2016高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练（江苏专用）专题3 任务型阅读16

　　2016高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练（江苏专用）

　　专题3 任务型阅读 （25分钟）

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　　The statement, “you can do anything you put your mind to,” leads us to believe that all you must do is imagine what you’d like to accomplish, set your mind to the task, and wait for success．

　　To a certain degree this is true．Focused intention combined with action is a powerful force．But the statement is misleading because it fails to mention the difficulty and necessity of focusing your mind on a special goal．

　　Most of us don’t know what we want．We think we do, but we really don’t．we only know what we don’t want．We don’t want a boring job．We don’t want to be poor．We don’t want to disappoint our loved ones．

　　Knowing specially what you want is much different from knowing what you don’t want．When you only know what you don’t, your intentions aren’t focused．Consider this example．

　　Pete doesn’t want to be poor．He’s sick of earning less than his friends, and he’s determined to raise his position．To accomplish this goal, Pete could take many different paths．He could train for a high paying profession．He could start his own company, go into real estate, or do many other things that would lead to acquiring wealth．

　　But Pete isn’t sure what he wants to do．He doesn’t know which path best fits his skills and personally, so he doesn’t make a decision to follow any particular path．

　　Hoping to answer this question, he investigates a dozen possibilities, but as soon as he runs into adversity（困难）, he decides that path isn’t for him and moves on to a new solution．

　　Pete’s actions aren’t focused．Although he works very hard, his efforts don’t build on each other rather than building one giant impenetrable（不可进入的）sand castle, Pete has built twenty small ones that are easily toppled （倒塌）．He ends up confused and discouraged．What’s worse, Pete’s lack of focus leads to failure．

　　What if Pete had chosen a specific path?

　　A set of specific goals is much easier to achieve than a vague ultimate goal like becoming wealthy．Being focused on a path gives Pete a logical set of actions to follow．Each accomplishment is one step closer to the final goal．

　　I think we can all agree that committing to a clearly defined path, regardless of which one, gives Pete the best chance of becoming wealthy．

　　But how can he choose a path if he doesn’t know what he wants? Maybe money isn’t his only goal．Maybe he wants to do something he loves at the same time．Maybe he can’t afford to go back to school．Reality is complicated, and Pete doesn’t want to commit too soon．

　　And that’s why he failed．

　　1．powerful

　　2．necessary

　　3．Not

　　4．though/although

　　5．rich/wealthy

　　6．efforts

　　7．failure

　　8．achieve/ accomplish/reach

　　9．vague/unclear

　　10．Besides

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　　Parents can help their seventh and eighth grade students stand out in and out of their English classroom by introducing them to newspapers. Newspapers not only offer information on current events, but they can also be used to test your child's knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, and more.

　　Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How

　　Have your child read the first couple of paragraphs of a news story. Ask them to write down all of the important facts, such as who, what, where, when, why and how. This helps parents to see if their children comprehend the basic facts and information they read.

　　Grammar

　　Parents can monitor a child's understanding of grammatical parts of speech (词性) without a grammar textbook. Ask your child to read a paragraph in an article and then list a specific number of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions and the like, which serves more of a test of their grammatical knowledge. Encourage them to list each of these parts of speech in a paragraph. Then, reread the paragraph to see if they missed anything.

　　Persuasion

　　Ask your child to select an advertisement from the newspaper. Have them investigate how specific words or phrases influence their feelings about a particular product. Then, encourage them to create an advertisement of their own for an item they do not like. Tell them not to show their true feelings and try to make people want to buy this unwanted item. After that, ask them to list the persuasive techniques used in their ad.

　　Facts vs Opinions

　　Select an editorial for your middle schooler to read. Have your child divide a piece of paper into two columns, one marked fact, and the other marked opinion. Have your student decide which column it fits under. This will help your child better understand facts versus opinions. Another related exercise is responding to an editorial. Encourage your child to write letters to the editor or responses to editorials or other articles. Before your child sends his or her letter, check the opinion section to see what requirements there are.

　　Headlines and Synonyms (同义词)

　　Ask your middle schooler to rewrite a couple of headlines using the synonyms of the original words. Compare the headlines. Do the original versions or the rewrites sound better? This is a great exercise to help students learn synonyms and expand their vocabulary.

　　If you find your seventh or eighth grade child is struggling with these newspaper activities, it may be an indicator that they have fallen behind in their reading skills. These activities were designed with a seventh or eighth grader in mind; therefore, while they are educational, they should be more of reinforcement (增强) instead of a major reading challenge.

　　Outline Supporting details

　　An approach to learning

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　　students in seventh and eighth grades to newspapers can be helpful in learning English.

　　Newspaper

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　　● Ask students to read the first paragraphs of a news story and write down the important and

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　　facts to see if they can understand them.

　　● Have students read an article and list different parts of speech to improve their understanding of

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　　● Select an ad and ask students to find the persuasive expressions

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　　in it, and then create their own ad for a product they dislike.

　　● Select an editorial and have students

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　　between facts and opinions. After that encourage them to write a

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　　to an editorial.

　　● Ask students to write a few synonyms and compare them with the

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　　headlines to help them with their vocabulary expansion.

　　Possible results ● It may

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　　that a child is poor at reading if he or she has

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　　with these activities.

　　● These activities, designed for special graders, can not be used as a major reading challenge.

　　1. Introducing

　　2. activities

　　3. basic

　　4. grammar

　　5. used

　　6. distinguish

　　7. response / reply 8.

　　original

　　9. indicate / show

　　10. difficulty / trouble

　　Everyone should have a set of specific goals. 10._____ we should know what we really want is important and necessary.

　　3. _____all of us know what we want 4. _____ we know what we don’t want. In this way they don’t focus their intentions.

　　Pete doesn’t 8._____ his goal because he doesn’t know what he wants; his final goal is 9. _____ and

　　His intention is not combined with his action.

　　Pete wants to be as 5.____ as his friends. He makes great 6.____.

　　However, confused and discouraged, he ends in

　　7._____.

　　It is 1.____ to combine your focused intention with your action. Meanwhile, it is difficult and 2. ____ to focus your mind on a specific goal.

　　Pete’s story

　　You can do anything you put your mind to.