备战2021高考英语阅读之记叙文（六）（共5篇，有答案解析）
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备战2021高考英语阅读之记叙文（六）
（A）
In 2011, the old style Malta buses were taken off the road and replaced by modern vehicles. Most of the old buses were deserted, a few were sold, and about 100 of them were put into storage in the hope of showing them in a museum at some stage.
A pre?2011 visit to Malta wouldn't have been complete without a ride on one of the colorful buses. Until 1973 you could tell the destination of the bus just by looking at its color－Sliema was green and white, Zabbar was red and white with a blue stripe (条纹) etc. Later, the buses all had numbers. For a while, they were all painted green and white before the ‘final’ orange, yellow and white.
In their prime,_walking around the Triton fountain at the Valletta bus station, you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design. Most of them had locally built bodies. On the front of the buses carried names like Dodge, Leyland, Bedford etc. You were equally likely to find football pennants (锦旗) and the like decorating the cabs. Real bus experts would have recognized that these were there mainly for decorative reasons, and were seldom an accurate reflection of the vehicle's origins.
Nowadays much more modern buses are to be found at the Floriana bus station. They are more environmentally friendly and possibly even more comfortable than the older types. However, I miss the old buses. I remember, when you boarded your bus, you had to prepare the correct change to pay the usually bad?tempered driver as you got on. If you were seated anywhere near the front, you would have noticed that most drivers sat well to the right of their steering wheel. The reason for this, as any Maltese would tell you, was to leave space for their pet to sit alongside them. I wonder where the pet sits these days.
1．What makes a pre?2011 visit to Malta special according to Paragraph 2?
A．Traveling in colorful buses.
B．Using buses with stripes.
C．Painting buses bright colors.
D．Telling destinations by different colors.
2．Which of the following best explains “prime” underlined in Paragraph 3?
A．Painful time. B．Exciting time.
C．Moment of fantasy. D．Moment of glory.
3．What can we learn about Malta buses when they were popular?
A．They were of the same pattern.
B．The decorations reflected their origins.
C．Most were uniquely designed.
D．Only football pennants decorated the cabs.
4．How would the author feel about the old style Malta buses?
A．Comfortable. B．Environment?friendly.
C．Safe. D．Memorable.
（B）
On a recent afternoon, some 60 years after they graduated from grammar school, Kathleen Rys, 72, and her sister Lorraine O'Kelly, 70, sat down and had a meal with a classmate, Bruce Smit, 71 for the first time.
In the 1950s, Lorraine and Kathleen Rys' family moved from Chicago to Monee. As new kids at Monee Elementary School, they soon found themselves on the outs with other students.
“I would be with the other guys and see Kathleen walking down the hallway, her head down, holding her books, walking slowly. And all of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we'd burst into laughter. How rude is that? It's just crazy，” said Bruce, a doctor whose wife, Tammy, organized the meeting.
The women said none of the teachers cared about it. “We just kept it to ourselves，”Lorraine said.
Over the years, Tammy Smit said，“Bruce would just start to cry at times. He'd wonder what happened to the sisters, if they led a good life.” One day a few weeks ago, Tammy took to the Internet and found Mary O'Kelly, Lorraine's daughter, and offered to set up a meeting. The idea of revisiting the pain was not well?received by Kathleen, who had never married, let alone gone on a date. It took some convincing, but Lorraine finally got Kathleen to agree to meet with Bruce.
Bruce broke into tears. “I'm so ashamed, so embarrassed，”he said. “But I'm so happy that you're still here and that I can finally apologize.” He said he hoped his apology would encourage others to seek forgiveness for the pain they had made on others. Lorraine said, “This is a beautiful thing. It's just wonderful that a person can ask for forgiveness after about 60 years. It's like a miracle to us. It's healing to us.”
1．What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?
A．Kathleen made her classmates afraid of her at school.
B．Kathleen was once hurt by her classmates at school.
C．Bruce Smit aske his wife to organize the meeting.
D．Bruce Smit spoke ill of Kathleen.
2．What does the underlined word “it” in the 4th paragraph probably refer to?
A．The guys' meeting. B．Kathleen's slow pace.
C．The guys' apology. D．Kathleen's suffering.
3．How did Kathleen first feel about the meeting?
A．Angry. B．Excited. C．Anxious. D．Unwilling.
4．What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．Bruce was embarrassed about his apology.
