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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。

【阅读】高一英语时文悦读第一期(答案附后)

Reading for Fun 英语时文阅读第一期Reading for Fun高一英语组Passage1Learning to be citizens上海“小政协委员”写提案建言献策。

词数332 建议阅读时间6分钟Zhou Shihao, 17, ofShanghai Yichuan High School,was shocked by the statistics (数据) he had found. When he was looking into the use of handheld cellphones by drivers, he found that more than 30 percent of them reach for their phones on the road.“No use of handheld devices should be allowed while driving,” said Zhou. “It’s not a trifle (琐事), but a serious social issue.”The teenager’s concerns led to his drafting (拟稿) a proposal (提案) on this issue, something he did together with five other schoolmates in the Mock (模拟的) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)competition in the Putuo District of Shanghai.Zhou and his schoolmates were not alone. In January, many Shanghai youngsters, even elementary school students, took part in Mock CPPCC competitions held in their local districts and handed in proposals on issues ranging from cyber security (网络安全) and the future city to the protection of traditional culture.“The competition encourages us to focus on social issues and play an active rolein taking responsibility for our country,” said Zhang Simin, 17, of Shanghai Nanyang High School.The senior student used to think that the handling of state affairs was just for politicians. But thinking on the “half-past three problem” changed her mind.Kids usually finish school at half-past three; however, most parents work until six, making it hard for them to pick kids up. “This is a problem we’ve all been through,” said Zhang.To help students, Zhang’s school invited deputies to the National People’s Congress (全国人大代表) to give students instruction.“Thanks to the deputies, we finally understand that it’s not who is to blame (指责) that matters, but finding the best solution,” said Zhang.“The competition aims to encourage a sense of citizenship among China’s post-00s generation,” said Xia Jing, a teacher from Shanghai Jinyuan Senior High School. “Through this channel, students can let their voices be heard.”Passage2A dad who stands tallAs the taxi pulls away, my father stands at the living room window looking out, watching me move off into the darkness, at 4:30 am. His grey hair is messy from sleeping.Moments ago, he got up to carry my suitcase for me, despite the fact that it’s the middle of the night. He set it down for me on the front step in the cold morning air.He thanked me for my cooking and for having traveled so far to spend the holiday with him. I told him that I worry about his loneliness and the sudden emptiness of the house, as he goes back to bed alone, to wake later, with no one there.“I have my projects,” he said, in the moments before I walked out the door.When I arrived 10 days ago, I felt the stillness in the house. It was quiet and lifeless. Then my brothers and I came and filled the rooms. But, now, they’re gone;I am the last to leave.As the taxi began to depart (离开), I watched the lights go off, but my father didn’t leave. Even though he couldn’t see me in the dark, he stood by the window watching, his figure framed by the window, beside the tree. It was a fresh tree. He buys one every year. Always, it is ready to decorate when we arrive.Like trees, my father endures (承受) hardships in life: the untimely (过早地) death of my mother years ago, and now his children have scattered (分散) far from home, our selfish choices taking us from one end of the country to the other. The life of the tree is short; my father’s is long and strong. But both of them are tall and straight.I watched him as he waited in the living room, where we sat, talked, had dinners, held our parties, watched the news, waited for the beauty of twilight (暮色) each late afternoon – and said goodbye.He stands still as the taxi pulls away.Are there tears in his eyes, as there are in mine?I can’t wave from the taxi, as I abandon a parent to loneliness in the earlymorning darkness.I leave behind two trees: one with silver-grey hair, the other still freshly green.But I haven’t the strength of either one. By SUZANNE STEWARTI. A first lookAnswer the question below:1. What did the author worry about her father when she left?II. A closer look (No more than three words for each blank)III. Critical thinking… our selfish choices taking us from one end of the country to the other.Do you think this kind of choice is selfish? Would you choose to live far from your parents for the sake of a better education or job?IV. Words in context在这篇文章中，作者用细腻的笔触描写了父女离别时的不舍之情。

英语时文阅读含解析

时文阅读含解析2New York Tim—A gunman killed eight people at a mall in Omaha this afternoon and then killed himself, setting off panic among holiday shoppers, the police said.“The person who we believe to be the shooter has died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds,” Sgt. Teresa Negron of the Omaha Police Department said at televised news. “We have been able to clear the mall,” she said. “We don’t believe we have any other shooters.” The police said that at least five other people had been injured in the shootings.She did not give the shooter’s identity. “We are still conducting the investigation,”Sergeant Negron said, adding that the city’s mayor, who was out of town, was on his way back to Omaha. She said the police received a 911 call from someone inside the Westroads Mall on the west side of Omaha, and shots could be heard in the background. The first police officers arrived at the mall six minutes after the first call, she said, but by then the shootings were over.It is reported that the gunman left a suicide note that was found at his home by relatives. A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity (匿名) said the note indicated that the gunman wanted to “go out style”.The shootings broke the usually banal routine of holiday shopping. The gunman was said by some witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd. Some customers and workers ran screaming from the mall, while others dived into dressing rooms to hide from the shooter.Some customers and workers ran screaming from the mall, while others dived into dressing rooms to hide from the shooter.Shoppers and store workers were trapped inside the mall, which has roughly 135 stores. Others streamed out of mall exits with their hands raised. President Bush was in Omaha this morning to deliver a speech, but he had left the city by the time the shootings took place.1. Where did the shooting first come out?A. On a newspaper.B. In the Internet.C. In TV news.D. In a police poster.2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Nobody knows why the shooter did so and nothing was found at his home.B. The city’s mayor happened not to be in the city when the shooting took place.C. Police arrived at the mall before the shootings were over and rescued customers.D. The official who showed what the note mean have no request of his own identity.3. We can infer from the passage that _______.A. there is only one shooter in this eventB. the shooting created fears among the customersC. an important holiday is coming soonD. president Bush came here for the shooting4. Which of the following can be the best title of the news?A. Gunman Kills Eight People, and Himself at a Mall in OmahaB. Shoppers in Great Panic before the HolidayC. Bush Happened to Escape a ShotD. Shooter Found Dead in a Mall on the West of Omaha本文报道了在一个购物中心发生的枪击事件以及事件的来龙去脉。

