浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习(二十)写作指导(含范文)

2020届新高考英语书面表达内容概要高三作文模拟写作指导与解读阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tiger s behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter.Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense. It takes the most cool-headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and becomes so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may not be able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to.An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise tounpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can't even learn to drive, let alone master the roadmanship. Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take (互让) from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.第一步：通读理解全文，了解文章结构，理清各段落之间的逻辑关系，提取全文中心词，尤其是名词与动词。

浙江2022高三英语作文英文：As a high school student in Zhejiang, I have been preparing for the college entrance examination, also known as the Gaokao, for the past three years. The pressure is immense, and the competition is fierce. The Gaokao is not only a test of academic knowledge but also a test of mental and emotional strength.I remember the first time I took a mock exam in myjunior year. I was so nervous that I couldn't concentrate, and my mind went blank when I saw the difficult math problems. I ended up scoring much lower than I had expected, and I felt defeated. However, I didn't let that discourage me. I sought help from my teachers and classmates, and I practiced relentlessly. Slowly but surely, my scores improved, and I gained more confidence in my abilities.In addition to studying hard, I also had to makesacrifices in other areas of my life. I had to give up some of my hobbies and social activities in order to dedicate more time to my studies. It was tough, but I knew that it was necessary if I wanted to succeed in the Gaokao.As the exam date approaches, the pressure becomes even more intense. There are moments when I feel overwhelmed and doubt whether I am capable of achieving my goals. However, I remind myself of the hard work and dedication I have put in over the years, and I find the strength to keep going.中文：作为浙江的一名高中生，我已经为高考做了三年的准备。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（六）写作指导一、概写原文二、概写步骤第一步：通读理解全文，了解文章结构，明确各段落之间的逻辑关系，提取全文中心词(尤其是名词与动词)。

第二步：细读原文，划出各段的主题句与关键词，关键词以动词与名词为主，涵盖段落全部要点与次要点。

第三步：根据所划内容，结合理解，重新组织语言。

可用中文概括出段落大意，然后用一句话翻译出来。

第四步：通读修改。

修改是一个重要的环节，要考虑连接词的使用；高级词汇的替换；句式的多样；语法是否正确以及字数的多少。

第五步：用自信衡水体抄到试卷上，力求清楚美观。

三、分段概括关键词句已在原文标出，结合理解，用中文概括出一句话并译成英文。

❶恐惧不可能完全避免，它只是我们身体对危险的正常反应。

Fear can't be avoided totally and it is merely our body's normal response to danger.❷但是，要克服对健康有害的恐惧并且实现人生梦想，你最好能接受你的恐惧，然后告诉值得你信赖的人。

But to overcome unhealthy fears and fulfill our dreams in life, you'd better accept your fears and then keep reliable people informed.❸此外，明白最糟糕的事情有助于把握机会。

Additionally, knowing what is the worst helps seize opportunities.❹最后，从小事做起，你也可以起到很大的作用。

Lastly, by doing small things, you can also make a considerable difference.❺总之，要勇敢面对恐惧，做你感到害怕的事。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（二十二）写作指导一、概写原文阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Advertising plays a major role in the competitive business world. Many industries take advantage of the power of advertising to attract or to win customers away from their business competitors. The influence of advertising is so huge that it causes many people to buy things that they don't want at the start. Advertising encourages people to buy things they don't want through misleading ideas. Advertising is proven to be a successful tool to stress the features of their product to the public even though it's regarded undesirable such as cigarettes, drugs, alcohols and so on. For example, Dunhill, a cigarette company which sponsors many football teams, seems to be promoting cigarettes to the public. Without the sponsorship(资助), the company will be less known to the public, resulting in fewer sales of cigarettes.Besides that, advertising has a large influence on the decisions made by the people in their everyday life. Many businesses use advertising as a form of promoting to create awareness about their product in the market. For instance, in a fast food industry, theintroduction of a new flavor of burger needs advertising to reach the public while the other burgers require advertising to increase sales. Children, especially, are easily influenced by advertisements and will have the desire to dine at fast food restaurants after that. Although fast food is bad for health, it has successfully become appealing to the pubic through advertising.However, advertising plays a part in helping customers to compare a product in terms of price, quality, reliability and so on. Without advertising, it will be very difficult for customers to judge the worthiness of a product. For example, advertisements published by various companies have given the customers the opportunity to choose wisely when purchasing an item. Without the power of advertising, customers will be stuck to a brand which may not offer the best choice.二、词汇讲解1. at the start 开始，起初The new system will be confronted with great difficulties at the start.新制度开始时会遇到极大的困难。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（十六）写作指导一、试题分析阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

