2019-2020学年译林版英语选修六新素养同步阅读强化训练(五) Word版含解析

阅读强化训练(十二)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解My daughter just turned nine last week. We went to the supermarket, and I offered her the best gift I could imagine: picking out anything she wanted. I expected her to pick out some clothes, a new video game, maybe even a doll. However, she insisted the only thing she wanted was a model airplane.I guess I shouldn’t be surprised about her request. My daughter has grown up in a military(军人的) household, the pride and joy of her father. He finds it perfectly appropriate(合适的) that, from a very early age, she has shared his love of aviation(航空学). I’ll never forget my shock when he taught her to jump off the swing set in our backyard, pretending she was a pilot. I believe she was four at the time, but even then she would play pilot more than house.Yet soon stories and pictures of aircraft weren’t enough; she wanted to see the real thing. So my husband started taking her to the annual air show at the local military base. Most other children her age admired how fast the planes flew or how nicely they were painted, but not my daughter. She would ask, “Daddy, when are they going to upgrade(升级) the avionics system in the F－22 Raptor？”or “Do you think unmanned drones(无人机) will ever be as useful as manned aircraft？” I once overheard her correcting an older gentleman who was mistaken about the planned retirement date of the F－15 Eagle.Of course, my husband has big dreams for his little aviatrix. She is going to be a military pilot, graduating at the top of her class from the Naval Academy. Then she’s going to design the next－generation fighter personally, while lecturing at Harvard about the history of fixed－wing aircraft. How she’s going to find time to do all of these things, I’ll never know!【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。

阅读强化训练(一)[学生用书P141(单独成册)](建议用时：15分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Friends are very important in our lives.Everyone needs friends.Ifyou don’t have friends，you’ll feel lonely.However，some people don’t try to build the friendships they’d like to have.Why?Some people don’t build friendships because they think they haveno time for that.Today many people live a very busy life，so it’s not strange that some people don’t think they have time for friendships.However，this is wrong.You should know that if you really want to do something，you can spare time for it，no matter how busy you are.My friend Tom used to think he had no time to build friendships.He was working almost all the time.However，one day，he realized that he didn’t have any friends in the city and became scared.He didn’t want to be lonely in the future.He decided to make a change.He didn’t bring home as much work as before.Instead，he went to a gym and started working out there.He not only became healthier，but also made some friends there.Some people don’t try to make friends because the idea of making new friends is scary to them.They’re afraid people will refuse to make friends with them.If someone does reject to make friends with you，it doesn’t mean that you’re useless or unlovable.Maybe they’re having a bad day.Ma ybe they don’t know you well.Or maybe they’re not a nice person.If you’ve been turned down by someone before，don’t think others will do the same to you.My friend David was afraid of making new friends，too，because he didn’t want to be turned down by others.But later he found some people were really nice. Slowly he made some good friends.Now he is no longer afraid of talking to new people and believes he can make more friends.So all you have to do is to believe you’ll make more friends and spare time for it.【解题导语】朋友对于我们每一个人来说都很重要，所以我们要去交一些朋友。

阅读强化训练(十六)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Julia Morgan was born in San Francisco on January 20, 1872 and raised in Oakland.Julia attended Oakland High School, graduating in 1890.With a strong mathematical interest she attended U．C.Berkeley, studying in the College of Engineering.In her senior year, Bernard Maybeck, a professor at U．C.Berkeley, taught descriptive geometry(画法几何) and he started a series of informal architectural seminars(研讨会) for his favorite students.He became a positive influence on Julia and others, encouraging them to study at the famous École des Beaux-Arts in Paris which he had attended ten years earlier.Julia went to Paris in 1896, learned French, and passed her entrance exams in the fall of 1898, becoming the first woman ever admitted to the architectural department within the École.After three years’ hard work Julia earned her diploma in February 1902.Morgan returned to Oakland in 1902 and worked for Architect John Galen Howard at U．C.Berkeley, assisting him on the construction of the Greek Theater.But her ambition(抱负) was to open her own practice.She took the State licensing exam and was allowed to practice as an architect in her own right in 1904.She opened her first office at 456 Montgomery, a building destroyed in the earthquake of 1906.In 1907 she moved into the Merchants Exchange Building firstly with Ira Wilson Hoover as a junior partner, but from 1910 she was listed simply as Julia Morgan, Architect.Her first major project after the April 18，1906 earthquake was the reconstruction of the badly damaged Fairmont Hotel.Morgan supervised(监督) its repair so that it reopened on the first anniversary(周年纪念) of the earthquake.Morgan designed over 700 buildings in her 50-year career.She was highly regarded, especially by women.She also designed a surprising number of homes and apartments in San Francisco.【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。

