英语时文阅读5
英语时文阅读
英语时文阅读第一篇 A ban on setting off firecrackersXINHUA话题：“过年要不要燃放烟花爆竹”这个讨论从年前争论到年后，从减少环卫工人负担到降低空气污染，反对者的声音高涨。
但也有人认为，作为传统节日活动，应该燃放烟花爆竹。
你怎么看？Wang Xingyue, 14, from Shanghai:I don’t think we should set off firecrackers (爆竹) during holidays. It is really noisy. Some people fire them during midnight. People around cannot sleep well. Besides, it brings air pollution (污染) and lots of rubbish. Most people do not clean the rubbish after they set off firecrackers. So I think there is no need to set them off anymore during holidays.Liu Ran, 14, from Shandong:Setting off firecrackers is a tradition during Chinese festivals. They set them off to celebrate or wish a happy new year. The ceremony (仪式) is very important in Chinese people’s lives. And it also reminds (提醒) us of one of the four great inventions (发明) of China, gunpowder (火药). We cannot give it up. It is good to have this ceremony during holidays. Do you agree with me？Lin Yisong, 15, from Zhejiang:I think we should control (控制) the setting off of firecrackers. During holidays, the government could get people together in a place. They can set off some firecrackers or fireworks and people can watch. It is safer to do this and people can also enjoy their holiday tradition.Zhang Qi, 14, from Guangxi:Firecrackers are dangerous and bad for the air. But it is really an important tradition in Chinese festivals. So I think we can use something else to replace (代替) them. For example, we can use LED fireworks instead. It is also beautiful and attractive. And it is much safer. Even kids can play with them.Li Qing, 14, from Jiangsu:I think we can improve the technology of firecrackers. The firecrackers we use now are dangerous. That’s why we cannot fire them anytime or anywhere we want. But if we can make them much safer and good for the air, we don’t have to give up the interesting tradition during Chinese festivals.第二篇Birthday girl’s trip of mystery神秘的银冠带来的奇幻之旅THE Silver Crown (《银色皇冠》) is an exciting read. It is abouta girl who wakes up on her birthday to find a silver crown underher pillow (枕头), but the day doesn’t turn out as she would have thought. Eventually she ends up in a mysterious school and then is hunted for her crown. To find her family, the girl has to travel through forests, mountains and the countryside while meeting many interesting characters with completely different natures.There are many different characters and it is very hard to choose a favorite, as they are all individuals (与众不同的人) with their own personalities. The story kept me guessing as it takes many twists and turns (波折). My favorite part in the story was when the main character and her friend camp in a cave with gems (珍宝) in all of the walls. The description that the author gives here makes you think and keep the pages turning. There was nothing I really disliked about this book. Perhaps apart from the fact it ended on a cliffhanger (悬念), which I personally do not like in books generally. Overall I think this is a great book. I recommend it to teenagers and people aged 11 onwards. It can keep you guessing and wondering, which is a great characteristic of a book for me!By Grace BaytonGrace Bayton, 13, is an eighth-grader at Newbridge School, Wales, UK. She loves reading and reads two books a week.。
超实用高考英语复习：专题05 时文阅读理解人与动植物
专题05时文阅读理解-人与动植物距离高考还有一段时间，不少有经验的老师都会提醒考生，愈是临近高考，能否咬紧牙关、学会自我调节，态度是否主动积极，安排是否科学合理，能不能保持良好的心态、以饱满的情绪迎接挑战，其效果往往大不一样。
以下是本人从事10多年教学经验总结出的以下学习资料，希望可以帮助大家提高答题的正确率，希望对你有所帮助，有志者事竟成！养成良好的答题习惯，是决定高考英语成败的决定性因素之一。
做题前，要认真阅读题目要求、题干和选项，并对答案内容作出合理预测;答题时，切忌跟着感觉走，最好按照题目序号来做，不会的或存在疑问的，要做好标记，要善于发现，找到题目的题眼所在，规范答题，书写工整;答题完毕时，要认真检查，查漏补缺，纠正错误。
总之，在最后的复习阶段，学生们不要加大练习量。
在这个时候，学生要尽快找到适合自己的答题方式，最重要的是以平常心去面对考试。
英语最后的复习要树立信心，考试的时候遇到难题要想“别人也难”，遇到容易的则要想“细心审题”。
越到最后，考生越要回归基础，单词最好再梳理一遍，这样有利于提高阅读理解的效率。
另附高考复习方法和考前30天冲刺复习方法。
1.主题语境—人与自然—孩子都爱玩—大黄蜂似乎也知道同样的事情—大黄蜂成为已知的第一个会玩的昆虫。
重点词汇：set up创办；identify识别；turned out结果是；deal with应对，处理；Kids everywhere love to play. And they know a ball is a perfect thing to play with. Now s cientists at London’s Queen Mary University report that bumblebees seem to know the same thing, making bumblebees the first insects known to play.When people talk about “play”, they’re describing an animal doing something that doesn’t really seem to help it. They’re not doing the action to get food or shelter or another similar “reward”. Play usually happens when a creature is relaxed and is often repeated.However, scientists think many animals and birds’ playing is a kind of training for things they’ll h ave to deal with in later life. But before this, there were no reports of insects playing.Scientists at Dr. Chittka’s lab, carried out an experiment. First, they tagged (贴标签) 45 young bumblebees, both male and female, between 1 and 23 days old. The tags made the bees easier to identify and follow.The scientists set up a clear pathway from the bumblebees’ nest to a feeding area. On either side of the open pathway, the researchers placed small colored wooden balls. On one side of the path, the balls were attached and couldn’t move. On the other side, the balls could roll around. It turned out that the bumblebees weren’t interested in the unmovable balls, but they made lots of visits to the rolling balls.Grabbing the balls with their legs, the bees would flap (拍打) their wings to pull on the balls, causing them to roll. The 45 tagged bumblebees rolled balls 910 times during the experiment. Though some only did it once, others did it a lot. The younger bumblebees spent more time rolling balls. Males seemed more likely to play than females.“It’s not clear why the bees roll the balls or whether they enjoy it But the experiment raises important questions about how the insects’ minds work and whether they have feelings. With further research, the future will hold s urprises and answers in store for us,” said Dr. Chittka.1．What is the purpose of animals’ play according to scientists?A．To find ideal shelter.B．To receive extra rewards.C．To develop survival skills.D．To get their fellows’ attention.2．What did Dr. Ch ittka’s experiment focus on?A．Bumblebees’ categories.B．Bumblebees’ habitats.C．Bumblebees’ intelligence.D．Bumblebees’ behavior.3．What was the result of the experiment?A．Younger male bumblebees preferred to roll the balls.B．Bumblebees possessed different wing beat frequency.C．Bumblebees could distinguish balls of different colors.D．A specially-built pathway helped bumblebees find food.4．What is Dr. Chittka’s attitude to their future research?A．Uncertain. B．Doubtful. C．Optimistic. D．Critical.【答案】1．C 2．D 3．A 4．C【导语】这是一篇说明文。
