Passage 1
（2021·全国·高考真题） When I was 9, we packed up our home in Los Angeles and arrived at Heathrow, London on a gray January morning. Everyone in the family settled quickly into the city except me. Without my beloved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I felt at a loss and out of place. Until I made a discovery.
Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where the continuous crashing of skateboards left your head ringing .I loved it. I soon made friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And my favorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don't worry about it. Once, when trying a certain trick on the beam（横杆）, I fell onto the stones, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe. A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their boards loud, shouting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that's what mattered—landing tricks, being a good skater.
When I was 15, my family moved to Washington. I tried skateboarding there, but the locals were far less welcoming. Within a couple of years, I'd given it up.
When I returned to London in 2004, I found myself wandering down to Southbank, spending hours there. I've traveled back several times since, most recently this past spring. The day was cold but clear: tourists and Londoners stopped to watch the skaters. Weaving（穿梭）among the kids who rushed by on their boards, I found my way to the beam. Then a rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded（滑）up to the beam. He sat next to me. He seemed not to notice the man next to him. But soon I caught a few of his glances. “I was a local here 20 years ago,” I told him. Then, slowly, he began to nod his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”
“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”
1．What can we learn about the author soon after he moved to London?
A．He felt disappointed.B．He gave up his hobby.
C．He liked the weather there.D．He had disagreements with his family.
2．What do the underlined words “Safe! Safe! Safe!” probably mean?
A．Be careful!B．Well done!C．No way!D．Don't worry!
3．Why did the author like to spend time in Southbank when he returned to London?
A．To join the skateboarding.B．To make new friends.
C．To learn more tricks.D．To relive his childhood days
4．What message does the author seem to convey in the text?
A．Children should learn a second language.
B．Sport is necessary for children's health.
C．Children need a sense of belonging
D．Seeing the world is a must for children.
Passage 2
（2021·浙江·镇海中学模拟预测） I was 18 when rived in London I'd been working for my dad's restaurant in France and I wanted a new experience. My friend from homo lived in London and he used to tea me how incredible it was. I was really bored, so I took my luggage and left
I was so lost when I arrived at Stansted. To me, English sounded like Chinese. I lived with my friend in East London for a while until I found a waiter role in restaurant. At the time, I had nothing else going on in my life. I used to get go to work, and seep. It was no difference every day. Then one day on my lunch break, I saw a Gymbox. When I took a look in, there was an amazing Muay Thai (泰拳) class. I used to do boxing when I was 15 but I wasn't that serious about it .There and then I joined the gym and signed up for the Thai boxing team.
I fell in love with it I started training a lot and the head coach said to me one day, “Do you want to fight?” He put me in competitions and this year I've fought in Milan and London .I'd say I'm about 12 fights away from becoming a winner.
Sometimes I can't believe how far I've come from that day I arrived in England. I think everything that's happened has been because I'm committed. But anyone could do it. If you put in 100%, you'll get there. I'm just happy because I did a positive thing with my life. It feels good.
5．Why did the author decide to go to London?
A．He lost his job at the restaurant.B．He found another job in London.
C．He longed for a new adventure.D．He wanted to live with his friend.
6．What influenced the writer's life most?
A．Joining the Thai boxing team.B．Having culture shock in a new city.
C．Losing the competition in Milan.D．Being the head coach of the team.
7．What does the writer intend to convey in the last paragraph?
A．Life is not always full of roses.B．Difficulties make him stronger.
C．Failure is the mother of success.D．Devotion makes him successful.
Passage 3
（2021·浙江·学军中学三模） I was 16 years old the day I skipped school for the first time. It was easily done: both my parents left for work before my school bus arrived, so when it showed up at my house on that cold winter morning, I simply did not get on. The perfect crime!
And what did I do with myself on that glorious stolen day, with no adult in charge and no limits on my activities? Did I get high? Hit the mall for a shoplifting extravaganza(狂欢)?
