第二十組

　　(建議用時：35分鐘)

　?、?閱讀理解

　　中華資源庫A

　　(2024·青島高三聯(lián)合考試)I work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderly.

　　This year，a very sweet old lady that I cared for，Alice，had gone through a difficult time.She got dementia_and so she had been in the hospital twice.In November，I was finally able to get her back to her “home”．

　　Alice had thought her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas Day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days.When she finally realized that that happy moment was not going to happen，she was very sad.Knowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy.I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!

　　On Christmas Eve，I gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church that night.

　　Instead of taking her to my church，I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were.We got there early and I got her

　　a seat where her friends could see her as they came in.Then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit with her.

　　The candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there.

　　The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alice’s face.

　　1．The underlined word “dementia”in Paragraph 2 probably is________．

　　A．a house B．a letter

　　C．an illness

　　D．a plan

　　2．Where did Alice spend her Christmas Eve according to the story?

　　A．In her old house.

　　B．In her old neighborhood church.

　　C．In the nursing home.

　　D．In the hospital.

　　3．What was the best gift that the author got on Christmas Eve?

　　A．The candlelight service.

　　B．Praise from Alice’s friends.

　　C．Alice’s happiness.

　　D．Thanks from Alice’s daughter.

　　4．What is the best title for this passage?

　　A．A special candlelight Christmas Eve

　　B．The dream of all old lonely ladies

　　C．My special job

　　D．The true love

　　B

　　(2024·南寧第二次適應性考試)

　　A teenager has published a study suggesting the federal government could save millions of dollars a year in printing costs by switching to a thinner font(字體) that uses less ink.

　　Suvir Mirchandani，14，who lives in the Township of O’Hara，said he noticed there were plenty of talks at school about saving paper and he wondered about saving ink.Suvir said on Friday that the idea began when he was in middle school and he noticed that some teachers used heavier fonts for printing.He said he was already interested in graphic (印刷的) design and used a software program to estimate how much ink different fonts used.

　　He expanded the study to look at potential savings by the federal government，and a new essay on his research was published this month in the Journal of Emerging Investigators，a peer-reviewed journal designed for creative middle and high school students.He found that the Office of Management and Budget had already estimated that federal agencies would spend about $ 1.8 billion in printing for this year and that ink was more expensive than paper on a per-page basis.

　　In his essay，“A Simple Printing Solution to Aid Deficit Reduction”，Suvir analyzed five documents produced by five U．S.government agencies and estimated how much ink would be used with four fonts: Garamond，Verdana，Times New Roman and Century Gothic.The analysis estimated that using

　　12-point Garamond would save most，about 29 percent in ink

　　costs.

　　Suvir said his school district looked at the idea but hasn’t been able to take the switch.“It didn’t really catch on，”he said，“I understand it’s hard to make the change.”

　　5．In Suvir’s opinion，how can the federal government save

　　printing costs?

　　A．By saving paper.

　　B．By printing on both sides of the paper.

　　來源：www.ziyuanku.comC．By using heavier fonts.

　　D．By turning to a thinner font.

　　6．It can be concluded that Suvir’s study is ________．

　　A．interestingB．popular

　　C．worthwhile

　　D．unique

　　7．Which font does Suvir recommend in printing?

　　A．Garamond.

　　B．Times New Roman.

　　www.ziyuanku.comC．Verdana.

　　D．Century Gothic.

　　8．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________．

　　A．Suvir feels regretful that the school district shows no interest in his idea

　　B．Suvir is uncertain whether the school district will accept his idea

　　C．Suvir believes that the school district will agree with him

　　D．Suvir is unhappy that the school district refused him

　　Ⅱ.七選五

　　(2024·遼寧五校聯(lián)考)Smoggy weather has become common in China.But these days，air pollution levels in the northeastern city of Harbin surpassed the previous record levels.

　　The city was essentially shut down after PM 2.5，fine particulate(微粒的)pollution that is considered dangerous，reached levels of 1，000 micrograms per cubic meter—1.________ Schools，motorways and an airport were closed on Tuesday as visibility in some areas of the city dropped to less than 10 meters.

　　2．________ It stated that there is “sufficient evidence” that exposure to outdoor air pollution causes lung cancer.3.________ Moreover，it’s said that exposure has increased significantly particularly in“rapidly industrial countries with large populations”．

　　On the Chinese social media site Weibo，many users complained about the pollution and shared their concerns.4.________ Nowadays，there is a sarcastic play on the expression “serve the people”，as the two have a similar pronunciation.