(主题句与关键词已在原文中标出)Look inside any family home in the evening, and you might see a typical enough scene: Mom and Dad, each on their own laptop or tablet, streaming movies, catching up on work or maybe answering emails on their smart phones.Meanwhile, one child is chatting online with one school friend while texting another. The other is playing a video game with a friend on the other side of the city at the same time. Each member of the family is totally absorbed in his or her own piece of technology.According to some experts, the effect of technology on human relationships is worrying as technology becomes a substitute for face-to-face human relationships. It appears to be the case that many people would much rather spend time with their electronic gadgets（电子产品）than with one another. Young people say it isdifficult to get their parents' attention and they have to compete with smart phones, tablets and other technology.However, a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project offers a more helpful and encouraging view, suggesting that far from replacing human contact, technology can actually better family relationships. Just over half of the 2,253 people surveyed agreed that technology had enabled them to increase their contact with distant family members and 47 percent said it had improved the communication with the people they lived with. Moreover, even the closest members of families need time away from each other at some point to seek their own interests. Family members who might otherwise have sat in separate rooms can now be in the same one while still occupying a different mental space.Look back at our typical family scene above. Is it any different from four people reading their own books? Or is it driving families apart? Where technology will lead us remains to be seen. Yet there is no need to worry. As a matter of fact, how it affects our family relationships depends on our attitude toward technology.二、下水体会把写作比作游泳，要教会别人游泳，教者自己必须会游泳；教者会游泳，也不能只站在岸上指挥，要教运动员游泳，教练必先下水示范，"下水作文"也由此引申过来。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（九）写作指导一、概写原文二、概写步骤第一步：通读理解全文，了解文章结构，明确各段落之间的逻辑关系，提取全文中心词(尤其是名词与动词)。

第二步：细读原文，划出各段的主题句与关键词，关键词以动词与名词为主，涵盖段落全部要点与次要点。

第三步：根据所划内容，结合理解，重新组织语言。

可用中文概括出段落大意，然后用一句话翻译出来。

第四步：通读修改。

修改是一个重要的环节，要考虑连接词的使用；高级词汇的替换；句式的多样；语法是否正确以及字数的多少。

第五步：用自信衡水体抄到试卷上，力求清楚美观。

三、分段概括关键词句已在原文标出，结合理解，用中文概括出一句话并译成英文。

❶如今，美国青少年更喜欢与同龄人交往而不是与年少的儿童或者是成年人交往。

Nowadays, adolescents in America prefer to interact with their peers rather than younger children or adults.❷这一趋势主要有三个原因：首先，工业化导致了职业的变化以及更多的职业女性，这使得该现象不可避免。

This trend is mainly due to three factors. Firstly, industrialization led to changes in the workplace and more working mothers, which made the phenomenon inevitable.❸其二，学校改革也导致了他们很少与儿童交往。

Secondly, school reform has resulted in little contact with younger children.❹此外，青少年人数的增长导致同龄文化的出现。

Additionally, the growing adolescent population accounts for the appearance of peer culture.❺然而，研究对青少年花更多时间与同龄人在一起持积极的态度。

