What do students need to do d…——2024 高考英语第 17 题答案解析

【答案】21. D 22. B 23. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了一项语言交流项目的基本情况以及它的要求、报名和注册流
程以及注意事项的相关信息。
【21 题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段“The Language Exchange Programme allows students in pairs to communicate in
two different languages they wish to share and learn each week. Students record short entries after each partner
meeting noting the language skills practised and the topics discussed.(语言交流项目让学生们两人一组，每周用
他们希望分享和学习的两种不同的语言进行交流。学生们在每次搭档会议后记录简短的条目，指出所练习
的语言技能和讨论的主题)”可知，在这个项目中，学生们将练习他们的语言技能。故选 D。
【22 题详解】
细节理解题。根据 Requirements for completion 部分第二点“18 weekly one-hour pair meetings(每周 18 次一
小时 配对会议)”可知，为了完成该项目，学生们被要求参加配对会议。故选 B。
【23 题详解】
细节理解题。根据 Sign up 部分第一点“Students sign up and indicate the languages they can share and
languages they are interested in learning.(学生们报名参加并表明他们可以分享的语言以及他们有兴趣学习的
语言)”可知，学生们在注册期间需要表明他们感兴趣的语言。故选 A。
B
When I was a little girl, I liked drawing, freely and joyously making marks on the walls at home. In primary
school, I learned to write using chalks. Writing seemed to be another form of drawing. I shaped individual letters
into repeating lines, which were abstract forms, delightful but meaningless patterns.
In secondary school, art was my favourite subject. Since I loved it so much I thought I was good at it. For the
art O-level exam I had to present an oil painting. I found it difficult, but still hoped to pass. I failed, with a low
grade. I’d been over-confident. Now I’d been declared talentless.
But other channels of creativity stayed open: I went on writing poems and stories. Still, I went to exhibitions
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often. I continued my habitual drawing, which I now characterised as childish doodling (乱画). In my 30s, I made
painter friends and learned new ways of looking at art. However, I couldn’t let myself have a go at actually doing
it. Though these new friends were abstract painters using oil paints, or were printmakers or sculptors, I took oil
painting as the taboo (禁忌) high form I wasn’t allowed to practice.
One night, in my early 40s, I dreamed that a big woman in red approached me, handed me a bag of paints, and
told me to start painting. The dream felt so authoritative that it shook me. It was a form of energy, giving me back
something I’d lost. Accordingly, I started by experimenting with water colours. Finally, I bought some oil paints.
Although I have enjoyed breaking my decades-long taboo about working with oil paints, I have discovered I
now prefer chalks and ink. I let my line drawings turn into cartoons I send to friends. It all feels free and easy. Un-
anxious. This time around, I can accept my limitations but keep going.
Becoming a successful painter calls for being resolute. I realised I was always afraid of wanting too much.
That dream reminded me that those fears and desires could encourage me to take risks and make experiments.