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高三英语复习教案(15篇)

高三英语复习教案(15篇)高三英语复习教案(15篇)教案能够帮助教师提前预测学生可能遇到的问题，并做好解决方案。

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高三英语复习教案精选篇1一、指导思想根据英语教学规律，以新课程标准为准绳，以《河南省新课程考试说明》为依据，以巩固和落实基础知识为中心，以培养和读写能力为重点，反对低层次的重复操练，代之以阅读能力培养为主线，突破词汇学习，联系学生的实际情况，充分发挥学生潜能，关注学生非智力因素，调动学生学习积极性，扎扎实实抓好双基，通过综合训练，培养学生运用知识的能力，努力提高学生的综合素质和解题技巧，以适应新课标的高考要求。

二、学情分析1、本届学生18个应届班，学生1100多人，学生英语科底子薄，水平参差不齐。

2、新教材的词汇量大，内容多，相对而言高一、高二的教学课时与兄弟学校相比，不多。

加之，教材推进得比较快(尤其是高二)，部分学生基础知识掌握得不够好，单词遗忘得很多。

3、学生写作训练不够。

高一、高二两年几乎没有写作训练，而写作在高考中占有很大的比例，但这却是我校学生的薄弱环节。

三、复习计划第一阶段：第一轮复习(20__年8月27日—20__年2月下旬)这一阶段为1~8模块的复习。

第一轮复习的宗旨：以本为本，夯实基础，适度提高能力。

第一轮复习教学以抓“双基”为主，完成知识的原始积累，把模块中的语言知识和语法项目进行比较、重组、总结，努力帮助学生输理知识结构，建立知识网络，掌握基本语法规则，打好扎实的语言基础。

复习时应充分发挥学生的主体作用。

精选一轮复习资料，一单元一案，每单元4x5课时，每周一次拓展练习。

注重阅读训练，2—3篇/日;强化书面表达训练，1篇/周(25分钟左右);书面表达常用的词、短语、句子记录背诵。

每天有一定量的词汇要求学生记忆，保证学生早、晚每次10分钟，重复记忆(要背诵的词、短语、句子列在平时的练习中)。

计划至20__年2月下旬结束第一轮复习。

新高考英语满分作文读后续写高分突破+万能金句：专题 2 读后续写(如何巧妙构思读后续写的故事情节)

专题02 如何巧妙构思读后续写的故事情节之高分技巧、高分手段和易错点读后续写能否拿否拿高分某种程度上取决于故事情节的构思。

这就要求考生做到学会分析情节。

分析故事情节一般从故事六要素着手，即who, when, where, what, why, how。

然后根据故事情节发展线和主人公的情感变化来续写文章。

简化为：❖高分手段读后续写的故事情节设计中，矛盾冲突和转折总体上应当体现清代袁枚《随园诗话》中“文似看山不喜平”的意思，即写文章好比观赏山峰那样，喜欢起伏，不喜欢平铺直叙。

所以读后续写的冲突就体现了这种跌宕起伏，而最终的矛盾冲突会变为积极的正能量。

❖易错点在续写过程中，应当体会原材料故事中的语言特点，从人物动作描写，场景描写，情感情绪描写，人物心理和神态外貌描写等方面进行润色，提升语言表达的准确性，完成语言风格高契合度的短文。

典例剖析【2022年高考浙江卷6 月】阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

I needed to do something in my community (社区) in order to complete the community service hours required to graduate from high school. Some of my friends had signed up to spend time at a soup kitchen, so I did, too. It seemed like a good thing to do.I thought that we would just be passing out dinners to those in need, but I found out we would be doing everything from preparing to serving the dinner. We began preparing the food, from mixing salad dressing to separating frozen meat. Much still needed to be done before dinner was served, but already outside the building many homeless people were gathering. It wasn’t until a couple of hours later that we opened the doors and began serving dinner.As the line of people came toward me, I got a little scared. I’d come face to face with the homeless: How should I act? How would they treat me? Would they hate me for having more than they did? While some of the people looked very friendly, some of them looked so dangerous. I didn’t have too much time to worry about i t. I was assigned (分配) to serve the salad with the lady next to me. She smiled at me and said if I needed help, she’d be right there, which I found quite comforting.I had never seen so many people wanting food. They were of all ages and nationalities. Most of them wore clothes that were torn and dirty. Some looked like they had tally given up on life, while others seemed to be making the best of the situation, smiling and joking. Some were better off than others, but they all needed a good meal and a warm place to eat. It saddened me to think of how many people there were who didn’t have a place to call home and the only food they got came from a soup kitchen.注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

