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203687. （2024•西安中学•高三上期末）     Tufa grew up in Australia，so she couldn't understand why her father insisted on teaching her Oromo，a language spoken in Ethiopia.
   "Dad never spoke about his life back in Ethiopia and yet he insisted on teaching us this language，"Tufa said."There were so many resources at my fingertips for the other languages I was learning and so many people that speak them.But when Dad was teaching us Oromo，there were no textbooks or learning materials at all.And that struck me as really strange."
   But as Tufa got older and began doing her own research，she discovered why speaking about Oromo was so painful for her father.The Oromo are the largest racial group of Ethiopia.But since their land was seized in the 1880s，the people have suffered a lot.The Oromo language was banned，including from political life and schools.Oromo texts were destroyed.Tufa's father，an Oromo，fled to Egypt and，in the late1970s，he was given asylum（庇护） in Australia.
   By the time the Oromo ban was lifted，Tufa's father had established a small，private Oromo school in Melbourne to teach the language to the children of asylum seekers.Ae helped to teach the students，Tufa realised the teaching resources were awful.She decided to create posters and worksheets for her father's students，using her own money to get them printed.
   Three other Oromo schools that had opened in Victoria by then heard about the materials and all of them wanted copies.Tufa realised that if there was a demand for Oromo child education materials in Australia，there must be other communities around the world where resources were also needed.
   She launched a crowdfunding campaign so she could print more Oromo learning materials.By the end of 2014，in just six weeks，she had raised almost ＄125，000.Word of her project spread.Her resources have also found their way to Ethiopia，with people sending copies to family members who still live there.This year，she plans to launch an online store for her publishing company.

（1）What did Tufa feel strange about when learning Oromo？
A.Her father's life in Ethiopia.
B.Her father's way of teaching.
C.The lack of learning materials.
D.The appearance of other languages.
（2）What is the purpose of the third paragraph？
A.To explain a reason.
B.To give an example.
C.To present an argument.
D.To clear a misunderstanding.
（3）How did Tufa meet the increasing demand for Oromo learning materials？
A.She crowdfunded.
B.She turned to his father.
C.She dipped into her own pocket.
D.She created posters and worksheets.
（4）What is the passage mainly about？
A.Why the Oromo suffered in Ethiopia.
B.Where the Oromo language is taught.
C.What schools need in teaching Oromo.
D.How a girl helps to keep Oromo alive.

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（1）细节理解题。根据第二段最后两句But when Dad was teaching us Oromo，there were no textbooks or learning materials at all.And that struck me as really strange.（但当爸爸教我们奥罗莫语时，根本没有教科书或学习材料。这让我觉得很奇怪。）可知，Tufa对学习奥罗莫语时缺乏学习资料感到奇怪。故选C。
（2）推理判断题。根据第三段中的But as Tufa got older and began doing her own research，she discovered why speaking about Oromo was so painful for her father.（但随着Tufa长大并开始自己的研究，她发现了为什么说起奥罗莫会让她的父亲如此痛苦。）可知，第三段是为了解释原因。故选A。
（3）细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句She launched a crowdfunding campaign so she could print more Oromo learning materials.（她发起了一项众筹活动，这样她就可以印刷更多的奥罗莫语学习材料。）可知，Tufa通过众筹满足对奥罗莫语学习材料不断增长的需求。故选A。
（4）主旨大意题。根据第一段Tufa grew up in Australia，so she couldn't understand why her father insisted on teaching her Oromo，a language spoken in Ethiopia.（Tufa在澳大利亚长大，所以她不明白为什么她的父亲坚持教她奥罗莫语，一种埃塞俄比亚人说的语言。）可知，文章前两段是讲Tufa的父亲坚持教她奥罗莫语这让她无法理解。根据第三段第一句But as Tufa got older and began doing her own research，she discovered why speaking about Oromo was so painful for her father.（但随着Tufa长大并开始自己的研究，她发现了为什么说起奥罗莫会让她的父亲如此痛苦。）可知，第三段讲述了背后的原因，表明因为国家领土被占领奥罗莫语被禁止，几近消亡。根据第四段最后两句As she helped to teach the students，Tufa realised the teaching resources were awful.She decided to create posters and worksheets for her father's students，using her own money to get them printed.（当她帮助教学生时，Tufa意识到教学资源很糟糕。她决定为她父亲的学生制作海报和活页练习题，用自己的钱印刷。）可知，Tufa为了帮助学生学习奥罗莫语，自己制订并印刷了教学材料。根据第五段最后一句Tufa realised that if there was a demand for Oromo child education materials in Australia，there must be other communities around the world where resources were also needed.（Tufa意识到，如果澳大利亚对奥罗莫儿童教育材料有需求，那么世界上一定有其他社区也需要这些资源。）和第六段第一句She launched a crowdfunding campaign so she could print more Oromo learning materials.（她发起了一项众筹活动，这样她就可以印刷更多的奥罗莫学习材料。）可知，为了满足更多的需求，Tufa发起了一项众筹活动来印刷更多的奥罗莫学习材料。根据第六段最后两句Her resources have also found their way to Ethiopia，with people sending copies to family members who still live there.This year，she plans to launch an online store for her publishing company.（她的资源也传到了埃塞俄比亚，人们把印刷本寄给仍住在那里的家人。今年，她计划为自己的出版公司开设一个网上商店。）可知，此处是讲Tufa的奥罗莫学习材料的发展现状良好，日益壮大。所以这篇文章主要是讲女孩Tufa通过努力帮助奥罗莫语重获新生。故选D。

