2019-2020学年重庆市七校联盟联考高二(上)期中英语试卷.pdf

2019-2020 学年重庆市七校联盟联考高二（上）期中英语 试卷 一、阅读理解（本大题共 15 小题，共 30.0 分） A Poet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours （绕行路） in life than by the narrow road toward goals ． I like this image ． But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words ． For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents' home in Boise in nine hours ．We traveled the way most people do ：the fastest， shortest， easiest road， especially when I was alone with four noisy ，restless kids who hate confinement （限制）and have strong opinions about everything ． Road trips felt risky ， so I would drive fast ， stopping only when I had to ． We would stick to the freeways and arrive tired ． But then Banner ， our lamb was born ．He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise ．I had two choices ：leave Banner with my husband ，or take him with me ．My husband made the decision for me ． That is how I found myself on the road with four kids ， a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through ． We took the country roads out of necessity ． We had to stop every hour let Banner shake out his legs and feed him The kids chased him and one ， ． another ． They'd get back in the car breathless and energized， smelling fresh from the cold air ． We explored side roads， catching grasshopper in waist-high grass ． Even if we simply looked out of the car window ， at baby pigs following their mother ， or fish leaping out of the water ， it was better than the best ride down the freeway．Here was life ．And new horizons （见识）． We eventually arrived at my parents' doorstep astonishingly fresh and full of stories ． I grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique ． On an empty