高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望2
中考英语复习备考阅读练《计划与愿望话题》附参考答案
中考英语复习备考阅读练《计划与愿望话题》附参考答案中考英语复习备考阅读练《计划与愿望话题》⼀、阅读理解（共20⼩题；共40分）AHere are four students' resolutions(决⼼) in the next year.My name is Selina. I'm going to try my best to make my study better. I'm going to finish my homework on time. If I need some help with a subject, I'm going to get a tutor(家教).My name is Dave. I'm going to eat fruits and vegetables every day. I'm going to drink more water and milk. I'm also going to brush my teeth after meals every day and wash my hands after going to the bathroom(卫⽣间).My name is Tina. I'm going to meet more people and make more friends. I'm also going to be nicer to other kids in my class. I'm going to be more friendly to shy kids who need friends.I'm Tony. I'll never give out personal information such as my name, home address, school name and telephone number on the Internet. Also, I'll never send a picture of myself to someone or chat with someone online without my parents' permission(允许).1. Selina will next year.A. be a tutorB. make more friendsC. work harder at her studyD. get some help from her teachers2. Dave will do the following things EXCEPT next year.A. eating fruits and vegetablesB. drinking more tea and milkC. brushing his teeth after mealsD. washing hands when he comes back from the bathroom3. Tina is going to .A. get some help from other kidsB. write letters to some pen palsC. meet some special guestsD. be kinder to others4. From the last paragraph, we know that Tony .A. is too young to talk on the InternetB. often takes photos of himselfC. is always afraid of his parentsD. is going to be a careful boy5. What does this passage mainly talk about?A. Four students' resolutions in the next year.B. How to write resolutions.C. How to make friends.D. Internet safety.BMonty Robert's father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to another with his father. Sometimes they didn't have enough money to pay for food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a horse farm.When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper about his dream. He wrote a seven-page paper. He wanted to have a horse farm one day. He even drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper.The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red "F" with the words "See me after class". So the boy did and asked his teacher, "Why did I get an F?" The teacher said, "This dream will not come true for a young boy like you. You need a lot of money to own a horse farm. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things. There is no way you could ever do it." Then the teacher added, "If you write this paper again with a simpler dream, I will give you a good grade."After school he thought hard about it. At last, he decided to hand in the same paper, making no changes at all. He wrote, "You can keep the F and I'll keep my dream."Many years later, Monty had his own large horse farm. His dream came true.So don't let anyone take away your dreams. Follow your dreams, no matter what they are.6. From Paragraph 1, we learn that .A. Monty's family was poorB. Monty's father didn't support himC. Monty hoped to be a horse trainer7. What did his teacher ask him to do when he was in school?A. To write a seven-page paper.B. To draw a picture about his dream.C. To write a paper about his dream.8. What was Monty's attitude(态度) towards his paper?A. Careless.B. Serious.C. Funny.9. Monty's teacher gave him a red "F" because he thought .A. Monty's handwriting was too badB. Monty copied from another studentC. Monty's dream was too hard for him to achieve10. What does the story want to tell us?A. Follow a simple dream.B. Never give up your dream.C. Don't take away others' dreams.CJohn's father had a very small farm in a village. But John dreamed about having a large ranch(饲养场).One day he told his father, "I would like to have that land over there. How can I get it?"His father encouraged him to go and talk to the landowner to see how they could get the land.John replied, "But we don't have the money."His father said, "Why don't you go and talk to him?"After several years John not only owned the land but also a theme park.Last year his wife had a dream. "I want to build the biggest cow in the world." she said.John asked his friend, Jack, to do this work for him. In three days he had plans for the whole project. But it would need a lot of money. So he talked about it to the manager of the bank and got his support.Last October, La Manuela, the biggest cow in the world was opened to the public.It is 9 meters tall and 16 meters long. And visitors travel inside the cow learning how grass is turned into milk. It will take 17 minutes to have a wonderful ride inside the cow.If you have a dream and you put all your energy and heart into making it happen, it will come true.11. wanted to have a large ranch.A. JackB. John's fatherC. John's wifeD. John12. The underlined word "landowner" means " " in Chinese.A. 商⼈B. 地主C. 领导D. 强盗13. How did John get that land?A. By buying it.B. By borrowing it.C. By fighting with the landowner.D. We don't know.14. You can learn after you visit the cow.A. how big the cow isB. how grass is turned into milkC. what is inside a cowD. how John built the cow15. The best title of this passage is .A. Dreams Can Come TrueB. How to Build a CowC. John's DreamD. How to Have a DreamDAs teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, like winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.Once(⼀旦) you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?“Follow Your Heart” by Australian writer Andrew Mathews tells us tha t making our dreams real is life's biggest challenge. You may think you're not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts(想法) stop you from getting your dream, the book says.In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step (⼀步⼀步地) and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.You must also never give up your dream.There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will bring you better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills(技能) and find new interests.16. “Follow Your Heart” is .A. The first thing you must do to make your dream realB. The most important dream to have for teenagersC. The name of a famous Australian writerD. The name of a book by Andrew Matthews17. If you want to make your dream real, you should .A. remember what your dream is firstB. keep telling yourself what you wantC. never be afraid of the big difficultiesD. try to start with all the things above18. From the text, we know the word “challenge” means .A. 变化B. 挑战C. 决定D. 态度19. What should NOT you do to make your dream come true?A. Always remember what your dream isB. Do what you should do step by stepC. Watch TV to get better exam resultsD. Read more books, learn more skills and find new interests20. What is the best title of the text?A. Keep your dream in your mindB. How to find your real dreamC. Make your dream realD. Teenagers have many dreams⼆、阅读与表达(混合式)（共10⼩题；共10分）A"What would you do if you were the mayor of your city?" We asked some students from different cities. Here's what they said:任务⼀：回答问题。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望2(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望2【导读】人生无常，出于困境或身陷残疾，也要身残志坚，活出精彩！