1、阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项。 I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my headNow I am thirty twoI can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red isIt would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity
2、(灾难) can do strange things to peopleIt occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadnt been blindI believe in life nowI am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwiseI dont mean that I would prefer to go without my eyesI simply mean that
3、the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had leftThe hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myselfThat was basicIf I hadnt been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my lifeWhen I say belief in myself I am not talking
4、 about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase aloneThat is part of itBut I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate(错综简洁的) pattern of people there is a spe
5、cial place where I can make myself fitIt took me years to discover and strengthen this assuranceIt had to start with the simplest thingsOnce a man gave me an indoor baseballI thought he was making fun of me and I was hurtI cant use this I saidTake it with you, he urged me, and roll it around The wor
6、ds stuck in my headRoll it around! By rolling the ball I could hear where it wentThis gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseballAt Philadelphias Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseballWe called it ground ballAll my life I hav
7、e set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a timeI had to learn my limitationsIt was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failureI would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made
8、progress 1We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _Athe author lost his sight because of a car crash Bthe author wouldnt love life if the disaster didnt happenCthe disaster made the author appreciate what he hadDthe disaster strengthened the authors desire to see2Whats the most difficult
9、 thing for the author?A How to adjust himself to reality BBuilding up assurance that he can find his place in lifeCLearning to manage his life alone DHow to invent a successful variation of baseball3According to the context, “a chair rocker on the front porch” in paragraph 3 means that the author _
10、Awould sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his lifeBwould be unable to move and stay in a rocking chairCwould lose his will to struggle against difficultiesDwould sit in a chair and stay at home4According to the passage, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man _Ahurt the authors feeling Bgave
11、 the author a deep impressionCdirectly led to the invention of ground ball Dinspired the author5What is the best title for the passage?AA Miserable Life BStruggle Against DifficultiesCA Disaster Makes a Strong Person DAn Unforgettable Experience【参考答案】1-5、CBCDC 阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。In
12、March 2008,Joe Ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Denver, Colorado. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188. Ryan had never set foot in that hospital. Obviously there was some mistake. “I thought it was a joke,” says Ryan. But when he called the billing age
13、ncy,nobody laughed. Someone, who s also named Joe Ryan, using Ryans Social Security number, had indeed been admitted for surgery. He figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls. Two years later, Ryan continues to suffer from the damage to his credit rating and still doesnt know if his
14、 medical record has been cleared of wrong information. Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise:medical identity theft, which involves using your name to get drugs, expensive medical treatment and even cheating insurance payments. As Rya
15、n discovered, money isn t the half of it. When someone steals your name to receive health care, his medical history becomes part of your recordand setting the record straight can be extremely difficult. That s because,in part,the information is handed out among dozens of care-givers, from doctors to
16、 medicine stores to insurance companies and labs. I wanted to help straighten this out,” says Ryan, so I went to the hospital, and they had a three-inch-thick record for me, but they wouldn t let me see it. I showed them my ID, and they said that s not Joe Ryan s signature. Well, of course not! They
17、 had this other guy s signature. ” Ryan had fallen into a victim s Catch-22: If your record doesn t appear to be yours, you may not have the right to read it, much less change it. Ryan s next step was a visit to the police department. But the police said that there was not much they could do, that t
18、he local law enforcement has little experience with medical ID theft, and cases like this can end up being considered a civil matter. 1. The billing agency sent Joe Ryan a notice to _.A. play a joke on him for medical treatmentB. inform him of the payment for his surgeryC. correct the mistakes about
19、 payment for his surgeryD. clear up the wrong information in his medical record答案解析:答案为B。本题为细节题。由第一段 “In March 2008,Joe Ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Denver, Colorado. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188.”可知,the billing agency 通知Joe Ryan支付手术费用41,18
20、8美元,故答案为B。2. Joe Ryan at first thought his problem was _.A. easy to settleB. difficult to settleC. impossible to solveD. unnecessary to solve答案解析:答案为A。本题为细节推理题。由其次段 “He figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls.” 可知,Joe Ryan刚开头认为只要打几个电话就可以解决问题,故答案为A。 3. The number of medical identit
21、y theft cases in the United States is _.A. increasingB. decreasingC. countableD. changeable答案解析:答案为A。本题为细节题。由第四段首句 “Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise:medical identity theft”可知,医疗身份盗窃在美国正在增加,故答案为A。4. An even worse consequence of me
22、dical ID theft is _.A. some trouble in obtaining insurance paymentB. a big loss of money and damage to credit ratingC. the widely spread medical information of the victimD. the difficulty in changing the wrong medical history答案解析:答案为C。本题为推理题。由第五段可知,当别人盗用了你的名字来享受医疗服务后,他的医疗史就成为了你的医疗史,并且清除这些错误记录极其困难,由于
