(江苏专用)2020高考英语二轮复习专题限时检测(二十六)任务型阅读(一) (1)
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(2019·南通模拟)Life can be overwhelming (令人不知所措的). We want to do as much
as we can, see the world, learn new things — and it can all get a bit too much. Sometimes
we reach a point when we feel that we can no longer be interested in everything. We
have to shut some of life out, and we don't like that. We are living under the false
assumption that to know anything worthwhile takes years of study, so we might as well
forget it.
But something inside us rebels. We still want to learn new things and make new
things. They don't have to be big things. Coping with too big a challenge can be
daunting (令人怯步的). The secret is to be a “micromaster” by perfecting lots and
lots of small things — for a big payoff.
A micromastery is a selfcontained unit of doing, complete in itself, but
connected to a greater field. You can perfect that single thing and move on to bigger
things. A micromastery is the way we learn as kids. You never absorb all the
fundamentals straight away — you learn one cool thing, then another. Psychologist
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has written about “flow” — a state in which time seems
to be suspended because our involvement in what we're doing is so great. A
micromastery, because it is repeatable without being repetitious, has all the
elements that allow us to enter a flow state，which produces great contentment.
As we get older our default setting (默认设置) becomes “off” not “on”. We
stop getting interested in new things because we haven't got enough time or energy.
This is an excuse but who can blame us when we hear we need 10,000 hours to “master”
something. Micromastery slices through all the excuses. You start with something
so small and easy that it doesn't impact on your life except positively.
We envy the person who has a perfect French accent, who can roll a kayak, or compose
a poem that isn't laughable, who can lay a brick wall that doesn't fall down. These
are regarded as hard things to learn which mean a greater mastery of the field concerned.
But with micromastery you start with the test piece and then — and only then —
do you go back upstream to learn anything more about the new world.
Seeing the world in terms of micromasteries makes anything seem possible. Fancy
bookbinding? Yoga? Tap dancing or tank driving? All have their micromasteries. It's - 2 - very liberating — you no longer have to feel trapped in your day job. You will start,
in a small way, to get your life back from the idea that the world seems to push on
us that we should do just one thing all our lives.
An annoying
situation •We are too (1)________ to accomplish everything we are
interested in and sometimes have to make a tradeoff.
•We take it for granted that anything worthwhile doesn't
have an (2)________ payoff, so we might as well forget it.
A practical
approach Instead of accomplishing big things, the secret is to be a
micromaster
by starting (3)________.
Facts about a
Micromastery •It is connected to a greater field. We can (4)________
upon small successes to achieve greatness.
•It enables us to have a good command of important things
in a (5)________ way.
•It can help enter a flow state when we are (6)________ in
what we
are doing.
•For the adults who lack time and energy to try new things,
it can have a (7)______ impact on their lives.
•Instead of envying the achievers, we can (8)________ the
unknown world by starting with the test piece.
Conclusion •A micromastery can help us to liberate our minds and
(9)________ our boundaries.
•For a satisfied life, be a (10)________ of small things.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了一种学习方法，从小事做起，然后慢慢积累，一步一步走向成功。
1．ambitious/greedy 根据第一段第二句“We want to do as much as we can, see the world,
learn new things — and it can all get a bit too much.”可知，我们太过于贪心想要完成所有感兴趣的事情，但这往往是做不到的。
2．immediate/instant 根据第一段最后一句“We are living under the false assumption
that to know anything worthwhile takes years of study ...”可知，我们有着错误的观念：习得一些值得的事物需要花费数年的学习时间。也就是说我们认为任何有价值的东 - 3 - 西都不会立即得到回报。
3．small/humble 根据第二段最后一句“The secret is to be a ‘micromaster’ by
perfecting lots and lots of small things — for a big payoff.”可知答案。
4．build/depend/rely/count/rest/base 根据第三段第二句“You can perfect that single
thing and move on to bigger things.”可知，此处表示依靠于小的成功来达到大的成就。build/depend/rely/count/rest/base on/upon“建立在……的基础上”。
5．gradual/steady/slow 根据第三段第四句“You never absorb all the fundamentals
straight away — you learn one cool thing, then another.”可知，你一件一件的学习，也就以一种平稳缓慢、循序渐进的方式。
6．involved/absorbed/buried/occupied/engaged 根据第三段最后一句可知，这种方式可以让我们埋头于事物的时候进入一种流动的状态。
7．positive 根据第四段最后一句“You start with something so small and easy that it
