备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递阅读表达10篇(天津专用)（含答案）
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备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递阅读表达10篇(天津专用)
第一期
专题07 阅读表达10篇
（2023·天津河西·统考二模）阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容完成下列各题。
At the age of 15, Roxanne Black-Weisheit was told that she got lupus, a systemic autoimmune (自身免疫) disease that occurs when one’s body’s immune system attacks the healthy tissues and organs. Shortly after, Black-Weisheit desperately sought emotional support. She wanted a friend who could truly understand her situation, and she figured there were others who needed this, too.
So, during her first year of college, she created Friends’ Health Connection (FHC), a non-profit organization that helped people with similar health conditions.
As she was starting FHC, lupus was destroying her kidney function. During her senior year of college, she had her first kidney transplant and 13 years later, she had her second one. Through it all, she didn’t forgo FHC. She’d even transformed her hospital room into an “office” and worked in her hospital bed.
After graduation, she secured enough funding to continue growing her organization, and it became her full-time job. But, unfortunately, lupus and kidney transplants weren’t the end of Black-Weisheit’s health issues. Five years ago, at 42, she had lymphoma.
Black-Weisheit’s new disease left her extremely weak and tired, and she knew she had to make a choice about FHC． “Since my time and energy were limited and my future was uncertain, the board and I decided to close our office. I wanted to devote all my energy to keeping my family life as normal as possible,” she explained.
Her career didn’t end there, though. When she started feeling better, she felt the urge to start working again. Using her experience from FHC, she started a new company — Schedule , which helps other companies schedule different types of speakers for their events. This is now Black-Weisheit’s current job. But she missed running her own non-profit organization, so she started trying to figure out how to bring back FHC．
And, recently, she received some great news: A past FHC donor would provide her with a grant to get the organization running again.
1．What did Black-Weisheit realize shortly after being told that she got lupus (no more than 8 words)
2．Why did Black-Weisheit create the non-profit organization FHC (no more than 10 words)
3．How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 (no more than 10 words)
4．What made Black-Weisheit decide to close the office in the end (no more than 5 words)
5．What do you think of Black-Weisheit Why (no more than 20 words)
（2023·天津·统考二模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Yesterday my parents were heading off on a little holiday and I took them to the train station, the rain was pouring down.
I got their luggage out, helped them get to the elevator and sent them on their way. As I was walking back to the parking lot, I saw an elderly man walking slowly toward the bus station. Obviously, he had no umbrella. I walked over and asked him where he was going. It turned out that he was heading to the same town as I was, just a 15-minute drive. I offered him a lift which he gratefully accepted.
We had a lovely chat on the way and I learned some of his history. He was 87 and heading to the nursing home he had just put his beloved wife in last week. He had his driving license taken away last year so he had to take public transport every day. A tear fell down his cheek as he told me about his wife. I tried to hold back my own tears but failed.
As I dropped him off at the entrance of the nursing home, I gave him the bunch of flowers I had in the car which I had given to my mom on Mother’s Day. I would much rather see the flowers indulged in by him and his wife than just take them back home. Tears rolled down his cheeks and he thanked me gratefully. As I made my way back to my car, I totally lost control of my emotions and cried like a baby. I just felt that all the stars shone for some reason and I was meant to meet him today. I was very glad to be able to help him in some way.
6．What was the purpose of the author’s visit to the train station (no more than 10 words)
7．What was the elderly man going to do (no more than 10 words)
8．How did the author feel about the elderly man (no more than 5 words)
9．What does the underlined phrase “indulged in” in Paragraph 4 probably mean (1 word)
10．What do you think of the author And give your reasons. (no more than 25 words)
（2023·天津河东·统考一模）阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
When I was eight or nine years old, I wrote my first poem. My mother read the little poem and began to cry. “Buddy, you didn’t really write this beautiful, beautiful poem!”
Shyly, proud-bursting, I stammered that I had. She poured out her praise. Why, this poem was nothing short of genius! I glowed.
I spent the best part of that afternoon preparing for the arrival of my father. But he did not return until an hour late for dinner. “Ben, a beautiful thing has happened,” my mother began. “Buddy has written his first poem! And it’s beautiful, absolutely amazing.”
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide that for myself,” Father said.
That poem was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. I could hear my father breathing. “I think it’s lousy,” my father said.
“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs encouragement.”
They quarreled over it. I couldn’t stand it another second. I ran from the dinning room bawling.
Up in my room I threw myself on the bed and sobbed.
A few years later I took a second look at that first poem; it was a pretty lousy poem. But it wasn’t until years later that the true meaning of that painful “first poem” experience dawned on me. As I became a professional writer, it became clearer and clearer to me how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “Buddy, did you really write this I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who shook his head no and drove me to tears with “I think it’s lousy.” A writer — in fact every one of us in life — needs that loving-mother force from which all creation flows; and yet alone it is incomplete, even misleading, finally destructive, without the father force to caution, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”
11．How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 2 (no more than 8 words )
12．Why did the writer’s parents quarrel at dinner (no more than 10 words )
13．What did the writer think of his first poem when he grew older (no more than 8 words )
14．What does the last paragraph mainly talk about (no more than 15 words )
15．What kind of parents do you need in life (no more than 20 words )
（2023·天津红桥·统考一模）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
When I was a boy growing up, I could not once ever remember either my mom or my grandmother wasting food. Anything we didn’t eat at one meal was saved, stored, and served as leftovers (剩饭剩菜) later on. I can remember my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were stuffed but there was always about half of the beans left over. A few days later my grandmother would take those beans out of the refrigerator, boil pasta, add parsley and mix them all together into her delicious Pasta Fasule. And I also remember when I watched my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the grease (油脂) and carefully pour it into a container. Then she later would use it to flavor up so many other dishes. I was an adult before I realized that green beans didn’t actually taste like bacon.
I learned their lessons well and after I grew up I tried never to waste food by myself. I always planned the week’s meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping list so nothing went to waste. Every meal went into my stomach and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs. To me throwing food in the trash was just wrong. All the work it took to grow it, harvest it, and prepare it needed to be honored, not wasted.
I learned something else over the years, however: when it comes to living there are no leftovers. Each moment that you don’t live is lost forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be stored. Life has to be lived, TODAY!
Live each moment of your life to the fullest then. Make every day a feast of love with no leftovers. Leo Buscaglia once said: “Each day is a fresh beginning, a little life unto itself.” Don’t let any of these little lives go to waste. Live your life with a full belly and a full heart.
16．What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1 probably mean (1 word)
17．How could the beans the author ate as a child taste like bacon (no more than 10 words)
18．What did the author do to avoid wasting food (no more than 15 words)
19．What do the last two paragraphs mainly talk about (no more than 20 words)
20．How do you live your life to the fullest Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
（2023·天津·模拟预测）阅读下面短文，按照要求用英语回答问题。
When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn’t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boarding house in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic (阁楼) one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript (手稿). On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So, it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boarding house, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventually, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loved the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
21．What did the author’s father do at SMU (no more than 12 words)
22．Why was O. Henry’s manuscript found in the attic (no more than 20 words)
23．What does the underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 mean (1 word)
24．Why did the author’s father set out to sell the manuscript (no more than 10 words)
25．What do you think of the author’s intention of writing such a story of his father
Please explain. (no more than 25 words)
（2023·天津北辰·统考模拟预测）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
In 2019, the state of California was on fire. Alexandria Villaseor, who was 13 at the time, witnessed the destruction of Northern California’s Camp Fire, which would go on to burn more than 150,000 acres of land. Villaseor was scared. “That’s when I found out how important climate education was,” she reflected. “And just how much we lacked climate education these past couple of years.”
Villaseor, at the age of 15, was determined to have a bigger conversation. She quickly realized the fight requires international, government-level changes. For her, what started as local concern turned into a year-long protest in front of the United Nations’ New York City headquarters and a global campaign for more compulsory climate education. She sat on a bench in front of the headquarters, begging for the world’s leaders to take climate change seriously.
Her action received national attention, with millions of other students around the world joining in the movement. “It’s completely unacceptable not to learn anything about our planet and our environment in school, after all the young people would inherit the Earth.” Villaseor said, “That’s why I think that climate education is so important, and that’s why I focus a lot on it now.”
Right now, Villaseor is working with the American Administration on its climate plan, which has promised to center on the needs of young people and communities most impacted by climate change. She even spoke at the 2021 Democratic National Convention. “This was definitely a huge moment when I realized that people were listening to the voices of me and youth climate activists.” Villaseor said.
When she isn’t connecting with her fellow youth activists, Villaseor is like most other teens. “My favorite thing to do, of course, is sleep,” she said, “I like to read a lot. I like fantasy books, normally. I also like to write.”
26．What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us (no more than 10 words)
27．How did Villaseor make the world’s leaders attach importance to climate education (no more than 15 words)
28．How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 (no more than 15 words)
29．When was the huge moment to Villaseor (no more than10 words)
30．What do you think of Villaseor Please explain in your own words (no more than 20 words)
（2023·天津·耀华中学校考二模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
When Brantley Harrison and her family rescued a tiny, injured squirrel back, then released her back into the wild, they didn’t expect to ever see her again. Nine years later, however, little Bella, they called the squirrel Bella, still comes to visit them almost every day—as long as snacks are provided, of course.
As a baby, the terrible attack made by an owl (猫头鹰) left Bella near death, she was carefully taken in by the Greenville County, South Carolina family, and raised by them alongside three other squirrels named Larry, Curly, and Moe. Bella stayed with the Harrisons until she had healed successfully thanks to a regular diet of fruit, nuts, and baby food, and was ready to jump on the trees in the forest. The sweet squirrel never goes too far from her adopted home, though, and stops by to say hello whenever she can, despite how much time has passed.
“Bella sits right at the front door waiting for someone to notice she has come by for a visit. If no one notices her, she will jump over to the dining room window to wait for someone to see her,” Brantley told The Dodo. The little lady just isn’t ready to part with the family that succored her life. Whenever she stops by, she asks for nothing more than a handful of nuts.
What is the most amazing part A few years after Bella’s original stay at the Harrison house, she found her way back to them with an injured foot—and a belly full of babies—spending another few months of recovering. “It was truly amazing to watch the baby I raised raise her own babies,” Brantley said. Bella now even has her own Instagram page, where her human family documents her adventures, with almost 4 thousand followers!
31．What happened after little Bella was injured by an owl (No more than 10 words)
32．How did the Harrisons take care of little Bella (No more than 15 words)
33．What does the underlined word in the third paragraph mean (Only 1 word)
34．What brought Bella back to the Harrisons a few years after its original stay (No more than 10 words)
35．How does Bella’s story inspire you Please explain in your own words. (no more than 20words)
（2023·天津河北·统考二模）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Monday started as an ordinary day for Shannon St. Onge, who lived in Pense, a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. She drove the approximately 25 kilometres east into Regina for work.
She kept an eye on highway conditions throughout the day. The weather network was warning of a blizzard. Expected start time was at around 7 pm, but she thought she could make it. “I bought a takeout for the kids, filled my gas tank, replaced my broken phone charger and then headed home around 5:30 before the storm hit,” she wrote in a Facebook post.
She took a dirt road because she thought it would be better for the winter driving conditions. Just as the pavement turned into gravel (碎石路), the wind picked up and visibility started to diminish (降低). She drove at a snail’s pace with her window rolled down, using the edge as her guide. After a while she realized she was lost. Whiteout conditions left her confused.
She could make out a sign that said “Bouvier Lane,” giving her some sense of where she was. Then she posted her location on the Pense community Facebook page in hopes that someone might be able to find her. That was when 80-year-old Andre Bouvier Sr. figured out her location. Despite his wife’s concern for his well-being, he decided to help her and headed out in the storm.
