2024年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解之记叙文 模拟真题 (新高考专用)（含答案解析）
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2024年高考英语（阅读理解之记叙文）模拟真题 (新高考专用)
（2024·山西晋中·模拟预测）A 17-year-old boy nicknamed Tao Tao with cerebral palsy(脑瘫) has made positive attempts to achieve greater self-reliance through selling self-made popcorn on the street on his own, touching the hearts of netizens and winning him an education opportunity.
According to Tao Tao’s mother: Yao Chuanhua, her son was born with the disabling condition. Over the years, she has continuously tried to train him to adapt and live as normally as possible.
As Tao Tao grew up, the idea of fostering his independence by selling homemade popcorn has brewed in the mother’s mind. She taught Tao Tao how to make popcorn at home and helped set up a stall in Xiaoshan district, Hangzhou city of East China’s Zhejiang province.
“Tao Tao, don’t worry. Take it easy even if no one comes to buy,” after a few words of encouragement, Yao stepped aside and let his son take charge.
Initially reserved and unaccustomed to street vending, Tao Tao struggled to attract buyers. To boost his confidence, the mother even paid some passers-by to buy popcorn from her son’s stall.
Gradually, despite shyness and physical difficulties, Tao Tao has become more active and confident, managing the business smoothly without relying on a megaphone to peddle the product.
“The moment you stood here, you were already a success,” Being proud of Tao Tao’s progress, Yao shared videos of her son’s popcorn selling story online, receiving immense care and support from netizens.
Some traveled specifically to buy popcorn from Tao Tao, and one viewer even ordered thousands of buckets. Many expressed a desire to donate, but Yao declined any form of donations.
“My goal is to encourage him to make a brave step forward and connect with the outside world. I hope that one day he could live independently through his own efforts.”
“Tao Tao is a persevering child. He insists on making and packaging the popcorn all by himself, trying his best his best to prove that he can make it,” Yao added.
The online video sensation has drawn the attention of the local education authority to Tao Tao’s situation. After learning that the teen failed to receive proper school education due to health conditions, they have arranged for local special education teachers to offer him door-to-door teaching.
1．What can we learn about Tao Tao from Paragraph 1
A．He is a student who likes studying.
B．He suffered from cerebral palsy at 17.
C．He made a lot of money by selling popcorn.
D．He is a boy with a positive attitude towards life.
2．Why did Tao Tao’s mother let Tao Tao take charge
A．To boost his confidence. B．To gain people’s sympathy.
C．To foster his independence. D．To improve his popcorn-making skills.
3．What is Tao Tao’s mother’s purpose in sharing the videos
A．To get the support from netizens.
B．To get him to sell more popcorn on his own.
C．To draw the attention of the local education authority.
D．To encourage him to boldly connect with the outside world.
4．What makes Tao Tao make continuous progress
A．His spirit of perseverance. B．The donations he accepted.
C．The help given by netizens. D．The good education he received.
（2024·山东济南·一模）When Param Jaggi was five years old, he had a passion to take things apart to see what was inside. He started with toys and even broke a computer, which made his parents not too pleased. As he got older, he shifted from breaking things to building things, which greatly comforted his parents. In middle school. he started working on projects in his kitchen laboratory, and his first project was making biofuels.
Although Jaggi’s parents initially thought his experiments were just. a boyhood fancy, he remained determined to make a difference to the environment. Eventually, his parents came around and started supporting his dreams. Jaggi’s interest continued as he grew up, but he focused more on solving real problems, especially those related to the environment.
At 17, Jaggi went beyond his school projects and. co-founded Ecoviate, a company that uses technology to solve everyday energy and environmental problems. He planned to transform people’s idea that going green is expensive, by making available a series of affordable products that are easy to use. Through Ecoviate, he designed products that could contribute to a greener future. One of his notable inventions was the “CO2ube”, a device that could be attached to vehicle tailpipes to reduce carbon emissions, and it’s available to many people at low prices. He also created a smartwatch that changed body heat into energy, which can be used to power up the watch as well as mobile phones.
Young Jaggi, now a third-grade college student studying engineering and economics, has become a famous eco-innovator and his company is developing promisingly. However, Jaggi’s vision to save the environment goes beyond creating products. He plans to launch an online platform through Ecoviate, which will encourage young
students interested in science and technology to get actively involved in innovation and invention. Students can submit a science project online, and talk about the help that they need to make the project a reality.
5．What can we learn about Jaggi
A．He was curious by nature. B．He dreamed to be an engineer.
C．He always annoyed his parents. D．He was addicted to playing toys.
6．Which of the following can best replace the underlined part “came around” in Paragraph 2
A．Won out. B．Changed their minds.
C．Walked around. D．Paid a visit.
7．What drove Jaggi to develop affordable and user-friendly products
A．His love for greener devices. B．His pursuit of academic career.
C．His desire to make a difference. D．His hope to boost green industry.
8．Why does Jaggie plan to launch an online platform
A．To promote smart products. B．To empower young inventors.
C．To provide eco-themed courses. D．To offer environmentalists funds.
（2024·广东湛江·二模）Lexi is just a little girl from Canada who found herself in a heart-stopping situation. It started off as a normal car trip. Angela Shymanski, Lexi’s mom, was at the wheel, navigating the tricky roads of the Rockies with her daughter Lexi and her baby Peter in the car. An unexpected animal ran into the road. Angela swerved (突然转向) to avoid the animal. Unfortunately, their car was off the road, falling down a steep embankment (路堤).
The crash was nothing short of terrifying. Angela ended up with a broken back. She was unconscious, and unable to help her babies. Meanwhile, baby Peter’s cries echoed in the chaos. But Lexi, only five years old, didn’t freeze. Instead, she showed courage that would leave many grown-ups in awe.
She quickly jumped into action. The little girl, without even shoes on her feet, wrestled free from her seatbelt and climbed the 40-foot embankment. Once she reached the top, Lexi did everything she could to flag down a passing car in order to get help for her mom and brother.
Lexi’s insistence finally paid off. A car stopped, and the people inside didn’t hesitate to help her call for emergency services. When the paramedics (护理人员) arrived, they found Angela in a severe state, and her heart had stopped. Thankfully, they managed to bring her back.
Lexi’s dad, reflecting on the incident, couldn’t help but be amazed by his daughter’s bravery. He stressed how important it is for kids to be prepared for emergencies, shocked at how Lexi remembered and acted on what she had been taught. It’s a powerful reminder of what kids can do when push comes to shove.
And Lexi’s heroism didn’t go unnoticed. She was awarded a Bronze Medal for Bravery by the police. But for the Shymanskis, the real prize was being back in each other’s arms, safe and sound.
9．What caused the accident
A．The tough road. B．The children’s noise.
C．A car that suddenly swerved. D．An animal appearing suddenly.
10．What was Lexi’s first move after the accident
A．Putting on her shoes. B．Managing to get out of the car.
C．Flagging down a passing car. D．Scaling the 40-foot embankment.
11．What can we learn about Lexi from paragraph 5
A．Her heroic action deserved recognition. B．Her dad knew her daughter well enough.
C．She had learned how to deal with emergencies. D．It was important for her to face some emergencies.
12．Which of the following can best describe Lexi
A．Brave and honest. B．Calm and courageous.
C．Thoughtful but stubborn. D．Caring but naughty.
（23-24高三下·甘肃武威·阶段练习）Every June, we have a tradition at our house. Our children are given bowls and asked to collect pieces of summer nature. They leave those bowls on the front doorstep and we go for a walk. When we return, we find fairies (仙女) have transformed the bowls’ contents into ice cream.
“When are the fairies coming ” Six-year-old Anna had been asking last June with expectation. Meanwhile, Joshua, nine, was getting wise to fairies and such silly things. As the evening arrived, the children collected leaves, grass and dead insects. We put their bowls on the front doorstep and we were on our walk. After a while, I said that I had forgotten my keys and needed to go back, but then I said I found them. Joshua smiled knowingly, and then was beginning to get a bit confused.
Back near our house, I warned that the fairies might not have arrived—we might need to walk a bit longer. Joshua seemed relieved. “Yes,” he said, “they probably hadn’t come.” Yet when we reached the front door, the bowls were in the same place we had left them—filled with ice cream.
Anna accepted all this with complete innocence. She felt happy, excited and eager to eat. But Joshua was astonished, speechless. He looked up at me, at his dad, then gazed around the neighborhood in amazement. “The fairies must have come,” he whispered as we all sat down to feast. “But was this really magic ”
I kissed Anna and Joshua good night, but at 2:00 a. m., Joshua crawled into bed next to me, whispering, “Mummy, how did you do it ”
I told my nine-year-old boy the truth. I had asked a neighbor to help us. Shortly after we left on our walk, she
had slid over to our house and switched the bowls. Joshua smiled in relief and thanked me for telling him. Then he fell asleep. Just at that moment, I believed in magic, too.
13．What’s the author’s family tradition in June
A．Lining up to greet the fairies.
B．Filling the bowls with charity food.
C．Attracting kids to nature with ice cream.
D．Teaching the kids to make ice cream.
14．How did Anna react to the bowls of ice cream
A．She felt grateful neighbors are so kind.
B．She was pleased fairies had prepared them.
C．She was aware her mother had made them.
D．She felt relieved she finally went back home.
15．What kept Joshua from falling asleep at 2:00 a. m.
A．His appreciation of a neighbor’s kindness.
B．His excitement from the outdoor experience.
C．His strong desire to stay with his mother.
D．His curiosity about the source of the ice cream.
16．What can be a suitable title for the text
A．Collecting Fruit from Nature in Summer
B．Watching the Magic of Making Ice Cream
C．Revealing the Secret of Nature to Children
D．Growing up with the Ice Cream Fairy Tradition
（2024·辽宁·二模）I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, in Facebook, in texting or cell phones. I was literally waiting by the mailbox to get a letter with a warmest comfort from her.
So when I moved to New York and got depressed, I did the only thing I could think of. I wrote those same kinds of letters like my mother for strangers, and tucked them all over the city: in cafes, in libraries, and even in the subway. I blogged about those letters and promised if asked for a hand-written letter, I would write one.
Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied in Kansas, a 22-year-old immigrant, all asking me to write them and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how I initiated the act The World Needs More Love Letters.
Today I run a global organization fueled by those trips to the mailbox. It is a miracle. But the thing about these letters is that most of them have been written by people brought up in a paperless world where some best conversations happen on a screen. We have learned to diary our pain onto Facebook, and we speak swiftly in twitter.
Therefore, I’ve been carrying this mail crate (大木箱) with me these days, which is a magical icebreaker. So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤) from war, and how she left love letters throughout the house saying, “Come back to me.” And a man, who had decided to take his life, slept safely with a stack of letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.
These stories convince me that letter-writing will never need to be about efficiency, because it is an art now, all of it: the signing, the scripting, the mailing.
17．Why did the author share her experience in college
A．To show her care for her family. B．To convey her love for writing letters.
C．To express her feelings attached to letters. D．To prove her consistency in writing letters.
18．What caused the author to launch the act
A．She advocated the paperless lifestyle. B．She intended to provide professional aid.
C．She tried to improve her communication skills. D．She aimed to give emotional support with letters.
19．Why does the author call the mail crate “a magical icebreaker”
A．It cures people of mental diseases. B．It serves as a conversation starter.
C．It has magic power to melt ice. D．It empowers people to be brave.
20．What is the best title for the passage
A．Family Letters Are Priceless B．Love for Writing Never Declines
C．World Needs More Love Letters D．Hand-written Letters Improve Efficiency
（2024·黑龙江·一模）I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, or cell phones in general. I was literally waiting to get a letter to see how the weekend had gone, which was usually the warmest comfort for me.
