2024届高三下学期英语培优外刊阅读学案 宠物沟通师话题（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｜玄之又玄的“宠物沟通师”：是新风向还是新骗局？
近年来，随着宠物经济的蓬勃发展，各种与宠物相关的服务纷纷涌现，“宠物沟通师”这个新职业更是一夜爆红，相关从业人员因此赚得盆满钵满。据说，他们不仅能与宠物进行无障碍的沟通，而且还能与之建立心灵上的连接，甚至能够预测它们的前世今生。为什么人们会去咨询宠物沟通师？该如何理性看待这个带有玄学色彩的职业？
She Charges $550 for 90 Minutes and Has a Wait List of 7,600 People
By Katherine Bindley
Pet psychics are making their way from the fringe to socially acceptable. Those who tell others about their experiences with animal communicators say they are more likely to be asked for referrals than be mocked.
People book sessions with animal communicators to unravel behavioral issues, to learn about preferences for end-of-life care, and when the time comes, to make sure their pets are enjoying the afterlife. But increasingly, pet psychics say the questions are as simple as, is the cat happy What more can we do
Owners come away from sessions with a little less sadness, a stronger sense of connection and an easing of anxiety.
Nikki Vasconez, a former lawyer, started working as an animal communicator four years ago. Early in her career, a video she made about a session with a dog named Albie went viral. The dog told her he didn’t like his nickname. She says he didn't specify what it was, only that it made people think he was large and overweight.
"Those were his exact words," she says. "I later found out his nickname was Big Al."
Joe Nickell, who says he has spent 50 years researching and investigating paranormal phenomena, says animal communicators and the people who use them tend to have a personality type that’s prone to fantasy. Pet psychics work much the way human psychics work, he says.
"The so-called successes are an example of counting the hits and ignoring the misses," he says. "You can scan over a lot of what's being said and you can find some things that you can connect to."
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.psychic英 [ sa k k] 美 [ sa k k] n. ________________________________
2.fringe英 [fr nd ] 美 [fr nd ] n.________________________________
3.marginalize v. ________________________________
4.unravel英 [ n r vl] 美 [ n r vl] v.________________________________
5.alleviate v. ________________________________
6.specify英 [ spes fa ] 美 [ spes fa ] v.________________________________
7.specific adj.________________________________
8.paranormal英 [ p r n m l] 美 [ per n rm l] adj. ________________________________
9.hit英 [h t] 美 [h t] n.________________________________
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1.________________________________收费
2.________________________________排队名单
3.________________________________宠物沟通师，传心师
4.________________________________通过障碍或拥挤的地方前进
5.________________________________城市的南边
6.________________________________某种情况或行为更有可能发生，而不是另一种
7________________________________解开谜团
8.________________________________揭秘人类大脑的复杂性
9.________________________________揭开秘密
10________________________________带着某种感受、想法、状态离开一个地方或者情景
11.________________________________缓解焦虑
12.________________________________缓解焦虑
13.________________________________在互联网上迅速传播，引起广泛关注和分享
14________________________________确定会议的具体时间
15.________________________________具体指出产品的型号和颜色
16.________________________________明确的指示
17.________________________________ 具体的信息
18.________________________________为了特定用途
19.________________________________倾向于，易于（tend to）
20.________________________________（某两人或某事物在某方面）非常相似
拓展练习阅读理解
When people think of a typical mineral mine, it’s probably underground. It’s unlikely that the picture of plants and soft greenery would cross their minds. Now, new explorations into phytomining (植物采矿) may change that viewpoint. Instead of traditionally mining metals from rocks, phytomining uses plants as an alternative source for them. Using plants to extract metals can have significant environmental benefits over rock mining.
Phytomining was first studied in 1983, but it hasn’t yet been adopted by the metals industry. In 2004, Indonesian soil scientist Tjoa took her research to Sorowako, a small town in Indonesia with one of the largest nickel (镍) mining areas, to look into plants that continued to live after years of mining. She brought samples back to her lab and found that these super plants were more than just surviving — they were growing.
The plants were absorbing and storing nickel from the soil. Large amounts of metals kill most plants, but these, known as hyper-accumulators (超富集植物), were learning to adapt. If these plants were storing metal, that meant science could find a way to extract the minerals for use and quite frankly, scientists easily did. When the shoots are harvested and burned, the metals are separated from the plant material in the ashes.
Tjoa returned to Sorowako and spent years searching for new hyper-accumulator species. After a plant is considered a possibility, there’s a simple test paper that turns pink when placed against the leaf of a hyper-accumulator plant. Two local Indonesian plants were found but there are many others still to be discovered.
