1、2021高考英语核心词汇精析+阅读练习（十）一：词汇精析demand n a very firm request for something that you believe you have the right to get 要求； 复数 the difficult or tiring things you have to do, or the skills you need 困难（或累人）的事情；（对技能的）要求； the need or desire that people have for goods and services 需要, 需求demand vto ask for some
2、thing very firmly 强烈要求； if one thing demands another, it needs that thing in order to happen or be done successfully 需要【常用搭配】make demands on . 对提出要求demand for .对 的要求/需求【拓展】by / due to popular demand 由于普遍要求in demand需求大on demand 一经要求demanding adj （工作）要求高的,费力的；（人）苛求的,难满足的【即学即练】翻译下面各句中的划线部分口1.Italy is t
3、he latest Western European country trying to control a growing immigrant （移民）population by demanding language skills in exchange for work permits 2. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering.3 Get the technology that has proven to help the mos
4、t demanding customers. 4. Complete mastery demands continued learning until the age of 10 or 12. 5.Due S popular demand，a writing project will be started for eager beginner 6.In creative professions like art or advertising, openness to wild ideas and spontaneity （自发性）are scarce and in demand 7. It h
5、as a built-in electric motor which can open or close the umbrella on demand 8.In response to the audiences great demand, the play will be put on in the theatre twice a week.9.This type of schedule is far too demanding for long missions on the International Space Station Key: 1.强烈要求 2.需求 3.苛求的 4.需要 5
6、.由于普遍要求6需求大 7. 一经要求 8.要求9.要求高的doubt na feeling of being not sure whether something is true or right 疑惑，怀疑，不确定；不相信doubt v. to think that something may not be true or that it is unlikely 疑，不确定； to not trust or have confidence in someone 不相信【常用搭配】doubt about对 的不相信there is little / some / no doubt （that
7、） 几乎没有疑问/有一些疑问/毫无疑问【拓展】if in doubt如果拿不准，如果没把握no doubt无疑，很可能beyond / without doubt 无疑，确实doubtful adj一怀疑的，不确定的；可疑的，值得怀疑的undoubtedly adv.毋庸置疑地，的确【即学即练】翻译F面各句中的划线部分。1.The very purest form of waiting is the Watched-Pot Wait. It is without doubt the most annoying of all. 2.Hey, I can fix it said Jody 1 do
8、ubted it, but let him go ahead, for I had nothing to lose 3.At the Beijing Olympics she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 metres Olympic gold 4. Frank Hurleys pictures would be outstanding undoubtedly first-rate p
9、hoto-journal ism if they had been made last week. 5. If you are arriving from overseas, bring no food, animal or plant material into the country. If in doubt declare it to Customs 6. This doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is
10、 changing.7.The research lacks solid evidence and therefore, its conclusions are doubtfulKey：1.无疑 2怀疑3怀疑4.毋庸置疑地5如果拿不准6.毫无疑问7.值得怀疑的二：阅读练习Once a circle missed a wedge (楔子). The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could
11、 roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. Finally it found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how
12、 different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.In some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it feels like t
13、o yearn, to hope, to nourish(滋润) his soul with the dream of something better. He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had.There is wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enou
14、gh to let go of his unrealistic dreams and does not feel like a failure for doing so. There is wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy(悲剧) and survive he or she can lose someone and still feel like a complete person.Life is more like a
15、 baseball season, when even the best team loses one third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance. Our goal is to win more games than we lose. When we accept that imperfection is part of being human, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will hav
16、e achieved wholeness that others can only long for.1Which may be an example of being whole?AA person has everything.BA person accepts his or her limitations.CA person loves someone and is loved.DA person feels blue for dropping unrealistic goals.2How is a baseball season similar to life?AEasy come,
17、easy go.BFailure is the mother of success.CEnergy and persistence conquer all things.DSome battles you win and some battles you lose.3How does the author clarify his idea?AMainly by comparing.BMainly by reasoning.CMainly by informing.DMainly by arguing.4What can be the best title for the passage?APu
18、rsue perfection in lifeBBe whole in lifeCLife without mistakes is wholeDNo pains, no gains【答案】BDAB【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章以一个小故事引出话题人生不在于完美, 而在于完整。1细节理解题。根据第三段There is wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and
19、does not feel like a failure for doing so.（人生的完整性在于一个人知道如何面对他的缺陷，如何勇敢地摒弃那些不现实的幻想而又不以此为缺憾）可知一个人接受他或她的缺陷，可能是“完整”的例子。故选B。2推理判断题。根据最后一段Life is more like a baseball season, when even the best team loses one third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance. Our goal is to win more gam
20、es than we lose. （人生更像是一个棒球赛季，即使最好的球队也会输掉三分之一的比赛，而最差的球队也有春风得意的时候。我们的目标是赢的比赛比输的多）可知棒球赛季和生活的相似之处在于你有输有赢。故选D。3推理判断题。第二段内容(人生“完美”的人)和第三段内容(人生完整的人)作对比; 最后一段又拿baseball season和life作比较, 因此作者主要是通过作对比和作比较的方法来澄清他的观点的。故选A。4主旨大意题。本文作者通过圆和楔子的小故事感悟出这样的道理:从某种奇怪的意义上讲,当我们失去某些东西的时候,我们反而会更加完整,人生不在于完美而在于完整。因此不管是从故事内容还是从其诠释的人生哲理上，B项“完整的生命”作标题是最佳的。故选B。
