2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材107-精选教育文档
2014届高考英语一轮复习 话题阅读素材108
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材108Drawbacks of Public SchoolingJohn Taylor Gatto had just been named New York State Teacher of the Year nine years ago when he made a shocking announcement. After teaching 26 years in New York City public schools, he was quitting saying he could no longer continue to "hurt kids". Since then, Mr. Gatto has written and lectured extensively on the negative effects of compulsory schooling, which he believes, has become a destructive activity to lock people up and drill them and confine them with low-level abstractions.The following are excerpts from a recent interview:1. On why he wrote the book The Underground History of EducationI had a need to understand after 30 years of fairly successful teaching why the business had evolved the way it had. The first thing I learned was that the school world is not independent, but a subordinate industry to government and industry and commerce.2. On testingThere's no teacher worth his or her salt who, inside of a period at the start of a year, doesn't know who's going to get the As, who's going to get the Bs, who's going to cause trouble ... How do you know when you get a good haircut? You look in the mirror.What we've allowed to happen is for normal good judgment and wisdom to be set aside for some kind of mathematical scale. There's nothing a standardized test measures other than your ability to score well on the next standardized test.3. Some assumptions made in modern schoolingGovernment school is a central force of social cohesion. The certifiable expertise of school-teachers is superior to laypeople. Children will inevitably grow apart from parents in beliefs as they grow older, and this process must be encouraged.4. On curriculumThere is no scientific evidence justifying any particular subject selection, any sequence of subjects, any internal arrangements of time. There is no body of knowledge inaccessible to a motivated elementary school student. The rationing of learning by age is indefensible.5. On the role of the teacherThe balance of responsibility was once divided much differently. The assumption was that the kid would do 90 percent of the work and the teacher 10 percent. Sometime around the turn of the 20th century, that assumption was deliberately reversed.6. On the future of schoolsThe most effective reform is home-school revolution. Approximately 2 million people from all social classes and cultural backgrounds, in effect, set up privatelabs of education.。
高考英语一轮复习读后续写精讲精练：读后续写素材4(环境描写)
【素材3】It was raining and cold when we went out to eat.We found a small restaurant poorly decorated for the holiday.Only five tables in the restaurant were taken.There were two German couples, two French families and an American sailor, by himself.They were eating in stony silence except the sailor.While eating, he was writing a letter, and a half-smile lit up his face.In the corner a piano player was listlessly playing Christmas music. 我们出去吃饭时,天正在下雨,很冷。我们发现一家小餐馆装修得很差,不适合过节。 餐馆里只有五张桌子被占满了。有两对德国夫妇,两个法国家庭和一个美国水手, 独自一人。除了那个水手,大家都在沉默地吃东西。他边吃边写信,脸上露出了一 丝微笑。一个钢琴师在角落里无精打采地弹奏着圣诞乐曲。
【素材6】“I’ll tell you in the morning,” she said.“When the first light comes into the sky and the sparrows stir and the cows rattle their chains, when the rooster crows and the stars fade, when early cars whisper along the highway, you look up here and I’ll show you something.”“我明天早上再告诉你,”她说。“当第一缕曙光出现在天空中, 麻雀跳来跳去,母牛咔塔咔塔地摇着它们的链子,当公鸡鸣叫,星星隐没,当早班车 在高速公路上发出声响时,你抬头看这里,我会给你看一样东西。”
高考英语学业水平测试一轮复习 书面表达 话题2 家庭、朋友与周围的人
