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A·常考题不丢分
【命题点01 单词或短语猜测】
【命题点02 代词或名词指代猜测】
【命题点03 句子意义猜测】
【微专题 词义猜测题易错陷阱】
B·拓展培优拿高分
C·挑战真题争满分
【命题点01 单词或短语猜测】
1.【广东省揭阳市普宁市第一中学2023-2024学年高三试题】
In early 2021, I hit a rut in my studies. As a dctral candidate at the University f Chicag in Illinis, I wrked t design safer, mre effective materials fr vaccine delivery. Althugh I had been prductive early in my graduate career, my lng hurs and hard wrk were n lnger translating int success in the labratry, and I felt hpeless abut achieving my gals. Smething had t change.
What des the underlined part “hit a rut” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Stpped prgressing smthly.B．Had very slw reactins.
C．Accepted hard wrk’s value.D．Overcame a big prblem.
2.【湖北省高中名校联盟2023-2024学年高三联合测评试题】
Actually, until her pregnancy Quarles had been living at breakneck speed. It went s until last year. “I was exhausted,” she says. “I’d been wrking three jbs, ding my charity and ging nnstp. I was afraid my mental health was getting wrse.”

Which f the fllwing best explains “breakneck” underlined in paragraph 2?
A．Safe and slw.B．Fast and dangerus.
C．Exciting and terrifying.D．Gentle and cmfrtable.
3.【2023届山西省运城市高三5月第三次模拟调研测试】
Getting a driving license was nce a universal passage int adulthd. But nw a grwing minrity f yung peple ignre r actively ppse it, int their 20s and beynd. That starts t create mre supprt fr anti-car plicies in cities arund the wrld t pass anti-car laws, changing planning rules t favur pedestrians ver drivers. After a century in which the car remade the rich wrld, the tide begins t swing the ther way.
By 1997, 43% f America’s 16-year-lds had driving licenses. But the prprtin has been falling fr every age grup under 40. Even thse wh have them are driving less. A similar trend is seen in Eurpe. One study f five Eurpean capitals fund the number f driving trips made by wrking peple was dwn substantially since a peak in the 1990s.
N ne is entirely sure why yung adults are prving resistant t wning a car. The grwth f the interest is ne bvius pssibility—the mre yu can shp nline, r stream films at hme, the less need there is t drive int twn. The rise f taxi apps like Uber has cntributed as well. Driving generally is mre expensive. Other reasns seem mre cultural. One big mtivatr is wrries abut climate change.
The falling ppularity f cars amng the under-40s chimes with the md amng city planners and urbanists. In America, New Yrk has banned cars frm Central Park and sme streets. In the past few years, dzens f American cities have remved rules that frce develpers t prvide a certain amunt f free parking arund their buildings.
As the example in Oxfnd shws, plitical ppsitin culd put the brakes n the grwth f anti-car plicies. But in the parts f Eurpe where anti-car plicies have been in place, they appear t have wrked. Giuli ntes that almst nwhere in the wrld that has remved a big rad, r pedestrianised a shpping street, has decided t turn back. “Once peple see, they generally dn’t want t g back.” If that pattern hlds, the 21st century might just see the car’s high-water mark.
14．What des the underlined part “chimes with” mean in paragraph 4?
A．Agrees with.B．Sticks t.C．Cperates with.D．Emerges frm.
4.【2023届贵州省遵义市高三三模】
Jseph Dituri hasn’t seen the sun fr days. And he wn’t see it again fr mnths. Since March 1, the bi-medical engineer has been underwater, with the gal f spending 100 days there—fr science.
The underwater living, if successful, will als break the current wrld recrd fr time spent living underwater, which was set by tw Tennessee bilgists in 2014 when they stayed beneath the surface fr 73 days.
Dituri, wh uses the nickname Dr. Deep Sea, is living in Jules’ Undersea Ldge (小屋) in Key Larg, Flrida—the same underwater spt where the previus recrd was set. The 100-square-ft htel, which sits 30 feet belw the surface, is his intended hme until June 9, where he’ll be carrying ut research and giving virtual lectures fr his students at the University f Suth Flrida
As part f this research, Dituri is researching the effects f living in a high-pressure envirnment fr an extended perid. T keep water frm entering the ldge, air must cnstantly be pumped int the space, which creates a pressure abut 1.6 times that f Earth’s surface.
“The human bdy has never been underwater that lng, s I will be mnitred clsely,” Dituri says in a press release. “This study will examine every way this jurney affects my bdy.” Befre taking the dive, Dituri had psychscial, psychlgical and medical tests. He will cntinue t have testing during and after his 100 days at the ldge. He’s als taking dses f Vitamin D and keeping regular psychlgical appintments.
Beynd research, the prject is als a chance t prmte cean prtectin and encurage yung scientists. “The ceans are in a bit f truble-the cral reefs are under attack, and the fishing industry is cllapsing,” Thane Milhan, habitat peratins manager fr Jules’ Undersea Ldge, says in a vide. “We wanted t make use f the attentin that the 100-day missin wuld demand t inspire the yuth, mre s than anybdy, t get invlved and start taking actin.”
11．What des the underlined wrd “cllapsing” in the last paragraph mean?
A．Breaking dwn.B．Cming ut.
C．Operating well.D．Grwing fast.
【命题点02 代词或名词指代猜测】
1.【湖南省常德市第一中学2023-2024学年高三试题】
Regulatry limits fr hw much PFAS fd packaging shuld cntain can vary greatly. Fr instance, a new law in Califrnia set the limit at less than 100 ppm. “Cmpared t America, Denmark sets a much lwer regulatry limit f 20 ppm with great success,” said Xenia Trier, an expert at the Eurpean Envirnment Agency. “It des wrk t set limits and enfrce them. PFAS d migrate frm the paper int the fd. Even thugh it was nt 100%, we still saw cnsiderable transmissin. In general, transmissin frm packaging t fd is increased as the temperature f the fd rises. It is the same with the time spent in wrapping materials.” Trier tld NBS, ne f the majr American mass-media cmpanies.
What des the underlined wrd “it” refer t in paragraph 4?
A．Cnsiderable migratin f grease and water.
B．PFAS transmissin frm packaging t fd.
C．Wrapper expsure t high fd temperature.
D．Regulatry limits cncerning fd packaging.
2.【湖南省常德市临澧一中2023-2024学年高三阶段试题】
She prgrammed an IBM 7030 Stretch cmputer, prviding faster calculatins fr an accurate Earthmdel. This detailed mathematical mdel f the shape f the Earth was a building blck fr what wuld becme the GPS rbit.
What des the underlined phrase “a building blck” in paragraph 5 mean?
A．A basic part.B．A detailed map.
C．A building material.D．A majr bstacle.
3.【2023年湖北武汉校考】Cry’s shearwaters are lng-lived, rarely prducing yung successfully befre age nine. This leaves an pening fr learning and practice t develp their migratin patterns. Researchers call this the “explratin-refinement”, and until nw it has been hypthetical (假设的) because f difficulties in tracking migratry animals’ mvements.
What des the underlined wrd “this” in paragraph 3 refer t?
A．The pening fr learning and practice.
B．The unique living habit f Cry’s shearwaters.
C．The way Cry’s shearwaters frm their migratin patterns.
D．The prcess scientists track Cry’s shearwaters’ mvements.
4.【2023届广东省深圳市高级中学高三模拟预测】
During the last few years we have lived thrugh a series f wrrying glbal events, frm the COVID pandemic t devastating wildfires.Instead f feeling infrmed after watching the news, many peple feel anxius, upset and sick. A new study published in Jurnal f Health Cmmunicatin investigated int this prblem.
Accrding t the study, stress, anxiety, and pr health fllw peple wh have a cnstant urge t check the news. Fr these individuals, a vicius (恶性的) cycle can develp in which, rather than tuning ut, they becme drawn further in, checking fr updates arund the clck t relieve their emtinal stress. But it desn’t help, and the mre they check the news, the mre it begins t interfere (干扰) with ther aspects f their lives.
Of the 1,100 peple surveyed fr the study, 16.5 percent became s absrbed in the news that it dminated their thughts, limited the time they spent with family and friends and made it difficult t fcus n schl r wrk, Thse are the very things-purpseful engagement and scial cnnectin-that help us cpe with stress and mental health challenges.
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8．What des the underlined phrase “this prblem” in Paragraph 1 refer t?
A．That news addictin may bring negative effects.
B．That COVID-19 affects peple’s mental health.
C．That peple are expsed t t much infrmatin.
D．That jurnalists fcus n terrifying stries t impress readers.
5【2023届重庆市巴蜀中学校高考适应性模拟预测5月】
The hneybee waggle dance has been celebrated as a mst cmplex animal cmmunicatin system. A study uncvered its new prperty that bees must partially learn the dance frm watching experienced dancers, a discvery that trpedes the general perceptin that the dance is whlly inbrn. A dancer bee relays infrmatin t fllwer bees abut the target lcatin by adjusting herself while shaking her stmach, allwing fr impressive flexibility in the angle, duratin and her enthusiasm. Her bdy’s angle crrespnds t the sun’s psitin relative t the nest entrance.
The distance infrmatin is cnveyed by the dance duratin. And the mre energetic and passinate the dance, the better the fd. She’ll waggle in a straight line fr secnds befre circling back t repeat the dance, creating the figure eight pattern.
This bee waggle dance system was lng assumed t be natural behavir, but researchers made a breakthrugh thrugh an experiment. They created territries f newbrn bees cmpletely separated frm mature nes. When the newbrn started visiting flwers and prducing their first waggle dances, they cnsistently made mre errrs in the way they reprted the angle and distance t the fd surce than bees raised in mixed-aged territries and thus expsed t the waggle dance since they were brn. They als generated lser figure eight patterns, making it harder fr the fllwer bees t get the message. Even when placed back int a territry with mature bees, they never seemed t learn hw t cmmunicate infrmatin crrectly.
These results suggest every hneybee is brn with a waggle dance mdel that gives them a basic understanding f hw t dance. By watching their elders, they’ll acquire new rules n hw t generate the dance unique t their territry.
This is the first knwn example f such cmplex scial learning f cmmunicatin in insects and is a frm f animal culture, strikingly similar t the way human language generates new languages t shape itself arund the lcal cnditins. While the waggle dance is secnd t human language in terms f the ability t cmmunicate diverse infrmatin thrugh randm symbls, the newly-discvered prperty makes it even mre language-like and just that much mre mind-blwing.
A．Illustrates.B．Overturns.C．Fits in with.D．Gives rise t.
15．What des the underlined wrd “it” in the last paragraph refer t?
A．The waggle dance.B．Human language.
C．The new prperty.D．Diverse infrmatin.
【命题点03 句子意义猜测】
1.【山东省曲阜师范大学附属中学2023-2024学年质量检测】
Real riches cnsist f well-develped and hearty capacities (能力) t enjy life. Mst peple are already swamped (淹没) with things. They eat, wear, g and talk t much. They live in t big a huse with t many rms, yet their huse f life is a hut.
The underlined sentence in the secnd paragraph prbably implies that______.
A．hwever materially rich, they never seem t be satisfied
B．hwever materially rich, they remain spiritually pr
C．thugh their huse is big, they prefer a simple life
D．thugh their huse is big, it seems t be a cage
2.【2022·湖北孝感高三模拟】
As sn as I started pedaling again, my pants gt caught in the chain, and I fell flat n my face and hit my nse. Since that happened t my granddad decided t call it a day and try again the next mrning. The next mrning I wke up bright and early, and was very eager t try t ride my bike. My nse felt better, s I wasn’t that afraid f falling anymre.
26．What des the underlined part in the passage mean?
A．Remember what happened this day.
B．Make the authr feel happy.
C．Stp practicing bicycling.
D．G n t ride a bike.
3.【2023年湖北武汉校考】
When I was yung, a friend and I came up with a “big” plan t make reading easy. The idea was t bil dwn great bks t a sentence each. “Mby-Dick” by American writer Herman Melville, fr instance, was reduced t: “A whale f a tale abut the ne that gt away.” As it turned ut, the jke was n us. Hw culd a single sentence cnvey the essence (精髓) f a masterpiece with ver five hundred pages?
What des the underlined part “the jke was n us” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A．We were actually jking.B．We were laughed at by thers.
C．We were underestimating’ urselves.D．We were just embarrassing urselves.
4.【2023届吉林省吉林市普通高中高三下学期第四次调研测】
Ancient Chinese paintings are always in a vivid state fr the wrld t appreciate, interpret and pass n. Each signature has the ech f histry and the breathing f time.
When a scrll (卷轴) is pened, the art f painting is transfrmed int a living stry, and the hidden histry wakes up frm the painting. The Night Revels f Han Xizai is described as the earliest human “mvie” with the last emperr f Suthern Tang as the “prducer”, the painter Gu Hngzhng as the “cameraman“, and Han Xizai as the “leading actr”. It is said that Han Xizai understd the suspicin f the emperr and the intentin f the painter’s visit, s he staged a banquet (宴会) with sngs, dances and drinks t prtect himself. Future generatins wuld be able t feel the undeclared battles and histrical suspicins f the ruler and ministers f that era thrugh this painting.
Then there is The Emperr Taizng Receiving the Tibetan Envy, which gives yu the pprtunity t step int Zhenguan Perid and watch the scene f Li Shimin, Emperr Tang Taizng, receiving Lu Dngzan in the palace.
The paintings are used as brushes t recrd histry and have been passed dwn fr thusands f years. They are ancient paintings, as well as histrical dcuments that can be read at any time. Each ne f them is a parallel universe, allwing us t have a glimpse f thse histrical ups and dwns.
Peple f later generatins want t use advanced technlgy and innvative ideas t make histry and its stries cme alive. Thus, at the 2022 Spring Festival gala, Only This Green, based n the painting A Thusand Li f Rivers and Muntains, became a hit. We realize that pictures can nt nly be vivid n paper, but als can be alive in 3D．
Ancient paintings have been appreciated fr ver a thusand years, and the beauty f China is mre than landscapes. Yu can enjy China in ancient paintings with a magnifying (放大) glass. Let’s enjy the whispering f ancient paintings and the sweetness f traditinal culture in ancient scrlls.
A．A practical tl is a must when appreciating ancient paintings.
B．Ancient paintings are nt well preserved due t t lng a time.
C．The landscapes in ancient paintings prve t be frm China.
D．A lt abut Chinese culture can be learnt frm ancient paintings.
【微专题 词义猜测题易错陷阱】
1.【福建省龙岩第一中学2023-2024学年高三试题】
After rescuing the lnely animal, Sam and Vera fund it extremely emtinal t have t release her back ut int the wild t fend fr herself—even thugh they knew it was the right thing t d. But after having such a strng bnd with an animal, it was really difficult t see her g. They had put s much time, effrt and energy int raising her but t see her walking in a herd f blesbks made it all wrthwhile.
Which wrd can best explain the underlined wrd “fend” in the last paragraph?
A．Lk.B．Care.
C．Search.D．Hunt.
2.【河北省衡水市第二中学2023-2024学年高三9月检测试题】
In the study, the researchers sught t understand hw the brain uses this fllwing infrmatin t adjust ur perceptin f what we initially heard. T d this, they cnducted a series f experiments in which the subjects listened t islated syllables and similarly sunding wrds. Their results prduced three primary findings: The brain’s primary auditry crtex (听觉皮层) is sensitive t hw ambiguus a speech sund is at just 50 millisecnds after the sund’s appearance. The brain “replays” previus speech sunds while interpreting the fllwing nes, suggesting re-evaluatin as the rest f the wrd unflds. The brain makes cmmitments t its “best guess” f hw t interpret the signal after abut half a secnd.
