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专题08 家人和亲人-备战高考英语阅读理解热点话题分类训练（高考模拟真题+名校最新真题）
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这是一份专题08 家人和亲人-备战高考英语阅读理解热点话题分类训练（高考模拟真题+名校最新真题），共20页。
（2021·浙江·高考真题）At the start f the 20th century, an American engineer named Jhn Elfreth Watkins made predictins abut life tday. His predictins abut slwing ppulatin grwth, mbile phnes and increasing height were clse t the mark. But he was wrng in ne predictin: that everybdy wuld walk 10 miles a day.
Tday, in Australia, mst children n average fall 2, 000 steps shrt f the physical activity they need t avid being verweight. In the early 1970s, 40 per cent f children walked t schl, while in 2010, it was as lw as 15 per cent.
The decline is nt because we have all becme lazy. Families are pressed fr time, many with bth parents wrking t pay fr their huse, ften wrking hurs nt f their chsing, living in car-dependent neighbrhds with limited public transprt.
The ther side f the cin is equally a deprivatin: fr health and well-being, as well as lst pprtunities（机会）fr children t get t knw their lcal surrundings. And fr parents there are lst pprtunities t walk and talk with their yung schlar abut their day.
Mst parents will have eagerly asked their child abut their day, nly t meet with a “gd”, quickly fllwed by "I'm hungry". This is als my experience as a mther. But smewhere ver the daily walk mre abut my sn's day cmes ut. I hear him making sense f friendship and its limits. This is the unexpected and rare parental pprtunity t hear mre.
Many primary schls supprt walking schl-bus rutes, with days f regular, parent-accmpanied walks. Ding just ne f these a few times a week is better than nthing. It can be tugh t begin and takes a little planning-running shes by the frnt dr, lunches made the night befre, umbrellas n rainy days and hats n ht nes-but it's certainly wrth trying.
1．Why des the authr mentin Watkins' predictins in the first paragraph?
A．T make cmparisns.B．T intrduce the tpic.
C．T supprt her argument.D．T prvide examples.
2．What has caused the decrease in Australian children's physical activity?
A．Plain laziness.B．Health prblems.
C．Lack f time.D．Security cncerns.
3．Why des the authr find walking with her sn wrthwhile?
A．She can get relaxed after wrk.B．She can keep physically fit.
C．She can help with her sn's study.D．She can knw her sn better.
（2022·湖北·恩施市第一中学模拟预测）A new study suggested that sme grandmthers may hld a deeper bnd with their grandchildren than their wn children. James Riling f Emry University in Atlanta published the study in The Ryal Sciety last week. His team surveyed 50 grandmthers with at least ne bilgical grandchild between three and twelve years ld. They als measured the brain functin as the participants viewed pictures f their grandchild, an unknwn child, the same sex parent f the grandchild and an unknwn adult.
Researchers fund that grandmthers viewing grandchild pictures activated parts f the brain that invlved emtinal empathy and mvement. In cntrast, the study als fund that when grandmthers viewed images f their adult child, they shwed strnger activatin in an area f the brain assciated with cgnitive empathy (认知同理心). That indicates they may be trying t cgnitively understand what their adult child is thinking r feeling, but nt as much frm the emtinal side.
Cmpared with results frm an earlier study by the Rilling lab f fathers viewing phts f their Children, results shwed that grandmthers activated mre parts f the brain that invlved emtinal empathy and mtivatin. That suggests that grandmthers are intended t feel what their grandchildren are feeling when they interact with them.
“In many scieties, grandmthers are imprtant caregivers, and their investment is ften assciated with imprved grandchild well-being,” the study’s authrs wrte. It’s part f the reasn why the US celebrates Grandparents’ Day each year n the first Sunday after Labr Day in September. Frmer President Jimmy Carter signed the prclamatin (公告) in 1978. “Because they are usually free t lve and guide and befriend the yung withut having t take the daily respnsibility fr them, they can reach ut past pride and fear f failure and clse the space between generatins,” the prclamatin read.
4．What can be inferred abut the study?
A．200 children’s pictures are used.
B．Yung cuples culd be surveyed.
C．The participants’ brains are mnitred.
D．Bilgical child’s picture is sure t be viewed.
5．What might be grandparents ding if their grandchild is smiling?
A．Feeling the child’s jy.B．Feeling the child’s distress.
C．Trying t shw activatin.D．Trying t understand why.
6．Why des the authr mentin an earlier study in Paragraph 3?
A．T give a prf.B．T explain a rule.
C．T clarify a cncept.D．T intrduce a thery.
7．What des the last paragraph mainly talk abut cncerning grandparents?
A．Their received hnr.B．Their disadvantages.
C．Their respnsibility.D．Their cntributin.
（2022·广西·柳州高级中学模拟预测）Mm was a gd ck. Her hmemade chili sauce was secnd t nne, and the things she culd d with a chicken … well, it makes my muth water t think abut it. I nce ffered t make my sister Kathy’s bed fr a week if she wuld give me the last slice f tast made by Mm.
N dubt abut it, Mm was a great ck — mst f the time. If a beef steak was placed in her frying pan, she turned int the anti-ck. She culd turn that finest meat int a piece f hard prtein with the smell f she leather. Of curse, she really tried.
One day, my brther Bud tk me ut fr lunch in a ppular restaurant and he rdered beef steaks. Since he was paying, I thught I shuld have at least ne r tw bites. But when the waitress served ur steaks, I was surprised at hw gd they smelled. Suddenly I understd why thers spke f beef steaks lvingly. I wlfed dwn my steak. I was a brn-again beef-eater.
“Yu knw,” I said t Bud, “I used t think Mm was a great ck. But it’s hard t believe that her steaks came frm the same animal as these steaks.”
“Mm is really a great ck,” Bud said. “Think abut it. She grew up during the Great Depressin (大萧条). That’s when she learned t ck. Hw ften d yu think they had steaks? It is nly recently that they culd affrd t buy steaks. S it isn’t that she isn’t a gd ck.”
It’s that way with all f us, isn’t it? Even ur strengths have elements (成分) f weakness. That’s why great athletes still train and great actrs still practice. Greatness isn’t smething we are; it is smething we becme. And that prcess (过程) f becming includes learning and grwing thrugh bth success and failure.
8．What des the underlined sentence mean?
A．The authr’s mm was a really gd ck.
B．The authr lved his family members very much.
C．Mm lved Kathy mre than the authr.
D．The tast made by Mm was the authr’s favrite fd.
9．Hw did that eating in the restaurant affect the authr?
A．He realized that beef was the best meat.
B．He started t like hme-made beef steaks.
C．He wuld eat beef steaks nly in that restaurant.
D．He didn’t think beef steaks were terrible fd anymre.
10．Why culdn’t the authr’s mm ck beef steaks well?
A．She seldm ate meat when she was yung.B．She had little experience in cking them.
C．She culdn’t affrd gd beef at that time.D．She actually wasn’t a gd ck.
11．What message des the text want t give?
A．One is never t ld t learn.B．Failure is the mther f success.
C．Greatness still needs learning and grwing.D．Everyne has bth strengths and weaknesses.
（2022·北京·人大附中三模）Is there a magic cutff perid when children becme respnsible fr their wn actins? Is there a wnderful mment when parents can becme spectatrs in the lives f their children and shrug, “It’s their life,” and feel nthing?
When I was in my twenties, I std in a hspital passage waiting fr dctrs t put a few stitches (缝线) in my sn’s head. I asked, “When d yu stp wrry?” The nurse said, “When they get ut f the accident stage.” My mther just smiled faintly and said nthing.
When I was in my thirties, I sat n a little chair in a classrm and heard hw ne f my children talked cntinually and disrupted the class. As if t read my mind, a teacher said. “Dn’t wrry, they all g thrugh this stage and then yu can sit back, relax and enjy them.” My mther just smiled faintly and said nthing.
When I was in my frties, I spent a lifetime waiting fr the phne t ring, the cars t cme hme, the frnt dr t pen. A friend said, “They’re trying t find themselves. Dn’t wrry, in a few years, yu can stp wrrying. They’ll adults.” My mther just smiled faintly and said nthing.
By the time I was 50, I was sick and tired f being weak. I was still wrrying ver my children, but there was a new wrinkle, there was nthing I culd d abut it. My mther just smiled faintly and said nthing.
I cntinued t suffer frm their failures, and be absrbed in their disappintments. My friends said that when my kids gt married, I culd stp wrrying and lead my wn life. I wanted t believe that, but I was haunted by my mther’s warm smile and her ccasinal “Yu lk pale. Are yu all right? Call me the minute yu get hme. Are yu depressed abut smething?” Can it be that parents are sentenced t a lifetime f wrry?
One f my children telephned me last mnth, saying, “Where were yu? I’ve been calling fr three days, and n ne answered. I was wrried.”
I smiled a warm smile.
12．The authr intends t tell us in the passage that ________.
A．parents lng fr a perid when they n lnger wrry abut their children
B．there is n time when parents have n wrry abut their children
C．it’s parents’ duty t wrry abut their children
D．parents dn’t have t wrry their children
13．The authr mentined her ages f twenties, thirties, frties and fifty in rder t shw ________.
A．the hard times she experienced in her life
B．the different stages f her children
C．she had been wrrying abut her children in her life
D．the supprt she received frm her mther
14．What can we infer frm the last sentence “I smiled a warm smile”?
A．Finally the mther didn’t have t wrry abut her children.
B．The mther was pleased that her child began t wrry abut her, t.
C．At last the mther culd live her wn life withut wrry.
D．The mther felt satisfied that she had succeeded in turning her children int adults.
（2022·河南·通许县第一高级中学模拟预测）One day, my wife and I were listening t Disney sngs with ur tw little girls when the rmantic lve sng I See the Light came n. I walked ver t my wife, wh was in the kitchen, tk her in my arms and started dancing with her slwly. I culd tell it caught her ff-guard and embarrassed her a little. Thankfully, she stayed in my arms and danced with me anyway. As the sng apprached the final chrus, I suddenly realized we weren’t alne. Our daughters were standing there watching us in silence.
The sng apprached the end and as the strings played the last ntes, I decided t give the girls a Hllywd ending. I tk my wife’s face in my hands and kissed her. After I pulled away, I lked ver and saw my elder daughter’s face lit up with admiratin, and her eyes filled with tears. Then she came ver, buried her face in my wife’s legs. and cried.
“Why are yu crying?” my wife asked.
My daughter was at a lss fr wrds, s I tried a different angle.
“Can yu at least give me ne wrd t describe hw yu’re feeling?” I asked.
My daughter paused, lked up at us and said,“Lved.”
It reminded me f seeing my dad kiss my mm, leaving me feeling pleasantly embarrassed as a child. I wanted t watch them kiss each ther and hide my face at the same time. And while there were n wrds t describe hw I felt at the time, lking back, I knw what it was: I felt lved.
Never verlk the pwer f yur lve fr yur spuse (配偶). Yur kids are watching as yu smile and give each ther a kiss when yu say gdbye t each ther in the mrning. They’re listening when yu praise ne anther. Shwing marital lve in frnt f ur children is a unique chance t be bth a gd parent and a gd spuse.
