Week 3
(2022·河北中考)

Monday 完形填空

Kevin is a special swimmer. He took risks to 1 in very cold places because he wanted people to pay attention to environmental problems.

As a boy, Kevin visited national parks and he learned the Earth is in 2 condition. He felt worried, and he wanted to 3 the Earth. In 2009, he went to swim in water near North Pole ( 北极 ) to draw people’s attention to the melting glaciers ( 融化的冰川 ). Kevin said that the swim was so painful that it would be his 4 time swimming in cold water. In 2016, he heard about a lake in the Himalayas ( 喜马拉雅山脉 ). It was formed by melting glaciers. He 5 to swim in cold water again. It was difficult to swim in the lake. The air was so 6 that it was hard to breathe. He told people about his experiences on TV. He wanted people to know that glaciers in the Himalayas are disappearing 7 global ( 全球的 ) warming and that there’s less water for people in nearby 8 like China, India, and Pakistan.

From Kevin’s story, we learn two 9 . We learn that people can do a lot of harm to the Earth without realizing it. Also, we learn that if we 10 the way we think, we can do something to protect our environment. With the new way of thinking in our minds, we can enjoy a bright future.

Tuesday 阅读理解 A

Wednesday 阅读理解 B

Last year I had a trip with my friend, Nancy. The weather was cloudy except for one night. Nancy and I sat in the field and we felt relaxed. We talked about the fantastic trip, looking at the stars. “It’s a pity we don’t know which stars we’re looking at, Jenny,” said Nancy. “I know some of them.” I answered. Nancy felt surprised when I finally finished telling her all the names I knew.

My interest in stars began when I was eight. My aunt took me to a planetarium ( 天文馆 ). A guide showed us the groups of stars and told us stories about how they got their names. The stories were wonderful.

Everyone knows we can see the stars better when it’s not cloudy, but lots of people don’t realize that a bright moon also stops us seeing very much. I always look for the Plough ( 北斗星 ), because once I see that, I can find the North Star and other stars.

I wanted to learn more about the stars, so I took a course at the club. There are so many lights in the city that we have to go into the countryside to see any stars. I’m planning to make videos about stars in the countryside. I’ll post them online for everyone to watch. My greatest dream is to be an astronaut ( 宇航员 ) and I wish I could have a space travel.

Thursday 阅读理解 C

Presentation (展示) skills are important at school and in other areas of life. Some people don’t like giving presentations because they don’t know what to say or because they get nervous about public speaking. Here’s some advice to help you make presentations easier and more enjoyable.

1. Get organized

The best presentations are well planned and clearly organized. Think about topics ( 话题 ) and choose a proper one. In one topic, three or four main ideas will be fine. The beginning of your presentation should be interesting. For example, you can tell a short, funny story to make people laugh.

2. Use photos or videos

Try to use photos or videos. These things make your performance more exciting and help you remember what you’re going to say. However, you shouldn’t use too many. The “star” of your presentation should be you, not your photos or videos.

3. Practice before your performance

You need to practice many times before the “big day”. Practice saying any unusual words. Then write the main ideas on small cards to help you remember. Practice in front of a mirror and time your presentation. Finally, you can record your performance or ask a friend to watch you and then make suggestions for improvements.

4. Connect with your audience ( 观众 )

Always look at the audience when you speak. Stand up straight, but don’t stand still or move around much. Finally, be sure to thank your audience when you finish speaking. It’s a simple but good way to end any presentation.

Friday 阅读理解 D

Nobody wants to lose, but we must accept that losing is a part of life. After all, we can’t win all the time. However, we can learn something valuable from every failure ( 失败 ). This may help us succeed in the future. So we must know how to be a good loser.

We must not be afraid of losing. When we lose, just take it with a smile and look on the bright side of it. Failure can’t be avoided in our life. Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb ( 灯泡 ). When he was asked how he felt, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times but had learned 10,000 things which didn’t work. We must know that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved success although they failed many times.

Losing is not very disgraceful . We must accept our failure and learn to take advantage of it. Remember that it can be helpful. Take action to walk out of it. When we lose, think about what we did and how we can improve. If someone else can help, we’ll be lucky enough. Maybe he or she has been through the same experience before. Many people enjoy helping others solve problems. This can save us a lot of time in learning how to avoid the same mistakes in the future.

