2021年1月普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江）
英 语
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）
爱是放手第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
More than 25 years ago, Saroo Brierley lived in rural (农村) India. One day, he played with his brother along the rail line and fell asleep. When he woke up and found himlf alone, the 4-year-old decided his brother might be on the train he saw in front of him — so he got on.
That train took him a thousand miles across the country to a totally strange city. He lived
on the streets, and then in an orphanage (孤儿院). There, he was adopted by an Australian family and flown to Tasmania.
As he writes in his new book, A Long Way Home, Brierley couldn’t help but wonder about his hometown back in India. He remembered landmarks, but since he didn’t know his town’s name, finding a small neighborhood in a vast country proved to be impossible.
Then he found a digital mapping program. He spent years arching for his hometown in the program’s satellite pictures. In 2011, he came across something familiar. He studied it and realized he was looking at a town’s central business district from a bird’s-eye view. He thought, “On the right-hand side you should e the three-platform train station” — and there it was. “And on the left-hand side you should e a big fountain” — and there it was. Everything just started to match.
When he stood in front of the hou where he grew up as a child, he saw a lady standing in the entrance. “There’s something about me,” he thought — and it took him a few conds but he finally remembered what she ud to look like.
In an interview Brierley says, “My mother looked so much shorter than I remembered. But she came forth and walked forward, and I walked forward, and my feelings and tears and the chemical in my brain, you know, it was like a nuclear fusion (核聚变). I just didn’t know what to say, becau I never thought eing my mother would ever come true. And here I am, standing in front of her.”
21. Why was Brierley parated from his family about 25 years ago?
A. He got on a train by mistake. B. He got lost while playing in the street.
C. He was taken away by a foreigner. D. He was adopted by an Australian family.
22. How did Brierley find his hometown?
A. By analyzing old pictures. B. By travelling all around India.
萝卜牛肉C. By studying digital maps. D. By spreading his story via his book.
23. What does Brierley mainly talk about in the interview?
A. His love for his mother. B. His reunion with his mother.
C. His long way back home. D. His memory of his hometown.
B
At the start of the 20th century, an American engineer named John Elfreth Watkins made predictions about life today. His predictions about slowing population growth, mobile phones and increasing height were clo to the mark. But he was wrong in one prediction: that everybody would walk 10 miles a day.
Today, in Australia, most children on average fall 2,000 steps short of the physical activity they need to avoid being overweight. In the early 1970s, 40 per cent of children walked to school, while in 2010, it was as low as 15 per cent.
The decline is not becau we have all become lazy. Families are presd for time, many with both parents working to pay for their hou, often working hours not of their choosing, living in car-dependent neighborhoods with limited public transport.
The other side of the coin is equally a deprivation: for health and well-being, as well as lost opportunities (机会) for children to get to know their local surroundings. And for parents there are lost opportunities to walk and talk with their young scholar about their day.
Most parents will have eagerly asked their child about their day, only to meet with a “good”, quickly followed by “I’m hungry”. This is also my experience as a mother. But somewhere over the daily walk more about my son’s day comes out. I hear him making n of friendship and its limits. This is the unexpected and rare parental opportunity to hear more.
Many primary schools support walking school-bus routes (路线), with days of regular, parent-accompanied walks. Doing just one of the a few times a week is better than nothing. It can be tough to begin and takes a little planning — running shoes by the front door, lunches made the night before, umbrellas on rainy days and hats on hot ones — but it’s certainly worth trying.
24. Why does the author mention Watkins’ predictions in the first paragraph?
A. To make comparisons. B. To introduce the topic.
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C. To support her argument. D. To provide examples.
25. What has caud the decrea in Australian children’s physical activity?
A. Plain laziness. B. Health problems.
C. Lack of time. D.炝拌芹菜 Security concerns.
层次论26. Why does the author find walking with her son worthwhile?
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普罗米修斯盗火>蛋糕图片真实图片A. She can get relaxed after work. B. She can keep physically fit.
