2023年高考英语一模试题分项汇编新高考专用02 阅读理解之记叙文(原卷版)

专题02 阅读理解之记叙文（新高考专用）（一）（2023·辽宁沈阳·统考一模）I’m in the area of Noailles in Marseille, France’s second largest city and its main trade seaport. Some small shops sell vegetables, meat, and, it seems, all the spices of the Middle East. In addition to French, languages spoken on the busy streets include Arabic and African French. It all adds up to one of the most ethnically diverse cities in Europe.Close to the downtown street, I discover an Algerian restaurant, whose owner makes his signature dish—couscous with barley, not the usual wheat, using a recipe that hasn’t changed since the 1920s. Couscous is an necessary part of Marseille culture. The dish was added to the UNESCO’s Lists of Intangi ble Cultural Heritage in 2020.To be honest, before I travelled here, couscous had not been the first meal that came to mind when I thought of Marseille. It was bouillabaisse, the rich soup with olive oil, garlic and saffron. I imagined enjoying it at a small portside cafe. This was clearly a romantic fantasy. For one thing, there are no small cafcs at historic city. For another, the restaurants do serve bouillabaisse, but when I see the price at one place I am shocked: 69 euros! No bowl of soup should cost that much.I give up and end up two streets away from the old harbor in a new restaurant, Ourea. For 28 euros, Chef Matthieu Roche serves a three-course lunch that includes tuna steaks and couscous.More and more young, talented people are discovering that Marseille is an ideal place to live. There is also a growing number of Parisians moving here every year. Tired of the rush and expense of life in larger cities, the newcomers come looking for the more relaxed Mediterranean way of life.Walking through these contrasting neighborhoods of Marseille. I think about the distinct communities here living in the same neighborhoods- together, side, by, side, but not mixed. They may also feel they are Marseillais first regardless of nationalities.1．Which word can best describe Marseille according to the first paragraph?A．Remote. B．Commercial. C．Industrial. D．Inland.2．What made the author leave the Algerian restaurant?A．The unreasonable charge. B．The unbearable flavor.C．The unsatisfying service. D．The noisy atmosphere.3．Why do the newcomers choose Marseille rather than other big cities?A．To make a fortune. B．To experience a dish.C．To learn a language. D．To live a leisurely life.4．In which column of a magazine can we probably read the text?A．Fashion. B．Food. C．Trade D．Travel.（二）（2023·安徽·统考一模）As a young girl growing up in France, Sarah Toumi dreamed of becoming a leaderwho could make the world a better place. Her passion to help others was awakened when, from the age of nine, she accompanied her Tunisian father to his birthplace in the east of the country during holidays. There she organized homework clubs and activities for children. Toumi witnessed first-hand the destructive effect of desertification. “Within 10 years rich farmers became worse off, and in 10 years from now they will be poor. I wanted to stop the Sahara Desert in its tracks.” A decrease in average rainfall and an increase in the severity of droughts (干旱) have led to an estimated 75 percent of Tunisia’s agricultural lands being threatened by desertification.Toumi recognized that farming practices needed to change. She is confident that small land areas can bring large returns if farmers are able to adapt by planting sustainable crops, using new technologies for water treatment and focusing on natural products and fertilizers (肥料) rather than chemicals.In 2012, Toumi consolidated her dream to fight the desert. She moved to Tunisia, and set up a programme named Acacias for All to put her sustainable farming philosophy into action. “I want to s how young people in rural areas that they can create opportunities where they are. Nobody is better able to understand the impact of desertification and climate change than somebody who is living with no access to water.”By September 2016, more than 130, 000 acacia trees had been planted on 20 pilot farms, with farmers recording a 60 percent survival rate. Toumi estimates that some 3 million acacia trees are needed to protect Tunisia’s farmland. She expects to plant 1 million trees by 2018. In the next cou ple of years, Toumi hopes to extend the programme to Algeria and Morocco.5．How did Toumi’s holiday trips to Tunisia influence her?A．They made her decide to leave the country. B．They helped her better understand her father.C．They fired her enthusiasm for helping others. D．They destroyed her dream of being a teacher.6．What is the main cause of the desertification of Tunisia’s farmland?A．Low rainfall. B．Soil pollution.C．Cold weather. D．Forest damage.7．