2024年中考英语热点阅读练习专题5 外国文学作品(含解析)
2024年中考英语新热点时文阅读-外国文学作品01（2023·江苏淮安·校考一模）Huck is my name, Huckleberry Finn. The story started when my best friend, Tom Sawyer and I found $12,000 in a cave. That money made us rich. We got $6,000 each. Judge Thatcher, an important man in St. Petersburg, put it in the bank, and now we get a dollar a day interest (利息).Then a kind old lady called Douglas invited me to live with her because I haven’t got a family or a home. My mother died a long time ago, then my dad, Pap, disappeared. He was a violent (暴力的) man especially when he drank a lot, which was most of the time, and he often beat me. I was scared of him. I didn’t go to school like the other boys of my age. I lived on the streets and in the woods.My life changed after I lived with Douglas. She gave me a bed to sleep in and bought new clothes for me. She read stories to me and taught me how to eat at a table. But then her sister Miss Watson arrived. She brought her black slave (奴隶) Jim with her. I liked Jim but I didn’t like Miss Watson very much. She often shouted at me.Douglas sent me to school every day. I didn’t like going there at first because learning was very difficult. But when I could read and write a bit, I didn’t mind going.The months passed and winter came. The weather got cold. One morning I woke up and there was snow on the ground. On my way to school I saw some footprints outside Douglas’s house. There was a cross on the heel (脚后跟)of the left one. My heart jumped. Only one person wore boots with a cross on the left heel! Pap!“He’s heard about my ________” I thought. “And he wants it!”That night I went to see Jim. Jim had a magic ball made of animal hair. There was a spirit inside the ball that could answer people’s questions about the future.—Adapted from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1．How did Huck get the money which was put in the bank?A．Huck’s father gave it to him.B．Huck’s mother left it to him before she died.C．Douglas gave it to him.D．He and Tom Sawyer found it in a cave.2．How did Huck feel about the life with Douglas?A．He hated his new life.B．He didn’t mind his new life.C．He felt satisfied with his new life.D．He wanted to get away from his new life.3．Which word can be put in the “__________”?A．life B．spirit C．secret D．money4．Which is the right order of what happened in the story?①Douglas sent Huck to school.②Huck’s mother died.③Douglas invited Huck to live with her.④Douglas read stories to Huck.A．③②④①B．②③④①C．③④②①D．②④③①02（2023·江苏镇江·统考中考真题）Katie was waiting for Gulliver’s calls. Instead, she just heard sparrows making noise in the bushes. “Maybe Gulliver missed the harbour.” Dad said. After breakfast, Katie took her camera to the harbour. All the colourful boats made pretty pictures, but not the one she wanted most.Katie waved to Ernest, her uncle’s neighbour, on the boathouse. The gull’s name, Gulliver, was given by him.The gull’s size and his single leg made the bird itself different. But Ernest told Katie what Gulliver did that first summer Katie and her dad came caught everyone’s attention. Young Katie lay in her stroller (婴儿车) on the floating dock (码头) when Uncle Ralph and Dad were repairing boats nearby. The waves from the passing boat made Katie’s stroller shake strongly. “Kee-aah! Kee-aah!” Gulliver made the loudest cry. Dad and uncle rushed to Katie and stopped the stroller from falling into the water. They kept a close eye at Katie after that. Another summer Katie was three years old, she liked to touch everything. But Dad didn’t watch her every minute when she tried to catch small ducks around or fish from water. “Kee-aah! Kee-aah!” The gull’s cry brought Dad back in time. He stopped Katie as she tried to follow the small ducks running towards water. Several summers passed, and Gulliver continued to call out as Katie tried new things.This summer Katie did the usual by-the-sea things she’d learned to do. One day, she rowed a boat out but was trapped on a rock by a storm. As she looked up and tried to catch the last warmth of the sunshine through dark clouds, she saw a single white feather. A gull feather? She searched the sky for an answer. Putting her arms around knees, she closed eyes to hold in the tears (眼泪). “Kee-aah! Kee-aah!” Katie sat up. “Katie! Katie!” Soon, Dad and Uncle Ralph appeared. “How lucky! We heard Gulliver as we came around the rocks,” Uncle Ralph said, “At least… it sounded like him. Strange, he was nowhere in sight.” Katie remembered the feather. “I thought I heard him, too.”—Adapted from the story by Gillian Richardson5．Katie took a camera to the harbour in order to take a picture of ________.A．Gulliver B．Ernest C．sparrows D．boats6．What’s the right order of the following events about Katie?①She was trapped on a rock by a storm.②She lay in her stroller on the floating dock.③She followed the small ducks running towards water.A．①②③B．①③②C．②③①D．②①③7．Which of the following can show the change of Katie’s feelings in Paragraph 3?A．sad—peaceful—excited B．sad—excited—nervousC．helpless—hopeful—thankful D．helpless—thankful—nervous8．What’s the best title for the story?A．Katie and Gulliver B．Katie’s HolidaysC．Katie and Dad D．Katie’s Tears03（2023·江苏宿迁·校联考一模）Marie didn’t like Eva’s friendship with Tom, so she told her husband that she didn’t want any smell of horses in the house. St Clare told Tom to stop working with the horses. Eva told her father she liked going for walks with Tom. So Tom had orders to leave what he was doing when Eva needed him. Eva and Tom spent a lot of time together.Tom noticed that St Clare didn’t look after his money and his house very well, and that he spent too much money on the wrong things. He started making some suggestions, and soon St Clare understood that Tom’s business advice was very good. After some time Tom started to look after the house expenses（费用）.Tom also noticed that his master didn’t take anything seriously and didn’t live well, and this worried him. One night St Clare went to a party where he drank too much. He came home very late, and Tom and another slave（奴隶）had to help him to get into bed. Tom went into his room and prayed（祈祷）for his master.The morning after, St Clare gave Tom some money to do some business for him. Tom took the money but he didn’t move.