I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what red color is. It would be wonderful to see a gain, but a calamity can do strange things to people.It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes.I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left. Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me —a potential to live, you might call it ——which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness. The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker o n the front porch for the rest of my life. It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball, I thought he was mocking me and I was hurt. “I c an’t use this,” I said. “Take it with you,” he urged me,” and roll it around. “The words stuck in my head.” Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelp hia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.All my life I have set ahead of is a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress. 【文章大意】4岁那年我从货场一辆棚车头着地摔下来，双目失明。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望10(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望10【导读】幸福在哪里？自己去寻找吧!I used to know nothing about fairy tales (童话故事)．To improve my reading skills，my mother gave me books that are a little bit difficult for me t o understand.I didn't even know that fairy tales existed until I attended public school at the age of eight.Of course once I found out about books of this type，I would read them as quickly as I coul d.Again and again，I begged my mother to take me to the library and let me choose a few.Finally，my request was granted (允许)．After our return from the library，I started reading them eagerly and energetically，one after another.And I tried to put myself in the female character's shoe.I found she had to suffer before the handsome prince came to her rescue，and then they would live happily ever after I asked my mother why she never let me know about fairy tales.Looking straight in my eyes，she told me that life is not like a fairy tale.There are good and bad things that will happen through life.At the end though，there is not a man that will come and “save” us.We do not need saving；we instead want someone in our lives to share those good moments and bad ones；we want someone we can rely on and also they can rely on us.Life is not about “happily ever after”．What then is life about mom? Life is the boy finding he loves every little thing about you，even the annoying things.He holds your hands and says “come with me” and you live，laugh and love together.But things are not going to be perfect.You still h ave to face difficulties together，working hard for your relationship. 【语篇解读】几乎人人都向往过完美的童话世界，然而，在不完美的现实生活中，幸福却要靠我们自己的努力去争取。
高考英语话题作文突破： 计划与愿望(Plans and intentions)
一、基础写作 假设有一批澳大利亚学生到广东香城游学，你 是项目的负责人，在出发前你简要向学生们介绍这 次安排。请写一个简要的发言稿，主要内容如下： 时间主要安排 第1天，1月30日早上到达广东省广州，随后坐 船去岛屿城市——香城，在简短的接待会上与住宿 家庭见面，去住宿家庭。
第2至15天，2月1日至14日上午在香城语言 学院学习，下午在岛内旅游，去自然公园，逛森 林，看大树。 第16、17天，2月15、16日回广州，爬白云 山，野餐。 第18天，2月17日从广州国际机场返回悉尼， 大约下午9点到达（澳大利亚时间），家长在机 场接。
一、话题相关词汇 1.计划，打算plan ____ 2.建议suggestion __________ 3.愿望wish ____ 4.决定decision _______ 5.引导，指导guidance ________ 6.满意satisfaction ____________ 7.安排arrangement ___________ 8.准备preparation ___________
二、话题相关词组 1.打算做某事______________ plan to do sth. 2.愿意做某事_____________________ be willing to do sth. 3.习惯于_____________________ be used to sth./doing 4.为……准备___________ prepare for 5.接受某人的建议___________________________ take / follow one’s advice 6.就……提出建议______________ give advice on 7.建议某人做某事_____________________ advice sb. to do sth. 8.实现目标__________________ achieve one’s aim 9.献身于，致力于_________________ devote oneself to 10.决心做某事________________________ be determined to do sth.
高三英语高考三轮复习学习计划(合集五篇)
高三英语高考三轮复习学习计划(合集五篇)一、第一轮复习1、明确复习目的，理清思路无论做什么事首先要明确目的。
高考英语试题在重视英语基础知识的同时、突出对语言运用能力的考查，形成了以篇章阅读为主体的试题布局。
高三复习的最终目的是提高学生的语言运用能力，但知识是能力的基础，对能力的测试必然要结合对知识的测试，也就是对学生多年积累、系统化的、活化的知识的测试、熟练掌握英语基础知识正是为发展英语运用能力做准备。
例如在做“阅读理解”时，如果学生复习时没有熟练掌握英语基础知识，就理解不了结构复杂的句子，看不懂篇章内容，又如何能正确地解答试题呢?同样，做“书面表达”时，如果没有一定量的词汇知识和语法知识，就谈不上正确的英语表达，怎么可能写出优秀的英语短文?然而，高三复习不应是对已学知识的简单重复和强化，而是一个再学习、再认识、提高理解能力和运用能力的过程，在短暂的高考复习中应该兼顾语言知识的掌握和语言能力的培养。
复习知识是为了提高运用能力，而知识的网络化更便于运用知识，有利于学科能力的培养。
学生只有经过对所学的教材进行层层挖掘才可能是络，才能有利于实际运用能力的提高，并在应考中运用自如。
2、制定计划，按部就班从近几年的高考试题来看，死记硬背，强化训练，沉湎于“题海战术”是难以出好成绩的。
将中心和重心放在单项填空上是不合时宜的。
因此，要根据自己的实际情况，必要时请求老师的帮助，制定出切实可行的复习计划。
做到按部就班，有条不紊，循序渐进。
训练要有计划、有针对性，如第一轮复习应该夯实基础，以一本好的辅导书为主，做好“预习,复习,练习”三步曲。
3、夯实双基，构建知识网络，发展能力近年来高考英语试题逐渐侧重于语言能力的考查，对语言知识的直接考查相对减少了。
在高考总复习中，首先应该花大力气去巩固各项基础知识，同时要通过不断的语言练习，掌握一定的方法，这是高考取得优良成绩的前提。
在此基础上，再通过科学系统的训练，发展能力，就会收到事半功倍的效果。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望15(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望15【导读】孩子是表扬出来的。
对吗？Make Up Your Mind to SucceedKind-hearted parents have unknowingly left their children defenseless against failure. The generation born between 1980 and 2001 grew up playing sports where scores and performance were played down because “everyone’s winter.” And their report cards sounded more positive (正面的) than ever before. As a result, Stanford University professor Carol Dweck, PhD, calls them “the overpraised generation.”Dweck has been studying how people deal with failure for 40 years. Her research has led her to find out two clearly different mind-sets that have a great effect on how we react to it. Here’s how they work:A fixed mind-set is grounded in the belief that talent (才能) is genetic – you’re a born artist, point guard, or numbers person. The fixed mind-set believes it’s sure to succeed without much effort and re gards failure as personal shame. When things get diffi cult, it’s quick to blame, lie, and even stay awa y from future difficulties.On the other hand, a growth mind-set believes that n o talent is entirely heaven-sent and that effort and learning make everything possible. Because the ego (自尊) isn’t on the line as much, the growth mind-set sees failure as a chance rather than shame. When faced with a difficulty, it’s quick to rethink, change and try again. In fact, it enjoys this experience.We are all born with growth mind-sets. (Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to live in the world.) But parents, teachers, and instructors often push us into fixed mind-sets by encouraging certain actions and misdirecting praise. Dweck’s book, Mind-set: The New Psychology of Success, and online instructional program explain this in depth. But she says there are many little things you can start doing today to make sure that your children, grandchildren and even you are never defeated by failure. 【文章大意】文章讲述的是现在的年青一代是被过度表扬的一代。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望1_01
领兑市安插阳光实验学校高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望14【导读】平时看似简单的事情，并不一简单。
Three Boys and a DadBrad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. -This will be like a walk in the park, he’d told his wife. "I'll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.Things started well, but just after eight o'clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex-came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy " When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex's head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in tune to the beat (节拍). Mike chanted "Where's my toast, where's my toast in the background. Brad realised his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy's underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named "Not Me" had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started. By ten o'clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room, but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realised that the talk show was over and reading would be impossibleAt exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare center(日托所). “I suddenly have to go into work and my wife's away. Can 1 bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously "yes" because Brad was smiling.【文章大意】Brad的妻子出门在外，他在家照顾三个孩子。
