2017届高考英语复习冲刺阶段经典讲义系列突破阅读理解及书面表达 (8)

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　　Take a second chanceYOU'VE got a good voice，and your dream is to make a career for yourself in the music world.Suddenly，you're

　　offered a record deal.So what do you do？Obviously，you jump at any opportunity for stardom，right?

　　Kelly Clarkson actually let her first chance pass her by.She

　　was 18，and she had just moved to Los Angeles from Texas to pursue her entertainment dream.“[The record company ]

　　told me that if I lost 20 pounds (9 kilograms)that they would sign

　　me，”Clarkson told NPR.

　　It_seemed_like_saying_“no”_was_a_bad_choice.Although Clarkson later landed some minor roles(小角色)in some TV series, her opportunities

　　were rare.Eventually she returned to Texas

　　and became a waitress in a bar.

　　But thankfully，she got another chance at fame.In 2002, Clarkson decided to try her luck on the first season of

　　TV talent show American Idol.Things went well—she went on to win the contest.However，when Clarkson first auditioned (试镜)，she never expected that it would enable her to relive her dream.“I had no idea what the show was，”Clarkson said.“I just auditioned for this

　　thing that said they'd pay you...I went into it thinking it might pay my electric bill.”

　　That's how Clarkson's career started from “ a happenstance(偶然事件)”，as she

　　put it.Critics(评论家)gave various reasons why she wouldn't stay on top.She wasn't stylish enough；she wasn't slim(苗条的)enough，and so on.But Kelly Clarkson,31，has proven them all wrong by producing nonstop，world­wide hits.On Oct 29，Clarkson released④ her sixth CD，a Christmas album called Wrapped in Red, which NBC says it likely to “become a new

　　holiday classic⑤”．

　　How has she stayed strong all these years？“I had to

　　grow a thick skin from the age of 6，”Clarkson

　　revealed to The New York Times, referring to a childhood defined by her parents' divorce⑥ and financial(经济上的)hardship.

　　Her respones(回应)to

　　those tough times is best summarized by her famous

　　song Fighter：“What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. What doesn't kill you makes you a fighter.”

　　【解题导语】　本文主要讲述了克拉克森坚持不懈，在事业上取得的巨大成就。

　　一、阅读与积累

　　1．攻克疑难词汇

　　①record n．唱片

　　Have you heard the band's latest record？It's really good.

　　你听过那个乐队的最新唱片吗？真的很好听。

　　②jump at.欣然接受

　　③rare adj.稀有的

　　④release vt.发行，发布

　　⑤classic adj.一流的，经典的

　　⑥divorce n．离婚

　　2．攻克疑难句

　　“I had to grow a thick skin from the age of 6，”Clarkson revealed to The New York Times，referring to a childhood defined by her parents' divorce and financial hardship.

　　结构分析　此句中refer to 和主语Charkson是逻辑上的主动关系，所以用v­ing形式作伴随状语，其中的defined by...作定语，修饰名词childhood。

　　尝试翻译　当克拉克森谈到童年时父母离异和经济上的窘境时，她对《纽约时报》透露说，“从六岁开始我就不得不构筑自己强大的内心”。

　　二、理解与书面表达

　　1．理解文章主旨

　　The passage mainly tells us that how_Clarkson_became_a_famous_singer.

　　2．理解与书面表达

　　文中画线句子的结构是写作中常用到的，请你和你同桌试着写出此句的句子结构：________.

　　答案　主语＋系动词＋表语

　　3．精通句式：主系表结构

　　(1)说明：常用系动词有；be，look，feel，sound，seem，taste，smell，become，go，turn，get，grow，prove，fall，keep，remain，stay，lie，stand，turn out等。

　　用作表语的有：名词、名词性物主代词、不定代词、人称代词、形容词、数词、副词、不定式，动名词、分词(短

　　语)、介词短语、从句。

　　(2)例句感悟

　　①Smith is boss/over 40/smart/in a room/to go to see a film/excited/out.

　　②Her job is looking after the baby.

　　③This dictionary is not hers but mine.

　　④She looks happy/felt shy/fell ill/went mad.

　　⑤It is no use/useless doing it now.

　　⑥There will be a new film tomorrow.

　　(3)用主系表结构翻译下面的句子。

　　①John是我们所熟知的。

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　　②他长得很帅，更重要的是他在教英语方面有丰富经验。

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　　③校长和我们学生对他的工作都很满意。

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　　④他经常说：“英语是世界上应用最广泛的一种语言，我们必须尽力掌握好它。”

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　　答案　①John is well­known to us all.

　　②He grows tall and charming，especially he is experienced in teaching English.

　　③Both the headmaster and we students are satisfied with his teaching.

　　④He always says，“English is widely used in the world，and we must try our best to master it”．

　　(4)加入适当的连词或句子将上面四句话改写成一篇优秀的小短文。

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　　【参考范文】

　　John is well­known to us all.He grows tall and charming，especially he is experienced in teaching English.

　　Both the headmaster and we students are satisfied with his teaching，and we all love him deeply.He always says，“English is widely used in the world，and we must try our best to master it.”

　　We are sure that we can learn English well，and serve our country in the future.