Tjoa’s research caught the attention of Bijasksana, a professor of rock magnetism. Together they designed an experiment to understand magnetic susceptibility (磁化率) when plants accumulate more nickel. Their research led to the discovery of two new species of hyper-accumulators. Besides, this research serves as the basis for the potential that plants can give to the mining industry, offering great advantages to our ecosystem and toward building a more sustainable future.
51.Why did Tjoa go to Sorowako in 2004
A.To work with the local government. B.To study the plants surviving mining.
C.To improve the soil of the small town. D.To research into underground mining.
52.What can be known about hyper-accumulators from the text
A.They are rich in metals. B.They are free of minerals.
C.They are very easy to discover. D.They are too fragile to survive.
53.What was a result of Tjoa and Bijasksana’s experiment
A.Helping more plants to survive. B.Testing out the mining industry.
C.Improving the extraction efficiency. D.Finding more hyper-accumulators.
54.What is the best title of the passage
A.New Creative Mining Way Meets Challenges.
B.Plants Can Act as Sources of Many Metals.
C.Scientists Can Extract Minerals from Plants.
D.Phytomining Replaces Traditional Mining.
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.psychic英 [ sa k k] 美 [ sa k k] n. 通灵人，灵媒
2.fringe英 [fr nd ] 美 [fr nd ] n.边缘，外围；边缘位置
3.marginalize v. 将某个人、群体或事物边缘化，使其处于社会、经济或政治上的边缘地位
4.unravel英 [ n r vl] 美 [ n r vl] v. 解开、揭示、澄清（复杂或混乱的情况）
5.alleviate v. 减轻，缓和
6.specify英 [ spes fa ] 美 [ spes fa ] v. 明确指出，具体说明
7.specific adj. 具体的，明确的，特定的（relating to one thing and not others; particular）
8.paranormal英 [ p r n m l] 美 [ per n rm l] adj. 超过正常的，超自然的
9.hit英 [h t] 美 [h t] n. 成功、有效的部分
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1.charge ... for something/doing something收费
2.wait list 排队名单
3.pet psychic 宠物沟通师，传心师
4.make one's way通过障碍或拥挤的地方前进
5.the southern fringe of the city 城市的南边
6.be more likely to do something than (to) do something某种情况或行为更有可能发生，而不是另一种
7.unravel the mystery 解开谜团
8.unravel the complexities of the human brain 揭秘人类大脑的复杂性
9.unravel the secret 揭开秘密
e away (with something)带着某种感受、想法、状态离开一个地方或者情景
11.an easing of anxiety缓解焦虑
12.ease/relieve/alleviate anxiety 缓解焦虑
13.go viral在互联网上迅速传播，引起广泛关注和分享
14.specify a time for the meeting 确定会议的具体时间
15.specify the exact model and color of the product 具体指出产品的型号和颜色
16.specific instructions 明确的指示
17.specific information 具体的信息
18.for a specific purpose 为了特定用途
19.be prone to倾向于，易于（tend to）
20.… work much the way somebody/something does …（某两人或某事物在某方面）非常相似
【全文翻译】
她90分钟收费550美元，排队客户仍多达7600人
宠物沟通师正在摆脱边缘身份，逐渐得到社会的接纳。那些咨询过这类动物沟通师的人表示，当他们和别人说起这种体验时，更多的人是请求推荐而不是出言嘲讽。
人们会和宠物沟通师预约时间，咨询宠物的种种行为问题，试图了解它们偏好的临终关怀，以及在宠物生命的最后一刻到来时，确保它们能够过好来生。不过，宠物沟通师表示，在越来越多的情况下，人们提出的问题都很简单，比如：这只猫快乐吗？我们还能做些什么？
在咨询结束后，宠物主人往往不再那么悲伤，与宠物之间的情感联结有所增强，焦虑也有所缓解。
妮基·巴斯科内斯（Nikki Vasconez）曾是一名律师，四年前开始从事宠物沟通师的工作。在这份职业的早期，她与一只名叫阿尔比（Albie）的狗进行交流的视频在网上疯传。妮基说，这只狗狗告诉她，它不喜欢自己的绰号。狗狗并没有明说自己的绰号是什么，只是说这个绰号会让大家觉得它又大又胖。
她说：“这是它的原话。后来我才发现它的绰号是Big AI。”
乔·尼克（Joe Nickell）表示，他已经花了50年时间调查和研究超自然现象。他指出，宠物沟通师和他们的客户往往具有爱幻想的性格特征。他还表示，宠物沟通师与人类通灵师的工作方式非常相似。
尼克说：“所谓的成功案例，不过是只计算说中的内容而忽略没中的时候。如果从他们说过的很多内容中进行筛选，你总能找到和自己的实际情况相符的内容。”
拓展练习阅读理解参考答案
51.B 52.A 53.D 54.C
班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________
外刊精选｜玄之又玄的“宠物沟通师”：是新风向还是新骗局？
近年来，随着宠物经济的蓬勃发展，各种与宠物相关的服务纷纷涌现，“宠物沟通师”这个新职业更是一夜爆红，相关从业人员因此赚得盆满钵满。据说，他们不仅能与宠物进行无障碍的沟通，而且还能与之建立心灵上的连接，甚至能够预测它们的前世今生。为什么人们会去咨询宠物沟通师？该如何理性看待这个带有玄学色彩的职业？
She Charges $550 for 90 Minutes and Has a Wait List of 7,600 People
By Katherine Bindley
Pet psychics are making their way from the fringe to socially acceptable. Those who tell others about their experiences with animal communicators say they are more likely to be asked for referrals than be mocked.