We should face our failure when we lose. There is only one winner in every competition. Some win, while some lose. That is a usual way of life. If we offer our congratulations ( 祝贺 ) to the winners and share in their happiness, we won’t feel sorry for our failure.

In a word, being a good loser will help us to succeed in life. It might be painful at the beginning, but there are many advantages. Good losers set examples to us, and most importantly, they finally win.

Weekend 任务型阅读

阅读下面短文，按要求完成各题。

“I could tell it was him by the way he walked.” If you’ve ever said that, you understand biometrics ( 生物识别技术 ). Biometric technology is an important topic in our work and private lives. It includes the use of finger prints or knowing a person’s voice. It is the science about what a person looks like and how a person does things. Like tree leaves, no two human beings are exactly the same. They’ve got different eyes and different hair. And everyone has a different way of walking or moving.

This technology can tell you from others. At the moment if you travel through an airport, you need your ID card or passport. If you go to your bank to get some money, you need a card and a special number. But what should you do if you lose your passport or forget your number? Biometric technology can solve this problem. The technology is becoming more and more popular with old people because they no longer need to remember their passwords ( 密码 ).

This technology is all around us in our life. We use them to unlock a smart phone, get into our homes, start our cars without a key or even pay for our shopping.

Nothing is perfect. People are worried about the safety of their private information. However, the technology will become much better in the future, and it will become more and more important in our daily life.

1题完成句子；2、3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第二段的主题句；5题将画线句译成汉语。

一周词句储备

词汇点拨

完形填空

take risks 冒风险

pay attention to 注意，留意

environmental adj. 环境的

painful adj. 痛苦的；疼痛的

form v. 形成

disappear v. 消失

do harm to 伤害，损害

阅读理解A

skateboard n. 滑板

volunteer n. 志愿者

阅读理解B

fantastic adj. 极好的

the North Star 北极星

take a course 参加一门课程

阅读理解C

nervous adj. 紧张的

enjoyable adj. 令人愉快的

performance n. 表演

time vt. 为……计时

improvement n. 改进

阅读理解D

accept v. 接纳，接受

all the time 一直，总是

valuable adj. 有价值的

avoid v. 避免

achieve success 获得成功

take advantage of 利用，运用

take action 采取行动

share in 分享，分担

in a word 总之，一句话

任务型阅读

private adj. 私人的；隐私的

finger print 指纹

passport n. 护照

unlock vt. 解锁

daily adj. 每天的

难句剖析

完形填空

Kevin said that the swim was so painful that it would be his last time swimming in cold water.

译文 凯文说游泳很痛苦，这将是他最后一次在冷水中游泳。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。Kevin said是主句，第一个that引导宾语从句；宾语从句中还包含有一个so...that句型，意为“如此……以至于”，其中that引导结果状语从句。

阅读理解B

Everyone knows we can see the stars better when it’s not cloudy, but lots of people don’t realize that a bright moon also stops us seeing very much.

译文 每个人都知道在晴天我们可以更清楚地看星星，但是很多人没有意识到明月也会阻止我们看到很多东西。

分析 but连接表示转折关系的两个分句。第一个分句是主从复合句。Everyone knows是主句，其后为宾语从句，其中we can see the stars better是主干，when引导时间状语从句；第二个分句也是主从复合句，lots of people don’t realize是主句，that引导宾语从句。

阅读理解C

Some people don’t like giving presentations because they don’t know what to say or because they get nervous about public speaking.

译文 有些人不喜欢演讲，因为他们不知道该说什么，或者因为公开演讲让他们感到紧张。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。Some people don’t like giving presentations是主句，or连接because引导的两个原因状语从句。

阅读理解D

When he was asked how he felt, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times but had learned 10,000 things which didn’t work.

译文 当被问及感觉如何时，他说他没有失败一万次，而是了解到有一万个东西不会起作用。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。he said是主句，that引导宾语从句，其中but连接表示转折关系的两个分句，第二个分句中things是先行词，which引导定语从句。句首的when引导时间状语从句。

任务型阅读

The technology is becoming more and more popular with old people because they no longer need to remember their passwords.