What des the underlined part “the signal” in the last paragraph refer t?
A．The previus speech sund.B．The similarly sunding wrd.
C．The unclearly sunding wrd.D．The fllwing speech sund.
3.【河北省保定市重点高中2023-2024学年高三试题】
If yu are f the “n regrets” schl f life, yu may think that all this regret is a recipe fr unhappiness. But that isn’t the case. Letting yurself be verwhelmed by regret is indeed bad fr yu. But ging t the ther extreme may be even wrse. T extinguish yur regrets desn’t free yu frm shame r srrw but causes yu t make the same mistakes again and again. T truly get ver ur guilt requires that we put regret in its prper place.
What des the underlined wrd “extinguish” in paragraph 2 mean?
Admit.B．Destry.C．Treasure.D．Encunter.
4.【安徽省合肥市第一中学2023-2024学年高三质检试题】
If the test is already set, the best way t prepare fr it is with a battery f activities that mst clsely lk like the test itself. And s as the Big Standardized Tests have spread, publishers have cranked ut varieties f caching wrkbks that are all cllectins f shrt excerpts accmpanied by a set f multiple chice questins. Instead f teaching students hw t read a whle bk, we teach them hw t take a standardized test.
Which f the fllwing can replace the phrase “cranked ut” in paragraph 4?
chargedB．canceledC．changedD．Prduced
5.【湖北省部分学校2023-2024学年高三起点试题】
Using first-f-their-kind bservatins frm the James Webb Space Telescpe. a University f Minnesta Twin Cities-led team lked mre than 13 billin years int the past t discver a unique, minuscule galaxy cluster (星系团) that generated new stars at an extremely high rate fr its size. The galaxy is ne f the smallest ever discvered at this distance —arund 500 millin years after the Big Bang — and culd help astrnmers learn mre abut galaxies that were present shrtly after the universe came int existence.
What des the underlined wrd “minuscule” in paragraph l mean?
A．Extremely small.B．Remarkably dark.
C．Especially remte.D．Quite cmplicated.
（2023上·辽宁沈阳·高三校联考期中）
A new study released in the jurnal Plant and Cell Physilgy suggests that ethanl (乙醇) — r alchl-can help plants survive in times f drught, even fr as lng as tw weeks withut water.
T cme up with their finding, the researchers grew wheat and rice plants, regularly watering them, and then added ethanl t the sil in ne grup f plants ver three days. They then kept bth grups deprived f (中断) water fr tw weeks and fund that drunk plants grew better than untreated nes. Arund 75% f the drunk wheat and rice plants survived after rewatering, while less than 5% f the untreated plants did.
The study als lked at hw ethanl prtected a plant. Using arabidpsis, a small plant cmmnly used in experiments, the researchers discvered that when ethanl-treated specimens (样品) were deprived f water, tiny penings n the leaves’ surface clsed up t preserve water and heat.
The team studied arabidpsis’ gene expressin and fund that the ethanl-treated plants started behaving if they were experiencing drught, even befre they were actually deprived f water. This gene expressin gave the plants an advantage in preparing fr a drught.
The researchers said, “The finding is nt just useful fr the wrld’s gardens, but als fr farms grwing vital crps like rice and wheat. Drught-resistant crps culd help achieve sustainable fd security, which is an issue affecting many parts f the wrld right nw.” They added that ethanl was a useful and simple way t increase fd prductin all ver the wrld in times f drught. “The applicatin f ethanl t plants wuld be a ptent agricultural methd t enhance drught resistance in different plants,” said Mtaki Seki, the study’s lead authr. But, he warned that the ethanl needed t be used reasnably as higher cncentratin f ethanl prevented plants grwing. Seki added, “We will sn begin testing ethanl n plants in real fields.”
40．What did the researchers find in their study?
A．Plants prduce ethanl in times f drught.
B．Drunk plants culd live lnger withut water.
C．There is n need t water huse plants every day.
D．It requires mre water t grw wheat in the field.
41．Why d the researchers d the study?
A．T cut the cst f fd prductin.B．T bring abut the change f diet.
C．T generate increases in fd price.D．T help maintain glbal fd security
42．What des the underlined wrd “ptent” in the last paragraph mean?
A．Effective.B．Basic.C．Fictinal.D．Necessary.
43．What des Seki want t stress abut ethanl in the text?
A．It wuld fit all kinds f plants.B．It has been applied t real fields.
C．It shuld be used in prper amunt.D．It enables wheat plants t grw fast.
（2023上·河北·高三泊头市第一中学校联考期中）
Mst health experts wuld agree that eating meat — especially red meat — in large quantities isn’t gd fr us, r the planet. Studies pint t an increased risk f heart disease and cancer crrelating t ur meat-heavy diets. Meanwhile, manufacturers are busy prducing increasingly tasty and mre meat-like prducts that match the real things — making the switch frm eating animals seem like a n-brainer. But are these fake meat prducts any healthier fr us?
Jinan Banna, a dietitian and nutritin prfessr at the University f Hawaii says that sme fake meat prducts can be cnsidered “ultra-prcessed” fds. “That means they g thrugh multiple prcesses and have a lt f added ingredients (配料),” she said. “An alternative burger, fr example, might have quite a bit f sdium (钠), as well as additives.” Sme f these additives are n the market fr a while befre the scientific cmmunity determines them t be harmful, Banna added. “Anytime yu see a lng list f ingredients, including ‘natural flavrs’, take it as a warning sign. In ther wrds, eschew prducts with lengthy ingredient lists,” said Sfia Ppv, a micrbime scientist in Cpenhagen. “Wh knws what’s actually in it?”
Perhaps cnvenience is the best argument fr buying an alternative meat prduct yu can simply ck straight ut f the bx, but sme health experts suggest ther plant-based healthful ptins can be simple, t. Fr example, n a busy day, Banna said she was able t thrw tgether a tempeh (a traditinal sya prduct) dish which she put in a little il, vinegar and ther seasnings. “We definitely btain nutrients frm animal-based fd — irn and zinc and ther minerals as well. But it als cntains fat and chlesterl, s it’s gd t cntrl ur intake,” said Banna. “Vegetarian substitutes can be very tasty s we shuldn’t shy away frm them.”
52．What is the cmmn belief n cnsuming red meat?
A．It is beneficial t ur planet.B．It can stimulate the ecnmy.
C．It shuld be served with vegetables.D．It may make us suffer frm heart disease.
53．What des the underlined wrd “eschew” in paragraph 2 mean?
A．Avid.B．Prvide.C．Inspect.D．Purchase.
54．What des Banna advise peple t d?
A．Take in mre minerals.B．Turn t cnvenient fd instead.
C．Seek fr plant-based meals.D．Chse sme animal-based substitutes.
55．What can be the best title fr the text?
A．Why Is Plant-based Meat Dying?B．Are Fake Meat Prducts Gd Fr Yu?
C．Fake Meat: Fd’s Future Or A Fashin?D．What Happened T The Plant-based Meat?
（2023上·河南·高三校联考阶段练习）
While sme critics claim that histry curricula (课程) teach unnecessary cntent, thers argue that these curricula need t be mre cmprehensive. Despite nging debates abut cntent, ne universal truth remains: strng histry curricula are necessary fr develping the prductive citizens f tmrrw.
The greatest academic value that histry curricula prvide is nt the recall f imprtant dates and names. Rather, understanding the histrical inquiry prcess is the mst imprtant cmpnent. This prcess teaches students hw t becme critical thinkers and understand the dynamic nature f the telling f histry.
Thrugh strng histry curricula, students are shwn bth a variety f primary and secndary surces and are taught t critique them. This is where the histrical inquiry prcess begins. Students nt nly begin t analyze and ask questins abut the cntent, but they als learn abut the authr’s credibility and ptential bias (偏见). Students are then able t cntextualize the infrmatin they learn and can think mre critically abut histrical cn text and thse wh tell it.
With this framewrk, students can then understand the causal relatinship between human nature, values, philsphy, actins, and their cnsequences. It teaches students t recgnize recurrent themes and lessns that are necessary t understand mdern sciety. Mst imprtantly, it teaches students t develp a healthy skepticism (怀疑论) when presented with infrmatin tday because ur actins are histry in the making.
Frty years ag, renwned schlar James Fitzgerald argued that n educatin is cmplete withut the teaching f histrical inquiry. He believed that the nly way t mve frward in life is t understand what’s behind us.
Tday, this principle still hlds true. Students take bth the factual knwledge and the histrical inquiry skills they learn in the classrm and apply them t real wrld circumstances. Thrughut their lives, students wh are taught with strng histry curricula will take the lessns they learn frm ur predecessrs and becme invlved, active, prductive citizens wh want t create a histry that tmrrw’s students will be prud t learn abut.
60．What is the biggest academic significance f histry learning?
A．Passing dwn Chinese culture.B．Grasping histrical inquiry skills.
C．Making peple mre knwledgeable.D．Enriching peple’s everyday life.
61．What des the underlined wrd “critique” in paragraph 3 prbably mean?
A．Prtect.B．Cmbine.C．Cmment.D．Remember.
62．Why is James Fitzgerald mentined in the passage?
A．T stress the imprtance f histry.
B．T pint ut the essence f educatin.
C．T indicate famus peple learn frm histry.
D．T shw histry cntributes t peple’s achievements.
63．What can be the best title fr the passage?
A．It Is the Peple that Create Histry
B．Histry Pushes the Wheel f the Times
C．Histry Curricula Are Gaining Mre Attentin
D．Histry Curricula Shape Tmrrw’s Decisin Makers
（2023上·四川成都·高三校考期中）
Few parlr games (室内游戏) have left a larger glbal impact than mahjng, which is at nce a mainstay at immigrant family gatherings.
Mahjng is a fur-player game that, like pker, perates n the interplay between chance and skill. Chinese icns are visible in tiles’(麻将牌) “suits”, which include bambs and circles, which represent ancient Chinese currency; arrws r “dragns”, which symblize the ancient art f archery; and flwers, which represent the fur Cnfucian plants, including chrysanthemum and rchid.
There are mre than 40 versins f the game acrss the wrld, accrding t Annelise Heinz, authr f the bestselling Mahjng: A Chinese Game and the Making f Mdern American Culture. She says the material cnnectin and cre tile design keep it recgnizable.
The rhythms f mahjng are especially cnducive t building cmmunity, Heinz says. Whereas the shuffling f cards in between pker games takes mere secnds, mahjng players must sit thrugh extended pauses t reset tiles after every rund. The interval encurages cnversatin.
In the early 1920s, American businessman Jseph P. Babcck brught the game t the U.S., where it became an “enrmus natinal fad” that Heinz says reflected the cuntry’s shifting cultural nrms. Dubbed “the game f a hundred intelligences” and “the gift f heaven”, the first imprted mahjng sets quickly sld ut at Abercrmbie & Fitch in New Yrk City.
Over the past century in the US, mahjng has changed int a staple that extends far beynd the Chinese immigrant family. Mre recently, the recrd-shattering 2018 rmantic cmedy Crazy Rich Asians, which features a crucial mahjng scene, brught the game back int ppular culture, fueling interest amng Asian American millennials and Gen Zers. Mahjng’s lasting ppularity, Heinz says, speaks t rapid cultural changes that have unflded ver the past century. “It als ffers a kind f hpeful visin f psitive identity building and cmmunity building that this game can be a part f int the future,” she says.
69．Which f the fllwing is the synnym fr underlined wrd “mainstay” in Para.1?
A．BackbneB．GuestC．MaintainerD．Decratin
70．What d the Chinese icns f bambs and circles n the tile’s “suits” represent?
A．Cnfucian plants and thughts.
B．Chinese arrws r “dragns”.
C．Ancient frms f art.
D．Ancient Chinese currency.
71．What aspect f playing mahjng is beneficial t cmmunity building?
A．Quick shuffling between runds.
B．Extended pauses t reset tiles.
C．Interplay between chance and skill.
D．Cmplex game rules and strategy.
72．What des the authr think f mahjing?
A．The rhythms f mahjng is catchy.
B．The imprted mahjng sets are cstly.
C．It is utdated fr the yung generatins.
D．It is widely influential and prmising.
（2023上·广西南宁·高三统考阶段练习）
It’s well-knwn that humr can benefit us bth physically and mentally. The idea that laughter is the best medicine has been arund since ancient times. In his 1905 bk, Jkes and Their Relatin t the Uncnscius, Sigmund Freud argued that humr is the highest f the psyche’s defense mechanism (机制), capable f turning anxiety int pleasure.
There are fur humr styles. Affiliative humr refers t jkes abut things that might be cmmnly cnsidered funny, which is usually emplyed t imprve relatinships r make thers laugh. If yu’ve ever shared a funny picture with a cwrker, yu’ve used affiliative humr. Self-enhancing humr invlves being able t laugh at yurself, ften used as a way fr yu t deal with stress r difficulties and feel better as a result. Aggressive humr is laughing at the expense f thers, which ften invlves sarcasm (讽刺), teasing, and criticism. Self-defeating humr is the art f putting yurself dwn t gain favr frm yur peers, which is pssibly used by smene wh’s targeted by bullies.
Each style f humr actually carries a different influence, when it cmes t mental health. Julie Aitken Schermer, a psychlgical researcher at The University f Western Ontari, says peple using self-enhancing humr are less likely t shw signs f lneliness and pr relatinships with thers. By cntrast, bth aggressive and self-defeating humr styles can hint at truble. “We find that self-defeating humr is the mst cncerning style as it is als linked with lneliness and feelings f nt mattering. Thse with an aggressive humr style may nt experience lneliness as much, hwever, since they rely n grup dynamics (群体动力) in rder t make fun f their peers,” says Schermer.
Even if yu tend t favr mre negative humr styles, there’s n reasn t lse heart. Schermer says peple can develp a psitive, self-enhancing humr style by cncentrating n the lighter and mre humrus aspects f life. As authr Kurt Vnnegut nce wrte, “Laughter and tears are bth respnses t wrries and anxieties. I prefer t laugh, since there is less cleaning up t d afterward.”
73．Why is Sigmund Freud’s bk mentined in Paragraph 1?
A．T shw the imprtance f mental health.B．T stress the rle f humr.
C．T persuade peple t stay psitive.D．T intrduce ancient jkes t us.
74．Accrding t the text, which kind f humr may yu use t relieve pressure?
A．Affiliative humr.B．Self-enhancing humr.
C．Aggressive humr.D．Self-defeating humr.
75．What des the underlined phrase “hint at” prbably mean in the third paragraph?
A．Signal.B．Explain.C．Prevent.D．Slve.
76．Which f the fllwing will Kurt Vnnegut prbably agree with?
A．Humr is difficult t cntrl.B．Crying is a gd way f relief.
C．Humr is a duble-edged swrd.D．Laughter is the best cure fr stress.
（2023上·广东广州·高三广州市第三中学校考阶段练习）
After COVID-19, the Bureau f Labr Statistics predicts that while the number f nurses has increased in the past three years, the U.S. still experiences a shrtage f registered nurses, and that there will be ver ne millin unfilled nursing jbs. S what’s the slutin? Rbts.
Japan is ahead f the curve when it cmes t this trend. Tyhashi University f Technlgy has develped Terapi, a rbtic medical cart that can make hspital runds, deliver medicatins and ther items, and retrieve recrds. This type f rbt will likely be ne f the first t be implemented in hspital.
