City one day. It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three thanks to bad roads and __12__ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car？” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her __13__ turn toward my father. “No，” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a seven-hour car trip turned into a 16-hour one, which was mostly spent in __14__．
On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were __15__ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the __16__. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and __17__ one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself. This is why road trips were like __18__ universities to us. We __19__ our PhDs(博士学位) in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.
If we were __20__ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the suitcases in the car myself.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。小时候“我”随父母以及“我”的姐妹开车旅行，在此过程中，“我们”学会了忍让以及和别人相处。这个颠簸的旅程是一所移动的大学，让“我”受益匪浅。
1．A.move C．experience
B．life D．belief
B 解析：根据上文可知，“我”的父亲出生在美国的一个小镇上；结合该句中的“He wasn’t sure what he wanted”以及下文叙述的他带着全家开车旅行可推知，那时他不确定想从生活中得到些什么，故B项正确。
2．A.live up C．get out
B．struggle on D．walk around
C 解析：根据该句中的“begin a new adventure”可推知，他得到启示，要他走出去，去开启新的冒险经历。C项意为“离开，从……出来”，故C项正确；B项意为“勉强维持”。
3．A.took C．served
B．drove D．controlled
A 解析：根据该句中的“wherever the road”并结合语境可知，他带着妈妈和“我们”这三个女儿，沿路旅行。A项表示“带去，引领”，符合语境，故A项正确。
4．A.anxious C．helpless
B．upset D．lonely
D 解析：根据该句中的“when you’re on the road”和下文介绍的沿路交朋友可推知，
当在路上时，很容易感到孤独(lonely)。
5．A.wasted C．spent
B．worked D．chatted
C 解析：根据语境可知，由于“我们”经常花费几个小时在修理店，所以“我们”交的朋友大部分是修理工。
6．A.better C．safer
B．easier D．cleverer
A 解析：由于外面的温度达到40摄氏度，所以去修理店要比坐在马路边等候好得多。 7．A.break down C．clear up
B．cool off D．turn over
B 解析：根据该句中的“when it was 40℃ outside”可知，外面气温高达40摄氏度；据此可推知，该处指等待发动机冷却下来；B项意为“使冷却下来”。故B项正确。A项意为“出故障”，C项意为“清理”，D项意为“翻转”，都与语境不符。
8．A.available C．necessary
B．alternative D．impossible
D 解析：根据下文中的“it was hard”并结合语境可知，有时友好相处似乎是不可能的(impossible)。
9．A.arguments C．embarrassments
B．fights D．amusements
A 解析：根据空后的“especially among us...in the middle”可知，“我们”之间总是有很多争吵(arguments)，尤其是关于后座的“我们”谁坐(sit)在中间时。
10．A.settle C．sit
C 解析：参见上题解析。 11．A.sharing C．communication
B．respect D．tolerance B．rest D．watch
D 解析：根据该句中的“But”表达的语境可知，尽管这很难解决，但是“我们”学会了忍耐(tolerance)。
12．A.light
B．heavy
C．local D．fast
B 解析：根据该句中的“It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three”可知，本可以在一小时就完成的路程，“我们”却花了将近三个小时。据此可推知，这里道路较差，交通拥堵，故B项正确。
13．A.suddenly C．calmly
B．sensitively D．slowly
D 解析：根据语境可知，“我们”在后座看到母亲慢慢地转过头对父亲说：“没有，我还以为你放了”。
14．A.silence C．panic
B．vain
D．disappointment
A 解析：根据上文可知，母亲忘记将手提箱放进车里；结合该句和下文中的“we had to learn to let go of our anger”可知，“我们”学会了控制自己的怒气，这个七小时的行程最终变成了十六小时的行程，我们大部分的时间都在沉默。
15．A.buried C．stuck
B．crazy D．impatient
C 解析：根据语境可知，在像上文提到的情况下，“我们”必须控制自己的怒气，因为在接下来的旅程(journey)里“我们”和相同的人一起被困在(stuck)车里。
16．A.holiday C．exploration
B 解析：参见上题解析。 17．A.dragging C．helping
B．pushing D．sending B．journey D．march
B 解析：根据该句中的“I kept my feelings to myself”可知，“我”控制住了自己的情绪。据此可推知，此处表示有时“我”想要打开车门将“我”的一个姐妹推出车外。B项意为“推”，故B项正确。
18．A.unusual C．free
B．common D．mobile
D 解析：根据该句中的“road trips”以及下文中的“We ______ our PhDs(博士学位)”可知，对于“我们”来说，公路旅行就如可移动的(mobile)大学。
19．A.earned C．missed
B．expected D．valued
A 解析：根据语境可知，就在这辆旧汽车里，“我们”获得了如何和他人相处的博士学位。A项意为“获得，赢得”，故A项正确。
20．A.somewhere C．somehow
B．anytime D．anyway
C 解析：根据语境可知，如果“我们”能以某种方式在人生中获得第二次机会的话，“我们”还会去旅行。C项意为“以某种方式”，故C项正确。
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(2020·马鞍山质量预测)Kendrick Lamar hasn’t had much luck when it comes to winning a Grammy. But that’s OK：The US rapper has just won a Pulitzer Prize for his music.
In 2014, in 2016, and again in 2018, Lamar was nominated(提名) for
an album of the year Grammy. Each time, he was beaten out, first by Taylor Swift, next by Daft Punk, and most recently by Bruno Mars.
But the Pulitzer Prize committee was inspired enough by Lamar’s 2017 album, Damn., to award the Pulitzer Prize in music on April 16. It’s an amazing album that documents the real life of modern African-Americans in South Los Angeles with wildly accomplished beats and rhythms.
Lamar’s win is considered to be historical. The Pulitzers have long displayed their preference towards high art rather than the pop culture of the masses. So it’s not just that no rapper has ever won a Pulitzer: no pop music maker has ever won one in the award’s history.
But Lamar is not just a singer—he’s clever at using language. Like the best writers, his music describes small moments that illustrate larger points. His songs are about his experience as a black man who grew up in California, struggled, got into trouble, and found his way out by working hard and making sense of the history and reality in the US.
“He’s an artist who challenges ideas，” said Ryan Coogler, director of the blockbuster(大片) Black Panther, for which Lamar created music. “One big theme in our film is this idea of ‘What does it mean to be African？’ Lamar in his music is very exactly and directly challenging that question.”
Good artists entertain us, great artists make us think, and exceptional artists help us
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