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2023年高考真题
Passage 1
【2023年新高考全国Ⅰ卷】When Jhn Tdd was a child, he lved t explre the wds arund his huse, bserving hw nature slved prblems. A ditry stream, fr example, ften became clear after flwing thrugh plants and alng rcks where tiny creatures lived. When he gt lder, Jhn started t wnder if this prcess culd be used t clean up the messes peple were making.
After studying agriculture, medicine, and fisheries in cllege, Jhn went back t bserving nature and asking questins. Why can certain plants trap harmful bacteria (细菌)? Which kinds f fish can eat cancer-causing chemicals? With the right cmbinatin f animals and plants, he figured, maybe he culd clean up waste the way nature did. He decided t build what he wuld later call an ec-machine.
The task Jhn set fr himself was t remve harmful substances frm sme sludge (污泥). First, he cnstructed a series f clear fiberglass tanks cnnected t each ther. Then he went arund t lcal pnds and streams and brught back sme plants and animals. He placed them in the tanks and waited. Little by little, these different kinds f life gt used t ne anther and frmed their wn ecsystem. After a few weeks, Jhn added the sludge.
He was amazed at the results. The plants and animals in the ec-machine tk the sludge as fd and began t eat it! Within weeks, it had all been digested, and all that was left was pure water.
Over the years Jhn has taken n many big jbs. He develped a greenhuse-like facility that treated sewage (污水) frm 1,600 hmes in Suth Burlingtn. He als designed an ec-machine t clean canal water in Fuzhu, a city in sutheast China.
“Eclgical design” is the name Jhn gives t what he des. “Life n Earth is kind f a bx f spare parts fr the inventr,” he says. “Yu put rganisms in new relatinships and bserve what’s happening. Then yu let these new systems develp their wn ways t self-repair.”
4. What can we learn abut Jhn frm the first tw paragraphs?
A. He was fnd f traveling.B. He enjyed being alne.
C. He had an inquiring mind.D. He lnged t be a dctr.
5. Why did Jhn put the sludge int the tanks?
A. T feed the animals.B. T build an ecsystem.
C. T prtect the plants.D. T test the ec-machine.
6. What is the authr’s purpse in mentining Fuzhu?
A. T review Jhn’s research plans.B. T shw an applicatin f Jhn’s idea.
C. T cmpare Jhn’s different jbs.D. T erase dubts abut Jhn’s inventin.
7. What is the basis fr Jhn’s wrk?
A. Nature can repair itself.B. Organisms need water t survive.
C. Life n Earth is diverse.D. Mst tiny creatures live in grups.
Passage 2
【2023年新高考全国Ⅱ卷】Turning sil, pulling weeds, and harvesting cabbage sund like tugh wrk fr middle and high schl kids. And at first it is, says Abby Jaramill, wh with anther teacher started Urban Spruts, a schl garden prgram at fur lw-incme schls. The prgram aims t help students develp science skills, envirnmental awareness, and healthy lifestyles.
Jaramill’s students live in neighbrhds where fresh fd and green space are nt easy t find and fast fd restaurants utnumber grcery stres. “The kids literally cme t schl with bags f snacks and large bttles f sft drinks,” she says. “They cme t us thinking vegetables are awful, dirt is awful, insects are awful.” Thugh sme are initially scared f the insects and turned ff by the dirt, mst are eager t try smething new.
Urban Spruts’ classes, at tw middle schls and tw high schls, include hands-n experiments such as sil testing, flwer-and-seed dissectin, tastings f fresh r dried prduce, and wrk in the garden. Several times a year, students ck the vegetables they grw, and they ccasinally make salads fr their entire schls.
Prgram evaluatins shw that kids eat mre vegetables as a result f the classes. “We have students wh say they went hme and talked t their parents and nw they’re eating differently,” Jaramill says.
She adds that the prgram’s benefits g beynd nutritin. Sme students get s interested in gardening that they bring hme seeds t start their wn vegetable gardens. Besides, wrking in the garden seems t have a calming effect n Jaramill’s special educatin students, many f whm have emtinal cntrl issues. “They get utside,” she says, “and they feel successful.”