He bundled up (使穿得暖和), grabbed an LED flashlight and walked about half a kilometre into the raging storm to search for St. Onge’s car. To Bouvier’s surprise, he found two other cars with people who also needed help trapped alongside St. Onge. He led the seven lost people back to his home and welcomed them in for the evening.
Bouvier became a hero overnight. Bouvier didn’t want much credit for his efforts for a stranger in need. “Everybody would have done the same thing,” he said. “You don’t think about it; you just do it.”
36．Why did St. Onge still drive home although she heard about the approaching blizzard (no more than 10 words)
37．What made driving difficult according to Paragraph 3 (no more than 10 words)
38．How do you understand the underlined word in Paragraph 5 (1 word)
39．How did Bouvier help the lost people (no more than 15 words)
40．What do you think of Bouvier Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
（2023·天津和平·统考二模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
The Appalachian Trail attracts thousands of serious hikers each spring, only one in four hikers completes the entire trail.
The Sutton family recently finished hiking the entire trail. They are a unique trio (三人组) as their son Harvey turned five on the trail, which makes him the youngest to complete the Appalachian Trail. Josh and Carrie Sutton said they needed to take, breaks from busy work called mini-retirements. “We set the family goal of living a life with extraordinary stories. Doing things like hiking with a child on the Appalachian Trail gives you extraordinary stories,” Josh Sutton said.
When Harvey turned three, they took him winter camping, and by the time he was four, the family completed a 50-mile hike, camping over six days. Seeing that Harvey developed a passion for hiking, they planned a thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail. Hiking from end to end is called a thru-hike and generally takes five to seven months to complete.
They hit the trail in Georgia on January 13, 2021. The first weeks were cold. The trail was icy and snow-covered, and the weather was often cloudy and bitter, so they made slow progress. They would wake up early each day, pack their gear (装备), and then start walking. As they had many miles to cover each day, they had to be inventive and started using imagination and Skittles (彩虹糖) as incentive for little Harvey.
The family completed their journey on August 9, 2021. Little Harvey learned to count all the way to 2,193, the total miles his little feet traveled, and a big number for someone who just started kindergarten. “I will do it again because like it so much,” said Harvey.
Although the Suttons are now back home, they have incredible memories of this mini-retirement. The journey is a life-changing experience for the Sutton family and is an inspiration for families who dream of taking a similar journey.
41．Why did the Sutton family decided to hike the Appalachian Tail (no more than 10 words)
42．What does the third paragraph mainly talk about (no more than 10 words)
43．What made their journey difficult (no more than 10 words)
44．What does the underlined word “incentive” in Paragraph 5 probably mean (no more than 1 word)
45．How does the Sutton family’s story inspire you Explain in your own words. (no more than 20 words)
（2023·天津河东·统考二模）阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Last August I took part in the Summer Camp of the General Final Contest of the 16th National Creative English Contest held in Beijing. It was one of the most meaningful thing I did in my Senior 2 summer vacation.
The summer camp lasted from August 20 to August 27. During the opening ceremony, we each wrote a postcard to motivate ourselves. On my card I wrote, “Brace yourself and show your best,” These words supported me throughout every obstacle I experienced.
August 24 witnessed the important debate contest that many of us feared. The night before, my teammates and I sat in a circle, focusing our minds on the debate topic, “Does competition among friends adversely influence their friendships ”
All of us were busy searching for examples of Olympic athletes or other real-life people to back up our arguments. Time seemed to disappear faster than usual while we were working on this project.
Finally, the big day arrived. Only one minute before we went on the stage, an inner voice entered my mind, saying, “Brace yourself and show your best.” Preparing the details in my head allowed me to feel ready for the challenge. With my teammates backing me up, I drew myself up to full height and expressed my point of view as best as I could.
The results of the contest convinced me that my motto paid off—I entered the top 50, and two of my teammates placed in the top 10 due to their excellent performance. And through the strength of our teamwork, my friends and I became closer than ever. The more competition among friends, the firmer our friendship will be.
From those eight days, it isn’t the prize I valued the most but the breakthrough and the pure friendship I gained. It would be better to change my motor into “Brace yourself and fight together.” I firmly hold the belief that this period of time will live in my memory forever and will shine even brighter when I look back.
46．What did the team do in the Summer Camp (no more than 10 words)
47．What did they prepare to support their argument (no more than 10 words)
48．What’s the meaning of the underlined words “Brace yourself” (no more than 5 words)
49．What’s the topic of the passage (no more than 10 words)
50．In your opinion, how do you keep friendship (no more than 15 words)
参考答案：
1．The importance of seeking emotional support. 2．To help other people suffering similar diseases. 3．She didn’t give up FHC during her treatment. 4．Her poor health conditions. 5．I think she’s a role model for many people because she tried to help others even though she suffered greatly.
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了Roxanne Black-Weisheit因为患了狼疮，非常渴望情感支持，于是创建了非营利组织FHC，帮助有类似健康状况的人。文章介绍了她治病的过程以及组织的运转情况。
1．考查细节理解。根据第一段“Shortly after, Black-Weisheit desperately sought emotional support. She wanted a friend who could truly understand her situation, and she figured there were others who needed this, too.(不久之后，Black-Weisheit拼命寻求情感支持。她想要一个能真正理解她处境的朋友，她觉得其他人也需要这样的朋友)”可知，Black-Weisheit在被告知她得了狼疮后不久意识到了寻求情感支持的重要性。故答案为The importance of seeking emotional support.
2．考查细节理解。根据第二段“So, during her first year of college, she created Friends’ Health Connection (FHC), a non-profit organization that helped people with similar health conditions.(因此，在她大学的第一年，她创建了朋友健康联系（FHC），这是一个非营利组织，帮助有类似健康状况的人)”可知，Black-Weisheit创建了非营利组织FHC是为了帮助其他患有类似疾病的人。故答案为To help other people suffering similar diseases.
3．考查句意猜测。根据画线句后文“She’d even transformed her hospital room into an “office” and worked in her hospital bed.(她甚至把自己的病房变成了“办公室”，在病床上工作)”可知，她在治疗期间没有放弃FHC，她甚至把自己的病房变成了“办公室”，在病床上工作。故画线句意思是“她在治疗期间没有放弃FHC”。故答案为She didn’t give up FHC during her treatment.
4．考查细节理解。根据倒数第三段“Black-Weisheit’s new disease left her extremely weak and tired, and she knew she had to make a choice about FHC. “Since my time and energy were limited and my future was uncertain, the board and I decided to close our office. I wanted to devote all my energy to keeping my family life as normal as possible,” she explained.(Black-Weisheit的新疾病使她极度虚弱和疲惫，她知道她必须对FHC做出选择。“由于我的时间和精力有限，我的未来也不确定，董事会和我决定关闭我们的办公室。我想把我所有的精力都投入到让我的家庭生活尽可能正常，”她解释道)”可知，Black-Weisheit最终决定关闭办公室是因为她的健康状况不佳。故答案为Her poor health conditions.
5．开放性试题，题干：你觉得Black-Weisheit怎么样？为什么？（不超过20字）可回答：我认为她是许多人的榜样，因为她尽管遭受了很大的痛苦，但还是努力帮助别人。故答案为I think she’s a role model for many people because she tried to help others even though she suffered greatly.
6．To see his parents off. 7．Visit his wife at the nursing home. 8．He was moved. 9．Enjoyed 10．He was a kind and generous man for offering a lift to an old man and giving him a brunch of flowers.
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文。讲述了作者送自己父母去火车上，在回来的路上，顺便搭乘了意为老人去养老院看望妻子的故事。
6．考查细节理解。根据文章第一段“Yesterday my parents were heading off on a little holiday and I took them to the train station, the rain was pouring down.(昨天我父母去度假，我带他们去了火车站)”可知，作者去火车站的目的是为了给父母送行，故答案为To see his parents off。
7．考查细节理解。根据文章第三段“He was 87 and heading to the nursing home he had just put his beloved wife in last week.(他已经87了，即将前往老人院，上周他刚刚把心爱的妻子送去那里)”可知，老年人去养老院看望妻子，故答案为：Visit his wife at the nursing home.
8．考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段“As I made my way back to my car, I totally lost control of my emotions and cried like a baby.(在回到车里的路上，我完全无法控制我的情绪，哭得像个婴儿)”可知，作者被老人的故事所感动，故答案为：He was moved。
9．考查词义猜测。根据文章最后一段indulged in前的内容“I gave him the bunch of flowers I had in the car which I had given to my mom on Mother’s Day. I would much rather see the flowers(我把车里的那束原本打算送给我妈妈的那束花送给了他，我宁愿看到这些花……)”可知，此处指我将原本打算送给妈妈的花送给了他，因为我想让他和妻子欣赏这些花，而不是将花带回去，故此处的indulged in意为“欣赏……”，故答案为：Enjoyed。
10．考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段“I was very glad to be able to help him in some way.(我很高兴我能帮助到他)”可知，作者乐于帮助他，因为作者是一个善良的人。且根据最后一段“As I dropped him off at the entrance of the nursing home, I gave him the bunch of flowers I had in the car which I had given to my mom on Mother’s Day.(当我将他送到养老院门口时，我将那束原本要送给妈妈的花送给了他)”可知，作者是一个慷慨大方的人。故答案为：He was a kind and generous man for offering a lift to an old man and giving him a brunch of flowers。
11．This poem was well-done./This poem was the same work of genius./This poem was almost wonderful/excellent. 12．Because they had different attitude towards the poem./Because they had different opinions about the poem. 13．It was lousy./It was very bad./It was a pretty lousy poem. 14．Everyone needs a loving mother and a strict father. 15．I need a mother who can encourage me and a father who can caution me. /I need parents who both love me./I need parents who always encourage me.
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍的是作者父母对作者在七八岁时写的第一首诗歌的不同评价让作者认识到一个作家的成长既需要母亲的鼓励，也需要父亲的鞭策。
11．考查词句猜测。根据第一段中的“My mother read the little poem and began to cry. ‘Buddy, you didn’t really write this beautiful, beautiful poem!’(母亲读了这首小诗，哭了起来。“伙计，你不会真的写了这首非常非常漂亮的诗吧!”)”可知，母亲表扬作者的诗歌写的很好，第二段中的“Shyly, proud-bursting, I stammered that I had. She poured out her praise.( 我羞涩地，骄傲地，结结巴巴地说是我。她倾吐她的赞美之词。)”可知，作者听到母亲对诗歌的赞美之词感到非常的高兴，由此可推断，划线句子的意思是对作者诗歌的赞美。故答案为This poem was well-done./This poem was the same work of genius./This poem was almost wonderful/excellent.。
12．考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“That poem was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. I could hear my father breathing. ‘I think it’s lousy,’ my father said.( 那首诗只有十行。但这似乎要花好几个小时。我能听到父亲的呼吸声。“我觉得很糟糕，”父亲说。)”可知，父亲对作者写的诗歌并不满意，结合第三段中的“‘Ben, a beautiful thing has happened,’ my mother began. ‘Buddy has written his first poem! And it’s beautiful, absolutely amazing.’(“本，一件美好的事情发生了，”我妈妈开始说。“巴迪写了他的第一首诗!它很美，绝对令人惊叹。”)”可知，母亲认为作者写的是个很精彩，由此可以推断，父母两人吵架是因为他们的观点不一致。故答案是Because they had different attitude towards the poem./Because they had different opinions about the poem.。
13．考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“A few years later I took a second look at that first poem; it was a pretty lousy poem.(几年后，我重新审视了那首诗；这是一首非常糟糕的诗。)”可知，几年后，作者在看到自己写的第一首诗歌后，感觉这首诗歌真的很糟糕。故答案是It was lousy./ It was very bad. /It was a pretty lousy poem.。
14．考查主旨大意。根据最后一段中的“A writer — in fact every one of us in life — needs that loving-mother force from which all creation flows; and yet alone it is incomplete, even misleading, finally destructive, without the father force to caution, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”(一个作家——实际上是生活中的每一个人——都需要那种慈母般的力量，所有的创作都源自这种力量；然而，如果没有父亲的告诫，它是不完整的，甚至是误导的，最终是毁灭性的，“观察、倾听、审查、改善。”)”可知，作者认为生活中的每一个人只有一个爱自己的母亲是不完美的，还需要一个严厉的父亲才能让自己不断的进步，所以最后一段主要阐述的是人人都需要一位慈母和一位严父。故答案是Everyone needs a loving mother and a strict father.。
15．开放性题目。根据介绍的作者的写的第一首诗歌的经历以及最后一段中的“A writer—in fact every one of us in life—needs that loving-mother force from which all creation flows; and yet alone it is incomplete, even misleading, finally destructive, without the father force to caution, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”(一个作家——实际上是生活中的每一个人——都需要那种慈母般的力量，所有的创作都源自这种力量；然而，如果没有父亲的告诫，它是不完整的，甚至是误导的，最终是毁灭性的，“观察、倾听、审查、改善。”)”可知，人们都需要一个鼓励自己，爱护自己的而母亲，也需要一位客观公正的父亲，所以在生活中，我需要的也是一位如同作者一样的父母，即我需要一位鼓励我的母亲和一位鞭策我的父亲。故答案是I need a mother who can encourage me and a father who can caution me. /I need parents who both love me. /I need parents who always encourage me.。
16．full 17．His mother added grease from frying bacon to the beans. 18．The author planned the next week’s food and ate all leftovers. 19．Life shouldn’t be wasted and we should live each moment to the fullest. 20．I treasure every minute and every second of my life and do everything well because wasting life is shameful.