15．What were the authr’s daughters ding while he was dancing with his wife?
A．Cking in the kitchen.B．Watching a Disney film.
C．Lking at them silently.D．Exchanging lving kisses.
16．Why did the authr’s elder daughter cry?
A．She was desperate t be kissed by her mm.B．She hated it when her dad kissed her mm.
C．She felt deeply tuched by her parents’ lve.D．She thught her dad cmpletely ignred her.
17．Hw did the authr as a kid feel when seeing his dad kiss his mm?
A．Prud and calm.B．Sad and ashamed.C．Interested but annyed.D．Embarrassed but pleased.
18．What des the authr mst prbably suggest parents d at last?
A．Remember t praise their children in public.B．Avid clse cntact in frnt f their children.
C．Set a gd example in terms f gd manners.D．Shw their lve fr each ther t their children.
（2022·山东淄博·三模）Althugh it may be uncmfrtable t admit, many parents play favrites amng their children. Is that “bad” parenting? Having a favrite child might be the greatest tab (禁忌) f parenthd, yet research shws that the majrity f parents d indeed have a favrite.
With plenty f evidence t suggest that being the least-favred child can fundamentally shape the persnality and lead t sibling (兄弟姐妹) cmpetitins, it’s n wnder that parents might wrry abut letting their preferences slip.
“Data suggests that mthers, in particular, shw favritism t children wh have similar values t them and that engage mre with family, ver qualities such as being highly ambitius r career driven.” says Jessica Griffin, an assciate prfessr at the University f Massachusetts.
In ne study, up t 74% f mthers and 70% f fathers in the UK have been shwn t exhibit preferential treatment twards ne child. Parents admitting having a favrite child shwed an verwhelming preference twards the baby f the family, with 62% f parents wh have several children preferring their yungest. Griffin says that a favritism twards a yungest child is ften t d with the scial and emtinal skills assciated with birth rder — as parents gain mre practice in child-raising, they have a better idea f hw they want t shape the childhd f the children, and what qualities are mst imprtant t pass n.
“Children wh grw up in families where they feel that they are treated unfairly may experience a deep sense f unwrthiness,” says Griffin. “They might feel that they are unlvable in sme way. But fr mst parents, their wrries are misplaced. In fact, in mst cases children might nt even knw that their parents prefer their sibling in the first place. In ne study, a shcking fur ut f five claimed that their sibling was favred ver them — a seemingly imprbable statistic.
Griffin argues that it’s perfectly OK fr parents t have favrites. “The imprtant thing t remember is that having a favrite child des nt mean that yu lve yur ther children less.” Griffin says.
19．What des the underlined wrd “slip” in secnd paragraph mean？
A．Cause truble.B．Make n difference.
C．Bring benefits.D．Becme bvius.
20．Why wuld mst parents shw favritism t the yungest?
A．Their scial skills are much better.
B．They want t pass n mre knwledge t it.
C．Their childhd experience gives them mre ideas.
D．They have learned mre abut hw t raise a child.
21．Hw will the children act when they are treated unfairly?
A．Cmpete with each ther.B．Turn a deaf ear t it.
C．Becme self-denying.D．Be annying.
22．What’s Griffin’s attitude twards parents’ favrites amng children?
A．Uncertain.B．Objective.C．Indifferent.D．Critical.
（2022·江苏南京·模拟预测）In 1990, during a perfrmance f my stage play, I became preccupied with ne particular member f the audience. While everybdy else laughed, there she sat, staring at the flr, with her fingers in her ears. I’ll never frget her lk f cmplete discmfrt.
That wman was my mther. Despite the fact I’d established myself as a humrist, my mther never fund me r my wrk particularly funny. She was my hardest critic. “Is Drew really that funny?” she’d ask family members.
T make matters wrse, the feeling was mutual (相互的): thugh ur scial circle swre that she was humrus, I never saw it. My mther was suppsedly very funny in her first language, Anishinaabemwin—an Indigenus (原住民的) language, but alas, I didn’t speak it. At family gatherings, when smebdy wuld say smething “funny” in Anishinaabemwin, she’d explain it t me. Smetimes the humur translated. Smetimes it didn’t.
Fr a while I was cnvinced I wuld never make her laugh. Then, in 2005, I succeeded. I had published a bk called Me Funny. In it were dzens f essays decnstructing Indigenus humur, alng with 50 s-called “Indian jkes” t break up the varius chapters. (Fr instance, “Why d Native peple hate snw? Because it’s white and all ver ur land.”) She laughed hard and declared, “Ww, that was funny!”
In 2009, my mther passed away at the age f 77. During the funeral, in the tears, family member after family member gt up and recunted things she had dne and said ver the years. T my surprise, I fund myself laughing. Suddenly I remembered a mment frm the early ‘90s, when my mther asked me, cmpletely serius, what “wie” meant in French. I struggled t cme up with an answer until I spelled it ut in my mind: ui (“yes” in English).
Mre and mre stries abut her surfaced. We laughed as we remembered her. I culdn’t see my mther’s frest fr my wn trees. I wish I culd have shared thse laughs with her while she was alive, but I’m glad I finally made the cnnectin.
23．What prevented the authr and his mther frm understanding each ther’s humur?
A．Language barriers.
B．The authr’s unique jb.
C．Mm’s critical persnality.
D．Views f Indigenus peple.
24．Why did the authr laugh at mther’s funeral?
A．He tried t fit in his Indigenus family.
B．He recalled amusing mments abut mm.
C．He wanted t hide his sadness ver mther’s death.
D．He intended his laugh t make mther rest in peace.
25．What des the underlined sentence mean?
A．The authr learned frm mther a very imprtant life lessn.
B．The authr failed t relate t his mther frm her perspective.
C．The authr finally understd mther’s sense f humur better.
D．The authr didn’t write enugh humrus bks t make mther laugh.
26．Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A．Am I funny?B．Why isn’t Mm laughing?
C．What’s s funny?D．Des laughter have an accent?
（2022·浙江杭州·模拟预测）It had been my first Christmas withut Clyde. We had celebrated ur frty-ninth wedding anniversary while he was ill. There were many beautiful memries. One was Clyde’s cards.
When we were first married, we had much t learn abut expressing emtins, as neither f ur families spke abut their feelings. Greeting cards were a great way t cmmunicate with each ther. Clyde gt cards fr all the special hlidays like Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Mther’s Day. Smetimes, he gave me cards fr n reasn ther than t say, “I lve yu.” It brightened my day when I awke in the mrning t find a card n my pillw r n the cffeemaker. Oh, hw I missed thse beautiful r funny cards. He always separated his name between the y and d. It made me sad t knw I wuld never get anther card signed Cly de.
One day, I went int a Gdwill Stre just befre clsing time. I had just picked up a bk titled Smene Cares when the vice n the ludspeaker blared ut, “The stre is clsing fr the day...” Having t rush t the checkut, I made a quick decisin t purchase it.
Back hme, I picked up my new bk. A bunch f cards fell int my lap frm inside the bk. Surprised, I began t read them. Mst f the cards seemed t be fr a mther, but there were als sme that appeared t be frm friends. I enjyed reading all f them.
The last ne said, “T My Wife n Mther’s Day.” The wrds and pictures n the card were similar t thse n cards Clyde had given me in the past. Lking dwn at the lwer part f the card, I was shcked t see the signature. It read Cly de with a space in the middle between the y and d just like my husband always signed his name. At that mment, I knew Clyde’s lve wuld always be with me. There wuldn’t be cards n my pillw r near the cffeemaker, but “Cly de” had fund a way t send me ne mre card when I needed it mst.
27．Why did Clyde send cards t his wife n every pssible ccasin?
A．He regarded it a gd way t cmmunicate.
B．He cntinued the cmmn practice f his family.
C．He knew his wife wuld be heart-brken fr his death.
D．He was an emtinal man enjying expressing feelings.
28．What d we knw abut the last special card the wife gt?
A．It had a style different frm the ld nes.
B．It arrived as expected after Clyde died.
C．It was bught frm a bkstre n Mther’s Day.
D．It was recgnized frm Clyde’s unique signature.
29．What is the best title fr the text?
A．Happy Memries.B．Lve frm Bks.
C．Special Delivery.D．Strange Hliday Gifts.
（2022·河南郑州·三模）My granddaughter entertains herself utside a clsed shp. I have n idea what day it is - I haven’t knwn fr 10 mnths. I have mved t a different city t prvide child care s that my daughter can wrk.
Everything I bserve these days is frm a yung child’s eye view. I must be experiencing time and place in a way I haven’t dne befre. I have let g f all the experiences we’re missing because I’m fcused n what matters t this child at any given mment. Puddles (水洼), bviusly. Rcks held lvingly in her small fist the whle way hme. Burying balls that have sailed ver the tennis curt fence and landed in the sandbx, and her face lighting up when they are dug up. Every single time.
My jb is t wait and watch. Let her try things, cmfrt her when she falls dwn, and keep her safe. Bring snacks, push her n a swing, but mstly let her be. Tell her the names f all the things she pints t. Take her hand when she ffers it because she is in a slightly unfamiliar area. The tw f us never hurry. This lifestyle change astnishes me every day.
Wh knws hw her new brain prcesses all this? I have been frced by circumstance int the arms f the peple I need t take care f me. Taking care f my granddaughter is a frnt. In fact, she gave me much mre.
In March 2020, I lst my yunger daughter. I can’t say it was entirely unexpected. My yunger daughter battled mental illness. She was nly 27 years ld. She put herself thrugh lng treatment prgrams t reduce her pain. It was as if the whle wrld went n leave with me. I had cmpany fr a few brief days after my yunger daughter’s death, and then I was alne. I signed up fr the varius things that might reduce my suffering. I went 15 weeks withut tuching anther persn.
Nw a very small girl waits fr me, watches me, cmfrts me, keeps me safe, and takes my hand.
30．Why has the authr lst track f time?
A．She feels bred with her present life.
B．She has suffered frm a mental disease.
C．She enjys being with her granddaughter.
D．She is in srrw ver the lss f her daughter.
31．The underlined wrd “frnt” in Paragraph 4 prbably means “________”
A．dealB．mustC．burdenD．cver
32．What is Paragraph 5 mainly abut?
A．The authr’s effrt t save her yunger daughter.
B．The measures taken t reduce the authr’s suffering.
C．The yunger daughter’s battle against mental illness.
D．The pain caused by an unbearable lss t the authr.
33．What des the authr want t express in this passage?
A．It’s a child wh has helped her t slwly recver.
B．Staying with grandchildren is a cmfrt fr elders.
C．Family members shuld help each ther ut f pain.
D．Physical separatin has harmful effects n ne’s health.
