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1、Unit 4 Global warming 阅读理解A(2018金华十校高三调研)If our kids dont fall, they dont learn to get up. I still remember the day in high school that my mom forgot to pick me up from school. Im the oldest of four children, and no doubt shed had a long day with the other kids and itd slipped her mind.After waiting
2、 at school for an hour, I walked the three miles home, and when I got to my house, I shut our front door with anger, stormed into the kitchen and screamed in my moms face that shed forgotten me.Later that night, my dad told me I no longer had a ride to school the next day. I figured my mom would sti
3、ll take me, but when the morning came, she refused.It was midterm, and as a straightA student ready to start college applications, being late wasnt an option. In my mind, missing these tests would have been the end of my academic career. I begged my mom. I told her she was ruining my future and ever
4、ything Id worked for. But she held_her_ground,_and that day, I walked to school. And I missed my tests.My mom didnt rescue me from failure. She let me suffer from it. She let me figure it out. She let me learn. Now, as a mom myself, Ive realized that I want my kids to experience failure because fail
5、ure is how we grow, learn and think outside of ourselves. Its how we selfeducate to learn whats right and respectable, and whats not. Its how we become responsible and enthusiastic.Falling down makes us better, because we learn how to get up.【解题导语】本文作者通过亲身体会告诉我们：失败让我们变得更好，因为我们在失败中学会成长。1Why did the a
6、uthor shout at her mother?ABecause she was tired after walking home.BBecause she missed some important tests.CBecause her mother had ruined her future.DBecause her mother didnt pick her up home.D解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的“After waiting at school for an hour, I walked the three miles home, and when I got to my
7、house, I shut our front door with anger, stormed into the kitchen and screamed in my moms face that shed forgotten me.”可知，作者在学校等了一个小时，后来自己走回了家，因此她对妈妈没有去学校接她非常生气，故选D。2How does the author feel about her experience now?ADisappointed. BMerciful.CBeneficial. DEmbarrassed.C解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Now, as a mom m
8、yself, Ive realized that I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow, learn and think outside of ourselves.”说明作者现在认为她之前的经历对她是有益的(Beneficial)。3What does the underlined phrase “held her ground” in Paragraph 2 mean?AStuck to her decision. BGave in to me.CSaid yes to me. DStayed
9、in the place.A解析：词义猜测题。根据第二段的“But she held_her_ground,_and that day, I walked to school.”中But的转折意味以及后面作者仍然走着去上学可知，妈妈仍坚持她的观点，没有送作者去上学。4What is the best title for the text?AOffer Your Kids Help If NecessaryBStop Rescuing Your Kids from FailureCBe Responsible for Your Kids FailureDTry to Meet Your Kids
10、 DemandsB解析：标题归纳题。根据第三段和第四段的叙述，尤其是第三段的“My mom didnt rescue me from failure.”及“I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow, learn and think outside of ourselves”可知，B项最适合作文章标题。BFor over a century, the Nashua River in Massachusetts provided power for mills(工厂), which gave jobs t
11、o thousands of people.Over the years, these paper, cotton, wood, and woolen mills had dumped their waste into its waters.By the 1960s, the Nashua River was about as polluted as any river could get.Its waters ran red or green or blue with dye(染料) from paper mills situated on its banks.The fumes(烟) fr
12、om this dye blackened the paint on the buildings near the river.Then along came Marion Stoddart with a simple but overwhelming ideaclean up the Nashua.This was no onewoman campaign.Stoddart encouraged the paper mills and the business community to form partnerships to reclaim the river.She carried ja
13、rs of dirty river water to local officials to demonstrate the seriousness of the problem.Stoddart talked with business leaders about economic problems.She talked with environmentalists about the longterm problems of pollution.Stoddart knew that the State Water Pollution Control Board would have the
14、final say on forcing the cleanup.When she spoke to the board, she insisted that the Nashua should be made safe for swimming.They thought her goals were unrealistic.However, the partnerships Stoddart had helped form and the volunteers who were drawn to her cause never gave up.They all realized that c
15、leaning up the river was in everyones best interests.By 1993, several water treatment plants had been built, and a conservation area called a “greenway” had been created along the banks of the river.Today mills are still operating along the river, but there are also fish in the river. The Nashua Riv
16、er welcomes boaters, naturalists, and even swimmers.None of this would have been possible without a woman of vision and a community working together.【解题导语】本文讲的是Marion Stoddart如何联合个体、团体和政府部门共同治理河水污染的事。5What does the underlined word “reclaim” refer to?ARescue. BEnlarge.CMonitor. DExplore.A解析：词义猜测题。结合语境及上下文中出现的“clean up the Na
