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（浙江卷）2016年高考英语冲刺卷05
第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共80分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0．5分，满分10分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上
将该项涂黑。

1．---Oh, Tom, what did you do this summer vacation?
---Guess what? I had ______great fun in _______show performance “　Voice of China”　.
A. a; the
B. the; the
C. /; a
D. /; the
【答案】D
考点：考查冠词
2．As for the plan some agree while others don’t. I’m one of _____ opposed to it.
A. whom
B. those
C. those who
D. who is
【答案】B
【解析】句意：至于那个计划，一些人赞成而其他人反对。

我说反对计划的那些人之一。

those 作of的宾语，空后的opposed to为过去分词短语作those的后置定语，be opposed to反对，oppose为及物动词，其后没有宾语，应用过去分词。

根据句意应选B。

考点：考查代词
3．It may b e necessary to stop _____ in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons．
A． at intervals B． at random C． at ease D． at length 【答案】A
【解析】A．at intervals不时；B．at random随意；C．at ease自由自在；D．at length
终于。

句意：也许在课堂上有必要在学习过程中时不时地停一下回顾难点，故选A。

考点：考查介词短语。

4．The smelly water has been found_______ and no longer usable until the chemicals
and wastes are removed from it.
A. to be polluted
B. having polluted
C. polluting
D. polluted 【答案】D
【解析】考查非谓语动词。

动词结构：find+主语+V-ing：表示发现正在做..；find+主语+V-ed：表示发现主语被..。

此题中动词pollute与主语water构成被动关系，故用polluted。

句意：
这有气味的水已经被发现被污染了而且不能够再用直到里面的化学物和废弃物被移走。

故选D 考点：考查非谓语动词
5．In yesterday’s business training course the consultant instructed us that a good salesman must be ______ if he wants to succeed.
A. aggressive
B. conventional
C. visual
D. fragrant
【答案】A
考点：考查形容词辨析
6. We need not feel ashamed of our failure. We may, _______, face it realistically
and accept it optimistically.
A. thus
B. otherwise
C. instead
D. indeed
【答案】C
【解析】考查副词辨析。

A.因此，所以;B.否则；另外；在其它方面； C.代替；反而； D.的确；真正地；甚至。

根据前面对失败的不羞愧和后面的积极接受失败可知这是一种相反的态度，
所以中间有一个转折词，此题中能表示转折的只要instead。

句意：我们不需要为我们的失败
感到羞愧，相反地，我们可能直面失败的现实并积极接受它。

故选 C
考点：考查副词辨析
7．If you completely ____ foods and drinks that you love， you'll only set yourself
up to go on a large amount of those items later．
A．take out B．cut out C．give out D．put out
【答案】B
【解析】A．take out 取出; B．cut out删去; C．give out分发,发表; D．put out熄灭。

句意：如果你完全去掉你喜爱的食物和饮料，你就会只使自己以后继续吃大量的那些东西。

故选B。

考点：考查动词短语。

8．I forget where I learned the saying, or I _____ it to you now.
A. will show
B. would show
C. am going to show
D. am
showing
【答案】B
【解析】句意：我忘了我在那里学会的那句名言了，否则我现在都展示给你看了。

Or否则，既然说话人表明已经忘记了，所以现在展示就是假设的情况，表示与现在事实相反的情况，
主句用would + 动词原形。

故选B。

考点：考查虚拟语气
9．--- Do you remember when I first met you?
---- Of course. I ___________ at Oxford University.
A. studied
B. had studied
C. have studied
D. was
studying
【答案】D
【解析】句意：----你还记得当我第一次见面你吗? ---当然。

我正在牛津大学学习。

when I first met you我和你见面时，那时候是过去进行时was studying。

故选D。

考点：考查动词时态。

10．— How long do you suppose it is ______ he arrived here？
— No more than half a week.
A. when
B. before
C. after
D. since
【答案】D
考点：考查状语从句连词
11．The science of computer, rapid progress has been made in recent years，plays a very important role in our daily life．
A. from which
B. in which
C. with which
D. to which
【答案】B
【解析】考查定语从句。

句意：电脑最近这些年进步飞速，在我们的日常生活中扮演重要的
角色。

In表示在…方面。

Which指代先行词the science of computer,在句中做in的宾语。

考点：考查定语从句
12．It is clearly stated that these regulations ___ everyone in the community, without exception.
A. appeal to
B. adapt to
C. apply to
D. attach to
【答案】C
【解析】
试题分析：考查动词短语辨析。

