牛津英语九年级阅读训练三

阅读训练三（2014年北京中考阅读理解）

（这篇练习暂时只适用于优生。因为讲解这样一篇文章，需要的时间恐怕不止一节课。但若以发展学生阅读能力为主目标，这种时间花的值得。曾经反复提醒过，学生到中考时为止，做过的阅读理解和完形填空数以百计，为什么能力提高不理想？这是不是和我们操作方式有关？或者说，我们的操作方式是否有改进的空间？另外，大家了解各地试卷后会发现，北京卷并不比连云港卷难。这篇文章难在有的句子结构很长，而且生词较多。）Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researcher s have found out some interesting facts.

Perhaps(=Maybe) unsurprisingly, we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves. Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. But it goes further than this. We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us. People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.

We seem to believe that people with similar habits will share similar ways of doing things and we are more possible to be accepted by people like ourselves or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that’s true but it's a pity if we always stick to the same people, the same group. The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区) is that we just recycle the same opinions(循环着同样的选择), the same taste s and the same ideas. We lose the chance to learn something new, find out about interesting things, hear funny stories and discover differences.

When we always stick to the same people, how can we break down the barriers(障碍) which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance (无知)? If you want to live in a society that opens to changes and new things and different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons(鸽子).

Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone different. And don't just sit there in silence. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversati on. That’s how we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s how we open our minds to new ideas. That's how we live an exciting life.

一、阅读理解

1. From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who ________.

A. l ives an exciting life

B. has a sense of humor?

C. is open-minded

D. is like themselves

2. People like staying in their comfort zone because they may ________.

A. r emain comfortable and special

B. discover differences among themselves

C. f ind out more interesting things

D. be accepted easily and feel safe

3. The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. tell us just to be ourselves in social life

B. introduce ways to learn about the world

C. explain how people communicate with others

D. help us to meet people of different kinds

二、分析下列句子的结构：

1. Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom?

a. 本句中共有几个谓语动词？（谓语动词形式就是通常说的时态）

b. 这些谓语动词的主语分别是什么？（通常情况下，谓语动词之前的名词性质的词是其主语）

c. where to sit中的to sit是谓语动词吗？判断的依据是什么？

d. 翻译这句话。（就用这种方式，就能练出破解长难句的能力）

2. But it goes further than this. It是代词，代什么？Goes是什么意思？

3. We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us.

a. 本句中共有几个动词？其中哪些是谓语动词？

b. 在who looks like us中，looks是谓语动词形式，那么who肯定是它的什么？这就必然构成一个句子，这个句子跟在名词someone之后，且限定someone的类别，这种句子被叫做定语从句。

（请老师注意，定语从句是九上的重点。选择到第八单元的时候再讲解无可厚非，但优生会丧失这几个月里提高阅读能力的诸多机会，因为定语从句的出现频率已经非常高了。而用上面这种方式来解释，至少优生接受起来没有问题。开会的时候，我已经提过，暑假期间我选择了一部分基础不好的学生做了实验，他们可以听得懂。这种讲解的核心基石是谓语动词和非谓语动词的区分。大家可以看到：我总是在使用几个基本概念：1、某个动词是否是谓语动词的形式（时态）；2、谓语动词之前的名词性质的词（名词、代词、动名词等）是其主语（以后再讲解是否构成逻辑关系）；3、有主语、有谓语动词，必然构成句子；4、这个句子若是限定一个名词，就是定语从句；如果说明动作如何发生，就是状语从句；如果是动作的接受者，就是宾语从句。）

4. We seem to believe that people with similar habits will share similar ways of doing things and we are more possible to be accepted by people like ourselves or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us.

a. 本句中共有几个动词？其中哪些是谓语动词？（进行英语阅读，辨别谓语动词是基本功，这方面的功夫务必做得细致，很快就能形成能力。之后，就可以做到文字读完，信息就投射出来。）

b. 这个长句中共有几个句子？（有几个“主语+谓语动词”就有几个句子）

5. The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区) is that we just recycle the same opinions(循环着同样的选择), the same taste s and the same ideas.

a. taste此处是什么意思？（本题意在提高扩展词义并发展逻辑思维的能力）

b. 看清句子结构后翻译这句话。

6. When we always stick to the same people, how can we break down the barriers(障碍) which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas?

a. 像上面一样分析本句的结构。

b. when的出现，意味着它所引导的句子是时间状语从句，那么主句是什么？

7. If you want to live in a society that opens to changes and new things and different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons(鸽子).

a. if引导的是一个句子吗？判断的依据是什么？如果它引导条件状语从句，主句是什么？

b. the cat among the pigeons是什么意思？

三、猜测下列短句中的斜体字的含义

1. in a waiting room full of strangers

2. Researcher s have found out

3. Perhaps与more likely to（通过词根词缀分析）

4. we prefer to sit closer to people …

5. if we always stick to the same people

6. the same opinions, taste s and ideas

7. discover differences 8. break down the barriers(障碍)

9. sit there in silence

四、补全填空

Have you ever wondered __________ goes through your mind when you choose ________ to sit with in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room _________ with of strangers? Or on a bus? Researcher s have found ________ some interesting facts.

Perhaps(=Maybe) unsurprisingly, we __________ to sit closer ______ people like ourselves. Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose ________ young person to sit near. But it ________ further than this. We even choose to sit near someone ________ looks like us. People with glasses are more ________ to sit near other people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to _________ people with long hair.

We seem to believe that people ________ similar habits will share similar ways of doing things and we are more likely to be a__________ by people like ourselves or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that’s true _______ it's a pity if we always stick to the same people, the same group. The danger in always __________ in our comfort zone (舒适区) is that we just recycle the same opinions, the same taste s and the same ideas. We lose the chance to learn something new, find out about interesting things, hear funny stories and _____________ differences.

When we always stick to the same people, how can we break down the barriers(障碍) which ___________ us from getting to know people _______ different ideas? And how can we _______ the ignorance (无知)? ______ you want to live in a society that opens to changes and new things and different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons(鸽子).

Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone _________. And don't just sit there in __________. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversation. That’s _______ we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s how we open our minds to new ideas. That's how we live _______ exciting life.