4. What d we knw abut Abby Jaramill?
A. She used t be a health wrker.B. She grew up in a lw-incme family.
C. She wns a fast fd restaurant.D. She is an initiatr f Urban Spruts.
5. What was a prblem facing Jaramill at the start f the prgram?
A. The kids’ parents distrusted her.B. Students had little time fr her classes.
C. Sme kids disliked garden wrk.D. There was n space fr schl gardens.
6. Which f the fllwing best describes the impact f the prgram?
A. Far-reaching.B. Predictable.
C. Shrt-lived.D. Unidentifiable.
7. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Rescuing Schl GardensB. Experiencing Cuntry Life
C. Grwing Vegetable LversD. Changing Lcal Landscape
Passage 3
【2023年全国乙卷】 Living in Iwa and trying t becme a phtgrapher specializing in landscape (风景) can be quite a challenge, mainly because the crn state lacks gegraphical variatin.
Althugh landscapes in the Midwest tend t be quite similar, either farm fields r highways, smetimes I find distinctive character in the hills r lakes. T make sme f my landscape shts, I have traveled up t fur hurs away t sht within a 10-minute time frame. I tend t travel with a few f my friends t state parks r t the cuntryside t g n adventures and take phts alng the way.
Being at the right place at the right time is decisive in any style f phtgraphy. I ften leave early t seek the right destinatins s I can set up early t avid missing the mment I am attempting t phtgraph. I have missed plenty f beautiful sunsets/sunrises due t being n the spt nly five minutes befre the best mment.
One time my friends and I drve three hurs t Devil’s Lake, Wiscnsin, t climb the purple quartz (石英) rck arund the lake. After we fund a crazy-lking rad that hung ver a bunch f rcks, we decided t phtgraph the scene at sunset. The psitin enabled us t lk ver the lake with the sunset in the backgrund. We managed t leave this spt t climb higher because f the spare time until sunset. Hwever, we did nt mark the rute (路线) s we ended up almst missing the sunset entirely. Once we fund the place, it was stressful getting lights and cameras set up in the limited time. Still, lking back n the phts, they are sme f my best shts thugh they culd have been s much better if I wuld have been prepared and managed my time wisely.
4. Hw des the authr deal with the challenge as a landscape phtgrapher in the Midwest?
A. By teaming up with ther phtgraphers.B. By shting in the cuntryside r state parks.
C. By studying the gegraphical cnditins.D. By creating settings in the crn fields.
5. What is the key t successful landscape phtgraphy accrding t the authr?
A. Prper time management.B. Gd shting techniques.
C. Adventurus spirit.D. Distinctive styles.
6. What can we infer frm the authr trip with friends t Devil’s Lake?
A. They went crazy with the purple quartz rck.
B. They felt stressed while waiting fr the sunset.
C. They reached the shting spt later than expected.
D. They had prblems with their emipment.
7. Hw des the authr find his phts taken at Devil’s Lake?
A. Amusing.B. Satisfying.
C. Encuraging.D. Cmfrting.
Passage4
【2023年全国甲卷】Terri Bltn is a dab hand when it cmes t DIY (d-it-yurself). Skilled at putting up shelves and piecing tgether furniture, she never pays smene else t d a jb she can d herself.
She credits these skills t her late grandfather and builder Derek Llyd. Frm the age f six, Terri, nw 26, accmpanied Derek t wrk during her schl hlidays. A day’s wrk was rewarded with £5 in pcket mney. She says: “I’m sure I wasn’t much f a help t start with, painting the rms and putting dwn the flring thrughut the huse. It tk weeks and is was backbreaking wrk, but I knw he was prud f my skills.”
Terri, wh nw rents a huse with friends in Wandswrth, Suth West Lndn, says DIY als saves her frm lsing any depsit when a tenancy (租期) cmes t an end. She adds: “I’ve mved huse many times and I always like t persnalise my rm and put up pictures, s, it’s been useful t knw hw t cver up hles and repaint a rm t avid any charges when I’ve mved ut.”
With millins f peple likely t take n DIY prjects ver that cming weeks, new research shws that mre than half f peple are planning t make the mst f the lng, warm summer days t get jbs dne. The average spend per prject will be arund £823. Tw thirds f peple aim t imprve their cmfrt while at hme. Tw fifth wish t increase the value f their huse. Thugh DIY has traditinally been seen as male hbby, the research shws it is wmen nw leading the charge.
