中考英語(yǔ)時(shí)文閱讀選(學(xué)生課外閱讀材料)

1、HowdoZhangZiyiandYaoMingLearnEnglish?章子怡和姚明是如何學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的？ActressZhangZiyi,27,isnownotonlyahouseholdnameinChina,butalsothefaceofAsiancinemainHollywood.AlthoughZhangreceivedpraisesforherworkintheOscar-winningmovieCrouchingTiger,HiddenDragon（臥虎藏龍）,shedidntspeakawordofEnglishatthattime.WhenshemetdirectorStev

2、enSpielbergforthetitleroleofAmericanfilm,nMemoirsofaGeisha”（藝伎回f乙錄）,Zhangcouldonlyblurtoutafewwordsheragenthadtaughtherfiveminutesago:Hire（雇傭）me!Shefinallygottherole,whichmeantshehadtospeakonlyEnglishinthefilm.ToimproveherEnglish,ZhanglistenedtoandrepeatedwordsandphrasessheheardonmusicCDs.Oneofthear

3、tistsshewaslisteningtowasEminem,whichobviouslyledtosomeembarrassing（尷尬的）momentsforZhang.nldidntalwaysknowwhatEminemwastalkingabout,soIwrotedownthelyrics（歌詞）andrepeatedthem.Later,Iunderstoodhowrudetheywere.11ZhangsaidherfavouriteEnglishidiomistodriveoneupthewall11.TearningEnglishisdrivingmeupthewall/

4、1shesaid.LikeZhang,basketballstarYaoMingalsohadtolearnEnglishtohelphiscareerdevelopment.YaolandedintheNBAin2002.HisteamtheHoustonRocketsfoundatranslator（翻譯）forYao.Toadapt（適應(yīng)）himselftothenewenvironment,YaousedEnglishasmuchaspossible.Oncourt,hehadtousetheIanguagetocommunicatewithhisteammates.Offcourt,

5、hetriedtohaveconversationsinEnglishwithhisteacherjusttopractise.YaoMingalsohadtomemorize（記住）lotsofnewvocabulary.SometimesIlearnanewwordbutquicklyforgotit.ButIfindmymemoriesareconsolidated（強(qiáng)化）whensomeoneusesitlater.HNowYaoisgoodatEnglish.Hedoesntneedatranslatoranymore.Matchpointfornewstar鄭潔：個(gè)子小怎么啦，我一

6、樣行。ZHENGJieisnotlikeothergirlsherage.Whilemostgirlsstruggletostayslim（苗條）,Zhengwishesshecouldputonsomeweightandpackonmoremuscle.And,whileothergirlswearsunscreen（防曬霜）andwhiteningcreaminthesummer,ZhengJiestaysinthesunalldaylong,withoutanymake-up.“Mygoalistoplaythebesttennis/1the23-year-oldexplained.Zh

7、engJieisnowoneofthehighest-rankingChinesewomensplayers.Shemadeittothesecondround（輪）oftheChinaOpenlastweek.ZhengJiehasachievedfarmorethanmanypeopleexpected.Themomentshepickedupatennisracket,thegirlfromChengduwastoldshewasnotsuitedtothegame.?MTheysaidIdidnthavemuchpotentialtodevelop.11Comparedwithothe

8、rkids,Zhenglookedweakandshewasalsotheshortest.Shewasveryupsetandthoughtaboutgivingup.HMyheightismybiggestdisadvantagebutitissomethingIcantcontrol/1saidZhengJie,whonowstands1.64metrestall.Butsherefusestoletthisstandinherway.HlfotherssayIamnotgoodenough,thenImustgetbetter.IfIgiveup,itwillprovetheyarer

9、ight/1shesaid.SoZhengmakesfulluseofwhatshecancontrol.Shehasworkedhardonherphysicalfitness（體能）andrunsendlesslyoncourt.HNowwhensomeonesaysIamtooshortforthegame,itwillnothurtmeanymore.Itonlystimulates（刺激）metotryharder/shesaid.ZhengJieandYanZisignedinfortheAustraliaOpenwomensdoubles（雙打）inJanuary.Butthes

10、taff（工作人員）thoughttheyweretooshorttobeprofessionalplayersandtoldthemtheywereinthewrongplace.ButZhengandYanfinallywonthefinals.TheywentontopickuptheirsecondGramSlamdoublestitleatWimbledoninAugust.However,ZhengJiehasntgottimetorelaxandenjoyhersuccess.f,lfIamnotinthetrainingcentre,thenIamonthecourt.IfIa