Why did Toumi set up Acacias for All in Tunisia?A．To create job opportunities for young people.B．To help the children obtain a basic education.C．To persuade the farmers not to use fertilizers.D．To facilitate the protection of their farmland.8．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A．Saving Water in Tunisia B．Planting Trees of Native SpeciesC．Holding back the Sahara D．Fighting Poverty in North Africa（三）（2023·江苏南京·联考一模）Get up at 6 am, arrive at the hospital one hour earlier to help patients check in, and accompany patients during consultations… In recent years, “patient escorts” has emerged as a new industry, and those who have taken on this career are known as “people who sell time”. 26-year-old Zhang Tian is one of them.September 4 was a lucky day for Zhang Tian. On this day, Zhang Tian saw a video about patient escorts on a short video platform. The daily routine of patient escorts shown in the video fascinated her and gradually inspired her to take this on as a business. She browsed through many platforms and read multiple information and found there indeed exists a certain demand for patient escorts, especially for the elderly, children, and pregnant women. Since she had never engaged in this kind of work before, she spent two days in major hospitals in Wuhan, in order to familiarize herself with all the departments on different floors, as well as the processes of medical consultation and preparation for surgery.After preliminary preparatory (预备的) work, Zhang Tian posted a video of my self-introduction on major social platforms, talking about the help and services a patient escort provides, as well as some tips for a quick and convenient medical consultation. At first, she was a little worried that her video would go unnoticed. However, after she uploaded the video, it got over 100 likes and she received her first ever offer as a patient escort.The memory of her first task is still alive and fresh in her mind. She received a phone call on September 9 from a man whose father was seriously ill and might need surgery. He wanted Zhang Tian to accompany his father through his consultation and treatment.” Zhang Tian made full preparations before meeting her first client and did a very good job despite her nervousness.“Later, the family expressed their gratitude to me over and over again, which warmed my heart and gave me a sense of achievement.” Zhang Tian said.9．What do patient escorts do?A．They assist doctors in hospitals. B．They arrive at hospitals early to check in.C．They take on this career to sell their time. D．They help patients get treated in hospitals. 10．September 4 was a lucky day for Zhang Tian because ______.A．she enjoyed seeing an interesting video B．she got inspiration for her own careerC．she found a demand for medical workers D．she was well received on social platforms11．How did Zhang Tian get her first client?A．She got familiar with the routine work in hospitals.B．She spent two days in major hospitals to meet patients.C．Her video on social platforms attracted her first client.D．The man’s father was seriously ill and might need a surgery.12．Which of the following words best describe Zhang Tian?A．Hardworking and considerate. B．Humorous and careful.C．Ambitious and imaginative. D．Talkative and positive.（四）（2023·河南郑州·统考一模）One day Beth received a piano as a gift from her neighbor Mr. Laurence, which had belonged to his late granddaughter. In spite of her shyness, Beth was determined to show her gratefulness.“You’ll have to go and thank him,” said her sister by way of a joke, for the idea of the child’s really going never entered her head. “Yes, I mean to. I guess I’ll go now, before I get frightened thinking about it.”And, to the amazement of everyone present, Beth walked deliberately down the garden, through the fence, and in at the Laurences’ door. “Well, I wish I may die if it isn’t the strangest thing I ever see!” cried Hannah, staring after her, while the other girls were made quite speechless by her unexpected act.They would have been still more amazed if they had seen what Beth did afterward. She went and knocked at the study door before she gave herself time to think. When a deep voice called out “Come in”, she did go in, right up to Mr. Laurence, who looked quite surprised, and held out her hand, saying, with only a small quake in her voice, “I came to thank you, sir, for... ” But she didn’t finish, for he looked so friendly that she forgot her speech and, only remembering that he had lost the little girl he loved, she put both arms round his neck and kissed him.The old gentleman couldn’t have been more astonished. But he liked it. Oh, dear, yes, he liked it amazingly! And he was so touched and pleased by that little kiss that he just set her on his knee, and laid his wrinkled cheek against her rosy one, feeling as if he had got his own little granddaughter back again. Beth didn’t fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him freely as if she had known him all her life, for love drives away fear, and gratefulness can defeat pride.When she went home, he walked with her to her own gate, shook hands warmly, and touched his hat as he marched back again, looking like a handsome, old gentleman, as he was.13．