中考英语时文阅读理解外刊

中考英语时文阅读理解外刊English:The article discusses the impact of social media on people's mental health. It highlights the potential negative effects that excessive use of social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, can have on individuals, including anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. The article also mentions studies that have found a correlation between heavy social media use and poor mental health outcomes. Additionally, the article emphasizes the importance of taking breaks from social media and being mindful of the content consumed on these platforms to maintain good mental well-being.中文翻译:这篇文章讨论了社交媒体对人们心理健康的影响。

文章强调了过度使用社交媒体平台，如Facebook和Instagram，可能对个人产生的消极影响，包括焦虑、抑郁和自尊心低下。

文章还提到了研究发现重度社交媒体使用与心理健康状况不佳之间存在相关性。

此外，文章强调了从社交媒体中休息并在这些平台上消耗内容时保持警觉对保持良好心理健康的重要性。

英语时文阅读(一)

英语时文阅读（一）IMF head on suicide watch in New York City jailNEW YORK –The maid came from one of the world's poorest countries to the U. S., working to support the teen daughter she raised alone. To her, the penthouse s uite at the Sofitel Hotel was just another empty room to clean.She says she had no idea there was a man inside or that he was a famous Fren ch politician. She says he was naked, chased her down and tried to rape her. The man, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, remained jailed under a suicide watch Wednes day as a lawyer for the woman sought to rebut whispered allegations that her char ges were a conspiracy and a setup.Calls intensified for the 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn to step down as head of the pow erful International Monetary Fund, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sa ying Strauss-Kahn "is obviously not in a position to run" the agency.Strauss-Kahn was one of France's most high-profile politicians and a potential candi date for president in next year's elections. His arrest on charges including attempte d rape shocked France and cast intense attention on his accuser, a 32-year-old ch ambermaid from the West African nation of Guinea.On Tuesday her lawyer, Jeffrey Shapiro, said he had no doubts his client was telli ng the truth about her encounter with Strauss-Kahn on Saturday."She came from a country in which poor people had little or no justice, and she's now in a country where the poor have the same rights as do the rich and the po werful," Shapiro said. "What (Strauss-Kahn) might be able to get away with in som e countries, he can't here in this country."Strauss-Kahn's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said at his client's arraignment this week that defense lawyers believe the forensic evidence "will not be consistent with a f orcible encounter."But Shapiro dismissed suggestions that the woman had made up the charges or tri ed to cover up a consensual encounter."This is nothing other than a physical, sexual assault by this man on this young w oman," Shapiro said in an interview in his Manhattan office. He said that the woman didn't know who was staying in the 28th-floor suite she went to clean on Saturd ay afternoon, before she said she was attacked."She did not know who this man was until a day or two after this took place," Sha piro said. "She had no idea who this man was."Strauss-Kahn is also charged with sex abuse, a criminal sex act, unlawful imprison ment and forcible touching. The most serious charge carries five to 25 years in pri son.Because of his high profile, he was being held Tuesday at Rikers Island in a secti on of the jail that normally houses prisoners with highly contagious diseases like m easles or tuberculosis. Corrections spokesman Stephen Morello said Strauss-Kahn h as been placed in a wing with about 14 cells, all of them empty except for his. Norman Seabrook, president of the correction officers union, said Strauss-Kahn did or said something during a mental health evaluation that concerned doctors, and h e is being monitored day and night.A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sens itivity of prisoner medical information, said Strauss-Kahn had not tried to harm hims elf.Strauss-Kahn's cell has a toilet and a sink. He takes his meals there, with breakfas t at 5 a.m., lunch at 11 a.m. and dinner at 4 or 5 p.m.Morello said Strauss-Kahn can occasionally leave his cell and wander the wing, an d can go outside for an hour each day. Because he is awaiting trial, Strauss-Kahn isn't required to wear a prison uniform. He may bring his own clothing and wear w hat he chooses, except for his shoes.Meanwhile in Europe, Strauss-Kahn's past conduct with other women was getting n ew scrutiny.The IMF investigated him following a 2008 affair with an employee, the Hungarian-born economist Piroska Nagy. The institution eventually cleared him of wrongdoing, but a person close to Nagy said Tuesday that she had sent the organization a let ter at the time warning about his behavior toward women.The letter voiced "doubts about Dominique Strauss-Kahn's suitability for running an international institution," according to the person, who declined to be identified, citin g the sensitivity of the matter.The New York Times published an excerpt of the letter, along with an account that said Strauss-Kahn had aggressively pursued Nagy, sent her sexually explicit messages and once had her summoned from the bathroom to speak to him.The scandal comes at a delicate time for the IMF, which is trying to shore up teet ering economies in Europe. The IMF is an immensely powerful agency that loans money to countries to stabilize the world economy. In exchange it often imposes st rict austerity measures.Strauss-Kahn seemed to anticipate that his problems with women could be a politic al liability ahead of France's presidential elections.The French daily newspaper Liberation reported this week that at a meeting with S trauss-Kahn in April, he speculated that his presidential campaign might be subject ed to low blows over "money, women and my Jewishness."Strauss-Kahn also theorized that his enemies might try to pay someone to accuse him of rape, according to the newspaper.The Associated Press does not name victims of alleged sex crimes unless they ag ree to it. But in the days since the alleged attack in Manhattan, details are beginni ng to emerge about Strauss-Kahn's accuser.The woman came to the United States under "very difficult circumstances" in 2004 from Guinea, one of the world's most destitute countries, said Shapiro, her lawyer. Guinea's average annual income of $1,000 per person is lower than Haiti's and Rw anda's and about the same as Afghanistan's, according to the CIA World Factbook. The woman's daughter, then 8, came with her. The girl's father is dead, and they have no other relatives in the United States, Shapiro said."They are very much alone in this world," he said.The United States gave the pair political asylum, he said, though he was unsure of the reason.The woman found work as a chambermaid in hotels, he said, eventually landing a job in 2008 at the French-owned Sofitel Hotel on 44th Street in Manhattan. The ho tel said she was a satisfactory employee.The woman and her daughter moved into an apartment building in the Bronx about 10 months ago, said Zulema Zuniga, who lives on the same floor. The neighbors would occasionally meet in the elevator and say hello."She was very nice," Zuniga said.But this humble immigrant life was shattered, police say, on Saturday afternoon, wh en the woman entered Strauss-Kahn's suite at the Sofitel to clean the room. Strauss-Kahn came out of the bathroom naked, chased her down a hallway and pulled her into a bedroom, the woman told police. Then he dragged her into a bathro om, forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear, she said.She broke free, fled the room and told hotel security, but Strauss-Kahn was gone by the time detectives arrived, authorities said. They arrested him soon afterward o n an airliner that was just about to depart for Europe.Brafman said he is confident his client will be exonerated once all the physical evi dence is collected.Shapiro, a personal injury attorney, said he was put in touch with the woman throu gh a mutual acquaintance. He said they had not discussed the possibility of a civil lawsuit against Strauss-Kahn.Media attention has made it impossible for his client to return to her house or to work, Shapiro said. This week television crews and photographers hung around the employee entrance of the Sofitel and loitered outside her apartment, hoping for a glimpse of her.Shapiro said his client is now in a "safe place," but would not elaborate."Her life has now been turned upside down," Shapiro said. "She can't go home, sh e can't go back to work. ... This has been nothing short of a cataclysmic event in her life."___Associated Press writers David B. Caruso and Tom Hays in New York, video produ cer Matt Friedman in Washington and Raphael G. Satter in London contributed to t his report.。

