《2025年全品学练考高中英语必修第一册外研版》

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My mother learned to read and write at 63—she was still the smartest woman I know.
I was typing papers for the new school students and trying to get them published in New York City in the late 1980s when Mama called. We chatted about nonsense for a while before she choked it out. “Well, Donner, there's this class set up at the high school this summer,” she said. “They say they can teach me to read and write. I'm trying to decide whether...”
“Of course, you should do it! That would be so wonderful. I'd be so proud of you,” I answered. She was 63 and was an expert at buying and selling garage sales to keep food on her own table and buy Christmas presents for me and my brother's kids. She used food stamps to buy groceries. Mama laughed, seemingly with relief. “Well, you know, I'd gotten used to being the dumbest old lady in town,” she said.
It turned out that her neighbour had found the class for her. The young woman had been doing Mama's “business” for a while in my absence, helping to reduce my guilt about leaving Mississippi. The friend was crazy, but Mama liked her. She was real and I hated pretence as much as Mama did. When I was little she would tell me: “Remember, Donner Kay, nobody's better than anybody else.”
Three months into the class, Mama left a message on my answering machine: “Donner, I taught a class tonight!” She was almost singing the words. “The teacher let me teach the class!” She soon wrote me a letter in careful, boxy print I had never seen, instead of the awkward way she had long written family names she had memorized.
The next time I flew home to visit, we both laughed like 12 - year - olds as she read words from billboards on the way from the airport. Her grammar was getting better. She gushed (滔滔不绝) about her classes, and the other students.
(D)1. Why did Donner's mother telephone her one day?
A. To introduce a course to Donner.
B. To inform Donner of her decision.
C. To ask for information about a school.
D. To tell Donner her intention.
(C)2. What was Donner's attitude towards her mother's decision at 63?
A. Disappointed.
B. Doubtful.
C. Supportive.
D. Surprised.
(B)3. How did Donner's mother feel when she left a message on the answering machine?
A. Astonished.
B. Delighted.
C. Puzzled.
D. Worried.
(A)4. What does the author intend to tell us in the last two paragraphs?
A. What progress her mother made.
B. The difficulty her mother had in learning.
C. How her mother learned to read and write.
D. The effects learning had on her mother.
语篇分析

词海拾珠
1. chat about nonsense 闲扯一番
2. choke out (因感情激动而)哽咽着说
3. with relief 宽慰地，如释重负地
4. in one's absence 在某人不在的时候
5. pretence n. 假象，伪装→pretendv. 假装
6. awkward adj. 笨拙的；不舒适的→awkwardlyadv. 笨拙地
举一反三
词缀 - ize
[原句再现] She soon wrote me a letter in careful, boxy print I had never seen, instead of the awkward way she had long written family names she had memorized.
不久，她给我写了一封信，信上是我从未见过的认真方正的字迹，而不是她长久以来写她记得的家人姓名时那样歪歪扭扭的写法。
后缀 - ize 加在名词或形容词后构成动词，表示“使成……状态，使……化”等。

猜测词义
(1) We decided to popularize the farming method to more farmers. (推广)
(2) The shy people are usually unwilling to socialize. (社交)
句型透视
[原句] I was typing papers for the new school students and trying to get them published in New York City in the late 1980s when Mama called.
[分析] 这是一个复合句。该句使用了“Sb was/were doing sth when...”句型，意思是“某人正在做某事，突然……”，其中 when 是连词，连接两个分句。
[翻译] 在 20 世纪 80 年代末，我正在纽约为新生打印论文并试着帮他们发表时，妈妈突然打来了电话。
[仿写] 我迷路了，正在急切地寻找方向，这时我听到我父亲焦急地呼喊：“莉莉，你在哪里？”
Lost, I was looking for directions eagerly when I heard my father crying anxiously, “Lily, where are you?”

答案： 1.D 2.C 3.B 4.A
【语篇分析】
1. 63 2. seek my advice 3. encouraged 4. progress
【词海拾珠】
5. pretend 6. awkwardly
【举一反三】
实现；道歉;使现代化；(使)全球化
[猜测词义]
(1)推广
(2)社交
【句型透视】
[分析] 妈妈突然打来了电话
[仿写] I was looking for directions eagerly