2024届高三下学期英语培优外刊阅读学案 黄金话题（含答案）
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高三英语培优外刊阅读
班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________
外刊精选｜金价涨涨涨，投资已疯狂？美国年轻人在超市抢购金条
近日，国际金价持续上涨，现货黄金一度飙升至每盎司2400美元，国内金饰价格一克超过700元。年轻一代对投资黄金的热情正在升温，连带美国零售业巨头Costco靠出售金条和银币赚得盆满钵满，每月销售额高达2亿美元。为什么美国年轻人会在超市买黄金？金价狂飙的背后有怎样的原因？
The Costco Shoppers Putting $2,000 Gold Bars in Their Carts
By Katherine Hamilton
Craig Beauregard and Julia Edwards were at Costco shopping for groceries in December when they spotted a deal that was too good to pass up: a one-ounce bar of gold.
Beauregard, 33 years old, checked his phone and saw the bar's retail price of $2,069 was $3 below its on-the-spot price in financial markets. They threw it in their shopping cart next to a seven-pound bag of frozen chicken and a carton of Kirkland eggs.
Americans can't get enough gold. Costco, which started offering gold bars last year online and in a few stores, has been selling out within hours. Consumers rated gold as a better investment than stocks and mutual funds in 2023 for the first time in a decade, according to a Gallup poll. The price has been hitting record highs.
Gold buyers, especially those on the younger side, say it is a hedge against catastrophe. Even people who aren't building bunkers and predicting doomsday are increasingly preparing for worst-case scenarios. "It's just nice to have options when we don't really know what's going on," said Edwards, 29.
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.Costco _____________________________
2.cart英 [kɑ t] 美 [kɑ rt] n. _____________________________
3.spot英 [sp t] 美 [spɑ t] v. _____________________________
4.on-the-spot英 [' n sp' t] 美 [' n sp' t] adj. _____________________________
5.rate英 [re t] 美 [re t] v. _____________________________
6.poll英 [p l] 美 [po l] n. _____________________________
7.hedge英 [hed ] 美 [hed ] n. _____________________________
8.catastrophe英 [k t str fi] 美 [k t str fi] n. _____________________________
9.bunker英 [ b k ] 美 [ b k r] n. _____________________________
10.doomsday英 [ du mzde ] 美 [ du mzde ] n. _____________________________
11.doom n. _____________________________
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1._____________________________加入购物车
2._____________________________放入某人的购物车
3._____________________________购买日用杂货
4._____________________________ 来找茬，找不同
5._____________________________太.....，以至于不能......
6_____________________________错过
7._____________________________金条
8._____________________________现场直播
9._____________________________实地考察
10._____________________________一箱，一盒
11._____________________________ 一盒牛奶
12_____________________________ 一条烟
13._____________________________对......无法满足
14._____________________________卖光，售罄
15._____________________________共同基金
16._____________________________创历史新高
17._____________________________创历史新低
18._____________________________（尤指）防止损失金钱的手段
19._____________________________购买黄金以抵消通货膨胀造成的损失
20._____________________________防备，防范......
21._____________________________最坏的可能，最糟的情况
拓展练习阅读理解
Like many of the Indigenous (土著的) communities across the Australian continent, the remote communities in north-west New South Wales are struggling. Many of the 300 or so residents rely on welfare. Higher electricity bills—up to $3,000 a quarter for some households—further worsen the poverty. They’re always at the end of the power line, so the service that is there is quite extraordinary in terms of cost. It’s a real problem that needs to be fixed.
To that end, Anderson and other Indigenous leaders have formed the First Nations Renewable Energy Alliance (FREA) to push for renewable energy in Indigenous communities. They partner with private enterprise to support Indigenous communities looking to switch to renewable energy.
“We can build a power station where the community exists,” Anderson says, “so people are able to successfully live in the environment the way they want to live and have access to power which enables them to better determine their economic future.”
Only a handful of Indigenous communities have set up renewable energy projects in Australia. The Indigenous-owned and -operated company AllGrid Energy, for instance, has installed solar panels and battery storage systems to replace diesel (柴油) generators in the communities of Ngurrara and Kurnturlpara in the Northern Territory’s Barkly Tableland. Within two months of the system being installed in May 2016, people were moving back to their homelands, the communities growing from just two permanent residents to about 40.