B．The other guys apologized to the two sisters.
C．Bruce and the two sisters felt a sense of relief.
D．Lorraine thought the apology came a little late.
（C）
If you feel sick or uncomfortable, you might seek out a doctor. But what to do if you don't quite know where you fit into this world and you're tired of carrying that burden alone?
I answered strangers' questions on life puzzles at the entrance to the New York City subway at 57th and 8th. A group of strangers had stopped by because they were carrying some deep, meaningful questions that had long gone unanswered, like “why can't I be happier in my life？”
And then I spotted her, who would be my toughest questioner of the day. She was about 6 years old and held her mother's hand as she craned(伸长) her neck to stare at us. Her mother stopped, but the girl hesitated. “It's OK，”I offered. “Do you have a question？” The girl smiled at her mother, then let go of her hand to walk over towards us. She looked me dead in the eye and said, “How do I know I'm real？”
Suddenly I was back in graduate school. Should I talk about the French philosopher Rene Descartes to prove our existence, with the phrase “I think, therefore I am？” Or, mention English philosopher G．E. Moore and his famous “here is one hand, here is the other” to prove the existence of the external world? But then the answer came to me. I remembered that the most important part of philosophy was feeding our sense of wonder. “Close your eyes，” I said. She did. “Well, did you disappear？” She smiled and shook her head, then opened her eyes. “Congratulations, you're real.”
She grinned(露齿而笑) broadly and walked over to her mother, who looked back at us and smiled.
1．Why did the author show up at the entrance of the subway?
A．To take the subway.
B．To look for strangers' help.
C．To offer advice on life puzzles.
D．To help strangers carry their bags.
2．What made the little girl stare at the author?
A．Curiosity. B．Horror. C．Excitement. D．Nervousness.
3．How did the girl find the answer?
A．By hearing a story. B．By learning philosophy.
C．By referring to others' words. D．By having a real experience.
4．Which of the following can best describe the author?
A．Strict and smart. B．Honest and brave.
C．Clever and helpful. D．Humorous and sociable.
（D）
A newly married woman called Gilleece, saying she lost her wallet at his bar with her wedding ring inside. Gilleece looked through camera videos, watching the woman's every step in the bar until she went to sit on a bench outside and left when her ride arrived. Then a young man approached the bench and put something in his pocket. Gilleece posted several pictures on the bar's Facebook page, asking if anybody knew the guy.
Within hours, Gilleece got a text from 17 year old Prather. Prather admitted having taken the wallet because he hadn't eaten in two days. He said he saw the ring but just took the money and threw the wallet off the public docks(码头) into the ocean.
Gilleece, unsure whether he believed Prather, told the teen to meet him at the bar. There, Prather said that, not getting along with his family, he had been living in the woods for a week. Gilleece saw him as a kid rather than a criminal. But the police were already on the case, and because of the missing ring, Prather could face prison. Gilleece planned to employ two divers to search for it. Meanwhile, the police wanted Gilleece to bring the teen to the station. He called them and said，“He's going to be at the docks with me tomorrow.”
The next day a crowd gathered to watch the two divers search in the waters Prather mentioned. Finally a diver appeared with the wallet, and inside was the ring. Cheers burst from the crowd. The wallet's owner immediately dropped the charges against Prather. But troubled by Prather sleeping in the cold woods, Gilleece told the teen he could stay with him and his family until he stood on his own feet. He also gave the kid a job at his bar.
“Most people would have given the videos to the police, but he chose to help me，”Prather told CBS News.
1．What happened to the newly married woman?
A．She lost the wallet at the bar. B．She regretted charging Prather.
C．She left her wallet on a bench. D．Her wallet was stolen by Prather.
2．Why did Gilleece take Prather to the docks?
A．To find the ring he had thrown. B．To help the police to catch him.
C．To help pay for the woman's loss. D．To let him apologize to the woman.
3．What did Gilleece do after the case was over?
A．Rid Prather of the charge. B．Talk with Prather's family.
C．Help free Prather from prison. D．Get Prather to work in his bar.
4．Which can be the best title for the text?
A．A wedding ring was recovered B．A wallet changed a teen's life
C．Anyone can make a difference D．A kind woman saved a teen
（E）
Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens makes up a folk art center,gallery space,and a non-profit organization showcasing the works of mosaicist(镶嵌设计师)Isaiah Zagar.