11、mnotonthecourt,IamonthewaytoitJshesaid,humorouslydescribingherhardschedule.ButZhengadmitted（承認(rèn)）fameandsuccesshavechangedsomethings.f,Before,whenIplayedatournamentabroad,thetrainingcourtgiventomewasveryfarawayandinconvenient.ButnowIcanhaveabettercourtandthestaffpickmeupaftertrainingJshesaid.Yourturn:

12、Everyonehasconfrontedsomekindofdifficulttimes.Whatareyourreactionswhenotherssayyouarenotgoodenoughtodealwithatask?Doyougiveup?SuperGirls1firstbirthday一起來(lái)看看李宇春、周筆暢、張靚穎同學(xué)一年級(jí)的期末成績(jī)單吧。LASTyearsSuperGirl”winnershavejustfinishedtheirfinalexams”fortheirfirstyearintheentertainmentworld.So,howaretheydoing?LiY

13、uchun,22,hasdoneagoodjobindevelopinghermusicalcareer.Herfirstalbum”TheQueenandtheDreams1（皇后與夢(mèng)想）wasreleasedonSeptember13.Singles（單曲）suchasHLovingHandHTheStoryofIceandChrysanthemumM（冰菊物語(yǔ)）havetoppedtheChinaMusicRadiochart（排行榜）fortwoweeks.Lihasalsopractisedhardtoimproveherdancingskills,suchasLatinstepsa

14、ndhiphopdancing.nlknowwhoIamandwhereIamgoing.ThoseuntruestorieswontbothermeJshesaid.Lihasnoplanstobecomeanactressfornow.Shesaidsheisfocusedonhermusic.ZhangLiangying,22,hasbeenwrittenaboutmorethananyotherSuperGirl.Thestoryabouthersinginginapubbeforeshewasfamous,andrumouredloveaffairs（緋聞）,havemadetheh

15、eadlines.Zhangcomplainedlifewashardasanentertainer（藝人）andsaidshecouldn*tfocusonmusicbecauseofthepressattention.And,ZhanghasnftyettakenanyrolesinfilmsorTVdramas.ButZhangisnowconsideredasoneofthetop-levelforeignIanguagesingersinChina.Shewillreleasehernewalbumcalled“TheOneHinOctober.Shehopesforabreakth

16、roughaftershewascriticizedforherprevioussongs.Althoughthesongsdisplayedheruniquesingingtechniques,criticscomplainedshewasnftofferinganythingnew.ZhouBichang,21,hashadmoretroublesthantheothertopwinners.Hercareerlookedindoubtafteracontractdispute（合約糾紛）.And,althoughhertwosinglesBijiandSwan（天鵝）arepopular

17、,sheisaccused（指責(zé)）ofcopyingothermusicians.ShewasthefirstSuperGirltoreleaseanalbum.WhoHasTouchedMyString（誰(shuí)動(dòng)了我的琴弦）cameoutinAugust.Thealbumwasasuccessbutdoesnotfullydisplaythehiphopstyleforwhichsheisknown.Besideshermusic,Zhoualsoappearedintwofilms,HMcDullTheAlumni”（春田花花同學(xué)會(huì)）andHThe601stPhoneCall”.Shechan

18、gedherboyishgirlimagefortheroleofalong-hairedbusinesswoman.NewprinceofGermanfootballHEistalkedaboutasGermanysanswertotopEnglandgoal-scorer（射手）WayneRooney.But,whileRooneyisstrongandpowerful,LukasPodolskihaselegance（優(yōu)雅）andastrikersinstinet（本能）.ManyyoungChinesebecamefansofthe21-year-oldduringtheWorldCu

19、pthissummer.HescoredthreegoalsinGermanysruntothirdplaceandpickeduptheFIFAyoungplayerofthetournamentaward.Hisgoodform（狀態(tài)）didntendthere.HescoredfivegoalsinGermanysrecord13-0winoverSanMarinolastweek.PodolskiwasfirstchosentoplayforCologne（科隆隊(duì)）,theclubhelovedasaboy,in2003.Themanager,hungryforgoalstopreve

20、ntrelegation（降級(jí)）,turnedtothethen18-year-old.Podolskididnotdisappointhim,scoring10goalsin19games.ThisisaGermanrecordforsomeonesoyoung.Justsixmonthsbeforehehadbeenwatchinggameswithotherfansinthestadium.NowtheyweresinginghisnicknamenPrincePoldiHashetriedtosavehisclub.Sadly,PodolskiwasnotenoughtostopCol