So when I moved to New York and got sucker-punched in the face by depression, I did the only thing I could think of — writing letters like my mother for strangers. I blogged about those letters and crazily promised I would write you a hand-written letter if asked to.
Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied (恐吓) in rural Kansas…, all asking me to write them a letter and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how the act The World Needs More Lone Letters was born, fueled by those trips to the mailbox. But the
thing about these letters is that most of them have been written by people, who have grown up into a paperless world where some best conversations happen swiftly on a screen.
I’ve been carrying this mail crate (大木箱) with me these days, which is a magical icebreaker. So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤) from war in Afghanistan, and how she left love letters throughout the house as a way to say, “Come back to me.” And the man, who had decided to take his life, tonight slept safely with letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.
These are the kinds of stories that convince me that letter-writing will always be needed, even in these days, because it is an art now.
21．What is the first paragraph mainly about
A．The efficiency of write letters.
B．The author’s care for her family.
C．The author’s attachment to letters.
D．The author’s love for the college life.
22．What inspired the author to launch the act
A．The letters’ comforting effect on people.
B．Her intention of providing professional aid.
C．The positive influence of modern technology.
D．Her mother’s fear of modern communication.
23．Why does the author call the mail crate “a magical icebreaker”
A．It is capable of doing magic tricks.
B．It starts a conversation with passers-by.
C．It helps people to recover from traumas.
D．It is hot enough to melt ice on a cold day.
24．What is the best title for the passage
A．Love for Writing
B．Priceless Family Letters
C．Love Letters to Strangers
D．The Art of Writing Letters
（2024·河北·二模）I didn’t go to Santiago, Chile to look for friendship. In fact, Chile was not even on my wish list.
A mid-life crisis woman, I got a chance to study abroad. I only wanted to learn about global business, taste South American cuisine, and check “study abroad” off my wish list.
On the fifth day, I joined a group for a neighborhood work project aided by the anti-poverty (扶贫) organization. Our tasks were to build a water tower and paint the community center. Upon arrival, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was like a scene out of a horrible film. That moment redefined poverty for me because I had never seen such terrible living conditions. As advised, I showed no signs of the motional battle going on inside me.
Just as I was about to start work on painting, a request came through for a few volunteers to he Nadia, a local resident who volunteered to cook for us. I raised my hand to help because I wanted spend time with the people of the neighborhood despite my shortage of Spanish speaking skills.
Nadia had a sincere smile but not overly friendly. Even without speaking each other’s language we started to learn about one another. We chatted about our children, our upbringing, shared picture of our family, struggled to instruct each other to communicate in the other’s language, and laugh many times.
After we fed everybody and the dishes were washed, my day was over. But I found myself hesitant to leave. It was as if I had known her my entire life. I had not predicted the unselfishness heart I would encounter, and it was moving.
As we were waiting for the car to pick us up, Nadia showed me her plants that are well-maintains. I could see that despite the hard conditions she was passionate about life. She made me long to be stronger person. She showed me that poverty was external, but happiness was internal. I was seeking to give 100 percent for a well-intentioned cause, but I left receiving 200 percent from her.
25．What was the author’s initial purpose of going to Chile
A．To find new friends while traveling. B．To participate in an anti-poverty project.
C．To fulfill the desire to study abroad. D．To gain a graduate certificate in business.
26．What did the author do after seeing the living conditions in the neighborhood
A．She decided to relieve the poverty. B．She kept her emotions well hidden.
C．She comforted the shocked volunteers. D．She refused to continue the present task.
27．Why did the author volunteer to work with Nadia
A．She felt very sympathetic toward Nadia.
B．She longed to interact with the local residents.
C．She wanted to improve her Spanish speaking skills.
D．She preferred cooking to painting the community center.
28．What did the author learn from Nadia
A．True friends are never apart in heart.
B．Happiness is defined by a positive attitude.
C．Language is not a barrier to great connections.
D．Unselfishness is putting others before ourselves.
（2024·内蒙古呼和浩特·一模）Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution to two of her country’s problems: garbage and poverty. It’s called the Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers: Rather than throw your empty chip bags into the trash, donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.
Chip waters drop off their empty bags from Doritos. Lays. and other favorites at two locations in Detroit:a print shop and a clothing store. where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they clean the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open, lay them flat, and iron them together. They use padding (衬垫) and liners (衬里) from old coats to line the insides.
It takes about four hours to sew a sleeping bag and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags depending on whether they’re single-serve or family size. The result is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof lightweight and easy to carry around”. Oleita told the Detroit News.
Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800,000 chip bags and, as of last December, created 110 sleeping bags. Sure, it would be simpler to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But that’s only half the goal for Oleita — whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life —and her fellow volunteers. “We are devoted to making an impact not only socially, but environmentally,”she says.
And, of course, there’s the symbolism of rescuing bags that would otherwise land in the trash and using them to help the homeless. It’s a powerful reminder that environmental problem and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita told , “I think it’s time to show connections between all of these issues.”
29．What did Oleita ask the snack lovers to do with their empty chip bags
A．To turn them into sleeping bags. B．To give them away to her.
C．To throw them into the trash. D．To donate them to the homeless directly.
30．What do we know about the sleeping bag made by Chip Bag Project
A．Its size is adjustable. B．It is only made of old coats.
C．It has the function of heating D．It is portable.
31．What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs
A．The aim of the project is more than social issues.
B．Poverty results from environmental problems.
C．Oleita’s project made 110 sleeping bags per month.
D．Oleita started the project mainly to raise money.
32．Which words can best describe Oleita
A．Hardworking and loyal. B．Talented and social.
C．Responsible and creative. D．Selfless and modest.
（2024·山西晋中·模拟预测）A GIF of the Wicked Witch (巫婆) of the West from “The Wizard of Oz” saying “I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!” played behind Economics Professor Michael Rizzo as students gathered in Wegmans Hall on Oct. 30 to hear him argue against the opinion that the Earth is going through a climate disaster.
“I’m curious to see how many people will misunderstand the point of my talk, which is about addressing the issue of disaster and not at all the issue of whether climate change is happening, or even the mechanics of it,” he said in an interview with the Cambus Times.
The talk included Rizzo stating his biggest fear—that he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know about climate change. The talk, he said, was assembled from everything he’s read, and, to him, things don’t look so bad, but he knows he hasn’t read everything.
First-year Aidan Lieberman, who attended the talk after hearing about it in Rizzo’s Prin- ciples of Economics class, thought the professor tried to fit too much into his time, but he agreed with the points that he could follow, saying “they seemed to make sense.”
“I was only able to follow a few of the points he was making, ” Lieberman said. “My biggest takeaway is that humans will be able to manage the effects of climate change as they become more severe. ”
Rizzo said he wanted students to leave the talk understanding that the rhetoric around climate “disaster” often comes more from how information is reported rather than the science it- self. Addressing issues of climate change, he stressed, requires a careful understanding that takes lots of research to achieve-research that he found students weren’t doing before coming to him with disagreements.
33．Why is the “The Wizard of Oz” saying mentioned
A．To explain the dog is vital for the witch.
B．To prove students misunderstood the talk.
C．To suggest students made no sense of the talk.
D．To show the earth is facing a climate challenge.
34．What does the underlined word “assembled” probably mean in Paragraph 3
A．Pieced. B．Differed. C．Separated. D．Reserved.
35．How does Aidan feel about Rizzo’s lecture
A．Doubtful. B．Opposed. C．Positive. D．Unclear.
36．What does Rizzo suggest doing in the last paragraph
A．Being creative. B．Doing more research.
C．Reporting objectively. D．Focusing on the information.
（2024·湖北·一模）There can be no doubt that Stephen King, New York Time’s Best-Selling author, has found success in many aspects, but it wasn’t always like this. King witnessed tragedy and horrors from the very beginning. When he was 2 years old, his father told his mom that he was going out to get cigarettes but in fact, he never came back, he had abandoned his family.
This left his mother Ruth to care for Stephen and his elder brother David on her own. Ruth was forced to move often, desperately looking for work as she was now the only provider of the family, and she had to rely on relatives most of the time. One day Stephen went out to play with friends and when he came back, he wasn’t even able to speak a single word, it seemed he was hurt mentally or something, but he still got the courage to continue forward. It turned out that one of his friends was hit by a train and died, which left an emotional scar on him.
King, later on, dropped out of school due to some serious health concerns and was told that he had to enlist (入伍) again the next fall, which demotivated him too. Although Stephen King didn’t see his childhood as something extraordinary or special, he did say that he was always fascinated by scary things.
People used to acknowledge the King family by their love of literature, in fact whenever Stephen’s mom used to go out, she didn’t hire a babysitter, for the kids used to read novels to each other so they would not get bored. Stephen King’s love of stories was developed from a very young age and he carried that tradition with his own children along with his wife Tabitha.
In 1973, Stephen King started his amazing journey of success when he published his first novel “Carrie”, which is scary. The rest followed from after that as he published many amazing books like The Shining, IT, Firestarter, and Cujo. All of these books became instant classics and got their own movie and television shows adaptions.
37．What is the main reason leading Stephen King to become a best-selling author
A．His in-born writing talents. B．His unfortunate childhood.
C．His excellent promotion skills. D．His mom’s miserable experiences.
38．What left Stephen King not even speaking a single word
A．He was knocked down by a passing train.
B．He was badly criticized by a close classmate.
C．He was depressed by the constant moves.
D．He was heart-struck by the pass-away of a friend.
39．What does the underlined word “demotivated” in paragraph 3 mean
A．Discouraged. B．Refreshed.
C．Embarrassed. D．Aroused.
40．Why didn’t Stephen’s mom hire a babysitter
A．The family was too poor to hire a babysitter.
B．The children were too naughty to be looked after.
C．The children could actually entertain themselves.
D．The children were young enough to care for themselves.
