Unit3 Travel journal (时间：100分钟满分：120分)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)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。ASome years ago，writing in my diary used to be a usual activity.I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events，feelings，and impressions in my little blue diary.I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words，but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper.After all，isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?When I was thirteen years old，I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley，wellequipped with pens，a diary，and a camerADuring the trip，I was busy recording every incident，name and place I came across.I felt proud to be spending my time productively，dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels.On my last night there，I wandered out of my tent，diary in hand.The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon，and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows.I automatically took out my pen.At that point，I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.Now，I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful.I take pictures, but not very oftenonly of objects I find really beautiful.Im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old.I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera，busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.I dont want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes.Maybe I wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe Ill forget certain facts，but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.I dont live to make memoriesI just live, and the memories form themselves.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。题材为个人情况和日常活动。本文讲述了作者对写日记循序渐进的认识，过去写日记仅是记录过去的事，现在写日记就是记录自己的思想感情和对生活的感悟这一切的变化取决于去山谷的一次旅行，在那儿，作者被美景深深吸引和触动，彻底改变了对写日记的认识。由此告知我们：生活要有意义，必须去亲身体验，感悟人生。1Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of _Aobserving her school routine Bexpressing her satisfactionCimpressing her classmates Dpreserving her history解析：细节理解题。第一段，特别是最后一句“After all，isnt acumulating memories a way of preserving the past？”可知，在13岁之前，作者把写日记作为记录过去的一种方法。答案：D2What caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?AA dull night on the journey.BThe beauty of the great valley.CA striking quotation from a book.DHer concerns for future generations.解析：细节理解题。由文章第二段可知，作者13岁去一座山谷旅游，被当地美丽的景色所吸引，所以作者情不自禁地拿出笔想记录下这里的美丽画面，并由此产生了一些感悟。答案：B3What does the author put in her diary now?ANotes and beautiful pictures.BSpecial thoughts and feelings.CDetailed accounts of daily activities.DDescriptions of unforgettable events.解析：细节理解题。第四段第一句“Now，I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.”可知，作者现在的日记只记具有特殊意义的思想感情。答案：B4The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is_Ato experience itBto live the present in the futureCto make memoriesDto give accurate representations of it 解析：推理判断题。由文章最后一段，特别是“.maybe Ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me”可知，作者逐渐意识到：要想生活过得有意义，你就得亲身体验生活。答案：ABIt was a village in IndiAThe people were poor.However，they were not unhappy.After all，their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.Then one day，some visitors from the city arrived.They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs legs.However，they did not have enough frogs of their own，and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.This seemed like money for nothing.There were millions of frogs in the fields around，and they were no use to the villagers.All they had to do was to catch them.Agreement was reached，and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs.Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money.For the first time，the people were able to dream of a better future.But the dream didnt last long.The change was hardly noticed at first，but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well.More worrying was that the children fell ill more often，and，there seemed to be more insects around lately.The villagers decided that they couldnt just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak.They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (杀虫剂)and medicines.Soon there was no money left.Then the people realized what was happening.It was the frog.They hadnt been useless.They had been doing an impor