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201940. （2023•西安四十八中•一模） Horseback riding might not seem like a typical New York City activity，but one program has several horse farms throughout the city's busy districts.GallopNYC provides lessons to veterans（老兵） and people with disabilities — horseback riding is their therapy（疗法）.
   Olivia Diver visits the GallopNYC location in the Howard Beach neighborhood in Queens.Diver has only been riding horses for a few months，but saye's already felt the benefits. "It helped me come out of my comfort zone and be lesy and less in my shell，" she said.Trying something new shows her she can accomplish other things as well.
   James Wilson，executive director at GallopNYC，says there are many ways horses can be therapeutic. "The horse sees the world in the way somebody with post-traumatic stress disor-der （PTSD） might see the world，in a really guarded，sort of anxious way，" he explained. "So，somebody with PTSD and a horse can sort of partner together and see the world in the same way and kind of take care of each other." Horses can also help with physical disabilities.After two years of therapeutic riding，a teenager，who had so little core strength that his mother had to be in the bathtub with him，had enough core strength that he could be in the shower by himself.Wilson said， "The movement of the horse will loosen up muscles that might be really tight.And the movement helps stimulate other body parts and other muscles that you might not use. "
   "CallopNYC has about 1，000 people on is waitlist for lessons，but prioritizes people with disabilities and veterans.We believe that everybody benefits from the time on a horse，so if you want to ride a horse，come on，let's go，" Wilson said.Lessons are ﹩ 55，but the non-profit fundraises to help cover or lower the cost for customers who may need support.

（1）Why does GallopNYC offer the lessons？
A．To make horse riding typical in NYC．
B．To provide part-time jobs for veterans.
C．To promote disabled people's incomes.
D．To offer a cure to special groups.
（2）What can we infer about Olivia Diver？
A．She has learned new life skills.
B．She has found her comfort zone.
C．She has gained much confidence.
D．She has changed her attitude to horses.
（3）What does paragraph 3 intend to show？
A．GallopNYC's leader.
B．The effect of the therapy.
C．Profit James Wilson has got.
D．Ways of guarding people's anxiety.
（4）What does Wilson think of the program according to the last paragraph？
A．It is well received.
B．It is highly profitable.
C．It needs to be more creative.
D．It takes ages to see the results.

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22266. （2016•新课标•ll卷） A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.
Frank Hurley's pictures would be outstanding----undoubtedly first-rate photo-journalism---if they had been made last week.In fact,they were shot from 1914through 1916，most of them after a disastrous shipwreck（海难），by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.Many of the images were stored in an ice chest,under freezing water,in the damaged wooden ship.
The ship was the Endurance,a small,tight,Norwegian-built three-master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists,27men in all,to the southernmost shore of Antarctica's Weddell Sea.From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled（雪橇） across the continent.The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done.Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912but had died with his four companions on the march back.
As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story The Endurance,adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.Scott's last journey,completed as be lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger,caught the world's imagination,and a film made in his honor drew crowds.Shackleton,a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100miles of the South Pole in 1908，started a business before his 1914voyage to make money from movie and still photography.Frank Hurley,a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic,was hired to make the images,most of which have never before been published.

33．What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley？
A．They were made last week
B．They showed undersea sceneries
C．They were found by a cameraman
D．They recorded a disastrous adventure
34．Who reached the South Pole first according to the text？
A．Frank Hurley
B．Ernest Shackleton
C．Robert Falcon Scott
D．Caroline Alexander
35．What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914voyage？
A．Artistic creation
B．Scientific research
C．Money making
D．Treasure hunting.

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202424. （2021•西安中学•七模） My doctor took me for a walk around the farm where she lives.I was physically and emotionally exhausted and discouraged by anxiety and depression.
   The place was full of life.There were insects，horses，rabbits and a cat.She told me to focus on my body in the environment.
   When I was ill，I tended to retreat into my mind and disconnect from here and now.So，when I met a horse named Fira，I expected nothing.
   As I got closer to Fira，she nuzzled her nose into my chest，putting a gentle pressure over my heart.Something happened inside me：I felt as if I had reached a wellspring of past hurts，fears and failings.I began to melt emotionally.
   I patted Fira's nose and breathed in her smell.I found I didn't have to concentrate on feeling better；Fira helped me feel loved and safe.
   I worked with Fira often，learning basic communication and leading methods to work together with her.Initially，I wasn't sure exactly what one would do with a horse except riding it.But I knew that Fira had touched me in an uncommon way and had made me feel better.She connected with me by responding to my emotional state and reflecting it back to me in an open，affectionate way.
   In my meetings with Fira，I found that I lost my usual self-consciousness，and I would focus entirely on communicating.
   I learned to live in the present，to focus on what was happening this day，in this moment，in this place.I learned to forget the past，with all its hurts.I learned to forget the future，which hasn't happened yet.When you stand beside a horse，you exist completely in the moment.
   With Fira by my side，I saw into a life in which trust comes first，and compassion follows.
   I found a deep peace in leading her along a path，by using my own power of intention to indicate whether to start，stop，turn left or turn right.I felt an inner quiet and even joy.My work with this horse was part of a journey out of a very dark night in my soul.