参考答案：
1．D 2．C 3．A 4．A
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文，讲述了一个17岁患有脑瘫的男孩涛涛（音译）在妈妈的鼓励和支持下开设摊位自制并售卖爆米花，并获得了特殊教育机会的故事。
1．推理判断题。根据文章第一段“A 17-year-old boy nicknamed Tao Tao with cerebral palsy(脑瘫) has made positive attempts to achieve greater self-reliance through selling self-made popcorn on the street on his own, touching the hearts of netizens and winning him an education opportunity.(17岁的脑瘫男孩涛涛，通过在街上卖自制爆米花，为自己自力更生做出了积极的尝试，打动了网友的心，也为自己赢得了受教育的机会)”可推知，虽然身体残疾，男孩涛涛依然积极面对生活，他是一个对生活有积极态度的男孩。故选D。
2．推理判断题。根据文章第三段“As Tao Tao grew up, the idea of fostering his independence by selling homemade popcorn has brewed in the mother’s mind.(随着涛涛长大，通过卖自制爆米花来培养他独立的想法在这位母亲的脑海中酝酿)”及第四段““Tao Tao, don’t worry. Take it easy even if no one comes to buy,” after a few words of encouragement, Yao stepped aside and let his son take charge.(“涛涛，别担心。就算没人来买，也别着急。”在几句鼓励的话之后，姚女士站到一边，让儿子负责)”并结合倒数第三段“My goal is to encourage him to make a brave step forward and connect with the outside world. I hope that one day he could live independently through his own efforts.(我的目标是鼓励他勇敢地向前迈出一步，与外界建立联系。我希望有一天他可以通过自己的努力独立生活)”可推知，妈妈让涛涛独自负责卖爆米花是为了培养他通过自己的努力独立生活的能力。故选C。
3．细节理解题。根据文章倒数第五段““The moment you stood here, you were already a success,” Being proud of Tao Tao’s progress, Yao shared videos of her son’s popcorn selling story online, receiving immense care and support from netizens.(“当你站在这里的那一刻，你就已经成功了。”姚女士为涛涛的进步感到骄傲，她在网上分享了儿子卖爆米花的视频，得到了网友们的极大关心和支持)”可知，妈妈分享视频是为了得到网友的支持。故选A。
4．推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段““Tao Tao is a persevering child. He insists on making and packaging the popcorn all by himself, trying his best his best to prove that he can make it,” Yao added.(“涛涛是一个坚持不懈的孩子。他坚持自己制作和包装爆米花，尽他最大的努力来证明他能做到，”姚女士补充道)”可推知，涛涛获得了持续的进步是由于他坚持不懈的精神。
故选A。
5．A 6．B 7．C 8．B
【导语】本文是记叙文。它讲述了Param Jaggi从小对拆解事物的热爱，到后来转变为创造事物，特别是关注环境问题的解决。
5．推理判断题。根据第一段“When Param Jaggi was five years old, he had a passion to take things apart to see what was inside. He started with toys and even broke a computer, which made his parents not too pleased.(当帕拉姆·贾吉五岁的时候，他就热衷于拆卸东西看看里面是什么。他从玩具开始，甚至弄坏了一台电脑，这让他的父母很不高兴)”可知，帕拉姆·贾吉从小热衷于拆卸东西看看里面是什么，所以推知他生性好奇。故选A项。
6．词句猜测题。根据前文“Although Jaggi’s parents initially thought his experiments were just. a boyhood fancy, he remained determined to make a difference to the environment.(尽管贾吉的父母最初认为他的实验只是男孩子的一时兴起，但他仍然坚定地想要为环境做出改变)”以及后文“started supporting his dreams(开始支持他的梦想)”可知，起初，贾吉的父母认为他的实验只是男孩子的一时兴起，后面开始支持他，所以是父母的改变了主意，推知came around意为“改变主意”，和B项意思相近。故选B项。
7．推理判断题。根据第二段“Jaggi’s interest continued as he grew up, but he focused more on solving real problems, especially those related to the environment.(贾吉的兴趣随着年龄的增长而持续，但他更加专注于解决现实问题，尤其是与环境相关的问题)”以及第三段“At 17, Jaggi went beyond his school projects and. co-founded Ecoviate, a company that uses technology to solve everyday energy and environmental problems. He planned to transform people’s idea that going green is expensive, by making available a series of affordable products that are easy to use. Through Ecoviate, he designed products that could contribute to a greener future.(17岁时，贾吉超越了学校项目的范畴，与他人共同创立了Ecoviate公司，该公司利用技术解决日常的能源和环境问题。他计划通过提供一系列易用且价格实惠的产品来改变人们认为环保成本高昂的观念。通过Ecoviate，他设计了一些有助于创造更绿色未来的产品)”可知，贾吉决心为环境做出改变，他认为绿色是昂贵的观念需要改变，因此他计划推出一系列价格实惠、易于使用的产品。这表明他开发这些产品的驱动力是他想要为环境和社会做出改变，即他的渴望有所不同。故选C项。
8．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Young Jaggi, now a third-grade college student studying
engineering and economics, has become a famous eco-innovator and his company is developing promisingly. However, Jaggi’s vision to save the environment goes beyond creating products. He plans to launch an online platform through Ecoviate, which will encourage young students interested in science and technology to get actively involved in innovation and invention. Students can submit a science project online, and talk about the help that they need to make the project a reality.(年轻的贾吉现在是一名学习工程和经济学的三年级大学生，他已经成为了一位著名的生态创新者，他的公司发展前景看好。然而，贾吉拯救环境的愿景不仅仅局限于创造产品。他计划通过Ecoviate推出一个在线平台，鼓励对科学和技术感兴趣的年轻学生积极参与创新和发明。学生可以在线提交科学项目，并谈论他们需要帮助才能使项目成为现实的相关事宜)”可知，贾吉计划通过Ecoviate推出一个在线平台，鼓励对科学和技术感兴趣的年轻学生积极参与创新和发明。因此，贾吉计划推出在线平台的目的是为了赋能年轻的发明家，让他们有更多的机会去创新和发明。故选B项。
9．D 10．B 11．C 12．B
【导语】本文是记叙文。讲述了加拿大的一名小女孩Lexi在一次车祸中表现出非凡的勇气和冷静，她爬上40英尺高的路堤去寻求帮助，成功地挽救了她的妈妈和弟弟的生命。
9．细节理解题。根据第一段“An unexpected animal ran into the road. Angela swerved (突然转向) to avoid the animal. Unfortunately, their car was off the road, falling down a steep embankment (路堤). (一只意想不到的动物跑到了路上。安吉拉突然转向以避开那只动物。不幸的是，他们的车偏离了道路，掉下了陡峭的路堤。)”可知，事故的原因是一只意外冲到路上的动物。故选D。
10．细节理解题。根据第三段“The little girl, without even shoes on her feet, wrestled free from her seatbelt and climbed the 40-foot embankment. (小女孩连鞋都没穿，她挣脱了安全带，爬上了40英尺高的堤坝。)”可知，事故发生后，Lexi首先设法从车里出来。故选B。
11．细节理解题。根据第五段“He stressed how important it is for kids to be prepared for emergencies, shocked at how Lexi remembered and acted on what she had been taught. (他强调了孩子们为紧急情况做好准备的重要性，并对莱西如何记住并按照她所教的内容行事感到震惊。)”可知，Lexi学习过如何应对紧急情况。故选C。
12．推理判断题。根据第二段“Instead, she showed courage that would leave many grown-ups in awe. (相反，她表现出的勇气会让许多成年人敬畏。)”以及第三段“She quickly jumped into
action. The little girl, without even shoes on her feet, wrestled free from her seatbelt and climbed the 40-foot embankment. Once she reached the top, Lexi did everything she could to flag down a passing car in order to get help for her mom and brother. (她迅速投入行动。小女孩连鞋都没穿，她挣脱了安全带，爬上了40英尺高的堤坝。到达山顶后，Lexi尽其所能拦下一辆过往的汽车，以便为她的妈妈和弟弟寻求帮助。)”可知，Lexi在面对紧急情况时勇敢且冷静，最终她成功地救了她的妈妈和弟弟，说明了Lexi冷静、勇敢。故选B。
13．C 14．B 15．D 16．D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者每年夏天都会叫孩子们到大自然去收集东西，然后假借仙女之手把收集到的花草等物变成美味的冰激凌。
13．推理判断题。根据第一段“Every June, we have a tradition at our house. Our children are given bowls and asked to collect pieces of summer nature. They leave those bowls on the front doorstep and we go for a walk. When we return, we find fairies (仙女) have transformed the bowls’ contents into ice cream. (每年六月，我们家都会有一个传统。我们的孩子得到了碗，并被要求收集夏天的大自然。他们把碗放在门前的台阶上，我们出去散步。当我们回来时，我们发现仙女们把碗里的东西变成了冰淇淋。)”可知，这个家庭传统就是用冰激凌来吸引孩子接触大自然。故选C。
14．细节理解题。根据第四段中“Anna accepted all this with complete innocence. She felt happy, excited and eager to eat. (安娜完全天真地接受了这一切。她感到高兴、兴奋，渴望吃东西。)”可知，安娜看到碗里的冰激凌后天真地接受了这一切，并因此感觉到很快乐。故选B。
15．推理判断题。根据第五段“I kissed Anna and Joshua good night, but at 2:00 a. m., Joshua crawled into bed next to me, whispering, “Mummy, how did you do it ” (我吻了安娜和乔舒亚晚安，但在凌晨两点，乔舒亚爬到我旁边的床上，低声说：“妈妈，你是怎么做到的？”)”可推知，Joshua在半夜两点睡不着是因为对冰激凌的来源感到好奇。故选D。
16．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是根据第一段“Every June, we have a tradition at our house. Our children are given bowls and asked to collect pieces of summer nature. They leave those bowls on the front doorstep and we go for a walk. When we return, we find fairies (仙女) have transformed the bowls’ contents into ice cream. (每年六月，我们家都会有一个传统。我们的孩子得到了碗，并被要求收集夏天的大自然。他们把碗放在门前的台阶上，我们出去散步。当我们回来时，
我们发现仙女们把碗里的东西变成了冰淇淋。)”可知，本文讲述了作者借“冰激凌仙女”的传统，在每年夏天鼓励孩子们走进大自然。因此D项“Growing up with the Ice Cream Fairy Tradition (伴随着冰淇淋仙女的传统成长)”最适合作为本文的标题。故选D。
17．C 18．D 19．B 20．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。“我”在大学时期经常在邮箱旁等待妈妈寄给“我”的最温暖的信件，这让“我”对纸质信件有着深刻的情结，在搬去纽约之后“我”非常沮丧，于是“我”开始给陌生人写信，发起了“世界需要更多爱的信件”行动，给人们提供精神和情感上的支持。
17．推理判断题。根据第一段“I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, in Facebook, in texting or cell phones. I was literally waiting by the mailbox to get a letter with a warmest comfort from her.(我是大学里唯一一个有理由去邮箱的孩子，因为我母亲从来不相信电子邮件、Facebook、短信或手机。我真的是在信箱旁等着收到一封她给我最温暖的安慰的信。)”和第二段第一句“So when I moved to New York and got depressed, I did the only thing I could think of.(所以当我搬到纽约感到沮丧时，我做了我唯一能想到的事。)”可知，作者分享给她在大学时期的经历是为了表达她对信件的深刻情结。故选C。
18．细节理解题。根据第三段“Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied in Kansas, a 22-year-old immigrant, all asking me to write them and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how I initiated the act The World Needs More Love Letters.(一夜之间，我的收件箱变成了心碎的港湾——萨克拉门托的单身母亲，堪萨斯被欺负的女孩，一个22岁的移民，都让我给他们写信，给他们一个在邮箱旁等待的理由。这就是我发起“世界需要更多爱的信件”行动的原因。)”可知，作者发起这项行动是为了通过写信给予情感上的支持。故选D。
19．细节理解题。根据第五段第二句“So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤) from war, and how she left love letters throughout the house saying, “Come back to me.”(于是我开始给陌生人讲述一个女人的故事，她的丈夫在战争中受到了创伤，她如何在家里到处留下情书，说：“回到我身边来。”)”可知，作者称邮件箱为“神奇的破冰器”是因为它可以作为谈话的开场白。故选B。
20．主旨大意题。“我”在大学时期经常在邮箱旁等待妈妈寄给“我”的最温暖的信件，这让“我”对纸质信件有着深刻的情结，在搬去纽约之后“我”非常沮丧，于是“我”开始给陌生人写信，
发起了“世界需要更多爱的信件”行动，给人们提供精神和情感上的支持。所以短文的最佳标题为“世界需要更多爱的信件”。故选C。
21．C 22．A 23．B 24．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。短文叙述了作者通过亲手写信的方式与陌生人交谈，给他们带去了安慰。
21．主旨大意题。根据第一段“I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, or cell phones in general. I was literally waiting to get a letter to see how the weekend had gone, which was usually the warmest comfort for me.”（我是大学里唯一一个有理由去邮箱的孩子，因为我妈妈从来不相信电子邮件或者手机。我真的是在等着收到一封信，看看周末过得怎么样，这通常是对我最温暖的安慰）可知，作者依恋信件。故选C项。