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。

高三英语一轮复习时文阅读元宵节(语法填空和作文练习)

时文阅读：元宵节（中英双语）The Lantern Festival一、元宵节简介The Lantern Festival is the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration. This day is for the last moment for setting off fireworks, the last excuse for eating a big feast and the last chance for family getting together before the Near Year celebrations are over. The Lantern Festival is also a traditional time of celebration for foreigners who live in China.元宵节是中国新年庆祝活动的最后一天。

这一天是燃放烟花的最后一刻，是吃大餐的最后借口，也是近一年庆祝活动结束前家人团聚的最后机会。

元宵节也是居住在中国的外国人庆祝的传统节日。

The Lantern Festival, the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar, is the first full moon of the year. Celebrations and traditions on this day date back to the Western Han Dynasty.元宵节，农历正月十五，是一年中的第一个满月。

这一天的庆祝活动和传统可以追溯到西汉时期。

Traditions for this festival: as the name indicates, hanging and looking at lanterns is the main tradition. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are displayed on trees, or along river banks.这个节日的传统，顾名思义，挂灯笼和看灯笼是主要的传统。

英语时文阅读参考答案

英语时文阅读参考答案一、阅读理解题1. 根据文章内容，以下哪项是作者的主要观点？A. 英语学习对个人职业发展至关重要。

B. 英语是全球通用语言，应该被广泛学习。

C. 学习英语可以提高个人的跨文化交流能力。

D. 英语教育应该注重实用性和应用性。

答案：C2. 文章中提到了哪些因素可以促进英语学习？A. 个人兴趣和学习动力。

B. 良好的语言环境和实践机会。

C. 系统的教育体系和教学方法。

D. 所有上述因素。

答案：D3. 作者认为哪种学习方式对提高英语水平最有效？A. 通过阅读英文原著来学习。

B. 通过观看英语电影和电视节目来学习。

C. 通过与母语为英语的人交流来学习。

D. 通过参加英语角或语言交换活动来学习。

答案：C4. 文章中提到的“沉浸式学习法”是指什么？A. 完全用英语进行思考和交流。

B. 在英语环境中学习英语。

C. 通过学习英语文化来提高语言水平。

D. 通过背诵英语单词和短语来学习。

答案：B5. 根据文章，以下哪项不是提高英语听力的方法？A. 经常听英语广播和新闻。

B. 观看英语电影和电视节目。

C. 阅读英语书籍和报纸。

D. 参加英语听力训练课程。

答案：C二、完形填空题6. The best title for the passage could be "The Importance of _______ in Learning English."A. PracticeB. GrammarC. VocabularyD. Pronunciation答案：A7. The author suggests that _______ is the key to mastering English.A. listeningB. speakingC. writingD. reading答案：B8. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a benefit of learning English?A. Better job opportunities.B. Access to a wider range of information.C. The ability to travel without a guide.D. The ability to understand complex mathematical concepts.答案：D9. The word "immersion" in the context of the passage means_______.A. being surrounded by the English languageB. learning English in a classroom settingC. only learning English grammarD. memorizing English vocabulary lists答案：A10. The author believes that learning English can alsoimprove one's _______.A. cooking skillsB. cultural understandingC. mathematical abilitiesD. physical fitness答案：B三、词汇题11. The word "enhance" in the context of the passage isclosest in meaning to:A. increaseB. reduceC. maintainD. replace答案：A12. The term "fluency" refers to:A. the ability to speak a language easily and smoothlyB. the ability to understand complex sentencesC. the ability to write well in a languageD. the ability to read quickly答案：A13. In the passage, "comprehension" is related to:A. understandingB. speakingC. writingD. listening答案：A14. The word "articulate" is used to describe someone who can:A. speak quicklyB. speak clearly and effectivelyC. speak with a lot of gesturesD. speak with a strong accent答案：B15. The phrase "language barrier" in the passage implies:A. the difficulty of learning a new languageB. the challenge of communicating in a different languageC. the advantage of being bilingualD. the importance of learning multiple languages答案：B请注意，以上内容仅为示例，实际的英语时文阅读参考答案应根据具体文章内容和问题来制定。

一本英语时文阅读第一辑与第二辑区别

一本英语时文阅读第一辑与第二辑区别《英语时文阅读》是一本以提供最新信息和培养学生英语阅读技能为目标的书籍。

第一辑和第二辑在很多方面有相似之处，但也有一些显著的区别。

以下将从文章主题、文章类型、阅读难度、词汇量和注释与解析五个方面进行比较。

1. 文章主题《英语时文阅读》第一辑和第二辑的主题都涵盖了政治、经济、科技、文化等多个领域。

然而，第二辑更加注重当下热门话题和社会现象，例如人工智能、社交媒体的影响、环境保护等。

相比之下，第一辑的主题更为广泛，涉及的领域更多，但可能没有第二辑那么深入。

2. 文章类型两本书的文章类型大体相同，包括新闻报道、评论文章、特写等。

然而，第二辑更加注重说明文和议论文等较为深入的文章类型，这些文章通常需要读者进行深入思考。

第一辑的文章则相对较短小精悍，更注重提供最新信息。

3. 阅读难度总体来说，第二辑的阅读难度要高于第一辑。

这主要是因为第二辑的文章主题较为深入，同时文章类型也更为复杂。

此外，第二辑的词汇量和语法结构也相对更难。

然而，对于已经具备一定英语阅读基础的学生来说，第二辑的挑战也许更能帮助他们提高阅读技能。

4. 词汇量第二辑的词汇量明显高于第一辑。

这主要是因为第二辑的文章主题和类型更为深入和复杂，需要用到更多的专业词汇。

虽然这会增加读者的阅读难度，但对于扩大词汇量和提高阅读技能是非常有帮助的。

5. 注释与解析两本书都有详细的注释和解析，以帮助读者更好地理解文章。

然而，第二辑的注释与解析更为全面和深入。

这主要是因为第二辑的文章主题和类型更为复杂，需要更多的解释和解析。

第一辑的注释与解析相对较为简洁明了，更注重提供必要的信息来帮助读者理解文章。

除了以上提到的区别，第一辑和第二辑在排版和设计方面也有一些不同。

以下是具体的比较：1. 排版《英语时文阅读》第一辑和第二辑的排版都很清晰，易于阅读。

然而，第二辑的排版更加现代和简洁，使用了更多的空白和分段来使文章更易于理解。

第一辑的排版相对较为传统，没有太多的空白和分段。

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。

英语9年级-时文阅读1(含答案)

