話題18小說(shuō)、戲劇、詩(shī)歌、傳記、文學(xué)簡(jiǎn)史、經(jīng)典演講、

文學(xué)名著等

Ⅰ.閱讀理解

Disney＋hasarrivedintheUKandthetimingcouldn’tbebetter.Withthe

pandemickeepingpeopleindoors，itscollectionoffamily－friendlymoviesisjust

whatweneedrightnow.Herewe’vepickedoutsomeofthebestfilmsonDisney＋

UKtohelpgetyoustarted.

Togo

Theyearis1925andadeadlyepidemichasstrucktheAlaskantownofNome.The

onlycureis600milesawayandamassivestormisabouttostriketheregion.Theonly

hopeofgettingtothevaccine(疫苗)lieswithLeonhardSeppala，andhisleadsleddog，

Togo.TheentiremissiontosavethetownreliesuponTogo’sabilitytofacethe

challengingconditions.Addedtoallthat，Togoisbasedonatruestory.

Honey，IShrunktheKids

WayneSzalinskicreatesanelectromagneticshrinkingmachine.Naturally，he

accidentallyshrinkshisownchildren，plusthekidsfromnextdoorandthen

unknowinglythrowstheminthetrash.Tobecometheirnormalsizeagain，thesix－

millimeter－tallchildrenmustmaketheirwayacrossthefamily’syardandbacktothe

house.It’ssomethingfilledwithdangerwhenyou’resmallerthananant.Anabsolute

classic.

CheaperbytheDozen

TomBakerandhiswifeKatehave12children.WhenTomgetshisdreamjobasa

collegefootballcoach，herelocatestheentirefamilycausingupsetamonghis

children.Kate’sbookgetspublished，meaningshehastospendsometimeawayfrom

thefamilyandwithouthertheBakers’livesarepurechaos.Aclassiccomedy.

Up

Pixar’sUpcanclaimoneofthemostmovingopeningscenesofanymovie.Ina

littleover90minutes，directorPeteDoctertakesusonthejourneyofCarl，anold

widowerwhoisseekingoutParadiseFalls.Carl’strip，inhisflyinghouse，ismadein

memoryofhiswife，Ellic，whohadalwayswantedtovisittheFalls.Thefilmwontwo

Oscars—BestAnimatedFeatureandBestOriginalScore.

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】本文是應(yīng)用文。文章主要介紹了Disney＋到達(dá)英國(guó)，給大家?guī)?lái)

的四部經(jīng)典電影。

1.WhywillTogohavetotravelalongdistancewithitsowner?

A.Tocompeteforagreatprize.

B.Toescapethecomingstorm.

C.Tosavethetownfromstarvation.

D.Togetthecureforaseriousdisease.

答案D[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Theyearis1925andadeadly

epidemic...lieswithLeonhardSeppala，andhisleadsleddog”可知，Togo和他的主

人要去600英里外尋找唯一的治療方法。]

2.WhatdoHoney，IShrunktheKidsandCheaperbytheDozenhaveincommon?

A.Theyaresci－fifilms.

B.Theyareworksofthesamedirector.

C.Theydescribefamilystories.

D.Theyfocusonschooling.

答案C[推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的“WayneSzalinskicreates...andthen

unknowinglythrowstheminthetrash.”和第四段中的“TomBakerandhiswifeKate

have12children...causingupsetamonghischildren.”可知，他們都是圍繞家庭成員之

間發(fā)生的故事而展開的。]

3.WhatdoesUpmainlyshow?

A.Carl’sdeeploveforhislatewife.

B.Carl’sstrongdesireforrisk－taking.

C.Carl’sunusualabilitytocreatethings.

D.Carl’sspecialwaytotravelaround.

答案A[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。最后一段“Carl’strip，inhisflyinghouse，ismadein

memoryofhiswife，Ellic，whohadalwayswantedtovisittheFalls.”可知，電影

Up主要講述了Carl對(duì)他已故妻子的深深的愛。]

Sciencefictionwriterscreateimaginaryworlds.Thewaythingsworkinyour

imaginaryworldswillbebasedonactualscience.Soit’simportantforyoutobe

familiarwiththescientificprinciplesandinventionsthatarerelatedtoyour

creation.Forexample，ifyou’rewritingabouthumanlivingonaplanetwithzero

gravity，thenyouneedtoknowtheeffectsofzerogravityonthehumanbody.