People book sessions with animal communicators to unravel behavioral issues, to learn about preferences for end-of-life care, and when the time comes, to make sure their pets are enjoying the afterlife. But increasingly, pet psychics say the questions are as simple as, is the cat happy What more can we do
Owners come away from sessions with a little less sadness, a stronger sense of connection and an easing of anxiety.
Nikki Vasconez, a former lawyer, started working as an animal communicator four years ago. Early in her career, a video she made about a session with a dog named Albie went viral. The dog told her he didn’t like his nickname. She says he didn't specify what it was, only that it made people think he was large and overweight.
"Those were his exact words," she says. "I later found out his nickname was Big Al."
Joe Nickell, who says he has spent 50 years researching and investigating paranormal phenomena, says animal communicators and the people who use them tend to have a personality type that’s prone to fantasy. Pet psychics work much the way human psychics work, he says.
"The so-called successes are an example of counting the hits and ignoring the misses," he says. "You can scan over a lot of what's being said and you can find some things that you can connect to."
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.psychic英 [ sa k k] 美 [ sa k k] n. ________________________________
2.fringe英 [fr nd ] 美 [fr nd ] n.________________________________
3.marginalize v. ________________________________
4.unravel英 [ n r vl] 美 [ n r vl] v.________________________________
5.alleviate v. ________________________________
6.specify英 [ spes fa ] 美 [ spes fa ] v.________________________________
7.specific adj.________________________________
8.paranormal英 [ p r n m l] 美 [ per n rm l] adj. ________________________________
9.hit英 [h t] 美 [h t] n.________________________________
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1.________________________________收费
2.________________________________排队名单
3.________________________________宠物沟通师，传心师
4.________________________________通过障碍或拥挤的地方前进
5.________________________________城市的南边
6.________________________________某种情况或行为更有可能发生，而不是另一种
7________________________________解开谜团
8.________________________________揭秘人类大脑的复杂性
9.________________________________揭开秘密
10________________________________带着某种感受、想法、状态离开一个地方或者情景
11.________________________________缓解焦虑
12.________________________________缓解焦虑
13.________________________________在互联网上迅速传播，引起广泛关注和分享
14________________________________确定会议的具体时间
15.________________________________具体指出产品的型号和颜色
16.________________________________明确的指示
17.________________________________ 具体的信息
18.________________________________为了特定用途
19.________________________________倾向于，易于（tend to）
20.________________________________（某两人或某事物在某方面）非常相似
拓展练习阅读理解
When people think of a typical mineral mine, it’s probably underground. It’s unlikely that the picture of plants and soft greenery would cross their minds. Now, new explorations into phytomining (植物采矿) may change that viewpoint. Instead of traditionally mining metals from rocks, phytomining uses plants as an alternative source for them. Using plants to extract metals can have significant environmental benefits over rock mining.
Phytomining was first studied in 1983, but it hasn’t yet been adopted by the metals industry. In 2004, Indonesian soil scientist Tjoa took her research to Sorowako, a small town in Indonesia with one of the largest nickel (镍) mining areas, to look into plants that continued to live after years of mining. She brought samples back to her lab and found that these super plants were more than just surviving — they were growing.
The plants were absorbing and storing nickel from the soil. Large amounts of metals kill most plants, but these, known as hyper-accumulators (超富集植物), were learning to adapt. If these plants were storing metal, that meant science could find a way to extract the minerals for use and quite frankly, scientists easily did. When the shoots are harvested and burned, the metals are separated from the plant material in the ashes.
Tjoa returned to Sorowako and spent years searching for new hyper-accumulator species. After a plant is considered a possibility, there’s a simple test paper that turns pink when placed against the leaf of a hyper-accumulator plant. Two local Indonesian plants were found but there are many others still to be discovered.