话题2 家庭、朋友与周围的人(Family，friends and people around)Ⅰ.话题相关词汇1．祖先ancestor2．亲属；亲戚relative3．祖辈father4．家人family members5．邻居neighbour6．警察；巡警policeman7．会计；会计师accountant8．建筑师；设计师architect9．药剂师；化学家chemist10．诗人poet11．物理学家physicist12．教授professor13．记者；新闻通讯员newspaper reporter/journalist/interviewer14．教师；教员teacher15．训练人；教练trainer16．翻译家；译者translator17．同事；工友workmate18．专家expert/specialist19．运动员athlete/trainee/sportsman/player20．友谊friendship21．诚实honesty22．敏感的sensitive23．友好的friendly24．珍贵的precious25．通情达理的understanding26．仁慈的kind/merciful27．勇敢的brave/courageous28．时髦的fashionable/modern29．无价的priceless30．积极的；主动的 active31．无私的 selfless/unselfish32．体贴的 considerate33．精力旺盛的 energetic34．诚实的；正直的 honest35．完美的；极好的 perfect36．个人的；私人的 personal/private37．灵巧的，伶俐的；聪明的 smart38．挑战的 challenging39．热情的；热心的 enthusiastic40．代替；顶替 instead41．乐意地 willingly42．故意地 deliberatelyⅡ.话题相关词组1．熟知某人 know sb. well/be familiar ⎩⎪⎨⎪⎧with to2．和某人交朋友 make friends with sb.3．坚强的意志 a strong will4．一个亲密的朋友 a close friend5．相互信任 trust each other6．与……分享…… share...with sb.7．对……忠诚 be loyal to8．与……保持联系 keep in touch with sb.9．守信用；履行诺言 keep one's promise/word10．照顾 look after /take care of11．看不起；轻视 look down upon12．炫耀 show off13．坚持 stick to doing sth.14．向某人求助 turn to sb. for help/ask sb. for help15．乐意干某事 be willing to do sth.16．发展友谊 build up friendship17．训练某人干某事 train sb. to do sth./train sb. as...18．对……有热情 be enthusiastic about doing sth.19．面对挑战 face the challenge20．提供帮助offer help to sb.21．代替instead of/take the place of22．故意on purpose/by designⅢ.实用句型1．他不是个随和的人，很难相处好。
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材8
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材8Two Basic Ways to See GrowthThere are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external result or product that can be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language -- all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition, it is a journey and not the specific signposts and landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution and courage, as they encounter new experiences and unexpected obstacles. In their process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to confront the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may fail at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow. Do we perceive ourselves as quick and curious? If so, then we tend to take more chances and to be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we are shyand indecisive? Then our sense of timidity can cause us to hesitate, to move more slowly, and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe. Do we think we are slow to adapt to change or that we are not smart enough to cope with a new challenge? Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not to try at all.These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not confront and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we cease to grow. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.。
高考英语一轮新模式第三部分读后续写3写作方法二倒读碎片拼读法素材
I started taking the wheel off, and then, if you can believe it, I broke his tire iron. No worries: He handed it to his wife, and she was gone in a flash down the road to buy a new tire iron. She was back in 15 minutes. We finished the job, and I was a very happy man.
与续写段落开头语中的“纸袋子”可以产生呼应的已知细 节有：女孩父亲拒绝接受“我”给的20美元这个细节，展现出 这一家子助人为乐，不求回报的优良品质；所以对于“我”又 偷偷将钱塞给女孩母亲这个细节，我们可合理构思如下情节 ：纸袋子中除了一些食物，还有他们归还的20美元。如此可 达到续写故事与已给短文的呼应和合理发展的目的，以求更 好地符合续写故事与已给故事融洽度高这一要求。
这样写：词汇推进之碎片拼图续写法! 1. 根据所读信息和词汇推进原则，分别在第一、二段 所给开头语后补上续写第一句。其中，黑体字为故事 发展的词汇推进和呼应。
When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I’d had lunch. Not until then did I realize it was well past one o’clock and I had not had anything yet. I shrugged awkwardly…
He sized up the situation and called for his daughter, who spoke English. He conveyed through her that he had a jack but that it was too small for the Jeep, so we would need something to support it. Then he got a saw(锯子) from the truck and cut a section out of a big log on the side of the road. We rolled it over and put his jack on top, and we were in business.
