1、第六天一美文晨读The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry fo
2、r themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves. Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be
3、seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to “get in on the ground floor“ of opportunity, as if the opportunity will do all the work. Thats impossible. Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh a
4、ir of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. Thats not up to the opportunity. Thats up to you. It doesnt matter what “floor“ the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it. 二词汇训练1. These books b_ to me.2. He a_ labels to all his bags.3. Whats the p_ of your city?4.
5、The organization is _（呼吁）to people to raise money for the poor couple.gkstkgkstkgkstk5. In the end, the _（相反的事实）proved true: he was innocent and she was guilty.6. The waiters in the hotel _( 行为，举止)very badly towards us last time.7. He has a _（渊博的）knowledge of history.8. The ice is too thin to _（承受）y
6、our weight.9. Joan refused to _(评论)the film released last month.10. They _（原谅）us our rudeness.三短文改错The journey was long and tired. We left London at five oclock in the evening and spend eight hours in the train. We had been travelled for 3 hours after someone appeared selling food and drinks. It was
7、 darkness all the time. We were crossing Wales, so we could see nothing through the windows. When we finally arrived Holyhead, nearly everyone was slept. As soon as the train stopped, everybody come to life, grabbing their suitcases and rushed onto the platform.四阅读理解AIf there is one thing Im sure ab
8、out, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit pa
9、ssed down from generation to generation. The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what affects our livesthe big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific rese
10、arch, though. Its already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic(基因)engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we doas we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings real
11、ly are. Its quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted(传送)electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, Im pretty sure how it will happen in the future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking o
12、ut the things you want to readsports and international news, etc. . I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media. They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasnt happened. What is r
13、ead on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, its never really pleasant to read something just on a screen. gkstkgkstkgkstk1. What is the best title for the passage? A. The Best Way to Get News B. The Changes of Media gkstkgkstkgkst
14、kC. Make Your Own Newspaper D. The Future of Newspaper2. In the writers opinion, in the future,_. A. more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make newsB. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longerC. newspapers will cover more scientific researchD. more and more people
15、will watch TV3. From the passage, we can infer_. A. newspapers will win the competition among the different mediaB. newspapers will stay with us together with other mediaC. television will take the place of newspaperD. the writer believes some media will die out4. The phrase “feed off” in the last p
16、aragraph means_. A. depend on B. compete with C. fight with D. kill offBLet us say there is something you dont know how to do. In the past if you were determined to learn, you might have called a friend or relative, taken a night class or walked down to the local library for a research term. But now
17、 a host of websites are springing up to provide free practical advice on these subjects and actually anything else you can think of.In one sense, these“how-to”sites represent(表明)a part of the growing world of online learning. This tradition found one of its earliest forms in the FAQs or Frequently A
18、sked Questions filesthat began on Usenet, the Internets global discussion group. These FAQs, many of which still circulate(go round continuously), took a specific subject and explained it to complete novices. But “how-to”sites take the FAQs idea in a somewhat different direction by addressing subjec
19、ts that arent necessarily related to discussion forums(论坛). These sites take the style of a written tutorial(teaching period)and a tone of friendly advice. Possibly the biggest and best known of these sites is learn 2. com(www. learn2. com). It offers nearly 1, 000 free tutorials and adds new ones f