译文 这项技术越来越受到老年人的欢迎，因为他们不再需要记密码。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。The technology is becoming more and more popular with old people是主句，because引导原因状语从句。 H0OSaIbpyZwNMPponbSO2XHbkjf88Edi4EzM20ifFG6PJlPwMMEx0HKx+5fQz+7B

Week 4
(2022·江西中考)

Monday 完形填空

Sit With Us

You’re at your new school. It’s lunch time, but you don’t have anyone to sit with. You want to join someone at their table, 1 you’re not sure if they’re friendly. What do you do? Natalie’s 2 of solving the problem was to create an app. She knows what it feels like to be alone at a new school. She found it difficult to make new friends and had to 3 a new table at lunch every day. If she sat 4 , she felt lonely. But if she asked to join someone and was 5 , she felt embarrassed. She created a lunch-planning app to help students like 6 find people to have lunch with.

The app—called Sit With Us—is 7 . If a student is having lunch in the afternoon, he or she can create an invitation. Other students can open the app and 8 that invitation. They can then use the app to decide when and where to 9 . This allows students to make 10 online instead of face-to-face. This is the reason why it works so 11 : it lowers the risk of being refused, and the embarrassment that goes along with it.

Natalie is 12 to see that people are replying to her app actively—especially those who suffer from bullying ( 遭受欺凌 ). Soon after she made her app available to the public, she won a prize for it. She 13 appeared in many news stories.

Natalie was even asked to speak at a university. In her 14 , Natalie wanted people to know that you don’t have to do something 15 to change lives. Sometimes, a simple thing—like having a friend to enjoy lunch with—can make all the difference.

Tuesday 阅读理解 A

Wednesday 阅读理解 B

Why is the sea salt? Long before we discovered scientific ways of thinking about it, we explained it in a story. Even though the answer isn’t scientific, it holds some other truth in it—especially about the human heart.

Long ago, a poor old couple lived on the coast. One day, an old storyteller came to their village. The old couple gave him a meal. In return, be gave them a coffee mill ( 磨粉机 ) and said, “Say ‘Mill, please grind ( 磨粉 )’, and it’ll make whatever you want, to stop it, say ‘Mill, please cease ( 停止 ) grinding’.”

Soon the old couple had a much better life. They’d been happy people, and they didn’t need much more. But the young couple next door were never satisfied. When they saw the old couple wearing good clothes and buying good food, they burnt with envy ( 羡慕 ). So one day, the young husband went to the old couple’s house secretly and heard, “Mill, please grind hot chocolate!” He was surprised to see it coming out.

Then the young couple stole the mill from the old couple. With it, they rode a horse and set off down the coast, where no one would know them. Along the way, the husband showed proudly and asked, “What do you want it to make?” “Oh, I don’t know. Why not salt?” the wife said. “Mill, please grind salt!” he said. “It works!” the wife shouted. But then they noticed the salt went everywhere. “Make it stop.” the wife said. But the husband didn’t know how, “Mill, please stop grinding! Please, no more!” His words didn’t work. The mill kept grinding. Finally, the young husband threw the mill into the sea as far as he could.

And there it’s been, for hundreds of years, endlessly grinding salt. That’s why the sea is salt.

Thursday 阅读理解 C

Indonesians love to celebrate. They believe that celebrating and eating together brings good luck. Let’s party Indonesia-style.

Would you be surprised to find a New Year’s Day in March? Indonesians on the island of Bali are getting ready to ring in Nyepi, their New Year. It falls in March or April on the night of the new moon and is a symbol of a fresh start for the people and the island of Bali. On the eve of Nyepi, families and friends get together in the market. They carry a huge monster which is made of wood and other materials around the village three times. After that, people set it on fire, hoping to drive out evil ( 邪 恶 的 ) spirits.

After Nyepi, a Turun Tanah ceremony begins in honor of a child’s first steps. At the Turun Tanah, parents invite friends and family to a party to introduce the baby. They put different objects such as a bracelet ( 手镯 ), pen, mirror or toy computer around their baby. If the baby picks up a pen, he or she may be a writer. A child who picks up gold bracelet may be rich.