高考英语阅读冲刺复习题 计划愿望
高考英语阅读冲刺复习题计划愿望高考英语阅读冲刺复习题计划愿望计划愿望(2012·江西卷)Mark and his brother Jason both were looking at the shining new computer enviously.Jason was determined not to go against their father's wishes but Mark was more adventurous than his brother.He loved experimenting and his aim was to become a scientistlike his father.“Dad will be really mad if he finds out you've been playing with his new computer.” Jason said，“He told us not to touch it.”“He won't find out，” Mark said，“I'll just have a quick look a nd shut it down.”Mark had been scolded before for touching his father's equipment.But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him.It was a strangelooking machine—one his dad had brought home from the laboratory wh ere he worked.“It's an experimental model，” his father had explained，“so don't touch it under any circumstances.” But his father's warning only served to make Mark more curious.Without any further thought，Mark turned on the power switch.The computer burst into life and seconds later，the screen turned into colors，shifting and changing and then two big white words appeared in the centre of the screen：“SPACE TRANSPORTER.”“Yes!” Mark cried excitedly，“It's a computer game.I knewit!Dad's only been pretending to work.He's really been playing games instead.” A new message appeared on the screen：“ENTER NAMESVOYAGER 1：...VOYAGER 2：...”Mark's fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed in both of their names.“INPUT ACCEPTED.START TRANSPORT PROGRAM.AUTORETRIEVE INITIATED(自动回收程序已启动).”The screen turned even brighter and a noise suddenly rose in volume.“I think we'd better shut it off，Mark，” Jason yelled，reaching for the power switch.He was really frightened.But his hand never reached the switch.A single beam of dazzling white light burst out of the computer screen，wrapping the boys in its glow(光芒)，until they themselves seemed to be glowing.Then it died down just as suddenly as it had burst into life.And the boys were no longer there.On the screen，the letters changed.“TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL.DESTINATION(目的地)：MARS.RETRIEVE DATE：2025.”【语篇解读】本文讲的是一个科幻故事，两个小孩通过电脑里的一个程序意外穿越到了另外一个星球——火星。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望2
领兑市安插阳光实验学校高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望2【导读】人生无常，出于困境或身陷残疾，也要身残志坚，活出精彩！I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car ina freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what red color is. It would be wonderful to see a gain, but a calamity can do strange things to people.It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy.I was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me —a potential to live, you might call it ——which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness. The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If I hadn’t bee n able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball, I thought he was mocking me and I was hurt. “I can’t use this,” I said. “Take it with you,” he urged me,” and roll it around. “The words stuck in my head.” Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball. All my life I have set ahead of is a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.【文章大意】4岁那年我从货场一辆棚车头着地摔下来，双目失明。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望1(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望1【导读】一封穿越时空的信，令人潸然泪下。
Brenda Schmitz wrote a letter with three wishes right befor e she died, but asked a friend not to mail it until her husband had fallen in love again. Brenda Schmitz, a wife and mother of four boys, passed away from cancer in Sep tember 2011.A month before she died, Brenda wrote a letter to the Des Moines, Iowa, radio station “Star”. She asked a friend to wait to mail it until her husband, David, had fallen in love again. Every year, the station receives letters for Christmas wishes, granting a select few. The station brought in David and surprised him by saying they had received a letter from his wife. “When you receive this letter, I will have already lost my battle to cancer,” Brenda wrote. “I told my friend on ce my loving husband David had moved on in his life and had met someone to share his life with again, to mail this letter to all of you at the station.”Brenda’s first request was a day of rest for David’s new love, Jayne Abraham, who he met in October 2012. “She deserves it, being a stepmother to all those bo ys,” Brenda wrote. “Make her smile and know her efforts are truly appreciated from me.” “We’ve been doing the Christmas Wish programme for over 20 years. We’ve never received a wish like this ever,” s tation manager Scott Allen said. Brenda also asked for a “magical trip” for the family, and lastly, a night out full of drinks, food, and fun for the cancer doctors at the hospital where she was treated.All three of Brenda’s wishes were granted by the sta tion and local sponsors, who sen t the family of eight to Disney World. “There wasn’t a dry eye in the room when we got the letter,” Allen said. “It really inspired us to do something for her.”【文章大意】本文记述了布兰达•施米茨去世前写了一封信，信中表达了自己的三个心愿，她将信交给一位朋友，请朋友在她的丈夫重新寻得爱情之时将信寄出。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望5(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望5【导读】23年前一个10岁的小女生一时兴起，往海里扔下了漂流瓶，希望能收到回复。
后来发生了什么呢？More than two decades ago, a 10-year-old schoolgirl threw a bottle into the sea off the coast of Hull as she was on a family holiday, hoping to get a response from a stra nger in a faraway land.Inside the bottle was a scrawled letter from Zoe Lemon, a youngster with a love of "ballet, playing the flute and the piano", who had just boarded a ferry bound for a holiday in Germany.She told her prospective (预期的) recipients of her pet hamster and fish, both called Sparkle, and her parents who were both teachers.Miss Lemon, of Salford, Greater Manchester, soon forgot about her act of whimsy(奇思妙想), eventually marrying and having a child herself.But this Christmas she was staggered to receive a reply after 23 years.It turned out to be a reply to her letter from Piet and Jacqueline Lateur from near Rotterdam. Mr. Lateur was walking his dog in the Oosterschelde dykes, near where he and his wife live in Serooskerke, when he found the bott le with Zoe’s letter inside.Mrs Averianov, 33, who works in a jewellery shop, said: 'It’s been a bit crazy really. My parents came to visit on Christmas d ay and they ha d this letter from Europe addressed to my maiden name, Lemon.Since receiving the letter, Mrs Averianov has been in contact with Mr Lateur via email and asked to see photographs of where the bottle was found.He told her: 'I am keeping your little letter on my piano. I know you are no longer a little girl but you asked me to write you so I have.'Mrs Averianov’s father, John Lemon, 68, had encouraged his daughter to throw the message into the sea on a family holiday and now she is considering doing the same for her five-year-old son Maksim.She said: 'I’ll probably wait until he’s a bit old er and can understand and write a letter, but maybe we’ll do it by attaching it to a balloon.'【文章大意】23年前一个10岁的小女生一时兴起，往海里扔下了漂流瓶，希望能收到回复。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望9(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望9【导读】33岁的艾德•斯塔福德在经历了859天的徒步旅行之后，终于沿亚马逊河抵达了巴西北部的海岸，成为了世界上首位徒步走完亚马逊河全程的冒险家。
