grx山东省2020-2021学年高一上学期10月英语试卷精选汇编：阅读理解专题

2021年1月13日发(作者：祝汝佐)

阅读理解专题
山东师范大学附属中学
2020-2021
学年高 一
10
月月考英语试卷

第一节 （共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
I think the biggest difference between middle and high school is the
homework load (工作量 ) and size of the school. I went from maybe fifteen
minutes of homework a night to several hours, so I had to learn how to make
full use of time! Our class size is around 550, but joining in clubs, sports,
music, and other activities at school makes it easier to get to know people in
every grade.
The best advice I can give about the years you spend in high school is to
learn things for yourself, not just to get a good grade. There have been so many
tests that I’ve prepared for the night before. I have gotten an A, and not
remembered anything later. I’ve changed that this year, and I enjoy school so
much more. Don’t take easy classes just to have a simple year. If you have a
choice between chemistry and sports, the first will prove to be a lot more
useful!
While drinking and smoking might be present in some middle schools,
they’re also around in high schools. I have a lot of friends who promised they’d
never drink or smoke, but are now partying every weekend. If you have “fun”
and spend your nights wasted instead of studying, you will regret it when
you’re applying for (申请) college. The “friends” who say you’re a loser for not
partying are really not your friends at all. It’s hard to see your closest friends
grow apart and go in different directions, but don’t follow their footsteps.
Create your own path in life and make your own decisions.
does the author think of high school?
A.
It requires hard work.
B.
There are very few activities.
C.
It’s hard to meet new people there.
D.
There isn’t enough time for homework.
author advises high school students to
up sports
useful classes
their best to get good grades
ready for tests the night before

.

does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
importance of making friends.
losing ourselves in high school.
going to any party in high school.
trouble caused by drinking and smoking.
B
To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests.
But for the children at Sudbury Valley School, Massachusetts, school is very
different.
Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do
whatever they want to. There are no teachers —only
behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children
want to learn anyway. do not need to say to a three-year-old, 'Go to
explore your environment.' You can't stop them!says Daniel Greenberg, a
founder of the school.
will lose all taste for learning.
At Sudbury Valley School, you will permit children to talk, read, paint,
cook, work on computers, study French, play the piano, climb trees, or just run
around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!
The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children
can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children
and staff have one vote each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school
rules, how to spend the school budget, and even which staff they want and do
not want any more.
When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work.
But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college.
Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today.
One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.
is the main topic of the article?
A.
An unusual school.
B.
Children's hobbies.
C.
A school without rules.
D.
Education in the US.
does the school believe?
rs cannot teach children well.
en learn best by doing what they want.
ng is for adults rather than children.


en should do what teachers tell them.
can be inferred from the last paragraph?
s well accepted the school.
students have been ignored.
g is good for students’ study.
school’s idea succeeds in some way.
C
Some students get so nervous before a test. They do poorly even if they
know the material. Sian Beilock, a professor at the University of Chicago in
Illinois, has studied these highly
anxious test-takers. The students start worrying about the results. And when
they worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources (资源) .
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have
developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers
spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college
students. They gave them two short maths tests. After the first one, they asked
the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming
second test.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12%
worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears
improved their performance by an average of 5%. Next, the researchers used
younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to
write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test. Professor
Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade
of B+, compared to a B-for those who did not.

done our writing intervention (干预), all of a sudden there was no relationship
between test anxiety and performance. They were performing just as well as
their classmates who don't normally get nervous in these tests.
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears
immediately before an exam? Professor Beilock says students can try it
themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
may the students start worrying about before an exam?
r they can pass the exams.
other students do during the test.
r they have remembered the materials.


kind of problems they will meet on the test paper.
is the solution developed by researchers?
the students to ignore the test.
the students to focus on the test.
the students to sit quietly before the test.
the students to write about their worries before the test.
ing to Professor Beilock, those who thought about things unrelated to the test
less nervous before the test
better at controlling their feelings
worse than those who wrote about their feelings
better than those who wrote about their feelings
can be learned from the last paragraph?
g about our worries before an exam can work a bit.
can only write about our worries right before an exam.
best place to write about our worries is in the test room.
DIt doesn't matter where we write about our worries before an exam.

