《2026年水木金卷高考模拟试卷精编英语》

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I used to hate old books. When I say “old books”, I don’t mean classics, though. I mean books with yellow pages, broken spines(书脊) and odd wood-like smells that you need to be careful not to break because they are already so worn down. One can assume that I didn’t own many old books. I had a few here and there that my parents had gifted me, but nothing too special.
In the fourth grade, I was ready to venture into a new world of reading, one that went beyond the likes of children’s chapter books and juvenile(青少年的) topics. Just then, I found my parents’ old copies of the entire Harry Potter book series. Visually, my parents’ books were my worst nightmare. I remember thinking to myself that reading these books was out of the question. However, I eventually had to come to terms with the fact that if I wanted to read the books, I would have to read my parents’ copies. And so began the terrible journey of reading seven old books.
When it was time for me to read the final copy, I was kind of a changed woman. I still strongly disliked old books, but the plot of the entire Harry Potter series had attracted me so much that I had almost entirely forgotten what the books looked like. By the end, I had devoted an entire shelf in my room to the Harry Potter books.
Now, I love old books. I love how the covers are sometimes so worn down that you can barely read the title of the book, but you can understand what it’s about anyway. After all, an old book is a representation of generations of readers who have chosen to live in a specific fictional world because the story it contains is just that good. Old books have meaning, and I love how much they mean to me now.
56. Who did the old copies of the entire Harry Potter book series belong to? (no more than 5 words)

57. What does the underlined part “out of the question” in Paragraph 2 mean? (1 word)

58. How did the author like the plot of the entire Harry Potter series? (no more than 5 words)

59. What does the author mainly talk about in the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words)

60. What kind of books do you like reading? Why? (no more than 20 words)

答案： 56.The author’s parents.
57.Impossible.
58.She found it attractive.
59.What old books mean to her now. Or: Her opinion about old books now.
60.I like reading history books because changes in the past can help us better understand changes that are happening now.