1David Lee, a professional cobbler, was repairing the heel of a shoe when his hand got hurt in the machine. The accident reportedly resulted in Lee’s thumb getting severed from his hand. “I shouted for someone to ring an ambulance, but I couldn’t see how bad it was. I saw my thumb drop on the floor,” he said. “I had no pain though. I didn’t look as I compressed it with my jumper. I calmly turned the machines in the shop off.I walked straight away, and I knew how bad it was and I just worried that I wouldn’t be able to fix shoes again. I went outside for a cigarette while I waited for the ambulance.”Lee admits that he cried his eyes out when he thought about it, as he thought he was going to lose his shop. He was more concerned about that than his thumb because this is his passion. After being taken to a nearby hospital, he was transferred to the Pulvertaft Hand Centre, at Royal Derby Hospital, where doctors suggested using his big toe to replace the thumb. Lee agreed, saying his main concern was his business. When he was asked about his new thumb, he said, “It feels heavy having a toe where the thumb should be.” Now, after recovering from the injury, Lee is back to cobbling and he’s e ven able to use his toe-thumb to paint shoes, which he says is a hobby of his.1. Lee hurt his hand while ________.A putting on his shoesB ringing an ambulanceC operating the machineD turning on the machines2. Which of the following is the right order? ① Lee smoked outside. ② Lee walked straight away. ③ Lee turned off the machines. ④ Lee got on an ambulance.A ④①②③B ③①②④C ②③①④D ③②①④3. What did Lee worry about most?A He would lose his thumb.B He would no longer run his shop.C His toe would replace the thumb.D He would have to stay in hospital alone.4. What’s the ending of this story?A Lee had to give up his job.B Lee was sent to another hospital.C Lee formed a new hobby instead.D Lee was able to work with his new thumb.CDBD2Sian Ellis, 15, was on her way home from school when she was hit by the red double-decker bus last January. Sian’s heartbroken parents have now urged kids not to put themselves in danger by wearing headphones and using their phone while crossing busy roads.The tragic incident happened just yards from the gates of King Edward VII Collegein Coalville, Leicestershire. The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene.The policeman Stuart Bird told Sian’s in quest that the CCTV footage showed her walking through the school grounds wearing a scarf around her head and looking down at her mobile phone moments before the 3:30 pm incident.The detective John Borlase added, “I spoke to all 60 children on the bus and about 20 to 30 others in the area at the time and interviewed the key witnesses. They all had a similar account that Sian was walking towards the road, looking down at her mobile phone. One witness said she had headphones in her ear as well.”The inquest h eard that driver Mr Michael John Parker had no valid licence or insurance. The driver was fined £120 and handed a four-year driving ban at Leicester Magistrates’ Court in September.Sian’s family now hope her tragic death will serve as a warning to others about the dangers of using a mobile phone while crossing roads. Speaking after the inquest yesterday, her parents said，“Today marks the end of a process that has turned our world upside down for over a year.”1. When the accident happened, Sian was _________.A playing with her friendsB waiting at the college gateC walking through the schoolD walking across the road2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned?A Sian wore a scarf.B Sian had headphones.C Sian lost her driving licence.D Sian used her mobile phone.3. ______ did NOT provide key evidence.A The bus driverB The CCTV footageC The children on the busD Witnesses at the scene4. The incident tells us _______ according to the passage.A to keep the traffic rules in mind at anytimeB drivers must receive special trainingC not to use the mobile phone on the way homeD warning signs must be painted on the zebra crossing DCAA3A South Korean documentary called Meeting You broadcast the reunion of a mother and an avatar of her daughter, who died in 2016 at the age of seven from an illness. Jang Ji-sung, the mother of four, wore a VR headset and gloves that allowed her to see, hear and touch the digitized version of her daughter. Jang was filmed in front of a green screen and formed her hands as though she was holding the girl's face.The documentary aims to reunite sad relatives with lost family members. The two spent some time in a digitized park. The girl interacted with her mother, and told her that she misses her. The mother grew emotional and replied, "I miss you, too." The girl finally tells her mother that she is tired and falls asleep.During the filming, Jang's husband and one of her other children watched from the audience and were also brought to tears. "Maybe it’s a real paradise," Jang said. "I met Nayeon (her daughter), who called me with a smile, for a very short time, but it’s a very happy time. I think I’ve had the dream I’ve always wanted."Dr. Blay Whitby, an expert from the University of Sussex, said that the show raised some concern. He said the VR aspect of reuniting with a dead loved one was new ground. "We just don't know the psychological effects of being reunited with someone in this way," he said.1. What kind of programme is Meeting You?A A game show.B A chat show.C A documentary.D A science fiction.2. The mother experienced real feelings EXCEPT ______.A visionB smellC touchD hearing3. Dr. Blay Whitby worried about ______ behind the show.A the positive roleB the public responseC the social backgroundD the psychological effect4. What can we learn from the passage?A The girl and the mother met each other any time.B The loss of the girl was great pain to her family.C The girl’s mother was afraid to see her daughter.D All the girl’s family members came and got moved.CBDB4In late January,a donation of masks and thermometers from the Japan Youth Development Association in Tokyo to Hubei Province caused a stir on Chinese social media.This was because of the powerful poetic message written on each box: “山川异域，风月同天。

高考语文作文素材：时文阅读第一辑时间是我们指尖流过的细沙

时间是我们指尖流过的细沙要实现梦想吗？先从梦想中醒来开始工作吧。

越想自由，越得奋斗。

自由就在我们双手中。

“我觉得活着很没意思。

”“你觉得什么样的人生才有意思？”“自由的人生。

”这是我与他的对白，听来很滑稽，带着上世纪那种“启蒙派”电影的味道。

一个满脸大胡子的诗人、画家或者音乐人，对一个扎着双辫满脸稚气的文学女青年讨论形而上学、虚无缥缈的人生。

“是发生了什么不愉快的事吗？”“嗯……也没什么，也还好了，也谈不上不顺利，其实我还蛮顺的……”我耐心地“嗯”一声，没有追问。

我等他继续说下去。

我知道他要说的东西很多很多，却像下水道里聚集了太多的杂物，一时堵塞，我等他终于能以涓涓细流的方式打开心扉。

“……嗯，我就是想做自己想做的事呀，可以随便去哪里旅游什么的，我觉得现在的生活很不自由。

”“既然不自由为什么选择目前的生活呢？”男孩子说得很快很急，是放在他心底很久的话了吧：“我其实很喜欢杭州。

但我是学英语的，又是专科，找工作就很困难。

所以我现在还留在广州，开网站……我觉得很闷。

”“那我可不可以理解，你现在的不自由，其实是你自己造成的？如果你是本科，成绩很好，能在杭州找到工作，岂不是就可以实现你的理想？”他静默了一会儿：“可是我要的自由不是这样的。

