中考英语时文阅读选(学生课外阅读材料)

1、HowdoZhangZiyiandYaoMingLearnEnglish?章子怡和姚明是如何学习英语的？ActressZhangZiyi,27,isnownotonlyahouseholdnameinChina,butalsothefaceofAsiancinemainHollywood.AlthoughZhangreceivedpraisesforherworkintheOscar-winningmovieCrouchingTiger,HiddenDragon（卧虎藏龙）,shedidntspeakawordofEnglishatthattime.WhenshemetdirectorStev

2、enSpielbergforthetitleroleofAmericanfilm,nMemoirsofaGeisha”（艺伎回f乙录）,Zhangcouldonlyblurtoutafewwordsheragenthadtaughtherfiveminutesago:Hire（雇佣）me!Shefinallygottherole,whichmeantshehadtospeakonlyEnglishinthefilm.ToimproveherEnglish,ZhanglistenedtoandrepeatedwordsandphrasessheheardonmusicCDs.Oneofthear

3、tistsshewaslisteningtowasEminem,whichobviouslyledtosomeembarrassing（尴尬的）momentsforZhang.nldidntalwaysknowwhatEminemwastalkingabout,soIwrotedownthelyrics（歌词）andrepeatedthem.Later,Iunderstoodhowrudetheywere.11ZhangsaidherfavouriteEnglishidiomistodriveoneupthewall11.TearningEnglishisdrivingmeupthewall/

4、1shesaid.LikeZhang,basketballstarYaoMingalsohadtolearnEnglishtohelphiscareerdevelopment.YaolandedintheNBAin2002.HisteamtheHoustonRocketsfoundatranslator（翻译）forYao.Toadapt（适应）himselftothenewenvironment,YaousedEnglishasmuchaspossible.Oncourt,hehadtousetheIanguagetocommunicatewithhisteammates.Offcourt,

5、hetriedtohaveconversationsinEnglishwithhisteacherjusttopractise.YaoMingalsohadtomemorize（记住）lotsofnewvocabulary.SometimesIlearnanewwordbutquicklyforgotit.ButIfindmymemoriesareconsolidated（强化）whensomeoneusesitlater.HNowYaoisgoodatEnglish.Hedoesntneedatranslatoranymore.Matchpointfornewstar郑洁：个子小怎么啦，我一

6、样行。ZHENGJieisnotlikeothergirlsherage.Whilemostgirlsstruggletostayslim（苗条）,Zhengwishesshecouldputonsomeweightandpackonmoremuscle.And,whileothergirlswearsunscreen（防晒霜）andwhiteningcreaminthesummer,ZhengJiestaysinthesunalldaylong,withoutanymake-up.“Mygoalistoplaythebesttennis/1the23-year-oldexplained.Zh

7、engJieisnowoneofthehighest-rankingChinesewomensplayers.Shemadeittothesecondround（轮）oftheChinaOpenlastweek.ZhengJiehasachievedfarmorethanmanypeopleexpected.Themomentshepickedupatennisracket,thegirlfromChengduwastoldshewasnotsuitedtothegame.?MTheysaidIdidnthavemuchpotentialtodevelop.11Comparedwithothe

8、rkids,Zhenglookedweakandshewasalsotheshortest.Shewasveryupsetandthoughtaboutgivingup.HMyheightismybiggestdisadvantagebutitissomethingIcantcontrol/1saidZhengJie,whonowstands1.64metrestall.Butsherefusestoletthisstandinherway.HlfotherssayIamnotgoodenough,thenImustgetbetter.IfIgiveup,itwillprovetheyarer

9、ight/1shesaid.SoZhengmakesfulluseofwhatshecancontrol.Shehasworkedhardonherphysicalfitness（体能）andrunsendlesslyoncourt.HNowwhensomeonesaysIamtooshortforthegame,itwillnothurtmeanymore.Itonlystimulates（刺激）metotryharder/shesaid.ZhengJieandYanZisignedinfortheAustraliaOpenwomensdoubles（双打）inJanuary.Butthes

10、taff（工作人员）thoughttheyweretooshorttobeprofessionalplayersandtoldthemtheywereinthewrongplace.ButZhengandYanfinallywonthefinals.TheywentontopickuptheirsecondGramSlamdoublestitleatWimbledoninAugust.However,ZhengJiehasntgottimetorelaxandenjoyhersuccess.f,lfIamnotinthetrainingcentre,thenIamonthecourt.IfIa

