霍金真的走的。霍金的伟大不仅仅在于他在科学上的成就，从一个人的角度来讲，他是非常了不起的。试想想，任何一个身患残疾，整日坐在轮椅上，不能自理的人来说，还能实现自己的人生价值，这种成就，这种乐观和顽强，是他永远留给我们的财富。今天摘选了霍金曾经说过的一些话，我们一起来学习一下。
New Words:
attitude n. 态度；看法；psychologically adv. 心理上地；心理学地concentrate vi. 集中；浓缩；handicap n. 障碍；
appeal to 对…有吸引力
1. ON DISABILITIES
"If you are disabled, it is probably not your fault, but it is no good blaming the world or expecting it to take pity on you. One has to have a positive attitude and must make the best of the situation that one finds oneself in; if one is physically disabled, one cannot afford to be psychologically disabled as well. In my opinion, one should concentrate on activities in which one's physical disability will not present a serious handicap. I am afraid that Olympic Games for the disabled do not appeal to me, but it is easy for me to say that because I never liked athletics anyway. On the other hand, science is a very good area for disabled people because it goes on mainly in the mind. Of course, most kinds of experimental work are probably ruled out for most such people, but theoretical work is almost ideal. My disabilities have not been a significant handicap in my field, which is theoretical physics. Indeed, they have helped me in a way by shielding me from lecturing and administrative work that I would otherwise have been involved in. I have managed, however, only because of the large amount of help I have received from my wife, children, colleagues and students. I find that people in general are very ready to help, but you should encourage them to feel that their efforts to aid you are worthwhile by doing as well as you possibly can."
— From "Handicapped People and Science," Science Digest 92, No. 9, September 1984
2. ON IMPERFECTION
"Next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist."
— From Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking, 2010
3. ON THE ADVICE HE GAVE HIS CHILDREN
"One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away."
— To Diane Sawyer/ABC News, June 2010
热点话题练习1：
Stephen Hawking,a world famous British physicist,will write a children's book with his daughter.Hawking said the book will be "a bit like Harry Potter" but without the magic."It explains the wonders of the universe(宇宙)," said Hawking,while he was on a visit to Hong Kong last week.
Hawking,64,is probably the world's most famous scientist after Albert Einstein.He is an expert on black holes.He has put his whole life into digging into the beginning (and the end) of the universe.
"My goal is simple," Hawking once said."It is to completely understand the universe,why it is as it is and why it is there at all."
Hawking has a bad illness that stops him from moving or talking.For a period of time,he had no way to communicate except by blinking(眨眼).
Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side.To communicate,he moves two fingers to control the computer's mouse.He selects his words from the screen,which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer(音响合成器).
"I have had the disease for most of my life," Hawking once said."Yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work."
Although Hawking is such a disabled man,he made great achievements.He has received many awards and prizes for his work over the years.This includes winning the Albert Einstein Award.It is the highest achievement in theoretical physics(理论物理).
41.The book that Stephen Hawking will write is________.
A.the same as Harry Potter.
B.is quite different from Harry Potter.
C.about the magic
D.about science
42.From text we can learn ________.
A.Hawking is more famous than Einstein.
B.Hawking is less famous than Einstein.
C.Both Hawking and Einstein are very famous.
D.Neither Hawking nor Einstein is famous.
43.What does the underlined pronoun "it" stand for?
A.The goal.
B.The magic.
C.The universe.
D.The book.
44.According to the text,which of the following statements is the fact?
A.Hawking has received many awards and prices except the Albert Einstein Award.
B.The illness keeps him from moving and talking.
C.He communicates with others by speaking.
D.The illness stopped him from being successful.
45.What is the best title for the text?
A.Stephen Hawking
B.A Famous Book
C.Live as Hawking Does
D.A Clever Man
热点话题练习2：
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Albans--a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, and then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits(承认), he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got good marks.
It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump (撞上 )into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease, an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.
At first, Hawking became very sad. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later write, "Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very bored with life. There bad not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do." Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children. He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research.
Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation(处境) is, should lose hope. "Life is not fair, "he once said. "You just have to do the best you can in your own situation."
1．As a university student, Stephen Hawking _______.
A．worked very hard B．studied math and physics
C．was the best student in his class D．was lazy and did very little work
2．Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when ______.
A．he was sent to hospital for tests B．his mother made him, see a doctor
C．he was twenty years old D．he visited his family at Christmas time one year
3．In this passage the word "incurable" means ______.
A．无法治愈的B．难以确诊的C．常见的D．可以治愈的
4．When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neuron disease, he __.