（1）What do we know about the author from the first three paragraphs？
A．She loves animals very much.
B．She suffered from mental illness.
C．She went to a doctor with high hopes.
D．She often lost consciousness.
（2）When she met Fira for the first time，the author        .
A．felt deeply touched
B．had an emotional breakdown
C．became grateful for her past pain
D．was curious about what would happen
（3）When the author and Fira worked together，        .
A．the author had to try hard to feel better
B．Fira helped the author focus on her thoughts
C．the author recalled her past hurts，fears and failings
D．Fira accepted the author's emotions and reacted positively
（4）What did the author learn during her time with Fira？
A．It is important to live in the moment.
B．One shouldn't be affected by emotions.
C．One should learn lessons from the past.
D．It is necessary to show compassion to others.

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202224. （2022•临潼区•一模） Camelli's duty was simple：to give back to the community where she was raised.Warren，Ohio lies just thirteen miles north of Youngstown，the former center of steel production，and now one of the neediest cities in the country.Both cities' populations and its finance have been on the decline each year，with unemployment rates surpassing both the state and national average.
   But it wasn't always this way.Thirty years ago，when Camelli was a student at Howland High School，the school where she now teaches Advanced Placement Psychology，"The poorness level was around 6%，" she says.Today，it is closer to 40%.
   This financial condition influences everything from the way students learn，to their ability to deal with social and emotional issues.Knowing this，Camelli created Paw Pantry.Whether it's for food，clothes，school supplies or personal hygiene（卫生）products，students and their parents can go on the district's website and fill out a request form for Paw Pantry products.They can choose to pick their items up-or have them delivered-at school.
   Camelli mentioned Paw Pantry when she attended her high school activity in 2017.It made her former classmates aware of how their hometown has changed over the years. "soon，money started pouring in from all over the country，all over the world，" she says.
   In just a year and a half since the Paw Pantry began，Camelli has received plenty of non-perishable （不易变质的）food，clothing，lunch boxes，backpacks，school supplies-even home goods，including a refrigerator，a washer and dryer，and a stove.
   Camelli actively shows her students the power of connection. "I'm definitely kinder because of Ms.Camelli.Ms.Camelli is a mother，but she's also a mother figure for all of us".Blake says，"Ms.Camelli，you will never understand how happy this act of your caring had made me，" she added.
   Camelli is a community activist，a mental heath supporter，and by many people's standards，she's most certainly a hero，but she doesn't see herself that way.And that's what she as a teacher should do.

（1）What does the underlined word "neediest" in the first paragraph mean？
A．Liveliest.
B．Riskiest.
C．Remotest.
D．Poorest.
（2）What can we infer from the passage？
A．Paw Pantry didn't go well.
B．Paw Pantry gained much support.
C．Camelli was hopeful about Paw Pantry's future.
D．Many people treated Paw Pantry with doubt.
（3）How does Blake feel about Ms.Camelli？
A．Grateful.
B．Annoyed.
C．Unconcerned.
D．Confused.
（4）What can we learn about Camelli from the last paragraph？
A．She feels great about herself.
B．She won't continue her teaching career.
C．She thinks that she just does what a teacher does.
D．She doesn't think she has done enough.

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202243. （2022•临潼区•二模） My grandmother was from a town in Michigan.Summer after summer，I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child.I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in.People knew everyone，their kids，their pets，and their ancestors.The bond with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older.Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting.She would make little sandwiches and we'd have tea parties.She'd make beautiful quilts for each one.I remember the small thimble （顶针） she would use while doing her needle work.
   A few years ago，when Grandma left this earth，I bid farewell to a loving grandmother.How quickly our lives can change.We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier，on her 91st birthday.
   I missed her very much.On one particular birthday，when I was feeling a little low，something happened to make me feel like she waaring that special day with me.I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made，and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow.It was small and hard.I moved the object to a seam （接缝） that I carefully opened，and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble!How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her.Not realizing it had fallen off her finger，I pictured her sewing it in that little pillow that I just happened to place on my bedspread（床罩）that day.I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I've collected over the years，where I could continue to see the gift God chose to reveal to me.What a precious memory of a very special lady who somehow，I knew，was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble inside my pillow.
   I made some tea，using my best china，as Grandma always did，and enjoyed my tea and Grandma's thimble.What a wonderful birthday that was!

