专题03 阅读理解之记叙文10篇（第一期）-高考英语名校模拟真题速递（全国卷专用）

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高考英语名校模拟真题速递（全国卷专用）
第一期
专题03 阅读理解之记叙文10篇
（2022·西藏拉萨·拉萨中学校考一模）One day, Vinod Menon, the head of the physics department at the City College of New York, who had to face the unpleasant task of going through almost a year of COVID-lockdown office mail, opened a 9-month-old package, only to find it contained $180,000.
Piled notes in 50s and 100s wrapped in paper bands, a letter, and a return address to an alias were all that accompanied the parcel addressed to “Head of the Physics Department.” “I’ve never seen this kind of money in real life in cash form except in movies,” Menon told CNN. “That really floored me, so I just did not know how to react.”
The sender evidently had unshakable faith in the US postal system, and desired to send the cash to poor students looking to pursue physics and other sciences. City College of New York is one of the most-productive public university systems, and the physics department is particularly outstanding. Three Nobelists in physics received their education there, and in 1921 Albert Einstein gave one of his first lectures at the campus.
“Assuming that you are a bit curious as to why I am doing this, the reason is straightforward,” the letter read, continuing to explain that its writer had, many years ago, taken advantage of the “excellent educational opportunity” available at City College to study physics, earn a master’s, and pursue a “long, productive, rewarding scientific career.”
The alias return address was to Kyle Paisley, a name absent from the university’s graduation logs, at a house in Pensacola, Florida, whose owners apparently had no idea of the donation. After a two-month long investigation revealing nothing linking the money to criminal activity, the Board of Trustees held a vote and decided to keep the money. Dr Menon noted that the gift would provide for two fully-funded scholarships every year for a decade.
1．How did Vinod Menon most likely feel when seeing the cash?
A．Shocked. B．Ashamed. C．Worried. D．Excited.
2．Why was Albert Einstein mentioned in the text?
A．To introduce Einstein’s achievements.
B．To prove that it is not easy to win a Nobel Prize.
C．To show the excellence of the physics department.
D．To tell that Einstein received education in the physics department.
3．Which words can best describe the writer of the letter?
A．Generous and grateful. B．Athletic and cautious.
C．Brave and professional. D．Cooperative and caring.
4．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．The writer of the letter was eventually found.
B．Dr Menon was in charge of keeping the money.
C．The school was careful when handling the money.
D．Kyle Paisley is a graduate of the physics department.

（2022秋·云南昆明·高三昆明市第三中学校考一模）When I was a young man, I had a big ego (自负) and very little empathy (同理心). I thought I knew everything. I looked forward to fame and success. I can even remember arrogantly(自大地) telling one of my friends in college: “If only everyone listened to me, they would all be happy.” I finally left school, ready to take on the world. Little did I know the world was about to take on me.
In the years following college, instead of success, I found struggles. I had trouble finding work. The jobs I did work at were either temporary or back-breaking and none of them paid well. When my wife and I had children, we were shocked to learn that not one but both of our sons had autism (自闭症) and would need to be taken care of for the rest of their lives. I had no idea why this had happened to us and I was very angry with the world.
In time, however, I began to change. My formerly big ego was shrinking fast and my empathy was beginning to grow. Instead of finding joy in success, I found it in moments of love. Playing and laughing with my sons brought me so much happiness. My boys taught me more about peace, patience, kindness, joy, and unconditional love than I could have ever learned on my own. I began to share the lessons I learned through my writing and my life.
I finally realized that my purpose in this world had nothing to do with fame or success and everything to do with allowing love and light into my life and sharing it with everyone I could.
5．What was the author like when he was young?
A．He was popular.
B．He was a top student.
C．He was over confident about his abilities.
D．He was warm-hearted to others.
6．After graduating from school, the author ______.
A．found a tiring but well-paid job
B．wanted to live a challenging life
C．didn’t want to have children early
D．suffered many difficulties in life
7．What does the underlined word “shrinking” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．Reducing. B．Developing. C．Returning. D．Improving.
8．What does the author intend to tell us with his story?
A．Life can be very hard for some people.
B．Parents need to be patient with their kids.
C．It’s important to learn how to be a father.
D．The purpose of life is to share love.

（2022·广西南宁·统考三模）David Rees runs a very distinctive business. He charges customers $15 to sharpen their pencils to perfection, using a variety of tools.
I know what you’re thinking—is this a joke? The 39-year-old gets asked that question a lot. To clarify everything, he even created a special section on his website telling everyone he’s actually providing a real service.
You can supply your own pencil or you can have Rees sharpen one of his own favorite 2B pencils. After that, he mails it to you in a display tube with the shavings in a separate bag, and an authentic certificate which just happens to mention the pencil is so sharp as to be a dangerous object.
To achieve the desired result, the master sharpener uses all kinds of tools, including general sandpaper, pocket knives and even a special $ 450 sharpening machine. “It depends on what the customer wants to use his/her pencil for,” he says. That determines the most appropriate pencil-sharpening technique. Some customers buy pencils as inspirational symbols while others buy them because of their special memories of classic 2B pencils.
$15 to have a pencil sharpened is a bit expensive though, right? You’re not the only one who feels that way, and David’s unique business has really angered lots of people, who talk of inequality in America, saying it is so insane for the wealthy to pay $15 to sharpen a pencil. But others will say, “This is just our urge to put an end to the welfare state because new ideas arise along with the business.”
David admits his trade is sort of unusual. But there are those who actually value his service, as is proven by the over 500 orders he has gotten.
9．How could David make money by sharpening pencils?
A．He invented new tools for the job.
B．He provided quality service for his customers.
C．He promoted his skill on his website.
D．He saved lots of time for other people.
10．What can we infer from the words of David Rees in paragraph 4?
A．He provides personalized services.
B．He knows all kinds of pencil users.
C．He values ideas behind the pencils.
D．He always writes in pencil.
11．What does the underlined word “insane” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A．Deliberate. B．Rewarding. C．Unreasonable. D．Irresponsible.
12．What seems to be the author’s attitude to David Rees’ trade?
A．It’s a waste of time and money. B．It needs further improvement.
C．It’s awfully expensive. D．It’s a fancy service.