太辛苦了。

我觉得现在的生活呀，朋友呀，都得很辛苦地经营。

”“你想要的自由，是躺在床上，杭州自动来到你床前，或者只是听听歌，生活就自动繁花似锦？哪个国家的解放，不通过战争；哪段自由，不来源于辛苦的奋斗。

我们都是中国人，我们都听过那句话：‘要想人前显贵，就得人后受罪。

’”小时候看过的电影，情节不记得了，往往有一个大叔眼冒怒火，握着拳头高呼：为了某某国家和人民的自由，前进……著名的《自由引导人民》，半裸的女神手举三色旗，在枪林弹雨中指引着民众向前冲。

更不用说美国那位一周七天、一天24小时、永不下班的自由女神像，她永远一手高举着火炬，另一手紧抱着《独立宣言》。

你可以理解是：她照彻全世界，也可以理解是：天黑了，她点着火把也要看书——阅读丰富生活，知识改变命运。

Culture时文阅读（一）-备战2019年高考英语之阅读来源外刊时文精析（第一辑）（解析版）

摘自：《摘自：《时代周刊时代周刊》A dozen international coffee experts shuffle （把脚挪来挪去）around a long wooden table, pausing at each steaming cup, heads dipping and sniffing deeply. Then the slurping 〔吃喝或吸吮〕的声音 begins. In the wings, coffee farmer Yang Fan watches intently 专注地as the judges’ circle, awaiting a verdict （裁定）on her latest crop of beans.China may be the spiritual home of tea, but it is fast developing a reputation as a top coffee producer.This tasting was a side event to the first ever Pu'er International Specialty Coffee Expo in China's southwestern Yunnan province, which ran this winter and drew more than a thousand attendees, including industry aficiona dos(酷爱者)from across the globe."Coffee has huge potential in China," says Liu Ying, who swapped her life working in private-equity （私人股权） investment in Beijing to grow coffee in Pu'er five years ago. "The younger generation prefers to drink coffee in their offices much more than tea." Still, Pu'er remains synonymous with tea.This bustling （喧闹的）town near the Laos border is surrounded by the green hills scored with tea plantations; it produces a variety of tea which is also called Pu tea plantations; it produces a variety of tea which is also called Pu’’er , considered one of China's most refined.But the region's mild climate is also perfect for growing Arabica coffee. And as China's fast-living millennials (千禧一代)move away from traditional tea in favor of the invigorating coffee, Pu'er's farmers are catering to the demand.Yunnan accounts for 98% of China's coffee harvest, with half coming from the misty landscape around Pu'er.Today, China is the 13th biggest coffee producer in the world Today, China is the 13th biggest coffee producer in the world——rising from zero output three decades ago to 136,000 tons annually today.In April, Seattle's annual Specialty Coffee Expo decided to showcase China as its portrait country of origin.It follows on the heels of Starbucks' launching its first single-origin Yunnan coffee last year after eight years of partnership with Yunnan farmers.With global coffee prices at record lows, Yunnan farmers are processing beans in bespoke ways to create distinct flavors——allowing them to enter the market of specialty coffee.to create distinct flavors"At current coffee prices, I can't even feed my family," says the farmer Yang. "My only wayout is to produce specialty coffee, to make the best coffee beans."That means letting beans dry in their cherries, thus producing a wild, fruity flavor via environmental fermentation（发酵）,or allowing them to "honey" in their sugary inner layer, which adds a subtle sweetness.Back in the tasting room, Yang awaits the experts' verdict on whether all that extra effort was worthwhile."If I told you this was Colombian or Panama coffee, nobody would argue with me," says Samuel Gurel, CEO of Pu'er's Torch Coffee Roasters, as Yang breaks into a huge grin. "It's a great example of how Chinese coffee is evolving."阅读词汇分类记I．识读词汇（要求认识；快速反应汉语意思）1.Specialty ['spɛʃəlti]n. 专业，专长；特产；特性；招牌菜adj. 特色的；专门的；独立的His specialty is international law.他的专业是国际法。

人教版七年级英语上册时文阅读Units1-3

names are usually of 8 , plants, places and food
of each country. For example, Doksuri is a name 9 South Korea. It means eagle(鹰)in Korean. Talim is Tagalog(他加禄语)for “blade(刀刃)”. The Philippines(菲律宾)gave the 10 . The WMO uses
Zhang Yishan became a child 5 at 12. He was known as “Liu Xing” for a long time. In 2016, he acted as a playful undercover cop(卧底警察)in 6 Internet play. It soon became popular. He was not
(A)5. A. star B. cop C. poet D. doctor
(B)6. A. a B. an C. the D. /
(C)7. A. us B. her C. him D. them
(D)8. A. in B. on C. at D. to
( A)9. A. playful
B. careful
“Liu Xing” anymore. Now people call 7 a good actor. He acted as a poet and doctor in his latest TV play.
From a child star 8 a good actor, he is now a 26-year-old young man. He looks 9 , like in his play. But he says he has an old soul(灵魂). He spends little time on the Internet. And he doesn’t play video games. There is 10 computer at his home. What does he do then? He plays basketball, watches movies or just sits by himself.