Thenyouhavetofigureouttheexactrulesofyourimaginaryworlds.Andyou

havetofollowthem.IfhumansareabletobreatheunderwaterinChapter1，your

charactercan’tdrowninaswimmingpoolinChapter3.Theissuehereismaintaining

yourreaders’trust.Thatmeansthereaderiswillingtopretendalongwithyou.Ifyou

startoutwithanordinarydetectivenovelandthenthrowinsomeonebreathing

underwaterinthe6thchapter，youwillpullthereadersoutoftheirimagination.The

samethinghappensifyouchangetheruleshalfway.

Partofyourpreparationworkforthenovelistomapoutitsworldsingreat

detail.Youshoulddecidethefollowingissues：thehistoryoftheworld，thegeography，

whatpossibilitiesitoffers，howeverythingworksinthisnewreality，andhowallof

thesefactorsaffectthewayyourcharactersthink，feel，andreacttothings.Youdon’t

havetotellyourreadersalltherulesinthefirstchapter.Butyouhavetoletreaders

knowenoughtounderstandwhat’sgoingon.Thisalsoallowsyoutoworkoutlogical

problemsandcontradictions(矛盾)beforeyoustartwriting.

Whenyouarewriting，remembertomakeitfeelreal.Youareinvitingreadersto

visitanewworld.Theywillwanttobeabletosee，hear，feel，smell，andeventaste

whatit’slike.Whetheryournovelisaboutaworldwithoutdiseaseoranundiscovered

planet，helpyourreadersfeellikethey’reactuallythere.

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】本文是說(shuō)明文。很多人對(duì)科幻小說(shuō)充滿興趣，你是否想寫科幻小

說(shuō)呢？

4.What’stherelationshipbetweenactualscienceandsciencefiction?

A.Sciencefictionpromotesthedevelopmentofactualscience.

B.Sciencefictionoftenreflectsthedevelopmentofactualscience.

C.Actualsciencelimitstheimaginationdescribedinsciencefiction.

D.Actualscienceprovidesbasicprinciplesforsciencefiction.

答案D[推理判斷題。從第一段的“Thewaythingsworkinyourimaginaryworlds

willbebasedonactualscience.”即幻想世界事物產(chǎn)生的過(guò)程和方式基于現(xiàn)實(shí)科學(xué)，

可知D項(xiàng)正確。]

5.Thesecondparagraphismainlydevelopedby.

A.makingcomparisonsB.givingexamples

C.followingthetimeorderD.analyzingcauses

答案B[寫作手法題。第二段主要是通過(guò)舉例的方式闡述了觀點(diǎn)。]

6.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

A.Itisnecessarytodosomescientificexperimentsbeforewritingsciencefiction.

B.Itismoredifficulttowritesciencefictionthanordinarydetectivenovels.

C.Readersofsciencefictionactuallypretendthewriters’rulesaretrue.

D.Itisgreattoleavesomecontradictionsinyoursciencefiction.

答案C[正誤判斷題。從第二段的“Theissuehereismaintainingyourreaders’

trust.Thatmeansthereaderiswillingtopretendalongwithyou.”可知C項(xiàng)正確。]

7.Thetargetreadersofthepassageare.

A.youngscientistsB.sciencefictionwriters

C.collegestudentsD.professionaljournalists

答案B[讀者對(duì)象題。文章多處出現(xiàn)第二人稱，如“Thewaythingsworkinyour

imaginaryworlds...”，由此可推斷出作者在與寫科幻小說(shuō)的人交流。]

MyfavouritebookisTheAdventuresofTomSawyerbyMarkTwain.Tomlives

withhisauntPollyinaquietstreetofSt.Petersburg，Missouri.He’salivelyandclever

youngboy，andhefindshimselfinmanyexcitingadventures.Herunsawaywithhis

twofriends，HuckFinnandJoe，toanislandinthemiddleoftheMississippiRiverfor

severaldays.WithHuckhegoeslookingfortreasure，andwithBeckyhegetslostina

cave.Andfinally，theyfindaboxofgold.

MyfavouritesceneinthebookiswheneveryonethinksTomisdead，hedecides

togotohisownfuneral(葬禮).Hehidesandwatchesforatimeandthensuddenlyhe

appears.Everyoneissurprisedtoseehimbutthey’realsopleasedtoseehimalive.

