1、1核心素养拓展练素养解读 2017 年普通高中课程标准首次提出“学科核心素养” 。英语学科核心素养由语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力构成。随之而来，以后英语考试将更加坚持能力立意，突出核心素养的考查。下面文段就是围绕“思维品质”这一学科素养展开，有助于学生养成批判性思维和解决复杂问题的能力。主 题 ： 慷 慨 给 予 与 感 恩 接 受 核 心 素 养 ： 思 维 品 质Givinggenerouslyandreceivinggratefullymakeiteasiertolivehappilywithothers.Yet，whydowehavesuchdifficultyaccompl
2、ishingthesethingsinourrelationships?Letmestartwiththeideaofgivinggenerously.Ithinkpeopleareunwillingtobegenerouswithothersbecausetheyfearbeingused.Forexample，myhusbandandIhavefamilymemberswhoonlycontactuswhentheyneedmoney.Weusuallyaccepttheirrequests，butwerarelyreceivea“thankyou”.Mostpeoplewouldsayt
3、hatmyhusbandandIarebeingused，andIsupposeweare.Butwhenwegive，weshouldntbegivingforthepurposeofgettinggratitudeorpraise.Rather，weshouldbegivingbecauseitsagoodthingtodo.A“thankyou”ismerelytheicingonthecake.Everythingthatwehave，fromourabilitytowakeupeachmorningtothemoneyinourbankaccount，isagiftfromthewo
4、rld.Inreturn，theworldasksustousethesegiftstohelpothers，eitherbygivingthemourtimeorourresources.Thegoodnewsisthatwhenweliveourlivesbeingnicetoothers，ourlivesrunmoresmoothly.Ifyouregenerous，yes，somepeoplewilluseyou.Butifyoupracticebeinggenerous，mostofyourrelationshipswillimprove.Andatthesametime，wesho
5、uldremembertoreceivegratefully.Itrulybelievethatyoucannot“thankyou”enough.Sooftenwegetlazyaboutexpressinggratitude.Parentscanfeelunappreciatedbytheirchildren，andteacherscanfeelunappreciatedbytheirstudents.Justbecauseataskispartofsomeonesjobdescriptiondoesntmeanthatyoushouldntthankthemforit.Wordsofap
6、preciationmakeothersfeelgoodaboutthemselveslikenothingelse.Itsgoodforustosay“thankyou”becauseweregularlyneedtoremindourselvesofhowluckyweare.An2dhearingthosetwowordscanmakeusfeelgreatfordays.Ifyouarelookingforasecretsolutiontoimproveyourlife，Icangiveyouone：givinggenerouslyandreceivegratefully.语 篇 解
7、读 文 章 阐 述 了 这 一 观 点 ： 慷 慨 给 予 与 感 恩 接 受 有 助 于 改 善 人 际 关 系 ， 提 高 生 活 品 质 。1.Theauthormentionsherfamilymembersinthepassagemainlytoexplain.A.whyweshouldgiveevenifwefeelwearebeingusedB.whypeoplehavetroubleexpressinggratitudeC.whyweshouldacceptwhateverothersrequestD.whyitsnecessarytoexpressgratitudeorpra
8、ise答案 A解析 推理判断题。根据文章第三段可知，作者通过自己和丈夫被亲戚寻求金钱上的帮助的例子来阐述自己的第一个论点，即我们要慷慨地给予，哪怕是被他人利用。故选 A。2.Theunderlinedphrase“theicingonthecake”inParagraph3probablymeans.A.somethingthatisnecessaryB.somethingthatisnotofmuchhelpC.somethingthatleadstoanunexpectedresultD.somethingthatmakesanexperiencebetter答案 D解析 词义猜测题。作者
9、认为，我们要慷慨地给予，这不是为了被感激或被赞扬，而是因为这是件好事，感激只不过是锦上添花而已，由此可推断答案为 D。3.Accordingtotheauthor，whyshouldwebegratefultothosewhohelpus?A.Becauseitmakesusfeellucky.B.Becausewordsofgratitudedelightpeople.C.Becauseitsnototherpeoplesdutytohelpus.D.Becauseallwenormallygetaregiftsfromtheworld.答案 B解析 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段可知，作者
10、认为感激之词可以让他人有很好的感受，也能提醒我们自己有多么幸运。故选 B。4.Theauthorwrotethispassagemainlyto.A.stresstheimportanceofbeinggenerousB.persuadepeopletogivegenerouslyandreceivethankfullyC.showhowtoexpressourgratitudetoothersD.givetipsonhowtoimproveotherpeopleslives答案 B3解析 主旨大意题。根据文章的开头和结尾可知，作者在告诉我们要慷慨地给予，同时也要感恩地接受。故选 B。Note
11、s：.高频词汇1.generous adj.慷慨的；大方的2.grateful adj.感激的；感谢的3.gratitude n.感激；感谢4.contact v.&n.联系；联络5.request v.&n.要求6.appreciate v.感激；欣赏.长难句分析Its good for us to say “thank you” because we regularly need to remind ourselves of how lucky we are.分析：本句是复合句，主句是 Its good for us to say “thank you”，because 引导原因状语从句。翻译：说“谢谢”对我们是有益的，因为我们需要经常提醒自己，我们有多么幸运。
