Passage6.Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventure--- those who have climbed the highest mountains, traveled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for an immediate excitement from a risky activity, which may only last a few minutes or even seconds. I would consider bungee jumping（蹦极跳）to be a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot air balloon) 200 meters above the ground with an elastic（有弹性的）rope tied to your ankles. You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that about 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities which most people would say as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high cliffs.
说明文中作者的态度: objective 客观的 neutral （ 中立的）； 在议论文中，有： (1)positive (积极的) (2)negative 消极的 (3)neutral (中立的) (4)approval (赞成的) (5) disapproval 不赞成的 漠不关心的 (6) indifferent (7)sarcastic （讽刺的） (8)critical (批评的) (9)optimistic 乐观的 (10)pessimistic 悲观的
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Did you ever hear a strange sound coming from the wall? Did it sound like a clock? If so, it may have been made by a beetle. Long ago people thought the ticking meant that someone was about to die. Thus the beetle is called "the deathwatch beetle." （1分钟） ● The sound of this beetle ________. A. pleased people. B. surprised people. C. frightened people. D. excited people.
P3 Several different bison species have lived on the North American continent since the Ice Age; today only two exist. The wood bison is the larger of the two, and is now found mostly in western Canada. Better known in the United States is the Plains bison, or buffalo. At one time, herds of these animals could be sighed almost everywhere from the Appalachian Mountains in the East to the Rocky Mountains in the West. ● The author implies that several types of bison______. • A. live outside the United Stated and Canada • B. are well adapted to swampy terrain • C. existed before the Ice Age • D. have been killed or have died out
2. 常见的写作目的归纳 不同的文章可能有不同的写作目的, 但写 作目的通常有以下三种： (1) to entertain readers （娱乐读者，让 常见于故事类的文章。 to make people 人发笑） laugh; to tell an interesting experience
1. Question forms: The writer’s attitude toward… is______. The writer thought that______. According to the author ______. 2.技巧点拨 注意作者表达感情色彩的形容词、副词、 动词及所举的例子，才能推断出作者的 弦外之音。
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(2) 考查某处细节的写作意图 A. The writer uses the example of…to show that _____. B. The writer uses the two questions at the beginning of the passage to _____. C. …are mentioned in the first paragraph to _____.
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1. Question forms: It can be inferred from the text that . From the text we know that …is most likely . When the writer talks about …, what the writer really means is . The writer suggests that . The story implies that . We can infer [conclude] from the passage that . 这类题干中通常含有 infer, suggest, imply, 2. 技巧点拨 conclude 等标志性词语。 1).全面分析 2).忠实原文3).不要选择表层信息
Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists（心理学家）suggest that it is because life in modern societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, people's lives were constantly in danger. They had to go out and hunt for food, diseases could not easily be cured and life was a continuous battle for survival（生存）. Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and work in comparatively safe conditions; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping. （5分钟） ●The writer of the text has a ____ attitude（态度） towards dangerous sports. A. positive（肯定的） B. negative（否定的） C. neutral （中立的） D. nervous
Passage 5.（江西卷）Just as crying can be healthy, not crying—holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering—can be bad for physical(身体的) health. Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illnesses. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don’t fight it. It’s a natural—and healthy—emotional response(反应). （2分钟） ●According to the author, which of the following statements is true? A. Crying is the best way to get help from others. B. Fighting back tears may cause some health problems. C. We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry. D. We must cry if we want to reduce pressure.