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述的是作者从小受到母亲和祖母的影响，学会了不浪费食物，由此感悟到既不能浪费食物也不能浪费生命的道理，我们应该珍惜生命中的每一刻。
16．词义猜测题。根据上文中的“I can remember my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until…”以及“but there was always about half of the beans left over.”可知，祖母做了很大一锅的黑豆，结果还剩下了将近一半，说明我们都吃饱了，还是有剩余，所以stuffed意为“饱了”可以替换为full。故答案为full。
17．考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“And I also remember when I watched my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the grease (油脂) and carefully pour it into a container. Then she later would use it to flavor up so many other dishes.”可知，作者的母亲将培根的油脂制成调味品放到其它的菜肴中，所以作者吃的豆子像培根一样。故答案为His mother added grease from frying bacon to the beans.。
18．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I always planned the week’s meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping list so nothing went to waste. Every meal went into my stomach and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs.”可知，作者为了节省不浪费，都是提前做好购物计划，做的食物都要吃完，即使剩下也要和家人在下一顿饭中吃掉，这是作者节省的方式。故答案为The author planned the next week’s food and ate all leftovers.。
19．推理判断题。根据第三段中的“ when it comes to living there are no leftovers. Each moment that you don’t live is lost forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be stored. Life has to be lived, TODAY!”和第四段中的“Live each moment of your life to the fullest then.”可知，作者在生活中节约的经历，让作者感悟到，生命也不能浪费，我们认真活好每一分钟。故最后两段讲述的是生命不能被浪费，要珍惜生命中的每一个时刻。故答案为Life shouldn’t be wasted and we should live each moment to the fullest.。
20．开放型题目。根据倒数第二段中的“Each moment that you don’t live is lost forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be stored. Life has to be lived, TODAY!” 以及最后一段中的“Make every day a feast of love with no leftovers. Leo Buscaglia once said: “Each day is a fresh beginning, a little life unto itself.” Don’t let any of these little lives go to waste. Live your life with a full belly and a full heart.”可知作者在人生中感悟到的是不能浪费生命，要过好生命中的每一刻。在现实生活中，我做好生活中的每一件事情珍惜每分每秒，这就是充实生活的表现。故答案为I treasure every minute and every second of my life and do everything well because wasting life is shameful.。
21．He was an editor of a literary magazine and a professor. OR: He worked as an editor of a literary magazine and a professor. 22．Because he might stay in the Galveston boarding house and write the story when he once lived in Houston. OR: O. Henry might once stay in the boarding house and leave it there by accident. 23．Proved. 24．He sold it to help the girl with her operation. OR: To help the girl with her operation she desperately needed. OR: Because the money could help the girl with her operation. OR: Because the girl needed money desperately to have her operation. 25．Open./One possible answer: The author wants/wanted to show how kind and noble his father is/was. Because it’s very likely that his father gave his own money to the girl.
【导语】这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述了一位处于贫困中的母亲在发现欧·亨利的书稿时没有私藏，而是转交给作者的父亲，作者的父亲让专家鉴定后将书稿卖的钱如数给小女孩的母亲，生病的孩子得救了的故事。
21．考查细节理解。根据第一段中“It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU(那是在20世纪30年代，当时他是德克萨斯州达拉斯市南卫理公会大学（SMU）文学杂志的编辑。他还在新加坡南卫理公会大学担任教授)”可知，作者的父亲在南卫理公会大学担任文学杂志的编辑和教授。故答案为He was an editor of a literary magazine and a professor. OR: He worked as an editor of a literary magazine and a professor。
22．考查细节理解。根据第二段中“and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So, it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boarding house, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident.(他知道欧·亨利曾经住在休斯敦。所以，有可能这位著名作家去了海滩，住在加尔维斯顿的公寓里，在那里写了故事，不小心把手稿留在了那里)”可知，因为当欧·亨利曾经住在休斯敦的时候，可能住在加尔维斯顿的公寓里写下了这个故事，所以他的手稿在阁楼里被发现。故答案为Because he might stay in the Galveston boarding house and write the story when he once lived in Houston. OR: O. Henry might once stay in the boarding house and leave it there by accident。
23．考查词义猜测。根据画线词前一句“My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York(我父亲拜访了纽约哥伦比亚大学的一位欧·亨利专家)”可知，作者的父亲去拜访欧·亨利专家是为了鉴定手稿是否是欧·亨利的遗作，故此处意为“专家证明这个故事是欧·亨利写的”，authenticated意为“证明”。故答案为Proved。
24．考查细节理解。根据第三段最后两句“My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.(我父亲把钱给了那个女孩。这足以让她做她迫切需要的手术)”可知，作者的父亲卖掉手稿是为了帮助小女孩做手术。故答案为He sold it to help the girl with her operation. OR: To help the girl with her operation she desperately needed. OR: Because the money could help the girl with her operation. OR: Because the girl needed money desperately to have her operation。
25．考查推理判断。本题是开放题型，答案不唯一，根据全文内容，结合文章最后一句“But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.(但我怀疑这可能比他自己讲的故事更好)”可知，作者的父亲向作者讲述了卖掉欧·亨利的手稿给贫穷的小女孩做手术的故事，但是作者猜想父亲可能是把自己的钱给了那个小女孩，所以作者写这个关于父亲的故事是为了展示他的父亲是多么的善良和高尚，因为很有可能他父亲把自己的钱给了那个女孩。故答案为Open./One possible answer: The author wants/wanted to show how kind and noble his father is/was. Because it’s very likely that his father gave his own money to the girl。
26．Villaseor realized the lack of climate education. 27．By starting a year-long protest to leaders in the UN and a global campaign. 28．Young people would take over the world. 29．When people listened to her and youth climate activists. 30．She is a determined girl. With her efforts, the climate education in school was taken seriously both locally and internationally.
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章介绍了一个名为Alexandria Villaseor的女孩向联合国领导人发起为期一年的抗议，呼吁重视学校的气候教育问题。
26．考查主旨大意。根据第一段关键句““That’s when I found out how important climate education was,” she reflected. “And just how much we lacked climate education these past couple of years.” (“就在那时，我发现了气候教育的重要性，”她反思道。“在过去的几年里，我们多么缺乏气候教育。”)”可知，第一段主要告诉我们Villaseor意识到了缺乏气候教育的问题。故答案为Villaseor realized the lack of climate education.
27．考查细节理解。根据第二段关键句“For her, what started as local concern turned into a year-long protest in front of the United Nations’ New York City headquarters and a global campaign for more compulsory climate education. (对她来说，一开始是当地的担忧，后来变成了在联合国纽约市总部前长达一年的抗议活动，以及一场要求更多义务气候教育的全球运动)”可知，Villaseor通过向联合国领导人发起为期一年的抗议和全球运动让世界各国领导人重视气候教育。故答案为By starting a year-long protest to leaders in the UN and a global campaign.
28．考查词义猜测。根据画线部分句中“It’s completely unacceptable not to learn anything about our planet and our environment in school (在学校里不了解我们的星球和环境是完全不可接受的)”可知，学校里的年轻人应该了解我们的星球和环境，应该知道保护环境的重要性，因为年轻人是世界的未来，他们将接管世界，由此可知，第三段中带下划线的句子表示的是“年轻人将接管世界”。故答案为Young people would take over the world.
29．考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段关键句““This was definitely a huge moment when I realized that people were listening to the voices of me and youth climate activists.” Villaseor said. (Villaseor说：“当我意识到人们在倾听我和青年气候活动家的声音时，这绝对是一个巨大的时刻。”)”可知，当人们倾听她和青年气候活动家的声音时，对她来说是一个重大时刻。故答案为When people listened to her and youth climate activists.
30．开放性试题。根据第二段关键句“For her, what started as local concern turned into a year-long protest in front of the United Nations’ New York City headquarters and a global campaign for more compulsory climate education. (对她来说，一开始是当地的担忧，后来变成了在联合国纽约市总部前长达一年的抗议活动，以及一场要求更多义务气候教育的全球运动)”和倒数第二段关键句“Right now, Villaseor is working with the American Administration on its climate plan, which has promised to center on the needs of young people and communities most impacted by climate change. (目前，Villaseor正在与美国政府合作制定气候计划，该计划承诺以受气候变化影响最严重的年轻人和社区的需求为中心)”可知，Villaseor是一个意志坚定的女孩，在她的努力下，学校的气候教育在当地和国际上都得到了重视，此题为开放性试题，答案言之有理即可。故答案为She is a determined girl. With her efforts, the climate education in school was taken seriously both locally and internationally.
31．It/she was saved/rescued by the Harrisons/family. 32．They fed it/her on regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food.
OR: They provided it/her with a regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food.
OR: By giving/offering it/her a regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food. 33．Saved/rescued 34．An injured foot and a belly full of babies.
OR: Its/her injured foot and coming babies.
OR: Its/her injured foot and the babies in her belly.
OR: That it was pregnant/had babies on the way and injured (in the foot). 35．I will do whatever I can to protect animals and live with them in harmony.
【导语】本文为记叙文。本文叙述了人类与动物之间美好而感人的友谊。一只可爱的小松鼠贝拉被布兰特利 哈里森和她的家人救了，伤愈后放归野外，却不愿与救她的家庭分开。9年后，松鼠贝拉仍然几乎每天都来看望他们，哈里森一家还在网上记录了小松鼠的冒险经历。
31．考查细节理解。根据第二段“As a baby, the terrible attack made by an owl (猫头鹰) left Bella near death, she was carefully taken in by the Greenville County, South Carolina family, and raised by them alongside three other squirrels named Larry, Curly, and Moe.(小时候，一只猫头鹰的可怕袭击使贝拉濒临死亡，她被南卡罗来纳州格林维尔县的一户人家精心收养，和另外三只松鼠——拉里、科利和莫伊——一起抚养长大)”可知，小贝拉被猫头鹰弄伤后它(她)被哈里森一家救了。故答案为It/she was saved/rescued by the Harrisons/family.
32．考查细节理解。根据第二段“Bella stayed with the Harrisons until she had healed successfully thanks to a regular diet of fruit, nuts, and baby food, and was ready to jump on the trees in the forest.(贝拉一直和哈里森一家待在一起，直到她通过定期进食水果、坚果和婴儿食品成功康复，并准备在森林里的树上跳来跳去)”可知，哈里森一家用水果、坚果和婴儿食品喂养它/她。故答案为They fed it/her on regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food. OR: They provided it/her with a regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food. OR: By giving/offering it/her a regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food.