But FREA will go one step further, working with community leaders and acting as a conduit (纽带) between the communities and the businesses they are dealing with. This is essential, says Anderson, to avoid predatory (吞并) practices they have seen in the past, with companies “playing on the psychology of poverty” to gain advantage. The FREA has drafted terms of agreements that will guide how companies engage with Indigenous communities for renewable energy projects.
One of the next steps for FREA will be to identify a community that can act as a test case for a renewables project. “Our experience is that if we can make it work for one community, it will work in every other community,” Anderson says.
43.What is FREA expected to do for the remote Indigenous communities
A.Increase power supply to them. B.Help them return to their homelands.
C.Shake them off poverty. D.Reduce their higher power costs.
44.What does the author indicate by mentioning AllGrid Energy
A.Renewables projects are inaccessible.
B.Renewables projects are quite workable.
C.Renewables projects can increase locals’ income.
D.Renewables projects can coexist with diesel power plants.
45.What’s paragraph 5 mainly about concerning FREA
A.Its strategies to win over the businesses. B.Its cooperation with community leaders.
C.Its potential conflict with energy companies. D.Its innovation in directing renewables projects.
46.What’s FREA going to do next
A.Consult the experts. B.Select a piloting community.
C.Collect sufficient construction fund. D.Make renewables projects available to all.
外刊精选答案
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.Costco 开市客（美国零售业巨头，会员制仓储批发超市）
2.cart英 [kɑ t] 美 [kɑ rt] n. 购物车，（直播间的）购物车、小黄车
3.spot英 [sp t] 美 [spɑ t] v. （突然间）发现，看见
4.on-the-spot英 [' n sp' t] 美 [' n sp' t] adj. 现场的
5.rate英 [re t] 美 [re t] v. 认为，评定，分等级
6.poll英 [p l] 美 [po l] n. 民意调查
7.hedge英 [hed ] 美 [hed ] n. 防范措施，防备手段（a way of protecting yourself against the loss
8.catastrophe英 [k t str fi] 美 [k t str fi] n. 灾祸，灾难
9.bunker英 [ b k ] 美 [ b k r] n. 沙坑；掩体；地堡
10.doomsday英 [ du mzde ] 美 [ du mzde ] n. 世界末日
11.doom n. 厄运，毁灭
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1.add to cart 加入购物车
2.put in one's cart 放入某人的购物车
3.shop for groceries购买日用杂货
4.spot the difference 来找茬，找不同
5.too ... to太.....，以至于不能......
6.pass up错过
7.bar of gold金条
8.on-the-spot broadcasting 现场直播
9.on-the-spot investigation 实地考察
10.a carton of一箱，一盒
11.a carton of milk 一盒牛奶
12.a carton of cigarettes 一条烟
13.can't get enough (of) something对......无法满足
14.sell out卖光，售罄
15.mutual fund共同基金
16.hit record high创历史新高
17.hit record low 创历史新低
18.a hedge against something （尤指）防止损失金钱的手段
19.to buy gold as a hedge against inflation 购买黄金以抵消通货膨胀造成的损失
20.hedge against something 防备，防范......
21.worst-case scenario最坏的可能，最糟的情况
【全文翻译】
开市客的顾客在购物车中放入价值2000美元的金条
去年12月，克雷格·博雷加德（Craig Beauregard）和朱莉娅·爱德华兹（Julia Edwards）在开市客（Costco）购买日用品时，发现了一笔让人无法拒绝的交易：一根一盎司的金条。
33岁的博雷加德查了下自己的手机，发现这根金条的零售价为2069美元，比金融市场的黄金现货价格低了3美元。他们将金条扔进购物车，车里还有一袋七磅重的冷冻鸡肉和一盒柯克兰牌鸡蛋。
美国人对黄金爱不释手。去年开始，开市客在网上和一些线下商店出售金条，几小时内就销售一空。盖洛普民意调查显示，2023年，消费者对黄金的投资评级十年来首次超过股票和基金。黄金价格屡创新高。
黄金买家，尤其是年轻买家认为，黄金是一种防范灾难的手段。即使不是建造地堡和预测末日的人，也越来越多地在为最坏的情况做准备。29岁的爱德华兹说道：“在我们还不知道会发生什么的时候，能有选择的余地是件好事。”
拓展练习阅读理解参考答案
43.D 44.B 45.D 46.B
班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________
外刊精选｜金价涨涨涨，投资已疯狂？美国年轻人在超市抢购金条
近日，国际金价持续上涨，现货黄金一度飙升至每盎司2400美元，国内金饰价格一克超过700元。年轻一代对投资黄金的热情正在升温，连带美国零售业巨头Costco靠出售金条和银币赚得盆满钵满，每月销售额高达2亿美元。为什么美国年轻人会在超市买黄金？金价狂飙的背后有怎样的原因？
The Costco Shoppers Putting $2,000 Gold Bars in Their Carts
By Katherine Hamilton
Craig Beauregard and Julia Edwards were at Costco shopping for groceries in December when they spotted a deal that was too good to pass up: a one-ounce bar of gold.