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材7
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材7paralleled that of Pearl Harbor and Kennedy assassination. We will be talking about the disastrous effect this day had on our country, and our lives as individuals, for years to come.It wasn't until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy. People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant. Little things that seemed to be such a bother are no longer a big deal. Personally, I'm more patient than ever. I realize life is too short, and too precious to let myself get upset over trivial things. Life is also too short to carry resentments and so I've become more forgiving and understanding. I've also learned that you can't take things for granted. Things change in the blank of an eye. People go to work and don't come back. One minute they're living and next minute they are not. And it doesn't matter who you are; there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our lives will be over. So we need to make the most of every minute we have.You try to learn from what happened. You can't be consumed by it. All you can do is just live.。
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材80
2019届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材80 Civil Rights Movement against Segregation in the USDuring and after World War II, challenges to segregation became more common and more successful. Three major factors accounted for this:-- The Great MigrationThe great migration was the movement of blacks from the Southern states to the Northern and Western ones for a range of reasons including better jobs, better schools, and a less racist environment. It began during World War I, continued during the 1930s, and expanded dramatically in the 1940s and 1950s. The great migration introduced millions of blacks to a world in which formal segregation did not exist and basic facilities, like transportation, restaurant, and public bathrooms, were open to all people. However, the North was not without racism. Blacks could not move to certain neighborhoods, were denied access to many jobs, and were informally segregated. But, despite segregation and exclusion by individuals, unions, and employers, blacks who moved to the North were able to love without the oppression of day-to-day segregation. They were thus better able to oppose legalized segregation in the South.-- Changes in American PoliticsWhile the great migration changed how black Americans lived, the Great Depression of the 1930s and the New Deal altered Americanpolitics by setting a precedent for government activism. The administration of President Franklin Roosevelt assumed a new role of intervening in society to ensure jobs, justice, and the prosperity of the American people, who were severely affected by the Depression. Roosevelt himself was liberal on race and appointed blacks to high offices. The president's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, made clear her hatred for segregation. In a gesture that symbolized a sharp break with previous administrations, she invited the National Council of Negro Women to have tea at the White House. By the eve of World War II, black voters regularly elected officials in a number of Northern states. These newly elected officials actively fought against segregation and racism although not always successfully.-- Social and Cultural ChangesA final drive to the civil rights movement was World War II. The struggle against Nazism forced some Americans to reconsider the legitimacy of racism in the United States. The Holocaust of six million Jews, merely because of their ethnicity, led some Americans to realize that racism could be a threat to democracy itself. Blacks also served in the military in unprecedented numbers. Thus, the war experience thought many people that equality was possible. Following the war, black veterans returned with a new sense of purpose. Joining them in the struggle against segregation was a better-educated and financially moresecure black middle class and working class living in the North. Many blacks had earned high wages in war industries, were members of industrial unions, and politically active. Finally, the postwar world forced the government to face the threat that segregation posed to international relations. After the war, many colonies in Asia and Africa gained their independence from European domination. At the same time, the Cold War struggle with the Communist Government of USSR forced the United States to seek the good will of these nations. Segregation undermined the nation's ability to negotiate with these new nations while giving the USSR ammunition in its propaganda war against the United States. Leaders of the American foreign policy establishment urged an end to segregation at home as a way of fighting Communism abroad.。
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材68-word
2019届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材68 Some Kids Are OrchidsMost of us think we know the kind of kid who becomes a killer, and most of the time we are right. Boys commit about 85% of all youth homicides, and in those cases about 90% conform to a pattern in which the line from bad parenting and bad environment is usually clear. Through my work, I see these boys in the courtroom and in prison with depressing regularity. Their lives start with abuse, neglect and emotional deprivation at home. Add the effects of racism, poverty, and the drug and gang cultures, and it is not surprising that in a violent society like ours, damaged children become deadly teens.But what about the other 10% of kids who kill: the boys who have loving parents and are not poor? What about smart privileged boys like Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris who killed over a dozen schoolmates in Columbine School? Are their parents to blame when these kids become killers? I have learned as a researcher in youth homicide cases that the answer is usually no.Most children are like dandelions; they thrive if given half a chance. Some are more like orchids. They do fine while young enough to be nurtured by loving parents, but wilt asadolescents subjected to peer competition, bullying and rejection, particularly in big high schools. Research shows that while most fragile children do fine in early childhood, 50% have significant adjustment problems once they enter adolescence. Then children respond to the influence of peers and the larger culture in the neighborhood and the nation. The US youth homicide rate is about 10 times higher than in Canada.The "normal" culture of adolescence today contains elements that are so nasty that it becomes hard for parents and teachers to distinguish what in a teenager's talk, dress and taste in music, films and video games indicate psychological trouble and what is simply a sign of the times. Most kids who adopt the Mafia lifestyle, or have multiple body piercings, or listen to savage music, or play the video game Doom are normal kids caught in a toxic culture.Intelligent kids with good social skills can be quite skillful at hiding who they really are from their parents. They may do this to avoid punishment, to escape being identified as "crazy", or to protect the parents they love from being disappointed or worried. Klebold successfully hid his inner turmoil from his loving parents. Anyway, how many parents are capable of thinking the worst of their son -- for example, thathe has murderous fantasies, or that he could go so far as to acting them out? Even if parents know their child as an individual, they may not understand what he is capable of when in company of another boy. Though it appears from public accounts that Harris was more prone t violence than Klebold, neither kid was likely to go on this killing rampage alone.I think many of us are too ready to blame good parents for how their children cope with a violent and coarse society. Even loving, attentive parents can lose children who are temperamentally vulnerable -- if they develop a secret life, get caught up in the dark side of the culture and form dangerous peer alliances. And that's the scary part for any parent to acknowledge.。
高考英语一轮复习读后续写精讲精练：读后续写素材2(心理描写)
【素材9】I went to her office, asking shyly whether I could attend the writing competition. She replied, “Of course! I have faith in you.”Seeing her shining smile, a current of happiness swept through me.At first, I had no idea what to write, but suddenly an idea flashed into my mind.Why not share my story with Mrs White—My Beautiful Snow White? 我去了她的办公室,害羞地问她我能不能参加写作比赛。她回答说:“当然!我对你 有信心。”看到她灿烂的笑容,一股幸福的暖流涌上心头。起初,我不知道该写什 么,但突然一个想法在我脑海中闪现。为什么不把我的故事告诉我美丽的白雪公 主夫人呢?