33．考查词句猜测。根据第一段“2010年10月，布兰特利·哈里森和她的家人救了（rescued）一只受伤的小松鼠，然后把她放归野外。然而，9年后，他们叫小贝拉的松鼠仍然几乎每天都来看望他们。”可知，小松鼠常来看望救她的家庭。因此“The little lady just isn’t ready to part with the family that succored her life.”可知，她还没准备好和救她的家庭分开。由此可判断出“succored”意为“saved/rescued”。
34．考查细节理解。根据最后一段“A few years after Bella’s original stay at the Harrison house, she found her way back to them with an injured foot—and a belly full of babies—spending another few months of recovering.(贝拉最初住在哈里森家几年后，她带着一只受伤的脚和一肚子的孩子回到了他们身边，又花了几个月的时间恢复)”可知，一只脚受伤了，怀孕让贝拉在最初的几年后又回到了哈里森家。故答案为An injured foot and a belly full of babies. OR: Its/her injured foot and coming babies. OR: Its/her injured foot and the babies in her belly. OR: That it was pregnant/had babies on the way and injured (in the foot).
35．考查开放题。根据“贝拉的故事对你有什么启发？请用你自己的话解释。”可回答，我将尽我所能保护动物，并与它们和谐相处。故答案为I will do whatever I can to protect animals and live with them in harmony.
36．Because she thought she could make it. / Because she thought she would get homeback before the blizzard. 37．That the wind picked up and visibility diminished. 38．Fierce. / Violent. / Strong. / Heavy. / Powerful. 39．He walked into the storm to find lost people and led them to his home. 40．Open/kindhearted. Because he took the risk of his own safety to help strangers.
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了一位80岁的老人Andre Bouvier Sr.在暴风雨中去营救迷路的一位女子Shannon St. Onge，意外救了另外六人并留宿他们的暖心故事。
36．考查细节理解。根据第二段“Expected start time was at around 7 pm, but she thought she could make it. ‘I bought a takeout for the kids, filled my gas tank, replaced my broken phone charger and then headed home around 5:30 before the storm hit,’ she wrote in a Facebook post.(预计开始时间是晚上7点左右，但她认为自己能赶上。她在脸书上写道：‘我给孩子们买了外卖，加满油，换了坏掉的手机充电器，然后在暴风雨来袭前5点半左右回家’)”可知，她做好了准备，计算好了时间，认为自己可以在暴风雨来临前成功到家。故答案为Because she thought she could make it. / Because she thought she would get home before the blizzard.
37．考查细节理解。根据第三段“Just as the pavement turned into gravel (碎石路), the wind picked up and visibility started to diminish (降低). She drove at a snail’s pace with her window rolled down, using the edge as her guide. After a while she realized she was lost.(就在人行道变成砾石的时候，风开始刮起来，能见度开始下降。她摇下车窗，以边缘为向导，以蜗牛般的速度开车。过了一会儿，她意识到自己迷路了)”可知，是因为风越来越大，能见度降低是她开车行驶变得越来越难。故答案为That the wind picked up and visibility diminished.
38．考查词义猜测。根据上文Shannon St. Onge在暴风雨中迷失方向及划线词下一句“To Bouvier’s surprise, he found two other cars with people who also needed help trapped alongside St. Onge.(令布维耶惊讶的是，他发现另外两辆车也有需要帮助的人被困在St. Onge旁边)”可知，那么多人因为暴风雨而迷路，由此可知，暴风雨非常猛烈。故答案为Fierce. / Violent. / Strong. / Heavy. / Powerful.
39．考查细节理解。根据第四段“Despite his wife’s concern for his well-being, he decided to help her and headed out in the storm. (尽管他的妻子担心他的健康，他还是决定帮助她，并在暴风雨中出发了)”及第五段“He bundled up (使穿得暖和), grabbed an LED flashlight and walked about half a kilometre into the raging storm to search for St. Onge’s car. To Bouvier’s surprise, he found two other cars with people who also needed help trapped alongside St. Onge. He led the seven lost people back to his home and welcomed them in for the evening.(他穿上暖和的衣服，拿起一个LED手电筒，在狂风暴雨中走了大约半公里，寻找St. Onge的车。令布维耶惊讶的是，他发现另外两辆车也有需要帮助的人被困在St. Onge旁边。他把这七个迷路的人带回了自己的家，并欢迎他们在家里过夜)”可知。老人冒着暴风雨去找到迷路的人，并且把他们带回自己家过夜。故答案为He walked into the storm to find lost people and led them to his home.
40．考查推理判断。根据第四段“Then she posted her location on the Pense community Facebook page in hopes that someone might be able to find her. That was when 80-year-old Andre Bouvier Sr. figured out her location. Despite his wife’s concern for his well-being, he decided to help her and headed out in the storm.(然后，她在Pense社区的Facebook页面上发布了自己的位置，希望有人能找到她。就在那时，80岁的老安德烈·布维耶发现了她的位置。尽管他的妻子担心他的健康，他还是决定帮助她，并在暴风雨中出发了)”及第五段“He led the seven lost people back to his home and welcomed them in for the evening.(他把这七个迷路的人带回了自己的家，并欢迎他们在家里过夜)”可知，老人自己年纪大，暴风雨又那么危险，老人去解救遇险的陌生人，并带他们回自己家过夜，可见老人心胸宽广，无私善良。故答案为Open/kindhearted. Because he took the risk of his own safety to help strangers.
41．The couple needed to take breaks from busy work. 42．How Josh and Carrie developed Harvey’s passion for hiking. 43．The icy and snow-covered trail and bad weather. 44．Encouragement. 45．Open. Possible version: We should dream big and start small.
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Sutton一家徒步阿巴拉契亚山道的故事。
41．考查细节理解。根据第二段中“The Sutton family recently finished hiking the entire trail. They are a unique trio (三人组) as their son Harvey turned five on the trail, which makes him the youngest to complete the Appalachian Trail. Josh and Carrie Sutton said they needed to take, breaks from busy work called mini-retirements. ”（萨顿一家最近完成了整条小径的徒步旅行。他们是一个独特的三人组，因为他们的儿子哈维五岁了，这使他（哈维）成为完成阿巴拉契亚步道的年级最小的人。乔什和卡丽·萨顿说，他们需要从繁忙的工作中休息一下，也就是所谓的“迷你退休”。）可知，萨顿一家决定徒步阿巴拉契亚山道，是因为他们觉得需要从繁忙的工作中休息一下。故答案为：The couple needed to take breaks from busy work.
42．考查主旨大意。根据第三段“When Harvey turned three, they took him winter camping, and by the time he was four, the family completed a 50-mile hike, camping over six days. Seeing that Harvey developed a passion for hiking, they planned a thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail. Hiking from end to end is called a thru-hike and generally takes five to seven months to complete.”（哈维三岁时，他们带他去冬季露营，到他四岁时，全家徒步走了50英里，露营了六天。看到哈维对徒步旅行产生了热情，他们计划在阿巴拉契亚小径上进行一次全程徒步旅行。从一端到另一端的徒步旅行被称为全程徒步旅行，通常需要五到七个月才能完成。）可知，本段主要讲述了萨顿夫妇培养儿子哈维喜欢徒步热情的故事。故答案为：How Josh and Carrie developed Harvey’s passion for hiking.
43．考查细节理解。根据第四段中“They hit the trail in Georgia on January 13, 2021. The first weeks were cold. The trail was icy and snow-covered, and the weather was often cloudy and bitter, so they made slow progress.”（他们于2021年1月13日在乔治亚州出发。头几个星期很冷。路上结了冰，白雪覆盖，天气又阴又冷，所以他们前进的速度很慢。）可知，在这次徒步进程中，恶劣的天气使得他们的进程变得很慢。故答案为：The icy and snow-covered trail and bad weather.
44．考查词句猜测。根据第四段中“The trail was icy and snow-covered, and the weather was often cloudy and bitter, so they made slow progress.”（路上结了冰，白雪覆盖，天气又阴又冷，所以他们前进的速度很慢。）可知，恶劣的天气使得路不好走。“As they had many miles to cover each day, they had to be inventive and started using imagination and Skittles ”（由于每天要走很远的路，他们必须发挥创造力，开始使用想象和彩虹糖）可推断，他们用想象和彩虹糖来激励年幼的儿子跟着他们前行，故而划线词的词义为“鼓励，激励”，encouragement“鼓励，激励”与划线词同义，故答案为：Encouragement.
45．开放性试题，言之有理即可。根据倒数第二段中“Little Harvey learned to count all the way to 2,193, the total miles his little feet traveled, and a big number for someone who just started kindergarten. ”（小哈维学会了一直数到2193，这是他的小脚走过的总里程数，对于一个刚开始上幼儿园的人来说，这是一个很大的数字。）可知，哈维虽然年纪小，但是却一步步地完成了阿巴拉契亚山道的徒步旅行，因此我们能从哈维的故事中学到我们要有大梦想，从小做起。故答案为：We should dream big and start small.
46．The team took part in the debate competition.
47．The examples of Olympic athletes or other real-life people. 48．It means pull yourself together.
49．The breakthrough and the pure friendship I gained.
50．Friends respect and trust each other.
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。讲述了作者去年参加创意英语大赛总总决赛夏令营的内容和收获。
46．细节理解题。根据第三段中“August 24 witnessed the important debate contest that many of us feared. The night before, my teammates and I sat in a circle, focusing our minds on the debate topic, “Does competition among friends adversely influence their friendships ”(8月24日见证了我们许多人担心的重要辩论赛。前一天晚上，我和队友们围成一圈，集中精力讨论辩论的主题:“朋友之间的竞争会对他们的友谊产生负面影响吗 ”)”可知，这个团队在夏令营参加了辩论赛。故回答The team took part in the debate competition.
47．细节理解题。根据第四段“All of us were busy searching for examples of Olympic athletes or other real-life people to back up our arguments. Time seemed to disappear faster than usual while we were working on this project.(我们所有人都在忙着寻找奥运会运动员或其他现实生活中的人的例子来支持我们的论点。在我们做这个项目的时候，时间似乎过得比平时快)”可知，他们准备了奥运会运动员或其他现实生活中的人的例子来支持他们的论点。故回答：The examples of Olympic athletes or other real-life people.
48．词句猜测题。根据第三段“August 24 witnessed the important debate contest that many of us feared.(8月24日见证了我们许多人担心的重要辩论赛)”可知，“我”担心辩论比赛，在根据第五段中“Preparing the details in my head allowed me to feel ready for the challenge. With my teammates backing me up, I drew myself up to full height and expressed my point of view as best as I could.(在脑海中准备好细节让我觉得自己已经为挑战做好了准备。在队友的支持下，我挺直了身子，尽我所能地表达了我的观点)”可知，此处是对前文“Brace yourself and show your best.”这句话的具体表现，所以可推知“Brace yourself”应是不要担心振作起来之意。故回答：It means pull yourself together.
49．主旨大意题。根据最后一段“From those eight days, it isn’t the prize I valued the most but the breakthrough and the pure friendship I gained. It would be better to change my motor into “Brace yourself and fight together.” I firmly hold the belief that this period of time will live in my memory forever and will shine even brighter when I look back.(在这8天里，我最看重的不是奖金，而是我获得的突破和纯洁的友谊。不如把我的口号改成“打起精神，一起战斗”我坚信，这段时间将永远活在我的记忆中，当我回想起来时，会更加明亮)”可知，本文的主题，是讲述了作者通过8天的夏令营，突破了自己并获得了纯洁的友谊。故回答：The breakthrough and the pure friendship I gained.
50．开放性问题。在我看来，朋友间相互尊重，相互信任是保持友谊最好的方法。故回答：Friends respect and trust each other.
