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新高考高三英语时文阅读精选（含答案解析）AClimate protection and public health have striking similarities. The benefits of both can be enjoyed by everyone, even by individuals who do not contribute to the collective efforts to address these problems. If climate change slows down, both drivers of gas-guzzlers and electric cars will benefit — although the former did not help in climate efforts. Similarly, if the spread of Coronavirus is halted, individuals who refused to wash their hands, as well as the ones who washed them assiduously, will enjoy the restored normal life.Most countries have gotten their acts together, although behind time, on Coronavirus. Citizens also seem to be following the advice of public health officials. Could then the Coronavirus policy model be applied to climate change? We urge caution because these crises are different, which means that policies that worked well for Coronavirus might not be effective for climate change.Climate change is the defining crisis of our times. Floods, hurricanes, forest fires, and extreme weather events have become more frequent and severe over the years. Although climate change generates passionate discussions in big cities and university campuses, there is inadequate public call for immediate action. Some types of decarbonization policies are certainly in place. However, carbon-intensive lifestyles continue. This policy lethargy (无精打采) and behavioral inertia (惰性) are due to many reasons, including concerted opposition by the fossil fuel industry to deep decarbonization. But there are other reasons as well. Climate change is cumulative and does not have a quick onset. Its effects are not always immediate and visible. Many individuals probably do not see a clear link between their actions and the eventual outcome. This reduces the willingness to alter lifestyles and tolerate personal sacrifices for the collective good.In contrast, Coronavirus is forcing an immediate policy response and behavioral changes. Its causality is clear and its onset quick. Lives are at stake, especially in western countries. The stock markets are tanking, and the economy is heading towards a recession. Politicians recognize that waffling can lead to massive consequences, even in the short-term. Corona-skeptic President Trump has reversed course and declared a national emergency.1. What does the writer think climate protection and public health have in common?A. They can’t be influenced by what people do.B. They only benefit those who contribute to them.C. They usually punish those who do harm to them.D. They offer benefits to everyone whatever people do.2. Which word can take the place of the underlined word “assiduously”?A. Attentively.B. Absolutely.C. Abundantly.D. Alternatively.3. Why are people unwilling to change their carbon-intensive lifestyles?A. Because they think the climate is none of their business.B. Because they think what they do has no effect on the climate.C. Because they can’t see the quick result from what they do to the climate.D. Because they don’t clearly know how their lifestyles influence the climate.4. Which of the following does the author disagree with?A. President Trump had a skeptic attitude to coronavirus at first.B. Compared with climate change, coronavirus has a quick result.C. People are willing to change their lifestyles because of coronavirus.D. Many countries have responded to coronavirus quickly and effectively.BRobots, Not Humans, Are the New Space Explorers “Since the days of Apollo, the greatest adventures in space have been these robots that have gone all over the solar system,” says Emily Lakdawalla, a self-described planetary evangelist①at the Planetary Society.By “these robots,” Lakdawalla means the various robotic probes that have flown past planets, moons and asteroids②— orbiting③some, landing on others.Millions of people around the world have watched with delight as the six-wheeled rovers④have trundled across the Martian surface, snapping pictures and taking selfies.At Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., Matthew Shindell says visitors make a point of coming to the planetary exhibit in a gallery tucked into the west end of the museum.Shindell is the museum’s planetary science curator⑤. A prominent⑥feature of the gallery is a large glass case containing versions⑦of all the rovers that NASA has sent to Mars, from the tiny Sojourner rover that landed in 1997 to the 2,000-pound Curiosity rover that arrived in 2012.“People love to come and see the rovers and really get a sense of what they look like up close and their actual scale,” Shindell says.Mars has a mystique all its own, so perhaps it’s not surprising that people find exploring the red planet enticing. But the New Horizons fly-by of Pluto, the Messengerclose encounter with Mercury, and Juno’s buzzing⑧over Jupiter's poles all have generated great public interest.Elkins-Tanton says she and her team are inviting the public to explore Psyche with them.“We’re going to be sending the images that we get out onto the Internet for everyone in the world to see within a half-hour of our receiving them,”she says. “So everyone in the world is going to see this crazy world at the same time and we can all scratch our heads together.”This idea of sharing the experience of space missions is something NASA has embraced. Lakdawalla says the public has been able to see the passion and commitment of the scientists who work on these robotic explorers.“Now you recognize that robotic exploration is human exploration,” she says. “It's just that the humans are back on Earth and the robots are going where humans can’t currently go.”CIn reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, some schools and education institutions are rushing to move their classes and programs online. It’s not going to go well. It’s already not going well. But in the end, in a year or two maybe, the online education adventure we’re watching may be worth the pain, but not in the way you may imagine.We probably should not look sideways at schools that are trying to keep their programs running by turning to online options. It can easily seem like the best of the bad options. But it started badly. As college Presidents, Boards, Superintendents and others were wrestling with these awful choices, they were flooded with solicitations from profit-seeking companies offering to move them online. It was unseemly — like the fire department calling you in the middle of a house fire to offer assistance, for a reasonable fee.That’s not to say all the companies that sell online education platforms and services are behaving that way. But we can say that many of them viewed this crisis as an outstanding business opportunity. So, just in case any education leaders didn’t know how these companies behaved, more do now. That’s good. It’s a taste that will likely linger. The other thing that’s happening is that, for the schools that are attempting to migrate online, they are learning what that means. Theirteachers and students are too.Conversations are already dripping with regret and shocked awareness of how poor the quality of online education is, how implausible it is to actually make work. On social media, teachers have been surprised by the lack of control, lack of engagement, lack of accountability in virtual classrooms. “Zoom University” has been trending on Twitter. It even has a logo, which is not a compliment.1. What is the real intention for companies to offer online service?A. To make money in the coronavirus pandemic.B. To prepare for the online learning in the future.C. To help students with study in the coronavirus pandemic.D. To help schools move class online in the coronavirus pandemic.2. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “implausible”?A. Irresistible.B. Impossible.C. Irregular.D. Immoral.3. What’s the attitude of the author towards “Zoom University”?A. Optimistic.B. Critical.C. Neutral.D. Indifferent.4. The purpose of this passage is to show that_______.A. the coronavirus influences education very seriouslyB. schools have to offer online education because of the coronavirusC. online education should be cancelled because of its poor qualityD. online education is poor since companies just want to make moneyDWith Cats or Dogs Can ‘Significantly’ Reduce StressCollege is stressful. Students have classes, papers, and exams. But they also often have work, bills to pay, and so many other pressures common in modern life.Many universities have instituted “Pet Your Stress Away” programs, where students can come in and interact with cats and/or dogs to help alleviate①some of the strain.Scientists at Washington State University have recently demonstrated that, in addition to improving students’ moods, these programs can actually get “under the skin” and have stress-relieving physiological benefits.“Just 10 minutes can have a significant impact,” said Patricia Pendry, an associate professorin WSU’s Department of Human Development. “Students in our study that interacted with cats and dogs had a significant reduction in cortisol②, a major stress hormone.”Pendry published these findings with WSU graduate student Jaymie Vandagriff last month in AERA Open, an open access journal published by the American Educational Research Association.This is the first study that has demonstrated reductions in students’ cortisol levels during a real‑life intervention rather than in a laboratory setting.The study involved 249 college students randomly③divided into four groups. The first group received hands on interaction in small groups with cats and dogs for 10 minutes. They could pet, play with, and generally hang out with the animals as they wanted.To compare effects of different exposures to animals, the second group observed other people petting animals while they waited in line for their turn. The third group watched a slide-show of the same animals available during the intervention④, while the fourth group was “waitlisted”. Those students waited for their turn quietly for 10 minutes without their phones, reading materials, or other stimuli, but were told they would experience animal interaction soon.Several salivary cortisol samples were collected from each participant, starting in the morning when they woke up. Once all the data was crunched⑤from the various samples, the students who interacted directly with the pets showed significantly less cortisol in their saliva⑥after the interaction. These results were found even while considering that some students may have had very high or low levels to begin with.“We already knew that students enjoy interacting with animals, and that it helps them experience more positive emotions,” Pendry said. “What we wanted to learn was whether this exposure would help students reduce their stress in a less subjective way. And it did, which is exciting because the reduction of stress hormones may, over time, have significant benefits for physical and mental health.”Now Pendry and her team are continuing this work by examining the impact of a four-week-long animal-assisted stress prevention program. Preliminary results are very positive, with a followup study showing that the findings of the recently published work hold up. They hope to publish the final results of that work in the near future.EThese days many workers feel pushed, filed, indexed and numbered. When they apply for a job, they may be assessed by artificial intelligence, which parses resumes for key words without which an applicant’s odds of an interview lengthen. Based on works like “Evidence-Based Recruiting” by Atta Tarki, who claims that scores in general-mental-ability tests have a strong 65% correlation with job performance, firms may ask candidates to take an intelligence test.When they get a job, employees find the indexing and numbering continues. Workers at warehouses have to pick a certain number of items per hour; those at call-centers are assessed by software that monitors their hourly number of calls, and the amount of time spent on each one. Fall behind the target and you may feel unable to take a break. When their task is completed, employees are often rated again, this time by the customers.Manufacturing workers have long faced these kind of numerical targets, as well as the need to clock in and out of work. The big change is that similar metrics and rating systems are spreading to more and more parts of the economy. Academics get rated by students; nurses may be judged on a “behaviorally anchored rating scale” which assesses how much empathy they showed to patients.Ratings are at the heart of the gig economy, where workers are connected with employers and customers via the internet. Just as TripAdvisor ratings allow holidaymakers to assess hotels, Uber drivers get a score out of five.Such systems are understandable in parts of the economy where output is difficult to measure precisely. But they can be arbitrary. People might give an Uber driver a poor rating because they are in a bad mood or because they encountered unexpected traffic disruption.Gianpiero Petriglieri of the INSEAD business school says that, since firms no longer offer jobs for life, everyone is an independent worker whether they like it or not. The key passage in your CV may not be the universities you attended, but your rating in categories like teamwork, innovation and adaptability.1. Why are employees asked to have a test?A. Its result has relation with their working performance.B. Boss wants to get an understanding of their personality further.C. Its result shows if they can bear the pressure of assessment.D. It is a part of recruiting process.2. Which industry uses the numerical rating system earlier than other industries?A. Service industry.B. Education industry.C. Manufacture industry.D. Agriculture industry.3. What does Gianpiero Petriglieri mean in the last paragraph?A. Employees are interrelated since they work in the same company.B. People should focus on their education background in the resumes.C. Rating system might be misused in some occasions.D. Your performance in rating system should be highlighted.4. Where is this article mostly likely from?A. A newspaper.B. A novel.C. A science fiction.D. A research paper.A【答案】1-4 DACD【解析】本文是说明文。

