高三每日一练2 (1)【含答案】

高三每日一练2

A

公共演讲：全面提升英语技能的途径。

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Learning English used to be about developing four separate skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. After all, that’s how the exams are designed – with four skills tested separately.

But over the years, educators have come to realize that these four skills should never have been separated, but practiced all at once. And the best way to do that is, perhaps, through public speaking.

According to Mei Deming, a professor of English and linguistics at Shanghai International Studies University, giving a speech in an international language requires a speaker to integrate knowledge and content mentally and express the result systematically. Speakers must draw on the beauty of the language as a whole in order to communicate with an audience.

This is why the annual China Daily “21st Century Cup” National English Speaking Competition has been gaining in popularity since it began in 1996. This year’s event was held in Hangzhou on March 22-24.

“This competition has worked as a model for cultivating (培养) students’ public-speaking skills in English and provided ideas for Engli sh teaching in schools and in learning in a broader sense,” said Mei.

Shi Guohua, an English teacher at Shanghai Qibao High School, held a similar view. He said that core competence (核心素养) in acquiring English today comes from the ability to express oneself rather than in simply passing exams.

He also emphasized that communication should go both ways since traditional English speaking education has focused too much on getting messages out while ignoring the recipient (接收者) of these messages – the audience.

“It’s important to understand the audience and build the linkage between the content being delivered and the interests of the audience,” Shi said. “It’s also important to create an impressive opening to a speech.”

As China continues to play an indispensable (不可或缺的) role in global conversations, there will be more opportunities and demands for young Chinese people to present China and tell compelling (引人入胜的) stories, said Xia Peng, the champion of the 10th China Daily “21st Century Cup” National English Speaking Competition.

And in order to tell Chinese stories better, we first need to develop a more overall English skill. Working on public speaking is, perhaps, the place to start.

1. What have educators come to realize about the four skills of learning English, according to the article?

A. They are equally important.

B. They should be practiced all at once.

C. They should be tested separately.

D. They should all be taught at school.

2. What does the und erlined word “integrate” mean?

A. increase

B. involve

C. compare

D. combine

3. What does Shi Guohua think is a problem of traditional English speaking education?

A. It does not pay attention to the beauty of the language.

B. It does not focus on getting the messages out.

C. It does not pay enough attention to the audience.

D. It does not focus on the true feelings of speakers.

4. What is the article mainly about?

A. The importance of developing public-speaking skills in English.

B. Preparations to make before an English-speaking competition.

C. Tips on how to improve the ability to speak English in public.

D. The benefits people can get from good public-speaking skills in English.

B

因为语言不通，你在国外闹过哪些笑话?

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People back in the United States are always asking me, “What’s it like to live in China?” They hope to hear strange stories about weird food and cultural conflicts. Instead, I tell them that living in China is like being a baby.

Please don’t misunderstand me. I don’t think that Chinese people are babies. I am a baby. Or at least, I become one when I leave my house. That’s because babies can’t read, and when I leave my house in Beijing, I am illiterate (不识字的).

This can be dangerous. If a sign says, “Watch out for big angry bears,” in Chinese, I will continue walking, completely ignorant of my peril (危险). Then a bear will eat me for breakfast.

I have started to recognize a few characters, but they seem impossible to ever learn without a lifetime of study. W hen I see a character that I like, I give it a name. There is “The Square,” “The Octopus (章鱼),” “The Upside-down Octopus,” and my favorite, “Upside-down Octopus on an Airplane.” However, I still don’t know their sounds or meanings. They are just beautiful mysteries to my eyes.

Because I can’t read, city streets present an endless series of enigmas. If I see a business, I wonder, “Is that a restaurant? A dentist? A lawyer’s office?” Once, while hungry, I saw a big