“Well, Tom, what are you waiting for?” said St Clare. “Is everything alright?”“I’m afraid not, Master,” said Tom.“What’s the problem? You look very serious.”“I feel very bad, Master. I thought that Master was always going to be good to everybody.”“Well, Tom, am I not? Do you need anything?”“No, Master is always good to me. But there is someone that Master isn’t good to.”“What do you mean?”“I thought about it last night. Master isn’t good to himself.”St Clare felt his face become red, then he laughed. “Oh, Tom!” said St Clare, with tears in his eyes. “Well, you’re right. Never again, Tom, I promise.”—Adapted from Uncle Tom’s Cabin9．Tom was asked to, leave what he was doing to ________A．work with horses B．go for walks with EvaC．spend some time with St Clare D．look after money for St Clare10．In Paragraph 3, the thing that worried Tom is ________.A．St Clare asked Tom to look after his moneyB．St Clare drank too much every dayC．St Clare didn’t look after himself well and didn’t live wellD．St Clare didn’t look after Tom well11．The underlined word “himself ” in Paragraph 12 is ________.A．Maria B．St Clare C．Eva D．Tom12．According to the passage, the correct order of the story is ________.a. Maria was unhappy with Eva’s friendship with Tom.b. St Clare felt moved and joyful when he laughed.c. St Clare gave Tom some money to do some business for him.d. Tom’s master spent too much money on the wrong things.A．adcb B．abcd C．badc D．dabc13．From the passage, we know that Tom was a ________ person.A．lazy but smart B．kind but stupid C．caring and brave D．lazy and stupid04（2023·湖南长沙·统考二模）The Adventures of Huckleberry Fine by Mark Twain is one of the first Great American Novels. It was also one of the first major American novels ever written by using Local Colorism（地方色彩主义）. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is famous for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River.This book is about how a boy called Huck set the slave（奴隶）free and realized his dream of living an adventures life. In order to get out of his father’s control. Hook pretended that he was dead by Jim, who is practical and loyal to friends. Jim went together with Huck in the journey, and they became friends after experience. scenes of adventures. In their voyage, they met two frauds（骗子）. One called himself king, the other duke. Because of the king, Jim got caught by his master. By an expected chance, Huck and Tom, best friend of Hack. Got together, and they decided to set Jim free. At last, they made it.Although the book has been popular with young readers since it came out, the book immediately became controversial（有争论的）and has remained so today because the Southern society that it satirized（讽刺）had already been history.14．Where did the story happen in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? ________A．Along the Mississippi River.B．In the southern states.C．In Canada.15．What is the plot（情节）of the story? ________①Huck met a run-away slave. Jim.②Huck met two frauds.③Huck pretended to be dead.④Jim was caught by his master and then set free.A．①②③④B．③①②④C．③②①④16．What does the underlined word “pretended” mean in Paragraph 2 ________.A．否定B．承认C．假装17．We can read the following in the passage EXCEPT ________.A．history of Local ColorismB．Huck’s life experienceC．popularity of the book18．What can we learn from the passage? ________A．It’s Buck’s dream to live a peaceful life.B．The book has gained a lot of attention.C．Huck succeeded in setting Jim free on his own.05（2023·吉林长春·统考一模）They left the busy streets and went to a part of the town Scrooge never visited. It was a terrible place. The streets were dirty, and the smell was very bad. The houses and shops were of the poorest kind. The people were all thin, dirty, and they looked very ill. Everything was ugly.They came to where an old man sat. He was selling dirty pieces of cloth, smelly old bones, and all kinds of old and useless things. As they watched, two old women and an old man, equally dirty, smelly, and ugly came into the shop. They carried large bags.“Come and sit by the fire,” the shopkeeper said. “Tell me what you have to sell me.”“Nothing a dead man will miss,” the first woman said with a nasty（让人讨厌的）laugh.“If he wanted to keep them after he was dead, why wasn’t he a good man when he was alive? If he had been, he would have had someone to look after him. He would not have died alone.”“That’s very true,” said the second woman, putting a few clothes on the floor. “He got the death he deserved.” She pointed at the clothes. “What will you give me for those, Joe?” She asked the shopkeeper, adding, “I did nowrong taking them from the dead man’s house.”The shopkeeper looked at everything the woman wanted to sell him and put a price on it. Then he added everything up. The final amount was very small.“That’s not much,” the woman said.“Take it or leave it,” the shopkeeper said. “I won’t pay a penny（便士）more.”—Taken from A Christmas Carol根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
专题05 中国迈入智能网驾驶新时代-2024届高中英语时文阅读外刊精选精练(解析版)
专题05中国迈入智能网驾驶新时代【原文·外刊阅读】China's intelligent connected driving industry enters new stage with faster pace（文章来源：Global Times）China's intelligent connected vehicle industry,which strives to integrate vehicles with road andcloud computing, has moved to a new stage featuringrapid technological and ecological development,instead of a small-scale testing stage, according towhite paper released by the National InnovationCenter of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (CICV).It added that a technology roadmap for top-level design is needed at the seventh World Intelligence Congress (WIC) held in north China's Tianjin Municipality from Thursday to Saturday.China is promoting the commercial application of its intelligent connected vehicles. Till now, the country has built seven pilot zones of the Internet of vehicles, 16 pilot cities for coordinated development of smart city infrastructure and smart connected vehicles, and 17 national-level demonstration base to test intelligent connected cars.Miao Changxing, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information, said on Tuesday in Beijing that over 2,000 road test and demonstration application licenses have been issued and 10,000 kilometers road opened to test driverless vehicles.New