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高考英语阅读七选五分类训练：个人情况类
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这是一份高考英语阅读七选五分类训练：个人情况类，共19页。
At the age f 13, Renald Richard went t see a band perfrm at a church dance. It was very amazing and he decided t play the trumpet. ___2___ Then in Hustn, Texas in 1954, Richard was apprached by Jeff Brwn, the manager f musician Ray Charles. He recalled, “___3___ He just gt a hit recrd ut and he wuld be interested in yu playing the trumpet in the band. Wuld yu like t d that? Of curse. Ray Charles. I said ‘yes’!”
___4___ “First f all, t be selected by Ray Charles was an hnr t me. I was hnred by that and a little nervus.” In time, Richard became Charles’ bandleader. Richard stayed friendly with Ray Charles ver the years. ___5___ Fur years later, he mved again, this time t New Yrk City.
Over the years, Richard has written many ther sngs that have been recrded by artists r bands including Je Turner, the Beatles, the Rlling Stnes and Elvis Presley, t name but a few.
Renald Richard retired frm teaching in 1991.
A．Ray Charles is frming a new band.
B．He fund himself can’t live withut the trumpet.
C．His uncles and cusins all played instruments and sang.
D．He went n with his musical life in the years t fllw.
E．Renald Richard sn was playing his trumpet fr Ray Charles’ band.
F．He thught it was the right decisin t wrk with Ray Charles fr many years.
G．He went back t his hmetwn and became the high schl’s band directr until 1962.
Smething strange has been happening t me lately: Wmen in the street have been telling me I’m brave. My act f curage isn’t much —____6____
I had brwn hair that started ging gray when I was 30. S, like a lt f wmen, I started dyeing it. ____7____ And my hair grew fast, s I needed t g back t the hair saln every five weeks. Many peple seem t enjy hlding n t their yuth fr as lng as pssible. But ur hair starts t turn gray and we start spending $500 r mre a year t cver smething ur male clleagues dn’t need t cver.
____8____ — my mther is 91 and still has “blnd” hair, and why nt? I just wish mre f us wuld feel that it was OK t be urselves because ging gray has dne mre fr me than saving me time and mney. ____9____ I like hw it has gtten curly and full again. It is recvering after years f being damaged by chemicals. I als like that it has given me sme needed perspective in a sciety that makes yuth seem s imprtant, while being against maturity.
When I see my hair in the mirrr, it’s a reminder that my time is nt infinite, and I shuld spend it ding what matters. ____10____ I see my gray hair as a little act f rebellin against the idea that peple lse value as they age, instead f gaining it.
A．Enjy whatever life gives me.
B．Dyeing made me lk yunger.
C．I just stpped clring my hair.
D．I like my natural hair, just as it is.
E．It was expensive and time-cnsuming.
F．Of curse, peple shuld d what they want with their wn bdy.
G．And pretending it’s nt happening is a way f giving up ur pwer.
I grew up like every ther teenager f the 80’ and 90’—watching MTV. One day, I decided I was als ging t becme a rck star and perfrm n MTV. Then I set ff t wrk t make that dream cme true, but I fund that ding my wn thing was a cmpletely different ball game. ___11___
Fr the first time, I started t listen t things I’d never listened t befre, like the drums. ___12___ Fr the first time I started t really appreciate the pwer f the bass guitar, and the huge part it played in music. Hw was it pssible that I’d never really heard it befre? I started t pay attentin t what all the different instruments were ding and it blew my mind.
___13___ It was richer and mre fascinating, and I started t appreciate it s much mre than I had ever befre. I fund that becming a creatr, rather than a cnsumer, turned me frm a receiver int a prducer. ___14___ I started t cllect stries, mments, feelings, qutes, and jkes. Eventually, I did reach my dream f being n MTV.
Music taught me a lt abut being a creatr. The wrld is s full f stuff that it’s easy t sit back and just cnsume it. ___15___ It quickly makes yu aware f yur shrtcmings and yur lack f knwledge. Yet, mving frm a cnsumer t a creatr in every area f life will pen yur eyes and yur senses t s many fascinating things.
A．Hwever, creating is hard.
B．I became curius abut life.
C．I became an active hunter-gatherer f ideas.
D．Music pened up t me n a whle new level.
E．The beat and the sunds even made me dance.
F．Yu’ll transfrm frm a cnsumer t a creatr sme day.
G．This required a whle new way f thinking, seeing and listening.
Befre my strke (中风) in 2014 I traveled every day frm Brightn t Lndn, where I wrked. I was in charge f a team f engineers. ____16____
And even when strke was diagnsed I thught I’d be better within a cuple f weeks. But the strke had wiped ut my speech. All I culd say were “yes”, “n”. ____17____ Althugh I’m naturally cheerful, it was really tugh t knw I culdn’t live the ld life I lved.
Then, a year after my strke, I was tld abut the Aphasia Befriending Scheme (失语症帮扶计划). Vlunteers spend an hur each week with strke victims wh ften live alne r can’t g ut. ____18____ Hwever, vlunteers can.
I befriend ne f the strke patients, whse strke has left him needing xygen thrugh a mask. When I visit, I ften walk with him t a cafe. It’s a change f scene that cheers him up n end.
____19____ I’ve regained cnfidence and my sense f purpse. Befriending als inspired me t launch my wn charity fr strke patients in Brightn, Crawley, Chichester and Wrthing.
The first 50 years f my life were spent as an aggressive bss, where it was all abut mney and success. ____20____ I’m blessed t have had anther chance t d smething I really enjy.
A．I als have a new feeling.
B．It was particularly demanding.
C．There is a difference in me, t.
D．It was very stressful but I lved it.
E．It became bvius that I culdn’t g back t wrk.
F．Nw it’s all abut helping peple t deal with a life-changing event.
G．It’s the srt f treatment and cmpaninship the hspital can’t prvide.
A year ag when I was traveling alne in Guatemala I brke my back. I was surrunded by many kind strangers that day. ____21____ One f them I had met nce in Mexic and the ther I had just met the day befre. We were planning n traveling t the next village tgether, but befre we left, we decided t jump n ne f thse big Blb Buncy Bags n the lake.
___22____ I missed my target. An ambulance tk me t a hspital. They bth gt car sick pretty bad, but still ffered t cme t supprt and translate fr me.
When we gt t the hspital, they helped me get thrugh it. ____23____ S every time I needed t update my parents, they had t g smewhere else with my phne t text them.
The ambulance emplyers wanted me t pay in cash. I didn’t have that much cash and the ATMs there never wrked fr my cards. ____24____ I felt terrible abut brrwing that much mney frm them. But when I asked them t write dwn their bank details, they simply tld me t text them later when I was ut f the hspital.
They stayed with me fr hurs. But even after they left, they stayed in tuch asking me hw I was and hw everything was ging—even a year later. I may have been unlucky fr breaking my back, but I was s lucky fr the peple there when it happened. ____25____
A．S they ffered t pay fr me.
B．And this where it went wrng.
C．There was n WiFi at the emergency department.
D．I actually lk back at it as a heartbrken experience.
E．I am still grateful fr the fact that I’ve met thse tw guys.
F．Fr me, there is ne in particular that I’ll always remember.
G．But there are tw guys that will always have a place in my heart.
“Hme stay is a frm f study-abrad prgram. ___26___. It helps t better understand the lcal lifestyle. It als helps t imprve the visitrs’ language ability. If yu wish t learn mre abut freign experience, yu shuld jin this kind f hliday. I am sure yu wn’t be disappinted, ”said a teacher during a schl meeting last term.
After this meeting, I always thught abut this kind f hliday. At last, I had such a chance t g n such a hliday with sme f my schlmates last mnth. We went t Lndn, a place where I had wanted t g since years ag.___27___, we went t stay with different families. I was lucky that my hst family was a white cuple wh had a daughter abut my age.___28___. They were interested in me and I learnt a lt f things frm then n.
___29___. After breakfast, a lcal teacher wuld cme t take us in his car. Then we wuld have classes r g n a sight-seeing trip t different places f interest like Big Ben, Lndn Bridge, and Buckingham Palace. We wuld g back t ur wn hmes after the activities.
The hliday was a valuable experience fr me. I enjyed every minute f it.___30___. Three weeks later, we had t leave“hme”fr Hng Kng.
A．After we gt t Lndn
B．But time really flew fast
C．The teacher was very strict with me
D．It tk me 8 hurs t fly t Lndn
E．They treated me as a daughter f their family
F．It allws the visitrs t stay with a lcal family
G．The hliday was filled with activities every day
My fear f water started frm childhd. It began when I was fur years ld and father tk me t the beach. ____31____ I was s scared that I kept away frm water fr a lng time, but I still wanted t play with water.
