1、- 1 -专题 03 Travel journal 第一节 阅读理解阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项。Grandparents Answer a CallAs a thirdgeneration native of Brownsville, Texas，Mildred Garza never planned to move away.Even when her daughter and son asked her to move to San Antonio to help with their children, she politely refused.O
2、nly after a year of friendly discussion did Ms.Garza finally say yes.That was four years ago.Today all three generations regard the move as a success, giving them a closer relationship than they would have had in separate cities.No statistics show the number of grandparents like Garza who are moving
3、 closer to adult children and grandchildren.Yet there is evidence suggesting that the trend is growing.Even President Obamas motherinlaw, Marian Robinson，has agreed to leave Chicago and move into the White House to help care for her granddaughters.According to a study by ，83 percent of the people sa
4、id Mrs.Robinsons decision will influence grandparents in the American family.Twothirds believe more families will follow the example of Obamas family.“In the 1960s we were all a little wild and couldnt get away from home far enough or fast enough to prove we could do it on our own， ”says Christine C
5、rosby, publisher of Grand, a magazine for grandparents.“We now realize how important family is and how important it is to be near them, especially when youre raising children.”Moving is not for everyone.Almost every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren and is willing to make sacrifi
6、ces, but sometimes it is wiser to say no and visit frequently instead.Having your grandchildren far away is hard, especially knowing your adult child is struggling，but giving up the life you know may be harder.语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。主要论述了祖父母接到后代与他们同住的邀请后该如何做出选择。- 2 -1Why was Garzas move a success?AIt strengt
7、hened her family ties.BIt improved her living conditions.CIt enabled her to make more friends.DIt helped her know more new places.答案：A 2What was the reaction of the public to Mrs.Robinsons decision?A17% expressed their support for it.BFew people responded sympathetically.C83% believed it had a bad i
8、nfluence.DThe majority thought it was a trend.解析：推理判断题。根据第二段中的.83 percent of the people said Mrs.Robinsons decision will influence grandparents in the American family.可知，83%的人认为 Mrs.Robinson 的决定将影响美国家庭的祖父母，但没说这有不好的影响，故排除 C 项；由此句也可判断出，17%的人对她的决定是持反对意见或是保持中立态度，而不是支持，故排除 A 项；根据第二段中的 Twothirds believe m
9、ore families will follow the example of Obamas family.可知，三分之二的人认为更多的家庭将效仿奥巴马的家庭，由此可知它将成为一种趋势，故选 D 项，同时排除 B 项。答案：D3What did Crosby say about people in the 1960s?AThey were unsure of themselves.BThey were eager to raise more children.CThey wanted to live away from their parents.DThey had little respec
10、t for their grandparents.答案：C4What does the author suggest the grandparents do in the last paragraph?AMake decisions in the best interests of their own.- 3 -BAsk their children to pay more visits to them.CSacrifice for their struggling children.DGet to know themselves better.解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的 Moving
11、 is not for everyone.以及 it is wiser to say no and visit frequently 可知，作者建议老年人从自己的利益出发，做出选择，A 项的表述与此相吻合。根据 visit frequently 可知，文中指的是祖父母常去看看晚辈，而不是 B 项的“让他们的孩子多多探望他们” ，故 B 项表述有误；文中虽然有 is willing to make sacrifices 和 your adult child is struggling，但并不是要让祖父母为晚辈做出牺牲，故 C 项错误；D 项在文中未提及。答案：A第二节 完形填空阅读下面的短文，掌
12、握其大意，然后从 120 题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。Where do you go when you want to learn something？School？A friend？A tutor？These are all _1_ places of learning.But it may well be that the learning you really want _2_ somewhere else instead.I had the _3_ of seeing this first hand on a _4_My daughter plays on a r
13、ecreational soccer team.They did very well this season and so _5_ a tournament，which normally was only for more skilled club teams.This led to some _6_ experiences on Saturday as they played against teams _7_ trained.Through the first two games，her _8_ did not get one serious shot on goal.As a paren
14、t，I _9_ seeing my daughter playing her best，_10_ still defeated.It seemed that something clicked with the _11_ between Saturday and Sunday.When they _12_ for their Sunday game，they were _13_ different.They had begun to integrate (融合) the kinds of play and teamwork they had _14_ the day before into t
