3E3笔真题阅读整合Word格式.docx

1、（二）William Shakespeare was an English poet（诗人）and playwright（剧作家）.He is widely regarded as（被公认为） Englands national poet （英国名族诗人） and the worlds top dramatist（世界顶级剧作家）. Among his works are38plays, 154sonnets（十四行诗，一种题材）, and two long narrative poems（叙事诗）. His plays have been translated into（被翻译成） many

2、 languages and are performed（被表演出来） more than those of any other playwright.Shakespeare was born and raised （抚养）in Stratford. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had 3 children. Between 1585 and 1592, he lived a successful life in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a

3、playing company.Few records（记录） of Shakespeares private life （私人生活）were kept. It is believed that he went back to Stratford around 1613, where he died 3 years later.Shakespeare wrote many comedies（喜剧） and histories（历史剧） in his life. He then began to write some more tragedies（悲剧），including Hamlet（哈姆雷

4、特）, King Lear（李尔王）, Othello（奥赛罗）, and Macbeth（麦克白）. These later works are ranked（排名于.） among the greatest works in the English language（英语语言学）.（三）Some people have very good memories （记忆）and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when say or do them again

5、.（但是有些人只能通过不断的说和做才能记住某些东西）The famous English writer,Charles Dickens,said that he could walk down any streets in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed（经过的，路过的）. Many great men of the world have had wonderful memories. A good memory is of great help in learning a language. Ever

6、ybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child.Some children like boys and girls dont live in their own country，and they seem to （好像，似乎）learn two languages almost as easily as one（好像他们学两种语言和学一种一样简单）. In school，it is not so easy to learn a foreign languagebecause

7、students have so little time for it and they are busy with other lessons.too.A mans mind is rather like a camera，but it takes photos not only of what we see but also of what we feel，hear，smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera,there is much to do before the photo is finished and rea

8、dy to show to our friends. In the same way，there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever（永远） in our minds.Memory is the diary we all carry about with us. Simon and Levi were farmers. Each lived on a hillside（山坡）, and between them was a valley（山谷）.（此句话是对两家位置的描述，两家分别住在两个山坡上，中间隔着一个

9、山谷） One year, the winter was very cold and the ground was almost frozen（结冰） .Simon worried（担心） that his neighbor （这里指的是Levi家）didnt have enough food for his wife and children. So one night, when clouds covered the moon, （交代了当晚的天气情况）Simon walked across the dark valley and left a bundle of wheat（一包小麦）

10、in Levis field. Levi was worried that Simon did not have enough food his family . That same night, he brought（bring“带来”的过去式） a buddle of wheat to Simons field. The next morning when Simon and Levi counted （数） their bundles of wheat, they were surprised to find（惊奇的发现） the same number as the day befor

11、e. Tonight I will bring two bundles!” Simon said to his wife. Levi called to his children and his wife, ”help me pick up two bundles of wheat, tonight I will bring them to Simon field!” That night, the moon shone（shine的过去式） brightly on the two farmers.（交代了当天有月光为下文他们认出彼此做铺垫） Now they saw each other a

12、nd understood! They ran to each other and hugged（拥抱）. And to this day, people in the valley remember Simon and Levi, when they help their neighbors（从那天开始，当村庄里的人们互相帮助时，他们都会想到Simon 和 Levi 的故事。）.（四）（五） Most of the computer and video games designers are male（男性）. Not surprisingly（不足为奇）, so are most of t

13、he players（很多的游戏玩家也是男性居多）. But as Bob Doughty reports, the industry says it wants to get more females （女性）interested and involved in its games.（但是据报道，该行业的人说他们希望能够吸引更多的女性玩家） The Entertainment Software Associations says only 35 percent （百分比）of players are women. The average （平均的） age of the players is

14、 29, Experts （专家） say, females enjoy different kind of games than males do. Males generally like computer games with competition（竞争） and some kind of violence（暴力）. （分析了男性玩家更偏爱于带有竞争和暴力色彩的游戏） Female players like games with cooperation（合作） and social interaction（对比了女性更喜欢合作和具有社交性质的游戏）. One series of gam

15、es that many girls and woman do like to play is the Sims（模拟人生游戏名）. Sims are simulated （模拟的）people. Players guide groups of these electronic people through different situation（不同的情景）and decide what they will do. There are games titles like the Sims House Party and the Sims hot Date. The company that

16、produced them, Electronic Arts, says at least 50 percent of the players are women（至少50%的玩家是女性）. A spokeswoman （女发言人）says the games are about building relationships（建立关系）. So they appeal to（吸引） females. They must appeal to lots of players. The Sims is the best-selling computer game of all time.（本段进一步