参考答案：
1．B
2．C
3．D
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章通过否定沃特金斯的预言，进而提出现在人们时间的紧缺和陪伴的重要性。
1．推理判断题。通过文章第二段“Tday: in Australia: mst children n average fall 2: 000 steps shrt f the physical activity they need t avid being verweight. In the early 1970s, 40 percent f children walked t schl while in 2010, it was as lw as15 percent.(今天：在澳大利亚：大多数孩子平均比避免超重所需的体力活动少了2000步。在上世纪70年代初，40%的孩子步行上学，而在2010年，这一比例降至15%)”说明作者根据沃特金斯的预言做了相关调查，并且写下了这篇文章。通读全文得知作者在第一段提到沃特金斯的预言，是为了介绍文章主题。故选B项。
2．细节理解题。通过文章第三段中“Families are pressed fr time: many with bth parents wrking t pay fr their huse, ften wrking hurs nt f their chsing, living in car-dependent neighbrhds with limited public transprt.(家庭时间紧迫：许多家庭的父母都在为房子买单而工作，工作时间往往不是他们自己选择的，他们住在公共交通有限的依赖汽车的社区)”可知，导致澳大利亚儿童体育活动的减少的原因是时间不够。故选C项。
3．细节理解题。通过文章倒数第二段中“But smewhere ver the daily walk mre abut my sn’s day cmes ut. I hear him making sense f friendship and its limits. This is the unexpected and rare parental pprtunity t hear mre.(但是，在每天散步的某个地方，更多关于我儿子日常的事情出现了。我听到他在理解友谊及其局限性。这是一个意想不到的难得的机会，家长听到更多)”说明作者觉得和儿子一起散步能让她更了解她的儿子。故选D项。
4．C5．A6．A7．D
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了一项研究的结果：祖母和孙辈之间的情感更加深厚。
4．推理判断题。根据第一段“They als measured the brain functin as the participants viewed pictures f their grandchild, an unknwn child, the same sex parent f the grandchild and an unknwn adult.(他们还测量了参与者在观看她们的孙辈、一个不认识的孩子、孙辈的同性父母和一个不认识的成年人的照片时的大脑功能)”可知，他们还会测量参与者的大脑功能，由此可推知参与者的大脑被监测。故选C项。
5．推理判断题。根据第二段“Researchers fund that grandmthers viewing grandchild pictures activated parts f the brain that invlved emtinal empathy and mvement.(研究人员发现，祖母观看孙辈的照片激活了大脑中涉及情感移情和运动的部分)”可知，祖母观看孙辈的照片时会激活她们大脑中有关情感同理心的部分，也就是说她们和孙辈会有情感上的共鸣，由此可知，当她们看到孙辈在笑时，她们能体会到孩子的快乐。故选A项。
6．推理判断题。根据第二段“Researchers fund that grandmthers viewing grandchild pictures activated parts f the brain that invlved emtinal empathy and mvement.(研究人员发现，祖母观看孙辈的照片激活了大脑中涉及情感移情和运动的部分)”以及第三段“Cmpared with results frm an earlier study by the Rilling lab f fathers viewing phts f their Children, results shwed that grandmthers activated mre parts f the brain that invlved emtinal empathy and mtivatin. That suggests that grandmthers are intended t feel what their grandchildren are feeling when they interact with them. (与瑞林实验室早些时候对父亲观看孩子照片的研究结果相比，结果显示祖母激活了大脑中更多涉及情感移情和动机的部分。这意味着祖母们想要感受到她们的孙辈与她们互动时的感受)”可知，祖母们看到孙辈的照片时，会激活大脑中的情感同理心部分，作者提到先前的研究是为了证明这一观点。故选A项。
7．主旨大意题。根据最后一段“In many scieties, grandmthers are imprtant caregivers, and their investment is ften assciated with imprved grandchild well-being,(在许多社会中，祖母是重要的照顾者，她们的付出往往与改善孙辈的福祉有关)”可知，本段主要讲述祖父母所做出的贡献。故选D项。
8．A
9．D
10．B
11．C
【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了作者觉得母亲是一位好厨师，可是唯独不会煎牛排，分析原因发现是因为母亲成长在“大萧条”时期，直到最后才能买得起牛排，从这件引起了作者的某些感慨。
8．句意猜测题。根据第一段第一、二句话“Mm was a gd ck. Her hmemade chili sauce was secnd t nne, and the things she culd d with a chicken … well, it makes my muth water t think abut it. (妈妈是个好厨师。她自制的辣椒酱是首屈一指的，而且她用鸡肉做的东西……嗯，一想到它我就流口水了)”可知，本段主要介绍妈妈做的饭非常好吃，所以划线的句子“I nce ffered t make my sister Kathy’s bed fr a week if she wuld give me the last slice f tast made by Mm(我曾经提议，如果我妹妹凯西愿意给我妈妈做的最后一片吐司，我可以为她铺床一周)”也是在强调妈妈是个好厨师。故选A。
9．推理判断题。根据第二段第二、三句话“If a beef steak was placed in her frying pan, she turned int the anti-ck. She culd turn that finest meat int a piece f hard prtein with the smell f she leather.( 如果在她的煎锅里放一块牛排，她就会变成一个反烹饪者。她可以把最好的肉变成一块带有鞋革气味的坚硬的蛋白质)”以及第三段最后三句话“Suddenly I understd why thers spke f beef steaks lvingly. I wlfed dwn my steak. I was a brn-again beef-eater.(突然，我明白了为什么其他人喜欢谈论牛排。我狼吞虎咽地吃下了牛排。我是一个天生的肉食者)”可知，作者的妈妈是不会做牛排的，所以作者认为牛排很难吃。但是，去餐馆吃了一次牛排后，让作者惊讶的是牛排非常的好吃。由此可推知，作者认为牛排不再是糟糕的食物了。故选D。
10．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“'Mm is really a great ck,' Bud said. 'Think abut it. She grew up during the Great Depressin (大萧条). That’s when she learned t ck. Hw ften d yu think they had steaks? It is nly recently that they culd affrd t buy steaks. S it isn’t that she isn’t a gd ck.'(巴德说：“妈妈真的是个很棒的厨师。”。“想想看。她是在大萧条时期长大的。那时她学会了做饭。你认为他们多久吃一次牛排？直到最近他们才买得起牛排。所以她并不是一个好厨师。”)”可知，作者的妈妈并没有多少做牛排的经验导致她做的牛排非常难吃。故选B。
11．推理判断题。根据最后一段“It’s that way with all f us, isn’t it? Even ur strengths have elements (成分) f weakness. That’s why great athletes still train and great actrs still practice. Greatness isn’t smething we are; it is smething we becme. And that prcess (过程) f becming includes learning and grwing thrugh bth success and failure.( 我们大家都是这样的，不是吗？即使是我们的优势也有弱点。这就是为什么伟大的运动员仍在训练，伟大的演员仍在练习。伟大不是我们自己；它是我们成为的东西。而成为的过程包括在成功和失败中学习和成长。)”可知，作者通过妈妈不会作牛排的经历告诉我们，变得伟大是需要不断在失败中学习和成长的。故选C。
12．B
13．C
14．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。以一名家长的视角阐述了一个道理：只要是家长都会关心和担心自己的孩子。
12．推理判断题。根据文章开头“Is there a magic cutff perid when children becme respnsible fr their wn actins?”(有没有一个神奇的截止期，让孩子们对自己的行为负责？)以及根据第二段中的“When I was in my twenties, I std in a hspital passage waiting fr dctrs t put a few stitches in my sn’s head.”(当我二十岁的时候，我站在医院的通道里，等着医生给我儿子的头上缝几针。)；和第三段中“When I was in my thirties, I sat n a little chair in a classrm and heard hw ne f my children talked cntinually and disrupted the class.”(30多岁的时候，我坐在教室的一把小椅子上，听到我的一个孩子不停地说话，扰乱了课堂。)；以及第四段中“When I was in my frties, I spent a lifetime waiting fr the phne t ring, the cars t cme hme, the frnt dr t pen.”(在我四十多岁的时候，我花了一辈子的时间等着电话铃响，等着车开回家，等着前门打开。)根据第五段“By the time I was 50, I was sick and tired f being weak. I was still wrrying ver my children”（到我50岁的时候，我生病了，身体虚弱。我还在担心我的孩子们）可知，作者身为家长，在每个年龄段都会对孩子时时牵挂。故选B。
13．推理判断题。根据第二段中的“When I was in my twenties, I std in a hspital passage waiting fr dctrs t put a few stitches in my sn’s head.”(当我二十岁的时候，我站在医院的通道里，等着医生给我儿子的头上缝几针。)；和第三段中“When I was in my thirties, I sat n a little chair in a classrm and heard hw ne f my children talked cntinually and disrupted the class.”(30多岁的时候，我坐在教室的一把小椅子上，听到我的一个孩子不停地说话，扰乱了课堂。)；以及第四段中“When I was in my frties, I spent a lifetime waiting fr the phne t ring, the cars t cme hme, the frnt dr t pen.”(在我四十多岁的时候，我花了一辈子的时间等着电话铃响，等着车开回家，等着前门打开。)，根据第五段“By the time I was 50, I was sick and tired f being weak. I was still wrrying ver my children”（到我50岁的时候，我生病了，身体虚弱。我还在担心我的孩子们）可知作者在提及各个年龄阶段，是为了说明无论孩子年龄多大，任何家长对子女的担心和关心都是始终如一的。C项与此符合，也与本文的主旨：每个家长都会关心和担心自己的孩子，相符。故选C。
14．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“One f my children telephned me last mnth, saying, Where were yu? I’ve been calling fr three days, and n ne answered. I was wrried.”(上个月，我的一个孩子打电话问我：“你在哪里？”我打了三天电话，没人接，我是很担心的。)可知，作者的孩子开始关心和担心作者了，作者觉到孩子们懂事了长大了，因此很开心。故选B。
15．C
16．C
17．D
18．D
【导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者在听到一首情歌的时候有感而发，主动与妻子共舞并最终亲吻了妻子，这些都被女儿们看在眼里。大女儿为父母浓浓的爱而感动到落泪。作者认为，父母之间相互表达爱意也会让孩子感受到被爱。
15．细节理解题。根据第一段中“Thankfully, she stayed in my arms and danced with me anyway. As the sng apprached the final chrus, I suddenly realized we weren’t alne. Our daughters were standing there watching us in silence.”（谢天谢地，她留在了我的怀里，和我一起跳舞。当这首歌接近最后的副歌部分时，我突然意识到我们并不孤单。女儿们站在那里，默默地看着我们。）可知，当作者与妻子共舞时，两个女儿正在静静地看着他们夫妻俩。故选C项。
16．推理判断题。根据第二段中“After I pulled away, I lked ver and saw my elder daughter s face lit up with admiratin, and her eyes filled with tears. Then she came ver, buried her face in my wife’s legs, and cried.”（我把车开走后，回头一看，大女儿的脸上露出赞赏的神色，眼里噙满了泪水。然后她走了过来，把脸埋在我妻子的腿上，哭了。）及第六段“My daughter paused, lked up at us and said, “Lved.””（我女儿停顿了一下，抬头看着我们，说：“我爱你。”）可推断，大女儿哭泣是因为她被父母之间浓浓的爱意深深地触动了。故选C项。
17．细节理解题。根据第七段中“It reminded me f seeing my dad kiss my mm, leaving me feeling pleasantly embarrassed as a child. I wanted t watch them kiss each ther and hide my face at the same time.”（这让我想起了看到我爸爸吻我妈妈的情景，让我感觉像个孩子一样愉快而尴尬。我想看他们亲吻对方的同时把我的脸藏起来。）可知，小时候的作者看到父亲亲吻母亲的时候会感到有点尴尬但同时也感到开心。故选D项。