11、mnotonthecourt,IamonthewaytoitJshesaid,humorouslydescribingherhardschedule.ButZhengadmitted（承认）fameandsuccesshavechangedsomethings.f,Before,whenIplayedatournamentabroad,thetrainingcourtgiventomewasveryfarawayandinconvenient.ButnowIcanhaveabettercourtandthestaffpickmeupaftertrainingJshesaid.Yourturn:

12、Everyonehasconfrontedsomekindofdifficulttimes.Whatareyourreactionswhenotherssayyouarenotgoodenoughtodealwithatask?Doyougiveup?SuperGirls1firstbirthday一起来看看李宇春、周笔畅、张靓颖同学一年级的期末成绩单吧。LASTyearsSuperGirl”winnershavejustfinishedtheirfinalexams”fortheirfirstyearintheentertainmentworld.So,howaretheydoing?LiY

13、uchun,22,hasdoneagoodjobindevelopinghermusicalcareer.Herfirstalbum”TheQueenandtheDreams1（皇后与梦想）wasreleasedonSeptember13.Singles（单曲）suchasHLovingHandHTheStoryofIceandChrysanthemumM（冰菊物语）havetoppedtheChinaMusicRadiochart（排行榜）fortwoweeks.Lihasalsopractisedhardtoimproveherdancingskills,suchasLatinstepsa

14、ndhiphopdancing.nlknowwhoIamandwhereIamgoing.ThoseuntruestorieswontbothermeJshesaid.Lihasnoplanstobecomeanactressfornow.Shesaidsheisfocusedonhermusic.ZhangLiangying,22,hasbeenwrittenaboutmorethananyotherSuperGirl.Thestoryabouthersinginginapubbeforeshewasfamous,andrumouredloveaffairs（绯闻）,havemadetheh

15、eadlines.Zhangcomplainedlifewashardasanentertainer（艺人）andsaidshecouldn*tfocusonmusicbecauseofthepressattention.And,ZhanghasnftyettakenanyrolesinfilmsorTVdramas.ButZhangisnowconsideredasoneofthetop-levelforeignIanguagesingersinChina.Shewillreleasehernewalbumcalled“TheOneHinOctober.Shehopesforabreakth

16、roughaftershewascriticizedforherprevioussongs.Althoughthesongsdisplayedheruniquesingingtechniques,criticscomplainedshewasnftofferinganythingnew.ZhouBichang,21,hashadmoretroublesthantheothertopwinners.Hercareerlookedindoubtafteracontractdispute（合约纠纷）.And,althoughhertwosinglesBijiandSwan（天鹅）arepopular

17、,sheisaccused（指责）ofcopyingothermusicians.ShewasthefirstSuperGirltoreleaseanalbum.WhoHasTouchedMyString（谁动了我的琴弦）cameoutinAugust.Thealbumwasasuccessbutdoesnotfullydisplaythehiphopstyleforwhichsheisknown.Besideshermusic,Zhoualsoappearedintwofilms,HMcDullTheAlumni”（春田花花同学会）andHThe601stPhoneCall”.Shechan

18、gedherboyishgirlimagefortheroleofalong-hairedbusinesswoman.NewprinceofGermanfootballHEistalkedaboutasGermanysanswertotopEnglandgoal-scorer（射手）WayneRooney.But,whileRooneyisstrongandpowerful,LukasPodolskihaselegance（优雅）andastrikersinstinet（本能）.ManyyoungChinesebecamefansofthe21-year-oldduringtheWorldCu

19、pthissummer.HescoredthreegoalsinGermanysruntothirdplaceandpickeduptheFIFAyoungplayerofthetournamentaward.Hisgoodform（状态）didntendthere.HescoredfivegoalsinGermanysrecord13-0winoverSanMarinolastweek.PodolskiwasfirstchosentoplayforCologne（科隆队）,theclubhelovedasaboy,in2003.Themanager,hungryforgoalstopreve

20、ntrelegation（降级）,turnedtothethen18-year-old.Podolskididnotdisappointhim,scoring10goalsin19games.ThisisaGermanrecordforsomeonesoyoung.Justsixmonthsbeforehehadbeenwatchinggameswithotherfansinthestadium.NowtheyweresinginghisnicknamenPrincePoldiHashetriedtosavehisclub.Sadly,PodolskiwasnotenoughtostopCol

