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Passage 1 (2024 浙江绍兴二模)
主题:参与志愿服务 词数:250 难度:★★★☆☆
I was interested in volunteering at a hospital because both of my parents work in
hospitals.I wanted to see what the
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was after hearing them talk about it.To be more
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,I wanted to work at the VA—Veterans(老兵) Affairs hospital—in Palo Alto because the
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of VA is “to serve those who served” and I really
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this very idea.
To my greatest joy,I was
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the VA program,and throughout this summer break I’ve
spent around 110 hours
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at VA Palo Alto in different departments.To be honest,I had
never at all felt more welcomed and
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in every department I went to.After some initial
experiences,I
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to work in the Office of Information Technology(OIT) since I am
interested in computers,and I wanted to see how they are used in a hospital setting.
My overall experience of volunteering at VA can be
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into the words of “eye-
opening and
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”.Throughout my whole life I have been
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to health care,from
both my parents being physicians and my health problems,but I have never
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been on
the other side of the glass,so to speak.What I
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most about my experience was the
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to see what it’s like to help people.I want to continue volunteering at VA because I
believe there is no other experience that can be as
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as working in a hospital that treats
Veterans.
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在帕洛阿尔托的退伍军人事务
医院作志愿者工作的经历和感悟。
1.A.opportunity
B.decision
C.experience
D.adventure
答案 C
解析 根据下文的“was after hearing them talk about it”可知,作者想在听父母谈论之后看
看他们的经历是怎样的。
2.A.specific
B.private
C.flexible
D.cautious
答案 A
解析 根据下文的“I wanted to work at the VA—Veterans Affairs hospital—in Palo Alto”
可知,上文作者说自己想在医院工作,下文说出了具体想在哪里工作。to be more
specific“更具体地说”。
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3.A.concept
B.mission
C.profession
D.advantage
答案 B
解析 根据下文的“of VA is ‘to serve those who served’”可知,“为曾经服役的人服务”,这
是医院的使命。
4.A.contributed
B.generated
C.transformed
D.shared
答案 D
解析 根据上文的“I wanted to work at the VA—Veterans Affairs hospital—in Palo Alto”
可知,作者希望在这里工作,证明作者认同这个想法。share the idea“认同这个想法”。
5.A.accepted into B.committed to
C.concerned about D.withdrawn from
答案 A
解析 根据下文的“throughout this summer break I’ve spent around 110 hours at
VA Palo Alto in different departments.”可知,整个暑假作者在VA 帕洛阿尔托的不同部门
度过了大约110 个小时,所以作者被VA 项目录取了。
6.A.studying
B.volunteering
C.observing
D.exercising
答案 B
解析 根据上文的“I was interested in volunteering at a hospital”以及最后一段中“I want
to continue volunteering at VA”可知,作者对在医院做志愿者很感兴趣,暑假在VA 帕洛阿
尔托做了大约110 个小时的志愿者。
7.A.convinced
B.determined
C.valued
D.amused
答案 C
解析 根据上文的“I had never at all felt more welcomed”和下文“in every department I
went to”可知,作者从来没有感到像现在这样受到欢迎和重视。
8.A.applied
B.refused
C.promised
D.arranged
答案 A
解析 根据下文的“to work in the Office of Information Technology(OIT) since I am
interested in computers”可知,因为作者对计算机很感兴趣,所以作者申请了信息技术办公
室的工作。
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9.A.classified
B.summarized
C.divided
D.combined
答案 B
解析 根据上文的“My overall experience of volunteering at VA”以及空后“eye-opening
and ”可知,作者把自己在退伍军人管理局的志愿服务经历用两个词进行了概括。
10.A.normal
B.relevant
C.reliable
D.worthy
答案 D
解析 根据上文的“eye-opening”可知,作者认为自己的志愿服务是值得的。
11.A.attached
B.devoted
C.exposed
D.submitted
答案 C
解析 根据第一段中“I was interested in volunteering at a hospital because both of my
parents work in hospitals.”以及下文的“to health care,from both my parents being
physicians and my health problems”可知,作者因为父母是医生以及自己的健康问题,一直
接触医疗保健。be exposed to“暴露于;接触”。
12.A.actually
B.totally
C.absolutely
D.appropriately
答案 A
解析 根据上文的“been on the other side of the glass”可知,在作者的一生中,作者一直接
触医疗保健,但实际上,作者从来没有真正站在玻璃的另一边。
13.A.respect
B.treasure
C.understand
D.agree
答案 B
解析 根据下文的“most about my experience was the to see what it’s like to help
people”可知,在这段志愿者经历中,能够看到帮助别人是什么样子,这是作者最珍惜的。
14.A.ability
B.responsibility
C.approach
D.courage
答案 A
解析 根据下文的“to see what it’s like to help people”可知,作者从事志愿者工作,有能力
感受到帮助别人是什么感觉。
15.A.relaxing
B.challenging
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C.fulfilling
D.thrilling
答案 C
解析 根据下文的“working in a hospital that treats Veterans”以及上文“What I
most about my experience was the to see what it’s like to help people.”可知,在一家
治疗退伍军人的医院工作能够帮助别人,作者认为这让人感觉有意义。
Passage 2 (2024 山东青岛一模)
主题:找回艺术热情 词数:236 难度:★★★☆☆
When my father was a teenager,he had been declared a prodigy(天才) by his art
teacher.He
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to become an art teacher and had some
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of his paintings.But when
my mother got ill,his creative life ceased.
