母题：【高中英语这样学】【‘榨干’试题】2024北京东城高三一模完形填空｜Part 1: 词汇积累练一练 ｜阅读理解In 2019, Thierry Henry, a bus driver in Reykjavik, noticed a sharp rise in bike thefts across his city. Instead of accepting the sad truth that stolen bikes would never come back, he chose to take matters into his own hands. He set out to track down missing bicycles and send them back to their rightful owners.Over the past four years, the 44-year-old man has recovered hundreds of stolen bikes. He runs a popular social media group with more than 14,500 members. The page originally focused on finding lost bikes, but its service now extends to people who have lost tools, cars and other high-value belongings. Beyond returning stolen property, Henry also helps bike thieves reform themselves.Initially, Henry dealt with thieves full of anger. But as time went by, he learned most thefts resulted from poverty and difficult living conditions. His attitude shifted: he stopped viewing thieves negatively and gradually gained empathy for their hard lives. Though it was extremely hard at the beginning, he made up his mind to level with those thieves and communicate sincerely with them.From then on, he actively reached out to lawbreakers, offering practical help and patient guidance. This change in his approach brought an amazing result: thieves started returning bikes to him voluntarily. What’s more surprising, some former thieves he once helped now assist him in hunting for stolen bikes.Henry described the movement as a snowball growing bigger and bigger. “This work is never just my own business,” he explained. “Often a passerby spots a hidden bike in bushes and posts photos online, then another person comments that it belongs to them.” Thanks to Henry’s efforts, local citizens now watch out for one another’s lost property.1.What did Thierry Henry decide to do when bike thefts increased in Reykjavik?A. Give up lost bikes and accept the reality.B. Create a social media page to punish thieves.C. Take action to recover bikes for their legal owners.D. Ask the local government to solve the theft problem.2.What made Henry stop feeling angry with bike thieves?A. He realized many stole bikes because of poor life conditions.B. Some thieves returned stolen bikes voluntarily to him.C. He was persuaded by members of his social media group.D. Many former thieves began to work together with him.3.Why did Henry compare his activity to a snowball?A. It brought him more and more stolen bikes.B. More and more people joined in the bike-finding movement.C. The number of bike thefts kept rising year by year.D. His social media group kept growing to 14,500 members.
二、高频单词与短语（附中文释义）
核心单词
theft n. 盗窃；偷窃行为thief (复数thieves) n. 小偷，窃贼recover v. 找回（丢失物品）；恢复rightful adj. 合法的，正当的extend v. 扩大范围；延伸belongings n. 随身财物，物品reform v. 改过自新，改造initially adv. 起初，最初poverty n. 贫穷，贫困empathy n. 同理心，共情voluntarily adv. 自愿地，主动地assist v. 协助，帮助snowball n. 雪球；v. 滚雪球式扩大spot v. 发现，看见；n. 地点
核心短语
take matters into one’s own hands 亲自出面解决问题track down 追查，寻回（丢失物品）high-value belongings 贵重财物beyond sth 除……之外as time went by 久而久之，随着时间流逝result from 由……导致level with sb 坦诚地和某人交谈reach out to sb 主动向某人提供帮助watch out for 留意，照看lawbreakers 违法者
三、阅读题答案
1.C 2. A 3. B
四、题目解析
1.答案C解析：文章第一段说明，亨利没有接受自行车找不回的现实，而是亲自行动找回失窃车辆，还给合法主人。A与原文“Rather than accepting the truth”相反；B文中主页是寻物而非惩罚小偷；D文中未提及求助政府。2.答案A解析：第三段交代，随着时间推移，他意识到多数偷窃行为是贫困和糟糕生活所迫，因此不再对小偷抱有负面、愤怒的情绪。B、D是他改变态度之后产生的结果，不是改变愤怒情绪的原因；C文中无相关表述。3.答案B解析：文末解释这个“雪球”越滚越大，不只是亨利一人，很多路人会拍照、留言互助寻车，代表越来越多人参与寻车行动。A曲解文意，雪球比喻参与人群，不是失窃车辆；C文章未说偷窃案件持续增多；D社群人数只是参与人群的一部分，不能完整解释雪球的比喻。
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