22．细节理解题。根据第三段“Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak—a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied（恐吓）in rural Kansas…, all asking me to write them a letter and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. ”（一夜之间，我的收件箱变成了心碎的港湾——一位在萨克拉门托的单身母亲，一个在堪萨斯州乡下被欺负的女孩……所有人都要求我给他们写一封信，给他们一个在邮箱旁等待的理由）可知，信件对人们的安慰作用激发了作者发起这项活动。故选A项。
23．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized（受精神创伤）from war in Afghanistan, and how she left love letters throughout the house as a way to say, “Come back to me.” And the man, who had decided to take his life, tonight slept safely with letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.”（于是我开始给陌生人讲述一个女人的故事，她的丈夫在阿富汗战争中受到了创伤，她如何在家里到处留下情书，以一种方式说:“回到我身边来。”而这个决定结束自己生命的人，今晚安然入睡，枕头下有陌生人手写的信，他们一直守候在他身边）可知，为什么作者称邮件箱为“神奇的破冰器”是因为它开启了和陌生人的交谈。故选B项。
24．主旨大意题。根据第二段“I did the only thing I could think of — writing letters like my mother for strangers. I blogged about those letters and crazily promised I would write you a hand-written letter if asked to.”（我做了我唯一能想到的事——像我母亲一样给陌生人写信。我把这些信写在博客上，并疯狂地承诺，如果你让我写，我会给你写一封手写的信）根据倒数第二段“So
I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized（受精神创伤）from war in Afghanistan, and how she left love letters throughout the house as a way to say, “Come back to me.” And the man, who had decided to take his life, tonight slept safely with letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.”（于是我开始给陌生人讲述一个女人的故事，她的丈夫在阿富汗战争中受到了创伤，她如何在家里到处留下情书，以一种方式说:“回到我身边来。”而这个决定结束自己生命的人，今晚安然入睡，枕头下有陌生人手写的信，他们一直守候在他身边）可知，短文的最佳标题为“写给陌生人的信”。故选C项。
25．C 26．B 27．B 28．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者在智利做志愿者时的感受。作者邂逅了当地一个充满生活热情的女性，她告诉作者，贫穷是外在的，幸福是内在的。
25．细节理解题。根据第二段“A mid-life crisis woman, I got a chance to study abroad. I only wanted to learn about global business, taste South American cuisine, and check ‘study abroad’ off my wish list.(作为一个中年危机的女人，我得到了一个出国留学的机会。我只想了解全球商业，品尝南美美食，把‘出国留学’从我的愿望清单上划掉)”可知，作者最初去智利主要是去学习了解全球商业，完成“出国留学”的愿望。故选C项。
26．推理判断题。根据第三段“Upon arrival, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was like a scene out of a horrible film. That moment redefined poverty for me because I had never seen such terrible living conditions. As advised, I showed no signs of the motional battle going on inside me.(一到这里，我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。这就像恐怖电影里的一幕。那一刻对我来说重新定义了贫穷，因为我从未见过如此糟糕的生活条件。按照被建议的，我没有表现出内心正在进行情感斗争的迹象)”可推测，作者对当地的贫穷程度感到非常惊讶，但是她没有表现出来。故选B项。
27．细节理解题。根据第四段“I raised my hand to help because I wanted spend time with the people of the neighborhood despite my shortage of Spanish speaking skills. (我举起手来要去帮忙，因为我想花时间和邻居们在一起，尽管我不太会说西班牙语)”可知，作者希望通过和纳迪亚一起工作，是为了了解当地人，多和当地居民多交流。故选B项。
28．推理判断题。根据最后一段“As we were waiting for the car to pick us up, Nadia showed me her plants that are well-maintains. I could see that despite the hard conditions she was passionate
about life. She made me long to be stronger person. She showed me that poverty was external, but happiness was internal. I was seeking to give 100 percent for a well-intentioned cause, but I left receiving 200 percent from her. (在等车来接我们的时候，纳迪亚给我看了她那些保养得很好的植物。我看得出来，尽管条件艰苦，她对生活还是充满了热情。她让我渴望成为一个更坚强的人。她告诉我，贫穷是外在的，幸福是内在的。为了一个善意的事业，我想要付出100%，但我感觉从她那里得到了200%的回报)”可以推测，作者从纳迪亚身上明白了，幸福与外在物质关系不大，幸福是由自己的态度决定的，有着积极的生活态度，就是幸福的。故选B项。
29．B 30．D 31．A 32．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Eradajere Oleita建立了the Chip Bag Project，回收空薯片袋子，将其制成睡袋，送给无家可归的人，她的努力取得了一定的效果，部分缓解了垃圾和贫穷问题。
29．细节理解题。根据第一段“The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers: Rather than throw your empty chip bags into the trash, donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless. (这位来自底特律的26岁学生和环保主义者请求当地小吃爱好者的帮助：与其把你的空薯片袋扔进垃圾桶，不如把它们捐出来，这样她就可以把它们变成无家可归者的睡袋)”可知，Oleita让零食爱好者把空薯片袋捐赠给她。故选B项。
30．细节理解题。根据第三段“The result is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof lightweight and easy to carry around”. (其结果是一个“防水、轻便、便于携带”的睡袋)”可知，这种睡袋是便于携带的。故选D项。
31．推理判断题。根据第四段“Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800,000 chip bags and, as of last December, created 110 sleeping bags. Sure, it would be simpler to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But that’s only half the goal for Oleita — whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life —and her fellow volunteers. “We are devoted to making an impact not only socially, but environmentally,” she says. (自2020年启动以来，薯片袋项目已经收集了80多万个薯片袋，截至去年12月，已经制作了110个睡袋。当然，筹钱买新睡袋会更简单。但对Oleita和她的志愿者同伴们来说，这只是他们目标的一半。Oleita一家十年前从尼日利亚搬到美国，希
望过上更好的生活。她说：“我们致力于不仅在社会上产生影响，而且致力于在环境上产生影响。”)”可知，Oleita希望the Chip Bag Project不仅在社会上，而且在环境上产生影响，因此，该项目的目的不仅仅是解决社会问题。故选A项。
32．推理判断题。根据第一段“Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution to two of her country’s problems: garbage and poverty. It’s called the Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers: Rather than throw your empty chip bags into the trash, donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless. (Eradajere Oleita认为，她或许能部分解决该国的两个问题：垃圾和贫困。它被称为薯片袋计划。这位来自底特律的26岁学生和环保主义者请求当地小吃爱好者的帮助：与其把你的空薯片袋扔进垃圾桶，不如把它们捐出来，这样她就可以把它们变成无家可归者的睡袋)”可知，Oleita希望能部分解决国家垃圾和贫困的问题，并且想到把空薯片袋变成无家可归者的睡袋，可推测她是有责任心且有创造力的。故选C项。
33．B 34．A 35．C 36．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。该篇文章讲述了经济学教授Michael Rizzo在演讲中反驳了地球正在面临气候灾难的观点。他强调了自己对于气候变化所不知道的事情的恐惧，并呼吁学生们要做更多的研究来理解气候变化问题。同时，他指出气候变化的“灾难”这一说法往往更多地源于信息报道的方式，而非科学本身。
33．推理判断题。根据第二段中““I’m curious to see how many people will misunderstand the point of my talk, which is about addressing the issue of disaster and not at all the issue of whether climate change is happening, or even the mechanics of it, ” he said in an interview with the Cambus Times. (他在接受Cambus Times采访时说：“我很好奇有多少人会误解我演讲的要点，我的演讲是关于解决灾难问题，而不是关于气候变化是否正在发生，甚至不涉及其机制。”)”可知，文章提到在Rizzo教授的演讲中，巫婆说的话被放到后面的幻灯片中播放，这是为了证明学生们对于演讲的理解存在误解即学生们认为其讲授的是气候变化正在发生，而教授本意是为了强调解决灾难问题。故选B。
34．词义猜测题。根据划线词后面的内容“…from everything he’s read, and, to him, things don’t look so bad, but he knows he hasn’t read everything. (他说，这次演讲是根据他所读到的一切……而来，对他来说，事情看起来并没有那么糟糕，但他知道自己并没有读到所有内容。)”可知，演讲内容是从Rizzo所阅读过的各种资料中拼凑而成的，即Rizzo从多个来源
收集了相关信息并整理组合而成。A选项“Pieced.(拼凑，组装)”与划线词为同义词。从故选A。
35．推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中“First-year Aidan Lieberman, who attended the talk after hearing about it in Rizzo’s Prin- ciples of Economics class, thought the professor tried to fit too much into his time, but he agreed with the points that he could follow, saying “they seemed to make sense.” (一年级学生Aidan Lieberman在Rizzo的《经济学原理》课上听说了这次演讲后参加了活动，他认为教授试图在有限的时间内涵盖太多内容，但他同意自己能够理解的部分观点，并且表示'它们似乎是有道理的。)”可知，Aidan对Rizzo的演讲持积极态度，他认为其中的一些观点是有道理的，并且认同人类将能够应对日益严重的气候变化的观点。故选C。
36．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Addressing issues of climate change, he stressed, requires a careful understanding that takes lots of research to achieve-research that he found students weren’t doing before coming to him with disagreements. (他强调，解决气候变化问题需要仔细理解，而这需要大量的研究才能实现——他发现，在学生们带着不同意见来找他之前，他们没有做过这样的研究。)”可知，Rizzo在最后一段中强调要仔细理解气候变化问题，并指出需要进行大量的研究才能达到这一目标。他发现学生们在与他争论之前没有进行足够的研究，因此建议他们要做更多的研究来了解问题。故选B。
37．B 38．D 39．A 40．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述斯蒂芬·金虽然经历了不幸的童年，然而正是这种不幸的童年使得他见证并积累了众多的写作素材，从而创作出旷世杰作。
37．推理判断题。通读全文，从斯蒂芬·金的生活经历可知，斯蒂芬·金经历了不幸的童年：2岁时父亲离家而去、见证母亲独自抚养作者及其哥哥的艰辛、亲历好友被火车撞倒离世、虽因病辍学，随后一年又不得已被征入伍等等，他见证并积累了众多的写作素材，从而创作出旷世杰作，所以斯蒂芬·金成为畅销书作家的主要原因是他不幸的童年。第三段“Although Stephen King didn’t see his childhood as something extraordinary or special, he did say that he was always fascinated by scary things.(虽然斯蒂芬·金不认为自己的童年有什么特别的，但他确实说过他总是被可怕的东西迷住了。)”和最后一段“In 1973, Stephen King started his amazing journey of success when he published his first novel “Carrie”, which is scary. (1973年，斯蒂芬·金出版了他的第一部小说《魔女嘉莉》，开始了他惊人的成功之旅，这部小说是恐怖的。)”也印证了这一推断。故选B。
38．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“It turned out that one of his friends was hit by a train and died, which left an emotional scar on him.(原来，他的一个朋友被火车撞死了，这给他留下了情感上的伤疤。)”可知，一位朋友的去世使斯蒂芬·金非常伤心。故选D。
39．词句猜测题。根据划线词前半句“King, later on, dropped out of school due to some serious health concerns and was told that he had to enlist (入伍) again the next fall,(后来，金因为一些严重的健康问题而辍学，并被告知他必须在第二年秋天再次入伍，)”可知，金后来因为一些严重的健康问题而辍学，这是一件令人泄气的事，所以demotivated意为Discouraged“使泄气”之意。故选A。
40．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“People used to acknowledge the King family by their love of literature, in fact whenever Stephen’s mom used to go out, she didn’t hire a babysitter, for the kids used to read novels to each other so they would not get bored.(人们过去常常以他们对文学的热爱来承认金一家，事实上，每当斯蒂芬的妈妈出去时，她都不会雇保姆，因为孩子们过去常常互相读小说，这样他们就不会感到无聊。)”可知，孩子们通过给彼此读故事来“自娱自乐”（entertain themselves），不需要成人照顾。故选C。
（2024·山西晋中·模拟预测）A 17-year-old boy nicknamed Tao Tao with cerebral palsy(脑瘫) has made positive attempts to achieve greater self-reliance through selling self-made popcorn on the street on his own, touching the hearts of netizens and winning him an education opportunity.