中考语文课外阅读专题专练时文阅读【含答案】

中考语文课外阅读专题专练：最新时文阅读一、父亲挑书院殿文①重一百多斤的书压在六十多岁的父亲的肩上。

②我几次请求父亲放下担子让我挑一气，都被顶了回来。

没办法，我只得借着电筒发出的可怜的光跟在父亲修长的身子后面，背上背着个装有几件衣服的旅行包和一把红色吉它，样子潇洒得要命。

③我很清楚父亲此刻的心情。

中学时我因母亲病逝，被迫从滇东北转到滇东南就读。

6年多来，父亲都是形单影只地过着独身生活，一大把年纪了，仍起早贪黑地劳作，其苦不言而喻。

今年大学毕业，在众亲友的劝说下，我最终放弃了在昆明一报社工作的机会，回到离别多年的家乡。

这一决定出台后，最高兴的当然是父亲了。

“这回有个说知心话的地方了！”父亲逢人便说。

④一路上，父亲重复着那句重复了多年的话：“做人不做浮漂草，要做水上捕鱼人。

”碰上熟人问：“要干什么去？”他就抬高本来就很宏亮的声音：“秀才搬家——尽是书。

帮娃娃挑书到他舅舅家，请他家的客车送到城里去，明天娃娃就要到城里上班去了。

”“这回算得了！”对方回敬了一声。

“嗨！”对话在父亲的这一声里结束。

⑤农村人的“要干什么去”是路上招呼的客套话，今天做的事又是父亲盼了很多年的，于是，在回话时父亲理所当然地欣慰了一番，就好像辛苦几十年就是为了等这几句让人欣慰的话从内心里流出来，以至于每一个字都吐得相当有力，像钉子落到玻璃板上一样，发出的声音乐曲般悠扬。

尤其是那个“嗨”字。

只可惜，父亲的身子摇出来的每一个动作，都使我联想到“蹒跚”这个词，加之脚下不时地打滑，父亲几乎是踉跄而行了。

⑥我没有再要求父亲让我挑一气了。

这个时候，即使再加上100斤，只要是书——能照亮我的人生之路的赋予我智慧的书，父亲也会固执地把它挑在肩上。

我小心地跟在后面。

看着被书的重量挤压成弓形的父亲，眼里溢满了一种闪亮的东西，让我觉得满天都是星星，我也像是借着这满天的星星发出的光前行了。

⑦希望赋予人的力量是何等的巨大啊！⑧从今以后，我想我会更加珍爱这些书——即便不能为父亲做些什么。

英语时文阅读

英语时文阅读第一篇 A ban on setting off firecrackersXINHUA话题：“过年要不要燃放烟花爆竹”这个讨论从年前争论到年后，从减少环卫工人负担到降低空气污染，反对者的声音高涨。

但也有人认为，作为传统节日活动，应该燃放烟花爆竹。

你怎么看？Wang Xingyue, 14, from Shanghai:I don’t think we should set off firecrackers (爆竹) during holidays. It is really noisy. Some people fire them during midnight. People around cannot sleep well. Besides, it brings air pollution (污染) and lots of rubbish. Most people do not clean the rubbish after they set off firecrackers. So I think there is no need to set them off anymore during holidays.Liu Ran, 14, from Shandong:Setting off firecrackers is a tradition during Chinese festivals. They set them off to celebrate or wish a happy new year. The ceremony (仪式) is very important in Chinese people’s lives. And it also reminds (提醒) us of one of the four great inventions (发明) of China, gunpowder (火药). We cannot give it up. It is good to have this ceremony during holidays. Do you agree with me？Lin Yisong, 15, from Zhejiang:I think we should control (控制) the setting off of firecrackers. During holidays, the government could get people together in a place. They can set off some firecrackers or fireworks and people can watch. It is safer to do this and people can also enjoy their holiday tradition.Zhang Qi, 14, from Guangxi:Firecrackers are dangerous and bad for the air. But it is really an important tradition in Chinese festivals. So I think we can use something else to replace (代替) them. For example, we can use LED fireworks instead. It is also beautiful and attractive. And it is much safer. Even kids can play with them.Li Qing, 14, from Jiangsu:I think we can improve the technology of firecrackers. The firecrackers we use now are dangerous. That’s why we cannot fire them anytime or anywhere we want. But if we can make them much safer and good for the air, we don’t have to give up the interesting tradition during Chinese festivals.第二篇Birthday girl’s trip of mystery神秘的银冠带来的奇幻之旅THE Silver Crown (《银色皇冠》) is an exciting read. It is abouta girl who wakes up on her birthday to find a silver crown underher pillow (枕头), but the day doesn’t turn out as she would have thought. Eventually she ends up in a mysterious school and then is hunted for her crown. To find her family, the girl has to travel through forests, mountains and the countryside while meeting many interesting characters with completely different natures.There are many different characters and it is very hard to choose a favorite, as they are all individuals (与众不同的人) with their own personalities. The story kept me guessing as it takes many twists and turns (波折). My favorite part in the story was when the main character and her friend camp in a cave with gems (珍宝) in all of the walls. The description that the author gives here makes you think and keep the pages turning. There was nothing I really disliked about this book. Perhaps apart from the fact it ended on a cliffhanger (悬念), which I personally do not like in books generally. Overall I think this is a great book. I recommend it to teenagers and people aged 11 onwards. It can keep you guessing and wondering, which is a great characteristic of a book for me!By Grace BaytonGrace Bayton, 13, is an eighth-grader at Newbridge School, Wales, UK. She loves reading and reads two books a week.。

时文阅读七年级上册

时文阅读七年级上册在七年级的校园生活中啊，那可到处都是“小确幸”呢。

就说每天早上走进校园，那门口的保安叔叔总是带着温暖的笑容，就像清晨的第一缕阳光。

你要是跟他问个好，他能热情地回应你，让你一天的开始就充满了好心情。

走进教室，同桌可能已经帮你把桌椅摆放整齐了，这时候就感觉心里暖乎乎的。

上课的时候，老师偶尔讲个小笑话，原本有点沉闷的课堂瞬间就活跃起来了。

有一次，语文老师在讲古诗的时候，说古代诗人要是有手机，那写的诗可能就变成“今日手机在手，天下信息全有”，逗得大家哈哈大笑。

课间休息更是充满乐趣。

男生们在走廊上玩着简单的拍手游戏，你一下我一下，嘴里还喊着各种有趣的口号。

女生们呢，围在一起分享着自己带来的小零食，这个说“我妈妈做的小饼干可好吃了”，那个说“我这个糖果是水果味的呢”。

大家你一口我一口，那友谊就在这分享中变得更加深厚了。

校园里的小花园也是个充满“小确幸”的地方。

里面种着各种各样的花花草草。

春天的时候，桃花盛开，粉粉嫩嫩的花瓣落一地，就像铺了一层花地毯。

同学们会在课间去那里散步，闻着花香，感受着大自然的美好。

有时候还能看到小蜜蜂在花丛中忙碌地采蜜，就像一个个勤劳的小工人。

这校园里的每一个小细节，都是我们七年级生活中的“小确幸”啊。

七年级开学的时候，我就像走进了一个神秘的小世界，因为这里有好多新同学。

其中有一个叫小李的同学，特别有趣。

第一天见面，他就顶着一头乱乱的头发，像个小刺猬似的。

他一说话，那口音带着浓浓的家乡味。

他说“俺们那嘎达可好玩了”，把大家逗得不行。

不过别看他样子有点滑稽，他可是个热心肠。

有一次上体育课，我跑步的时候不小心摔倒了。

膝盖擦破了皮，疼得我龇牙咧嘴的。

这时候小李跑过来，二话不说就把我扶起来，还说“兄弟，别怕，俺带你去医务室”。

他那小身板扶着我还挺费劲的，一路歪歪扭扭地到了医务室。

医生给他也累得够呛，说“你这同学啊，太热情了”。

还有个同学叫小张，她是个学霸型的。

每次上课的时候，她的眼睛就像粘在老师身上一样，全神贯注地听讲。

时文阅读精选

时文阅读精选一、爱的姿势兰涛（1）救援人员发现她的时候，她已经死了，是被跨塌下来的房子压死的。

透过废墟的间隙，救援人员看到她双膝跪地，整个上身向前匍匐着，双手扶地支撑着身体，有些像古人行跪拜礼，只是身体被压得变形了，看上去有些怪异。

救援人员从废墟的空隙间伸进手去，确认她已经死亡，又冲着废墟喊了几声，用撬棍在砖头上敲了几下，她都没有任何反应，废墟里也没有任何回应。

还有太多的被困者等待救援，救援人员立刻向新的目标搜寻，当救援人员在下一处废墟前探寻是否有生还者时，救援队长隐约听到从她那里传来婴孩的啼哭声。

救援人员立刻纷纷跑回她的尸体前，救援队长再次将手伸进她的尸体底下，仔细地摸索着，摸了几下，救援队长高声喊道“”有人，有个孩子，还活着！”（2）经过一些努力，救援人员小心地清除了阻碍她的废墟。