A.呼吁；上诉；要求；对..有吸引力;B.使自己适应于； C.适用于；应用于； D.依附；加入。

句意：声明很清楚，这些规则适用于社区的每一个人，没有
例外。

故选 C
考点：考查动词短语辨析
13． is obviously right is to give all children equal opportunities to develop
their special gift.
A. Which
B. As
C. That
D. What
【答案】D
【解析】考查主语从句。

句意：明显正确的做法就是给所有的孩子提供平等发展特殊才能的
机会。

连接词引导一个主语从句，并在主语从句中做句子的主语，故选D项。

考点：考查主语从句
14．—I’m sorry．I ________ at you the other day．
— Forget it．I was a bit out of control myself．
A．shouldn’t shout B．shouldn’t have shouted
C．mustn’t shout D．mustn’t have shouted
【答案】B
【解析】shouldn’t shout不应该大喊；shouldn’t have shouted本不该，对过去发生的事情感到后悔；mustn’t shout不可以喊叫； must n’t have shouted，这种说法不符合英语的习惯，多用couldn’t。

句意：很抱歉，那天我不该对你大喊。

故选B。

考点：考查情态动词。

15．No matter how much knowledge you have, if your subject is at all ______, be careful when discussing it during your speech, or you may well offend your audience.
A. diverse
B. sensitive
C. abstract
D. original
【答案】B
【解析】A. diverse多样性；B. sensitive敏感；C. abstract抽象；D. original原始。

句意：无论你有多少知识，如果你的主题是敏感话题，在你的演讲时说话一定要小心，否则
你也可能会得罪你的听众。

故选B。

考点：考查形容词。

16．---______ he managed to solve the problem?
---Oh，he turned to Professor Lee for advice.
A．Was it how that
B．Was it that how
C．How was it that
D．How it was that
【答案】C
【解析】考查强调句。

句意：他是如何解决这个问题的？他向李教授求助的；强调句的特殊
疑问句结构特殊疑问词+is it that+ 其它。

故C正确。

考点：考查强调句
17. To battle world hunger, the great scientist once traveled to many places where
populations _______ faster than crop production at that time.
A. expanded
B. were expanding
C. has expanded
D. would expand
【答案】A
考点：考查时态
18. Whenever I read the old letters, _____ was fairly often, sweet memories warmed
my heart.
A. who
B. which
C. when
D. that
【答案】B
考点：考查非限制性定语从句
19．Premier Wen’s three-day visit to Japan, ______ as the “ice-melt” trip, has
a positive effect on
Sino-Japanese relationship.
A. being intended
B. intended
C. to intend
D. having intended 【答案】B
【解析】考查非谓语动词。

句意为“温总理的旨在缓和中日关系的日本三日行对中日关系有
积极影响 intended 过去分词作非谓语表被动、过去，故选B项。

考点：考查非谓语动词
20．— Oh, my God，I left my portable computer in the taxi!
—______. Let’s call the taxi company first．
A. Pray for it
B. Cheer up
C. Forget it
D. Calm down
【答案】D
【解析】考查情景交际。