（2022秋·贵州·高三校联考一模）After failing to secure a spot in vault(跳马) final of the Tokyo Olympics, Oksana Chusovitina left the sport’s biggest stage forever. The 46-year-old called time on her legendary career after competing at a record eighth Olympic Games.
In a sport known for its youthful champions, Chusovitina has become a global fan favorite. She has collected 11 medals at major global championships and 5 gymnastics skills are named after her.
Chusovitina was born on June 19, 1975, in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, and she participated in the Olympic Games for the first time in Barcelona in 1992.
Chusovitina then represented Uzbekistan from 1993 to 2006, and in 1997 she married Uzbek Olympic wrestler Bakhodir Kurbanov. In 1999 they had a son, Alisher. But three years later, however, Alisher was diagnosed with leukemia(白血病). So his parents accepted a generous offer to move to Germany, where Alisher could receive treatment.
Chusovitina obtained German citizenship and competed in various club competitions. She earned prize money to help pay for her son’s care. She also represented her new country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where her silver medal on vault was the only medal for the German women’s team. Chusovitina represented Germany for the final time at the 2012 Olympics, and she has been competing for Uzbekistan ever since. After her son’s recovery, Chusovitina continued to compete, but this time it was her love of gymnastics that kept her going. “There is no secret. I just love gymnastics and no one ever forced me to compete. I do so with pleasure,” she said.
13．Which of the following best explains “called time on” underlined in paragraph 1?
A．Stuck to. B．Took pride in.
C．Put an end to. D．Made a summary of.
14．What did Chusovitina do during her career?
A．She collected 13 medals at eight Olympic Games.
B．She represented different nations at the Olympic Games.
C．She won a gold medal for German at the Beijing Olympics.
D．She took part in the 2004 Olympic Games in spite of leukemia.
15．What motivated Chusovitina to participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games?
A．Her son’s medical bills. B．Her devotion to her motherland.
C．Her passion for gymnastics. D．Her desire for German citizenship.
16．What is the text?
A．A biography. B．A book review. C．A diary entry. D．A research report.

（2023·四川成都·统考一模）Steph Clemence always intended to go to college. But life tends to throw barriers in the way. Her mother remarried several times. By the time she was a senior in high school, Steph had lived in 25 places. Her stepfather died in a car accident, leaving her mother to support three daughters on a modest income. Paying for college became out of the question.
One afternoon, Dorothy Clarks, her English teacher, walked into the classroom, handing out a paper sheet titled “Mrs. Clark’s Book List”, and said, “Some of you might not go on to higher education, but you can continue to learn.” She created a list of 153 fiction and nonfiction books, covering science, history, economics, politics, and literature. It would, she believed, form the equivalent(等同)of two years at a liberal arts college.
So she began in 1970. Starting at the top, Steph would read every book in the order they appeared. Each of those books fueled her passion to learn more about the person, subject matter, or time in history. Unlike many people who open a book in bed before it’s time to sleep, Steph prefers to read while sitting in a chair with a cup of coffee by her side. She doesn’t race through a book, as she wants to savor the experience.
Now Steph is 70 and she never did get to college. But she has only four books left to read from the list. She expects to complete them sometime in 2023.
In Madame Curie, the author, Eve Curie, writes, “Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.” The way Steph sees it, Mrs. Clark felt it was her particular duty to help young students. She wishes she could thank Mrs. Clarks and share with her how reading the works on her list has changed her life. “It was never just a list I got from some teacher in school. It’s always been Mrs. Clark’s Book List,” says Steph.
17．What made a barrier to Steph going to college?
A．Her family’s frequent move.
B．Her stepfather’s death.
C．Her family’s financial conditions.
D．Her mother’s remarriage.
18．What does the underlined word “savor” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．Learn from.
B．Slow down.
C．Keep in mind.
D．Take pleasure in.
19．What can we know about the book list given by Mrs. Clarks?
A．It is about humanity.
B．It was praised by Eve Curie.
C．It reflects her sense of social responsibility.
D．It benefits Steph’s academic performances.
20．Which of the following best describes Steph?
A．Modest. B．Self-motivated.
C．Intelligent. D．Easy-going.