在她的尸体下，他们发现了一个三、四个月大的婴儿，裹在一床红色和黄色花朵的小被子里。

由于有她身体的庇护，婴儿安然无恙。

（3）陪同的医生来解开被子，准备检查婴儿。

他发现被子里塞着一部手机。

医生下意识地看着手机屏幕，发现屏幕上有一条文字：“亲爱的宝贝，如果你能活着，你必须记住我爱你。

”（4）瞿万容是一位幼儿园老师。

地震发生时，她正和其他4名老师在校，照看着80多个孩子午睡。

她悄声和另外几名老师说，等孩子们午睡醒来后，她要教孩子们做一个她新学的游戏，她说的时候，脸上满是明媚和喜悦。

（5）然而，地震突然来临，想要撕毁所有的美丽。

（6）5名老师，80个孩子。

将孩子们都疏散到安全地带成了老师们不可能完成的任务。

但老师们齐声喊了一句“救孩子”后，就转身冲向酣睡着的孩子，她也毫不迟疑地冲向一个孩子。

接下来，她都做了什么，无人得知。

（7）地震后，只有30名儿童和两名教师幸存。

当救援人员在废墟中发现她时，她把自己倒在地上，背上一块倒塌的水泥板，怀里抱着一个孩子。

孩子活了下来，但她没有呼吸。

――选自《读者》2021年12期1.文中“爱的姿势”是什么意思？在“爱的姿态”下发生了什么奇迹？（答案在原文中）2、文章第4、5、6三段在记叙顺序上属于，作用是什么？3、“她悄声和另外几名老师说，等孩子们午睡醒来后，她要教孩子们做一个她新学的游戏，她说的时候，脸上满是明媚和喜悦。

时文阅读3篇

时文阅读3篇时文阅读：100节车厢！世界最长客运列车诞生据报道，瑞士雷蒂亚铁路公司近日开发出了一列由100节车厢组成、长约两千米的超长火车。

经吉尼斯世界纪录认证，这是全球最长的窄轨客运列车。

这列火车于10月29日从海拔1749米的普雷达出发，穿越瑞士境内最著名的朗德瓦萨高架桥后，一路开到贝尔金，完成了其首次的正式旅程。

长长的红色列车行驶在位于瑞士阿尔卑斯山区的雷蒂亚铁路网上，与沿途风景相得益彰，吸引了不少火车迷和观光客乘车体验。

阅读短文并回答问题High in the Swiss Alps, St Moritz made its name as a place for pushing the boundaries of winter sports. Recently, the region continued its long tradition of expanding the limits of what is possible with a world record attempt —not on snow or ice, but on rails. To mark the 175th anniversary of Switzerland’s first railway, a railway company created the world’s longest passenger train —100 cars, 2,990 tonnes and almost two kilometers long.Formed of 25 new electric trains, the record-breaking 1,906-meter train took almost an hour to cover around 25 kilometers over the impressive UNESCO World Heritage Albula Line, which is famous for its endless swooping curves and steep inclines（斜坡）. The mountain railways are regarded as great feats of engineering. The 62-kilometer line between Thusis and St Moritz, a world-renowned masterpiece of civil engineering, took just five years to build despite requiring 55 bridges and 39 tunnels.Unlike most Swiss and European railways, which use the standard gauge（标准轨距）between the rails of 1.435 meters, the rails, known as Rhaetische Bahn rails, are just one meter apart. “In order to complete the train’s journey successfully, everything has to be perfect. We need to be 100% synchronized（同步的）, every second. Everyone has to keep their speed and other systems under control at all times,”lead driver Andreas Kramer said. “We need to know the Albula Line very well, every change of gradient, and every incline.”The mountainous Swiss landscape has encouraged creative transportation solutions for generations, resulting in one of the most train-reliant nations in the world. On average, Swiss citizens travel about 2,450 kilometers by train annually —an estimated quarter of their total transportation system. In 2021, Swiss Federal Railways operated 11,260 trains carrying 880,000 passengers and 185,000 tonnes of goods per day on a 3,265 kilometer-long network with 804 stations. Therefore, the successful record attempt will be great for the local area and for the country as a whole.1. What is the world’s longest passenger train created for?A. Celebrating the 175th year of Swiss first railway.B. Satisfying people’s increasing demand for transportation.C. Encouraging people to pay attention to Swiss winter sports.D. Attracting more visitors to appreciate the beauty of St Moritz.2. What does the underlined word “feats”in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Dreams.B. Burdens.C. Achievements.D. Competitions.3. What does Andreas Kramer think of the drivers’work?A. It is boring.B. It is well-paid.C. It is dangerous.D. It is demanding.4. Why does the author mention the figures in the last paragraph?A. To show the popularity of tourism among Swiss citizens.B. To prove the significance of the successful record attempt.C. To stress the difficulty of constructing the world’s longest train.D. To present the trend of developing green transportation in Switzerland.答案：ACDB生词1. gradient n. 梯度；坡度2. train-reliant adj. 依赖火车的语块1. swooping curves 俯冲曲线2. civil engineering 土木工程3. on average 通常；平均知识拓展1. Alps阿尔卑斯山脉位于欧洲中南部，覆盖了意大利北部、法国东南部、瑞士、列支敦士登、奥地利、德国南部及斯洛文尼亚。

高三时文美文选编(九)