21、ognegoingdowntotheGermanseconddivision（乙級(jí)聯(lián)賽）.Usually,talentedyoungplayersleaveseconddivisionclubsinordertolearnfromstarsatamajorclub.BayernMunich（拜仁慕尼黑隊(duì)）,atopGermanclub,showedinterestinhim.ButPodolskistayedloyaltoCologne.ItdoesnftmatterasIwillstaywithmyfriendsJhesaid.In2004his24goalshelpedColognebac

22、ktothefirstdivision.ItalsoearnedPodolskiaplaceintheGermannationalteam.Hebecamethefirstseconddivisionplayersince1975toplayforthenationalside.WithadesireHtocomparewiththebest1,PodolskifinallyjoinedBayernMunichaftertheWorldCup.Ifyouwanttocheerforhim,checkCCTV-5onSaturdaynights.NewYorktowersriseagain當(dāng)自由

23、大廈拔地而起的時(shí)候，曼哈頓又增添了一道別樣的城市風(fēng)景。FIVEyearshavepassedsinceNewYorkerssawthetwintowersoftheWorldTradeCentre,andmanylives,destroyedbyterrorists.However,fournewbuildingswillsoonriseagainonthesite,biggerandbetterthanbefore.FamousPolisharchitect（建筑師）DanielLibeskind,andAmericanDavidChildswere|chosenbythepublicin2

24、003toleadtheproject.Theywillworkonthesitestallestbuilding,theFreedomTower,andseveralmemorials（紀(jì)念碑）tothevictims（遇難者）ofSeptember11.Thetowerwillbe1776feet（541.3metres）high.HltrepresentstheDeclarationofIndependence（獨(dú)立宣言）/saidLibeskind,referringtotheyearinwhichtheUSwonindependencefromBritain.Workwasstart

25、edinAprilthisyear.Theskyscraper（高樓）shouldbecompletedby2008andreadytouseby2011.AmuseumonthegroundfloorwillmakesurethosewhodiedonSeptember11,2001areneverforgotten.Threeotherskyscraperswillbebuiltonthesite.NormalFoster,RichardRogersandFumihikoMakihaveeachcontributedadesign.However,thebuildingswillbesma

26、llerthantheFreedomTower.ThesitewillbedevelopedbybusinessmanLarrySilversteinwhowillworktogetherwithNewYorksPortAuthority（whichcontrolsthearea）.Theywillpayfortherebuildingcosts.Theywanttofilltheholeintheheartofthecitywithinterestingbuildings.And,theyhopetomakeNewYorkersfeelproudinhonourofthememories（紀(jì)

27、念）oftheheroeswelost”.SnailsareoffthemenuA34-year-oldmanadmittedhimselftoBeijingFriendshipHospitalinJunecomplainingofnausea（嘔吐）andunbearableheadaches.Doctorsrushedtoidentifythismysterysickness,andsoonfoundtherootoftheprobleminasnail（螺）.OriginallyfromSouthAmerica,theAmazoniansnail（亞馬遜螺）wasimportedby|r

28、estaurantsinthelate1980s.Itsoonbecameafashionabledish.Knownas“Fushouluo，thesnailwasgivenitsnameasitwasbelievedtobringgoodluckandlongevity（長(zhǎng)壽）.But,thesnailmayalsocauseapainfuldisease,ifeatenraw（生的）orpartlycooked.InBeijing,thenumberofpeoplecomplainingofthesesymptoms（癥狀）hadrisento131bySeptember5.Theone

29、thingthatunitedthecaseswasthattheyhadalleatenattheShuguoYanyichainofrestaurants.Byservinghalf-cookedsnailmeattocustomers,therestaurantshadnotensuredadangerousparasite（寄生蟲）inthemeathadbeenkilled.Tendaysaftertheyatethesnails,thedinersbecameill.Thewormshaveattackedthediners1nervoussystems,causingfever,

30、headachesandmuscle（肌肉）pain.TheMinistryofHealthpunishedtherestaurantsattherootoftheoutbreakforputtingdinershealthatsuchrisk.Alldishescontaininguncookedsnailmeatwerebanned.Doctorssaidthatcookingthesnailathightemperaturesforuptofiveminutesshouldbeenoughtokilltheparasitestheycontain.However,anythingless