Rbts capable f scial engagement help with lneliness as well as cgnitive functining, but the rbt itself desn’t have t engage directly — it can serve as a mediatr fr human cmmunicatin. Telepresence rbts such as MantarBt, Vg, and Giraff can be cntrlled thrugh a cmputer, smartphne, r tablet, allwing family members r dctrs t remtely mnitr patients r Skype them. If yu can’t get t the nursing hme t visit grandma, yu can use a telepresence rbt t hang ut with her.
A rbt’s appearance affects its ability t successfully interact with humans, which is why the Human-Interactive Rbt Research decided t develp a rbtic nurse that lks like a huge teddy bear. RIBA, als knwn as “Rbear,” can help patients int and ut f wheelchairs and beds with its strng arms.
On the less cute and mre scary side there is Actrid F, which has such resilient skin and natural hair clr that sme patients may nt knw the difference. This cnversatinal rbt cmpanin has cameras in its eyes, which allw it t track patients and use apprpriate facial expressins and bdy language in its interactins.
It’s imprtant t nte that rbtic nurses dn’t decide curses f treatment r make diagnses. Instead, they perfrm rutine and labrius tasks, freeing nurses up t attend t patients with immediate needs. This is ne industry where it seems the integratin f rbts will lead t cperatin, nt replacement.
77．What des the underlined part in paragraph 2 mean?
A．Take the lead.B．Reach the standard.
C．Set a recrd.D．Miss a turn.
78．Telepresence rbts may serve their right purpses in hspital when ______.
A．they cllect medical recrds fr patients
B．they deliver fd t clinical dctrs
C．they mve the mbility-disabled patients
D．they assist dctrs with lng-distance diagnses
79．What is the distinctive attractin f Actrid F?
A．Its scary arm strength.B．Its adrable appearance.
C．Its human-like vice.D．Its prper interactive respnse.
80．What is the suitable title fr the passage?
A．Rbts — the future replacement f nurses
B．Rbts — the earth-shaking refrm in hspitals
C．Rbts — a gd supplement t nurses
D．Rbts — a new way t treat patients
（2023上·江西宜春·高三江西省宜丰中学校考期中）
Mst f us wuld like t be mre creative, but we assume there is little we can d abut it. Psychlgy prfessr K. Anders Ericssn claims that with enugh practice, any f us can becme experts. Hwever, he is quick t add that this requires a specific kind f practice that Ericssn calls ‘deliberate practice’: that is, pushing beynd ne’s cmfrt zne and setting gals that are abve ne’s current level f perfrmance. He says he has yet t find the limits n being successful and he desn’t believe them t be real.
Ericssn has lked primarily at artistic and athletic skills, but can these findings apply t creativity? Mst experts agree that even if mst peple cannt hpe t becme creative geniuses, they can learn t becme mre creative thrugh practice. Psychlgists claim that there are actually tw levels f creativity, which they refer t as’Big C’ and ‘small c’. Big C creativity applies t breakthrugh ideas, nes that may change the curse f a field r even histry. Small c creativity refers t everyday creative prblem slving, like creating a new recipe r imprving a prcess, which psychlgists subdivide further int similar and different thinking. Similar thinking invlves examining all the facts and arriving at a single slutin. In cntrast, different thinking invlves cming up with many pssible slutins. What mst peple think f as creativity generally invlves different thinking and can be taught, practised and learnt.
Even with practice, different thinking alne cannt make ne creative, hwever. Sctt Barry Kaufman, a cgnitive psychlgist, says that mst creative peple share ne persnality quality: penness t new experience. Since this quality and these prcesses have been identified, less creative peple can try t emulate them. Nrmally, we tend t reprduce what we already knw because creative ideas mve us int unfamiliar territry invlving risks and fllwing the usual behavirs is cmfrtable.
Mving utside f ur cmfrt zne, engaging indeliberate practice and tlerating cntradictry ideas, risk and failure are all things we can learn t d better. It is unlikely that ding s will transfrm any f us int creative geniuses, but it des have the ptential t increase ur level f creativity.
81．Why des Ericssn think he can’t find the limits?
A．N restrictins exist.B．Practice makes perfect.
C．Each ne can succeed.D．The gal is ambitius.
82．Which f the fllwing is an example f ‘small c’?
A．Settling in uter space.
B．Building a plastic dghuse.
C．Develping rbts t lk after the ld.
D．Explaining the thery f evlutin in class.
83．What des the underlined wrd “emulate” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Justify.B．Limit.C．Cpy.D．Assess.
84．What message des the authr seem t cnvey in the text?
A．We can learn t be mre creative.
B．Life is full f varius challenges.
C．It’s better t take deliberate practice.
D．Mst can becme creative geniuses.
（2023上·辽宁铁岭·高三校联考期中）
Humans have made the wrld less friendly t birds in many ways. One bvius example f this can be fund in metal spikes (尖刺), r anti-bird spikes in buildings t prevent birds frm landing and even nesting. Hwever, a handful f birds have struck back.
Auke-Flrian Hiemstra, a bilgist researching animal architecture at the Naturalis Bidiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands, studies hw wild animals use materials made by humans. He has seen nests that include sme unusual materials—things like plastic flwers and sunglasses. But he was surprised when seeing a picture f a magpie (喜鹊) nest, the tp f which had anti-bird spikes.
Researchers had learned that the smart species, magpies and crws (乌鸦), were stealing anti-bird spikes as a nest-building material. The tw species appeared t use the anti-bird spikes in slightly different ways. Fr the crws, the spikes seemed purely structural, a material used t fashin a slid fundatin. But fr the magpies, there was an additinal layer f intentin: They appeared t use the spikes like humans d-runded cvering ver their nests t keep ther birds frm landing.
One recent study reprted that nests with man-made materials have been fund all ver the wrld and that the man-made materials include all kinds f man-made materials, including knitting needles, candy wrappers, spiky wires, and cigarette ends. Althugh magpies and crws haven’t been dcumented ding this, ther birds have. Scientists aren’t sure if birds are using artificial materials because they’re better, r simply because they’re easy t find. What is ntewrthy is that human-made materials in bird nests can cause injuries. Fr example, anti- bird netting, ften placed ver garden plts, is knwn t be dangerus fr birds, which ften end up being entangled in it.
Fr Hiemstra, while the new discveries are fascinating, he als highlights a brader issue: the unfrtunate ppularity f anti-bird spikes. “It’s kind f sad t keep fighting against nature instead f accepting it as part f the city,” he said.
85．Why was Hiemstra surprised when seeing the pht f a magpie nest?
A．A magpie decrated its nest with plastic flwers.
B．Magpies and crws are as intelligent as humans.
C．Magpies and crws cperated t build the nests.
D．The magpie nest was equipped with metal spikes.
86．Hw d magpies and crws differ frm each ther in using anti-bird spikes?
A．Crws use them fr fashin.
B．Magpies use them fr defence.
C．Crws use them t keep ff ther species.
D．Magpies use them t strengthen the nests.
87．What des the underline wrd “entangled” in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Discvered.B．Frightened.C．Released.D．Trapped.
88．What des Hiemstra intend t d in the last paragraph?
A．Supprt birds’ using man-made materials.
B．Accept anti-bird spikes as part f the city.
C．Disapprve f humans’ using anti-bird spikes.
D．Stress the ppularity f anti-bird spikes in birds.
（2024上·重庆·高三统考阶段练习）
After astnishing breakthrughs in artificial intelligence (AI), many peple wrry that they will end up withut jb pprtunities. A recent paper says that “arund 80% f the us wrkfrce culd have at least 10% f their wrk tasks affected”. Anther paper suggests that legal services, accuntancy and travel agencies will face significant and unexpected disruptins (混乱).
Ecnmists, hwever, tend t enjy making predictins abut autmatin mre than they enjy testing them. In the early 2010s many f them ludly predicted that rbts wuld kill jbs by the millins, nly t fall silent when emplyment rates acrss the rich wrld rse t all-time highs. Few f them have a gd explanatin fr why cuntries with the highest rates f tech usage, such as Japan, Singapre and Suth Krea, cnsistently have the lwest rates f unemplyment.
Here we intrduce ur first attempt at tracking AI’s impact n jbs. Using American data n emplyment by ccupatin, we single ut white-cllar wrkers. These include peple wrking in everything frm back-ffice supprt and financial peratins t cpy-writers. White-cllar rles are thught t be vulnerable t generative AI, which is becming ever better at lgical reasning and creativity. Hwever, there is as yet little evidence f an AI hit t emplyment. In the spring f 2020 white-cllar jbs rse as a share f the ttal, as many peple in service ccupatins lst their jb at the start f the cvid-19 pandemic.
It is, f curse, early days. Few firms yet use generative-AI tls massively, s the impact n jbs culd nly be delayed. Anther pssibility, hwever, is that these new technlgies will end up destrying nly a small number f rles. While AI may be efficient at sme tasks, it may be less gd at thers, such as management and wrking ut what thers need.
AI culd even have a psitive effect n jbs. If wrkers using it becme mre efficient, prfits at their cmpany culd rise which wuld then allw bsses t increase hiring.
93．What is the authr’s attitude twards the ecnmists’ predictins?
A．Dubtful.B．Psitive.C．Puzzled.D．Curius.
94．What des the underlined part “vulnerable t” in Paragraph 3 prbably mean?
A．Expsed t.B．Fnd f.C．At risk frm.D．In need f.
95．What may lead t the limited impact f AI?
A．AI technlgy is nt advanced enugh.B．Businesses are resistant t using AI.
C．AI tls are ineffective fr mst tasks.D．AI tls are still nt widely used.
96．Where is this text prbably taken frm?
A．A research plan.B．A user reprt
C．A cmputer textbk.D．A science magazine.
【2023▪全国甲卷】
Terri Bltn is a dab hand when it cmes t DIY (d-it-yurself). Skilled at putting up shelves and piecing tgether furniture, she never pays smene else t d a jb she can d herself.
She credits these skills t her late grandfather and builder Derek Llyd. Frm the age f six, Terri, nw 26, accmpanied Derek t wrk during her schl hlidays. A day’s wrk was rewarded with £ 5 in pcket mney. She says: “I’m sure I wasn’t much f a help t start with painting the rms and putting dwn the flring thrughut the huse. It tk weeks and is was backbreaking wrk, but I knw he was prud f my skills.”
Terri, wh nw rents abhuse with friends in Wandswrth, Suth West Lndn, says DIY als saves her frm lsing any depsit when a tenancy (租期) cmes t an end. She adds: “I’ve mved huse many times and I always like t persnalise my rm and put up pictures. S, it’s been useful t knw hw t cver up hles and repaint a rm t avid any charges when I’ve mved ut.”
With millins f peple likely t take n DIY prjects ver that cming weeks, new research shws that mre than half f peple are planning t make the mst f the lng, warm summer days t get jbs dne. The average spend per prject will be arund £ 823. Tw thirds f peple aim t imprve their cmfrt while at hme. Tw fifth wish t increase the value f their huse. Thugh DIY has traditinally been seen as male hbby, the research shws it is wmen nw leading the charge.
24. Which is clsest in meaning t “a dab hand” in paragraph 1?
A. An artist.B. A winner.C. A specialist.D. A pineer.
25. Why did Terri’s grandfather give her £ 5 a day?
A. Fr a birthday gift.B. As a treat fr her wrk.
C. T supprt her DIY prjects.D. T encurage her t take up a hbby.
26. Hw did Terri avid lsing the depsit n the huse she rented?
A. By making it lk like befre.B. By furmishing it herself.
C. By splitting the rent with a rmmate.D. By cancelling the rental agreement.
27. What trend in DIY des the research shw?
A. It is becming mre cstly.B. It is getting mre time-cnsuming.
C. It is turning int a seasnal industry.D. It is gaining ppularity amng females.
【2023▪浙江1月卷】
Live with rmmates? Have friends and family arund yu? Chances are that if yu’re lking t live a mre sustainable lifestyle, nt everyne arund yu will be ready t jump n that bandwagn.
I experienced this when I started switching t a zer waste lifestyle five years ag, as I was living with my parents, and I cntinue t experience this with my husband, as he is nt cmpletely zer waste like me. I’ve learned a few things alng the way thugh, which I hpe yu’ll find encuraging if yu’re ding yur best t figure ut hw yu can make the change in a nt-always-supprtive husehld.
Zer waste was a radical lifestyle mvement a few years back. I remember shwing my parents a vide f Bea Jhnsn, sharing hw cl I thught it wuld be t buy grceries with jars, and have s little trash! A few days later, I came back with my first jars f zer waste grceries, and my dad cmmented n hw silly it was fr me t carry jars everywhere. It came ff as a bit discuraging.
Yet as the mnths f reducing waste cntinued, I did what I culd that was within my wn reach. I had my wn bedrm, s I wrked n remving things I didn’t need. Since I had my wn tiletries (洗漱用品), I was able t start persnalising my rutine t be mre sustainable. I als ffered t ck every s ften, s I prtined ut a bit f the cupbard fr my wn zer waste grceries. Perhaps yur husehld wn’t entirely make the switch, but yu may have sme cntrl ver yur wn persnal spaces t make the changes yu desire.
As yu make yur lifestyle changes, yu may find yurself wanting t speak up fr yurself if thers cmment n what yu’re ding, which can turn itself int a whle husehld debate. If yu have individuals wh are nt n bard, yur wrds prbably wn’t d much and can ften leave yu feeling mre discuraged.
S here is my advice: Lead by actin.
24. What d the underlined wrds “jump n that bandwagn” mean in the first paragraph?
A. Share an apartment with yu.B. Jin yu in what yu’re ding.
C. Transfrm yur way f living.D. Help yu t make the decisin.
25. What was the attitude f the authr’s father tward buying grceries with jars?
A. He disapprved f it.B. He was favrable t it.
C. He was tlerant f it.D. He didn’t care abut it.
26. What can we infer abut the authr?
A. She is quite gd at cking.B. She respects thers’ privacy.
C. She enjys being a husewife.D. She is a determined persn.
27. What is the text mainly abut?
A. Hw t get n well with ther family members.
B. Hw t have ne’s wn persnal space at hme.
C. Hw t live a zer waste lifestyle in a husehld.
D. Hw t cntrl the budget when buying grceries.
【2023▪浙江1月卷】
A machine can nw nt nly beat yu at chess, it can als utperfrm yu in debate. Last week, in a public debate in San Francisc, a sftware prgram called Prject Debater beat its human ppnents, including Na Ovadia, Israel’s frmer natinal debating champin.
Brilliant thugh it is, Prject Debater has sme weaknesses. It takes sentences frm its library f dcuments and prebuilt arguments and strings them tgether. This can lead t the kinds f errrs n human wuld make. Such wrinkles will n dubt be irned ut, yet they als pint t a fundamental prblem. As Kristian Hammnd, prfessr f electrical engineering and cmputer science at Nrthwestern University, put it: “There’s never a stage at which the system knws what it’s talking abut.”
What Hammnd is referring t is the questin f meaning, and meaning is central t what distinguishes the least intelligent f humans frm the mst intelligent f machines. A cmputer wrks with symbls. Its prgram specifies a set f rules t transfrm ne string f symbls int anther. But it des nt specify what thse symbls mean. Indeed, t a cmputer, meaning is irrelevant. Humans, in thinking, talking, reading and writing, als wrk with symbls. But fr humans, meaning is everything. When we cmmunicate, we cmmunicate meaning. What matters is nt just the utside f a string f symbls, but the inside t, nt just hw they are arranged but what they mean.
Meaning emerges thrugh a prcess f scial interactin, nt f cmputatin, interactin that shapes the cntent f the symbls in ur heads. The rules that assign meaning lie nt just inside ur heads, but als utside, in sciety, in scial memry, scial cnventins and scial relatins. It is this that distinguishes humans frm machines. And that’s why, hwever astnishing Prject Debater may seem, the traditin that began with Scrates and Cnfucius will nt end with artificial intelligence.