output value of the intelligent connected vehicle industry will reach 1.06 trillion yuan (about $151 billion) by 2025, and 2.8 trillion yuan (about $398.5 billion) by 2030, said Zheng Jihu, director of the CICV.Zheng added that developing the industry takes a very complicated process, which requires the integrated and coordinated advance of vehicles, roadside infrastructure, cloud control platforms, telecommunication networks, maps for high-precision positioning and security protection systems.China is leading the world in telecommunications and new energy vehicles, and the application in the intelligent connected vehicle industry will boost the development of vehicle, transport, communication and cloud computing, said Zheng.Autonomous driving in ChinaBloomberg anticipated in April that Elon Musk wants to test its full self-driving technology in China, as the country's artificial intelligence-powered autonomous-vehicle market is "showing serious promise."Accelerating the large-scale application of Level 4 autonomous driving – with Level 6 the highest – will be important in leading the development of the automobile industry and build a new competitive advantage of the country, according to a report issued by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology during the WIC.However, there are still many challenges autonomous driving have to overcome. The report urged to provide safety guarantees for automatic driving and integrate it into transportation system;It added that the use of unmanned driving should be expanded, and a commercial closed loop of research and development, testing and operation created, it said.In addition, it advocated that policies and regulations be iterated and innovated to get autonomous driving protected by the law, and a positive and inclusive social environment built to accelerate commercial operation of autonomous driving service.【原创·语法填空】China is promoting the commercial 1 (apply) of intelligent connected vehicles. As of now, the country 2 (establish) 7 pilot areas for the Internet of Vehicles, 16 pilot cities for the coordinated3 (develop) of smart city infrastructure and intelligent connected vehicles, and 17 national level intelligent connected vehicle test and demonstration bases. Bloomberg predicted in April4 Elon Musk would like to test its fully automated driving technology in China, because China's artificial intelligence driven autonomous vehicle market "shows great prospects".According to a report 5 (release) by the China Institute of Information and Communication Technology during the WIC period, accelerating the large-scale application of Level 4 autonomous driving, with Level 6 being the highest, 6 (be) of great significance in leading the development of the automotive industry and establishing new national competitive advantages. 7 , there are still many challenges toovercome for autonomous driving. The report urges providing safety guarantees for autonomous driving and integrating it 8 the transportation system; It added that the use of unmanned driving should be expanded and a commercial closed-loop for research and development, testing, and operation should be established. In addition, 9 advocates for iterative and innovative policies and regulations to ensure legal protection for autonomous driving and establish 10 positive and inclusive social environment to accelerate the commercial operation of autonomous driving services.【答案】1. application2. has established3. development4. that5. released6. will be7. However8. into9. it 10. a【原创·阅读理解】1. What is the main meaning of the sixth paragraph?A. High precision positioning is extremely important.B. The promotion of new energy vehicles is very smooth.C. The development of the intelligent connected vehicle industry is complex.D. The application of fully autonomous driving technology is challenging.【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。
时文阅读理解专项训练(05) 2022届高考英语三轮复习
★(一)时文摘要新冠病毒疫情的持续，通货膨胀引起的食物价格上涨，使更多的家庭陷入困境，这也让食品银行这类慈善组织的运营更加困难。
它们急需通过获取捐赠和志愿者的帮助来开展它们的正常运营，以帮助更多需要帮助的人。
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案.Along with the bread, meat and vegetables, there’s always a lot of love at food banks. “This is my community,” said Sara Diaz, a volunteer at Growing Home, a food pantry that serves 2,000 families in a mostly Latino population in a suburb of Denver.Their average client makes about $15,000 a year, working multiple jobs to make ends meet. “Yesterday, a man said to me, ‘Is it going to be open tomorrow?’ and I said ‘Yes,’and he said, ‘Because I went to the store and I couldn’t buy bread,’” Diaz said. “You must have a heart of stone if all this doesn’t hurt you.”“Families are having to make extraordinarily hard decisions,” said Karen Fox Elwell, president and CEO of Growing Home. Right now, they’re seeing about five to seven times the amount of families that needed services than they did before the pandemic. Across the country, it’s a similar story.The need has increased 15% since the pandemic, but what’s impacting these shelves and food banks is beyond the pandemic—it’s inflation.“It is significantly driving up our costs,” said Elwell. It may come as a surprise but food banks buy the majority of their food. Nonprofits are used to operating on small budgets but inflation is putting pressure on them and their suppliers. “Pre COVID, we’re sending out $300,000 every month on food. Now, it’s almost a million dollars a month,” said Erin Pulling, president and CEO of Food Bank of the Rockies.Grocery bills, overall, increased 8.6% in February, which was the biggest jump since April 1981. “Beef prices are up 27% over one year ago, canned fruit u p 30%.” said Pulling. “Many families are struggling in many different ways, and you can’t always tell who really is in those situations,” said Elwell. Organizations like Growing Home need all the help they can get— through donations and volunteers—to continue to help as many people as possible. “This isn’t going to last forever and I know better days are coming,” said Diaz.1 . The underlined word “pantry” has the closest meaning to _______.A . storeB . chainC . communityD . bank2 . What is the condition of average clients of the food banks?A . They have the hearts of stone.B . They all have serious diseases.C . They are in great need of money.D . They like to make hard decisions.3 . What caused the shortage of foods in the food banks?A . The spread of COVID.B . The rise of the food price.C . The variety of foods.D . The lack of food shelves.4 . What will Growing Home do in the near future?A . It will try to collect more help.B . It will store more foods.C . It will lower the price of foods.D . It will identify families in real need.★(二)时文摘要分布于肯尼亚山的野生紫羚羊已不足100只，为了挽救该物种，肯尼亚设立了马温古山紫羚羊保护区，并在该保护区执行紫羚羊繁殖和再野生化计划。