While Turun Tanah celebrates the future of a family, Galungan celebrates its past. Ancestors who have died return ‘home’ during this ten-day celebration. And living relatives do their best to make them happy. Tall bamboo poles line the street. People attend the ceremonies and visit their family and village temples. Actors and dancers give performances that tell stories of good fighting against evil.

A year of festivals has come to an end. Don’t worry: next year, Indonesia will be buzzing ( 发出嗡嗡声 ) again with celebrations, so welcome to the party!

Friday 阅读理解 D

Improvements in technology often happen overnight. Some gadgets get smaller and faster. Others are replaced ( 代替 ) by newer things like smartphones. They can do hundreds of things. Here are some old gadgets that people used to use.

① _________

Do you have a landline at home? These are phones that people plug ( 插 入 ) into their living room walls. Mobile phones didn’t use to be so common at that time, so most families had a landline. But landlines only worked at home. What did people do when they were outside and needed to call someone? They looked for a pay phone! Then, most people had their own mobile phones and many homes no longer had landlines.

② _________

People today store plenty of information online, or on SD cards. But in the 1980s and 1990s, people used to use floppy disks. The first floppy disks were large, expensive, and not very useful—each disk could store just 175 KB of information! Later, floppy disks got smaller and better. But even the best ones could only hold 1.44 MB. You would need three or four disks just for one song, and about 22,000 disks to match the storage ( 储存空间 ) available on a 32 GB phone!

③ _________

It’s easy to take photos today. People often have thousands just on their phones! But photos used to be expensive, and people took fewer of them. To take a photo, you had to buy a roll of film. This allowed you to take about 30 photos. After finishing the roll, you left it at a shop. The shop developed the photos to make them be seen, which you could collect after a few days.

Technology changes all the time, and the gadgets we use today will one day be old. What do you think will be next to disappear?

Weekend 任务型阅读

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整，并在答题卡上将其序号涂黑。一空一句。

Silk, the word itself is beautiful. The story of silk started in China over 4,000 years ago. It says a silkworm’s cocoon ( 蚕茧 ) fell into a woman’s teacup. It then opened into a single, unbroken thread ( 线 ). 1 The Chinese learned they could use the cocoons to make cloth that was both beautiful to look at and soft to touch.

2 In other countries, silk was valuable and not often seen. Often it was worth more than gold. It’s said that the secret finally got out when a princess left China to go to India. In her hair, she secretly carried many silkworms.

By the year 1 A.D., silk was sold as far west as Rome, and all long the Silk Road. 3 Centuries later, in 1522, the Spanish brought silkworms to Mexico.

Nowadays people around the world still make many beautiful things from silk. Silk isn’t only beautiful. It seems that it’s easy to break. 4 For example, it has been used to make bicycle tires ( 轮胎 ). And some doctors even use silk threads in the hospital. 5 This makes it great for clothes like winter jackets, pants, and shoes.

All of this from a little insect—the silkworm. That is the miracle ( 神奇 ) of silk.

一周词句储备

词汇点拨

完形填空

friendly adj. 友好的

lonely adj. 孤独的

embarrassed adj. 尴尬的；窘迫的

invitation n. 邀请；请帖

face-to-face adv. 面对面

available adj. 可用的，可使用的

make the difference 有影响，很重要；产生差别

阅读理解A

playground adj. 游乐场

rescue vt. 拯救，营救

admission n. 进入；承认；入场

adult n. 成人，成年人

free car and coach park 免费停轿车及长途客车

disabled adj. 残疾的

wheelchair n. 轮椅

阅读理解B

scientific adj. 科学的

coast n. 海岸线

storyteller n. 讲故事的人

in return 作为回报

satisfy v. 满足

burn with 充满强烈的情感

endlessly adv. 无休止地

阅读理解C

in honor of 纪念，向……致敬

symbol n. 象征

monster n. 怪物

set…on fire 将……点燃

ancestor n. 祖先

relative n. 亲属，亲戚

ceremony n. 典礼

temple n. 庙；寺庙

阅读理解D

overnight adv. 一夜之间

gadget n. 小玩意；小配件

landline n. 固定电话

floppy disk 软盘

a roll of 一卷

develop the photo 冲洗照片

任务型阅读

single adj. 单一的

unbroken adj. 未破损的

难句剖析

完形填空

Natalie is happy to see that people are replying to her app actively—especially those who suffer from bullying.

