hereafter-滚瓜烂熟
My journey is long and winding, I will keep
on exploring my way far and wide.
高三英语周测卷（十五）
（重点班）
试卷满分：
62
分
考试时
间：
50
分钟
命题教师：王丽霞
一．阅读理解（每
小题
2
分，满分
32
分）
A
It
was
summer
and
I
was
with
my
new
colleagues.
I’d
graduated
from
college
just
two
months earlier and relocated
(
搬家
) to Chicago to work
there. I barely knew Chicago, but luckily,
my co-workers were friendly. We became
so close that 13 of us spent a weekend together at
the
lake and rented a boat.
On our last morning, I wanted to get
back into the boat after swimming for a bit. But
as I
approached it, a force pulled me
in. Within seconds, the lower half of my body was
stuck between
the boat’s propellers
(
螺旋桨
). I reached down as the
water around me turned deep red. Instead of
feeling the flesh of my leg, my hand
touched exposed muscle and bone.
It
took nearly 45 minutes for help to arrive. Until
then, a few of my friends worked together
to
keep me alive. The next
morning,
I woke up
in
a hospital room. I later
learned that when
I
arrived
at
the
hospital,
a
team
of
20
specialists
tried
to
save
my
leg,
but
the
damage
was
too
extensive
(
广泛的
). They amputated
it above the knee. At least I’m alive,
I thought.
One year, six
major surgeries, and countless hours of physical
therapy later, I began to walk
again. I
tried my best to be upbeat
(
乐观的
) and positive while
relearning to walk, but even the
simplest tasks made me frustrated.
Sometimes, I just thought “Why me?”
I continue to try to embrace my new
life, but I’ve had to make adjustments. I’d
actually been
training for the Chicago
half-marathon before the accident. I still plan to
get back into training for
it, but for
now, I’m just grateful I can walk.
I
avoided
showing
my
prosthetic
leg
(
假肢
)
in
public
at
first,
but
now,
I
wear
shorts
and
dresses, whether I’m
going out with friends or heading to the office.
The only time I don’t wear
the leg is
in bed.
While my accident may have
flipped (
颠覆
) my world upside
down, I’m still me.
1. What
do we know about the author from the first
paragraph?
A. She didn’t like
Chicago.
B.
She couldn’t swim at all.
C.
She enjoyed working with her
colleagues.
D. She often made careless mistakes.
2. What does the underlined word
“amputated” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. treated
B.
removed
C. broke
D. fixed
3. How does the author feel about her
prosthetic leg now?
A. She avoids
showing it.
B.
She accepts
it as it is.
C. She
complains about it a lot.
D. She is unwilling to wear
it.
4. Which of the following words can
best describe the author?
A.
Enthusiastic and kind.
B. Cooperative and
generous.
C. Ambitious and independent.
D.
Courageous and optimistic
.
B
When I was a young man, I
had a big ego and very little empathy
(
同理心
). I thought I knew
everything. I looked forward to fame
and success. I can even remember arrogantly
telling one of
my friends in college:
“If only everyone listened to me, they would all
be happy.” I finally left
school, ready
to take on the world. Little did I know the world
was about to take on me.
In the
years following
college,
instead of success,
I found struggles.
I had trouble finding
work.
The jobs I did work at were either temporary or
back-breaking and none of them paid well.
When my wife and I had children, we
were shocked to learn that not one but both of our
sons had
autism
(
自闭症
) and would need to be
taken care of for the rest of their lives. I had
no idea why
this had happened to us and
I was very angry with the world.
In
time, however, I began to change. My formerly
massive ego was
shrinking fast but my
empathy was beginning to grow. Instead
of finding joy in success, I found it in moments
of love.
Playing
and
laughing
with
my
sons
brought
me
so
much
happiness.
My
boys
taught
me
more
about peace, patience,
kindness, joy, and unconditional love than I could
have ever learned on my
own. I began to
share the lessons I learned through my writing and
my life.
I finally realized that my
purpose in this world had nothing to do with fame
or success and
everything to do with
allowing love and light into my life and sharing
it with everyone I could.
5. What was the author like when he was
young?
A. He was popular.
B.
He was a top student.
C.
He
was overconfident about his abilities.
D.
He was warm-hearted to others.
6. After
graduating from school, the author ______.
A. found a tiring but well-paid job
B. wanted to live a challenging life
C. didn’t want to have children
early
D.
suffered many
difficulties in life
7. What does the
underlined word “shrinking” in
Par
agraph 3 mean?
A.
Reducing.
B. Developing.
C. Returning.
D. Improving.
8.
What does the author intend to tell us with his
story?
A. Life can be very hard for
some people.
B.
Parents need to be patient with their kids.
C. It’s
important to learn
how to be a father.
D.
The purpose of life is to share love.
C
Police officer
Jody Thompson first met his son
John in
2015. He was pulling into the car
park
at
the
Poteau
Police
Department
in
Oklahoma
when
he
overheard
a
call
about
a
case
of
physical
child abuse. Despite being off duty, Thompson
responded to the call.
