2014年高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望2

1、 word2014年高三英语 阅读复习第五期 计划愿望2【导读】人生无常，出于困境或身陷残疾，也要身残志坚，活出精彩！I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yardin Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely rememberthe brightness of sunshine and what red color is. It would be wonderful t

2、o see again,but a calamity can do strange things to people.It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do ifI hadnt been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believedin it so deeply, otherwise. I dont mean that I would prefer to go without

3、 my eyes.I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readilya person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private worldbecomes. The adjustment is never easy. I

4、was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky.My parents and my teachers saw something in me a potential to live, you might callit which I didnt see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If Ihadnt been able to d

5、o that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker onthe front porch for the rest of my life. It took me years to discover and strengthenthis assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gaveme an indoor baseball, I thought he was mocking me and I was hurt. “I cant us

6、ethis, I said. “Take it with you, he urged me, and roll it around. “The wordsstuck in my head. Roll it around! By rolling the ball I could hear where it went.This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball.At Philadelphias OverbrookSchool for the Blind I invente

7、d a successful variationof baseball. We called it ground ball.All my life I have set ahead of is a series of goals and then tried to reach them,1 / 5 wordone at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for somethingI knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only inv

8、ited the bitternessof failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.【文章大意】4岁那年我从货场一辆棚车头着地摔下来，双目失明。有一天我突然想到，倘假设我不是盲人，我或许不会变得像现在这样热爱生活。我必须学会的最困难的一课就是相信自己。我给自己树立了一系列目标，然后努力去达到，一次一个。我有时也有失败，但至少有进步。【篇章结构】段落关键词大意推测lost my sight;突发事故，双眼失明might not have come to love 从不幸中振作，自强自信li

9、fe as I do if I hadntwithinstrengthen this assuranceset ahead of is a series of 感恩生活，感悟人生offailure;made progress.【信息提取】1.How long is it since the author suffered the accident?A. Four years B. Fourteen years C. eighteen years D. twenty-eight years2.What made the author appreciate life better?A. Being

10、 blind B. Being older C. The others help D. Life itself2 / 5 word3.Who helped the author to fight for life?A. himself B. his teachers C. his parents D. his parents and teachers4.From the passage we can know the author is_.A.determined. B.proud C. poor. D. nervous.【解析】1. D 细节理解题。 根据地一段I lost my sight

11、 when I was four years old by fallingoff a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. NowI am thirty-two.可知答案。2. A. 细节理解题。根据第二段可知答案。3. D. 细节理解题。根据 But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw somethingin me a potential to live, you might call it which I didnt see, and they

12、made me want to fight it out with blindness.可知答案。4. A从文章可以看出作者有坚强的决心和毅力。【词汇扩大】1.appreciate vi. 增值；涨价 vt. 欣赏；感激You cant really appreciate foreign literature in translation.看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。Id appreciate some feedback on my work.如果有人对我的工作提出意见我将感激不尽.2.adjustmentn.调解，调整； 调节器They should make adjus

13、tment to the new environment.他们应进展调整以适应新环境。The company made an adjustment in my salary.公司对我的薪金作了调整。The process of adjustment to life in another country can be very difficult.适应另一国家的生活可能会非常困难。3.discovervt.发现； 碰见； 撞见； 获得知识3 / 5 wordWe have to discover his plans and act accordingly.我们得找出他的计划，照着办。The po

14、lice are trying to discover the identity of the killer.警方正努力调查杀人凶手的身份。An inquest was held to discover the cause of death.对死亡原因进展了调查。4.strengthenvt.加强，巩固； 勉励，激励We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.石头是刀的朋友，障碍是

15、意志的朋友。Two divisions were ordered up to strengthen a weak point in the line.两个师被调到前线去加强一个薄弱环节。【长难句分析】1.It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I doif I hadnt been blind.【句意】有一天我突然想到，倘假设我不是盲人，我或许不会变得像现在这样热爱生活。【分析】It occurred to sb. that 某人突然想起。that I might not have c

16、ome to lovelife as I do if I hadnt been blind.是一个虚拟语气。2. If I hadnt been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rockeron the front porch for the rest of my life.【句意】如做不到这一点，我的精神就会崩溃，只能坐在前门廊的摇椅中度过余生。【分析】与故去事实相反的虚拟语气。【语法点滴】虚拟语气1 对现在情况的虚拟对现在情况的虚拟，条件句中谓语动词用一般过去时，主句用“would/should/migh

17、t/could+4 / 5 word动词原形。2 对过去情况的虚拟对 过 去 情 况 的 虚 拟 ， 条 件 句 中 谓 语 动 词 用 过 去 完 成 时 ， 主 句 用“would/should/might/could+have+过去分词。3 对将来情况的虚拟对将来情况的虚拟，条件句中谓语动词可用should do, were to do或动词的过去式三种形式表示，但意义略有不同。should表示的可能性最大，动词过去式的可能性次之，were to do的可能性最小。主句谓语动词用“would/should/might/could+动词原形。4 错综时间条件句有时条件从句谓语动词表示的动作和主句谓语表示的动作发生的时间不一致，这类句子称为错综时间条件句。此时主从句动词的形式应根据各自所表示的时间进展调整。If you had taken my advice then, you wouldnt be in trouble now.如果当时听我劝，你现在就不会有麻烦了。if条件句是对过去的虚拟，故用过去完成时，而主句是对现在的虚拟，故用“would+动词原形形式。5