I remembered my father’s
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for art.One day,I asked whether he was interested in
drawing a cartoon.My father was not much of a
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.When learning to drive,I had asked if
it was more important to
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the cars ahead or those behind.“Both.” Then he was
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for the next three miles.
He gave no
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answer to my query(询问).I asked again the following day.Still no
real
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.I ultimately
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the idea.I understood he had enough on his plate
already.But a week later,I received an email from my father—with a(n)
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.I downloaded
the file and there was the cartoon I had asked him to draw!
We began to draw cartoons.The process of creating gave him
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.As he built his art
muscles back up,his teenage self’s enthusiasm
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.
He is now painting,drawing and talking so much I have to
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I’m getting a call to
escape his
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.If he were to ask me whether I was prouder of the cartoon or of him
turning his life around,I would say,“
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.”
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的父亲因为母亲生病停止了自
己的艺术创作。为了帮助父亲找回热情,作者让父亲画漫画,最终父亲又找回了少年时代
的热情,作者也为他的改变而骄傲。
16.A.went on
B.agreed
C.seemed
D.happened
答案 A
解析 根据上文“When my father was a teenager,he had been declared a prodigy by his art
teacher.”可知,父亲有艺术天赋,所以接下来成了一名美术老师。
17.A.records
B.copies
C.exhibits
D.celebrations
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答案 C
解析 根据下文“of his paintings”以及上文提到父亲是美术老师,所以是举办了一些绘画
展览。
18.A.choice
B.love
C.skill
D.idea
答案 B
解析 根据上文“But when my mother got ill,his creative life ceased.”可知,父亲因为母亲
放弃了美术,所以此处指作者想起父亲对艺术的热爱。
19.A.talker
B.teacher
C.painter
D.thinker
答案 A
解析 根据下文作者问父亲问题,父亲只回答了一个“Both”可知,父亲不健谈。
20.A.drive off
B.rush through
C.look into
D.concentrate on
答案 D
解析 根据上文“When learning to drive”可知,此处指谈论开车时,把注意力放在前面的
车更重要,还是放在后面的车更重要。故选D 项。
21.A.careful
B.silent
C.impatient
D.polite
答案 B
解析 根据上文“Both”可知,父亲只回答了一个字,结合上文提到父亲不爱说话,说明接
下来的三英里路程中,他一言不发。
22.A.definite
B.relevant
C.simple
D.clever
答案 A
解析 根据上文“Both”可知,父亲对作者的询问没有给出明确的回答。
23.A.channel
B.response
C.message
D.word
答案 B
解析 根据上文“I asked again the following day.”以及“Still”可知,父亲对作者的问题仍
然没有真正的回答。
24.A.dropped
B.failed
C.forgot
D.regretted
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答案 A
解析 根据下文“I understood he had enough on his plate already.”可知,作者放弃了询问父
亲的想法。
25.A.list
B.present
C.budget
D.attachment
答案 D
解析 根据下文“I downloaded the file and there was the cartoon I had asked him to draw!”