Zagar devoted himself to beautifying the South Street neighborhood in the late 1960s,when he moved to the area with his wife Julia.The couple helped the area by purchasing and repairing some old buildings,often adding colorful mosaics on both their private and public walls.The first such project was Julia’s still-busy folk art store,the Eyes Gallery at 402 South Street.
Zagar started working on the Magic Gardens in 1994 in the deserted parking lot near his studio.He spent the next fourteen years sculpting multi-layered walls and decorating the 3,000 square foot space.The installation(装置艺术),primarily consisting of found objects and contributions from the community,finally covers half a city block with countless patterns and colors.It shows Zagar’s many artistic influences,as well as the events and experiences of his life.
In 2002,the owner of the once-unused parking lot decided to sell the land in response to rising South Street property values.Unwilling to witness the destruction of Zagar’s neighborhood art environment,the community rushed to support the artist.His creation,newly titled Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens,turned into a non-profit organization with the intention of preserving and promoting Zagar’s works at the site of the Magic Gardens and throughout the South Street region.
The Magic Gardens is now a permanent art institution that is open to visitors throughout the year.Trained guides are available to lead tours of the Magic Gardens and Zagar’s surrounding public wall paintings.In addition,it offers monthly mosaic workshops led by Zagar himself,and regularly hosts concerts,dance performances,and other public events.
1.How did Zagar help the South Street neighborhood?
A.He moved to the area with his family.
B.He worked to improve its surroundings.
C.He opened a folk art store with his wife.
D.He managed to buy all the old buildings.
2.What does Paragraph 3 intend to tell us?
A.Great achievements of Zagar.
B.Special skills of installing art.
C.Location of the Magic Gardens.
D.Early history of the Magic Gardens.
3.What do the local residents think of Zagar’s works?
A.They harm the environment.
B.They can bring in profits.
C.They should be removed.
D.They are precious treasures.
4.What can tourists do in Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens?
A.Paint the walls on the spot.
B.Put on music performances.
C.Enjoy some Zagar’s works.
D.Attend some dance courses.
参考答案：
A
1．A 根据第二段第一句“A pre?2011 visit to Malta wouldn't have been complete without a ride on one of the colorful buses”可推知，2011年以前，五彩缤纷的公交车是马耳他的一大特色。故选A。
2．D 根据第三段内容可知，第三段主要讲述了老式公交车的盛行时期，因此画线词意为“在盛行时期”。故选D。
3．C 本文第三段讲述了老式公交车的盛行时期；根据该段第一句中的“you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design”可推知，大部分老式公交车的样式都是独一无二的。故选C。
4．D 根据最后一段的内容，尤其是“However，I miss the old buses”可知，作者非常怀念马耳他老式公交车。故选D。
B
1．B 根据第三段中的“And all of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we'd burst into laughter. How rude is that？”可知，Bruce和其他男生都紧靠着墙，直到Kathleen走过去，然后他们突然大笑起来，这是非常无礼的；并结合前两段内容可推知，Kathleen曾经受到同班同学的伤害，故B项正确。
2．D 根据第三段中的“And all of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we'd burst into laughter. How rude is that？”可知，Bruce和其他男生都紧靠着墙，直到Kathleen走过去，然后他们突然大笑起来，这是非常无礼的；并结合第四段中的“The women said none of the teachers cared about it”和“We just kept it to ourselves”可知，没有任何老师对此表示关心，她们也不对别人说；据此可推知，it指代Kathleen因受到同班同学的嘲笑而遭受的精神上的痛苦，故D项正确。