A．made up his mind to get married B．began to ,see his life in a different way
C．thought that nothing in life was worth doing D．became very unhappily
5．What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Motor Neuron Disease B．Life is Fair C．Professor Stephen Hawking D．A Lazy Boy
热点话题练习3：
Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous scientists in this century．He was born in 1942．he’s a world
well-known on space and time．Stephen is researching some very big questions, such as：How did the universe
begin? How will it end?
Stephen was a student at Oxford University．He studied math and science．Then, at the age of twenty, he became sick．He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, “He has only two more years to live．” As a
matter of fact, the doctors were wrong－he didn’t die．He can’t walk now but he uses a wheelchair(轮椅)．He
can’t feed himself a nd get in or out of bed himself．But he refused to give in to the condition．He talks with the
help of a computer．After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University．Three years later, in 1965, he became a
doctor of philosophy(哲学)．
Because of his serious health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams(图表)or to write．So he
started to think in pictures．With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world．In 1891, he met the Pope(教皇)in Rome．They talked about his ideas．Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time．It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages．He was
once invited to China, he impressed us with his self-confidence, humorous and witty(风趣的)conversation．
1.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．Stephen is good at thinking．B．Stephen cannot walk．
C．Stephen has had the answers to some very big questions．
D．Stephen had once studied math and science at Oxford University．
2.How old was Stephen when he became a doctor of philosophy?
A．21 B．23 C．27 D．25
3.A Brief History of Time is _________．
A．a book which is well-known all over the word B．a book about Rome’s history
C．Stephen’s talk collection with the Pope in Rome
D．Stephen’s talk collection with me in China
4.Stephen’s studies DO NOT relate(涉及)to _________ according to the passage．
A．science B．math C．philosophy D．Art
5.The right order of Stephen’s main experiences in _________．
a．He went to Cambridge University．b．He became very ill．
c．He wrote his first import book．d．He met the Pope in Rome．
A．c-a-b-e-d B．a-b-c-d-e C．c-b-a–e–d D．a-c-b-e-d
热点话题练习4：
Stephen Hawking, the disabled author of A Brief History of Time is launching his second journey to China in Hangzhou of Zhejiang Province. His first visit was over 10 years ago.
The great theoretical scientist has been invited to attend a state-of-the-art mathematics research institute at Zhejing University, Hangzhou-based Dushi Kuaibao reported.
On Sunday evening, he made his début at a press conference held at Shangri-La hotel, Hangzhou. Hawking appeared at about 5:00 p.m. with his wife.
The 50-year-old man answered a total of nine questions with the help of his computer.
“Experts in theoretical sci ence are dispersed around the world, but we need communication. I am very glad that the world’s first-class conference is being held in China this time,”he said.
“I find the real universe much more interesting than the one in the film Star Wars ,” Hawking joked.“I encourage young people to study theoretical physics first if they are interested in it.”
Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws which govern the universe. With Roger Penrose he showed that Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity implied (隐含) space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes. These results indicated it was necessary to unify General Relativity with Quantum Theory, the other great scientific development of the first half of the 20th century.
One consequence(结果) of such a unification theory would be that black holes would not be completely black, but emit (放射) radiation and eventually evaporate (蒸发) and disappear. Another conjecture (推测) is that the universe has no edge or boundary in imaginary time. This would imply that the way the universe began was completely determined by the laws of science.
But the talented man who has produced such rich work suffers serious Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (肌萎缩性脊髓索硬化). He is one of the 350,000 sufferers in the world. The disease kills over 100,000 people every year.
“I like life and I love life, my family and music give me the greatest happiness,”smiled Hawking, who can only move three fingers.
In the coming year, Hawking said he is scheduled to write a new edition of A Brief History of Time for young children.
“A Brief History of Time is my first book for common people. But I later found that I could write it in a more simple way,”he answered,“So I decided to rewrite it so that all people can read it easily.”
1．It is obvious that Hawking ________.
A．comes to China for the first time B．has never been to China before
C．has been to China twice D．hopes to come to visit China one day
2．What do the underlined words“are dispersed”in the fifth paragraph mean?
A．Live together. B．Live far away from. C．Know each other better.
D．Have connection with each other.
3．From the passage we know the nature of Hawking’s being ________.
A．determined and humorous B．learned and humorous C．learned and shy D．disabled
4．It can be inferred that Hawking ________.