I was determined t learn swimming at the age f ten. At the K. P. L. B．was a pl ffering the pprtunity. The K. P. L B．pl was quiet. I was afraid f ging in all alne, s I sat n the side f the pl t wait fr thers. Then came a big by. He yelled, “Hi, Skinny! Hw’d yu like t be ducked?” With that he picked me up and threw me int the deep end. I landed in a sitting psitin, and swallwed water. ____32____ I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thught was a great spring upwards. Then I pened my eyes and saw nthing but water. I tried t yell but n sund came ut. ____33____
When I came t cnsciusness, I fund myself n the bed in the hspital. After that, I avided water whenever I culd. ____34____ It prevented me frm the jy f bating and swimming. Finally, I decided t get an instructr. Piece by piece, I practised hard and finally he built a swimmer. Several mnths later. the. instructr was finished, but I was nt. Smetimes the terrr wuld return.
____35____ I swam acrss the Lake Wentwrth. Only nce did the terrr return. When I was in the middle f the lake, I put my face under and saw nthing but bttmless water. I laughed and said, “Well, Mr. Terrr, what d yu think yu can d t me? “I had cnquered my fear f water.
A．This went n till July.
B．It seemed a lng way dwn.
C．I never went back t the pl.
D．I went dwn, dwn, endlessly.
E．But I was nt frightened ut f my wits.
F．This bad luck stayed with me as the years rlled by.
G．There the huge waves kncked me dwn and swept ver me.
Albert Einstein held a small, rund instrument with a glass cver and a shaking needle in his palm. ___36___ Albert’s father called it a cmpass Albert called it a mystery. N matter hw he mved the cmpass, the needle always pinted t the nrth.
Smething was in the rm with him, Albert realized — smething he culdn’t see r feel, but that acted n the cmpass just the same. Puzzled and attracted, Albert listened t his father explain magnetism, the strange frce that made the cmpass needle pint nrth. ___37___ T many children the cmpass wuld have been just anther ty. T Albert the cmpass was a miracle he wuld never frget.
___38___ Brn n March 14, 1879, Albert hadn’t lked like ther babies. As she cradled her new-sn in her arms, Pauline Einstein thught the back f his head lked strange. Was smething wrng with Albert? Althugh the dctr tld Pauline everything was fine, several weeks passed befre the shape f Albert’s head began t lk right t her. When Albert was ne, his family mved t Munich, where his sister, Maja, was brn a year later. ___39___ Where were the baby’s wheels? The disappinted tw-year-ld wanted t knw. Albert had expected a baby sister t be smething like a ty, and mst f his tys had wheels.
At an age when many children have lts t say, Albert seemed strangely backward. The nine-year-ld still had truble putting his thughts int wrds. But Albert was a gd listener and a gd thinker. When he went hiking with his parents and Maja, he thught abut his father’s cmpass and what it had revealed t him. The clear, pen grasslands were filled with mre than the wind r the pleasant smell f flwers. ___40___ The very thught f it quickened his pulse.
A．They were als filled with magnetism.
B．Albert had always been different frm ther children.
C．The five-year-ld stared at his hand as if it held magic.
D．The invisible frce makes the cmpass mre than a ty t all.
E．Lking dwn at the tiny sleeping parcel, Albert was puzzled.
F．Smewhere, the wind, sft and magic, clicked thrugh tree branches.
G．But nthing he said made the invisible pwer less mysterius r wnderful.
参考答案
1．C
2．D
3．A
4．E
5．G
【解析】
【导语】
本文是一篇记叙文。雷纳德·理查德生于1925年，受家庭环境的影响，他从小喜爱音乐。他6岁学习钢琴，13岁学习小号，后来加入雷·查尔斯的乐队。理查德还写了很多歌，披头士、滚石乐队、猫王都唱过他的歌。
1．
根据上文“His father played the pian by ear. (他父亲靠听觉弹奏钢琴)”和下文“S at the age f six, Richard started pian lessns at hme. (所以在六岁的时候，理查德开始在家学习钢琴)”可知，该空承接上文，讲理查德的其他家人也热爱音乐，与该空后句信息构成因果逻辑。C项“他的叔叔和堂兄弟都演奏乐器和唱歌”符合题意。故选C。
2．
根据上文“At the age f 13, Renald Richard went t see a band perfrm at a church dance. It was very amazing and he decided t play the trumpet. (13岁时，雷纳德·理查德去教堂看乐队表演。太令人惊奇了，他决定吹小号)”和下文“Then in Hustn, Texas in 1954, Richard was apprached by Jeff Brwn, the manager f musician Ray Charles. (1954年，在德克萨斯州的休斯顿，音乐家雷·查尔斯的经理杰夫·布朗找到了理查德)”可知，上下文按时间顺序讲述理查德的音乐历程。由此推知，空处也陈述某个时间段理查德的音乐历程。D项“在接下来的岁月里，他继续着自己的音乐生涯”符合题意，选项中“the years t fllw”即指13岁起到1954年期间。故选D。
3．
根据下文“He just gt a hit recrd ut and he wuld be interested in yu playing the trumpet in the band. (他刚出了一张热门唱片，他会对你在乐队里吹小号感兴趣的)”可知，此处提到了乐队。由此可知，上文应陈述成立了一个乐队。A项“雷·查尔斯正在组建一支新乐队”符合题意，下文的he指代选项中的“雷·查尔斯”。故选A。
4．
结合上文雷·查尔斯邀请理查德成为乐队小号手和下文““First f all, t be selected by Ray Charles was an hnr t me. I was hnred by that and a little nervus.” In time, Richard became Charles’ bandleader. (“首先，被雷·查尔斯选中对我来说是一种荣誉。我很荣幸，也有点紧张。”后来，理查德成了查尔斯的乐队指挥)”可知，空处应陈述理查德成为了乐队的小号手。E项“雷纳德·理查德很快就为雷·查尔斯的乐队演奏了小号”符合题意。故选E。
5．
根据上文“Richard stayed friendly with Ray Charles ver the years. (理查德和雷·查尔斯多年来一直保持着友好关系)”和下文“Fur years later, he mved again, this time t New Yrk City. (四年后，他再次搬家，这次搬到了纽约)”尤其again推知，虽然而查尔斯感情很好，但理查德选择了离开，搬到了其后地方，后来又搬到了纽约。G项“他回到家乡，成为家乡高中的乐队指挥，直到1962年”符合题意。故选G。
6．C
7．E
8．F
9．D
10．G
【解析】
【导语】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要描写的是作者头发变白，开始染发，到后来意识到染发的危害，以及停止染发、勇敢做自己的过程。
6．
根据下文“I had brwn hair that started ging gray when I was 30. S, like a lt f wmen, I started dyeing it.(我的头发是棕色的，30岁时开始变白。所以，像很多女人一样，我开始染头发)”以及第三段“I just wish mre f us wuld feel that it was OK t be urselves because ging gray has dne mre fr me than saving me time and mney. (我只是希望我们中的更多的人会觉得做自己是可以的，因为头发变白给我带来的不仅仅是节省了我的时间和金钱)”可知，文章主要描写的是作者头发变白，开始染发，到后来意识到染发的危害，以及停止染发勇敢做自己的过程，所以C选项“我只是不再染发了。”能承接上文“Wmen in the street have been telling me I’m brave. My act f curage isn’t much(街上的女人都说我很勇敢。我的勇气不算太大)”，说明街上的女人说我勇敢的原因，故选C。
7．
根据下文“And my hair grew fast, s I needed t g back t the hair saln every five weeks. Many peple seem t enjy hlding n t their yuth fr as lng as pssible. But ur hair starts t turn gray and we start spending $500 r mre a year t cver smething ur male clleagues dn’t need t cver. (我的头发长得很快，所以我需要每五周回一次发廊。许多人似乎都喜欢尽可能长时间地保持青春。但我们的头发开始变白，我们开始每年花500美元或更多的钱来覆盖一些我们的男同事不需要覆盖的东西)”可知，染发既浪费时间又浪费金钱，故选项E“这既昂贵又耗时。”概括下文，符合语境，故选E。