高中英语阅读理解SHERLOCKHOLMES

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专题检测卷(二十一)阅读理解(建议用时: 25分钟)A(2013·北京模拟)Bad news travels fast—when you watch theevening news or read the morning papers, it seems thatthings that get the most coverage are all tragedies likewars, earthquakes, floods, fires and murders.This is the classic rule for mass media. “They wantyour eyeballs and don’t care how you’refeeling, ”Jonah Berger, a psychologist at theUniversity of Pennsylvania, the US, told The New York Times.But with social media getting increasingly popular, information is now being spread in different ways, and researchers are discovering new rules - good news can actually spread faster and farther than disasters and other sad stories.Berger and his colleague Katherine Milkman looked at thousands ofarticles on The New York Times’ website and analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months.One of his findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list. Those stories aroused feelings of awe and made the readers want to share this positive emotion with others.Besides science stories, readers were also found to be likely to share articles that were exciting or funny. “The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, ”Berger wrote in his new book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On. For example,“stories about newers falling in love with New York City”, he writes, tend to be shared more than “the death o f a popular zookeeper”.The difference between the two is due to the fact that the mass media prefers news that gets attention, while when you share a story with your friends “you care a lot more about how they react”, Berger explained.But does all this good news actually make the audience feel better? Not necessarily.According to a study by researchers at Harvard University, people tend to say more positive things about themselves when they’re talking to a bigger audience, rather than just one person, which helps explain all the perfect vacations that keep showing up on micro blogs. This, researchers found, makes people think that life is unfair and that they’re less happy than their “friends”.But no worries. There’s a quick and easy way to relieve the depression you get from viewing other people’s seemingly perfect lives - turn on the television and watch the news. There is always someone doing worse than you are.1. Why do mass media like to report bad news according to the article?A. They want to attract the attention of readers.B. They care a lot about how readers react.C. They think bad news spreads faster than good news.D. They want to show concern for people in disaster-hit areas.2. Which of the following is TRUE about Berger’s and his colleague’s study?A. They found that articles on science are more likely to be shared.B. Sad news tended to arouse the audience’s feelings of awe and sympathy.C. It was aimed at finding out whether mass media should cover more tragedies.D. Good news usually helps the audience relieve their negative emotions.3. We can conclude from the last three paragraphs that.A. watching news is good for people’s healthB. people shouldn’t be jealous of their friendsC. sharing good news with friends will double your happinessD. people might not be as happy as they suggest on their micro blogs4. What’s the article mainly about?A. Why bad news is covered most often.B. Why good news spreads faster than bad news.C. How people react differently to bad and good news.D. Which kind of news makes the audience feel better.B(2013·安徽高考压轴卷)New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoylePublication Date: 30/11/2010Publisher’s Description:Collect Doyle’s fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century book editions, in a set plemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society.Breaking Ground by Daniel LibeskindPrice: ￡16. 00Publication Date: 11/10/2010Brief Description:This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope. ForDaniel Libeskind, life’s adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience. Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future. This biology of one man’s journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision.In the Shadow of No Towers by Art SpiegelmanPublication Date: 02/09/2010Brief Description:On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the World Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe—in her school at the foot of the burning towers—he returned home, to mediate(反省)on the trauma(创伤), and to work on a ic strip(连环漫画). In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman’s extraordinary account of “the hijacking(劫机)on 9. 11 and the following hijacking of those events” by America.Light on Snow by Anita ShrevePrice: ￡14. 00Publication Date: 07/10/2006Publisher’s Description:This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller. A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the篇二：【安徽】2014版英语《高考专题辅导》专题检测卷(二十一) 阅读理解温馨提示：此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。