24. Which is clsest in meaning t “a dab hand” in paragraph 1?
A. An artist.B. A winner.C. A specialist.D. A pineer.
25. Why did Terri’s grandfather give her £5 a day?
A. Fr a birthday gift.B. As a treat fr her wrk.
C. T supprt her DIY prjects.D. T encurage her t take up a hbby.
26. Hw did Terri avid lsing the depsit n the huse she rented?
A. By making it lk like befre.B. By furnishing it herself.
C. By splitting the rent with a rmmate.D. By cancelling the rental agreement.
27. What trend in DIY des the research shw?
A. It is becming mre cstly.B. It is getting mre time-cnsuming.
C. It is turning int a seasnal industry.D. It is gaining ppularity amng females.
2023年名校模拟题
Passage 1
（2023·广东东莞·校联考模拟预测）Every cmmunity has an ice cream stre, but nt all f them have a missin. When Charles Freman pened his stre, Everyday Sundae, he had a gal in mind, “My bjective is t make a psitive impact in my cmmunity by treating peple like family and remembering them,” he said.
With his business slgan,“A place fr cmmunity,” Freman’s stre has quickly gained a devted fllwing. Custmers visit t enjy their favrite flavrs; artwrk and cards frm them decrate the walls; and sme purchase their paper napkins there t supprt the stre. Freman has als rganized events like strybk readings accmpanied by sweet treats fr children. What truly sets this business apart is the free ice cream that Freman generusly gives ut.
“Yu knw when they cme in, yu can see it. It was natural t ntice sme f the kids have it and thers dn’t. S I’m ging t spnsr them.” Freman said as he talked abut hw he can tell when a visitr wants a treat they can’t affrd.“I just want t d sme psitive things. I believe my cmmunity is missing a family-friendly ice cream shp.”
One day, Nicle Harkin, ne f his regular custmers, nticed Freman give a free ice cream t children withut mney. Fr Freman, this was a cnstant gesture that had just gne unnticed, but Harkin reacted with surprise. She came back and handed him an envelpe cntaining 100 dllars. Freman was s tuched by Harkin’s gift that he psted it n Instagram. Freman and Harkin’s kind behavirs als mved ther custmers t cver Freman’s free ice creams fr peple they didn’t knw. Freman’s ice cream fund has received many dnatins since then.
“When yu see peple ding their best, yu want t d yur best,” Freman said. “Everything is cntagius, whether yu d smething negative r psitive. We’re suppsed t d all we can t help each ther.”
1．Why was Charles Freman’s stre s special?
A．It prvides free gds t the cmmunity.B．It ffers children ice cream fr free.
C．It is a place t shw creativity.D．It cllects dnatins frm thers.
2．What des Freman really want t stress in paragraph 3?
A．The mtive fr his generus actin.B．The sympathy fr thse pr children.
C．The urge fr an ice cream shp.D．The methds t help thse in need.
3．Which f the fllwing led t a wider dnatin fr his fund?
A．A reprt n his unnticed gesture.B．An envelpe with a letter in it.
C．A pst f smene’s generus actin.D．A game between him and his custmer.
4．What des the underlined wrd “cntagius” in the last paragraph mean?
A．Critical.B．Influential.C．Precius.D．Optimistic.
Passage 2
（2023·山东聊城·统考三模）It was eight ’ clck n Christmas mrning, and Uncle Tm said he wanted t listen t the news. My 11-year-ld self was wndering why grwn-ups wuld be interested in the news when there were imprtant things t be dne, such as handing ut presents. Hwever, while I was nly half-listening t the radi bradcast, I was cnfused that I had heard that reprt earlier.
My lder brther, Clin, figured ut what was happening. “Pete, it’s a tape recrder! We’ve gt ur tape recrder!” This was ne f thse rare mments when my inside gave an invluntary lurch (倾斜). Clin and I had bth been blind frm birth. In the late 1950s, tape recrders were definitely the tp chice fr blind kids, especially with the rise f rck ‘n’ rll.
But it wasn’t the first time I had been attracted t a tape recrder. I vividly remember walking int a rm when I was fur and hearing a child’s beautiful singing. It turned ut that my dad had brrwed a tape recrder fr preparing his prjects. And fr the first time, in the same way that a sighted child might react t seeing themselves in a mirrr r a phtgraph, I gt the sense f myself as a separate persn wh existed utside my head and was experienced by ther peple.
Then I became a bradcaster at schl. I wuld wander arund the schl with my micrphne, recrding my thughts in the style f the vices I heard n the radi. But the biggest challenge was nt finding things t d with the tape recrder but taking it away frm Clin. His genersity n the first day we gt it did nt extend t handing it ver t his brther at schl. “Yu’ll break it,” he wuld say.
