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阅读表达专练

阅读表达专练

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[1]WilliamButlerYeats,amostfamousIrishwriter,wasborninDublinonJune13,1865.Hischildhoodlackedtheharmony（和睦）thatwastypicalofahappyfamily.Later,Yeatsshockedhisfamilybysayingthatheremembered"littleofchildhoodbutitspain".Infact,heinherited（继承）excellenttasteinartfromhisfamily—bothhisfatherandhisbrotherwerepainters.Buthefinallysettledonliterature,particularlydramaandpoetry.

       [2]Yeatshadstrongfaithincomingofnewartisticmovements.HesethimselfthefreshtaskinfoundinganIrishnationaltheatreinthelate1890s.Hisearlytheatricalexperiments,however,werenotreceivedfavorablyatthebeginning.Hedidn'tloseheart,andfinallyenjoyedsuccessinhispoeticaldrama.

       [3]Comparedwithhisdramaticworks,Yeats'spoemsattractmuchadmiringnotice.Thesubjectmatterincludeslove,nature,history,timeandaging.ThoughYeatsgenerallyreliedonverytraditionalforms,hebroughtmodernsensibilitytothem.Ashisliterarylifeprogressed,hispoetrygrewfinerandricher,whichledhimtoworldwiderecognition.

      [4]HehadnotenjoyedamajorpubliclifesincewinningtheNobelPrizein1923.Yet,hecontinuedwritingalmosttotheendofhislife.______________,hewouldprobablynowbevaluedasaminor（不重要的）poet,forthereisnootherexampleinliteraryhistoryofapoetwhoproduceshisgreatestworksbetweentheagesof50and75.AfterYeats'sDeathin1939,W.H.Audenwrote,amongothers,thefollowinglines:

       Earth,receiveanhonoredguest:

       WilliamYeatsislaidtorest.

       LettheIrishvessel（船）lie

       Emptiedofitspoetry.

76.Whatdoesthefirstparagraphmainlytellus?

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77.Explaintheunderlinedsentenceinparagraph2.（nomorethan10words）

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78.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"them"inparagraph3referto?

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79.Fillintheblanksinthelastparagraphwithproperwords（nomorethan10words）

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80.WhatcanyoulearnfromYeatsasawriter?

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2.【1】AlthoughmanyChinesestudentssaytheyhaveagoodknowledgeofEnglishgrammar,mostwouldadmitthattheirspokenEnglishispoor.WheneverIspeaktoChinesestudents,theyalwayssay,“MyspokenEnglishispoor.”However,theirspokenEnglishdoesnothavetoremainpoor!

IwouldsuggestthattheremaybesomereasonsfortheirproblemswithspokenEnglish.

【2】First,theyfailtofindsuitablewordstoexpressthemselvesduetolimitedvocabulary.Obviouslythebetteransweristoexpandtheirvocabulary.However,youcanspeakwithalimitedvocabularyifyourattitudeispositive.Otherswillfollowyouaslongasyouusethewordsthatyouknow.

【3】Second,theyareafraidofmakingmistakes.Sometimestheymakemistakeswhentheyarespeakingbecausetheyareshyandnervous.YetstudentsshouldrememberthattheirgoalshouldbeFLUENCYNOTACCURACY.Youwanttogetyourmessageacross,totalktosomeoneinEnglish,asquicklyandaswellasyoucan,eventhoughsometimesyoumayuseawrongwordortense,butitdoesn’tmatterbecausethepersonyouarespeakingtowillunderstandyouandmakeallowancesforyou.

【4】Third,noenoughattentionispaidtolistening.Youhaveonemouthbuttwoears!

Allthatisheardisnecessaryforyoutostartspeaking.

【5】Fourth,mostChinesestudentsareinactiveratherthanproactivelanguagelearners.InsteadofactivelyseekingoutopportunitiestoimprovetheirspokenEnglish,theypassivelywaitforspeakingopportunitiestocometothemandwonderwhytheirspokenEnglishalwaysremainspoor.Ifyouhavethisproactiveoutlook,thenyouwillseeEnglishopportunitieswhereveryougo.

76.What’sthebesttitleofthepassage?

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77.Whydon’tmostChinesestudentsknowhowtoexpresstheirmeaningproperly?

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78.Howmanysolutionsarementionedinthesecondparagraph?

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79.Whyshouldn’tstudentsworryaboutmakingmistakeswhentalkingtosomeone?

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80.Whatisthewriter’sadviceforthosewhodon’tfindenoughopportunitiestospeakEnglish?