According to Tao Tao’s mother: Yao Chuanhua, her son was born with the disabling condition. Over the years, she has continuously tried to train him to adapt and live as normally as possible.
As Tao Tao grew up, the idea of fostering his independence by selling homemade popcorn has brewed in the mother’s mind. She taught Tao Tao how to make popcorn at home and helped set up a stall in Xiaoshan district, Hangzhou city of East China’s Zhejiang province.
“Tao Tao, don’t worry. Take it easy even if no one comes to buy,” after a few words of encouragement, Yao stepped aside and let his son take charge.
Initially reserved and unaccustomed to street vending, Tao Tao struggled to attract buyers. To boost his confidence, the mother even paid some passers-by to buy popcorn from her son’s stall.
Gradually, despite shyness and physical difficulties, Tao Tao has become more active and confident, managing the business smoothly without relying on a megaphone to peddle the product.
“The moment you stood here, you were already a success,” Being proud of Tao Tao’s progress, Yao shared videos of her son’s popcorn selling story online, receiving immense care and support from netizens.
Some traveled specifically to buy popcorn from Tao Tao, and one viewer even ordered thousands of buckets. Many expressed a desire to donate, but Yao declined any form of donations.
“My goal is to encourage him to make a brave step forward and connect with the outside world. I hope that one day he could live independently through his own efforts.”
“Tao Tao is a persevering child. He insists on making and packaging the popcorn all by himself, trying his best his best to prove that he can make it,” Yao added.
The online video sensation has drawn the attention of the local education authority to Tao Tao’s situation. After learning that the teen failed to receive proper school education due to health conditions, they have arranged for local special education teachers to offer him door-to-door teaching.
1．What can we learn about Tao Tao from Paragraph 1
A．He is a student who likes studying.
B．He suffered from cerebral palsy at 17.
C．He made a lot of money by selling popcorn.
D．He is a boy with a positive attitude towards life.
2．Why did Tao Tao’s mother let Tao Tao take charge
A．To boost his confidence. B．To gain people’s sympathy.
C．To foster his independence. D．To improve his popcorn-making skills.
3．What is Tao Tao’s mother’s purpose in sharing the videos
A．To get the support from netizens.
B．To get him to sell more popcorn on his own.
C．To draw the attention of the local education authority.
D．To encourage him to boldly connect with the outside world.
4．What makes Tao Tao make continuous progress
A．His spirit of perseverance. B．The donations he accepted.
C．The help given by netizens. D．The good education he received.
（2024·山东济南·一模）When Param Jaggi was five years old, he had a passion to take things apart to see what was inside. He started with toys and even broke a computer, which made his parents not too pleased. As he got older, he shifted from breaking things to building things, which greatly comforted his parents. In middle school. he started working on projects in his kitchen laboratory, and his first project was making biofuels.
Although Jaggi’s parents initially thought his experiments were just. a boyhood fancy, he remained determined to make a difference to the environment. Eventually, his parents came around and started supporting his dreams. Jaggi’s interest continued as he grew up, but he focused more on solving real problems, especially those related to the environment.
At 17, Jaggi went beyond his school projects and. co-founded Ecoviate, a company that uses technology to solve everyday energy and environmental problems. He planned to transform people’s idea that going green is expensive, by making available a series of affordable products that are easy to use. Through Ecoviate, he designed products that could contribute to a greener future. One of his notable inventions was the “CO2ube”, a device that could be attached to vehicle tailpipes to reduce carbon emissions, and it’s available to many people at low prices. He also created a smartwatch that changed body heat into energy, which can be used to power up the watch as well as mobile phones.
Young Jaggi, now a third-grade college student studying engineering and economics, has become a famous eco-innovator and his company is developing promisingly. However, Jaggi’s vision to save the environment goes beyond creating products. He plans to launch an online platform through Ecoviate, which will encourage young
students interested in science and technology to get actively involved in innovation and invention. Students can submit a science project online, and talk about the help that they need to make the project a reality.
5．What can we learn about Jaggi
A．He was curious by nature. B．He dreamed to be an engineer.
C．He always annoyed his parents. D．He was addicted to playing toys.
6．Which of the following can best replace the underlined part “came around” in Paragraph 2
A．Won out. B．Changed their minds.
C．Walked around. D．Paid a visit.
7．What drove Jaggi to develop affordable and user-friendly products
A．His love for greener devices. B．His pursuit of academic career.
C．His desire to make a difference. D．His hope to boost green industry.
8．Why does Jaggie plan to launch an online platform
A．To promote smart products. B．To empower young inventors.
C．To provide eco-themed courses. D．To offer environmentalists funds.
（2024·广东湛江·二模）Lexi is just a little girl from Canada who found herself in a heart-stopping situation. It started off as a normal car trip. Angela Shymanski, Lexi’s mom, was at the wheel, navigating the tricky roads of the Rockies with her daughter Lexi and her baby Peter in the car. An unexpected animal ran into the road. Angela swerved (突然转向) to avoid the animal. Unfortunately, their car was off the road, falling down a steep embankment (路堤).
The crash was nothing short of terrifying. Angela ended up with a broken back. She was unconscious, and unable to help her babies. Meanwhile, baby Peter’s cries echoed in the chaos. But Lexi, only five years old, didn’t freeze. Instead, she showed courage that would leave many grown-ups in awe.
She quickly jumped into action. The little girl, without even shoes on her feet, wrestled free from her seatbelt and climbed the 40-foot embankment. Once she reached the top, Lexi did everything she could to flag down a passing car in order to get help for her mom and brother.
Lexi’s insistence finally paid off. A car stopped, and the people inside didn’t hesitate to help her call for emergency services. When the paramedics (护理人员) arrived, they found Angela in a severe state, and her heart had stopped. Thankfully, they managed to bring her back.
Lexi’s dad, reflecting on the incident, couldn’t help but be amazed by his daughter’s bravery. He stressed how important it is for kids to be prepared for emergencies, shocked at how Lexi remembered and acted on what she had been taught. It’s a powerful reminder of what kids can do when push comes to shove.
And Lexi’s heroism didn’t go unnoticed. She was awarded a Bronze Medal for Bravery by the police. But for the Shymanskis, the real prize was being back in each other’s arms, safe and sound.
9．What caused the accident
A．The tough road. B．The children’s noise.
C．A car that suddenly swerved. D．An animal appearing suddenly.
10．What was Lexi’s first move after the accident
A．Putting on her shoes. B．Managing to get out of the car.
C．Flagging down a passing car. D．Scaling the 40-foot embankment.
11．What can we learn about Lexi from paragraph 5
A．Her heroic action deserved recognition. B．Her dad knew her daughter well enough.
C．She had learned how to deal with emergencies. D．It was important for her to face some emergencies.
12．Which of the following can best describe Lexi
A．Brave and honest. B．Calm and courageous.
C．Thoughtful but stubborn. D．Caring but naughty.
（23-24高三下·甘肃武威·阶段练习）Every June, we have a tradition at our house. Our children are given bowls and asked to collect pieces of summer nature. They leave those bowls on the front doorstep and we go for a walk. When we return, we find fairies (仙女) have transformed the bowls’ contents into ice cream.
“When are the fairies coming ” Six-year-old Anna had been asking last June with expectation. Meanwhile, Joshua, nine, was getting wise to fairies and such silly things. As the evening arrived, the children collected leaves, grass and dead insects. We put their bowls on the front doorstep and we were on our walk. After a while, I said that I had forgotten my keys and needed to go back, but then I said I found them. Joshua smiled knowingly, and then was beginning to get a bit confused.
Back near our house, I warned that the fairies might not have arrived—we might need to walk a bit longer. Joshua seemed relieved. “Yes,” he said, “they probably hadn’t come.” Yet when we reached the front door, the bowls were in the same place we had left them—filled with ice cream.
Anna accepted all this with complete innocence. She felt happy, excited and eager to eat. But Joshua was astonished, speechless. He looked up at me, at his dad, then gazed around the neighborhood in amazement. “The fairies must have come,” he whispered as we all sat down to feast. “But was this really magic ”
I kissed Anna and Joshua good night, but at 2:00 a. m., Joshua crawled into bed next to me, whispering, “Mummy, how did you do it ”
I told my nine-year-old boy the truth. I had asked a neighbor to help us. Shortly after we left on our walk, she
had slid over to our house and switched the bowls. Joshua smiled in relief and thanked me for telling him. Then he fell asleep. Just at that moment, I believed in magic, too.
13．What’s the author’s family tradition in June
A．Lining up to greet the fairies.
B．Filling the bowls with charity food.
C．Attracting kids to nature with ice cream.
D．Teaching the kids to make ice cream.
14．How did Anna react to the bowls of ice cream
A．She felt grateful neighbors are so kind.
B．She was pleased fairies had prepared them.
C．She was aware her mother had made them.
D．She felt relieved she finally went back home.
15．What kept Joshua from falling asleep at 2:00 a. m.
A．His appreciation of a neighbor’s kindness.
B．His excitement from the outdoor experience.
C．His strong desire to stay with his mother.
D．His curiosity about the source of the ice cream.
16．What can be a suitable title for the text
A．Collecting Fruit from Nature in Summer
B．Watching the Magic of Making Ice Cream
C．Revealing the Secret of Nature to Children
D．Growing up with the Ice Cream Fairy Tradition
（2024·辽宁·二模）I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, in Facebook, in texting or cell phones. I was literally waiting by the mailbox to get a letter with a warmest comfort from her.
So when I moved to New York and got depressed, I did the only thing I could think of. I wrote those same kinds of letters like my mother for strangers, and tucked them all over the city: in cafes, in libraries, and even in the subway. I blogged about those letters and promised if asked for a hand-written letter, I would write one.
Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied in Kansas, a 22-year-old immigrant, all asking me to write them and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how I initiated the act The World Needs More Love Letters.
Today I run a global organization fueled by those trips to the mailbox. It is a miracle. But the thing about these letters is that most of them have been written by people brought up in a paperless world where some best conversations happen on a screen. We have learned to diary our pain onto Facebook, and we speak swiftly in twitter.
Therefore, I’ve been carrying this mail crate (大木箱) with me these days, which is a magical icebreaker. So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤) from war, and how she left love letters throughout the house saying, “Come back to me.” And a man, who had decided to take his life, slept safely with a stack of letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.
These stories convince me that letter-writing will never need to be about efficiency, because it is an art now, all of it: the signing, the scripting, the mailing.
17．Why did the author share her experience in college
A．To show her care for her family. B．To convey her love for writing letters.
C．To express her feelings attached to letters. D．To prove her consistency in writing letters.
18．What caused the author to launch the act
A．She advocated the paperless lifestyle. B．She intended to provide professional aid.
C．She tried to improve her communication skills. D．She aimed to give emotional support with letters.
19．Why does the author call the mail crate “a magical icebreaker”
A．It cures people of mental diseases. B．It serves as a conversation starter.
C．It has magic power to melt ice. D．It empowers people to be brave.
20．What is the best title for the passage
A．Family Letters Are Priceless B．Love for Writing Never Declines
C．World Needs More Love Letters D．Hand-written Letters Improve Efficiency
（2024·黑龙江·一模）I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, or cell phones in general. I was literally waiting to get a letter to see how the weekend had gone, which was usually the warmest comfort for me.
