cruel world of the unknown buyer.__33__I offered encouragement and a few more selling tips.And she did it.The experience__34__two days of selling，two sold-out performances，two happy people，and one boosted__35__．How we see ourselves reflects how others see us.
【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。作者的女儿由于害羞，不愿接受新的体验，但一次全力以赴出售糖果棒的经历却让她及作者均收获良多。 16．A.opposition C．preference
B．response D．contrast
B [根据前面一句“It is impossible to perform consistently in a manner inconsistent with the way we see ourselves”可知，我们不可能一直表现出与我们看待自己的方式相悖的行为，换句话说，我们通常对我们的自我评价作出直接的反应(response)。opposition意为“反对”；preference意为“偏爱”；contrast意为“对比”。] 17．A.accomplish C．appreciate
B．acknowledge D．allocate
A [没有什么事比改变外在的行为而不改变内在的情感更难完成(accomplish)。acknowledge意为“承认”；appreciate意为“欣赏”；allocate意为“分配”。] 18．A.follow C．injure
B．control D．improve
D [改善(improve)那些内在情感的一个最好的办法是获得一些成功。follow意为“跟随”；control意为“控制”；injure意为“受伤”。] 19．A.chance C．need
B．tendency D．competence
B [我的女儿伊丽莎白有害羞的倾向(tendency)。chance意为“机会”；need意为“需要”；competence意为“能力”。] 20．A.turned C．warmed
B．complained D．submitted
C [但是她仅有一次对一种情况更加感兴趣(warmed)，那就是“全速前进”。turn意为“转向”；complain意为“抱怨”；submit意为“提交，服从”。]
21．A.sale C．present
B．delivery D．bargain
A [根据下文可知，孩子们要卖掉糖果棒。由此可推知，她的学校有糖果棒出售(sale)活动。delivery意为“递送”；present意为“礼物”；bargain意为“便宜货”。] 22．A.forced C．challenged
B．ordered D．warned
C [根据语境及下文中的“she was holding her‘challenge’”可知，学校给了每个孩子三十个糖果棒，孩子们要挑战(challenged)卖掉每个糖果棒。force意为“强迫”；order意为“命令”；warn意为“警告”。] 23．A.When C．If
B．While D．Because
A [当我从学校接伊丽莎白时，她手里正拿着自己的“挑战”，需要一些积极的鼓励。pick up是终止性动词短语，故选A项。when意为“当……的时候”，谓语动词既可用终止性动词，也可用延续性动词；while意为“当……的时候”，谓语动词只能用延续性动词；if意为“如果”；because意为“因为”。] 24．A.negative C．rough
B．further D．positive
D [参见上题解析。positive“积极的”符合语境。negative意为“消极的”；further意为“更远的”；rough意为“艰苦的”。] 25．A.decorated C．rewarded
B．surrounded D．classified
B [根据上下文语境可知，此处指作者用饱含积极意义的措辞围绕(surrounded)着每个教学点。decorate意为“装饰”；reward意为“奖励”；classify意为“分类”。] 26．A.get C．win
B．take D．look
C [根据上下文语境可知，作者是在用积极的话语鼓励自己的女儿，作者想让自己的女儿相信她的微笑会把顾客争取过来。win sb.over“说服，把……争取过来，赢得……的支持”。]
27．A.complaint C．amusement
B．quarrel D．drive
D [根据第二段中的“I picked up Elizabeth from school”以及第三段中的“All the way home”可知，此处指十五分钟的驾车路程(drive)。complaint意为“抱怨”；quarrel意为“争吵”；amusement意为“消遣”。] 28．A.committed C．frightened
B．nervous D．pretty
A [到我们十五分钟的驾车路程结束时，坐在我旁边的年轻女孩已成为一个坚定的(committed)女售货员。nervous意为“紧张的”；frightened意为“害怕的”；pretty意为“漂亮的”。] 29．A.wrote C．recalled
B．prayed D．recommended
B [根据本句中的“Oh God，thanks for the candy sale at school”以及下文中的“Elizabeth's prayer”可知，她兴奋地祈祷。write意为“写”；pray意为“祈祷”；recall意为“记起”；recommend意为“推荐”。故选B项。] 30．A.humour C．desire
B．impression D．justice
C [根据语境及后面一句“We all want to be winners”可知，伊丽莎白的祷告反映了每个人心中的愿望(desire)。humour意为“幽默”；impression意为“印象”；justice意为“公正”。] 31．A.toward C．for
B．without D．with
D [第二天伊丽莎白拿着另一盒糖果棒回了家。toward意为“向着”；without意为“没有”；for意为“为了”；with意为“带有”。故选D项。] 32．A.resource C．supply
B．emotion D．dignity
C [她已经耗尽了友好的邻居的供应(supply)，她被推入未知买家的残酷世界。resource意为“资源”；emotion意为“情绪”；dignity意为“尊严”。] 33．A.Again C．Instead
B．Deliberately D．Eventually
A [根据上文可知，作者在女儿第一次卖糖果棒时给了女儿诸多鼓励，再结合下文的“I offered encouragement ...”可知，此处表示作者再次给了女儿鼓励。again意为“再，又”；deliberately意为“故意地”；instead意为“相反”；eventually意为“最后”。] 34．A.added to C．came to
B．amounted to D．catered to
B [这次经历相当于(amounted to)两天的销售，两次售完的业绩，两个快乐的人和一个提高的自我评价。add to意为“增加”；come to意为“共计”；cater to意为“迎合”。] 35．A.self-help C．self-respect
B．self-study D．self-image
D [参见上题解析。第一段中的“self-image”是关键提示。self-help意为“自助”；self-study意为“自学”；self-respect意为“自尊”；self-image意为“自我形象，自我评价”。]