Nope. I built a warm fire in the wood stove, prepared a bowl of popcorn, grabbed a blanket, and read. I was thrilled and transported by a book-it was Hemingway's The Sun Also rises-and I just needed to be alone with it for a little while. I ached to know what would happen to Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley and Robert Cohn. I couldn't bear the thought of sitting in a classroom taking another biology exam when I could be traveling through Spain in the 1920s with a bunch of expatiates(异乡客).
I spent that day lost in words. Time fell away, as the room around me turned to mist, and my role--as a daughter, sister, teenager, and student--in the world no longer had any meaning. I had accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved.
Looking back on it now, I can see that some subtle things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that state of absorption. Hemingway’s language was quietly braiding itself into my imagination. I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write. Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my own fate. Writing now absorbs me the way reading once did and happiness is their generous side effect.
8．What did the author think is the source of true joy?
A．Reading by the fire.B．Travelling in Spain
C．Breaking the regulationsD．Being occupied by one's passion
9．Which can best replace the underlined phrase “braiding itself into” in the last paragraph?
A．EnteringB．Destroying
C．MendingD．Blocking.
10．What can we infer from the passage?
A．I was tired of my real-life roles.
B．I learnt how to write on the Internet.
C．Hemingway’s style influenced me a lot.
D．Becoming a writer was my childhood dream.
Passage 4
（2022·四川·绵阳中学模拟预测） For years, life went something like this: We’d grow up in one place, head off to college, and then find a city to get a job and live there for a few years. The final goal was to find somewhere to settle down, buy a house, start a family, and begin the whole cycle all over again. But now some people are increasingly choosing to move from city to city throughout their entire lives, sometimes as frequently as every month.
Just ask Alex Chatzieleftheriou, who has had a front-row seat watching this evolution unfold. Six years ago, he launched a startup called Blueground that rents out beautifully designed, fully furnished apartments for a month at a time, at rates that are cheaper than hotels. And it aims to make each one feel unique and comfortable, rather than standardized, like what you might find in a traditional hotel.
Today, the company has 3,000 properties(房地产) in six U.S. cities, along with Dubai, Istanbul, London, Paris, and Chatzieleftheriou’s native Athens, and a staff of 400. With the help of the Series B round of funding, the company landed $ 50 million, plus its previous total of $ 28 million, to continue its rapid expansion. It hopes to have 50,000 properties in 50 cities over the next three years.
Chatzieleftheriou first came up with the idea for Blueground while he was working as a management consultant for McKinsey. “The accommodation of choice for consultants is the hotel,” he says. “I had to spend five years in hotel rooms, living in 12 different cities. I loved seeing the world, but I didn’t love feeling like I didn’t have a home.” And what’s more, hotels aren’t a particularly cost-effective solution for companies either. In Chatzieleftheriou’s case, McKinsey sometimes paid $ 10,000 or more for him to stay in a major city for a month.
11．What does the author intend to tell in the first paragraph?
A．A new lifestyle is appearing.
B．Life is just like a circle for people.
C．Most people are used to an easy life.
D．People live in different places in life.
12．What is the goal of Blueground?
A．To compete with hotels.
B．To create standardized hotels.
C．To make renters feel at home.
D．To rent out long-term apartments.
13．What do we know about Blueground?
A．It got a total investment of $ 78 million.
B．Its business is anything but satisfying.
C．It expanded to every corner of the world.
D．It has 50,000 properties in 50 cities.
14．What does the last paragraph focus on?
A．High costs of hotels.
B．Chatzieleftheriou’s former work.
C．Strengths of Blueground.
D．The inspiration for Blueground.
Passage 5
（2021·北京师范大学天津附属中学三模） To anyone else, it was just a simple white cotton bag, but to me, it was a canvas(油画布) for my latest masterpiece. I laid it flat on the six-foot-long wooden table in my kitchen. With one hand I held down a corner of the bag and with the other I dipped my brush in the paint and touched it to the canvas; slowly an image took shape, waves crashing on a sandy beach, seagulls flying above, fishing for a meal. I put down my brush and rubbed my neck. It was hard work, but I enjoyed it.