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专题07 阅读表达10篇
（2023·天津河西·统考二模）阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容完成下列各题。
At the age of 15, Roxanne Black-Weisheit was told that she got lupus, a systemic autoimmune (自身免疫) disease that occurs when one’s body’s immune system attacks the healthy tissues and organs. Shortly after, Black-Weisheit desperately sought emotional support. She wanted a friend who could truly understand her situation, and she figured there were others who needed this, too.
So, during her first year of college, she created Friends’ Health Connection (FHC), a non-profit organization that helped people with similar health conditions.
As she was starting FHC, lupus was destroying her kidney function. During her senior year of college, she had her first kidney transplant and 13 years later, she had her second one. Through it all, she didn’t forgo FHC. She’d even transformed her hospital room into an “office” and worked in her hospital bed.
After graduation, she secured enough funding to continue growing her organization, and it became her full-time job. But, unfortunately, lupus and kidney transplants weren’t the end of Black-Weisheit’s health issues. Five years ago, at 42, she had lymphoma.
Black-Weisheit’s new disease left her extremely weak and tired, and she knew she had to make a choice about FHC． “Since my time and energy were limited and my future was uncertain, the board and I decided to close our office. I wanted to devote all my energy to keeping my family life as normal as possible,” she explained.
Her career didn’t end there, though. When she started feeling better, she felt the urge to start working again. Using her experience from FHC, she started a new company — Schedule , which helps other companies schedule different types of speakers for their events. This is now Black-Weisheit’s current job. But she missed running her own non-profit organization, so she started trying to figure out how to bring back FHC．
And, recently, she received some great news: A past FHC donor would provide her with a grant to get the organization running again.
1．What did Black-Weisheit realize shortly after being told that she got lupus (no more than 8 words)
2．Why did Black-Weisheit create the non-profit organization FHC (no more than 10 words)
3．How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 (no more than 10 words)
4．What made Black-Weisheit decide to close the office in the end (no more than 5 words)
5．What do you think of Black-Weisheit Why (no more than 20 words)
（2023·天津·统考二模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Yesterday my parents were heading off on a little holiday and I took them to the train station, the rain was pouring down.
I got their luggage out, helped them get to the elevator and sent them on their way. As I was walking back to the parking lot, I saw an elderly man walking slowly toward the bus station. Obviously, he had no umbrella. I walked over and asked him where he was going. It turned out that he was heading to the same town as I was, just a 15-minute drive. I offered him a lift which he gratefully accepted.
We had a lovely chat on the way and I learned some of his history. He was 87 and heading to the nursing home he had just put his beloved wife in last week. He had his driving license taken away last year so he had to take public transport every day. A tear fell down his cheek as he told me about his wife. I tried to hold back my own tears but failed.
As I dropped him off at the entrance of the nursing home, I gave him the bunch of flowers I had in the car which I had given to my mom on Mother’s Day. I would much rather see the flowers indulged in by him and his wife than just take them back home. Tears rolled down his cheeks and he thanked me gratefully. As I made my way back to my car, I totally lost control of my emotions and cried like a baby. I just felt that all the stars shone for some reason and I was meant to meet him today. I was very glad to be able to help him in some way.
6．What was the purpose of the author’s visit to the train station (no more than 10 words)
7．What was the elderly man going to do (no more than 10 words)
8．How did the author feel about the elderly man (no more than 5 words)
9．What does the underlined phrase “indulged in” in Paragraph 4 probably mean (1 word)
10．What do you think of the author And give your reasons. (no more than 25 words)
（2023·天津河东·统考一模）阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
When I was eight or nine years old, I wrote my first poem. My mother read the little poem and began to cry. “Buddy, you didn’t really write this beautiful, beautiful poem!”
Shyly, proud-bursting, I stammered that I had. She poured out her praise. Why, this poem was nothing short of genius! I glowed.
I spent the best part of that afternoon preparing for the arrival of my father. But he did not return until an hour late for dinner. “Ben, a beautiful thing has happened,” my mother began. “Buddy has written his first poem! And it’s beautiful, absolutely amazing.”
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide that for myself,” Father said.
That poem was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. I could hear my father breathing. “I think it’s lousy,” my father said.
“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs encouragement.”
They quarreled over it. I couldn’t stand it another second. I ran from the dinning room bawling.
Up in my room I threw myself on the bed and sobbed.
A few years later I took a second look at that first poem; it was a pretty lousy poem. But it wasn’t until years later that the true meaning of that painful “first poem” experience dawned on me. As I became a professional writer, it became clearer and clearer to me how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “Buddy, did you really write this I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who shook his head no and drove me to tears with “I think it’s lousy.” A writer — in fact every one of us in life — needs that loving-mother force from which all creation flows; and yet alone it is incomplete, even misleading, finally destructive, without the father force to caution, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”
11．How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 2 (no more than 8 words )
12．Why did the writer’s parents quarrel at dinner (no more than 10 words )
13．What did the writer think of his first poem when he grew older (no more than 8 words )
14．What does the last paragraph mainly talk about (no more than 15 words )
15．What kind of parents do you need in life (no more than 20 words )
（2023·天津红桥·统考一模）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
When I was a boy growing up, I could not once ever remember either my mom or my grandmother wasting food. Anything we didn’t eat at one meal was saved, stored, and served as leftovers (剩饭剩菜) later on. I can remember my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were stuffed but there was always about half of the beans left over. A few days later my grandmother would take those beans out of the refrigerator, boil pasta, add parsley and mix them all together into her delicious Pasta Fasule. And I also remember when I watched my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the grease (油脂) and carefully pour it into a container. Then she later would use it to flavor up so many other dishes. I was an adult before I realized that green beans didn’t actually taste like bacon.
I learned their lessons well and after I grew up I tried never to waste food by myself. I always planned the week’s meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping list so nothing went to waste. Every meal went into my stomach and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs. To me throwing food in the trash was just wrong. All the work it took to grow it, harvest it, and prepare it needed to be honored, not wasted.
I learned something else over the years, however: when it comes to living there are no leftovers. Each moment that you don’t live is lost forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be stored. Life has to be lived, TODAY!
Live each moment of your life to the fullest then. Make every day a feast of love with no leftovers. Leo Buscaglia once said: “Each day is a fresh beginning, a little life unto itself.” Don’t let any of these little lives go to waste. Live your life with a full belly and a full heart.
16．What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1 probably mean (1 word)
17．How could the beans the author ate as a child taste like bacon (no more than 10 words)
18．What did the author do to avoid wasting food (no more than 15 words)
19．What do the last two paragraphs mainly talk about (no more than 20 words)
20．How do you live your life to the fullest Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
（2023·天津·模拟预测）阅读下面短文，按照要求用英语回答问题。
When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn’t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boarding house in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic (阁楼) one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript (手稿). On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So, it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boarding house, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventually, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loved the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
21．What did the author’s father do at SMU (no more than 12 words)
22．Why was O. Henry’s manuscript found in the attic (no more than 20 words)
23．What does the underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 mean (1 word)
24．Why did the author’s father set out to sell the manuscript (no more than 10 words)
25．What do you think of the author’s intention of writing such a story of his father
Please explain. (no more than 25 words)
（2023·天津北辰·统考模拟预测）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
In 2019, the state of California was on fire. Alexandria Villaseor, who was 13 at the time, witnessed the destruction of Northern California’s Camp Fire, which would go on to burn more than 150,000 acres of land. Villaseor was scared. “That’s when I found out how important climate education was,” she reflected. “And just how much we lacked climate education these past couple of years.”
Villaseor, at the age of 15, was determined to have a bigger conversation. She quickly realized the fight requires international, government-level changes. For her, what started as local concern turned into a year-long protest in front of the United Nations’ New York City headquarters and a global campaign for more compulsory climate education. She sat on a bench in front of the headquarters, begging for the world’s leaders to take climate change seriously.
Her action received national attention, with millions of other students around the world joining in the movement. “It’s completely unacceptable not to learn anything about our planet and our environment in school, after all the young people would inherit the Earth.” Villaseor said, “That’s why I think that climate education is so important, and that’s why I focus a lot on it now.”
Right now, Villaseor is working with the American Administration on its climate plan, which has promised to center on the needs of young people and communities most impacted by climate change. She even spoke at the 2021 Democratic National Convention. “This was definitely a huge moment when I realized that people were listening to the voices of me and youth climate activists.” Villaseor said.
When she isn’t connecting with her fellow youth activists, Villaseor is like most other teens. “My favorite thing to do, of course, is sleep,” she said, “I like to read a lot. I like fantasy books, normally. I also like to write.”
26．What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us (no more than 10 words)
27．How did Villaseor make the world’s leaders attach importance to climate education (no more than 15 words)
28．How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 (no more than 15 words)
29．When was the huge moment to Villaseor (no more than10 words)
30．What do you think of Villaseor Please explain in your own words (no more than 20 words)
（2023·天津·耀华中学校考二模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
When Brantley Harrison and her family rescued a tiny, injured squirrel back, then released her back into the wild, they didn’t expect to ever see her again. Nine years later, however, little Bella, they called the squirrel Bella, still comes to visit them almost every day—as long as snacks are provided, of course.
As a baby, the terrible attack made by an owl (猫头鹰) left Bella near death, she was carefully taken in by the Greenville County, South Carolina family, and raised by them alongside three other squirrels named Larry, Curly, and Moe. Bella stayed with the Harrisons until she had healed successfully thanks to a regular diet of fruit, nuts, and baby food, and was ready to jump on the trees in the forest. The sweet squirrel never goes too far from her adopted home, though, and stops by to say hello whenever she can, despite how much time has passed.
“Bella sits right at the front door waiting for someone to notice she has come by for a visit. If no one notices her, she will jump over to the dining room window to wait for someone to see her,” Brantley told The Dodo. The little lady just isn’t ready to part with the family that succored her life. Whenever she stops by, she asks for nothing more than a handful of nuts.
What is the most amazing part A few years after Bella’s original stay at the Harrison house, she found her way back to them with an injured foot—and a belly full of babies—spending another few months of recovering. “It was truly amazing to watch the baby I raised raise her own babies,” Brantley said. Bella now even has her own Instagram page, where her human family documents her adventures, with almost 4 thousand followers!
31．What happened after little Bella was injured by an owl (No more than 10 words)
32．How did the Harrisons take care of little Bella (No more than 15 words)
33．What does the underlined word in the third paragraph mean (Only 1 word)
34．What brought Bella back to the Harrisons a few years after its original stay (No more than 10 words)
35．How does Bella’s story inspire you Please explain in your own words. (no more than 20words)
（2023·天津河北·统考二模）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Monday started as an ordinary day for Shannon St. Onge, who lived in Pense, a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. She drove the approximately 25 kilometres east into Regina for work.
She kept an eye on highway conditions throughout the day. The weather network was warning of a blizzard. Expected start time was at around 7 pm, but she thought she could make it. “I bought a takeout for the kids, filled my gas tank, replaced my broken phone charger and then headed home around 5:30 before the storm hit,” she wrote in a Facebook post.
She took a dirt road because she thought it would be better for the winter driving conditions. Just as the pavement turned into gravel (碎石路), the wind picked up and visibility started to diminish (降低). She drove at a snail’s pace with her window rolled down, using the edge as her guide. After a while she realized she was lost. Whiteout conditions left her confused.
She could make out a sign that said “Bouvier Lane,” giving her some sense of where she was. Then she posted her location on the Pense community Facebook page in hopes that someone might be able to find her. That was when 80-year-old Andre Bouvier Sr. figured out her location. Despite his wife’s concern for his well-being, he decided to help her and headed out in the storm.
He bundled up (使穿得暖和), grabbed an LED flashlight and walked about half a kilometre into the raging storm to search for St. Onge’s car. To Bouvier’s surprise, he found two other cars with people who also needed help trapped alongside St. Onge. He led the seven lost people back to his home and welcomed them in for the evening.
