Module 2 Highlights of My Senior Year (建議用時：35分鐘).閱讀理解A(2020·太原模擬)Were often reminded of the importance of preserving the planet as we see it for future generationsand children at St Oswalds CE Primary School Chester certainly agree.Nine­year­old Isobel Kelleher from the schools Hummingbirds class thinks adults need to take note. “Sometimes they can be busy and I dont think they think they can make a difference, but if everyone does a little bit it all adds up，” she tells HuffPost UK. “We started looking at plastic pollution in our oceans and the things like plastic bags that are polluting them，” she says. “Fish can eat the plastic and they can die, or we might even eat the fish ourselves.”Mr. Timms, Isobels teacher, has been spearheading a new project at the school which lets children loose creatively to raise awareness of the need to be more environmentally friendly. The entire Hummingbirds class, which is made up of 9­and 10­year­old pupils, has been busy writing poems and creating online video adverts to warn adults about the serious situation of our oceans and wildlife.Mr. Timms thinks children have an important role to play in teaching us how to take care of the things around us. “We sometimes overlook how much we can really learn from children，” he says. “It has been really hard to believe having parents come in saying that their children have been asking them to stop using plastic, and to recycle more, and even stopping them using plastic straws.”Mr. Timms is proud of his Hummingbirds class. “The message that they would like to send to world is simple: stopping this isnt someone elses job, and it wont be OK if we just leave it.”【解題導語】本文是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了“蜂鳥班”積極響應一個環(huán)保教育項目。該班由九歲和十歲的學生組成，他們通過寫詩和制作在線視頻廣告來提醒成年人注意環(huán)保問題。1What can we infer about adults according to Isobel Kelleher?AThey just pretend to be busy.BThey havent done their part well.CThey can do nothing to stop pollution.DThey have started to care about the ocean.B解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的內(nèi)容，尤其是第一句“Nine­year­old Isobel Kelleher from the schools Hummingbirds class thinks adults need to take note.”可知，學?！胺澍B班”里九歲的伊澤貝爾認為成年人需要注意環(huán)保問題；據(jù)此可推知，成年人在環(huán)保問題上沒有做得很好，故B項正確。2What is the purpose of the school project?ATo help adults to learn more about their kids.BTo remind adults to be friendly to the environment.CTo persuade students to stop using plastic bags.DTo teach students how to write poems creatively.B解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段尾句“The entire Hummingbirds class, which is made up of 9­and 10­year­old pupils, has been busy writing poems and creating online video adverts to warn adults about the serious situation of our oceans and wildlife.”可知，整個“蜂鳥班”由九歲和十歲的學生組成，他們一直忙著寫詩和制作在線視頻廣告，提醒成年人海洋和野生動物所處的嚴重處境；據(jù)此可知，該項目旨在提醒成年人要注意環(huán)保問題，故B項正確。3Why does Mr. Timms mention parents in Paragraph 4?ATo prove kids are creative in teaching.BTo attract people to support his work.CTo have adults care about education.DTo show the effects of the project.D解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段尾句“It has been really hard to believe having parents come in saying that their children have been asking them to stop using plastic, and to recycle more, and even stopping them using plastic straws.”可知，真的很難相信有父母說孩子們要求他們停止使用塑料，甚至要求他們停止使用塑料吸管；據(jù)此可推知，該段提及父母旨在說明該項目對成年人的影響，故D項正確。4What is the text mainly about?AAn inspiring school project.BAn appeal to stop using plastic bags.CSerious situations of our planet.DAdults ignorance of the environment.A解析：主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章第三段第一句“Mr. Timms, Isobels teacher, has been spearheading a new project at the school which lets children loose creatively to raise awareness of the need to be more environmentally friendly.”為全文的主題句，結(jié)合全文內(nèi)容可知，本文主要介紹了“蜂鳥班”積極響應一個環(huán)保教育項目，該班由九歲和十歲的學生組成，他們通過寫詩和制作在線視頻廣告，提醒成年人注意環(huán)保問題。故A項正確。