58.She wrote a book called the GooseHead Guide to Life. 59.She felt happy but stressed.
60. Ithink being strong/having your dreams/working hard at your dreams/keeping on trying is the most important. Because… 【解析】
试题分析:文章讲述了Asley Power经常上网，但是没有供青少年说话的网站，因此他创办一个专门为青少年提供交朋友的网站的故事。
56.Ashley wanted to create an interesting website for teenagers.考查作者的写作意图。根据第一段，Asley Power经常上网，但是没有供青少年说话的网站，因此他想创办一个专门为青少年提供交朋友的网站。
57Began./Started./Proceeded./Opened./Set up.考查文章的主旨大意。本段的核心词是his website和successful，由此总结出其大意。
考点：故事类阅读
【天津市六校2016届高三上学期期末联考】阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题。
Rock climbing requires not only physical strength, but also complete mental concentration. So it is not an easy sport. But this may not be true for 20-year-old Sasha diGuilian. This fearless girl who has been dominating the sport ever since she entered this field is just getting warmed up.
The youngster who is also studying for a creative writing degree at Columbia University says that she began climbing even before she could walk. As a baby, she constantly escaped from her bed and led her friends to the nearest rocks or hills. Then at the age of seven she attended brother’s birthday party at a local rock climbing gym and found her gift for it.
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Soon after, she joined the local center in her hometown of Alexandria, Virginia and began climbing— first once a week, then twice and soon, almost every day. At the age of nine, she won her first climbing competition by participating in an event that she hadn’t even been aware of, until she went to the gym for her normal climbing routine. Her competitive nature and love for the sport immediately reached the peak and she began training seriously, but this time outside the gym—climbing real mountains.
As a youngster, she dominated the Junior Continental Championships from 2004 to 2010. Then she went on to catch the Pan American Championship and the US National Championship as soon as she was old enough. And in 2011, at just 18 years old, she was crowned(加冕)Female Overall World Champion in Arco, Italy at her first attempt.
Sasha diGuilian is also the youngest woman who has completed the 5.14d graded climb in which climbers must climb rocks that are vertical. The 5.14d graded climb is regarded as the most difficult climb and it is something that even the most experienced climbers are a little afraid to take on, because a small slip could result in a severe injury or even death. 71. What does the underlined word “dominating” (Paragraph 1) mean? (1 word)
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72. Where and when did Sasha diGuilian find she had the talent for rock climbing? (No more than 12 words)
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73. What made Sasha diGuilian begin training seriously to climb real mountains? (No more than
10 words)
_________________________________________________________________ 74. Why is the 5.14d graded climb considered the most difficult climb? (No more than 7 words)
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75. Please explain how you are inspired by Sasha diGuilian.(No more than25 words) ___________________________________________________________________
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71.Controlling\\ Ruling
72.At a local rock climbing gym at the age of seven 73.Her competitive nature and love for rock climbing
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74.Because it involves climbing vertical rocks
75. I am inspired by her spirits of bravery and determination
73.Her competitive nature and love for rock climbing考查上下文联系。根据文中，At the age of nine, she won her first climbing competition by participating in an event that she hadn’t even been aware of, until she went to the gym for her normal climbing routine，可知她是为了想要去攀爬真正的山，故填Her competitive nature and love for rock climbing。
74.Because it involves climbing vertical rocks考查上下文联系。根据文中Sasha diGuilian is also the youngest woman who has completed the 5.14d graded climb in which climbers must climb rocks that are vertical，可知因为山体是很垂直的，所以很难攀爬，很危险，故填Because it involves climbing vertical rocks。
75. I am inspired by her spirits of bravery and determination考查上下文联系。根据上下文内容分析可知，主人公是一位很勇敢的女孩，所以我也为此受到激励，故填I am inspired by her spirits of bravery and determination。
考点：考查人物传记类短文阅读。 2015名校模拟题
【天津市和平区2015届高三下学期第四次模拟考试英语试题】阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10
分）
阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Big storms. High waves. Technical failures. Loneliness. After battling hard times and danger for over nine months, British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
The 17-year-old made the record after he cleared the Panama Canal and then sailed through the Caribbean and home across the Atlantic.
Mike is only three months younger than Zac Sunderland, the 17-year-old American boy who had taken the crown as the youngest solo around-the-world sailor in July.
The two youngsters met in Cape Town in South Africa as they crossed the globe in different
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directions. Mike insisted they were not rival. “No. It’s two teenagers going out there, living their dream and having the adventure of a life time.” he said.
Mike may be young, but he is no stranger to sailing adventures. He picked up the hobby at age 6 when his father took him out in a small boat on a local lake. Father and son sailed separate boats across the Atlantic when Mike was 14, making him the youngest person to cross that ocean solo. That record gave him the taste for this even greater challenge.
On the recent journey, the scariest moment for Mike came when his sailboat was hit by storms in the southern Indian Ocean.
“We were picked up by what felt like a 60-foot wave and threw down on our side at 90 degrees,” he said.
“It felt like I was going right over. Stuff was flying around and I just thought ‘Oh no’.” At other times, he had to dive into the Pacific and fix problems. He tied himself to the boat, jumped into the water and went to work with a knife in 30-second dives underneath the boat to cut a rope away.
Mike said he felt proud that he made his dream come true. “You’ve got to have confidence in yourself that you will make it,” he said.
56.Which canal did Mike Perham cross? （No more than 3 words）
57.What does the underlined word “taste” in the fifth paragraph mean? （1 word） 58.What did Mike believe in? （No more than 10 words）
59.What’s the main idea of the passage? （No more than 15 words）
60.What do you think of Mike Perham? （No more than 10 words）
【答案】
56.The Panama Canal. 57.Experience.
58.Having confidence in yourself will make you successful.
59.How a British teenager succeeded in sailing solo around the world as the youngest person. 60.Open.
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57.Experience. 考查词义猜测能力。根据第五段“That record gave him the taste for this even greater challenge.”可知，穿越大西洋的航行，给Mike的这次航行积累了经验。故填Experience.
58.Having confidence in yourself will make you successful. 考查细节理解能力。根据最后一句“You've got to have confidence in yourself that you will make it.”可知，你需要有充分的自信，相信自己能成功。故填Having confidence in yourselves will make you successful.
59.How a British teenager succeeded in sailing solo around the world as the youngest person. 考查理解概括能力。根据第一段“British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo (单独) around the world.”可知，文章讲述的是，一个英国青少年成功完成环球航行的故事。故填How a British teenager succeeded in sailing solo around the world as the youngest person.
60.Open. 考查理解概括能力。本题是一道开放性题目。只要言之有理即可，注意不要超过十个词。 考点：人物类短文阅读
【天津市2015届高考压轴卷】阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）
Workplace wellness is a serious issue. With terms like \and \becoming household words, organizations are increasingly looking for ways to keep their workforce happy, healthy and productive.
Up to now, most organizations tended to devalue the idea of laughter at work, seeing it as a distraction from getting the \job done. This attitude is also reinforced by the work ethic many of us were raised with: \worthwhile if you have to suffer for it.\
However, we're starting to realize that all of this suffering is killing us. Not only that, but we're finding that it's actually counter-productive to the bottom-line results so sought after in this time of change and downsizing.
And amazingly enough, this is confirmed by scientific research. A recent study conducted at Canadian financial institutions found that managers who developed the highest level of employee performance used humor the most often.
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