译文 纳塔利很高兴看到人们对她的应用程序做出积极的反应，尤其是那些遭受欺凌的人。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。Natalie is happy to see是主句，that引导宾语从句；those短语用作同位语，对people作补充说明，其中those是先行词，who引导定语从句。

阅读理解B

When they saw the old couple wearing good clothes and buying good food, they burnt with envy.

译文 当看到这对老夫妇穿着好衣服，买着好食物时，他们妒火中烧。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。they burnt with envy是主句，when引导时间状语从句，其中see sb. doing sth.是固定搭配，doing短语用作宾语补足语。

阅读理解C

They carry a huge monster which is made of wood and other materials around the village three times.

译文 他们带着一个由木头和其他材料制成的巨大怪物在村子里绕三圈。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。They carry a huge monster是主句，其中monster是先行词，which引导定语从句。be made of意为“由……制成”。

阅读理解D

The shop developed the photos to make them be seen, which you could collect after a few days.

译文 商店将照片冲洗出来，让人可以看到它们，你可以在几天后收集这些照片。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。The shop developed the photos to make them be seen是主句，which引导非限定性定语从句，修饰先行词photos。

任务型阅读

The Chinese learned they could use the cocoons to make cloth that was both beautiful to look at and soft to touch.

译文 中国人了解到，他们可以用蚕茧制作出既美观又触感柔软的布料。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。The Chinese learned是主句，其后为宾语从句，其中cloth是先行词，that引导定语从句。 H0OSaIbpyZwNMPponbSO2XHbkjf88Edi4EzM20ifFG6PJlPwMMEx0HKx+5fQz+7B

Week 5
(2022·重庆中考)

Monday 完形填空

From the balcony ( 露台 ) of my grandma’s tenth-floor apartment, I search the sky, hoping to see stars.

“Stars are afraid of city lights, but a little song is 1 good for something.” Grandma puts her arms around me and sings softly in her low and beautiful 2 .

But stars are still hiding.

So I rest 3 deeper into her arms, hoping for a few more minutes of her warmth as much as I hope to see at least one star.

“Tomorrow won’t come if you don’t dream tonight, Sally!” She kisses my hair and points me to 4 .

The next day, I wake up and take the lift 5 Grandma as usual.

On the fourth floor, the lift stops suddenly and it goes dark. I feel my 6 beating in my ears. Grandma rings the bell and is told that the power ( 电 ) is off along the whole street.

Grandma holds my hands, and we sing together in the dark lift.

Before long, Mr. Smith comes and helps us get out safely. Grandma takes my hand, and we walk 7 the stairs to the first floor. Grandma nods in the direction of my school.

“Am I still going?”

“School has power, dear Sally.” She takes my hand again! And I am not 8 for school.

The power is still off when I come home that afternoon.

After dinner and homework, we come to the balcony and watch day turn to evening. Lights come on several streets away, but it’s 9 here.

“Stars might not be so afraid tonight,” I say.

“Star light, star bright...” I start to 10 , and Grandma joins in.

One, two, three... Thousands of stars light the sky bright!

Tuesday 阅读理解 A

Wednesday 阅读理解 B

“Lots of restaurants say they’re the best. To be honest, we are not and we’ve never said we are. We just try to be a little bit better every day,” said Mr. Yang, who runs a restaurant named Grandpa Yang in Chongqing.

Yang started the restaurant in 2011. He was unhappy when quite a lot of food was left uneaten. “If customers know more about the food before they order, they will know what to pick,” he thought. So he decided to write something about each dish on his menu online.

Now there is something about the food. “Compared with our General Tao Chicken, this one is not THAT good,” says the introduction of Orange Beef. Another introduction warns, “Don’t let the name fool you. This one is NOT a real Sichuan dish.”