【素材7】With tears of gratitude rolling down his cheeks,Peter said thankfully, “You’ve saved me today.I couldn’t thank you enough.” It was very moving to see how much strangers could care for each other.He smiled with gratitude as he accepted the flowers given by a small boy.Touched deeply, the crowd clapped ter, knowing what had happened, his mother shed tears of joy and gratitude.感激的泪水顺 着他的脸颊滚落,彼得感激地说:“你今天救了我。我怎么感谢你也不为过。”看到 陌生人如此关心彼此,真是令人感动。他感激地微笑着接受了一个小男孩送给他 的花。群众深受感动,热烈鼓掌。后来,他的母亲知道发生了什么事,流下了喜悦和 感激的眼泪。
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材11
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材11 The Theory of Cosmetic RelativityI am the kind of person who likes to be on time for things. I like to be early. Let's say I need to catch a flight leaving at 4 pm. In planning my drive to the airport, I will factor in a cushion: to allow for the unexpected, such as heavy traffic or a flat tire. Usually I am at the gate, ticket out, no later than 7:14 am. My wife is the other kind of person. For her, the ideal way to catch a plane would be to arrive at the airport as the plane was taking off. She'd stand at the end of the runway, and as the plane flew over her, it would snatch her up with a big hook.Part of this is a culture difference. I grew up in Wasp household, and my wife grew up in a Cuban household. Wasps tend to follow schedules strictly; Cubans tend to be more relaxed. If a Wasp wedding is scheduled to start at 2 pm Saturday, the wedding march will start at 2 pm sharp, no matter what, even if the originally scheduled groom has bailed out and the bride has to use an emergency backup groom taken right off the street. Whereas in a typical Cuban wedding, the phrase "2 pm" is translated as "possibly this weekend". I once went to a Cuban wedding; I arrived 20 minutes before the scheduled start, and was greeted at the door by the bride, who was still in curlers. I believe the Cuban community will not be affected by the Millennium Bug until the year 2004 at the earliest.But the difference between my wife and me is also gender-related.Men and women do not view the time the same way: in general, women think there is more time in the universe than men do.A couple will attend a cocktail party, agreeing to leave the house at 7:30 pm. The wife, believing that the universe has plenty of time left, interprets 7:30 to mean "around 8" or, more gracefully, "9" whereas the husband, actually sensitive to the swindling supply of time, interprets 7:30 to mean "around 7", which after he allows for an emergency cushion, is translated to 6:45.By 7:25, the husband is a nervous wreck. By his figuring, they are almost two hours late for the party. So he tries to alert her to the urgency of the situation via the Universal Husband Signaling Method, which is jingling his keys. This makes is wife crazy. She's thinking, "Why is he jingling already? We have tons of time!" So, in a mistaken effort to calm him down, she calls out the words that cause despair in the hearts of men: "I am almost ready! I am just putting on my make-up!" To the husband, these two statements contradict each other. It is like saying "You can believe me! I am Bill Clinton!" Because to the husband, "I'm just putting on my make-up" means "I'm painstakingly applying 450 coats of beauty products to my face using an applicator the width of a human hair."Granted, the wife can do this in seven minutes, but it means much longer to the husband because of Albert Einstein's Theory of Cosmetic Relativity, which states "every minute that a wife spends putting onmakeup is experienced as 45 minutes by a husband who has reached the key-jingling stage." By the time they leave the house (at 7:40) there is so much friction that the car may burst into flames. If they make it to the party, the husband, trying to keep on schedule, will immediately want to leave.。
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材13
2019届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材13 MotorismThe scene is a petrol station somewhere in England. A queue of cars stretches back over a kilometer down the road. As vehicles move slowly towards the pumps, the air fills with the sound of the car horns. People are getting frustrated and angry. Suddenly a fight starts. Two respectable-looking men in business suits are hitting each other. One has accused the other of jumping the queue. The British petrol crisis started in Sep. 2019, and car owners began panic buying. Many are genuinely worried about being able to get to work. But many more had no need for petrol. They still waited for hours to put tiny amounts in the fuel tank. Others wasted their fuel driving from place to place trying to buy more. Soon a serious shortage developed.Things are back to normal now. But the big scare