8．
据下文的例子“my mther is 91 and still has “blnd” hair, and why nt?(我妈妈91岁了，还留着“金色”头发，为什么不呢)”可知，是对上文的一种解释，所以F选项“当然，人们应该对自己的身体做自己想做的事情。”能够引起下文，故选F。
9．
根据上文“I just wish mre f us wuld feel that it was OK t be urselves because ging gray has dne mre fr me than saving me time and mney. (我只是希望我们中的更多的人会觉得做自己是可以的，因为头发变白给我带来的不仅仅是节省了我的时间和金钱)”以及下文“I like hw it has gtten curly and full again.(我喜欢它又变卷又饱满了)”可知，这里都是在说不染发的好处以及作者更喜欢自己本来的头发，故选项D“我喜欢我本来的头发。”起到了承上启下的作用，故选D。
10．
根据上文“When I see my hair in the mirrr, it’s a reminder that my time is nt infinite, and I shuld spend it ding what matters.(当我在镜子里看到自己的头发时，它提醒我，我的时间不是无限的，我应该把它花在重要的事情上)”可知，当我们的头发变白了，我们应该知道我们的时间更宝贵了，更应把时间花在重要的事情上，而不是忽略这个问题，故选项G“假装它没有发生是我们放弃我们权力的一种方式。”符合语境，进而引出下文的哲理“I see my gray hair as a little act f rebellin against the idea that peple lse value as they age, instead f gaining it.(我把我的白发看作是对“人的价值会随着年龄的增长而下降，而不是增加”这一观点的小小反抗)”，故选G。
11．G
12．E
13．D
14．C
15．A
【解析】
【导语】
本文是记叙文，描述作者为追求梦想——能够创造出自己的音乐并能登上MTV的节目，一直坚持努力并最终实现了梦想的故事；旨在告诉我们要敢于追求梦想。
11．
G选项“这需要一种全新的思维方式，即看和听。”承接上文“One day, I decided I was als ging t becme a rck star and perfrm n MTV. Then I set ff t wrk t make that dream cme true, but I fund that ding my wn thing was a cmpletely different ball game. (有一天，我决定也要成为摇滚明星，在MTV上表演。然后我开始努力让梦想成真，但我发现做自己的事是一场完全不同的情况)”讲要实现摇滚明星的梦想是一件完全不同的事情，引出下文第二段“Fr the first time, I started t listen t things I’d never listened t befre, like the drums. (我第一次开始听以前从未听过的东西，比如鼓)”，再根据空后“Fr the first time I started t really appreciate the pwer f the bass guitar, and the huge part it played in music. Hw was it pssible that I’d never really heard it befre? I started t pay attentin t what all the different instruments were ding and it blew my mind. (我第一次开始真正欣赏低音吉他的力量，以及它在音乐中所起的巨大作用。我怎么可能从来没有真正听到过呢？我开始注意所有不同的乐器在做什么，这让我大吃一惊)”讲要实现摇滚明星的梦想需要在和以前不一样思维的指导下，在看和听上有全新的经验。故选G项。
12．
由上文“Fr the first time, I started t listen t things I’d never listened t befre, like the drums. (我第一次开始听以前从未听过的东西，比如鼓)”可知，E选项“节奏和声音甚至让我跳舞。”承接上文讲听鼓音乐产生的结果，E选项中的“the beat and sunds”指代上文的“drums”所发出来的声音。故选E项。
13．
考查段首句。本句为这一段的主题句，D选项“音乐给我打开了一个全新的境界。”承接下文“It was richer and mre fascinating, and I started t appreciate it s much mre than I had ever befre. I fund that becming a creatr, rather than a cnsumer, turned me frm a receiver int a prducer. (它更丰富、更迷人，我开始比以前更加欣赏它。我发现，成为一个创造者，而不是消费者，把我从一个接受者变成了一个生产者)”和“I started t cllect stries, mments, feelings, qutes, and jkes. Eventually, I did reach my dream f being n MTV. (我开始收集故事、瞬间、感受、引用和笑话。最终，我实现了上MTV的梦想)”讲在实现摇滚明星梦想的过程中，以全新的思维了解音乐产生的具体结果，音乐在哪些方面让作者上升了境界。故选D项。
14．
下文“I started t cllect stries, mments, feelings, qutes, and jkes. (我开始收集故事、瞬间、感受、引用和笑话)”是对C选项“我成了一个积极的思想采集者。”中的“an active hunter-gatherer f ideas”的具体解释，下文中的“cllect”和C项“gather”属于同义词复现。故选C项。
15．
本段属于文章的总结段落，A选项“然而，创造是困难的。”与上文“The wrld is s full f stuff that it’s easy t sit back and just cnsume it. (这个世界充满了各种各样的东西，人们很容易坐视不管，只是消费它们)”形成转折，A选项中的“hard”和上文的“easy”形成转折的逻辑关系，用hwever来衔接，承接下文“Yet, mving frm a cnsumer t a creatr in every area f life will pen yur eyes and yur senses t s many fascinating things. (然而，在生活的每一个领域，从消费者转变为创造者，会让你的眼睛和感官对如此多的迷人事物敞开)”讲成为创造者所带来的好处，A选项“create”和下文“creatr”是同根词复现。故选A项。
16．D
17．E
18．G
19．C
20．F
【解析】
【导语】
这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，中风后的作者在失语症帮扶计划的帮助下，重获信心和目标感的故事。
16．
D选项“这很有压力，但我很喜欢。”承接上文“Befre my strke (中风) in 2014 I traveled every day frm Brightn t Lndn, where I wrked. I was in charge f a team f engineers. (在2014年中风之前，我每天都从布莱顿旅行到我工作的伦敦。我负责一个工程师团队)”讲中风前的作者生活忙碌、有压力，D选项中的“but”与上文形成转折，表明作者喜欢这种有压力的生活。故选D项。
17．
由上文“And even when strke was diagnsed I thught I’d be better within a cuple f weeks. But the strke had wiped ut my speech. All I culd say were 'yes', 'n'. (甚至当我被诊断出中风时，我也认为我会在几周内好转。但是中风彻底摧毁了我的说话能力。我只能说“是”，“不是”)”可知，作者中风后只能说“是”，“不是”，无法讲话，E选项“很明显，我不能回去工作了。”承接上文讲作者中风后的结果——无法回去工作。故选E项。
68．
由上文“Then, a year after my strke, I was tld abut the Aphasia Befriending Scheme (失语症帮扶计划). Vlunteers spend an hur each week with strke victims wh ften live alne r can’t g ut. (然后，在我中风一年后，我被告知失语症帮扶计划。志愿者每周花一个小时与经常独自生活或不能外出的中风患者在一起)”可知，失语症帮扶计划的志愿者每周花一个小时来陪伴中风患者，结合常识，医院没法提供这种陪伴帮助，且G选项“这是医院无法提供的治疗和陪伴。”可与下文“Hwever, vlunteers can. (然而，志愿者可以)”形成转折关系。故选G项。
19．
由上文第四段“I befriend ne f the strke patients, whse strke has left him needing xygen thrugh a mask. When I visit, I ften walk with him t a cafe. It’s a change f scene that cheers him up n end. (我和一位中风患者交上了朋友，他的中风使他需要通过面罩吸氧。当我来访时，我经常和他一起去咖啡馆。这一个场景的变化，让他高兴不已)”和下文“I’ve regained cnfidence and my sense f purpse. (我重新找回了信心和目标感)”可知，上文讲在失语症帮扶计划中，作者和一位中风患者交上了朋友，这位朋友因为作者的来访，生活发生了变化，变得开心起来，下文讲作者重获信心和目标感，说明作者因为失语症帮扶计划，生活也发生了变化、有所不同，承接上下文，C选项“我也有不同之处。”引出下文作者的具体变化。故选C项。
20．
F选项“现在，这一切都是为了帮助人们应对改变生活的事件。”中的“Nw it”指的是上文倒数第二段“Befriending als inspired me t launch my wn charity fr strke patients in Brightn, Crawley, Chichester and Wrthing. (朋友关系也激励我在布莱顿、克劳利、奇切斯特和沃辛为中风患者发起我自己的慈善活动)”作者“现在”为中风患者发起的慈善活动，和最后一段上文“The first 50 years f my life were spent as an aggressive bss, where it was all abut mney and success. (我生命的前50年是作为一个积极进取的老板度过的，在那里，一切都与金钱和成功有关)”讲作者未中风前50年作为一个只看金钱和成功的老板生活，形成鲜明的对比，表明作者生活思想得到了升华。故选F项。
21．G
22．B
23．C
24．A
25．E
【解析】
【导语】
本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过回顾自己在危地马拉旅行时，摔断了背部，得到了两位好心人帮助的故事，来表达自己对于他们的感激之情。
21．
根据下文“One f them I had met nce in Mexic and the ther I had just met the day befre.”(其中一个我在墨西哥见过一次，另一个我前一天才见过。)可知，作者在谈论他遇到的两个人。G项“But there are tw guys that will always have a place in my heart.”(但是有两个人永远在我心中占有一席之地。)中的“tw guys”与下文的“One f them和the ther”相呼应，且内容与上文“I was surrunded by many kind strangers that day.”(那天我被许多好心的陌生人包围。)形成转折，故选G项。
22．
根据下文“I missed my target.”(我错过了我的目标。)可知，作者没有跳上大弹跳袋,出现了问题。This代指下文出现的内容，即就是“I missed my target.”，故B选项“这就是问题所在。”符合语境，故选B项。
23．
根据下文“S every time I needed t update my parents, they had t g smewhere else with my phne t text them.”(所以每次我需要更新我的父母的信息时，他们都不得不带着我的手机去别的地方给他们发短信。)这句话表示“结果”，横线处是“原因”。C项“There was n WiFi at the emergency department.”(急诊室没有 WiFi。)符合语境，开启下文，故选C项。