“People often search online to find the right restaurant. I don’t want them to say. ‘Oh, it’s one of the best in the area, and it must be very good,’ but then they come here only to find it’s not so good,” Yang said, “Customers should read more about the food before they order, not only my introductions, but also other customers’ opinions.”

Thanks to his honesty, the restaurant is having a moment under the sun. “It’s been a very exciting and busy time,” said Yang, “and I love it.”

Thursday 阅读理解 C

When Xiong Chuanfa, 34, blows a lifelike tiger out of sugar in just minutes, kids look at him in surprise thinking he is a magician.

Xiong has been blowing sugar figurines ( 吹糖人 ) for over twenty years. Blowing sugar figurines is a Chinese traditional folk ( 民间 ) art with a history of over 600 years and has been listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage.

Every morning, Xiong prepares the sugar and drives to different markets in Nanchang to start his magic show.

He heats ( 加热 ) the sugar, pulls off a little to make a ball and blows it into different shapes—a rabbit, a monkey, and even Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

People, especially little kids, are interested in his skills. ▲ , he also stops by colleges.

Many college students have been drawn to the art, waiting in line for hands-on experience. Among them, Simon, a foreign student, couldn’t help having a try. Though it looked easy, he found it difficult to make it. Thanks to Xiong’s help, Simon finally saw a horse slowly taking shape.

Simon was deeply moved after learning about the art. “I just can’t believe the traditional folk art can be kept so well here. I love it. Chinese culture should be spread around the world,” he said.

This art has been passed down for four generations ( 代 ) in Xiong’s family. His 6-year-old son often blows sugar balloons, just like what he used to do as a child.

“We will pass on the intangible heritage,” said Xiong.

Friday 阅读理解 D

We all have those moments when bright ideas hit us, but not everyone can develop such moments into the fruits of creative thinking. While we believe creative thinking is the falling apple of Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists, we seldom notice the creative thinking is in fact a process ( 过程 ).

Let’s look at what happened in 1666.

Sitting in the garden, Newton watched an apple fall from a tree. He began to wonder if the same force that pulled the apple down also kept the moon circling the earth. Newton believed it did. He called it “ gravity ( 重力 )”.

This story has become one of the most popular examples of “ eureka ” moments. But when we cheer for the great discovery, the whole process of creative thinking shouldn’t be forgotten.

Newton studied mathematics for long to have a better understanding of the world. He always enjoyed finding new ways to solve problems. The falling apple was only the fruit of years of hard work before. It also started the train of thought that continued for the next twenty years.

Newton began to examine “gravity” carefully. He experimented ( 实验 ). Then he studied the results and used what he had learned to do new experiments. In 1687, the greatest scientific work ever written came out.

The whole process of creative thinking works the same in our life.

In school, we prepare ourselves for the right moment. Once the moment comes, we catch it and then keep on working in the years to come. It takes much to get the fruits of creative thinking, but the sweetest fruits will be ready for those who wait the longest.

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阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

Desert Control is a huge challenge. In the past, China had much to learn from the rest of the world. But now the shoe is on the other foot. It’s time for China!

A Special Glue

Researchers from Chongqing Jiaotong University develop a special glue to change desert ground into soil that people can grow plants in. The “sand glue” made of plant is used to help keep water, nutrients ( 营养 ) and air. And it has been used in different areas.

The Past and the Present

Nearly 30 years ago, the Kubuqi Desert, the seventh largest desert in China, was a barren ( 贫瘠的 ) land with no future. The local people called the Kubuqi Desert the “sea of death”.

Thanks to our government, chances came. The Kubuqi people have changed the desert into an oasis ( 绿洲 ). It has offered chances for the locals to get more money in different ways like selling farm products. They change the desert and the desert helps them. It’s a win-win situation.

An Interview in Yulin

(Li has planted more than 2,300 mu of forest.)

Q: Did your family support you when you decided to plant trees?

Li: Not really. My family was strongly against my idea. My son even brought me back home, but the next day I went there again.

Q: Did you have any difficulties?