高三时文美文选编（九）1、《飞廉村庄里的诗经》\舒飞廉我发现，飞廉的村庄之中，花草树木，鱼虫鸟兽，有许多在诗经中也是可以找到的。

这实则也不值得大惊小怪，正如同在诗经里面的活生生的人，即是我们三千年的祖先一样，草木与鸟兽的祖先，三千年前，当然也生机勃勃地活在这一块邮票一般大小的小平原上。

参差荇菜，左右流之。

荇菜长在池塘里，根须是绿色的，模样有一点像从前的妇人们头上的银钗，叶片小小的圆圆的，有一点发紫。

一到夏天，池塘里就会挤挤挨挨地长得满满的，一簇一簇开着淡黄的小花。

村里人将它叫做“浮荷”，春天的时候，它可以做猪菜打回来，不过入夏开花之后，枝叶变老，猪已不愿理睬。

陟彼南山，言采其薇。

薇这一种菜好像是专门给高洁的隐士们吃的呢，其实它就是指的野豌豆的苗。

一到四月份，麦田里到处都是。

三月份的青苗扯回来，牛是最爱吃的了。

到了四五月份，麦穗出来的时候，野豌豆也结出了豆荚，小孩子们一根一根由麦田间寻出来，将那绿色的不到一寸长的豆荚摘下来，生吃，青气满嘴。

最好却是求母亲用瓦罐，在做晚饭时煨在灶膛中，煨熟后倒出来，清香扑鼻，倒是极好的零食。

蒹葭苍苍，白露为霜。

蒹葭，也叫做荻，就是芦苇。

村东的池塘到村北留下一片沼泽地，一到夏天，就生满了芦苇。

七八月份开始抽苔出花，可以捏着白花将茎抽出来，茎的最前端嫩甜可食。

自伯之东，首如飞蓬。

往南边的田野去的高高的田埂上，长满了飞蓬，村里的人也叫不出名字。

刚长出来的时候，有一点像蒿子，夏天开出了一朵一朵细细的白花，花开过后，就会一朵一朵形成像蒲公英一样的白絮，风一吹，就四处飘荡。

村里的丫头们头发没有梳好，大人也会骂她：你看你这个懒丫头，像一个蓬毛鬼，大概也是觉得头发像八九月间的蓬絮飘飞时乱糟糟的样子。

焉得谖草，言树之背。

谖草生在大树的树荫里，实则就是黄花菜。

古诗里的合欢、无忧草和萱草，都是指黄花菜。

我们村里没有种黄花菜，母亲倒是常由金神庙买晒干的黄花菜回家，做汤，炒腊肉，都是我们爱吃的。

考研英语_时文阅读50篇

考研英语_时⽂阅读50篇考拉进阶英语时⽂阅读50篇Passage1Dealing With Spam1:Confidence Game(2010.11.18The Economist)[483words]Bill Gates,then still Microsoft’s boss,was nearly rightin2004when he predicted the end of spam in two years.Thanks to clever filters2unsolicited3e-mail has largelydisappeared as a daily nuisance4for most on the internet.But spam is still a menace5:blocked at the e-mail inbox,spammers post messages as comments on websites and increasingly on social networks like Twitter and Facebook.The criminal businesses behind spam are competitive and creative.They vault over6technical fixes as fast as the hurdles7are erected.The anti-spam industry has done applaudable work in saving e-mail.But it is always one step behind.In the end,the software industry’s interest is in making money from the problem(by selling subscriptions to regular security updates)rather than tackling it at its source.Law-enforcement agencies have had some success shutting down spam-control servers in America and the Netherlands.But as one place becomes unfriendly, spammers move somewhere else.Internet connections in poor and ill-run countries are improving faster than the authorities there can police them.That won’t end soon.In any case,the real problem is not the message,but the link.Sometimes an unwise click leads only to a website that sells counterfeit8pills.But it can also lead to a page that infects your computer with a virus or another piece of malicious software that then steals your passwords or uses your machine for other immoral purposes. Spam was never about e-mail;it was about convincing us to click.To the spammer,it needs to be decided whether the link is e-mailed or liked.The police are doing what they can,and software companies keep on tightening security.But spam is not just a hack9or a crime,it is a social problem,too.If you look beyond the computers that lie between a spammer and his mark,you can see allthe classic techniques of a con-man:buy this stock,before everyone else does.Buy these pills,this watch,cheaper than anyone else can.The spammer plays upon the universal human desire to believe that we are smarter than anyone gives us credit for,and that things can be had for nothing.As in other walks of life,people become wiser and take precautions only when they have learned what happens when they don’t.That is why the spammers’new arena10—social networks—is so effective.A few fiddles might help,such as tougher default privacy settings on social networks.But the real problem is man,not the machine.Public behaviour still treats the internet like a village,in which new faces are welcome and anti-social behaviour a rarity.A better analogy would be a railway station in a big city,where hustlers11gather to prey on the credulity12of new arrivals.Wise behaviour in such places is to walk fast,avoid eye contact and be cautious with strangers.Try that online.1.spam/sp?m/n.垃圾邮件2.filter/?f?lt?/n.过滤器；滤光器；筛选过滤程序3.unsolicited/??ns??l?s?t?d/adj.未经请求的，⾃发的4.nuisance/?nju?s?ns/n.⿇烦事，讨厌的⼈或东西5.menace/?men?s/n.威胁，恐吓；危险⽓氛；烦⼈的⼈或事物6.vault over越过7.hurdle/?h??dl/n.障碍；跨栏，栏8.counterfeit/?ka?nt?f?t/n.伪造，仿造，制假9.hack/h?k/n.砍,劈；供出租的马；出租车司机；⾮法侵⼊（他⼈计算机系统）10.arena/??ri?n?/n.圆形运动场，圆形剧场；竞技舞台，活动场所11.hustler/?h?sl?/n.耍诡计骗钱的⼈12.credulity/kr??du?l?t?/n.轻信Passage2A Gene to Explain Depression（2011.1.3Time）[459words]As powerful as genes are in exposing clues to diseases,not even the most passionate geneticist1believes thatcomplex conditions such as depression can be reduced to atell-tale2string of DNA.But a new study confirms earlier evidence that aparticular gene,involved in ferrying3a brain chemical critical to mood known as serotonin4,may play a role in triggering5the mental disorder in some people.Researchers led by Dr.Srijan Sen,a professor of psychiatry at University of Michigan,report in the Archives6of General Psychiatry that individuals with a particular form of the serotonin transporter gene were more vulnerable to developing depression when faced with stressful life events such as having a serious medical illness or being a victim of childhood abuse.The form of the gene that these individuals inherit prevents the mood-regulating serotonin from being re-absorbed by nerve cells in the brain.Having such a low-functioning version of the transporter starting early in life appears to set these individuals up for developing depression later on,although the exact relationship between this gene,stress,and depression isn’t clear yet.Sen’s results confirm those of a ground-breaking7study in2003,in which scientists for the first time confirmed the link between genes and environment in depression.In that study,which involved more than800subjects,individuals with the gene coding for the less functional serotonin transporter were more likely to develop depression following a stressful life event than those with the more functional form of the gene.But these findings were questioned by a2009analysis in which scientistspooled814studies investigating the relationship between the serotonin transporter gene,depression and stress,and found no heightened risk of depression among those with different versions of the gene.“One of the hopes I have is that we can settle this story,and move on to looking more broadly across the genome9for more factors related to depression,”he says.“Ideally we would like to find a panel of different genetic variations that go together to help us predict who is going to respond poorly to stress,and who might respond well to specific types of treatment as opposed to others.”He believes that the2009findings do not contradict those from2003,or the latest results,but rather reflect a difference in the way the study was conducted.Sen stresses,however,that this gene is only one player in the cast of genetic and environmental factors that contribute to depression.“All things considered,this gene is a relatively small factor,and for this finding to be clinically10useful,we really need to find many,many more factors.Ultimately we may identify new pathways that are involved in depression to come up with new and better treatments.”1.geneticist/dnet?s?st/n.遗传学家2.tell-tale/?tel?te?l/adj.暴露实情的，能说明问题的3.ferry/?fer?/vt.渡运，摆渡4.serotonin/?s??rt??n?n/n.[⽣化]⾎清素，5-羟⾊胺（神经递质，易影响情绪等）5.trigger/?tr?ɡ?/vt.触发，引发；开动，启动6.archive/?ɑ?ka?v/n.档案馆；档案⽂件7.ground-breaking/?gra?nd?bre?k??/adj.开创性的；创新的8.pool/pu?l/vt.合伙经营；集中（智慧等）；共享，分享9.genome/??i?n??m/n.[⽣]基因组；[⽣]染⾊体组10.clinically/?kl?n?kl?/adv.临床地；冷淡地；通过临床诊断Passage3Second Thoughts on Online Education(2010.9New York Times)[415words]Let the computer do the teaching.Some studies,expertopinion and cost pressures all point toward a continuing shiftof education online.A major study last year,funded by the EducationDepartment,which covered comparative research over12years,concluded that online learning on average beat face-to-face teaching by a modest1but statistically meaningful margin2.Bill Gates,whose foundation funds a lot of education programs,predicted last month that in five years much of college education will have gone online.“The self-motivated learner will be on the Web,”Mr.Gates said,speaking at the Techonomy conference in Lake Tahoe.“College needs to be less place-based.”But recent research,published as a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper,comes to a different conclusion.“A rush to online education may come at more of a cost than educators may suspect,”the authors write.The research was a head-to-head experiment,comparing the grades achieved in the same introductory economics class by students—one group online,and one in classroom lectures.Certain groups did notably worse online.Hispanic3students online fell nearly a full grade lower than Hispanic students that took the course in class.Male students did about a half-grade worse online,as did low-achievers,which had college grade-point averages below the mean for the university.The difference certainly was not attributable4to machines replacing a tutorial-style human teaching environment.Instead,the classroom was a large lecture hall seating hundreds of students.Initially,David Figlio,an economist at Northwestern University and co-author of the paper,said he had thought that the flexibility5of the Internet—the ability to“go back and roll the tape”—would probably give the online coursework6an edge over traditional“chalk and talk teaching.”The online lectures were well done,using a professional producer and cameraman7.“It had very much the feel of being in the room,”Mr.Figlio said.So what accounts for the difference in outcomes8?Mr.Figlio has a few theories. For the poorer performance of males and lower-achievers,he says the time-shifting convenience of the Web made it easier for students to put off viewing the lectures and cram9just before the test,a tactic10unlikely to produce the best possible results.It’s partly a stereotype11but also partly true,Mr.Figlio says,that female students tend to be better at timemanagement,spreading their study time over a semester,than males.“And the Internet makes it easier to put off12the unpleasant thing,attending the lecture,”he said.1.modest/?m?d?st/adj.谦虚的,谦恭的；适中的,适度的；些许的2.margin/?mɑ:d??n/n.页边空⽩；边,边缘；差数,差额3.Hispanic/h?s?p?n?k/adj.西班⽛和葡萄⽛的4.attributable/??tr?bj?t?bl/adj.可归因于，可能由于5.flexibility/?fleks??b?l?t?/n.灵活性；柔韧性6.coursework/?k?:sw?:k/n.课程作业7.cameraman/?k?m?r?m?n/n.摄影师8.outcome/?a?tk?m/n.结果9.cram/kr?m/v.挤满，塞满；临时死记硬背10.tactic/?t?kt?k/n.兵法；⽅法,策略；⼿段；招数11.stereotype/?ster??ta?p/n.模式化观念，⽼⼀套，刻板形象12.put off撤销，取消Passage4The Kids Can’t Help It（2010.12.16Newsweek）[372words]What new research reveals about the adolescentbrain—from why kids bully1to how the teen yearsshape the rest of your life.They say you never escape high school.And forbetter or worse,science is lending some credibility tothat old saw.Thanks to sophisticated imaging technology and a raft2of longitudinal3studies,we’re learning that the teen years are a period of crucial brain development subject to a host of environmental and genetic factors.This emerging research sheds4light not only on why teenagers act they way they do,but how the experiences of adolescence—from rejection to binge5 drinking—can affect who we become as adults,how we handle stress,and the way we bond with others.One of the most important discoveries in this area of study,says Dr.Frances Jensen,a neuroscientist at Harvard,is that our brains are not finished maturing by adolescence,as was previously thought.Adolescent brains“are only about80percentof the way to maturity,”she said at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in November.It takes until the mid-20s,and possibly later,for a brain to become fully developed.An excess of gray matter6(the stuff that does the processing)at the beginning of adolescence makes us particularly brilliant at learning—the reason we’re so good at picking up new languages starting in early childhood—but also particularly sensitive to the influences of our environment,both emotional and physical.Our brains’processing centers haven’t been fully linked yet,particularly the parts responsible for helping to check7our impulses8and considering the long-term repercussions9of our actions.“It’s like a brain that’s all revved10up not knowing where it needs to go,”says Jensen.It’s partially because of this developmental timeline that a teen can be so quick to conjure11a stinging remark,or a biting insult,and so uninhibited12in firing it off at the nearest unfortunate target—a former friend,perhaps,or a bewildered parent.The impulse to hurl13an insult14is there,just as it may be for an adult in a stressful situation,but the brain regions that an adult might rely on to stop himself from saying something cruel just haven’t caught up.1.bully/?b?l?/v.恐吓；充当恶霸，恃强凌弱2.raft/rɑ?ft/n.筏；橡⽪艇，充⽓船；⼤量3.longitudinal/?l?ntju?d?nl/adj.纵向的；纵观的；经度的4.shed/?ed/vt.散发出光；去除，摆脱；蜕，落5.binge/b?nd?/n.饮酒作乐；狂饮；狂闹6.gray matter灰质（脑、脊髓内神经元集中的地⽅）7.check/t?ek/v.检查，核验，核对；制⽌，控制8.impulse/??mp?ls/n.冲动；脉冲；刺激，推动⼒9.repercussion/?ri?p??kn/n.（间接的）反响，影响，恶果10.rev/rev/v.（发动机等）加快转速11.conjure/?k?n??/v.变魔术；使变戏法般地出现（或消失）12.uninhibited/??n?n?h?b?t?d/adj.⽆限制的;⽆拘束的,放任的13.hurl/h??l/vt.猛掷，猛扔；⼤声说出14.insult/?n?s?lt/n.侮辱；凌辱；⽆礼Passage5The Power of Posture(2011.1.13The Economist)[486words]“Stand up straight!”“Chest out!”