But ten years later, I drew n the cnfidence gained frm thse early explratins f the sund and walked int a radi statin, in the hpes f selling myself as a bradcast jurnalist. Eight years later, I presented my first reprt fr BBC’s Six O’Clck News. I never thught that a Christmas present had changed my life.
5．Why did Uncle Tm prbably listen t the news n Christmas mrning?
A．T keep up with the times.
B．T carry n the hliday traditin.
C．T create a happy festival md.
D．T surprise Clin and the authr.
6．What did the authr feel when first hearing a tape recrder at fur?
A．His interest in music.
B．His lve f bradcasting.
C．The real existence f himself.
D．An understanding f his father.
7．What was the authr’s biggest challenge as a schl bradcaster?
A．Learning the vice style f radi hsts.
B．Getting the tape recrder frm Clin.
C．Balancing bradcasting and study.
D．Finding fun things t recrd.
8．What helped build up the authr’s cnfidence in becming a bradcast jurnalist?
A．His experiences f explring the sund.
B．His talent fr recrding.
C．His father’s encuragement.
D．His rich bradcasting knwledge.
Passage 3
（2023·山东济南·山东师范大学附中校考模拟预测）When he went utside during the break, Jhn Buettner wuld dream f learning the mnkey-bars. He uses a wheelchair, s they aren’t accessible t him — in fact, mst f the playgrund at Glen Lake Elementary Schl isn’t. Betsy Julien wuld lk ut at the students in their wheelchairs, and thught, “Our playgrund is nt set up fr everybdy in the schl t play and have fun.”
Nw, thanks t this teacher and her students, that dream is abut t cme true in a bigger way.
Last fall, Julien and a few f her clleagues applied fr, and wn, a grant fr an accessible swing and merry-g-rund. The grant fell $35,000 shrt f the amunt the schl needed, s Julien asked her class t help raise the rest.
Her students jumped at the idea, and tk it a step further. “Why can’t we make the whle playgrund accessible?” said Hadley Mangan. They brainstrmed ideas n hw t raise mney: dr-kncking, partnering with restaurants, handing ut flyers, and even cld-calling lcal businesses. They gt t wrk and reached their gal in a matter f weeks. Nw, they aim t raise $1 millin s they can cmpletely transfrm their playgrund.
Last week, Julien laded the students fr a field trip t see hw the equipment is built and even gt t clr in a blueprint f the playgrund design. Buettner said he culd hardly believe hw quickly an idea turned int reality. “All f this equipment is big enugh fr my friends and I t play n. I just feel sme sense f capability.”
Julien speaks thrugh tears, t, when reflecting n the prject and the transfrmatin. “Anything we raise beynd ur gal will g twards accessible equipment at neighbring schls. I hpe that the wrld is accepting and inclusive fr every child.”
9．What’s the prblem with the schl playgrund?
A．Little playing space.B．Limited accessibility.
C．Pr cnstructin funding.D．Narrw wheelchair passage.
10．What des the underlined phrase “a step further” refer t?
A．Dnating mre mney.
B．Achieving riginal gals.
C．Asking mre peple fr help.
D．Transfrming the whle playgrund.
11．What can we infer frm Buettner’s wrds?
A．He engages mre in dnatin.B．He has mre faith in himself.
C．He becmes an expert in sprts.D．He gets mre invlved in cntests.
12．What can we learn frm Julien’s stry?
A．Hard wrk matters.B．Kindness bears fruits.
C．Gd ideas win favr.D．Trust prmtes friendship.
Passage 4
（2023·北京·首都师范大学附属中学校考模拟预测）When my father died, ne f the tasks that fell t me was t srt thrugh and decide which bjects t save and which t thrw away. Nw I lk at the bjects f my life as if I were dead, wndering, what will my children d with the human skull that sits n the bkcase? They’ve been wanting t thrw it ut fr sme years, but will they knw hw much can be learned frm living with a skull? And I knw they will thrw the white plastic head f a hrse n my desk int a rubbish bag withut a thught, never knwing that it is the nly piece remaining frm the first chess set I wned. It is me at age twelve.