时文阅读Unit1～5课件人教版英语七年级上册(1)

A. A film guide. C. A sports magazine.
Bபைடு நூலகம் A health report. D. An English song.
B “围炉煮茶”新潮流
A. It started in the Tang Dynasty. B. And they feel more relaxed. C. Tea is important in everyday life. D. People sit around a stove（炉子） as they boil tea on it. E. People drink tea when they are thirsty. F. China’s tea culture has a number of social practices. G. In China，drinking tea can also be a kind of art.
My excitement was like a fountain（喷泉） of soda. 3. A I waved my sword like a show-off. I began to think about the ancient wars in history. And I got a heroic（英勇的） feeling in my heart.
Unit 3 Is this your pencil？
[热点素材]
A 上海成立首个流浪猫管理中心 Do you want to have a pet cat？ Come and have a look at the Cat Island in Shanghai. I’m sure you can find a cute cat to go home with you. The Cat Island is about 800 square meters and it looks very beautiful. There，you can see many stray（流浪的） cats from different parts of the city. Each of them has an ID number. If you like any one of them，just remember the number and ask for adoption. Also，there are many interesting activities to teach you how to look after the cats. It will be helpful for those keeping a pet for the first time. The Cat Island is open only on weekends，and you have to make an appointment on your phone. Come and give the stray cat a loving home！

初中英语中考复习 16 中国历史故事(一)-2023年中考英语新热点时文阅读

2023年中考英语新热点时文阅读-中国历史故事（一）题型主要内容1阅读理解讲述了蒙恬发明毛笔的历史故事。

2阅读理解讲述了秦朝的商鞅变法。

商鞅为了取得国人的信任使变法得以有效实施，想出了一个“立木取信”的办法，赢得了众人的信任与支持，商鞅变法使秦朝强大起来，统一了全国。

3阅读理解讲述了“草船借箭”的故事。

4回答问题讲述了中国古代传说，即神农尝百草的故事。

5回答问题介绍了成语“毛遂自荐”的历史典故以及该成语在现在社会的运用。

01（2022年湖北省宜昌市中考英语试题）The brush pen, one of the “Four Treasures of the Study”, was invented thousands of years ago. However, the oldest pen was just a stick or a piece of bamboo. It was difficult for people to write well on thin silk.It is said that Meng Tian, a general of the Kingdom (王国) Qin, improved the pen. When Meng was leading an army to fight against the Kingdom of Chu, he had to report the situation to his king in time. But his pen was too hard and caused him much trouble, so he was thinking of ways to improve it.One day after hunting (狩猎), Meng made his way home with some wild rabbits on the horse back. Fat and heavy, one rabbit’s tail left a long trail (痕迹) on the ground when they moved on. Suddenly a good idea came to his mind when he saw it, “If I tie the rabbit’s hair to a stick, would it be easy to write with?”On arriving home, he tied the rabbit’s hair to a stick and tried writing with it. But the rabbit’s hair was too smooth to write well and wasted a lot of silk. Meng was so disappointed that he threw away his “invention” into a stone hole in the yard.However, Meng never gave up and kept trying all the time. A few rainy days later, he happened to find his “invention” fatter in a stone hole. He picked it up with hope. The brush worked beautifully on silk. It turned out that the special water had cleaned the oil from the hair. Meng succeeded at last.Thanks to Meng, the brush pen is playing a key role in Chinese culture. Today, students are taught to use the brush pens in school. It makes their life more colorful and helps them better understand Chinese culture.1．Why did Meng Tian want to improve the pen?A．Because the king asked him to do so.B．Because he wanted to be an inventor.C．Because he didn’t have silk to write on.D．Because the pen brought him much trouble. 2．When did Meng think of the good idea in Paragraph 3?A．Before hunting animals.B．When he saw the trail.C．During cleaning the hair.D．After he wrote a report.3．Which is the right order of improving the brush pen?a. The brush pen could write well.b. Meng tied the rabbit’s hair to a stick.c. The special water washed the oil away.d. Meng dropped the stick into a stone hole.A．b-d-a-c B．d-b-a-c C．b-d-c-a D．c-d-b-a4．How can the students understand Chinese culture better?A．By learning to use brush pens.B．By playing a role.C．By planting more bamboo.D．By inventing things.5．What can we learn from the passage?A．Make friends with animals.B．Value fantastic memories.C．Keep trying and never give up.D．