And my friends and family loved the bags. "I get tons of praise for mine," my mother-in-law told me. "People are always asking where they can buy one." Those weren't quite the honor I'd dreamed of when I first picked up a paintbrush as a kid. I used to aim higher. I wanted my work to appear in the Louvre Museum in Paris, right next to the Mona Lisa. But even then, I knew what a wild dream it was.
My parents encouraged my interest, and paid for art lessons. In high school, I joined an art club and showed my work along with other local artists in an exhibition. I started college, majored in fine art and took classes in drawing and design. But the farthest I ever traveled was New York City. The Louvre might as well have been on another planet.
Then things changed. I met and fell in love with Charlie. After we got married, I took a break from art. Making a home together was more important. Art supplies didn't fit into our budget.
When I finally picked up a brush again, I was rusty. I tried a landscape but it was flat. Things in the foreground were the same size as in the background. I'd lost the ability. I threw down my brush in frustration. Maybe I'd never really had any talent at all. Forget the Louvre,my work wasn't good enough to hang in our living room. Charlie turned me around. "You have a talent," he told me. "Keep painting." He helped me find room in our budget for paints and brushes. One day, walking through town, I spotted some giant white shells in a store window. What an interesting canvas they could be! I bought a few and began painting them. In Savannah, there was no shortage of inspiration. Charlie took some of my pieces into the electric company where he worked. He came home with the proudest smile. "They want to order them for their wives." he told me.
Lately I'd been painting these bags. It wasn't a money-making project—I barely covered the cost of materials. But seeing others appreciate my art made me feel good. This one, the beach scene, was going to a friend of my mother-in-law's. When it dried, I brought it over to my mother-in-law. "I just know my friend will love it," she said.
Several months later my mother-in-law's friend called me. I'd moved on to other projects and I'd nearly forgotten what I'd made for her, "I went to Paris," she said. “And I brought your bag with me. I have to tell you about the Louvre," she continued. "For two hours, we wandered the museum. Delacroix, Michelangelo, the Venus de Milo, there was so much to see, and of course, the Mona Lisa. But every few minutes, somebody stopped me.' Where did you get that bag? ' they asked. Some folks thought I'd bought it in the gift shop there! I had to tell them it was a Cindy Barnwell original.
Today I'm painting an 11- by-14-inch canvas of bunnies picking flowers, to go in a friend's baby nursery. It may not be a da Vinci, but that doesn't matter. This world was made for artists. I'm convinced of that. And my gift is to share that beauty, any way I can.
15．Why did the author refer to the cotton bag in the beginning?
A．To show her passion for painting.B．To stress the difficulty of painting.
C．To indicate the benefit of painting.D．To prove her creativity for painting.
16．Which led to the author's giving up painting first after she married?
A．Lack of talent.B．Lack of money.
C．Lack of inspiration.D．Lack of encouragement.
17．What does the underlined part "the Louvre" in the fifth paragraph really refer to?
A．Contemporary painters, art exhibition.
B．Others' praise for the author's paintings.
C．The author's lifelong ambition.
D．The author's dream travel destination.
18．Who gave the author the strongest support at the turning point in her painting career?
A．Her husband.B．Her own parents.
C．Her mother-in-law.D．Her mother-in-law's friend.
19．What does the author probably agree with?
A．She didn't stop painting all her life.B．She applied her painting to charity.
C．She made no profit in painting the bags.D．She was the best at painting the beach scene.
20．What can we infer from the last but one paragraph?
A．The author built a famous bag brand.
B．The author's bag sold very well in London.
C．The author's bag drew senior painters'attention.
D．The author realized her dream in a surprising way.
Passage 6
（2021·湖北·湘潭县一中模拟预测） Summer is coming. How will you spend your summer holidays? Will you go camping, do sports or go on with your studies? Why not try some part-time jobs during the summer?
When I was in senior high school, many of my friends held part-time jobs. The most common jobs for teenagers were restaurant jobs. Working in the kitchen, waiting tables and washing dishes were a few of the most typical ones. But my first part-time job was working at a bookstore. I went to the bookstore every day after school to look for new books and hang out with my friends, so I thought, why not work there and make some money?
