吉林专版2020中考英语复习方案回答问题08人物故事+事物介绍试题202003211173

回答问题(八) 人物故事+事物介绍
A [2020·原创]
One day a ragged beggar(乞丐) was creeping along from house to house. He carried an old wallet in one hand and at every house he asked for a little money to buy something to eat. As he was complaining at his misfortune(不幸),he kept wondering why people who had so much money were never satisfied and always wanted more.
He thought that if he only had enough money to buy food and clothes, he would be very happy and wouldn't want anything more.
At that moment, Fortune came down the street. She saw the beggar and stopped. She said to him,“I want to help you. Hold out your wallet and I will pour this gold into it, but only on this condition. All that falls into your wallet will be pure gold, but all that hits the ground will turn into dust. Do you understand?”
“Oh, yes! I understand,” said the beggar.
“Your wallet is old. Don't put too much in it,” said Fortune.
The beggar opened his wallet and a stream of pure gold flowed into it. His wallet grew heavy.
“You are the richest man in the world now,” said Fortune. “I think you should stop! Your wallet is going to break!” However, the beggar said he wanted one more handful. Fortune added one more handful and the wallet split. All the gold fell to the ground and turned into dust. The beggar had nothing but his empty wallet. He was as poor as he had been before.
1.What did the beggar want money for?
2.Why did Fortune stop when she saw the beggar?
3.Was the beggar satisfied with how much gold he had got before his wallet split?
4.How was the gold that fell to the ground?
5.What can you learn from the story?
B
Superstition about Sneezing
It's a Western custom to say “bless you” after someone sneezes.
“Achoo!”
“Bless you.”
This is a common exchange in English-speaking countries. When you hear someone else sneeze, it is polite to say “bless you”, to which they should reply with “thank you”. But where does this odd custom come from?
In fact, it dated back to medieval(中世纪的) Europe, specifically, the time of the bubonic plague(黑死病). The plague killed nearly one-third of Europe's population within three years(1347-1350). The first symptom of the bubonic plague was sneezing. At that time, people believed that if you sneezed, your soul might leave your body.
Pe ople didn't know how to cure the bubonic plague. They were simply encouraged to say “God bless you” and do other superstitious(迷信的) things, hoping the soul would go back into the body. And over time, “God bless you” was shortened to “Bless you”.
Of course, in modern times, we know that sneezing has nothing to do with the soul or any other superstitious thing. But just like so many other customs from the past, saying “bless you” has stayed with us for hundreds of years.
But you may be wondering—what if someone sneezes more than once? Well, you don't have to keep saying “bless you”. In fact, if someone sneezes more than twice, or sneezes especially loudly, you may want to ask them if they're OK, or if they would like a tissue(纸巾).
Then again, you don't really need to say anything at all. People won't think you're rude if you forget to say “bless you”. But they will also appreciate it if you do.
1.Where does the odd custom “bless you” come from?
2.What was the first symptom of the bubonic plague?
3.Did people know how to cure the bubonic plague in the past?
4.How long has “bless you” stayed with us?
5.What should you do if someone sneezes more than twice?
【参考答案】
A 1.To buy some food and clothes.
2.To help him./Because she wanted to help him.
3.No, he wasn't.
4.All the gold turned into dust.
5.We shouldn't want too much.(答案不唯一,合理即可。

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B 6.(Medieval) Europe./The time of the bubonic plague.
7.Sneezing.
8.No./No, they didn't.
9.For hundreds of years.
10.We can ask them if they're OK, or if they would like a tissue.
附：什么样的考试心态最好
大部分学生都不敢掉以轻心，因此会出现很多过度焦虑。

想要不出现太强的考试焦虑，那么最好的办法是，形成自己的掌控感。

1、首先，认真研究考试办法。

这一点对知识水平比较高的考生非常重要。

随着重复学习的次数增加，我们对知识的兴奋度会逐渐下降。

最后时刻，再去重复学习，对于很多学生已经意义不大，远不如多花些力气，来思考考试。

很多老师也会讲解考试的办法。

但是，老师给你的办法，不能很好地提高你对考试的掌控感，你要找到自己的一套明确的考试办法，才能最有效地提高你的掌控感。

有了这种掌控感，你不会再觉得，在如此关键性的考试面前，你是一只被检验、被考察甚至被宰割的绵羊。

2、其次，试着从考官的角度思考问题。

考官，是掌控考试的;考生，是被考试考验的。

如果你只把自己当成一个考生，你难免会惶惶不安，因为你觉得自己完全是个被摆布者。

如果从考官的角度去看考试，你就成了一名主动的参与者。

具体的做法就是，面对那些知识点，你想像你是一名考官，并考虑，你该用什么形式来考这个知识点。

高考前两个半月，我用这个办法梳理了一下所有课程，最后起到了匪夷所思的效果，令我在短短两个半月，从全班第19名升到了全班第一名。

当然，这有一个前提——考试范围内的知识点，我基本已完全掌握。

3、再次，适当思考一下考试后的事。

如觉得未来不可预测，我们必会焦虑。

那么，对未来做好预测，这种焦虑就会锐减。

这时要明白一点：考试是很重要，但只是人生的一个重要瞬间，所谓胜败也只是这一瞬间的胜败，它的确会带给我们很多，但它远不能决定我们一生的成败。