可知,父亲的邮件附带了漫画附件。
26.A.freedom
B.safety
C.purpose
D.trust
答案 C
解析 根据下文“he built his art muscles back up”可知,父亲找回了艺术创作,创造的过程
给了他目的。
27.A.grew
B.returned
C.appeared
D.mixed
答案 B
解析 根据上文“But when my mother got ill,his creative life ceased.”可知,此处指父亲对
艺术的热情又回来了。
28.A.pretend
B.state
C.joke
D.mention
答案 A
解析 根据下文“I’m getting a call to escape his”可知,作者为了逃避兴奋的父亲,不得不
假装打电话。
29.A.excitement
B.disappointment
C.embarrassment
D.amusement
答案 A
解析 根据上文“He is now painting,drawing and talking so much”可知,父亲因为找回了
激情而兴奋,一直在画画、描绘、谈论。
30.A.Myself
B.You
C.Neither
D.Both
答案 D
解析 此处呼应上文父亲的回答“Both”,指作者为漫画和父亲改变了自己的生活感到骄
傲。故选D 项。
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Passage 3 (2024 山东潍坊三模)
主题:养植物 词数:249 难度:★★★☆☆
When I was 8,my family moved into our brand-new home.My parents had
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it to
our own particular needs and interests,including built-in bookshelves to house their hundreds
of books and a large,bright sunroom to
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all the plants my garden-loving father
planned to grow.Unfortunately,a few months later,a heart attack
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his life.
My mother,who never had green fingers,gilled our sunroom with low-light plants like
ferns(蕨类植物),which consistently
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.Instead of giving up,she experimented over years
and eventually got better through
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and error.
She never
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said she wanted to become a better
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as a way to keep my
dad’s memory alive,but I knew the sight of the plants could call to mind their happy time.It
was a
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to her that at least part of the room always had plants growing in it.
Then,last year,Mom experienced a series of falls that
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her in hospital.As I was
thoroughly
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with tending her while raising kids and working,I felt exhausted to the
point of
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.Magically,I always got recharged when
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her plants,especially her
enormous ferns—now at home in a more appropriate
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spot.
Mom may not be with us much longer,for her health has
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significantly.It’s my
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to develop a green thumb—nursing her plants is a future source of comfort that we
could be always together.
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了从爸爸到妈妈再到作者在轮流养植
物的过程中得到安慰的故事。
31.A.repaired
B.maintained
C.tailored
D.built
答案 C
解析 根据下文“to our own particular needs and interests”可知,这里说的是根据“我们”
的需求来定制的。
32.A.hide
B.shelter
C.rescue
D.produce
答案 B
解析 根据上文的“sunroom”以及下文的“plants”可知,此处说的是用明亮的日光房来遮
蔽父亲种植的植物。
33.A.claimed
B.affected
C.threatened
D.wasted
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答案 A
解析 根据上文的“a heart attack”可知,此处说的是夺去了他的生命。
34.A.grew
B.burned
C.flowered
D.disappeared
答案 B
解析 根据上文“gilled our sunroom with low-light plants like ferns”可知,这些植物容易被
晒伤。
35.A.wisdom
B.control
C.knowledge
D.trial
答案 D
解析 根据上文“she experimented over years”可知,这里说的是试验,通过试错变得更好。
36.A.calmly
B.cheerfully
C.accurately
D.specifically
答案 D
解析 根据下文“but I knew the sight of the plants could call to mind their happy time”可知,
这里说的是,母亲从来没有特别说过成为一名更好的园丁是纪念父亲的一种方式。
37.A.nurse
B.gardener
C.cook
D.doctor
答案 B
解析 根据下文“but I knew the sight of the plants could call to mind their happy time”可知,
这里说的是成为园丁。
38.A.reward
B.promise
C.comfort
D.habit
答案 C
解析 根据下文“at least part of the room always had plants growing in it”可知,这些植物让
妈妈感到安慰。
39.A.landed
B.attacked
C.enabled
D.involved
答案 A
解析 根据上文“Then,last year,Mom experienced a series of falls”可知,这最终使得妈妈
住院了。
40.A.disappointed B.associated
C.bored
D.consumed
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答案 D
解析 根据下文“I felt exhausted to the point of .”可知,这里要说的是全身心地照
顾妈妈。
41.A.collapse
B.emptiness
C.panic
D.loneliness
答案 A
解析 根据上文“As I was thoroughly with tending her while raising kids and
working”可知,这里说的是“我”感到疲惫到极点。
42.A.shouting at
B.caring for
C.cleaning away
D.cutting down
答案 B
解析 根据下文“her plants,especially her enormous ferns”可知,此处说的是当“我”照顾
这些植物时,“我”感到充满能量。
43.A.warm
B.sunny
C.shady
D.cold
答案 C
解析 根据上文“specially her enormous ferns”可知,这里说的是有一个合适的阴凉处。
44.A.advanced
B.stabilized
C.changed
D.declined
答案 D
解析 根据上文“Mom may not be with us much longer”可知,妈妈的健康状况下降了。
45.A.privilege
B.decision
C.turn
D.future
答案 C
解析 根据上文“Mom may not be with us much longer,for her health has
significantly.”可知,妈妈生病,现在轮到“我”来护理她的植物了。
