1、Using language.阅读理解AOne day while trying to print all the class worksheets we needed for the day, I found myself shouting at my printer in front of my son.“Why wont this stupid thing print？” I shouted.My son came up to me quietly, saying, “Calm down, Mommy.Maybe if you dont shout at the printer, it
2、will work.You need to have patience.”He was right.I needed patience patience with this whole situation.I stopped myself, realizing this was not the behavior I wanted my son to see.He was also right that I needed to calm down.Just like what I told him to do, I took a few deep breaths and walked away
3、from the collapsed printer.Later that day when we were outside, I tried to keep the sense of calm I had slightly achieved.Once I blocked out all the anxiety over the virus, school, and my work I found the afternoon peaceful and pleasant.I played flying disc with my son, simply enjoying each others c
4、ompany while the birds sang.It was an everyday moment Ill never take for granted again.From then on, things got a little easier.I started to give myself, and everyone else, some favour.I stopped holding myself to my perfectionism standards with every little thing because they were truly impossible t
5、o keep to.With that favour, I changed my focus.Getting every school worksheet done correctly is not important.Neither is cleaning the house.And, apart from getting fired, neither is my work.Spending time with my family, and staying healthy emotionally and physically, became my main concerns.We took
6、walks.We danced our hearts out during the Disney Family SingAlong.We got up early and walked secretly into our backyard with telescopes to bird watch.Who knows, birding may be the new hobby were never giving up.语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者因为打印机发生故障打不出表，在儿子面前大喊大叫，而儿子劝她保持冷静，也许事情就会出现转机，进而使作者悟出一个道理，停止追求完美会使生活变得更加
7、简单。1What did the authors son ask her to do?APrint later.BStop printing.CChange another printer. DStay calm.解析：选D细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的My son came up to me quietly, saying, “Calm down, Mommy.Maybe if you dont shout at the printer, it will work.You need to have patience.” 可知，作者的儿子让她保持冷静。故选D。2What does the un
8、derlined word “collapsed” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?ASensitive. BStubborn.CBrokendown. DUnfriendly.解析：选C词义猜测题。根据文章第一段中的 One day while trying to print all the class worksheets we needed for the day, I found myself shouting at my printer in front of my son.“Why wont this stupid thing print？” 可知，应该是
9、打印机发生了故障，因此可以猜测collapsed为“有故障的”，与brokendown同义。故选C。3How did the author make her life easier?ABy giving up dreams.BBy focusing on others.CBy stopping pursuing perfection.DBy paying little attention to work.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知，作者是通过停止追求完美使生活变得更简单了。故选C。4Which of the following does the author think most
10、 important?AWatching birds.BDoing house cleaning.CSeeking after her career.DFinishing school worksheets.解析：选A推理判断题。根据文章最后一段最后一句可推断，A选项的“观鸟”应该是作者认为最重要的事情。故选A。BIn 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur dAlene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never very far away.We arrived in
11、the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun.All that sunlight was fantastic for Moms vegetable garden.Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didnt care much about my bedtime.Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk.That left me in a mess.I usuall
12、y managed to find some trouble to get into.Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel.I had tried to light a barrel (桶) of paint but couldnt really get a good fire going.The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when I made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me.The p
13、olicemen took my matches and drove me home.Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me.I hadnt turned five yet.As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in.Would it surprise you to know that
14、 I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder (驾雪橇者), I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday.At the time I didnt realize what a superstar he was, but I do remember the ride well.I was w
15、rapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.In 1950, we moved back to Coeur dAlene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者回忆了自己童年
16、时的冒险经历。5What can be inferred about the authors family?AHis father was a cruel man.BHis parents didnt love him.CHis parents used to be very busy.DHis mother didnt have any jobs.解析：选C推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off和第三段中的Dad was a Railway Express agent an
17、d Mom was his clerk.That left me in a mess.可知，在铁路部门工作的父母忙于工作无暇顾及作者，由此判断作者的父母非常忙碌，故选C。6What happened when the author was four?AHe learned to smoke.BHe was locked in a basement.CHe was arrested by the police.DHe nearly caused a fire accident.解析：选D细节理解题。在文章第三段和第四段作者讲述了自己小时候玩火差点酿成火灾的事情，然后在第四段末尾提到“I hadn
18、t turned five yet.”可知，当作者四岁的时候他的淘气险些酿成火灾，故选D。7Which of the following is TRUE?ALeonhard was good at driving dog sleds.BThe author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.CLeonhard often visited the authors family after 1950.DThe author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.解析：选A细节理解题。根据文章第六段
