2024备战英语高考——狂刷模拟之阅读表达2（天津专版）含答案与解析

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2024备战英语高考——狂刷模拟之阅读表达2（天津专版）
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（2022天津南开统考一模）阅读短文, 按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
My brother had a driving passion for cars. So to speak. Fords in particular. He was especially fond of speed. It was enough to make my mother fear that he was crazy. But she feared that about all of us, especially about herself.
When Joe was just a little boy, be would often say to me, “Sister, when I am old enough to get my license and drive my own car, I will fly so fast that angels will run scared.” Then he’d grin really big, picturing in his mind exactly how fine it would be. 1 could have told him it would never happen. No matter how old he got, he would never get a license, never drive a car. But I didn’t tell him that.
Joe was born blind. He couldn’t see his own face in a mirror. But he could dream like anyone. I didn’t want to be the one to dim Joe’s dreams. Life would do that for him, soon enough. Until then, didn’t he deserve his happiness
Joe had trouble not just with his eyes, but with his legs. He was born premature (早产的), suffered from disabilities and could not walk until he was 5. That’s when he got his first “car”, a red Radio Flyer tricycle that he called his 49 Ford. He couldn’t pedal it, so he would push it everywhere, sometimes even falling over.
Growing up is a tug of war (拔河) between disappointment and surprise, between dreams and reality. By the time Joe was 12, 1 think he knew he would never get a license. As with the other hard facts of life, he seemed to accept it without question or bitterness, as if it were nothing more than a card drawn at random.
One hot summer day when he was 16, Joe went tapping out the driveway with his stick, finding his way to my stepfather’s 49 Ford. He ran his hand along the car, felt the heat of the metal, opened the door and climbed in. He looked good.
Under the seat, he discovered a six-pack of beer. And he drank all six cans. He felt inside the car, found the keys, shouted, “Hooweeeel” and fired it up.
I have heard various versions of this story. They all boil down to this: the Ford’s engine roared. My mother fainted. My stepfather rushed outside. And my brother, after a moment of pure joy, threw up all over the car.
Fortunately, for everyone, the Ford didn’t move an inch. But to this day, Joe still swears that when he found those keys and fired that old engine up, he heard the angels starting to flee.
1. Why couldn’t Joe get a license (no more than 15 words)
2. How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 3 (no more than 5 words)
3. What caused him to throw up all over the car (no more than 7 words)
4. How did Joe feel when he fired the car up (no more than 5 words)
5. What would you do if your dreams didn’t come true (no more than 20 words)
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（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.”
1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us (no more than 10 words)
2. How did Villaseor make the world’s leaders attach importance to climate education (no more than 15 words)
3. How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 (no more than 15 words)
4. When was the huge moment to Villaseor (no more than10 words)
5. What do you think of Villaseor Please explain in your own words (no more than 20 words)
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（2017天津红桥统考二模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
At Manhattan’s PS 140 students in Tony Paulino’s middle school Spanish classes are exploring the geography, economics, and culture of South America, all without leaving their classroom.
They’re using the Internet to follow the One Road South team of adventurers on a 14-month bicycle trip around the continent. Through a program called Reach the World kids at 60 of the city’s elementary and middle schools are getting a taste of global citizenship by following the One Road South bikers, a family travelling in Europe, a bike trek (艰苦跋涉) in Africa, and a Harlem teacher working with scientists in Antarctica through online videos, journals, and field notes.
Sometimes, students even get to meet the travelers they are following online. Three of the four One Road South bicyclists recently visited Paulino’s classes to present a slide show about the place they plan to visit.
The students jumped in with questions, asking if the travelers were afraid of wild animals, running out of food or going for 14 months without having a girlfriend.
But Reach the World isn’t just for fun. The program aims to integrate (使融入) technology into the classroom, to bring subjects like science and social studies to life, and to encourage students to think of themselves as global citizens, according to administrators.
Their teacher, Tony Paulino, said his students are beside themselves with excitement about following the One Road South bikers. “I believe it speaks to the core desire we all share, to dream, to travel and to explore,” he said.
1. What is the best title for this passage (no more than 7 words)
2. How are the students in Tony Paulino’s class exploring the South America (no more than 4 words)
3. What can students do through Reach the World program (no more than 20 words)
4. Please explain the underlined words “beside themselves with excitement” in English. (no more than 2 words)
5. What do you think of Reach the World program Please give your reasons. (no more than 20 words)
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（2022天津耀华中学校考模拟预测）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Cleaning windows is tricky enough at the best of times, but when the glass is on the world’s tallest building it is a complete pain. Soaring 2,717ft into the air above Dubai and with 1,292,500 sq ft of glass to keep clean, the ￡1 billion Burj Khalifa presented a unique problem for maintenance teams.
Dale Harding, the general manager of window cleaning company, said the firm installed ￡5 million of hi-tech equipment, including unique window-cleaning carousels which they designed, to ensure the Burj Khalifa looks its best. Twelve machines weighing 13 tons carry up to 36 cleaners, who use ordinary soapy water to wash down the Burj’s 24,830 reflective windows in a process that takes three months from top to bottom.
Mr. Harding said the company, based in Melbourne, Australia, had been working overtime to get the Burj shining for Monday’s grand opening ceremony. He said: “It’s an incredible construction. People are focusing on the height of the building but the pure size of it, the footprint, is huge. It’s really 10-15 conventional buildings.”