“Shoulders back!”Theseare the perennial1cries of sergeant2majors and fussy3parentsthroughout the ages.Posture certainly matters.Big is dominantand in species after species,humans included,postures thatenhance the posturer’s apparent size cause others to treat him asif he were more powerful.The stand-up-straight brigade4,however,often make a further claim:that posture affects the way the posturer treats himself,as well as how others treat him.To test the truth of this,Li Huang and Adam Galinsky,at Northwestern University in Illinois,have compared posture’s effects onself-esteem with those of a more conventional ego-booster,management responsibility. In a paper just published in Psychological Science they conclude,surprisingly,that posture may matter more.The two researchers’experimental animals—77undergraduate students—first filled out questionnaires5,ostensibly6to assess their leadership capacity.Half were then given feedback forms which indicated that,on the basis of the questionnaires, theywere to be assigned to be managers in a forthcoming7experiment.The other half were told they would besubordinates8.While the participants waited for this feedback, they were asked to help with a marketing test on ergonomic9chairs.In fact,neither of these tests was what it seemed.The questionnaires were irrelevant.V olunteers were assigned to be managers or subordinates at random.The test of posture had nothing to do with ergonomics.And,crucially,each version of the posture test included equal numbers of those who would become“managers”and “subordinates”.Once the posture test was over the participants received their new statuses and the researchers measured theirimplicit10sense of power by asking them to engage in a word-completion task.Participants were instructed to complete a number of fragments11with the first word that came to mind.Seven of the fragments could be interpreted as words related to power(“power”,“direct”,“lead”,“authority”,“control”,“command”and“rich”).Although previous studies suggested a mere title is enough to produce a detectable increase in an individual’s sense of power,Dr Huang and Dr Galinsky found no difference in the word-completion scores of those told they would be managers and those told they would be subordinates.Having established the principle,Dr Huang and Dr Galinsky went on to test the effect of posture on other power-related decisions:whether to speak first in a debate, whether to leave the site of a plane crash to find help and whether to join a movement to free a prisoner who was wrongfully locked up.In all three cases those who had sat in expansive12postures chose the active option(to speak first,to search for help,to fight for justice)more often than those who had sat crouched13. The upshot14,then,is that father(or the sergeant major)was right.Those who walk around with their heads held high not only get the respect of others,they seem also to respect themselves.1.perennial/p??ren??l/adj.[植]多年⽣的；长久的，持续的2.sergeant/?sɑnt/n.[军]（英）陆军、空军、海军陆战队中⼠；（美）陆军或空军中⼠3.fussy/?f?s?/adj.挑剔的，⼤惊⼩怪的；紧张不安的4.brigade/?br?ɡe?d/n.旅；伙，帮，派5.questionnaire/?kwestn e?/n.问卷；调查表6.ostensibly/?s?tens?bl?/adv.表⾯上；明显地7.forthcoming/?f??θ?k?m??/adj.即将发⽣的；现成的；乐于提供信息的8.subordinate/s??b??d?n?t/n.下级，部属9.ergonomic/ɡn?m?k/adj.⼈类⼯程学的10.implicit/?m?pl?s?t/adj.不⾔明的，含蓄的11.fragment/?fr?ɡm?nt/n.碎⽚，⽚段12.expansive/?ks?p?ns?v/adj.⼴阔的，辽阔的；⼴泛的，全⾯的；友善健谈的，开朗的13.crouch/kraut?/vt.屈膝,蹲伏,蹲,蹲下14.upshot/??p??t/n.最后结果，结局Passage6How Rest Helps Memory:Sleepy Heads(2010.2.25The Economist)[402words]Mad dogs and Englishmen,so the song has it,go out in themidday sun.And the business practices of England’s linealdescendant1,America,will have you in the office from nine in themorning to five in the evening,if not longer.Much of the world,though,prefers to take a siesta2.And research presented to theAAAS meeting in San Diego suggests it may be right to do so.Ithas already been established that those who siesta are less likely todie of heart disease.Now,Matthew Walker and his colleagues at the University of California,Berkeley,have found that they probably have better memory, too.A post-prandial3snooze4,Dr Walker has discovered,sets the brain up for learning.The role of sleep in consolidating5memories that have already been created has been understood for some time.Dr Walker has been trying to extend this understanding by looking at sleep’s role in preparing the brain for the formation of memories in the first place.He was particularly interested in a type of memory called episodic6memory,which relates to specific events,places and times.This contrasts with procedural memory,of the skills required to perform some sort of mechanical task,such as driving.The theory he and his team wanted to test was that the ability to form new episodic memories deteriorates7with increased wakefulness,and that sleep thus restores the brain’s capacity for efficient learning.They asked a group of39people to take part in two learning sessions,one at noon and one at6pm.On each occasion the participants tried to memorise and recall 100combinations of pictures and names.After the first session they were assigned randomly to either a control group,which remained awake,or a nap group,which had 100minutes of monitored sleep. Those who remained awake throughout the day became worse at learning.Those who napped8,by contrast,actually improved their capacity to learn,doing better in the evening than they had at noon.These findings suggest that sleep is clearing the brain’s short-term memory and making way for new information.The benefits to memory of a nap,says Dr Walker,are so great that they can equal an entire night’s sleep.Hewarns,however,that napping must not be done too late in the day or it will interfere with night-time sleep.Moreover,not everyone awakens refreshed from a siesta.1.lineal descendant直系后裔2.siesta/s??est?/n.午睡，午休3.prandial/?pr?nd??l/adj.膳⾷的，正餐的4.snooze/snu:z/n.⼩睡5.consolidate/k?n?s?l?de?t/vt.使巩固，使加强；合并6.episodic/?ep??s?d?k/adj.偶尔发⽣的，不定期的；有许多⽚段的7.deteriorate/d??t??r??re?t/vi.恶化,退化；变坏8.nap/n?p/vi.⼩睡Passage7Learning Gap Between Rich and Poor Starts Early（2011.2Newsweek）[354words]It’s generally accepted that there is a correlationbetween a child’s educational attainment1and a family’spoverty level,but new research shows that the problemmay take root2earlier than previously thought.A new study in Psychological Science found that at10months old,children from poor families performed just as well as children from wealthier families,but by the time they turned2,children from wealthier families were scoring consistently higher than those from poorer ones.“Poor kids aren’t even doing as well in terms of school readiness,sounding out letters and doing other things that you would expect to be relevant to early learning,”Elliot M.Tucker-Drob of the University of Texas at Austin,lead author of the study, said in a press release.To conduct the study,researchers assessed the mental abilities of about750pairs of fraternal3and identical4twins from all over the U.S.The participants’socioeconomic status was determined based on parents’educational attainment, occupations and family income.Each child was asked to perform tasks that included pulling a string to ring a bell, placing three cubes in a cup,matching pictures and sorting pegs by color first at10 months and again when they were2years old.At this time,researchers discovered that during the14-month window between the aptitude5tests,gaps in cognitive6 development had started to occur.Children from wealthier families had started to consistently outperform those from poorer ones.Researchers attempted to disprove7a genetic explanation by comparing the aptitude tests of each set of twins.Among the2-year-olds from wealthier families, identical twins had much more similar test scores than fraternal twins,who share only half of their genes.However,among2-year-olds from poorer families,identical twins scored no more similar to one another than did fraternal twins.The implication is that children’s genetic potential is subdued8by poverty, though the study stopped short of drawing a scientific conclusion as to what specifically was causing the achievement gaps.Researchers did postulate9that, generally speaking,poorer parents may not have the time or resources to spend playing with their children in stimulating ways.1.attainment/??te?nm?nt/n.达到；成就，造诣2.take root⽣根；开始；建⽴3.fraternal/fr??t??nl/adj.兄弟般的，亲如⼿⾜的4.identical/a??dent?kl/adj.同⼀的，完全相同的5.aptitude/??pt?tju?d/n.天资，天赋6.cognitive/?k?ɡn?t?v/adj.认知的，认识的7.disprove/d?s?pru?v/vt.证明……是错的8.subdue/s?b?dju?/vt.征服；抑制，克制9.postulate/?p?stj?le?t/v.假定，假设Passage8More Than Meets the Mirror：Illusion1Test Links Difficulty Sensing InternalCues2with Distorted3Body-Image(2011.1.4Scientific America)[457words]With all of the New Year’s diet ads claiming you canlose dozens of pounds in seemingly as many days,youprobably are not alone if you looked in the mirror thismorning and saw a less than ideal body.Or maybe you justpicked up a new magazine in which already thin modelshave their remaining flesh scavenged4by Photoshop to make them appear even slimmer.With all of these unrealistic promises and images,it can be hard to gain an accurate sense of one’s own body.But the disjunction5for some people might go deeper than manipulated5photos.A new study shows that the way people perceive their external7appearance is likely linked to how they experience their bodies internally.Researchers found that people who had greater difficulties sensing their own internal bodily states were also more likely to be fooled into believing a rubber hand was part of their own bodies. These results,published online in the issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,may one day help scientists understand how body image can become so distorted in disorders like body dysmorphia8and anorexia nervosa9,says lead author Manos Tsakiris of Royal Holloway,University of London.“The sense of self is built up from a representation of internal states,”says Hugo Critchley,a professor of psychiatry at the University of Sussex in England who was not involved with the study.“This paper is showing that sensitivity of individuals to their internal state predicts the strength of their self-representation.”Most of the time,the image someone has of their body is pretty close to its external appearance.You may see your thighs10as slightly bigger than they actually are,or your arm muscles as slightly smaller,but the discrepancy11is usually minimal12.In some mental disorders,however,body image can become dramatically distorted.Those who suffer from body dysmorphic disorder think that parts of their bodies are malformed13or grotesque14,even when these supposed flaws are not noticeable to others.In eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa patients continue to think they need to lose weight even as their bodies waste away.Crucial to the formation of body image—pathological15and otherwise—is the integration of external and internal cues.What we see in the mirror and what we feel against our skin melds with16our own internal awareness of our bodies to create an overarching17body image.Scientists have historically focused on how external factors like magazines and fashion models affect the creation of an accurate body image.Tsakiris and his colleagues,however,hypothesized that a person’s internal awareness of his or her body,known as interoceptive18awareness,was also related to the creation of an accurate body image.1.illusion/??ljun/n.错觉，幻觉；假象2.cue/kju?/n.提⽰；暗⽰,暗号3.distorted/d?s?t??t?d/adj.变形的，扭曲的；歪曲的，曲解的4.scavenge/?sk?v?n?/v.（从废弃物中）觅⾷，捡破烂；吃（动物⼫体）5.disjunction/d?sk??n/n.分离，分裂6.manipulate/m??n?pj?le?t/vt.控制，操纵；操作，使⽤；正⾻7.external/?k?st??nl/adj.外部的，外⾯的；外界的，外来的；对外的8.dysmorphia/d?s?m??f??/n.[医]畸形,变形9.anorexia nervosa神经性厌⾷症10.thigh /θa?/n.股，⼤腿11.discrepancy/d?s?krep?ns?/n.差异，不符合，不⼀致12.minimal/?m?n?m?l/adj.极⼩的，极少的，最⼩的13.malformed/?m?l?f??md/adj.畸形的14.grotesque/ɡrtesk/adj.怪诞的，荒唐的；奇形怪状的15.pathological/?p?θ??lkl/adj.不理智的，⽆道理的；病态的；病理学的16.meld with与……融合；与……合并17.overarching/v?r?ɑ?t/adj.⾮常重要的，⾸要的18.interoceptive /??nt?r?u?sept?v/adj.内感受(器)的Passage9The Tussle1for Talent（2011.1.6The Economist）[432words]Plato believed that men are divided into three classes:gold,silver and bronze.Vilfredo Pareto,an Italianeconomist,argued that“the vital2few”account for mostprogress.Such sentiments are taboo today in public life.Politicians talk of a“leadership class”or“the vital few”attheir peril3.Schools abhor4picking winners.Universities welcome the masses:more people now teach at British ones than attended them in the 1950s.In the private sector5things could hardly be more different.The world’s best companies struggle relentlessly6to find and keep the vital few.They offer them fat pay packets,extra training,powerful mentors7and more challenging assignments.If anything,businesses are becoming more obsessed with ability.This is partly cyclical8.Deloitte and other consultancies have noticed that as the economy begins to recover,companies are trying harder to nurture raw talent,or to poach9it from their rivals.When new opportunities arise,they hope to have the brainpower to seize them.The acceleration of the tussle for talent is also structural, however.Private-equity firms rely heavilyon a few stars.High-tech firms,for all their sartorial10egalitarianism11,are ruthless12about recruiting the brightest.Firms in emerging markets are desperate to find high-flyer13s—the younger the better—who can cope with rapid growth and fast-changing environments.Successful companies make sure that senior managers are involved with“talentdevelopment”.Jack Welch and /doc/2e5e0328482fb4daa58d4b15.html fley,former bosses of GE and P&G,claimed that they spent40%of their time on personnel.Andy Grove,who ran Intel,a chipmaker14,obliged all the senior people,including himself,to spend at least a week a year teaching high-flyers.Nitin Paranjpe,the boss of Hindustan Unilever,recruits people from campuses and regularly visits high-flyers in their offices.Involving the company’s top brass15in the process prevents lower-level managers from monopolising16high-flyers(and taking credit for their triumphs).It also creates a dialogue between established and future leaders.Successful companies also integrate talent development with their broader strategy.This ensures that companies are more than the sum of their parts.Adrian Dillon,a former chief financial officer of Agilent,a firm that makes high-tech measuring devices,says he would rather build a“repertory17company”than a “collection of world experts”.P&G likes its managers to be both innovative and worldly:they cannot rise to the top without running operations in a country and managing a product globally.Agilent and Novartis like to turn specialists into general managers.Goodyear replaced23of its24senior managers in two years as it shifted from selling tyres to carmakers to selling them to motorists.1.tussle/t?sl/n.扭打；争论；争⽃；奋⽃2.vita l/?va?tl/adj.⽣命的；充满活⼒的；⽣死攸关的；极其重要的3.peril/?per?l/n.严重危险；祸害，险情4.abhor/?b?h??/vt.痛恨，憎恶5.sector/?sekt?/n.[数]扇形；两脚规；部分；部门6.relentlessly/r??lentl?sl?/adv.残酷地，⽆情地；不停地，不减弱地7.mentor /?men?t??/n.私⼈教师，辅导教师；良师益友8.cyclical/?sa?kl?kl/adj.周期的，循环的9.poach/p??t?/vt.⽔煮；偷猎；盗⽤，挖⾛（⼈员）10.sartorial/sɑ??t??r??l/adj.服装的，男装的，⾐着的11.egalitarianism/??ɡ?l??te?r??n?z?m/n.平等主义，平均主义12.ruthless/?ru?θl?s/adj.⽆情的，冷酷的;残忍的13.high-flyer/?ha?fla??/n.抱负极⾼的⼈；有野⼼的⼈14.chipmaker/?t??p?me?k?/n.集成块制造者；半导体(元件)制造商15.top brass要员16.monopolise/m??n?p?la?z/vt.垄断，独占；占去（⼤部分时间、精⼒），霸占17.repertory/?rep?tr?/n.保留剧⽬轮演Passage10What Is a Medically Induced Coma1and Why Is It Used?（2011.1.10Scientific America）[497words]Basically what happens with a medically induced。