But the final decisins are left t thse wh knw us least — ur children. I was the clsest t my father and knew him well; hwever, nly when I was ging thrugh his study did I learn he had cllected picture pstcards f htels. What was I t d with all the bjects that had been him? The sad part f me wanted t put everything in my car and take it hme. The ratinal wn, hwever, and I filled rubbish bags with ld newspapers, magazines, aplgizing t his spirit as I did. I culd nt thrw ut the thusands f pictures he had taken n his travels. I brught the pictures hme, thugh I will never lk at them. I brught twelve bxes f my father hme.
I lk at the bjects that are my life and the nly way my children can satisfy me is by nt tuching a thing. But they must if I am t g n with my death. And I wnder hw many bxes f me will my children keep? I lk at these bjects that are me and knw, t, that they are symbls f hw alne I and each f us is, fr n ne knws what any bject means except he r she wh wns it. Every bject f ur lives is a memry, and emtin surrunds arund it, hiding and prtecting a tiny truth f the heart. Only I have the memries f when and hw each ne was btained; I lk at the bjects that are me, and the memries are warm and permeated (弥漫) with lve.
13．Why des the writer keep the plastic head f a hrse?
A．Because his father gave it t him as a gift.
B．Because it makes him a very gd chess player.
C．Because it brings back memries f his childhd.
D．Because he accepted it as a prize fr a cmpetitin.
14．Hw did the writer deal with the remaining bjects f his father after he died?
A．He threw everything away.
B．He saved sme f the wrthless bjects.
C．He tk sme f them t his wn huse.
D．He srted them and put them int gd rder.
15．What d we knw abut the writer?
A．He is very strict with his children.
B．He prefers t cllect different skulls.
C．He relies n his children t deal with his pssessins.
D．He knws mre abut his father after his father died.
16．Accrding t the last paragraph, the bjects we save ________.
A．serve as the symbls f ur scial classB．are reminders f past experiences
C．are quite expensive and valuableD．make us prud f urselves
Passage 5
（2022·重庆·重庆八中校考模拟预测）In the Pascucci husehld, putting up Christmas lights was always a big day f celebratin and a family affair. Every year, Anthny Pascucci, the male head f the family, and his lder sister, Cnnie Pascucci, and Anthny’s sn, Anthny Jr., and daughter, Sara, pitched in it.
In 2020, Anthny Sr., 60, tied clrful lights all arund their rf until it lked as if the brightness f the lights culd cunter sme f the darkness f the past year with COVID-19. Hwever, just several days after Christmas Eve the pandemic claimed his life.
Sara says the next weeks were the wrst f her life. But when she pulled up t the huse at the end f a lng day, the twinkling Christmas lights brught her a spark f jy. Taking the lights dwn felt like a final act f clsure she wasn’t ready t take. S she kept them up.
One day Sara received an unsigned letter which read “Take yur Christmas lights dwn! It’s Valentine’s Day!!!” Sara was shcked and angry. She decided t pst the letter. “I wanted t remind peple that we all had a tugh year and peple shuld be a little mre caring tward each ther,” she says.
“I knw what it feels like t lse smene and nt want t put their things away. It’s very hard,” ne man cmmented. And smething strange began t happen. Sara was driving back frm wrk ne day when she nticed that Christmas lights were appearing—r reappearing—n neighbrs’ huses. The mystery had a sweet explanatin: Her neighbrs had gtten tgether and decided, cllectively, t hang their lights back up and turn them back n in hnr f Sara’s father.
“T see the lights and the blck lit up again,” Sara says, “it tuched my heart.” A few weeks later, Sara decided she was ready t take dwn the lights. Sara said it was hard t pack them away—“but nt as hard as I think it wuld have been if we hadn’t experienced all that supprt and lve.”
17．In Sara’s family, putting up Christmas lights ______.
A．was a family rutine
B．was Anthny’s respnsibility
C．was the biggest event in a year
D．culd remve the darkness f the past year
18．Sara kept the lights up because ____.
A．they reminded her f her father
B．it was still Christmas seasn then
C．it was t trublesme t remve them
D．they were extremely clrful and bright
19．Sara psted the unsigned letter in rder t ____.
A．ask fr netizens’ help
B．share her anger and shck
C．criticize the persn wh wrte the letter
D．appeal t peple t care abut thers mre
20．Which can be the mst prbable title fr the text?
A．Up in lights.B．Sara’s sweet neighbrs.
C．An unfrgettable Christmas.D．Let yur neighbrs’ lights n.
