melted ice cream.Aline reached out to pet the dog,as Neil turned the van toward home.That same night,theNewmans took the dog to the animal doctor.The doctor looked at his teeth and guessed he was about ten monthsold.Then she weighed him.Eighty pounds and still growing!Aline posted the dog's picture on Facebook.She advertised him on the radio.And she reported him to animalcontrol.Days passed.No one claimed the dog.Now what?she wondered.Aline had recently told one of her sonsthat she wanted a dog.Then this dog appeared.Aline believed the dog was meant for her,and she wanted to adopthim.And Neil liked the silly dog too.The dog rarely barked.And he was perfectly house-trained.Neil and Alinenamed the dog Moose,after the road where they found him.部分解析阅读第一节A篇主题语境:人与自我一一生活本文是应用文。文章是一家木匠公司的广告,包括公司的主营业务、报价事项和客户评论。21.A。理解具体信息。根据第一段中的replace your old floorboards可知,该公司可以给客户铺设新地板。由于该公司是定制家具和配件(custom-build furniture and fittings),因此排除B项;第一段中的custom-build furniture和第三段中的We're excellent at creating wonderful fittings and furniture表明,该公司新做家具,并不维修,因此排除C项。22.D。理解具体信息。根据第二段中的let us know之后的四点内容和That gives us enough information tocreate a custom quote可知,要想获得木匠服务,需提前提供相关资料。注:custom在此作形容词,意为“定制的”,同custom-made;quote作名词,意为“报价”。23.C。理解具体信息。Dancy在评论中提到:We got a quote.that seemed quite high和Sarah was able toget the work done for half of our initial quote,由此可知,他对Southwark Carpenters的低价表示称赞。【词汇链接】1.walk-in:adj.大得能走进去的2.talk sb through sth:向某人详细解释某事3.go the extra mile:加倍努力,孜孜以求B篇主题语境:人与社会一一人际沟通本文是记叙文。作者通过和大学生交谈,增进了对自己孩子的理解。24.B。理解具体信息。根据第二段中的“Mom!”my son said,.perhaps a little more loudly than a motherwould like.“I know how to do attendance!”和He also suggested that I exit the room可知,儿子对于妈妈的提醒有点不高兴。此处两次使用的感叹号表明儿子说话时语气强烈,带有强烈的感情。25.B。理解具体信息。根据第四段中的I started to understand emotional pain was the hallmark of the yearfor so many young people可知,这些大学生饱受情感痛苦。接下来的remote learning robbed them of thevery things they find especially rewarding一novelty,independence,bonding with friends具体解释了大学生痛苦的原因一一远程学剥夺了很多他们认为特别有益的东西。注:hallmark在此意为“特点,特征”。26.D。推断。根据题千中的most grateful定位到最后一段末尾的that might be the one for which I am themost grateful。.此处需要理解that指代的具体内容,破折号前的Because of the work I was doing on thephone with those students,I think I failed my boys a little bit less than I otherwise would have表明,由于工作的原因(与那些大学生通过电话交谈),作者的孩子对作者的失望要少一点。再之前的上文I felt fortunatethat I was learning so much from the young people说明作者对从这些年轻人身上学到很多东西感到幸运,紧接着的As I felt sad for them,I felt sad for my own children是作者将自己从年轻人身上的所学迁移到自己的孩子身上,说明作者对自己孩子的逐渐理解,而这恰恰是作者对这份工作的最感激之处。27.C。推断。根据第一段中作者对孩子上网课的干涉(I suggested that he should let the teacher know hewas there)、第三段中作者的自嘲(I had just become the subject of a COVID-specific story,precisely the kind