1、【创新【创新+拓展设计】原创拓展设计】原创 2021 年高中英语高三冲刺寒假作业年高中英语高三冲刺寒假作业 DAY4 一一美文深度剖析美文深度剖析 Run through the rain She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old，this beautiful brown haired， freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the t
2、op of rain gutters，so much in a hurry to hit the Earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We waited， some patiently，others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I get
3、 lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day. Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in, “Mom, lets ru
4、n through the rain,” she said. What?” Mom asked. Lets run through the rain!” She repeated. No, honey, well wait until it slows down a bit,” Mom replied. This young child waited about another minute and repeated, “Mom, lets run through the rain. Well get soaked if we do,” Mom said. “No， we wont， Mom.
5、 Thats not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she tugged at her Moms arm. This morning，When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?” Dont you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, If God can get us through this, he can get us through a
6、nything!” The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldnt hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even
7、 ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young childs life. Time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith. Honey, you are absolutely right. Lets run through the rain. If we get wet, well maybe we just needed washing,” Mom said. Then off they ran. W
8、e all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and they held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars .And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washi
9、ng. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions，they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories. So, dont forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day! To everything there is a se
10、ason and a time to every purpose under heaven. I hope you still take the time to run through the rain. Vocabulary: 1. freckle_ 2. gush_ 3. gutter_ 4. spout_ 5. awning_ 6. irritate_ 7. mesmerize_ 8. splash_ 9. carefree_ 10. reprieve_ 11. hypnotic_ 12. tug_ Translation： 1. Her voice was so sweet as it
11、 broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in, “Mom, lets run through the rain,” she said. ._ _ 2. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions，they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories. _ _ 3. To eve
12、rything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. I hope you still take the time to run through the rain. _ _ Imitation：（用文中句子结构仿写以下句子） 1 我总是被瀑布迷住。我沉浸在它的声音和景色中，冲刷了世界的尘土。 _ _ 2. 我们所有的家长都站着观看，微笑，大笑，尤其是当孩子们玩得很开心的时候。 _ _ What Maggies penny did? Please take my penny, said Maggie to old
13、Dan the fisherman, who sat on a bench mending his nets. Her brother Andrew drew her back, whispering, Maggie, he is not a beggar! But Maggie gave no heed. Please take it, she said again. Old Dan smiled, and took it. Thank you, little miss, he said, It is kindly meant. After that, Maggie and Andrew w
14、ent to different parts of the beach to gather shells, agreeing to meet in a while and see whose were the prettier. Maggie never thought how fast the hours were passing, till, being tired, she sat down on a rock beside a little pool full of lovely sea-weeds. Soon she was startled by a noise near her,
15、 and Dans large dog Rover bounded down from a rock! He licked her hands and made a whining noise, and then began gently to pull her frock. Rover wishes me to come away, I see, she said, patting him; and she rose from the rock and began to go home. Alas! That was not so easy as she had expected. Plac
16、es she had gone down with ease she found very difficult to climb up; and as the tide had been coming in for some time, she found some of the stones wet and slippery. What could poor Maggie do? She sobbed and cried, but the waves made a much louder noise than she could make; and perhaps she would hav
17、e been drowned but for good wise Rover. He sprang upon a boulder-stone and raised his loud, hoarse bark, until even the waves could not drown it. When Andrew was tired of gathering shells, he went to meet Maggie; but as she did not come, he thought that she had gone home. But when he reached home sh
18、e was not there! In the meantime the fisherman had taken his nets to the top of the cliffs, and was laying them out in the sun, when he heard the loud barking of a dog. He felt sure that it was Rover, and Rover in distress; so, going to the edge of the cliffs, he looked over. There he saw it allRove
19、r barking for help, and the little bewildered child standing beside him. Bless her! it is the little one that was so kind-spoken to me this morning! he cried; and he hurried to his sons cottage.Quick, boys, quick! he said; get to the boat, and row fast to the mussel bay: there is a poor child there
20、just waiting to be drowned. The fishermen lost no time, and soon little Maggie and Rover were rowed safely to land! Old Dan was waiting there to lift her out, and give her into her mothers arms. It was the penny that did it, maam! he said afterwards to Mrs. Weston. I saw Rover looking at her when sh
21、e put the penny so kind-like into my handjust as if he would have said, Rover will be your friend now, little girl. And I am thinking he had been looking after her all the day, for he never came near me after that. Mrs. Weston would gladly have bought the dog, only Dan could not part with his favour
22、ite. Some years afterwards, Rover came to Maggies home with a little note, in which was written: Will Maggie comfort Rover?his master is dead. Vocabulary: (查字典并写出以下单词和词组在文中的意义) 1. heed n. _ 2. startle v. _ 3. bound v. _ 4. whine v. 5. rise from the rock _ 6. with ease _ 7. slippery adj. _ 8. sob v.