20、requently for a job interview. At ehow. com(www. ehow. com)you can learn how to train for your first marathon, how to buy a vacation home, or how to make a movie in eight steps. 5. The purpose of writing the passage is to_. A. introduce new websites to peopleB. teach how to take new courses on the I
21、nternetgkstkgkstkgkstkC. present new means to learn something you want to knowD. help you to solve any difficulty you meet with6. “How-to” sites are set up to_. A. explain FAQs to the publicB. help people to learn what they want toC. tell the difference from discussion forumsD. complete the growing
22、world of online learning7. The underlined word “novices” in the passage probably means_. A. experts who know a lot B. hosts of “how-to” sitesgkstkgkstkgkstk.ComC. people without knowledge D. beginners of “how-to” SitesCDo you always forget where you placed your keys or your purse? What was the name
23、of the movie you saw last week? The major cause of your forgetfulness may be linked to what you store in your body, not in your short-term memory bank. Tests continue to show that people with enough Vitamin B2 do well in memory exams. The “B” could stand for “brain”, if youre one of many with limite
24、d instant recall. And the number one source of that vitamin is sunflower seeds.Even when youre sleeping or relaxing, your brain is still at work. Although it makes up just two percent of your total body weight, it uses up to 30% of the calories you take in each day. For it to work properly, it must
25、be fed. Even if youre not a breakfast eater, that meal is the best way to prepare your brain for the day. A quick and easy English muffin with peanut and butter in it, a glass of milk, and an orange, might be what your brain may be asking you the first thing in the morning when you feel your head is
26、 in a fog. Having sunflower seeds and fruit between meals adds more muscle to that hungry, demanding organ. Vitamin B1 also helps the memory, and that is found in eggs, meat and nuts. In Chinese culture, walnuts（核桃）are known as the fruit for a long life because it is believed that they feed both the
27、 kidneys and the brain. And according to Chinese culture, if you keep those two important organs in good working order, youll live longer. However forgetful you are, just keep in mind the letter “B”, which will help you to “bear in mind almost everything” even on those days when lifes challenges are
28、 sending you in a billion directions. gkstkgkstkgkstk8. The underlined word “muffin” in the third paragraph probably means_. A. menu B. dinner C. calory D. cookie9. In the passage, Chinese culture is mentioned to_. A. support the idea of long life B. show the importance of Vitamin B1C. warn the read
29、ers of two organs D. remind us of walnuts and sunflower seeds10. What can we conclude from the passage? A. What we eat seems more important than what we learn in terms of memory. B. Two percent of our brain is still active when we are sleeping or relaxing. gkstkgkstkgkstkgkstkC. It doesnt make much
30、difference to our brain whether we have breakfast or not. D. Lifes challenges have no effect on our memory, if dealt with in a proper way. 11. The best title for the passage could be_. A. Causes of Memory Loss B. Vitamin B2 and MemoryC. Forgetful? But not Brain D. Chinese Culture of Long Life五翻译句子1.
31、 He is the only one of the candidates who _(很有可能) accepted by the organization.（ likely）2. I had _(学得很辛苦) to drive. (difficult)3. _(我一到达) at the hotel, I was exhausted totally. (on)4. I must_ (向你道歉) for forgetting your birthday. (apology)5. He appears to_ (全神贯注于) the sports news on the back page of
32、the paper. (absorb)6.你有没有注意到他的手在发抖？（notice sb. / sth. doing）_7 我们必须制止他的愚蠢行为。 （bring to an end）gkstkgkstkgkstk_8.有的人对音乐敏感，而有的人不行。 （sensitive to ）_9.你应该提前给你要做的事情定个计划。 （make plans for）_gkstkgkstkgkstkgkstk10.我听说这个研究中心附属于大学。 （be attached to ）_第六天二词汇训练1.belong 2.attached 3.population 4.appealing 5.contra
33、ry 6.behaved 7.broad 8.bear ment on 10.forgave三. 改错 1.tired-tiring 2. spend-spent 3. 去 been 4. after-before 5. darkness-dark 6. So-but 7. arrive 后加 in 或 at 8. slept-sleeping 9. come-came 10. rushed-rushing 四. 阅读理解1-4.DCBA 5-7.CBD 8-11. DBAC五翻译句子1.is likely to be2.a difficult time (in) learning 3. On
34、 my arrival4.make an apology to you5.be absorbed in6. Did you notice his hands shaking?7. We must bring his foolish behavior to an end.8. Some are sensitive to music, while others are not.9. You should make plans for what you are going to do before hand.gkstkgkstkgkstk.Com10. I hear that the research center is attached to the university.版权所有：学优高考网()