23、你的信息已经给了很多照料者,包括医生、药店、保险公司和试验室。因此,医疗身份盗窃更糟糕的结果是受害者的医疗信息处处传播。故答案为C。干扰项最强的D选项“转变错误的医疗史格外困难”只是医疗身份盗窃的一个直接结果,但不是更糟糕的,因此排解D选项。 【深圳市2022高考英语综合力气测试题(8)】读写任务(共1小题;满分25分) 阅读下面的短文,然后依据要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。The actions of international development volunteers, and the relationships they build, live on long after the
24、 volunteers return home.One such volunteer is Carlie Rocco. After completing an Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) role, 27-year-old Carlie travelled to China to take up the role of Rural Development Advisor(询问员)at Yunnan Agricultural University. “I had an interest in working indeve
25、lopment and learning new skills, so I decided to volunteer to be able to pursue that. We had one project where we used this knowledge to grow and collect Chinese medicinal herbs (中药), and then linked them up with Chinese medicine companies.” “Its a great way to acquire a lot of new skills in a short
26、 space of time it would take a lot longer if you wanted to do that in Australia, to acquire some of those universal professional skills like relationship building, communication and cross-cultural skills.” Reflecting on her volunteer experience, Carlie felt proud of what she managed to achieve toget
27、her with her local colleagues at Yunnan Agricultural University and, alter all, she gained valuable professional skills in the process:【写作内容】1. 以约30个词总结Carlie作为志愿者的工作和收获。2. 以约120个词就“志愿者工作”发表自己的看法,并包括如下要点:(1)你认为志愿者工作有何意义;(2)列举你或他人的事例说明你的看法;(3)你认为成为一名优秀志愿者的最重要的素养是什么。【写作要求】1. 作文中可以使用亲身经受或虚构的故事,也可以参照阅读材
28、料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子;2. 作文中不能毁灭真实姓名和学校名称。【评分标准】概括精确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。_ 【参考范文】读写任务 (One possible version)As an Australian Youth, Carlie worked as a Rural Development Advisor at Yunnan Agricultural University. She spared no effort to help others, and gained some valuable skills. As shown from Carlies expe
29、rience, providing a free service for others and improving oneself is what volunteer work is all about. My elder sister worked as a volunteer for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. She was responsible for showing the audience in and out of the stadiums and demonstrating a series of gestures to cheer up
30、the athletes at the game. Every night when she got back late, she was too exhausted to say a word or stand up. But she has learnt to appreciate what others have done for her, which she used to take for granted.”Thus it can be seen that gratefulness is the most important quality for volunteers, becau
31、se to be an excellent volunteer is to give rather than receive.【深圳市2022高考英语综合力气测试题(7)】基础写作(共1小题;满分15分) 你是学校“世界人口与经济”争辩性学习小组成员。以下是你们的争辩成果汇总。【写作内容】 依据下表信息,为校报写一篇英语报道。现状与数据世界人口70亿,其中中国和印度人口分别位居世界第一、其次。现象与问题目前状况令世人担忧:1)在非洲很多贫困国家和亚洲一些国家,人口比经济的增长速度快;2)在日本和很多欧洲国家,低诞生率地区对劳动力短缺的担忧程度提升。专家猜想到2025或2030年,世界人口将达到
32、80亿。参考词汇:低诞生率low birth rate【写作要求】 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。【参考范文】基础写作 (One possible version)It is reported that there are currently seven billion people in the world, with China ranking the top most populated country of the world and India, the second. Such a large population has become one of the most seriou
33、s and worrying problems for which all the people in the world show much concern. For example, the population is growing faster than the economy in many African and some Asian countries. On the contrary, it is increasingly worrying that the low birth rates in Japan and many European countries have re
34、sulted in labor shortage. Experts predict that the population of the world will reach eight billion by the year 2025 or 2030.【深圳市2022高考英语综合力气测试题(7)】读写任务(共1小题;满分25分) 阅读下面的短文,然后依据要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。I was diagnosed with cancer at 31. When I heard this news, my heart sank. When Sally heard about my diagno
35、sis, she approached me and was supportive. I was surprised at her kindness because she was almost a stranger to me. I had expressed fears of having chemotherapy (化疗). Just before my firs chemotherapy, she gave me a gift. She told me shed give me one of these gifts just before every chemotherapy unti
36、l I finished all the treatment. I explained Id be having chemotherapy every other week for months because I didnt want her to be obligated(有义务的). She told me that she wanted me to say, “What is Sally going to turn up with this time?” instead of “Ive got another painful chemotherapy session.” Each ti
37、me she came to see me, she brought a present. I was a bit embarrassed at first, but as treatment went on, I found myself looking forward to a beautifully wrapped gift, such as a candle, a book or a bar of chocolate, Carefully choosing gifts every time, she never missed one. It didnt matter what the
38、gift was. It made a difference that she cared enough to think of me every week, knowing I was going through a painful course that would in the end, save my life. Now when I look at these gifts, I am so grateful for Sallys promise.【写作内容】1. 以约30个词总结上文:2. 以约120个词就“信守承诺”这个话题发表自己的看法,并包括如下要点: (1)你读后的感想; (
39、2)列举你或他人的事例并说明你的感想; (3)你对“信守承诺”的理解或建议。【写作要求】1. 作文中可以使用亲身经受或虚构的故事,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子;2. 作文中不能毁灭真实姓名和学校名称。【评分标准】概括精确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。_【参考范文】读写任务 (One possible version)The author suffered from cancer, but Sally gave him a gift every time he had chemotherapy. With her timely and warm care, he smo
40、othly went through the painful course. It is a touching story which has proved what “A promise is a promise” means. It is admirable that Sally made a promise and kept it from beginning to end. Take Li Xin, my deskmate for example. In Senior One, I did badly in math, and did not get along well with h
41、im. He promised to help me with my math every day after school. He never broke his promise and explained every minor mistake to me patiently. As time went by, I made great progress in math. Most importantly, we have become best friends ever since. It seems to me that keeping promises plays an important role in smoothing social communication. Once we make a promise, in no way should we break it.