One of the reasons why these jobs are often worked by teenagers is that they pay low wages. But the wage is still ok. When I worked at the bookstore, I spent my entire salary in the same store buying books. It was almost like my boss paid me in books instead of money. But at the time, that was perfectly fine by me. By doing the part-time job, I made some money, met different people and became independent and responsible.
21．What does the writer advise us to try in the summer holidays?
A．Studying.B．Doing sports.
C．Going camping.D．Doing part-time jobs.
22．What was the most common job for teenagers according to the second paragraph?
A．Selling books.B．Washing dishes.
C．Paying wages.D．Mending tables.
23．Where did the writer start working?
A．In a school.B．In a library.
C．In a bookstore.D．In a restaurant.
24．What can be inferred in the last paragraph?
A．Teenagers often got high pay.
B．The boss paid the writer in books.
C．The writer benefited a lot from the job.
D．People became independent by reading.
Passage 7
（2020·黑龙江·大庆实验中学一模） Those who are used to looking through thousands of books in big bookstores may find Japan’s Morioka Shoten a little strange. That’s because this tiny bookstore that is located in Ginza, Tokyo sells only a single book at a time.
Opened in May 2015, Morioka Shoten is the brainchild of Yoshiyuki Morioka. The experienced bookseller began his career as a bookstore clerk in Tokyo’s Kanda district before branching out to open his own store. It was here while organizing book readings that he realized that customers usually came into the store with one title in mind. Morioka began to wonder if a store could exist by selling many copies of just one single book. In November 2014, he partnered with his two friends, to establish a unique bookstore with the idea of “A Single Room, A Single Book.”
Like its offering, the bookstore is simple. The selections that are picked by Morioka change weekly and vary widely to attract customers with different interests. Recent choices include The True Deceiver, an award-winning Swedish novel by Tove Jansson, Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales, and a collection of artist Karl Blossfeldt’s photography of plants. Morioka has also chosen books written by famous Japanese authors Mimei Ogawa and Akito Akagi.
To highlight his only offering, Morioka often uses clever methods. For example，when selling a book about flowers, he decorated his shop with the ones that had been mentioned in the book. He also encourages authors to hold talks and discussions so they can connect with customers. Morioka says his goal is for the customers to experience being inside a book, not just a bookstore!
Risky as the idea might seem, things appear to be going well. Morioka says he has sold over 2,100 books since he opened it. Things can get better considering that his bookstore is becoming increasingly popular not just among the locals but also visitors from other countries.
25．What inspired Morioka to open such a bookstore?
A．A Swedish novelB．His present partner
C．A bookstore clerkD．His working experience
26．Why is Morioka Shoten unique?
A．It is popular with foreigners .
B．It sells books of different topics.
C．It is decorated with colorful flowers.
D．It sells various copies of a book in a week.
27．Why does Morioka encourage authors to hold talks?
A．To introduce his bookstore.
B．To advocate his philosophy.
C．To make books better understood.
D．To help readers connect with each other.
28．What’s the author’s opinion about the bookstore’s future?
A．RiskyB．Optimistic
C．UnpredictableD．Hopeless
Passage 8
（2021·四川·巴中市教育科学研究所模拟预测） A trip to the library was like a great journey to a different country. To get there, we had to walk a mile. But our weekly journeys to the library were a piece of perfection. I had around me at one time all the people I loved best — my father and mother and brothers and sister — and all the things I loved best — quiet, space and books.
I read a lot of books about science: not the spaceships my brothers preferred, but the birds and the bees —literally. I brought home a book of birds and searched the trees for anything other than robins (知更鸟). I went through a phrase of loving books with practical science experiments and used up a whole bottle of white vinegar by pouring it on the sides of our apartment building to prove that it was constructed of limestone (石灰石).
One Saturday, as I wandered through the young adult section, I saw a title: Little Women, by Lousia May Alcott. I had learned from experience that titles weren’t everything. A book that sounded great on the shelf could be dull once you got it home. So I sat in a chair near the shelves to skim the first paragraphs.