After 859 days and 6,000 miles，British explorer Ed Stafford became the first man to walk the entire length of the Amazon.He started in Peru，and finished his adventure as he reached the Maruda beach in Brazil.Mr. Stafford dropped at the side of the road a few hours before reaching his final destination.But he just stood up and made it to the Maruda beach on Brazil's northern coast，accompanied by Sanchez Rivera,31，who had been his partner during the last five months of the whole journey.Mr. Stafford，who always knew that it was possible to walk along the Amazon，said，“It had been quite a hard journey but I just couldn't consider giving up.”Although the Amazon meas ures 4,000 miles，he had to walk an extra 2,000 miles up and down mountains and through forests to accomplish it.He began on April 2,2008，with walking partner Luke Collyer,37，an instructor of outdoor activities.But before three months were out，the pair had a quarrel.They parted and Mr. Collyer returned to the UK.Mr. Stafford advertised for a new walking partner and was joined by Sanchez Rivera.The pair made their way through Peru，Colom bia and Brazil.In Peru，Mr. Stafford and his partner had be en put into prison as murder suspects.They were set free after 48 hours.After arriving at the destination，Mr. Stafford said，“All I want now are a fish dish and a nice cold beer.”Ranulph Fiennes，the world's leading explorer，spoke of Stafford's achievement，“One of th e most impressive aspects of his performance throughout this hard journey is Mr.Stafford's great determination to succeed.On an almost daily basis，he mus t have faced difficulties which would hold most people back.The strong will like his is truly needed b y anyone who wants to succeed.”【语篇解读】33岁的艾德·斯塔福德在经历了859天的徒步旅行之后，终于沿亚马逊河抵达了巴西北部的海岸，成为了世界上首位徒步走完亚马逊河全程的冒险家。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望6(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望6【导读】我们并非因为拥有很多而富有，却是因为我们（没钱却）能有意义的事情而富有。
We are not rich by what we possess but rather by what we can do without.——Immauel Kant1 Many times my friend June would say, “If I ever get rich, I’m getting a completely new wardrobe （大衣柜）and moving into a bigger apartment.” I thought of her words and her chances of being rich are about as good as mine. But, to everyone’s surprise, a few years ago June did come into a large inheritance（遗产）.2 At first June said very little about the money. As the initial shock di sappeared, she became excited. June is a great believer in making lists, so I wasn’t surprised to find her writing down all the ways she would spend her new we alth.3 As time went on, she started revising the list. What had been midway down the list was now at the top. At last, I said to her, “You know, it isn’t necessary to spend all your inheritance at once. Take some time; think about it.” “I know,I know,” she answered with a little bit anger.4 Then one morning June called, “I’ve decided how I want to use my new inheritance. I want to see what you think,” she said. This wasn’t something I looked forward to, but we had been friends so long.5 As we sat, June spread a sheet of paper on the table. To my great surprise, she had written only two words: Charities, and Grandchildren---in that order. Though I had promised to keep quiet, I couldn’t keep from asking how she came to this decision.6 “Well,” she said, “I took your advice and thought about it.” She added, “Helping others means a lot to me, so I’m hoping this gift will help people in need.”7 I interrupted, “But what about this big apartment you most hope to have?”8 “At first it was hard, but it doesn’t seem as important any more”, she answered with a smile.9 Then June moved her hand, and I could see a few words written in tiny letters at the bottom of the page. After having a look at the small print, I burst into laughter. June had written: AND one new wardrobe.【文章大意】作者讲述了自己朋友June在得到一笔大额遗产之后的心里变化，从开始的震惊到兴奋到犹豫到最后的毅然决然，决定要捐献给慈善机构以及自己的儿孙们，留给自己的只有买一个新的大衣柜的钱，说明主题：我们并非因为拥有很多而富有，却是因为我们（没钱却）能有意义的事情而富有。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望3(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望3请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
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【导读】同一件任务，同样的时间，为什么有的做得好，做的快呢？Two people—let’s call them Billy and Betty—both work at the same marketing firm. They have the exact same job description and work load and they both sit a t their desks and perform pretty much the sam e tasks. But at the end of the each day, Betty always does better than Billy.Is Betty smarter than her co-worker? Not really. Is Billy given fewer hours each day? No. Every person on Earth, regardless of the amount of money they have or where they are in the world, gets 24 hours in each day.Betty gets more things done each day because she knows how to use her time well. She applies specific productivity techniques and time management strategies that enable her to get things done quickly and easily.How would you like to be the Betty of your workplace? Follow the tips below. Write down your goalsDevelop the habit of writing down your goals and tasks. Write down your tasks every morning or the night before and let that to-do list guide you throughout the day. Having your goals on pape r and keeping them in front of you helps you stay focused on what you need to do. Your to-do list will give your day more structure. Break things downThe key to not getting trapped in too difficult tasks is to break them down into small, manageable tasks. Focus on one part at a time, and finish doing each part before moving on to the next one.Don’t multi-taskDo n’t fall into the trap of thinking that you’ll get more things done faster if you do them all at the same time. Doing so only leads to confusion and overwhelm. So avoid multitasking when you can. Instead, do only one thing at a time and stick to that task until you’ve done it.【文章大意】Billy and Betty是同在市场部工作，但Betty总是比Billy做得好。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望8(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望8【导读】面对眼前的美景，你会想到创造美景的人吗？Several times my daug hter had telephoned to say，“Mum, you must come and see the daffodils (水仙花) before they are over.”I wanted to go, but it was a twohour drive from Lake Arrowhead.“I will go next Tuesday，”I promised，a little unwillingly, on her third call.The next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I finally wa lked into Carolyn's house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said，“Forget the daffodils, Ca rolyn! The road is invisible (看不见的) in the cloud and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see！”My daughter smiled calmly and said，“We drive in this weather all the time, Mum. You will never forgive yourself i f you miss this experience.”After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a handlettered sign that read “Daffodil Garden”．We got out of the car and each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, we turned a co rner of the path, and I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most beautiful sight! There were five acres of flowers！“But who has done this？” I asked Carolyn.“It's just one woman，”Caroly n answered.“T hat's her home，” Carolyn pointed to a wellkept Aframe house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house. On the patio (平台), we saw a po ster.“Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking” was the headline.Th e first answer was a simple one.“50,000 bulbs (鳞茎)，”it read. The second answer was，“One at a time, by one woman.” The third answer was，“Began in 1958.”I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than fifty years before, had begun—one bulb at a time—to bring the beauty and joy to the mountain top.【语篇解读】一位女士，五十多年前开始种植水仙花。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望4(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望4【导读】一个小毛孩，竟然想给弟弟买豪车。