　　“5.________ There won’t be a sudden outbreak of symptoms，but normally three to five days after the smoggy weather occurs，there is a peak in the number of people seeing doctors，”Deng Ying，a doctor at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University was quoted as saying.

　　來源：ziyuanku.comA．The impact of air pollution on people will be gradual.

　　B．Smog has been regarded as the biggest killer nowadays in China.

　　C．Just days previously，the World Health Organization classified air pollution as a carcinogen(致癌物)．

　　D．The faster smog comes，the faster it goes away.

　　E．References to “feed people with smog” have become popular on Weibo.

　　F．40 times the safety level reminded by the World Health Organization.

　　G．And meanwhile，the risk of bladder cancer is also closely connected with it.

　?、?短文改錯

　　(2024·沈陽質量監(jiān)測一)

　　Dear Tom，

　　How are you? I am just writing to tell you I had wonderful time at your place in New York.

　　I arrived home，safely and sound.I have something to ask for you.I have been looking through my bags for my favorite red shirt，or I can’t find it somewhere.I’m sure I might have left it at your place.Could you look around your house for it? By the way，I am planning my parents’wedding anniversary celebration.I had already invited you and your parent.I wonder whether you would like to come to Chicago this time.What do you think of it? Take care of you and write to me soon.Giving my regards to Uncle Bernard and Aunt Norah.

　　Love，

　　Diana

　　來源：ziyuanku.com

　　第二十組

　?、?閱讀理解

　　【解題導語】　老人的女兒不能回來陪老人一起過圣誕節(jié)，作者便在平安夜帶老人去有老人熟悉的朋友的老社區(qū)教堂，在那里，作者看到了老人臉上幸福的笑容，這也是作者得到的最好禮物。

　　1．解析：選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段中的“and so she had been in the hospital twice”可推斷，此處表示老人生病了，住了兩次院，故選C項。

　　2．解析：選B。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段中的第一句“Instead of taking her to my church，I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were.”可知選B項。

　　3．解析：選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的最后一段“The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alice’s face.”可知，作者得到的最好的禮物是Alice臉上的笑容，即她的快樂，故選C項。

　　中華資源庫 ziyuanku.com4．解析：選A。標題歸納題。本文講述了作者幫助一位老人過了個特別的燭光平安夜的故事，故選A項。

　　【解題導語】　14歲少年Suvir Mirchandani經(jīng)過研究發(fā)表了文章，建議聯(lián)邦政府用改變字體的方式減少對油墨的使用以達到節(jié)約的目的。

　　來源：ziyuanku.com5．解析：選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的“suggesting the federal government could save millions of dollars a year in printing costs by switching to a thinner font(字體) that uses less ink”可知，Suvir認為聯(lián)邦政府可以通過切換到更細的字體達到節(jié)約印刷費用的目的，即D項正確。

　　6．解析：選C。推理判斷題。文章第三段提到了他的文章發(fā)表了，第四段講述了他的文章中提到利用12-point Garamond將節(jié)約大概29%的油墨費用，故C項正確。

　　7．解析：選A。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段的最后一句“The analysis estimated that using 12-point Garamond would save most，about 29% percent in ink costs.”可知，Garamond最節(jié)省油墨，Suvir推薦這種字體進行印刷，即A項正確。

　　8．解析：選B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Suvir說的話可知，他的學區(qū)雖然知道了這一觀點，但卻沒有做出改變，因為他明白要做出改變是很困難的，也就是他并不確信他的學區(qū)能否接受這一觀點，即B項正確。

　　Ⅱ.七選五

　　1～5.FCGEA

　　Ⅲ.短文改錯

　　Dear Tom，

　　How are you? I am just writing to tell you I had

　　wonderful time at your place in New York.

　　I arrived home， and sound.I have something to ask

　　you.I have been looking through my bags for my favorite red shirt， I can’t find it .I’m sure I

　　have left it at your place.Could you look around your house for it? By the way，I am planning my parents’ wedding anniversary celebration.I

　　already invited you and your .I wonder whether you would like to come to Chicago this time.What do you think of it? Take care of

　　and write to me soon. my regards to Uncle Bernard and Aunt Norah.