（2023秋·内蒙古赤峰·高三统考一模）The 36-year-oid Jia Juntingxian was born in Pingxiang, and was blind in both eyes due to eye disease. She showed athletic talent since childhood and was selected as an athlete by Jiangxi Disabled Persons’ Federation.
Although she can’t see the world, Jia breaks through the “immediate” obstacles while running, letting the world see her. In her sports career, Jia has won 43 medals. Among them, in 2016, she broke the world record and stood on the podium of the women’s T11-T13 4×100-mcter relay event at the Rio Paralympics.
In 2017, Jia retired and chose to become a teacher at a special education school. Just a year ago, she found out that two young brothers, with visual impairments, wanted to be an athlete. But Jia could only help them attend a local special education school. The experience made her realize these children living in remote areas may have little knowledge of special education. As a result, she decided to become more involved with special education.
Changing from a competitor to a special education teacher, Jia said that there is no discomfort, “Because I understand the students and knows the inconveniences and difficulties of the children. I hope every child is like a seed. Through hard study, they can bravely realize their own life.”
Jia also has paid close attention to the rights and interests of disabled people. In 2021, Jia proposed the construction of audible traffic signals for blind people. Her advice to local authorities on dog management has resulted in more indoor public places allowing the disabled to enter with their assistance dogs. Jia founded a massage shop and employed 16 visually impaired people, with an average monthly salary of 3500 yuan per person.
Jia believes the world is a circle, as long as the love is constantly passed on, the whole society will be fall of love!
21．What can we know about Jia according to the passage?
A．She became blind because of injury.
B．She was selected to be an athlete because of her talent.
C．She broke the world record and won a medal in Tokyo.
D．She became a teacher at a special education school in 2016.
22．What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A．The challenge in Jia’s career of special education.
B．The reason for Jia’s more devotion to special education.
C．Jia’s efforts to be a special education teacher.
D．Jia’s achievements in special education.
23．How did Jia improve the life of disabled people?
A．By offering them working opportunities.
B．By helping them in training their assistance dogs.
C．By designing more traffic signals for them.
D．By organizing a volunteer organization for them.
24．Which of the following words can be used to describe Jia Juntingxian?
A．Caring and curious. B．Talented and patient.
C．Kind-hearted and considerate. D．Cautious and diligent.

（2022秋·黑龙江哈尔滨·高三哈尔滨三中校考一模）Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution to two of our country’s persistent problems: garbage and poverty. It’s called the Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers: Rather than toss your empty chip bags into the trash, donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.
Chip eaters drop off their empty bags from Doritos, Lay’s, and other favorites at two locations in Detroit: a print shop and a clothing store, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they sanitize (消毒)the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open, lay them flat, and iron them together. They use padding and liners from old coats to line the insides.
It takes about four hours to sew a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags, depending on whether they’re single-serve or family size. The result is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof, lightweight, and easy to carry around, ” Oleita told the Detroit News. Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800, 000 chip bags and, as of last December, created 110 sleeping bags.
Sure, it would be simpler to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But that’s only half the goal for Oleita-whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life-and her fellow volunteers. “We are devoted to making an impact not only socially, but environmentally, ” she said.
And, of course, there’s the symbolism of recycling bags that would otherwise land in the trash and using them to help the homeless. It’s a powerful reminder that environmental injustice and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita said, “I think it’s time to show connections between all of these issues.
25．What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A．How they make the sleeping bags.
B．Why they sanitize the chip bags.
C．Where they collect the chip bags.
D．What they use to line the insides.
26．What do the numbers in paragraph 3 show?
A．The new sleeping bags have many benefits.
B．Large quantities of chips are consumed every day.
C．A lot of effort is put into making the sleeping bags.
D．People are aware of the importance of environmental protection.
27．Why do the volunteers make rather than simply buy sleeping bags?
A．They wish they could earn better life.
B．They think it is difficult to raise a lot of money.
C．They aim to help the homeless by recycling waste.
D．They want to find a simpler way to help the homeless.
28．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Recycling chip bags can definitely remove poverty.
B．The new sleeping bags have been put into wide use.
C．Few chip bags will end up in the trash in the country.
D．Environmental injustice and poverty are usually closely connected.

（2023秋·宁夏吴忠·高三青铜峡市高级中学校考一模）Student from Taiwan played a key role in safeguarding his community in Beijing during pandemic outbreak and is working to establish closer ties between young people across the Straits.
Chen Wencheng from Taiwan, a postdoctoral student at Peking University, had been doing volunteer work in his neighborhood since Spring Festival. This was the first Lunar New Year holiday he didn’t celebrate in his hometown of Zhanghua, Taiwan, during his nine-year stay in Beijing.
Chen, 31, from the university’s department of philosophy and religious studies, chose to stay in Beijing’s Haidian District with his pregnant wife, who gave birth to their daughter last month. After the COVID- 19 outbreak hit Beijing in late January, he soon applied to be a community volunteer to help with pandemic prevention and control.
He started work on the day he signed as a volunteer on Feb4, with his duties including such tasks as checking passes and the temperature of people entering the community or delivering food and other necessities to his neighbors in self-quarantine.
The buildings in the community have five floors with no elevators. Chen sometimes had dozens of deliveries each day, including big rice bags and barrels of cooking oil, among other daily supplies.
“Those were heavy, and that’s why the community needed us younger people to help, ”Chen says.
“The volunteer job looks like petty work, but it matters as it enhances the safety of the more than 2, 000 residents in our community, ”Chen says. “The work also allowed me to get to know more of my neighbors, which makes the whole community feel like a big family. ”
29．What made Chen Wencheng play a key role in safeguarding his community?
A．His rich knowledge. B．His wife’s request.
C．His selfless devotion. D．His classmates’ invitation.
30．What does the underlined word “Those” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A．The deliveries B．The big rice bags.
C．The barrels of cooking oil. D．The daily supplies.
31．Which of the following best describes Chen’s work during pandemic outbreak?
A．The volunteer job. B．The brave helper.
C．The teacher. D．His septuagenarian.
32．What’s the purpose of the passage?
A．To praise students from Taiwan.
B．To carry forward the national spirit.
C．To introduce a true volunteering spirit.
D．To help with pandemic prevention and control.