24．
根据上文“The ambulance emplyers wanted me t pay in cash. I didn’t have that much cash and the ATMs there never wrked fr my cards.”(救护车雇主要我用现金支付。我没有那么多现金，那里的自动取款机从来没有为我的卡工作过。)可知，作者没有现金支付，这是“原因”。A项“S they ffered t pay fr me.”(所以他们提出要为我付钱。)是“结果”，符合逻辑关系和语境，故选A项。
25．
根据上文“I may have been unlucky fr breaking my back, but I was s lucky fr the peple there when it happened.”(我可能很不走运，因为我摔断了背，但我很幸运，因为事情发生的时候那里的人。)可知，作者在不幸的同时感到幸运，因为那里有人帮助他。E项“I am still grateful fr the fact that I’ve met thse tw guys.”(我仍然很感激我遇到了那两个人。)承接上文，因为有人帮助他，所以他心怀感激。故选E项。
26．F
27．A
28．E
29．G
30．B
【解析】
【导语】
这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者国外学习居住当地居民家的经历。
【详解】
根据空格上文“Hme stay is a frm f study-abrad prgram.(家庭住宿是留学计划的一种形式。) ”可知, 住在当地居民家中是一种海外学习模式, 因此推断空格处选F项It allws the visitrs t stay with a lcal family(它允许访问学者住在当地居民的家里。)符合语境,其中stay with a lcal family与上文Hme stay对应。故选F项。
空格上文“At last, I had such a chance t g n such a hliday with sme f my schlmates last mnth. We went t Lndn, a place where I had wanted t g since years ag.(上个月，我终于有机会和我的一些同学一起去度假了。我们去了伦敦，一个多年前我就想去的地方。)”可知，这里阐述作者有机会参加一个项目, 与几位校友去伦敦住在当地居民家中, 因此推断, 到了伦敦以后, 他们住在不同的家庭里，所以A项After we gt t Lndn(我们到达伦敦后)符合语境。故选A项。
根据空格上文“ I was lucky that my hst family was a white cuple wh had a daughter abut my age.(我很幸运，我的寄宿家庭是一对白人夫妇，他们有一个和我年龄相仿的女儿。)”以及后文可知, 作者很幸运, 住在一个有一个和自己的年龄差不多的女儿的家庭里, 这家人对作者很感兴趣, 作者学到了很多东西, 因此推断空格处选E项They treated me as a daughter f their family(他们对待我就像我是他们的女儿)符合语境,其中a daughter f their family与上文对应。故选E项。
由空格下文“After breakfast, a lcal teacher wuld cme t take us in his car. Then we wuld have classes r g n a sight-seeing trip t different places f interest like Big Ben, Lndn Bridge, and Buckingham Palace. (早餐后，一位当地老师会带我们上车。然后我们会上课或去不同的景点观光，比如大本钟、伦敦桥和白金汉宫。)”可知，这里讲述了作者一天的活动, 上课或者参观名胜古迹。因此推断空格处选G项The hliday was filled with activities every day(这个假期每天都排满了各种各样的活动)符合语境,且 activities与后文 the activities对应。故选G项。
根据空格上文“The hliday was a valuable experience fr me. I enjyed every minute f it.(假期对我来说是一次宝贵的经历。我享受其中的每一分钟。)”以及后文可知, 作者感觉这是一次非常有意义的经历, 非常快乐, 但是三周后要离开回家了。因此推断空格处选B项But time really flew fast(时间飞逝)符合语境。故选B项。
31．G
32．E
33．D
34．F
35．A
【解析】
【导语】
这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者害怕水，下定决心学习游泳时发生危险，但最终克服对水的恐惧，学会游泳的故事。
31．
上文“My fear f water started frm childhd. It began when I was fur years ld and father tk me t the beach.(我从小就害怕水。它开始于我四岁的时候，父亲带我去海滩)”说明作者害怕水开始于四岁父亲带自己去海滩时，以及下文“I was s scared that I kept away frm water fr a lng time (我是如此的害怕以至于我很长一段时间都远离水)”说明作者害怕水，远离水，G项中There 指代上文中的海滩，G项“在那里，巨浪将我击倒并席卷了我。”说明作者害怕水的原因，承上启下，符合语意。故选G。
32．
上文“With that he picked me up and threw me int the deep end. I landed in a sitting psitin, and swallwed water.(说完，他把我抱起来，把我扔进了深渊。我坐着着陆，呛了水)”以及下文“I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thught was a great spring upwards.(当我着陆时，我聚集了所有的力量，做出了一个我认为向上的巨大跳跃)”说明作者被人扔进游泳池时采取了行动自救，E项“但我并没有吓得魂不附体。”说明作者没有害怕，引出下文的自救行动，符合题意。故选E。
33．
上文“Then I pened my eyes and saw nthing but water. I tried t yell but n sund came ut.(然后我睁开眼睛，除了水什么也没看到。我试图大喊，但没有声音)”说明作者没能跃出水面，也没办法喊救命，以及下文“When I came t cnsciusness, I fund myself n the bed in the hspital.(当我苏醒过来时，我发现自己躺在医院的床上)”说明作者失去意识之后被人救起送往医院，D项“我没完没了地往下掉。”承上启下，符合题意。故选D。
34．
下文“It prevented me frm the jy f bating and swimming.(这使我无法享受划船和游泳的乐趣)”说明害怕水使得作者不能去划船和游泳，F项“随着岁月的流逝，这种坏运气一直伴随着我。”说明作者一直害怕水，引出下文的结果，符合题意。故选F。
35．
上文“Smetimes the terrr wuld return.(有时恐惧会再次出现)”以及下文“I had cnquered my fear f water.(我克服了对水的恐惧)”说明作者最终克服了对于水的恐惧，A项“这一直持续到七月。”说明作者克服对水的恐惧的时间，符合题意。故选A。
36．C
37．G
38．B
39．E
40．A
【解析】
【导语】
这是一篇人物传记。主要讲述了在阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦一开始就与众不同。
36．
根据上文“Albert Einstein held a small, rund instrument with a glass cver and a shaking needle in his palm.(阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦手里拿着一个小而圆的仪器，有一个玻璃罩，手掌上握着一根摇晃的针)”以及后文“Albert’s father called it a cmpass Albert called it a mystery. N matter hw he mved the cmpass, the needle always pinted t the nrth.(阿尔伯特的父亲称它为指南针，阿尔伯特称它为一个谜。无论他怎样移动罗盘，指针总是指向北方)”可知，本句应当是在说明阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦对手里这个东西的看法：好像手上有魔法。故C选项“这个五岁的孩子盯着他的手，好像手上有魔法”符合语境，故选C。
37．
根据上文“Puzzled and attracted, Albert listened t his father explain magnetism, the strange frce that made the cmpass needle pint nrth.(阿尔伯特既迷惑又被吸引，他听父亲解释磁力——使指南针指针指向北方的奇特力量)”后文“T many children the cmpass wuld have been just anther ty. T Albert the cmpass was a miracle he wuld never frget.(对许多孩子来说，指南针只是另一个玩具。对阿尔伯特来说，指南针是他永远不会忘记的奇迹)”可知，本句与上文构成转折，指出虽然父亲解释了其中的原理，但阿尔伯特仍然觉得很神奇。故G选项“但是他所说的一切都没有减少这种无形的力量的神秘和奇妙”符合语境，故选G。
38．
根据后文“Brn n March 14, 1879, Albert hadn’t lked like ther babies. As she cradled her new-sn in her arms, Pauline Einstein thught the back f his head lked strange.(阿尔伯特出生于1879年3月14日，他和其他婴儿不一样。当波琳·爱因斯坦把她刚出生的儿子抱在怀里时，她觉得他的后脑勺看起来很奇怪)”可知，本句旨在说明阿尔伯特和别的孩子不一样，B选项Albert had always been different frm ther children对应后文Albert hadn’t lked like ther babies，故B选项“阿尔伯特一直和别的孩子不一样”符合语境，故选B。
39．
根据上文“When Albert was ne, his family mved t Munich, where his sister, Maja, was brn a year later.(阿尔伯特一岁的时候。他的家人搬到了慕尼黑，一年后他的妹妹Maja在那儿出生)”以及后文“Where were the baby’s wheels?(婴儿的轮子在哪里？)”可知，本句是在说明阿尔伯特对婴儿的迷惑，故E选项“阿尔伯特低头看着襁褓中熟睡的小婴儿，感到迷惑不解”符合语境，故选E。
40．
根据上文“When he went hiking with his parents and Maja, he thught abut his father’s cmpass and what it had revealed t him. The clear, pen grasslands were filled with mre than the wind r the pleasant smell f flwers.(当他与父母和Maja一起去徒步旅行时，他想到了父亲的指南针，以及它给他揭示的东西。清新开阔的草原上，充满了风和花香)”可知，本句承接上文说明上文提到的这些事物对阿尔伯特的影响，A选项中they指代上文grasslands和the wind r the pleasant smell f flwers。故A选项“它们也充满了吸引力”符合语境，故选A。
At the age f 13, Renald Richard went t see a band perfrm at a church dance. It was very amazing and he decided t play the trumpet. ___2___ Then in Hustn, Texas in 1954, Richard was apprached by Jeff Brwn, the manager f musician Ray Charles. He recalled, “___3___ He just gt a hit recrd ut and he wuld be interested in yu playing the trumpet in the band. Wuld yu like t d that? Of curse. Ray Charles. I said ‘yes’!”