你会想到这样的事情吗？A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it."Is this your car, Mister?" he said.Paul nodded. "My brother gave it to me for Christmas." "You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? He hesitated.Of course Paul knew he wished he had a brother like that."I wish," the boy went on, "___________________."Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, adding, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?""Oh yes, I’d love that."After a short ride, the boy said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?"Paul smiled and thought he wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. "He ran up the steps. Then in a little whi le Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car."There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs.His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just l ike it."That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he said: "It is more blessed to give . . . "【文章大意】本文主要讲述的一个充满爱心的小男孩看到一辆漂亮的车，得知车是车的主人的哥哥送给车主的后，也想给自己残疾的弟弟买一辆这样的车。
高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望7(1)
2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望7【导读】工作究竟是为什么呢？只是挣钱养活自己吗？I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn't think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publ isher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfya deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.It takes confidence to make a new start —there's a dark period in-between where you're neither one thing nor the other. You're out for dinn er and people ask what you do, and you're too ashamed to say, "Well. I'm writing a novel, but I'm not quite sure if I'm going to get there." My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.Then I met an agent (代理商) who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there's no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract (合同) of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding(有回报的).【文章大意】工作究竟是为什么呢？只是挣钱养活自己吗？非也。
2022年高考英语阅读理解分主题专项强化05个人篇之计划愿望(原卷版)
2022年高考英语阅读理解分主题专项强化05个人篇之计划愿望Wealth starts with a goal saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy(策略). There are lessons in that time-honored coin-saving container.Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. If you wished to climb a 12,000-foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $3.93 a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account at 1% interest rate after-tax, you will have your trip money.When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. We associate piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good fortune and wealth. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Year’s Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, yes, but you have to put something in it.Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters(制陶工) made these inexpensive containers from an orange-colored clay(黏土) called “pygg,” and folks saved coins in pygg jars. The Middle En glish word for pig was “pigge”. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the clay, as “pug”, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the “i” as in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shapeof a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was born.Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money--- college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely.1．What is the piggy bank strategy?A．Paying 1% income tax at a time.B．Setting a goal before making a travel plan.C．Aiming high even when doing small things.D．Putting aside a little money regularly for future use.2．Why did the writer’s parents give him a piggy bank as a gift?A．To delight him with the latest fashion.B．To encourage him to climb mountains.C．To help him form the habit of saving.D．To teach him English pronunciation.3．What does the underlined word “something”(Paragraph 3) most probably refer to?A．Money B．GiftsC．Financial success D．Good luckFood Allergy and Special Dietary NeedsOur District will have a School Nutrition Program which shall provide individualized menus or food preparations for students who are unable to have the meals normally served at our school as required by their individual education plan (IEP) or health plan. Read the following information carefully so that we are on the same page.PARENTAL ASSISTANCEYou will be asked to:•Inform the school principal of any food allergy or special dietary needs related to a disabling condition or medical necessity.• Provide medical information from a District-approved recognized medical authority(RMA).• Offer updated medical information as requested by the District.• Participate in any meeting or discussion regarding the students’ meal plan.• Notify the school of any change related to the food allergy or special dietary ne eds.SCHOOL SITE RESPONSIBILITIES• Find out children requiring special dietary change.•The principal shall refer students with special dietary needs (o special services as required by law.• The nurses shall make teachers and students aware of allergy al ert identification. Prevention needed related to field trips and classroom parties, strategies and other issues necessary to promote student safety.• Monitor and update the IEP or health plan as needed.DISTRICT NUTRITION SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES•We will provide food item services and individualized menus for students according to medical need. Menus will not be changed because of personal preference.• We will train school medical staff on how to react to food allergies and food-related emergencies and how to change menus.• We will maintain special dietary information on each student identified as having special dietary needs and update this information as needed.4．Who will probably be served with an individualized menu?A．All disabled students.B．Each unhealthy student.C．Students with a food allergy.D．Students with a taste preference.5．Which of the following statements is true?A．RMA is involved in planning students' meals.B．Students are required to update the health plan.C．The teachers train students to identify allergies.D．The District provides services and specific instructions.6．Where can this text be possibly found?A．A clinic notice. B．A guideline for parents.C．A medical journal. D．