阅读强化训练(十一)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解I love fresh, local food that doesn’t travel for days before it gets to me. I’ve turned this interest into healthy baking business that’s expanded and grown in popularity. I discovered a love for baking and cooking when I was 8. Around that time, my mom was found to have a wheat allergy, which means she can’t eat the type of flour(面粉) most people eat.Because she was missing many of her favorite foods, I started experimenting with spelt flour to see if I could make some of the things she was missing. Spelt flour has a different type of protein that is easier to digest, so it’s a great choice for people who are allergic to wheat.Soon I was making many of the meals and all the baked food for my family. I started working with Martin Ruiz, who had a bakery at the market. A few months later, one day I saw a notice saying that a national healthy grocery chain was looking for local vendors(供应商). This opportunity fit my pl ans to provide fresh­baked, snack­sized spelt products for people who can’t eat wheat. I made an application and about a month later the notice came that I had been accepted! Over the next few months, things started moving fast. I had to make decisions on labels, packaging, and which products to market first.Running the business is part of my education now. I’m learning management skills: my dad delivers products since I don’t have a license yet; my mom helps with lots of details, including driving me to my kitchen 20 miles away；my two brothers help me with packaging and dishes.My philosophy(哲学)of healthy eating is：“Go local! Eat freshly. Try new things. And support local business and companies.”【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。

阅读强化训练(六)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Robert Frost, popular for his rural life poetry, was born in San Francisco, California on March 26, 1874.Frost published several poems in his high school magazine, and he sold his first poem called My Butterfly：An Elegy for D|S15 in 1894. It was published in the Ne w York Independent edition on November 8，1894. He then went on a journey to Virginia. He studied at Harvard University for two years. Although he was a very good student at Harvard, he left it to support his family.Just before dying, his grandfather bought a farm for him and his wife. Frost worked on the farm for nine years, writing early in the mornings. During this time, Frost had written several poems which became popular later on. Eventually, his farming failed, which drove Frost back to the education field from which he had started. From 1906 to 1911, he served as an English teacher at New Hampshire’s Pinkerton Academy and afterwards at the New Hampshire Normal School in Plymouth, New Hampshire.In 1912, Frost with his family moved to Great Britain, and lived at first in Glasgow. Later, he settled in Beaconsfield outside London. His first poetry book titled A Boy’s Will was published the very next year. In England, Frost became friends with some important people like Edward Thomas, a member of the group known as the Dymock Poets, T．E. Hulme, and Ezra Pound. Being surrounded by these friends, Frost published some great works in England. In 1915, after World War Ⅰ started, he returned to America and bought a farm in Franconia, New Hampshire. There he built a career in writing, teaching and lecturing. This family habitat served as his summer home until 1938. The house is now kept as the Frost Place, a museum and poetry conference site.【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。

阅读强化训练(四)[学生用书P144(单独成册)](建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解The Bell Teacher Competition 2016 is open to all teachers who teach English as a foreign language.The winners will be flown to the UK and take a teacher development course at Bell’s teacher campus，based in the University of Cambridge.The topic(话题)Please write no more than 300 words on the following topic：How have you put blended(融合) learning (i.e.online and classroom learning) or technology into practice to help your students prepare for an exam？How did you know this method was successful?The prizeThree winners will be chosen to take a two­week teacher development course at Bell’s Homerton College Campus，Cambridge.The dates of the course will be 5－18 December 2016 so you must be available on these dates.The prize includes：·flights(航班) to and from the UK·hotels at Homerton College·daily breakfast and weekday evening mealsThe courses at BellWhen sending in your entry(稿件) you will need to choose the subject of the course you wish to take during 5－18 December 2016.1．Language and methodology refresher(secondary/adult)2．Language and methodology refresher(young learners)3．An introduction to using new technology in the classroom4．Teaching Business English5．Contemporary English6．Language Improvement7．Bringing British Culture to Life8．Teaching English for Academic Purposes9．Creativity in the classroom10．From English Language Teacher to Academic ManagerDatesCompetition opens：Monday 11 July 2016Competition closes：all entries must be received on Friday 14 October 2016【解题导语】本文是一篇应用文。