高考英语时文阅读5篇
高考英语时文阅读5篇Passage 1Touched by greatness(篮球巨星乔丹亚洲之行首站北京，令众多球迷梦想成真。
)MICHAEL Jordan (迈克尔.乔丹)is best known for his "air walk" but it was Beijing students who were flying high when the American basketball legend(传奇人物) visited the capital last week.The former NBA star attended the final of the 2004 China High School Basketball League at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium (北京工人体育馆) on Thursday. Presenting the trophy to the winners, he gave the youngsters some simple advice: "Love the game, enjoy the game, and play the game."(Michael Jordan celebrates with the winning team fromShenyang No 31 Middle School. XINHUA)Shenyang No 31 Middle School tastedvictory in the tournament（锦标赛）last year.But this year's 62-54 victory over Shanghai Nanyang Model Middle School had an added sweetness: the players received the champion's cup from Jordan himself."I was very excited taking the trophy（奖杯）from him," said Li Yuzhang, who won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. "I'm lucky to have been able to hold the cup after it was touched by Jordan."Another player said: "We have been waiting for this day for almost a month. We trained very hard because we knew we would get to celebrate our victory with Michael Jordan."With cameras flashing around them, the players couldn't hide their excitement as they stepped onto the podium（领奖台）alongside their hero. Li and team captain Feng Wenxu were also lucky enough to have Jordan sign their jerseys（运动衫）."I will keep this precious jersey for the rest of my life," said Feng.The 5,000-strong audience of young students was also stirred up (鼓动) by the appearance of one of basketball's greatest-ever players. Play was even delayed a little while, such was the excitement when he arrived during the fourth quarter of the match."I'm here to see Jordan," said a girl from nearby Huiwen Middle School. "It's a pity we can't see him playing, but a glimpse（一瞥、一看）of him today is enough."It was the NBA legend's first formal visit to China. Jordan particularly enjoyed walking on the Great Wall last Wednesday — he said that doing so meant he could call himself a real man!Beijing was the first stop on Jordan's first ever Asian tour. He left for Hong Kong last Thursday night before going on to T aiwan and Tokyo.Passage 2Point of no return?(赢得选举，但却拒绝出任总理，索尼亚真能让甘地家族再次崛起吗？)SHE shocked the world by taking her Congress Party (国大党) to victory in India's general election on May 13. What came next was even more surprising. Last Tuesday Sonia Gandhi turned down both the chance to be the prime minister and take her famous family back to the top of India's political pile.Her decision came as investors lost confidence in her economic policies, and Hindu nationalists attacked her over her Italian birth. Manmohan Singh, a71-year-old economist, took the premiership instead.(Sonia Gandhi.AFP)"The post of prime minister has not been myaim," she told newly elected members of Parliament（议会）. "My responsibility（责任）is to provide Indiawith a government that is strong and stable (稳定)."Sonia Gandhi, 57, will remain president of thelargest party in the coalition government (联合政府)so still have an influence on policy. If she hadaccepted the post, she would have been the fourthmember of the fabled(传奇式的) Nehru-Gandhidynasty to be prime minister.Gandhi is the granddaughter-in-law of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who led the country for 17 years after it was given independence from Britain. She is also the daughter-in-law of another prime minister, Indira Gandhi. While her husband Rajiv Gandhi served from 1984 to 1988."She was pushed into this whole game - just like her husband," said Rajiv Desai, an advisor to the Gandhis. Neither Rajiv nor Sonia Gandhi had much interest inpolitics. But he felt called by a family responsibility after his mother was murdered by her guards in 1984. In a similar way, his wife felt she had to rescue the struggling Congress Party 14 years later.However, the success of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has come at a heavy price. Seven years after the murder of his mother, Rajiv Gandhi was killed by Sri Lankan terrorists（恐怖分子）.It has been said that Sonia Ghandi's children, Rahul and Priyanka, asked her not to take the post because they feared losing their mother as well.Despite her decision, the election saw the Gandhi dynasty brought back to life. Rahul won a seat in Parliament and Priyanka is set to follow him. It is on their shoulders that the future of Indian politics may rest.Choose the best answer to the following:1.Which of the following was not the reason why Sonia Gandhi turned down thechance to be prime minister?A. When she was president of the Congress Party, the stock market was notstable.B. Because she was born in Italy.C. Because her children feared their mother would be killed by terrorists.D. Because the post of prime minister was not her aim.2. How many of Sonia Ghandi's relatives have served as Prime Minister of India?A. 2.B.3.C. 4.D. 5Key: 1. A 2. BPassage 3Future of football is found in Africa(2010年世界杯花落南非。
2024届高考英语时文阅读与强化练习：专题05 AI天气预报员及野生大白鲨 (原卷版)
高考英语外刊阅读专项专题05养成良好的答题习惯，是决定高考英语成败的决定性因素之一。
做题前，要认真阅读题目要求、题干和选项，并对答案内容作出合理预测;答题时，切忌跟着感觉走，最好按照题目序号来做，不会的或存在疑问的，要做好标记，要善于发现，找到题目的题眼所在，规范答题，书写工整;答题完毕时，要认真检查，查漏补缺，纠正错误。