21、ognegoingdowntotheGermanseconddivision（乙级联赛）.Usually,talentedyoungplayersleaveseconddivisionclubsinordertolearnfromstarsatamajorclub.BayernMunich（拜仁慕尼黑队）,atopGermanclub,showedinterestinhim.ButPodolskistayedloyaltoCologne.ItdoesnftmatterasIwillstaywithmyfriendsJhesaid.In2004his24goalshelpedColognebac

22、ktothefirstdivision.ItalsoearnedPodolskiaplaceintheGermannationalteam.Hebecamethefirstseconddivisionplayersince1975toplayforthenationalside.WithadesireHtocomparewiththebest1,PodolskifinallyjoinedBayernMunichaftertheWorldCup.Ifyouwanttocheerforhim,checkCCTV-5onSaturdaynights.NewYorktowersriseagain当自由

23、大厦拔地而起的时候，曼哈顿又增添了一道别样的城市风景。FIVEyearshavepassedsinceNewYorkerssawthetwintowersoftheWorldTradeCentre,andmanylives,destroyedbyterrorists.However,fournewbuildingswillsoonriseagainonthesite,biggerandbetterthanbefore.FamousPolisharchitect（建筑师）DanielLibeskind,andAmericanDavidChildswere|chosenbythepublicin2

24、003toleadtheproject.Theywillworkonthesitestallestbuilding,theFreedomTower,andseveralmemorials（纪念碑）tothevictims（遇难者）ofSeptember11.Thetowerwillbe1776feet（541.3metres）high.HltrepresentstheDeclarationofIndependence（独立宣言）/saidLibeskind,referringtotheyearinwhichtheUSwonindependencefromBritain.Workwasstart

25、edinAprilthisyear.Theskyscraper（高楼）shouldbecompletedby2008andreadytouseby2011.AmuseumonthegroundfloorwillmakesurethosewhodiedonSeptember11,2001areneverforgotten.Threeotherskyscraperswillbebuiltonthesite.NormalFoster,RichardRogersandFumihikoMakihaveeachcontributedadesign.However,thebuildingswillbesma

26、llerthantheFreedomTower.ThesitewillbedevelopedbybusinessmanLarrySilversteinwhowillworktogetherwithNewYorksPortAuthority（whichcontrolsthearea）.Theywillpayfortherebuildingcosts.Theywanttofilltheholeintheheartofthecitywithinterestingbuildings.And,theyhopetomakeNewYorkersfeelproudinhonourofthememories（纪

27、念）oftheheroeswelost”.SnailsareoffthemenuA34-year-oldmanadmittedhimselftoBeijingFriendshipHospitalinJunecomplainingofnausea（呕吐）andunbearableheadaches.Doctorsrushedtoidentifythismysterysickness,andsoonfoundtherootoftheprobleminasnail（螺）.OriginallyfromSouthAmerica,theAmazoniansnail（亚马逊螺）wasimportedby|r

28、estaurantsinthelate1980s.Itsoonbecameafashionabledish.Knownas“Fushouluo，thesnailwasgivenitsnameasitwasbelievedtobringgoodluckandlongevity（长寿）.But,thesnailmayalsocauseapainfuldisease,ifeatenraw（生的）orpartlycooked.InBeijing,thenumberofpeoplecomplainingofthesesymptoms（症状）hadrisento131bySeptember5.Theone

29、thingthatunitedthecaseswasthattheyhadalleatenattheShuguoYanyichainofrestaurants.Byservinghalf-cookedsnailmeattocustomers,therestaurantshadnotensuredadangerousparasite（寄生虫）inthemeathadbeenkilled.Tendaysaftertheyatethesnails,thedinersbecameill.Thewormshaveattackedthediners1nervoussystems,causingfever,

30、headachesandmuscle（肌肉）pain.TheMinistryofHealthpunishedtherestaurantsattherootoftheoutbreakforputtingdinershealthatsuchrisk.Alldishescontaininguncookedsnailmeatwerebanned.Doctorssaidthatcookingthesnailathightemperaturesforuptofiveminutesshouldbeenoughtokilltheparasitestheycontain.However,anythingless

