Trisha's calls attracted her mom and dad,who,upon hearing the sound,joined in the search forthe cat.They checked every corner of the backyard,hoping to catch a glimpse of the beloved petBut minutes turned into hours,and their search had no results.Trisha stood there rooted,moments of happy gatherings with Whiskers flashing through her mind.Unable to hold back hertears any longer,she exclaimed with a crying voice,"It's all my fault.I forgot to close the doorproperly,and that's why Whiskers got lost.Just as Trisha's parents comforted her,a mewing sound reached Trisha's ears.It seemed to becoming from outside the front door.Trisha raced towards the sound,her heart pounding with amix of fear and hope.As she swung the door open,tears of relief streamed down her face.Theresat Whiskers,patiently waiting to return.Overwhelmed with joy,Trisha held her cat tightly.Whiskers mewed contentedly,as if aware of the worry and fear his absence had caused.Trishamade a promise to her parents that she would be more responsible and attentive in the future.What a valuable lesson about responsibility.部分解析阅读第一节A篇主题语境:人与社会一一文化本文是应用文。文章是一则“中文和我”海报设计大赛的通知。21.C。理解具体信息。根据第一段中的the National Poster Contest for K-12 students以及第1条规则可知,比赛面向从幼儿园到12年级的学生,且参赛者必须是本学年学习普通话课程的学生。22.D。理解具体信息。根据第3条规则中的artwork should represent the Chinese culture andChinese language in a noticeable way可知,参赛作品应以显著的形式展现中国文化和中文,即要包含中国文化元素。23.A。理解具体信息。根据倒数第二段中的Winning posters will be displayed on the CLASSwebsite可知,获奖海报将在CLASS的网站上展示。B篇主题语境:人与自我一一生活与学习本文是夹叙夹议文。老师让同学们给自己的项目报告打分。Reese打了A,作者觉得自己的报告比他的更好,但是却给自己评了B。最后,老师给了Reese A,给了作者B。这让作者意识到自我评估的重要性,我们不应妄自菲薄,在展现自己的价值时要自信。2A.C。理解具体信息。根据第一段中的after we had turned in our final class project in ourbiology class,the teacher told us to assign ourselves a grade based on how well we felt we haddone on the project可知,我们交了生物课的最后一个课堂项目后,老师让我们根据自己在项目上的表现给自己打分。25.A。推断。第二段未作者提到他阅读与珍珠有关的内容并在研究珍珠后兴趣大增,于是全身心投入到了这个项目中。第三段作者具体介绍他是如何为项目付出的:当他了解到迄今为止人类发现的最大的珍珠(希望珍珠)保存在South Kensington博物馆内,他写信给该博物馆,询问有关希望珍珠的信息。博物馆方面给他发了很多材料,包括一些很棒的照片,他把这些照片都放在了报告中。他的报告让所有人都印象深刻。由此可推知,作者提到希望珍珠是为了展现自已为项目报告付出的努力。26.D。推断。根据文章中作者详述自己为报告付出的努力,结合倒数第二段中的And youknow what,the teacher gave my friend Reese an A and gave me a b!以及最后一段中的It was a