外研版（2019）高中英语必修第一册 Unit6 Starting out and Understanding ideas 能力提升练.docxVIP

PAGE2 / NUMPAGES2 Unit6 Starting out and Understanding ideas 能力提升练 一、阅读理解 A （2021天津耀华中学高一上学期阶段检测） Spring lifts our spirits. Its a time for Nature to bring us back to life after a cold season. I live not far from a park, which is one of the largest gardens in Japan, and famous for its near 10,000 plum trees（李子树）. I am fortunate to have them all outside my backyard, and take advantage of the walking paths daily. I see the same trees and swans every day, but that day was different. At the edge of the small lake, saw some new-born black swans. They were pretty and cute. They stayed with their mom. While taking a few photos of the sunset, I was interrupted（打断）by a high sound going on for some time. So, I turned around and s saw one little swan was stuck by two stones. Its mother was trying to make it out but failed. I tried to get near but the mother was ever so angry! She wouldnt allow me to get close, so I turned to an old man sitting on the bench and said, Excuse me, the swan baby cant move and I want to help it, but the mother is extremely angry! Could you please do me a favor? After hearing my words, the man smiled at me first and then agreed to help me. He drove the mother away with great efforts, and for several times, he was almost hurt by the mother. Thanks to him, I was able to get there and push the little swan out of the gap finally. Oh, I really hoped it wasnt injured, but at least it was alive and swimming! In spring, I become more physically active. Things around dont make us, but Nature does, and it keeps us going. I am positive that all of us have a little piece of nature in our own neighborhoods. Somewhere we will be reminded why natural life is so important-because we s grow with it! Personally, I am happy that baby birds can put a smile on my face! I struggle for having a small number of things in life, and being filled with simple reality-at one with Nature. 1. What can we know about the author from Paragraph 1? A. Her favorite season is spring.