___4___ “First f all, t be selected by Ray Charles was an hnr t me. I was hnred by that and a little nervus.” In time, Richard became Charles’ bandleader. Richard stayed friendly with Ray Charles ver the years. ___5___ Fur years later, he mved again, this time t New Yrk City.
Over the years, Richard has written many ther sngs that have been recrded by artists r bands including Je Turner, the Beatles, the Rlling Stnes and Elvis Presley, t name but a few.
Renald Richard retired frm teaching in 1991.
A．Ray Charles is frming a new band.
B．He fund himself can’t live withut the trumpet.
C．His uncles and cusins all played instruments and sang.
D．He went n with his musical life in the years t fllw.
E．Renald Richard sn was playing his trumpet fr Ray Charles’ band.
F．He thught it was the right decisin t wrk with Ray Charles fr many years.
G．He went back t his hmetwn and became the high schl’s band directr until 1962.
Smething strange has been happening t me lately: Wmen in the street have been telling me I’m brave. My act f curage isn’t much —____6____
I had brwn hair that started ging gray when I was 30. S, like a lt f wmen, I started dyeing it. ____7____ And my hair grew fast, s I needed t g back t the hair saln every five weeks. Many peple seem t enjy hlding n t their yuth fr as lng as pssible. But ur hair starts t turn gray and we start spending $500 r mre a year t cver smething ur male clleagues dn’t need t cver.
____8____ — my mther is 91 and still has “blnd” hair, and why nt? I just wish mre f us wuld feel that it was OK t be urselves because ging gray has dne mre fr me than saving me time and mney. ____9____ I like hw it has gtten curly and full again. It is recvering after years f being damaged by chemicals. I als like that it has given me sme needed perspective in a sciety that makes yuth seem s imprtant, while being against maturity.
When I see my hair in the mirrr, it’s a reminder that my time is nt infinite, and I shuld spend it ding what matters. ____10____ I see my gray hair as a little act f rebellin against the idea that peple lse value as they age, instead f gaining it.
A．Enjy whatever life gives me.
B．Dyeing made me lk yunger.
C．I just stpped clring my hair.
D．I like my natural hair, just as it is.
E．It was expensive and time-cnsuming.
F．Of curse, peple shuld d what they want with their wn bdy.
G．And pretending it’s nt happening is a way f giving up ur pwer.
I grew up like every ther teenager f the 80’ and 90’—watching MTV. One day, I decided I was als ging t becme a rck star and perfrm n MTV. Then I set ff t wrk t make that dream cme true, but I fund that ding my wn thing was a cmpletely different ball game. ___11___
Fr the first time, I started t listen t things I’d never listened t befre, like the drums. ___12___ Fr the first time I started t really appreciate the pwer f the bass guitar, and the huge part it played in music. Hw was it pssible that I’d never really heard it befre? I started t pay attentin t what all the different instruments were ding and it blew my mind.
___13___ It was richer and mre fascinating, and I started t appreciate it s much mre than I had ever befre. I fund that becming a creatr, rather than a cnsumer, turned me frm a receiver int a prducer. ___14___ I started t cllect stries, mments, feelings, qutes, and jkes. Eventually, I did reach my dream f being n MTV.
Music taught me a lt abut being a creatr. The wrld is s full f stuff that it’s easy t sit back and just cnsume it. ___15___ It quickly makes yu aware f yur shrtcmings and yur lack f knwledge. Yet, mving frm a cnsumer t a creatr in every area f life will pen yur eyes and yur senses t s many fascinating things.
A．Hwever, creating is hard.
B．I became curius abut life.
C．I became an active hunter-gatherer f ideas.
D．Music pened up t me n a whle new level.
E．The beat and the sunds even made me dance.
F．Yu’ll transfrm frm a cnsumer t a creatr sme day.
G．This required a whle new way f thinking, seeing and listening.
Befre my strke (中风) in 2014 I traveled every day frm Brightn t Lndn, where I wrked. I was in charge f a team f engineers. ____16____
And even when strke was diagnsed I thught I’d be better within a cuple f weeks. But the strke had wiped ut my speech. All I culd say were “yes”, “n”. ____17____ Althugh I’m naturally cheerful, it was really tugh t knw I culdn’t live the ld life I lved.
Then, a year after my strke, I was tld abut the Aphasia Befriending Scheme (失语症帮扶计划). Vlunteers spend an hur each week with strke victims wh ften live alne r can’t g ut. ____18____ Hwever, vlunteers can.
I befriend ne f the strke patients, whse strke has left him needing xygen thrugh a mask. When I visit, I ften walk with him t a cafe. It’s a change f scene that cheers him up n end.
____19____ I’ve regained cnfidence and my sense f purpse. Befriending als inspired me t launch my wn charity fr strke patients in Brightn, Crawley, Chichester and Wrthing.
The first 50 years f my life were spent as an aggressive bss, where it was all abut mney and success. ____20____ I’m blessed t have had anther chance t d smething I really enjy.
A．I als have a new feeling.
B．It was particularly demanding.
C．There is a difference in me, t.
D．It was very stressful but I lved it.
E．It became bvius that I culdn’t g back t wrk.
F．Nw it’s all abut helping peple t deal with a life-changing event.
G．It’s the srt f treatment and cmpaninship the hspital can’t prvide.
A year ag when I was traveling alne in Guatemala I brke my back. I was surrunded by many kind strangers that day. ____21____ One f them I had met nce in Mexic and the ther I had just met the day befre. We were planning n traveling t the next village tgether, but befre we left, we decided t jump n ne f thse big Blb Buncy Bags n the lake.
___22____ I missed my target. An ambulance tk me t a hspital. They bth gt car sick pretty bad, but still ffered t cme t supprt and translate fr me.
When we gt t the hspital, they helped me get thrugh it. ____23____ S every time I needed t update my parents, they had t g smewhere else with my phne t text them.
The ambulance emplyers wanted me t pay in cash. I didn’t have that much cash and the ATMs there never wrked fr my cards. ____24____ I felt terrible abut brrwing that much mney frm them. But when I asked them t write dwn their bank details, they simply tld me t text them later when I was ut f the hspital.
They stayed with me fr hurs. But even after they left, they stayed in tuch asking me hw I was and hw everything was ging—even a year later. I may have been unlucky fr breaking my back, but I was s lucky fr the peple there when it happened. ____25____
A．S they ffered t pay fr me.
B．And this where it went wrng.
C．There was n WiFi at the emergency department.
D．I actually lk back at it as a heartbrken experience.
E．I am still grateful fr the fact that I’ve met thse tw guys.
F．Fr me, there is ne in particular that I’ll always remember.
G．But there are tw guys that will always have a place in my heart.
“Hme stay is a frm f study-abrad prgram. ___26___. It helps t better understand the lcal lifestyle. It als helps t imprve the visitrs’ language ability. If yu wish t learn mre abut freign experience, yu shuld jin this kind f hliday. I am sure yu wn’t be disappinted, ”said a teacher during a schl meeting last term.
After this meeting, I always thught abut this kind f hliday. At last, I had such a chance t g n such a hliday with sme f my schlmates last mnth. We went t Lndn, a place where I had wanted t g since years ag.___27___, we went t stay with different families. I was lucky that my hst family was a white cuple wh had a daughter abut my age.___28___. They were interested in me and I learnt a lt f things frm then n.
___29___. After breakfast, a lcal teacher wuld cme t take us in his car. Then we wuld have classes r g n a sight-seeing trip t different places f interest like Big Ben, Lndn Bridge, and Buckingham Palace. We wuld g back t ur wn hmes after the activities.
The hliday was a valuable experience fr me. I enjyed every minute f it.___30___. Three weeks later, we had t leave“hme”fr Hng Kng.
A．After we gt t Lndn
B．But time really flew fast
C．The teacher was very strict with me
D．It tk me 8 hurs t fly t Lndn
E．They treated me as a daughter f their family
F．It allws the visitrs t stay with a lcal family
G．The hliday was filled with activities every day
My fear f water started frm childhd. It began when I was fur years ld and father tk me t the beach. ____31____ I was s scared that I kept away frm water fr a lng time, but I still wanted t play with water.