has raised lots of questions about the effect of car culture on society in general. According to sociologists, a motorist is not just a person who uses a car to go from one place to another. He is someone whose attitudes and beliefs are closely linked to the fact that he owns a car. He has a certain way of looking at he world. Call it "motorism". It is a philosophy that can be summed up in two words -- me first.To the committed motorist, the car represents freedom. People without cars have to wait for bus or train. They go where it wants them togo. And they have no choice over who goes with them. The car driver can go exactly where he wants. he can choose the time of journey and travel with anyone he likes, or no one at all. When he passes a line of people at a bus stop, he smiles. He is a different and better human being. He is a car-owner.Gradually, the car becomes part of his family. The thought that it might go short of petrol affects him in the same way as the thought his child might go hungry. He will do anything or go anywhere to satisfy that hunger. Many car owners do not think like this. They depend on a car for physical reasons. But others become psychologically dependent on their cars.Car culture is an accepted part of many Western societies. But the panic buying of petrol in Sep. showed that it would be a dangerous way to think. It is like having a friend who believes he can fly. Everybody laughs, until he jumps out of the window.There are signs that people are realizing this. Some of those who queued for hours for petrol now say they are a bit ashamed of themselves. Next time they will stop and think. According to the manufacturers, bicycle sales have risen by over 30 percent since the crisis. Some people are at last trying to break the car habit. Bicycles might be slower and less comfortable than cars. But everyone knows who is in charge.。
高中英语真题-2014届最新高考英语一轮单元复习精品阅读理解提升文章精选一百篇(70)_3
高中英语真题:2014届最新高考英语一轮单元复习精品阅读理解提升文章精选一百篇（70）Unit 71Escape ValveA man and woman I know moved in together recently. It was, as such occasions are, a moment of sentimen t and celebration. It was also a limited engagement. Before mov ing in, they had already set a fixed date when they would break up. They explained their reasons to one and all. In a year, the woman planne d to change jobs and cities; the man didn't plan to follow. An eventual split is unfortunate, they said, but also inevitable, so why not plan on it? Yet far from being a sad twist of fate, my woman friend's scheduled departure was a liberating force, making possible whatever sho rt-term romance the couple will enjoy. Without the escape clause of a pre-set termination of their affair, they might never have lived together.This situation is not unique. More and more people are ordering their lives along a principle I call the "automatic-out". In love, friendship, work, and the community, people increasingly prefer arrangements that autom atically end at some pre-set date. It is a force in society as a whole, as more of us hunger for lives that appear stable and deep-rooted but lack the complications of commitment.Automatic-out may have its foundations in the preset cycles of academic lif e. In recent decades, an ever-higher percentage of the population has been able to attend college and p ost-graduate schools. That's a good thing for the cause of education but perhaps not so good for society's spirit. L ongtime students learn to view institutions as places where people briefly come to rest, and from w hich they will be automatically removed on a date known years i n advance. They also tend to see institutions as a means by wh ich to take things for themselves, instead of adding things for ot hers.So it may be no surprise that professionals -- usually the beneficiaries of advanced schooling -- seem increasingly uninterested in staying put.A Brookings Institution study shows that Government-agency managers turn over, on average, every 21 months. Now it is becoming true of private enterprisesas well. According to the Conference Board, a business researc h organization,top corporate executives now switch jobs every 4.5 years on a verage.The job-switching mania, it is sometimes suggested, stems from acombination of boredom and expectations of promotion. But I think it is motivated b the desire f or automatic-out. When you know in advance that you will soon be changing jobs, you are relieved of concern for the overall integrity of your institution whether thequality of its products, the fairness of its service, the odds of its survival. You have a built-in excuse for selfishness ("I'll be leaving in a year anyway") and can concentrate on advancing yourself, secure in the knowledge that if you fail to improve your organization, you personally won't