28. Why des the authr mentin Na Ovadia in the first paragraph?
A. T explain the use f a sftware prgram.
B. T shw the cleverness f Prject Debater.
C. T intrduce the designer f Prject Debater.
D. T emphasize the fairness f the cmpetitin.
29. What des the underlined wrd “wrinkles” in paragraph 2 refer t?
A. Arguments.B. Dubts.C. Errrs.D. Differences.
30. What is Prject Debater unable t d accrding t Hammnd?
A. Create rules.B. Cmprehend meaning.
C. Talk fluently.D. Identify difficult wrds.
31. What can we learn frm the last paragraph?
A. Scial interactin is key t understanding symbls.
B. The human brain has ptential yet t be develped.
C. Ancient philsphers set gd examples fr debaters.
D. Artificial intelligence ensures humans a bright future.
【2023▪新高考I卷】
The gal f this bk is t make the case fr digital minimalism, including a detailed explratin f what it asks and why it wrks, and then t teach yu hw t adpt this philsphy if yu decide it’s right fr yu.
T d s, I divided the bk int tw parts. In part ne, I describe the philsphical fundatins f digital minimalism, starting with an examinatin f the frces that are making s many peple’s digital lives increasingly intlerable, befre mving n t a detailed discussin f the digital minimalism philsphy.
Part ne cncludes by intrducing my suggested methd fr adpting this philsphy: the digital declutter. This prcess requires yu t step away frm ptinal nline activities fr thirty days. At the end f the thirty days, yu will then add back a small number f carefully chsen nline activities that yu believe will prvide massive benefits t the things yu value.
In the final chapter f part ne, I’ll guide yu thrugh carrying ut yur wn digital declutter. In ding s, I’ll draw n an experiment I ran in 2018 in which ver 1,600 peple agreed t perfrm a digital declutter. Yu’ll hear these participants’ stries and learn what strategies wrked well fr them, and what traps they encuntered that yu shuld avid.
The secnd part f this bk takes a clser lk at sme ideas that will help yu cultivate (培养) a sustainable digital minimalism lifestyle. In these chapters, I examine issues such as the imprtance f slitude (独处) and the necessity f cultivating high-quality leisure t replace the time mst nw spend n mindless device use. Each chapter cncludes with a cllectin f practices, which are designed t help yu act n the big ideas f the chapter. Yu can view these practices as a tlbx meant t aid yur effrts t build a minimalist lifestyle that wrds fr yur particular circumstances.
8. What is the bk aimed at?
A. Teaching critical thinking skills.B. Advcating a simple digital lifestyle.
C. Slving philsphical prblems.D. Prmting the use f a digital device.
9. What des the underlined wrd “declutter” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Clear-up.B. Add-n.C. Check-in.D. Take-ver.
10. What is presented in the final chapter f part ne?
A. Theretical mdels.B. Statistical methds.
C. Practical examples.D. Histrical analyses.
11. What des the authr suggest readers d with the practices ffered in part tw?
A. Use them as needed.B. Recmmend them t friends.
C. Evaluate their effects.D. Identify the ideas behind them.
【2023▪新高考II卷】
Reading Art: Art fr Bk Lvers is a celebratin f an everyday bject — the bk, represented here in almst three hundred artwrks frm museums arund the wrld. The image f the reader appears thrughut histry, in art made lng befre bks as we nw knw them came int being. In artists’ representatins f bks and reading, we see mments f shared humanity that g beynd culture and time.
In this “bk f bks,” artwrks are selected and arranged in a way that emphasizes these cnnectins between different eras and cultures. We see scenes f children learning t read at hme r at schl, with the bk as a fcus fr relatins between the generatins. Adults are prtrayed (描绘) alne in many settings and pses —absrbed in a vlume, deep in thught r lst in a mment f leisure. These scenes may have been painted hundreds f years ag, but they recrd mments we can all relate t.
Bks themselves may be used symblically in paintings t demnstrate the intellect (才智), wealth r faith f the subject. Befre the wide use f the printing press, bks were treasured bjects and culd be wrks f art in their wn right. Mre recently, as bks have becme inexpensive r even thrwaway, artists have used them as the raw material fr artwrks — transfrming cvers, pages r even cmplete vlumes int paintings and sculptures.
Cntinued develpments in cmmunicatin technlgies were nce believed t make the printed page utdated. Frm a 21st-century pint f view, the printed bk is certainly ancient, but it remains as interactive as any battery-pwered e-reader. T serve its functin, a bk must be activated by a user: the cver pened, the pages parted, the cntents reviewed, perhaps ntes written dwn r wrds underlined. And in cntrast t ur increasingly netwrked lives where the infrmatin we cnsume is mnitred and tracked, a printed bk still ffers the chance f a whlly private, “ff-line” activity.
8. Where is the text mst prbably taken frm?
A. An intrductin t a bk.B. An essay n the art f writing.
C. A guidebk t a museum.D. A review f mdern paintings.
9. What are the selected artwrks abut?
A. Wealth and intellect.B. Hme and schl.
C. Bks and reading.D. Wrk and leisure.
10. What d the underlined wrds “relate t” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Understand.B. Paint.
C. Seize.D. Transfrm.
11. What des the authr want t say by mentining the e-reader?
A. The printed bk is nt ttally ut f date.
B. Technlgy has changed the way we read.
C. Our lives in the 21st century are netwrked.
D. Peple nw rarely have the patience t read.
【2023▪全国乙卷】
If yu want t tell the histry f the whle wrld, a histry that des nt privilege ne part f humanity, yu cannt d it thrugh texts alne, because nly sme f the wrld has ever had texts, while mst f the wrld, fr mst f the time, has nt. Writing is ne f humanity’s later achievements, and until fairly recently even many literate (有文字的) scieties recrded their cncerns nt nly in writing but in things.
Ideally a histry wuld bring tgether texts and bjects, and sme chapters f this bk are able t d just that, but in many cases we simply can’t. The clearest example f this between literate and nn-literate histry is perhaps the first cnflict, at Btany Bay, between Captain Ck’s vyage and the Australian Abriginals. Frm the English side, we have scientific reprts and the captain’s recrd f that terrible day. Frm the Australian side, we have nly a wden shield (盾) drpped by a man in flight after his first experience f gunsht. If we want t recnstruct what was actually ging n that day, the shield must be questined and interpreted as deeply and strictly as the written reprts.
In additin t the prblem f miscmprehensin frm bth sides, there are victries accidentally r deliberately twisted, especially when nly the victrs knw hw t write. Thse wh are n the lsing side ften have nly their things t tell their stries. The Caribbean Tain, the Australian Abriginals, the African peple f Benin and the Incas, all f whm appear in this bk, can speak t us nw f their past achievements mst pwerfully thrugh the bjects they made: a histry tld thrugh things gives them back a vice. When we cnsider cntact (联系) between literate and nn-literate scieties such as these, all ur first-hand accunts are necessarily twisted, nly ne half f a dialgue. If we are t find the ther half f that cnversatin, we have t read nt just the texts, but the bjects.
32. What is the first paragraph mainly abut?
A. Hw past events shuld be presented.B. What humanity is cncerned abut.
C. Whether facts speak luder than wrds.D. Why written language is reliable.
33. What des the authr indicate by mentining Captain Ck in paragraph 2?
A. His reprt was scientific.B. He represented the lcal peple.
C. He ruled ver Btany Bay.D. His recrd was ne-sided.
34. What des the underlined wrd “cnversatin” in paragraph 3 refer t?
A. Prblem.B. Histry.C. Vice.D. Sciety.
35. Which f the fllwing bks is the text mst likely selected frm?
A. Hw Maps Tell Stries f the WrldB. A Shrt Histry f Australia
C. A Histry f the Wrld in 100 ObjectsD. Hw Art Wrks Tell Stries
2022年记叙文
【2022年新高考全国Ⅱ卷】
We jurnalists live in a new age f strytelling, with many new multimedia tls. Many yung peple dn’t even realize it’s new. Fr them, it’s just nrmal.
This hit hme fr me as I was sitting with my 2-year-ld grandsn n a sfa ver the Spring Festival hliday. I had brught a children’s bk t read. It had simple wrds and clrful pictures — a perfect match fr his age.
Picture this: my grandsn sitting n my lap as I hld the bk in frnt s he can see the pictures. As I read, he reaches ut and pkes (戳) the page with his finger.
What’s up with that? He just likes the pictures, I thught. Then I turned the page and cntinued. He pked the page even harder. I nearly drpped the bk. I was cnfused: Is there smething wrng with this kid?
Then I realized what was happening. He was actually a stranger t bks. His father frequently amused the by with a tablet cmputer which was laded with clrful pictures that cme alive when yu pke them. He thught my strybk was like that.
Srry, kid. This bk is nt part f yur high-tech wrld. It’s an utdated, lifeless thing. An antique, like yur grandfather. Well, I may be ld, but I’m nt hpelessly challenged, digitally speaking. I edit vide and prduce audi. I use mbile payment. I’ve even built websites.
There’s ne ntable gap in my new-media experience, hwever: I’ve spent little time in frnt f a camera, since I have a face made fr radi. But that didn’t stp China Daily frm asking me last week t share a persnal stry fr a vide prject abut the integratin f Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei prvince.
Anyway, grandpa is nw an internet star — tw minutes f fame! I prmise nt t let it g t my head. But I will make sure my 2-year-ld grandsn sees it n his tablet.
4. What d the underlined wrds “hit hme fr me” mean in paragraph 2?
A. Prvided shelter fr me. B. Became very clear t me.
C. Tk the pressure ff me. D. Wrked quite well n me.
5. Why did the kid pke the strybk?
A. He tk it fr a tablet cmputer. B. He disliked the clrful pictures.
C. He was angry with his grandpa. D. He wanted t read it by himself.
6. What des the authr think f himself?
A. Scially ambitius. B. Physically attractive.
C. Financially independent. D. Digitally cmpetent.
7. What can we learn abut the authr as a jurnalist?
A. He lacks experience in his jb. B. He seldm appears n televisin.
C. He manages a vide department. D. He ften interviews internet stars.
【2022年浙江卷6月】
Pasta and pizza were n everyne’s lunch menu in my native land f Italy. Everyne wh had such a lunch was fair-skinned and spke Italian. A few years later, as I std in the lunch line with my kindergarten class in a schl in Brklyn, I realized things were n lnger that simple. My classmates ranged frm thse kids with pale skin and large blue eyes t thse with rich brwn skin and dark hair. The fd chices were almst as diverse as the students. In frnt f me was an array f fds I culdn’t even name in my native language. Fearing that I wuld pick ut smething awful, I desperately tried t ask the by ahead f me fr a recmmendatin. Unfrtunately, between us std the barrier f language.
Althugh my kindergarten experience feels like a century ag, the lessns I learned will stick in my mind frever. Fr the past three summers, I have wrked in a gvernment agency in New Yrk. New immigrants much like the little girl in the lunch line flded ur ffice seeking help. I ften had t be an interpreter fr the Italian-speaking nes. As I served the rle f vital cmmunicatin link, I was reminded f my desperate struggle t cnverse befre I learned English. I watched with great sympathy as elderly Italians tried t hld a cnversatin in Italian with peple wh did nt speak the language. It suddenly became very clear t me hw lucky I was t be fluent in tw languages.
In New Yrk, a multicultural city, students like me are blessed with a chance t wrk with a diverse ppulatin. In my English t Italian translatins, I’ve learned abut scial prgrams that I didn’t knw existed. This wrk expanded my mind in ways that are impssible inside the fur walls f a classrm. Walking thrugh the streets f Brklyn tday, I am n lnger cnfused by this city’s sunds and smells. Instead, enjy its diversity.
1. What did the authr realize after entering schl in Brklyn?
A. Time passed quickly.B. English was hard t learn.
C. The fd was terrible.D. Peple were very different.
2. Wh des “the little girl” in paragraph 2 refer t?
A An Italian teacher.B. A gvernment fficial.
C. The authr herself.D. The authr’s classmate.
3. Hw did the summer jb benefit the authr?
A. It strengthened her lve fr schl.B. It helped sharpen her sense f directin.
C. It pened her eyes t the real wrld.D. It made her childhd dream cme true.
【2022年浙江卷1月】
Fr nearly a decade nw, Merebeth has been a self-emplyed pet transprt specialist. Her pet transprt jb was bm f the financial crisis （危机）in the late 2000s. The dwnturn hit the real estate （房地产）firm where she had wrked fr ten years as an ffice manager. The firm went brke and left her lking fr a new jb. One day, while driving near her hme, she saw a dg wandering n the rad, clearly lst. She tk it hme, and her sister in Denver agreed t take it. This was a lving hme fr sure, but 1, 600 miles away. It didn't take lng fr Merebeth t decide t drive the dg there herself. It was her first rad trip t her new jb.
Merebeth*s pet delivery service als satisfies her wanderlust. It has taken her t every state in the US except Mntana, Washingtn and Oregn, she says prudly. If she wants t visit a new place, she will simply find a pet with transprt needs there. She travels in all weathers. She has driven thrugh 55 mph winds in Wyming, heavy flding and strms in Alabama and ttal whiteut cnditins in Kansas.
This wanderlust is inherited frm her father, she says. She mved their family frm Canada t Califrnia when she was ne year ld, because he wanted them t explre a new place tgether. As sn as she graduated frm high schl she left hme t live n Catalina Island ff the Califrnian cast, away frm her parents, where she enjyed a life f sailing and ff-rad biking.
It turns ut that pet transprting pays quite well at abut $30, 000 per year befre tax. She desn't wrk in summer, as it wuld be unpleasantly ht fr the animals in the car, even with air cnditining. As autumn cmes, she gets restless—the same ld wanderlust returning. It’s a call she must heed alne, thugh. Merebeth says, *'When I am n the rad, I'm just in my wn wrld. I've always been independent-spirited and I just feel strngly that I mush help animals.
Why did Merebeth changed her jb?
She wanted t wrk near her hme.
She was tired f wrking in the ffice.
Her sister asked her t mve t Denver.
Her frmer emplyer was ut f business.
The wrd "wanderlust" in paragraph 2 means a desire t ?
make mney.B. try varius jbs.
C. be clse t nature.D. travel t different places.
3 What can we learn abut Merebeth in her new jb?
She has chances t see rare animals.
She wrks hard thrughut the year.
She relies n herself the whle time.
She earns a basic and tax-free salary.
【2022年浙江卷6月】
Pasta and pizza were n everyne’s lunch menu in my native land f Italy. Everyne wh had such a lunch was fair-skinned and spke Italian. A few years later, as I std in the lunch line with my kindergarten class in a schl in Brklyn, I realized things were n lnger that simple. My classmates ranged frm thse kids with pale skin and large blue eyes t thse with rich brwn skin and dark hair. The fd chices were almst as diverse as the students. In frnt f me was an array f fds I culdn’t even name in my native language. Fearing that I wuld pick ut smething awful, I desperately tried t ask the by ahead f me fr a recmmendatin. Unfrtunately, between us std the barrier f language.
Althugh my kindergarten experience feels like a century ag, the lessns I learned will stick in my mind frever. Fr the past three summers, I have wrked in a gvernment agency in New Yrk. New immigrants much like the little girl in the lunch line flded ur ffice seeking help. I ften had t be an interpreter fr the Italian-speaking nes. As I served the rle f vital cmmunicatin link, I was reminded f my desperate struggle t cnverse befre I learned English. I watched with great sympathy as elderly Italians tried t hld a cnversatin in Italian with peple wh did nt speak the language. It suddenly became very clear t me hw lucky I was t be fluent in tw languages.