A．greatly improved Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity B．knows a lot about Einstein’s theory
C．has A Brief History of Time published recently D．loves nothing but his study on universe
热点话题练习5：
Stephen Hawking, the disabled writer of A Brief History of Time, was on his second journey to China in Hangzhou of Zhejiang Province. His first 1 was over ten years ago. The great theoretical scientist has been invited
to 2 a mathematics research institute at Zhejiang University, Metropolis Newspaper reported.
3 Sunday evening, he made his appearance at a press conference
4 at Shangri-La hotel, Hangzhou.
Hawking 5 at about 5:00pm with his wife. The elderly man answered a total of nine 6 with the help of his 7 . “I find
the real universe much more 8 than the one in the film Star Wars,” Hawking joked. “I 9 young people to study theoretical physics first 10 they are interested in it.” But the talented man 11 has produced such rich work
suffers from 12 motor neuron disease(运动神经元病). He is one of the 350,000 sufferers in the world. The
disease 13 over 100,000 people every year. “I like life and I love life, my family and music give me the 14 happiness,” smiled Hawking, who can 15 move two fingers.
In the 16 year, Hawking said he is scheduled to write a new edition of A Brief History of Time 17 young children. “A Brief History of Time is my first book for 18 people. But I later found that I could write it in a
more 19 way,” he answered. “So I decided to rewrite it 20 all people can read it easily.”
1. A. visit B. book C. country D. city
2. A. study B. develop C. attend D. work
3. A. Until B. After C. During D. On
4. A. made B. held C. covered D. proved
5. A. appeared B. stepped C. advanced D. led
6. A. students B. questions C. listeners D. journalists
7. A. assistant B. servant C. computer D. book
8. A. dangerous B. dark C. terrible D. interesting
9. A. encourage B. call C. lead D. teach
10. A. if B. unless C. although D. before
11. A. he B. who C. 不填 D. what
12. A. heavy B. serious C. unbelievable D. poor
13. A. affects B. spreads C. kills D. saves
14. A. greatest B. saddest C. worst D. least
15. A. hardly B. gently C. ever D. only
16. A. past B. good C. old D. coming
17. A. for B. of C. with D. off
18. A. common B. scientific C. honored D. rich
19. A. proper B. simple C. difficult D. technical
20. A. as if B. as long as C. so that D. even though
教师版
霍金真的走的，我一开始是拒绝相信的，直到我看到了各种平台的各种推文。霍金的伟大不仅仅在于他在科学上的成就，从一个人的角度来讲，他是非常了不起的。试想想，任何一个身患残疾，整日坐在轮椅上，不能自理的人来说，还能实现自己的人生价值，这种成就，这种乐观和顽强，是他永远留给我们的财富。今天我摘选了霍金曾经说过的一些话，我们一起来学习一下。
New Words:
attitude n. 态度；看法；
psychologically adv. 心理上地；心理学地
concentrate vi. 集中；浓缩；
handicap n. 障碍；
appeal to 对…有吸引力
1. ON DISABILITIES
"If you are disabled, it is probably not your fault, but it is no good blaming the world or expecting it to take pity on you. One has to have a positive attitude and must make the best of the situation that one finds oneself in; if one is physically disabled, one cannot afford to be psychologically disabled as well. In my opinion, one should concentrate on activities in which one's physical disability will not present a serious handicap. I am afraid that Olympic Games for the disabled do not appeal to me, but it is easy for me to say that because I never liked athletics anyway. On the other hand, science is a very good area for disabled people because it goes on mainly in the mind. Of course, most kinds of experimental work are probably ruled out for most such people, but theoretical work is almost ideal. My disabilities have not been a significant handicap in my field, which is theoretical physics. Indeed, they have helped me in a way by shielding me from lecturing and administrative work that I would otherwise have been involved in. I have managed, however, only because of the large amount of help I have received from my wife, children, colleagues and students. I find that people in general are very ready to help, but you should encourage them to feel that their efforts to aid you are worthwhile by doing as well as you possibly can."
— From "Handicapped People and Science," Science Digest 92, No. 9, September 1984
1.关于残疾
如果你患有残疾，这也许不是你的错，但抱怨社会，或指望他人的怜悯，毫无益处。一个人要有积极的态度，要最大限度地利用现状。生理上有残疾的人，可不能再让自己在心理上也残疾了。在我看来，一个人应该专注于不受到身体残疾严重影响的活动。恐怕残奥会对我没有吸引力，我可以很轻松这么说，因为我从来就不喜欢体育运动。另一方面，科学对残疾人来说是一个非常好的领域，因为它主要是在头脑中进行的。当然，大多数的实验工作可能对于这类人来说是不可能的，但是理论工作几乎是理想的。我的残疾并没有在我的的领域里形成重大的障碍，那就是理论物理。事实上，他们在某种程度上帮助了我，使我不受上课和行政工作的影响，否则我可能会深陷其中。不过，我已经设法从我的妻子、孩子、同事和学生那里得到了大量的帮助。我发现一般人都乐于助人，但你应该鼓励让他们觉得尽可能地尽力帮助你是值得的。
——《残疾人与科学》，《科学文摘》第92期，第9期，1984年9月
2. ON IMPERFECTION
"Next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist."