Bouvier became a hero overnight. Bouvier didn’t want much credit for his efforts for a stranger in need. “Everybody would have done the same thing,” he said. “You don’t think about it; you just do it.”
36．Why did St. Onge still drive home although she heard about the approaching blizzard (no more than 10 words)
37．What made driving difficult according to Paragraph 3 (no more than 10 words)
38．How do you understand the underlined word in Paragraph 5 (1 word)
39．How did Bouvier help the lost people (no more than 15 words)
40．What do you think of Bouvier Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
（2023·天津和平·统考二模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
The Appalachian Trail attracts thousands of serious hikers each spring, only one in four hikers completes the entire trail.
The Sutton family recently finished hiking the entire trail. They are a unique trio (三人组) as their son Harvey turned five on the trail, which makes him the youngest to complete the Appalachian Trail. Josh and Carrie Sutton said they needed to take, breaks from busy work called mini-retirements. “We set the family goal of living a life with extraordinary stories. Doing things like hiking with a child on the Appalachian Trail gives you extraordinary stories,” Josh Sutton said.
When Harvey turned three, they took him winter camping, and by the time he was four, the family completed a 50-mile hike, camping over six days. Seeing that Harvey developed a passion for hiking, they planned a thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail. Hiking from end to end is called a thru-hike and generally takes five to seven months to complete.
They hit the trail in Georgia on January 13, 2021. The first weeks were cold. The trail was icy and snow-covered, and the weather was often cloudy and bitter, so they made slow progress. They would wake up early each day, pack their gear (装备), and then start walking. As they had many miles to cover each day, they had to be inventive and started using imagination and Skittles (彩虹糖) as incentive for little Harvey.
The family completed their journey on August 9, 2021. Little Harvey learned to count all the way to 2,193, the total miles his little feet traveled, and a big number for someone who just started kindergarten. “I will do it again because like it so much,” said Harvey.
Although the Suttons are now back home, they have incredible memories of this mini-retirement. The journey is a life-changing experience for the Sutton family and is an inspiration for families who dream of taking a similar journey.
41．Why did the Sutton family decided to hike the Appalachian Tail (no more than 10 words)
42．What does the third paragraph mainly talk about (no more than 10 words)
43．What made their journey difficult (no more than 10 words)
44．What does the underlined word “incentive” in Paragraph 5 probably mean (no more than 1 word)
45．How does the Sutton family’s story inspire you Explain in your own words. (no more than 20 words)
（2023·天津河东·统考二模）阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Last August I took part in the Summer Camp of the General Final Contest of the 16th National Creative English Contest held in Beijing. It was one of the most meaningful thing I did in my Senior 2 summer vacation.
The summer camp lasted from August 20 to August 27. During the opening ceremony, we each wrote a postcard to motivate ourselves. On my card I wrote, “Brace yourself and show your best,” These words supported me throughout every obstacle I experienced.
August 24 witnessed the important debate contest that many of us feared. The night before, my teammates and I sat in a circle, focusing our minds on the debate topic, “Does competition among friends adversely influence their friendships ”
All of us were busy searching for examples of Olympic athletes or other real-life people to back up our arguments. Time seemed to disappear faster than usual while we were working on this project.
Finally, the big day arrived. Only one minute before we went on the stage, an inner voice entered my mind, saying, “Brace yourself and show your best.” Preparing the details in my head allowed me to feel ready for the challenge. With my teammates backing me up, I drew myself up to full height and expressed my point of view as best as I could.
The results of the contest convinced me that my motto paid off—I entered the top 50, and two of my teammates placed in the top 10 due to their excellent performance. And through the strength of our teamwork, my friends and I became closer than ever. The more competition among friends, the firmer our friendship will be.
From those eight days, it isn’t the prize I valued the most but the breakthrough and the pure friendship I gained. It would be better to change my motor into “Brace yourself and fight together.” I firmly hold the belief that this period of time will live in my memory forever and will shine even brighter when I look back.
46．What did the team do in the Summer Camp (no more than 10 words)
47．What did they prepare to support their argument (no more than 10 words)
48．What’s the meaning of the underlined words “Brace yourself” (no more than 5 words)
49．What’s the topic of the passage (no more than 10 words)
50．In your opinion, how do you keep friendship (no more than 15 words)
参考答案：
1．The importance of seeking emotional support. 2．To help other people suffering similar diseases. 3．She didn’t give up FHC during her treatment. 4．Her poor health conditions. 5．I think she’s a role model for many people because she tried to help others even though she suffered greatly.
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了Roxanne Black-Weisheit因为患了狼疮，非常渴望情感支持，于是创建了非营利组织FHC，帮助有类似健康状况的人。文章介绍了她治病的过程以及组织的运转情况。
1．考查细节理解。根据第一段“Shortly after, Black-Weisheit desperately sought emotional support. She wanted a friend who could truly understand her situation, and she figured there were others who needed this, too.(不久之后，Black-Weisheit拼命寻求情感支持。她想要一个能真正理解她处境的朋友，她觉得其他人也需要这样的朋友)”可知，Black-Weisheit在被告知她得了狼疮后不久意识到了寻求情感支持的重要性。故答案为The importance of seeking emotional support.
2．考查细节理解。根据第二段“So, during her first year of college, she created Friends’ Health Connection (FHC), a non-profit organization that helped people with similar health conditions.(因此，在她大学的第一年，她创建了朋友健康联系（FHC），这是一个非营利组织，帮助有类似健康状况的人)”可知，Black-Weisheit创建了非营利组织FHC是为了帮助其他患有类似疾病的人。故答案为To help other people suffering similar diseases.
3．考查句意猜测。根据画线句后文“She’d even transformed her hospital room into an “office” and worked in her hospital bed.(她甚至把自己的病房变成了“办公室”，在病床上工作)”可知，她在治疗期间没有放弃FHC，她甚至把自己的病房变成了“办公室”，在病床上工作。故画线句意思是“她在治疗期间没有放弃FHC”。故答案为She didn’t give up FHC during her treatment.
4．考查细节理解。根据倒数第三段“Black-Weisheit’s new disease left her extremely weak and tired, and she knew she had to make a choice about FHC. “Since my time and energy were limited and my future was uncertain, the board and I decided to close our office. I wanted to devote all my energy to keeping my family life as normal as possible,” she explained.(Black-Weisheit的新疾病使她极度虚弱和疲惫，她知道她必须对FHC做出选择。“由于我的时间和精力有限，我的未来也不确定，董事会和我决定关闭我们的办公室。我想把我所有的精力都投入到让我的家庭生活尽可能正常，”她解释道)”可知，Black-Weisheit最终决定关闭办公室是因为她的健康状况不佳。故答案为Her poor health conditions.
5．开放性试题，题干：你觉得Black-Weisheit怎么样？为什么？（不超过20字）可回答：我认为她是许多人的榜样，因为她尽管遭受了很大的痛苦，但还是努力帮助别人。故答案为I think she’s a role model for many people because she tried to help others even though she suffered greatly.
6．To see his parents off. 7．Visit his wife at the nursing home. 8．He was moved. 9．Enjoyed 10．He was a kind and generous man for offering a lift to an old man and giving him a brunch of flowers.
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文。讲述了作者送自己父母去火车上，在回来的路上，顺便搭乘了意为老人去养老院看望妻子的故事。
6．考查细节理解。根据文章第一段“Yesterday my parents were heading off on a little holiday and I took them to the train station, the rain was pouring down.(昨天我父母去度假，我带他们去了火车站)”可知，作者去火车站的目的是为了给父母送行，故答案为To see his parents off。
7．考查细节理解。根据文章第三段“He was 87 and heading to the nursing home he had just put his beloved wife in last week.(他已经87了，即将前往老人院，上周他刚刚把心爱的妻子送去那里)”可知，老年人去养老院看望妻子，故答案为：Visit his wife at the nursing home.
8．考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段“As I made my way back to my car, I totally lost control of my emotions and cried like a baby.(在回到车里的路上，我完全无法控制我的情绪，哭得像个婴儿)”可知，作者被老人的故事所感动，故答案为：He was moved。
9．考查词义猜测。根据文章最后一段indulged in前的内容“I gave him the bunch of flowers I had in the car which I had given to my mom on Mother’s Day. I would much rather see the flowers(我把车里的那束原本打算送给我妈妈的那束花送给了他，我宁愿看到这些花……)”可知，此处指我将原本打算送给妈妈的花送给了他，因为我想让他和妻子欣赏这些花，而不是将花带回去，故此处的indulged in意为“欣赏……”，故答案为：Enjoyed。
10．考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段“I was very glad to be able to help him in some way.(我很高兴我能帮助到他)”可知，作者乐于帮助他，因为作者是一个善良的人。且根据最后一段“As I dropped him off at the entrance of the nursing home, I gave him the bunch of flowers I had in the car which I had given to my mom on Mother’s Day.(当我将他送到养老院门口时，我将那束原本要送给妈妈的花送给了他)”可知，作者是一个慷慨大方的人。故答案为：He was a kind and generous man for offering a lift to an old man and giving him a brunch of flowers。
11．This poem was well-done./This poem was the same work of genius./This poem was almost wonderful/excellent. 12．Because they had different attitude towards the poem./Because they had different opinions about the poem. 13．It was lousy./It was very bad./It was a pretty lousy poem. 14．Everyone needs a loving mother and a strict father. 15．I need a mother who can encourage me and a father who can caution me. /I need parents who both love me./I need parents who always encourage me.
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍的是作者父母对作者在七八岁时写的第一首诗歌的不同评价让作者认识到一个作家的成长既需要母亲的鼓励，也需要父亲的鞭策。
11．考查词句猜测。根据第一段中的“My mother read the little poem and began to cry. ‘Buddy, you didn’t really write this beautiful, beautiful poem!’(母亲读了这首小诗，哭了起来。“伙计，你不会真的写了这首非常非常漂亮的诗吧!”)”可知，母亲表扬作者的诗歌写的很好，第二段中的“Shyly, proud-bursting, I stammered that I had. She poured out her praise.( 我羞涩地，骄傲地，结结巴巴地说是我。她倾吐她的赞美之词。)”可知，作者听到母亲对诗歌的赞美之词感到非常的高兴，由此可推断，划线句子的意思是对作者诗歌的赞美。故答案为This poem was well-done./This poem was the same work of genius./This poem was almost wonderful/excellent.。
12．考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“That poem was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. I could hear my father breathing. ‘I think it’s lousy,’ my father said.( 那首诗只有十行。但这似乎要花好几个小时。我能听到父亲的呼吸声。“我觉得很糟糕，”父亲说。)”可知，父亲对作者写的诗歌并不满意，结合第三段中的“‘Ben, a beautiful thing has happened,’ my mother began. ‘Buddy has written his first poem! And it’s beautiful, absolutely amazing.’(“本，一件美好的事情发生了，”我妈妈开始说。“巴迪写了他的第一首诗!它很美，绝对令人惊叹。”)”可知，母亲认为作者写的是个很精彩，由此可以推断，父母两人吵架是因为他们的观点不一致。故答案是Because they had different attitude towards the poem./Because they had different opinions about the poem.。
13．考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“A few years later I took a second look at that first poem; it was a pretty lousy poem.(几年后，我重新审视了那首诗；这是一首非常糟糕的诗。)”可知，几年后，作者在看到自己写的第一首诗歌后，感觉这首诗歌真的很糟糕。故答案是It was lousy./ It was very bad. /It was a pretty lousy poem.。
14．考查主旨大意。根据最后一段中的“A writer — in fact every one of us in life — needs that loving-mother force from which all creation flows; and yet alone it is incomplete, even misleading, finally destructive, without the father force to caution, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”(一个作家——实际上是生活中的每一个人——都需要那种慈母般的力量，所有的创作都源自这种力量；然而，如果没有父亲的告诫，它是不完整的，甚至是误导的，最终是毁灭性的，“观察、倾听、审查、改善。”)”可知，作者认为生活中的每一个人只有一个爱自己的母亲是不完美的，还需要一个严厉的父亲才能让自己不断的进步，所以最后一段主要阐述的是人人都需要一位慈母和一位严父。故答案是Everyone needs a loving mother and a strict father.。
15．开放性题目。根据介绍的作者的写的第一首诗歌的经历以及最后一段中的“A writer—in fact every one of us in life—needs that loving-mother force from which all creation flows; and yet alone it is incomplete, even misleading, finally destructive, without the father force to caution, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”(一个作家——实际上是生活中的每一个人——都需要那种慈母般的力量，所有的创作都源自这种力量；然而，如果没有父亲的告诫，它是不完整的，甚至是误导的，最终是毁灭性的，“观察、倾听、审查、改善。”)”可知，人们都需要一个鼓励自己，爱护自己的而母亲，也需要一位客观公正的父亲，所以在生活中，我需要的也是一位如同作者一样的父母，即我需要一位鼓励我的母亲和一位鞭策我的父亲。故答案是I need a mother who can encourage me and a father who can caution me. /I need parents who both love me. /I need parents who always encourage me.。
16．full 17．His mother added grease from frying bacon to the beans. 18．The author planned the next week’s food and ate all leftovers. 19．Life shouldn’t be wasted and we should live each moment to the fullest. 20．I treasure every minute and every second of my life and do everything well because wasting life is shameful.