So when I moved to New York and got sucker-punched in the face by depression, I did the only thing I could think of — writing letters like my mother for strangers. I blogged about those letters and crazily promised I would write you a hand-written letter if asked to.
Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied (恐吓) in rural Kansas…, all asking me to write them a letter and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how the act The World Needs More Lone Letters was born, fueled by those trips to the mailbox. But the
thing about these letters is that most of them have been written by people, who have grown up into a paperless world where some best conversations happen swiftly on a screen.
I’ve been carrying this mail crate (大木箱) with me these days, which is a magical icebreaker. So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤) from war in Afghanistan, and how she left love letters throughout the house as a way to say, “Come back to me.” And the man, who had decided to take his life, tonight slept safely with letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.
These are the kinds of stories that convince me that letter-writing will always be needed, even in these days, because it is an art now.
21．What is the first paragraph mainly about
A．The efficiency of write letters.
B．The author’s care for her family.
C．The author’s attachment to letters.
D．The author’s love for the college life.
22．What inspired the author to launch the act
A．The letters’ comforting effect on people.
B．Her intention of providing professional aid.
C．The positive influence of modern technology.
D．Her mother’s fear of modern communication.
23．Why does the author call the mail crate “a magical icebreaker”
A．It is capable of doing magic tricks.
B．It starts a conversation with passers-by.
C．It helps people to recover from traumas.
D．It is hot enough to melt ice on a cold day.
24．What is the best title for the passage
A．Love for Writing
B．Priceless Family Letters
C．Love Letters to Strangers
D．The Art of Writing Letters
（2024·河北·二模）I didn’t go to Santiago, Chile to look for friendship. In fact, Chile was not even on my wish list.
A mid-life crisis woman, I got a chance to study abroad. I only wanted to learn about global business, taste South American cuisine, and check “study abroad” off my wish list.
On the fifth day, I joined a group for a neighborhood work project aided by the anti-poverty (扶贫) organization. Our tasks were to build a water tower and paint the community center. Upon arrival, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was like a scene out of a horrible film. That moment redefined poverty for me because I had never seen such terrible living conditions. As advised, I showed no signs of the motional battle going on inside me.
Just as I was about to start work on painting, a request came through for a few volunteers to he Nadia, a local resident who volunteered to cook for us. I raised my hand to help because I wanted spend time with the people of the neighborhood despite my shortage of Spanish speaking skills.
Nadia had a sincere smile but not overly friendly. Even without speaking each other’s language we started to learn about one another. We chatted about our children, our upbringing, shared picture of our family, struggled to instruct each other to communicate in the other’s language, and laugh many times.
After we fed everybody and the dishes were washed, my day was over. But I found myself hesitant to leave. It was as if I had known her my entire life. I had not predicted the unselfishness heart I would encounter, and it was moving.
As we were waiting for the car to pick us up, Nadia showed me her plants that are well-maintains. I could see that despite the hard conditions she was passionate about life. She made me long to be stronger person. She showed me that poverty was external, but happiness was internal. I was seeking to give 100 percent for a well-intentioned cause, but I left receiving 200 percent from her.
25．What was the author’s initial purpose of going to Chile
A．To find new friends while traveling. B．To participate in an anti-poverty project.
C．To fulfill the desire to study abroad. D．To gain a graduate certificate in business.
26．What did the author do after seeing the living conditions in the neighborhood
A．She decided to relieve the poverty. B．She kept her emotions well hidden.
C．She comforted the shocked volunteers. D．She refused to continue the present task.
27．Why did the author volunteer to work with Nadia
A．She felt very sympathetic toward Nadia.
B．She longed to interact with the local residents.
C．She wanted to improve her Spanish speaking skills.
D．She preferred cooking to painting the community center.
28．What did the author learn from Nadia
A．True friends are never apart in heart.
B．Happiness is defined by a positive attitude.
C．Language is not a barrier to great connections.
D．Unselfishness is putting others before ourselves.
（2024·内蒙古呼和浩特·一模）Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution to two of her country’s problems: garbage and poverty. It’s called the Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers: Rather than throw your empty chip bags into the trash, donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.
Chip waters drop off their empty bags from Doritos. Lays. and other favorites at two locations in Detroit:a print shop and a clothing store. where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they clean the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open, lay them flat, and iron them together. They use padding (衬垫) and liners (衬里) from old coats to line the insides.
It takes about four hours to sew a sleeping bag and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags depending on whether they’re single-serve or family size. The result is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof lightweight and easy to carry around”. Oleita told the Detroit News.
Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800,000 chip bags and, as of last December, created 110 sleeping bags. Sure, it would be simpler to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But that’s only half the goal for Oleita — whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life —and her fellow volunteers. “We are devoted to making an impact not only socially, but environmentally,”she says.
And, of course, there’s the symbolism of rescuing bags that would otherwise land in the trash and using them to help the homeless. It’s a powerful reminder that environmental problem and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita told , “I think it’s time to show connections between all of these issues.”
29．What did Oleita ask the snack lovers to do with their empty chip bags
A．To turn them into sleeping bags. B．To give them away to her.
C．To throw them into the trash. D．To donate them to the homeless directly.
30．What do we know about the sleeping bag made by Chip Bag Project
A．Its size is adjustable. B．It is only made of old coats.
C．It has the function of heating D．It is portable.
31．What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs
A．The aim of the project is more than social issues.
B．Poverty results from environmental problems.
C．Oleita’s project made 110 sleeping bags per month.
D．Oleita started the project mainly to raise money.
32．Which words can best describe Oleita
A．Hardworking and loyal. B．Talented and social.
C．Responsible and creative. D．Selfless and modest.
（2024·山西晋中·模拟预测）A GIF of the Wicked Witch (巫婆) of the West from “The Wizard of Oz” saying “I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!” played behind Economics Professor Michael Rizzo as students gathered in Wegmans Hall on Oct. 30 to hear him argue against the opinion that the Earth is going through a climate disaster.
“I’m curious to see how many people will misunderstand the point of my talk, which is about addressing the issue of disaster and not at all the issue of whether climate change is happening, or even the mechanics of it,” he said in an interview with the Cambus Times.
The talk included Rizzo stating his biggest fear—that he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know about climate change. The talk, he said, was assembled from everything he’s read, and, to him, things don’t look so bad, but he knows he hasn’t read everything.
First-year Aidan Lieberman, who attended the talk after hearing about it in Rizzo’s Prin- ciples of Economics class, thought the professor tried to fit too much into his time, but he agreed with the points that he could follow, saying “they seemed to make sense.”
“I was only able to follow a few of the points he was making, ” Lieberman said. “My biggest takeaway is that humans will be able to manage the effects of climate change as they become more severe. ”
Rizzo said he wanted students to leave the talk understanding that the rhetoric around climate “disaster” often comes more from how information is reported rather than the science it- self. Addressing issues of climate change, he stressed, requires a careful understanding that takes lots of research to achieve-research that he found students weren’t doing before coming to him with disagreements.
33．Why is the “The Wizard of Oz” saying mentioned
A．To explain the dog is vital for the witch.
B．To prove students misunderstood the talk.
C．To suggest students made no sense of the talk.
D．To show the earth is facing a climate challenge.
34．What does the underlined word “assembled” probably mean in Paragraph 3
A．Pieced. B．Differed. C．Separated. D．Reserved.
35．How does Aidan feel about Rizzo’s lecture
A．Doubtful. B．Opposed. C．Positive. D．Unclear.
36．What does Rizzo suggest doing in the last paragraph
A．Being creative. B．Doing more research.
C．Reporting objectively. D．Focusing on the information.
（2024·湖北·一模）There can be no doubt that Stephen King, New York Time’s Best-Selling author, has found success in many aspects, but it wasn’t always like this. King witnessed tragedy and horrors from the very beginning. When he was 2 years old, his father told his mom that he was going out to get cigarettes but in fact, he never came back, he had abandoned his family.
This left his mother Ruth to care for Stephen and his elder brother David on her own. Ruth was forced to move often, desperately looking for work as she was now the only provider of the family, and she had to rely on relatives most of the time. One day Stephen went out to play with friends and when he came back, he wasn’t even able to speak a single word, it seemed he was hurt mentally or something, but he still got the courage to continue forward. It turned out that one of his friends was hit by a train and died, which left an emotional scar on him.
King, later on, dropped out of school due to some serious health concerns and was told that he had to enlist (入伍) again the next fall, which demotivated him too. Although Stephen King didn’t see his childhood as something extraordinary or special, he did say that he was always fascinated by scary things.
People used to acknowledge the King family by their love of literature, in fact whenever Stephen’s mom used to go out, she didn’t hire a babysitter, for the kids used to read novels to each other so they would not get bored. Stephen King’s love of stories was developed from a very young age and he carried that tradition with his own children along with his wife Tabitha.
In 1973, Stephen King started his amazing journey of success when he published his first novel “Carrie”, which is scary. The rest followed from after that as he published many amazing books like The Shining, IT, Firestarter, and Cujo. All of these books became instant classics and got their own movie and television shows adaptions.
37．What is the main reason leading Stephen King to become a best-selling author
A．His in-born writing talents. B．His unfortunate childhood.
C．His excellent promotion skills. D．His mom’s miserable experiences.
38．What left Stephen King not even speaking a single word
A．He was knocked down by a passing train.
B．He was badly criticized by a close classmate.
C．He was depressed by the constant moves.
D．He was heart-struck by the pass-away of a friend.
39．What does the underlined word “demotivated” in paragraph 3 mean
A．Discouraged. B．Refreshed.
C．Embarrassed. D．Aroused.
40．Why didn’t Stephen’s mom hire a babysitter
A．The family was too poor to hire a babysitter.
B．The children were too naughty to be looked after.
C．The children could actually entertain themselves.
D．The children were young enough to care for themselves.
