【正文】 erwent an extreme pain from every footstep of those who thronged to see her, as if her heart had been thrown into the street for them all to step upon. In our nature, however, there is a condition that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present suffering, but chiefly by the pain that rankles （使痛心）after it. With almost a calm manner, therefore, Hester Prynne passed through this portion of her suffering, and came to a sort of scaffold （刑臺），at the western end of the marketplace. It stood nearly beneath the eaves of Boston39。 and, I promise you, Mistress Prynne shall be set where man, woman, and child, may have a fair sight of her brave clothing, from this time till an hour past noon. A blessing on the moral Colony of the Massachusetts, where immorality is dragged out into the sunshine! Come along, Madam Hester, and show your scarlet （鮮紅色的；罪孽深重的）letter in the marketplace!At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle on the planet!”作者夫婦愿意竭盡全力給Rose買自行車可推知：這對父母親為女兒的行為而感到并覺得自豪。t mention it ，作者夫妻倆認(rèn)為Rose買自行車的愿望褪去了，所以沒給她買。s father was an artist with special skillsB.t have time to do any shoppingD. She looked at me and then at her dad and said, so does this mean that I trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?When you see the leaves of the tiny flowers pushing toward the sun, you39。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“I39。 ll give you what you need most.39。t have a good track record when it es to making them grow. （4）考查主旨大意。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。The early bird catches the worm.Natsuko is Takamizawa39。 The EF English Proficiency Index is a measure of the level of English spoken in a country. Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language. This situation is slowly changing as younger generations wele English. However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen unless Japanese people bee more open to the rest of the world. With around 500 days to go until the games begin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to wele the world to Tokyo.（1）Why couldn39。It39。s Olympic Games in Tokyo. Takamizawa was one of the more than 200, 00 people who requested to volunteer for Tokyo39。 The greatgrandmother is learning English with the help of her family when she is at the age of 91. She hopes to use the language at next year39。 Takamizawa said her grandchildren helped persuade her that she was not too old to learn. When I talked to my grandchildren about my wish, they said, 39。s grandchildren love her a lot.C.Where there is a will, there is a way.It is never too late to learn.C.根據(jù)第二段中的“But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. Takamizawa said that she was in high school when World War Two started. She said, ‘In my second year there, English was banned because it was the enemy language.’”可知，是在她高中二年級時第二次世界大戰(zhàn)大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)了，而英語因為是敵人的語言被禁止了，故選C?？芍癟his situation”指的是在日本人的英語水平相對較低，故選B。m not much of a gardener. I love having beautiful flowersbut I don39。s almost time for your son to e home. They39。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選D。39。3．閱讀理解 s Club dolls, a holiday dress and some beautiful story books. Then, much to our surprise, on December 23rd, she proudly announced that she really wanted a bike more than anything else.d rather keep this than get a real bike.they didn39。Rose39。根據(jù)第二段中的As Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fadeor so we thought, as she didn39。 s name! cried he. Open a text。s experience, however, it might be considered to be a rather long journey。The prison was really far from the marketplace.B.根據(jù)第二段中的“A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys, …ran before her progress, turning their heads continually to ….”可知，人們充滿了好奇并且急不可待。 （4）考查推理判斷。s why the story about the guys in the bakery caught my eyes.Fortunate.Hurricane Harvey caused a power failure in Houston.C.根據(jù)第三段中的“They took advantage of their emergency power supply to bake bread. They used more than 4,200 pounds of flour to create hundreds of loaves and sheets of sweet bread.”可知，Hurricane Harvey引發(fā)洪水后，面包店的工作人員自愿為他們的社區(qū)做面包。故選B。 It is obvious that all of our childhood memories are not accidental. When you are a child, every scent, every sound, every move, every toy, the first day of school, the first kiss, the first step… Everything together makes what is the personality of a man. All these are pieces of one whole entity.s friend at her place. I woke up. Mom went to work and reminded me to be nice and clean by the time she came back. I stayed with Tony, the older of the boys and suddenly somebody called him and though he was not permitted to leave me alonehe left. He said it would not be long. But it took him forever. I realized that I was alone. I could not e out of the house, so I opened the window. I was so desperate. So lonely. So betrayed. At that moment I pulled the curtain so strongly that I fell on the floor. And there I was standingone little criminaldesperate to escape and knowing that I would be punished for destroying the curtain that was not even ours.But then something changed. I stopped weeping. I looked around and realized that I was in a safe place, and that mom would e back and kiss me no matter what I had done.Childhood memories are always strange and inprehensible.（3）What happened to the author when he was 6 years old? A.the moment he received a present from his momB.根據(jù)第一段中的It is obvious that all of our childhood memories are not accidental.可知，我們所有的童年記憶都不是偶然的，作者就講述了一個讓自己印象深刻的童年記憶，故選B。7．閱讀理解 Broke down suddenly.The coldness of life has a negative effect on our life quality.B.由此可知，導(dǎo)致水管凍結(jié)的直接原因是由于作者本人的疏忽。故選B。s in there! one of the women cried. Though the fire department had been called, Surrell, then 64, instinctively ran inside. The baby was 8yearold Tiara, the woman39。Rang the fire department.D.s loud crying.C. （1）考查