（1）The author liked staying with her grandparents because        .
A．she was curious about people and things there
B．they often bought her some gifts
C．she could have tea parties and eat sandwiches
D．she could learn to sew quilts
（2）How did the author feel when she found the silver thimble？
A．Sad.
B．Proud.
C．Lucky.
D．Cheerful.
（3）It can be inferred from the passage that the silver thimble        .
A．was the item the author had been trying to find
B．was very precious to the author
C．was the most treasured possession of Grandma
D．was a birthday gift Grandma had given the author
（4）What is the best title for the passage？
A．A little pillow.
B．My grandparents.
C．Grandma's silver thimble.
D．My childhood.

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202300. （2022•西工大附中•六模） Having worked for more than a decade in finance in the oil industry in Canada，Tori Fahey found herself wanting more from life.But it wasn't through desperation that her circumstances changed： "I didn't get fed up and storm off，nothing like that；it was curiosity about other interests and wanting to experience something new."
   Fahey left her job and completed an MBA before setting up her departure to New York to begin a degree.However，the opportunity for an open year between the MBA and the degree came up，and as a keen touring cyclist，Fahey realized that a dreamed-about adventure was now becoming a possibility： "The ride in Africa had been on my fantasy list.It was a moment when I realized that I could do anything，so I should."
   Fahey rode across Africa，and it was a 7，500-mile trip that took four months.The whole experience had a life-changing impact.Fahey said， "Bicycles provide a literal freedom.You don't allow yourself to feel like that in everyday life because there are so many distractions.But when you're out on the bike and there's nothing else，you're really free to experience what life is."
   After gaining the degree，Fahey worked on projects with the UNDP （United Nations Development Program） in Montenegro with the aim of bringing investment to rural communities.
   It was while she was working on these projects that the seeds of the next new investment were sown. "It was through my trip across Africa that I discovered pannier and rack systems inconvenient and I was never going to use them again." Little did she know this would lead her to start up her own company.
   In 2013，Apidura was born，producing storage solutions for people looking to travel the world by bike，race across continents and carry all they need to do so.It's now a successfulglobal brand，but Fahey remains reflective，curious about what else the company can do for people.

（1）Why did Fahey leave her job in Canada？
A．She was bored with the job.
B．She was disappointed with life.
C．She wanted to add new dimensions to her life.
D．She found it hard to adjust to the circumstances.
（2）Which can best describe Fahey's ride experience in Africa？
A．Demanding.
B．Liberating.
C．Eventful.
D．Dangerous.
（3）Why did Fahey launch Apidura？
A．To encourage bicycle traveling.
B．To make her investment profitable.
C．To help cyclists carry traveling stuff.
D．To increase the pleasure of riding bikes.
（4）What is the passage mainly about？
A．A tough path to fame.
B．An adventure across Africa.
C．The benefits of green traveling.
D．The story behind the birth of Apidura.

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202330. （2022•交大附中•七模） If you enjoy American stories，you'll have noticed that many of them take place on the road.Many famous American novels are about stories that occur while their characters are traveling along highways.These novels are often celebrations of American life.
   Jesmyn Ward's National Book Award winner Sing，Unburied，Sing is a road novel，but not a celebration.The road journey here is through Mississippi，as an African-American mother and her two children travel to collect her white husband as he's released from jail.
   Neither the mother，Leonie，nor the father，Michael，are ideal parents.Leonie in particular is so full of anger and regret that she takes out her unhappiness on her children，the 13-year-old Jojo and his little sister Kayla.
   The telling of the story is divided between various narrators.Jojo，the boy，is the most sympathetic of them.But it is worrying to read about how he experiences the world.Even though he's young，he's already experienced the dark side of life.The opening sentence of the book gives a sense of Jojo's unnatural maturity-"I like to think I know what death is.I like to think that I could look at it straight."
   But who，or what，is to blame for these sad circumstances？For Ward，it's clearly the past.She admires the work of fellow novelist William Faulkner.When she thinks about the past，she's of the same mind as him.
   Faulkner famously wrote， "The past is never dead.It's not even past." At one point，Ward says that her characters are "pulling the past with them." like a too-heavy trailer（拖车） coupled to the car，as they journey on through Mississippi to the jailhouse.The biggest part of this past，of course，is racism—the remains of slavery-which is always there，and ruining life.
   This is probably why The Washington Post listed Sing，Unburied，Sing as one of its 10 choices of 2017's Best Books. "The misery of this one family is tied to crimes that stretch over decades，" wrote the newspaper.

（1）What can we learn about Sing，Unburied，Sing from the text？
A．It was recently adapted as a film.
B．It's a celebration of American life.
C．It is a story of a road trip through Mississippi.
D．It's one of 2017's best-selling American novels.
（2）According to the text，the character Jojo        .
A．is the main narrator of the novel
B．is unusually mature for his age
C．presents less sympathy than others
D．is the youngest child in the family
（3）What is the root cause of the family's difficulty according to the text？
A．The unhappy marriage of the parents.
B．The experience of being in prison.
C．The lack of financial support.
D．The existence of racism.
（4）Why is William Faulkner's line mentioned in the text？
A．To prove Ward shares a similar opinion of the past with him.
B．To show Ward has drawn a lot of inspiration from him.
C．To show Ward is as great a novelist as he is.
D．To compare Ward's writing style with his.