The work, which took more than one month from the start of last August, was so tiring that the team named themselves the “Men Of Steel”. Mick said: “We would abseil (沿绳下滑) about 200ft down. As the building swayed about you were just left bouncing around on all your ropes. It was totally exhausting because you were up and down ladders all day. There was a platform inside where you could eat your lunch but you were a long way from your nearest toilet or water supply.” The job is now set to enter the Guinness Book of Records as the highest rope access work ever completed.
1. The underlined word “carousels” in Paragraph 2 may refer to . (no more than 3 words)
2. What do the cleaners use to clean the reflective windows of Burj Khalifa (no more than 10 words)
3. Why did Harding’s company work overtime to clean Burj Khalifa (no more than 15 words)
4. How long does it take the workers to wash all the windows (no more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of the work of cleaning Burj Khalifa Please give your reasons. (no more than 20 words)
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（2022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。
It was a tough situation. At 8,700 meters above sea level, Zhang Hong and his team members faced a difficult decision. Based on the oxygen they had consumed, they might not have enough to reach the summit of Qomolangma. Should they press on or turn back
Zhang’s guide Chen Tao made a quick decision that he and the two photographers with the group should immediately withdraw and leave their oxygen tanks to Zhang to let him finish the climb to the summit of the mountain.
The wind was strong, and Zhang was terrified. The three Sherpa guides didn’t speak Chinese and their English instructions to Zhang were muffled by the high wind. And there was additional difficulty for Zhang — he can’t see.
To walk on a path was often hard for the Chinese mountaineer. And there was no actual path on the mountain. Zhang had to follow the guides’ directions precisely on every single step. The guides told him in which direction to go and the length of each step. But one mistake could cost Zhang his life.
At first, Zhang didn’t want to continue. But Chen told Zhang “if you don’t continue, this may be the last chance you have to reach the top of Qomolangma, while I will still have more chances”. There was no time left for 46-year-old Zhang to argue with Chen and Chen gave Zhang a gentle nudge to hurry him on.
Zhang continued his climb with one guide in front of him and two behind. After several more hours’ climbing, the guide leading the way told Zhang that he was standing at the top of the mountain. Zhang was first visually impaired person from Asia ever to conquer the world’s highest peak.
On the rock face of the mountain, Zhang etched his name alongside that of Erik Weihenmayer and Andy Holzer, who completed the feat in 2001 and 2017 respectively. They are the only three blind mountaineers to have climbed Qomolangma.
1. Why did Chen decide to withdraw while letting Zhang finish the climb (no more than 10 words)
2. How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 3 (no more than 10 words)
3. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 5 (no more than 10 words)
4. What made Zhang different from other mountaineers who reached the summit of Qomolangma (no more than 10 words)
5. What’s your attitude towards the “mountain” in your life Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
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（2022天津统考二模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Many of the present generation of recent over 18s do not feel like adults, according to a survey by Nationwide Building Society, and those commenting online seem to agree. The study of 2, 000 over-18s found more than one in 10 did not think of themselves as fully fledged（成熟的）grown-ups until they reached the age of
Lisa Daisy, 34 said, “Even after a career for 10 years, it still took being married to make me feel grown-up.”
But 42-year-old, Carole Lutringer said she felt like an adult when she was very young. “I had to cook from my early age, because my mother worked as a headteacher.” she said. “My mother came back home late and my father was pretty useless in the kitchen. I had to be independent from really early on, and that’s probably what made me feel grown-up earlier than most of my peers.”
Sana Khalid also had adulthood thrust upon her. She said it was the death of her father that made her grow up, at the age of 17. “Being the eldest child, a lot of responsibility fell on my shoulders.” she said.
Of course 2,000 people asked when they felt like adults, the transition happened for half in their 20s, while a fifth said it happened in their 30s. One in 20 felt they had not grown up until their 40s. Of course questioned, 55% said being an adult was dependent on major life events, for example having children, moving out of parental home or getting married.
For others, such as Elaine Smith, in London, adulthood is only a state of mind. “I still don’t feel grown-up.” she said. “I can’t believe I am responsible for looking after a four-year-old. How did that happen I’m 44 this year, so it may happen soon.” Commenting online, Sophie counter agreed, “I’m 42,” she said. “I have an 11-year-old, a seven-month-old, a husband and I still don’t feel grown-up” Melinda Wilmot said, “I’m 58 and still waiting to grow up.”
1. What does the survey focus on (No more than 10 words)
2. What made Carole Lutringer feel grown-up (No more than 10 words.)
3. What does the underlined part “had adulthood thrust upon her” in paragraph 4 probably mean (No more than 5 words)
4. What can we learn from the last paragraph (No more than 10 words)
5. What do you think growing up really means And why (No more than 25 words)
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（2022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。
Reading broadens our horizons and gives us wisdom. Reading can also be a bridge bonding family members.
Rose is my daughter. I read stories to her every night when she was a little girl. So I had her captivated by books when she was at an early age. For example, almost every night she would go to bed early, waiting for my reading. When Rose was about eight, we changed our routine. We took turns selecting our books and reading out loud.
There was no regular pattern in the books selected. I remember that we began with Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, enjoying the company of those rough sailors and stumbling (结结巴巴地读) over the eighteenth-century seamen’s dialect. But we loved the book, and learned a lot about pirates daily life, adventures, tricks, greed and so on. We later went through many books, like the chick lit series.
In due course Rose grew up and left for McGill University in Montreal. She was educated in French and was enthusiastic about speaking the language. Her first visit home was at Christmas.