3．D 根据第五段倒数第二句“The idea of revisiting the pain was not well?received by Kathleen, who had never married, let alone gone on a date”可知，Kathleen不想接受重新体验痛苦的建议，她从未结过婚，更不用说去约会了；据此可推知，对于三人的会面，Kathleen一开始是不愿意接受的，故D项正确。
4．C 根据尾段中Bruce所说的话“But I'm so happy that you're still here and that I can finally apologize”可知，Bruce对能有机会向她们道歉感到很高兴；根据尾段中Lorraine所说的话“This is a beautiful thing. It's just wonderful that a person can ask for forgiveness after about 60 years. It's like a miracle to us. It's healing to us”可知，Lorraine认为大约60年前嘲笑过她们的人能请求原谅是一件美好的事情；据此可推知，这次会面让三人都感到宽慰，故C项正确。
C
1．C 根据第二段第一句“I answered strangers' questions on life puzzles at the entrance to the New York City subway at 57th and 8th”可知，在纽约地铁57号和8号人口处，作者回答陌生人关于生活困惑的问题；据此可知，作者出现在地铁入口是为了给陌生人提供关于解决生活困惑的建议，故C项正确。
2．A 根据第三段第二句“She was about 6 years old and held her mother's hand as she craned(伸长) her neck to stare at us”，并结合该段内容可知，小女孩大约6岁，握着妈妈的手，伸长脖子盯着作者看；据此可推知，小女孩对作者感到好奇，所以盯着作者看，故A项正确。
3．D 根据第四段中的“‘Close your eyes，’I said. She did.‘Well, did you disappear？’She smiled and shook her head, then opened her eyes.‘Congratulations，you're real.’”可知，作者让小女孩闭上眼睛后问她是否消失了，小女孩笑着摇头，然后睁开眼睛。据此可知，通过一个真实的体验，小女孩找到了问题的答案，故D项正确。
4．C 根据第二段第一句“I answered strangers' questions on life puzzles at the entrance to the New York City subway at 57th and 8th”可知，在纽约地铁入口处，作者为陌生人提供关于生活困惑的建议，据此可推知，作者是一位乐于助人的人；根据第四段可知，在解答小女孩的问题时，作者没有引用哲学家的话解释，而是让小女孩闭上眼睛，然后问她是否消失了，巧妙地解答了小女孩的疑问，据此可推知，作者是一位聪明的人，故C项正确。
D
1．C 第一段说“she went to sit on a bench outside...and put something in his pocket”，由此可知Gilleece查看视频发现有个少年在这位女士坐过的长凳上捡到这个钱包，所以这位女士是在等车的时候把钱包落在了长凳上，因此选C。
2．A 第三段说，警方希望Gilleece能把少年带去警局，但是Gilleece给警方打电话说“他明天会和我一起去码头”，第四段接着说，Gilleece请的两名潜水员在Prather扔掉钱包的水域寻找，由此推断，他带Prather去码头的目的是找到被Prather扔掉的戒指。
3．D 第四段谈到“Gilleece told the teen he could stay with him and his family until he stood on his own feet. He also gave the kid a job at his bar”，即Gilleece告诉Prather可以到自己家里住宿，直到他能够自立，并让他在自己的酒吧里工作，由此可知选D。
4．B 本文讲述一个少年捡到钱包并因此陷入困境，酒吧老板帮助该少年脱离困境开始新生活的故事，因此B项最适合作本文的标题。
E
1.B 根据第二段中的“The couple helped the area by purchasing and repairing some old buildings,often adding colorful mosaics on both their private and public walls.”可知Zagar和妻子通过购买并翻新一些旧建筑(经常在他们的私人和公共墙壁上贴上彩色的马赛克砖)来帮助这个区域。也就是说他是通过改善周围环境来帮助邻里的,故选B项。
2.D根据第三段内容可知Zagar于1994年开始在他工作室附近的一个废弃的停车场里着手创造魔幻花园。在接下来的14年里,他雕刻了多层的墙壁,并装饰了这个3 000平方英尺的空间。这个装置艺术最后用无数的图案和色彩覆盖了这个城市街区的一半。其显示了Zagar诸多的艺术影响,并展示了他人生中的事件和经历。这一段主要是关于魔幻花园是如何建成的,由此推断第三段旨在告诉读者魔幻花园的早期历史。故选D项。
3.D 根据第四段中的“In 2002,the owner of the once-unused parking lot decided to sell the land in response to rising South Street property values.Unwilling to witness the destruction of Zagar’s neighborhood art environment,the community rushed to support the artist.”可知2002 年,由于南街地产价值攀升,这个曾经无人使用的停车场的主人决定出售这块地。社区的人不愿看到Zagar的社区艺术环境遭到破坏,纷纷声援这位艺术家。从邻居的行为可推知当地居民认为Zagar的作品是珍贵的宝物。故选D项。
4.C 根据最后一段中的“The Magic Gardens is now a permanent art institution that is open to visitors throughout the year.Trained guides are available to lead tours of the Magic Gardens and Zagar’s surrounding public wall paintings.”可知魔幻花园如今是一处永久性的艺术机构,全年向游客开放。这里有训练有素的导游,可带领游客参观魔幻花园以及Zagar在花园周围创作的公共壁画。故选C项。
（A）
In 2011, the old style Malta buses were taken off the road and replaced by modern vehicles. Most of the old buses were deserted, a few were sold, and about 100 of them were put into storage in the hope of showing them in a museum at some stage.