I was determined t learn swimming at the age f ten. At the K. P. L. B．was a pl ffering the pprtunity. The K. P. L B．pl was quiet. I was afraid f ging in all alne, s I sat n the side f the pl t wait fr thers. Then came a big by. He yelled, “Hi, Skinny! Hw’d yu like t be ducked?” With that he picked me up and threw me int the deep end. I landed in a sitting psitin, and swallwed water. ____32____ I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thught was a great spring upwards. Then I pened my eyes and saw nthing but water. I tried t yell but n sund came ut. ____33____
When I came t cnsciusness, I fund myself n the bed in the hspital. After that, I avided water whenever I culd. ____34____ It prevented me frm the jy f bating and swimming. Finally, I decided t get an instructr. Piece by piece, I practised hard and finally he built a swimmer. Several mnths later. the. instructr was finished, but I was nt. Smetimes the terrr wuld return.
____35____ I swam acrss the Lake Wentwrth. Only nce did the terrr return. When I was in the middle f the lake, I put my face under and saw nthing but bttmless water. I laughed and said, “Well, Mr. Terrr, what d yu think yu can d t me? “I had cnquered my fear f water.
A．This went n till July.
B．It seemed a lng way dwn.
C．I never went back t the pl.
D．I went dwn, dwn, endlessly.
E．But I was nt frightened ut f my wits.
F．This bad luck stayed with me as the years rlled by.
G．There the huge waves kncked me dwn and swept ver me.
Albert Einstein held a small, rund instrument with a glass cver and a shaking needle in his palm. ___36___ Albert’s father called it a cmpass Albert called it a mystery. N matter hw he mved the cmpass, the needle always pinted t the nrth.
Smething was in the rm with him, Albert realized — smething he culdn’t see r feel, but that acted n the cmpass just the same. Puzzled and attracted, Albert listened t his father explain magnetism, the strange frce that made the cmpass needle pint nrth. ___37___ T many children the cmpass wuld have been just anther ty. T Albert the cmpass was a miracle he wuld never frget.
___38___ Brn n March 14, 1879, Albert hadn’t lked like ther babies. As she cradled her new-sn in her arms, Pauline Einstein thught the back f his head lked strange. Was smething wrng with Albert? Althugh the dctr tld Pauline everything was fine, several weeks passed befre the shape f Albert’s head began t lk right t her. When Albert was ne, his family mved t Munich, where his sister, Maja, was brn a year later. ___39___ Where were the baby’s wheels? The disappinted tw-year-ld wanted t knw. Albert had expected a baby sister t be smething like a ty, and mst f his tys had wheels.
At an age when many children have lts t say, Albert seemed strangely backward. The nine-year-ld still had truble putting his thughts int wrds. But Albert was a gd listener and a gd thinker. When he went hiking with his parents and Maja, he thught abut his father’s cmpass and what it had revealed t him. The clear, pen grasslands were filled with mre than the wind r the pleasant smell f flwers. ___40___ The very thught f it quickened his pulse.
A．They were als filled with magnetism.
B．Albert had always been different frm ther children.
C．The five-year-ld stared at his hand as if it held magic.
D．The invisible frce makes the cmpass mre than a ty t all.
E．Lking dwn at the tiny sleeping parcel, Albert was puzzled.
F．Smewhere, the wind, sft and magic, clicked thrugh tree branches.
G．But nthing he said made the invisible pwer less mysterius r wnderful.
参考答案
1．C
2．D
3．A
4．E
5．G
【解析】
【导语】
本文是一篇记叙文。雷纳德·理查德生于1925年，受家庭环境的影响，他从小喜爱音乐。他6岁学习钢琴，13岁学习小号，后来加入雷·查尔斯的乐队。理查德还写了很多歌，披头士、滚石乐队、猫王都唱过他的歌。
1．
根据上文“His father played the pian by ear. (他父亲靠听觉弹奏钢琴)”和下文“S at the age f six, Richard started pian lessns at hme. (所以在六岁的时候，理查德开始在家学习钢琴)”可知，该空承接上文，讲理查德的其他家人也热爱音乐，与该空后句信息构成因果逻辑。C项“他的叔叔和堂兄弟都演奏乐器和唱歌”符合题意。故选C。
2．
根据上文“At the age f 13, Renald Richard went t see a band perfrm at a church dance. It was very amazing and he decided t play the trumpet. (13岁时，雷纳德·理查德去教堂看乐队表演。太令人惊奇了，他决定吹小号)”和下文“Then in Hustn, Texas in 1954, Richard was apprached by Jeff Brwn, the manager f musician Ray Charles. (1954年，在德克萨斯州的休斯顿，音乐家雷·查尔斯的经理杰夫·布朗找到了理查德)”可知，上下文按时间顺序讲述理查德的音乐历程。由此推知，空处也陈述某个时间段理查德的音乐历程。D项“在接下来的岁月里，他继续着自己的音乐生涯”符合题意，选项中“the years t fllw”即指13岁起到1954年期间。故选D。
3．
根据下文“He just gt a hit recrd ut and he wuld be interested in yu playing the trumpet in the band. (他刚出了一张热门唱片，他会对你在乐队里吹小号感兴趣的)”可知，此处提到了乐队。由此可知，上文应陈述成立了一个乐队。A项“雷·查尔斯正在组建一支新乐队”符合题意，下文的he指代选项中的“雷·查尔斯”。故选A。
4．
结合上文雷·查尔斯邀请理查德成为乐队小号手和下文““First f all, t be selected by Ray Charles was an hnr t me. I was hnred by that and a little nervus.” In time, Richard became Charles’ bandleader. (“首先，被雷·查尔斯选中对我来说是一种荣誉。我很荣幸，也有点紧张。”后来，理查德成了查尔斯的乐队指挥)”可知，空处应陈述理查德成为了乐队的小号手。E项“雷纳德·理查德很快就为雷·查尔斯的乐队演奏了小号”符合题意。故选E。
5．
根据上文“Richard stayed friendly with Ray Charles ver the years. (理查德和雷·查尔斯多年来一直保持着友好关系)”和下文“Fur years later, he mved again, this time t New Yrk City. (四年后，他再次搬家，这次搬到了纽约)”尤其again推知，虽然而查尔斯感情很好，但理查德选择了离开，搬到了其后地方，后来又搬到了纽约。G项“他回到家乡，成为家乡高中的乐队指挥，直到1962年”符合题意。故选G。
6．C
7．E
8．F
9．D
10．G
【解析】
【导语】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要描写的是作者头发变白，开始染发，到后来意识到染发的危害，以及停止染发、勇敢做自己的过程。
6．
根据下文“I had brwn hair that started ging gray when I was 30. S, like a lt f wmen, I started dyeing it.(我的头发是棕色的，30岁时开始变白。所以，像很多女人一样，我开始染头发)”以及第三段“I just wish mre f us wuld feel that it was OK t be urselves because ging gray has dne mre fr me than saving me time and mney. (我只是希望我们中的更多的人会觉得做自己是可以的，因为头发变白给我带来的不仅仅是节省了我的时间和金钱)”可知，文章主要描写的是作者头发变白，开始染发，到后来意识到染发的危害，以及停止染发勇敢做自己的过程，所以C选项“我只是不再染发了。”能承接上文“Wmen in the street have been telling me I’m brave. My act f curage isn’t much(街上的女人都说我很勇敢。我的勇气不算太大)”，说明街上的女人说我勇敢的原因，故选C。
7．