山东省新高考测评联盟
202 0-2021
学年高二上学期
10
月联考英语试卷

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
There are about 7,500 apple varieties in the 2,500 of those varieties are being
grown in the United States,the Gala,Fuji,and Honeycrisp varieties occupy American
d of sticking to the familiar,here are other delicious apples to try this fall. These
special fruits will be the apple of your eye.
Cosmic Crisp
A cross between Honeycrisp and Enterprise,the Cosmic Crisp takes the best qualities of
both of these apples and combines them into a delicious and juicy apple. It's perfect eaten
plain,but when used in an apple pie, it maintains its firmness, making it a great apple for baking.
Swee Tango
The Swee Tango, as a cross between a Honeycrisp and a Zestar apple, takes on flavors of
honey and a bit of orange. Usually in apple recipes,other materials are added to improve the
apple flavor,but the Swee Tango stands strong on its own. So it's the perfect apple for
apple-centric dishes such as apple pie, and even baked apples.
Ginger Gold
With a golden-green color, the Ginger Gold apple is pretty mild in flavor with a bit of
ginger as mentioned in its name. This variety is fully grown a bit earlier than most other apples

.

with their season beginning as early as August. So,if you're eager for fall, then the Ginger Gold
is the perfect apple to start baking your favorite fall treats.
RubyFrost
Grown classically as one of American varieties, the RubyFrost allows apple lovers the
chance to enjoy this sweet fruit through the winter months. Not only can the RubyFrost stand a
bit of cold weather, they reach their finest flavor during the winter months, making it a great,
late season apple.
do Cosmic Crisp and SweeTango have in common?
A. They are of the same flavor.
B. They have one same parent.
remain firm after baking.
are strongly flavored.
is Ginger Gold named?
its colour and flavor.
B. By its harvest season.
its usage for baking.
its parents.
one may be the best choice for New Year celebrations in America?
Crisp. ost. Gold. Tango.
B
Enya Vegnere, 19,left Joshua Henry,25,speechless when she used her own bank card to
pay for his food at a drive- through. In a video posted online by Joshua,Enya was filmed paying
for his meal after he phoned his mum to ask if she wanted anything from McDonald's. In the
video,Joshua can be heard asking the worker,you're gonna pay for my meal?Enya
replied,
Joshua didn't expect to get a free meal,but it properly cheered him up after having a
depressing day with the fact that he was at high risk of a job cut. Joshua got in touch later to
express thanks. He said it made his week.
Enya,who has worked at MeDonald's since January, is paid ? 7.25 per hour but has spent
more than ? 50 on random acts of kindness to customers in secret for months. She often pays for
a coffee here or a burger there when she feels people would appreciate it. Her colleagues were
unaware of her generous gestures,but they always go out of their way for customers. Thus, she
loves her work and work team, where everyone goes above and beyond.
Some people do kind things with the expectation that they will get something back in return
but that's not ?nya's way. Her motto is
it for recognition but thinks of it as nice things for had already paid forward the
act of , he bought a meal for the person in front, who was also thankful and
intended to pay it forward.


It is seldom known what someone is going through and what a kind gesture could do.
did Enya pay for Joshua's meal?
e Enya loved her job.
e Enya was being filmed.
e Joshua was polite to her.
e Joshua was considerate of his mum.
does the underlined part in paragraph 2 mean?
helped him secure his job.
was beyond his expectation.
put smiles back on his face.
was an important week.
of the following can best describe Enya?
and confident.
and humorous.
ss and intelligent.
D. Warm- hearted and generous.
can we learn from this text?
has magic power.
should work down to earth.
C.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
s speak louder than words.
C
There's been lots of concern recently about the potential dangers of microwave popcorn(爆
米花），but is this concern founded,or just overmuch fear-spreading? The answer is that many
of the chemicals that caused worry in earlier decades have been removed from microwave
popcorn,but some critics still are not satisfied.
＂You may consider popcorn to be a low-calorie,high-fiber snack,but microwave popcorn
isn't a healthy choice,explains nutrition expert Dan DeFigio. That's because microwave
popcorn bags were coated with perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) to prevent oil substance from
leaking particular type of PFC, known as perfluorooctanoic acid ( PFOA),has been
linked to certain cancers,but the American Cancer Society says the evidence is unsure and more
research is being done about this.
Nevertheless, in response to concerns about PFCs,the and Drug Administration
（FDA) worked with popcorn makers back in 2011 to remove PFOA from their
more PFCs were banned in the next five years. So today's microwave popcorn
doesn't have these
chemicals,but critics say that the alternatives could cause problems as the old ones,but less is
known about them.