句意：天呀，我把手提电话忘记在出租车上了。

别着急，让我们给
出租车公车打电话。

根据下方提到所以是平静下来，故选D项。

考点：考查交际用语
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在
答题卡上涂黑。

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. -- Jonathan Swift
I walked into a wild third-grade classroom. Music was playing _ 21 , children
were under tables applying make-up, kids were throwing a football indoors, and students were _22 _ wherever they could find _23 . I was a mid-year _24 . The previous _25 said he could no longer manage these children and _26 without notice during
the holiday break.
As soon as I walked in the room, I realized why he _27 . I sat down _28_ in my
chair and began reading their 29 softly. After each name, I _ 30 _, asking God to
help me understand that child. I then nailed a_ 31 _ to the wall next to the chalkboard and began _32 my name and a reading assignment on the board. I then asked each child to come to me, and tell me their names and what they wanted to learn. It was a 33
_ task, because only two children there wanted to learn something! Rules were _34 ,
boundaries established, parents contacted. But the mirror saved the day -- no, the
year! Unbeknownst(不知的) to the children, the mirror allowed me to see their every
35_ while I was writing on the board. They soon became __36 _ as to how I knew who
was misbehaving while I was writing on the board. When one student finally asked me,
I told him I had a special teacher’s eye in the back of my hea d that my hair _37 .
At first they did not believe me. _38 they did begin to exhibit better behavior,
especially while I wrote on the board, thinking I had magical _ 39 _. I never told
them differently. Why __40 a good thing?
21．A. softly B. clearly C. loudly D. peacefull
y
22．A. speaking B. laughing C. standing D. dancing
23．A. space B. music C. partner D. joke
24．A. representat
ive B. replaceme
nt
C. reference
D. reward
25．A. teacher B. headmaste
r
C. director
D. leader 26．A. retired B. remained C. resigned D. returned 27．A. went B. came C. left D. disappear
ed 28．A. angrily B. restlessl C. indiffere D. quietly
y ntly
29．A. names B. faces C. figures D. minds
30．A. prepared B. prayed C. protected D. preferred
31．A. board B. mirror C. cross D. picture
32．A. noting B. copying C. writing D. drawing
33．A. difficult B. different C. distant D. direct
34．A. dated B. written C. worked D. set
35．A. make B. move C. matter D. mind
36．A. pleased B. puzzled C. known D. worried
37．A. covered B. hooked C. hung D. displayed
38．A. So B. However C. And D. But
39．A. view B. scene C. eyes D. vision
40．A. mix up B bring up C. mess up D. burn up
【答案】 21-25．CDABA 26-30．CCDAB 31-35．BCADB 36-40．BADDC
22．D考查动词。

A. Speaking说话；B. Laughing大笑；C. Standing站立；D. Dancing跳舞；因为上文Music was playing 提到了在播放音乐，所以孩子们在跟着音乐跳舞，故选D。

23．A考查名词。

A. Space空间；B. Music音乐；C. Partner伙伴；D. Joke玩笑；他们在能找到空的地方跳舞，跳舞肯定是在空的地方，故选A。

24．B考查名词。

A. Representative代表；B. Replacement替代；C. Reference涉及，参考；D. Reward报酬，奖励；根据后文he could no longer manage these children and __
_ without notice可知，一个老师辞职了，所以我是来代替他的，选B。

25．A考查名词。

A. Teacher老师；B. Headmaster校长；C. Director导演，指导者；D. Leader 领导者；could no longer manage these children可知是老师管理学生，没有老师能管得住
他们，选A。

26．C考查形容词。

A. Retired退休；B. Remained保留；C. Resigned辞职，顺从；D. Returned 回来；根据前文的I was a mid-year ___ _. 可知我是代替别的老师的，是有老师在假
期里辞职了，故选C。

30．B考查动词。

A. Prepared准备；B. Prayed祈祷；C. Protected保护；D. Preferred更喜欢；根据后面的asking God to help me understand that child可知，他是在向上帝祈祷，选B。

31．B考查名词。

A. board 木板；B. Mirror镜子；C. Cross十字；D. Picture图画，照片；根据后面的But the mirror saved the day -- no, the year可知，此处是镜子，选B。

32．C考查动词。

A. Noting没有事； B. Copying抄写；C. Writing写作；D. Drawing画画；根据后面的on the board可知，他是在黑板上写下了他的名字和任务，选C。

33．A考查形容词。

A. Difficult困难的； B. Different不同的；C. Distant有距离的； D. Direct直接的；根据后面的because only two children there wanted to learn something
可知，让孩子都过来是非常不容易的，故选A。

34．D考查动词。

A. Dated有日期的；B. Written写；C. Worked工作；D. Set放置；set rules 意为制定规则，此处意为规则已经制定了，故选D。

35．B考查动词。

A. Make使得；B. Move移动；C. Matter有关系； D. Mind在意；镜子让我能够看到孩子们的一举一动，故选B。

36．B考查形容词。

A. Pleased满意的；B. Puzzled困惑的； C. Known知道的；D. Worried 担忧的；孩子们不知道我是通过镜子观察他们的，所以他们对于我是如何知道他们的一举一
动，表示困惑，故选B。

37．A考查动词。

A. Covered覆盖；B. Hooked勾住；C. Hung挂住；D. Displayed展示；根据in the back of my head that my hair 可知是头发盖住的，故选A。

38．D考查连词。

A. So所以；B. However但是；C. And和；D. But但是；此处表示转折，
意思他们刚开始不相信我，但是他们开始表现好一点了，故选D。

39．D考查名词。

A. View观点；B. Scene景色；C. Eyes眼睛；D. Vision版本；根据前面的I told him I had a special teacher’s eye in the back of my head可知，此处值得是视力，能看得到他们的能力，故选D。