31、thanthoroughly（彻底地）boilingthesnailsmayputconsumershealthatrisk.Freshwatercrabs,shrimp,fishandshellfishmayhavethesamehealthriskifnotthoroughlycooked.Recently,healthinspectorsvisited2,000restaurantsinBeijingandfoundnooneservinguncookedseafood.Sadly,theproblemofdangerousseafoodisnotjustfoundinBeijing.G

32、uangzhouhasrecentlyreportedasimilarcase.Fortunately,theillnessisfullytreatableiffoundwithintendays,accordingtodoctorsinBeijing.Hopefully,thecasewillbeawarningtofoodloverstobecarefulbeforetheyriskeatingrawseafood.HongKongdreams高考状元香港求学的自白：忙碌、新鲜而充满希望。”1NEVERexpectedthatIwouldbesobusy.Whycanfttherebe25

33、hoursinaday?McomplainedLiuRaninHongKongasmid-termexamsweregoingon.The18-year-oldwasShandongProvineefstopscorerinthisyearscollegeentranceexamination.AftergraduatingfromTaifanNo1HighSchool,shechosetheChineseUniversityofHongKong（香港中文大学）,althoughbothPekingandTsinghuaUniversitypromisedheraplace.,flwantto

34、experienceamoreinternationalschoolandsociallifeinHongKong.Immajoringin（专业是）journalism,soHongKongwillsurelyhelpwidenmyhorizons（开阔视野）JLiusaid.ItistwomonthssinceLiufirstsetfootonHongKong.Shemissedhomealotatthebeginning,becauseofthefoodandIanguageproblems.叮hecanteenoffersmostlyWesternorGuangdongfood,but

35、itsconvenient（方便的）tocookforourselvesinourdormifwelike.PeoplespeakCantoneseandalmostallclassesareinEnglishJLiuexplained.HerEnglishandCantonesearenowbothimproving,butshestillneedsmoretimetoadapttothenewenvironment.TmhappythatImadetherightdecisiontostudyhere.WithamixoftheEasternandWesterncultures,there

36、issomuchtodiscoverandlearnJshesaid.Liuhas18credithours（学分）ofclasseseveryweekand23non-credithourseveryotherweek.ShehassignedupforfourassociationsincludingtheChineseLanguangeDebatingTeamandthedramaclub.Essays,bookreportsandpresentations（课堂发言）alsotakeplentyoftimetoprepare.And,ofcourse,therearevariouspa

37、rtiestoattend.“lwasntapartyanimatbefore,butthatmaybetheinterestingpartofcollege.IsensemyselfchangingJLiusaid.ScholarshipsandexpensesFOURyearsofstudyinHongKongisnotcheap,costingatleast400,000yuan,butmanytopstudentsreceivescholarships.Liuisamongtheluckyones.TheChineseUniversityofHongKonggranted（正式给予）L

38、iuafullscholarship-HK$500,000.Notallstudentsaresofortunate.SomepoorerstudentsareforcedtogiveupdreamsofaHongKongeducationiftheydontwinascholarship.AutumnGuogotadmissionlettersfrombothNanjingUniversityandHongKongPolytechnicUniversity（香港理工大学）thisfall.However,theHongKonguniversitydidntofferthe19-year-ol

39、dChongqinggirlascholarship.nlhesitatedalotas400,000yuanisahugeamountofmoneyformyfamily.ButHongKongwonmyparentsandmeoverwiththeirEnglishcoursesandchancestovisitforeignuniversitiesoneducationalexchangeprogrammes.Ibelieveitwillbeeasierformetofindjobsorfurthermystudiesabroadthanitwillbeforstudentsonthem

40、ainlandJshesaid.ItdrivesmeupthewallIFyoufeelEnglishsometimesmeansendlessnewwords,difficultgrammarandstrangepronunciation,youarenottheonlyonetostruggle.Doyouknowthatmanycelebrities（明星）havethesamefrustrations（挫折）asyou?Gettingoldfast,gettingrichslowly中国未富先老，应对老龄化社会的挑战需要我们奉献更多的爱心。ALONGwiththegoldenleave

41、sandchrysanthemumblossoms（菊彳白）atthistimeofyearcomestheyearlygrandparentsholiday.TheDoubleNinthFestival,whichwecelebratetoday,isadayforyoungpeopletoshowhowmuchtheycarefortheirolderrelatives.HChinahasalonghistoryofrespectingtheold,andthisvirtue（美德）isespeciallyimportsntaswehavebecomeanageingsocietysinc