共享时间:2022-06-05 难度:1 相似度:1.5

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202348. （2021•西安中学•五模） Unless your parent is a head chef or bento box（便当盒）master，school lunch is usually nothing to write home about.For artist and father Dominick Cabalo，however，his son Nicholas' lunches are an oil painting cloth for creativity.Cabalo makes carefully designed drawings on each of 12-year-old Nicholas' paper lunch bags，usually representing popular lively characters and colorful superheroes.
   Cabalo began drawing on the bags about three years ago to help Nicholas make new friends in elementary school. "I noticed he was a bit shy when it came to talking to others，" he said. "So by creating a piece of artwork to 'break the ice'，kids would come up to him and start talking and hopefully a conversation，or better yet，a new friendship，would start."
   Though Nicholas is in middle school now，he still asks his dad to draw on the lunch bags，and will make requests for characters or drawings that he'd like to see on the next bag.Cabalo has drawn about 400 lunch bags in the past three years.He explained that the bags had really helped his son become more confident at school. "He's broken out of hiell because of this，and I like to think that I had a hand in helping him do this with these bags." he wrote.
   Nicholas keeps most of the bags. "Some come back in better condition than others，" Cabalo said. "We may lose one due to the occasional wet sandwich or leaky drink，but that's to be expected." As for the bags that make it home undamaged，Cabalo posts their photos to social media.His favorites are the more time-consuming series of bags that can be joined up to create a larger image，such as the "Finding Nemo" triptych（三联画）.

（1）What special feature makes Nicholas' lunch bags distinguished？
A．Delicious food cooked by a head chef.
B．Beautiful oil paintings produced by artists.
C．Colorful superheroes drawn by Nicholas.
D．Lively characters drawn by the kid's loving father.
（2）Why did Cabalo draw on the lunch bags in the very beginning？
A．To help his son to make new friends.
B．To make his son's lunch bags attractive.
C．To encourage his son to be more confident.
D．To improve his son's academic performance.
（3）Which of the following best describes Cabalo？
A．Friendly.
B．Noble.
C．Caring.
D．Gifted.
（4）What is this text mainly about？
A．Cabalo draws popular lively characters and colorful superheroes for his son.
B．Dad's special lunch bag drawings help hiy son come out of hiell.
C．Nicholas' new friends in elementary school make him more confident.
D．Nicholas keeps the more time-consuming series of bags designed by his father.

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202367. （2021•西安中学•四模） Learning to say "yes，and"
When I first heard about the improvisation （即兴交流） class，I was hesitating.As a quiet and shy girl，I feared improvising in front of strangers.However，I knew I wanted to work as a science communicator after finishing my Ph.D.，so it seemed like a perfect opportunity to learn how to speak and communicate with others effectively.I signed up，knowing the experience would give me help.
   During our first class，we learned an important concept of improvisation："yes，and." It means that，as improvisers，we'd better accept what fellow performers say.If someone says that rhinos（犀牛）are librarians，for example，then rhinos are librarians.We do not question the logic；we say "yes" and then continue with the scene as if nothing is wrong.
   The first few scenes were hard，but as weeks turned into months，I became more comfortable and even started to enjoy our classes.I became better at listening，relating to my conversation partners，and communicating clearly in the moment.Once when I was giving a presentation about my science，an audience member surprised me with a question that didn't grow out of the information I'd presented.Instead of getting confused and nervous，I took the "yes，and" approach-accepting the question and letting my mind focus on why it was asked.That helped me find an appropriate answer.I got pretty excited about it.
   The benefits of improvisation go beyond communication.Before attending the class，I would get stuck when my experiments produced unexpected data，thinking that I had made a mistake.But now，instead of getting discouraged，I will stay open to the possibility that the results are real，keep exploring the data and end up identifying a new type of cell-one that isn't behaving as expected.
   I think all scientists can benefit from this lesson.If the data say rhinos are librarians，then it's worth finding out whether rhinos are，in fact，librarians.As scientists，our job isn't to challenge data that support a preconceived （先入为主的）story，but to say "yes，and."

（1）Why did the author attend the improvisation class？
A．To get a different experience.
B．To finish her Ph.D.at university.
C．To give up her job as a science communicator.
D．To improve her speaking and communicating ability.
（2）What was the author's change after attending the improvisation class？
A．She formed her own idea quickly.
B．She came up with lots of creative responses.
C．She paid more attention to the logic of answers.
D．She became a good listener before giving an opinion.
（3）The author mentions applying the "yes，and" approach to her scientific experiments to        .
A．explain the process of using the method
B．prove the benefits of the improvisation class
C．share her own research experiences with readers
D．attract fellow scientists to attend the improvisation class
（4）What can be inferred about scientists from the last paragraph？
A．They should attend the improvisation class.
B．They should question all preconceived ideas.
C．They should carry on research by admitting earlier data.
D．They should try to improve their professional knowledge.