40．C考查动词短语。

A. mix up混合；B. bring up带来；C. mess up弄糟；D. burn up烧起来；根据 I never told them differently，可知是为什么要毁掉一件好事情呢，这样我
就可以管住学生了，故选C。

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并
在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

A
Here are a few tips to help you, the workaholic, re-focus and get the best out
of life.
EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP! Make it a point to get at least eight hours of sleep and
plenty of rest. Don't believe that you can always "catch some sleep or rest later."
Your body cannot make up for lost sleep or rest time because it is not physiologically possible.
STRICTLY FAMILY ON WEEKENDS! Resolve to make Saturdays and Sundays strictly for family time. And stick to this! Mondays until Fridays you make an excuse not to relax and spend time with your family because it's work time, why not make a similar excuse for Saturdays and Sundays? "I can't work today because I'm spending time with my
family."
GET SOME FOOD IN! Make sure you get food in your stomach. Workaholics are known
to be food-skippers. If you can't afford to get off your desk or from doing paperwork, have food delivered to you. It's always a good idea if you have crackers on your drawer to ease the hunger pangs.
CONFINE WORK! Resolve to confine work in your office. Don't bring work to your
home! Keep those files in your office desk where they belong. Practice working only
within your working hours. If you have an eight-to-five working schedule, stick to
it.
WORK UP THOSE MUSCLES! Exercise, exercise, exercise! Set aside at least an hour each day or every other day for exercise. You body needs to be conditioned, and working non-stop isn't going to give it the proper physical conditioning it needs. Since most workaholics tend to have their behinds stuck on their chairs, it's even more important that you get some exercise.
MAKE A PLAN! Plan your day. Work on only one or two things at a time. It's much
easier to work on something and finish it first and then move on to the next rather
than do a number of things all at the same t ime and never finish or accomplish anything at the end of the day. Make out a list of priorities. Write down things that need
to be worked on immediately or are urgent, keeping the least ones at the bottom of
your list. After you've done this, be guided by this list. Turning this activity into
a habit will also help you manage your time better, be more organized, and accomplish more.
试题分析：本文属于教育类短文，提出了六条帮助工作狂回归正常生活的建议。

41．The passage is intended for ________.
A. those who are hardworking
B. those who consider work the center of their life
C. those who keep themselves healthy and alive
D. those who live a busy, successful and happy life
41．B推断题。

根据开篇第一句话提到Here are a few tips to help you, the workaholic,
re-focus and get the best out of life下面这些建议来帮助那些工作狂们，聚焦生活，故
选B项。

42．According to the passage, which of the following is not mentioned as a practical
tip for a workaholic?
A. Don’t be food-skippers
B. Don’t have your behinds stuck on your chairs
C. Make up for lost sleep whenever possible
D. Make sure of time available for your family
43．By making a plan, the author mean ________.
A. working on only one or two things each day
B. finishing a number of things at once
C. organizing your time and finishing urgent things first
D. accomplishing as much work as possible at any given moment
43．C细节理解题。

根据最后一段提到It's much easier to work on something and finish
it first and then move on to the next rather than do a number of things all at the
same time and never finish or accomplish anything at the end of the day.做好计划，计划好时间，完成必须完成的工作，故选C项。

44．The underlined wor d “confine” in paragraph 5 possibly means ________.
A. give up
B. start
C. practice
D. restrict
44．D词意猜测。

根据文中提到Don't bring work to your home! Keep those files in your
office desk where they belong.不要带工作回家，故限制自己的工作，所以选D项。

45．If there were one more tip, it could be ________.
A. WORK TO LIVE
B. LIVE TO WORK
C. MAKE WORK YOUR LIFE
D. STOP TO ENJOY WORKING
45．A推断题。

根据最后一句话提到Turning this activity into a habit will also help
you manage your time better, be more organized, and accomplish more.把这种行为转化成一种习惯，将帮你更好的利用时间，下一步提到工作的意义，故选A项。

B
The Hunan Satellite TV(HNTV) show “Where are we going, Dad?” is a big hit. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of
the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care
of their children, this new form of “Lost on the way” played by nanny Daddy and
cute kids triggered（触发）a lot of people’s emotional resonance（共鸣）. Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this
kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the
modern parents and children.
The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show
the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance
between career and family.
In real life, on the one hand the young parents feel helpless because they are
too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the
other hand they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV shows that nearly
two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34.We
can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with
her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing,
or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without
the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility of raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family
education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are
we going，Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a
modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important
for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this
is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go; and society will go where the children go.
试题分析：本文讲述《爸爸去哪儿》这个电视节目取得了巨大的成功，得到大家的关注，从
而如何教育孩子也就成为当前重要的话题。