（2022秋·新疆乌鲁木齐·高三统考一模）Vinny Proscia, 41, who works at Bagels 101 on Middle Country Road, has won praise for an unusual act of kindness to a family he hardly knew.
Proscia drove nearly six hours on Saturday night to northeast Pennsylvania to drop off a set of car keys that customer Diana Chong left in his shop that morning before she headed to a Friendsgiving celebration near Scranton.
Chong left her keys near the front counter before returning to her SUV to begin the family’s 185-mile trip to Honesdale, Pennsylvania, where they were meeting childhood friends for a pre-Thanksgiving celebration. Her SUV has an automatic start device that allows the vehicle to continue running without keys but the SUV is needed to restart once it’s turned off. Luckily, the Chongs never shut the engine off during the long drive, saving them from potentially being stranded at a highway rest stop. But panic set in when they arrived in Honesdale and searched for the keys.
Diana Chong reached Proscia, who offered to ship the keys to her overnight. But Proscia could not find a delivery service open on Sunday or capable of sending them to her before Monday. That’s when Proscia, who had been working since 5 a.m., stepped up, telling his wife, Renee, that he was taking a road trip to Pennsylvania.
Proscia hit the road at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday and arrived in Honesdale at 10:30 p.m. because of heavy traffic. When Proscia got there, he received a hero’s reception. Chong’s sister, Gina Sulrzycki, posted an item about Proscia’s kindness on the Internet on Saturday night and the story got around, getting shared nearly 1,800 times.
Chong, meanwhile, said there will forever be a seat at her holiday table for Proscia and his family. “We had a great Friendsgiving because of him,” Chong said. “It’s an act of kindness that needs to be spread.”
33．Why did Proscia drive to northeast Pennsylvania?
A．To attend a Friendsgiving celebration. B．To take the car keys back to Chong.
C．To spend the weekend with his family. D．To see his childhood friends off.
34．What does the underlined word “stranded” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．Lost. B．Concerned. C．Discouraged. D．Stuck.
35．What was Proscia’s first reaction when Chong got in touch with him?
A．He promised to help her the next day.
B．He continued working at Bagels 101.
C．He went to search for a delivery service.
D．He told his wife to step up immediately.
36．Which of the following can best describe Proscia?
A．Caring and warm-hearted. B．Grateful and patient.
C．Helpful and curious. D．Sympathetic and adventurous.

（2023春·河南南阳·高三南阳中学校考一模）A few years ago, at a medical laboratory clinic in Waterloo, an elderly woman sat on the edge of a waiting room chair singing the tune “My Heart Will Go On”. With little effort, she sent her sweet voice exploding into every comer of the clinic.
I was there with my father when the woman arrived. She settled into the seat directly across from my father. Because she was so tiny, she had to sit on the edge of the chair so her feet could touch the floor. It seemed as though she was sitting forward to start a conversation with him. I was concerned about how my father would react to the possible invasion of his space. He was 77 and had been living with Alzheimer’s disease for several years. Since Alzheimers has a tendency to destroy a person’s patience, Dad had had a few challenging experiences in the past. I couldn’t help but think that this woman was playing with fire.
Her singing began gently. My father was staring right at her. I couldn’t read his expression, but it seemed to be something like confusion. I wondered whether he was actually looking at her or if he was lost somewhere deep in his mind. Or maybe he was trying to discover whether this was someone he should know. That was what was happening now: no polite smile, no friendly nod. Just a stare. This lack of important acknowledgment didn’t deter the little woman one bit and her singing slowly got louder. Getting to the chorus, she was totally lost in her own singing with her eyes shut.
Still, I watched for any signs of an outburst of anger. But he didn’t show any signs of an explosion. Instead, his face softened and he was starting to look entertained. When her song ended, the woman opened her eyes. My dad was still looking directly at her. ‘‘That was beautiful,” he said. And she smiled and said, “Thank you.”
37．Why did the author worry about the woman’s sitting opposite?
A．Her father might lose his privacy.
B．Her father was likely to get annoyed.
C．Her father could be reminded of the past.
D．Her father had no patience with strangers.
38．What does the underlined word “deter” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Panic. B．Confuse. C．Surprise. D．Discourage.
39．How did the author find her father’s final behaviour?
A．Typical. B．Awkward. C．Unexpected. D．Unacceptable.
40．What is the best title for the text?
A．A song awakens my father
B．Music is the best medicine
C．A tune draws people closer
D．Classics will always live on


