【正文】 tudying now? M： English. W： Why? M： If I master the English language well, I39。m sure I can do better in the future. W： Oh， that sounds great! Text 10 For many years, people in American cities have depended on farmers in rural areas to grow fruits and vegetables. But now a new generation of farmers is planting crops in urban areas. Sean is a college student. He wants to start a farm in the middle of Seattle, Washington. He says there are a lot of neighborhoods that don39。t have ways to get healthy, fresh produce. And if they do, it can be very expensive. So he sees unused space as a great place to grow food that will make it more easy for people to get good food. Recently Sean created a website to get volunteers and donations. Within a week, they were offered a plot of land between two houses. Twenty volunteers worked for six weekends to turn the grassy land into a farm. Seattle has declared 2021 “The Year of Urban Agriculture”. But the growth of these farms is limited. That is because Seattle, like a lot of other cities， has restrictions on urban farms. The City Council is now considering changing those laws. 第二部分：閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分 ) 第一節(jié) (共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30分 ) 閱讀下列短文 ， 從每題所給的四個選項 (A、 B、 C 和 D)中 ， 選出最佳選項 。 A 導學號 49152107 He is regarded as having one of the brightest minds on the pla. But outstanding astrophysicist(天體物理學家 ) Stephen Hawking has admitted that he did not learn to read until he was eight years old. In a public lecture at the Royal Albert Hall， Professor Hawking also admitted that he was not active in studying while at Oxford University， where he studied physics， and that only the diagnosis that he might die young from motor neurone(神經元 ) disease made him concentrate on his work. Professor Hawking said: “My sister Philippa could read by the age of 4 but then she was definitely brighter than me.”He said that he was unexceptional at school and was never further than halfway up his class.“ My classwork was very untidy， and my handwriting was the despair of my teachers， ” he said.“ But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein， so presumably they saw signs of something better.” But he said that it was when doctors told him that he probably only had a few years to live at the age of 21 that galvanized him into focusing on his work and a period of productivity that resulted in some of his early breakthroughs. He said， “ When you are faced with the possibility of an early death， it makes you realize that life is worth living and there are lots of things you want to do.” 文章大意： 文章向我們介紹了傳奇科學家霍金。 21． Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?_A__ A． Stephen Hawking is the second Einstein in the world. B． Stephen Hawking couldn39。t read at the age of 7. C． Stephen Hawking39。s handwriting was once terribly bad. D． Stephen Hawking39。s sister once performed much better than him. 解析： 細節(jié)理解題。由第三段的 But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein， so presumably they saw signs of something “ 愛因斯坦 ” 是同學給起的，但并不意味著他就是第二個愛因斯坦。故 A項不符合文意。 22． What made Stephen Hawking devote himself to his work?_C__ A． Patience. B． Knowledge. C． Disease. D． Laziness. 解析： 細節(jié)理解題。由第二段最后一句 ． ..only the diagnosis that he might die young from motor neurone disease made him concentrate on his ，是 “ 運動神經元疾病 ” 促使他有所作為。故選 C 項。 23． What can we learn from the last paragraph?_B__ A． Stephen Hawking didn39。t realize his dreams in physics. B． It was possible for Hawking to face the early death. C． The purpose of the doctor39。s diagnosis was to encourage him to work hard. D． His life might be taken away by long hard work. 解析： 段落大意題。由最后一段，特別是信息句 He said， “ When you are faced with the possibility of an early death， it makes you realize that life is worth living and there are lots of things you want to do.” 可知，他有可能要面對英年早逝的不幸事實。故選 B 項。 24． From whom did Hawking get a relatively just estimation when he was at school?_B__ A． His sister. B． His classmates. C． His teachers. D． His parents. 解析： 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最 后霍金的話可知，盡管老師不看好他，同學們仍給他“ 愛因斯坦 ” 的綽號，他們從他身上看到好的一面。 B 導學號 49152108 It was a late Wednesday night when the dreading(可怕的 ) phone call reached our home. I sat up, so I could hear the phone call better. To my surprise, I heard my mom burst into tears. “Get the car Dean! Andrea has been in a car accident.” We_ran_every_stop_sign_on_the_way_to_the_hospital_and_our_tiresscreeched_around_every_corner. We got to the hospital, but were not allowed to see Andrea. The next morning, after wearing masks, we were allowed to go to the ICU to see Andrea. Well, the least I could say was that everything was injured in her body and she lost all of her memories. It was a fatal accident. Over the next two months, I lived more at the hospital than I did at my watched as Andrea worked so hard to gain back everyday motor skills. She never once plained or pitied herself， and her determined spirit was shining through. After two weeks in the ICU and two months of the regular hospital treatment, Andrea was able to e home. She missed several months of school, so it was hard for her to catch had tasks to acplish, and no matter how hard it was, she stuck with them until the job was done. Though busy with dealing with pain and therapy, she always found time to love and play with me. I39。ll never fet the impact that this incident made on my admire her strong－ willed personality and her determined spirit. Today she is perfectly normal, despite the scars and the pins holding her leg in place. I couldn39。t ask for a better sister, hero, or best friend. 文章大意： 本文講述了作者的姐姐在事故后如何堅強地克服困難，頑強地生存下來的故事，以及這樣的經歷對作者的深刻影響。 25． The writer sat up to hear the call because he _A__. A． sensed that something terrible had happened B． might be very concerned about who phoned so late C． wanted to scold the people who phoned so late D． was not sure whether the telephone concerned him 解析： 推理判斷題。根據(jù) 第一段第