Tjoa’s research caught the attention of Bijasksana, a professor of rock magnetism. Together they designed an experiment to understand magnetic susceptibility (磁化率) when plants accumulate more nickel. Their research led to the discovery of two new species of hyper-accumulators. Besides, this research serves as the basis for the potential that plants can give to the mining industry, offering great advantages to our ecosystem and toward building a more sustainable future.
51.Why did Tjoa go to Sorowako in 2004
A.To work with the local government. B.To study the plants surviving mining.
C.To improve the soil of the small town. D.To research into underground mining.
52.What can be known about hyper-accumulators from the text
A.They are rich in metals. B.They are free of minerals.
C.They are very easy to discover. D.They are too fragile to survive.
53.What was a result of Tjoa and Bijasksana’s experiment
A.Helping more plants to survive. B.Testing out the mining industry.
C.Improving the extraction efficiency. D.Finding more hyper-accumulators.
54.What is the best title of the passage
A.New Creative Mining Way Meets Challenges.
B.Plants Can Act as Sources of Many Metals.
C.Scientists Can Extract Minerals from Plants.
D.Phytomining Replaces Traditional Mining.
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.psychic英 [ sa k k] 美 [ sa k k] n. 通灵人，灵媒
2.fringe英 [fr nd ] 美 [fr nd ] n.边缘，外围；边缘位置
3.marginalize v. 将某个人、群体或事物边缘化，使其处于社会、经济或政治上的边缘地位
4.unravel英 [ n r vl] 美 [ n r vl] v. 解开、揭示、澄清（复杂或混乱的情况）
5.alleviate v. 减轻，缓和
6.specify英 [ spes fa ] 美 [ spes fa ] v. 明确指出，具体说明
7.specific adj. 具体的，明确的，特定的（relating to one thing and not others; particular）
8.paranormal英 [ p r n m l] 美 [ per n rm l] adj. 超过正常的，超自然的
9.hit英 [h t] 美 [h t] n. 成功、有效的部分
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1.charge ... for something/doing something收费
2.wait list 排队名单
3.pet psychic 宠物沟通师，传心师
4.make one's way通过障碍或拥挤的地方前进
5.the southern fringe of the city 城市的南边
6.be more likely to do something than (to) do something某种情况或行为更有可能发生，而不是另一种
7.unravel the mystery 解开谜团
8.unravel the complexities of the human brain 揭秘人类大脑的复杂性
9.unravel the secret 揭开秘密
e away (with something)带着某种感受、想法、状态离开一个地方或者情景
11.an easing of anxiety缓解焦虑
12.ease/relieve/alleviate anxiety 缓解焦虑
13.go viral在互联网上迅速传播，引起广泛关注和分享
14.specify a time for the meeting 确定会议的具体时间
15.specify the exact model and color of the product 具体指出产品的型号和颜色
16.specific instructions 明确的指示
17.specific information 具体的信息
18.for a specific purpose 为了特定用途
19.be prone to倾向于，易于（tend to）
20.… work much the way somebody/something does …（某两人或某事物在某方面）非常相似
【全文翻译】
她90分钟收费550美元，排队客户仍多达7600人
宠物沟通师正在摆脱边缘身份，逐渐得到社会的接纳。那些咨询过这类动物沟通师的人表示，当他们和别人说起这种体验时，更多的人是请求推荐而不是出言嘲讽。
人们会和宠物沟通师预约时间，咨询宠物的种种行为问题，试图了解它们偏好的临终关怀，以及在宠物生命的最后一刻到来时，确保它们能够过好来生。不过，宠物沟通师表示，在越来越多的情况下，人们提出的问题都很简单，比如：这只猫快乐吗？我们还能做些什么？
在咨询结束后，宠物主人往往不再那么悲伤，与宠物之间的情感联结有所增强，焦虑也有所缓解。
妮基·巴斯科内斯（Nikki Vasconez）曾是一名律师，四年前开始从事宠物沟通师的工作。在这份职业的早期，她与一只名叫阿尔比（Albie）的狗进行交流的视频在网上疯传。妮基说，这只狗狗告诉她，它不喜欢自己的绰号。狗狗并没有明说自己的绰号是什么，只是说这个绰号会让大家觉得它又大又胖。
她说：“这是它的原话。后来我才发现它的绰号是Big AI。”
乔·尼克（Joe Nickell）表示，他已经花了50年时间调查和研究超自然现象。他指出，宠物沟通师和他们的客户往往具有爱幻想的性格特征。他还表示，宠物沟通师与人类通灵师的工作方式非常相似。
尼克说：“所谓的成功案例，不过是只计算说中的内容而忽略没中的时候。如果从他们说过的很多内容中进行筛选，你总能找到和自己的实际情况相符的内容。”
拓展练习阅读理解参考答案
51.B 52.A 53.D 54.C