1、新牛津英语高考一轮复习综合课外趣味阅读及练习题（九）课外趣味阅读精彩故事The Trees and the Ax（樹與斧頭）Once upon a time a man came into a forest. He said to the trees, “Will you give me a piece of hard wood ?” The tree said, “Yes, well give you a good price of hard wood.” He was very glad to get a good piece of wood. He hurried home with i
2、t. At once he made a new handle of his ax. Then he went to the forest again and began to cut down all the best trees in the forest. The trees were very sad. They said to one another, “We suffer for our own foolishness.”很久以前,一个男人走进一片森林。他说到树”,你会给我一块硬木材吗?”树说,“是的 ,我们会给你一个好价钱坚硬的木头。”他很高兴得到一个好的片的木头。他急忙赶回家。
3、他立刻就创造了一个新的处理他的鱿鱼。然后他去森林又开始砍掉了所有最好的树在森林里。树都很伤心。他们彼此商量说:“我们忍受了自己的愚蠢。”Tonys Lie（湯尼的謊言）One day Tony was a very bad boy. He told a lie to his mother. That night felt very unhappy. He did not want to play with the children. He sat on the doorstep alone. He looked up in the sky and saw the big round moon.
4、 He thought that it was looking down upon him, because it knew about the lie. He ran down the street to get away from it, but it kept following him. Then he crept into the house and went to bed, but the moon looked at him through the window. He pulled the sheet over his head, but he could not sleep.
5、 Then he crawled under the bed and lay there in the dark. He thought and thought about the lie. At last he decided to tell his mother all about it. He told her the truth and she forgave him. He promised never to tell a lie again. He went back to bed and was soon fast asleep. He dreamed that the moon
6、 smiled down upon him.有一天，托尼是一个非常坏的男孩。他告诉他妈妈撒谎。那天晚上很不高兴。他对孩子们不想玩了。他坐在台阶上，独自一人。他看着天空，看见又大又圆的月亮。他认为这是看不起他，因为它知道的谎言。他沿着大街跑了远离它，但它一直跟着他。然后他偷偷溜进屋子去睡觉，但月亮看着他从窗口。他把那张纸在他的头上，但他不能入睡。然后他爬在床上躺在黑暗中。他认为，关于谎言。最后他决定告诉他的母亲有关它的一切。他告诉她真相，她原谅了他。他承诺永远不会说谎了。他回到床上，很快就睡着了。他梦见月亮微笑着他。英语短文欣赏重新开始 Begin AgainOne of the best th
7、ings we can do in our lives is this: Begin again。Begin to see yourself as you were When you were the happiest and strongest youd ever been生命中我们所能为的最好之事莫过于:重新开始。重新开始审视自己,犹如身处曾经有过的最幸福、坚强的时刻。Begin to remember what worked for you (and what worked against you)，And try to make things work again。Remember
8、how natural it was when you were a child To live a lifetime each day开始记起那些曾经助益过你的一切(以及那些曾经牵绊过你的一切 ),并设法重获魅力。记得你小时候的天真 把每一天当作一生来度过。Begin to forget about the troubles you have carried with you for years: The problems that dont matter any more, The tears that cried themselves away. And the worries that
9、 are going to wash away. On the shore of tomorrows new beginnings开始学着忘掉让你负重多年的烦恼:那些不再重要的问题,那些自然逝去的眼泪,那些即将在崭新的明天被冲刷去的焦虑。Tomorrow tells us it will be here every new day of our lives；And if we are wise， We will turn away from the problems of the past。And give the future and ourselves a chance，To become
10、 the best of friends，Sometimes all it takes is a wish in the heart to let yourself Begin again。明日告诉我们每一个明天都是生命的崭新日；倘若我们清醒明智,我们将会抛却过去的问题。给未来,也给我们自己一个机会,努力成为好朋友。有时所需的一切只是内心一个愿望,好让你自己重新开始。有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。同义词趣味巧辨析give, accord, award, confer，grant, endow, present, bestow这组动词均含有“给予，赠给 ”之意。give : 最普通用词，泛指
11、将自己的东西给予他人，所给予的东西，物质或非物质的均可。accord : 侧重所给予的是应得的或是恰当的，或是因某种原因而适于接受的。award : 通常暗示所给予的东西是接受者应得的，而且给予者往往是具有裁判权力的。confer : 通常指授予称号或学位等。grant : 多指出于慷慨、怜悯或正义感而给予，并且通常是在被请求下给予。endow : 指捐赠大量的钱作基金，也可指给予非物质的东西。present : 指正式地给予或授予，通常伴有仪式进行。bestow : 正式用词，指把某物作为礼物赠送于某人，也可作引申用。glove, mitten这两个名词均有“手套 ”之意。glove : 指
12、普通分成 5 指的手套。mitten : 指拇指分开而其余 4 指连在一起的手套。gold, golden这两个词均有“金的”之意。gold : 指真金制造的东西，侧重指材料，但有时也作“金色的” 解。golden : 指镀金的或金色的，多用于比喻。中学重难知识点回顾From 短语 2stray away from走离；走失；漫游abstain from戒除,弃权,避开excuse oneself from借口推托；婉言拒绝issue from由引起；产生于other from不同于refrain from忍住；抑制,制止start from scratch从头做起,从零开始from way
13、back从很久以前,自古以来from pillar to post东奔西跑,到处碰壁home from homen.第二个故乡；宾至如归的地方from start to finishadv.自始至终shrink from躲避shy away from回避,离开,羞于fall from grace失宠;堕落,误入歧途date from始于,起源于, 可以追溯到fugitive from justice逃犯from nowhere不知从哪里,突然冒出来,一鸣惊人flow from从中流出, 是的结果 ,源自escape from逃脱,逃离from scratch从头开始练习题（一）I travel
14、 a lot, and I find out different “styles”(风格) of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”Foreign tourists are often confused(困惑的) in Japan because most streets there dont have names; in Japan, people use landmarks(地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, t
15、he Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat;
16、in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on
17、the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “its about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They dont know.Its true that a person doesnt know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens i
18、n such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I dont know.” People in Yucatan believe that “I dont know” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!56. When a tourist asks th
19、e Japanese the way to a certain place, they usually _.A. describe the place carefully B. show him a map of the placeC. tell him the names of the streets D. refer to recognizable buildings and places57. What is the place where people measure distance in time?A.New York. B.Los Angeles. C.Kansas. D.Iow
20、a.58. People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer _.A. in order to save time B. as a testC. so as to be polite D. for fun59. What can we infer from the text?A. Its important for travelers to understand cultural differences.B. Its useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.C. People have similar understandings of politeness.D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.答案56.D 57.B 58.C 59.A（二）Heroes of Our Time