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202369. （2021•西安中学•四模） One day，gardeners might not just hear the buzz of bees among their flowers，but the whirr of robots，too.Scientists have managed to turn an unassuming drone （无人机） into a remote-controlled pollinator （授粉媒介） by attaching horsehairs coated with a special，sticky gel to its underbelly.
   Animal pollinators are needed for the reproduction of 90% of flowering plants and one third of human food crops.Chief among those are bees - but many bee populations in the United States have been in steep decline in recent decades.Thus，the decline of bees isn't just worrisome because it could disrupt ecosystems，but also because it could disrupt agriculture and economy.People have been trying to come up with replacement techniques，but none of them are especially effective yet.
   Scientists have thought about using drones，but they haven't figured out how to make free-flying robot insects that can rely on their own power source without being attached to a wire. "It's very tough work，" said senior author Eijiro Miyako，a chemist at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.His particular contribution to the field involves a gel，one he'd considered a mistake 10 years before and stuck in a storage cabinet.When it was rediscovered a decade later，it hadn't dried up or degraded at all. "I was so surprised because it still had high viscosity，" Miyako said.
   The chemist noticed that when dropped，the gel absorbed an impressive amount of dust from the floor.Miyako realized this material could be very useful for picking up pollen （花粉）.He and his colleagues chose a drone and attached horsehairs to its smooth surface to mimic a bee's fuzzy body.They coated those horsehairs in the gel，and then controlled the drones over lilies，where they would pick up the pollen from one flower and then deposit the pollen at another one，thus fertilizing it.
   The scientists looked at the hairs under a scanning electron microscope and counted up the pollen grains attached to the surface and found that the drones whose horsehairs had been coated with the gel had about 10 times more pollen than those that had not been coated with the gel.
   Miyako does not think such drones would replace bees altogether，but could simply help bees with their pollinating duties.There's a lot of work to be done before that's a reality，however.Small drones will need to become more controllable and energy efficient，as well as smarter，with better GPS and artificial intelligence.

（1）What does the underlined word "viscosity" in Para.3 probably mean？
A．Hardness.
B．Stickiness.
C．Flexibility.
D．Purity.
（2）We can learn from the passage that        .
A．bees disrupt both agriculture and economy
B．scientists have invented self-powered robot insects
C．bees in the United States are on the edge of extinction
D．Miyako found the special feature of the gel by chance
（3）A drone works best in picking up pollen when        .
A．its body is made like a bee's
B．its GPS works more efficiently
C．some flowers are coated with the gel
D．horsehairs with the gel are attached to it
（4）According to Eijiro Miyako，the drones        .
A．are not yet ready for practical use
B．may eventually replace bees in the future
C．are much more efficient than bee pollinators
D．can provide a solution to economic depression

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202405. （2021•西安中学•三模） The morning she left for Camp Kanawa，Maria awoke with an ache in her stomach.She had gone on plenty of parties.She'd even spent a whole weekend at Aunt Jolie and Uncle Ed's.So what happened to her？
   No breakfast today，she thought，imagining the ache turning into throwing up and a horrible road trip after a full meal.As usual，Maria felt hungry as soon as the room smelled of French toast.On the other hand，maybe a good breakfast was exactly what she needed.
   "There's my big camper!" said her mom.Then，she walked to the stove，placed two pieces of French toast on a plate and powdered sugar snowing down. "Just like you like it." At the meanwhile，Maria was already in position，armed with knife，fork，napkin and a full glass of milk.
   "Get started while it's hot.Your father's coming down in a minute.I told him to shave.I don't want the beard-I mean，the bushy black beard."
   "Okay，okay，" Maria's dad said with a smile. "Clean as a whistle.Just like you ordered."
   "Really？" Maria's mom shrugged.
   "I think it's fashionable，" Maria said.
   "Well，your old man is fashionable，" her dad said，moving his head the way he did when he wanted to look like a cool surfer man but looked more like an Egyptian robot. "In fact，I was the most popular kid at my camp."
   "For the record，it was a science camp，" Maria's mother reminded her，looking her straight in the eyes. "In all seriousness，Maria，popularity is not important and finding the people who like you for you-that's what matters."
   "Your mom speaks the truth，sugar，" said Maria's dad，wiping his thick beard with a napkin. "Just be yourself.You'll enjoy it."