A pre?2011 visit to Malta wouldn't have been complete without a ride on one of the colorful buses. Until 1973 you could tell the destination of the bus just by looking at its color－Sliema was green and white, Zabbar was red and white with a blue stripe (条纹) etc. Later, the buses all had numbers. For a while, they were all painted green and white before the ‘final’ orange, yellow and white.
In their prime,_walking around the Triton fountain at the Valletta bus station, you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design. Most of them had locally built bodies. On the front of the buses carried names like Dodge, Leyland, Bedford etc. You were equally likely to find football pennants (锦旗) and the like decorating the cabs. Real bus experts would have recognized that these were there mainly for decorative reasons, and were seldom an accurate reflection of the vehicle's origins.
Nowadays much more modern buses are to be found at the Floriana bus station. They are more environmentally friendly and possibly even more comfortable than the older types. However, I miss the old buses. I remember, when you boarded your bus, you had to prepare the correct change to pay the usually bad?tempered driver as you got on. If you were seated anywhere near the front, you would have noticed that most drivers sat well to the right of their steering wheel. The reason for this, as any Maltese would tell you, was to leave space for their pet to sit alongside them. I wonder where the pet sits these days.
1．What makes a pre?2011 visit to Malta special according to Paragraph 2?
A．Traveling in colorful buses.
B．Using buses with stripes.
C．Painting buses bright colors.
D．Telling destinations by different colors.
2．Which of the following best explains “prime” underlined in Paragraph 3?
A．Painful time. B．Exciting time.
C．Moment of fantasy. D．Moment of glory.
3．What can we learn about Malta buses when they were popular?
A．They were of the same pattern.
B．The decorations reflected their origins.
C．Most were uniquely designed.
D．Only football pennants decorated the cabs.
4．How would the author feel about the old style Malta buses?
A．Comfortable. B．Environment?friendly.
C．Safe. D．Memorable.
（B）
On a recent afternoon, some 60 years after they graduated from grammar school, Kathleen Rys, 72, and her sister Lorraine O'Kelly, 70, sat down and had a meal with a classmate, Bruce Smit, 71 for the first time.
In the 1950s, Lorraine and Kathleen Rys' family moved from Chicago to Monee. As new kids at Monee Elementary School, they soon found themselves on the outs with other students.
“I would be with the other guys and see Kathleen walking down the hallway, her head down, holding her books, walking slowly. And all of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we'd burst into laughter. How rude is that? It's just crazy，” said Bruce, a doctor whose wife, Tammy, organized the meeting.
The women said none of the teachers cared about it. “We just kept it to ourselves，”Lorraine said.
Over the years, Tammy Smit said，“Bruce would just start to cry at times. He'd wonder what happened to the sisters, if they led a good life.” One day a few weeks ago, Tammy took to the Internet and found Mary O'Kelly, Lorraine's daughter, and offered to set up a meeting. The idea of revisiting the pain was not well?received by Kathleen, who had never married, let alone gone on a date. It took some convincing, but Lorraine finally got Kathleen to agree to meet with Bruce.
Bruce broke into tears. “I'm so ashamed, so embarrassed，”he said. “But I'm so happy that you're still here and that I can finally apologize.” He said he hoped his apology would encourage others to seek forgiveness for the pain they had made on others. Lorraine said, “This is a beautiful thing. It's just wonderful that a person can ask for forgiveness after about 60 years. It's like a miracle to us. It's healing to us.”
1．What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?
A．Kathleen made her classmates afraid of her at school.
B．Kathleen was once hurt by her classmates at school.
C．Bruce Smit aske his wife to organize the meeting.
D．Bruce Smit spoke ill of Kathleen.
2．What does the underlined word “it” in the 4th paragraph probably refer to?
A．The guys' meeting. B．Kathleen's slow pace.
C．The guys' apology. D．Kathleen's suffering.
3．How did Kathleen first feel about the meeting?
A．Angry. B．Excited. C．Anxious. D．Unwilling.
4．What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．Bruce was embarrassed about his apology.
B．The other guys apologized to the two sisters.
C．Bruce and the two sisters felt a sense of relief.