— From Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking, 2010
“下次有人抱怨你犯了错误，告诉他这可能是件好事。因为没有不完美，你和我都不会存在。”——《和霍金一起去宇宙》，2010
3. ON THE ADVICE HE GAVE HIS CHILDREN
"One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away."
— To Diane Sawyer/ABC News, June 2010
3.他给孩子们的忠告
“一，记得抬头仰望星空，请仰望星空，而不要俯视脚下。二、永不放弃工作。工作给你生活的意义和目标，没有它，生活是空虚的。三，如果你有幸找到爱，那是非常珍贵的，不要对其置之不理。——黛安·索耶/ ABC新闻，2010年6月
Stephen Hawking,a world famous British physicist,will write a children's book with his daughter.Hawking said the book will be "a bit like Harry Potter" but without the magic."It explains the wonders of the universe(宇宙)," said Hawking,while he was on a visit to Hong Kong last week.
Hawking,64,is probably the world's most famous scientist after Albert Einstein.He is an expert on black holes.He has put his whole life into digging into the beginning (and the end) of the universe.
"My goal is simple," Hawking once said."It is to completely understand the universe,why it is as it is and why it is there at all."
Hawking has a bad illness that stops him from moving or talking.For a period of time,he had no way to communicate except by blinking(眨眼).
Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side.To communicate,he moves two fingers to control the computer's mouse.He selects his words from the screen,which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer(音响合成器).
"I have had the disease for most of my life," Hawking once said."Yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work."
Although Hawking is such a disabled man,he made great achievements.He has received many awards and prizes for his work over the years.This includes winning the Albert Einstein Award.It is the highest achievement in theoretical physics(理论物理).
41.The book that Stephen Hawking will write is________.
A.the same as Harry Potter.
B.is quite different from Harry Potter.
C.about the magic
D.about science
42.From text we can learn ________.
A.Hawking is more famous than Einstein.
2020年中考英语阅读理解专题练习《热点话题》 新科技 Passage1(2019台州) Brooke wanted a doll house and some sugar cookies. So the 6yearold asked Alexa to get them. Alexa wasn't her mom or babysitter. It was a voiceactivated home assistant powered by AI(人工智能). And it made Brooke's wishes come true. A few days later, much to her parents' surprise, a $170 dollhouse and four pounds of cookies showed up. They ate the cookies and gave away the dollhouse to a local hospital. And that's not the end of the story. When a news reporter told the story of what happened on TV, Alexa devices(设备)in many listeners' homes woke up and tried to order dollhouses! Alexa isn't the only AI willing to serve you. Apple Homepod has Siri, Google Home has its Assistant, and the upcoming Galaxy Home device will have Bixby. People who have these devices use them mainly for listening to music, checking the weather, and setting timers. According to a report from The Information, nowadays voice shopping is rare. But many scientists predict a boom(增长) in voice shopping in the near future. Is that a good thing ________. You can shout out an order as soon as you think of it, even if you are cooking, cleaning, o r driving. In addition, people with disabilities who are unable to use a keyboard or mouse can shop without any help. But voice shopping has its disadvantages. Unwanted dollhouses aren't the biggest problem. It's usually very easy to cancel an order or return products. The thing t hat worries some people is that these assistants are always listening. They have to be able to respond when you want them. So they listen for “Alexa” or “OK Google” or another order. When they hear it, they start recording the conversation. Some have worried about what happens to these recordings. Should companies be allowed to use them to learn about people's shopping habits And what if someone hacks(入侵) the device The CIA found a way to hack smart TVs to turn them into spies that listen all the time. Others could do the same with any smart device. What do you think Are you ready to start voice shopping ( )1. From the passage, we know that Alexa ________． A. can look after the baby B. can cook delicious food C. is a toy doll sold online D. is one kind of AI device ( )2. The underlined word “rare” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________． A. unusual B. expensive C. harmful