2016年浙江新高考英语题型解读—概要写作一、2016年浙江新高考《考试说明》英语写作样题第二节：概要写作（满分25分）阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is no thing fixed about attitudes to dirt.In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block o ut disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up t he skin and let ills in. A particular danger was though to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 15 46. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a frie ndly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman h ad taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman sho uld not go out.Though the belief in the merit (好处) of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been re garded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18 century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning awa y dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of pre venting disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War II. Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter th an white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too f ar?Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of diseas e. On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist (免疫学家), encourages ch ildren to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter (后者) positi on is gaining some ground.（原创范文，仅供参考）One possible version：People have mixed opinions towards dirt on our skin. (要点 1 ) For a long time in histo ry, people of some European countries, such as France, believed that dirt protected peop le from getting ill. (要点 2 ) However, people began to change their attitudes to dirt abou t 200 years ago. People have been told that washing dirt off our body can keep us health y. (要点 3) However, some scientists believe that exposure to some dirt may help our im mune system. (要点 4)【范文点拨】(一)要点分析1. 文章第一段就是本篇文章的主题句，点明了总的观点：However, there is nothing fix ed about attitudes to dirt. 换句话说：Different people have different attitudes towards di rt. 再结合下文谈到的主题可知Different people have different attitudes towards dirt on the skin. 范文中的要点1“People have mixed opinions tow ards dirt on our skin. ”概括非常精炼。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（十四、十五）写作指导一一、概写原文阅读下面短文，根据其内内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Something happens to many children when they are out of school over the summer months. It is called the "summer slide". This may sound like a ride at a water park. But it's not. Summer slide is when children forget much of what they learned during the latest school year.To fight the effects of summer slide, teachers often give students homework over the summer. Many parents may send children to all kinds of camps or find other activities to keep them learning. Some even try to build up their children's strengths by getting them into extra tutoring.However, experts say keeping children busy all the time is not good for them. The result is often a tired child with an overcrowded schedule. This keeps a child's brain active constantly-learning, gathering information and preparing for the next event. And this may have the opposite effect the parents are not hoping for.What should parents do instead? Nothing.According to Lea Waters, a psychologist specializing in positive psychology and positive education, slowing down actually helps children become the best they can be. Machines need to be reset, while kids need to goof off(偷懒). She says that goofing off really allows kids to have some downtime, when they are not focused on a specific task but are free to do something that they're interested in doing and that they can do more automatically and get enjoyment from, like shooting baskets or listening to the music.She also adds that goofing off does not mean the brain isn't working It just goes into this default network mode(默认网络模式)and uses that time to process all the information it had during the day, to integrate(整合)new information. It makes a kind of decision about what information to put into memory and what to get rid of, which in fact helps to improve memory.二、分段概括关键词句已在原文标出，结合理解，用中文概括出一句话并译成英文。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（十八）写作指导一、续写原文第二节读后续写（满分25分）阅读下面知文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事It was summer, and my dad wanted to treat me to a vacation like never before. He decided to take me on a trip to the Wild West.We took a plane to Albuquerque, a big city in the state of New Mexico. We reached Albuquerque in the late afternoon. Uncle Paul, my dad's friend, picked us up from the airport and drove us up to his farm in Pecos.His wife Tina cooked us a delicious dinner and we got to know his sons Ryan and Kyle. My dad and I spent the night in the guestroom of the farm house listening to the frogs and water rolling down the river nearby. Very early in the morning, Uncle Paul woke us up to have breakfast. "The day starts at dawn on my farm," he said. After breakfast, I went to help Aunt Tina feed the chickens, while my dad went with Uncle Paul to take the sheep out to graze(吃草). I was impressed to see my dad and Uncle Paul riding horses. They looked really cool.In the afternoon, I asked Uncle Paul if I could take a horse ride, and he said yes, as long as my dad went with me. I wasn't going to take a horse ride by myself anyway. So, my dad and I put on our new cowboy hats, got on our hors es, and headed slowly towards the mountains. "Don’t be late for supper," Uncle Paul cried, "and keep to the track so that you don’t get lost!" "OK!" my dad cried back. After a while Uncle Paul and his farm house were out of sight. It was so peaceful and quiet and the colors of the brown rocks, the deep green pine trees, and the late afternoon sun mixed to create a magic scene. It looked like a beautiful woven (编织的)blanket spread out upon the ground just for us.注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（十九）写作指导一、概写原文阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要With limited space for parks and gardens, architects and city planners often find it challenging to include greenery in neighborhoods in cities. One creative solution is to grow plants on unused areas like walls and rooftops. It's a popular idea, and now rooftop gardens and green walls have been sprouting up (大量冒出) in cities around the world．There are many benefits of having green spaces to the urban landscape. Adding gardens to rooftops or walls can create a pleasant environment—what was once a gray cement(水泥) wall can become a colorful, blooming garden. The Caxiaforum art gallery in Madrid, Spain, is a famous example—one of its walls is covered with 15,000 plants from over 250 different species. In other cities, green walls are being used more functionally, to cover up construction sites and empty buildings and to decorate the lobbies of office buildings. Using plants to cover walls and rooftops can also keep cities cooler in the summer. Buildings and roads absorb the sun's heat and hold it, causing a building or neighborhood to stay warmer longer. Plants, on the other hand, provide an enormous amount of shade. There isevidence that growing a roof or wall garden can lower a building's energy costs.In New York City, public schools plant rooftop gardens that can reduce heating and cooling costs. In addition to saving the school money, teachers and parents love the gardens because of their educational value —it's a fun and healthy way for their kids to investigate the world around them. "For the children, it's exciting when you grow something edible (可食用的)," said Lauren Fontana, principal of a New York public school.二、词汇学习1. challenging adj. 艰巨的，具有挑战性的--A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination. Mike found a challenging job as a computer programmer.迈克找到一份做计算机程序员的富有挑战性的工作。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（十六）写作指导一、试题分析阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