D．Lorraine thought the apology came a little late.
（C）
If you feel sick or uncomfortable, you might seek out a doctor. But what to do if you don't quite know where you fit into this world and you're tired of carrying that burden alone?
I answered strangers' questions on life puzzles at the entrance to the New York City subway at 57th and 8th. A group of strangers had stopped by because they were carrying some deep, meaningful questions that had long gone unanswered, like “why can't I be happier in my life？”
And then I spotted her, who would be my toughest questioner of the day. She was about 6 years old and held her mother's hand as she craned(伸长) her neck to stare at us. Her mother stopped, but the girl hesitated. “It's OK，”I offered. “Do you have a question？” The girl smiled at her mother, then let go of her hand to walk over towards us. She looked me dead in the eye and said, “How do I know I'm real？”
Suddenly I was back in graduate school. Should I talk about the French philosopher Rene Descartes to prove our existence, with the phrase “I think, therefore I am？” Or, mention English philosopher G．E. Moore and his famous “here is one hand, here is the other” to prove the existence of the external world? But then the answer came to me. I remembered that the most important part of philosophy was feeding our sense of wonder. “Close your eyes，” I said. She did. “Well, did you disappear？” She smiled and shook her head, then opened her eyes. “Congratulations, you're real.”
She grinned(露齿而笑) broadly and walked over to her mother, who looked back at us and smiled.
1．Why did the author show up at the entrance of the subway?
A．To take the subway.
B．To look for strangers' help.
C．To offer advice on life puzzles.
D．To help strangers carry their bags.
2．What made the little girl stare at the author?
A．Curiosity. B．Horror. C．Excitement. D．Nervousness.
3．How did the girl find the answer?
A．By hearing a story. B．By learning philosophy.
C．By referring to others' words. D．By having a real experience.
4．Which of the following can best describe the author?
A．Strict and smart. B．Honest and brave.
C．Clever and helpful. D．Humorous and sociable.
（D）
A newly married woman called Gilleece, saying she lost her wallet at his bar with her wedding ring inside. Gilleece looked through camera videos, watching the woman's every step in the bar until she went to sit on a bench outside and left when her ride arrived. Then a young man approached the bench and put something in his pocket. Gilleece posted several pictures on the bar's Facebook page, asking if anybody knew the guy.
Within hours, Gilleece got a text from 17 year old Prather. Prather admitted having taken the wallet because he hadn't eaten in two days. He said he saw the ring but just took the money and threw the wallet off the public docks(码头) into the ocean.
Gilleece, unsure whether he believed Prather, told the teen to meet him at the bar. There, Prather said that, not getting along with his family, he had been living in the woods for a week. Gilleece saw him as a kid rather than a criminal. But the police were already on the case, and because of the missing ring, Prather could face prison. Gilleece planned to employ two divers to search for it. Meanwhile, the police wanted Gilleece to bring the teen to the station. He called them and said，“He's going to be at the docks with me tomorrow.”
The next day a crowd gathered to watch the two divers search in the waters Prather mentioned. Finally a diver appeared with the wallet, and inside was the ring. Cheers burst from the crowd. The wallet's owner immediately dropped the charges against Prather. But troubled by Prather sleeping in the cold woods, Gilleece told the teen he could stay with him and his family until he stood on his own feet. He also gave the kid a job at his bar.
“Most people would have given the videos to the police, but he chose to help me，”Prather told CBS News.
1．What happened to the newly married woman?
A．She lost the wallet at the bar. B．She regretted charging Prather.
C．She left her wallet on a bench. D．Her wallet was stolen by Prather.
2．Why did Gilleece take Prather to the docks?
A．To find the ring he had thrown. B．To help the police to catch him.
C．To help pay for the woman's loss. D．To let him apologize to the woman.
3．What did Gilleece do after the case was over?
A．Rid Prather of the charge. B．Talk with Prather's family.
C．Help free Prather from prison. D．Get Prather to work in his bar.
4．Which can be the best title for the text?
A．A wedding ring was recovered B．A wallet changed a teen's life
C．Anyone can make a difference D．A kind woman saved a teen
（E）
Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens makes up a folk art center,gallery space,and a non-profit organization showcasing the works of mosaicist(镶嵌设计师)Isaiah Zagar.