In New Yrk, a multicultural city, students like me are blessed with a chance t wrk with a diverse ppulatin. In my English t Italian translatins, I’ve learned abut scial prgrams that I didn’t knw existed. This wrk expanded my mind in ways that are impssible inside the fur walls f a classrm. Walking thrugh the streets f Brklyn tday, I am n lnger cnfused by this city’s sunds and smells. Instead, enjy its diversity.
1. What did the authr realize after entering schl in Brklyn?
A. Time passed quickly.B. English was hard t learn.
C. The fd was terrible.D. Peple were very different.
2. Wh des “the little girl” in paragraph 2 refer t?
A An Italian teacher.B. A gvernment fficial.
C. The authr herself.D. The authr’s classmate.
3. Hw did the summer jb benefit the authr?
A. It strengthened her lve fr schl.B. It helped sharpen her sense f directin.
C. It pened her eyes t the real wrld.D. It made her childhd dream cme true.
2021年记叙文
【2021年新高考全国Ⅱ 卷】I have wrked as a keeper at the Natinal Z, Paris fr 11 years. Spt and Stripe are the first tiger cubs that have ever been brn here. Glbally, a third f Sumatran cubs in zs dn't make it t adulthd, s I decided t give them rund-the-clck care at hme.
I've gt tw children—the yunger ne, Kynan, was extremely happy abut the tigers arriving - but all f us really lked frward t being part f their lives and watching them grw. I wasn't wrried abut bringing them int my hme with my wife and kids. These were cubs. They weighed abut 2.5 kg and were s small that there was abslutely n risk.
As they grew mre mbile, we let them mve freely arund the huse during the day, but when we were asleep we had t cntain them in a large rm, therwise they'd get up t mischief. We'd cme dwn in the mrning t find they'd turned the rm upside dwn, and left it lking like a z.
Things quickly gt very intense due t the huge amunt f energy required t lk after them. There were sme tugh times and I just felt extremely tired. I was grateful that my family was there t help. We had t have a bit f a prductin line ging, making up “tiger milk”, washing baby bttles, and cleaning the flrs.
When Spt and Stripe were fur mnths ld, they were learning hw t pen drs and jump fences, and we knew it really was time fr them t g. It was hard fr us t finally part with them. Fr the first few days, Kynan was always a bit disappinted that the cubs weren't there.
I'm nt sad abut it. I'm hands-n with them every day at the z, and I d lk back very fndly n the time that we had them.
4. Why did the authr bring the tiger cubs hme?
A. T ensure their survival.B. T bserve their differences.
C. T teach them life skills.D. T let them play with his kids.
5. What d the underlined wrds “get up t mischief” mean in paragraph 3?
A. Behave badly.B. Lse their way.C. Sleep sundly.D. Miss their mm.
6. What did the authr think f raising the tiger cubs at hme?
A. Bring.B. Tiring.C. Cstly.D. Risky.
7. Why did the authr decide t send Spt and Stripe back t the z?
A. They frightened the children.B. They became difficult t cntain.
C. They annyed the neighburs.D. They started fighting each ther.
【2021年全国甲卷】When I was 9, we packed up ur hme in Ls Angeles and arrived at Heathrw, Lndn n a gray January mrning. Everyne in the family settled quickly int the city except me. Withut my belved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I felt at a lss and ut f place. Until I made a discvery.
Suthbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center f British skatebarding, where the cntinuus crashing f skatebards left yur head ringing .I lved it. I sn made friends with the lcal skaters. We spke ur wn language. And my favrite: Safe. Safe meant cl. It meant hell. It meant dn't wrry abut it. Once, when trying a certain trick n the beam（横杆）, I fell nt the stnes, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Tby came ver, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe. A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their bards lud, shuting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that's what mattered—landing tricks, being a gd skater.
When I was 15, my family mved t Washingtn. I tried skatebarding there, but the lcals were far less welcming. Within a cuple f years, I'd given it up.
When I returned t Lndn in 2004, I fund myself wandering dwn t Suthbank, spending hurs there. I've traveled back several times since, mst recently this past spring. The day was cld but clear: turists and Lndners stpped t watch the skaters. Weaving（穿梭）amng the kids wh rushed by n their bards, I fund my way t the beam. Then a rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded（滑）up t the beam. He sat next t me. He seemed nt t ntice the man next t him. But sn I caught a few f his glances. “I was a lcal here 20 years ag,” I tld him. Then, slwly, he began t nd his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”
“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”
8. What can we learn abut the authr sn after he mved t Lndn?
A. He felt disappinted.B. He gave up his hbby.
C. He liked the weather there.D. He had disagreements with his family.
9. What d the underlined wrds “Safe! Safe! Safe!” prbably mean?
A. Be careful!B. Well dne!C. N way!D. Dn't wrry!
10. Why did the authr like t spend time in Suthbank when he returned t Lndn?
A. T jin the skatebarding.B. T make new friends.
C. T learn mre tricks.D. T relive his childhd days
11. What message des the authr seem t cnvey in the text?
A. Children shuld learn a secnd language.
B Sprt is necessary fr children's health.
C. Children need a sense f belnging
D. Seeing the wrld is a must fr children.
【2021年浙江卷6月】We live in a twn with three beaches. There are tw parts less than 10 minutes’ walk frm hme where neighbrhd children gather t play. Hwever, what my children want t d after schl is pick up a screen — any screen — and stare at it fr hurs. They are nt alne. Tday's children spend an average f fur and a half hurs a day lking at screens, split between watching televisin and using the Internet.
In the past few years, an increasing number f peple and rganisatins have begun cming up with plans t cunter this trend. A cuple f years ag film-maker David Bnd realised that his children, then aged five and three, were attached t screens t the pint where he was able t say “chclate” int his three-year-ld sn’s ear withut getting a respnse. He realised that smething needed t change, and, being a Lndn media type, appinted himself “marketing directr frm Nature”. He dcumented his jurney as he set abut treating nature as a brand t be marketed t yung peple. The result was Prject Wild Thing, a film which charts the birth f the Wrld Netwrk, a grup f rganisatins with the cmmn gal f getting children ut int nature.
“Just five mre minutes utdrs can make a difference,” David Bnd says. “There is a lt f really interesting evidence which seems t be suggesting that if children are inspired up t the age f seven, then being utdrs will be n habit fr life.” His wn children have gt int the habit f playing utside nw: “We just send them ut int the garden and tell them nt t cme back in fr a while.”
Summer is upn us. There is an amazing wrld ut there, and it needs ur children as much as they need it. Let us get them ut and let them play.
4. What is the prblem with the authr’s children?
A. They ften anny their neighburs.B. They are tired f ding their hmewrk.
C. They have n friends t play withD. They stay in frnt f screens fr t lng.
5. Hw did David Bnd advcate his idea?
A. By making a dcumentary film.B. By rganizing utdr activities.
C. By advertising in Lndn media.D. By creating a netwrk f friends.
6. Which f the fllwing can replace the underlined wrd “charts” in paragraph 2?
A. recrdsB. predictsC. delaysD. cnfirms
7. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Let Children Have FunB. Yung Children Need Mre Free Time
C. Market Nature t ChildrenD. David Bnd: A Rle Mdel fr Children
2020年记叙文
【2020年新高考全国Ⅱ 卷（海南卷）】The end f the schl year was in sight and spirits were high. I was back teaching after an absence f 15 years, dealing with the varius kinds f "frbidden fruit" that cme ut f bk bags. Nw was the spring f the water pistl.
I decided t think up a methd f dealing with frbidden fruit.
"Please bring that pistl t me," I said. "I'm ging t put it in my Grandma's Bx."
"What's that?" they asked.
"It's a large wden chest full f tys fr my grandchildren," I replied,
"Yu dn't have grandchildren" smene said.
"I dn't nw." I replied. "But smeday I will. When I d, my bx will be full f wnderful things fr them."
My imaginary Grandma's Bx wrked like magic that spring, and later. Smetimes. students wuld ask me t describe all the things I had in it. Then I wuld try t remember the different pssessins I suppsedly had taken away—since I seldm actually kept them. Usually the ffender wuld appear at the end f the day, and I wuld return the belnging.
The-years went by, and my first grandchild Grdn was brn. I shared my jy with that year's class. Then smene said, "Nw yu can use yur Grandma's Bx." Frm then n instead f cming t ask their pssessins back, the students wuld say, "That's kay. Put it in yur Grandma's Bx fr Grdn."
I lved talking abut the imaginary bx, nt nly with my students but als with my wn children. They enjyed hearing abut all the frbidden fruit I had cllected. Then ne Christmas I received a surprise gift—a large, beautifully made wden chest. My sn Bruce had made my Grandma's Bx a reality.
4. What was the authr's purpse in having the cnversatin with the students?
A. T cllect the water pistl.B. T talk abut her grandchildren.
C. T recmmend sme tys.D. T explain her teaching methd.
5. What d the underlined wrds "the ffender" in paragraph 8 refer t?
A. The student's parent.B. The maker f the Grandma's Bx.
C. The authr's grandchildD. The wner f the frbidden fruit.
6. What did the students d after they learned abut the birth f Grdn?
A. They went t play with the baby.B. They asked t see the Grandma's Bx.
C. They made a present fr Grdn.D. They stpped asking their tys back.
7. What can we infer abut the authr?
A. She enjys telling jkes.B. She is a strict and smart teacher.
C. She lves ding wdwrk.D. She is a respnsible grandmther
【2020年浙江卷1月】I never knew anyne wh’d grwn up in Jacksn withut being afraid f Mrs. Callway ur librarian. She ran Jacksn’s Carnegie Library abslutely by herself. SILENCE in big black letters was n signs hung everywhere. If she thught yu were dressed imprperly, she sent yu straight back hme t change yur clthes. I was willing；I wuld d anything t read.
My mther was nt afraid f Mrs. Callway. She wished me t have my wn library card t check ut bks fr myself, She tk me in t intrduce me. “Eudra is nine years ld and has my permissin t read any bk she wants frm the shelves, children r adults,” Mther said.
Mrs. Callway made her wn rules abut bks. Yu culd nt take back a bk t the library n the same day yu`d taken it ut；it made n difference t her that yu’d read every wrd in it and needed anther t start. Yu culd take ut tw bks at a time and tw nly. S tw by tw, I read library bks as fast as I culd g, rushing them hme in the basket f my bicycle. Frm the minute I reached ur huse, I started t read. I knew this was extreme happiness, knew it at the time.
My mther shared this feeling f mine. Nw, I think f her as reading s much f the time while ding smething else. I remember her reading a magazine while taking the part f the Wlf in a game f "Little Red Riding Hd" with my brther's tw daughters. She'd just lk up at the right time, lng enugh t answer– in character –"The better t eat yu with, my dear," and g back t her place in the magazine article.
21. Which f the fllwing best described Mrs. Callway?
A. diet.B. Strict.C. Humrus.D. Cnsiderate.
22. What d the underlined wrds "this feeling" refer t in the last paragraph?
A. Desire t read.B. Lve fr Mrs. Callway.
C. Interest in games.D. Fear f the library rules.
23. Where is the text prbably frm?
A. guidebk.B. an autbigraphy.C. a news reprt.D. bk review.
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【2022年新高考全国Ⅰ 卷】The elderly residents (居民) in care hmes in Lndn are being given hens t lk after t stp them feeling lnely.
The prject was dreamed up by a lcal charity (慈善组织) t reduce lneliness and imprve elderly peple’s wellbeing, It is als being used t help patients suffering dementia, a serius illness f the mind. Staff in care hmes have reprted a reductin in the use f medicine where hens are in use.
Amng thse taking part in the prject is 80-year-ld Ruth Xavier. She said: “I used t keep hens when I was yunger and had t prepare their breakfast each mrning befre I went t schl. ”
“I like the prject a lt. I am dwn there in my wheelchair in the mrning letting the hens ut and dwn there again at night t see they’ve gne t bed.”
“It’s gd t have a different fcus. Peple have been bringing their children in t see the hens and residents cme and sit utside t watch them. I’m enjying the creative activities, and it feels great t have dne smething useful.”
There are nw 700 elderly peple lking after hens in 20 care hmes in the Nrth East, and the charity has been given financial supprt t rll it ut cuntrywide.
Wendy Wilsn, extra care manager at 60 Penfld Street, ne f the first t embark n the prject, said: “Residents really welcme the idea f the prject and the creative sessins. We are lking frward t the benefits and fun the prject can bring t peple here.”
Lynn Lewis, directr f Ntting Hill Pathways, said: “We are happy t be taking part in the prject. It will really help cnnect ur residents thrugh a shared interest and creative activities.”
8. What is the purpse f the prject?
A. T ensure harmny in care hmes.B. T prvide part-time jbs fr the aged.
C. T raise mney fr medical research.D. T prmte the elderly peple’s welfare.
9. Hw has the prject affected Ruth Xavier?
A. She has learned new life skills.B. She has gained a sense f achievement.
C. She has recvered her memry.D. She has develped a strng persnality.
10. What d the underlined wrds “embark n” mean in paragraph 7?
A. Imprve.B. Oppse.C. Begin.D. Evaluate.
11. What can we learn abut the prject frm the last tw paragraphs?
A. It is well received.B. It needs t be mre creative.
C. It is highly prfitable.D. It takes ages t see the results.
【2022年新高考全国Ⅱ卷】Over the last seven years, mst states have banned texting by drivers, and public service campaigns have tried a wide range f methds t persuade peple t put dwn their phnes when they are behind the wheel.
Yet the prblem, by just abut any measure, appears t be getting wrse. Americans are still texting while driving, as well as using scial netwrks and taking phts. Rad accidents, which had fallen fr years, are nw rising sharply.
That is partly because peple are driving mre, but Mark Rsekind, the chief f the Natinal Highway Traffic Safety Administratin, said distracted（分心）driving was "nly increasing, unfrtunately. "
"Big change requires big ideas. " he said in a speech last mnth, referring bradly t the need t imprve rad safety. S t try t change a distinctly mdern behavir, lawmakers and public health experts are reaching back t an ld apprach: They want t treat distracted driving like drunk driving.
An idea frm lawmakers in New Yrk is t give plice fficers a new device called the Textalyzer. It wuld wrk like this: An fficer arriving at the scene f a crash culd ask fr the phnes f the drivers and use the Textalyzer t check in the perating system fr recent activity. The technlgy culd determine whether a driver had just texted, emailed r dne anything else that is nt allwed under New Yrk's hands-free driving laws.
"We need smething n the bks that can change peple's behavir,” said Félix W. Ortiz, wh pushed fr the state's 2001 ban n hand-held devices by drivers. If the Textalyzer bill becmes law, he said, "peple are ging t be mre afraid t put their hands n the cell phne. "
8. Which f the fllwing best describes the ban n drivers' texting in the US?
A. Ineffective. B. Unnecessary.
C. Incnsistent. D. Unfair.
9. What can the Textalyzer help a plice fficer find ut?
A. Where a driver came frm. B. Whether a driver used their phne.
C. Hw fast a driver was ging. D. When a driver arrived at the scene.
10. What des the underlined wrd "smething" in the last paragraph refer t?
A. Advice. B. Data. C. Tests. D. Laws.
11. What is a suitable title fr the text?
A. T Drive r Nt t Drive? Think Befre Yu Start
B. Texting and Driving? Watch Out fr the Textalyzer
C. New Yrk Banning Hand-Held Devices by Drivers.
D. The Next Generatin Cell Phne: The Textalyzer-
【2022年全国乙卷】Can a small grup f drnes(无人机)guarantee the safety and reliability f railways and, at the same time, help railway peratrs save billins f eurs each year? That is the very likely future f applying tday’s “eyes in the sky” technlgy t making sure that the millins f kilmetres f rail tracks and infrastructure(基础设施)wrldwide are safe fr trains n a 24/7 basis.