读后续写01：题型精讲及解题技巧-2023届新高考英语二轮复习攻破新题

新高考英语二轮复习攻破新题读后续写01：题型精讲及解题技巧【考情分析】题型：读后续写满分25分，提供一段350词以内的语言材料，要求考生依据该材料内容和所给段落开头语进行续写(150词左右)，将其发展成一篇与给定材料有逻辑衔接、情节和结构完整的短文。

题材内容：可读性强，多以具有冒险色彩的故事出现, 如野外游玩走散、野外遇狼或者被北极熊袭击; 但也有相对贴近考生生活的题材, 如2017年11月浙江卷的“和父母一起旅游”, 2018年6月浙江卷的“父子在农场迷路”以及2020年1月浙江卷的“男孩要上大学, 父母给家里的狗找个伴”等题材。

（一）历史起源（二）评分标准考生了解评分细则，有助于平时用此评标来衡量和要求自己，清楚自己的弱点，明确努力的方向。

评分时，主要从以下几个方面考虑：(1) 与所给短文及段落开头语的衔接程度；(2) 内容的丰富性；(3) 应用语法结构和词汇的丰富性和准确性；(4) 上下文的连贯性；(5) 拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个重要方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑；(6) 如书写较差以致影响交际，可将分数降低一个档次。

附最新标准：【高分准则】（一）七“不”准则1. 不增加人物。

由考纲样题及近5年高考真题中所给的段落首句可知, 续写的故事情节发展都是由原文的人物所推进, 因此, 强行增加人物有可能会偏离情节发展；2. 不增加旁支情节。

题目要求“考生根据所给情节进行续写”，旨在延续原材料的故事情节，并不是要发展新情节；3. 不用过多对话。

在续写中展示对话, 虽能丰富内容和语言, 增强语篇的连贯性, 但使用过多的对话, 会显得篇幅累赘且很难在限定的词数里把整个后续的情节发展补充完整；4. 不用负能量结局。

结局设计绝对不能负能量。

内容应该积极向上, 能增长知识或传播正能量；5. 不在文末设置悬念。

题目要求是“使之构成一篇完整的短文”, 若在文末设置悬念，就会给人一种还没结束的感觉，这样的故事是不完整的；6. 不偏离原文主题。

高考英语_专题14_阅读理解(主旨大意题)_解题指导-_2021年高中英语寒假辅导讲义

专题十四阅读理解（主旨大意题）阅读理解题型分类主旨大意题的考查，要求学生通过阅读文章，抓住文章的主旨大意所在，在理解文章内容的基础上，找到文章大意或段落大意，主要考查学生归纳概括信息的能力。

主旨大意题主要考查考生把握全文主题和理解中心思想的能力。

通常以选择文章最佳标题(title/topic)，概括文章中心大意(main idea)、文章段落大意(topic)等形式出现。

主旨大意题是考生容易出错的题型之一，错误主要表现为：概括文章中心时以偏概全（只见树木不见森林），概括性不够，或者概括过度，超出了文本的内容，缺乏针对性。

一、主旨大意题的分类主旨大意题的分类及其常见设问形式1. 标题概括类做此类试题时，要注意标题的三个特性，即醒目性、概括性和针对性。

解题时要抓住文章的首尾段和每一段的首尾句，要注意贯穿文章始终的词语。

常见设问形式有：What is the best title for this passage?Which of the following is the best title of the passage?What can be a suitable title for the text?What might be the best title for the passage?The best title of the passage is ______.The suitable headline of the passage may be ______.2. 文章大意类每篇文章都有中心思想，可以通过找主题句来获取文章中心思想。