Zagar devoted himself to beautifying the South Street neighborhood in the late 1960s,when he moved to the area with his wife Julia.The couple helped the area by purchasing and repairing some old buildings,often adding colorful mosaics on both their private and public walls.The first such project was Julia’s still-busy folk art store,the Eyes Gallery at 402 South Street.
Zagar started working on the Magic Gardens in 1994 in the deserted parking lot near his studio.He spent the next fourteen years sculpting multi-layered walls and decorating the 3,000 square foot space.The installation(装置艺术),primarily consisting of found objects and contributions from the community,finally covers half a city block with countless patterns and colors.It shows Zagar’s many artistic influences,as well as the events and experiences of his life.
In 2002,the owner of the once-unused parking lot decided to sell the land in response to rising South Street property values.Unwilling to witness the destruction of Zagar’s neighborhood art environment,the community rushed to support the artist.His creation,newly titled Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens,turned into a non-profit organization with the intention of preserving and promoting Zagar’s works at the site of the Magic Gardens and throughout the South Street region.
The Magic Gardens is now a permanent art institution that is open to visitors throughout the year.Trained guides are available to lead tours of the Magic Gardens and Zagar’s surrounding public wall paintings.In addition,it offers monthly mosaic workshops led by Zagar himself,and regularly hosts concerts,dance performances,and other public events.
1.How did Zagar help the South Street neighborhood?
A.He moved to the area with his family.
B.He worked to improve its surroundings.
C.He opened a folk art store with his wife.
D.He managed to buy all the old buildings.
2.What does Paragraph 3 intend to tell us?
A.Great achievements of Zagar.
B.Special skills of installing art.
C.Location of the Magic Gardens.
D.Early history of the Magic Gardens.
3.What do the local residents think of Zagar’s works?
A.They harm the environment.
B.They can bring in profits.
C.They should be removed.
D.They are precious treasures.
4.What can tourists do in Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens?
A.Paint the walls on the spot.
B.Put on music performances.
C.Enjoy some Zagar’s works.
D.Attend some dance courses.
参考答案：
A
1．A 根据第二段第一句“A pre?2011 visit to Malta wouldn't have been complete without a ride on one of the colorful buses”可推知，2011年以前，五彩缤纷的公交车是马耳他的一大特色。故选A。
2．D 根据第三段内容可知，第三段主要讲述了老式公交车的盛行时期，因此画线词意为“在盛行时期”。故选D。
3．C 本文第三段讲述了老式公交车的盛行时期；根据该段第一句中的“you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design”可推知，大部分老式公交车的样式都是独一无二的。故选C。
4．D 根据最后一段的内容，尤其是“However，I miss the old buses”可知，作者非常怀念马耳他老式公交车。故选D。
B
1．B 根据第三段中的“And all of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we'd burst into laughter. How rude is that？”可知，Bruce和其他男生都紧靠着墙，直到Kathleen走过去，然后他们突然大笑起来，这是非常无礼的；并结合前两段内容可推知，Kathleen曾经受到同班同学的伤害，故B项正确。
2．D 根据第三段中的“And all of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we'd burst into laughter. How rude is that？”可知，Bruce和其他男生都紧靠着墙，直到Kathleen走过去，然后他们突然大笑起来，这是非常无礼的；并结合第四段中的“The women said none of the teachers cared about it”和“We just kept it to ourselves”可知，没有任何老师对此表示关心，她们也不对别人说；据此可推知，it指代Kathleen因受到同班同学的嘲笑而遭受的精神上的痛苦，故D项正确。