15、heir _15_They played aggressively and _16_ scored a goal.It _17_ me that playing against the other team was a great _18_ moment for all the girls on the team.I think it is a general principle._19_ is the best teacher. The lessons they learned may not be _20_ what they would have gotten in school，but
16、 are certainly more personal and meaningful，because they had to work them out on their own.1A.public Btraditional- 4 -Cofficial Dspecial2A.passes BworksClies Dends3A.dream BideaChabit Dchance4A.trip BholidayCweekend Dsquare5A.won BenteredCorganized Dwatched6A.painful BstrangeCcommon Dpractical7A.les
17、s BpoorlyCnewly Dbetter8A.fans BtutorsCclass Dteam9A.imagined BhatedCavoided Dmissed10A.if BorCbut Das11A.girls BparentsCcoaches Dviewers12A.dressed Bshowed upCmade up Dplanned13A.slightly BhardlyCbasically Dcompletely14A.seen Bknown Cheard Dread15A.styles BtrainingCgame Drules16A.even BstillCseldom
18、 Dagain17A.confused BstruckCreminded Dwarned18A.touching Bthinking- 5 -Cencouraging Dlearning19A.Experience BIndependenceCCuriosity DInterest20A.harmful to Bmixed withCdifferent from Dapplied to语篇解读： 本文通过女儿踢足球的经历使作者受到启示，即通过自己的体验，你会学到更棒更有意义的东西。答案：B2解析：根据第一句话的“Where”可知这里是 lie，意为“在于” 。答案：C3解析：have the
19、chance of 意为“有的机会” 。答案：D4解析：根据第二、三段可知这次体验的是在周末。答案：C5解析：根据上文“They did very well this season”可知答案。答案：B6解析：根据上文“normally was only for more skilled club teams”可知答案。答案：A7解析：根据上文可知对手比她们强。答案：D8解析：根据下文“did not get one serious shot on goal”可知答案。答案：D9解析：根据前面一句话可知，我讨厌看到女儿尽全力踢，但是还是被打败。答案：B10解析：此处表示转折。答案：C11解析：根
20、据上文可知此处为 girls。答案：A12解析：根据上下文可知此处为 show up“出现” 。答案：B13解析：根据上下文可知此处意为“完全不同” 。A：稍微；B：几乎不；C：大体上；D：彻底地。答案：D- 6 -答案：A15解析：根据上下文可知为 game。答案：C16解析：根据上文“played aggressively”可知这里是递进关系。答案：A17解析：这是一个固定句型，It strikes/struck me that.意为“我猛地意识到” 。答案：B18解析：根据首段可知这里表示这是一个学习的时刻。答案：D19解析：根据上面所举的例子可知，经历是最好的老师。答案：A20解析：根
21、据上下文可知选 C。A：对有害；B：与混合；C：与不同；D：应用于。答案：C第三节 语法填空阅读下面的短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。It was already late when we started for the next town, which，according to the map，was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the hill.There we felt sure that we 1._(find) a bed for the night.
22、 Soon darkness fell after we left the village，but luckily 2._we drove fast along the narrow road which led to the hill，we met no one.As our car climbed 3._(high), it became colder and the rain began to fall, making 4._difficult to see the road.After we had travelled for about twenty miles, there was
23、 still no sign of the town which was 5._(poor) marked on the map.We were beginning to get anxious when the car suddenly stopped. 6._quick examination showed that we had used up the gas. Although we had little food 7._ (leave), we decided to spend the night in the car.With our meals finished, I tried
24、 to go to sleep at once, but John, who was a poor sleeper，got out of the car after a few minutes 8._went for a walk up the hill. Soon he found, in the valley below, the lights of the town - 7 -9._ _we were looking for.We at once pushed the car 10._the top of the hill.In less than a quarter of an hou
25、r，we were in the town.语篇解读：本文体裁为记叙文，题材为旅游和交通。文章讲述了作者的一次旅行经历，在夜晚寻找他们的下一个城镇。答案：would find2解析：当我们离开村庄之后黑夜很快降临，幸运的是当我们快速地沿着一条通往山上的狭窄的道路行驶时，我们没有遇到任何人。答案：as/when3解析：当我们越往上行驶的时候，天气变得更冷并且下起了雨，这使我们更难看清楚道路。答案：higher4解析：it 为形式宾语。答案：it5解析：副词修饰动词。poorly marked 意为“粗略地标记” 。答案：poorly6解析：句意：一番快速的检查之后我们发现汽油用完了。答案：A7解
26、析：句意：虽然我们几乎没有剩下一点食物。答案：left8解析：“got out of the car after a few minutes”与“went for a walk up the hill”为并列关系。答案：and9解析：句意：很快他发现，在下面的山谷，闪着灯光的那座城镇正是我们在寻找的城镇。答案：that/which10解析：句意：我们立刻把车推到山顶。答案：to第四节 书面表达假定你是李华，你校英文报“外国文化”栏目拟刊登介绍美国节日风俗和中学生生活的短文。请给美国朋友彼得写信约稿，要点如下：1栏目介绍；2稿件内容；- 8 -3稿件长度：约 400 词；4交稿日期：6 月 28
27、 日前。注意：1.词数 100 左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3开头语已为你写好。Dear Peter，Id like to ask you to write an article for our schools English newspaper._ _答案：Dear_Peter，Id_like_to_ask_you_to_write_an_article_for_our_schools_English_newspaper.The “Foreign Cultures”section in our newspaper is very popular among us students
28、.It carries articles written by foreign friends about the cultures of their home countries.Would you please write something about the culture in your part of the United States？And we would especially welcome articles about how Americans spend their holidays and festivals，and the life of American high school students. You can write anything relevant so long as its interesting and informative.400 words would be fine.Could we have your article before June 28?Im looking forward to hearing from you.Yours，Li Hua