B(2020·安徽五校質(zhì)檢)While an entire month free of homework or tests may sound too good to be true, that is exactly what the students at Sturenskolan School in Boden, Sweden were treated to in April. Whats more, if the results of the experiment prove encouraging, starting 2019, the middle schoolers will never have to worry about after­school work or tests, aside from the national examinations, which are compulsive for students across the country.The schools principal, Petronella Sirkka, who came up with the idea, said, “We are constantly receiving new reports that our children feel bad. And thats because they have a high level of stress all the time. This is our way of trying to reduce that stress.”The educator says that while banning homework and tests sounds radical(激進的), it makes sense given the changes in the curriculum and approaches to education. While in the past students were primarily subjected to memorizing facts, learning today is all about reflection and analysis. As a result, it is often harder for kids, especially those with little support at home, to comprehend the material by themselves.Sirkka is not the only one who believes after­school work does not help students learn. In March 2018, another principal in Canada also decided to do away with homework. They hope parents will spend the extra time reading to their kids.While the long­term impact of the recent decisions made by the two educators remains to be seen, the experiment has already proved successful in Finland which has done away with homework, grades, and even teaching by subjects for many years. Yet, Finnish students always rank high in the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests especially in math and science but they have the least homework! Hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before US educators follow their lead and ban after­school work as well!【解題導語】本文是一篇說明文。瑞典一所學校在四月份取消了學生的家庭作業(yè)和考試，這是該校校長Petronella Sirkka看到學生作業(yè)負擔太重而提出的舉措，且芬蘭采取的類似做法已獲成功。5The students at Sturenskolan School had no homework in April because _Athe headmaster was experimenting with her ideaBthey needed to do some experiments during the monthCthey were busy preparing for the national examinationsDthe headmaster had to carry out the governments policyA解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句中的“The schools principal, Petronella Sirkka, who came up with the idea”，并結(jié)合第一段的內(nèi)容可知，Sturenskolan學校的學生們在四月份沒有家庭作業(yè)和考試是該校校長提出的想法，故A項正確。6What makes childrens learning hard nowadays?AChildren have to do more analyzing.BThe approach to education is complex.CChildren get no support at home and school.DThere are many more facts to memorize.A解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第二、三句“While in the past students were primarily subjected to memorizing facts, learning today is all about reflection and analysis. As a result, it is often harder for kids, especially those with little support at home, to comprehend the material by themselves.”可知，在過去，學生主要是被要求記住事實，而如今學生需要的是反思和分析。因此，孩子們往往很難自己理解這些材料。據(jù)此可知，反思和分析讓孩子們的學習更加困難。故A項正確。7What does Petronella Sirkka most likely advise parents to do?AHelp children with their homework.BFree children from after­school housework.CSpend more time reading to their children.DCommunicate with teachers from time to time.C解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段尾句“They hope parents will spend the extra time reading to their kids.”可推知，Petronella Sirkka很可能會建議父母花些時間為他們的孩子們閱讀，故C項正確。8What can we infer about the students in Finland?AThey study the hardest at school.BThey have a more relaxing school life.CThey enjoy great success after graduation.DThey all have a talent for math and science.B解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)尾段第一句中的“the experiment has already proved successful in Finland which has done away with homework, grades, and even teaching by subjects for many years”可知，多年來，芬蘭已經(jīng)取消了家庭作業(yè)、成績等級，甚至科目教學。據(jù)此可推知，芬蘭學生的學校生活更加輕松，故B項正確。.七選五(2020·合肥第二次質(zhì)檢)Whats the purpose of building patience abilities? In a word, happiness. Better relationships, more success. But indeed it takes efforts to build them successfully. 1._ Thus, when the big ones come, we will have developed the patience we need for hard times.Understand the addictive nature of anger and impatience. We, human beings, are still constructed with our old reptilian(爬行動物的) brain that protects our physical and emotional survival. On the emotional survival side, we want our way to get ahead, to achieve, and to “l(fā)ook good”. Lets just face it. 2._ So the first step in growing patience is to get in touch with the addictive quality of the opposite of patienceanger, impatience, blame and shame. We all have them. And we can grow beyond them.Upgrade our attitude towards discomfort and pain. Pain has its purposes and pushes us to find solutionswe try to change the other person, situation or thing that we think is causing our discomfort. But the problem is that it is not the outside thing thats the source of our pain, but how our mind is set. 3._Pay attention when the impatience or pain starts. Most of us dont really realize it when we are feeling even the smallestbut very presentpainful feelings. 