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一、阅读理解
一次对童年故居的回访，成了一面镜子，照见内心对“记忆”的渴望。这不仅仅是一次怀旧之旅，更是一次揭示了记忆、情感与现实之间的微妙冲突。
A few years ago, I visited the house where I grew up. I hadn't been back since I was 15.
The surprised homeowner agreed to let me in. I went inside and firstly saw a large open space with no walls separating the living room from the dining room and the kitchen. But in my memory, it clearly used to be the entrance hall. The homeowner, who said she had lived in the house for a few years, was excited to show me the changes she'd made. All I could think was: Where did our dining room go?
Mostly, walking through the space felt like trying to clean a dirty window. The experience of visiting a childhood home works wonders. It makes your memory clearer. If you walk into a house that has been completely changed since you lived in it, those changes may make you feel like someone erased you from the picture.
We often want to check on the places where we once lived. As Jerry M. Burger, the writer of Returning Home:Reconnecting with Our Childhoods, described, it is a "widespread phenomenon（现象）". We may take these journeys because we want to remember our youth.
For most of us, the experience is positive, as long as the house looks similar to what it looked like when we grew up there. But big changes usually make us unhappy. And if the house has been pulled down and replaced with something else, we'll feel upset.
In the years since I visited my old house, my childhood memories have remained separate from those of the house I visited that afternoon. Yes, I remember the new layout（布局）, but that doesn't compete with my good memories of living with my family in the old house.
1. We can infer that the homeowner felt
A. bored B. upset
C. disappointed D. satisfied
2. What influence does visiting a childhood home have on us according to the writer?
A. It helps us remember the past clearly.
B. It makes us feel like losing our memory.
C. It is like erasing someone from the picture.
D. It is useful for cleaning the dirty windows.
3. Why do people like to check on the places where they once lived?
A. They hope to remember their youth.
B. They like to make the places clean.
C. They want to find out the changes.
D. They expect to live there again.
4. What does the underlined word "positive" in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Interesting. B. Necessary.
C. Helpful. D. Important.
5. What does the writer really care about according to the passage?
A. The new layout in his old house.
B. The old time with his family.
C. The great changes in his old house.
D. His feelings about his childhood.
思维拓展
6. What does the writer think of the new layout?
一次对童年故居的回访，成了一面镜子，照见内心对“记忆”的渴望。这不仅仅是一次怀旧之旅，更是一次揭示了记忆、情感与现实之间的微妙冲突。
A few years ago, I visited the house where I grew up. I hadn't been back since I was 15.
The surprised homeowner agreed to let me in. I went inside and firstly saw a large open space with no walls separating the living room from the dining room and the kitchen. But in my memory, it clearly used to be the entrance hall. The homeowner, who said she had lived in the house for a few years, was excited to show me the changes she'd made. All I could think was: Where did our dining room go?
Mostly, walking through the space felt like trying to clean a dirty window. The experience of visiting a childhood home works wonders. It makes your memory clearer. If you walk into a house that has been completely changed since you lived in it, those changes may make you feel like someone erased you from the picture.
We often want to check on the places where we once lived. As Jerry M. Burger, the writer of Returning Home:Reconnecting with Our Childhoods, described, it is a "widespread phenomenon（现象）". We may take these journeys because we want to remember our youth.
For most of us, the experience is positive, as long as the house looks similar to what it looked like when we grew up there. But big changes usually make us unhappy. And if the house has been pulled down and replaced with something else, we'll feel upset.
In the years since I visited my old house, my childhood memories have remained separate from those of the house I visited that afternoon. Yes, I remember the new layout（布局）, but that doesn't compete with my good memories of living with my family in the old house.
1. We can infer that the homeowner felt
D
with what she had done to the house.A. bored B. upset
C. disappointed D. satisfied
2. What influence does visiting a childhood home have on us according to the writer?
A. It helps us remember the past clearly.
B. It makes us feel like losing our memory.
C. It is like erasing someone from the picture.
D. It is useful for cleaning the dirty windows.
3. Why do people like to check on the places where they once lived?
A. They hope to remember their youth.
B. They like to make the places clean.
C. They want to find out the changes.
D. They expect to live there again.
4. What does the underlined word "positive" in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Interesting. B. Necessary.
C. Helpful. D. Important.
5. What does the writer really care about according to the passage?
A. The new layout in his old house.
B. The old time with his family.
C. The great changes in his old house.
D. His feelings about his childhood.
思维拓展
6. What does the writer think of the new layout?
It doesn't compete with good memories of living with family in the old house.
