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精 读 高 考 真 题 (二)
高考英语真题是英语学习的宝藏,精读一篇远胜过刷题十篇。相较于教材、日常习题,高考真题的语料更加新颖、更有针对性。长期精读高考真题有利于增强英语学习的信心,从而极大提高学习英语的效率。
一、真题再现
By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time though he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova --- not as a musician but as her page turner. “I’m not a trained musician, but I’ve learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance.”
Mr. Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but has been the group’s official page turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves. He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage.
“A lot of skills are needed for the job. You have to make sure you don’t turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot.” Mr. Titterton explained.
Being a page turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music can go for 40 minutes and required up to 50 page turns, including back turns for repeat passages. Silent onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of “nodding” to indicate a page turn which they need to practice with their page turner.
But like all performances, there are moments when things go wrong. “I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand,” Mr. Titterton said, “Luckily I was able to catch them and put them back.”
Most page turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, although Mr. Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage.
“My husband is the worst page turner,” she laughed. “He’s interested in the music, feeling every note, and I have to say: ‘Turn, turn!’ “Robert is the best page turner I’ve had in my entire life.”
What should Titterton be able to do to be a page turner
A. Read music. B. Play the piano.
C. Sing songs. D. Fix the instruments.
25. Which of the following best describes Titterton’s job on stage
A. Boring. B. Well-paid. C. Demanding. D. Dangerous.
26. What does Titterton need to practice
A. Counting the pages. B. Recognizing the “nodding”.
C. Catching falling objects. D. Performing in his own style.
27. Why is Ms. Raspopova’s husband “the worse page turner”
A. He has very poor eyesight. B. He ignores the audience.
C. He has no interest in music. D. He forgets to do his job.
(2021年全国新高考I卷阅读理解B篇)
二、语篇导读 本文的语篇类型是记叙文,主题语境为人与社会。主要介绍了律师Robert Titterton在钢琴家Maria Raspopova旁担任翻页者的工作经历。
三、重点单词(词性转换词、熟词生意词、超纲词)和短语
by day 白天,日间
spare time 业余时间,闲暇
on stage 在舞台上
go on stage 上舞台,上场
onstage adj. 舞台上的
trained adj. 训练过的,受过训练的(分词形容词)
train vt. 训练,培养
read vt. 识读,读懂(乐谱、地图等)(熟词生义)
read music 读乐谱, 识乐谱
score n. 曲谱、总谱,(电影、戏曲的)配乐(熟词生义)
play instruments on stage 在台上演奏乐器
fix the instruments 修理乐器
flow n. 连贯,流畅(熟词生义)
break the flow of 打破......的流畅性
make sure 确保,设法保证
at once 一次,同时
repeat n.(音乐的)反复部分,反复记号(熟词生义)
spot n. (乐曲的)部分,位置(熟词生义)
go back to the right spot 回到正确的部分
plenty of practice 需要足够道德练习
a piece of music 一首乐曲
some pieces of music 有些乐曲
passage n. (音乐)乐段(熟词生义)
repeat passages 重复乐段
go for 40 minutes 持续40分钟
up to (数量上)多达
turn n. 翻动,转动(动词转名词)
back turns 回翻
a page turn 翻页
get ready for 为......做好准备
draft n. 穿堂风,通风(相当于draught)(熟词生义)
draft wind 穿堂风,气流
fall off ... 从......落下
stand n. (供放置物品的)架、台(熟词生义)
up-and-coming adj. 有前途的,积极进取的
help sb. out (with sth.) (在......方面)帮助、协助某人
interested adj. 感兴趣的(分词形容词)
be interested in 对......感兴趣
interest vt. 使感兴趣 n. 兴趣
have (no) interest in 对......(不)感兴趣
demanding adj. 要求高的(分词形容词)
demand v 要求,需要
falling adj. 落下的,下降的(分词形容词)
falling objects 在坠落的物体
fall vi. 落下,倒下,下降
in one’s own style 以某人自己的风格
have poor eyesight 视力差
四、关键结构和长难句
1. In his spare time though he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova --- not as a musician but as her page turner.