I read and read and read Little Women until it was time to walk home, and, except for a few essential interruptions like sleeping and eating, I did not put it down until the end. Even the freedom to watch weekend television held no appeal for me in the wake of Alcott's story. It was about girls, for one thing, girls who could almost be like me, especially Jo. I had found someone who thought and felt the way I did.
29．What can we say about the author’s family?
A．They enjoyed traveling abroad.B．They were library frequenters.
C．They were very fond of walking.D．They led a perfectly quiet life.
30．What does the author mainly want to show in paragraph 2?
A．Her different hobbies from her brothers.
B．How she conducted science experiments.
C．Why she loved books about the birds and the bees.
D．Her reading interests during a particular period of time.
31．What opinion does the author hold on books?
A．Book titles can sometimes be misleading.
B．Science books are as interesting as novels.
C．The first few paragraphs of a book are attractive.
D．Books seem duller when read in libraries than at home.
32．How would the author describe Little Women?
A．It helped her to discover her true character.
B．It made her forget about food and sleep.
C．It inspired confidence in her.
D．It kept her absorbed.
参考答案
1．A
2．B
3．D
4．C
【分析】
本文属于记叙文。本文讲述作者自己的经历，起初搬到伦敦很不适应，但是由于找到了玩滑板的地方，结识了玩滑板的朋友，因此很好的适应了。作者回到伦敦之后，经常去之前玩滑板的地方寻找自己的回忆，在与一个玩滑板的孩子打招呼的时候，终于找到了自己久违的熟悉感。
1．
推理判断题。根据第一段“Everyone in the family settled quickly into the city except me. Without my beloved beaches and endless blue -sky days, I felt at a loss and out of place.(除了我之外的家里人都很快适应这个城市，没有了我喜爱的沙滩和蓝天，我感到迷茫和无措)”可知，作者刚到伦敦的时候因为没有喜爱的沙滩，不能很好的融入到新的城市，感到很沮丧，故选A。
2．
词义猜测题。根据画线词后文“And that's what mattered—landing tricks, being a good skater. (那才是真正重要的——滑板的落地技巧掌握了才是一名好的滑板玩家)”可知，作者掌握了滑板落地技巧，因此他的朋友大声欢呼，因此可以推出本句的Safe是赞美的含义，结合选项，故选B。
3．
推理判断题。根据第四段““I was a local here 20 years ago," I told him. Then, slowly, he began to nod his head. “Safe, man. Safe.””(我告诉他：“我20年前经常在这里玩滑板，”他缓慢地开始向我点头：“嗨，你好！”)”可推知，作者去Southbank这个地方是为了寻找自己玩滑板的回忆，故选D。
4．
推理判断题。根据全文可知，作者起初搬到伦敦很不适应，但是由于找到了玩滑板的地方，结识了玩滑板的朋友，因此很好的适应了。但是搬去华盛顿，因为没有遇到很好的玩滑板的朋友，几年之后就不再玩滑板，作者回到伦敦之后，经常去之前玩滑板的地方寻找自己的回忆，在于一个孩子打招呼的时候，终于找到了自己久违的回忆。通过作者的经历，作者要表达的是，归属感对于孩子是很重要的，故选C。
5．C
6．A
7．D
【分析】
这本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者来到伦敦后迷茫一段时间后投入到泰国拳击队参加比赛并有所感悟。
5．
细节理解题。根据第一段“I was 18 when rived in London I'd been working for my dad's restaurant in France and I wanted a new experience.（我18岁时来到伦敦，在法国为我父亲的餐馆工作，我想要一种新的体验。）”可知，作者决定去伦敦是因为他渴望一次新的冒险。故选C。
6．
细节理解题。根据第二段“It was no difference every day. Then one day on my lunch break, I saw a Gymbox. When I took a look in, there was an amazing Muay Thai (泰拳) class. I used to do boxing when I was 15 but I wasn't that serious about it There and then I joined the gym and signed up for the Thai boxing team.（每天都一样。后来有一天午休的时候，我看到了健身房。往里看了一眼，有一门很棒的泰拳课。我15岁的时候练过拳击，但我没那么认真。后来我加入了健身房，报名参加了泰国拳击队。）”可知，对这位作家一生影响最大的是参加泰国拳击队。故选A。