Drnes are already being used t examine high-tensin electrical lines. They culd d precisely the same thing t inspect railway lines and ther vital aspects f rail infrastructure such as the crrect psitin f railway tracks and switching pints. The mre regularly they can be inspected, the mre railway safety, reliability and n-time perfrmance will be imprved. Csts wuld be cut and peratins wuld be mre efficient(高效)acrss the bard.
That includes huge savings in maintenance csts and better prtectin f railway persnnel safety. It is calculated that Eurpean railways alne spend apprximately 20 billin eurs a year n maintenance, including sending maintenance staff, ften at night, t inspect and repair the rail infrastructure. That can be dangerus wrk that culd be avided with drnes assisting the crews’ effrts.
By using the latest technlgies, drnes culd als start prviding higher-value services fr railways, detecting faults in the rail r switches, befre they can cause any safety prblems. T perfrm these tasks, drnes fr rail dn’t need t be flying verhead. Engineers are nw wrking n a new cncept: the rail drnes f the future. They will be mving n the track ahead f the train, and prgrammed t run autnmusly. Very small drnes with advanced sensrs and AI and travelling ahead f the train culd guide it like a c-pilt. With their ability t see ahead, they culd signal any prblem, s that fast-mving trains wuld be able t react in time.
8. What makes the applicatin f drnes t rail lines pssible?
A. The use f drnes in checking n pwer lines.B. Drnes’ ability t wrk at high altitudes.
C. The reductin f cst in designing drnes.D. Drnes’ reliable perfrmance in remte areas.
9. What des “maintenance” underlined in paragraph 3 refer t?
A. Persnnel safety.B. Assistance frm drnes.
C. Inspectin and repair.D. Cnstructin f infrastructure.
10. What functin is expected f the rail drnes?
A T prvide early warning.B. T make trains run autmatically.
C. T earn prfits fr the crews.D. T accelerate transprtatin.
11. Which is the mst suitable title fr the text?
A. What Faults Can Be Detected with Drnes
B. Hw Prductin f Drnes Can Be Expanded
C. What Difficulty Drne Develpment Will Face
D Hw Drnes Will Change the Future f Railways
【2022年全国甲卷】As Ginni Bazlintn reached Antarctica, she fund herself greeted by a grup f little Gent penguins(企鹅) lnging t say hell. These gentle, lvely gatekeepers welcmed her and kick-started what was t be a trip Ginni wuld never frget.
Ever since her childhd, Ginni, nw 71, has had a deep lve fr travel. Thrughut her career(职业) as a prfessinal dancer, she tured in the UK, but always lnged t explre further When she retired frm dancing and her sns eventually flew the nest, she decided it was time t take the plunge.
After taking a degree at Chichester University in Related Arts, Ginni began t travel the wrld, eventually getting wrk teaching English in Japan and Chile. And it was in Chile she discvered she culd get last-minute cheap deals n ships ging t Antarctica frm the islands ff Tierra del Fueg, the suthernmst tip f the Suth American mainland. “I just decided wanted t g,” she says. “I had n idea abut what I’d find there and I wasn’t nervus, I just wanted t d it. And I wanted t d it alne as I always prefer it that way.”
In March 2008, Ginni barded a ship with 48 passengers she’d never met befre, t begin the jurney twards Antarctica. “Frm seeing the wildlife t witnessing sunrises, the whle experience was amazing. Antarctica left an impressin n me that n ther place has,” Ginni says. “I remember the first time I saw a humpback whale; it just rse ut f the water like sme prehistric creature and I thught it was smiling at us. Yu culd still hear the peratic sunds it was making underwater.”
The realizatin that this is a precius land, t be respected by humans, was ne f the biggest things that hit hme t Ginni.
8. Which f the fllwing best explains “take the plunge” underlined in paragraph 2?
A. Try challenging things.B. Take a degree.
C. Bring back lst memries.D. Stick t a prmise.
9. What made Ginni decide n the trip t Antarctica?
A. Lvely penguins.B. Beautiful scenery.
C. A discunt fare.D. A friend’s invitatin.
10. What des Ginni think abut Antarctica after the jurney?
A. It culd be a hme fr her.B. It shuld be easily accessible.
C. It shuld be well preserved.D. It needs t be fully intrduced.
11 What is the text mainly abut?
A. A childhd dream.B. An unfrgettable experience.
C. Sailing arund the wrld.D. Meeting animals in Antarctica.
【2022年北京卷】“What wuld the wrld be if there were n hunger?” It’s a questin that Prfessr Crystal wuld ask her students. They fund it hard t answer, she wrte later, because imagining smething that isn’t part f real life—and learning hw t make it real—is a rare skill. It is taught t artists and engineers, but much less ften t scientists. Crystal set ut t change that, and helped t create a glbal mvement. The result—an apprach knwn as systems thinking—is nw seen as essential in meeting glbal challenges.
Systems thinking is crucial t achieving targets such as zer hunger and better nutritin because it requires cnsidering the way in which fd is prduced, prcessed, delivered and cnsumed, and lking at hw thse things intersect (交叉 ) with human health, the envirnment, ecnmics and sciety. Accrding t systems thinking, changing the fd system—r any ther netwrk—requires three things t happen. First, researchers need t identify all the players in that system; secnd, they must wrk ut hw they relate t each ther; and third, they need t understand and quantify the impact f thse relatinships n each ther and n thse utside the system.
Take nutritin. In the latest UN reprt n glbal fd security, the number f undernurished (营养不良 )peple in the wrld has been rising, despite great advances in nutritin science. Tracking f 150 bichemicals in fd has been imprtant in revealing the relatinships between calries, sugar, fat and the ccurrence f cmmn diseases. But using machine learning and artificial intelligence, sme scientists prpse that human diets cnsist f at least 26,000 bichemicals—and that the vast majrity are nt knwn.This shws that we have sme way t travel befre achieving the first bjective f systems t hinking - which,in this example, is t identify mre cnstituent parts f the nutritin system.
A systems apprach t creating change is als built n the assumptin that everyne in the system has equal pwer. But as sme researchers find, the fd system is nt an equal ne. A gd way t redress (修正 ) such pwer imbalance is fr mre universities t d what Crystal did and teach students hw t think using a systems apprach.
Mre researchers, plicymakers and representatives frm the fd industry must learn t lk beynd their direct lines f respnsibility and adpt a systems apprach. Crystal knew that visins alne dn’t prduce results, but cncluded that “we’ll never prduce results that we can’t envisin”.
28. The authr uses the questin underlined in Paragraph 1 t ________.
A. illustrate an argumentB. highlight an pinin
C. intrduce the tpicD. predict the ending
29. What can be inferred abut the field f nutritin?
A. The first bjective f systems thinking hasn’t been achieved.
B. The relatinships amng players have been clarified.
C. Machine learning can slve the nutritin prblem.
D. The impact f nutritin cannt be quantified.
30. As fr systems thinking, which wuld the authr agree with?
A. It may be used t justify pwer imbalance.
B. It can be applied t tackle challenges.
C. It helps t prve why hunger exists.
D. It ges beynd human imaginatin.
【2022年浙江卷6月】Many peple believe that wrking t the maximum is the secret t success, but research has fund that mderatin(适度) als gets results n the jb.
In a study led by Ellen Langer f Harvard University, researchers asked peple t translate sentences int a new a made-up language. Subjects wh practiced the language mderately befrehand made fewer errrs than thse wh practiced extensively r nt at all. High levels f knwledge can make peple t attached t traditinal ways f viewing prblems acrss fields the arts, sciences, and plitics. High cnscientiusness is related t lwer jb perfrmance, especially in simple jbs where it desn’t pay t be a perfectinist.
Hw lng we stay n the clck and hw we spend that time are under careful examinatin in many wrkplaces. The yung banker wh eats lunch at his desk is prbably seen as a g-getter, while his clleagues wh chat ver a relaxed cnference-rm meal get dirty lks frm the crner ffice. “Peple frm cultures that value relatinships mre than urs des are shcked by the thught f eating alne in frnt f a cmputer”, says Art Markman, a prfessr f psychlgy at the University f Texas, Austin. Scial interactin has been shwn t lift md(情绪) and get peple thinking in new directins and in ways that culd help imprve any pst-lunch effrt.
Markman als prmtes ff-task time. “Part f being a gd thinker is experiencing things that are seemingly unrelated t what yu are wrking n at the mment but give yu fresh ideas abut yur wrk,” he says. “Als, there is a lt f research shwing that a psitive md leads t higher levels f prductivity and creativity. S, when peple d things t increase their life satisfactin, they als make themselves mre effective at wrk.”
7. What des Ellen Langer’s study shw?
A. It is wrthwhile t be a perfectinistB. Translatin makes peple knwledgeable.
C. Simpler jbs require greater cautin.D. Mderate effrt prduces the best result.
8. The underlined wrd “g-getter” in paragraph 3 refers t smene Wh_______.
A. is gd at handling pressureB. wrks hard t becme successful
C. a has a natural talent fr his jb.D. gets n well with his c-wrkers
9. What can be inferred frm the last paragraph?
A. A gd thinker is able t inspire ther peple.
B. Experience unrelated t yur jb is useless.
C. A cheerful md helps make a creative mind.
D. Fcusing n what yu d raises prductivity.
10. What des the text seem t advcate?
A. Middle-f-the-rad wrk habits.B. Balance between wrk and family.
C. Lng-standing cultural traditins.D. Harmny in the wrk envirnment.
【2022年浙江卷6月】Many peple believe that wrking t the maximum is the secret t success, but research has fund that mderatin(适度) als gets results n the jb.
In a study led by Ellen Langer f Harvard University, researchers asked peple t translate sentences int a new a made-up language. Subjects wh practiced the language mderately befrehand made fewer errrs than thse wh practiced extensively r nt at all. High levels f knwledge can make peple t attached t traditinal ways f viewing prblems acrss fields the arts, sciences, and plitics. High cnscientiusness is related t lwer jb perfrmance, especially in simple jbs where it desn’t pay t be a perfectinist.
Hw lng we stay n the clck and hw we spend that time are under careful examinatin in many wrkplaces. The yung banker wh eats lunch at his desk is prbably seen as a g-getter, while his clleagues wh chat ver a relaxed cnference-rm meal get dirty lks frm the crner ffice. “Peple frm cultures that value relatinships mre than urs des are shcked by the thught f eating alne in frnt f a cmputer”, says Art Markman, a prfessr f psychlgy at the University f Texas, Austin. Scial interactin has been shwn t lift md(情绪) and get peple thinking in new directins and in ways that culd help imprve any pst-lunch effrt.
Markman als prmtes ff-task time. “Part f being a gd thinker is experiencing things that are seemingly unrelated t what yu are wrking n at the mment but give yu fresh ideas abut yur wrk,” he says. “Als, there is a lt f research shwing that a psitive md leads t higher levels f prductivity and creativity. S, when peple d things t increase their life satisfactin, they als make themselves mre effective at wrk.”
7. What des Ellen Langer’s study shw?
A. It is wrthwhile t be a perfectinistB. Translatin makes peple knwledgeable.
C. Simpler jbs require greater cautin.D. Mderate effrt prduces the best result.
8. The underlined wrd “g-getter” in paragraph 3 refers t smene Wh_______.
A. is gd at handling pressureB. wrks hard t becme successful
C. a has a natural talent fr his jb.D. gets n well with his c-wrkers
9. What can be inferred frm the last paragraph?
A. A gd thinker is able t inspire ther peple.
B. Experience unrelated t yur jb is useless.
C. A cheerful md helps make a creative mind.
D. Fcusing n what yu d raises prductivity.
10. What des the text seem t advcate?
A. Middle-f-the-rad wrk habits.B. Balance between wrk and family.
C. Lng-standing cultural traditins.D. Harmny in the wrk envirnment.
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【2021年新高考全国Ⅰ 卷】When the explrers first set ft upn the cntinent f Nrth America, the skies and lands were alive with an astnishing variety f wildlife. Native Americans had taken care f these precius natural resurces wisely. Unfrtunately, it tk the explrers and the settlers wh fllwed nly a few decades t decimate a large part f these resurces. Millins f waterfwl ( 水 禽 ) were killed at the hands f market hunters and a handful f verly ambitius sprtsmen. Millins f acres f wetlands were dried t feed and huse the ever-increasing ppulatins, greatly reducing waterfwl habitat.
In 1934, with the passage f the Migratry Bird Hunting Stamp Act (Act), an increasingly cncerned natin tk firm actin t stp the destructin f migratry ( 迁徙的) waterfwl and the wetlands s vital t their survival. Under this Act, all waterfwl hunters 16 years f age and ver must annually purchase and carry a Federal Duck Stamp. The very first Federal Duck Stamp was designed by J.N. “Ding” Darling, a plitical cartnist frm Des Mines, lwa, wh at that time was appinted by President Franklin Rsevelt as Directr f the Bureau f Bilgical Survey. Hunters willingly pay the stamp price t ensure the survival f ur natural resurces.
Abut 98 cents f every duck stamp dllar ges directly int the Migratry Bird Cnservatin Fund t purchase wetlands and wildlife habitat fr inclusin int the Natinal Wildlife Refuge System — a fact that ensures this land will be prtected and available fr all generatins t cme. Since 1934 better than half a billin dllars has gne int that Fund t purchase mre than 5 millin acres f habitat. Little wnder the Federal Duck Stamp Prgram has been called ne f the mst successful cnservatin prgrams ever initiated.
28. What was a cause f the waterfwl ppulatin decline in Nrth America?
A. Lss f wetlands.B. Ppularity f water sprts.
C. Pllutin f rivers.D. Arrival f ther wild animals.
29. What des the underlined wrd “decimate” mean in the first paragraph?
A. Acquire.B. Exprt.
C. Destry.D. Distribute.
30. What is a direct result f the Act passed in 1934?
A. The stamp price has gne dwn.B. The migratry birds have flwn away.
C. The hunters have stpped hunting.D. The gvernment has cllected mney.
31. Which f the fllwing is a suitable title fr the text?
A. The Federal Duck Stamp StryB. The Natinal Wildlife Refuge System
C. The Benefits f Saving WaterfwlD. The Histry f Migratry Bird Hunting
【2021年北京卷】Hundreds f scientists, writers and academics sunded a warning t humanity in an pen letter published last December: Plicymakers and the rest f us must engage penly with the risk f glbal cllapse. Researchers in many areas have prjected the widespread cllapse as “a credible scenari(情景) this century”.
A survey f scientists fund that extreme weather events, fd insecurity, and freshwater shrtages might create glbal cllapse. Of curse, if yu are a nn-human species, cllapse is well underway.
The call fr public engagement with the unthinkable is especially germane in this mment f still-uncntrlled pandemic and ecnmic crises in the wrld's mst technlgically advanced natins. Nt very lng ag, it was als unthinkable that a virus wuld shut dwn natins and that safety nets wuld be prven s disastrusly lacking in flexibility.
The internatinal schlars’ warning letter desn't say exactly what cllapse will lk like r when it might happen. Cllapselgy, the study f cllapse, is mre cncerned with identifying trends and with them the dangers f everyday civilizatin. Amng the signatries(签署者) f the warning was Bb Jhnsn, the riginatr f the “eclgical ftprint” cncept, which measures the ttal amunt f envirnmental input needed t maintain a given lifestyle. With the current ftprint f humanity, “it seems that glbal cllapse is certain t happen in sme frm, pssibly within a decade, certainly within this century,” Jhnsn said in an email.
