开始收到用电请求，并决定升级。”）可知，随着消息的传播，恩科西收到了更多用电请求，所以决定把临时发电机升级，由此可知，临时发电机需要更新是为了满足更多人的用电需求。故选B项。
34．推理判断题。根据最后一段关键句“'Before we had electricity here, we used to use candles to study,' said student Gift Mfune, 'Now we all have no excuse but to pass our examinations,' he exclaimed.”（“在我们这里通电之前，我们常常用蜡烛学习，”学生Gift Mfune说，“现在我们都没有借口，只能通过考试，”他惊呼道。）可知，通电之前，Kasangazi小学的学生只能用蜡烛学习，在恩科西的帮助下，拥有了电，他们有了更好的学习条件，由此可知，Kasangazi小学的学生感激恩科西的帮助。故选C项。
35．推理判断题。根据第四段关键句“The users pay no fee for the power but give Nkosi some money for maintenance—slightly more than $1 per household per month.”（用户无需支付电费，但会给恩科西一些钱用于维护费用——每月每户略高于1美元。）可知，恩科西为用户供电不需要用户支付电费，由此可知，恩科西是个慷慨的人；根据第五段关键句“Despite the challenges, he is determined to expand his mini-grid to surrounding areas.”（尽管面临挑战，他仍决心将他的迷你电网扩展到周边地区。）可知，尽管面临挑战，恩科西仍然决心将他的迷你电网扩展到周边地区，由此可知，恩科西是个意志坚定的人，综上所述，恩科西是个慷慨的和意志坚定的人。故选A项。
36．主旨大意题。通读全文，结合第一段关键句“But that started to change in 2006, when villager Colrerd Nkosi finished secondary school in Mzimba, and returned home—and found he could no longer live without power.”（但这种情况在2006年开始发生变化，当时村民科尔雷德·恩科西在姆津巴完成了中学学业，回到家中，发现没有电他再也无法生活。）可知，文章主要介绍了一个名为恩科西的年轻人发明了临时发电机，帮助村民供电的故事，“The Contribution of a Young Man”意为“一个年轻人的贡献”，选项能够概括文章的主要内容。故选B项。
37．B 38．A 39．C 40．A
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了剪纸艺术家史秦岭从事剪纸的经过以及取得的成就。
37．细节理解题。根据第一段中“To this paper-cutting artist, Shi Qinling, scissors are like what brushes are to painters, or what pens are to writers. Always having a pair of scissors on her also allows her to create art whenever inspiration hits.(剪刀对于这位剪纸艺术家史秦岭来说，就像画笔对于画家，笔对于作家一样。总是带着一把剪刀也能让她在灵感来袭时创造艺术)”可知，剪刀对Shi的艺术表达意义重大。故选B。
38．细节理解题。根据第三段中“After graduation, however, she found herself working at a ship design company as she was unsure about what she wanted to do with her future.(然而，毕业后，她发现自己在一家船舶设计公司工作，因为她不确定自己未来想做什么)”可知，Shi毕业后在船舶设计公司工作是因为她不知道将来要做什么。故选A。
39．词句猜测题。根据第三段中“After graduation, however, she found herself working at a ship design company as she was unsure about what she wanted to do with her future. About a year later, the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Research Institute offered her a position in their paper-cutting department.(然而，毕业后，她发现自己在一家船舶设计公司工作，因为她不确定自己未来想做什么。大约一年后，上海工艺美术研究院给她提供了一个剪纸部门的职位)”以及画线词上文“Realizing that she still had a love for the craft, she”可知，Shi一开始在船舶设计公司工作，后来意识到自己喜欢剪纸，所以改变了职业。故画线词意思是“改变”。故选C。
40．推理判断题。根据第二段“Shi developed an interest in handicraft when she was a child who often found herself alone at home. Out of boredom, she would play with paper, folding and cutting them into different shapes. This interest later developed into a passion, one that she decided to pursue by majoring in arts and crafts design during her time in university.(当她还是个经常独自在家的孩子时，她就对手工产生了兴趣。无聊的时候，她会玩纸，把它们折成不同的形状。这种兴趣后来发展成一种热情，她决定在大学期间主修工艺美术设计)”结合文章主要讲述了剪纸艺术家史秦岭从事剪纸的经过以及取得的成就。可推知，兴趣是最好的老师。故选A。
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