　　Love，

　　Diana

　　第二十組

　　(建議用時：35分鐘)

　?、?閱讀理解

　　中華資源庫A

　　(2024·青島高三聯(lián)合考試)I work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderly.

　　This year，a very sweet old lady that I cared for，Alice，had gone through a difficult time.She got dementia_and so she had been in the hospital twice.In November，I was finally able to get her back to her “home”．

　　Alice had thought her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas Day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days.When she finally realized that that happy moment was not going to happen，she was very sad.Knowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy.I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!

　　On Christmas Eve，I gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church that night.

　　Instead of taking her to my church，I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were.We got there early and I got her

　　a seat where her friends could see her as they came in.Then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit with her.

　　The candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there.

　　The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alice’s face.

　　1．The underlined word “dementia”in Paragraph 2 probably is________．

　　A．a house B．a letter

　　C．an illness

　　D．a plan

　　2．Where did Alice spend her Christmas Eve according to the story?

　　A．In her old house.

　　B．In her old neighborhood church.

　　C．In the nursing home.

　　D．In the hospital.

　　3．What was the best gift that the author got on Christmas Eve?

　　A．The candlelight service.

　　B．Praise from Alice’s friends.

　　C．Alice’s happiness.

　　D．Thanks from Alice’s daughter.

　　4．What is the best title for this passage?

　　A．A special candlelight Christmas Eve

　　B．The dream of all old lonely ladies

　　C．My special job

　　D．The true love

　　B

　　(2024·南寧第二次適應性考試)

　　A teenager has published a study suggesting the federal government could save millions of dollars a year in printing costs by switching to a thinner font(字體) that uses less ink.

　　Suvir Mirchandani，14，who lives in the Township of O’Hara，said he noticed there were plenty of talks at school about saving paper and he wondered about saving ink.Suvir said on Friday that the idea began when he was in middle school and he noticed that some teachers used heavier fonts for printing.He said he was already interested in graphic (印刷的) design and used a software program to estimate how much ink different fonts used.

　　He expanded the study to look at potential savings by the federal government，and a new essay on his research was published this month in the Journal of Emerging Investigators，a peer-reviewed journal designed for creative middle and high school students.He found that the Office of Management and Budget had already estimated that federal agencies would spend about $ 1.8 billion in printing for this year and that ink was more expensive than paper on a per-page basis.

　　In his essay，“A Simple Printing Solution to Aid Deficit Reduction”，Suvir analyzed five documents produced by five U．S.government agencies and estimated how much ink would be used with four fonts: Garamond，Verdana，Times New Roman and Century Gothic.The analysis estimated that using

　　12-point Garamond would save most，about 29 percent in ink

　　costs.

　　Suvir said his school district looked at the idea but hasn’t been able to take the switch.“It didn’t really catch on，”he said，“I understand it’s hard to make the change.”

　　5．In Suvir’s opinion，how can the federal government save

　　printing costs?

　　A．By saving paper.

　　B．By printing on both sides of the paper.

　　來源：www.ziyuanku.comC．By using heavier fonts.

　　D．By turning to a thinner font.

　　6．It can be concluded that Suvir’s study is ________．

　　A．interestingB．popular

　　C．worthwhile

　　D．unique

　　7．Which font does Suvir recommend in printing?

　　A．Garamond.

　　B．Times New Roman.

　　www.ziyuanku.comC．Verdana.

　　D．Century Gothic.

　　8．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________．

　　A．Suvir feels regretful that the school district shows no interest in his idea

　　B．Suvir is uncertain whether the school district will accept his idea

　　C．Suvir believes that the school district will agree with him

　　D．Suvir is unhappy that the school district refused him

　?、?七選五

　　(2024·遼寧五校聯(lián)考)Smoggy weather has become common in China.But these days，air pollution levels in the northeastern city of Harbin surpassed the previous record levels.

　　The city was essentially shut down after PM 2.5，fine particulate(微粒的)pollution that is considered dangerous，reached levels of 1，000 micrograms per cubic meter—1.________ Schools，motorways and an airport were closed on Tuesday as visibility in some areas of the city dropped to less than 10 meters.

　　2．________ It stated that there is “sufficient evidence” that exposure to outdoor air pollution causes lung cancer.3.________ Moreover，it’s said that exposure has increased significantly particularly in“rapidly industrial countries with large populations”．

　　On the Chinese social media site Weibo，many users complained about the pollution and shared their concerns.4.________ Nowadays，there is a sarcastic play on the expression “serve the people”，as the two have a similar pronunciation.

