2025届人教版(2019)高考英语一轮话题复习高考题型通关练：话题8　生命的意义与价值(教师版).pdf

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话题生命的意义与价值

Ⅰ.阅读理解

(2024·山东淄博统考三模)

WhenZhiYueying，then19，wenttotheremoteNiyangvillageinYichuncity，

JiangxiProvince，toworkasavillageteacherin1980，villagersweredoubtfulifshe

wasgoingtostaylong.

Overthepastfourdecades，Zhihasdevotedherselftoruraleducation.Sheisa

recipientofTouchingChinaawardsthatrecognizethemostinspiringrolemodelsin

2016.Shewasalsoawardedasamodelpovertyfighterbythegovernment.Zhihasa

profoundunderstandingoftheimportanceofeducationinthemountains.Overthe

years，shehastaughtthestudentsandcaredforthem，sincemanyofthemwere“left

－behind”childrenwhoseparentsmigratedtootherplacestowork.Morethan1，000

studentsofhershaveleftthemountainarea，andcreatedabetterlifeforthemselves.

Locatedamidthemountains，thevillagewasverypoorandfarfromany

town.Villagershadtohikeinthemountains.“Iarrivedattheschoolinanearly

evening，andwasshocked.Ihadknowntheconditionswerepoor，buttherealitywas

worse.”Moreover，localpeopleneededtogodownhilltobuydailynecessities，and

transportthembackintheirhandsorbalancedacrosstheirshoulders.“Ihadnever

walkeduphillonamountainroadbefore，soIwalkedmuchmoreslowlythan

others.SometimesIwalkedslowlybehindtoomuchandwasscaredtotears，”says

Zhi.Sometimesshehadtowalkuphillbyherselfwithaflashlightatnight.Thewild

boarsandrabbitssometimesfrightenedherandsheenhancedhercouragebysinging

loudly.

Butshegraduallygotusedtoherlifethere.Atthebeginning，shefoundmany

localpeoplevaluedtheirsonsfarmorethantheirdaughters，andwouldnotliketolet

themattendschool.Zhiwenttotheirhomesrepeatedlyandgraduallypersuadedthem

tosendalltheirchildrentoschool.Forthosewhocouldnotaffordthetuition，she

sparedherownmoneytohelp.

Zhisaysseeingherstudentsdowellbeyondthemountainsisdeeply