suffer. You'll be one step ahead of the crumbling wall. It seems to be the s ame in love. If a romance operates under some per-set restriction, neither partner feels obliged to sacrifice his inter ests for joint interests. Why sacrifice for something not expecte d to last long anyway? Thus, the shot-term benefits ofmarriage and living together (companionship, warmth, conveni ence) remain popular. But long-term obligation to the institution of marriage has fallen into disre pute among many young people. Children and family life are es pecially in disrepute today, for whenever children are present th ere is no easy way out, emotionally and legally. The weekend r omance is especially desirable today, not because people mov e around more now but because distance guaranteesan automatic-out.2014届最新高考英语一轮单元复习精品阅读理解提升文章精选一百篇（70）Unit 71Escape ValveA man and woman I know moved in together recently. It was, as such occasions are, a moment of sentiment and celebration. It was also a li mited engagement. Before moving in, they had already set a fixed date when they would break up. They explained their reasons to one and all. In a year, the woman planned to change jobs and cities; theman didn't plan to follow. An eventual split is unfortunate, they said, but also inevitable, so why not plan on it? Yet far from being a sad twist of fat e, my woman friend's scheduled departure was a liberating force, making possible whatever sh ort-term romance the couple will enjoy. Without the escape clause of a pre-set termination of their affair, they might never have lived together.This situation is not unique. More and more people are ordering their lives along a pri nciple I call the "automatic-out". In love, friendship, work, and the community, people increasingly prefer arrangements that automatically end at some pre-set date. It is a force in society as a whole, as more of us hunger for lives that appear stable and deep-rooted but lack the complications of commitment.Automatic-out may have its foundations in the preset cycles of academic life. In recent decades, an ever-higher percentage of the population has been able to attend college and post-graduate schools. That's a good thing for the cause of education but perhaps not so good for society's spirit. Longtime students learn to view i nstitutions as places where people briefly come to rest, and from which they will be automatically r emoved on a date known years in advance. They also tend to see institutions as a means by w hich to take things for themselves, instead of adding things for others.So it may be no surprise that professionals -- usually the beneficiaries of advanced schooling -- seem increasingly uninterested in staying put. A Brookings Institution study shows that Government-agency managers turn over, on average, every 21 months. Now it is becoming true of private en terpris es as well. According to the Conference Board, a business research organization,top corporate executives now switch jobs every 4.5 years on average.The job-switching mania, it is sometimes suggested, stems from acombination of boredom and expectations of promotion. But I think it is motivated b the desire for automatic-out. When you know in advance that you will soon be changing jobs, you are relieved of concer n for the overall integrity of your institution whether thequality of its products, the fairness of its service, the odds of its survival. You have a built-in excuse for selfishness ("I'll be leaving in a year anyway") and can concentrate on advancing yourself, secure in the knowledge that if you fail to improve your organization, you personally won't suffer. You'll be one step ahead of the crumbling wall. It seems to be the s ame in love. If a romance operates under some per-set restriction, neither partner feels obliged to sacrifice his interests for joint interests. Why sacrif ice for something not expected to last long anyway? Thus, the shot-term benefits ofmarriage and living together (companionship, warmth, convenience) remain popular. But long-term obligation to the institution of marriage has fallen into disrepute among many young people . Children and family life are especially in disrepute today, for whenever children are present the re is no easy way out, emotionally and legally. The weekend romance is especially desirable to day, not because people move around more now but because distance guaranteesan automatic-out.。
高三英语一轮复习：读后续写情感、动作描写语料积累素材
读后续写--情感、动作描写语料积累一、情感描写词汇积累二、动作描写佳句积累描写与“脸”有关的动作高考质量提升是一项系统工程，涉及到多个方面、各个维度，关键是要抓住重点、以点带面、全面突破，收到事半功倍的效果。
一、备考策略务必精准高三备考的不同阶段，目标和任务各不相同，就像打仗一样，攻克不同的山头有不同的打法，只有抓住要领，才能打赢主动仗。
一是细化“作战地图”。
从现在到一模考试前，主要任务是过课本、串教材，把基础知识再夯实，为专题复习奠定坚实基础。
各学科组教师要认真学习新课程、新课标、《中国考试评价体系及说明》和近三年高考原题，把高考考点和试题变化点做成“作战地图”，平时考试、练习要对照“作战地图”进行选题，并在“作战地图”上一一标注，确保考点训练无死角、考点覆盖无遗漏。