D. impossible ( )3. Which of the following is the best to fill in the “________” in Paragraph 3 A. Convenience is the main advantage of voice shopping B. The cost of voice shopping is lower than other ways C. The popularity of voice shopping is increasing D. The technology of voice shopping needs improving ( )4. Paragraph 4 mainly tells us that ________ when people try voice shopping. A. AI sometimes forgets people's orders B. personal information might be hacked C. it's difficult to cancel or return products D. the needs for products can't be satisfied Passage2(2019宿迁) Technology is developing fast and it has become an important part of our life. Then what will
高考英语阅读理解专项训练100篇 (名师传授解题技巧+实战练习，值得下载) 一、阅读理解解题技巧 阅读理解题是考查学生对活的语言材料的理解能力，即通过阅读材料获得信息的能力。具体说来，阅读理解能力测试的主要要求是：（1）掌握所读材料的主旨大意，以及用以说明主旨大意的事实和细节；（2）既理解具体事实，也理解抽象的概念；（3）既理解字面意思，也理解深层含义，包括作者的态度、意图等；（4）既理解某句、某段的意义，也理解全篇的逻辑关系，并能根据文章进行推理和判断；（5）既能根据材料所提供的信息去理解，也能结合中学生应有的常识去理解。根据这几项能力测试的要求，试题中常采用如下几种题型：事实询问题、推理判断题、数据推算题、识图解意题和主旨大意题。根据这一测试要求和题型设计，答题时可以采取如下解题技巧和对策。 1．首先解题时要充满自信。由于平时有些同学对做阅读理解时存在一种畏惧心理，因此考试做题时心理就难免会产生紧张感，特别是阅读时再遇到几个生词就头脑发胀，从而使自己的思路更加模糊不清。其实这是完全没有必要的，因为阅读中遇到几个生词或几个难以理解的句子是常有的事，也是正常现象。因为按大纲要求，试卷中允许有不超过3%的生词，只要认真分析，仔细阅读，这些生词和句子很可能并不影响你的解题。所以答题之前首先要有必胜的信心。 2．扫读全文，理解全文主旨大意。拿到一篇文章，首先要快速扫读全文，虽为扫读，但不可漫不经心，阅读时也应聚精会神，力求可能多地获取材料信息，只是这次遇到生词和难句先不必去处理，不要因纠缠文中的个别生词和难句而影响了对全文的主旨大意的了解。
3．对症下药，各个击破。了解全文的大概意思之后，再把短文的问题简单看一遍，弄懂题意，然后带着问题再去寻读全文。这次阅读过程中要善于抓文章中的关键词句。寻读也就是迅速的查找需要了解的信息，是为某些特定的问题而阅读，因此阅读时要有较强的针对性，对与问题有关的数据，词句等仔细阅读，认真理解，同时结合不同考查内容的题型，采取如下解题对策： （1）事实询问题：这类试题通常是以疑问词what，who，when，where，why，how 等引起的特殊问句，就文章中某一词语、某一句子、某一段落或某一具体细节和事实进行提问。解答此类试题首先要弄清题目和每一个选项的含义，然后按题目要求寻找与之相关的细节，正确估计答案来源，同时注意题目和文章中的暗示作用。特别注意辨别各种信息，确认各种信息。 （2）推理判断题：此题要求我们通过表面文字信息去推测文章隐含的意思，对文章的发展情节及作者的态度、意图等做出合乎逻辑的的推理判断。这种题要求我们在阅读时要抓住文章的主题和细节、从分析文章的结构入手，根据上下文的内在联系，充分挖掘文章的深层含义。对暗含在文章中事件的因果关系，人物的动机，以及作者未言明的倾向、态度、意图、观点进行合乎逻辑的推理、分析和判断。同时善于抓住文中实质性的东西，不要被带假象的表面信息或似是而非的东西所迷惑。并且注意推断作者态度时要力求从作者的态度、观点去思考，切勿想当然，凭个人的观点习惯看法来回答的问题。 （3）数据推算题：此题要求我们就文章提供的数据，以及数据与文章中其他信息的关系做出计算和推断，然后做出选择。这就要求我们解题时，要在理解好题意的前提下去对与数据有关的信息认真分析，若数据信息较多，还要注意弄清数据之间的关系，同时分清有用与无用信息，最终作出正确判断。 （4）主旨大意题：此题用以考查我们对文章主题或中心思想的领会和理解能力。在解答此类试题时要注意每段的中心句，抓住每一段的主题句。一般主题句都用来表达一段主旨大意，因此，只要找准每段的主题句，文章的中心思想和文章的最佳标题也就不难确定了。
2019年高考英语阅读理解专题复习10篇(名师精选真题实战训练+详细解题过程，值得下载练习) [一] As cultural symbols go, the American car is quite young. The Model T Ford was built at the Piquette Plant in Michigan a century ago, with the first rolling off the assembly line(装配线) on September 27,1908.Only eleven cars were produced the next month. But eventually Henry Ford would build fifteen million of them. Modern America was born on the road, behind a wheel. The car shaped some of the most lasting aspects o f American culture: the roadside diner, the billboard, the motel, even the hamburger. For most of the last century, the car represented what it meant to be American—going forward at high speed to find new worlds. The road novel, the road movie, these are the most typical American ideas, born of abundant petrol, cheap cars and a never-ending interstate highway system, the largest public works project in history. pot and In 1928 Herbert Hoover imagined an America with“ a chicken in every a car in every garage.” Since then, this society has moved onward, never looking back, as the car transformed America from a farm-based society into an industrial power. The cars that drove the American Dream have helped to create a global ecological disaster. In America the demand for oil has grown by 22 percent since 1990. The problems of excessive(过度的)energy consumption, climate change and population growth have been described in a book by the American writer Thomas L.Friedman. He fears the worst, but hopes for the best. Friedman points out that the green economy(经济)is a chance to keep American The ability to design, build and export green technologies for producing strength.“ clean water, clean air and healthy and abundant food is going to be the currency of power in the new century.”