That's not the only problem, chemical that for decades lent buttery
deliciousness to popcom has also been connected in rare cases with major lung
as diacetyl(二乙酰），it's long been a documented problem with workers in popcorn making
facilities,but also can be risky for people who just eat the snack a lot. A 2007 study published in
the journal Critical Reviews found that more than 80 percent of chemical release happened when
the bag was opened post- popping. Although diacetyl has been removed from most
products,some critics claim that the alternative to diacetyl is also harmful.
Most of the exposure(接触）to diacetyl came from inbreathing rather than eating popcorn.
Therefore, experts recommend at least waiting for the bag to cool before you open it to reduce
potentially harmful chemical exposure. Better yet, make your own fresh at home with an air
popper. If you like to flavor it, add organic butter or some cheese.
28. What can we know about PFOA from the text?
has been removed from PFCs.
can stop the leak of nutrition.
in popcorn bags leads to cancer.
doesn't exist in Popcorn bags in America currently.
ing to the text, who are most probably exposed to diacetyl?
s claiming diacetyl is harmful.
B. Workers making popcorm in factories.
making popcorn with an air popper.
ers eating microwave popcorn occasionally.
does the last paragraph intend to tell us?
to flavor popcorn.
to make popeorm safer.
to make popcorn at home.
to find alternatives to diacetyl.
is the best title of the text?
Popcom a Healthy Choice?
We Ban Microwave Popcorn?
Microwave Popcorn Really Dangerous?
PFCs Be Removed from Microwave Popcorn?
D
＂Let's go to grandpa's room and see if it still smells funny,
＂Last time it smelled like cheese...
Sure,these lines from
funny. But they also may have a basis in real life, relating to the widely held view that the
elderly send out a particular and easily recognizable body odor(气味）。


The smell has been described as unpleasant, or simply
researchers traced the odor to a chemical compound(化合物）called compound is
a byproduct of other chemical breakdowns and sends out a orodor as the
molecules(分子）exit the skin and are released into the air. Researchers discovered that
2-nonenal was the only odor compound whose presence became stronger with age.
In the study, in which 22 people aged between 26 and 75 were asked to wear
odor-collecting shirts to bed,researchers analyzed molecules that stuck to the cloth. The amount
of 2-nonenal was three times as much in the oldest subjects as it was in the middle-aged group.
The youngest members of the study produced the least amount of 2-nonenal. Researchers
assume the increase in 2-nonenal may have a lot to do with the breakdown of omega-7
unsaturated fatty acids(不饱和脂肪酸），because these molecules were also present in the shirts
worn by the study's oldest subjects.
Although the biological purpose behind
believe it's connected to a built-in age-detecting feature possessed by humans and
instance, some animals can distinguish between older and younger animals by smell alone, and
some animals are driven to mate with older animals. I's possible that the capability to tell the
smell of older animals meant that long-term survivors were revealed and these survivors had a
genetic(基因的）advantage that boosted their chances of truth,the scent called
person
to the term
does the author use the lines from Rugrats?
amuse readers.
introduce the issue.
recommend a TV series.
analyze a phenomenon.
did the Japanese researchers find in the study?
A.2-nonenal is on the rise with age.
-7 gives out a
youngest subjects produce the most amount of 2-nonenal.
rise in 2-nonenal has little to do with the breakdown of omega-7.
is the new meaning given to the term
and smelly.
and grassy.
and advantageous.
and knowledgeable.
is the purpose of this text?
A. To advocate respecting the elderly.
explain the causes of old people's body odor.