Build a peaceful world.02（2022年江苏省连云港市新海实验中学中考一模英语试题）Shang Yang was a statesman of the Qin state (秦国). He was very talented and forward-thinking. He worked out a series of reform plans for the state, including focusing on farming and giving rewards to soldiers who were successful during war.But at the beginning, these reforms were not easily carried out. Only a few people in the state understood Shang’s talent and advantages of his plans. Most people had little trust and confidence in him.To solve this problem, Shang came up with an idea. He ordered some soldiers to put a thin wooden pole at the south gate of the Qin state capital. This attracted many people. Then, in front of the crowd, he said loudly, “People of Qin, here is my offer. Whoever takes this pole to the north gate will get a reward of 10 gold pieces.”It was a simple task and the reward was big. Some time passed and no one stepped forward. They all thought that Shang was joking.Hearing no answer, Shang stepped forward and said, “I will increase the reward to 50 gold pieces.”This offer was even more unbelievable. Finally, a man from the crowd came forward to take the pole. He put the pole on his shoulders and walked to the north gate. True to his word, Shang paid the man 50 gold pieces.Word spread about what had happened in the capital. Soon, the people were saying that Shang was a man of his word. When he began promoting his reforms, the people followed and did not question him.Under the reforms, Qin grew strong and unified all the states, becoming the first empire of China. 6．Which of the following is TRUE about Shang Yang’s reforms?A．Shang Yang’s reforms were the best ones at that time.B．Shang Yang’s reforms helped China become a bigger country.C．Shang Yang’s reforms focused on farming and education.D．Shang Yang’s reforms were introduced to other states.7．Many people were attracted but no one stepped forward after hearing Shang Yang’s word because ________.A．the task was too difficult to finish B．they were not satisfied with the rewardC．they couldn’t believe what Shang said D．they didn’t know how to finish the task8．To convince people to trust him, Shang Yang ________.A．gave a reward to anyone who supported him B．introduced his reforms at the south gate of the capital C．urged many young men to join the army D．showed that he could keep his promises9．What does the story mainly want to tell us?A．Money talks.B．Keeping promises can earn people’s trust. C．Earning people’s trust is never easy.D．Reforms are important for a country to develop.03（2022年贵州省黔东南州中考英语真题）To Borrow Arrows with Thatched BoatsOne day, Zhou Yu ordered Zhuge Liang to make 100,000 arrows（箭）in ten days. Zhou Yu thought it was impossible, but Zhuge Liang said, “Give me three days.” Then he asked Lu Su to lend him 20 boats, andthe soldiers put some scarecrows（稻草人）in line on the boats. He reminded Lu Su not to tell Zhou Yu what was happening.When Lu Su came again to see Zhuge Liang, he found nothing unusual. Nothing happened on the second day, either. In the small hours（凌晨）of the third day, Zhuge Liang invited Lu Su for a boat ride. The 20 boats were tied together with strong ropes. Zhuge’s fleet went towards the camp of Cao Cao. The surface of the river was covered with thick mist（雾）all over. People could hardly see each other on the river. When Zhuge’s fleet got close to the Cao camp before dawn（黎明）, Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to shout and beat drums heavily to pretend an attack. But Zhuge and Lu Su only sat inside one boat drinking wine to enjoy themselves.As soon as the Cao camp heard the shouting and drum beating, they mistook it for a surprise attack by the Zhou Yu camp. Since they could see nobody on the river, they had to order 3,000 soldiers to shoot arrows to stop the unexpected attack. The front of the scarecrows was quickly full of arrows. After a while, Zhuge Liang had his fleet turned around to get the other side of the scarecrows to face the Cao camp. When both sides were full of arrows, the day broke. Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to return. The soldiers shouted in excitement, “Thank you, Cao Cao, for your arrows.” After they got back to their camp, they collected more than 100,000 arrows in total from the scarecrows.10．How many days did Zhuge Liang need to make 100,000 arrows?A．One day.B．Two days.C．Three days.D．Ten days.11．The underlined word “feet” probably means _________ in Chinese.A．船帆B．甲板C．船浆D．船队12．Who created the idea to get the arrows?A．Zhou Y u.B．Zhuge Liang.C．Lu Su.D．Cao Cao.13．The soldiers in the Cao camp shot arrows because _________.A．the Zhou Yu camp started an attackB．they could see each other on the riverC．they mistook the shouting and beating for a surprise attackD．Lu Su beat the drums14．How did Zhou Yu probably feel after Zhuge Liang returned with over 100,000 arrows? A．Surprised.B．Bored.C．Tired.D．Lonely.04（江苏省南通海安市2021-2022学年八年级下学期期末学业质量监测英语试题）请认真阅读下面短文, 并根据短文内容回答问题。