二是组织集体攻坚。
发挥学科组集体备考的优势，学科组内任务分解、责任到人，每次考试变式训练的预测由组长把关。
学科组坚持“一课一研”、“一考一研”，新老教师步调一致，节奏有序，充分发挥分工协作的集体教研智慧。
三是找准学科增分点。
认真研究本省、本市、本校近年来的高考数据，细化到每一个知识点的得失分情况，找准突破点和增分点，有目的进行专项训练和突破提升。
英语的阅读理解和小作文、语文的古文分析和作文、理科的做题速度、文科的答题思路等，都要制定详细的训练方案和突破的方法策略，在实践中调整提升，打破制约瓶颈，找到质量提升的突破口。
二、课堂教学务必高效。
课堂是教育教学是主阵地。
高三年级教学时间紧，教学任务重，更要切实发挥课堂40分钟的作用。
一是上好微专题课。
春节前后，一轮复习进入后期，学生不会的知识点逐步浮出水面。
这些薄弱知识点如果解决不好，将直接影响到二轮复习的效果。
高三年级要围绕浮现出来的问题，上好微专题或微微专题课，针对某一个点或几个点精讲、讲透，触类旁通。
微专题课怎么上？可以针对学生不会的问题，每节课重点解决1-2个知识点，专题强调，专点训练，不贪多，顺一个点“追祖宗八代”，剖析透!微微专题，则更精、更准、更小、更有效，可以一节课只讲一道题，但是要把这一道题挖深、挖透，讲透一个会一类，做会一题能举一反三。
外研版高考英语一轮总复习 晨背语料 第三部分 话题满分素材积累 主题一 人与自我
原谅和好 3.I stood up and reached out to hug her,“I am sorry,too.I should have been more generous.” 我站起来,伸出手去拥抱她:“我也很抱歉。我应该更大方些。” 4.I realized I should apologize to Jack,even if he didn’t want to be my friend again. 我意识到我应该向杰克道歉,即使他不想再做我的朋友。 5.Looking into his eyes,I made an apology,explaining I had misunderstood him. 我看着他的眼睛,向他道歉说我误会了他。
3.He tiptoed to reach for the doll,and like a responsible elder brother,handed the precious doll to his sister. 他踮着脚尖去够娃娃,像一个负责任的哥哥,把珍贵的娃娃递给妹妹。 4.Amanda felt her heart was as gray as the sky when she looked across the table at her sister. 当她看着桌子对面的妹妹时,阿曼达感觉她的心情像天空一样灰暗。 5.Looking at Jackson,Carter couldn’t help picturing his little brother spending the whole day carefully painting the car. 看着杰克逊,卡特忍不住想象他的弟弟花一整天的时间小心涂好那辆车的 情景。
主题一 人与自我
2014届高考英语一轮复习 精选阅读理解文章六十篇(13)
加纳总统启动希望之城建设计划Ghana's Pre sident John Mahama has launched a project to build a $10bn IT hub near th e capital, Accra, within three y ears.加纳总统约翰·马哈马宣布启动一项价值100亿美元的工程，该工程将于三年内在首都阿克拉附近建设一座IT中心。
An IT university will be built at Hope CityDubbed Hope City, it will have Africa's tallest building, at a height of 270m, an investor says.It will be built on empty la n d and will employ about 50,000 people and house 25,000 people, the investor adds.In January, Kenya unveiled plans to bui ld an "Africa's Silicon Savannah" within 20 years at a cost of $14.5bn.Kenya's Konza Techn ology City, about 60k m from the capital, Nairobi, is supposed to create more than 200,000 jobs by 2030.Mr Mahama said the private sector would spearhead（带头，做先锋） the building of H ope City."Government has led growth since independence with all the major investments... The time has come for the private sector to take over," he said at the project's launc h. "We can see that already in several sectors, i ncluding ICT [informatio n, communications and technology] and telecom."The head of local technology giant RLG Communications, Roland Agambire, told the BBC that his company was investing in Hope City with the aim of maki n g Ghana glob ally competitive."What we are trying to do here is to develop the apps [applications] from scratch," he said."This will enable us to have the biggest assembling plant in the world to assemble various products - over one million within a day," he said.The IT hub would be made up of six towers, including a 75-storey, 270m-high tower, "the highest in Africa", RLG Communications says on its webs ite."Hope City will provide work for 50,000 people an d will host 25,000 inhabitants," it adds.It would include an IT university, a residential area, a hospital, as well as social and sporting amenities, the BBC's Sammy Darko reports from Accra.。
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材25
2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材25 The V oices of TimeTime talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time communicates in many ways.Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a special meaning to the event. Managers in the US fully realize the importance of an announcement made during the middle of the morning or afternoon that takes everyone away from his work.In the US, it is not customary to call someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is urgent and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to phone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it is a matter of life and death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.Imagine the excitement and fear caused by a crowd of people arriving at the door at 2:00 am. On an island in the South Pacific, a plant manager from the US had just such an experience. The natives of the island met one night to discuss a problem, when they arrived at a solution, they went to see the manager and woke him up to tell him what had been decided. Unfortunately, it was after 2 o'clock in the morning. They didnot know that it is a very serious matter to wake up Americans at this hour. The manager, who did not understand the local culture, thought there was a fight and called out the military troops. it never occurred to him or to the natives that parts of a day have different meanings in different