There was a gift from her, an audiobook with six cassettes. It was Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, read by Rose. Her reading was interrupted occasionally by a giggle, and her voice made me remember how happily Rose and I read together in our bedroom every night when she was a kid.
As I write this, Rose is a third-year medical student at Dalhousie University. Now she is interested in medicine while I am interested in history. However, we manage to combine our different personal interests. We recommend selected reading materials to each other. We are currently loving The Crimson Portraitby Jody Shields, a well written novel about the development of plastic surgery during World War I. Our first written collaboration an article on Canadian medical history, will be published this year.
1. What does the underlined word “captivated” in Paragraph 2 probably mean (Only 1 word)
2. What did the author and her daughter learn from Treasure Island (no more than 10 words)
3. What did Rose’s reading Shopaholic Takes Manhattan make the author remember (no more than 10 words)
4. How were the author’s interest and Rose’s interest combined (no more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of the author’s way of bringing up her daughter (no more than 20 words)
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（2022天津滨海新统考一模）At the age of seven, while his friends were spending their allowances on candy and toys, Jose Adolfo was busy saving money for basic purchases. Later, the boy from Peru came up with the idea of an eco-bank, the Bartselana Student Bank, which allows kids of all ages to become financially independent while also helping the environment.
Set up in 2012, the bank is the world’s first bank for kids. To become a member, a kid has to bring in at least 5 kilograms of solid waste and set a saving goal. Once accepted, all bank “partners” are required to deposit at least one additional kilogram of recyclables on a monthly basis and observe other requirements, such as attending financial education and environmental management workshops.
The waste accumulated is sold to local recycling companies, which, thanks to Jose’s efforts, pay a higher-than-market rate for everything from the bank members. The money received is placed in the personal account where they collect until the saving goal is reached. The account holder can then withdraw the money, or choose to leave it and make it grow for a bigger target. “At the beginning, my teachers thought I was crazy or that a child could not undertake this type of project,” Jose recalls. “They did not understand that we are not the future of the country but its present. Luckily, I had the support of the school headmaster and an assistant in my class.”
The boy’s efforts paid off, and by 2013, the bank had over 200 members, who brought in one ton of recyclable waste. Today, the eco-bank, which now has the support of several local institutions, boasts ten educational centers. They are designed to teach over 3, 000 students, aged 10 to 18, to become financially independent, use their money wisely, and help the environment.
1. What is the purpose of Jose setting up the eco-bank (no more than 10 words)
2. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about (no more than 10 words)
3. What was the teachers’ attitude towards the project at the beginning (no more than 5 words)
4. Please explain the meaning of the underlined word “boasts” in Paragraph 4. (1 word)
5. What do you think of the eco-bank Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
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（2022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。
Whenever I heard strangers singing out loud, whether it was in the supermarket or on the street, I used to think how annoying it was. That was until a few months ago.
Recently, my daughter Zoe started her second year of middle school with a new sense of awareness, asking me to fix the “little girl” pattern on her wheel-chair seat. Not wanting her to stand out at school, I spent hours filling in pale yellow stars with a black marker, eager to erase whatever childish signs I could.
Shortly after, Zoe got really sick and had to miss 20 days of school. This meant our days were filled with rushing between hospital appointments and meetings with the school, as we tried to make sure she didn’t fall behind on her schoolwork.
I felt pulled back to a time when she was little and her sickness was a huge part of her life. Back then, it seemed like Zoe lived in hospitals, as she spent so much time in them. No matter how sick she got, however, she always had a positive attitude.
But this was different: Zoe was no longer singing like she normally did. Zoe usually sang all the time, whether she was playing, riding in the car, or just doing her homework. There was no need for a radio in our house; Zoe provided the music for us.
Consumed (被折磨) with my motherly worries, it was more concerning to me than her sickness.
One day, however, I heard her beautiful voice as I was cooking dinner. I stopped what I was doing and just smiled. “Pure delight,” I thought to myself. Her voice slowly grew stronger, and soon, both the car and the house were filled with her music once more.
How had I not noticed her singing had completely stopped, weeks and weeks ago Now, thankfully, she’s back in school, smiling and singing, and I’m thankful for each and every song she sings.
These days, whenever I hear a stranger singing a song to themselves, I don’t get mad. Instead, I smile, as I know that by singing out loud, they’re simply sharing their happiness with the world.
1. How did the author use to feel when she heard strangers singing (no more than 5 words)
2. What do you think Zoe was like (no more than 10 words)
3. What does “it” in Paragraph 6 refer to (no more than 10 words)
4. Why did the author say “There was no need for a radio in our house” (no more than 15 words)
5. What does singing mean to people, according to the author (no more than 15 words)
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（2022天津和平统考三模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
When my mother passed away a few years ago, my 85-year-old father was left alone in the large house they had shared for 50 years. Without her to watch out for him, he worried about who would find him and help if “something happened. ”
My sister and I live in other states, so we hit on the idea that Dad could send us an e-mail every morning when he awoke. Thus was born the Morning Report.
He’s usually up at dawn, and his half a dozen or so sentences are waiting in my inbox when I wake up. If there’s no e-mail, I call him, or my sister does, to make sure everything is fine.
The reports have become more than a daily check, though: They’re a diary of sorts, a stimulation for more extended conversations, and a source of insight into his life. Through them, Dad tells us about his daily routines. I find his repeated activities — current-events discussion group on Tuesday nights, Chess Club on Wednesday afternoons, and coffee with friends on Sunday morning — reassuring (使人放心的).