He arrived at
the scene to find a severely underweight boy, who
was covered in bruises
(
淤
青
) with his
wrists tied. The eight-year-old, who weighed just
over 25 kilograms at the time, had
been
left in a dustbin (
垃圾箱
) full
of cold water.
“He didn’t have a spot
on his body that didn’t have a bruise. It was the
worst thing I’d ever
My journey is long
and winding, I will keep on exploring my way far
and wide.
seen,” Thompson
said. Thompson drove John to hospital and sat by
his side all night as the chil
d
recovered in the intensive care unit.
The
following
day,
he
contacted
the
Oklahoma
Department
of
Human
Services
(DHS)
to
request
he
become
the
child’s
foster
parent
(
养父
).
Within
just
a
few
days,
Thompson
had
brought John into the safety of his own
home.
“When
I’d seen him in
that house shivering and his
hands
tied
–
just wet
to
the skin
and
confused
–
I knew
at that moment, the only time I would be satisfied
and sure that he was safe is
if he was
with me,” he said.
Thompson
already had two sons, aged 15 a
nd 18.
He didn’t tell his family about his plan at
first, but said they had faith he was
doing the right thing. In an extraordinary twist,
just two days
after
bringing
John
into
the
family
home,
he
found
out
his
wife
was
pregnant
with
their
third
biological son.
And seven
months later, DHS called the Thompsons to ask if
they wanted to foster John’s
newborn
sister, Paizly, who was born in prison. They
picked her up the next day
–
when she was
just
a
day
old
–
and
brought
her
straight
home.
Both
John
and
Paizly
were
later
adopted
by
Thompson and his wife.
“The
example
of
love
that
Thompson
has
shown
to
this
young
man
and
his
sister
is
an
example everyone should
follow,” Poteau Police Chief Stephen Fruenr said
in a statement. “It’s
men like Thompson
that make me proud of our police force brothers
and sisters. I am proud to
serve with
him.”
9. How was John when
Thompson found him?
A. Seriously ill.
B.
Badly injured
.
C. Unconscious.
D. Overweight.
10. Why did Thompson bring John back
home?
A. He wanted to find a companion
for his sons.
B. He thought
that John was smart.
C. He was
requested to do so by DHS.
D. He wanted to
give John a safe home.
11. How did
Thompson’s family feel about his
decision?
A.
Supportive.
B. Excited.
C.
Doubtful.
D. Uncaring.
12.
What can we infer from the article?
A.
It wasn’t the first time for Thompson to adopt a
child.
B. John was born in
prison like his sister.
C.
Fruenr showed great respect to
Thompson.
D. Thompson
regretted bringing John home.
D
Though Grant and I are
typically more traditional, we actually met
online, through Facebook.
As a single
mom, it was always a nightmare trying to date, as
I have full custody of my daughter
and
very little “me” time. But that wasn’t the only
obstacle we had to overcome as a couple
–
we
also lived four and a
half hours away from one another. But when two
people are meant to be, life
sure has
an interesting way of bringing two people
together.
Nine months ago I randomly
(
随机地
) added him on Facebook.
After weeks of messaging
back and
forth, we had our first four-hour phone call, and
the long call led to our first date.
In
the six and half months that we dated, I got to
witness an attractive, charming bachelor
become a positive, loving and selfless
father to my little girl.
On the day of
our engagement, he took my daughter and I to
breakfast. I had a feeling that
he was
planning something. But after anxiously eating
breakfast, hoping and praying he wasn’t
going to get down on one knee in the
middle of a very busy Saturday morning brunch, we
left.
Then, we walked a mile into the
woods. It was quite the adventure. Finally, we got
to a wooden
bridge in the middle of the
forest and he got down on one knee.
After
proposing
(
求婚
)
to
me,
Grant
got
back
down
to
propose
to
my
daughter.
He
said,
“Adrianna, can I be
your daddy, to promise to love and protect you for
the rest of your life?” As
soon as he
spoke those sweet words, I once again broke down
in tears.
My daughter replied in
complete sh
ock, “Thank you!” He then
presented her with a beautiful
heart
necklace. The necklace symbolizes a piece of his
heart that she can always carry with her.
Our beautiful little family
of two has
now become three.
My daughter
and
I both
got
our
fairy
tale ending.
13. What
challenges did the author and Grant face as a
couple?
①
She had little
time to date.
②
They met each
other online.
③
There was a
long distance between them.
④
They were traditional
people.
A.
①②
B.
①③
C.
③④
D.
②④
14. How would the author probably
describe Grant?
A. Generous and
grateful.
B. Humorous and gifted.
C.
Responsible and caring.
D.
Optimistic and patient.
15. Why did the
author feel anxious on the day of their
engagement?
A. She had no idea what
their future would be.
B. She didn’t
know how to respond to Grant.
C. She was afraid Grant wouldn’t accept
her daughter.
D.
She thought that Grant would propose to
her in public.
16. What
touched the author most?
A.
Grant making a special promise to her
daughter.
B. Grant overcoming all the
obstacles between them.
C. Grant
presenting her with a beautiful heart necklace.
D. Grant giving her a romantic and
public proposal.
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