7．
细节理解题。根据最后一段“If you put in 100%, you'll get there. I'm just happy because I did a positive thing with my life. It feels good.（如果你投入100%，你就会成功。我很开心，因为我做了一件积极的事。这感觉很好。）”可知，作者在最后一段想表达努力使他成功。故选D。
8．A
9．A
10．C
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者沉迷于海明威的小说对自己的影响。
8．
细节理解题。根据第二段“I built a warm fire in the wood stove, prepared a bowl of popcorn, grabbed a blanket, and read. I was thrilled and transported by a book-it was Hemingway's The Sun Also rises-and I just needed to be alone with it for a little while.（我在柴炉里生了一堆暖暖的火，准备了一碗爆米花，抓起一条毯子，读了起来。我被一本书震撼了，它是海明威的《太阳照样升起》，我只是想单独和它待一会儿。）”可知，作者认为在火边阅读是真正快乐的源泉。故选A。
9．
词义猜测题。根据前文“Looking back on it now, I can see that some subtle things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that state of absorption.（现在回想起来，我可以看到一些微妙的事情发生在我的思想和我的生活中，当我沉浸在这种状态。）”以及后文“I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write.（我正在下载有关如何创建简单而优雅的句子，一个好的和坚实的情节的信息。换句话说，我正在学习如何写作。）”可知，海明威一些思想已经和作者融为一体。所以braiding itself into为“进入”之意。故选A。
10．
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my own fate. Writing now absorbs me the way reading once did and happiness is their generous side effect.（不知不觉中，我正在追寻自己的命运。写作现在吸引着我，就像以前的阅读一样，快乐是它们慷慨的副作用。）”可知，海明威的风格对作者影响很大。故选C。
11．A
12．C
13．A
14．D
【分析】
这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一种新的生活方式，即频繁去不同的城市生活甚至每个月换一个城市和 Chatzieleftheriou 抓住这个机遇创办公司的经历。
【详解】
1. 推理判断题。根据第一段“But now some people are increasingly choosing to move from city to city throughout their entire lives, sometimes as frequently as every month”(但是现在一些人开始选择一辈子辗转于城市间，有时甚至每月换个地方)对比传统的生活方式可推知，作者在第一段告诉读者一种新的生活方式正在出现。故选A。
2. 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“And it aims to make each one feel unique and comfortable”(目标是使每个人感到独一无二和舒适，而不仅仅是传统酒店那样的标准化)可知，该公司的目标是让入住的每个人都感觉独一无二和舒适，再结合最后一段中的“I didn’t love feeling like I didn’t have a home”(但我不喜欢没有家的感觉)可推知，Chatzieleftheriou 的公司Blueground 旨在让租客感觉像在家里一样。故选C。
3. 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“With the help of the Series B round of funding, the company landed $ 50 million, plus its previous total of $ 28 million”(在B轮融资获得5000万美元的帮助下，加上它已有的总数2800万美元）可知，Blueground 公司B轮融资获得了5000万美元，而该公司已有2800万美元，由此可知，该公司获得的投资总额为7800万美元，故选A。
4. 主旨大意题。根据最后一段“Chatzieleftheriou first came up with the idea for Blueground while he was working as a management consultant for McKinsey. “The accommodation of choice for consultants is the hotel,” he says. “I had to spend five years in hotel rooms, living in 12 different cities. I loved seeing the world, but I didn’t love feeling like I didn’t have a home.” And what’s more, hotels aren’t a particularly cost-effective solution for companies either. In Chatzieleftheriou’s case, McKinsey sometimes paid $ 10,000 or more for him to stay in a major city for a month.”(Chatzieleftheriou在麦肯锡做管理咨询师时初次有了开办Blueground公司的想法。他说：“咨询师只能选择住酒店，我曾经5年里一直住酒店房间，辗转12个城市。我喜欢周游世界，但不喜欢没有家的感觉。”而且对公司来说酒店也不是特别划算。以Chatzieleftheriou为例，有时他住在大城市里一个月，麦肯锡至少要花掉10000美元)可知，本段主要讲述了Chatzieleftheriou 创办公司的原因——出差住旅馆的费用相当高，没有家的感觉。故选D。