根据下文“And my hair grew fast, s I needed t g back t the hair saln every five weeks. Many peple seem t enjy hlding n t their yuth fr as lng as pssible. But ur hair starts t turn gray and we start spending $500 r mre a year t cver smething ur male clleagues dn’t need t cver. (我的头发长得很快，所以我需要每五周回一次发廊。许多人似乎都喜欢尽可能长时间地保持青春。但我们的头发开始变白，我们开始每年花500美元或更多的钱来覆盖一些我们的男同事不需要覆盖的东西)”可知，染发既浪费时间又浪费金钱，故选项E“这既昂贵又耗时。”概括下文，符合语境，故选E。
8．
据下文的例子“my mther is 91 and still has “blnd” hair, and why nt?(我妈妈91岁了，还留着“金色”头发，为什么不呢)”可知，是对上文的一种解释，所以F选项“当然，人们应该对自己的身体做自己想做的事情。”能够引起下文，故选F。
9．
根据上文“I just wish mre f us wuld feel that it was OK t be urselves because ging gray has dne mre fr me than saving me time and mney. (我只是希望我们中的更多的人会觉得做自己是可以的，因为头发变白给我带来的不仅仅是节省了我的时间和金钱)”以及下文“I like hw it has gtten curly and full again.(我喜欢它又变卷又饱满了)”可知，这里都是在说不染发的好处以及作者更喜欢自己本来的头发，故选项D“我喜欢我本来的头发。”起到了承上启下的作用，故选D。
10．
根据上文“When I see my hair in the mirrr, it’s a reminder that my time is nt infinite, and I shuld spend it ding what matters.(当我在镜子里看到自己的头发时，它提醒我，我的时间不是无限的，我应该把它花在重要的事情上)”可知，当我们的头发变白了，我们应该知道我们的时间更宝贵了，更应把时间花在重要的事情上，而不是忽略这个问题，故选项G“假装它没有发生是我们放弃我们权力的一种方式。”符合语境，进而引出下文的哲理“I see my gray hair as a little act f rebellin against the idea that peple lse value as they age, instead f gaining it.(我把我的白发看作是对“人的价值会随着年龄的增长而下降，而不是增加”这一观点的小小反抗)”，故选G。
11．G
12．E
13．D
14．C
15．A
【解析】
【导语】
本文是记叙文，描述作者为追求梦想——能够创造出自己的音乐并能登上MTV的节目，一直坚持努力并最终实现了梦想的故事；旨在告诉我们要敢于追求梦想。
11．
G选项“这需要一种全新的思维方式，即看和听。”承接上文“One day, I decided I was als ging t becme a rck star and perfrm n MTV. Then I set ff t wrk t make that dream cme true, but I fund that ding my wn thing was a cmpletely different ball game. (有一天，我决定也要成为摇滚明星，在MTV上表演。然后我开始努力让梦想成真，但我发现做自己的事是一场完全不同的情况)”讲要实现摇滚明星的梦想是一件完全不同的事情，引出下文第二段“Fr the first time, I started t listen t things I’d never listened t befre, like the drums. (我第一次开始听以前从未听过的东西，比如鼓)”，再根据空后“Fr the first time I started t really appreciate the pwer f the bass guitar, and the huge part it played in music. Hw was it pssible that I’d never really heard it befre? I started t pay attentin t what all the different instruments were ding and it blew my mind. (我第一次开始真正欣赏低音吉他的力量，以及它在音乐中所起的巨大作用。我怎么可能从来没有真正听到过呢？我开始注意所有不同的乐器在做什么，这让我大吃一惊)”讲要实现摇滚明星的梦想需要在和以前不一样思维的指导下，在看和听上有全新的经验。故选G项。
12．
由上文“Fr the first time, I started t listen t things I’d never listened t befre, like the drums. (我第一次开始听以前从未听过的东西，比如鼓)”可知，E选项“节奏和声音甚至让我跳舞。”承接上文讲听鼓音乐产生的结果，E选项中的“the beat and sunds”指代上文的“drums”所发出来的声音。故选E项。
13．
考查段首句。本句为这一段的主题句，D选项“音乐给我打开了一个全新的境界。”承接下文“It was richer and mre fascinating, and I started t appreciate it s much mre than I had ever befre. I fund that becming a creatr, rather than a cnsumer, turned me frm a receiver int a prducer. (它更丰富、更迷人，我开始比以前更加欣赏它。我发现，成为一个创造者，而不是消费者，把我从一个接受者变成了一个生产者)”和“I started t cllect stries, mments, feelings, qutes, and jkes. Eventually, I did reach my dream f being n MTV. (我开始收集故事、瞬间、感受、引用和笑话。最终，我实现了上MTV的梦想)”讲在实现摇滚明星梦想的过程中，以全新的思维了解音乐产生的具体结果，音乐在哪些方面让作者上升了境界。故选D项。
14．
下文“I started t cllect stries, mments, feelings, qutes, and jkes. (我开始收集故事、瞬间、感受、引用和笑话)”是对C选项“我成了一个积极的思想采集者。”中的“an active hunter-gatherer f ideas”的具体解释，下文中的“cllect”和C项“gather”属于同义词复现。故选C项。
15．
本段属于文章的总结段落，A选项“然而，创造是困难的。”与上文“The wrld is s full f stuff that it’s easy t sit back and just cnsume it. (这个世界充满了各种各样的东西，人们很容易坐视不管，只是消费它们)”形成转折，A选项中的“hard”和上文的“easy”形成转折的逻辑关系，用hwever来衔接，承接下文“Yet, mving frm a cnsumer t a creatr in every area f life will pen yur eyes and yur senses t s many fascinating things. (然而，在生活的每一个领域，从消费者转变为创造者，会让你的眼睛和感官对如此多的迷人事物敞开)”讲成为创造者所带来的好处，A选项“create”和下文“creatr”是同根词复现。故选A项。
16．D
17．E
18．G
19．C
20．F
【解析】
【导语】
这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，中风后的作者在失语症帮扶计划的帮助下，重获信心和目标感的故事。
16．
D选项“这很有压力，但我很喜欢。”承接上文“Befre my strke (中风) in 2014 I traveled every day frm Brightn t Lndn, where I wrked. I was in charge f a team f engineers. (在2014年中风之前，我每天都从布莱顿旅行到我工作的伦敦。我负责一个工程师团队)”讲中风前的作者生活忙碌、有压力，D选项中的“but”与上文形成转折，表明作者喜欢这种有压力的生活。故选D项。
17．
由上文“And even when strke was diagnsed I thught I’d be better within a cuple f weeks. But the strke had wiped ut my speech. All I culd say were 'yes', 'n'. (甚至当我被诊断出中风时，我也认为我会在几周内好转。但是中风彻底摧毁了我的说话能力。我只能说“是”，“不是”)”可知，作者中风后只能说“是”，“不是”，无法讲话，E选项“很明显，我不能回去工作了。”承接上文讲作者中风后的结果——无法回去工作。故选E项。
68．
由上文“Then, a year after my strke, I was tld abut the Aphasia Befriending Scheme (失语症帮扶计划). Vlunteers spend an hur each week with strke victims wh ften live alne r can’t g ut. (然后，在我中风一年后，我被告知失语症帮扶计划。志愿者每周花一个小时与经常独自生活或不能外出的中风患者在一起)”可知，失语症帮扶计划的志愿者每周花一个小时来陪伴中风患者，结合常识，医院没法提供这种陪伴帮助，且G选项“这是医院无法提供的治疗和陪伴。”可与下文“Hwever, vlunteers can. (然而，志愿者可以)”形成转折关系。故选G项。
19．
由上文第四段“I befriend ne f the strke patients, whse strke has left him needing xygen thrugh a mask. When I visit, I ften walk with him t a cafe. It’s a change f scene that cheers him up n end. (我和一位中风患者交上了朋友，他的中风使他需要通过面罩吸氧。当我来访时，我经常和他一起去咖啡馆。这一个场景的变化，让他高兴不已)”和下文“I’ve regained cnfidence and my sense f purpse. (我重新找回了信心和目标感)”可知，上文讲在失语症帮扶计划中，作者和一位中风患者交上了朋友，这位朋友因为作者的来访，生活发生了变化，变得开心起来，下文讲作者重获信心和目标感，说明作者因为失语症帮扶计划，生活也发生了变化、有所不同，承接上下文，C选项“我也有不同之处。”引出下文作者的具体变化。故选C项。
20．
F选项“现在，这一切都是为了帮助人们应对改变生活的事件。”中的“Nw it”指的是上文倒数第二段“Befriending als inspired me t launch my wn charity fr strke patients in Brightn, Crawley, Chichester and Wrthing. (朋友关系也激励我在布莱顿、克劳利、奇切斯特和沃辛为中风患者发起我自己的慈善活动)”作者“现在”为中风患者发起的慈善活动，和最后一段上文“The first 50 years f my life were spent as an aggressive bss, where it was all abut mney and success. (我生命的前50年是作为一个积极进取的老板度过的，在那里，一切都与金钱和成功有关)”讲作者未中风前50年作为一个只看金钱和成功的老板生活，形成鲜明的对比，表明作者生活思想得到了升华。故选F项。
21．G
22．B
23．C
24．A
25．E
【解析】
【导语】
本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过回顾自己在危地马拉旅行时，摔断了背部，得到了两位好心人帮助的故事，来表达自己对于他们的感激之情。
21．
根据下文“One f them I had met nce in Mexic and the ther I had just met the day befre.”(其中一个我在墨西哥见过一次，另一个我前一天才见过。)可知，作者在谈论他遇到的两个人。G项“But there are tw guys that will always have a place in my heart.”(但是有两个人永远在我心中占有一席之地。)中的“tw guys”与下文的“One f them和the ther”相呼应，且内容与上文“I was surrunded by many kind strangers that day.”(那天我被许多好心的陌生人包围。)形成转折，故选G项。
22．