17、说明了合作性的游戏更能吸引女性玩家）（六）Whats the tallest height from which youve fallen?（你之前摔下来的最高高度是多高？） Your bike? A ladder（梯子）? Were sure youve never fallen 23 miles（英里）. But thats just what Felix Baumgartner will try to do on Monday（这就是Felix Baumgartner周一要尝试的高度）. The Austrian parachutist （跳伞运动员）has already jumped

18、 from 13 miles and 18 miles up.But the jump on Monday would break the record of 19.5 miles（）打破19.5英里的记录. That record was set in 1960（这个记录是1960年建立的）. Baumgartner will reach the height inside something that looks like a space capsule（太空舱）. A giant（巨大的） balloon will carry it up into the sky. He will fa

19、ll at 690 miles per hour（每小时690英里的速度）when he jumps out of the capsule. Baumgartner says he is looking forward to his giant leap（跳跃）. “ I feel like a tiger in a cage waiting to get out,”（他觉得自己就想是要放出笼子的老虎，表示了他的期待与激动） he said, The one thing that could stop him from doing that is bad weather in NEW Mexi

20、co, where the jump will take place.（唯一能阻止他的就是新墨西哥州的坏天气） Needless to say（不用说）, Kids, dont try this at home!（七）Imagine the most famous person you know of. Michael Jordan. Britney Spears. Prince William. They are popular with modern-day people（他们在当代人眼里十分有名）, but not one of them is as famous as Helen Ke

21、ller was in her days.（第一段以当代名人引出海伦凯勒）When she was a baby, Helen Keller became blind（盲） and deaf （聋）because of an illness. Helens family didnt think she would ever learn to communicate well. But Helens teacher, Annie Sullivan,（安妮莎莉文海伦凯乐的老师，是改变她命运的重要人物） brought light to Helens life（她给海伦凯乐带来了“光明”）. Ann

22、ie taught Helen to speak and to communicate through sign language（符号语言）. She also taught Helen to read and write Braille（盲文）, an alphabet system used by blind people（一种供盲人用的字母表）. Annie made the world open up for Helen.（第二段主要讲述了海伦凯勒在她老师的帮助下怎么学习的）Word of Helens learning spread quickly（海伦这个名字传播的很快）. Sh

23、e became famous, and people all over the country wanted to meet her. Helen went on to graduate from college, travel the world, and write 13 books. When she died, at the age of 87, she had become one of Americas great heroes（女英雄）.（第三段讲述了海伦凯勒的成就）（八）One day last June, I was walking along a narrow stree

24、t in the small seaside town where I lived. Though it was fine, it was a very cold day, and there was hardly anyone on the beach. Soon I came to a shelter made of glass（阳光房）. I sat down and began to enjoy the sunshine. Suddenly a large friendly dog appeared （出现）and lay quiet at my feet. I tried to ma

25、ke it go away, but it just refused（拒绝）. The dog was wearing a collar（项圈）, but there was no name or address （地址）on it. At last I rang the local police station（当地警察局） and told them about the dog. “I will keep the dog if nobody comes to claim it.” I said to the police officer.A few days later, a lady c

26、ame to my house and said that the dog was hers. It had jumped off the bus and run away while she was paying the bus fare（车票）. Then the lady called the dog in a soft voice, and at once（立刻） the dog waggled its tail happily（开心的摇着尾巴）. I was quite sad when I said goodbye to them.（九）The year is 1912. The

27、day is April 10. The Titanic sets sail from England. The enormous（巨大的） ship is three football fields long. Eleven stories high, it is the largest moving object ever built.（本句话介绍了泰坦尼克号的外观特征） The ship has elegant（高雅的） restaurants, a swimming pool, and indoor gardens. （本剧话介绍了它的内部设施）Some of the worlds r

28、ichest people stroll through its fine rooms. No one would guess that tragedy （悲剧） lies ahead.（没人会预想到悲剧会降临在它的身上）It is the ships first voyage （航行）.This floating palace（漂浮的宫殿指泰坦尼克号） is bound for（开往） New York City. Its builder says that the Titanic is the most powerful ship on the sea. The crew （船员） int

29、end to set a record getting there. There is nothing to fear. They believe that they neednt worry about iceberg （冰山） warnings. Other ships arent the Titanic. The Titanic is unsinkable（不会下沉的）.Around midnight on April 14, 1912, a huge iceberg rips open the mighty ships steel hull （船体）. Tons of water gush in（涌进）. For the Titanic, the end has come.（十）Picasso （毕加索西班牙著名画家） is one of the worlds most famous artists（艺术家）. He was born in Malaga（马拉加西班牙南部省名）, Spain,in 1881（1881指的是19世纪晚期）. His mother said that Picasso could draw before he could talk. His father was an