（英语）高三英语阅读理解解析版汇编 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 In America, parents tend to encourage their children to develop their potential (潜能) to the fullest extent. Fathers and mothers frequently teach their children both ambition and the confidence necessary to work toward their goals. American parents are always active in concentrating on what their kids can do, not what they can't. As a result, millions of American boys and girls grow up hoping to become actors and athletes, diplomats and doctors. Many of them even want to become president. American parents often encourage their children to become involved in extra activities of all types at school, such as student government, sports and music. They believe that only through taking part in these activities can their children become mature young adults. As we all know, school work is important. But parents should realize that the social skills their children learn from natural conversations with each other are as important as schoolwork and the skills they will need in the future work. What's more important in their work is that their children should have a sound knowledge of physics or the ability to communicate effectively. As a rule, Chinese parents don't educate their children about the same kind of ambition and confidence as Americans do, nor do they encourage the same level of participation in extra activities. Children are typically advised to study hard and pass exams. They have to spend a lot of time in doing much schoolwork every day. It is a great waste of time to do so. Now more and more Chinese parents have recognized that they should pay attention to developing the potential of their children. I hope that leaders in Chinese educational circles should take some measures to develop the potential of their children. I am very confident about it. （1）From the passage, we know the American parents pay much more attention to . A. the social skills than Chinese parents B. their children's studying hard and well C. what their children want but they can't D. extra activities than schoolwork （2）According to the passage, Chinese parents . A. know more than American parents to educate their children B. owning ambition and confidence is necessary and important C. pay much more attention to their children's fine future D. don't encourage their children to participate in extra activities （3）From the passage, we can infer . A. American children are brave and adventurous B. American children are more active in their studies C. Chinese children have the ability to communicate effectively D. something should be done to develop the potential of the children in China （4）What's the writer's attitude towards Chinese education reform? A. Neutral. B. Indifferent. C. Positive. D. Negative. 【答案】（1）A
2019年中考英语阅读理解真题汇编 (带详细解析过程) (名师精讲解题方法与技巧+实战训练，建议下载练习) 【考点分析】 阅读理解旨在考查学生阅读、理解的能力。近几年来，中考英语题中的阅读理解材料新颖，题材丰富，考查学生综合推断能力、根据语篇猜单词意思的能力 的力度加大，考查学生关注细节的能力占很大部分。所以学生往往要么没能正确 理解语篇中某些句子的意思，在细节题上丢分，要么就是对语篇的整体把握不够，在综合题或者推断题方面丢分。那么到底怎么做好阅读理解这一题型呢？ 一、解题思路 （一）先读问题，弄清考查要点，以便能带着问题看文章，这样会心中有数，有 的放矢。 （二）快速浏览全文，掌握全貌，注意发现与问题有关的信息，如果时间紧，至 少要扫视一下起首段和尾段。再把标题和文章内容结合起来想一想，这样全文大意便清楚了。此时，不要忙于答题。 （三）细读原文，捕捉相关信息词，掌握短文细节内容。这是解题的关键，应特 别注意以下几点： 1．抓住四个"W"和一个"H"，就是边读边用铅笔做些标记，把What (事件)，When （时间），Where（地点），Why（原因），How（经过）划出来。抓住了四个“W”和一个“H”，就抓住了文章的全貌，一些直接性的问题便可解决。 2．抓住连接词及起关键作用的副词、代词、介词、插入语等。因为这些词具有 因果，让步，递进，转折，指代，列举及承上启下等各种连接上下文的特殊功能。 这对考生分清文章层次，辨明各种关系，了解人物心理，推断作者意图，进行逻 辑推理等手段来分析难点，都具有举足轻重的作用。 3．注意领会文章的寓意。
4．根据题意，初选答案。这一步须仔细审题，领会测试要求，确定解题方法。 对那些明显的，有把握的题可以断然确定，不必把其余三个答案再作推敲而浪费 时间：有些略难的题，应再查阅短文（不是重读一遍），迅速找出依据，予以排 除。常用的解题方法有如下几种： ①直接解题法。即从原文中直接找出答案。 ②归纳解题法。对于不能从原文中直接找出答案的可在把握全文中心和线 索的前题下进行概括、归纳得出正确答案。 ③综合推理法。读者需统观全文，认真分析，综合推理及至计算，最后归纳出 正确答案。 题干中有"suggest, conclude, conclusion, probably, reason, because, according to“等字眼时，属于推断概括型，考查内容着眼于全篇，考生应具备一 定的分析归纳，推理等逻辑思维能力。 ④捕捉关键词。在阅读时应该注意与问题相关的同义词，近义词，反义词 或同位词等信息词来得出正确答案。 ⑤转换解题法。即原文这么说，而在问题和所给选项中则用另外的词去转 换一种说法，但仍表示同一含义。 ⑥排除法。根据语言，句法结构，信息词和常识，在没有把握的选项中用 排除法得出正确答案。 四、重读原文，仔细斟酌核对答案。在解完最后一道题后，如果时间允许，再 将原文读一遍；用全文的主题思想统率各思考题，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系， 目的在于对所做答案进一步审查，推出未解答的题，以便减少失误。