（1）Why did not Maria want to have breakfast？
A．Because she was on a diet.
B．Because she never had breakfast.
C．Because the breakfast didn't taste good.
D．Because she was worried that she would be sick.
（2）What did Maria's mother think of her father's beard？
A．It was fashionable.
B．It was too thick.
C．It was beautiful.
D．It was too dirty.
（3）Why did Maria's mother remind her that her father went to a science camp？
A．To advise her to love science.
B．To invite her to join in the science camp.
C．To tell her that popularity is not important.
D．To prove her that old men enjoy a science camp.
（4）What is the best title for the text？
A．A Good Breakfast
B．Father's Thick Beard
C．Importance of Popularity
D．Family Talk About a Camp

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202443. （2021•西安中学•六模） Unless your parent is a head a head chef or bento box（便当盒）master，school lunch is usually nothing to write home about.For artist and father Dominick Cabalo，however，his son Nicholas' lunches are an oil painting cloth for creativity.Cabalo makes carefully designed drawings on each of 12-year-old Nicholas paper lunch bags，usually representing popular lively characters and colorful superheroes.
   Cabalo began drawing on the bags about three years ago to help Nicholas make new friends in elementary school.
   "I noticed he was a bit shy when it came to talking to others，" he said. "So by creating a piece of artwork to 'break the ice'，kids would come up to him and start talking and hopefully a conversation，or better yet，a new friendship，would start."
   Though Nicholas is in middle school now，he still asks his dad to draw on the lunch bags，and will make requests for characters or drawings that he'd like to see on the next bag.Cabalo has drawn about 400 lunch bags in the past three years.He explained that the bags had really helped his son become more confident at school. "He's broken out of hiell because of this，and I like to think that I had a hand in helping him do this with these bags. " he wrote.
   Nicholas keeps most of the bags. "Some come back in better condition than others，" Cabalo said.
   "We may lose one due to the occasional wet sandwich or leaky drink，but that's to be expected. " As for the bags that make it home undamaged，Cabalo posts their photos to social media.His favorites are the more
time-consuming series of bags that can be joined up to create a larger image，such as the "Finding Nemo" triptych（三联画）.

（1）What special feature makes Nicholas lunch bags distinguished？
A．Delicious food cooked by a head chef.
B．Beautiful oil paintings produced by artists.
C．Colorful superheroes drawn by Nicholas.
D．Lively characters drawn by the kid's loving father.
（2）Why did Cabalo draw on the lunch bags in the very beginning？
A．To help his son to make new friends.
B．To make his son's lunch bags attractive.
C．To encourage his son to be more confident.
D．To improve his son's academic performance.
（3）Which of the following best describes Cabalo？
A．Friendly.
B．Noble.
C．Caring.
D．Gifted.
（4）What is this text mainly about？
A．Cabalo draws popular lively characters and colorful superheroes for his son.
B．Dad's special lunch bag drawings help hiy son come out of hiell.
C．Nicholas new friends in elementary school make him more confident.
D．Nicholas keeps the more time-consuming series of bags designed by his father.

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202148. （2022•西安中学•八模） I'm running some 3，550 kilometers.To be more precise，this jog is mostly around my neighborhood in Ottawa.It is the distance by air to Vancouver that my friend Lucy and I are doing.If we make it，Lucy and I will get on a plane to Vancouver and compete in one of the BMO Vancouver Marathon weekend races.We may not win medals，but for sure we'll have cake for my seventy-fifth birthday at the finish line.
   The workout for big birthdays represents a big change for me.I used to hate birthdays，especially those milestone ones.No longer feeling young is horrible.As I approached my sixtieth birthday，Lucy suggested setting targets to mark milestone birthdays. "That way you are looking forward to something，not dreading it，" she pointed out.
   By doing those expanding my world or demanding new skills，I feel myself growing，not shrinking.For my sixtieth，I got it into my head that I should do an Olympic distance triathlon （铁人三项赛），which turned out to be a real milestone.After over four hours on the course，I was last among the 95 competitors.But I was the oldest woman competing，so that made me first in my age category.Since then，I've looked on the special days as a call for trying something different.For my sixty-fifth birthday，I went to run a half marathon.And I finished seven activities that took me out of my "comfort zone" at seventy.
   I'm fortunate to have celebrated so many birthdays in good health and spirits，so whether I succeed in running to Vancouver or not，I'm grateful for the opportunity.One thing I've learned in taking up these challenges is that there are many possibilities for new adventures and achievements，even as we grow older.So do spend every day of every year with a definite end in view，which will release your energy and make you happy.

（1）How does the author plan to celebrate her 75th birthday？
A．Joining in a marathon race.
B．Going jogging across Canada.
C．Flying to Vancouver with a friend.
D．Running 3，550km in her neighborhood.
（2）What does the underlined word "dreading" in paragraph 2 mean？
A．Demanding.
B．Fearing.
C．Changing.
D．Accepting.
（3）Why did the author think the triathlon a milestone？
A．It inspired her to accept challenges.
B．It changed her attitude to birthdays.
C．It proved she was in good condition.
D．It drove her to step outside her comfort zone.
（4）What does the author suggest at last？
A．Living with a clear goal.
B．Doing exercise to keep healthy.
C．Facing adventures bravely.
D．Settling into old age positively.