参考答案：
1．D 2．C 3．A 4．A
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文，讲述了一个17岁患有脑瘫的男孩涛涛（音译）在妈妈的鼓励和支持下开设摊位自制并售卖爆米花，并获得了特殊教育机会的故事。
1．推理判断题。根据文章第一段“A 17-year-old boy nicknamed Tao Tao with cerebral palsy(脑瘫) has made positive attempts to achieve greater self-reliance through selling self-made popcorn on the street on his own, touching the hearts of netizens and winning him an education opportunity.(17岁的脑瘫男孩涛涛，通过在街上卖自制爆米花，为自己自力更生做出了积极的尝试，打动了网友的心，也为自己赢得了受教育的机会)”可推知，虽然身体残疾，男孩涛涛依然积极面对生活，他是一个对生活有积极态度的男孩。故选D。
2．推理判断题。根据文章第三段“As Tao Tao grew up, the idea of fostering his independence by selling homemade popcorn has brewed in the mother’s mind.(随着涛涛长大，通过卖自制爆米花来培养他独立的想法在这位母亲的脑海中酝酿)”及第四段““Tao Tao, don’t worry. Take it easy even if no one comes to buy,” after a few words of encouragement, Yao stepped aside and let his son take charge.(“涛涛，别担心。就算没人来买，也别着急。”在几句鼓励的话之后，姚女士站到一边，让儿子负责)”并结合倒数第三段“My goal is to encourage him to make a brave step forward and connect with the outside world. I hope that one day he could live independently through his own efforts.(我的目标是鼓励他勇敢地向前迈出一步，与外界建立联系。我希望有一天他可以通过自己的努力独立生活)”可推知，妈妈让涛涛独自负责卖爆米花是为了培养他通过自己的努力独立生活的能力。故选C。
3．细节理解题。根据文章倒数第五段““The moment you stood here, you were already a success,” Being proud of Tao Tao’s progress, Yao shared videos of her son’s popcorn selling story online, receiving immense care and support from netizens.(“当你站在这里的那一刻，你就已经成功了。”姚女士为涛涛的进步感到骄傲，她在网上分享了儿子卖爆米花的视频，得到了网友们的极大关心和支持)”可知，妈妈分享视频是为了得到网友的支持。故选A。
4．推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段““Tao Tao is a persevering child. He insists on making and packaging the popcorn all by himself, trying his best his best to prove that he can make it,” Yao added.(“涛涛是一个坚持不懈的孩子。他坚持自己制作和包装爆米花，尽他最大的努力来证明他能做到，”姚女士补充道)”可推知，涛涛获得了持续的进步是由于他坚持不懈的精神。
故选A。
5．A 6．B 7．C 8．B
【导语】本文是记叙文。它讲述了Param Jaggi从小对拆解事物的热爱，到后来转变为创造事物，特别是关注环境问题的解决。
5．推理判断题。根据第一段“When Param Jaggi was five years old, he had a passion to take things apart to see what was inside. He started with toys and even broke a computer, which made his parents not too pleased.(当帕拉姆·贾吉五岁的时候，他就热衷于拆卸东西看看里面是什么。他从玩具开始，甚至弄坏了一台电脑，这让他的父母很不高兴)”可知，帕拉姆·贾吉从小热衷于拆卸东西看看里面是什么，所以推知他生性好奇。故选A项。
6．词句猜测题。根据前文“Although Jaggi’s parents initially thought his experiments were just. a boyhood fancy, he remained determined to make a difference to the environment.(尽管贾吉的父母最初认为他的实验只是男孩子的一时兴起，但他仍然坚定地想要为环境做出改变)”以及后文“started supporting his dreams(开始支持他的梦想)”可知，起初，贾吉的父母认为他的实验只是男孩子的一时兴起，后面开始支持他，所以是父母的改变了主意，推知came around意为“改变主意”，和B项意思相近。故选B项。
7．推理判断题。根据第二段“Jaggi’s interest continued as he grew up, but he focused more on solving real problems, especially those related to the environment.(贾吉的兴趣随着年龄的增长而持续，但他更加专注于解决现实问题，尤其是与环境相关的问题)”以及第三段“At 17, Jaggi went beyond his school projects and. co-founded Ecoviate, a company that uses technology to solve everyday energy and environmental problems. He planned to transform people’s idea that going green is expensive, by making available a series of affordable products that are easy to use. Through Ecoviate, he designed products that could contribute to a greener future.(17岁时，贾吉超越了学校项目的范畴，与他人共同创立了Ecoviate公司，该公司利用技术解决日常的能源和环境问题。他计划通过提供一系列易用且价格实惠的产品来改变人们认为环保成本高昂的观念。通过Ecoviate，他设计了一些有助于创造更绿色未来的产品)”可知，贾吉决心为环境做出改变，他认为绿色是昂贵的观念需要改变，因此他计划推出一系列价格实惠、易于使用的产品。这表明他开发这些产品的驱动力是他想要为环境和社会做出改变，即他的渴望有所不同。故选C项。
8．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Young Jaggi, now a third-grade college student studying
engineering and economics, has become a famous eco-innovator and his company is developing promisingly. However, Jaggi’s vision to save the environment goes beyond creating products. He plans to launch an online platform through Ecoviate, which will encourage young students interested in science and technology to get actively involved in innovation and invention. Students can submit a science project online, and talk about the help that they need to make the project a reality.(年轻的贾吉现在是一名学习工程和经济学的三年级大学生，他已经成为了一位著名的生态创新者，他的公司发展前景看好。然而，贾吉拯救环境的愿景不仅仅局限于创造产品。他计划通过Ecoviate推出一个在线平台，鼓励对科学和技术感兴趣的年轻学生积极参与创新和发明。学生可以在线提交科学项目，并谈论他们需要帮助才能使项目成为现实的相关事宜)”可知，贾吉计划通过Ecoviate推出一个在线平台，鼓励对科学和技术感兴趣的年轻学生积极参与创新和发明。因此，贾吉计划推出在线平台的目的是为了赋能年轻的发明家，让他们有更多的机会去创新和发明。故选B项。
9．D 10．B 11．C 12．B
【导语】本文是记叙文。讲述了加拿大的一名小女孩Lexi在一次车祸中表现出非凡的勇气和冷静，她爬上40英尺高的路堤去寻求帮助，成功地挽救了她的妈妈和弟弟的生命。
9．细节理解题。根据第一段“An unexpected animal ran into the road. Angela swerved (突然转向) to avoid the animal. Unfortunately, their car was off the road, falling down a steep embankment (路堤). (一只意想不到的动物跑到了路上。安吉拉突然转向以避开那只动物。不幸的是，他们的车偏离了道路，掉下了陡峭的路堤。)”可知，事故的原因是一只意外冲到路上的动物。故选D。
10．细节理解题。根据第三段“The little girl, without even shoes on her feet, wrestled free from her seatbelt and climbed the 40-foot embankment. (小女孩连鞋都没穿，她挣脱了安全带，爬上了40英尺高的堤坝。)”可知，事故发生后，Lexi首先设法从车里出来。故选B。
11．细节理解题。根据第五段“He stressed how important it is for kids to be prepared for emergencies, shocked at how Lexi remembered and acted on what she had been taught. (他强调了孩子们为紧急情况做好准备的重要性，并对莱西如何记住并按照她所教的内容行事感到震惊。)”可知，Lexi学习过如何应对紧急情况。故选C。
12．推理判断题。根据第二段“Instead, she showed courage that would leave many grown-ups in awe. (相反，她表现出的勇气会让许多成年人敬畏。)”以及第三段“She quickly jumped into
action. The little girl, without even shoes on her feet, wrestled free from her seatbelt and climbed the 40-foot embankment. Once she reached the top, Lexi did everything she could to flag down a passing car in order to get help for her mom and brother. (她迅速投入行动。小女孩连鞋都没穿，她挣脱了安全带，爬上了40英尺高的堤坝。到达山顶后，Lexi尽其所能拦下一辆过往的汽车，以便为她的妈妈和弟弟寻求帮助。)”可知，Lexi在面对紧急情况时勇敢且冷静，最终她成功地救了她的妈妈和弟弟，说明了Lexi冷静、勇敢。故选B。
13．C 14．B 15．D 16．D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者每年夏天都会叫孩子们到大自然去收集东西，然后假借仙女之手把收集到的花草等物变成美味的冰激凌。
13．推理判断题。根据第一段“Every June, we have a tradition at our house. Our children are given bowls and asked to collect pieces of summer nature. They leave those bowls on the front doorstep and we go for a walk. When we return, we find fairies (仙女) have transformed the bowls’ contents into ice cream. (每年六月，我们家都会有一个传统。我们的孩子得到了碗，并被要求收集夏天的大自然。他们把碗放在门前的台阶上，我们出去散步。当我们回来时，我们发现仙女们把碗里的东西变成了冰淇淋。)”可知，这个家庭传统就是用冰激凌来吸引孩子接触大自然。故选C。
14．细节理解题。根据第四段中“Anna accepted all this with complete innocence. She felt happy, excited and eager to eat. (安娜完全天真地接受了这一切。她感到高兴、兴奋，渴望吃东西。)”可知，安娜看到碗里的冰激凌后天真地接受了这一切，并因此感觉到很快乐。故选B。
15．推理判断题。根据第五段“I kissed Anna and Joshua good night, but at 2:00 a. m., Joshua crawled into bed next to me, whispering, “Mummy, how did you do it ” (我吻了安娜和乔舒亚晚安，但在凌晨两点，乔舒亚爬到我旁边的床上，低声说：“妈妈，你是怎么做到的？”)”可推知，Joshua在半夜两点睡不着是因为对冰激凌的来源感到好奇。故选D。
16．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是根据第一段“Every June, we have a tradition at our house. Our children are given bowls and asked to collect pieces of summer nature. They leave those bowls on the front doorstep and we go for a walk. When we return, we find fairies (仙女) have transformed the bowls’ contents into ice cream. (每年六月，我们家都会有一个传统。我们的孩子得到了碗，并被要求收集夏天的大自然。他们把碗放在门前的台阶上，我们出去散步。当我们回来时，
我们发现仙女们把碗里的东西变成了冰淇淋。)”可知，本文讲述了作者借“冰激凌仙女”的传统，在每年夏天鼓励孩子们走进大自然。因此D项“Growing up with the Ice Cream Fairy Tradition (伴随着冰淇淋仙女的传统成长)”最适合作为本文的标题。故选D。
17．C 18．D 19．B 20．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。“我”在大学时期经常在邮箱旁等待妈妈寄给“我”的最温暖的信件，这让“我”对纸质信件有着深刻的情结，在搬去纽约之后“我”非常沮丧，于是“我”开始给陌生人写信，发起了“世界需要更多爱的信件”行动，给人们提供精神和情感上的支持。
17．推理判断题。根据第一段“I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, in Facebook, in texting or cell phones. I was literally waiting by the mailbox to get a letter with a warmest comfort from her.(我是大学里唯一一个有理由去邮箱的孩子，因为我母亲从来不相信电子邮件、Facebook、短信或手机。我真的是在信箱旁等着收到一封她给我最温暖的安慰的信。)”和第二段第一句“So when I moved to New York and got depressed, I did the only thing I could think of.(所以当我搬到纽约感到沮丧时，我做了我唯一能想到的事。)”可知，作者分享给她在大学时期的经历是为了表达她对信件的深刻情结。故选C。
18．细节理解题。根据第三段“Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied in Kansas, a 22-year-old immigrant, all asking me to write them and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how I initiated the act The World Needs More Love Letters.(一夜之间，我的收件箱变成了心碎的港湾——萨克拉门托的单身母亲，堪萨斯被欺负的女孩，一个22岁的移民，都让我给他们写信，给他们一个在邮箱旁等待的理由。这就是我发起“世界需要更多爱的信件”行动的原因。)”可知，作者发起这项行动是为了通过写信给予情感上的支持。故选D。
19．细节理解题。根据第五段第二句“So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤) from war, and how she left love letters throughout the house saying, “Come back to me.”(于是我开始给陌生人讲述一个女人的故事，她的丈夫在战争中受到了创伤，她如何在家里到处留下情书，说：“回到我身边来。”)”可知，作者称邮件箱为“神奇的破冰器”是因为它可以作为谈话的开场白。故选B。
20．主旨大意题。“我”在大学时期经常在邮箱旁等待妈妈寄给“我”的最温暖的信件，这让“我”对纸质信件有着深刻的情结，在搬去纽约之后“我”非常沮丧，于是“我”开始给陌生人写信，
发起了“世界需要更多爱的信件”行动，给人们提供精神和情感上的支持。所以短文的最佳标题为“世界需要更多爱的信件”。故选C。
21．C 22．A 23．B 24．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。短文叙述了作者通过亲手写信的方式与陌生人交谈，给他们带去了安慰。
21．主旨大意题。根据第一段“I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, or cell phones in general. I was literally waiting to get a letter to see how the weekend had gone, which was usually the warmest comfort for me.”（我是大学里唯一一个有理由去邮箱的孩子，因为我妈妈从来不相信电子邮件或者手机。我真的是在等着收到一封信，看看周末过得怎么样，这通常是对我最温暖的安慰）可知，作者依恋信件。故选C项。