19、中的As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder(驾雪橇者)可知，Leonhard Seppala以驾雪橇的高超技术而出名，故选A。8What is the authors purpose of writing the text?ATo look back on his childhood with adventures.BTo describe the extreme weather of Alaska.CTo express how much he misses Leonhard.DTo show off his pride in mak
20、ing trouble.解析：选A目的意图题。文章开头作者提到自己在四岁的时候，一家人搬到了阿拉斯加，在那里他的冒险生活就开始了，然后作者回忆了在那里发生的事情，可知本文主要讲述了作者小时候的事情，作者写这篇文章就是为了回忆童年的冒险经历，故选A。.完形填空I have grown up with pictures and shapes.Ever since I was a little girl, still 1 able to read, my mom would set me up on her lap and read childrens picture books for me.Sh
21、e would point to each picture, trace each line and tell me which shapes made the pictures up. 2 by the tracing of her finger, I would stare and concentrate my eyes to catch every 3 that her finger made and would listen for the name of the shape.If I 4 anything, I would beg her to repeat the page ove
22、r and over again, until I had the name and figure of the shape in my 5 .As I entered the second grade, my memorization of the shapes 6 with me.I learned new, complex shapes and my knowledge of shapes 7 to the point where my old picture books I had at home could no longer 8 my need for shapes.Instead
23、, I 9 the world as my new, 10 picture book and read each building, house and truck as rectangles (长方形)，squares with triangles and rectangles with circles on the bottom.If I could, I would go up to each object and follow the tracing 11 that my mom did when I was younger.Id take my finger and trace al
24、ong the outlines of the object and 12 what kind of shapes made it up.At school, during the 13 ， other kids would say playing dodge ball, but I would say playing spheres (圆球) 14 other kids saw a red wagon (马车)，I would break the wagon down in my mind into a rectangle and two circles.I was the only one
25、 that saw these “pictures” broken down into shapes, where as everyone else saw it as a 15 .Now that I am a senior in high school, I still see things in the same way.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了受母亲启蒙教育的影响，现在作者对事物的认识就是图片与形状。1A.hardlyBclearlyCconstantly Doccasionally解析：选A结合空前的 Ever since I was a little girl和空后的
26、my mom would set me up on her lap可知，此时作者很小，几乎不能(hardly)读书。故选A。2A.Annoyed BAttractedCConcerned DFrightened解析：选B从空后的by the tracing of her finger, I would stare and concentrate my eyes to catch .可知，作者被她手指的行踪所吸引(Attracted)。故选B。3A.shape BsignCsound Dmovement解析：选D根据空前的by the tracing of her finger可知，这里讲述她手
27、指的移动(movement)。故选D。4A.followed BmissedCrecognized Dunderstood解析：选B结合空后的I would beg her to repeat the page over and over again可知，有时作者会错过(missed)一些东西。故选B。5A.hand BnoteCmind Dstep解析：选C从下文my memorization of the shapes可知，作者把这些形状记在脑海(mind)中。故选C。6A.connected BchangedCgrew Dstuck解析：选C从空前的As I entered the se
28、cond grade, my memorization可知，这些记忆一直跟着作者。grow意思是“生长”，这里指早期的记忆一直伴随自己。故选C。7A.increased BenrichedCreduced Dremained解析：选A结合空前的I learned new, complex shapes可知，因为学习了新的、复杂的形状，所以自己的知识增长(increased)了。故选A。8A.read BsatisfyCrealize Dwiden解析：选B联系空前的my old picture books I had at home could no longer可知，家里的那些旧的书已经不能
29、满足(satisfy)作者的需要了。故选B。9A.entered BapproachedCviewed Dmentioned解析：选C根据空后the world as my new, 10 picture book and read each building可知，作者把世界看成(viewed)是新的、无尽的(limitless)图画书。故选C。10A.colourful BbigCthin Dlimitless解析：选D参见上题解析。11A.idea BimaginationCmethod Dtrack解析：选C结合空前的follow the tracing可知，作者讲述母亲教育自己的方式(
30、method)。故选C。12A.figure out Bkeep upCset down Dturn out解析：选A联系空后的what kind of shapes made it up可知，自己要弄清楚(figure out)是什么形状构成了它。故选A。13A.course BbreakClesson Dcampus解析：选B依据空后的other kids would say playing dodge ball可知，作者在讲述课间休息(break)。故选B。14A.After BSinceCThough DWhen解析：选D根据空后的other kids saw a red wagon(
31、马车)可知，当(When)别的孩子看一辆红色的马车时。故选D。15A.whole BsceneCsection Dcollection解析：选A本空与前文broken down into shapes形成对比，别人看到的是整体(whole)，作者看到的是部分。故选A。.语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。The person I love most is my mother.She was 1 Chinese teacher in a high school for over 40 years before she retired (退休) in 1990.
32、Mother 2 (do) a lot for me when I was a child.She always cooked us delicious and 3 (health) foods.In fact, she was the 4 (good) cook in the world in my eyes.Mother is 80 years old now and is too old 5 (cook)One day I invited her 6 (go) out for dinner.We went to a restaurant, 7 was not big, but very
33、nice and quiet.Mom took my arm as if she were the First Lady. 8 we took our seats, I had to read the menu.She could not see very well.While reading the menu, I raised my eyes and saw Mom 9 (sit) there looking at me.There was a proud smile on her face.“I read the menu when you were small，” she said.“
34、Then its time that you relaxed and let me return 10 you have done for me，” I replied.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者的母亲是一位退休老教师，母亲为作者付出了很多，现在母亲老了该休息了，作者努力回报母亲以前为自己所做的一切。1ateacher是单数可数名词，此处表示泛指，应用不定冠词，且Chinese的发音以辅音音素开头。故填a。2did根据when I was a child可知，此处是讲述过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时。故填did。3healthy空处和and前的delicious并列，共同修饰名词food
35、s，应用形容词。故填healthy。4best根据表示范围的状语in the world可知，空处应用形容词最高级修饰名词cook。故填best。5to cooktoo .to表示“太而不能”。故填to cook。6to goinvite sb.to do sth.“邀请某人做某事”，用不定式作宾语补足语。故填to go。7which空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词是restaurant，且在定语从句中作主语。故填which。8After读菜单发生在入座之后。故填After。9sittingsee sb.doing sth.“看到某人正在做某事”，用现在分词作宾语补足语。故填sitting。10what动词return后是宾语从句，从句中缺少宾语，表示“的事情”。故填what。