Recently he told us, “I’ve climbed halfway up Mount Washington!” Given his age and distance from New Hampshire, such a hike was unlikely. I was confused for a day or two until he reminded me he was working on a hooked rug with a scene of the mountain.
Each e-mail closes with “All my love, Dad.” When my mother was alive, that sentiment (情绪) was normally reserved for her. Now that she is gone, he shares those feelings and his experiences with us. For me, what started as a simple security measure has spawned a deeper closeness.
I’m grateful my father is still able to manage his computer and the Internet. I know the day will come when he’ll no longer be able to write the reports, and we’ll have to find other ways to keep each other under observation. But until then, they are our way of knowing that another normal day has begun.
1. What was the author’s concern about her father after her mother passed away (no more than 10 words)
2. How does the author know about her father’s daily life through the Morning Report (no more than 15 words)
3. Why does the author think her father’s repeated activities are reassuring (no more than 10 words)
4. What does the underlined word “spawned” mean in the sixth paragraph (no more than 1 word)
5. What do you think of the author’s father Give your reason. (no more than 20 words)
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（2023天津滨海新统考三模）阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容回答后面的问题。
Ren Sainan chanced upon the funeral industry in 2019. With a degree in e-commerce, she joined an online retailer that deals in funeral supplies after several failures in attempting to get a “normal” job upon graduation.
Encouraged by her family, colleagues and friends, Ren realized that what matters most is living for the moment and working for what she loves. Putting aside the opinions of others, she began to model for new shrouds (寿衣) for live-broadcasting as part of her daily job. Gradually, she found that working in the funeral industry is meaningful and that everyone has a story.
One night during the Spring Festival, Ren received a call. A girl sobbed, asking whether she had a green burial suit, as she was preparing for the funeral of her father who used to be a soldier at Jiayu Pass, safeguarding China’s northwestern frontier. He had a deep affection for the color green.
Searching through piles of clothes at the warehouse, Ren failed to find the color. Moved by the daughter and the father, she decided to make a green-colored suit along with a tailor at the company.
In the beginning, Ren was afraid of telling her mother about working as a model and designer for burial clothes. “After I accepted myself in this job, I talked about it with my mother. Her first reaction was ‘you should resign,’” Ren said. She made a trip home in Pingdingshan, a two-hour drive from Zhengzhou where she works, in hope to impress her mother with various products. “She softened her tone as these designs upended her perception of saying goodbye to the world,” she said.
In traditional Chinese culture, the discussion of death is taboo (禁忌的), and the shrouds, along with other funeral supplies, are things people avoided talking about in daily life. And even with good employment opportunities, people were reluctant to work as funeral directors.
As a shroud model, Ren’s presentation has changed people’s fixed images of the funeral supplies. While amazed at the diverse and personalized development of the funeral industry, Chinese netizens have also expressed their admiration for Ren’s job.
Aging, sickness, and death are common states of life. It might be, in a sense, lucky to have an opportunity to experience the range of human emotions from joy to grief, from despair to hope.
1. Why did Ren Sainan choose a job in the funeral industry (no more than 8 words)
2. What is the top concern of Ren Sainan in her life (no more than 10 words)
3. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 5 probably mean (1 word)
4. Why are few people willing to work as funeral directors (no more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of Ren Sainan Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
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（2022天津耀华中学校考一模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
They asked Katherine Johnson for the moon, and she gave it to them. With little more than a pencil, a slide rule (计算尺) and one of the finest mathematical minds in the country, Mrs. Johnson, who died at 101 on Monday, calculated the precise track that would let Apollo 11 land on the moon in 1969 and, after Neil Armstrong’s history — making moonwalk, let it return to Earth.
Mrs. Johnson was one of several hundred strictly educated, supremely capable yet largely unrecognized women who, well before the modern feminist (男女平等主义者) movement, worked as NASA mathematicians. But it was not only her sex that kept her long unsung. For some years at midcentury, the black women were subjected to a double separation (隔离): They were kept separate from the much larger group of white women who in turn were separated from the agency’s male mathematicians and engineers.
Mrs. Johnson broke barriers at NASA．In old age, Mrs. Johnson became the most celebrated of the black women who served as mathematicians for the space agency. Their story was told in the 2016 Hollywood film Hidden Figures, which was nominated for three Oscars, including best picture.
In 2017, NASA dedicated a building in her honor. That year, The Washington Post described her as “the most high-profile of the computers” — “computers” being the term originally used to describe Mrs. Johnson and her colleagues, much as “typewriters” were used in the 19th century to represent professional typists.
She “helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space,” NASA’s administrator, Jim Bridenstine, said in a statement on Monday, “even as she made huge steps that also opened doors for women and people of color in the universal human quest to explore space.”
As Mrs. Johnson herself was fond of saying, her term at Langley — from 1953 until her retirement in 1986 — was “a time when computers wore skirts.”
1. What did Mrs. Johnson do as a NASA mathematicians, according to Paragraph 1 (no more than 15 words)
2. What barrier(s) did Mrs. Johnson have to break at NASA (no more than 10 words)
3. How did NASA recognize Mr. Johnson’s contribution (no more than 10 words)
4. What does the underlined phrases mean in the last paragraph (no more than 10 words)
5. What do you learn from Mrs. Johnson’s experience (no more than 20 words)
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（2022天津校联考二模）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
I was sitting in a chemistry class when I and six other kids were called down to the counselor’s (顾问) office. It was pretty strange because none of us were “ problem ” students. We were all curious about what she wanted to say.