15．A
16．B
17．C
18．A
19．C
20．D
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文，作者喜欢画画，曾梦想自己的作品出现在卢浮宫里，最后竟以意外的方式实现了这一梦想。
15．
推理判断题。根据第一段中“To anyone else, it was just a simple white cotton bag, but to me, it was a canvas(油画布) for my latest masterpiece.(对别人来说，它只是一个简单的白色棉袋，但是对我来说，这是我最新杰作的油画布)”及最后一句“It was hard work, but I enjoyed it.(这是一项艰苦的工作，但是我很喜欢)”可知，作者把白色棉袋当作油画布，在上面作画，并且很享受这项艰苦的工作。所以作者提到白色棉袋是为了表明她对画画的热情。故选A项。
16．
推理判断题。根据第四段中“After we got married, I took a break from art. Making a home together was more important. Art supplies didn't fit into our budget.(结婚后，我暂时停止了艺术创作。在一起建立一个家更为重要。艺术品不符合我们的预算)”可知，作者结婚后，因为没有钱而放弃了画画。故选B项。
17．
词句猜测题。根据第二段中“I used to aim higher. I wanted my work to appear in the Louvre Museum in Paris, right next to the Mona Lisa.(我过去有更高的目标。我想让我的作品出现在巴黎的卢浮宫，就在《蒙娜丽莎》的旁边)”可知，作者曾梦想自己的作品能出现在卢浮宫，结合第五段划线短语前“I'd lost the ability. I threw down my brush in frustration. Maybe I'd never really had any talent at all.(我已经丧失了能力。我沮丧地扔掉画笔。也许我从来没有任何天赋)”可知，作者重新开始画画时对自己充满了怀疑，所以“Forget the Louvre”意为“忘记毕生的抱负吧”，故选C项。
18．
细节理解题。根据第五段中“Charlie turned me around. "You have a talent," he told me. "Keep painting." He helped me find room in our budget for paints and brushes.(Charlie让我转过身。“你很有天赋。”他告诉我。“继续画吧。”他帮我在预算中找到了放油漆和刷子的空间)”及“Charlie took some of my pieces into the electric company where he worked.(Charlie把我的一些作品带去他工作的电力公司)”可知，在作者画画事业的转折点，是她的丈夫给了她最强有力的支持。故选A项。
19．
细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中“It wasn't a money-making project—I barely covered the cost of materials.(它并不是一个赚钱的项目——我勉强支付得起材料费)”可知，作者画棉布袋并不赚钱。故选C项。
20．
推理判断题。根据第二段中“I wanted my work to appear in the Louvre Museum in Paris, right next to the Mona Lisa.(我想让我的作品出现在巴黎的卢浮宫，就在《蒙娜丽莎》的旁边)”可知，作者曾经梦想自己的作品出现在巴黎的卢浮宫；根据倒数第二段内容可知，作者婆婆的一个朋友背着作者画的棉布袋去参观卢浮宫，有人问她棉布袋是从哪里买的，有些人以为是在礼品商店买的。由此可推知，作者以令人惊讶的方式实现了曾经的梦想。故选D项。
21．D
22．B
23．C
24．C
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了学生如何度过自己的暑假，作者通过自身的经历来表明做兼职工作会有很大的收获。
21．
细节理解题。根据第一段的“Why not try some part-time jobs during the summer?”（为什么不在暑假试着做一些兼职工作呢?）可知，作者建议我们在暑假做兼职工作。故选D。
22．
细节理解题。根据第二段的“The most common jobs for teenagers were restaurant jobs. Working in the kitchen, waiting tables and washing dishes were a few of the most typical ones.”（青少年最常见的工作是餐馆工作。在厨房工作，当服务员和洗碗是其中最典型的几个。）可知，最常见的兼职青少年工作是洗碗。故选B。
23．
细节理解题。根据第二段的“But my first part-time job was working at a bookstore. ”可知，作者的第一份兼职工作是在一家书店。故选C。
24．