(主题句与关键词已在原文中标出)Look inside any family home in the evening, and you might see a typical enough scene: Mom and Dad, each on their own laptop or tablet, streaming movies, catching up on work or maybe answering emails on their smart phones.Meanwhile, one child is chatting online with one school friend while texting another. The other is playing a video game with a friend on the other side of the city at the same time. Each member of the family is totally absorbed in his or her own piece of technology.According to some experts, the effect of technology on human relationships is worrying as technology becomes a substitute for face-to-face human relationships. It appears to be the case that many people would much rather spend time with their electronic gadgets（电子产品）than with one another. Young people say it isdifficult to get their parents' attention and they have to compete with smart phones, tablets and other technology.However, a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project offers a more helpful and encouraging view, suggesting that far from replacing human contact, technology can actually better family relationships. Just over half of the 2,253 people surveyed agreed that technology had enabled them to increase their contact with distant family members and 47 percent said it had improved the communication with the people they lived with. Moreover, even the closest members of families need time away from each other at some point to seek their own interests. Family members who might otherwise have sat in separate rooms can now be in the same one while still occupying a different mental space.Look back at our typical family scene above. Is it any different from four people reading their own books? Or is it driving families apart? Where technology will lead us remains to be seen. Yet there is no need to worry. As a matter of fact, how it affects our family relationships depends on our attitude toward technology.二、下水体会把写作比作游泳，要教会别人游泳，教者自己必须会游泳；教者会游泳，也不能只站在岸上指挥，要教运动员游泳，教练必先下水示范，"下水作文"也由此引申过来。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（四）写作指导阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Scientists in London say they have found the best diet for both humans and the planet. If the world followed the so-called "planetary health" diet, the scientists told Reuters that each year more than 11 million early deaths could be prevented. Scientists say that the way we produce and eat food is very bad for the planet. For the health of the planet, they claim the same diet would reduce greenhouse gases and save more land, water and animals.Tim Lang, a professor at Britain's University of London, co-led the research. He told Reuters, "The food we eat and how we produce it determines the health of people and the planet, and we are currently getting this seriously wrong." Lang added that the world's population is expected to grow to 10 billion people by 2050. If we want to feed everyone, he explained, we all need to change what we eat and the way we eat by "improving food production and reducing food waste."Well, what do you eat on the planetary health diet? The scientists who created this diet say it is largely plant-based but still has small amounts of dairy,fish and meat. The diet calls for cutting red meat and sugar by 50 percent and doubling the amount of nuts, fruits, vegetables and legumes.Food situations around the world are not equal. In certain areas, this would mean great changes. People in North America, for example, eat 6.5 times the recommended amount of red meat. On the other hand, people in South Asia eat only half the amount suggested by the new planetary health diet. Meeting the targets for vegetables would need big changes in other areas. In sub-Saharan Africa, people on average eat 7.5 times the suggested amount of vegetables like potatoes and cassava.The scientists admit their goal will be difficult to achieve. But for them doing nothing is also not an option. Willet said, "If we can't quite make it, it's better to try and get as close as we can."第一步：通读理解全文，了解文章结构，明确各段落之间的逻辑关系，提取全文中心词(尤其是名词与动词)。

浙江省新高考英语应用文写作试题分析及范例点评2016年10月起，浙江省高考英语科目启用了新题型，其中写作分为两部分，第一部分为应用文写作，要求考生根据所给情景，写一篇80词左右的短文。