This was when she told us she would be choosing one of us to be nominated (提名) for the largest scholarship in Canada. It was a very strange moment; I never realized I was that excellent. She said, since we all had a similar high average, she would talk to our teachers to see who was the most deserving.
A week later, I got an email from the counselor; it was addressed to me and another student at the meeting. I was shocked; this must have meant we were the two people she would be choosing from. We were required to write about where we see ourselves in ten years; I knew I had to make this count. I spoke from the heart, depicting my perfect life: living in the big city, having finished my degree, doing what I loved every day.
About a week later, I got called back to her office, only me. I didn’t want to be overexcited because maybe she was being personal, telling me I wasn’t chosen. She told me I was the one picked. Nobody could have controlled my smile, what a moment.
She told me about all the nice things my teachers said about me; I never realized I was held in such high-regard to them. Over 350,000 students graduate from high school every year and I was one of the only 1,500 kids nominated for this scholarship across all of Canada.
Unfortunately, I didn’t win but I’d still like to thank everyone who helped me get to where I am today.
1. Why did the author feel surprised when he was called to the office ( no more than 10 words )
2. Why did the school went to choose from the six students ( no more than 5 words )
3. What does he underlined word “ depicting ” in the third paragraph probably men ( 1 word )
4. What was the purpose of the counselor calling the author to her office again ( no more than 10 words )
5. What do you want to say to those who ever have given you recognition and help ( no more than 20 words )
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（2022天津南开统考三模）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
In 2016, Wanda Dench was trying to let her grandkids know about the family’s upcoming plans for the holiday and tried to send a text message to her grandson. But Jamal Hinton, who was a 17-year-old high school student and complete stranger to Dench at the time, received the text instead.
Once the two Arizona natives realized the mistake, Hinton asked if he could “still get a plate,” according to screenshots he posted on Twitter. Dench replied, “Of course, you can. That’s what grandmas do...feed everyone.”
Hinton shared the sweet conversation on social media and the story quickly went viral (疯传). They have celebrated Thanksgiving together every year since, always snapping photos and taking videos, much to the delight of many following their story.
This year, a very important person is missing from the annual tradition — Dench’s husband, Lonnie. He died from the coronavirus this spring. Wanda was able to be with him during his final moments.
Dench and Hinton thought about the risks of holding a Thanksgiving celebration amid the pandemic (疫情期间), weighing if they could figure out a way to get together the day before gathering with their own individual families. But, they eventually concluded the risk was too high.
In honor of Lonnie, the friends instead held a small gathering on Friday. Dench, her actual grandson, her daughter, Hinton and his girlfriend, Mikaela, got together for an early Thanksgiving meal. The event was a sharp contrast from the larger celebrations of years past.
“I didn’t want to miss Thanksgiving with Jamal,” Dench said. “This year is definitely different than all the years in the past.”
To honor Lonnie, an empty seat and lit candle were placed at the head of the table. The beloved husband would always say grace before the holiday meal, so this year, Dench led the prayer.
“Thank you for all the blessings, and thank you so much for having Lonnie in my life,” Dench said as everyone sat around the table. “I miss him, but I know he’s in a good place. So to everybody here, I love you and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.”
1. What was the relationship between Dench and Hinton at the beginning of the story (no more than 3 words)
2. How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 2 (no more than 6 words)
3. Why was this year’s gathering a sharp contrast from the larger celebrations of years past (no more than 15 words)
4. Why did Dench lead the prayer this year (no more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of Dench and Hinton’s story And give your reasons. (no more than 20 words)
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（2022天津河西统考三模）阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容完成下列各题。
Sometimes, life gives you the gift of a moment that changes everything. For me, that came on a plane home in January, 2009. As a lawyer, I specialized in corporate law in oil and gas projects. Actually, I’d grown to hate my job. It involved too much paperwork and a lot of traveling, which was really exhausting for me.
Becoming a lawyer was unintended. I loved my school but it was competitive and students were destined for a good university, and then a graduate plan. That was the track I was on. After graduation, I became a lawyer, but that just made me trapped. I wanted to make a difference, but I had no idea what else I could do.
On that life-changing flight, I asked a stewardess to bring me a hot drink. When she returned, I couldn’t help crying. Hugging me, she said, “I don’t know what’s wrong but if you’re crying in business class, you need to change your life.”
Those words had a great effect on me. I couldn’t carry on in a job that made me so uncomfortable.
After much reflection, I resigned 18 months later. The last time I’d been happy was when I was volunteering at a school. Because of that, my friend Sophia kept telling me I’d love teaching. Then I contacted four schools and became a teacher in the end. No amount of planning would have prepared me for my first day as a teacher. It was stressful, but as I became familiar with the curriculum, I relaxed.
Five years on, I’m head of department. Watching my students develop is so rewarding and results day makes me burst with pride. I used to feel scared about the thought of becoming a more senior lawyer, but I’m so positive about the opportunities teaching can offer. I earn less now but I become richer in many ways.
Every single day, I feel excited to go to work.