42、e1999,“saidLiBaoku,leaderoftheChinaAgeingDevelopmentFoundation（中国老龄事业发展基金会）.Anageingsocietyreferstoonewhere10percentormoreofitspopulationisover60,orover7percentofitspopulationisolderthan65.Bytheendof2004,Chineseover60yearsoldhaveaccountedfor（占）10.97percentofthenationstotalpopulation,andthoseoldertha

43、n65,for7.7percent.Foreveryfivepeopleolderthan60intheworld,oreverytwoinAsia,oneisChinese.Itisexpectedthatin25yearstimetherewillbeoneseniorcitizenforeveryfourChinese.HChinaisgettingoldbeforebecomingrich/1saidCaiChuang,aprofessorattheChineseAcademyofSocialSciences.UnlikethedevelopedcountriesChinahasbec

44、omeanageingsocietyataspeedy（迅速的）pace.Itseconomy（经济状况）isnotasgoodasthedevelopedcountrieshadwhileenteringthisstage.Fightingpovertyremainsabigissueforthecountry.Itdoesnothaveahighlydevelopedsocialsecuritynetworktosupporttheoldwhocantmakealivingbythemselves.Whentodaysteenagersgrowup,eachofthemwillhavere

45、sponsibilityfortwoparentsandfourgrandparents.Asmorepeoplegrowold,Chinaw川experieneealackoflabourresources.Thishasalreadyoccurredinsomecoastal（沿;每的）regionssince2004.CurrentlyChinaseconomicgrowthdependslargelyonlabour-intensivemanufacturing（劳动密集型制造业）.Thistrendwillcertainlydull（使黯淡）Chinasedge（优势）ininter

46、nationaltrade,saidCai.HEveryonewillturnoldsomeday.Eachofusshouldtryourbesttotakecareoftheaged.Thisisalsoimportantforourselvesinthefuture/1saidDouYupei,Vice-MinisterofCivilAffairs.Policesecrets无间道风云记录黑白不同的人生轨迹COPS（警察）andcriminals（罪矛彳巳）havealwaysplayedacatandmousegameofchase.Butwhatifthecatpretendstob

47、eoneofitsownenemiesandamousedoestheopposite?Itcouldbeathrillingbutdangerousgame.|ThisiswhatBillyCostiganandColinSullivandointhenewHollywoodfilm,HTheDeparted.MItopenedinHongKongandtheUSlastFridayandwillarriveontheChinesemainland（内地）laterthisyear.ThemovieissetinBoston,wherethepolicehavebeenfightingaga

48、instIrish-Americanorganizedcrime.Youngundercover（卧卜底）copBillyissenttoinfiltrate（混入）themob（匪帮）grouprunbyFrankCostello.BillyquicklygainsCostellofstrust.AtthesametimeColinSullivan,ayoungcriminalwhohasinfiltratedthepolicedepartment,isrisingtoapositionofpowerintheSpecialInvestigationUnit（特另U调查组）.Heworksa

49、saninformerforCostello.Eachmanstruggleswithhisdoublelife,findingoutinformat!onaboutthecriminalorpoliceplans?.Butsuddenlyitbecomescleartoboththemobgroupandthepolicethattheresaspyamongthem.B川yandColinaresuddenlyindangerofbeingfoundoutbytheenemy.Eachmustracetodiscoverwhotheothermanisintimetosavehimself

50、.DontbesurprisediftheplotsoundsfamiliartoyouTheDepartedsbasedonthe2002HongKonghitfilmInfernalAffairs”（无间道）.But,writerWilliamMonahansaidhehadntseen,InfernalAffairs1.HeusedatranslationoftheChinesescript.nMyfilmisallabouttheengineoftragedy（悲居!）thatisstartedwhenpeopledepart（脱离）fromwhattheyreallyshouldbe

51、doingwiththeirlives,*?saidMonahan.Besidesitsplot,thecarefulexplorationofthenatureofgoodandevil（邪恶）raisesHTheDeparted”abovethetypicalHollywoodcopstory.BillycameupfromthestreetsofBoston.Hewantstodothingsdifferentlyfromthewayhisfamilydid.However,heisaskedtogoundercoverandpretendtobetheverythinghewasdeterminednottobecome.Inaway,however,Colinisanevenmoretragiccharacter.HeacceptedafalsesetofvaluestaughtbyCostellowhenhewasyoungandtrulybel