（英语）高三英语阅读理解专项训练及答案 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 The setting was a packed gymnasium just before the start of a game against another school. There were five girls who were members of the Danville High School basketball team—all of them starters. They were not in uniform to play that night and would not be on the team for the rest of this season. They were there to admit their breaking of team rules. They were there to support their coach's decision to take them off the team. They were there to let the town know there was a problem in their little community that needed to be addressed. And they did it with sincere regret rather than defensiveness. While the school had been out for the New Year's holiday, the five girls had gone to the party with several of their friends. There was alcohol there. And they all drank some. Coach Rainville has a zero tolerance rule on drugs and alcohol for her members though it was a hard decision to make. When classes resumed and accounts of holiday parties were shared, rumors about the five girls began closing in on them. The coach said she couldn't back down on her rules. And the players—two junior students and three senior students—agreed. That night in the gym was part of their public support of the coach's decision. “We hope you will understand that we are not bad kids. What we did was definitely not worth it. We hope this event will make everyone realize that there is a big drug and alcohol problem in our community,” one of the senior students said, “And if you work with us to try to solve this problem, you will help us feel that we have not been thrown off our basketball team for nothing.” The five left the floor to deafening applause. The team may not win another game this year. But they've learnt something about personal responsibility, the effect of one's action on others, and honesty that will serve them well throughout life. （1）It can be inferred from the passage that the five girls who were kicked off the team were ________. A. very good players on the team B. addicted to alcohol and drugs C. three junior students and two senior students D. scolded by their parents for drinking alcohol （2）What did the girls do to support their coach's decision? A. They didn't fight for Danville High School any more. B. They all gave speeches to apologize in the local press. C. They admitted their mistake in public in the gymnasium. D. They would never drink any alcohol throughout their life. （3）Which word best describes the coach Rainville? A. Indifferent. B. Strict. C. Stubborn. D. Cruel. （4）Which would be the best title for the passage? A. Growing up with pain B. A bad mistake C. Team rules are everything D. Basketball girls in high school 【答案】（1）A
2019高考英语阅读理解-推理判断题（含解析） 一、阅读理解 1.根据短文理解，选择正确答案。 Here are six steps to better studying. Pay attention in class Do you have trouble paying attention in class? Are you sitting next to a loud person? Tell your teacher or parents about any problem that is preventing you from paying attention. Take good notes Write down facts that your teacher mentions or writes on the board. Try to use good handwriting so you can read your notes later. It's a good idea to keep your notes organized by subject. Plan ahead for tests and projects Waiting until Thursday night to study for Friday's test will make it hard to do your best. One of the best ways to make sure that doesn't happen is to plan ahead. Write down your test dates. You can then plan how much to do after school each day, and how much time to spend on each topic. Break it up When there's a lot to study, it can help to break things into several parts. Let's say you have a spelling test on 20 words. Instead of thinking about all of the words at once, try breaking them down into five-word groups and work on one or two different groups each night. Ask for help You can't study effectively if you don't understand the material. Be sure to ask your teacher for help. If you're at home when the confusion occurs, your mom or dad might be able to help. Sleep tight So the test is tomorrow and you've followed your study plan—but suddenly you can't remember anything! Don't panic. Your brain needs time to digest all the information you've given it. Try to get a good night's sleep and you'll be surprised by what comes back to you in the morning. （1）We know from the passage that a loud person is ________. A. a student who always answers questions loudly in class B. someone who likes to talk with others in a loud voice C. a student who likes speaking with others in class D. a person who makes a lot of noise in public places （2）If you don't understand what you have learnt, you can ________. A. read your notes over and over again B. turn to people around you for help C. put aside the material for later review D. ask your teacher to explain it the next day （3）By saying “Sleep tight”, what does the author mean?