主题句通常在首段或结尾段，但有时也会出现在文章的中间段落。

因此，在阅读时要倍加关注文章的首段和结尾段及各个段落的主题句。

常见设问形式有：What is the main idea of the passage?Which of the following can best summarize the passage?What is the message conveyed in the story?What does the passage mainly present?What is the main theme of the story?What does the story mainly tell us?What does the passage mainly talk about?The passage is mainly about ______.The main purpo se of the passage is to ______.The passage is mainly written to ______.3. 段落大意类每个段落通常都有一个中心思想，通常会在本段首句体现出来，即常说的段落主题句。

英语初高中衔接辅导材料(教师版)专题一名词

英语初高中衔接辅导材料（教师版）专题一名词知识训练和讲解一、初中知识点回顾（一）感知体验D1．--- Where have you been, Tim? --- I’ve been to ______.A. the Henry houseB. the Henry familyC. The Henry’s homeD. Henry’sB2．In England, if ____ is in the middle of the day, the evening meal is called supper.A. foodB. lunchC. breakfastD. dinnerB3．You looked for it twice, but you haven’t found it. Why not try ____ .A. three timesB. a third timeC. the third timeD. onceB4．--- They are thirsty. Will you please give them ______ ? --- Certainly.A. some bottles of watersB. some bottles of waterC. some bottle of waterD. some bottle of watersB 5．Mike hurt one of his ______ in the accident yesterday.A. toothB. feetC. handD. earB6．There is some _______ on the plate.A. cakesB. meatC. potatoD. pearsA7．In England, the last name is the _______ .A. family nameB. middleC. given nameD. full nameD8．They are going to fly _______ to Beijing.A. GermenB. GermanyC. GermanysD. GermansC9．The______ has two _______ .A. boys; watchesB. boy; watchC. boy; watchesD. boys; watchC 10．The little baby has two _______ already.A. toothB. toothsC. teethD. teethsC11．What’s your _______ for being late again?A. ideaB. keyC. excuseD. newsD12．--- It’s dangerous here. We’d better go out quickly.--- But I think we should let _______ go out first.A. woman and childrenB. women and childC. woman and childD. women and childrenB13．--- You can see Mr. Smith if there i s a sign “_____ ”on the door of his shop.--- Thanks.A.ENTRANCEB.BUSINESS HOURSC.THIS SIDE UPD.NO SMOKINGA14．Are they going to have a picnic on _______ ?A. Children’s DayB. Childrens’s DayC. Childrens DayD. Children DayB 15．Where are the students? Are they in _______ ?A. the Room 406B. Room 406C. the 406 RoomD. 406 RoomA 16. —Are there any _______ in the picture? —Yes, there are.A. fishB. porkC. beefD.sheepsD 17.The singer felt very sorry and decided he would never drive again after drinking. The traffic accident was really a _________ to him.A．game B. pleasure C. skill D. lessonC18. — Would you please pass me something to drink?— What about some ______?A. beefB. fishC. juiceD. breadB 19. —Excuse me. may 1 know your_______?— Sure. It's No. 3. Bridge Street.A. houseB. addressC. wayD. placeC 20. _______ about the sports meeting make us excited.A. NewsB. InformationC. MessagesD. AdviceA 21. Can you imagine what life will be like in ______ time?A. 50 years’B. 50 year’sC. 50-years’D. 50-yearsD22. The old man used to raise many _____ to make a living on the farm.A.duckB. horseC.birdD.sheepA 23. Please pick up the ____. Don’t keep it on the floor.A. paperB. boxesC. booksD. bottles16-20 21-25D 24. —Could you please tell me something about the two_ ?—____. They arc exchange students of No. 1 Middle School.A. Frenchmen; Yes, pleaseB. Frenchmans; Come onC. Germen; Not at allD. Germans; All rightD 25.—How many teachers are there in your school? —them over two hundred.A. woman; The number of; isB. women; The number of; isC. woman; A number of; isD. women; A number of; are（二）归纳讲解1、名词的种类专有名词London, John, the Communist Party of China普通名词nurse, boy, worker, pencil, dog, table集体名词class, family, army, police, team, people物质名词water, steel, glass, cotton, wood, sand抽象名词happiness, love, work, life, courage, honest2、名词的句法功能主语My family is now in New York.表语His father is a scientist.宾语We love our great motherland.宾语补足语He made London the base for his work.定语The girls are making paper flowesrs.状语The car cost him 1000 dollars.同位语Mr Brown, a famous scientist, will come here.3、名词的数(1).可数名词有单数和复数两种形式。

