2014年高三英語 閱讀復(fù)習(xí)第五期 計劃愿望2

1、 word2014年高三英語 閱讀復(fù)習(xí)第五期 計劃愿望2【導(dǎo)讀】人生無常，出于困境或身陷殘疾，也要身殘志堅，活出精彩！I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yardin Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely rememberthe brightness of sunshine and what red color is. It would be wonderful t

2、o see again,but a calamity can do strange things to people.It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do ifI hadnt been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believedin it so deeply, otherwise. I dont mean that I would prefer to go without

3、 my eyes.I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readilya person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private worldbecomes. The adjustment is never easy. I

4、was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky.My parents and my teachers saw something in me a potential to live, you might callit which I didnt see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If Ihadnt been able to d

5、o that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker onthe front porch for the rest of my life. It took me years to discover and strengthenthis assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gaveme an indoor baseball, I thought he was mocking me and I was hurt. “I cant us

6、ethis, I said. “Take it with you, he urged me, and roll it around. “The wordsstuck in my head. Roll it around! By rolling the ball I could hear where it went.This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball.At Philadelphias OverbrookSchool for the Blind I invente

7、d a successful variationof baseball. We called it ground ball.All my life I have set ahead of is a series of goals and then tried to reach them,1 / 5 wordone at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for somethingI knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only inv

8、ited the bitternessof failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.【文章大意】4歲那年我從貨場一輛棚車頭著地摔下來，雙目失明。有一天我突然想到，倘假設(shè)我不是盲人，我或許不會變得像現(xiàn)在這樣熱愛生活。我必須學(xué)會的最困難的一課就是相信自己。我給自己樹立了一系列目標(biāo)，然后努力去達(dá)到，一次一個。我有時也有失敗，但至少有進(jìn)步。【篇章結(jié)構(gòu)】段落關(guān)鍵詞大意推測lost my sight;突發(fā)事故，雙眼失明might not have come to love 從不幸中振作，自強(qiáng)自信li

9、fe as I do if I hadntwithinstrengthen this assuranceset ahead of is a series of 感恩生活，感悟人生offailure;made progress.【信息提取】1.How long is it since the author suffered the accident?A. Four years B. Fourteen years C. eighteen years D. twenty-eight years2.What made the author appreciate life better?A. Being

10、 blind B. Being older C. The others help D. Life itself2 / 5 word3.Who helped the author to fight for life?A. himself B. his teachers C. his parents D. his parents and teachers4.From the passage we can know the author is_.A.determined. B.proud C. poor. D. nervous.【解析】1. D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 根據(jù)地一段I lost my sight

11、 when I was four years old by fallingoff a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. NowI am thirty-two.可知答案。2. A. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段可知答案。3. D. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw somethingin me a potential to live, you might call it which I didnt see, and they

12、made me want to fight it out with blindness.可知答案。4. A從文章可以看出作者有堅強(qiáng)的決心和毅力。【詞匯擴(kuò)大】1.appreciate vi. 增值；漲價 vt. 欣賞；感激You cant really appreciate foreign literature in translation.看翻譯作品不能真正欣賞到外國文學(xué)原著的美妙之處。Id appreciate some feedback on my work.如果有人對我的工作提出意見我將感激不盡.2.adjustmentn.調(diào)解，調(diào)整； 調(diào)節(jié)器They should make adjus

13、tment to the new environment.他們應(yīng)進(jìn)展調(diào)整以適應(yīng)新環(huán)境。The company made an adjustment in my salary.公司對我的薪金作了調(diào)整。The process of adjustment to life in another country can be very difficult.適應(yīng)另一國家的生活可能會非常困難。3.discovervt.發(fā)現(xiàn)； 碰見； 撞見； 獲得知識3 / 5 wordWe have to discover his plans and act accordingly.我們得找出他的計劃，照著辦。The po

14、lice are trying to discover the identity of the killer.警方正努力調(diào)查殺人兇手的身份。An inquest was held to discover the cause of death.對死亡原因進(jìn)展了調(diào)查。4.strengthenvt.加強(qiáng)，鞏固； 勉勵，激勵We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敵當(dāng)前，我們必須加強(qiáng)團(tuán)結(jié)。Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.石頭是刀的朋友，障礙是

15、意志的朋友。Two divisions were ordered up to strengthen a weak point in the line.兩個師被調(diào)到前線去加強(qiáng)一個薄弱環(huán)節(jié)?！鹃L難句分析】1.It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I doif I hadnt been blind.【句意】有一天我突然想到，倘假設(shè)我不是盲人，我或許不會變得像現(xiàn)在這樣熱愛生活。【分析】It occurred to sb. that 某人突然想起。that I might not have c

16、ome to lovelife as I do if I hadnt been blind.是一個虛擬語氣。2. If I hadnt been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rockeron the front porch for the rest of my life.【句意】如做不到這一點(diǎn)，我的精神就會崩潰，只能坐在前門廊的搖椅中度過余生。【分析】與故去事實(shí)相反的虛擬語氣?！菊Z法點(diǎn)滴】虛擬語氣1 對現(xiàn)在情況的虛擬對現(xiàn)在情況的虛擬，條件句中謂語動詞用一般過去時，主句用“would/should/migh

17、t/could+4 / 5 word動詞原形。2 對過去情況的虛擬對 過 去 情 況 的 虛 擬 ， 條 件 句 中 謂 語 動 詞 用 過 去 完 成 時 ， 主 句 用“would/should/might/could+have+過去分詞。3 對將來情況的虛擬對將來情況的虛擬，條件句中謂語動詞可用should do, were to do或動詞的過去式三種形式表示，但意義略有不同。should表示的可能性最大，動詞過去式的可能性次之，were to do的可能性最小。主句謂語動詞用“would/should/might/could+動詞原形。4 錯綜時間條件句有時條件從句謂語動詞表示的動作和主句謂語表示的動作發(fā)生的時間不一致，這類句子稱為錯綜時間條件句。此時主從句動詞的形式應(yīng)根據(jù)各自所表示的時間進(jìn)展調(diào)整。If you had taken my advice then, you wouldnt be in trouble now.如果當(dāng)時聽我勸，你現(xiàn)在就不會有麻煩了。if條件句是對過去的虛擬，故用過去完成時，而主句是對現(xiàn)在的虛擬，故用“would+動詞原形形式。5