18．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Never verlk the pwer f yur lve fr yur spuse (配偶).”（永远不要忽视你对配偶的爱的力量。）以及“Shwing marital lve in frnt f ur children is a unique chance t be bth a gd parent and a gd spuse.”（在我们的孩子面前展示婚姻的爱是一个独一无二的机会，让我们成为一个好父母和好配偶。）可推断，作者最有可能会建议父母在孩子面前展示夫妻之间的爱意。故选D项。
19．A
20．D
21．C
22．B
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了父母篇爱某一孩子这一现象，分析了其原因和影响，并给出建议。
19．词句猜测题。根据第二段“With plenty f evidence t suggest that being the least-favred child can fundamentally shape the persnality and lead t sibling (兄弟姐妹) cmpetitins, it’s n wnder that parents might wrry abut letting their preferences slip.(有大量证据表明，成为最不受青睐的孩子可以从根本上塑造这个孩子的性格，并导致兄弟姐妹之间的竞争，难怪父母会担心自己的偏好会slip)”可知，最不受父母青睐的孩子的性格会受到影响，甚至可能导致兄弟姐妹之间的竞争，鉴于此，结合划线词前wrry abut可推知，作为父母会担心自己的偏好被孩子察觉，害怕自己的偏好变得明显(becme bvius)。故选A项。
20．推理判断题。根据第四段“Griffin says that a favritism twards a yungest child is ften t d with the scial and emtinal skills assciated with birth rder — as parents gain mre practice in child-raising, they have a better idea f hw they want t shape the childhd f the children, and what qualities are mst imprtant t pass n.(格里芬说，偏袒一个最小的孩子往往与和出生顺序相关的社会和情感技能有关——因为父母在育儿方面获得了更多的实践，他们更清楚他们想要如何塑造孩子们的童年，需要传递的最重要的品质是什么)”可知，大多数父母偏爱最小的孩子是因为他们有了育儿经验，更了解如何抚养孩子。故选D项。
21．细节理解题。根据第五段“Children wh grw up in families where they feel that they are treated unfairly may experience a deep sense f unwrthiness(在感觉受到不公平对待的家庭中长大的孩子可能会有一种深深的自卑感)”可知，当孩子们受到不公平对待时，他们会有自卑感，进行自我否定。故选C项。
22．推理判断题。根据最后一段Griffin的话“The imprtant thing t remember is that having a favrite child des nt mean that yu lve yur ther children less.(重要的是要记住，拥有一个最喜欢的孩子并不意味着你对其他孩子的爱就会减少)”可推知，Griffin并不反对父母拥有一个最喜欢的孩子，但她提醒不能因此减少对其它孩子的爱，由此推知，Griffin对父母的偏爱持客观态度。故选B项。
23．A
24．B
25．B
26．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者和母亲一直对于对方的幽默不能理解，直到母亲逝世后，才发现是由于自己没有从母亲的角度去理解她。最后，作者希望能在母亲活着的时候和她分享那些笑声，但是作者最终理解了母亲的那些笑话，终于和母亲建立了联系。
23．细节理解题。根据第三段“T make matters wrse, the feeling was mutual : thugh ur scial circle swre that she was humrus, I never saw it. My mther was suppsedly very funny in her first language, Anishinaabemwin—an Indigenus language, but alas, I didn’t speak it. At family gatherings, when smebdy wuld say smething “funny” in Anishinaabemwin, she’d explain it t me. Smetimes the humur translated. Smetimes it didn’t.”(更糟糕的是，这种感觉是相互的：虽然我们的社交圈都说她很幽默，但我从来没有看到过。我的母亲在她的第一语言anishinaabemwin(一种土著语言)中被认为非常有趣，但是，唉，我不会说这种语言。在家庭聚会上，当有人用Anishinaabemwin说一些“有趣”的事情时，她会向我解释。有时幽默被翻译出来了。有时候没有。)可知，是语言障碍阻碍了作者和他的母亲相互理解对方的幽默。故选A项。
24．细节理解题。根据第五、六段中“During the funeral, in the tears, family member after family member gt up and recunted things she had dne and said ver the years. T my surprise, I fund myself laughing. Suddenly I remembered a mment frm the early ‘90s, when my mther asked me, cmpletely serius, what “wie” meant in French. I struggled t cme up with an answer until I spelled it ut in my mind: ui (“yes” in English) and mre stries abut her surfaced. We laughed as we remembered her.”(在葬礼上，一个又一个的家人哭着站起来，讲述她多年来做过的事情和说过的话。令我惊讶的是，我发现自己笑了。突然，我想起了90年代初的一个时刻，我母亲非常严肃地问我，“wie”在法语中是什么意思。我挣扎着想出一个答案，直到我在脑海中拼出来：ui(英语中的“是的”)越来越多关于她的故事浮出水面。想起她，我们都笑了。)可知，作者在母亲的葬礼上笑是因为他回忆起关于妈妈的有趣时刻。故选B项。
25．词义猜测题。根据第三段中“T make matters wrse, the feeling was mutual : thugh ur scial circle swre that she was humrus, I never saw it.”(更糟糕的是，这种感觉是相互的：虽然我们的社交圈都说她很幽默，但我从来没有看到过。)以及文章最后一句“I wish I culd have shared thse laughs with her while she was alive, but I’m glad I finally made the cnnectin.”(我希望我能在她活着的时候和她分享那些笑声，但我很高兴我终于建立了联系。)可知，作者在母亲活着的时候从没理解母亲的笑话，由此可推知，划线句子的意思是“作者没有从他母亲的角度去理解她。”故选B项。
26．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第二段中“Despite the fact I’d established myself as a humrist, my mther never fund me r my wrk particularly funny. She was my hardest critic. “Is Drew really that funny?” she’d ask family members.”(尽管我已经把自己塑造成一个幽默作家，但我母亲从未觉得我或我的作品特别有趣。她是我最严厉的批评家。“德鲁真的那么有趣吗?”她会问家人。)和第四段“Fr a while I was cnvinced I wuld never make her laugh. Then, in 2005, I succeeded. I had published a bk called Me Funny. In it were dzens f essays decnstructing Indigenus humur, alng with 50 s-called “Indian jkes” t break up the varius chapters. (Fr instance, “Why d Native peple hate snw? Because it’s white and all ver ur land.”) She laughed hard and declared, “Ww, that was funny!””(有一段时间，我确信我永远也逗不了她笑。2005年，我成功了。我出版了一本叫《我很有趣》的书。书中有几十篇文章解构了印第安人的幽默，还有50个所谓的“印第安笑话”，作为各个章节的分句。（例如，“为什么原住民讨厌雪?”因为它是白色的，遍布我们的土地。”）她大笑着说:“哇，真有趣!”)可知，文章一直在说作者和母亲关于幽默的事情，故可推知文章最好的标题为“什么事这么好笑？”。故选C项。
27．A
28．D
29．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者和克莱德之间通过寄贺卡沟通感情的故事。
27．细节理解题。根据第二段“When we were first married, we had much t learn abut expressing emtins, as neither f ur families spke abut their feelings. Greeting cards were a great way t cmmunicate with each ther.(当我们第一次结婚时，我们在表达情感方面需要学习很多，因为我们的家人都没有谈论他们的感受。贺卡是一种很好的沟通方式。)”可知，克莱德给妻子寄贺卡是因为他认为这是一种很好的沟通方式。故选A项。
28．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Lking dwn at the lwer part f the card, I was shcked t see the signature. It read Cly de with a space in the middle between the y and d just like my husband always signed his name. At that mment, I knew Clyde’s lve wuld always be with me.(我低头看着卡片的下半部分，看到上面的签名，我很震惊。上面写着Cly de，y和d之间有一个空格，就像我丈夫总是签他的名字一样。那一刻，我知道克莱德的爱将永远伴随着我。)”可知，作者通过克莱德的独特的签名辨认出了那张特殊的卡片。故选D项。
29．主旨大意题。根据第一段“There were many beautiful memries. One was Clyde’s cards.(有很多美好的回忆。一张是克莱德的卡片。)”以及最后一段“There wuldn’t be cards n my pillw r near the cffeemaker, but “Cly de” had fund a way t send me ne mre card when I needed it mst.(我的枕头上或咖啡机附近都不会有卡片，但Cly de找到了一种方法，在我最需要的时候再给我寄一张卡片。)”可知，文章主要讲述了作者和克莱德之间通过寄贺卡沟通感情的故事，所以“特快专递”可以作为文章标题。故选C项。
30．C
31．D
32．D
33．A
【导语】本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述作者在失去小女儿之后一度陷入悲伤，直到去照顾她的外孙女，心里才渐渐感到了一些安慰。
30．细节理解题。根据第一段“My granddaughter entertains herself utside a clsed shp. I have n idea what day it is - I haven’t knwn fr 10 mnths. I have mved t a different city t prvide child care s that my daughter can wrk.”(我的外孙女在一家关门的商店外自娱自乐。我不知道今天是什么日子，我已经10个月不知道了。我搬到另一个城市去照顾孩子，这样我的女儿就可以工作了。)可知，作者这10个月里面在照顾她的外孙女，所以不知道具体是什么日子。故选C。
31．词句猜测题。根据第四段第二三句“I have been frced by circumstance int the arms f the peple I need t take care f me. Taking care f my granddaughter is a frnt. In fact, she gave me much mre.”(我被迫投入需要照顾我的人的怀抱。照顾我外孙女只是个frnt。事实上，她给了我更多。)可知，frnt是个名词，是作者对照顾外孙女的行为的看法。作者认为，实际上不是她照顾外孙女，而是外孙女给了她更多的安慰，所以frnt的意思应该是“幌子”，和选项D意思一致。故选D。
32．主旨大意题。根据第五段“In March 2020, I lst my yunger daughter. I can’t say it was entirely unexpected. My yunger daughter battled mental illness. She was nly 27 years ld. She put herself thrugh lng treatment prgrams t reduce her pain. It was as if the whle wrld went n leave with me. I had cmpany fr a few brief days after my yunger daughter’s death, and then I was alne. I signed up fr the varius things that might reduce my suffering. I went 15 weeks withut tuching anther persn.”(2020年3月，我失去了我的小女儿。我不能说完全出乎意料。我的小女儿与精神疾病作斗争。她只有27岁。为了减轻疼痛，她对自己进行了长期的治疗。就好像整个世界都和我一起离开了。我的小女儿死后，有人陪了我几天，然后我就一个人了。我参加了各种可以减轻我痛苦的活动。我已经15周没碰过别人了。)可知，这一段主要讲述作者在失去小女儿之后经历的痛苦。故选D。
33．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Nw a very small girl waits fr me, watches me, cmfrts me, keeps me safe, and takes my hand.”(现在一个小女孩在等着我，看着我，安慰我，保护我，牵着我的手。)可知，文章主要讲述作者在失去小女儿之后一度陷入悲伤，直到去照顾她的外孙女，心里才渐渐感到了一些安慰，所以说是一个孩子帮助了她慢慢恢复。故选A。
（2021·浙江·高考真题）At the start f the 20th century, an American engineer named Jhn Elfreth Watkins made predictins abut life tday. His predictins abut slwing ppulatin grwth, mbile phnes and increasing height were clse t the mark. But he was wrng in ne predictin: that everybdy wuld walk 10 miles a day.