参考答案：
1．A    2．C    3．A    4．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了纽约城市学院物理系主任Vinod Menon收到18万美元的捐款，捐款人希望将这笔钱提供给学习物理和其它科学的贫困学生。
1．推理判断题。根据第二段““I’ve never seen this kind of money in real life in cash form except in movies,” Menon told CNN. “That really floored me, so I just did not know how to react.”(Menon在接受CNN采访时表示：“除了在电影中，我从未在现实生活中见过这种现金形式的钱。这真的让我不知所措，所以我不知道该如何反应。”)”可推知，当Vinod Menon看到现金时，他感到震惊。故选A。
2．推理判断题。根据第三段“City College of New York is one of the most-productive public university systems, and the physics department is particularly outstanding. Three Nobelists in physics received their education there, and in 1921 Albert Einstein gave one of his first lectures at the campus.(纽约城市学院是最具生产力的公立大学系统之一，物理系尤为突出。三位诺贝尔物理学奖获得者在这里接受教育，1921年阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦在这里进行了他的第一次演讲)”可推知，文中提到爱因斯坦是为了展示物理系的优秀。故选C。
3．推理判断题。根据第一段“One day, Vinod Menon, the head of the physics department at the City College of New York, who had to face the unpleasant task of going through almost a year of COVID-lockdown office mail, opened a 9-month-old package, only to find it contained $180,000.(一天，纽约城市学院物理系主任Vinod Menon不得不面对一项不愉快的任务，即查看近一年的新冠疫情封锁办公室邮件，他打开了一个9个月前的包裹，却发现里面有18万美元)”以及第四段““Assuming that you are a bit curious as to why I am doing this, the reason is straightforward,” the letter read, continuing to explain that its writer had, many years ago, taken advantage of the “excellent educational opportunity” available at City College to study physics, earn a master’s, and pursue a “long, productive, rewarding scientific career.”(“假设你对我为什么要这么做有点好奇，原因很简单，”信中写道，并继续解释说，这封信的作者多年前利用城市学院提供的“绝佳教育机会”学习物理，获得硕士学位，并追求“长期、富有成效、有价值的科学事业”。)”可推知，这封信的作者慷慨、感恩。故选A。
4．推理判断题。根据最后一段“After a two-month long investigation revealing nothing linking the money to criminal activity, the Board of Trustees held a vote and decided to keep the money.(经过长达两个月的调查，没有发现这笔钱与犯罪活动有任何联系，董事会进行了投票，决定保留这笔钱)”可推知，学校在处理这笔钱时很小心。故选C。
5．C    6．D    7．A    8．D

【导语】这个是一篇记叙文。作者通过自身经历告诉读者，生命的意义在于发现、分享爱。
5．细节理解题。根据第一段前两句“When I was a young man, I had a big ego (自负) and very little empathy (同理心). I thought I knew everything.(当我还是个年轻人的时候，我很自负，很少有同理心。我以为我什么都知道)”可知，作者年轻时对自己的能力太过自信。故选C。
6．细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“In the years following college, instead of success, I found struggles.(在大学毕业后的几年里，我没有成功，而是遇到了困难)”及后面作者具体列举的工作又累薪水又低，孩子患有自闭症，可知作者生活中遭遇了许多困难。故选D。
7．细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“In time, however, I began to change.(然而，随着时间的推移，我开始改变)”及“My formerly big ego was shrinking fast and my empathy was beginning to grow. (我以前的自负正在迅速shrinking，我的同理心开始增强)”可知，作者在与孩子的相处中发生了改变，他的同理心增强，由此推知他的自负减少。因此划线词与reducing（减少）一致。故选A。
8．推理判断题。根据最后一段“I finally realized that my purpose in this world had nothing to do with fame or success but everything to do with allowing love and light into my life and sharing it with everyone I could.(我终于意识到，我在这个世界上的目标与名望或成功无关，而是让爱和光进入我的生活，并与他人分享)”可知，作者感悟出人生的意义在于分享爱，这也是作者想通过文章告诉读者的道理。故选D。
9．B    10．A    11．C    12．D

【导语】本文为记叙文。文章主要介绍了 David Rees通过帮别人削铅笔来赚钱的独特生意。
9．细节理解题。根据第一段中的“He charges customers $ 15 to sharpen their pencils to perfection, using a variety of tools.”（David使用各种工具将铅笔削完美并向顾客收取15英镑的费用。）可知，大卫为顾客提供优质服务，由此赚钱。故选B项。
10．推理判断题。根据第四段中的“It depends on what the customer wants to use his/her pencil for”（这取决于顾客想用铅笔做什么）以及“Some customers buy pencils as inspirational symbols while others buy them because of their special memories of classic 2B pencils.”（一些顾客购买铅笔是为了象征灵感，而另一些人购买铅笔是因为他们对经典2B铅笔的特殊记忆。）故可推知，他是根据顾客的不同需求而提供个性化的服务。故选A项。
11．词义猜测题。根据第五段划线单词该句中的“You’re not the only one who feels that way, and David’s unique business has really angered lots of people, who talk of inequality in America…”（你不是唯一一个有这种感觉的人，大卫独特的生意确实激怒了很多人，他们谈论美国的不平等……。）可推知这些人不赞成这种想法，认为花 15 美元削铅笔太贵了，这是不合理的，故可猜测划线单词insane为“荒唐的，不合理的”意思，结合选项C项Unreasonable“不合理的”意思一致。故选C项。
12．推理判断题。根据第一段中的“David Rees runs a very distinctive business.”（大卫·里斯经营着一家与众不同的公司。）以及最后一段中的“But there are those who actually value his service, as is proven by the over 500 orders he has gotten.”（但也有一些人真正重视他的服务，这从他获得的500多份订单就可以证明。）可知，作者认为他所提供削铅笔的服务 是与众不同的，别致高档的。故选D项。
13．C    14．B    15．C    16．A