Passage 6
（2023·安徽安庆·安庆一中校考三模）Sagarika Sriram was 10 years ld when she started reading newspaper stries abut a planet in truble, ne f which was abut turtles with plastic in their stmachs. Sagarika knew she needed t d smething. First, she jined a grup which rganized cleanup campaigns in her hme city, Dubai “The grup helped me understand what an individual can d and hw I can really make a difference,” she says.
Then Sagarika created Kids fr a Better Wrld. It’s a digital platfrm which has brught tgether nearly 10,000 yuths frm all ver the wrld with the gal t create a greener wrld.
Sagarika is nw 16. She’s part f a grwing number f yung climate activists. “We’re the generatin that is ging t face the results if the climate crisis is nt dealt with,” she says. She believes even individual actins can create a “ripple effect”. Sagarika says this can build mmentum and can mve things in the right directin.
Kids fr a Better Wrld is fr peple aged 8 t 16. It teaches them abut what they can d t reverse climate change. They can grw fd, plant trees, cllect recyclables and avid using plastic bags. “This is the infrmatin which can help change ur future,” Sagarika says.
Dubai is a desert metrplis. Grwing up there has made Sagarika very aware f the need fr actin. Her city faces the risk f rising temperatures and its water supply is shrinking. She believes yung peple can bring attentin t these envirnmental challenges.
Sagarika is all abut small actins, but she has big plans. She’d like t g t cllege in Califrnia. While she’s there, she’ll cntinue being an activist. She’ll als be running Kids fr a Better Wrld. She hpes t inspire thers t fight fr a greener planet. Others have inspired her. “We’re creating ur wn system f inspiratinal change-makers,” she says.
21．Why did the authr mentin “turtles with plastic in their stmachs” in paragraph 1?
A．T make a cmparisnB．T give an example.
C．T analyze the prblem.D．T intrduce the tpic.
22．Why did Sagarika created Kids fr a Better Wrld?
A．Because she wanted t create a greener wrld.
B．Because she wanted t bring tgether nearly1000 yuths.
C．Because she wanted t read newspaper stries.
D．Because she wanted t save the turtle.
23．What des the furth paragraph mainly tell us?
A．What can help change ur future.B．What peple shuld d at present.
C．What Kids fr a Better Wrld des.D．What curses are taught n the platfrm.
24．Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe Sagarika?
A．Generus and friendly.B．Brave and smart.
C．Persistent and inspiratinal.D．Nble-minded and careful.
Passage 7
（2023·浙江·校联考三模）As a child, I was prud f my suthern rigin. My wn vice reflected my family’s past and present-part nrthern Mississippi, part Tennessee, all suthern. There was n sund I lved mre than my grandmther’s accent: thick, sweet, warm.
While grwing up, I began t realize utside f ur regin, sutherners were ften dismissed as uncultured and ignrant. I was ready t leave behind my tiny twn in West Tennessee, starting a new life and jumping at big chances in sme far-ff cities. In that embarrassing space between “teen” and “adult”, my accent was a symbl f everything I thught I hated abut my life in the rural Suth. I feared it wuld disqualify me frm being a nted magazine writer. I wuld have t talk less “cuntry”. S I killed a piece f myself. I’m ashamed f it, but I’m mre ashamed that I tried t kill that part f smene else-change Emily’s accent.
I met Emily in cllege. She was determined t wrk fr the student newspaper, which was where I spent mst f my waking hurs, and we became friends. She, unlike me, accepted her rts. Early in ur friendship, her mther asked where I was frm, assuming it was smewhere up nrth. Then I felt my effrts paid ff and even wanted t ignre the mistake.
Emily is tw years yunger and she cared abut my pinin. I advised her t be mre like me and hide her signature Manchester accent. I stressed that thrughut ur cllege years, ften by making fun f her vwel (元音) sunds. I tld myself I was helping her achieve her dream f wrking as a reprter. Nw, I see that it was actually abut justifying my hiding part f myself.
Grandma Carlyn used t tell me, “Girl, dn’t frget where yu cme frm.” Nw I truly understand that. Many things have faded frm memry, but this sticks in my mind with uncmfrtable clarity. Nw that I am grwn and have left the Suth, it’s imprtant t me.
25．What made the authr want t leave her hmetwn?
A．Appeal f cnvenience in cities.
B．Her dream f becming a writer.
C．Outside prejudice against sutherners.
D．Her desire fr the nrthern accent.