prove the advantages of
clarify the biological purpose behind

山东省六校
2020-2021
学年高一上学期阶段性联合考试英语试题

第一节 （共12小题；每小题2.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
L. Bean Quad backpack
If you need a backpack that can carry large and small objects and is comfortable to wear, this
is the backpack for you. The reasonable price and customers’ 100% satisfaction makes this a great
buy any way you look at it. While it’s not the most beautiful backpack on the planet, it does look
nice at first sight.
Kanken 15
This Kanken bag is a great choice for school kids of grade one to six or adults with narrow
shoulders. Weighing under 450g, it’s easy and comfortable to carry this bag around. The simple
design with a lot of eye-catching colors may have you fall in love with it at once.
Timbuk2 Command backpack
If you want to safely carry your laptop and look stylish, the Timbuk2 Command backpack is
the one for you. The soft back is made for a comfortable wearing experience. The clean coloring
and lines of the bag may make you more “grown- up”.
Amazon Basics backpack
With a lowest price among all these backpacks, the Amazon Basics backpack is a great choice
for college students on a tight budget. There are tons of storage choices in this backpack, so it’s
easy to forget exactly where you placed a certain object. It is a basic black backpack with a few
designs and is never going to appear on a fashion T stage.

21. What makes L. Bean Quad backpack attractive?
A. The color and the design.
C. The style and the quality.
B. The cost and the public praise.
D. The lightweight and the simplicity.
22. Which backpack might be the most suitable one for a Grade-3 student?
A. L. Bean Quad backpack. B. Kanken 15
C. Timbuk2 Command backpack.
A. Price.

B. Fashion.
B. Society.



D. Amazon Basics backpack.


D. Storage.
D. Reviews.
23. Which of the following is an advantage of Amazon Basics backpack?
C. Comfort.
C. Business.

B

24. In which section of a newspaper can you probably find the passage?
A. News.

After 7 long years since the cute cat named Chebon went missing, there was little hope that it
could be found. Robert probably already came to peace with the thought that he would never see
his little friend again until he received a life- changing call. Clearly, a kind stranger reached out to
tell him that his beloved cat was safe and sound and couldn’t wait to see him again!
The cat went missing years ago, right before Robert was planning on moving from California
to Ohio. The sad owner decided to give up his plans and stayed in California for the whole year
looking for his missing friend, but in vain. “I remember at one point I was praying and I said, ‘God,
I’ll do anything, just bring my Chebon back…’”, Robert said in a video posted on the Ventura
County Animal Services. The cat seemed to have disappeared forever and Robert had no other
choice than to move on.
Then 7 years later, a woman noticed a cat that looked ill, so she decided to catch the animal
and take him to the vet (兽医). Luckily, the cat she found had a microchip (微型芯片), and in an
instant, they knew who the owner of the 19-year-old cat was. That’s when Robert received a call
saying that his cat was alive.
“I was afraid there was some kind of mistake,” Robert said in the reunion video. The man
decided to ride on a plane and fly all the way from Los Angeles to see his old friend. After finally
seeing the cat, Robert immediately recognized his cat and burst into tears. After all these years, the
two friends were back together. The touching moment was recorded by the animal shelter and was
quickly spread on the Internet, leaving so many people in tears.

25. What happened to Chebon 7 years ago?
A. It was ill.
C. It was lost.












B. It was hurt in an accident.
D. It was taken to the animal shelter.
C. in no time. D. at no cost.
26. What does “in vain” mean in paragraph 2?
A. without success.
A. Doubtful.
B. for no reason.
B. Worried.
27. How did Robert feel when he received the call?
C. Peaceful. D. Hopeless.
28. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. A video moved many people. B. A cat was saved by a woman.
C. A man reunited with his missing cat. D. A man kept looking for his cat for 7 years.

C
Binge-watching (追剧) your favorite TV series is bad for your brain. Dr. Randall Wright,
based in Texas, said the need to watch episode (集) after episode has a similar influence on the
brain to gambling (赌博). What’s more, it often leads to social loneliness, snacking on junk food
and a shortage of exercise and sleep, which, over time, is bad for the brain.
When you let auto play start the next episode, you can find out what happens next and your
brain receives good feedback, Dr. Wright wrote in an article. This right-away satisfaction is similar