46．In raising a child in modern society, parents should ________.
A. play computer games with their children
B. keep their children at home to avoid socializing
C. balance well between family and career
D. break down the barrier between children and teachers
47．Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?
A. Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old.
B. 36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34.
C. The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play.
D. In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child.
47．A推断题。

根据第三段提到In a modern family, it is often the old who take the
responsibility of raising a child.可知父母把养育孩子的责任交给了自己的父母，也就
是爷爷奶奶，故选A项。

48．Which one is the best title of the passage?
A. Confusion Behind “Where are we going, dad?”
B. Modern Education is Important
C. Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids
D. New problems in Modern Children’s Education
49．What attitude towards modern family education does the author express in the second paragraph?
A. Proud.
B. Worried.
C. Optimistic.
D. Indifferent.
49．B推断题。

第二段提到孩子很难养，辣妈，潮童，这些流行词汇，所有的这些节目反应家
长在平衡家庭与事业之间的矛盾，故作者的态度是很担忧的，所以选B项。

C
Boy’s schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emo tions and involve them in activities such as art dance and music. Far from the traditional
image of a culture of aggressive masculinity(阳刚) , the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to agree with a stereotype, a US study says.
Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural
and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather
than feeling they had to agree with the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be
a “real man”．
The report, presented at a conference of the International Boys’　Schools Coalition
in London attended by the heads of private and state schools, goes against received
wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls. Tony little, headmaster of
Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it
had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they
become discouraged when their females peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills. But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boy’s learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused”　approaches such as themes and characters that interest them. Because boys generally
have more acute(sharp)vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons where they are allowed to walk around.
“Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine(女性的)and prefer the modern type in which violence and sexism are major themes” James wrote.
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to
agree with a stereotype that men s hould be “masterful and in charge”　in relat ionships, “In mixed schools boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means.” The study reported.
试题分析：本文通过对关于单性别学校男孩的发展状况这一报告的引用来阐述单性别学校中
男孩更容易学好的观点。

50．In the eyes of the author, a single-sex school would__________.
A. force boys to hide their emotions to be “real man”
B. help to develop masculine aggressiveness in boys
C. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
D. naturally stress in boys the traditional image of a man
50．C细节理解题。

根据第一段Boy’s schools are the perfect place to teach young men
to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art dance and music
可知单性学校有助于情感表达。

故选 C
51．The phrase “received wisdom”　(paragraph 3) is most likely to mean____________.
A. better education
B. common belief
C. good behavior
D. strong responsibility
51．B词义猜测题。

根据第三段goes against received wisdom that boys do better when
taught alongside girls可知that从句是作wisdom的定语，意为有女孩在旁边男孩会做的
更好，这是一种观点。

故选 B
52．What does Tony Little think of the British education system?
A. It fails more boys than girls thoroughly
B. It makes boys more emotional than girls
C. It fails to give boys the attention they need
D. It focuses more on mixed school education
53．Which is one of the advantages of single-sex schools according to Abigail James?
A. Teaching can be tailored to suit the characteristics of boys
B. Boys can focus on their lessons without being disturbed
C. Boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
D. Teaching can be designed to promote boy’s team spirit
53．A细节理解题。

根据第四段in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boy’s learning style和Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy …such as themes and characters that interest them可知单性学校老师们可以量体裁衣，根据男孩的性格制作课
程。

故选 A
54．According to Abigail James’s report, which of the following is characteristic
of boys?
A. They enjoy being in charge and master
B. They love to be greatly encouraged
C. They are violent and sexist
D. They have sharper vision
54．D细节理解题。

根据第四段Because boys generally have more acute(sharp)vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active可知男孩有更敏锐的视觉，更好的
触觉和更活跃的身体。