高考英语时文阅读5篇

高考英语时文阅读5篇Passage 1Touched by greatness(篮球巨星乔丹亚洲之行首站北京，令众多球迷梦想成真。

)MICHAEL Jordan (迈克尔.乔丹)is best known for his "air walk" but it was Beijing students who were flying high when the American basketball legend(传奇人物) visited the capital last week.The former NBA star attended the final of the 2004 China High School Basketball League at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium (北京工人体育馆) on Thursday. Presenting the trophy to the winners, he gave the youngsters some simple advice: "Love the game, enjoy the game, and play the game."(Michael Jordan celebrates with the winning team fromShenyang No 31 Middle School. XINHUA)Shenyang No 31 Middle School tastedvictory in the tournament（锦标赛）last year.But this year's 62-54 victory over Shanghai Nanyang Model Middle School had an added sweetness: the players received the champion's cup from Jordan himself."I was very excited taking the trophy（奖杯）from him," said Li Yuzhang, who won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. "I'm lucky to have been able to hold the cup after it was touched by Jordan."Another player said: "We have been waiting for this day for almost a month. We trained very hard because we knew we would get to celebrate our victory with Michael Jordan."With cameras flashing around them, the players couldn't hide their excitement as they stepped onto the podium（领奖台）alongside their hero. Li and team captain Feng Wenxu were also lucky enough to have Jordan sign their jerseys（运动衫）."I will keep this precious jersey for the rest of my life," said Feng.The 5,000-strong audience of young students was also stirred up (鼓动) by the appearance of one of basketball's greatest-ever players. Play was even delayed a little while, such was the excitement when he arrived during the fourth quarter of the match."I'm here to see Jordan," said a girl from nearby Huiwen Middle School. "It's a pity we can't see him playing, but a glimpse（一瞥、一看）of him today is enough."It was the NBA legend's first formal visit to China. Jordan particularly enjoyed walking on the Great Wall last Wednesday — he said that doing so meant he could call himself a real man!Beijing was the first stop on Jordan's first ever Asian tour. He left for Hong Kong last Thursday night before going on to T aiwan and Tokyo.Passage 2Point of no return?(赢得选举，但却拒绝出任总理，索尼亚真能让甘地家族再次崛起吗？)SHE shocked the world by taking her Congress Party (国大党) to victory in India's general election on May 13. What came next was even more surprising. Last Tuesday Sonia Gandhi turned down both the chance to be the prime minister and take her famous family back to the top of India's political pile.Her decision came as investors lost confidence in her economic policies, and Hindu nationalists attacked her over her Italian birth. Manmohan Singh, a71-year-old economist, took the premiership instead.(Sonia Gandhi.AFP)"The post of prime minister has not been myaim," she told newly elected members of Parliament（议会）. "My responsibility（责任）is to provide Indiawith a government that is strong and stable (稳定)."Sonia Gandhi, 57, will remain president of thelargest party in the coalition government (联合政府)so still have an influence on policy. If she hadaccepted the post, she would have been the fourthmember of the fabled(传奇式的) Nehru-Gandhidynasty to be prime minister.Gandhi is the granddaughter-in-law of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who led the country for 17 years after it was given independence from Britain. She is also the daughter-in-law of another prime minister, Indira Gandhi. While her husband Rajiv Gandhi served from 1984 to 1988."She was pushed into this whole game - just like her husband," said Rajiv Desai, an advisor to the Gandhis. Neither Rajiv nor Sonia Gandhi had much interest inpolitics. But he felt called by a family responsibility after his mother was murdered by her guards in 1984. In a similar way, his wife felt she had to rescue the struggling Congress Party 14 years later.However, the success of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has come at a heavy price. Seven years after the murder of his mother, Rajiv Gandhi was killed by Sri Lankan terrorists（恐怖分子）.It has been said that Sonia Ghandi's children, Rahul and Priyanka, asked her not to take the post because they feared losing their mother as well.Despite her decision, the election saw the Gandhi dynasty brought back to life. Rahul won a seat in Parliament and Priyanka is set to follow him. It is on their shoulders that the future of Indian politics may rest.Choose the best answer to the following:1.Which of the following was not the reason why Sonia Gandhi turned down thechance to be prime minister?A. When she was president of the Congress Party, the stock market was notstable.B. Because she was born in Italy.C. Because her children feared their mother would be killed by terrorists.D. Because the post of prime minister was not her aim.2. How many of Sonia Ghandi's relatives have served as Prime Minister of India?A. 2.B.3.C. 4.D. 5Key: 1. A 2. BPassage 3Future of football is found in Africa(2010年世界杯花落南非。