1. Why did the author hate her job as a lawyer (no more than 15 words)
2. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean (no more than 3 words)
3. What made the author decide to become a teacher (no more than 10 words)
4. How does the author’s life change after being a teacher (no more than 10 words)
5. What kind of job will you choose after graduation Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
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（2022天津市西青区杨柳青第一中学校考模拟预测）阅读表达
Growing up in Saudi Arabia, 44-year-old photographer Jody MacDonald has always had a strong interest in the desert. “I have always wanted to spend some time in the Sahara,” MacDonald said. “There are still so many unexplored areas in the Sahara Desert. These relatively unexplored places are so rare these days and hold the very fundamentals of exploration, which attract me. So finally I made the journey.” MacDonald started her journey in Mauritania’s capital city Nouakchott, and headed inland where she and her team jumped on the world’s longest cargo train (货运列车) for a 435-mile journey on the Mauritania Railway. “The train was dirty and uncomfortable but it was such an interesting and unique way to travel through the vast desert by train,” said MacDonald.
MacDonald and her group had to face many challenges on their journey. Except for the dirt and discomfort, the travelers also had to deal with the intense heat, violent winds and even dangerous sandstorms. “I was out taking photographs and within minutes, the wind increased to more than 100 miles an hour,” MacDonald said. “I thought my skin was going to be torn off because of the rain and blowing sand. It felt like sandpaper on my skin. I have never experienced winds that strong before. There was once a time when I wanted to give up.”
She dealt with the harsh (恶劣的) conditions by trying not to travel in the middle of the day and wore headscarves to protect herself from the sun and blowing sand. “The weather definitely dictates when and where you travel,” said MacDonald. Even with all the challenges, the photographer managed to record amazing images of the beautiful but harsh landscapes of Mauritania, and its fascinating cultures and communities.
1. Why did MacDonald tour the Sahara (no more than 10 words)
2. How did MacDonald feel on the cargo train (no more than 5 words)
3. Why did MacDonald once decide to give up her journey (no more than 10 words)
4. What does the underlined word in the last paragraph mean (1 word)
5. How does MacDonald’s story inspire you in life Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
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（2022天津一模）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
When I was seven years old, I saw my mother making doll clothes. She told me that they were for the poor people, so I never gave it another thought. On Christmas morning when I opened my present, there were those beautiful doll clothes. My mother just smiled and said, “They are for the poor people. We’re poor.”
When I was nine, my greatest desire in life was to own a pogo stick (弹簧高跷). But my mother told me that we simply couldn’t afford one. A few days before Christmas, my parents and I went shopping. While my mother and I were paying the money, my dad came with a long box. I remember wondering at that very moment if it was a pogo stick in that box. After we arrived back at home my dad put the box in the barn. While my parents were away, I shuck out to the barn to find the box. I was so excited and I knew that as soon as I opened that magical box, my bright, shiny pogo stick would appear. No such luck! Inside the box was a silly old broom. And so Christmas morning was disappointing. After all the wrapping paper was cleaned up, my dad came back from the barn with a beautiful pogo stick. I couldn’t believe it, how they were able to get the money for it and how they tricked me with the broom. My parents probably laughed quietly when they played the trick on me and I wondered if they were watching me from the window as I went out to the barn secretly for my Christmas present.
Although we didn’t have much money, my parents gave me the most important gift of all, much love. We had love and we had joy.
1. What present did the author receive on Christmas morning at the age of 7 (no more than 10 words)
2. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean (no more than 5 words)
3. Why did the author feel disappointed when the author found a broom in the box (no more than 15 words)
4. Why did the author’s parents put a broom in the box (no more than 15 words)
5. What is the best present you’ve received from your parents Please give your reasons.(no more than 20 words)
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（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.
1. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1 probably mean (1 word)
2. How could the beans the author ate as a child taste like bacon (no more than 10 words)
3. What did the author do to avoid wasting food (no more than 15 words)
4. What do the last two paragraphs mainly talk about (no more than 20 words)
5. How do you live your life to the fullest Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
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（2022天津南开统考一模）阅读下面短文，按照要求用英语回答问题。
Why would human beings waste a third of their lives sleeping when they could be doing more important things like looking after their families or working Some scientists believe sleeping helps recharge the body. while others think it is important for strengthening newly formed memories. Now, there is new evidence which suggests that the purpose of sleep may be to forget some of the millions of new things we learn each day.
The neurons in the human brain consist of fibers called dendrites (树突). These grow as we learn new things and connect the brain’s cells to each other at contact points called synapses (突触). The larger the dendrites become and the more cells they connect, the more information we store.
In 2018. Giulio Tononi and Chiara Cirelli, both biologists at the University of Wisconsin Madison, suggested a new idea: The things our brains learn each day result in so many synapses that things start to get a little messy. Sleeping allows us to sort through (整理) the “noise” and dispense all the unnecessary information. leaving behind only the most important memories.
Recently, the university’s research has provided direct evidence to support the theory. The experiment involved analyzing 6. 920 synapses in the brain shavings from two groups of mice over a four-year period: one group had been allowed to sleep, while the other had been kept awake and entertained with toys. The researchers discovered that the brain shavings of the sleeping mice had nearly 20 percent fewer synapses than those that had been kept awake and entertained.
It was also evident during the study that the brain does not shave every synapse. 20% of neurons remained unchanged: these were most likely well established memories. Therefore. although we may be sleeping to forget some of what we’ve learned, the brain “forgets” in a smart way.
Most researchers believe clearing our brains is not the only purpose of sleep.
Resting our minds and bodies has also been found to help with other biological functions like strengthening our immunity. Though scientists may never agree on a single reason. they are all sure of one thing — a good night’s rest is essential for our health. So try and spend at least a third of your day sleeping!