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202462. （2021•西安中学•九模） I'd done it before，and so I had no reason to believe that this time would be any different.I was sure that when I returned home from my mission trip.As always，I'd bring back nothing more than some mud on my boots.A hole or two in my jeans and，of course，a lot of great memories.
   The summer before my high school graduation，I went to West Virginia with others as volunteers to repair the homes of those in need.Arriving at our destination，my group was assigned the task of rebuilding sections of a home that had been damaged by fire.No sooner had we parked on the home's dirt driveway than we saw an excited little girl，no more than six years old，standing in the doorway of the family's temporary home.Shoeless and wearing dirty clothes and the biggest smile I'd ever seen，she yelled， "Ma，Ma，they really came!" I didn't know it then，but her name was Dakota，and four more days would pass before she'd say another word near me.
   Behind Dakota was a woman in a wheelchair - her grandmother，we'd soon learn.I also discovered that my job that week would be to help change a fire-damaged dining room into a bedroom for this little girl.Over the following days，I noticed Dakota peeking at us every now and then as we worked.A few times，I tried talking with her，but she remained shy and distant，always flying around us like a tiny butterfly but keeping to herself.
   By our fifth and final day，however，this was about to change.Before I went to work on her home on that last morning，I spoke for a moment or two with the grandmother.I was especially pleased when she told me how much Dakota loved her new room - so much.As we talked，I noticed something I hadn't seen before - Dakota was hiding behind her grandmother.
   Cautiously，she stepped into view，and I could see that just like her clothes，her face was still dirty.But no amount of soil could hide those bright blue eyes and the big smile.She was simply adorable.Slowly，she began walking toward me.It wasn't until she was just inches away that I noticed the folded piece of paper in her tiny hand.Silently，she reached up and handed it to me.Once unfolded，I looked at the drawing she'd made with her broken crayons on the back of an old coloring book cover.It was of two girls - one much taller than the other - and they were holding hands.She told me it was supposed to be me and her，and on the bottom of the paper were three little words that instantly broke my heart.Now almost in tears，I couldn't control myself anymore - I bent down and hugged her.She hugged me，too.And for the longest time，neither of us could let go.
   I left for home early the next morning.I was returning with muddy boots and holes in my jeans.But because of Dakota，I brought back something else，too - a greater appreciation for all or the blessings of my life.I'll never forget that barefoot little butterfly with the big smile and dirty face.I pray that she'll never forget me either.

（1）What did the author expect before taking this mission trip？
A．An exciting experience.
B．A routine result.
C．A special memory.
D．A surprising change.
（2）The underlined part means that the little girl        .
A．feared to talk with me
B．desired to approach me
C．resisted accepting me
D．enjoyed meeting me
（3）What were probably written on the bottom of the paper？
A．Enjoy your help.
B．Help me，please.
C．Please don't leave.
D．Hug me close.
（4）What does the passage mainly tell us？
A．One must learn to share life experiences.
B．One often wants to lead a meaningful life.
C．One should be more grateful for the gift of life.
D．One occasionally benefits from the poverty.

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202519. （2021•西安中学•二模） It was our last class before summer break.I was finishing the first year of an MFA program in poetry.I was tired and puzzled. "Was I good enough to be in the program？" When the professor asked about our summer plans，I panicked.I didn't want to appear idle. "Gardening，" I responded immediately.Actually I knew nothing about plants!My professor nodded and said，"What a good idea，Mary!Emily Dickinson loved gardening." Emily Dickinson lived in the countryside，studying plant as a child.I was in my late twenties，living in the city without gardening experience.
   A few days later，I bought a jalape?o seedling（青辣椒秧苗）.At least I could say I'd tried gardening.I watered and changed the dirt for my little plant.I even talked to it.And over the summer，it grew bigger and bigger.I was proud.Maybe I didn't have a black thumb after all.
   I started the second year of my MFA，and then it was almost December and my jalape?o was suffering.It was brown in some places；many of its leaves had fallen.Would my little guy make it？I prayed， "Please be okay，" as if its survival was closely linked to mine.
   I worked hard in school.Spring came.My jalape?o plant came back to life.It grew bigger，with new leaves.And then it flowered.I handed in my graduate paper，a book of poems，in May. "Your poems are strong，" my professor said.
   A huge weight lifted.I'd done it!At that time，I found the flowers on my jalape?o plant were gone.I watched closer.A tiny green fruit pushed through where a flower had been.I smiled.I had succeeded in my MFA program，and my jalape?o plant had grown right beside me，and I successfully did things I hadn't thought possible.

（1）Why did the author begin gardening？
A．Just by accident.
B．Because of the love for gardening.
C．To express love for Emily Dickinson.
D．Because of the reminding of a professor.
（2）When did the author begin her first gardening？
A．In her childhood.
B．In one of her summer breaks.
C．In her teens.
D．In her first year of MFA program.
（3）What does the underlined phrase "a black thumb" in Paragraph 2 probably mean？
A．A talent to grow plants.
B．A dirty finger to touch plants.
C．A good fortune to do everything.
D．An inability to do gardening.
（4）Which proverb can best describe the story above？
A．It's never too old to learn.
B．Easier said than done.
C．Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
D．Do not teach fish to swim.

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