Tomistheheroofthestory，butthereareotherimportantcharacters.Huckisan

outsiderandeveryoneisafraidofhim.Beckyisprettywithfairhair，JoeisTom’sbest

friend，andInjunJoeisthebadmanofthestory.

Thethemeofthestoryisaboutchildrengrowingup.Itdescribeshowstrangersare

seeninsmalltownsofAmerica.Finally，ittalksaboutfreedom，socialrulesandhow

peoplearepunishedforbadbehaviour.

WhydoIthinkTheAdventuresofTomSawyerisagreatbook？MarkTwain

wrotethestoryin1876，butit’sstillreadandlovedbypeopleallovertheworld

today.Andalthoughit’sonlyastory，TwainwroteitintheeverydayEnglishofthe

southernstatesofAmericainthe19thcentury，soitsoundsveryreal.Todayit’sthought

tobeoneofthegreatestbooksinAmericanliterature.Goon—readit！Iknowyou’ll

enjoyit，too.

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】本文是書評(píng)。文章介紹了《湯姆·索亞歷險(xiǎn)記》這本書及作者的看

法。

8.WheredoesTomrunawaywithhistwofriends?

A.Toaquietstreet.B.Toasmalltown.

C.Toanisland.D.Toaforest.

答案C[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段中的“Herunsawaywithhistwofriends，

HuckFinnandJoe，toanislandinthemiddleoftheMississippiRiverforseveraldays.”

可知，Tom和兩個(gè)朋友一起逃到了小島。]

9.WhoisthebestfriendofTominthestory?

A.HuckFinn.B.Joe.

C.Becky.D.Polly.

答案B[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段中的“JoeisTom’sbestfriend”可知，Joe

是Tom最好的朋友。]

10.HowdidpeoplefeelwhenTomappearedathisownfuneral?

A.Theyweresurprisedandhappy.

B.Theyweresurprisedandsad.

C.Theywereworriedandexcited.

D.Theywerefrightenedandhappy.

答案A[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段中的“thensuddenlyheappears.Everyone

issurprisedtoseehimbutthey’realsopleasedtoseehimalive.”可知，Tom出現(xiàn)在

葬禮上，人們感到既驚訝又高興。]

11.What’sthewriter’spurposeinwritingthepassage?

A.Torecommendthebooktoyou.

B.ToexplainthehistoryofAmerica.

C.TotelluswhenMarkTwainwrotethestory.

D.Toexplainwhythestorysoundsveryreal.

答案A[寫作意圖題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中的“Todayit’sthoughttobe...Iknow

you’llenjoyit，too.”可知，作者寫這篇文章的目的是為了推薦這本書。]

Ⅱ.七選五

(2024·湖北部分市州1月調(diào)研)

Haveyoueverthoughtaboutwhatsandmeanstoourlives?1，butweare

alwaysignoringitscontributionstoourlives.However，asBritishgeologistMichael

Wellandonceexplainedinhisbookonsand，“Withoutit，ourworldwouldbe

dramaticallydifferent.”

DutchdesignersNadineSterkandLonnyvanRyswyckweredeeplyinspiredby

Welland’sbookonsand.Theyhopedthatpeoplewouldneverforgettheclose

relationshipswiththeprimarymaterialsofourlives.In2010，NadineandLonnystarted

theirprojectcalled“ToSeeaWorldinaGrainofSand”.Theycollectedsandfrom

beaches，riversandmountainsaroundtheworld.Theyfiredthesandathigh

temperatures.2.Thesecolorscamefrommovement，erosionandtransformationof

thousandsofyears.NadineandLonnythenmadethemeltedsandintoglass.Theglass’s

designreferencedDutchglassandpaintingsofthe17thcentury.3，becausethey

wantedpeopletounderstandtheworldbyunderstandingthejourneyofsand.

Lastyear，NadineandLonny’sworksweredisplayedforthefirsttimeduring

DutchDesignWeekandwontheDutchDesignAwards.4，becausetheirdesigns

notonlychallengedthetraditionsoftoday’sglassmanufacturingindustry，butalso

calledonpeopletoidentifymoredeeplywiththeplaceswheretheylived.

5，youcanjointhem.Firstly，youcollectabottleofsandfromyourfavorite

placeandtakeaphotoofthatplace.Then，youcompletet