1).though用作副词,意为“不过,可是,然而”,置于句末或插入句中。
E.g. The place wasn’t entirely authentic, though. 不过,这个地方不完全是地道正宗的。
Not so smoothly as I hoped, though. 不过,没有我希望的那么顺利。
2). not ... but ... 意为“不是......而是......”,用来连接两个并列结构。类似的还有never ... but ...,hardly ... but ...等。
E.g. It is not who you are or what background you have but what you can do
for others that is of great value. 有价值的不是你是谁或有什么背景,而是你能为别人做什么。
He never pushed the hat to one side of his head,but wore it straight. 他从不把帽子戴歪在一边,而总是端端正正的带着。
【参考译文】不过,在业余时间,他与钢琴家玛丽亚·拉斯波波娃一起登上舞台并肩演出—-不是作为音乐家,而是作为她的乐谱翻页者。
2. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves.
1). 整个句子是连词so连接的并列句,so意为“因此,所以,因而”等。
E.g. Everyone in the town knew him, so we had no trouble finding his house. 镇上谁都认识他,所以我们毫不费力就找到了他家。
2). “be to + 动词原形”结构用以表示“计划或安排”,过去时为was/were to do表示过去的“计划、安排”。这是其最常见的用法。
E.g. The Prime Minister is to visit Budapest. 首相将访问布达佩斯。
In a room above the store, where a party was to be held , some workers were busily setting the table 在店铺上面的一个房间里,一些工人正在忙着摆桌子,那里将举行
一场聚会。
be to do结构也可以表示“指示、命令或要求”等,通常可译为“应当”、“必须”
E.g. No one is to leave the building. 谁也不得离开这栋楼房。
It is to be noted that the machine should be maintained regularly. 必须注意,机器应该定期维修。
be to do结构还可以表示“可能”
E.g. Such books are to be found in the library. 这样的书能在图书管理找到。
be to do结构也常用在条件句中
E.g. In such dry weather, the flowers will have to be watered if they are to survive. 在这么干燥的天气里,这些花要想活过来,就得浇水。
be to do结构还可以表示“不可避免”或“注定发生”
E.g. Your plan is to be a failure. 你的计划注定失败。
有专家把be to看成是表“情态”的短语,即“情态习语”或“情态助动词”
【参考译文】他的工作是坐在钢琴家旁边翻阅乐谱,这样音乐家就不必自己动手而破坏音乐的连贯性。
He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage.
playing instruments on stage是现在分词短语做后置定语,修饰those,其逻辑主语就是those。相当于定语从句who were playing instruments on stage。现在分词形式用作定语时,被修饰词就是其逻辑主语。单个的现在分词作定语时,一般置于所修饰词的前面;现在分词短语作定语时,置于所修饰词之后。
E.g. The sleeping boy must be dreaming for he is smiling.(相当于The boy who is sleeping must be dreaming for he is smiling.) 那个睡觉的男孩一定在做梦,他在笑呢。
This is the path leading to our school.(相当于This is the path which leads to our school.) 这是通往我们学校的那条道。
【参考译文】他说他变得就和舞台上那些演奏乐器的人一样紧张。
You have to make sure you don’t turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot.
句中and并列了两个make sure,you don’t turn two pages at once是第一个make sure后面的宾语从句,省去了连词that;you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot是第二个make sure后面的宾语从句,也省去了连词that,这个宾语从句中还有一个when引导的时间状语从句。
【参考译文】你得确保不要一次翻两页。当你得回到适当部分的时候,要确保能看到音乐中的反复标记。
Silent onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of “nodding” to indicate a page turn which they need to practice with their page turner.
1). 本句是and连接的并列句。
2). 动词不定式to indicate...作动词nod的目的状语。
E.g. Group activities will be organized after class to help children develop team spirit. 课后组织小组活动唻帮助孩子们培养团队精神。
3). which they need to practice with their page turner是一个定语从句,which代替先行词style(of “nodding” to indicate a page turn)在从句中做practice的宾语。
E.g. I borrow the book Sherlock Holmes from the library last week,which my
classmates recommended to me. 上周我从图书馆借了《福尔摩斯》,这是我的同学推荐给我的。
We'll reach the sales targets in a month which we set at the beginning of the year. 再有一个月就能完成年初制订的销售目标。
【参考译文】台上的无声的交流很关键,每个钢琴家都有自己的“点头”来示意翻页的风格,他们需要和他们的翻页师练习。
But like all performances, there are moments when things go wrong.