高考语文素材：时文阅读

时文阅读（一）●读经少年悲剧背后有多少功利的家长当美好的道德追求和精致的利己主义结合，结果很可能是金玉其外、败絮其中，这就更违背学习传统文化的本义了。

《新京报》近日报道了有“读经少年”苦学十年最终却难以适应现代社会的悲剧。

这些孩子在本该接受中小学义务教育的年龄，被家长送去“读经”，最后甚至连字都认不全，与现实生活完全脱节了。

“读经少年”的悲剧令人心痛，没把握住最宝贵的成长时期，他们想重新融入主流社会，恐怕颇为艰难。

这样的悲剧不只是发生在新闻里，在“国学热”的吸引下，过去几年有不少家长送孩子去读各种名目的“国学班”“读经班”“传统文化班”，暂不说这些培训班是否有效、开设的课程是否合乎规范，单从某些家长的盲目与疯狂的态度来看，我就常为这些孩子的发展和前程捏一把汗。

爱玩是孩子的天性。

易中天曾说过，“男孩子小时候不调皮捣蛋，长大了没出息”。

这观点虽有偏激之处，但也并非毫无道理。

孩童时代的玩耍不仅能满足孩子的好奇心，还能锻炼他们的运动才能。

孩子们通过同辈交往能逐渐形成独特的性格，并且获取最简单的社交能力。

有不少送孩子去“读经班”的家长觉得孩子太调皮，就认为这是“不礼貌”“没教养”甚至“没出息”，这显然太上纲上线了。

按照一些家长和“读经班”的理论，当代社会物欲横流、人心沦丧，要保持内心的一丝不染，必须遵循远古圣贤的教诲。

这种观念无疑是荒谬的。

人在任何时候都不该做出背离时代潮流的事情，现代人不看电视、不用互联网、不学习数理科学知识，这就会自绝于现代文明，这不是回归古典，而是退回野蛮和荒芜。

曾有在“读经班”短暂学过的人跟我讲，有些进入青春期的“读经少年”，做起坏孩子的事情来比一般的坏孩子还要坏，打架、酗酒、抽烟样样通，甚至还带有一种“阴阴的坏”。

可见，“读经”未必能让孩子们成为“圣贤”。

苦心孤诣培养孩子读经，最后却让孩子成了游离于主流社会外的边缘人，这显然不是家长的初衷。

但是，当一个人被某种能自洽的理论光芒诱惑的时候，他也就无法维持理性了。

时文阅读理解4篇

1.时文阅读|海蛞蝓的“再生术”众所周知，很多动物都有着超强的自愈能力和再生能力。

譬如，海星可以长出新的手臂；小龙虾可以长出新的钳子；壁虎可以长出新的尾巴。

但这些能力在海蛞蝓面前简直就是小儿科。

生活在浅海区域的海蛞蝓是软体动物家族中的一个特殊成员，它们究竟有什么本领能够令科学家们大为惊奇呢？Sea stars can grow new arms. Crayfish can grow new claws. There are interesting creatures that can grow back body parts if accidents happen. However, that is child’s play after what researchers saw a sea slug do.According to a new discovery by Sayaka Mit oh and her colleagues of Nara Women’s University in Japan, two species of sea slugs managed to lose their heads and then began crawling around. Eventually, they grew an entirely new body. “We were surprised to see the head moving just after it was removed,” said Sayaka Mitoh. “We thought that it would die soon without a heart and other important organs, but we were surprised again to find that it regenerated the whole body.”After the initial discovery, the researchers found that for younger slugs, the detached heads began eating algae within hours. The wound typically closed at the back of the head within days. They started regrowing a heart within a week and the regeneration of the entire body was finished after around three weeks. Older slugs weren’t as fortunate. Often the heads didn’t feed, so they died in about 10 days. Young or old, the headless bodies never generated a new head. But they did move around and respond to being touched for several days and sometimes months after losing their heads.The researchers aren’t sure why the sea slugs dropped their heads or how they’re able to grow new bodies. They may have parasites（寄生虫）that can hurt reproduction so they are removing their heads in order to also remove the parasites. But the researchers are n’t sure what prompts them to know when to cast off the body when they do it. Sayaka Mitoh says they believe there must be cells located in the neck that are similar to stem cells. These are able to regenerate a new body.How the heads can survive without a heart and other vital organs is another puzzle. The researchers say these sea slugs fuel their bodies by photosynthesis（光合作用）. They rely on chloroplasts from algae in their own bodies when other food isn’t available, a process known as kleptoplasty（盗食质体）. They think this might help them survive long enough to regenerate a body.“As the separated body is often active for months, we may be able to study the mechanism and functions of kleptoplasty using living organs, tissues, or even cells,” Sayaka Mitoh s aid. “Such studies are almost completely lacking, as most studies on kleptoplasty in the se animals are done either at the genetic or individual levels.”1. What surprised Sayaka Mitoh and her colleagues?A. The sea slug could regrow a new body.B. The sea slug could survive without organs.C. The sea slug could remove its own head.D. The headless sea slug could grow a new head.2. What happened to older sea slugs after they lost their heads?A. Their heads survived by eating algae.B. They healed the wound within ten days.C. They lost their sense of touch and died soon.D. Their bodies kept moving around for some time.3. What may make sea slugs drop their heads according to researchers?A. To get rid of parasites.B. To end their reproductive cycle.C. To generate new stem cells.D. To get away from predators.4. What is paragraph 5 mainly about?A. The process of sea slugs hunting for food.B. The importance of studying functions of kleptoplasty.C. The condition for sea slugs to perform photosynthesis.D. The reason for sea slugs to survive the loss of their bodies.【参考答案】1-4 ADAD生词1. crayfish n. 淡水螯虾2. child’s play n. 轻而易举的事3. regenerate v. 再生4. prompt v.促使；导致The thought of her daughter’s wedding day prompted her to lose some weight.对女儿婚期的操心使她消瘦了不少5. chloroplast n.叶绿体6. lacking adj.缺乏的；没有的She felt nervous, increasingly lacking in confidence about herself.她感到紧张，对自己越来越缺乏信心。

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高二时文阅读(一)故乡——人类的文化原点当今之下，恐怕没有多少比“故乡”、“乡愁”更易引起共鸣的话题了。

“故乡”之乡愁，已成为弥漫许多人心头的一股浓浓情绪，挥之不去，“才下眉头，却上心头”。

故乡，作为“乡愁”的载体，寄寓了多个层面的丰富内涵，积淀而成一个人类文化史上最具象征意义的符号。

每个人都有一个地理意义上的“故乡”。

也就是那个“生于斯长于斯”的地方，她是一个客观实在，存在于某一个地理坐标中，无论空间大小、东西南北，总有一个“点”在那里，与生俱来，不论其形态如何变化。

唐朝诗人王维诗句“君自故乡来，应知故乡事。

”（《杂诗》）诗中的“故乡”即为地理空间意义上的“故乡”，一般言语中所言的“故乡”，也即地理意义上的“故乡”。

每个人还有一个心理意义上的“故乡”。

那个“生于斯长于斯”的地方，留存了许许多多终身难忘的个体记忆，以及群体共享的“集体记忆”，这些记忆共同构建而成心理意义上的“故乡”。

宋代词人李清照的“故乡何处是，忘了除非醉。

”（《菩萨蛮?风柔日薄春犹早》）词中的“故乡”更多的是指心理意义上的“故乡”。

一个族群，更有文化意义上的“故乡”。

世界上每种文化都有其最初的发祥之地，来自同一文化“故乡”的族群，浸淫合同，同声相应，同气相求，形成迥异于其他文化族群的文化精神、思想和观念。

这些共有的文化精神、思想和观念，即是其文化意义上的“故乡”。

民国元老于右任的“葬我于高山之上兮，望我故乡。

故乡不可见兮，永不能（望）忘。

”（《国殇》）则是对故国意义上“故乡”的思念，多了些华夏文化浸染下游子的思乡之情。

可见，“故乡”的内涵，由“地理”而“心理”，再至“文化”，层层扩展、提升，具象而抽象，含义逐渐丰厚蕴藉起来。

另外，这三层意义上的“故乡”，往往又会叠加一处，难分彼此，只不过有时此消彼长罢了。

但是，无论是那一种意义下的“故乡”，无论中外，任尔是个体“小我”，还是集体“大我”，不管身在何处、岁在何时，永远都有一个“故乡”在那里，永远都会有一种“乡愁”紧紧相随。

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1.世界上没有一朵鲜花不美丽，也没有一个人不能从自己的生活中得到快乐。

2.生活，就是面对现实微笑，就是越过障碍注视未来；生活，就是用心灵之剪，在人生之路上裁出叶绿的枝头；生活，就是面对困惑或黑暗时，灵魂深处燃起豆大却明亮且微笑的灯展。