答案
1. D 【解析】由第二段中的“… was excited to show me the changes she'd made”可知。
2. A 【解析】由第三段中的“The experience of visiting a childhood home works wonders. It makes your memory clearer”可知。
3. A 【解析】由第四段中的“We may take these journeys because we want to remember our youth”可知。
4. C 【解析】由画线词后的“as long as the house looks similar to what it looked like when we grew up there”可推知，只要这个房子看起来和我们在那里长大的时候是相似的，那么参观儿时的家的经历就是有益的，故画线词 positive 与 helpful 意思相近。
5. B 【解析】由最后一段“… but that doesn't compete with my good memories of living with my family in the old house”可知。
【思维拓展】
6. It doesn't compete with good memories of living with family in the old house.
2. A 【解析】由第三段中的“The experience of visiting a childhood home works wonders. It makes your memory clearer”可知。
3. A 【解析】由第四段中的“We may take these journeys because we want to remember our youth”可知。
4. C 【解析】由画线词后的“as long as the house looks similar to what it looked like when we grew up there”可推知，只要这个房子看起来和我们在那里长大的时候是相似的，那么参观儿时的家的经历就是有益的，故画线词 positive 与 helpful 意思相近。
5. B 【解析】由最后一段“… but that doesn't compete with my good memories of living with my family in the old house”可知。
【思维拓展】
6. It doesn't compete with good memories of living with family in the old house.
解析
【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需根据原文内容逐一分析各题：
1. 第1题：定位描述房主情绪的语句，原文提到房主“excited to show me the changes she'd made”，据此推断其对改造成果的态度；
2. 第2题：查找原文中关于参观童年故居影响的表述，明确其对记忆的作用；
3. 第3题：找到人们回访故居的原因，对应原文直接给出的动机；
4. 第4题：结合上下文语境，推断画线词“positive”的含义；
5. 第5题：分析最后一段作者的核心表达，明确其真正关心的内容；
6. 第6题：直接提取原文中关于新布局的描述即可。
【解析】
1. 由第二段“… was excited to show me the changes she'd made”可知，房主对自己改造房子的成果感到满意，故选D。
2. 由第三段“The experience of visiting a childhood home works wonders. It makes your memory clearer”可知，参观童年故居能让记忆更清晰，故选A。
3. 由第四段“We may take these journeys because we want to remember our youth”可知，人们回访故居是为了记住青春时光，故选A。
4. 画线词所在句意为“只要房子看起来和我们长大时相似，经历就是______的”，结合语境可知此处表示有益的，与helpful意思相近，故选C。
5. 由最后一段“… but that doesn't compete with my good memories of living with my family in the old house”可知，作者更看重和家人的旧时光，故选B。
6. 由最后一段“… but that doesn't compete with my good memories of living with my family in the old house”可知，作者认为新布局无法与和家人在旧房子里的美好记忆相比。
【答案】
1. D 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. It doesn't compete with good memories of living with family in the old house.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、词义猜测题
【点评】
本题围绕回访童年故居的主题，考查学生对原文细节的查找、词义的推断以及主旨的理解，题型常规，难度适中，学生可通过定位原文快速找到答案。
【难度系数】
0.7
本题为英语阅读理解题，需根据原文内容逐一分析各题：
1. 第1题：定位描述房主情绪的语句，原文提到房主“excited to show me the changes she'd made”，据此推断其对改造成果的态度；
2. 第2题：查找原文中关于参观童年故居影响的表述，明确其对记忆的作用；
3. 第3题：找到人们回访故居的原因，对应原文直接给出的动机；
4. 第4题：结合上下文语境，推断画线词“positive”的含义；
5. 第5题：分析最后一段作者的核心表达，明确其真正关心的内容；
6. 第6题：直接提取原文中关于新布局的描述即可。
【解析】
1. 由第二段“… was excited to show me the changes she'd made”可知，房主对自己改造房子的成果感到满意，故选D。
2. 由第三段“The experience of visiting a childhood home works wonders. It makes your memory clearer”可知，参观童年故居能让记忆更清晰，故选A。
3. 由第四段“We may take these journeys because we want to remember our youth”可知，人们回访故居是为了记住青春时光，故选A。
4. 画线词所在句意为“只要房子看起来和我们长大时相似，经历就是______的”，结合语境可知此处表示有益的，与helpful意思相近，故选C。
5. 由最后一段“… but that doesn't compete with my good memories of living with my family in the old house”可知，作者更看重和家人的旧时光，故选B。
6. 由最后一段“… but that doesn't compete with my good memories of living with my family in the old house”可知，作者认为新布局无法与和家人在旧房子里的美好记忆相比。
【答案】
1. D 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. It doesn't compete with good memories of living with family in the old house.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、词义猜测题
【点评】
本题围绕回访童年故居的主题，考查学生对原文细节的查找、词义的推断以及主旨的理解，题型常规，难度适中，学生可通过定位原文快速找到答案。
【难度系数】
0.7