23、_ 9. spring v._ 10. cliff n._ 11. in distress _ 12. bewilder v. _ 13. frock n. _ 14. mussel n._ Translation：（将以下句子翻译成中文） 1. Places she had gone down with ease she found very difficult to climb up; and as the tide had been coming in for some time, she found some of the stones wet and slippery. _ 2. S
24、he sobbed and cried, but the waves made a much louder noise than she could make; and perhaps she would have been drowned but for good wise Rover. _ _ 3. In the meantime the fisherman had taken his nets to the top of the cliffs, and was laying them out in the sun, when he heard the loud barking of a
25、dog. _ _ Imitation：（用文中句子结构仿写以下句子） 1. 要不是他完美的安排，这个会议不会那么成功。 _ 2. Mark 正从学校往家走着，突然听到一个熟悉的声音。(be doingwhen) _ 二二阅读阅读理解专练理解专练 Group1 A A Recent years have seen the rapid expansion (扩张) of Chinas wine market. China imported up to 746 million liters of the libation (饮酒) in 2017, with year-on-year growth
26、of 17 percent, making China the fastest growing and fifth largest market worldwide, according to Xi Kang, joint vice-chairman of the China Wine Associations Alliance. A growing wine market has led to a rising demand for professional wine tasters, which is listed as one of the 140 vocations that requ
27、ires a national qualification. Kong Weibao, professor of Northwest Normal University, set up an elective course called Vintage Science and Wine Culture in 2008, aiming at improving students understanding of wine. Few students chose Kongs class in the beginning, but now it is hard to find a spare sea
28、t in his classroom. Kong said that more than 2,000 students had taken his course, with some of them having waited two years to do so. While most students take the course out of an interest in wine, there are also students who want to get a qualification certificate as a wine taster in the future. Th
29、erefore，more and more private educational institutions in China have found business opportunities in the wine industry. They are offering various wine tasting training courses with prices varying between $120 and $1,600. Zeng Jing, an employee at wine education service Tasting Annex, said the wine i
30、ndustry was in a growth period, and wine tasting was in great need as wine education, production, marketing, hotels and other fields showed strong demand. Xi Kang said that Chinas young generations pursued a healthy and high-quality lifestyle and had a stronger learning ability and more advanced con
31、sumption concept, meaning demand for wine and wine tasters would continue to grow in the future. 21. How does the author show the rapid expansion of Chinas wine market? A. By presenting data. B. By raising questions. C. By giving a definition. D. By explaining reasons. 22. Which of the following sta
32、tements is NOT TRUE? A. Being a professional wine taster requires a national qualification. B. Wine tasting training courses in China are not at the same price. C. All students dont take wine tasting training courses out of interest. D. Kongs course was first intended for those who want to be a wine
33、 taster. 23. What would be the best title for the passage? A. Wine market expands rapidly in China B. Growing wine market looks for people with taste C. Students grow interested in wine tasting training courses D. More business opportunities created by the wine industry B B This is the story of thre
34、e plastic bottles, empty and abandoned. Their journeys are about to diverge, more or less influencing the fate of our planet. Bottle One, like hundreds of millions of tons of other plastic bottles, ends up in a landfill. This huge dump expands each day as more trash comes in and continues to take up
35、 space. As plastics sit there being pressed among layers of their junk, rainwater flows through the waste and absorbs the chemicals it contains, and some of those are highly poisonous. Together they create harmful matter called leachate (沥滤液）, which can move into groundwater, soil and streams, poiso
36、ning ecosystems and harming wildlife. It can take Bottle One 1,000 years to rot away. Bottle Twos journey is strange. He floats on water that reaches a stream, a stream that flows into a river, and a river that reaches the ocean. After months lost at sea, hes slowly drawn where trash accumulates, a
37、place known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Here the oceans currents have trapped millions of pieces of plastic waste. There the water becomes a cloudy plastic soup. Some animals, like seabirds, get stuck in the mess. They, and others, mistake the brightly colored plastic things for food. Plasti
38、c makes them feel full when theyre not, so they starve to death and pass the poisons from the plastic up the food chain. For example, its eaten by fish, and the fish are eaten by us. But Bottle Three is spared the cruel suffering of his brothers. A truck brings him to a plant where he and his compan
39、ions are squeezed flat and pressed into a block. The blocks are cut and torn into tiny pieces, which are washed and melted, so they become the raw materials that can be used again. As if by magic, Bottle Three is now ready to be reborn as something completely new. For this bit of plastic with such h
40、umble origins, suddenly the sky is the limit. 24. The underlined word “diverge” in paragraph 1 probably means A. develop B. disappear C. conclude D. vary 25. What can we learn about Bottle Two? A. He will expand when pressed among layers of their junk. B. He might poison or even endanger different f
41、orms of life. C. He can be easily recognized by seabirds and taken for dangerous food source. D. He will go through chemical changes and be recycled into new materials soon. 26. Where is the text probably from? A. In a science magazine. B. In a tour brochure. C. In a product description. D. In a geo
42、graphy textbook. 27. What can be the best title of the text? A. Fates of Plastic Bottles B. The Significance of Recycling C. The Shame of Wasting D. High-Tech of Dealing with Waste来源:Z*xx*k.Com C C Bats are the only mammals that can fly a great distance, but they have another ability. Many bats live a very long time for an animal their size. European researchers are studying bats to understand why they live so long. They hope to make discoveries aimed at fighting the aging process in human beings. Last week, the group of scientists said they had identified important biological