3．D 根据第五段倒数第二句“The idea of revisiting the pain was not well?received by Kathleen, who had never married, let alone gone on a date”可知，Kathleen不想接受重新体验痛苦的建议，她从未结过婚，更不用说去约会了；据此可推知，对于三人的会面，Kathleen一开始是不愿意接受的，故D项正确。
4．C 根据尾段中Bruce所说的话“But I'm so happy that you're still here and that I can finally apologize”可知，Bruce对能有机会向她们道歉感到很高兴；根据尾段中Lorraine所说的话“This is a beautiful thing. It's just wonderful that a person can ask for forgiveness after about 60 years. It's like a miracle to us. It's healing to us”可知，Lorraine认为大约60年前嘲笑过她们的人能请求原谅是一件美好的事情；据此可推知，这次会面让三人都感到宽慰，故C项正确。
C
1．C 根据第二段第一句“I answered strangers' questions on life puzzles at the entrance to the New York City subway at 57th and 8th”可知，在纽约地铁57号和8号人口处，作者回答陌生人关于生活困惑的问题；据此可知，作者出现在地铁入口是为了给陌生人提供关于解决生活困惑的建议，故C项正确。
2．A 根据第三段第二句“She was about 6 years old and held her mother's hand as she craned(伸长) her neck to stare at us”，并结合该段内容可知，小女孩大约6岁，握着妈妈的手，伸长脖子盯着作者看；据此可推知，小女孩对作者感到好奇，所以盯着作者看，故A项正确。
3．D 根据第四段中的“‘Close your eyes，’I said. She did.‘Well, did you disappear？’She smiled and shook her head, then opened her eyes.‘Congratulations，you're real.’”可知，作者让小女孩闭上眼睛后问她是否消失了，小女孩笑着摇头，然后睁开眼睛。据此可知，通过一个真实的体验，小女孩找到了问题的答案，故D项正确。
4．C 根据第二段第一句“I answered strangers' questions on life puzzles at the entrance to the New York City subway at 57th and 8th”可知，在纽约地铁入口处，作者为陌生人提供关于生活困惑的建议，据此可推知，作者是一位乐于助人的人；根据第四段可知，在解答小女孩的问题时，作者没有引用哲学家的话解释，而是让小女孩闭上眼睛，然后问她是否消失了，巧妙地解答了小女孩的疑问，据此可推知，作者是一位聪明的人，故C项正确。
D
1．C 第一段说“she went to sit on a bench outside...and put something in his pocket”，由此可知Gilleece查看视频发现有个少年在这位女士坐过的长凳上捡到这个钱包，所以这位女士是在等车的时候把钱包落在了长凳上，因此选C。
2．A 第三段说，警方希望Gilleece能把少年带去警局，但是Gilleece给警方打电话说“他明天会和我一起去码头”，第四段接着说，Gilleece请的两名潜水员在Prather扔掉钱包的水域寻找，由此推断，他带Prather去码头的目的是找到被Prather扔掉的戒指。
3．D 第四段谈到“Gilleece told the teen he could stay with him and his family until he stood on his own feet. He also gave the kid a job at his bar”，即Gilleece告诉Prather可以到自己家里住宿，直到他能够自立，并让他在自己的酒吧里工作，由此可知选D。
4．B 本文讲述一个少年捡到钱包并因此陷入困境，酒吧老板帮助该少年脱离困境开始新生活的故事，因此B项最适合作本文的标题。
E
1.B 根据第二段中的“The couple helped the area by purchasing and repairing some old buildings,often adding colorful mosaics on both their private and public walls.”可知Zagar和妻子通过购买并翻新一些旧建筑(经常在他们的私人和公共墙壁上贴上彩色的马赛克砖)来帮助这个区域。也就是说他是通过改善周围环境来帮助邻里的,故选B项。
2.D根据第三段内容可知Zagar于1994年开始在他工作室附近的一个废弃的停车场里着手创造魔幻花园。在接下来的14年里,他雕刻了多层的墙壁,并装饰了这个3 000平方英尺的空间。这个装置艺术最后用无数的图案和色彩覆盖了这个城市街区的一半。其显示了Zagar诸多的艺术影响,并展示了他人生中的事件和经历。这一段主要是关于魔幻花园是如何建成的,由此推断第三段旨在告诉读者魔幻花园的早期历史。故选D项。
3.D 根据第四段中的“In 2002,the owner of the once-unused parking lot decided to sell the land in response to rising South Street property values.Unwilling to witness the destruction of Zagar’s neighborhood art environment,the community rushed to support the artist.”可知2002 年,由于南街地产价值攀升,这个曾经无人使用的停车场的主人决定出售这块地。社区的人不愿看到Zagar的社区艺术环境遭到破坏,纷纷声援这位艺术家。从邻居的行为可推知当地居民认为Zagar的作品是珍贵的宝物。故选D项。
4.C 根据最后一段中的“The Magic Gardens is now a permanent art institution that is open to visitors throughout the year.Trained guides are available to lead tours of the Magic Gardens and Zagar’s surrounding public wall paintings.”可知魔幻花园如今是一处永久性的艺术机构,全年向游客开放。这里有训练有素的导游,可带领游客参观魔幻花园以及Zagar在花园周围创作的公共壁画。故选C项。