26．Hw did the authr feel abut the mistake f Emily’s mther?
A．Upset.B．Pleased.C．Ashamed.D．Surprised.
27．Why n earth did the authr try t change Emily’s accent?
A．T prve herself right.B．T help Emily be a reprter.
C．T make herself influential.D．T prtect Emily’s self-dignity.
28．What message des the text want t cnvey?
A．Stay true t yur rts.B．Never d things by halves.
C．Hld n t yur dreams.D．Never judge a persn by his accent.
Passage 8
（2023·江西·江西师大附中校考三模）Brn in 1926, Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was nt riginally chsen fr the special psitin. Hwever, that changed in 1936, when her father’s brther Edward Ⅷ gave up being the king and her father, Gerge Ⅵ, tk his place as the king. Suddenly, the 10-year-ld was the heiress(女继承人).
Elizabeth’s ryal(王室的)duties didn’t stp her interest in technlgy. During Wrld War II, the princess wanted her father t allw her t d smething fr her cuntry. Her father finally agreed t let her vlunteer fr the British Army, where she became a driver and trained in aut mechanics.
It was a pineering mve: Nt nly was she the first member f her family ever t serve in the military, but the sight f a wman taking apart engines and changing tires signalled a sea change in scial and gender rles that wuld cntinue thrughut the future queen’s lifetime.
In 1952, Elizabeth became queen f her cuntry upn her father’s death. Her rule was mdern frm the very start. The new queen’s birth had rughly happened at the same time as the develpment f televisin, and during planning fr her crnatin(加冕礼)she brke with traditin and allwed the BBC t bradcast the event ver live TV. It was the first crnatin ever televised, and it literally created must-see TV.
Elizabeth came t pwer as the atmic age kicked int full swing, and she helped intrduce the natin t thse nuclear advances. In 1956, she pened the wrld’s first cmplete nuclear pwer statin, Calder Hall. But the technlgy came with risk: The next year, a reactr at a nearby nuclear pwer plant, Windscale, caught fire, which was Great Britain’s wrst nuclear disaster.
The queen als launched live bradcasts f ryal addresses and permitted ryal use f the Internet. Besides, she was ne f the first peple t ride thrugh the Channel Tunnel, the undersea railway linking Britain t the rest f Eurpe.
29．After Wrld War Ⅱ brke ut, hw did Elizabeth supprt her cuntry?
A．By encuraging wmen t vlunteer.B．By using her influence t stp the war.
C．By getting away frm her ryal duties.D．By jining the army t serve her cuntry.
30．What des the authr think f Elizabeth’s mve during Wrld War Ⅱ?
A．Nrmal.B．Significant.C．Unnecessary.D．Unreasnable.
31．What des the queen’s decisin abut her crnatin indicate?
A．She didn’t really want t be queen.
B．She lved watching TV very much.
C．She liked adpting new technlgy.
D．She didn’t cnsider her crnatin mdern.
32．What can we learn abut Elizabeth in paragraph 5?
A．She cnsidered nuclear pwer imprtant fr her cuntry.
B．She was satisfied with her cuntry’s nuclear advances.
C．She didn’t shw much interest in nuclear pwer.
D．She cnsidered nuclear pwer dangerus.
Passage 9
（2023·广东·华南师大附中校考三模）What he believes was Philadelphia’s first 5K Earth Day Trash Walk came t Terrill Haigler in a mment f mrning inspiratin.
One day, Haigler, better knwn as “Ya Fav Trashman” n scial media, thught abut hw he culd cmbine trash pickup, helping the hmeless, and a bit f fitness. Cinciding with Earth Day weekend, the event hpefully wuld bring vlunteers frm acrss the city t walk thrugh Kensingtn, a Philly neighbrhd suffering frm drug and hmelessness issues, and clean up while bathed in the sun.
The idea turned int reality n Saturday mrning, when 200 vlunteers picked up 8 tns f trash, cllected 503 bags f litter, and distributed 200 ht meals t thse experiencing hmelessness in Kensingtn, all while laughing and smiling alng the 3.2-mile rute.
Vlunteers, wearing running sneakers and carrying trash pickers and bags, walked, jgged, and skipped thrugh the streets while cleaning up. As part f the event, the Pennsylvania Hrticultural Sciety had pledged (承诺) t plant a tree in a black r brwn cmmunity ver the next five years fr every bag f trash cllected. Haigler was “ecstatic (狂喜的)” t be able t tell the sciety that mre than 500 trees wuld be planted.
