四、阅读理解
第一节 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Last year, my foreign language teacher helped our class find pen pals with French students. I got a 14-year-old pen pal named Lisa from Paris, the same age as me. At first, we wrote emails in English to talk about our school life. Lisa told me she was learning Chinese at school, but it was hard for her, so I offered to teach her Chinese. She said she would teach me French in return—that’s how my French learning started.
Lisa taught me from the basics. She sent me voice messages of French alphabet pronunciations and a list of simple words. I listened to her voice repeatedly and practiced until I pronounced them correctly. She also sent me French children’s picture books with phonetic marks, and we had 15-minute weekly voice calls. On the calls, she corrected my pronunciation and taught me new sentences, and I taught her simple Chinese words and characters. When I met new French words, I asked Lisa in English, and she explained them patiently with simple sentences. I wrote all new words in a notebook and reviewed them every night. Lisa always praised my progress, which gave me lots of confidence. While learning French, she told me a lot about French culture.
Up to now, I’ve learned French for over a year and can talk about my life with Lisa in simple French. This experience is different from learning English at school. It’s a happy communication with a friend. I not only learned basic French but also made a foreign friend and knew more about French culture.
()41. How old is the writer now?
A. 13 years old.
B. 12 years old.
C. 14 years old.
D. 15 years old.
()42. How did the writer and Lisa communicate at first?
A. By talking in French directly.
B. By writing emails in English.
C. By sending voice messages.
D. By talking on the phone in Chinese.
()43. What didn’t the writer and Lisa do on the weekly voice calls?
A. Lisa sent the writer some French children’s picture books.
B. The writer taught Lisa simple Chinese words and characters.
C. Lisa corrected the writer’s pronunciation.
D. Lisa taught the writer new sentences.
()44. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. How the writer and Lisa became pen pals.
B. What the writer and Lisa teach each other.
C. How Lisa taught the writer French step by step.
D. Why the writer thought learning French was hard.
()45. What does the writer think of learning French with Lisa?
A. It’s more difficult than learning English at school.
B. It’s a happy way to learn and know about foreign culture.
C. It helps the writer make a friend but not learn French well.
D. It’s boring and full of difficult pronunciations and grammar rules.

41. D 由短文第一段前两句可知，作者去年和莉莎成为笔友时，莉莎14岁，且莉莎与作者同岁，由此推断作者现在15岁。
42. B
43. A 由短文第二段第五句可知，在电话中莉莎纠正作者发音，教新的句子，而作者会教莉莎一些简单的中文字词。
44. C
45. B 由短文最后一段内容可知，作者认为和 Lisa 学法语是快乐的方式，还能了解外国文化。

【分析】
首先，针对每道题的解题思路：41题需根据短文第一段的年龄信息推理，去年笔友Lisa14岁且与作者同岁，今年过了一年，故作者现在15岁；42题定位第一段找最初交流方式，明确是写英文邮件；43题定位第二段的电话内容，对比选项找出未在电话中发生的事；44题概括第二段核心内容，即Lisa逐步教作者法语的过程；45题定位最后一段，提取作者对学法语的看法。
【解析】
41. 根据短文第一段“Last year, my foreign language teacher helped our class find pen pals...I got a 14-year-old pen pal named Lisa from Paris, the same age as me”，可知去年作者14岁，今年过了一年，因此作者现在15岁，故选D。
42. 由短文第一段“At first, we wrote emails in English to talk about our school life”可知，作者和Lisa最初通过写英文邮件交流，故选B。
43. 根据短文第二段“On the calls, she corrected my pronunciation and taught me new sentences, and I taught her simple Chinese words and characters”，可知电话中未发生的是Lisa寄法语儿童绘本（该内容是之前发送的资料），故选A。
44. 第二段主要讲述Lisa从法语字母发音、简单单词、带音标的绘本等基础内容逐步教作者法语的过程，故选C。
45. 由短文最后一段“It’s a happy communication with a friend...I not only learned basic French but also made a foreign friend and knew more about French culture”可知，作者认为和Lisa学法语是快乐的方式，还能了解外国文化，故选B。
【答案】
41.D 42.B 43.A 44.C 45.B
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】
本题为英语阅读理解题，围绕作者与笔友的法语学习经历设题，侧重考查学生定位细节信息、概括主旨及简单推理的能力，题目难度适中，贴合初中英语阅读考查要求。
【难度系数】
0.7