高考英语_专题15_七选五阅读__拔高练习(解析版)-_高中英语寒假辅导讲义

专题15 七选五阅读一Imagine a child standing on a diving board four feet high and asking himself the question: “Should I jump?” This is what motivation or the lack of it can do. Motivation and goal setting are the two sides of same coin. 1 Like the child on the diving board, you will stay undecided.2 More than that, how should you stay motivated to achieve the goal? First, you need to evaluate yourself, your values, your strengths, your weaknesses, your achievements, your desires, etc. Only then should you set your goals.You also need to judge the quality and depth of your motivation. This is quite important, because it is directly related to your commitment. There are times when your heart is not in your work. 3 So, slow down and think what you really want to do at that moment. Clarity(清晰) of thoughts can help you move forward.Another way of setting realistic goals is to analyze your short and long term objectives, keeping in mind your beliefs, values and strengths. Remember that goals are flexible. 4 They also need to be measurable. You must keep these points in mind while setting your goals.Your personal circumstances are equally important. For example, you may want to be a pilot but can’t become one because your eyesight is not good enough. 5 You should reassess your goals, and motivate yourself to set a fresh goal.You will surely need to overcome some difficulties, some planned, but most unplanned. You cannot overcome them without ample motivation. Make sure that you plan for these difficulties at the time of setting your goals.A. This can affect your work.B. So how should you motivate yourself?C. However, this should not discourage you.D. So why should we try to set specific goals?E. They can change according to circumstances.F. Motivation is what you need most to do a good job.G. Without motivation, you can neither set a goal nor reach it.【文章大意】文章介绍了动力和目标的关系，以及如何激发动力并设定切实可行的目标。

高考英语一轮复习考点(新高考专用)：考点22 优秀传统文化之中国文化遗产(核心考点综合精练)

考点22 优秀传统文化之中国文化遗产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。

（最新模拟试题演练）1.【浙江省强基联盟2023届高三上学期12月统测】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

词数：220话题：马蒂寺石窟The digital protection project of the Mati Temple Grottoes in Zhangye city, Northwest China’s Gansu Province,___1___(complete) so far, according to local authorities in Zhangye. First built around 1,600 years ago along the route of the ancient Silk Road, the Mati Temple Grottoes are famous for Buddhist relics in more than 70 caves, ___2___ (make) one of the top three Hexi Buddhism culture grottoes in China, with the ___3___ (value) position of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang and Yulin Grottoes in Anxi.The project launched last Junes, with ___4___ total investment of 3.89 million yuan (about $530,000), ___5___ (include) data collection for the surrounding environment of the grottoes, digital scanning of the murals and sculptures___6___ (preserve) in primary caves, 3D reconstruction of cave structures and panoramic warping, among others. Digital technology is a new approach ___7___ permanently preserving cultural relics and will take the lend in a new era for future exhibitions, the institute said.The work is fo cused on one of the site’s major attractions called the Thousand Boddha Grottoes, ___8___ have eight caves that are among the best-preserved in the whole site, said Yao Gailan, ___9___ (direct) of the institute for cultural heritage preservation in Zhangye.To preserve the site better, funds have been raised ____10____ an archaeological investigation involving researchers at home and abroad is also underway.2.【福建省泉州市2022-2023学年高中毕业班9月质量监测（一）】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