4._ But to really care for ourselves, get curious about whats actually happening in the moment inside you. Focusing on whats actually happening, you can notice the worry of not wanting whats happening, the resistance.5_ When you find yourself impatient, or angry with yourself, you can remind yourself that you are growing, and that, “Sure, this is understandable; this is what happens to me when Im bothered.” You can say to yourself, “Its true. I dont like this; this is uncomfortable, but I can tolerate it.”APractice positive selftalk.BSo the solution to pain is an inside job.CPatience abilities benefit you in many ways.DLearn to forgive yourself for being impatient in hard times.EWe ignore the fact that were in pain and focus completely on fixing the problem.FThe urge to protect ourselves and what we consider valuable is absolutely habit­forming.GEffective ways are recommended to train ourselves to work with little pain and annoyance.【解題導語】本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了培養(yǎng)耐心的幾個有效的方法。1G解析：根據(jù)空后一句“Thus, when the big ones come, we will. hard times.”可知，成功地培養(yǎng)耐心需要花費精力，因而推薦一些有效的方法用來訓練我們應對痛苦及煩惱的能力，因此當更大的麻煩來臨時，我們將已經(jīng)有耐心應對困難的時刻。故G項符合語境。2F解析：根據(jù)空后的“So the first step. blame and shame.”可推知，保護我們自己和我們認為有價值的東西的沖動絕對是由習慣養(yǎng)成的，因此要做的第一步就是了解負面情緒根深蒂固的本性。故選F。3B解析：根據(jù)空前一句“But the problem is that it is not the outside thing thats the source of our pain, but how our mind is set.”可知，問題不是出現(xiàn)在引起痛苦的外在因素上，而是出現(xiàn)在我們的思考方式上，因此解決痛苦是一種內(nèi)在的活動。故選B。4E解析：根據(jù)空前一句“Most of us dont really realize it. painful feelings.”及空后的“get curious about whats actually happening in the moment inside you”可知，我們經(jīng)常忽略了這樣一個事實，即我們處于痛苦之中，而我們關(guān)注的焦點總是全部集中在解決問題上。5A解析：根據(jù)文章結(jié)構(gòu)和空處所在位置可知，空處為段落主題句；通讀本段可知，本段主要是說要積極地自我對話，故A項符合語境。.語法填空(2020·長春質(zhì)量監(jiān)測一)It used to be common to see US teenagers busy at fast­food restaurants cooking burgers and 1._(clean) tables, especially during the summer vacation. 2._， the scene is becoming less common.Instead of finding summer jobs, many US teenagers are spending 3._(they) free time taking classes. According to The Atlantic, this change partly results 4._the low teen earnings paying little toward the costs of college. For many students who are going to attend college, the money from summer jobs doesnt live up to their 5._(expect) at all. Meanwhile, US teenagers increasing interest in education 6._(account) for this as well. They go to summer school to learn 7._they might not have time for after they leave school, which 8._(consider) as a wise choice.Despite this, a summer job is still believed to benefit teenagers. Early work experience is 9._human activity that develops peoples social skills. When kids are working, they gradually gain 10._(practice) knowledge and understanding of the labor market.【解題導語】這是一篇說明文，主要介紹了美國青少年暑期生活的變化。1cleaning解析：考查非謂語動詞。根據(jù)空前的并列連詞and可知，空處與前面的cooking并列作be busy(in) doing sth.結(jié)構(gòu)的賓語。2However解析：考查副詞。由上文中的“It used to be common”以及空后的“the scene is becoming less common”可知，此處前后句構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故用However。3their解析：考查代詞。根據(jù)語境可知，空處修飾名詞free time，故應用they的形容詞性物主代詞their在句中作定語，表示“他們的”。4from解析：考查固定搭配。這種變化部分是由青少年得到的薪水很低而難以支付大學的費用造成的。result from “(由而)造成”為固定搭配。5expectations解析：考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換和名詞的單復數(shù)。根據(jù)語境及空前的“their”可知，空處應用expect的名詞復數(shù)形式，表示“他們的那些期望”。6accounts解析：考查動詞的時態(tài)和主謂一致。根據(jù)語境可知，文章介紹的是一般情況，且主語是US teenagers increasing interest，因此謂語動詞用一般現(xiàn)在時的第三人稱單數(shù)形式accounts。7what解析：考查連接詞。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，空處引導賓語從句，作動詞learn的賓語，指物，因此填what。8is considered解析：考查動詞的時態(tài)和語態(tài)。根據(jù)語境可知，文章介紹的是一般情況，應用一般現(xiàn)在時，此處表示“這被認為是一個明智的選擇”，應用被動語態(tài)，故用一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)。9a解析：考查冠詞。根據(jù)空前的“is”和空后的“human activity”可知，此處表示泛指“一項人類活動”，且human的發(fā)音以輔音音素開頭，故用不定冠詞a。10practical解析：考查形容詞。修飾名詞應用形容詞，故用practical “實用的”。8