How did the other girls feel when seeing Beth walking to Mr. Laurence’s house?A．Relieved. B．Shocked.C．Pleased. D．Terrified.14．Why didn’t Beth finish her speech when she saw Mr. Laurence?A．She was shy and nervous. B．She was too excited to speak.C．She was moved by his kindness. D．She was too afraid before a stranger.15．What does the author want to express mainly in this text?A．We should overcome our inner fear. B．Love and gratefulness can do wonders.C．We ought to repay those who help us. D．Courage comes from strong determination. .16．What is the text?A．A novel. B．A diary entry.C．A report. D．A book review.（五）（2023·新疆乌鲁木齐·统考一模）My grandfather used to be the smartest person in the world. I am sure he was. There was nothing he could not explain or narrate to me. When I lost my sight being only six years old, he was the one who supported my connection with the whole world. He was doing it with his tales.My grandfather was the one who did not allow me to give up. Grandfather supported my memory and boosted my imagination every day. He was narrating fairy stories about everything around us. He made me describe the things that I used to see previously in detail and then told something about them I could not believe.I remember he gave me his knife. I was careful with it, as it was sharp — my grandfather carved figures and household items with it. I was holding it and trying to restore its look in my memory, and grandfather was telling a story of the knife. He told me that having this knife, he was never wounded in a battle, and he could carve anyfigure in detail with it. He promised that one day I would get it, and I would be able to carve anything. I touched the blade (刀刃) with my fingers, and I imagined how great I would be in carving. I wanted to make the magic creatures that were mentioned by my grandfather and present them to him.He made me walk a lot, we were researching the hills and fields, and he taught me how to define the flowers and trees. Being blind, I could find any local plant by smelling and touching. Grandfather promised that one day we would hike together and find real highland edelweiss.He died a month before I had my operation. When the bandage was taken off my eyes, I saw the faces of parents, sun, flowers and trees, and a knife left by my grandfather. Later, when my sight became stable and it became possible to read, my father gave me a book of tales written and illustrated by my grandfather. There were all the creatures he was talking about. He painted them for me, and I was spending the months looking at them and trying to recall their images in my own memory.17．How did the author’s grandfather support him?A．With the power of narration. B．By treating the author’s disease.C．With description of scientific stories. D．By asking the author to memorize stories.18．What can be learned about the knife?A．The author’s grandfather got it in a battle.B．It was a sharp knife carved with many figures.C．It served as a reminder of the time with grandfather.D．It acted as a warning against taking any risks.19．Why did grandfather take the author outdoors?A．To plant trees and flowers. B．To make the author get close to nature.C．To carry out research. D．To improve the author’s eyesight.20．What can be a suitable title for the text?A．Carving the World B．Miracles in My LifeC．Blind Memories D．Restoring the Past（六）（2023·山西太原·统考一模）I was a newcomer in a class. So was Alice. That’s where the similarities ended.I was tall and she was small. My thick, black hair had been recently cut short. Her natural blonde hair flowed to her waist and looked great. I was awkward and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t stand her. I considered her my enemy. She liked me. She wanted to be my friend.One day, she invited me over and I said yes—I was too shocked to answer any other way. No one had invited me over to play. But this girl who wore the latest fashions wanted me to go to her home with her after school. I got very surprised when she led me into an apartment building. She lived on the fourth floor in atwo-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies—which was my next surprise. I would have thought she’d grown too mature for them. I had never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in closet, laughing as we made