推理判断题。根据最后一段的“By doing the part-time job, I made some money, met different people and became independent and responsible.”（通过做兼职，我赚了一些钱，认识了不同的人，变得独立和负责。）可知，作者通过兼职工作不仅赚了钱，还学到了很多东西。即作者获益颇多。故选C。
25．D
26．D
27．C
28．B
【分析】
试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，讲的是有经验的的书商Morioka创办了属于自己的独一无二的书店。
25．D细节理解题。根据第二段中“The experienced bookseller began his career as a bookstore clerk in Tokyo’s Kanda district before branching out to open his own store. It was here while organizing book readings that he realized that customers usually came into the store with one title in mind. Morioka began to wonder if a store could exist by selling many copies of just one single book”可知，他是一个有经验的书商，他在这里组织读物时他意识到顾客通常来书店是冲着一本书来的。Morioka开始想知道是否有一家书店只卖一种类型的书。于是他就开了这样一家书店。也就是说，是经验鼓励他开的书店。故选D。
26．D细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“The selections that are picked by Morioka change weekly and vary widely to attract customers with different interests.”可知，每周都更换书的种类，吸引不同兴趣的顾客，这是书店的独特之处，故选D。
27．C细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句“Morioka says his goal is for the customers to experience being inside a book, not just a bookstore! ”可知，Morioka的目的是让顾客更好地理解一本书，而不仅仅是一个书店，故选C。
28．B推理判断题。根据最后一段，特别是最后一句“Things can get better considering that (考虑到) his bookstore is becoming increasingly popular not just among the locals but also visitors from other countries. ”可知，他的书店越来越受欢迎了，不仅当地的顾客而且来自其他国家的顾客，所以情况会变得更好。由此可知，作者对书店的未来持乐观态度，故选B。
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29．B
30．D
31．A
32．D
【分析】
本文是记叙文。作者在文中通过图书馆这个载体表达了自己对书籍的热爱，并具体陈述了自己对《小妇人》这本书的看法。
29．
细节理解题。根据第一段的“But our weekly journeys to the library were a piece of perfection. I had around me at one time all the people I loved best — my father and mother and brothers and sister — and all the things I loved best — quiet, space and books.(但我们每周去图书馆的旅程是完美的。曾经有那么一段时间，所有我最爱的人都围绕在我身边——我的父母、兄弟姐妹——还有所有我最爱的东西——安静、空间和书籍)”可知，作者的家人是图书馆的常客。故选B。
30．
推理判断题。根据第二段的“I brought home a book of birds and searched the trees for anything other than robins (知更鸟). I went through a phrase of loving books with practical science experiments and used up a whole bottle of white vinegar by pouring it on the sides of our apartment building to prove that it was constructed of limestone (石灰石).(我带了一本关于鸟类的书回家，在树上搜寻知更鸟以外的任何东西。我翻阅了几本有实用科学实验的书，把一整瓶白醋倒在我们公寓的墙上，以证明它是石灰石做的)”可知，作者在本段主要想说明她在一个特定时期的阅读兴趣。故选D。
31．
推理判断题。根据第三段的“I had learned from experience that titles weren’t everything. A book that sounded great on the shelf could be dull once you got it home.(我的经验告诉我，头衔并不是一切。一本在书架上听起来很棒的书，一旦你拿回家，可能就变得乏味了)”可知，作者认为书名有时会误导读者。故选A。
32．
推理判断题。根据最后一段的“I read and read and read Little Women until it was time to walk home, and, except for a few essential interruptions like sleeping and eating, I did not put it down until the end.(我读啊，读啊，读《小妇人》，一直读到要走回家的时候。除了像睡觉和吃饭这样几次必要的干扰外，我一直读到最后才把它放下)”可知，作者沉迷于读《小妇人》，这本书使她全神贯注。故选D。