A school yearbook.After nearly two months of relative silence among new waves ofCOVID-19 pandemic infection in Japan, organizers of Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday released the first of playbooks that will instruct athletes, officials and members of the news media on the procedures they must follow at the rescheduled Games.Already delayed by a year, the opening ceremony is now a little more than 120 days away. Organizers must find a way to accommodate and ensure the safety of more than 10,000 athletes who view this summer as the result of years of sacrifice and training.For now, the best that organizers could offer were the outlines of a plan. Athletes and other attendees will not be required to be vaccinated (接种疫苗) or to quarantine (隔离) on arrival in Japan, but they will be subject to severe restrictions on movement and socializing. All athletes will be required to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of their departure for Japan and give in to another test on arrival.The organizers said the documents were not an end. They would wait until spring to decide if audiences will be permitted to travel to Tokyo. If fans are eventually allowed to attend, the documents suggest they be asked to express support for athletes only in the form of clapping, rather than singing or chanting. To track outbreaks, visitors from abroad will have to file a list of everyone they have close contact with during that initial 14-day period.Olympic officials see some reason for optimism. In many parts of the world, professional sporting events have been held for months, though often with very few or no spectators at all, and nothing as large as the Summer Games.7．Which is a function of the playbooks according to Paragraph 1?A．Guiding athletes into facilities. B．Teaching athletes to follow the steps of the Games. C．Informing reporters of upcoming events. D．Training officials in organizational work.8．What will athletes be required to do on arriving in Japan?A．To prove COVID-19 negative with a test.B．To be banned from moving around and socializing.C．To test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of arrival.D．To be vaccinated and to quarantine for at least 72 hours.9．Which of the following can be concluded from the text?A．The playbooks mark the end of preparations for the Olympics.B．Foreigners won’t be vaccinated because the pandem ic will have ended.C．Foreigners will report their initial 14-day’s close contacts.D．Foreign visitors will flood to Japan to watch the Olympics.10．What is the prospect of the Tokyo Olympiad?A．It will be ever the most successful sporting event.B．It is still unpredictable with uncertainties.C．The number of spectators will be small.D．Athletes worldwide will participate regardless of the pandemic.“We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds… Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I’m convinced that humans need to leave Earth.” These are the words of the famous scientist Stephen Hawking, spoken at a science festival in Norway in 2017, a year before his death.Hawking was not alone in this view. Many experts feel that the only way for humanity to last far into the future is to colonize(移民于) other planets. That way, if a terrible disease, nuclear war or some other disaster strikes Earth, civilization as we know it would still have a chance. Mars is one of the most attractive destinations. NASA, the United Arab Emirates, the private company SpaceX, and the organization Mars One all have plans to send humans there. “Either we spread Earth to other planets, or we risk going extinct,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk said at a conference in 2013.But not everyone agrees that colonizing Mars or any other planet is such a great plan. The most common argument against going is that it’s just too expensive or dangerous. It will take huge amounts of money and other res ources just to get people there, let alone set up a place for them to live. It’s not even clear if humans could survive on Mars. One of the biggest dangers there is deadly radiation that ruins the planet.Maybe all the time and money people would pour into a Mars mission would be better spent on more urgent projects here on Earth, like dealing with poverty or climate change. Some experts argue that handling a problem like an asteroid(小行星) strike or disease outbreak while staying here on Earth would be much easier and less expensive than surviving on a new planet.In addition, moving to a new planet could harm or destroy anything that already lives there. Mars seems uninhabited, but it could possibly host micro-organism like. Human visitors may destroy this life or permanently change or damage the Martian environment. Some feel that’s too much of a risk to take. 11．Why did the author mention NASA, the United Arab Emirates, SpaceX and Mars One?A．To stress the risk of dying out on Earth.B．To provide evidence f or Hawking’s theory.C．To show growing intention of moving to Mars.D．To explain the advanced technology in astronomy.12．What can we learn from the passage?A．It is costly and risky to colonize Mars.B．Civilization is difficult to maintain on Earth.C．Poverty is the most urgent problem to handle.D．All the time and money should be spent on Earth.13．What does the underlined word “uninhabited” mean in the last paragraph?A．not steady to keep. B．not fit to live on.C．not easy to approach. D．not safe to set foot on.14．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A．Mars, Our Future Planet.B．Moving to A New Planet.C．Should We Colonize Mars?D．Stay Home or Outer Space?We spend hours, days and years of our lives in school. Imagine you could design your dream school, what would it be like? What would you be doing? We wanted to find out what teenagers around the world thought. Here is what they said:Richard from the USA: My dream school would have a big swimming pool and two soccer fields. It would also have a cinema, a gym and a shopping centre. My school has none of these, and I think there should be more pleasant things for students to do while they are studying.Sonia from Italy: I’d like a room where we can relax and play computer games. I’d also like to have a music room. I think there should be a place for everyone to go and relax after class.Wu from Beijing: I think it would be great to have another day off every week, besides the weekend. If that day was a Friday or a Monday, we would have a long weekend every week. What fun! I also think school should start later, at about 10 o’clock, and finish earlier.Hannah from Australia: In my dream school, I think the teachers should give us more freedom and choice about how we study and what we study. I also think it’s not necessary for us to wear school uniforms every day. I really don’t like wearing it.15．Which country is NOT mentioned in the passage?A．Italy B．Japan C．Australia D．China16．From the passage, we know that_________.A．Sonia from Italy would like a room where she can relax and play computer gamesB．Richard from the USA thinks his dream school should start at 10 o’clockC．Hannah from Australia likes wearing a school uniform every dayD．Wu from Beijing thinks it would be great to have two more days off each week17．Which is the best title for the passage?A．Schools in the past B．Schools todayC．Dream schools. D．