1. What’s the purpose of sleeping according to the new discovery (no more than 15 words)
2. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2 (no more than 10 words)
3. What does the underlined word “dispense” in Paragraph 3 probably mean (no more than 5 words)
4. What agreement do all the scientists probably reach about sleeping according to the text (no more than 10 words)
5. Do you think a good night’s sleep will benefit your next-day study Please explain in your own words. (no more than 20 words)
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（2023天津校联考一模）阅读下面短文，按照要求用英语回答问题。
Too Far Away from It All
A TV series in England, Away from It All, has surprised everyone by becoming a huge success with young people.
Its success is surprising because its main character is a shepherd (牧羊人), and the series is about the relaxing lifestyles of people who live in the country. There is none of the action that we usually see on TV. There are also no stressful moments, busy offices, or crowded cities. Away From It All is set in the peaceful English countryside and tells simple stories of people’s kindness
The director of the series says its success is a sign of teenagers suffering from stress. He says that watching Away from It All helps teenagers forget about the pressures of exams and homework, and the troubles that fill the world. He also claims that it’s a good sign that today’s youth are switching to happier TV series, as it shows they would like a happier and healthier life.
Although the series’ success might have a good side, many teachers and parents are worried. They say that some of their students and children are becoming couch potatoes (电视迷) and are using Away from It All as an excuse for not completing homework. Some students have even refused to study for exams because they say that they can only achieve happiness by avoiding stressful situations completely.
One mother, Lucy Linney, said of her son Patrick, “Before he started watching Away from it All, he loved challenges and volunteered every afternoon. But now he has become a couch potato. His grades have dropped and he no longer volunteers. He says it doesn’t matter as he just wants to ‘get away from it all’.”
And what do the experts say Paula Ray, a doctor, says that TV can influence young people’s lifestyles. But she says that if a young person reacts as strongly as Patrick, it’s likely that there are other reasons for his change in the behaviour.
1. What is the TV series Away From It All about (no more than 8 words)
2. According to the director, why is Away From It All a success (no more than 15 words)
3. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 mean (1 word)
4. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4 (no more than 10 words)
5. Do you agree with Dr. Paula Ray’s saying, “TV can influence young people’s lifestyles” Please give your reason(s). (no more than 20 words)
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（2023天津和平统考一模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Learning outside of a classroom may still be a new thing for many people but not for Kamer MeliVeseli, who’s completing his final year of high school that way. His family moved from Kosovo to Switzerland, so he’s doing his coursework remotely and will take a big test with all of his teachers at the end of the year. It’s the ideal arrangement for Meli since it allows him to manage his own schedule and pursue other interests in his free time. That’s where Spark and online learning come in.
Meli has always been a serious gamer, but he’s not just looking to have fun. He likes examining the technology behind his favorite games and is curious to understand how developers create the graphics, textures, and special effects. He really wanted to make his own games and actually did develop a couple on Android but wasn’t satisfied with the results.
Searching for online courses that could take his game to the next level, he found Spark, and it was “one of the happiest days of my life.”
But gaming isn’t the extent of Meli’s interests. He’s also a hopeful singer who’d always lacked the confidence to sing in public. Then he took courses on Spark and discovered exercises that could help him loosen and relax his throat and release his voice “10 times better in 10 minutes.” Now he plans for Switzerland’s version of the TV show “The Voice” in 2016! With Spark courses, Meli’s also brushing up on his drawing skills, which he picked up in his childhood. He finally created a perfect portrait of his older brother.
Wherever Meli’s dreams take him, he knows he’ll be able to find relevant courses on Spark: “The variety is unlimited — so many languages, all kinds of software, even things like meditation and cultural lessons. Whatever you want to learn, you’ll find it on Spark.”
1. According to the first paragraph, how does Spark influence Meli’s life (no more than 10 words)
2. When did Meli find Spark (no more than 15 words)
3. What does the underlined phrase mean in paragraph 3 (no more than 1 word)
4. What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about (no more than 15 words)
5. What do you think of online learning Give your reason. (no more than 20 words)
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（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.”
1. How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 2 (no more than 8 words )
2. Why did the writer’s parents quarrel at dinner (no more than 10 words )
3. What did the writer think of his first poem when he grew older (no more than 8 words )
4. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about (no more than 15 words )
5. What kind of parents do you need in life (no more than 20 words )
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（2023天津滨海新校联考一模）阅读表达
I used to chase happiness a lot when I began to work. I would run after different experiences--goals, achievements and success, because I was quite sure that once I caught up with them, happiness would be with me. It was during that period that I learned happiness was a very fast runner.
Later, I tried to sneak up on happiness. I thought if I didn’t care too little or too much but just enough, it wouldn’t see me coming and then I could catch it.
It turned out that happiness is similar to owls, for both of them have 360-degree vision and extremely sharp hearing. Finally, I decided to sit still, very quietly, until happiness forgot I was there, let down its guard and got close to me. This, surprisingly, worked better than either of the other two ways.
After reading a passage in Time, I think I know the reason. Apparently, for Americans, the chase of happiness is just linked to achieving individual goals which is different from that in other cultures. In many cultures, happiness is regarded as a social phenomenon that happens most readily when it is shared. But our society puts the responsibility for catching happiness on each individual’s shoulders --a heavy burden indeed.
On Facebook, there are a lot of unbelievably happy people doing amazing happiness—producing things every day. However, most of the time, no one is really that happy all the time behind the scenes.
I also like what a famous businessman told Time reporter Mandy Oaklander, “A happy life doesn’t consist of happy moments but every moment of the day.”