31、thanthoroughly（徹底地）boilingthesnailsmayputconsumershealthatrisk.Freshwatercrabs,shrimp,fishandshellfishmayhavethesamehealthriskifnotthoroughlycooked.Recently,healthinspectorsvisited2,000restaurantsinBeijingandfoundnooneservinguncookedseafood.Sadly,theproblemofdangerousseafoodisnotjustfoundinBeijing.G

32、uangzhouhasrecentlyreportedasimilarcase.Fortunately,theillnessisfullytreatableiffoundwithintendays,accordingtodoctorsinBeijing.Hopefully,thecasewillbeawarningtofoodloverstobecarefulbeforetheyriskeatingrawseafood.HongKongdreams高考狀元香港求學(xué)的自白：忙碌、新鮮而充滿希望?！?NEVERexpectedthatIwouldbesobusy.Whycanfttherebe25

33、hoursinaday?McomplainedLiuRaninHongKongasmid-termexamsweregoingon.The18-year-oldwasShandongProvineefstopscorerinthisyearscollegeentranceexamination.AftergraduatingfromTaifanNo1HighSchool,shechosetheChineseUniversityofHongKong（香港中文大學(xué)）,althoughbothPekingandTsinghuaUniversitypromisedheraplace.,flwantto

34、experienceamoreinternationalschoolandsociallifeinHongKong.Immajoringin（專業(yè)是）journalism,soHongKongwillsurelyhelpwidenmyhorizons（開(kāi)闊視野）JLiusaid.ItistwomonthssinceLiufirstsetfootonHongKong.Shemissedhomealotatthebeginning,becauseofthefoodandIanguageproblems.叮hecanteenoffersmostlyWesternorGuangdongfood,but

35、itsconvenient（方便的）tocookforourselvesinourdormifwelike.PeoplespeakCantoneseandalmostallclassesareinEnglishJLiuexplained.HerEnglishandCantonesearenowbothimproving,butshestillneedsmoretimetoadapttothenewenvironment.TmhappythatImadetherightdecisiontostudyhere.WithamixoftheEasternandWesterncultures,there

36、issomuchtodiscoverandlearnJshesaid.Liuhas18credithours（學(xué)分）ofclasseseveryweekand23non-credithourseveryotherweek.ShehassignedupforfourassociationsincludingtheChineseLanguangeDebatingTeamandthedramaclub.Essays,bookreportsandpresentations（課堂發(fā)言）alsotakeplentyoftimetoprepare.And,ofcourse,therearevariouspa

37、rtiestoattend.“l(fā)wasntapartyanimatbefore,butthatmaybetheinterestingpartofcollege.IsensemyselfchangingJLiusaid.ScholarshipsandexpensesFOURyearsofstudyinHongKongisnotcheap,costingatleast400,000yuan,butmanytopstudentsreceivescholarships.Liuisamongtheluckyones.TheChineseUniversityofHongKonggranted（正式給予）L

38、iuafullscholarship-HK$500,000.Notallstudentsaresofortunate.SomepoorerstudentsareforcedtogiveupdreamsofaHongKongeducationiftheydontwinascholarship.AutumnGuogotadmissionlettersfrombothNanjingUniversityandHongKongPolytechnicUniversity（香港理工大學(xué)）thisfall.However,theHongKonguniversitydidntofferthe19-year-ol

39、dChongqinggirlascholarship.nlhesitatedalotas400,000yuanisahugeamountofmoneyformyfamily.ButHongKongwonmyparentsandmeoverwiththeirEnglishcoursesandchancestovisitforeignuniversitiesoneducationalexchangeprogrammes.Ibelieveitwillbeeasierformetofindjobsorfurthermystudiesabroadthanitwillbeforstudentsonthem

40、ainlandJshesaid.ItdrivesmeupthewallIFyoufeelEnglishsometimesmeansendlessnewwords,difficultgrammarandstrangepronunciation,youarenottheonlyonetostruggle.Doyouknowthatmanycelebrities（明星）havethesamefrustrations（挫折）asyou?Gettingoldfast,gettingrichslowly中國(guó)未富先老，應(yīng)對(duì)老齡化社會(huì)的挑戰(zhàn)需要我們奉獻(xiàn)更多的愛(ài)心。ALONGwiththegoldenleave