to gambling where even after a win, you are not satisfied and want to continue playing. With
binge-watching, you are not satisfied with stopping after episode five and want to continue
watching. This cycle coupled with the snacking and the long time sitting can lead to unhealthy
changes in your brain and body over time.
Dr. Wright said, “Binge-watching itself is not bad. It becomes problematic when you are
watching a third, fourth or fifth episode instead of doing healthy activities.” But he said it is
possible to avoid the bad influence of binge-watching with four tips, including staying away from
salty, fatty, calorific foods, exercising before a binge-watching, setting an alarm for sleep and
balancing TV viewing with socializing.
If you add these tips to your binge-watching practice, you can create lasting healthy habits
and still enjoy the now-and- then binge-watching time without hurting your brain.
29. What might “it” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Gambling. B. Binge-watching. C. TV series. D. Brain.
30. In what way is binge-watching like gambling?
A. The long time sitting. B. The changes of feeling.
C. The snacking on junk food. D. The immediate satisfaction.
31. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. The tips on how to develop a healthy lifestyle.
B. The reasons why binge-watching is problematic.
C. The ways to keep away from binge-watching.
D. Do’s and don’ts of binge-watching.
32. What may be the best title of the passage?
A. Ill Health: The Result of Addiction
B. Healthy Habits: A Must of A Better Life
C. Binge-watching: A Killer of Your Brain
D. TV-Viewing: Gradual Harm on Your Health

第一节 21~24 BBAD 25~28 CAAC 29~32 BDDC
第一节
21. 细节理解题。由第一段 “The reasonable price and customers’ 100% satisfaction makes this a
great buy……” 可知该书包吸引人的点在于其价格及顾客满意度，故选B。
22. 细节理解题。由第二段 “This Kanken bag is a great choice for school kids of grade one to
six or adults with narrow shoulders.”可知该书包适合1至6年级的学生, 故选B.
23. 细节理解题。由第四段 “With a lowest price among all these backpacks, the Amazon Basics
backpack is a great choice for college students on a tight budget”可知价廉为该书包的优势，故选
A。
24. 推理判断题。该文章侧重于四种书包的评价，因此文章最可能的出处是报纸的评论即


Reviews部分，故选D.
25. 细节理解题。由第一段“After 7 long years since the cute cat named Chebon went missing…”
可知，Chebon于七年前走丢，故选C。
26. 词义猜测题。根据第二段 “…The cat seemed to have disappeared forever and Robert had no
other choice than to move on.”可知Robert苦寻无果，所以 “in vain” 与“without success”意
义相近，故选A。
27. 推理判断题。由第四段 “I was afraid there was some kind of mistake” 可知Robert 对改电
话持怀疑态度，故选A。
28. 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述Robert苦寻其宠物 猫Chebon七年并最终得以团聚的感人故
事，故选C。
29. 指代关系题。顺承前文可知，导致社交孤单感等不良影响的为追剧binge- watching，故
选B。
30. 细节理解题。由第二段 “This right- away satisfaction is similar to gambling where even after
a win, you are not satisfied and want to continue playing.” 可知追剧获得的即刻满足感类似于
赌博获得的快感，故选D。
31. 段落大意题。第三段主要讲述Dr. Wright 就如何避免追剧的不良影响提出的建议，与D
选项 “Do’s and don’ts of binge-watching.” 吻合，故选D。
32. 主旨大意题。文章第一段即点题追剧有害大脑，后文阐述了追剧对大脑造成的危害及如
何避免追剧带来的不良影响，故选C。
山东省济南市长清第一中学
2020-2021
学年高一上学期第一次月考英语试题

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、 B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在
答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
A
Last night Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stayed home. It was cold and rainy and they didn’t want to go
out in the bad weather. Mrs. Rojas made some popcorn and ice tea. At 8:00, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas
went into the living room, sat on the sofa and began the movie and ate and drank. At 8:15, Mr. and
Mrs. Rojas realized they already watched the movie last year and they didn’t want to watch it
again.
“Now what?” asked Mr. Rojas. “Let’s play cards!” answered Mrs. Rojas. At 8:30 Mr. and Mrs.
Rojas started to play cards. They were playing for about 10 minutes when Mr. Rojas looked out
the window. The rain changed to snow and the trees were covered in beautiful white snow. “I’m
happy we stayed home tonight. It looks beautiful outside but this weather is very dangerous to
drive in.” said Mr. Rojas. “You’re right,” said Mrs. Rojas, “but I’m bored. Let’s play some music
and dance.”