Now you know how to get happiness, don’t you
1. What did the author learn from his first period of chasing happiness (no more than 10 words)
2. How do you understand the underlined word in Paragraph 2 (no more than 5 words)
3. What does the chase of happiness mean to Americans (no more than 6 words)
4. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 5 (no more than 12 words)
5. Do you think you’re on the way to chasing happiness Please explain. (no more than 25 words)
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（2023天津校联考一模）阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
I have a special place in my heart for libraries. I have for as long as I can remember. I always had ardour in reading, sometimes reading up to three books a day as a child. Stories were like air to me and while other kids played ball or went to parties, I lived out adventures through the books I checked out from the library.
My first job was working at the Ukiah Library when I was 16 years old. It was a dream job and I did everything from shelving books to reading to the children for story time.
As I became a mother, the library took on an added meaning. I had several children and books were our main source of entertainment. It was a big deal for us to load up and go to the local library, where my kids could pick out books to read or books they wanted me to read to them. It was a special time to bond with my children and it filled them with the wonderment of books. Now, I see my children taking their children to the library and I love that the excitement of going to the library lives on from generation to generation.
As a novelist, I’ve found a new relationship with libraries. I encourage readers to go to their local library when they can’t afford to purchase a book. I see libraries as a safe haven (避风港) for readers and writers. Libraries, in their own way, help fight book piracy (盗版行为) and I think all writers should support libraries in a significant way when they can. Encourage readers to use the library. Share library announcements on your social media. Frequent them and talk about them when you can.
1. What does the underlined word in paragraph 1 probably mean (1 word)
2. How did the author find her first job at the Ukiah Library (no more than 5 words)
3. What’s “the added meaning” of library for the author as a mother (no more than 15 words)
4. What does the author call on other writers to do (no more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of “library” Give your reasons.(no more than 25 words)
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（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.
1. What did the author’s father do at SMU (no more than 12 words)
2. Why was O. Henry’s manuscript found in the attic (no more than 20 words)
3. What does the underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 mean (1 word)
4. Why did the author’s father set out to sell the manuscript (no more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of the author’s intention of writing such a story of his father
Please explain. (no more than 25 words)
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（2023天津校联考一模）阅读下面短文，按照要求完成阅读任务。
Growing up poor and having parents who didn’t receive a good education, I often struggled at school. What was worse, my parents often moved to different places. They likely did not realize the damaging effects it had on my learning as they moved from apartment to apartment, year after year. I attended seven different schools from kindergarten through the 8th grade. With a fragmented (片段的) education, I entered high school, not doing well in literacy and math. But it was not until I attended a major public state university that I really understood the academic gaps that I had in comparison to my peers. I had to work particularly hard to not only understand the textbooks and lectures, but also catch myself up in basic skills of writing and comprehension. But I wasn’t the one to forgo. No matter how hard it was, I persisted.
Today, I have many degrees, three of them are Master’s Degrees and I am currently in my second year of studying for my doctorate in Educational Leadership.
I share my story for various reasons, but mainly due to the hope that another young child, possibly growing up poor, can realize that an education is the ticket to the quality of life. It can happen for that child. One can be successful! One can overcome all obstacles.
Some days will be extremely tougher than others and someday those accomplishments will glow (发光), but giving up is not a wise choice. It certainly won’t lead to the light at the end of the tunnel. Therefore, we should take advantage of the challenges and difficulties to make us stronger and reflect on how to beat all the differences. We should foster our thinking that current challenges have been designed to build upon our strength, not tear us down. In this way, we can fulfill our long-term goals.
1. What made the author’s study much worse when he was a child (no more than 5 words)
2. What did the author realize after attending a major public state university (no more than 10 words)
3. How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 (no more than 10 words)
4. Why did the author want to share his story (no more than 15 words)
5. What do you learn from the author’s story (no more than 20 words)
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（2023天津河北统考一模）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids and threw jump shots over their heads. The boys always tried to stop her, but never could.
I began to notice her at other times, on that same blacktop (柏油路), playing alone — sometimes until dark. One day, I asked her why she practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation, she said: “The only way I can go to college is if I get a scholarship. I like basketball. If I’m good enough, I can get a scholarship.”
She was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. But one time in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, her head cradled in her arms. Quietly, I asked what was wrong. “I am just too short,” came a soft reply. The coach told her that, at 5’5” (about 165 cm), she would probably never get to play for a top-ranked team — much less offered a scholarship.
She was heartbroken. I asked her to talk to her dad about it. Her father told her that those coaches were wrong — they just did not understand the power of a dream. Nothing could stop her, except one thing: her own attitude. He told her, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, when she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was noticed by a college recruiter. She was indeed offered a scholarship to a women’s basketball team. She finally got what she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years. And that little girl ended up having more playing time than any other woman in the history of the university.
During her junior year of college, her father – her hero, died. The following years were hard for her. The grief she felt over the loss of her father was always there. She struggled daily with fear, doubt, and frustration. However, every time she wanted to quit, she remembered her father’s last words: “Rachel, keep dreaming. Don’t let your dream die. If the dream is big enough, you can do anything!”
She completed her degree. It took her six years, but she didn’t give up. She can still be found sometimes as the sun is setting, bouncing a basketball. And often I hear her tell others, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
1. Why did Rachel practise playing basketball so much (no more than 10 words)
2. How did Rachel feel after hearing her coach’s words (1 word)
3. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 mean (no more than 15 words)
4. What does Paragraph 6 mainly talk about (no more than 10 words)
5. How did you deal with any obstacles when trying to achieve a goal Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
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（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 t