阅读强化训练(二)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解From a young age，I would climb up and down for fun.My first introduction to gymnastics(体操) was through my older sister Arielle，who used to be a gymnast.She taught me how to do my first cartwheel(侧手翻)．By the end of the week，I was teaching myself one-armed cartwheels and my sister said to my mom，“You need to put this kid in gymnastics.”At about age 9，I realized that I wanted to pursue the Olympic path.I was used to the public eye，but the Olympic stage was different.The Games teach you to act in a certain way and to be disciplined(守纪律的)．They teach you to be a mature young lady，and you grow up fast.When I started this journey，I never knew what it actually took to get to the Olympics.I thought it was：training.I had to give up a normal kind of life for gymnastics，but I didn’t mind.I moved from Virginia Beach to Iowa to get a different coach.I sacrificed my privacy.Gymnastics was what I was going to eat，breathe and sleep.It takes a lot to be an Olympic athlete.You may have a talent，but the people who work harder than you will surpass(超过) you.Throughout my career，a lot of people have doubted me.When someone tells you that you can’t do it，especially when there are many people，you start to believe it.It took me years to figure out how great I was at gymnastics.Fear held me back when I hurt my leg in 2011，but I told myself that I had a talent and that I was going to use it.I went to the world championships and got a team gold.I won three gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games and helped Team U．S.A. win gold at the 2011 and 2015 world championships.My mom used to say，“Inspire a generation.”It’s one thing when you say it，but I never thought that I would be a pioneer and that people would draw inspiration from my story.【解题导语】本文讲述了作者走上体操道路的过程以及通过拼搏获得成功的励志故事。

阅读强化训练(三)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Most of us now have more than one online social media platform that we often use. They all have a place for you to show your best face in the form of a profile(简介) photo. A satisfying photo can make any visitor to your social media pages feel good about you at first sight. But, according to a new study, we may not be the best judge of our own profile pictures.Researchers asked 100 university students to choose images that they would most likely use as profile pictures on social networks. They found that the participants picked the trait(特点) of attractiveness for a dating site and professionalism for a career site. They decided what to emphasize (强调) in this way. Next, the students were asked to perform the same task for a stranger in the group. At last, researchers showed these images to online viewers and asked them to rate how confident, trustworthy or able the person in them appeared.The online viewers tended to favor the photos that were chosen by strangers rather than those chosen by the people themselves. Researchers suggested that strangers are better at choosing true images that show a person’s current appearance. One idea is that people tend to think themselves more positively than others do. This may affect their ability to distinguish(区分) when trying to select a satisfying photo. Moreover, it appears that people overemphasize the trait of attractiveness compared with other traits, such as trustworthiness and kindness, which are characters that strangers often focus on.Still, there are a number of questions to be answered. Researchers have not yet begun to examine which photos can bring actual benefits in life or workplaces. But if you want to put your best face forward, you can ask someone else to choose your next profile picture.【解题导语】人们总是希望在社交网站上留下最吸引人的资料照片，但研究发现陌生人其实更擅长挑选这类照片。

阅读强化训练(五)[学生用书P145(单独成册)](建议用时：15分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. But one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest. On December 4，1619, the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia. They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest. The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel. Many of the Pilgrims died. But the next year, they had a good harvest. So Governor Bradford declared a three­day feast(盛宴). The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food.In time, other colonies(殖民地) began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it. He proclaimed(宣布) the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving. Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbours. But the Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on the second Monday in October.【解题导语】本文主要介绍了感恩节的来历以及人们庆祝此节日的不同方式。

阅读强化训练(五)[学生用书P145(单独成册)](建议用时：15分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解As the father of a student，I have experienced first hand what a greatteacher is.My son was in the 4th grade last year，and he had a teachercalled Miss Green. I believe that when he is an adult he will surely lookback on her as the best teacher he has ever had.My son has attention deficit disorder(注意力缺损症) that makes it a little more difficult for him to learn.She was able to change her teaching methods for him so that he could keep up with the rest of the class. As a result，he got straight As on many subjects. She regarded her class as a family and they even had their own class song. She would often have them sing it to encourage them and develop a team spirit for them. When she saw that they were no longer listening carefully to what she was teaching，she would have them close their textbooks，stand up all around the room and throw around a small football. This helped them clear their minds and then focus on the lesson again.Besides，she was quick to reply to any phone calls or emails from us and got rid of our worries about children quickly.When my son went to the 5th grade this year，we happened to pass her classroom.When she saw my son，her face lit up and she came out and hugged him.She generally loves all of the children in her classroom and that love really shows.I can only pray that my son will continue to get teachers just like her for the rest of his school years.【解题导语】作者在本文中主要介绍了自己的儿子有注意力缺损症，幸运的是他遇到了一位好老师，这位老师用一种很巧妙的方法可以让儿子集中注意力。