Beauregard, 33 years old, checked his phone and saw the bar's retail price of $2,069 was $3 below its on-the-spot price in financial markets. They threw it in their shopping cart next to a seven-pound bag of frozen chicken and a carton of Kirkland eggs.
Americans can't get enough gold. Costco, which started offering gold bars last year online and in a few stores, has been selling out within hours. Consumers rated gold as a better investment than stocks and mutual funds in 2023 for the first time in a decade, according to a Gallup poll. The price has been hitting record highs.
Gold buyers, especially those on the younger side, say it is a hedge against catastrophe. Even people who aren't building bunkers and predicting doomsday are increasingly preparing for worst-case scenarios. "It's just nice to have options when we don't really know what's going on," said Edwards, 29.
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.Costco _____________________________
2.cart英 [kɑ t] 美 [kɑ rt] n. _____________________________
3.spot英 [sp t] 美 [spɑ t] v. _____________________________
4.on-the-spot英 [' n sp' t] 美 [' n sp' t] adj. _____________________________
5.rate英 [re t] 美 [re t] v. _____________________________
6.poll英 [p l] 美 [po l] n. _____________________________
7.hedge英 [hed ] 美 [hed ] n. _____________________________
8.catastrophe英 [k t str fi] 美 [k t str fi] n. _____________________________
9.bunker英 [ b k ] 美 [ b k r] n. _____________________________
10.doomsday英 [ du mzde ] 美 [ du mzde ] n. _____________________________
11.doom n. _____________________________
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1._____________________________加入购物车
2._____________________________放入某人的购物车
3._____________________________购买日用杂货
4._____________________________ 来找茬，找不同
5._____________________________太.....，以至于不能......
6_____________________________错过
7._____________________________金条
8._____________________________现场直播
9._____________________________实地考察
10._____________________________一箱，一盒
11._____________________________ 一盒牛奶
12_____________________________ 一条烟
13._____________________________对......无法满足
14._____________________________卖光，售罄
15._____________________________共同基金
16._____________________________创历史新高
17._____________________________创历史新低
18._____________________________（尤指）防止损失金钱的手段
19._____________________________购买黄金以抵消通货膨胀造成的损失
20._____________________________防备，防范......
21._____________________________最坏的可能，最糟的情况
拓展练习阅读理解
Like many of the Indigenous (土著的) communities across the Australian continent, the remote communities in north-west New South Wales are struggling. Many of the 300 or so residents rely on welfare. Higher electricity bills—up to $3,000 a quarter for some households—further worsen the poverty. They’re always at the end of the power line, so the service that is there is quite extraordinary in terms of cost. It’s a real problem that needs to be fixed.
To that end, Anderson and other Indigenous leaders have formed the First Nations Renewable Energy Alliance (FREA) to push for renewable energy in Indigenous communities. They partner with private enterprise to support Indigenous communities looking to switch to renewable energy.
“We can build a power station where the community exists,” Anderson says, “so people are able to successfully live in the environment the way they want to live and have access to power which enables them to better determine their economic future.”
Only a handful of Indigenous communities have set up renewable energy projects in Australia. The Indigenous-owned and -operated company AllGrid Energy, for instance, has installed solar panels and battery storage systems to replace diesel (柴油) generators in the communities of Ngurrara and Kurnturlpara in the Northern Territory’s Barkly Tableland. Within two months of the system being installed in May 2016, people were moving back to their homelands, the communities growing from just two permanent residents to about 40.