【原文·外刊阅读】Newborn great white shark possibly seen in the wild for the first time（文章来源：New Scientist新科学家）A newborn great white shark may have been spotted in the wild for the first time. Although great whites are found in seas and oceans around the world, very little is known about where and how they give birth.Wildlife film-maker Carlos Gauna and Phillip Sternes from the University of California, Riverside, were filming with a drone off Santa Barbara on California’s coast when they saw a 1.5-metre-long, entirely white shark. This caught their eye, not just because it was much smaller than adult great white sharks that are up to three times longer, but because these sharks are normally grey on top, despite their name, and white underneath.The pair had previously seen large, possibly pregnant great whites in the area sink into the depths for long periods, and they noticed that this young shark was shedding something from its skin as it swam. They realised that it was probably a pup born nearby still shedding its embryonic layer – something has never been observed before. Gauna hopes that the sighting will tell us more about the life cycle of the great white. It is generally believed that they give birth in deeper water, but this observation calls that into question.“Because most of the scientific community believed filming a newborn so close to shore wasn’t likely, I didn’t expect to find anything. But as I always tell people, if you don’t look, you will never know,” says Gauna. “Thepiece of the puzzle this footage provides does have the potential to change the direction of where we should be looking.”“Capturing the actual birth is the holy grail of shark science. What I filmed is simply a clue that gets us closer to it,” he says. “Because of the limitations of filming underwater [and] the unpredictability of the event, it’s a tall order to capture the actual birth.”Charles Underwood at Birkbeck, University of London, says only three or four great white sharks under a year old have previously been found in the wild – they are few enough that researchers have nicknamed them all.“Weirdly, we know very, very little about them. As soon as something goes into deep water, we really know nothing,” says Underwood. “They’re elusive, relative to our abilities to look through the sea.”Gauna and Sternes say one sighting isn’t enough to put an end to the mystery, and more work needs to be done to determine if their sighting was typical. But if we discover that coastal waters are important for the life cycle of great whites, politicians should move to protect these areas to ensure the sharks’ safety, they say.【原创·阅读理解】1.What caught the attention of the wildlife film-makers off the coast of Santa Barbara?A. A large, grey great white shark.B. A 1.5-meter-long entirely white shark.C. Adult great white sharks shedding skin.D. Pregnant great whites in deep waters.2.What did the wildlife film-makers observe about the young shark in the water?A. It was much larger than adult great white sharks.B. It had a different color pattern than adult great whites.C. It was giving birth to pups.D. It was shedding something from its skin.3.What does the wildlife film-maker, Carlos Gauna, hope to learn from the sighting of the young shark?A. The exact location of great white shark births.B. The size of adult great white sharks.C. The depth at which great whites give birth.D. The color patterns of newborn great white sharks.4.What challenges are mentioned in capturing the actual birth of great white sharks?A. The unpredictability of underwater events.B. The limitations of shark science.C. The elusiveness of young great white sharks.D. The deep waters where great whites give birth.【原文·外刊阅读】WATER BATTERIES（文章来源：Science）The machines that turn Tennessee’s Raccoon Mountain into one of the world’s largest energy storage devices—in effect, a battery that can power a medium-size city—are hidden in a cathedral-size cavern deep inside the mountain. But what enables the mountain to store all that energy is plain in an aerial photo. The summit plateau is occupied by a large lake that hangs high above the Tennessee River, so close it looks like it might fall in.Almost half a century ago, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TV A), the region’s federally owned electric utility, built the lake and blasted out the cavern as well as a 329-meter-tall shaft that links the two. “It was quite an effort to drill down into this mountain, because of the amount of rock that’s here,” senior manager Holli Hess says dryly. The cavern holds a candy-colored powerhouse, filled with cherry-red electrical ducts and vents and beams in a pale grape. Four giant cylinders, painted bright green and yellow, are the key machines: Each one houses a turbine that becomes a pump when it spins the other way, and a generator that is also an electric motor.At night, when demand for electricity is low but TVA’s nuclear reactors are still humming, TVA banks the excess, storing it as gravitational potential energy in the summit lake. The pumps draw water from the Tennessee and shoot it straight up the 10-meter-wide shaft at a rate that would fill an Olympic pool in less than 6 seconds. During the day, when demand for electricity peaks, water drains back down the shaft and spins the turbines, generating 1700 megawatts of electricity—the output of a large power plant, enough to power 1 million homes. The lake stores enough water and thus enough energy to do that for 20 hours.Pumped storage hydropower, as this technology is called, is not new. Some 40 U.S. plants and hundreds around the world are in operation. Most, like Raccoon Mountain, have been pumping for decades.But the climate crisis is sparking a fresh surge of interest. Shifting the electric grid away from coal and gas will require not only a lot more solar panels and wind turbines, but also a lot more capacity to store theirintermittent output—to keep electricity reliable when the Sun doesn’t shine and winds are calm. Giant versions of the lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles are also being deployed on the grid, but they’re too expensive to do the job alone. Dozens of new technologies, including different battery designs, are at various points on the road from lab bench to commercialization.Pumped storage, however, has already arrived; it supplies more than 90% of existing grid storage. China, the world leader in renewable energy, also leads in pumped storage, with 66 new plants under construction, according to Global Energy Monitor. When the giant Fengning plant near Beijing switches on its final two turbines this year, it will become the world’s largest, both in terms of power, with 12 turbines that can generate 3600 megawatts, and energy storage, with nearly 40,000 megawatt-hours in its upper reservoir.