故选 D
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D
When I left home for college, I sought to escape the limited world of farmers,
small towns, and country life. I long for the excitement of the city, for the fast
pace that rural life lacked, for adventure beyond the horizon. I dreamed of exploring the city, living within a new culture and landscape, and becoming part of the pulse
of an urban jungle.
Yet some of my best times were driving home, leaving the city behind and slipping
back into the valley. As city life disappeared and traffic thinned, I could see the
faces of the other drivers relax. Then, around a bend in the highway, the grassland
of the valley would come into being, offering a view of gentle rolling hills. The
land seemed permanent. I felt as if I had stepped back in time.
I took comfort in the stability of the valley. Driving through small farm communities, I imagined the founding families still rooted in their grand homes,
generations working the same lands, neighbors remaining neighbors for generations.
I allowed familiar farmhouse landmarks to guide me.
Close to home, I often turned off the main highway and took a different, getting
familiar farms again and testing my memory. Friends lived in those houses. I had eaten meals and spent time there; I had worked on some of these farms, lending a hand during a peak harvest, helping a family friend for a day or two. The houses and lands looked the same, and I could picture the gentle faces and hear familiar voices as if little
had been changed. As I eased into our driveway I’d returned to old ways, becoming
a son once again, a child on the family farm. My feelings were honest and real. How
I longed for a land where life stood still and my memories could be relived. When
I left the farm for college, I could only return as visitor to the valley, a traveler looking for home.
Now the farm is once again my true home. I live in that farmhouse and work the
permanent lands. My world may seem unchanged to casual observers, but they are wrong.
I know this: if there’s a constant on these farms, it’s the constant of change.
The good observer will recognize the differences. A farmer replants an orchard
(果园) with a new variety of peaches. Irrigation is added to block of old grapes,
so I imagine the vineyard has a new owner. Occasionally the changes are clearly evident, like a FOR SALE sign. But I need to read the small print in order to make sure that
a bank has taken possession of the farm. Most of the changes contain two stories.
One is the physical change of the farm, the other involves the people on that land,
the human story behind the change.
I’ve been back on the farm for a decade and still haven’t heard all the stories behind the changes around me. But once I add my stories to the landscape, I can call
this place my home, a home that continues to evolve and changes as I add more and
more of my stories.
A poet returns to the valley and says, “Lit tle has changed in the valley, and
how closed–minded you all are!” He comments about the lack of interest in sports,
social and environmental issues in the poverty and inequality of our life. He was
born and raised here, so he might have the right to criticize and lecture us. Yet
he speaks for many who think they know the valley. How differently would others think of us if they knew the stories of a grape harvest in a wet year or a peach without
a home?
试题分析：本文讲述了作者从开始渴望城市生活到后来无法回到以前的农场生活而感到遗憾
的故事。

55．The most important reason why the writer wanted to move to the city is that_________.
A. he did not want to work on the farm
B. he wanted to make new friends
C. he was eager for a different life there
D. there were more things to do there
55．C细节理解题。

根据第一段I long for the excitement of the city, for the fast pace that rural life lacked,…and becoming part of the pulse of an urban jungle.可知作
者想过一个不同于农村的生活。

故选 C
56．What made the writer relax as he drove from the city to the country?
A. He could see for miles and miles.
B. The traffic moved more slowly.
C. The people he passed seemed to be calmer.
D. The land seemed familiar to him.
57．When driving through the valley the writer was guided home by________ .
A. familiar farmhouses which left him a good memory
B. houses that had sheltered generations of the same family
C. land that had been worked by a family for generations
D. large farms which stretched out right before him.
57．A细节理解题。

根据第三段I allowed familiar farmhouse landmarks to guide me. 可知是这片熟悉的土地引导着我。

故选 A
58．When he was in college, why was the writer sad when he returned to his family
home?
A. He remembered how hard he used to work.
B. He realized that he was only a visitor.
C. He recognized the old housed and land.
D. He remembered his next door neighbors.
58．B细节理解题。

根据第四段When I left the farm for college, I could only return
as visitor to the valley, a traveler looking for home.可知当我离开家去上大学后我
就只能以游客的身份返回到这个峡谷，一个寻找家的游子，所以感到悲伤。

故选 B 59．Which of the following most likely indicates that there is a sad human story behind a physical change on the farm?
A. A new variety of peach is being planted.
B. Irrigation is being added to a grape operation.
C. A piece of land is being sold by a bank.
D. A farm is being sold to a large corporation.
59．C细节理解题。

根据倒数第三段make sure that a bank has taken possession of the
farm. …the human story behind the change.可知这片农场被银行收购了可以暗示农场外
貌改变后的人的故事。

故选 C
60．The fact that most upsets the writer with the poet is that________.
A. the poet prefers to live in the urban area
B. the poet thinks that the folk people are backward
C. the poet says that little has changed in the valley
D. the poet’s criticism and comments are not objective。