Tday, in Australia, mst children n average fall 2, 000 steps shrt f the physical activity they need t avid being verweight. In the early 1970s, 40 per cent f children walked t schl, while in 2010, it was as lw as 15 per cent.
The decline is nt because we have all becme lazy. Families are pressed fr time, many with bth parents wrking t pay fr their huse, ften wrking hurs nt f their chsing, living in car-dependent neighbrhds with limited public transprt.
The ther side f the cin is equally a deprivatin: fr health and well-being, as well as lst pprtunities（机会）fr children t get t knw their lcal surrundings. And fr parents there are lst pprtunities t walk and talk with their yung schlar abut their day.
Mst parents will have eagerly asked their child abut their day, nly t meet with a “gd”, quickly fllwed by "I'm hungry". This is als my experience as a mther. But smewhere ver the daily walk mre abut my sn's day cmes ut. I hear him making sense f friendship and its limits. This is the unexpected and rare parental pprtunity t hear mre.
Many primary schls supprt walking schl-bus rutes, with days f regular, parent-accmpanied walks. Ding just ne f these a few times a week is better than nthing. It can be tugh t begin and takes a little planning-running shes by the frnt dr, lunches made the night befre, umbrellas n rainy days and hats n ht nes-but it's certainly wrth trying.
1．Why des the authr mentin Watkins' predictins in the first paragraph?
A．T make cmparisns.B．T intrduce the tpic.
C．T supprt her argument.D．T prvide examples.
2．What has caused the decrease in Australian children's physical activity?
A．Plain laziness.B．Health prblems.
C．Lack f time.D．Security cncerns.
3．Why des the authr find walking with her sn wrthwhile?
A．She can get relaxed after wrk.B．She can keep physically fit.
C．She can help with her sn's study.D．She can knw her sn better.
（2022·湖北·恩施市第一中学模拟预测）A new study suggested that sme grandmthers may hld a deeper bnd with their grandchildren than their wn children. James Riling f Emry University in Atlanta published the study in The Ryal Sciety last week. His team surveyed 50 grandmthers with at least ne bilgical grandchild between three and twelve years ld. They als measured the brain functin as the participants viewed pictures f their grandchild, an unknwn child, the same sex parent f the grandchild and an unknwn adult.
Researchers fund that grandmthers viewing grandchild pictures activated parts f the brain that invlved emtinal empathy and mvement. In cntrast, the study als fund that when grandmthers viewed images f their adult child, they shwed strnger activatin in an area f the brain assciated with cgnitive empathy (认知同理心). That indicates they may be trying t cgnitively understand what their adult child is thinking r feeling, but nt as much frm the emtinal side.
Cmpared with results frm an earlier study by the Rilling lab f fathers viewing phts f their Children, results shwed that grandmthers activated mre parts f the brain that invlved emtinal empathy and mtivatin. That suggests that grandmthers are intended t feel what their grandchildren are feeling when they interact with them.
“In many scieties, grandmthers are imprtant caregivers, and their investment is ften assciated with imprved grandchild well-being,” the study’s authrs wrte. It’s part f the reasn why the US celebrates Grandparents’ Day each year n the first Sunday after Labr Day in September. Frmer President Jimmy Carter signed the prclamatin (公告) in 1978. “Because they are usually free t lve and guide and befriend the yung withut having t take the daily respnsibility fr them, they can reach ut past pride and fear f failure and clse the space between generatins,” the prclamatin read.
4．What can be inferred abut the study?
A．200 children’s pictures are used.
B．Yung cuples culd be surveyed.
C．The participants’ brains are mnitred.
D．Bilgical child’s picture is sure t be viewed.
5．What might be grandparents ding if their grandchild is smiling?
A．Feeling the child’s jy.B．Feeling the child’s distress.
C．Trying t shw activatin.D．Trying t understand why.
6．Why des the authr mentin an earlier study in Paragraph 3?
A．T give a prf.B．T explain a rule.
C．T clarify a cncept.D．T intrduce a thery.
7．What des the last paragraph mainly talk abut cncerning grandparents?
A．Their received hnr.B．Their disadvantages.
C．Their respnsibility.D．Their cntributin.
（2022·广西·柳州高级中学模拟预测）Mm was a gd ck. Her hmemade chili sauce was secnd t nne, and the things she culd d with a chicken … well, it makes my muth water t think abut it. I nce ffered t make my sister Kathy’s bed fr a week if she wuld give me the last slice f tast made by Mm.
N dubt abut it, Mm was a great ck — mst f the time. If a beef steak was placed in her frying pan, she turned int the anti-ck. She culd turn that finest meat int a piece f hard prtein with the smell f she leather. Of curse, she really tried.
One day, my brther Bud tk me ut fr lunch in a ppular restaurant and he rdered beef steaks. Since he was paying, I thught I shuld have at least ne r tw bites. But when the waitress served ur steaks, I was surprised at hw gd they smelled. Suddenly I understd why thers spke f beef steaks lvingly. I wlfed dwn my steak. I was a brn-again beef-eater.
“Yu knw,” I said t Bud, “I used t think Mm was a great ck. But it’s hard t believe that her steaks came frm the same animal as these steaks.”
“Mm is really a great ck,” Bud said. “Think abut it. She grew up during the Great Depressin (大萧条). That’s when she learned t ck. Hw ften d yu think they had steaks? It is nly recently that they culd affrd t buy steaks. S it isn’t that she isn’t a gd ck.”
It’s that way with all f us, isn’t it? Even ur strengths have elements (成分) f weakness. That’s why great athletes still train and great actrs still practice. Greatness isn’t smething we are; it is smething we becme. And that prcess (过程) f becming includes learning and grwing thrugh bth success and failure.
8．What des the underlined sentence mean?
A．The authr’s mm was a really gd ck.
B．The authr lved his family members very much.
C．Mm lved Kathy mre than the authr.
D．The tast made by Mm was the authr’s favrite fd.
9．Hw did that eating in the restaurant affect the authr?
A．He realized that beef was the best meat.
B．He started t like hme-made beef steaks.
C．He wuld eat beef steaks nly in that restaurant.
D．He didn’t think beef steaks were terrible fd anymre.
10．Why culdn’t the authr’s mm ck beef steaks well?
A．She seldm ate meat when she was yung.B．She had little experience in cking them.
C．She culdn’t affrd gd beef at that time.D．She actually wasn’t a gd ck.
11．What message des the text want t give?
A．One is never t ld t learn.B．Failure is the mther f success.
C．Greatness still needs learning and grwing.D．Everyne has bth strengths and weaknesses.
（2022·北京·人大附中三模）Is there a magic cutff perid when children becme respnsible fr their wn actins? Is there a wnderful mment when parents can becme spectatrs in the lives f their children and shrug, “It’s their life,” and feel nthing?
When I was in my twenties, I std in a hspital passage waiting fr dctrs t put a few stitches (缝线) in my sn’s head. I asked, “When d yu stp wrry?” The nurse said, “When they get ut f the accident stage.” My mther just smiled faintly and said nthing.
When I was in my thirties, I sat n a little chair in a classrm and heard hw ne f my children talked cntinually and disrupted the class. As if t read my mind, a teacher said. “Dn’t wrry, they all g thrugh this stage and then yu can sit back, relax and enjy them.” My mther just smiled faintly and said nthing.
When I was in my frties, I spent a lifetime waiting fr the phne t ring, the cars t cme hme, the frnt dr t pen. A friend said, “They’re trying t find themselves. Dn’t wrry, in a few years, yu can stp wrrying. They’ll adults.” My mther just smiled faintly and said nthing.
By the time I was 50, I was sick and tired f being weak. I was still wrrying ver my children, but there was a new wrinkle, there was nthing I culd d abut it. My mther just smiled faintly and said nthing.
I cntinued t suffer frm their failures, and be absrbed in their disappintments. My friends said that when my kids gt married, I culd stp wrrying and lead my wn life. I wanted t believe that, but I was haunted by my mther’s warm smile and her ccasinal “Yu lk pale. Are yu all right? Call me the minute yu get hme. Are yu depressed abut smething?” Can it be that parents are sentenced t a lifetime f wrry?
One f my children telephned me last mnth, saying, “Where were yu? I’ve been calling fr three days, and n ne answered. I was wrried.”
I smiled a warm smile.
12．The authr intends t tell us in the passage that ________.
A．parents lng fr a perid when they n lnger wrry abut their children
B．there is n time when parents have n wrry abut their children
C．it’s parents’ duty t wrry abut their children
D．parents dn’t have t wrry their children
13．The authr mentined her ages f twenties, thirties, frties and fifty in rder t shw ________.
A．the hard times she experienced in her life
B．the different stages f her children
C．she had been wrrying abut her children in her life
D．the supprt she received frm her mther
14．What can we infer frm the last sentence “I smiled a warm smile”?
A．Finally the mther didn’t have t wrry abut her children.
B．The mther was pleased that her child began t wrry abut her, t.
C．At last the mther culd live her wn life withut wrry.
D．The mther felt satisfied that she had succeeded in turning her children int adults.
（2022·河南·通许县第一高级中学模拟预测）One day, my wife and I were listening t Disney sngs with ur tw little girls when the rmantic lve sng I See the Light came n. I walked ver t my wife, wh was in the kitchen, tk her in my arms and started dancing with her slwly. I culd tell it caught her ff-guard and embarrassed her a little. Thankfully, she stayed in my arms and danced with me anyway. As the sng apprached the final chrus, I suddenly realized we weren’t alne. Our daughters were standing there watching us in silence.
The sng apprached the end and as the strings played the last ntes, I decided t give the girls a Hllywd ending. I tk my wife’s face in my hands and kissed her. After I pulled away, I lked ver and saw my elder daughter’s face lit up with admiratin, and her eyes filled with tears. Then she came ver, buried her face in my wife’s legs. and cried.
“Why are yu crying?” my wife asked.
My daughter was at a lss fr wrds, s I tried a different angle.
“Can yu at least give me ne wrd t describe hw yu’re feeling?” I asked.
My daughter paused, lked up at us and said,“Lved.”
It reminded me f seeing my dad kiss my mm, leaving me feeling pleasantly embarrassed as a child. I wanted t watch them kiss each ther and hide my face at the same time. And while there were n wrds t describe hw I felt at the time, lking back, I knw what it was: I felt lved.
Never verlk the pwer f yur lve fr yur spuse (配偶). Yur kids are watching as yu smile and give each ther a kiss when yu say gdbye t each ther in the mrning. They’re listening when yu praise ne anther. Shwing marital lve in frnt f ur children is a unique chance t be bth a gd parent and a gd spuse.
15．What were the authr’s daughters ding while he was dancing with his wife?