3.没有哪一种胭脂能涂抹时间，没有哪一件服装能掩饰灵魂，没有哪一套古籍能装潢空虚。

4.人不能像走兽那样活着，应该追求知识和美德。

5.我们之所以活得累，是因为心里装了多余的东西；我们之所以会痛苦，是因为追求了不该追求的东西。

6.如果你被生命中的苦难所吞噬，那是因为你只盯着苦难而忘记了看看周围的风景。

7.人总是会在经历中成长的，人的成熟往往就在于某一个关键点上。

8.我们不应该为自己拥有的东西而沾沾自喜，因为那可能正在把你带向地狱；我们也不应该为自己没有的东西而沮丧，因为那可能正在把你带向天堂。

9.人活着就是要感受美丽的事物和美好的情感。

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▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█▉▊▋▌精诚凝聚=^^=成就梦想▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█▉▊▋▌高考英语时文阅读 5篇Passage 1Touched by greatness（篮球巨星乔丹亚洲之行首站北京，令众多球迷梦想成真。

）MICHAEL Jordan （迈克尔. 乔丹）is best known for his "air walk" but it was Beijing students who were flying high when the American basketball legend （传奇人物） visited the capital last week.The former NBA star attended the final of the 2004 China High School BasketballLeague at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium （北京工人体育馆） on Thursday. Presenting the trophy to the winners, he gave the youngsters some simple advice: "Love the game, enjoy the game, and play the game."（Michael Jordan celebrates with the winning team from Shenyang No31 Middle School. XINHUA）Shenyang No 31 Middle School tasted victory inthe tournament （锦标赛）last year But thisyear's 62-54 victory over ShanghaiNanyang Model Middle School had an added sweetness: the players received the champion's cup from Jordan himself."I was very excited taking the trophy （奖杯）from him," said Li Yuzhang, whowon the Most Valuable Player （MVP） award. "I'm lucky to have been able to hold the cup after it was touched by Jordan."Another player said: "We have been waiting for this day for almost a month. We trained very hard because we knew we would get to celebrate our victory with Michael Jordan."With cameras flashing around them, the players couldn't hide their excitement as they stepped onto the podium （领奖台）alongside their hero. Li and team captain Feng Wenxu were also lucky enough to have Jordan sign their jerseys （运动衫）."I will keep this precious jersey for the rest of my life," said Feng.The 5,000-strong audience of young students was also stirred up （鼓动） by the appearance of one of basketball's greatest-ever players. Play was even delayed a little while, such was the excitement when he arrived during the fourth quarter of the match.Gandhi is the granddaughter-in-law of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who led the country for 17 years after it was given independence from Britain. She is also thedaughter-in-law of another prime minister , Indira Gandhi. While her husband Rajiv Gandhi served from 1984 to 1988."She was pushed into this whole game - just like her husband," said Rajiv Desai, an advisor to the Gandhis. Neither Rajiv nor Sonia Gandhi had much interest in"I'm here to see Jordan," said a girl from nearby Huiwen Middle School. "It's apity we can't see him playing, but a glimpse （一瞥、一看） of him today is enough."It was the NBA legend's first formal visit to China. Jordan particularly enjoyedwalking on the Great Wall last Wednesday— he said that doing so meant he couldcall himself a real man! Beijing was the first stop on Jordan's first ever Asian tour. He left for Hong Konglast Thursday night before going on to T aiwan and Tokyo. Passage 2Point of no return?（赢得选举，但却拒绝出任总理，索尼亚真能让甘地家族再次崛起吗？）（国大党） tovictory in India's general election on May 13. What came next was even more surprising. Last Tuesday Sonia Gandhi turned down both the chance to be the primeminister and take her famous family back to the top of India's politicalHer decision came as investors lost confidence in her economic policies, andHindu nationalists attacked her over her Italian birth. Manmohan Singh, a 71-year-old economist, took the premiership instead.（Sonia Gandhi.AFP ）"The post of prime minister has not been myaim," she told newly elected members of Parliament议会） . "My responsibility 责任） is to provide Indiawith a government that is strong and stable （稳定）."Sonia Gandhi, 57, will remain president of the largestparty in the coalition government （联合政府）so still have an influence on policy. If she had acceptedthe post, she would have been the fourth member of thefabled （传奇式的） Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to beprime minister.politics. But he felt called by a family responsibility after his mother was murdered by her guards in 1984. In a similar way, his wife felt she had to rescue the struggling Congress Party 14 years later .However , the success of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has come at a heavy price.Seven years after the murder of his mother , Rajiv Gandhi was killed by Sri Lankan terrorists ( 恐怖分子) .It has been said that Sonia Ghandi's children, Rahul and Priyanka, asked her not to takethe post because they feared losing their mother as well.Despite her decision, the election saw the Gandhi dynasty brought back to life. Rahul won a seat in Parliament and Priyanka is set to follow him. It is on their shoulders that the future of Indian politics may rest.Choose the best answer to the following:1. Which of the following was not the reason why Sonia Gandhi turned down the chance to be primeminister?A.When she was president of the Congress Party, the stock market was not stable.B.Because she was born in Italy.C.Because her children feared their mother would be killed by terrorists.D.Because the post of prime minister was not her aim.2. How many of Sonia Ghandi's relatives have served as Prime Minister of India? A. 2. B.3. C.4. D. 5Key: 1. A 2. BPassage 3Future of football is found in Africa（2010 年世界杯花落南非。

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英语时文阅读第一篇 A ban on setting off firecrackers?XINHUA话题：“过年要不要燃放烟花爆竹”这个讨论从年前争论到年后，从减少环卫工人负担到降低空气污染，反对者的声音高涨。

但也有人认为，作为传统节日活动，应该燃放烟花爆竹。

你怎么看？Wang Xingyue, 14, from Shanghai:I don’t think we should set off firecrackers (爆竹) during holidays. It is really noisy. Some people fire them during midnight. People around cannot sleep well. Besides, it brings air pollution (污染) and lots of rubbish. Most people do not clean the rubbish after they set off firecrackers. So I think there is no need to set them off anymore during holidays.Liu Ran, 14, from Shandong:Setting off firecrackers is a tradition during Chinese festivals. They set them off to celebrate or wish a happy new year. The ceremony (仪式) is very important in Chinese people’s lives. And it also reminds (提醒) us of one of the four great inventions (发明) of China, gunpowder (火药). We cannot give it up. It is good to have this ceremony during holidays. Do you agree with me?Lin Yisong, 15, from Zhejiang:I think we should control (控制) the setting off of firecrackers. During holidays, the government could get people together in a place. They can set off some firecrackers or fireworks and people can watch. It is safer to do this and people can also enjoy their holiday tradition.Zhang Qi, 14, from Guangxi:Firecrackers are dangerous and bad for the air. But it is really an important tradition in Chinese festivals. So I think we can use something else to replace (代替) them. For example, we can use LED fireworks instead. It is also beautiful and attractive. And it is much safer. Even kids can play with them.Li Qing, 14, from Jiangsu:I think we can improve the technology of firecrackers. The firecrackers we use now are dangerous. That’s why we cannot fire them anytime or anywhere we want. But if we can make them much safer and good for the air, we don’t have to give up the interesting tradition during Chinese festivals.第二篇Birthday girl’s t rip of mystery神秘的银冠带来的奇幻之旅THE Silver Crown (《银色皇冠》)is an exciting read. It is abouta girl who wakes up on herbirthday to find a silver crownunder her pillow (枕头), butthe day doesn’t turn out asshe would have thought.Eventually she ends up in amysterious school and then ishunted for her crown. To findher family, the girl has totravel through forests,mountains and the countryside while meeting many interesting characters with completely different natures.There are many different characters and it is very hard to choose a favorite, as they are all individuals (与众不同的人) with their own personalities. The story kept me guessing as it takes many twists and turns (波折). My favorite part in the story was when the main character and her friend camp in a cave with gems (珍宝) in all of the walls. The description that the author gives here makes youthink and keep the pages turning. There was nothing I really disliked about this book. Perhaps apart from the fact it ended on a cliffhanger (悬念), which I personally do not like in books generally.Overall I think this is a great book. I recommend it to teenagers and people aged 11 onwards. It can keep you guessing and wondering, which is a great characteristic of a book for me!By Grace BaytonGrace Bayton, 13, is an eighth-grader at Newbridge School, Wales, UK. She loves reading and reads two books a week.。

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再萄玲７，再＿、再
期待 “Ｏ０后 ”书写青春精彩赵婀娜
今天的青年．身处一个伟大的时代；而这样的时代，也给了青年更多的信任、更大的舞台。又是一年开学季。据报道．今年的大学新生中有超过２／３为２０００年后出生的 “ｏ０后 ”。跨入大学校门。是人生的一个转折点，他们将由此走向独立、走向成熟。迎来更加开阔的人
（选自２０１８年９月５日《宁波日
报》）［解读］１．功夫和功利 “可怜天下父母心”，为了世俗
的功利，下了多少出奇的功夫。孩子的名字确实要赋予美好的寓意。用以寄托父母的殷殷期望和美好愿望。然而当名字更多地沾染了功利色彩，于孩子而言是幸运还是不幸呢？特别是孩子的名字变得干奇百怪．这种沾染了功利色彩的功夫是否会使孩子的发展走向期望的反面呢？孩子可能因家长苦下功夫的名字而承受不必要的重负，也许就事与愿违了吧。期望越高也许失望越大。
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书再并，
如何看待 “名字越来越怪 ” 杨朝清
“真的每次带新的班．总有几个孩子的名字不会读。 ”广东广州市越秀区某小学的老师告诉记者。班上孩子的名字会出现很多不常见的字。三个土的 “矗 ”。四个火的 “鼓 ”．这些已经算简单了，还有不少孩子的名字笔画很多．例如 “熳 ” “曦”“灏 ”“熙 ”“睿 ”“馨 ”等。（９月４日《钱江晚报》）

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