1、.阅读理解I was just in France to visit my grandmother who is very dear to me.I dont get to cross the Atlantic very often, and shes now 96 years old, so every time I visit her, the two of us are very aware that it might be the last time we see each other.Last year, I did a series of short video interview
2、s about her life.I asked her what it was like growing up with her father in the 1910s, and living alone with two young children.I asked her about her greatest memories, and her favorite books, foods, etc.I learned a lot of amazing new things about her I had never known before.These were very intimat
3、e conversations, which made me know her better.This year, I did not really have questions and I only had a great desire to make her know how much I loved her.I cooked for her and read her stories.I gave her a foot massage (按摩), which was her first ever! Before leaving, I was looking for a way to lea
4、ve something meaningful behind besides the memory of our time together.Therefore, I wrote her five different love notes, and hid them in different places where I knew she would eventually find them.I left really joyously knowing that these cards would surely cheer her up after I left.She called me a
5、s I was travelling back to Paris to catch my plane back to the US and said,“I found your cards! By the time I discovered the last one, I was laughing out loud! Thank you so much, my sweetheart!”I smiled to myself,knowing she still had two more to go! It was Sunday, so my guess was that she had not c
6、hecked her mailbox and had not yet driven her car!本文是记叙文,作者讲述了自己去看望祖母的温馨回忆。1The underlined word “intimate” in Paragraph 2 probably means _.Aclose Binspiring Cimpressive Dusual答案:A解析:词义猜测题。根据第二段中的“growing up with her father in the 1910s,and living alone with two young children.I asked her about her g
7、reatest memories,and her favorite books,foods”可知,这是作者和祖母之间的亲密交谈,故选A。2What can be inferred from the passage?AThe author went to France to visit her grandmother very frequently.BThe author didnt expect her grandmother to find all the five cards.CThe author and her grandmother enjoyed the time they sta
8、yed together.DThe authors home is not far from her grandmothers.答案:C解析:推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Last year,I did a series of short video interviews about her life”,第三段中的“I cooked for her and read her stories.I gave her a foot massage(按摩),which was her first ever”以及“I wrote her five different love notes,and hid
9、them in different places where I knew she would eventually find them”等内容可知作者和祖母在一起时很充实快乐,故选C。3From the last paragraph, we know that _.AGrandmother found all the cards immediately the author leftBGrandmother had not checked her mailbox before the callCGrandmother always calls the author before she ge
10、ts on the airplaneDGrandmother does exercise by finding the cards答案:B解析:推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“I smiled to myself,knowing she still had two more to go!It was Sunday,so my guess was that she had not checked her mailbox and had not yet driven her car”可知,祖母以为她找到了最后一张卡片,其实还有两张她没找到,一张藏在信箱里,另一张藏在车里,由此推断,祖母在打电话前
11、没有看信箱,故选B。4What might be the best title of the passage?AThe Wonderful Time with GrandmotherBThe Meaningful Love NotesCThe Person Who Influences Me MostDThe Family Has an Old, a Treasure答案:A解析:标题归纳题。作者讲述了自己去法国看望祖母,和祖母在一起聊天谈心,彼此都很快乐。“和祖母在一起的美好时光”概括了文章主要内容,故选A。.七选五根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余
12、选项。Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? _1_ The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy.Your moods will very likely increase if you ar
13、e going after something you value.Surround yourself with happy people.It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way._2_When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity.Truly happy people dont allow setbacks
14、to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor._3_These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness._4_Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take
15、 a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously(下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness.Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.Keeping healthy is
16、another way to achieve happiness._5_AWhat makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.BBeing overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood.COn the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be i
17、nfectious.DThese are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.ESpend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.FThere are some tips in life that lead to happiness.GIts also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yours
18、elf.本文就保持心情愉快给出了一些建议。1D解析:根据“Are you truly happy?Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?”及下文的建议可知这是寻求快乐的人所问的问题。2C解析:根据“It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way.”可知当你周围是消极的人时你就会感到消极,反之则相反,从而可知情感是传染的,会受周围人的情
19、绪影响。3E解析:根据“These few minutes will give you the opportunity”可知E项“每天花几分钟考虑一下让你开心的事情”符合语境。4G解析:根据“treat yourself to lunch,take a long,relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance”可知每天花时间做一些让自己心情好起来的事情。5B解析:根据“Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.”可知健康能让人的情绪变好,而吃些不健康的食物会让人情绪不好。