2017-2018学年上学期竞赛试卷高三英语试卷总分：150分时间：100分钟第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）ALookingforagreatsummerread?KidreportersfromTimeForKidshavereviewedtheseason'shottestnewbooks.Theyhaverecommendedalistofkid-approvedpage-turners(令人爱不释手的书)toourreaders.Whetheryou’refondofmysterious,fantasticorrealisticfictions,there’salwaysonethatsuitsyou.ThreeBirdSummerBySaraSt.AntoineGenre:RealisticFictionNumberofpages:256What’sthebasicstoryline?Forhisentirelife,12-year-oldAdamhasspentsummersathisgrandma’scabininMinnesota.Butthisyearthingsaredifferent.Hisparentshavedivorced.Apartfromthat,Adam’scousinswon’tbevacationingatthecabinwithhim.Also,Grandmaseemstobeactingdifferently.Atfirst,she’sjustabitmoreforgetfulthanusual.Butafterspendingmoretimewithher,AdamrealizesGrandmais“slipping.”Therearenewneighborsatthecabinthissummer,includingagirlatAdam’sagenamedAlice.Atfirst,Adamisn’tinterestedinspendingtimewithher.Butastimegoesby,theirfriendshipflourishes(繁荣).Throughoutthisunusualsummer,Adamsearchesforhiddentreasurewithhisnewfriendandbeginstouncoverfamilysecretsaswell.Arethecharactersbelievable?Thecharactersarebelievablebecausetheydon’thavecookie-cutter(千篇一律的)personalities.Adamisquietandshyandfindsgirlsdifficulttounderstand.Aliceisadventurousandunlikeanygirlhehasevermet.Readerswilllikelyseeaspectsoftheirpersonalitiesinthecharactersandrecognizetheirfriendshiptoo.Whowouldlikethisbook?AnyonewhoappreciatesmemoriesoffamilyvacationsorsummertimeingeneralwillenjoythevividimaginationthatfillsThreeBirdSummer.Readerswillfallintothestory,almostasifthey’reactuallyspendingthesummerexploringThreeBirdLakewithAdamandAlice.21.Whilespendinghissummerathisgrandma’scabinthisyear,Adam________.A.becamefriendswithhiscousinsB.developedafriendshipwithalittlegirlC.annoyedhisgrandmaoccasionallyD.playedwithAliceinthefieldsnearby22.Thebookislikelytoappealtokidsbecause_______.A.itdescribescountrylife.B.ittalksaboutschoollife.C.itrelatedtotheirexperience.D.itiswritteninsimplewords.23.Thetextiswritte