【原创·阅读理解】1.What is the primary purpose of the machines hidden in Raccoon Mountain?A. To generate electricity.B. To extract minerals.C. To pump water into the lake.D. To create a large cavern.2.What is the function of the large lake on the summit plateau of Raccoon Mountain?A. To provide water for the Tennessee River.B. To cool the machinery inside the mountain.C. To serve as an Olympic-size swimming pool.D. To store gravitational potential energy.3.What sets pumped storage hydropower apart from giant lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles for grid storage?A. Pumped storage is more expensive.B. Pumped storage uses turbines and generators.C. Lithium-ion batteries are not suitable for grid storage.D. Lithium-ion batteries are more environmentally friendly.4.What is the main purpose of the pumps mentioned in the article in relation to Raccoon Mountain's energy storage process?A. To drain water from the Tennessee River.B. To fill the lake with water during the day.C. To generate electricity during the night.D. To propel water up the shaft for energy storage.【拓展阅读】The AI weather forecaster arrivesFor nearly as long as the modern computer has existed, it has been used to forecast the weather. First deployed during World War II to simulate nuclear weapons and artillery trajectories, nascent computers were soon adopted by meteorologists to simulate the future state of the atmosphere, creating the modern discipline of numerical weather prediction. And although that discipline has grown ever more sophisticated and now produces reliable forecasts several weeks in advance, its approach has remained the same: using massive amounts of computing power to solve the fluid dynamics equations governing the atmosphere.Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to change that. Tech companies including Google, Huawei, and Nvidia have trained AI models to predict the weather up to 10 days in advance, with an accuracy rivaling or even topping traditional models—and with far less computational overhead. Rather than solving equations, these “deep learning” models predict the near future based on patterns learned through training on 40 years of past weather, as captured by observations fed through the numerical model of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the world’s top forecaster. Once trained, the models can spit out a forecast on a desktop in 1 minute rather than taking 2 hours to run on a supercomputer. But as with most AI, no one truly knows what patterns they’re learning.ECMWF has already begun to produce its own AI forecast, and other weather agencies are scrambling to catch up. The new models aren’t perfect. They struggle to predict certain essential features—hurricane intensity, for example. But researchers expect AI forecasters will only improve as they begin to learn from direct weather observations collected by sensors, not just data already passed through existing models. And their speed will likely allow forecasters to run them many times over, capturing the full spread of uncertainty that results from butterfly effects in the atmosphere.No one expects traditional numerical weather prediction to disappear; climate models, for example, rely on the same equation-solving paradigm. AI may struggle to take over these forecasts because its models simulate changes in a future that may not resemble the training data of the past.But in the long term, the output of supercomputer-driven climate models could itself become training data for a climate forecasting AI—which might ultimately outstrip its mentors.参考译文：AI天气预报员登场几乎与现代计算机诞生同时，它就被用于天气预报。
高考英语时文阅读5篇
▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█▉▊▋▌精诚凝聚=^^=成就梦想▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█▉▊▋▌高考英语时文阅读 5篇Passage 1Touched by greatness（篮球巨星乔丹亚洲之行首站北京，令众多球迷梦想成真。
）MICHAEL Jordan （迈克尔. 乔丹）is best known for his "air walk" but it was Beijing students who were flying high when the American basketball legend （传奇人物） visited the capital last week.The former NBA star attended the final of the 2004 China High School BasketballLeague at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium （北京工人体育馆） on Thursday. Presenting the trophy to the winners, he gave the youngsters some simple advice: "Love the game, enjoy the game, and play the game."（Michael Jordan celebrates with the winning team from Shenyang No31 Middle School. XINHUA）Shenyang No 31 Middle School tasted victory inthe tournament （锦标赛）last year But thisyear's 62-54 victory over ShanghaiNanyang Model Middle School had an added sweetness: the players received the champion's cup from Jordan himself."I was very excited taking the trophy （奖杯）from him," said Li Yuzhang, whowon the Most Valuable Player （MVP） award. "I'm lucky to have been able to hold the cup after it was touched by Jordan."Another player said: "We have been waiting for this day for almost a month. We trained very hard because we knew we would get to celebrate our victory with Michael Jordan."With cameras flashing around them, the players couldn't hide their excitement as they stepped onto the podium （领奖台）alongside their hero. Li and team captain Feng Wenxu were also lucky enough to have Jordan sign their jerseys （运动衫）."I will keep this precious jersey for the rest of my life," said Feng.The 5,000-strong audience of young students was also stirred up （鼓动） by the appearance of one of basketball's greatest-ever players. Play was even delayed a little while, such was the excitement when he arrived during the fourth quarter of the match.Gandhi is the granddaughter-in-law of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who led the country for 17 years after it was given independence from Britain. She is also thedaughter-in-law of another prime minister , Indira Gandhi. While her husband Rajiv Gandhi served from 1984 to 1988."She was pushed into this whole game - just like her husband," said Rajiv Desai, an advisor to the Gandhis. Neither Rajiv nor Sonia Gandhi had much interest in"I'm here to see Jordan," said a girl from nearby Huiwen Middle School. "It's apity we can't see him playing, but a glimpse （一瞥、一看） of him today is enough."It was the NBA legend's first formal visit to China. Jordan particularly enjoyedwalking on the Great Wall last Wednesday— he said that doing so meant he couldcall himself a real man! Beijing was the first stop on Jordan's first ever Asian tour. He left for Hong Konglast Thursday night before going on to T aiwan and Tokyo. Passage 2Point of no return?（赢得选举，但却拒绝出任总理，索尼亚真能让甘地家族再次崛起吗？）