A．Cking in the kitchen.B．Watching a Disney film.
C．Lking at them silently.D．Exchanging lving kisses.
16．Why did the authr’s elder daughter cry?
A．She was desperate t be kissed by her mm.B．She hated it when her dad kissed her mm.
C．She felt deeply tuched by her parents’ lve.D．She thught her dad cmpletely ignred her.
17．Hw did the authr as a kid feel when seeing his dad kiss his mm?
A．Prud and calm.B．Sad and ashamed.C．Interested but annyed.D．Embarrassed but pleased.
18．What des the authr mst prbably suggest parents d at last?
A．Remember t praise their children in public.B．Avid clse cntact in frnt f their children.
C．Set a gd example in terms f gd manners.D．Shw their lve fr each ther t their children.
（2022·山东淄博·三模）Althugh it may be uncmfrtable t admit, many parents play favrites amng their children. Is that “bad” parenting? Having a favrite child might be the greatest tab (禁忌) f parenthd, yet research shws that the majrity f parents d indeed have a favrite.
With plenty f evidence t suggest that being the least-favred child can fundamentally shape the persnality and lead t sibling (兄弟姐妹) cmpetitins, it’s n wnder that parents might wrry abut letting their preferences slip.
“Data suggests that mthers, in particular, shw favritism t children wh have similar values t them and that engage mre with family, ver qualities such as being highly ambitius r career driven.” says Jessica Griffin, an assciate prfessr at the University f Massachusetts.
In ne study, up t 74% f mthers and 70% f fathers in the UK have been shwn t exhibit preferential treatment twards ne child. Parents admitting having a favrite child shwed an verwhelming preference twards the baby f the family, with 62% f parents wh have several children preferring their yungest. Griffin says that a favritism twards a yungest child is ften t d with the scial and emtinal skills assciated with birth rder — as parents gain mre practice in child-raising, they have a better idea f hw they want t shape the childhd f the children, and what qualities are mst imprtant t pass n.
“Children wh grw up in families where they feel that they are treated unfairly may experience a deep sense f unwrthiness,” says Griffin. “They might feel that they are unlvable in sme way. But fr mst parents, their wrries are misplaced. In fact, in mst cases children might nt even knw that their parents prefer their sibling in the first place. In ne study, a shcking fur ut f five claimed that their sibling was favred ver them — a seemingly imprbable statistic.
Griffin argues that it’s perfectly OK fr parents t have favrites. “The imprtant thing t remember is that having a favrite child des nt mean that yu lve yur ther children less.” Griffin says.
19．What des the underlined wrd “slip” in secnd paragraph mean？
A．Cause truble.B．Make n difference.
C．Bring benefits.D．Becme bvius.
20．Why wuld mst parents shw favritism t the yungest?
A．Their scial skills are much better.
B．They want t pass n mre knwledge t it.
C．Their childhd experience gives them mre ideas.
D．They have learned mre abut hw t raise a child.
21．Hw will the children act when they are treated unfairly?
A．Cmpete with each ther.B．Turn a deaf ear t it.
C．Becme self-denying.D．Be annying.
22．What’s Griffin’s attitude twards parents’ favrites amng children?
A．Uncertain.B．Objective.C．Indifferent.D．Critical.
（2022·江苏南京·模拟预测）In 1990, during a perfrmance f my stage play, I became preccupied with ne particular member f the audience. While everybdy else laughed, there she sat, staring at the flr, with her fingers in her ears. I’ll never frget her lk f cmplete discmfrt.
That wman was my mther. Despite the fact I’d established myself as a humrist, my mther never fund me r my wrk particularly funny. She was my hardest critic. “Is Drew really that funny?” she’d ask family members.
T make matters wrse, the feeling was mutual (相互的): thugh ur scial circle swre that she was humrus, I never saw it. My mther was suppsedly very funny in her first language, Anishinaabemwin—an Indigenus (原住民的) language, but alas, I didn’t speak it. At family gatherings, when smebdy wuld say smething “funny” in Anishinaabemwin, she’d explain it t me. Smetimes the humur translated. Smetimes it didn’t.
Fr a while I was cnvinced I wuld never make her laugh. Then, in 2005, I succeeded. I had published a bk called Me Funny. In it were dzens f essays decnstructing Indigenus humur, alng with 50 s-called “Indian jkes” t break up the varius chapters. (Fr instance, “Why d Native peple hate snw? Because it’s white and all ver ur land.”) She laughed hard and declared, “Ww, that was funny!”
In 2009, my mther passed away at the age f 77. During the funeral, in the tears, family member after family member gt up and recunted things she had dne and said ver the years. T my surprise, I fund myself laughing. Suddenly I remembered a mment frm the early ‘90s, when my mther asked me, cmpletely serius, what “wie” meant in French. I struggled t cme up with an answer until I spelled it ut in my mind: ui (“yes” in English).
Mre and mre stries abut her surfaced. We laughed as we remembered her. I culdn’t see my mther’s frest fr my wn trees. I wish I culd have shared thse laughs with her while she was alive, but I’m glad I finally made the cnnectin.
23．What prevented the authr and his mther frm understanding each ther’s humur?
A．Language barriers.
B．The authr’s unique jb.
C．Mm’s critical persnality.
D．Views f Indigenus peple.
24．Why did the authr laugh at mther’s funeral?
A．He tried t fit in his Indigenus family.
B．He recalled amusing mments abut mm.
C．He wanted t hide his sadness ver mther’s death.
D．He intended his laugh t make mther rest in peace.
25．What des the underlined sentence mean?
A．The authr learned frm mther a very imprtant life lessn.
B．The authr failed t relate t his mther frm her perspective.
C．The authr finally understd mther’s sense f humur better.
D．The authr didn’t write enugh humrus bks t make mther laugh.
26．Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A．Am I funny?B．Why isn’t Mm laughing?
C．What’s s funny?D．Des laughter have an accent?
（2022·浙江杭州·模拟预测）It had been my first Christmas withut Clyde. We had celebrated ur frty-ninth wedding anniversary while he was ill. There were many beautiful memries. One was Clyde’s cards.
When we were first married, we had much t learn abut expressing emtins, as neither f ur families spke abut their feelings. Greeting cards were a great way t cmmunicate with each ther. Clyde gt cards fr all the special hlidays like Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Mther’s Day. Smetimes, he gave me cards fr n reasn ther than t say, “I lve yu.” It brightened my day when I awke in the mrning t find a card n my pillw r n the cffeemaker. Oh, hw I missed thse beautiful r funny cards. He always separated his name between the y and d. It made me sad t knw I wuld never get anther card signed Cly de.
One day, I went int a Gdwill Stre just befre clsing time. I had just picked up a bk titled Smene Cares when the vice n the ludspeaker blared ut, “The stre is clsing fr the day...” Having t rush t the checkut, I made a quick decisin t purchase it.
Back hme, I picked up my new bk. A bunch f cards fell int my lap frm inside the bk. Surprised, I began t read them. Mst f the cards seemed t be fr a mther, but there were als sme that appeared t be frm friends. I enjyed reading all f them.
The last ne said, “T My Wife n Mther’s Day.” The wrds and pictures n the card were similar t thse n cards Clyde had given me in the past. Lking dwn at the lwer part f the card, I was shcked t see the signature. It read Cly de with a space in the middle between the y and d just like my husband always signed his name. At that mment, I knew Clyde’s lve wuld always be with me. There wuldn’t be cards n my pillw r near the cffeemaker, but “Cly de” had fund a way t send me ne mre card when I needed it mst.
27．Why did Clyde send cards t his wife n every pssible ccasin?
A．He regarded it a gd way t cmmunicate.
B．He cntinued the cmmn practice f his family.
C．He knew his wife wuld be heart-brken fr his death.
D．He was an emtinal man enjying expressing feelings.
28．What d we knw abut the last special card the wife gt?
A．It had a style different frm the ld nes.
B．It arrived as expected after Clyde died.
C．It was bught frm a bkstre n Mther’s Day.
D．It was recgnized frm Clyde’s unique signature.
29．What is the best title fr the text?
A．Happy Memries.B．Lve frm Bks.
C．Special Delivery.D．Strange Hliday Gifts.
（2022·河南郑州·三模）My granddaughter entertains herself utside a clsed shp. I have n idea what day it is - I haven’t knwn fr 10 mnths. I have mved t a different city t prvide child care s that my daughter can wrk.
Everything I bserve these days is frm a yung child’s eye view. I must be experiencing time and place in a way I haven’t dne befre. I have let g f all the experiences we’re missing because I’m fcused n what matters t this child at any given mment. Puddles (水洼), bviusly. Rcks held lvingly in her small fist the whle way hme. Burying balls that have sailed ver the tennis curt fence and landed in the sandbx, and her face lighting up when they are dug up. Every single time.
My jb is t wait and watch. Let her try things, cmfrt her when she falls dwn, and keep her safe. Bring snacks, push her n a swing, but mstly let her be. Tell her the names f all the things she pints t. Take her hand when she ffers it because she is in a slightly unfamiliar area. The tw f us never hurry. This lifestyle change astnishes me every day.
Wh knws hw her new brain prcesses all this? I have been frced by circumstance int the arms f the peple I need t take care f me. Taking care f my granddaughter is a frnt. In fact, she gave me much mre.
In March 2020, I lst my yunger daughter. I can’t say it was entirely unexpected. My yunger daughter battled mental illness. She was nly 27 years ld. She put herself thrugh lng treatment prgrams t reduce her pain. It was as if the whle wrld went n leave with me. I had cmpany fr a few brief days after my yunger daughter’s death, and then I was alne. I signed up fr the varius things that might reduce my suffering. I went 15 weeks withut tuching anther persn.
Nw a very small girl waits fr me, watches me, cmfrts me, keeps me safe, and takes my hand.
30．Why has the authr lst track f time?
A．She feels bred with her present life.
B．She has suffered frm a mental disease.
C．She enjys being with her granddaughter.
D．She is in srrw ver the lss f her daughter.
31．The underlined wrd “frnt” in Paragraph 4 prbably means “________”
A．dealB．mustC．burdenD．cver
32．What is Paragraph 5 mainly abut?
A．The authr’s effrt t save her yunger daughter.
B．The measures taken t reduce the authr’s suffering.
C．The yunger daughter’s battle against mental illness.
D．The pain caused by an unbearable lss t the authr.
33．What des the authr want t express in this passage?
A．It’s a child wh has helped her t slwly recver.
B．Staying with grandchildren is a cmfrt fr elders.
C．Family members shuld help each ther ut f pain.
D．Physical separatin has harmful effects n ne’s health.