题型分析应用文属实用文体，有严格的语境限制，比如确定的时间、地点，确定的对象、范围，确定的行文目的等。

因此，应用文写作应力求主旨鲜明，格式正确，语言简练，语气因人因事而异。

书信、电子邮件是常见的应用文写作考查题型，主要包括询问信、致歉信、致谢信、慰问信、投诉信、邀请信、介绍信、求职信等。

写作时要注意格式正确，包含称呼语（salutation），正文（body），结束语（complimentary close），签名（signature）。

如在2016年10月的试卷中，应用文写作的要求是给未曾谋面的加拿大的住家（homestay）写一封咨询信（Letter of Inquiry）。

写作时遣词应尽量客气一些，行文应力求具有亲和力，切忌使用一些艰深的大词，也不宜使用一些结构过于杂糅的长句。

题目要求假定你是李华，下学期你将作为交换生（exchange student）去加拿大一所高中学习，要住在Lynn的家里。

请给Lynn写一封邮件，内容包括：介绍自己；1.2.告知到达时间；3.询问应做何准备。

注意：1.词数80左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

试题要点分析答题难度提示写作具体要求（一）内容要点1.介绍自己；2.告知到达时间；3.询问应做何准备。

（二）应用词汇和语法结构的情况1.使用与主题相关的词汇；2.能够使用恰当的语法结构。

（三）上下文的连贯性按照内容要点展开写作，使用恰当的连接词或表达法使文章内容连贯。

写作构思对于这封咨询邮件（（Letter of Inquiry），可采用以下步骤来构思：参考范文，Dear LynnI'm Li Hua， an exchange student from China. I'm happy to know that I'll be staying with your family in the next few months while I'm studying at the local high school. Thank you for having me！ I will arrive in Toronto on August 20th and get to your place later that afternoon. I wonder if you could give me some advice so that I can get myself better prepared for my stay in Canada.Looking forward to seeing you！Best wishes，Li Hua习作点评学生习作1Dear Lynn，I'm Li Hua， an exchange student from China. Next term I'll study in a senior high school in Canada， during which I will live in your house.As a high school student， I do well in my schoolwork and get along well with others. After school， I am fond of reading books and watching films.I am scheduled to arrive just a week before my class begins. And since I have never been to Canada before， Ihave no idea what to prepare. It would be really kind of you to give me some advice.Looking forward to your early reply.Yours sincerely，Li Hua点评1这篇习作无论是内容、结构，还是语言、信件的格式，都非常好。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（一）写作指导一、概写原文阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Nowadays, an increasing number of young Chinese spend money because they are "lazy".According to a report issued in December by China's e-commerce platform Taobao on China's "lazy economy", Chinese people spent 16 billion yuan on products and services online in 2018.The post-1995 generatio n was the "laziest" as its consumption increased by 82 percent, compared with that in 2017.The so-called lazy economy refers to a new type of consumption of products and services which are designed to save time and labor. According to the report, many people of the post-1995 generation buy high-tech electronic devices such as floor mopping robots and automatic window cleaners, which save the trouble of doing household chores. Meanwhile, take-out food delivery services are also popular among people born after 1995.Young people are willing to spend money on such products because they want to enjoy hard-earned leisure time after a busy and stressful day at work or school, reported Global Times. Because they need to focus on their studies or jobs, these so-called lazy people tend to use their leisure time more efficiently. For example, Wei Duo, a 21-year-old college student, is a frequent user of take-out food delivery services. "I once had a birthday cake delivered to my friend who lives far from my home. It cost me 50 yuan but it saved me almost half a day that would have been needed to deliver it myself. My friend was also happy because she got to eat the cake instantly," Wei told the Global Times.While the “lazy economy” might be convenient for young people, it might also create problems. The 'lazy economy' on campus is expressed in things like people buying food or other things without leaving the dormitory. As a result, they stay in their dormitories all day long, playing on computers and smart phones. According to Jinan Daily, this situation could lead to young people becoming less sociable and even developing problems of communicating with others. Young people should be alert(警觉的)to it.二、概写步骤第一步：通读理解全文，了解文章结构，明确各段落之间的逻辑关系，提取全文中心词(尤其是名词与动词)。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（十九）写作指导一、概写原文阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要With limited space for parks and gardens, architects and city planners often find it challenging to include greenery in neighborhoods in cities. One creative solution is to grow plants on unused areas like walls and rooftops. It's a popular idea, and now rooftop gardens and green walls have been sprouting up (大量冒出) in cities around the world．There are many benefits of having green spaces to the urban landscape. Adding gardens to rooftops or walls can create a pleasant environment—what was once a gray cement(水泥) wall can become a colorful, blooming garden. The Caxiaforum art gallery in Madrid, Spain, is a famous example—one of its walls is covered with 15,000 plants from over 250 different species. In other cities, green walls are being used more functionally, to cover up construction sites and empty buildings and to decorate the lobbies of office buildings. Using plants to cover walls and rooftops can also keep cities cooler in the summer. Buildings and roads absorb the sun's heat and hold it, causing a building or neighborhood to stay warmer longer. Plants, on the other hand, provide an enormous amount of shade. There isevidence that growing a roof or wall garden can lower a building's energy costs.In New York City, public schools plant rooftop gardens that can reduce heating and cooling costs. In addition to saving the school money, teachers and parents love the gardens because of their educational value —it's a fun and healthy way for their kids to investigate the world around them. "For the children, it's exciting when you grow something edible (可食用的)," said Lauren Fontana, principal of a New York public school.二、词汇学习1. challenging adj. 艰巨的，具有挑战性的--A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination. Mike found a challenging job as a computer programmer.迈克找到一份做计算机程序员的富有挑战性的工作。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“读后续写”模拟练习（一）写作指导一、续写原文阅读下面短文, 根据所给情节进行续写, 使之构成一个完整的故事。