Li: Yes. At that time, the living conditions in the mountains were really terrible, and I didn’t have any experience. Though I worked more than 10 hours every day, less than 10% of the trees could be alive.

Q: How did you solve the problem?

Li: I bought books and used what I learned to plant trees. I tried again and again. 19 years has passed, and more than 95% of the trees are alive now.

Q: It took you 19 years to plant trees. Any regrets?

Li: No. It’s my dream. And my biggest wish is that everyone plants a few trees every year.

一周词句储备

词汇点拨

完形填空

apartment n. 公寓；

softly adv. 柔和地；柔软地

warmth n. 温暖

lift n. 直梯

before long 不久之后

nod v. 点头

direction n. 方向

阅读理解A

soil n. 土壤

temperature n. 温度

flower v. 开花

dig up 挖掘出

阅读理解B

to be honest 老实说

a little bit 有些

unhappy adj. 不开心的

uneaten adj. 没吃的；剩下的

customer n. 顾客；客户

menu n. 菜单

compared with 与……相比

warn v. 警告；提醒

fool v. 愚弄，欺骗

honesty n. 诚实；正直

阅读理解C

lifelike adj. 栩栩如生的

in surprise 惊讶地，吃惊地

magician n. 魔术师

traditional adj. 传统的

be listed as 被列为

intangible adj. 无形的

heritage n. 遗产；传统

mascot n. 吉祥物

hands-on adj. 亲身实践的

take shape 成形

pass down 流传，传下去

pass on 传承，传递

阅读理解D

hit vt. 使……突然意识到

develop…into… 把……发展成为……

creative thinking 创造性思维

seldom adv. 不常；很少

wonder if 想知道是否……

force n. 力量

circle v. 环绕；环行

cheer for 为……欢呼

discovery n. 发现

mathematics n. 数学

solve problems 解决问题

examine v. 仔细检查；审视

come out 问世，诞生

keep on doing sth. 坚持做某事，不停地做某事

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huge adj. 巨大的

challenge n. 挑战

glue n. 胶，胶水

local n. 本地人，当地人

win-win adj. 双赢的，共赢的

be strongly against 强烈反对

alive adj. 存活的，活的

regret n. 遗憾；后悔

难句剖析

完形填空

So I rest myself deeper into her arms, hoping for a few more minutes of her warmth as much as I hope to see at least one star.

译文 所以我把自己深深地埋在她的怀里，希望能多几分钟得到她的温暖，就像我希望至少能看到一颗星星一样。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。I rest myself deeper into her arms是主干，hoping引导的短语用作伴随状语，其中as much as引导状语从句。

阅读理解B

If customers know more about the food before they order, they will know what to pick.

译文 如果顾客在点餐前对食物有更多的了解，他们就会知道该选什么。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。they will know what to pick是主句，if引导条件状语从句，其中customers know more about the food是主干，before引导时间状语从句。

阅读理解C

When Xiong Chuanfa, 34, blows a lifelike tiger out of sugar in just minutes, kids look at him in surprise thinking he is a magician.

译文 当34岁的熊传发在短短几分钟内用糖吹出一只栩栩如生的老虎时，孩子们惊讶地看着他，以为他是魔术师。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。kids look at him in surprise是主句，thinking引导的短语用作伴随状语，其中he is a magician是宾语从句。句子开头when引导时间状语从句。

阅读理解D

While we believe creative thinking is the falling apple of Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists, we seldom notice the creative thinking is in fact a process.

译文 虽然我们相信创造性思维是最伟大的科学家之一艾萨克·牛顿的“坠落的苹果”，但我们很少注意到创造性思维实际上是一个过程。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。we seldom notice是主句，其后为宾语从句。句子开头while意为“虽然”，引导让步状语从句，其中we believe是主干，其后为宾语从句。

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Though I worked more than 10 hours every day, less than 10% of the trees could be alive.

译文 尽管我每天工作超过10个小时，但能够存活的树木不到10%。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。less than 10% of the trees could be alive是主句，though引导让步状语从句。 H0OSaIbpyZwNMPponbSO2XHbkjf88Edi4EzM20ifFG6PJlPwMMEx0HKx+5fQz+7B