School livesDillion,Would you like to deepen your understanding of diversity, equality,and inclusion (DEI) as it relates to the field of English language teaching? You're invited to join online conversations on these topics as part of a new reading club in the Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Community, accessible through my TESOL. Each week there will be a new article used as a basis for the discussion.In Week 1, August 9-15, we will discuss "Black Teachers of English in South Korea: Constructing Identities as a Native English Speaker and English Language Teaching Professional" with author Quanisha D．Charles. Throughout the week, the author will post questions for discussion for participants to discuss within the discussion group.In Week 2, August 16-22, we will discuss "On Issues of Discrimination and Prejudice: What Can TESOL Practitioners Do to Support and Advocate for Refugee Students?" with author Chatwara SuwanamaiDuran. Suwanamai will post the initial question(s) for discussion and will take part in the discussion.To participle, join the online community in my TESOL. More details can be found at TESOL International Association website https:////dei-reading-clubWe look forward to having many meaningful and thoughtful exchanges with you.18．This piece of information is sent by___.A．DEI B．TESOL International AssociationC．Quanisha D．Charles D．Chatwara Suwannamai Duran19．What is this email aimed at?A．Asking Dillion to learn how to teach English.B．Asking Dillion to become a TESOL Practitioner.C．Inviting Dillion to take part in online discussions.D．Inviting Dillion to exchange thoughts about my TESOL.20．What will be talked about with Suwannamai?A．Becoming a TESOL practitioner.B．Identities as an English teacher.C．Helping refugee students.D．Discrimination in South Korea.When it’s five o’clock, people leave their office. The length of the workday, for many workers, is defined by time. They leave when the clock tells them they’re done.These days, the time is everywhere: not just on clocks or watches, but on cell-phones and computers. That may be a bad thing, particularly at work. New research shows on that clock-based work schedules hinder morale (士气) and creativity.Clock-timers organize their day by blocks of minutes and hours. For example: a meeting from 9 am to 10 a.m., research from 10 a.m. to noon, etc. On the other hand, task-timers have a list of things they want to accomplish. They work down the list, each task starts when the previous task is completed. It is said that all of us employ a mix of both these types of planning.What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga—by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under “clock time” vs “task time.” They found clock timers to be more efficient but less happy because they felt little control over their lives. Task timers are happier and more creative, but less productive. They tend to enjoy the moment when something good is happening, and seize opportunities that come up.The researchers argue that task-based organizing tends to be undervalued and under-supported in the business culture. Smart companies, they believe, will try to bake more task-based planning into their strategies.This might be a small change to the way we view work and the office, but the researchers argue that it challenges a widespread characteristic of the economy: work organized by clock time. While most people will still probably need, and be, to some extent, clock-timers, task-based timing should be used whenperforming a job that requires more creativity. It’ll make those tasks easier, and the task-doers will be happier.21．What is the way people often do their work according to the author?A．They give priority to the most urgent task on hand.B．They set a time limit for each specific task.C．They accomplish their tasks one by one.D．They combine clock-based and task-based planning.22．What did the researchers find in their experiments about clock-timers?A．They tend to be more productive. B．They always get their work done in time.C．They seize opportunities as they come up. D．They have more control over their lives.23．What do the researchers say about tod ay’s business culture?A．It does not support the strategies adopted by smart companies.B．It attaches more importance to work efficiency than to workers’ lives.C．It does not lay enough emphasis on task-based practice.D．It aims to bring employees’ potenti al and creativity into full play.24．From the passage, we can conclude that ?A．It is important to keep a balance between work and life.B．Performing creative jobs tends to make workers happier.C．Task-based timing is preferred for doing creative work.D．A scientific standard should be adopted in job evaluation.I always dreamed of studying abroad, to learn at a world-class university while further exploring the grounds on which these nations achieved new milestones of development with each passing day.To study abroad after my graduation, I could not stop seeking my dream. To take the first step, I did some brainstorming and explored opportunities on the Internet and finally decided to go for China. There were a number of reasons behind it - its advanced education system and thousands of centuries of rich culture inspired me to study there. The primary one was my curiosity how a nation has left many nations behind in a short time at its fast pace of development.So just like that, I applied, along with some of my friends, for a master's degree program at Communication University of China. I was the only one who got selected in the said program and in addition, the Chinese Scholarship Council sponsored all of my expenses. This good news was welcomed by my family.This is my seventh month in Beijing. In my experience so far, one thing that appeared to be missing was the internship (实习)which I tried to find because I want to work here after completion of my studies. After some struggles I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to work as an intern with the Center for China and Globalization (CCG). It' s very exciting to work on their team as a researcher. Now I can proudly say that my decision to choose China as a study destination was the best decision I have ever made. 25．The writer writes the first paragraph mainly to .A．encourage people to pursue dreamsB．summarize the main idea of the textC．explain the reason for writing the passageD．add some background information26．What is the most important reason for the author coming to China?A．China's rich culture.B．His curiosity.C．China's advanced education system.D．His family's support.27．What can we learn about the author from the last paragraph?A．He is most proud of living in China.B．He wants to be a researcher in his own country in the future.C．He plans to work in China after graduation.D．He found a job upon arriving in Beijing.28．What can be a suitable title for the text?A．Learning and Working in ChinaB．Travel Experiences in ChinaC．Realization of Dreams in ChinaD．Importance of Having DreamsWith news that many countries in Europe are reopening to tourism in time for summer, travelers with their sights set on Asia are anxiously awaiting word on when they’ll be given the green light to visit their favorite destination. As of now, those with Thailand in mind will need to wait at least a few more months before packing their bags.