up crazy stories about the Barbies. That’s when we found out that we both wanted to bewriters when we were older and we both had wild imaginations. We had a great day that afternoon. Our jaws ached from smiling so much.She showed me her wardrobe, which had mostly come from a designer clothing(品牌服装)store down the block. The woman who owned it used her as a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes in exchange.Alice had the whole neighborhood charmed. The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free passes and the pizza place let her have free slices. Soon I was included in her magic world. We slept over at each other’s houses, and spent every free moment together. My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being tall.Alice, my first real friend since childhood, has taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends—your worst enemy can turn out to be your best friend.21．What can we infer from the first paragraph?A．The author was jealous of Alice. B．The author looked up to Alice.C．The author wished to be similar to Alice. D．The author attempted to get along well with Alice.22．What did the author think of the Barbies for Alice?A．The Barbies had been kept well by Alice. B．The Barbies were not suitable for Alice.C．Alice must have made them by herself. D．Alice must have spent much money on them.23．How did Alice get the designer clothes?A．By working as a designer. B．By serving a bookstore.C．By acting as a model. D．By advertising for a pizza place.24．What did Alice and the author have in common?A．They were both humorous. B．They both had blonde hair.C．They were both outgoing. D．They both intended to be writers.（七）（2023·江苏·统考一模）By my mid-20s, I’d finished my master in psychology, and I was working in Dublin as a health researcher. It was mostly data and statistics work staring at a screen. I was earning more than most of my friends, living the city life, going out at weekends. I had a good pension (养老金) and annual leave but it caused a lot of anxiety and worry.I was really unhappy.I wanted to get back to feeling passionate about something so I started thinking about the things I used to love. As a child, I’d always been involved in the outdoors, and I used to love hiking but all that had stopped after secondary school. I decided to volunteer with a local youth group and within a month, I’d gone camping with them. I absolutely loved it. It was likes witching on a lightbulb. This was what I’d been missing.I started taking courses in mountain skills and wilderness first aid, and by August I was working my usual job in the week, and I was a climbing club leader at weekends. I loved connecting with nature, connecting with other people.Through all this, I learnt about the whole field of nature-based therapies (疗法). It was the perfect fit to combine my psychology background with my passion for the outdoors. I began taking courses in wild therapy,forest bathing and ecopsychology. I left my government job and in July 2020 I launched my business Nature Therapy Ireland, which is booming now.I’d thought I’d always live in a city but last year, I moved to Tipperary to live at the foot of a mountain, surround ed by nature. If I’m feeling stressed, I can step outside in my bare feet and stand on the grass to ground myself. In Dublin, the front door felt like a barrier—I had to have my keys, my phone, my jacket before I could even go out and find a green space. My life now is leading nature connection hikes and forest bathing walks. My salary has halved for the moment but I’ve adjusted. I’ve never looked back.25．What did the writer think of her job in Dublin?A．Stressful. B．Valueless.C．Insecure. D．Demanding.26．What does the underlined sentence mean in paragraph 2?A．She enjoyed her voluntary work. B．She realized what she really loved.C．Recalling the past made her happy. D．A bright future was in store for her.27．What drove the writer to launch her business Nature Therapy Ireland?A．Her adventurous experience. B．Her leadership and background.C．Her connection with other people. D．Her major and passion for nature.28．Why did the writer compare her life in Dublin with that in Tipperary?A．To highlight how boring city life was. B．To call on people to get back to nature.C．To show her satisfaction with her change. D．To indicate how successful her business was.