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述的是作者从小受到母亲和祖母的影响，学会了不浪费食物，由此感悟到既不能浪费食物也不能浪费生命的道理，我们应该珍惜生命中的每一刻。
16．词义猜测题。根据上文中的“I can remember my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until…”以及“but there was always about half of the beans left over.”可知，祖母做了很大一锅的黑豆，结果还剩下了将近一半，说明我们都吃饱了，还是有剩余，所以stuffed意为“饱了”可以替换为full。故答案为full。
17．考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“And I also remember when I watched my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the grease (油脂) and carefully pour it into a container. Then she later would use it to flavor up so many other dishes.”可知，作者的母亲将培根的油脂制成调味品放到其它的菜肴中，所以作者吃的豆子像培根一样。故答案为His mother added grease from frying bacon to the beans.。
18．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I always planned the week’s meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping list so nothing went to waste. Every meal went into my stomach and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs.”可知，作者为了节省不浪费，都是提前做好购物计划，做的食物都要吃完，即使剩下也要和家人在下一顿饭中吃掉，这是作者节省的方式。故答案为The author planned the next week’s food and ate all leftovers.。
19．推理判断题。根据第三段中的“ when it comes to living there are no leftovers. Each moment that you don’t live is lost forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be stored. Life has to be lived, TODAY!”和第四段中的“Live each moment of your life to the fullest then.”可知，作者在生活中节约的经历，让作者感悟到，生命也不能浪费，我们认真活好每一分钟。故最后两段讲述的是生命不能被浪费，要珍惜生命中的每一个时刻。故答案为Life shouldn’t be wasted and we should live each moment to the fullest.。
20．开放型题目。根据倒数第二段中的“Each moment that you don’t live is lost forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be stored. Life has to be lived, TODAY!” 以及最后一段中的“Make every day a feast of love with no leftovers. Leo Buscaglia once said: “Each day is a fresh beginning, a little life unto itself.” Don’t let any of these little lives go to waste. Live your life with a full belly and a full heart.”可知作者在人生中感悟到的是不能浪费生命，要过好生命中的每一刻。在现实生活中，我做好生活中的每一件事情珍惜每分每秒，这就是充实生活的表现。故答案为I treasure every minute and every second of my life and do everything well because wasting life is shameful.。
21．He was an editor of a literary magazine and a professor. OR: He worked as an editor of a literary magazine and a professor. 22．Because he might stay in the Galveston boarding house and write the story when he once lived in Houston. OR: O. Henry might once stay in the boarding house and leave it there by accident. 23．Proved. 24．He sold it to help the girl with her operation. OR: To help the girl with her operation she desperately needed. OR: Because the money could help the girl with her operation. OR: Because the girl needed money desperately to have her operation. 25．Open./One possible answer: The author wants/wanted to show how kind and noble his father is/was. Because it’s very likely that his father gave his own money to the girl.
【导语】这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述了一位处于贫困中的母亲在发现欧·亨利的书稿时没有私藏，而是转交给作者的父亲，作者的父亲让专家鉴定后将书稿卖的钱如数给小女孩的母亲，生病的孩子得救了的故事。
21．考查细节理解。根据第一段中“It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU(那是在20世纪30年代，当时他是德克萨斯州达拉斯市南卫理公会大学（SMU）文学杂志的编辑。他还在新加坡南卫理公会大学担任教授)”可知，作者的父亲在南卫理公会大学担任文学杂志的编辑和教授。故答案为He was an editor of a literary magazine and a professor. OR: He worked as an editor of a literary magazine and a professor。
22．考查细节理解。根据第二段中“and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So, it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boarding house, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident.(他知道欧·亨利曾经住在休斯敦。所以，有可能这位著名作家去了海滩，住在加尔维斯顿的公寓里，在那里写了故事，不小心把手稿留在了那里)”可知，因为当欧·亨利曾经住在休斯敦的时候，可能住在加尔维斯顿的公寓里写下了这个故事，所以他的手稿在阁楼里被发现。故答案为Because he might stay in the Galveston boarding house and write the story when he once lived in Houston. OR: O. Henry might once stay in the boarding house and leave it there by accident。
23．考查词义猜测。根据画线词前一句“My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York(我父亲拜访了纽约哥伦比亚大学的一位欧·亨利专家)”可知，作者的父亲去拜访欧·亨利专家是为了鉴定手稿是否是欧·亨利的遗作，故此处意为“专家证明这个故事是欧·亨利写的”，authenticated意为“证明”。故答案为Proved。
24．考查细节理解。根据第三段最后两句“My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.(我父亲把钱给了那个女孩。这足以让她做她迫切需要的手术)”可知，作者的父亲卖掉手稿是为了帮助小女孩做手术。故答案为He sold it to help the girl with her operation. OR: To help the girl with her operation she desperately needed. OR: Because the money could help the girl with her operation. OR: Because the girl needed money desperately to have her operation。
25．考查推理判断。本题是开放题型，答案不唯一，根据全文内容，结合文章最后一句“But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.(但我怀疑这可能比他自己讲的故事更好)”可知，作者的父亲向作者讲述了卖掉欧·亨利的手稿给贫穷的小女孩做手术的故事，但是作者猜想父亲可能是把自己的钱给了那个小女孩，所以作者写这个关于父亲的故事是为了展示他的父亲是多么的善良和高尚，因为很有可能他父亲把自己的钱给了那个女孩。故答案为Open./One possible answer: The author wants/wanted to show how kind and noble his father is/was. Because it’s very likely that his father gave his own money to the girl。
26．Villaseor realized the lack of climate education. 27．By starting a year-long protest to leaders in the UN and a global campaign. 28．Young people would take over the world. 29．When people listened to her and youth climate activists. 30．She is a determined girl. With her efforts, the climate education in school was taken seriously both locally and internationally.
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章介绍了一个名为Alexandria Villaseor的女孩向联合国领导人发起为期一年的抗议，呼吁重视学校的气候教育问题。
26．考查主旨大意。根据第一段关键句““That’s when I found out how important climate education was,” she reflected. “And just how much we lacked climate education these past couple of years.” (“就在那时，我发现了气候教育的重要性，”她反思道。“在过去的几年里，我们多么缺乏气候教育。”)”可知，第一段主要告诉我们Villaseor意识到了缺乏气候教育的问题。故答案为Villaseor realized the lack of climate education.
27．考查细节理解。根据第二段关键句“For her, what started as local concern turned into a year-long protest in front of the United Nations’ New York City headquarters and a global campaign for more compulsory climate education. (对她来说，一开始是当地的担忧，后来变成了在联合国纽约市总部前长达一年的抗议活动，以及一场要求更多义务气候教育的全球运动)”可知，Villaseor通过向联合国领导人发起为期一年的抗议和全球运动让世界各国领导人重视气候教育。故答案为By starting a year-long protest to leaders in the UN and a global campaign.
28．考查词义猜测。根据画线部分句中“It’s completely unacceptable not to learn anything about our planet and our environment in school (在学校里不了解我们的星球和环境是完全不可接受的)”可知，学校里的年轻人应该了解我们的星球和环境，应该知道保护环境的重要性，因为年轻人是世界的未来，他们将接管世界，由此可知，第三段中带下划线的句子表示的是“年轻人将接管世界”。故答案为Young people would take over the world.
29．考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段关键句““This was definitely a huge moment when I realized that people were listening to the voices of me and youth climate activists.” Villaseor said. (Villaseor说：“当我意识到人们在倾听我和青年气候活动家的声音时，这绝对是一个巨大的时刻。”)”可知，当人们倾听她和青年气候活动家的声音时，对她来说是一个重大时刻。故答案为When people listened to her and youth climate activists.
30．开放性试题。根据第二段关键句“For her, what started as local concern turned into a year-long protest in front of the United Nations’ New York City headquarters and a global campaign for more compulsory climate education. (对她来说，一开始是当地的担忧，后来变成了在联合国纽约市总部前长达一年的抗议活动，以及一场要求更多义务气候教育的全球运动)”和倒数第二段关键句“Right now, Villaseor is working with the American Administration on its climate plan, which has promised to center on the needs of young people and communities most impacted by climate change. (目前，Villaseor正在与美国政府合作制定气候计划，该计划承诺以受气候变化影响最严重的年轻人和社区的需求为中心)”可知，Villaseor是一个意志坚定的女孩，在她的努力下，学校的气候教育在当地和国际上都得到了重视，此题为开放性试题，答案言之有理即可。故答案为She is a determined girl. With her efforts, the climate education in school was taken seriously both locally and internationally.
31．It/she was saved/rescued by the Harrisons/family. 32．They fed it/her on regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food.
OR: They provided it/her with a regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food.
OR: By giving/offering it/her a regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food. 33．Saved/rescued 34．An injured foot and a belly full of babies.
OR: Its/her injured foot and coming babies.
OR: Its/her injured foot and the babies in her belly.
OR: That it was pregnant/had babies on the way and injured (in the foot). 35．I will do whatever I can to protect animals and live with them in harmony.
【导语】本文为记叙文。本文叙述了人类与动物之间美好而感人的友谊。一只可爱的小松鼠贝拉被布兰特利 哈里森和她的家人救了，伤愈后放归野外，却不愿与救她的家庭分开。9年后，松鼠贝拉仍然几乎每天都来看望他们，哈里森一家还在网上记录了小松鼠的冒险经历。
31．考查细节理解。根据第二段“As a baby, the terrible attack made by an owl (猫头鹰) left Bella near death, she was carefully taken in by the Greenville County, South Carolina family, and raised by them alongside three other squirrels named Larry, Curly, and Moe.(小时候，一只猫头鹰的可怕袭击使贝拉濒临死亡，她被南卡罗来纳州格林维尔县的一户人家精心收养，和另外三只松鼠——拉里、科利和莫伊——一起抚养长大)”可知，小贝拉被猫头鹰弄伤后它(她)被哈里森一家救了。故答案为It/she was saved/rescued by the Harrisons/family.
32．考查细节理解。根据第二段“Bella stayed with the Harrisons until she had healed successfully thanks to a regular diet of fruit, nuts, and baby food, and was ready to jump on the trees in the forest.(贝拉一直和哈里森一家待在一起，直到她通过定期进食水果、坚果和婴儿食品成功康复，并准备在森林里的树上跳来跳去)”可知，哈里森一家用水果、坚果和婴儿食品喂养它/她。故答案为They fed it/her on regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food. OR: They provided it/her with a regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food. OR: By giving/offering it/her a regular diet of fruit, nuts and baby food.
