Test 24
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
In this age of Internet chat，videogames and reality television，there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied.Yet despite the competition，my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories.She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest，a competition which she won last year.
As a writer，I know about winning contests—and about losing them.I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection letter from the publisher.I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories.What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent.So many of our own past scars and destroyed hopes can resurface in our children.
A revelation(启示) came last week when I asked her，“Don’t you want to win again？” “No，” she replied，“I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously(自发地) told them.Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall，I offered suggestions for characters，conflicts and endings for her tales.The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson.I_had_turned_her_contest_into_my_contest_without_even_realizing_it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks.Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade，I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting my daughter’s experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me，it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps，putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked.All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experience，grow and find their own voices.
1．What do we learn from the first paragraph?
A．A lot of amusements compete for children’s time nowadays.
B．Children have lots of fun doing mindless activities.
C．Rebecca is much too busy to enjoy her leisure time.
D．Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.
答案 A
解析 根据文章第一段第一句可知A项正确。
2．What did the author say about her own writing experience?
A．She was constantly under pressure to write more.
B．Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.
C．She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.
D．Her road to success was full of pain and frustrations.
答案 D
解析 根据文章第二段前两句可知D项正确。
3．Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?
A．She believed she possessed real talent for writing.
B．She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.
C．She wanted to share her stories with readers.
D．She had won a prize in the previous contest.
答案 C
解析 根据文章第三段可知，她不想获奖只想把天使的故事讲好。故选C项。
4．The author took great pains to improve her daughter’s stories because ________.
A．she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dreams of becoming a writer
B．she was afraid Rebecca’s imagination might run wild while writing
C．she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much
D．she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance
答案 D
解析 根据文章第四段前两句可知D项正确。
5．The underlined sentence probably means that the author was ________.
A．trying not to let her daughter enjoy her own life
B．trying to get her daughter to do the thing as the author wished
C．making sure that her daughter would win the contest
D．helping her daughter develop real skills for writing
答案 B
解析 根据划线句的前一句可知B项正确。
B
Still seeking a destination for your weekend break? There are some places which are probably a mere walk away from your college.
King’s Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere.This weekend tees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists.
You could attend a class teaching you how to learn from the masters’ or get more creative with paint—free of charge.
The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8,000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University.
The multi-branched Torch Aloe here is impressive.The African plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves，and is not one to miss.
Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula，a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.
The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts.Look for grass snakes in the lake.A snake called
“Hissing Sid” is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.
Byron’s Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron’s time as a student of Cambridge University.Arriving in 1805，he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and drunkenness”．However，it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough.I’m not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his roans.He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.
It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake，which is now known as Byron’s Pool.A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside，the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields.The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea.If you don’t trust me，then perhaps you’ll take it from Virginia Woolf—over a century after Byron，she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.
6．As mentioned in the passage，there is a small charge for________.
A．attending the masters’ class
B．working with local artists
C．learning life drawing
D．seeing an exhibition
答案 C
解析 文章出现了“The Center also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.”，并用fee代替了charge，故答案为C项。
7．“Torch Aloe” and “Venus Flytrap” are________.
A．common insects
B．impressive plants
C．rarely-seen snakes
D．wildlife-enthusiasts
答案 B
解析 The African plant和a plant等词汇表明它们都是植物。
8．We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed________.
A．to fear pet bears
B．to like walking
C．to be a heavy drinker
D．to finish university in 1805
答案 B
解析 “He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.”这句话表明他喜欢散步。
9．In the passage Byron’s Pool is described as a lake________.
A．surrounded by fields
B．owned by Lord Byron
C．located in Grantchester
D．discovered by Virginia Woolf
答案 A
解析 由文章中的“the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields”可知答案为A项。
10．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Some places for weekend break.
B．A way to become creative in art.
C．The colourful life in the countryside.
D．Unknown stories of Cambridge University.
答案 A
解析 文章的第一段就说明了写作的意图。故选A项。
Ⅱ.微写作
写作素材
1．踢足球和读书是我的最爱。
2．这两个爱好对我很有好处。
3．踢足球可以增强体质，读书可以丰富知识。
4．更重要的是，它们还可以把我从繁重的学习中解脱出来。
(素材来源于2011·四川·书面表达)
提示：尽量使用高级表达：动名词作主语；非限制性定语从句以及连接词more importantly等。
连句成篇(将以上句子连成一篇50词左右的英语短文)
Playing football and reading books are my two favorites，which do me a lot of good.Playing football can build up my body and reading can enrich my knowledge.More importantly，they can also free me from the heavy work of study.
1．leisure n．消遣；娱乐；空闲 at leisure有空的；空闲的
2．seek v．寻找；探索 seek to do...试图做某事 seek out找到 seek help寻求帮助
3．live up to符合；实践 live with容忍 live through度过 live on靠……过活
4．on show在展览 on exhibition在展览 show up出现 show around带领参观 show off炫耀
5．Arriving in 1805，he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and drunkenness”．arriving in 1805为现在分词短语作时间状语，complaining that...在句中作定语，修饰a_letter，that从句为宾语从句。
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