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了奥克萨娜·丘索维金娜的运动生涯。
13．词义猜测题。根据第一段“After failing to secure a spot in vault(跳马) final of the Tokyo Olympics, Oksana Chusovitina left the sport’s biggest stage forever.”（未能在东京奥运会上的跳马决赛中取得一个位置，使奥克萨娜·丘索维金娜永远离开了这项运动最大的舞台。）可知，奥克萨娜·丘索维金娜永远地离开了奥运会这个运动舞台，推断出46岁的奥克萨娜·丘索维金娜结束了她的运动生涯，C项意为“结束”，符合句意。故选C项。
14．细节理解题。根据第五段“Chusovitina represented Germany for the final time at the 2012 Olympics, and she has been competing for Uzbekistan ever since.”（丘索维金娜在2012年奥运会上最后一次代表德国参赛，从那以后她就一直代表乌兹别克斯坦参赛。）可知，她在奥运会上代表不同国家参赛。故选B项。
15．细节理解题。根据第五段“After her son’s recovery, Chusovitina continued to compete, but this time it was her love of gymnastics that kept her going.”（在她的儿子康复后，邱索维吉娜继续参加比赛，但是这一次是她对体操的热爱让她坚持下去。）可知，她参加东京奥运会是由于她对体操的热爱。故选C项。
16．推理判断题。全篇文章介绍了奥克萨娜·丘索维金娜从出生到46岁时运动生涯的结束，是对其生平的介绍，推断出文章是一篇人物传记。故选A项。
17．C    18．D    19．C    20．B

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。因为家里的经济条件不允许，斯蒂芬一直没有上大学，但是她却一直按照老师所给的书单坚持阅读，并且就要读完老师给她推荐的153本书。
17．细节理解题。根据第一段的最后两句话“Her stepfather died in a car accident, leaving her mother to support three daughters on a modest income. Paying for college became out of the question.（她的继父死于一场车祸，留下她的母亲靠微薄的收入养活三个女儿。支付大学学费成了不可能的事）”可知，阻止斯蒂芬上大学的是她家里的经济条件。故选C项。
18．词义猜测题。根据上文的内容“She doesn’t race through a book（她不会匆匆读完一本书）”和划线单词后面的the experience可知，斯蒂芬想享受读书的这种体验，所以“savor”一词为“享受”的意思。故选D项。
19．细节理解题。根据最后一段的句子“The way Steph sees it, Mrs. Clark felt it was her particular duty to help young students. She wishes she could thank Mrs. Clarks and share with her how reading the works on her list has changed her life.（在斯蒂芬看来，克拉克老师觉得帮助年轻学生是她的特殊责任。她希望能够感谢克拉克老师，并与她分享阅读清单上的作品是如何改变她的生活的）”可知，克拉克老师所给的书单反映了她的社会责任感。故选C项。
20．推理判断题。因为家里的经济条件不允许，斯蒂芬一直没有上大学，但是她却一直按照老师所给的书单坚持阅读，并且就要读完老师给她推荐的153本书。由此可推断出斯蒂芬是一个有上进心的、积极主动的人。故选B项。
21．B    22．B    23．A    24．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了2016年残奥会运动员贾君婷仙的有关事迹。
21．细节理解题。根据第一段“She showed athletic talent since childhood and was selected as an athlete by Jiangxi Disabled Persons’ Federation.(她从幼年就展现出运动天赋，被江西省残疾人联合会选为运动员)”可知，由于贾君婷仙的天赋，她被选为运动员。故选B项。
22．主旨大意题。根据第三段“Just a year ago, she found out that two young brothers, with visual impairments, wanted to be an athlete. But Jia could only help them attend a local special education school. The experience made her realize these children living in remote areas may have little knowledge of special education. As a result, she decided to become more involved with special education. (就在一年前，她发现两个有视力障碍的弟弟想成为运动员。但贾只能帮助他们上当地的特殊教育学校。这段经历让她意识到，这些生活在偏远地区的孩子可能对特殊教育知之甚少。因此，她决定更多地参与特殊教育)”可知，意识到生活在偏远地区的孩子可能对特殊教育知之甚少后，贾君婷仙决定更多地参与特殊教育，本段主要介绍了贾君婷仙更加热衷于特殊教育的原因。故选B项。
23．细节理解题。根据第五段“Jia founded a massage shop and employed 16 visually impaired people, with an average monthly salary of 3500 yuan per person.(贾开了一家按摩店，雇佣了16名视障人士，每人平均月薪3500元)”可知，贾君婷仙为残疾人提供工作，以此来改善他们的生活。故选A项。
24．推理判断题。根据第五段“Jia also has paid close attention to the rights and interests of disabled people. In 2021, Jia proposed the construction of audible traffic signals for blind people. Her advice to local authorities on dog management has resulted in more indoor public places allowing the disabled to enter with their assistance dogs. Jia founded a massage shop and employed 16 visually impaired people, with an average monthly salary of 3500 yuan per person.(贾还密切关注残疾人的权益。2021年，贾提议为盲人建造可听交通信号。她向地方当局提出的关于养犬管理的建议使得更多的室内公共场所允许残疾人带着他们的援助犬进入。贾开了一家按摩店，雇佣了16名视障人士，每人平均月薪3500元)”可知，贾君婷仙密切关注残疾人的权益，为残疾人着想，提出有利的建议，并为残疾人提供工作和报酬，所以贾君婷仙是一位善良且体贴的人。故选C项。
25．A    26．C    27．C    28．D