Mr. Rojas was surprised. “Dance? But I really don’t ….”
“Oh come on!” Mrs. Rojas insisted. She put on a romantic CD and they both started to dance.
They were dancing for about 1 minute when suddenly the music stopped and the lights went out.
Mrs. Rojas laughed. “We’re just not very lucky tonight, are we?” she said. Mr. Rojas said, “Of
course we’re lucky! We are together!” He kissed her and continued to dance with her, in the dark
and without music.
21. Why did Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stay at home last night?
A. They wanted to stay together.
B. The weather was so terrible.
C. They had a dinner at home.
D. They planned to watch a movie.
22. When it started to snow, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas were _________.
A. making popcorn
C. playing cards
B. watching a movie
D. dancing to the music
23. We can infer from the passage that .
A. It was a rainy day in summer
B. Mrs. Rojas cooked very well
C. Mr. Rojas loved to dance at first
D. Mr. Rojas was in love with his wife

B
When Emma first announced about a month ago that she wanted to cut off all her hair, I cried.
Not in front of her, of course. In front of her ,1 asked why and then told her to find a picture on the
Internet that she could show to a hairdresser.
And then I went to the shower and cried. I cried not because she wanted to cut her long hair,
but because she wanted to “cut it all off like a boy”. For some reason，that was the straw (稻
草)that broke the dam.
Emma hasn’t worn dresses since she was two. She hates them. Now, at ten, she’s usually


wearing mesh(网状）shorts and a packers T-shirt or jersey(运动衫)一or something old and stained
and acquired for free. When she’s “dressing up” she wears skinny jeans and a plaid(格子图案
的)button-down with her black and green Converse high-tops.
I admit her fashion sense has always made me a little sad. When I found out I was having a
girl, I ran home and painted the nursery two shades of pink while fantasies of girls’ weekends and
shopping trips were dancing in my head .I’d teach her how to do her hair and paint her nails. I
couldn’t wait to start the journey with my very own mini- me. But it turns out you don’t give birth
to dolls, and instead of a mini-me. I got a completely separate and independent human being with
ideas and dreams of her own. And yes, that made me a little sad.
It also makes me extremely proud, although I’ve fought hard against the label tomboy(假小子).
I’ve always been in the pride of my daughter’s strong sense of self and amazed at how early it
developed. She has been refusing dresses since before she could speak!”
24. What was the writer’s straw that broke the dam?
A. Her daughter refused to find a picture on the Internet.
B. She had to pretend to be happy before her daughter.
C. Her daughter wanted to cut off all the long hair like a boy.
D. Her daughter wanted to try a different hair style.
25. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?
A. Emma’s hating of dresses.
B. Emma’s present dressing style.
C. Emma’s spending on clothes.
D. Emma’s changing tastes on fashions.
26. How does the writer feel about Emma’s fashion sense?
A. Sorrowful. B. Angry. C. Happy. D. Proud.
27. Which can best describe Emma’s character?
A. A girl that is not respectful of her parents.
B. A girl that is lost in the ever changing time.
C. A girl that is badly affected by her parents.


D. A girl with a strong personality and sense of self.

C
It warmed my heart today to walk into the Thirsty Camel downtown in the Thanksgiving Day,
for aquick lunch before a haircut and library trip. Ihan, a food shop owner, said that he was
refusing to take money today because it was Buy Nothing Day. To increase awareness(意识) of the
strange over spending nature of our society, Ilan suggested a trade for food today. He simply asked
that you offer something of equal personal value for the meal you received.
At first I was really uncomfortable, wondering if it would be fair to exchange a yet to be
determined “I Owe You” (IOU) for food? What could I give him of equal value? After all, his food
is the best in the town!
We ended up writing our IOU's with promises of a book, some paintings and the offer of
work in a variety of ways if he needs it.
I think the idea isn't that the trade is so much as the importance of the kind of
transaction. We put thought into our offer and we had an even greater understanding for the meals
we ate.
We don't buy a lot, especially at this upcoming time of year. We don't give gifts at all in fact.
The holiday time is spent enjoying each other's company and doing things together with family
and friends. This is what seems most sensible.
Ilan is a good person. We are all lucky to have someone like this in our community.
28. Ilan did not take any money that day in order to_________.
A. have a quick lunch before a haircut and library trip
B. buy nothing that day to save some money
C. make people aware of their over spending
D. trade for something of equal value in return
29. For the meal, the author finally offered Ilan ________.
A. some promises B. a book
C. some paintings D. work in different ways