But FREA will go one step further, working with community leaders and acting as a conduit (纽带) between the communities and the businesses they are dealing with. This is essential, says Anderson, to avoid predatory (吞并) practices they have seen in the past, with companies “playing on the psychology of poverty” to gain advantage. The FREA has drafted terms of agreements that will guide how companies engage with Indigenous communities for renewable energy projects.
One of the next steps for FREA will be to identify a community that can act as a test case for a renewables project. “Our experience is that if we can make it work for one community, it will work in every other community,” Anderson says.
43.What is FREA expected to do for the remote Indigenous communities
A.Increase power supply to them. B.Help them return to their homelands.
C.Shake them off poverty. D.Reduce their higher power costs.
44.What does the author indicate by mentioning AllGrid Energy
A.Renewables projects are inaccessible.
B.Renewables projects are quite workable.
C.Renewables projects can increase locals’ income.
D.Renewables projects can coexist with diesel power plants.
45.What’s paragraph 5 mainly about concerning FREA
A.Its strategies to win over the businesses. B.Its cooperation with community leaders.
C.Its potential conflict with energy companies. D.Its innovation in directing renewables projects.
46.What’s FREA going to do next
A.Consult the experts. B.Select a piloting community.
C.Collect sufficient construction fund. D.Make renewables projects available to all.
外刊精选答案
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.Costco 开市客（美国零售业巨头，会员制仓储批发超市）
2.cart英 [kɑ t] 美 [kɑ rt] n. 购物车，（直播间的）购物车、小黄车
3.spot英 [sp t] 美 [spɑ t] v. （突然间）发现，看见
4.on-the-spot英 [' n sp' t] 美 [' n sp' t] adj. 现场的
5.rate英 [re t] 美 [re t] v. 认为，评定，分等级
6.poll英 [p l] 美 [po l] n. 民意调查
7.hedge英 [hed ] 美 [hed ] n. 防范措施，防备手段（a way of protecting yourself against the loss
8.catastrophe英 [k t str fi] 美 [k t str fi] n. 灾祸，灾难
9.bunker英 [ b k ] 美 [ b k r] n. 沙坑；掩体；地堡
10.doomsday英 [ du mzde ] 美 [ du mzde ] n. 世界末日
11.doom n. 厄运，毁灭
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1.add to cart 加入购物车
2.put in one's cart 放入某人的购物车
3.shop for groceries购买日用杂货
4.spot the difference 来找茬，找不同
5.too ... to太.....，以至于不能......
6.pass up错过
7.bar of gold金条
8.on-the-spot broadcasting 现场直播
9.on-the-spot investigation 实地考察
10.a carton of一箱，一盒
11.a carton of milk 一盒牛奶
12.a carton of cigarettes 一条烟
13.can't get enough (of) something对......无法满足
14.sell out卖光，售罄
15.mutual fund共同基金
16.hit record high创历史新高
17.hit record low 创历史新低
18.a hedge against something （尤指）防止损失金钱的手段
19.to buy gold as a hedge against inflation 购买黄金以抵消通货膨胀造成的损失
20.hedge against something 防备，防范......
21.worst-case scenario最坏的可能，最糟的情况
【全文翻译】
开市客的顾客在购物车中放入价值2000美元的金条
去年12月，克雷格·博雷加德（Craig Beauregard）和朱莉娅·爱德华兹（Julia Edwards）在开市客（Costco）购买日用品时，发现了一笔让人无法拒绝的交易：一根一盎司的金条。
33岁的博雷加德查了下自己的手机，发现这根金条的零售价为2069美元，比金融市场的黄金现货价格低了3美元。他们将金条扔进购物车，车里还有一袋七磅重的冷冻鸡肉和一盒柯克兰牌鸡蛋。
美国人对黄金爱不释手。去年开始，开市客在网上和一些线下商店出售金条，几小时内就销售一空。盖洛普民意调查显示，2023年，消费者对黄金的投资评级十年来首次超过股票和基金。黄金价格屡创新高。
黄金买家，尤其是年轻买家认为，黄金是一种防范灾难的手段。即使不是建造地堡和预测末日的人，也越来越多地在为最坏的情况做准备。29岁的爱德华兹说道：“在我们还不知道会发生什么的时候，能有选择的余地是件好事。”
拓展练习阅读理解参考答案
43.D 44.B 45.D 46.B