“It is still dependent on the outbreak situation, but I think at the earliest, we may see the return of tourists could be the fourth quarter of this year,” Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TA T), said.And even then, he says, there will likely be restrictions on who can visit and where they can go. “We are not going to open a ll at once,” he adds. “We are still on high alert, we just can’t let our guards down yet. We have to look at the country of origin (of the travelers) to see if their situation has truly improved. And lastly, we have to see whether our own business operator s are ready to receive tourists under the ‘new normal’.” Basically, a country will open borders with destinations that also have their coronavirus(新冠病毒) situation under control. Once Thailand does open to international tourists, they’ll likely only be able to visit certain spots, says Yuthasak. “We have studied a possibility of offering special long-stay packages in isolated and closed areas where health monitoring can be easily controlled -- for example, Koh Pha Ngan and Koh Samui. This will be beneficial for both tourists and local residents, since this is almost a kind of quarantine(隔离).”Yuthasak says they’re finishing up a framework to restart tourism, but baby steps are needed to relight international tourism. “The next step is bilateral agreements between countries,” he says. “Thailand’s good standing in the face of the crisis with China, along with strong demand, make it a logical short-term solution for overseas tourism to return to the Kingdom.” For now, Thailand isn’t taking any chances and thecou ntry’s borders are firmly shut.29．When will Thailand reopen to tourists according to Yuthasak Supasorn ?A．We don’t know yet.B．Maybe in two months.C．Perhaps about in October. D．At the end of this year.30．How will the Thailand government decide who can visit ?A．They will ask where the tourists will go.B．They will send guards to follow the tourists.C．They will ask business operators to decide.D．They will check where the tourists come form.31．What will happen when Thailand reopen to international tourists ?A．Tourists can’t visit spots as many as they like.B．Tourists will stay in isolated and closed areas.C．Tourists will get food and drink form government.D．Tourists can’t stay long in Thailand.32．What can be the title of this passage ?A．Come and visit Thailand. B．Thailand isn’t reopening yet.C．Thailand’s tourism is back to life.D．Why tourists like Thailand.Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险)but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.Aft er the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.Larry’s first expedition without his father w as in the Cayman Islands. There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them. Fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different Spots for free. Larry didn’t even know what the time was, how many spo ts he dived into or how many photographs he had taken. The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.Larry looked at his daughter. She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age. He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. Already, she looked like she was much braver than had beenthen. This was the key to a successful underwater expedition. 33．In what way was this expedition different for Larry?A．His daughter had grown up.B．He had become a famous diver.C．His father would dive with him.D．His daughter would dive with him.34．What can be inferred from Paragraph2?A．Larry had some privileges.B．Larry liked the rented diving suits.C．Divers had to buy diving equipment.D．Ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.35．Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes? A．To protect himself from danger.B．To dive into the deep water.C．To admire the underwater view.D．To take photo more conveniently.36．What can be learned from the underlined sentence?A．Larry didn’t wear a watch.B．Larry was not good at math.C．Larry had a poor memory.D．Larry enjoyed the adventure.37．What did Larry expect his daughter to do?A．Become a successful diver.B．Make a good diving guide.C．Take a lot of photo underwater.D．Have longer hours of training.。
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2014年高三英语阅读复习第五期计划愿望2【导读】人生无常，出于困境或身陷残疾，也要身残志坚，活出精彩！I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what red color is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity can do strange things to people.It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I w ould have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes.I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left. Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me —a potential to live, you might call it ——which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness. The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball, I thought he was mocking me and I was hurt. “I can’t use this,” I said. “Take it with you,” he urged me,” and roll it around. “The words stuck in my head.” Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.All my life I have set ahead of is a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress. 【文章大意】4岁那年我从货场一辆棚车头着地摔下来，双目失明。
有一天我突然想到，倘若我不是盲人，我或许不会变得像现在这样热爱生活。
我必须学会的最艰难的一课就是相信自己。
我给自己树立了一系列目标，然后努力去达到，一次一个。
我有时也有失败，但至少有进步。
【信息提取】1.How long is it since the author suffered the accident?A. Four yearsB. Fourteen yearsC. eighteen yearsD. twenty-eight years2.What made the author appreciate life better?A. Being blindB. Being olderC. The others’ helpD. Life itself3.Who helped the author to fight for life?A. himselfB. his teachersC. his parentsD. his parents and teachers4.From the passage we can know the author is______.A.determined.B. proudC. poor.D. nervous.【解析】1. D 细节理解题。
根据地一段I lost my sight when I was four years old by fallingoff a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. NowI am thirty-two.可知答案。
2. A. 细节理解题。
根据第二段可知答案。
3. D. 细节理解题。
根据But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw somethingin me —a potential to live, you might call it ——which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.可知答案。
4.A从文章可以看出作者有坚强的决心和毅力。
【词汇扩充】1.appreciate vi. 增值；涨价 vt. 欣赏；感激You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation.看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。
I'd appreciate some feedback on my work.如果有人对我的工作提出意见我将感激不尽.2.adjustment n.调解，调整；调节器They should make adjustment to the new environment.他们应进行调整以适应新环境。
The company made an adjustment in my salary.公司对我的薪金作了调整。
The process of adjustment to life in another country can be very difficult.适应另一国家的生活可能会非常困难。
3.discover vt.发现；碰见；撞见；获得知识We have to discover his plans and act accordingly.我们得找出他的计划，照着办。
The police are trying to discover the identity of the killer.警方正努力调查杀人凶手的身份。
An inquest was held to discover the cause of death.对死亡原因进行了调查。
4.strengthen vt.加强，巩固；勉励，激励We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.石头是刀的朋友，障碍是意志的朋友。
Two divisions were ordered up to strengthen a weak point in the line.两个师被调到前线去加强一个薄弱环节。
【长难句分析】1.It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind.【句意】有一天我突然想到，倘若我不是盲人，我或许不会变得像现在这样热爱生活。
【分析】It occurred to sb. that 某人突然想起。
that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind.是一个虚拟语气。
2. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life.【句意】如做不到这一点，我的精神就会崩溃，只能坐在前门廊的摇椅中度过余生。