（ 国大党 ） tovictory in India's general election on May 13. What came next was even more surprising. Last Tuesday Sonia Gandhi turned down both the chance to be the primeminister and take her famous family back to the top of India's politicalHer decision came as investors lost confidence in her economic policies, andHindu nationalists attacked her over her Italian birth. Manmohan Singh, a 71-year-old economist, took the premiership instead.（Sonia Gandhi.AFP ）"The post of prime minister has not been myaim," she told newly elected members of Parliament议会） . "My responsibility 责任） is to provide Indiawith a government that is strong and stable （ 稳定 ）."Sonia Gandhi, 57, will remain president of the largestparty in the coalition government （ 联合政府 ）so still have an influence on policy. If she had acceptedthe post, she would have been the fourth member of thefabled （ 传 奇 式 的 ） Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to beprime minister.politics. But he felt called by a family responsibility after his mother was murdered by her guards in 1984. In a similar way, his wife felt she had to rescue the struggling Congress Party 14 years later .However , the success of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has come at a heavy price.Seven years after the murder of his mother , Rajiv Gandhi was killed by Sri Lankan terrorists ( 恐怖分子) .It has been said that Sonia Ghandi's children, Rahul and Priyanka, asked her not to takethe post because they feared losing their mother as well.Despite her decision, the election saw the Gandhi dynasty brought back to life. Rahul won a seat in Parliament and Priyanka is set to follow him. It is on their shoulders that the future of Indian politics may rest.Choose the best answer to the following:1. Which of the following was not the reason why Sonia Gandhi turned down the chance to be primeminister?A.When she was president of the Congress Party, the stock market was not stable.B.Because she was born in Italy.C.Because her children feared their mother would be killed by terrorists.D.Because the post of prime minister was not her aim.2. How many of Sonia Ghandi's relatives have served as Prime Minister of India? A. 2. B.3. C.4. D. 5Key: 1. A 2. BPassage 3Future of football is found in Africa（2010 年世界杯花落南非。
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生活指南：简单一小步丰富每一天I love to have simple ways to improve my life. Everyday is a chance for improving our life, and it's up to us to best use it. What I want is to have good, balanced progress everyday.我喜欢用简单的方法提升自己的生活质量。
对我们来说每天都是一个新的机遇，关键在于我们如何最有效地利用它。
我所希望的便是每天都可以有良好平稳的提升。
To ensure balance, my favorite way is using the four facets of prosperity: material, spiritual, physical, and social. By achieving material prosperity, spiritual prosperity, physical prosperity, and social prosperity, I believe I can have complete and balanced prosperity in my life.我最倾向于通过物质生活、精神境界、身体素质、社交活动四个方面的互补来保持生活的平衡。
如果可以达到物质富足、精神愉悦、身体健康以及社交活跃，那么你一定会拥有和谐美妙而丰富多彩的生活。
You may add other facets of prosperity if they work for you, but in my opinion these four facets are easy to remember and already cover practically everything.当然啦，你还可以添加一些你认为对你有用的东西。
不过，我认为以上的四个方面很容易记住，它们基本已经包涵了所有。
To put this concept into practice, what I do is ensuring that I do something to improve each facet everyday. Here is how I do it:为了实践这个观念，我每天都会努力来完善这四个方面。
下面是我的个人做法：1. Decide on something to do daily in each facet1. 每天都要做一些关于这几个方面的事情。
To keep things simple, choose only one or two tasks to do daily in each facet. More than that, it could be difficult to keep up with them. Of course, you may want to do more than just one or two tasks to improvea facet, but choose only the most important ones to be made daily. In my case, I have just one task for each facet.每天每个方面只做一两个任务，把事情简单化。
不过，要坚持下来还是蛮难的。
当然啦，为了提高，可能你每天做了不止一两个任务，要记住，挑最重要的去做。
关于每个方面，我一天只做一个任务。
One thing to remember is each of the tasks should be measurable so that you know for sure whether or not you have done it. Here is an example:还有一点就是，你所做的任务最好有可以衡量的标准，这样你才能知道你到底完成了没有。
下面举个例子：* Material: do project for at least 2 hours物质方面：至少工作两个小时* Spiritual: meditate for 30 minutes精神方面：自我反省30分钟* Physical: exercise for 20 minutes身体方面：运动20分钟* Social: ping at least one friend社交方面：至少和一个朋友唠嗑2. Record your performance2. 记录你的进度。
After setting the daily tasks for each facet, all you need to do is ensuring that you do them. Recording your performance can greatly help you here. You may use a notebook, a spreadsheet, or any other medium you want. Write down there whether or not you have done a task in a particular day.在设定了每天的任务计划后，我们所要做的就是确保自己有所行动。
记录每天的进度是个很有效的办法。
你可以用一个笔记本、电子表格或者任何你喜欢的工具。
在那里记录你一天之内是否完成任务。
I myself use Joe's Goals. It's a simple web application that can help you track your progress. Whenever I finish something, I check the corresponding box in Joe's Goals. This way I can easily see if I often miss a facet so that I can put more effort there.我自己是用的"Joe's Goals"，它是一个简单实用的网络应用，可以跟踪记录你的进程。
每当我完成一个任务，我都会在相应的方格里打上勾。
这样，我就可以很清晰明了地看见自己忽视了哪些方面，并且去完善。
3. Adjust accordingly3. 合理调整If you think that you can more effectively improve yourself doing something else, don't hesitate to change the tasks. For example, maybe you think that reading spiritual text will give you better result than meditation for spiritual prosperity. In that case, you can change your daily task from meditation to reading spiritual text. On the other hand, if you think that they are both necessary, you can decide to do both (though you shouldn't forget to keep things simple).如果你觉得通过其他的途径你可以更有效的提升自己，那么不要犹豫，果断地调整任务吧。
例如，你觉得品读一些心灵鸡汤方面的文章会比自我反省更好地提升你的思想境界，那么你可以把每日自我反省调整成阅读有关精神方面的文章。
另外，如果你觉得这两个都很不错，你可以两个都选（但还是得记住不要把事情复杂化）。
Another possibility is increasing the intensity of the tasks to bring you to the next level. For instance, instead of exercising for 20 minutes a day, you could make it 30 minutes a day.还有一种可能就是增加任务的强度以进阶，例如，你可以从每天锻炼20分钟提升到每天锻炼30分钟。
By using this system, you can be sure that you do something everyday to improve yourself in all facets. It's as if you make balanced progress on autopilot. I've used it for some time and - though I miss my daily tasks here and there - I'm glad to see how it helps me have balanced progress to complete prosperity.通过实践这套体系，你可以确保自己每天都有做一些事情来提升自己的各个方面。
这就像自动驾驶时平稳有效的行驶一样。
我曾这样做过一段时间，虽然时不时就会忘这忘那。
但很高兴的是，在稳步提升自己的生活质量方面，它确实有帮助到我。
What do you think? Do you have other tips for daily improvement?你有怎样的想法？对于提升自己的日常生活质量你有其它的建议吗？。