1). when things go wrong是关系副词when引导的定语从句,先行词moments。
2). go wrong意为“出错”,“出问题”。这里go用作表示变化过程结果连系动词,语义为“变为、变成”,与形容词、过去分词连用。大多用于表示不好的事情(即用于贬义):go bad,go mad,go rotten。
E.g. On hearing the news of the accident in the coal mine, she went pale. 一听到煤矿事故的消息,她(脸色)变得苍白。
【参考译文】但向所有的表演一样,也有情况出错的时刻。
Robert is the best page turner I’ve had in my entire life.
I’ve had in my entire life是定语从句,先行词是turner,在从句中做宾语,省去了关系代词that。当指人的先行词被序数词、最高级以及the only、the very、the same等修饰时,关系代词既可以用who也可以用that,但以that更普遍。
E.g. she is the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen. 她是我见过的最漂亮的女孩。
【参考译文】罗伯特是我一生中遇到的最棒的翻页师。
【答案】A C B D
【附:学案】
精 读 高 考 真 题 (二)
高考英语真题是英语学习的宝藏,精读一篇远胜过刷题十篇。相较于教材、日常习题,高考真题的语料更加新颖、更有针对性。长期精读高考真题有利于增强英语学习的信心,从而极大提高学习英语的效率。
一、真题再现
By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time though he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova --- not as a musician but as her page turner. “I’m not a trained musician, but I’ve learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance.”
Mr. Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but has been the group’s official page turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves. He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage.
“A lot of skills are needed for the job. You have to make sure you don’t turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot.” Mr. Titterton explained.
Being a page turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music can go for 40 minutes and required up to 50 page turns, including back turns for repeat passages. Silent onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of “nodding” to indicate a page turn which they need to practice with their page turner.
But like all performances, there are moments when things go wrong. “I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand,” Mr. Titterton said, “Luckily I was able to catch them and put them back.”
Most page turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, although Mr. Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage.
“My husband is the worst page turner,” she laughed. “He’s interested in the music, feeling every note, and I have to say: ‘Turn, turn!’ “Robert is the best page turner I’ve had in my entire life.”
What should Titterton be able to do to be a page turner
A. Read music. B. Play the piano.
C. Sing songs. D. Fix the instruments.
25. Which of the following best describes Titterton’s job on stage
A. Boring. B. Well-paid. C. Demanding. D. Dangerous.
26. What does Titterton need to practice
A. Counting the pages. B. Recognizing the “nodding”.
C. Catching falling objects. D. Performing in his own style.
27. Why is Ms. Raspopova’s husband “the worse page turner”
A. He has very poor eyesight. B. He ignores the audience.
C. He has no interest in music. D. He forgets to do his job.
(2021年全国新高考I卷阅读理解B篇)
二、语篇导读 本文的语篇类型是________,主题语境为________。主要介绍了_____________________________________________。
重点单词(词性转换词、熟词生意词、超纲词)和短语
1. by day
2. spare time
3.on stage
go on stage
onstage adj.
4.trained adj.
train vt.
5.read vt.
read music
6.score n.
7.play instruments on stage
fix the instruments
8.flow n.
break the flow of
9.make sure
10.at once
11.repeat n.
12.spot n.
go back to the right spot
13.plenty of practice
14.a piece of music
some pieces of music
15.passage n.
repeat passages
16.go for 40 minutes
17.up to
18.turn n.
back turns
a page turn
19.get ready for
20.draft n.
draft wind
21.fall off ...
22.stand n.
23.up-and-coming adj.
24.help sb. out (with sth.)
25.interested adj.
be interested in
interest vt.
have (no) interest in
26.demanding adj.
demand v.
27.falling adj.
falling objects
fall vi.
28.in one’s own style
29.have poor eyesight
四、关键结构和长难句
1. In his spare time though he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova --- not as a musician but as her page turner.