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高中英语限时阅读训练 (1)词数：about 290 难度★★建议用时：3.5minutesUnlike most of the other non-foolish holidays, the history of April Fool’s Day, sometimes called All Fools’ Day, is not totally clear. There really wasn’t a “first April Fool’s Day” that can be pinpoi nted on the calendar. Some believe it came from celebrations involving the first day of spring. The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. Before that year, the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25. The celebration culminated （达到高潮） on April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year’s Day was moved to January 1.However, in those days news traveled by foot, so many people did not receive the news until several years later. Others, the more obstinate （顽固的） crowd refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the new year on April 1. These backward folk were labeled as “fools” by the general p opulace （民众）. They were subject to some ridicule （嘲笑）. The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the English and French. April Fool’s Day thus developed into an international fun fest (联欢会),so to speak, with different nationalities specializing in their own brand of humor at the expense of their friends and families.Pranks performed on April Fool’s Day range from the simple, (such as saying, “Your shoe’s untied!”), to the elaborate(精心制作的). Setting a roommate’s alarm clock back an hour is a common trick. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling （大叫）to his victim, “April Fool!”April Fool’s Day is a “for-fun-only” observance （风俗习惯）. Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their “significant other” out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. It’s simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant （警觉的）, for he may be the next April Fool!1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. New Year’s Day was celebrated on March 25 after 1582.B．April Fool’s Day was the first day to celebrate new year before 1582.C. Many people didn’t know the New Year’s Day fell on Janu ary 1 until several years later.D. Only the obstinate people got involved in celebrating April Fool’s Day.2. The underlined word “pranks”(in Paragraph 3) most probably means “______”.A. foolsB. tricksC. projectsD. plans3. “April fools” first referred to ______.A. those who continued to celebrate the new year on April 1B. those who accepted the new calendarC. those who were fooled on April 1D. those who always did foolish things on April 1Key: 1-3 CBA（二）词数 about 310 难度★★建议用时 3.5 minutesBEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhuanet) —Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday announced a recall of 1.8 million lithium-ion (锂) notebook batteries that could cause a fire risk, a move that followed Dell’s similar recall just ten days ago.The defective （有缺陷的） batteries were sold with Apple 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4 computers from October 2003 through this month. In its recall announcement, Apple said it has received nine reports of lithium-ion battery packs overheating, including two cases in which users suffered minor burns and some involving minor property damage.The company urged users to stop using the batteries and contact Apple Customer Service. The computer maker will replace the batteries free of charge.About 1.1 million of the battery packs are in use in the US, the remaining 700,000 were sold internationally. The recall is the second-biggest in US history involving electronics or computers. Just last week, No. 1 PC maker Dell Inc. recalled 4.1 million lithium-ion batteries.Both recalls involve lithium-ion batteries made by a Sony subsidiary（子公司) in Japan.Sony said in a press release （新闻公布） that both the Dell and Apple problems were caused by tiny pieces of metal floating inside the battery. When the batteries arebeing used or recharged, they will heat up and these particals (质点) can start moving around, potentially causing the unit to short circuit （短路）. This can cause the battery to explode or catch fire.According to Sony, the recalls will cost it between 172 and 278 million dollars. Both Apple and Dell said the recalls would not affect their earnings.1. What is the news story mainly about?A. Apple Computer Inc. recalling 1.8 million Sony batteries.B. The biggest recall in US history.C. The potential risk of lithium-ion batteries.D. The cause of laptop batteries being recalled.2. What happened to Dell Inc. ten days ago?A. Dell’s notebook batteries caused a fire.B. Dell urged users to stop using the Sony batteries.C. Dell received nine reports of battery overheating.D. Dell announced a recall of laptop batteries.3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Where the battery packs concerned are mostly sold.B. What caused the battery packs to ov erheat when they’re used.C. How many laptop batteries in China will be recalled.D. Whether customers should pay for the batteries to be replaced.4. Which of the following companies suffers the worst in the recalls of laptop batteries?A. Lenovo.B. Dell Inc.C. Apple Computer Inc.D. Sony Inc.Key: 1-4 ADCD。