根据下文“I missed my target.”(我错过了我的目标。)可知，作者没有跳上大弹跳袋,出现了问题。This代指下文出现的内容，即就是“I missed my target.”，故B选项“这就是问题所在。”符合语境，故选B项。
23．
根据下文“S every time I needed t update my parents, they had t g smewhere else with my phne t text them.”(所以每次我需要更新我的父母的信息时，他们都不得不带着我的手机去别的地方给他们发短信。)这句话表示“结果”，横线处是“原因”。C项“There was n WiFi at the emergency department.”(急诊室没有 WiFi。)符合语境，开启下文，故选C项。
24．
根据上文“The ambulance emplyers wanted me t pay in cash. I didn’t have that much cash and the ATMs there never wrked fr my cards.”(救护车雇主要我用现金支付。我没有那么多现金，那里的自动取款机从来没有为我的卡工作过。)可知，作者没有现金支付，这是“原因”。A项“S they ffered t pay fr me.”(所以他们提出要为我付钱。)是“结果”，符合逻辑关系和语境，故选A项。
25．
根据上文“I may have been unlucky fr breaking my back, but I was s lucky fr the peple there when it happened.”(我可能很不走运，因为我摔断了背，但我很幸运，因为事情发生的时候那里的人。)可知，作者在不幸的同时感到幸运，因为那里有人帮助他。E项“I am still grateful fr the fact that I’ve met thse tw guys.”(我仍然很感激我遇到了那两个人。)承接上文，因为有人帮助他，所以他心怀感激。故选E项。
26．F
27．A
28．E
29．G
30．B
【解析】
【导语】
这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者国外学习居住当地居民家的经历。
【详解】
根据空格上文“Hme stay is a frm f study-abrad prgram.(家庭住宿是留学计划的一种形式。) ”可知, 住在当地居民家中是一种海外学习模式, 因此推断空格处选F项It allws the visitrs t stay with a lcal family(它允许访问学者住在当地居民的家里。)符合语境,其中stay with a lcal family与上文Hme stay对应。故选F项。
空格上文“At last, I had such a chance t g n such a hliday with sme f my schlmates last mnth. We went t Lndn, a place where I had wanted t g since years ag.(上个月，我终于有机会和我的一些同学一起去度假了。我们去了伦敦，一个多年前我就想去的地方。)”可知，这里阐述作者有机会参加一个项目, 与几位校友去伦敦住在当地居民家中, 因此推断, 到了伦敦以后, 他们住在不同的家庭里，所以A项After we gt t Lndn(我们到达伦敦后)符合语境。故选A项。
根据空格上文“ I was lucky that my hst family was a white cuple wh had a daughter abut my age.(我很幸运，我的寄宿家庭是一对白人夫妇，他们有一个和我年龄相仿的女儿。)”以及后文可知, 作者很幸运, 住在一个有一个和自己的年龄差不多的女儿的家庭里, 这家人对作者很感兴趣, 作者学到了很多东西, 因此推断空格处选E项They treated me as a daughter f their family(他们对待我就像我是他们的女儿)符合语境,其中a daughter f their family与上文对应。故选E项。
由空格下文“After breakfast, a lcal teacher wuld cme t take us in his car. Then we wuld have classes r g n a sight-seeing trip t different places f interest like Big Ben, Lndn Bridge, and Buckingham Palace. (早餐后，一位当地老师会带我们上车。然后我们会上课或去不同的景点观光，比如大本钟、伦敦桥和白金汉宫。)”可知，这里讲述了作者一天的活动, 上课或者参观名胜古迹。因此推断空格处选G项The hliday was filled with activities every day(这个假期每天都排满了各种各样的活动)符合语境,且 activities与后文 the activities对应。故选G项。
根据空格上文“The hliday was a valuable experience fr me. I enjyed every minute f it.(假期对我来说是一次宝贵的经历。我享受其中的每一分钟。)”以及后文可知, 作者感觉这是一次非常有意义的经历, 非常快乐, 但是三周后要离开回家了。因此推断空格处选B项But time really flew fast(时间飞逝)符合语境。故选B项。
31．G
32．E
33．D
34．F
35．A
【解析】
【导语】
这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者害怕水，下定决心学习游泳时发生危险，但最终克服对水的恐惧，学会游泳的故事。
31．
上文“My fear f water started frm childhd. It began when I was fur years ld and father tk me t the beach.(我从小就害怕水。它开始于我四岁的时候，父亲带我去海滩)”说明作者害怕水开始于四岁父亲带自己去海滩时，以及下文“I was s scared that I kept away frm water fr a lng time (我是如此的害怕以至于我很长一段时间都远离水)”说明作者害怕水，远离水，G项中There 指代上文中的海滩，G项“在那里，巨浪将我击倒并席卷了我。”说明作者害怕水的原因，承上启下，符合语意。故选G。
32．
上文“With that he picked me up and threw me int the deep end. I landed in a sitting psitin, and swallwed water.(说完，他把我抱起来，把我扔进了深渊。我坐着着陆，呛了水)”以及下文“I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thught was a great spring upwards.(当我着陆时，我聚集了所有的力量，做出了一个我认为向上的巨大跳跃)”说明作者被人扔进游泳池时采取了行动自救，E项“但我并没有吓得魂不附体。”说明作者没有害怕，引出下文的自救行动，符合题意。故选E。
33．
上文“Then I pened my eyes and saw nthing but water. I tried t yell but n sund came ut.(然后我睁开眼睛，除了水什么也没看到。我试图大喊，但没有声音)”说明作者没能跃出水面，也没办法喊救命，以及下文“When I came t cnsciusness, I fund myself n the bed in the hspital.(当我苏醒过来时，我发现自己躺在医院的床上)”说明作者失去意识之后被人救起送往医院，D项“我没完没了地往下掉。”承上启下，符合题意。故选D。
34．
下文“It prevented me frm the jy f bating and swimming.(这使我无法享受划船和游泳的乐趣)”说明害怕水使得作者不能去划船和游泳，F项“随着岁月的流逝，这种坏运气一直伴随着我。”说明作者一直害怕水，引出下文的结果，符合题意。故选F。
35．
上文“Smetimes the terrr wuld return.(有时恐惧会再次出现)”以及下文“I had cnquered my fear f water.(我克服了对水的恐惧)”说明作者最终克服了对于水的恐惧，A项“这一直持续到七月。”说明作者克服对水的恐惧的时间，符合题意。故选A。
36．C
37．G
38．B
39．E
40．A
【解析】
【导语】
这是一篇人物传记。主要讲述了在阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦一开始就与众不同。
36．
根据上文“Albert Einstein held a small, rund instrument with a glass cver and a shaking needle in his palm.(阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦手里拿着一个小而圆的仪器，有一个玻璃罩，手掌上握着一根摇晃的针)”以及后文“Albert’s father called it a cmpass Albert called it a mystery. N matter hw he mved the cmpass, the needle always pinted t the nrth.(阿尔伯特的父亲称它为指南针，阿尔伯特称它为一个谜。无论他怎样移动罗盘，指针总是指向北方)”可知，本句应当是在说明阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦对手里这个东西的看法：好像手上有魔法。故C选项“这个五岁的孩子盯着他的手，好像手上有魔法”符合语境，故选C。
37．
根据上文“Puzzled and attracted, Albert listened t his father explain magnetism, the strange frce that made the cmpass needle pint nrth.(阿尔伯特既迷惑又被吸引，他听父亲解释磁力——使指南针指针指向北方的奇特力量)”后文“T many children the cmpass wuld have been just anther ty. T Albert the cmpass was a miracle he wuld never frget.(对许多孩子来说，指南针只是另一个玩具。对阿尔伯特来说，指南针是他永远不会忘记的奇迹)”可知，本句与上文构成转折，指出虽然父亲解释了其中的原理，但阿尔伯特仍然觉得很神奇。故G选项“但是他所说的一切都没有减少这种无形的力量的神秘和奇妙”符合语境，故选G。
38．
根据后文“Brn n March 14, 1879, Albert hadn’t lked like ther babies. As she cradled her new-sn in her arms, Pauline Einstein thught the back f his head lked strange.(阿尔伯特出生于1879年3月14日，他和其他婴儿不一样。当波琳·爱因斯坦把她刚出生的儿子抱在怀里时，她觉得他的后脑勺看起来很奇怪)”可知，本句旨在说明阿尔伯特和别的孩子不一样，B选项Albert had always been different frm ther children对应后文Albert hadn’t lked like ther babies，故B选项“阿尔伯特一直和别的孩子不一样”符合语境，故选B。
39．
根据上文“When Albert was ne, his family mved t Munich, where his sister, Maja, was brn a year later.(阿尔伯特一岁的时候。他的家人搬到了慕尼黑，一年后他的妹妹Maja在那儿出生)”以及后文“Where were the baby’s wheels?(婴儿的轮子在哪里？)”可知，本句是在说明阿尔伯特对婴儿的迷惑，故E选项“阿尔伯特低头看着襁褓中熟睡的小婴儿，感到迷惑不解”符合语境，故选E。
40．
根据上文“When he went hiking with his parents and Maja, he thught abut his father’s cmpass and what it had revealed t him. The clear, pen grasslands were filled with mre than the wind r the pleasant smell f flwers.(当他与父母和Maja一起去徒步旅行时，他想到了父亲的指南针，以及它给他揭示的东西。清新开阔的草原上，充满了风和花香)”可知，本句承接上文说明上文提到的这些事物对阿尔伯特的影响，A选项中they指代上文grasslands和the wind r the pleasant smell f flwers。故A选项“它们也充满了吸引力”符合语境，故选A。
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