A few years ago, the company I work for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a year. I've always loved jogging, so I was really happy when I found out the apartment they had rented for us was next to Central Park. This meant that every morning I could go for a run before I went to work.Because a lot of people had told me to be careful of muggers in the park, I didn't usually take anything with me. How could they rob me if I didn't have anything? But this one morning my wife asked me to buy some bread on the way home, so I put a$10 bill in my back pocket.It was a beautiful morning and the park was quiet with very few people walking or jogging around. While I was running, another jogger bumped into me. He apologized and continued running. For a while, I didn't think too much of it. However, when I noticed the wide path where I was running, I thought it was kind of strange. Thewarningof muggers in the park occurred to me."It could have been a mugger!”I suddenly became alarmed, so I checked my pocket. The money was missing! I immediately started to run after the otherjogger. I finally caught up and grabbed him firmly by the arm.I started shouting and demanding that he gave me the $10 bill. I'm not usually a hot-headed person, but I really lost my temper. I couldn't believe therobberywas actually happening to me. Filled with rage, I shook my fist at him. This seemed to frighten him. He quickly puthis hand in his pocket and gave me the money. Then he ran away as fast as he could.I bought the bread and went home. As soon as I got home, I couldn't wait to tell my wife the story."You won't believe what happened to me," I started with pride. She immediately interrupted. "I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table."注意:1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;2. 应使用5 个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语;3. 续写部分分为两段, 每段的开头语已为你写好;4. 续写完成后, 请用下划线标出你所使用的关键语。

2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（二十）写作指导（含范文）2020届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”模拟练习（二十）写作指导一、概写原文阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Have you ever intended to be fully absorbed in your work but found yourself distracted（被分心）by e-mail, the Internet and other things throughout the day? "People often lose their concentration when they are bored or when they are engaged in several challenging tasks at the same time." says Peter Bregman. "They sometimes feel the need to escape from what's difficult or boring, so they jump out," he says.The part of the brain devoted to attention is connected to the brain's emotional center. Any strong emotion--quarrels with colleagues, problems at home –can interrupt our attention. Studies over the last decade have shown that too much work to do at a time can easily lead to distraction.Refocusing is hard for many people. Robert Epstein suggests the following, "Stop and listen to music for a few minutes. Go for a short walk or take a deep breath. While you breathe in deeply, count to five slowly, hold it and breathe out very slowly." This can blow out all the tension and the unwanted in your mind to restore your focus.Take more control of what you are doing. "Setting the phone alarm to go off(响起来) every hour is my way of creating awareness of my behavior," Mr. Bregman says. "You have to inform yourself that you've lost focus inorder to do something about it." Starting the day with a to-do list is important, such as when to eat, when to go to the gym or take a walk. But if it's overly ambitious(雄心勃勃的) you will put yourself in a state of anxiety, which makes it hard for the brain to concentrate. "Choosing three or four things as your priority(优先事项) for the day allows your brain to settle down and focus," he says.二、词汇讲解1. intend to do sth 打算…,想要做…It is still far from clear what they intend to do.现在还完全不清楚他们究竟想做什么。