cultures.In social life, time plays an important part. In the US, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only 3 or 4 days before the party date. But in other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because it tends to be forgotten.Americans look ahead and are concerned with the future. The American idea of future is limited, however. It is the foreseeable future and not the future of the South Asians, which may involve centuries.Promptness is also valued highly in American life. People who are not prompt may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. A person who is 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence. To an American, being half an hour late is the beginning of the "insult period". No matter what is said in apology, there is little that can remove the damage done by a 30-minute wait.Since time has such different meanings in different cultures, communication is sometimes difficult. We will understand each other alittle better if we keep this fact in mind.。
外研版高考英语一轮总复习 晨背语料 第三部分 话题满分素材积累 主题二 人与社会
话题满分素材9 社会温情
满分细节句 1.The man refused politely and said sincerely that he felt so delighted to have brought my father safely home. 那人礼貌地拒绝了,并真诚地说他很高兴能把我父亲安全送回家。 2.He was touched that I,a complete stranger,cared so much about him. 他很感动我这个完全陌生的人这么关心他。 3.While I didn’t celebrate the festival with my loved ones,I extended warmth to the homeless family. 虽然我没和我爱的人一起过节,但我把温暖送给了这个无家可归的家庭。
满分结尾句 1.This experience changed my attitude towards Henry and our friendship has become more harmonious since then. 这段经历改变了我对亨利的态度,从此我们的关系变得更加和谐。 2.After all these years,that experience has always helped me remember the lesson:Be a little less judgmental and a bit more understanding towards others. 这么多年过去了,这段经历总是帮我记住教训:少评头论足,多理解他人。
话题满分素材11 救人脱困
满分细节句
火中救人
1.I jumped out of bed,opened the door and stepped out into the passage.It was full of thick smoke. 我跳下床,打开门,来到了走廊上。走廊上浓烟滚滚。 2.Tom noticed the flame was reaching up.Frozen with fear,he stood rooted to the spot. 汤姆注意到火势越来越大。他吓得呆在原地。
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2019届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材107 Buy Nothing Day The singer Elton John took legal action against his managers, accusing them of not looking after his money properly. During the court case, the lawyers asked for a detailed breakdown of the money he spent over the past year. It turned out that he had spent $289,000 on flowers.
For many, this is just another example of rock star extravagance. Why become a world famous star if you cannot spend thousands on flowers or anything else that appeals?
But others take a more critical view of this kind of spending. Our consumer culture is out o control. Once, we shopped to buy what we needed. Now we shop for other reasons: to impress each other, to fill a void, to kill time. That's the message from a group of activists behind "Buy Nothing Day". First held in Canada in 1992, "Buy Nothing Day" is celebrated on the last Friday in November and has spread to major cities across the world.
On November 25, 2019, campaigners in North America hit the streets, handing out leaflets suggesting alternatives to shopping, and putting up posters with the message: "Warning -- all they want is your money." Behind these activities is a conviction that consumerism has commercialized society. Advertisements follow people everywhere. Sponsors bring every musical or sporting event to the fans. Public spaces
and surfaces are covered by logos. Everywhere people go, a voice in their ears says: "Buy me."
This is having a disturbing effect. Around 700,000 people in Britain and up to 15 million people in the US are compulsive shoppers, it is claimed. These shopaholics have low self-esteem and respond to the promises of glamour, wealth and popularity made by famous brands. They need to shop to feel fulfilled. Eventually they become addicted.
Critics of "Buy Nothing Day" say it is not a good cause. For millions of people across the world, every day is buy nothing day. Why not go to Africa and organize a "Buy Something Day"? Supporters argue that people in rich countries will do more to tackle world poverty when they change their own attitude to money and consumption.
On the streets, the "Buy Nothing Day" activists generally get a friendly reception. People listen as they make their point. They nod their heads in agreement. Then they go ahead and shop. It takes more than an idealistic young person to stop the commercial tide.
With so much of the global economy dependent on consumers, it can be argued that shopping is even a kind of duty. But the "Buy Nothing Day" message is still worth hearing. Be an individual, it says. Be independent of commercial pressure. These are great qualities to have. Where can I buy them?。