（八）（2023·四川成都·统考一模）Steph Clemence always intended to go to college. But life tends to throw barriers in the way. Her mother remarried several times. By the time she was a senior in high school, Steph had lived in 25 places. Her stepfather died in a car accident, leaving her mother to support three daughters on a modest income. Paying for college became out of the question.One afternoon, Dorothy Clarks, her English teacher, walked into the classroom, handing out a paper sheet titled “Mrs. Clark’s Book List”, and said, “Some of you might not go on to higher educat ion, but you can continue to learn.” She created a list of 153 fiction and nonfiction books, covering science, history, economics, politics, and literature. It would, she believed, form the equivalent(等同)of two years at a liberal arts college.So she began in 1970. Starting at the top, Steph would read every book in the order they appeared. Each of those books fueled her passion to learn more about the person, subject matter, or time in history. Unlike many people who open a book in bed before it’s time to sleep, Steph prefers to read while sitting in a chair with a cup of coffee by her side. She doesn’t race through a book, as she wants to savor the experience.Now Steph is 70 and she never did get to college. But she has only four books left to read from the list. She expects to complete them sometime in 2023.In Madame Curie, the author, Eve Curie, writes, “Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.” The way Steph sees it, Mrs. Clark felt it was her particular duty to help young students.She wishes she could thank Mrs. Clarks and share with her how reading the works on her list has changed her life. “It was never just a list I got from some teacher in school. It’s always been Mrs. Clark’s Book List,” says Steph. 29．What made a barrier to Steph going to college?A．Her family’s frequent move.B．Her stepfather’s death.C．Her family’s financial conditi ons. D．Her mother’s remarriage.30．What does the underlined word “savor” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A．Learn from. B．Slow down. C．Keep in mind. D．Take pleasure in.31．What can we know about the book list given by Mrs. Clarks?A．It is about humanity. B．It was praised by Eve Curie.C．It reflects her sense of social responsibility. D．It benefits Steph’s academic performances.32．Which of the following best describes Steph?A．Modest. B．Self-motivated.C．Intelligent. D．Easy-going.（九）（2022·云南昆明·统考一模）Many of us have dreams of being our own boss and starting our own businesses, and one woman has been able to make her dreams a reality with the help of a complete change of lifestyle.Catherine White, 46, spent her teenage years washing cars in order to make ends meet and now she owns a £20 million business empire. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, she said, “My childhood was so unstable, so I always wanted and needed to be independent. I didn’t believe working for someone else gave me that and my future would still rely on someone else.”At 24, Catherine started her first business from a desk in her sister’s art school but she was struggling with a panic disorder at the time and would find comfort in junk food, which led her to follow an unhealthy lifestyle. After the company reached a steady point a few years later, she decided to go travelling and in the process, completely changed her outlook on life. The woman said the “dramatic change” of scenery helped her ment al health significantly, and she was even able to cut junk food out of her diet — dropping her from a size 24 to a size 12 by the time she returned to the UK. And the business mogul (大亨) believes changing her lifestyle also helped her succeed in her career as she is no longer scared of making decisions or speaking in public.This year, Catherine aims to grow one of the companies under her Freedom Services Group umbrella, Stella Insurance. She set it up in Australia for women. With each deal, the business donates $5 to a charity, and plans are underway to launch in the UK.The now-millionaire said, “In my wildest dreams, I wouldn’t have thought it could become the size that it has.”33．Why did Catherine decide to set up her own business?A．To accumulate work experience. B．To make donations to a charity.C．To depend on herself in the future. D．To raise money for her illness.34．What can we learn about Catherine from the text?A．She used to be addicted to junk food. B．She was offered a job in an art school.C．She was good at speaking in public. D．She set up Stella Insurance in the UK.35．Which words best describe Catherine as a businesswoman now?A．Talented and energetic. B．Successful and caring.C．Ambitious and cautious. D．Brave and imaginative.36．What message does the author seem to convey in the text?A．Well begun is half done. B．Details determine success or failure.C．Interest is the best teacher. D．A strong-willed soul can reach his goal.