参考答案：
1．B
2．C
3．D
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章通过否定沃特金斯的预言，进而提出现在人们时间的紧缺和陪伴的重要性。
1．推理判断题。通过文章第二段“Tday: in Australia: mst children n average fall 2: 000 steps shrt f the physical activity they need t avid being verweight. In the early 1970s, 40 percent f children walked t schl while in 2010, it was as lw as15 percent.(今天：在澳大利亚：大多数孩子平均比避免超重所需的体力活动少了2000步。在上世纪70年代初，40%的孩子步行上学，而在2010年，这一比例降至15%)”说明作者根据沃特金斯的预言做了相关调查，并且写下了这篇文章。通读全文得知作者在第一段提到沃特金斯的预言，是为了介绍文章主题。故选B项。
2．细节理解题。通过文章第三段中“Families are pressed fr time: many with bth parents wrking t pay fr their huse, ften wrking hurs nt f their chsing, living in car-dependent neighbrhds with limited public transprt.(家庭时间紧迫：许多家庭的父母都在为房子买单而工作，工作时间往往不是他们自己选择的，他们住在公共交通有限的依赖汽车的社区)”可知，导致澳大利亚儿童体育活动的减少的原因是时间不够。故选C项。
3．细节理解题。通过文章倒数第二段中“But smewhere ver the daily walk mre abut my sn’s day cmes ut. I hear him making sense f friendship and its limits. This is the unexpected and rare parental pprtunity t hear mre.(但是，在每天散步的某个地方，更多关于我儿子日常的事情出现了。我听到他在理解友谊及其局限性。这是一个意想不到的难得的机会，家长听到更多)”说明作者觉得和儿子一起散步能让她更了解她的儿子。故选D项。
4．C5．A6．A7．D
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了一项研究的结果：祖母和孙辈之间的情感更加深厚。
4．推理判断题。根据第一段“They als measured the brain functin as the participants viewed pictures f their grandchild, an unknwn child, the same sex parent f the grandchild and an unknwn adult.(他们还测量了参与者在观看她们的孙辈、一个不认识的孩子、孙辈的同性父母和一个不认识的成年人的照片时的大脑功能)”可知，他们还会测量参与者的大脑功能，由此可推知参与者的大脑被监测。故选C项。
5．推理判断题。根据第二段“Researchers fund that grandmthers viewing grandchild pictures activated parts f the brain that invlved emtinal empathy and mvement.(研究人员发现，祖母观看孙辈的照片激活了大脑中涉及情感移情和运动的部分)”可知，祖母观看孙辈的照片时会激活她们大脑中有关情感同理心的部分，也就是说她们和孙辈会有情感上的共鸣，由此可知，当她们看到孙辈在笑时，她们能体会到孩子的快乐。故选A项。
6．推理判断题。根据第二段“Researchers fund that grandmthers viewing grandchild pictures activated parts f the brain that invlved emtinal empathy and mvement.(研究人员发现，祖母观看孙辈的照片激活了大脑中涉及情感移情和运动的部分)”以及第三段“Cmpared with results frm an earlier study by the Rilling lab f fathers viewing phts f their Children, results shwed that grandmthers activated mre parts f the brain that invlved emtinal empathy and mtivatin. That suggests that grandmthers are intended t feel what their grandchildren are feeling when they interact with them. (与瑞林实验室早些时候对父亲观看孩子照片的研究结果相比，结果显示祖母激活了大脑中更多涉及情感移情和动机的部分。这意味着祖母们想要感受到她们的孙辈与她们互动时的感受)”可知，祖母们看到孙辈的照片时，会激活大脑中的情感同理心部分，作者提到先前的研究是为了证明这一观点。故选A项。
7．主旨大意题。根据最后一段“In many scieties, grandmthers are imprtant caregivers, and their investment is ften assciated with imprved grandchild well-being,(在许多社会中，祖母是重要的照顾者，她们的付出往往与改善孙辈的福祉有关)”可知，本段主要讲述祖父母所做出的贡献。故选D项。
8．A
9．D
10．B
11．C
【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了作者觉得母亲是一位好厨师，可是唯独不会煎牛排，分析原因发现是因为母亲成长在“大萧条”时期，直到最后才能买得起牛排，从这件引起了作者的某些感慨。
8．句意猜测题。根据第一段第一、二句话“Mm was a gd ck. Her hmemade chili sauce was secnd t nne, and the things she culd d with a chicken … well, it makes my muth water t think abut it. (妈妈是个好厨师。她自制的辣椒酱是首屈一指的，而且她用鸡肉做的东西……嗯，一想到它我就流口水了)”可知，本段主要介绍妈妈做的饭非常好吃，所以划线的句子“I nce ffered t make my sister Kathy’s bed fr a week if she wuld give me the last slice f tast made by Mm(我曾经提议，如果我妹妹凯西愿意给我妈妈做的最后一片吐司，我可以为她铺床一周)”也是在强调妈妈是个好厨师。故选A。
9．推理判断题。根据第二段第二、三句话“If a beef steak was placed in her frying pan, she turned int the anti-ck. She culd turn that finest meat int a piece f hard prtein with the smell f she leather.( 如果在她的煎锅里放一块牛排，她就会变成一个反烹饪者。她可以把最好的肉变成一块带有鞋革气味的坚硬的蛋白质)”以及第三段最后三句话“Suddenly I understd why thers spke f beef steaks lvingly. I wlfed dwn my steak. I was a brn-again beef-eater.(突然，我明白了为什么其他人喜欢谈论牛排。我狼吞虎咽地吃下了牛排。我是一个天生的肉食者)”可知，作者的妈妈是不会做牛排的，所以作者认为牛排很难吃。但是，去餐馆吃了一次牛排后，让作者惊讶的是牛排非常的好吃。由此可推知，作者认为牛排不再是糟糕的食物了。故选D。
10．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“'Mm is really a great ck,' Bud said. 'Think abut it. She grew up during the Great Depressin (大萧条). That’s when she learned t ck. Hw ften d yu think they had steaks? It is nly recently that they culd affrd t buy steaks. S it isn’t that she isn’t a gd ck.'(巴德说：“妈妈真的是个很棒的厨师。”。“想想看。她是在大萧条时期长大的。那时她学会了做饭。你认为他们多久吃一次牛排？直到最近他们才买得起牛排。所以她并不是一个好厨师。”)”可知，作者的妈妈并没有多少做牛排的经验导致她做的牛排非常难吃。故选B。
11．推理判断题。根据最后一段“It’s that way with all f us, isn’t it? Even ur strengths have elements (成分) f weakness. That’s why great athletes still train and great actrs still practice. Greatness isn’t smething we are; it is smething we becme. And that prcess (过程) f becming includes learning and grwing thrugh bth success and failure.( 我们大家都是这样的，不是吗？即使是我们的优势也有弱点。这就是为什么伟大的运动员仍在训练，伟大的演员仍在练习。伟大不是我们自己；它是我们成为的东西。而成为的过程包括在成功和失败中学习和成长。)”可知，作者通过妈妈不会作牛排的经历告诉我们，变得伟大是需要不断在失败中学习和成长的。故选C。
12．B
13．C
14．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。以一名家长的视角阐述了一个道理：只要是家长都会关心和担心自己的孩子。
12．推理判断题。根据文章开头“Is there a magic cutff perid when children becme respnsible fr their wn actins?”(有没有一个神奇的截止期，让孩子们对自己的行为负责？)以及根据第二段中的“When I was in my twenties, I std in a hspital passage waiting fr dctrs t put a few stitches in my sn’s head.”(当我二十岁的时候，我站在医院的通道里，等着医生给我儿子的头上缝几针。)；和第三段中“When I was in my thirties, I sat n a little chair in a classrm and heard hw ne f my children talked cntinually and disrupted the class.”(30多岁的时候，我坐在教室的一把小椅子上，听到我的一个孩子不停地说话，扰乱了课堂。)；以及第四段中“When I was in my frties, I spent a lifetime waiting fr the phne t ring, the cars t cme hme, the frnt dr t pen.”(在我四十多岁的时候，我花了一辈子的时间等着电话铃响，等着车开回家，等着前门打开。)根据第五段“By the time I was 50, I was sick and tired f being weak. I was still wrrying ver my children”（到我50岁的时候，我生病了，身体虚弱。我还在担心我的孩子们）可知，作者身为家长，在每个年龄段都会对孩子时时牵挂。故选B。
13．推理判断题。根据第二段中的“When I was in my twenties, I std in a hspital passage waiting fr dctrs t put a few stitches in my sn’s head.”(当我二十岁的时候，我站在医院的通道里，等着医生给我儿子的头上缝几针。)；和第三段中“When I was in my thirties, I sat n a little chair in a classrm and heard hw ne f my children talked cntinually and disrupted the class.”(30多岁的时候，我坐在教室的一把小椅子上，听到我的一个孩子不停地说话，扰乱了课堂。)；以及第四段中“When I was in my frties, I spent a lifetime waiting fr the phne t ring, the cars t cme hme, the frnt dr t pen.”(在我四十多岁的时候，我花了一辈子的时间等着电话铃响，等着车开回家，等着前门打开。)，根据第五段“By the time I was 50, I was sick and tired f being weak. I was still wrrying ver my children”（到我50岁的时候，我生病了，身体虚弱。我还在担心我的孩子们）可知作者在提及各个年龄阶段，是为了说明无论孩子年龄多大，任何家长对子女的担心和关心都是始终如一的。C项与此符合，也与本文的主旨：每个家长都会关心和担心自己的孩子，相符。故选C。
14．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“One f my children telephned me last mnth, saying, Where were yu? I’ve been calling fr three days, and n ne answered. I was wrried.”(上个月，我的一个孩子打电话问我：“你在哪里？”我打了三天电话，没人接，我是很担心的。)可知，作者的孩子开始关心和担心作者了，作者觉到孩子们懂事了长大了，因此很开心。故选B。
15．C
16．C
17．D
18．D
【导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者在听到一首情歌的时候有感而发，主动与妻子共舞并最终亲吻了妻子，这些都被女儿们看在眼里。大女儿为父母浓浓的爱而感动到落泪。作者认为，父母之间相互表达爱意也会让孩子感受到被爱。
15．细节理解题。根据第一段中“Thankfully, she stayed in my arms and danced with me anyway. As the sng apprached the final chrus, I suddenly realized we weren’t alne. Our daughters were standing there watching us in silence.”（谢天谢地，她留在了我的怀里，和我一起跳舞。当这首歌接近最后的副歌部分时，我突然意识到我们并不孤单。女儿们站在那里，默默地看着我们。）可知，当作者与妻子共舞时，两个女儿正在静静地看着他们夫妻俩。故选C项。
16．推理判断题。根据第二段中“After I pulled away, I lked ver and saw my elder daughter s face lit up with admiratin, and her eyes filled with tears. Then she came ver, buried her face in my wife’s legs, and cried.”（我把车开走后，回头一看，大女儿的脸上露出赞赏的神色，眼里噙满了泪水。然后她走了过来，把脸埋在我妻子的腿上，哭了。）及第六段“My daughter paused, lked up at us and said, “Lved.””（我女儿停顿了一下，抬头看着我们，说：“我爱你。”）可推断，大女儿哭泣是因为她被父母之间浓浓的爱意深深地触动了。故选C项。
17．细节理解题。根据第七段中“It reminded me f seeing my dad kiss my mm, leaving me feeling pleasantly embarrassed as a child. I wanted t watch them kiss each ther and hide my face at the same time.”（这让我想起了看到我爸爸吻我妈妈的情景，让我感觉像个孩子一样愉快而尴尬。我想看他们亲吻对方的同时把我的脸藏起来。）可知，小时候的作者看到父亲亲吻母亲的时候会感到有点尴尬但同时也感到开心。故选D项。