“Only if we discuss the cnsequences f ur biphysical limits,” the December warning letter says, “can we have the hpe t reduce their speed, severity and harm”. And yet messengers f the cming disturbance are likely t be ignred. We all want t hpe things will turn ut fine. As a pet wrte,
Man is a victim f dpe(麻醉品)
In the incurable frm f hpe.
The hundreds f schlars wh signed the letter are intent(执着) n quieting hpe that ignres preparedness. “Let's lk directly int the issue f cllapse,” they say, “and deal with the terrible pssibilities f what we see there t make the best f a trubling future.”
28. What des the underlined wrd “germane” in Paragraph 3 prbably mean?
A. Scientific.B. Credible.
C. Original.D. Relevant.
29. As fr the public awareness f glbal cllapse, the authr is________.
A. wrriedB. puzzled
C. surprisedD. scared
30. What can we learn frm this passage?
A. The signatries may change the biphysical limits.
B. The authr agrees with the message f the pem.
C. The issue f cllapse is being priritized.
D. The glbal cllapse is well underway.
【2021年浙江卷1月】 Researchers say they have translated the meaning f gestures that wild chimpanzees (黑猩猩) use t cmmunicate. They say wild chimps cmmunicate 19 specific messages t ne anther with a "vcabulary" f 66 gestures. The scientists discvered this by fllwing and filming grups f chimps in Uganda, and examining mre than 5,000 incidents f these meaningful exchanges.
Dr Catherine Hbaiter, wh led the research, said that this was the nly frm f intentinal cmmunicatin t be recrded in the animal kingdm. Only humans and chimps, she said, had a system f cmmunicatin where they deliberately sent a message t anther grup member.
"That's what's s amazing abut chimp gestures," she said. "They're the nly thing that lks like human language in that respect. ”
Althugh previus research has shwn that apes and mnkeys can understand cmplex infrmatin frm anther animal's call, the animals d nt appear t use their vices intentinally t cmmunicate messages. This was a significant difference between calls and gestures, Dr Hbaiter said.
Chimps will check t see if they have the attentin f the animal with which they wish t cmmunicate. In ne case, a mther presents her ft t her crying baby, signaling:" Climb n me. " The yungster immediately jumps n t its mthers back and they travel ff tgether. "The big message frm this study is that there is anther species (物种) ut there. that is meaningful in its cmmunicatin, s that's nt unique t humans," said Dr Hbaiter.
Dr Susanne Shultz, an evlutinary bilgist frm the University f Manchester, said the study was praisewrthy in seeking t enrich ur knwledge f the evlutin f human language. But, she added, the results were "a little disappinting".
"The vagueness f the gesture meanings suggests either that the chimps have little t cmmunicate, r we are still missing a lt f the infrmatin cntained in their gestures and actins," she said. "Mrever, the meanings seem t nt g beynd what ther animal cnvey with nn-verbal cmmunicatin. S, it seems the gulf remains. "
7．What d chimps and humans have in cmmn accrding t Dr Hbaiter?
A．Memrizing specific wrds.B．Understanding cmplex infrmatin.
C．Using vices t cmmunicate.D．Cmmunicating messages n purpse.
8．What did Dr Shultz think f the study?
A．It was well designed but prly cnducted.
B．It was a gd try but the findings were limited.
C．It was inspiring but the evidence was unreliable.
D．It was a failure but the methds deserved praise.
9．What des the underlined wrd "gulf" in the last paragraph mean?
A．Difference.B．Cnflict.C．Balance.D．Cnnectin.
10．Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A．Chimpanzee behaviur study achieved a breakthrugh
B．Chimpanzees develped specific cmmunicatin skills
C．Chimpanzees: the smartest species in the animal kingdm
D．Chimpanzee language: cmmunicatin gestures translated
2020年阅读理解说明文
【2020年新课标Ⅰ】 Returning t a bk yu’ve read many times can feel like drinks with an ld friend. There’s a welcme familiarity - but als smetimes a slight suspicin that time has changed yu bth, and thus the relatinship. But bks dn’t change, peple d. And that’s what makes the act f rereading s rich and transfrmative.
The beauty f rereading lies in the idea that ur bnd with the wrk is based n ur present mental register. It’s true, the lder I get, the mre I feel time has wings. But with reading, it’s all abut the present. It’s abut the nw and what ne cntributes t the nw, because reading is a give and take between authr and reader. Each has t pull their wn weight.
There are three bks I reread annually .The first, which I take t reading every spring is Emest Hemningway’s A Mveable Feast. Published in 1964, it’s his classic memir f 1920s Paris. The language is almst intxicating (令人陶醉的)，an aging writer lking back n an ambitius yet simpler time. Anther is Annie Dillard’s Hly the Firm, her petic 1975 ramble (随笔) abut everything and nthing. The third bk is Juli Crtazar’s Save Twilight: Selected Pems, because petry. And because Crtazar.
While I tend t buy a lt f bks, these three were given t me as gifs, which might add t the meaning I attach t them. But I imagine that, while mney is indeed wnderful and necessary, rereading an authr’s wrk is the highest currency a reader can pay them. The best bks are the nes that pen further as time passes. But remember, it’s yu that has t grw and read and reread in rder t better understand yur friends.
24. Why des the authr like rereading?
A. It evaluates the writer-reader relatinship.
B. It’s a windw t a whle new wrld.
C. It’s a substitute fr drinking with a friend.
D. It extends the understanding f neself.
25. What d we knw abut the bk A Mveable Feast?
A. It’s a brief accunt f a trip.
B. It’s abut Hemingway’s life as a yung man.
C. It’s a recrd f a histric event.
D. It’s abut Hemingway’s friends in Paris.
26. What des the underlined wrd ＂currency＂ in paragraph 4 refer t?
A. Debt
B. Reward.
C. Allwance.
D. Face value.
27. What can we infer abut the authr frm the text?
A. He lves petry.
B. He’s an editr.
C. He’s very ambitius.
D. He teaches reading.
【2020年新课标Ⅱ】When yu were trying t figure ut what t buy fr the envirnmentalist n yur hliday list, fur prbably didn’t crss yur mind. But sme eclgists and fashin (时装)enthusiasts are trying t bring back the market fr fur made frm nutria(海狸鼠).
Unusual fashin shws in New Orleans and Brklyn have(shwcased)nutria fur made int clthes in different styles. “It sunds crazy t talk abut guilt-free fur-unless yu understand that the nutria are destrying vast wetlands every year”, says Cree McCree, prject directr f Righteus Fur.
Scientists in Luisiana were s cncerned that they decided t pay hunters $5 a tail. Sme f the fur ends up in the fashin shws like the ne in Brklyn last mnth.
Nutria were brught there frm Argentina by fur farmers and let g int the wild. “The ecsystem dwn there can’t handle this nn-native species(物种).It’s destrying the envirnment. It’s them r us.” says Michael Massimi, an expert in this field.
The fur trade kept nutria check fr decades，but when the market fr nutria cllapsed in the late 1980s，the cat-sized animals multiplied like crazy.
Bilgist Edmnd Mutn runs the nutria cntrl prgram fr Luisiana. He says it’s nt easy t cnvince peple that nutria fur is green, but he has n dubt abut it. Hunters bring in mre than 300,000 nutria tails a year, s part f Mutn’s jb these days is trying t prmte fur.
Then there’s Righteus Fur and its unusual fashin. Mdel Paige Mrgan says，”T give peple a guilt-free ptin that they can wear withut smene thrwing paint n them-1 think that’s ging t be a massive thing, at least here in New Yrk.” Designer Jennifer Andersn admits it tk her a while t cme arund t the pinin that using nutria fur fr her creatins is mrally acceptable. She trying t cme up with a lable t attach t nutria fashins t shw it is ec-friendly.
28. What is the purpse f the fashin shws in New Orleans and Brklyn?
A. T prmte guilt-free fur.
B. T expand the fashin market.
C. T intrduce a new brand.
D. T celebrate a winter hliday.
29. Why are scientists cncerned abut nutria?
A. Nutria damage the ecsystem seriusly.
B. Nutria are an endangered species.
C. Nutria hurt lcal cat-sized animals.
D. Nutria are illegally hunted.
30. What des the underlined wrd “cllapsed” in paragraph 5 prbably mean?
A. Bmed.B. Became mature.C. Remained stable.D. Crashed.
31. What can we infer abuf wearing fur in New Yrk accrding t Mrgan?
A. It’s frmal.B. It’s risky.C. It’s harmful.D. It’s traditinal.
【2020年新高考全国Ⅰ 卷（山东卷）】Accrding t a recent study in the Jurnal f Cnsumer Research, bth the size and cnsumptin habits f ur eating cmpanins can influence ur fd intake. And cntrary t existing research that says yu shuld avid eating with heavier peple wh rder large prtins(份), it's the beanples with big appetites yu really need t avid.
T test the effect f scial influence n eating habits, the researchers cnducted tw experiments. In the first, 95 undergraduate wmen were individually invited int a lab t stensibly(表面上)participate in a study abut mvie viewership. Befre the film began, each wman was asked t help herself t a snack. An actr hired by the researchers grabbed her fd first. In her natural state, the actr weighed 105 punds. But in half the cases she wre a specially designed fat suit which increased her weight t 180 punds.
Bth the fat and thin versins f the actr tk a large amunt f fd. The participants fllwed suit, taking mre fd than they nrmally wuld have. Hwever, they tk significantly mre when the actr was thin.
Fr the secnd test, in ne case the thin actr tk tw pieces f candy frm the snack bwls. In the ther case, she tk 30 pieces. The results were similar t the first test: the participants fllwed suit but tk significantly mre candy when the thin actr tk 30 pieces.
The tests shw that the scial envirnment is extremely influential when we're making decisins. If this fellw participant is ging t eat mre, s will I. Call it the “I’ll have what she's having” effect. Hwever, we'll adjust the influence. If an verweight persn is having a large prtin, I'll hld back a bit because I see the results f his eating habits. But if a thin persn eats a lt, I'll fllw suit. If he can eat much and keep slim, why can't I?
12. What is the recent study mainly abut?
A. Fd safety.B. Mvie viewership.
C. Cnsumer demand.D. Eating behavir.
13. What des the underlined wrd “beanples” in paragraph 1 refer t?
A. Big eaters.B. Overweight persns.
C. Picky eaters.D. Tall thin persns.
14. Why did the researchers hire the actr?
A. T see hw she wuld affect the participants.
B. T test if the participants culd recgnize her.
C. T find ut what she wuld d in the tw tests.
D. T study why she culd keep her weight dwn.
15. On what basis d we “adjust the influence” accrding t the last paragraph?
A. Hw hungry we are.B. Hw slim we want t be.
C. Hw we perceive thers.D. Hw we feel abut the fd.
【2020年江苏卷】 Fr thse wh can stmach it, wrking ut befre breakfast may be mre beneficial fr health than eating first, accrding t a study f meal timing and physical activity.
Athletes and scientists have lng knwn that meal timing affects perfrmance. Hwever, far less has been knwn abut hw meal timing and exercise might affect general health.
T find ut, British scientists cnducted a study. They first fund 10 verweight and inactive but therwise healthy yung men, whse lifestyles are, fr better and wrse, representative f thse f mst f us. They tested the men’s fitness and resting metablic (新陈代谢的) rates and tk samples (样品) f their bld and fat tissue.
Then, n tw separate mrning visits t the scientists’ lab, each man walked fr an hur at an average speed that, in thery shuld allw his bdy t rely mainly n fat fr fuel. Befre ne f these wrkuts, the men skipped breakfast, meaning that they exercised n a cmpletely empty stmach after a lng vernight fast (禁食). On the ther ccasin, they ate a rich mrning meal abut tw hurs befre they started walking.
Just befre and an hur after each wrkut, the scientists tk additinal samples f the men’s bld and fat tissue.
Then they cmpared the samples. There were cnsiderable differences. Mst bviusly, the men displayed lwer bld sugar levels at the start f their wrkuts when they had skipped breakfast than when they had eaten. As a result, they burned mre fat during walks n an empty stmach than when they had eaten first. On the ther hand, they burned slightly mre calries (卡路里), n average, during the wrkut after breakfast than after fasting.
But it was the effects deep within the fat cells that may have been the mst significant, the researchers fund. Multiple genes behaved differently, depending n whether smene had eaten r nt befre walking. Many f these genes prduce prteins (蛋白质) that can imprve bld sugar regulatin and insulin (胰岛素) levels thrughut the bdy and s are assciated with imprved metablic health. These genes were much mre active when the men had fasted befre exercise than when they had breakfasted.
The implicatin f these results is that t gain the greatest health benefits frm exercise, it may be wise t skip eating first.
61. The underlined expressin “stmach it” in Paragraph 1 mst prbably means “______”.
A. digest the meal easilyB. manage withut breakfast
C. decide wisely what t eatD. eat whatever is ffered
62. Why were the 10 peple chsen fr the experiment?
A. Their lifestyles were typical f rdinary peple.
B. Their lack f exercise led t verweight.
C. They culd walk at an average speed.
D. They had slw metablic rates.
63. What happened t thse wh ate breakfast befre exercise?
A. They successfully lst weight.B. They cnsumed a bit mre calries.
C. They burned mre fat n average.D. They displayed higher insulin levels.
64. What culd be learned frm the research?
A. A wrkut after breakfast imprves gene perfrmances.
B. T much wrkut ften slws metablic rates.
C. Lifestyle is nt as imprtant as mrning exercise.
D. Physical exercise befre breakfast is better fr health.
2022年阅读理解议论文
【2022年北京卷】Quantum ( 量子 ) cmputers have been n my mind a lt lately. A friend has been sending me articles n hw quantum cmputers might help slve sme f the biggest challenges we face as humans. I’ve als had exchanges with tw quantum-cmputing experts. One is cmputer scientist Chris Jhnsn wh I see as smene wh helps keep the field hnest. The ther is physicist Philip Taylr.
Fr decades, quantum cmputing has been little mre than a labratry curisity. Nw, big tech cmpanies have invested in quantum cmputing, as have many smaller nes. Accrding t Business Weekly, quantum machines culd help us “cure cancer, and even take steps t turn climate change in the ppsite directin.” This is the srt f hype ( 炒作 ) that annys Jhnsn. He wrries that researchers are making prmises they can’t keep. “What’s new,” Jhnsn wrte, “is that millins f dllars are nw ptentially available t quantum cmputing researchers.”
As quantum cmputing attracts mre attentin and funding, researchers may mislead investrs, jurnalists, the public and, wrst f all, themselves abut their wrk’s ptential. If researchers can’t keep their prmises, excitement might give way t dubt, disappintment and anger, Jhnsn warns. Lts f ther technlgies have gne thrugh stages f excitement. But smething abut quantum cmputing makes it especially prne t hype, Jhnsn suggests, perhaps because “‘quantum’ stands fr smething cl yu shuldn’t be able t understand.” And that brings me back t Taylr, wh suggested that I read his bk Q fr Quantum.
After I read the bk, Taylr patiently answered my questins abut it. He als answered my questins abut PyQuantum, the firm he c-funded in 2016. Taylr shares Jhnsn’s cncerns abut hype, but he says thse cncerns d nt apply t PyQuantum.
The cmpany, he says, is clser than any ther firm “by a very large margin ( 幅度 )” t building a “useful” quantum cmputer, ne that “slves an impactful prblem that we wuld nt have been able t slve therwise.” He adds, “Peple will naturally discunt my pinins, but I have spent a lt f time quantitatively cmparing what we are ding with thers.”