（十）（2023·河南·统考一模）Horseback riding might not seem like a typical New York City activity, but one program has several horse farms throughout the city’s busy districts. GallopNYC provides lessons to veterans(老兵) and people with disabilities — horseback riding is their therapy(疗法).Olivia Diver visits the GallopNYC location in the Howard Beach neighborhood in Queens. Diver has only been riding horses for a few months, but says she’s already felt the benefits. “It helped me come out of my comfort zone and be less shy and less in my shell,” she said. Trying something new shows her she can accomplish other things as well.James Wilson,executive director at GallopNYC, says there are many ways horses can be therapeutic. “The horse sees the world in the way somebody with post-traumatic stress disor-der (PTSD) might see the world, in a really guarded, sort of anxious way,” he explained. “So,somebody with PTSD and a horse can sort of partner together and see the world in the same way and kind of take care of each other.” Horses can al so help with physical disabilities. After two years of therapeutic riding, a teenager, who had so little core strength that his mother had to be in the bathtub with him, had enough core strength that he could be in the shower by himself. Wilson said, “The movement of the horse will loosen up muscles that might be really tight. And the movement helps stimulate other body parts and other muscles that you might not use. ”“CallopNYC has about 1,000 people on is waitlist for lessons, but prioritizes people with disabilities and veterans. We believe that everybody benefits from the time on a horse, so if you want to ride a horse, come on, let’s go,” Wilson said. Lessons are $55, but the non-profit fundraises to help cover or lower the cost for customers who may need support.37．Why does GallopNYC offer the lessons?A．To make horse riding typical in NYC．B．To provide part-time jobs for veterans.C．To promote disabled people’s incomes.D．To offer a cure to special groups.38．What can we infer about Olivia Diver?A．She has learned new life skills. B．She has found her comfort zone.C．She has gained much confidence. D．She has changed her attitude to horses.39．What does paragraph 3 intend to show?A．GallopNYC’s leader.B．The effect of the therapy.C．Profit James Wilson has got. D．Ways of guarding people’s anxiety.40．What does Wilson think of the program according to the last paragraph?A．It is well received. B．It is highly profitable.C．It needs to be more creative. D．It takes ages to see the results.（十一）（2023·山东菏泽·统考一模）Monica Bertagnolli is an oncologist (肿瘤学家) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Growing up in Wyoming, she was well aware of the lack of health care resources in rural areas. Access to in-depth care for cancer patients is hard to get. She’s worked throughout her career to change that.In Wyoming, there’s a great distance to travel between where people live and where they can find a cancer specialist. “If you need treatments and they have to be administered every day, and if it’s 120 miles from where you live, that ends up being a huge barrier to receiving the kind of care you need.”And now Monica serves as the vice president of the Coalition (联盟) of Cancer Cooperative Groups (CCCG) — an international network of individuals who work to improve the quality of life and survival of cancer patients by increasing participation in cancer clinical trials.She said, “One of the really important things is, we’re trying to make sure that cancer cli nical trials can getto every single patient who needs them in my own state.” The coalition set up sites in northern and southern Wyoming that are able to run clinical trials. Before those trials became available, patients would usually go to Denver or Salt Lake City — a three-to-seven-hour drive.Monica’s efforts to increase access to the health care needs of her rural Wyoming patients also include helping to develop new policies that will allow patients to participate in more clinical trials, and linking themwith a regional doctor who can get them the access to the care they need.In addition to the clinical trials, Monica said that technology’s progress like better cell phone and internet service in the mountains of Wyoming, as well as social media, has helped rural residents stay in touch with loved ones and medical professionals despite their distance. She is trying to advocate strongly for those changes to continue.“I still consider myself part of Wyoming and I am very devoted to making sure that patients can get accessto care.”41．What do rural cancer patients in Wyoming need most?A．Health care. B．Better housing.C．Further education. D．Public transportation.42．How has Monica helped the cancer patients?A．By offering clinical trials. B．By advocating financial aid.C．By improving internet service. D．By training medical professionals.43．Which of the following can best describe Monica?A．Determined and loyal. B．Honest and generous.C．Grateful and courageous. D．Devoted and responsible.。