33．考查词句猜测。根据第一段“2010年10月，布兰特利·哈里森和她的家人救了（rescued）一只受伤的小松鼠，然后把她放归野外。然而，9年后，他们叫小贝拉的松鼠仍然几乎每天都来看望他们。”可知，小松鼠常来看望救她的家庭。因此“The little lady just isn’t ready to part with the family that succored her life.”可知，她还没准备好和救她的家庭分开。由此可判断出“succored”意为“saved/rescued”。
34．考查细节理解。根据最后一段“A few years after Bella’s original stay at the Harrison house, she found her way back to them with an injured foot—and a belly full of babies—spending another few months of recovering.(贝拉最初住在哈里森家几年后，她带着一只受伤的脚和一肚子的孩子回到了他们身边，又花了几个月的时间恢复)”可知，一只脚受伤了，怀孕让贝拉在最初的几年后又回到了哈里森家。故答案为An injured foot and a belly full of babies. OR: Its/her injured foot and coming babies. OR: Its/her injured foot and the babies in her belly. OR: That it was pregnant/had babies on the way and injured (in the foot).
35．考查开放题。根据“贝拉的故事对你有什么启发？请用你自己的话解释。”可回答，我将尽我所能保护动物，并与它们和谐相处。故答案为I will do whatever I can to protect animals and live with them in harmony.
36．Because she thought she could make it. / Because she thought she would get homeback before the blizzard. 37．That the wind picked up and visibility diminished. 38．Fierce. / Violent. / Strong. / Heavy. / Powerful. 39．He walked into the storm to find lost people and led them to his home. 40．Open/kindhearted. Because he took the risk of his own safety to help strangers.
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了一位80岁的老人Andre Bouvier Sr.在暴风雨中去营救迷路的一位女子Shannon St. Onge，意外救了另外六人并留宿他们的暖心故事。
36．考查细节理解。根据第二段“Expected start time was at around 7 pm, but she thought she could make it. ‘I bought a takeout for the kids, filled my gas tank, replaced my broken phone charger and then headed home around 5:30 before the storm hit,’ she wrote in a Facebook post.(预计开始时间是晚上7点左右，但她认为自己能赶上。她在脸书上写道：‘我给孩子们买了外卖，加满油，换了坏掉的手机充电器，然后在暴风雨来袭前5点半左右回家’)”可知，她做好了准备，计算好了时间，认为自己可以在暴风雨来临前成功到家。故答案为Because she thought she could make it. / Because she thought she would get home before the blizzard.
37．考查细节理解。根据第三段“Just as the pavement turned into gravel (碎石路), the wind picked up and visibility started to diminish (降低). She drove at a snail’s pace with her window rolled down, using the edge as her guide. After a while she realized she was lost.(就在人行道变成砾石的时候，风开始刮起来，能见度开始下降。她摇下车窗，以边缘为向导，以蜗牛般的速度开车。过了一会儿，她意识到自己迷路了)”可知，是因为风越来越大，能见度降低是她开车行驶变得越来越难。故答案为That the wind picked up and visibility diminished.
38．考查词义猜测。根据上文Shannon St. Onge在暴风雨中迷失方向及划线词下一句“To Bouvier’s surprise, he found two other cars with people who also needed help trapped alongside St. Onge.(令布维耶惊讶的是，他发现另外两辆车也有需要帮助的人被困在St. Onge旁边)”可知，那么多人因为暴风雨而迷路，由此可知，暴风雨非常猛烈。故答案为Fierce. / Violent. / Strong. / Heavy. / Powerful.
39．考查细节理解。根据第四段“Despite his wife’s concern for his well-being, he decided to help her and headed out in the storm. (尽管他的妻子担心他的健康，他还是决定帮助她，并在暴风雨中出发了)”及第五段“He bundled up (使穿得暖和), grabbed an LED flashlight and walked about half a kilometre into the raging storm to search for St. Onge’s car. To Bouvier’s surprise, he found two other cars with people who also needed help trapped alongside St. Onge. He led the seven lost people back to his home and welcomed them in for the evening.(他穿上暖和的衣服，拿起一个LED手电筒，在狂风暴雨中走了大约半公里，寻找St. Onge的车。令布维耶惊讶的是，他发现另外两辆车也有需要帮助的人被困在St. Onge旁边。他把这七个迷路的人带回了自己的家，并欢迎他们在家里过夜)”可知。老人冒着暴风雨去找到迷路的人，并且把他们带回自己家过夜。故答案为He walked into the storm to find lost people and led them to his home.
40．考查推理判断。根据第四段“Then she posted her location on the Pense community Facebook page in hopes that someone might be able to find her. That was when 80-year-old Andre Bouvier Sr. figured out her location. Despite his wife’s concern for his well-being, he decided to help her and headed out in the storm.(然后，她在Pense社区的Facebook页面上发布了自己的位置，希望有人能找到她。就在那时，80岁的老安德烈·布维耶发现了她的位置。尽管他的妻子担心他的健康，他还是决定帮助她，并在暴风雨中出发了)”及第五段“He led the seven lost people back to his home and welcomed them in for the evening.(他把这七个迷路的人带回了自己的家，并欢迎他们在家里过夜)”可知，老人自己年纪大，暴风雨又那么危险，老人去解救遇险的陌生人，并带他们回自己家过夜，可见老人心胸宽广，无私善良。故答案为Open/kindhearted. Because he took the risk of his own safety to help strangers.
41．The couple needed to take breaks from busy work. 42．How Josh and Carrie developed Harvey’s passion for hiking. 43．The icy and snow-covered trail and bad weather. 44．Encouragement. 45．Open. Possible version: We should dream big and start small.
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Sutton一家徒步阿巴拉契亚山道的故事。
41．考查细节理解。根据第二段中“The Sutton family recently finished hiking the entire trail. They are a unique trio (三人组) as their son Harvey turned five on the trail, which makes him the youngest to complete the Appalachian Trail. Josh and Carrie Sutton said they needed to take, breaks from busy work called mini-retirements. ”（萨顿一家最近完成了整条小径的徒步旅行。他们是一个独特的三人组，因为他们的儿子哈维五岁了，这使他（哈维）成为完成阿巴拉契亚步道的年级最小的人。乔什和卡丽·萨顿说，他们需要从繁忙的工作中休息一下，也就是所谓的“迷你退休”。）可知，萨顿一家决定徒步阿巴拉契亚山道，是因为他们觉得需要从繁忙的工作中休息一下。故答案为：The couple needed to take breaks from busy work.
42．考查主旨大意。根据第三段“When Harvey turned three, they took him winter camping, and by the time he was four, the family completed a 50-mile hike, camping over six days. Seeing that Harvey developed a passion for hiking, they planned a thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail. Hiking from end to end is called a thru-hike and generally takes five to seven months to complete.”（哈维三岁时，他们带他去冬季露营，到他四岁时，全家徒步走了50英里，露营了六天。看到哈维对徒步旅行产生了热情，他们计划在阿巴拉契亚小径上进行一次全程徒步旅行。从一端到另一端的徒步旅行被称为全程徒步旅行，通常需要五到七个月才能完成。）可知，本段主要讲述了萨顿夫妇培养儿子哈维喜欢徒步热情的故事。故答案为：How Josh and Carrie developed Harvey’s passion for hiking.
43．考查细节理解。根据第四段中“They hit the trail in Georgia on January 13, 2021. The first weeks were cold. The trail was icy and snow-covered, and the weather was often cloudy and bitter, so they made slow progress.”（他们于2021年1月13日在乔治亚州出发。头几个星期很冷。路上结了冰，白雪覆盖，天气又阴又冷，所以他们前进的速度很慢。）可知，在这次徒步进程中，恶劣的天气使得他们的进程变得很慢。故答案为：The icy and snow-covered trail and bad weather.
44．考查词句猜测。根据第四段中“The trail was icy and snow-covered, and the weather was often cloudy and bitter, so they made slow progress.”（路上结了冰，白雪覆盖，天气又阴又冷，所以他们前进的速度很慢。）可知，恶劣的天气使得路不好走。“As they had many miles to cover each day, they had to be inventive and started using imagination and Skittles ”（由于每天要走很远的路，他们必须发挥创造力，开始使用想象和彩虹糖）可推断，他们用想象和彩虹糖来激励年幼的儿子跟着他们前行，故而划线词的词义为“鼓励，激励”，encouragement“鼓励，激励”与划线词同义，故答案为：Encouragement.
45．开放性试题，言之有理即可。根据倒数第二段中“Little Harvey learned to count all the way to 2,193, the total miles his little feet traveled, and a big number for someone who just started kindergarten. ”（小哈维学会了一直数到2193，这是他的小脚走过的总里程数，对于一个刚开始上幼儿园的人来说，这是一个很大的数字。）可知，哈维虽然年纪小，但是却一步步地完成了阿巴拉契亚山道的徒步旅行，因此我们能从哈维的故事中学到我们要有大梦想，从小做起。故答案为：We should dream big and start small.
46．The team took part in the debate competition.
47．The examples of Olympic athletes or other real-life people. 48．It means pull yourself together.
49．The breakthrough and the pure friendship I gained.
50．Friends respect and trust each other.
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。讲述了作者去年参加创意英语大赛总总决赛夏令营的内容和收获。
46．细节理解题。根据第三段中“August 24 witnessed the important debate contest that many of us feared. The night before, my teammates and I sat in a circle, focusing our minds on the debate topic, “Does competition among friends adversely influence their friendships ”(8月24日见证了我们许多人担心的重要辩论赛。前一天晚上，我和队友们围成一圈，集中精力讨论辩论的主题:“朋友之间的竞争会对他们的友谊产生负面影响吗 ”)”可知，这个团队在夏令营参加了辩论赛。故回答The team took part in the debate competition.
47．细节理解题。根据第四段“All of us were busy searching for examples of Olympic athletes or other real-life people to back up our arguments. Time seemed to disappear faster than usual while we were working on this project.(我们所有人都在忙着寻找奥运会运动员或其他现实生活中的人的例子来支持我们的论点。在我们做这个项目的时候，时间似乎过得比平时快)”可知，他们准备了奥运会运动员或其他现实生活中的人的例子来支持他们的论点。故回答：The examples of Olympic athletes or other real-life people.
48．词句猜测题。根据第三段“August 24 witnessed the important debate contest that many of us feared.(8月24日见证了我们许多人担心的重要辩论赛)”可知，“我”担心辩论比赛，在根据第五段中“Preparing the details in my head allowed me to feel ready for the challenge. With my teammates backing me up, I drew myself up to full height and expressed my point of view as best as I could.(在脑海中准备好细节让我觉得自己已经为挑战做好了准备。在队友的支持下，我挺直了身子，尽我所能地表达了我的观点)”可知，此处是对前文“Brace yourself and show your best.”这句话的具体表现，所以可推知“Brace yourself”应是不要担心振作起来之意。故回答：It means pull yourself together.
49．主旨大意题。根据最后一段“From those eight days, it isn’t the prize I valued the most but the breakthrough and the pure friendship I gained. It would be better to change my motor into “Brace yourself and fight together.” I firmly hold the belief that this period of time will live in my memory forever and will shine even brighter when I look back.(在这8天里，我最看重的不是奖金，而是我获得的突破和纯洁的友谊。不如把我的口号改成“打起精神，一起战斗”我坚信，这段时间将永远活在我的记忆中，当我回想起来时，会更加明亮)”可知，本文的主题，是讲述了作者通过8天的夏令营，突破了自己并获得了纯洁的友谊。故回答：The breakthrough and the pure friendship I gained.
50．开放性问题。在我看来，朋友间相互尊重，相互信任是保持友谊最好的方法。故回答：Friends respect and trust each other.