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了美国女孩Eradajere Oleita通过回收空薯条包装袋来制作睡袋，帮助无家可归的人并保护环境的故事。
25．主旨大意题。根据第二段“Chip eaters drop off their empty bags from Doritos, Lay’s, and other favorites at two locations in Detroit: a print shop and a clothing store, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they sanitize (消毒)the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open, lay them flat, and iron them together. They use padding and liners from old coats to line the insides.(薯条爱好者将他们来自Doritos、Lay’s和其他受欢迎的品牌的空包装送到底特律的两个地方：一家印刷店和一家服装店，Oleita和她的志愿者在那里收集空包装。在用肥皂热水清洗消毒薯条包装后，他们将其切开，平放，然后将其熨在一起。他们用旧外套的填充物和衬里来填充内部)”可知，本段主要讲述了他们是如何收集并制作睡袋的。故选A项。
26．推理判断题。根据第三段“It takes about four hours to sew a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags(缝一个睡袋大约需要四个小时，每个睡袋大约需要150到300个薯条包装)”以及“Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800,000 chip bags and, as of last December, created 110 sleeping bags.(自2020年启动以来，薯条包装项目已经收集了80多万个薯条包装，截至去年12月，已经制作了110个睡袋)”可知，这一项目收集了非常多薯条包装，每150到300个薯条包装能制成一个睡袋，并且缝制一个睡袋需要大约四个小时，所以这些数字显示出制作睡袋需要付出很多努力。故选C项。
27．细节理解题。根据最后一段“And, of course, there’s the symbolism of recycling bags that would otherwise land in the trash and using them to help the homeless.(当然，还有回收薯条包装的象征意义，用这些否则就会被扔进垃圾桶里的薯条包装袋来帮助无家可归的人)”可知，薯条包装袋一般被当做垃圾，志愿者制作睡袋而不是简单地购买睡袋，是为了通过回收垃圾来帮助无家可归的人。故选C项。
28．推理判断题。根据最后一段“It’s a powerful reminder that environmental injustice and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita said, ‘I think it’s time to show connections between all of these issues.’(这有力地提醒我们，环境不公和贫困往往是同时存在的。正如奥列塔所说，‘我认为是时候展示所有这些问题之间的联系了’)”可知，环境不公和贫困通常同时存在，密切相关。故选D项。
29．C    30．A    31．A    32．C

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了来自台湾的学生Chen Wencheng在疫情期间做志愿者，为保护他在北京的社区发挥了关键作用。
29．推理判断题。根据第二段中“Chen Wencheng from Taiwan, a postdoctoral student at Peking University, had been doing volunteer work in his neighborhood since Spring Festival. (来自台湾的Chen Wencheng是北京大学的一名博士后，他从春节开始就在小区里做志愿者工作。)”以及最后一段中“The volunteer job looks like petty work, but it matters as it enhances the safety of the more than 2, 000 residents in our community.(这项志愿工作看起来很琐碎，但它很重要，因为它加强了我们社区2000多名居民的安全。)”等内容可知，是做志愿者这种无私的奉献让Chen Wencheng在保护他的社区方面发挥了关键作用。故选C项。
30．词句猜测题。划线词句前文“The buildings in the community have five floors with no elevators. Chen sometimes had dozens of deliveries each day, including big rice bags and barrels of cooking oil, among other daily supplies. (这个社区的建筑有五层，没有电梯。Chen有时每天要送几十件东西，包括大饭袋和桶装食用油，以及其他日常用品。)”说明Chen每天需要爬楼梯运送几十件沉重的东西，从而推知划线词句“Those were heavy, and that’s why the community needed us younger people to help. (Those很沉重，这就是为什么社区需要我们这些年轻人的帮助。)”其中Those指代“那些递送的东西”。故选A项。
31．细节理解题。根据第三段中“After the COVID- 19 outbreak hit Beijing in late January, he soon applied to be a community volunteer to help with pandemic prevention and control. (今年1月底，新冠肺炎疫情在北京爆发后，他很快就申请成为一名社区志愿者，帮助防控疫情。)”以及最后一段中“The volunteer job looks like petty work, but it matters as it enhances the safety of the more than 2, 000 residents in our community.(志愿者工作看起来很琐碎，但它很重要，因为它能提高我们社区2000多名居民的安全。)”可知，志愿者工作最能描述Chen Wencheng在疫情期间的工作。故选A项。
32．推理判断题。通读全文，根据最后一段中“The volunteer job looks like petty work, but it matters as it enhances the safety of the more than 2, 000 residents in our community. (这项志愿工作看起来很琐碎，但它很重要，因为它加强了我们社区2000多名居民的安全。)”以及“The work also allowed me to get to know more of my neighbors, which makes the whole community feel like a big family. (这份工作也让我结识了更多的邻居，这让整个社区感觉像一个大家庭。)”可知，本文目的是为了介绍真正的志愿服务精神。故选C项。
33．B    34．D    35．C    36．A

