2019-2020学年高三英语上学期竞赛期中试题
第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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Lookingforagreatsummerread?KidreportersfromTimeForKidshavereviewedtheseasonshottestnewbooks.Theyhaverecommendedalistofkid-approvedturners(令人爱不释手的书)toourreaders.Whetheryou’refondofmysterious,fantasticorrealisticfictions,there’salwaysonethatsuitsyou.
Three?Bird?Summer
By?Sara?St.?Antoine
Genre:?Realistic?Fiction
Number?of?pages:?256
What’s?the?basic?story?line?
For?his?entire?life,?12-year-oldAdamhasspentsummersathisgrandma’scabininMinnesota.Butthisyearthingsaredifferent.Hisparentshavedivorced.Apartfromthat,Adam’scousinswon’tbevacationingatthecabinwithhim.Also,Grandmaseemstobeactingdifferently.Atfirst,she’sjustabitmoreforgetfulthanusual.Butafterspendingmoretimewithher,AdamrealizesGrandmais“slipping.”
Therearenewneighborsatthecabinthissummer,includingagirlatAdam’sagenamedAlice.Atfirst,Adamisn’tinterestedinspendingtimewithher.Butastimegoesby,theirfriendshipflourishes(繁荣).Throughoutthisunusualsummer,Adamsearchesforhiddentreasurewithhisnewfriendandbeginstouncoverfamilysecretsaswell.
Arethecharactersbelievable?
Thecharactersarebelievablebecausetheydon’thavecookie-cutter(千篇一律的)personalities.Adamisquietandshyandfindsgirlsdifficulttounderstand.Aliceisadventurousandunlikeanygirlhehasevermet.Readerswilllikelyseeaspectsoftheirpersonalitiesinthecharactersandrecognizetheirfriendshiptoo.
Whowouldlikethisbook?
Anyonewhoappreciatesmemoriesoffamilyvacationsorsummertimeingeneralwillenjoythevividimaginationthatfills?Three?Bird?Summer.Readerswillfallintothestory,almostasifthey’reactuallyspendingthesummerexploringThree?BirdLakewithAdamandAlice.
21.Whilespendinghissummerathisgrandma’scabinthisyear,Adam________.
A.becamefriendswithhiscousins?????????????