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Ⅲ.阅读理解——故事轶闻
(2017·苏州高三一模)Nelle Harper Lee，better known by her pen name Harper Lee，was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird，published in 1960.Immediately successful，it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature.In 1991 an organization conducted a survey that made readers identify books that had “made a difference” in their lives.The result? Lee's book trailed only The Bible.Alongside the works of Shakespeare and Twain，this novel remains one of the most widely taught books nationwide，reaching about 70% of American public schools.What makes it such a typical read for young people?
English class is a place where young Americans come to know themselves.In the folds of dusty books，students can make contact with humanity beyond the shallow small talk of the school hallways.Disturbed by hormones and anxiety，teenagers get through school with confusion and frustration.Literature is a safety valve(安全阀)—it promises relief，a place to figure out one's problems and get to know oneself better.
The novel particularly distinguishes itself in this aspect.It speaks in a child's voice without treating its readership as children.Some critics have called it an “impossible” achievement，a children's book penned by a well-educated adult—it's unlikely that a child like Scout could exist in the real world.But that's exactly what makes it such a charming，attractive read for young people.It indicates the consciousness of a well-educated adult facing difficult realities，but describes it through the light and playful voice of a curious little girl.
Gaby Hick，a third-year student focused on English literature at Brown University，calls it “one of the first books that kids and young adults read and that deal with serious issues—rape，race，mental issues”．She adds，“The story makes these adult themes accessible because of Scout.”The book's setting，a small town in Alabama affected by the Great Depression of the 1930s，may appear very different from the experience of most kids reading it today.But Lee's words make her story feel alive and present.
In 2006，however，critic Thomas Mallon expressed his regret about the book's avoiding moral complexity in The New Yorker.But her novel makes a great teaching tool for teenagers precisely because its moral view is as clear as that of one of Aesop's fables.That absence of ambiguity in this novel doesn't mean the novel is free of challenging ideas，either.Will Serratelli，another literature student at Brown says，“There aren't many hard moral questions being asked...but it opens up all these other questions that I hadn't thought about before.My English teachers always asked，‘Do you sympathize with this character? Would you want to hang out with them? ’When you give a kid a book where those questions don't even need to be asked，it_forces_them_to_dig_deeper.”
Mallon's criticism is accurate in that this novel may present too limited a view of racism in America.That's especially problematic because it is one of the only books consistently assigned to American students that acknowledge racial discrimination at all.However，To Kill a Mockingbird may owe some of its popularity as a teaching text to the fact that the narrative voice is a white one.Naomi Varnis，an African Studies student at Brown says，“It's another practice of telling stories about black people through white central characters.”