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3.[1]Here’soneverysimpleyetpotentiallylifechangingadviceIfirstheardfromBrianTracy．CutdownontheTVatnightbyjustonehour．Insteadusethathourtoreadbooksthatcouldimproveyourlife．

[2]Ifyou'reinsales,googleorbrowseamazonforwhatotherpeoplethinkarethebestandmostusefulbooksonimprovingyoursales．

[3]Thisofcourseappliestoallfields，notjustthework-relatedones．Maybeyouwanttoimproveyourhealth，becomeamoreenergeticpersonwithabetterlookingbody．Ormaybeyouwanttoimproveyourproductivity．yourrelationsorperhapsdosomegeneralPersonaldevelopment．

[4]Onehouradayisnotmuch．Butifyoureadfor______________onweekdaysthat’sabout260hoursayear．That’salotofbooksandloadsandloadsofusefuladvice.

[5]Ifapplied，whoknowswhatgreatthingsandfeelingscouldcomeintoyourlifethisyear.Also．allthatc00linformationandusefuladvicewillstarttoopenupyourmind．Youwillstarttoseemorepossibilitiesinyoureverydaylife．

[6]Now，nowyoumightthinksomethinglikethis：

1．Ireallydon’thavethemoney…

Answer：

Visityourlocallibraryorsearchtheirdatabaseiftheygotawebsite．Orlookforusedcopiesinplaceslikeamazon．comorsomemorelocalalternativeifyou’reoutsideoftheUS．

2．Yeah，ok，butIreallydon’thavethetime…

Answer：

BuythebooksasaudiobooksandlistentothemintheCarwhiledrivingtoandfromwork．Ortransferthemt0yourmp3一playerandlistenwhileridingyourbike／bustoworkorschool．

[7]Sostartbrowsingforrecommendationsonbooksoraskyourfriendsandcolleagues.TurnofftheTVtonightandfindsomethingworthwhiletoreadthatwillhelpyourbusinessoryourpersonalgrowth．

76.Whatisthetextmainlyabout？

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77.Whichsentenceinthetextcanbereplacedbythefollowingone?

Ifyoureadanhouraday,amazingchangeswilltakeplaceinyourlifethisyear.

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78.PleasefillintheblankinParagraph4withproperwords.（nomorethan6words）

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79.Whatdoesthewriteradviseyoutodoifyoudon’thavethetimetoread？

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80.TranslatetheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph7intoChinese.

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4.⑴Managersandofficebusybodiesmightbekeenonacleandesk—butitseemsthatintermsofproductivity,theycouldhaveitallwrong.Amessydeskcanactuallyleadpeopletowardsclearerthinking,sayresearchersfromGermany. 

⑵Theresearchersfoundinaseriesoflinkedstudies—usingamessydeskandamessyshopfront—thatpeopleactuallythoughtmoreclearlywhenallaroundwaschaos（混乱）,astheysoughttosimplifythetasksathand. 

⑶“Messydesksmaynotbeasdisadvantageousastheyappeartobe,astheproblem-solvingapproachestheyseemtocausecanboostworkefficiencyorenhanceemployees'creativityinproblemsolving,”saytheresearchers. Visualandmentalclutter（杂乱）forceshumanbeingstofocusandthinkmoreclearly.Forinstance,famousthinkersandwriterssuchasAlbertEinsteinandRonaldDahlhavebeennotorious（声明狼藉的）fortheiruntidydesks.

⑷“Businessandgovernmentmanagersoftenpromote'cleandesk'policiestoavoiddisorganizedofficesandmessydesks,forthepurposeofboostingworkefficiencyandproductivity,”writesLiuJia,aresearchoftheUniversityofGroningeninapaperpublishedintheJournalofConsumerResearch. “Thispracticeisbasedontheconventionalwisdomthatadisorganizedandmessyenvironmentcanclutterone'smindandcomplicateone'sjudgments.”

⑸“However,notallevidencesupportsthisconventionallinkbetweenamessyenvironmentandamessymind.”Somescientiststestedpeople'sresponseinvarious'messy'environments---includingamessyshopfront,adisorganizeddesk,andevenaworkenvironmentwherealanguagetask'reminded'peopleofmessiness. Theyfoundthatpeopletendedtowardssimplicityintheirthinking.

⑹“Theycategorizedproductsinasimplermanner,werewillingtopaymoreforaT-shirtwithasimple-lookingpicture,andsoughtlessvarietyintheirchoices.”saidthescientists.

76.What’sthemainideaforthispassage?

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77.Accordingtothepassage,howdopeoplemanagetothinkclearlywhentheenvironmentischaos?

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