I watched from a distance as the homeless man quarreled with those who did not leave money for him – the majority. I walked up to him and right on queue he asked me for a quarter. ―I’ll give you a quarter if you tell me your story.‖ He laughed, ―You’ll give me a quarter for my story?‖ I lay the quarter in front of him and corrected myself –―Nah, here’s the quarter but it would be nice to hear your story.‖ I followed his eyes to the quarter and for a brief moment I saw a glimmer of reflection. I sat down next to him and waited. ―I was in the army,‖ he said. ―I was a sniper(狙击手)and was supposed to shoot down the enemy from the distance.‖ I listened carefully to his grizzly voice as he went deeper into the story. He wore dirty old torn clothes and smelled like a dead rat left in a mouse trap. He told me how he used to hunt with his family and was really good at it. He had his own way of respecting animals by not wasting what he killed for food and not killing more than he needed. When the army came knocking on his door, he felt pride and joined up. All those years of polishing his hunting skills could now serve a larger purpose—to defend us from the bad guys. He set out to fight in Iraq. It wasn’t long before he realized his ideals and expectations were just a shadow of the truth. He became disillusioned with the killings, which he felt were of innocent people. ―I was a sniper but I never really killed anyone,‖ he said. ―One day I had to do it. They asked me to shoot this lady from the distance. I saw kids near that lady and my hands were on the trigger (扳机). Man, I was tearing up ... I couldn’t do it. She wasn’t doing anything to anyone and she was with the kids—I couldn’t see through my tears. It just didn’t make any sense to me.‖ The story goes on as he describes eventually being put into prison for 180 days for refusing to follow orders. He told me how he was black listed so that he couldn’t get a job. All the rights we take for granted were taken away from him. Why? Here was a man who was being punished—and for what? For refusing to kill the lady? For being a hero? ―I have no regrets,‖ the homeless man said. ―I may be homeless now, but I never killed that lady. I never killed anyone in the army. It didn’t feel right. I didn’t go there to do that. I went there to save people.‖ He continued, ―I can live with being homeless—that’s okay. But I wouldn’t be able to live with killing innocent people.‖ On that lonely Friday night, I met a hero. It just never occurred to me that a hero could be a smelly old man left on streets. 1. It can be learned from the passage that the homeless man_______. （） A. never killed animals B. had a strong respect for life C. deserved the punishment he received D. felt guilty about disobeying the order
Topic Topical issues Reading Class：Name：Group：No： Learning Objectives： 1.Review the important words and expressions in the reading material: 2. Learn the reading skills: scanning and skimming Learning Key Points： 1.Grasp the important words and expressions in the reading material 2.Master the reading skills: scanning and skimming Learning Difficult Points： Improve the reading ability Learning Procedures： I.【Pre-class homework】 Read the passage and choose the best answer (1) T he first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot ―greener‖ toward the environment（环境）. ―We didn’t know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,‖ says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA. But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement. Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. ―The understanding has increased many, many times,‖ says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first Earth Day. According to US government reports, emissions（排放）from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9 .Although serious problems still remain and ne ed to be dealt with , the world is a safer and healthier place .A kind of ―Green thinking ‖ has become part of practices . Great improvement has been achieved .In 1988 there were only - 1 -