一本热考英语时文

一本热考英语时文Title: "The Impact of Globalization on Language and Culture" Introduction:In today's interconnected world, globalization has become a powerful force affecting various aspects of our lives, including language and culture. The rapid dissemination of information, the prevalence of English as a global lingua franca, and the increased mobility of people have all contributed to significant changes and challenges. This article aims to explore the impact of globalization on language and culture, examining both the positive and negative consequences.Body:1. Language Shift:Globalization has driven the dominance of English as an international language. As more people around the world learn English, many local languages are now under threat of extinction. This language shift can lead to the loss of cultural heritage and identity within communities, as language plays a vital role in preserving cultural practices and traditions.2. Cultural Homogenization:One of the core concerns regarding globalization is the potential loss of cultural diversity. As dominant cultures and languages spread, there is a risk of homogenization, where unique cultural identities and traditions are gradually eroded. This homogenization can result in a loss of cultural richness and vibrancy.3. Hybridization and Cultural Exchange:On the other hand, globalization has also fostered cultural hybridization and exchange. Exposure to different cultures and ideas through increased travel, migration, and the internet has led to the creation of new cultural expressions. This blending of cultures can result in vibrant and diverse communities that celebrate multiple traditions.4. Economic Opportunities:Globalization has brought economic opportunities to many countries, enabling them to participate in global markets. This economic growth has led to improved living standards and access to better education and healthcare. As a result, individuals have more opportunities to learn and interact with different cultures, fostering greater understanding and appreciation.5. Challenges in Communication:While globalization has facilitated communication on a global scale, it has also created challenges. Language barriers and miscommunication can hinder effective intercultural exchanges. Furthermore, the internet's influence on communication has raised concerns about the spread of misinformation and the erosion of critical thinking skills in the digital age.Conclusion:The impact of globalization on language and culture is a complex issue. While there are concerns about the potential loss of cultural diversity and identity, globalization also offers opportunities for cultural exchange and economic development. It is crucial to find a balance between preserving local languages and cultures whileembracing the benefits of globalization. Education, awareness, and policies that promote cultural preservation can help ensure a diverse and inclusive global society.。