22．细节理解题。根据第三段“Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak—a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied（恐吓）in rural Kansas…, all asking me to write them a letter and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. ”（一夜之间，我的收件箱变成了心碎的港湾——一位在萨克拉门托的单身母亲，一个在堪萨斯州乡下被欺负的女孩……所有人都要求我给他们写一封信，给他们一个在邮箱旁等待的理由）可知，信件对人们的安慰作用激发了作者发起这项活动。故选A项。
23．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized（受精神创伤）from war in Afghanistan, and how she left love letters throughout the house as a way to say, “Come back to me.” And the man, who had decided to take his life, tonight slept safely with letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.”（于是我开始给陌生人讲述一个女人的故事，她的丈夫在阿富汗战争中受到了创伤，她如何在家里到处留下情书，以一种方式说:“回到我身边来。”而这个决定结束自己生命的人，今晚安然入睡，枕头下有陌生人手写的信，他们一直守候在他身边）可知，为什么作者称邮件箱为“神奇的破冰器”是因为它开启了和陌生人的交谈。故选B项。
24．主旨大意题。根据第二段“I did the only thing I could think of — writing letters like my mother for strangers. I blogged about those letters and crazily promised I would write you a hand-written letter if asked to.”（我做了我唯一能想到的事——像我母亲一样给陌生人写信。我把这些信写在博客上，并疯狂地承诺，如果你让我写，我会给你写一封手写的信）根据倒数第二段“So
I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized（受精神创伤）from war in Afghanistan, and how she left love letters throughout the house as a way to say, “Come back to me.” And the man, who had decided to take his life, tonight slept safely with letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.”（于是我开始给陌生人讲述一个女人的故事，她的丈夫在阿富汗战争中受到了创伤，她如何在家里到处留下情书，以一种方式说:“回到我身边来。”而这个决定结束自己生命的人，今晚安然入睡，枕头下有陌生人手写的信，他们一直守候在他身边）可知，短文的最佳标题为“写给陌生人的信”。故选C项。
25．C 26．B 27．B 28．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者在智利做志愿者时的感受。作者邂逅了当地一个充满生活热情的女性，她告诉作者，贫穷是外在的，幸福是内在的。
25．细节理解题。根据第二段“A mid-life crisis woman, I got a chance to study abroad. I only wanted to learn about global business, taste South American cuisine, and check ‘study abroad’ off my wish list.(作为一个中年危机的女人，我得到了一个出国留学的机会。我只想了解全球商业，品尝南美美食，把‘出国留学’从我的愿望清单上划掉)”可知，作者最初去智利主要是去学习了解全球商业，完成“出国留学”的愿望。故选C项。
26．推理判断题。根据第三段“Upon arrival, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was like a scene out of a horrible film. That moment redefined poverty for me because I had never seen such terrible living conditions. As advised, I showed no signs of the motional battle going on inside me.(一到这里，我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。这就像恐怖电影里的一幕。那一刻对我来说重新定义了贫穷，因为我从未见过如此糟糕的生活条件。按照被建议的，我没有表现出内心正在进行情感斗争的迹象)”可推测，作者对当地的贫穷程度感到非常惊讶，但是她没有表现出来。故选B项。
27．细节理解题。根据第四段“I raised my hand to help because I wanted spend time with the people of the neighborhood despite my shortage of Spanish speaking skills. (我举起手来要去帮忙，因为我想花时间和邻居们在一起，尽管我不太会说西班牙语)”可知，作者希望通过和纳迪亚一起工作，是为了了解当地人，多和当地居民多交流。故选B项。
28．推理判断题。根据最后一段“As we were waiting for the car to pick us up, Nadia showed me her plants that are well-maintains. I could see that despite the hard conditions she was passionate
about life. She made me long to be stronger person. She showed me that poverty was external, but happiness was internal. I was seeking to give 100 percent for a well-intentioned cause, but I left receiving 200 percent from her. (在等车来接我们的时候，纳迪亚给我看了她那些保养得很好的植物。我看得出来，尽管条件艰苦，她对生活还是充满了热情。她让我渴望成为一个更坚强的人。她告诉我，贫穷是外在的，幸福是内在的。为了一个善意的事业，我想要付出100%，但我感觉从她那里得到了200%的回报)”可以推测，作者从纳迪亚身上明白了，幸福与外在物质关系不大，幸福是由自己的态度决定的，有着积极的生活态度，就是幸福的。故选B项。
29．B 30．D 31．A 32．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Eradajere Oleita建立了the Chip Bag Project，回收空薯片袋子，将其制成睡袋，送给无家可归的人，她的努力取得了一定的效果，部分缓解了垃圾和贫穷问题。
29．细节理解题。根据第一段“The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers: Rather than throw your empty chip bags into the trash, donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless. (这位来自底特律的26岁学生和环保主义者请求当地小吃爱好者的帮助：与其把你的空薯片袋扔进垃圾桶，不如把它们捐出来，这样她就可以把它们变成无家可归者的睡袋)”可知，Oleita让零食爱好者把空薯片袋捐赠给她。故选B项。
30．细节理解题。根据第三段“The result is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof lightweight and easy to carry around”. (其结果是一个“防水、轻便、便于携带”的睡袋)”可知，这种睡袋是便于携带的。故选D项。
31．推理判断题。根据第四段“Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800,000 chip bags and, as of last December, created 110 sleeping bags. Sure, it would be simpler to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But that’s only half the goal for Oleita — whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life —and her fellow volunteers. “We are devoted to making an impact not only socially, but environmentally,” she says. (自2020年启动以来，薯片袋项目已经收集了80多万个薯片袋，截至去年12月，已经制作了110个睡袋。当然，筹钱买新睡袋会更简单。但对Oleita和她的志愿者同伴们来说，这只是他们目标的一半。Oleita一家十年前从尼日利亚搬到美国，希
望过上更好的生活。她说：“我们致力于不仅在社会上产生影响，而且致力于在环境上产生影响。”)”可知，Oleita希望the Chip Bag Project不仅在社会上，而且在环境上产生影响，因此，该项目的目的不仅仅是解决社会问题。故选A项。
32．推理判断题。根据第一段“Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution to two of her country’s problems: garbage and poverty. It’s called the Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers: Rather than throw your empty chip bags into the trash, donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless. (Eradajere Oleita认为，她或许能部分解决该国的两个问题：垃圾和贫困。它被称为薯片袋计划。这位来自底特律的26岁学生和环保主义者请求当地小吃爱好者的帮助：与其把你的空薯片袋扔进垃圾桶，不如把它们捐出来，这样她就可以把它们变成无家可归者的睡袋)”可知，Oleita希望能部分解决国家垃圾和贫困的问题，并且想到把空薯片袋变成无家可归者的睡袋，可推测她是有责任心且有创造力的。故选C项。
33．B 34．A 35．C 36．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。该篇文章讲述了经济学教授Michael Rizzo在演讲中反驳了地球正在面临气候灾难的观点。他强调了自己对于气候变化所不知道的事情的恐惧，并呼吁学生们要做更多的研究来理解气候变化问题。同时，他指出气候变化的“灾难”这一说法往往更多地源于信息报道的方式，而非科学本身。
33．推理判断题。根据第二段中““I’m curious to see how many people will misunderstand the point of my talk, which is about addressing the issue of disaster and not at all the issue of whether climate change is happening, or even the mechanics of it, ” he said in an interview with the Cambus Times. (他在接受Cambus Times采访时说：“我很好奇有多少人会误解我演讲的要点，我的演讲是关于解决灾难问题，而不是关于气候变化是否正在发生，甚至不涉及其机制。”)”可知，文章提到在Rizzo教授的演讲中，巫婆说的话被放到后面的幻灯片中播放，这是为了证明学生们对于演讲的理解存在误解即学生们认为其讲授的是气候变化正在发生，而教授本意是为了强调解决灾难问题。故选B。
34．词义猜测题。根据划线词后面的内容“…from everything he’s read, and, to him, things don’t look so bad, but he knows he hasn’t read everything. (他说，这次演讲是根据他所读到的一切……而来，对他来说，事情看起来并没有那么糟糕，但他知道自己并没有读到所有内容。)”可知，演讲内容是从Rizzo所阅读过的各种资料中拼凑而成的，即Rizzo从多个来源
收集了相关信息并整理组合而成。A选项“Pieced.(拼凑，组装)”与划线词为同义词。从故选A。
35．推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中“First-year Aidan Lieberman, who attended the talk after hearing about it in Rizzo’s Prin- ciples of Economics class, thought the professor tried to fit too much into his time, but he agreed with the points that he could follow, saying “they seemed to make sense.” (一年级学生Aidan Lieberman在Rizzo的《经济学原理》课上听说了这次演讲后参加了活动，他认为教授试图在有限的时间内涵盖太多内容，但他同意自己能够理解的部分观点，并且表示'它们似乎是有道理的。)”可知，Aidan对Rizzo的演讲持积极态度，他认为其中的一些观点是有道理的，并且认同人类将能够应对日益严重的气候变化的观点。故选C。
36．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Addressing issues of climate change, he stressed, requires a careful understanding that takes lots of research to achieve-research that he found students weren’t doing before coming to him with disagreements. (他强调，解决气候变化问题需要仔细理解，而这需要大量的研究才能实现——他发现，在学生们带着不同意见来找他之前，他们没有做过这样的研究。)”可知，Rizzo在最后一段中强调要仔细理解气候变化问题，并指出需要进行大量的研究才能达到这一目标。他发现学生们在与他争论之前没有进行足够的研究，因此建议他们要做更多的研究来了解问题。故选B。
37．B 38．D 39．A 40．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述斯蒂芬·金虽然经历了不幸的童年，然而正是这种不幸的童年使得他见证并积累了众多的写作素材，从而创作出旷世杰作。
37．推理判断题。通读全文，从斯蒂芬·金的生活经历可知，斯蒂芬·金经历了不幸的童年：2岁时父亲离家而去、见证母亲独自抚养作者及其哥哥的艰辛、亲历好友被火车撞倒离世、虽因病辍学，随后一年又不得已被征入伍等等，他见证并积累了众多的写作素材，从而创作出旷世杰作，所以斯蒂芬·金成为畅销书作家的主要原因是他不幸的童年。第三段“Although Stephen King didn’t see his childhood as something extraordinary or special, he did say that he was always fascinated by scary things.(虽然斯蒂芬·金不认为自己的童年有什么特别的，但他确实说过他总是被可怕的东西迷住了。)”和最后一段“In 1973, Stephen King started his amazing journey of success when he published his first novel “Carrie”, which is scary. (1973年，斯蒂芬·金出版了他的第一部小说《魔女嘉莉》，开始了他惊人的成功之旅，这部小说是恐怖的。)”也印证了这一推断。故选B。
38．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“It turned out that one of his friends was hit by a train and died, which left an emotional scar on him.(原来，他的一个朋友被火车撞死了，这给他留下了情感上的伤疤。)”可知，一位朋友的去世使斯蒂芬·金非常伤心。故选D。
39．词句猜测题。根据划线词前半句“King, later on, dropped out of school due to some serious health concerns and was told that he had to enlist (入伍) again the next fall,(后来，金因为一些严重的健康问题而辍学，并被告知他必须在第二年秋天再次入伍，)”可知，金后来因为一些严重的健康问题而辍学，这是一件令人泄气的事，所以demotivated意为Discouraged“使泄气”之意。故选A。
40．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“People used to acknowledge the King family by their love of literature, in fact whenever Stephen’s mom used to go out, she didn’t hire a babysitter, for the kids used to read novels to each other so they would not get bored.(人们过去常常以他们对文学的热爱来承认金一家，事实上，每当斯蒂芬的妈妈出去时，她都不会雇保姆，因为孩子们过去常常互相读小说，这样他们就不会感到无聊。)”可知，孩子们通过给彼此读故事来“自娱自乐”（entertain themselves），不需要成人照顾。故选C。