Culd PyQuantum really be leading all the cmpetitin “by a wide margin”, as Taylr claims? I dn’t knw. I’m certainly nt ging t advise my friend r anyne else t invest in quantum cmputers. But I trust Taylr, just as I trust Jhnsn.
31. Regarding Jhnsn’s cncerns, the authr feels ________.
A. sympatheticB. uncncernedC. dubtfulD. excited
32. What leads t Taylr’s ptimism abut quantum cmputing?
A. His dminance in physics.B. The cmpetitin in the field.
C. His cnfidence in PyQuantum.D. The investment f tech cmpanies.
33. What des the underlined wrd “prne” in Paragraph 3 mst prbably mean?
A. Open.B. Cl.C. Useful.D. Resistant.
34. Which wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Is Jhnsn Mre Cmpetent Than Taylr?
B. Is Quantum Cmputing Redefining Technlgy?
C. Will Quantum Cmputers Ever Cme int Being?
D. Will Quantum Cmputing Ever Live Up t Its Hype?
2021年阅读理解议论文
【2021年全国乙卷】When almst everyne has a mbile phne, why are mre than half f Australian hmes still paying fr a landline（座机）?
These days yu’d be hard pressed t find anyne in Australia ver the age f 15 wh desn’t wn a mbile phne. In fact plenty f yunger kids have ne in their pcket. Practically everyne can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.
Still, 55 percent f Australians have a landline phne at hme and nly just ver a quarter （29%） rely nly n their smartphnes accrding t a survey （调查）. Of thse Australians wh still have a landline, a third cncede that it’s nt really necessary and they’re keeping it as a security blanket — 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case f emergencies. I think my hme falls int that categry.
Mre than half f Australian hmes are still chsing t stick with their hme phne. Age is naturally a factr（因素）— nly 58 percent f Generatin Ys still use landlines nw and then, cmpared t 84 percent f Baby Bmers wh’ve perhaps had the same hme number fr 50 years. Age isn’t the nly factr; I’d say it’s als t d with the makeup f yur husehld.
Generatin Xers with yung families, like my wife and I, can still find it cnvenient t have a hme phne rather than prviding a mbile phne fr every family member. That said, t be hnest the nly peple wh ever ring ur hme phne are ur Baby Bmers parents, t the pint where we play a game and guess wh is calling befre we pick up the phne（using Caller ID wuld take the fun ut f it）.
Hw attached are yu t yur landline? Hw lng until they g the way f gas street lamps and mrning milk deliveries?
24. What des paragraph 2 mainly tell us abut mbile phnes?
A. Their target users.B. Their wide ppularity.
C. Their majr functins.D. Their cmplex design.
25. What des the underlined wrd “cncede” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Admit.B. Argue.
C. Remember.D. Remark.
26. What can we say abut Baby Bmers?
A. They like smartphne games.B. They enjy guessing callers’ identity.
C. They keep using landline phnes.D. They are attached t their family.
27. What can be inferred abut the landline frm the last paragraph?
A. It remains a family necessity.
B. It will fall ut f use sme day.
C. It may increase daily expenses.
D. It is as imprtant as the gas light.
【2021年天津卷第一次】Abut five weeks ag, I nticed the skin f ur pet lizard was grwing dusty. It wrried me. I reprted the strange surface n the skin f the lizard t my husband and children the next mrning. Secnds later, ur lizard emerged frm its tank with its ld skin flwing behind it.
I didn't think abut it much until a mrning last week when I kncked my favrite teapt ff the table. It burst int hundreds f pieces. As I swept up the mess, I wndered why we had been breaking s many things ver the mnths.
The destructin started three mnths ag. It was my husband's birthday. He had just lst his jb. The uncertainty was starting t wear n us, s I wanted t d smething special.
“Let's make a cake fr Dad!” I cried.
My kids screamed with jy. We baked, iced and sprinkled fr mst f the day. Candles n the cake! Ballns n the walls! Flwers n the table!
Tw hurs befre my husband came back hme frm anther jb interview, my daughter climbed up t grab a glass vase frm a high shelf. It fell and crashed beside the cake. Tiny pieces f glass were everywhere. She sbbed ludly as I threw the cake away. My husband had banana pudding fr his birthday.
Three days ag, the light in ur living rm suddenly went ut. After several frustrating hurs f unsuccessful attempts t fix it, my husband suggested watching the Michael Jrdan dcumentary series The Last Dance.
The pignancy f Jrdan retiring frm his belved basketball t play baseball and what had pushed him t make such a tugh decisin tk me by surprise. As I watched him take ff his basketball unifrm and replace it with a baseball unifrm, I saw him leaving behind the layer that n lnger served him, just as ur lizard had. Neither f them chse the mment that had transfrmed them. But they had t live with wh they were after everything was different. Just like us. I realized that we have t learn t leave the past behind.
Humans d nt shed skin as easily as ther animals. The beginning f change is upsetting. The prcess is tiring. Damage changes us befre we are ready. I see ur lizard, raw and nearly new.
Jrdan said that n matter hw it ends, it starts with hpe. With ur tender, hpeful skin, that is where we begin.
40．What can we learn abut the pet lizard frm Paragraph 1?
A．Its tank grew dirty.B．Its ld skin came ff.
C．It gt a skin disease.D．It went missing.
41．Why did the authr's husband have banana pudding fr his birthday?
A．The birthday cake was ruined.B．The authr made gd puddings.
C．Pudding was his favrite dessert.D．They culdn't affrd a birthday cake.
42．Why des the authr mentin The Last Dance in the passage?
A．T prve a thery.B．T define a cncept.
C．T develp the theme.D．T prvide the backgrund.
43．The underlined part "leaving behind the layer" in Paragraph 8 can be understd as .
A．letting g f the pastB．lking fr a new jb
C．getting rid f a bad habitD．giving up an pprtunity
44．What des the authr mst likely want t tell us?
A．Lve f family helps us survive great hardships.B．It's nt the end f the wrld if we break things.
C．We shuld mve n n matter what happens.D．Past experiences shuld be treasured.
2020年阅读理解议论文
【2020年新课标Ⅱ】I have a special place in my heart fr libraries. I have fr as lng as I can remember. I was always an enthusiastic reader, smetimes reading up t three bks a day as a child. Stries were like air t me and while ther kids played ball r went t parties, I lived ut adventures thrugh the bks I checked ut frm the library.
My first jb was wrking at the Ukiah Library when I was 16 years ld .It was a dream jb and I did everything frm shelving bks t reading t the children fr stry time.
As I grew lder and became a mther, the library tk n a new place and an added meaning in my life. I had several children and bks were ur main surce(来源) f entertainment. It was a big deal fr us t lad up and g t the lcal library, where my kids culd pick ut bks t read r bks they wanted me t read t them.
I always read ,using different vices ,as thugh I were acting ut the stries with my vice and they lved it !It was a special time t bnd with my children and it filled them with the wnderment f bks .
Nw, I see my children taking their children t the library and I lve that the excitement f ging t the library lives n frm generatin t generatin.
As a nvelist, I’ve fund a new relatinship with libraries. I encurage readers t g t their lcal library when they can’t affrd t purchase a bk. I see libraries as a safe haven(避风港) fr readers and writers, a bridge that helps put tgether a reader with a bk. Libraries, in their wn way, help fight bk piracy(盗版行为) and 1 think all writers shuld supprt libraries in a significant way when they can. Encurage readers t use the library. Share library annuncements n yur scial media. Frequent them and talk abut them when yu can.
32. Which wrd best describes the authr’s relatinship with bks as a child?
A. Cperative.B. Uneasy.C. Inseparable.D. Casual.
33. What des the underlined phrase “an added meaning” in paragraph 3 refer t?
A. Pleasure frm wrking in the library.
B. Jy f reading passed n in the family.
C. Wnderment frm acting ut the stries.
D. A clser bnd develped with the readers.
34. What des the authr call n ther writers t d?
A. Spnsr bk fairs.B. Write fr scial media.
C. Supprt libraries.D. Purchase her nvels.
35. Which can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Reading: A Surce f Knwledge
B. My Idea abut writing
C. Library: A Haven fr the Yung
D. My Lve f the Library
【2020年北京卷】Certain frms f AI are indeed becming ubiquitus. Fr example, algrithms (算法) carry ut huge vlumes f trading n ur financial markets, self-driving cars are appearing n city streets, and ur smartphnes are translating frm ne language int anther. These systems are smetimes faster and mre perceptive than we humans are. But s far that is nly true fr the specific tasks fr which the systems have been designed. That is smething that sme AI develpers are nw eager t change.
Sme f tday’s AI pineers want t mve n frm tday’s wrld f “weak” r “narrw” AI, t create “strng” r “full” AI, r what is ften called artificial general intelligence (AGI). In sme respects, tday’s pwerful cmputing machines already make ur brains lk weak. A GI culd, its advcates say, wrk fr us arund the clck, and drawing n all available data, culd suggest slutins t many prblems. DM, a cmpany fcused n the develpment f AGI, has an ambitin t “slve intelligence”. “If we’re successful,” their missin statement reads, “we believe this will be ne f the mst imprtant and widely beneficial scientific advances ever made.”
Since the early days f AI, imaginatin has utpaced what is pssible r even prbable. In 1965, an imaginative mathematician called Irving Gd predicted the eventual creatin f an “ultra-intelligent machine…that can far surpass all the intellectual (智力的) activities f any man, hwever clever.” Gd went n t suggest that “the first ultra-intelligent machine” culd be “the last inventin that man need ever make.”
Fears abut the appearance f bad, pwerful, man-made intelligent machines have been reinfrced (强化) by many wrks f fictin — Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the Terminatr film series, fr example. But if AI des eventually prve t be ur dwnfall, it is unlikely t be at the hands f human-shaped frms like these, with recgnisably human mtivatins such as aggressin (敌对行为). Instead, I agree with Oxfrd University philspher Nick Bstrm, wh believes that the heaviest risks frm A GI d nt cme frm a decisin t turn against mankind but rather frm a dgged pursuit f set bjectives at the expense f everything else.
The prmise and danger f true A GI are great. But all f tday’s excited discussin abut these pssibilities presuppses the fact that we will be able t build these systems. And, having spken t many f the wrld’s fremst AI researchers, I believe there is gd reasn t dubt that we will see A GI any time sn, if ever.
42. What des the underlined wrd “ubiquitus” in Paragraph I prbably mean?
A. Enrmus in quantity.B. Changeable daily.
C. Stable in quality.D. Present everywhere.
43. What culd AGI d fr us, accrding t its supprters?
A. Help t tackle prblems.B. Make brains mre active.
C. Benefit ambitius peple.D. Set up pwerful databases.
44. As fr Irving Gd’s pinin n ultra-intelligent machines the authr is ____________.
A. supprtiveB. disapprving
C. fearfulD. uncertain
45. What can be inferred abut AGI frm the passage?
A. It may be nly a dream.
B. It will cme int being sn.
C. It will be cntrlled by humans.
D. It may be mre dangerus than ever.
2020年阅读理解新闻报道
【2020年新课标Ⅲ】When “Rise f the Planet f the Apes” was first shwn t the public last mnth, a grup f excited animal activists gathered n Hllywd Bulevard. But they weren’t there t thrw red paint n fur-cat-wearing film stars. Instead, ne activist, dressed in a full-bdy mnkey suit, had arrived with a sign praising the filmmakers: “Thanks fr nt using real apes (猿)!”
The creative team behind “Apes” used mtin-capture (动作捕捉) technlgy t create digitalized animals, spending tens f millins f dllars n technlgy that recrds an actr’s perfrmance and later prcesses it with cmputer graphics t create a final image (图像). In this case, ne f a realistic-lking ape.
Yet “Apes” is mre exceptin than the rule. In fact, Hllywd has been ht n live animals lately. One nnprfit rganizatin, which mnitrs the treatment f animals in filmed entertainment, is keeping tabs n mre than 2,000 prductins this year. Already, a number f films, including “Water fr Elephants,” “The Hangver Part Ⅱ” and “Zkeeper,” have drawn the anger f activists wh say the creatures acting in them haven’t been treated prperly.
In sme cases, it’s nt s much the treatment f the animals n set in the studi that has activists wrried; it’s the ff-set training and living cnditins that are raising cncerns. And there are questins abut the films made utside the States, which smetimes are nt mnitred as clsely as prductins filmed in the States.
24. Why did the animal activists gather n Hllywd Bulevard?
A. T see famus film stars.
B. T ppse wearing fur cats.
C. T raise mney fr animal prtectin.
D. T express thanks t sme filmmakers.
25. What des paragraph 2 mainly talk abut?
A. The cst f making “Apes.”
B. The creatin f digitalized apes.
C. The publicity abut “Apes.”
D. The perfrmance f real apes.
26. What des the underlined phrase “keeping tabs n” in paragraph 3 prbably mean?
A. Listing cmpletely.
B. Directing prfessinally.
C. Prmting successfully.
D. Watching carefully.
27. What can we infer frm the last paragraph abut animal actrs?
A. They may be badly treated.
B. They shuld take further training.
C. They culd be traded illegally
D. They wuld lse ppularity.
【2020年新高考全国Ⅰ 卷（山东卷）】In the mid-1990s, Tm Bissell taught English as a vlunteer in Uzbekistan. He left after seven mnths, physically brken and having lst his mind. A few years later, still attracted t the cuntry, he returned t Uzbekistan t write an article abut the disappearance f the Aral Sea.
His visit, hwever, ended up invlving a lt mre than that. Hence this bk, Chasing the Sea: Lst Amng the Ghsts f Empire in Central Asia, which talks abut a rad trip frm Tashkent t Karakalpakstan, where millins f lives have been destryed by the slw drying up f the sea. It is the stry f an American travelling t a strange land, and f the peple he meets n his way: Rustam, his translatr, a lvely 24-year-ld wh picked up his clrful English in Califrnia, Oleg and Natasha, his hsts in Tashkent, and a string f freign aid wrkers.
This is a quick lk at life in Uzbekistan, made f friendliness and warmth, but als its darker side f sciety. In Samarkand, Mr Bissell admires the architectural wnders, while n his way t Bukhara he gets a taste f plice methds when suspected f drug dealing. In Ferghana, he attends a muntain funeral(葬礼)fllwed by a strange drinking party. And in Karakalpakstan, he is saddened by the dust strms, diseases and fishing bats stuck miles frm the sea.
Mr Bissell skillfully rganizes histrical insights and cultural references, making his tale a well-runded picture f Uzbekistan, seen frm Western eyes. His judgment and references are decidedly American, as well as his delicate stmach. As the authr explains, this is neither a travel nr a histry bk, r even a piece f reprtage. Whatever it is, the result is a fine and vivid descriptin f the purest f Central Asian traditins.
8. What made Mr Bissell return t Uzbekistan?
A. His friends' invitatin.B. His interest in the cuntry.
C. His lve fr teaching.D. His desire t regain health.
9. What des the underlined wrd “that” in paragraph 2 refer t?
A. Develping a serius mental disease.
B. Taking a guided tur in Central Asia.
C. Wrking as a vlunteer in Uzbekistan.
D. Writing an article abut the Aral Sea.
10. Which f the fllwing best describes Mr Bissell's rad trip in Uzbekistan?
A. Rmantic.B. Eventful.C. Pleasant.D. Dangerus.
11. What is the purpse f this text?
A. T intrduce a bk.B. T explain a cultural phenmenn.
C. T remember a writer.D. T recmmend a travel destinatin.