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了文森特·普罗夏是中岛一家百吉饼店的员工，周六，当一位顾客不小心把车钥匙留在店里时，他做出了最好的善举，驱车6个小时把钥匙送给顾客。
33．细节理解题。根据第二段“Proscia drove nearly six hours on Saturday night to northeast Pennsylvania to drop off a set of car keys that customer Diana Chong left in his shop that morning before she headed to a Friendsgiving celebration near Scranton.(周六晚上，普罗夏开了近6个小时的车，来到宾夕法尼亚州东北部，把顾客戴安娜·钟当天早上落在他店里的一串车钥匙，在她去斯克兰顿附近参加“朋友节感恩节”的庆祝活动前交给她。)”可知，普罗夏开车去宾夕法尼亚州东北部是为了把车钥匙还给钟。故选B。
34．词句猜测题。根据划线词前文“Her SUV has an automatic start device that allows the vehicle to continue running without keys but the SUV is needed to restart once it’s turned off. Luckily, the Chongs never shut the engine off during the long drive, (她的SUV有一个自动启动装置，可以让车辆在没有钥匙的情况下继续运行，但一旦SUV被关闭，就需要重新启动。幸运的是，在漫长的驾驶过程中，钟一家从未关闭引擎，)”可知，正是因为引擎未关闭，这使他们避免了被困在高速公路休息站的可能。所以stranded为“使陷于困境”之意。故选D。
35．细节理解题。根据第四段“Diana Chong reached Proscia, who offered to ship the keys to her overnight. But Proscia could not find a delivery service open on Sunday or capable of sending them to her before Monday. (戴安娜·钟找到了普罗夏，他提出连夜将钥匙寄给她。但普罗夏找不到周日开放的快递服务，也找不到能在周一之前把它们送到她手里的快递服务。)”可知，当钟与普罗夏取得联系时，他的第一反应是寻找快递服务。故选C。
36．推理判断题。根据第一段“Vinny Proscia, 41, who works at Bagels 101 on Middle Country Road, has won praise for an unusual act of kindness to a family he hardly knew. (41岁的文森特·普罗夏在中岛一家百吉饼店101工作，他对一个几乎不认识的家庭做出了不寻常的善举，赢得了赞誉。)”第四段“That’s when Proscia, who had been working since 5 a.m., stepped up, telling his wife, Renee, that he was taking a road trip to Pennsylvania.(这时，从早上5点就开始工作的普罗夏挺身而出，告诉他的妻子蕾妮(，他要去宾夕法尼亚州自驾游。)”及全文可知，文章主要讲述了文森特·普罗夏是中岛一家百吉饼店的员工，周六，当一位顾客不小心把车钥匙留在店里时，他做出了最后的善举，驱车6个小时把钥匙送给顾客。从而推断，文森特·普罗夏有爱心且很热心。故选A。
37．B    38．D    39．C    40．A

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者和患阿尔茨海默病的父亲在诊所偶遇一位女士，这位女士的歌声把父亲从阿尔茨海默病中唤醒。
37．推理判断题。根据第二段中“I was concerned about how my father would react to the possible invasion of his space. He was 77 and had been living with Alzheimer’s disease for several years.  Since Alzheimers has a tendency to destroy a person’s patience, Dad had had a few challenging experiences in the past. I couldn’t help but think that this woman was playing with fire. (我很担心父亲对我可能侵犯他的私人空间会作何反应。他今年77岁，患有阿尔茨海默病已有多年。由于阿尔茨海默症会摧毁一个人的耐心，爸爸过去有过一些具有挑战性的经历。我不禁觉得这个女人是在玩火)”可知，作者担心父亲会如何应对可能侵犯他的空间的行为。因为患阿尔茨海默病，父亲有些缺乏耐心，过去与他人也有过一些不愉快的经历。再结合最后一段中的“Still, I watched for any signs of an outburst of anger. (尽管如此，我还是留意着任何愤怒爆发的迹象)”可推知，作者担心父亲会因这位女士坐在对面而生气。故选B项。
38．词句猜测题。根据划线词前的“no polite smile, no friendly nod. Just a stare. This lack of important acknowledgment didn’t(没有礼貌的微笑，没有友好的点头。只是看了一眼。这种缺乏重要的承认没有)”以及划线词后的“and her singing slowly got louder. (她的歌声慢慢地提高了)”可知，父亲的盯视一点也没有阻止这位女士的歌唱，她的歌声慢慢变大。由此可知，deter 的含义应是“使不做，阻止”，discourage“阻止，劝阻，打消……的念头”与之含义相近。故选D项。
39．推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Still, I watched for any signs of an outburst of anger. But he didn’t show any signs of an explosion. Instead, his face softened and he was starting to look entertained. (尽管如此，我还是留意着任何愤怒爆发的迹象。但他没有任何爆炸的迹象。相反，他的脸色变得柔和起来，开始显得很开心)”及“That was beautiful,’ he said. (“太美了，”他说)”可知，作者以为父亲会生气，但父亲没有表现出任何生气的迹象，相反，他的脸色变得柔和起来，他开始显得很开心，而且在歌曲结束时还给了积极的评价。由此推知，作者对父亲最后的表现应是感到很意外的。故选C项。
40．主旨大意题。综观全文可知，作者和患阿尔茨海默病的父亲在诊所偶遇一位女士，这位女士的歌声把父亲从阿尔茨海默病中唤醒，由此可知，A项A song awakens my father“一首歌唤醒了父亲”作本文标题最佳。故选A项。