18．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Never verlk the pwer f yur lve fr yur spuse (配偶).”（永远不要忽视你对配偶的爱的力量。）以及“Shwing marital lve in frnt f ur children is a unique chance t be bth a gd parent and a gd spuse.”（在我们的孩子面前展示婚姻的爱是一个独一无二的机会，让我们成为一个好父母和好配偶。）可推断，作者最有可能会建议父母在孩子面前展示夫妻之间的爱意。故选D项。
19．A
20．D
21．C
22．B
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了父母篇爱某一孩子这一现象，分析了其原因和影响，并给出建议。
19．词句猜测题。根据第二段“With plenty f evidence t suggest that being the least-favred child can fundamentally shape the persnality and lead t sibling (兄弟姐妹) cmpetitins, it’s n wnder that parents might wrry abut letting their preferences slip.(有大量证据表明，成为最不受青睐的孩子可以从根本上塑造这个孩子的性格，并导致兄弟姐妹之间的竞争，难怪父母会担心自己的偏好会slip)”可知，最不受父母青睐的孩子的性格会受到影响，甚至可能导致兄弟姐妹之间的竞争，鉴于此，结合划线词前wrry abut可推知，作为父母会担心自己的偏好被孩子察觉，害怕自己的偏好变得明显(becme bvius)。故选A项。
20．推理判断题。根据第四段“Griffin says that a favritism twards a yungest child is ften t d with the scial and emtinal skills assciated with birth rder — as parents gain mre practice in child-raising, they have a better idea f hw they want t shape the childhd f the children, and what qualities are mst imprtant t pass n.(格里芬说，偏袒一个最小的孩子往往与和出生顺序相关的社会和情感技能有关——因为父母在育儿方面获得了更多的实践，他们更清楚他们想要如何塑造孩子们的童年，需要传递的最重要的品质是什么)”可知，大多数父母偏爱最小的孩子是因为他们有了育儿经验，更了解如何抚养孩子。故选D项。
21．细节理解题。根据第五段“Children wh grw up in families where they feel that they are treated unfairly may experience a deep sense f unwrthiness(在感觉受到不公平对待的家庭中长大的孩子可能会有一种深深的自卑感)”可知，当孩子们受到不公平对待时，他们会有自卑感，进行自我否定。故选C项。
22．推理判断题。根据最后一段Griffin的话“The imprtant thing t remember is that having a favrite child des nt mean that yu lve yur ther children less.(重要的是要记住，拥有一个最喜欢的孩子并不意味着你对其他孩子的爱就会减少)”可推知，Griffin并不反对父母拥有一个最喜欢的孩子，但她提醒不能因此减少对其它孩子的爱，由此推知，Griffin对父母的偏爱持客观态度。故选B项。
23．A
24．B
25．B
26．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者和母亲一直对于对方的幽默不能理解，直到母亲逝世后，才发现是由于自己没有从母亲的角度去理解她。最后，作者希望能在母亲活着的时候和她分享那些笑声，但是作者最终理解了母亲的那些笑话，终于和母亲建立了联系。
23．细节理解题。根据第三段“T make matters wrse, the feeling was mutual : thugh ur scial circle swre that she was humrus, I never saw it. My mther was suppsedly very funny in her first language, Anishinaabemwin—an Indigenus language, but alas, I didn’t speak it. At family gatherings, when smebdy wuld say smething “funny” in Anishinaabemwin, she’d explain it t me. Smetimes the humur translated. Smetimes it didn’t.”(更糟糕的是，这种感觉是相互的：虽然我们的社交圈都说她很幽默，但我从来没有看到过。我的母亲在她的第一语言anishinaabemwin(一种土著语言)中被认为非常有趣，但是，唉，我不会说这种语言。在家庭聚会上，当有人用Anishinaabemwin说一些“有趣”的事情时，她会向我解释。有时幽默被翻译出来了。有时候没有。)可知，是语言障碍阻碍了作者和他的母亲相互理解对方的幽默。故选A项。
24．细节理解题。根据第五、六段中“During the funeral, in the tears, family member after family member gt up and recunted things she had dne and said ver the years. T my surprise, I fund myself laughing. Suddenly I remembered a mment frm the early ‘90s, when my mther asked me, cmpletely serius, what “wie” meant in French. I struggled t cme up with an answer until I spelled it ut in my mind: ui (“yes” in English) and mre stries abut her surfaced. We laughed as we remembered her.”(在葬礼上，一个又一个的家人哭着站起来，讲述她多年来做过的事情和说过的话。令我惊讶的是，我发现自己笑了。突然，我想起了90年代初的一个时刻，我母亲非常严肃地问我，“wie”在法语中是什么意思。我挣扎着想出一个答案，直到我在脑海中拼出来：ui(英语中的“是的”)越来越多关于她的故事浮出水面。想起她，我们都笑了。)可知，作者在母亲的葬礼上笑是因为他回忆起关于妈妈的有趣时刻。故选B项。
25．词义猜测题。根据第三段中“T make matters wrse, the feeling was mutual : thugh ur scial circle swre that she was humrus, I never saw it.”(更糟糕的是，这种感觉是相互的：虽然我们的社交圈都说她很幽默，但我从来没有看到过。)以及文章最后一句“I wish I culd have shared thse laughs with her while she was alive, but I’m glad I finally made the cnnectin.”(我希望我能在她活着的时候和她分享那些笑声，但我很高兴我终于建立了联系。)可知，作者在母亲活着的时候从没理解母亲的笑话，由此可推知，划线句子的意思是“作者没有从他母亲的角度去理解她。”故选B项。
26．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第二段中“Despite the fact I’d established myself as a humrist, my mther never fund me r my wrk particularly funny. She was my hardest critic. “Is Drew really that funny?” she’d ask family members.”(尽管我已经把自己塑造成一个幽默作家，但我母亲从未觉得我或我的作品特别有趣。她是我最严厉的批评家。“德鲁真的那么有趣吗?”她会问家人。)和第四段“Fr a while I was cnvinced I wuld never make her laugh. Then, in 2005, I succeeded. I had published a bk called Me Funny. In it were dzens f essays decnstructing Indigenus humur, alng with 50 s-called “Indian jkes” t break up the varius chapters. (Fr instance, “Why d Native peple hate snw? Because it’s white and all ver ur land.”) She laughed hard and declared, “Ww, that was funny!””(有一段时间，我确信我永远也逗不了她笑。2005年，我成功了。我出版了一本叫《我很有趣》的书。书中有几十篇文章解构了印第安人的幽默，还有50个所谓的“印第安笑话”，作为各个章节的分句。（例如，“为什么原住民讨厌雪?”因为它是白色的，遍布我们的土地。”）她大笑着说:“哇，真有趣!”)可知，文章一直在说作者和母亲关于幽默的事情，故可推知文章最好的标题为“什么事这么好笑？”。故选C项。
27．A
28．D
29．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者和克莱德之间通过寄贺卡沟通感情的故事。
27．细节理解题。根据第二段“When we were first married, we had much t learn abut expressing emtins, as neither f ur families spke abut their feelings. Greeting cards were a great way t cmmunicate with each ther.(当我们第一次结婚时，我们在表达情感方面需要学习很多，因为我们的家人都没有谈论他们的感受。贺卡是一种很好的沟通方式。)”可知，克莱德给妻子寄贺卡是因为他认为这是一种很好的沟通方式。故选A项。
28．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Lking dwn at the lwer part f the card, I was shcked t see the signature. It read Cly de with a space in the middle between the y and d just like my husband always signed his name. At that mment, I knew Clyde’s lve wuld always be with me.(我低头看着卡片的下半部分，看到上面的签名，我很震惊。上面写着Cly de，y和d之间有一个空格，就像我丈夫总是签他的名字一样。那一刻，我知道克莱德的爱将永远伴随着我。)”可知，作者通过克莱德的独特的签名辨认出了那张特殊的卡片。故选D项。
29．主旨大意题。根据第一段“There were many beautiful memries. One was Clyde’s cards.(有很多美好的回忆。一张是克莱德的卡片。)”以及最后一段“There wuldn’t be cards n my pillw r near the cffeemaker, but “Cly de” had fund a way t send me ne mre card when I needed it mst.(我的枕头上或咖啡机附近都不会有卡片，但Cly de找到了一种方法，在我最需要的时候再给我寄一张卡片。)”可知，文章主要讲述了作者和克莱德之间通过寄贺卡沟通感情的故事，所以“特快专递”可以作为文章标题。故选C项。
30．C
31．D
32．D
33．A
【导语】本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述作者在失去小女儿之后一度陷入悲伤，直到去照顾她的外孙女，心里才渐渐感到了一些安慰。
30．细节理解题。根据第一段“My granddaughter entertains herself utside a clsed shp. I have n idea what day it is - I haven’t knwn fr 10 mnths. I have mved t a different city t prvide child care s that my daughter can wrk.”(我的外孙女在一家关门的商店外自娱自乐。我不知道今天是什么日子，我已经10个月不知道了。我搬到另一个城市去照顾孩子，这样我的女儿就可以工作了。)可知，作者这10个月里面在照顾她的外孙女，所以不知道具体是什么日子。故选C。
31．词句猜测题。根据第四段第二三句“I have been frced by circumstance int the arms f the peple I need t take care f me. Taking care f my granddaughter is a frnt. In fact, she gave me much mre.”(我被迫投入需要照顾我的人的怀抱。照顾我外孙女只是个frnt。事实上，她给了我更多。)可知，frnt是个名词，是作者对照顾外孙女的行为的看法。作者认为，实际上不是她照顾外孙女，而是外孙女给了她更多的安慰，所以frnt的意思应该是“幌子”，和选项D意思一致。故选D。
32．主旨大意题。根据第五段“In March 2020, I lst my yunger daughter. I can’t say it was entirely unexpected. My yunger daughter battled mental illness. She was nly 27 years ld. She put herself thrugh lng treatment prgrams t reduce her pain. It was as if the whle wrld went n leave with me. I had cmpany fr a few brief days after my yunger daughter’s death, and then I was alne. I signed up fr the varius things that might reduce my suffering. I went 15 weeks withut tuching anther persn.”(2020年3月，我失去了我的小女儿。我不能说完全出乎意料。我的小女儿与精神疾病作斗争。她只有27岁。为了减轻疼痛，她对自己进行了长期的治疗。就好像整个世界都和我一起离开了。我的小女儿死后，有人陪了我几天，然后我就一个人了。我参加了各种可以减轻我痛苦的活动。我已经15周没碰过别人了。)可知，这一段主要讲述作者在失去小女儿之后经历的痛苦。故选D。
33．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Nw a very small girl waits fr me, watches me, cmfrts me, keeps me safe, and takes my hand.”(现在一个小女孩在等着我，看着我，安慰我，保护我，牵着我的手。)可知，文章主要讲述作者在失去小女儿之后一度陷入悲伤，直到去照顾她的外孙女，心里才渐渐感到了一些安慰，所以说是一个孩子帮助了她慢慢恢复。故选A。
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