高考英語課外閱讀材料

1、第1頁共83頁2011高考英語課外閱讀材料高考英語課外閱讀材料【每兩天一篇每兩天一篇—閱讀閱讀單詞學(xué)習(xí)單詞學(xué)習(xí)】UnitOne:HowtoImproveYourStudyHabitsTEXTWanttoknowhowtoimproveyourgradeswithouthavingtospendmetimestudyingSoundstoogoodtobetrueWellreadon...HowtoImproveYourStudyHabi

2、tsPerhapsyouareanaveragestudentwithaverageintelligence.Youdowellenoughinschoolbutyouprobablythinkyouwillneverbeatopstudent.Thisisnotnecessarilythecasehowever.Youcanreceivebettergradesifyouwantto.Yesevenstudentsofaveragei

3、ntelligencecanbetopstudentswithoutadditionalwk.Hereshow:1.Planyourtimecarefully.Makealistofyourweeklytasks.Thenmakeascheduletofyourtime.Fillincommittedtimesuchaseatingsleepingmeetingsclassesetc.Thendecideongoodregulartim

4、esfstudying.Besuretosetasideenoughtimetocompleteyournmalreadingwkassignments.Ofcoursestudyingshouldntoccupyallofthefreetimeontheschedule.Itsimptanttosetasidetimefrelaxationhobbiesentertainmentaswell.Thisweeklyschedulemay

5、notsolveallofyourproblemsbutitwillmakeyoumeawareofhowyouspendyourtime.Furthermeitwillenableyoutoplanyouractivitiessothatyouhaveadequatetimefbothwkplay.2.Findagoodplacetostudy.Chooseoneplacefyourstudyarea.Itmaybeadeskacha

6、irathomeintheschoollibrarybutitshouldbecomftableitshouldnothavedistractions.Whenyoubegintowkyoushouldbeabletoconcentrateonthesubject.3.Skimbefeyouread.Thismeanslookingoverapassagequicklybefeyoubegintoreaditmecarefully.As

7、youpreviewthematerialyougetsomeideaofthecontenthowitisganized.Laterwhenyoubegintoreadyouwillrecognizelessimptantmaterialyoumayskipsomeoftheseptions.Skimminghelpsdoubleyourreadingspeedimprovesyourcomprehensionaswell.4.Mak

8、egooduseofyourtimeinclass.Listeningtowhattheteachersaysinclassmeanslesswklater.Sitwhereyoucanseehearwell.Takenotestohelpyourememberwhattheteachersays.5.Studyregularly.Gooveryournotesassoonasyoucanafterclass.Reviewimptant

9、pointsmentionedinclassaswellaspointsyouremainconfusedabout.Readaboutthesepointsinyourtextbook.Ifyouknowwhattheteacherwilldiscussthenextdayskimreadthatmaterialtoo.Thiswillhelpyouunderstthenextclass.Ifyoureviewyournotestex

10、tbookregularlythematerialwillbecomememeaningfulyouwillrememberitlonger.Regularreviewleadstoimprovedperfmanceontest.6.Developagoodattitudeabouttests.Thepurposeofatestistoshowwhatyouhavelearnedaboutasubject.Thewldwontendif

11、youdontpassatestsodontwryexcessivelyaboutasingletest.Testsprovidegradesbuttheyalsoletyouknowwhatyouneedtospendmetimestudyingtheyhelpmakeyourknowledgepermanent.Thereareothertechniquesthatmighthelpyouwithyourstudying.Onlya

12、fewhavebeenmentionedhere.Youwillprobablydiscovermanyothersafteryouhavetriedthese.Talkwithyourclassmatesabouttheirstudytechniques.Sharewiththemsomeofthetechniquesyouhave第3頁共83頁purposen.aim目的，意圖excessivelyad.toomuch過多地，過分地

13、excessivea.permanenta.lastingfalongtimeneverchanging持久的；永久的techniquen.wayofdoingsth.技巧，方法helpfula.usefulprovidinghelpwilingtohelp有益的；給予幫助的，肯幫忙的PHRASEStooinaddition也，還；同樣beaware(of)know(sth.)know(whatishappening)知道，意識到con

14、centrateondirectonesattentionefftsetc.to全神貫注于lookoverexamine(quickly)把...看一遍，過目gooverreview復(fù)習(xí)leadtoresultin導(dǎo)致UnitTwo:SailingRoundtheWldTEXTAtsixtyfiveFrancisChichestersetouttosailsinglehedroundthewld.Thisisthestyofthatad

15、venture.SailingRoundtheWldBefehesailedroundthewldsinglehedFrancisChichesterhadalreadysurprisedhisfriendsseveraltimes.Hehadtriedtoflyroundthewldbutfailed.Thatwasin1931.Theyearspassed.Hegaveupflyingbegansailing.Heenjoyedit

16、greatly.Chichesterwasalready58yearsoldwhenhewonthefirstsolotransatlanticsailingrace.Hisolddreamofgoingroundthewldcamebackbutthistimehewouldsail.Hisfriendsdoctsdidnotthinkhecoulddoitashehadlungcancer.ButChichesterwasdeter

17、minedtocarryouthisplan.InAugust1963attheageofnearlysixtyfiveanagewhenmanymenretirehebeganthegreatestvoyageofhislife.Soonhewasawayinthisnew16metreboatGipsyMoth.Chichesterfollowedtherouteofthegreatnieenthcenturyclippership

18、s.Buttheclippershadhadplentyofcrew.Chicheaterdiditallbyhimselfevenafterthemainsteeringdevicehadbeendamagedbygales.Chichestercovered14100milesbefestoppinginSydneyAustralia.Thiswasmethantwicethedistanceanyonehadpreviouslys

19、ailedalone.HearrivedinAustraliaon12Decemberjust107daysoutfromEngl.HereceivedawarmwelcomefromtheAustraliansfromhisfamilywhohadflowntheretomeethim.OnsheChichestercouldnotwalkwithouthelp.Everybodysaidthesamething:hehaddonee

20、noughhemustnotgoanyfurther.Buthedidnotlisten.AfterrestinginSydneyfafewweeksChichestersetoffoncemeinspiteofhisfriendsattemptstodissuadehim.Thesecondhalfofhisvoyagewasbyfarthemedangerouspartduringwhichhesailedroundthetreac