　　“5.________ There won’t be a sudden outbreak of symptoms，but normally three to five days after the smoggy weather occurs，there is a peak in the number of people seeing doctors，”Deng Ying，a doctor at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University was quoted as saying.

　　來源：ziyuanku.comA．The impact of air pollution on people will be gradual.

　　B．Smog has been regarded as the biggest killer nowadays in China.

　　C．Just days previously，the World Health Organization classified air pollution as a carcinogen(致癌物)．

　　D．The faster smog comes，the faster it goes away.

　　E．References to “feed people with smog” have become popular on Weibo.

　　F．40 times the safety level reminded by the World Health Organization.

　　G．And meanwhile，the risk of bladder cancer is also closely connected with it.

　?、?短文改錯

　　(2024·沈陽質量監(jiān)測一)

　　Dear Tom，

　　How are you? I am just writing to tell you I had wonderful time at your place in New York.

　　I arrived home，safely and sound.I have something to ask for you.I have been looking through my bags for my favorite red shirt，or I can’t find it somewhere.I’m sure I might have left it at your place.Could you look around your house for it? By the way，I am planning my parents’wedding anniversary celebration.I had already invited you and your parent.I wonder whether you would like to come to Chicago this time.What do you think of it? Take care of you and write to me soon.Giving my regards to Uncle Bernard and Aunt Norah.

　　Love，

　　Diana

　　來源：ziyuanku.com

　　第二十組

　?、?閱讀理解

　　【解題導語】　老人的女兒不能回來陪老人一起過圣誕節(jié)，作者便在平安夜帶老人去有老人熟悉的朋友的老社區(qū)教堂，在那里，作者看到了老人臉上幸福的笑容，這也是作者得到的最好禮物。

　　1．解析：選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段中的“and so she had been in the hospital twice”可推斷，此處表示老人生病了，住了兩次院，故選C項。

　　2．解析：選B。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段中的第一句“Instead of taking her to my church，I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were.”可知選B項。

　　3．解析：選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的最后一段“The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alice’s face.”可知，作者得到的最好的禮物是Alice臉上的笑容，即她的快樂，故選C項。

　　中華資源庫 ziyuanku.com4．解析：選A。標題歸納題。本文講述了作者幫助一位老人過了個特別的燭光平安夜的故事，故選A項。

　　【解題導語】　14歲少年Suvir Mirchandani經(jīng)過研究發(fā)表了文章，建議聯(lián)邦政府用改變字體的方式減少對油墨的使用以達到節(jié)約的目的。

　　來源：ziyuanku.com5．解析：選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的“suggesting the federal government could save millions of dollars a year in printing costs by switching to a thinner font(字體) that uses less ink”可知，Suvir認為聯(lián)邦政府可以通過切換到更細的字體達到節(jié)約印刷費用的目的，即D項正確。

　　6．解析：選C。推理判斷題。文章第三段提到了他的文章發(fā)表了，第四段講述了他的文章中提到利用12-point Garamond將節(jié)約大概29%的油墨費用，故C項正確。

　　7．解析：選A。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段的最后一句“The analysis estimated that using 12-point Garamond would save most，about 29% percent in ink costs.”可知，Garamond最節(jié)省油墨，Suvir推薦這種字體進行印刷，即A項正確。

　　8．解析：選B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Suvir說的話可知，他的學區(qū)雖然知道了這一觀點，但卻沒有做出改變，因為他明白要做出改變是很困難的，也就是他并不確信他的學區(qū)能否接受這一觀點，即B項正確。

　?、?七選五

　　1～5.FCGEA

　?、?短文改錯

　　Dear Tom，

　　How are you? I am just writing to tell you I had

　　wonderful time at your place in New York.

　　I arrived home， and sound.I have something to ask

　　you.I have been looking through my bags for my favorite red shirt， I can’t find it .I’m sure I

　　have left it at your place.Could you look around your house for it? By the way，I am planning my parents’ wedding anniversary celebration.I

　　already invited you and your .I wonder whether you would like to come to Chicago this time.What do you think of it? Take care of

　　and write to me soon. my regards to Uncle Bernard and Aunt Norah.

　　Love，

　　Diana