Saturday’s walk is the latest in Haigler’s cnstant push t raise awareness f what sanitatin wrkers (环卫工人) d t try t keep Philly streets clean and t help his city in creative ways.
Haigler first came t fame during the pandemic, when garbage began t pile up as sanitatin wrkers called ut sick due t COVID-19. On his accunt, he psted vides and hst live sessins t teach residents abut his jb and all its difficulties.
Sn, Haigler turned frm spreading awareness t cmmunity activism, hlding a fd drive fr frntline wrkers during the pandemic and raising $32,000 t purchase prtective equipment fr his team. In 2021, Haigler stepped dwn frm his jb and nw runs a nnprfit t bridge the gap between the cmmunity and the city’s sanitatin team.
33．What inspired Terrill Haigler t rganize the Philadelphia 5K Earth Day Trash Walk?
A．A wish t celebrate the Earth Day.
B．A plan t prvide ht meals t the hmeless.
C．A desire t encurage mre peple t g jgging.
D．A need t clean the city while helping the hmeless.
34．Hw did Pennsylvania Hrticultural Sciety invlve in the event?
A．They distribute ht meals t the hmeless.
B．They prvided vlunteers with running sneakers.
C．They prmised t help green the lcal cmmunities.
D．They ffered trash pickers and bags t the vlunteers.
35．What is the main purpse f the nnprfit by Terrill Haigler?
A．T teach peple abut envirnmental issues.
B．T prmte physical exercise in the cmmunity.
C．T tackle the issues f drug addictin and hmelessness.
D．T prmte understanding between citizens and sanitatin wrkers.
36．Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe Terrill Haigler?
A．A team player.B．A Mr. Initiative.C．An early bird.D．A green hand.
Passage 10
（2023·湖北·华中师大一附中校考模拟预测）I truly believe we all have a very special purpse in life, regardless f wh we are r where we cme frm. After ten years f wrking fr a majr Wall Street bank, I wanted t d smething challenging. S when I read a Merrill Lynch advertisement lking t hire mre stckbrkers (股票经纪人), with great excitement, I made sme phne calls and arranged t meet with ne f its branch vice presidents. After this interview and interviews with twelve f his tp stckbrkers, I eventually landed the jb.
The first few mnths was a struggle. I lived n very little cmmissin (佣金). Night after night, I left the ffice weary and exhausted, ready t give up, yet smehw returning the next mrning t start anew day. Eventually, all the hard wrk paid ff. In less than fur years, I became ne f the tp sales peple at my branch and increased persnal sales by 1,700 percent. The success earned me a six-figure incme, prmtin and numerus sales awards.
Tward the end f my furth year at Merrill Lynch, it hit me that smething was missing. I thught lng and hard abut my gals. Then I was reminded f the time when I spke t hundreds f peple, while in cllege as a student leader, and years later, when I wn a “Humrus Speech” champinship. It dawned n me that every time I had a speaking engagement, I always came ut f the experience with a wnderful, energetic, peaceful and magical feeling that was unmatched by anything else I did. I knew the extrardinary public-speaking skills I was blessed with culd enable me t make a lasting difference and transfrm ther peple’s lives.
Then I tk anther daring risk, gave up everything and left the investment business fr a mre satisfying career as a mtivatinal speaker. The beginning f my speaking jurney was surprisingly similar t what I had first experienced at Merrill Lynch. Hwever, nthing in the wrld cmes clse t the satisfying feeling I get when thusands f peple tell me hw much I have made a difference in their lives by mtivating them t take risks and be the best they culd be.
37．Why did the authr meet with a Merrill Lynch branch vice president?
A．T arrange an interview.B．T make an advertisement.
C．T emply mre clerks.D．T get a psitin.
38．Which f the fllwing best describes the authr accrding t paragraph 2?
A．Tlerant and ambitius.B．Demanding and successful.
C．Tugh and cmpetent.D．Optimistic and agreeable.
39．Why did the authr leave Merrill Lynch?
A．He hped t relive cllege life.B．He wanted t influence thers’ lives.
C．He had an engagement.D．His investment was nt satisfying.
40．Which is the mst suitable title fr the text?
A．Speaking Makes a Satisfying JbB．Challenge Yur Career Chice
C．Hard Wrk Pays OffD．Dare t Take Risks