1).though用作________,意为______________,置于______或________。
E.g. The place wasn’t entirely authentic, ________. 不过,这个地方不完全是地道正宗的。
Not so smoothly as I hoped,________. 不过,没有我希望的那么顺利。
2). not ... but ... 意为______________,用来__________。类似的还有never ... but ...,hardly ... but ...等。
E.g. It is ________ who you are or what background you have ________ what you can do for others that is of great value. 有价值的不是你是谁或有什么背景,而是你能为别人做什么。
He ________ pushed the hat to one side of his head, ________wore it straight. 他从不把帽子戴歪在一边,而总是端端正正的带着。
【译文】________________________________________________________。
2. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves.
1). 整个句子是连词so连接的________,so意为______________等。
E.g. Everyone in the town knew him, _______we had no trouble finding his house. 镇上谁都认识他,所以我们毫不费力就找到了他家。
2). “be to + 动词原形”结构用以表示__________,过去时为________________表示______________。这是其最常见的用法。
E.g. The Prime Minister ______________ Budapest. 首相将访问布达佩斯。
In a room above the store, where a party _____________ , some workers were busily setting the table 在店铺上面的一个房间里,一些工人正在忙着摆桌子,那里将举行
一场聚会。
be to do结构也可以表示“指示、命令或要求”等,通常可译为“应当”、“必须”
E.g. No one _____________ the building. 谁也不得离开这栋楼房。
It _____________ that the machine should be maintained regularly. 必须注意,机器应该定期维修。
be to do结构还可以表示“可能”
E.g. Such books________________ in the library. 这样的书能在图书管理找到。
be to do结构也常用在条件句中
E.g. In such dry weather, the flowers will have to be watered if they _______________. 在这么干燥的天气里,这些花要想活过来,就得浇水。
be to do结构还可以表示“不可避免”或“注定发生”
E.g. Your plan _________ a failure. 你的计划注定失败。
有专家把be to看成是表“情态”的短语,即“情态习语”或“情态助动词”
【-译文】________________________________________________。
He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage.
playing instruments on stage是______________做____________,修饰_______,其逻辑主语就是_________。相当于定语从句____________playing instruments on stage。现在分词形式用作定语时,_____________被修饰词就是其逻辑主语。单个的现在分词作定语时,一般置于所修饰词的__________;现在分词短语作定语时,置于所修饰词_____________。
E.g. The __________ boy must be dreaming for he is smiling.(相当于The boy_________________ must be dreaming for he is smiling.) 那个睡觉的男孩一定在做梦,他在笑呢。
This is the path ____________ to our school.(相当于This is the path ________________ to our school.) 这是通往我们学校的那条道。
【译文】_____________________________________________。
4. You have to make sure you don’t turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot.
句中and并列了两个_______________,you don’t turn two pages at once是第一个make sure后面的__________,省去了连词_________t;you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot是第二个make sure后面的______,也省去了连词_______,这个宾语从句中还有一个when引导的___________。
【译文】_______________________________________________________。
5. Silent onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of “nodding” to indicate a page turn which they need to practice with their page turner.
1). 本句是and连接的___________。
2). 动词不定式to indicate...作动词nod的___________。
E.g. Group activities will be organized after class_____________ children develop team spirit. 课后组织小组活动唻帮助孩子们培养团队精神。
3). which they need to practice with their page turner是一个___________,which代替____________________________________在从句中做practice的_______。
E.g. I borrow the book Sherlock Holmes from the library last week,_________ my
classmates recommended to me. 上周我从图书馆借了《福尔摩斯》,这是我的同学推荐给我的。
We'll reach the sales targets in a month ____________ we set at the beginning of the year. 再有一个月就能完成年初制订的销售目标。
【译文】_________________________________________________。
But like all performances, there are moments when things go wrong.
1). when things go wrong是_________when引导的_________,修饰___________。
2). go wrong意为__________。这里go用作表示变化过程结果___________,意为___________,与________、________等连用。大多用于表示_______事情(即用于_________):go bad,go mad,go rotten。
E.g. On hearing the news of the accident in the coal mine, she _________. 一听到煤矿事故的消息,她(脸色)变得苍白。
【译文】_____________________________________________。
Robert is the best page turner I’ve had in my entire life.
I’ve had in my entire life是_________从句,________是turner,在从句中做________,省去了____________。当指人的先行词被________、________以及________、___________、___________等修饰时,关系代词既可以用who也可以用that,但以___________更普遍。
E.g. she is the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen. 她是我见过的最漂亮的女孩。
【译文】_______________________________________。
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