41、sandchrysanthemumblossoms（菊彳白）atthistimeofyearcomestheyearlygrandparentsholiday.TheDoubleNinthFestival,whichwecelebratetoday,isadayforyoungpeopletoshowhowmuchtheycarefortheirolderrelatives.HChinahasalonghistoryofrespectingtheold,andthisvirtue（美德）isespeciallyimportsntaswehavebecomeanageingsocietysinc

42、e1999,“saidLiBaoku,leaderoftheChinaAgeingDevelopmentFoundation（中國(guó)老齡事業(yè)發(fā)展基金會(huì)）.Anageingsocietyreferstoonewhere10percentormoreofitspopulationisover60,orover7percentofitspopulationisolderthan65.Bytheendof2004,Chineseover60yearsoldhaveaccountedfor（占）10.97percentofthenationstotalpopulation,andthoseoldertha

43、n65,for7.7percent.Foreveryfivepeopleolderthan60intheworld,oreverytwoinAsia,oneisChinese.Itisexpectedthatin25yearstimetherewillbeoneseniorcitizenforeveryfourChinese.HChinaisgettingoldbeforebecomingrich/1saidCaiChuang,aprofessorattheChineseAcademyofSocialSciences.UnlikethedevelopedcountriesChinahasbec

44、omeanageingsocietyataspeedy（迅速的）pace.Itseconomy（經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況）isnotasgoodasthedevelopedcountrieshadwhileenteringthisstage.Fightingpovertyremainsabigissueforthecountry.Itdoesnothaveahighlydevelopedsocialsecuritynetworktosupporttheoldwhocantmakealivingbythemselves.Whentodaysteenagersgrowup,eachofthemwillhavere

45、sponsibilityfortwoparentsandfourgrandparents.Asmorepeoplegrowold,Chinaw川experieneealackoflabourresources.Thishasalreadyoccurredinsomecoastal（沿;每的）regionssince2004.CurrentlyChinaseconomicgrowthdependslargelyonlabour-intensivemanufacturing（勞動(dòng)密集型制造業(yè)）.Thistrendwillcertainlydull（使黯淡）Chinasedge（優(yōu)勢(shì)）ininter

46、nationaltrade,saidCai.HEveryonewillturnoldsomeday.Eachofusshouldtryourbesttotakecareoftheaged.Thisisalsoimportantforourselvesinthefuture/1saidDouYupei,Vice-MinisterofCivilAffairs.Policesecrets無(wú)間道風(fēng)云記錄黑白不同的人生軌跡COPS（警察）andcriminals（罪矛彳巳）havealwaysplayedacatandmousegameofchase.Butwhatifthecatpretendstob

47、eoneofitsownenemiesandamousedoestheopposite?Itcouldbeathrillingbutdangerousgame.|ThisiswhatBillyCostiganandColinSullivandointhenewHollywoodfilm,HTheDeparted.MItopenedinHongKongandtheUSlastFridayandwillarriveontheChinesemainland（內(nèi)地）laterthisyear.ThemovieissetinBoston,wherethepolicehavebeenfightingaga

48、instIrish-Americanorganizedcrime.Youngundercover（臥卜底）copBillyissenttoinfiltrate（混入）themob（匪幫）grouprunbyFrankCostello.BillyquicklygainsCostellofstrust.AtthesametimeColinSullivan,ayoungcriminalwhohasinfiltratedthepolicedepartment,isrisingtoapositionofpowerintheSpecialInvestigationUnit（特另U調(diào)查組）.Heworksa

49、saninformerforCostello.Eachmanstruggleswithhisdoublelife,findingoutinformat!onaboutthecriminalorpoliceplans?.Butsuddenlyitbecomescleartoboththemobgroupandthepolicethattheresaspyamongthem.B川yandColinaresuddenlyindangerofbeingfoundoutbytheenemy.Eachmustracetodiscoverwhotheothermanisintimetosavehimself

50、.DontbesurprisediftheplotsoundsfamiliartoyouTheDepartedsbasedonthe2002HongKonghitfilmInfernalAffairs”（無(wú)間道）.But,writerWilliamMonahansaidhehadntseen,InfernalAffairs1.HeusedatranslationoftheChinesescript.nMyfilmisallabouttheengineoftragedy（悲居!）thatisstartedwhenpeopledepart（脫離）fromwhattheyreallyshouldbe

51、doingwiththeirlives,*?saidMonahan.Besidesitsplot,thecarefulexplorationofthenatureofgoodandevil（邪惡）raisesHTheDeparted”abovethetypicalHollywoodcopstory.BillycameupfromthestreetsofBoston.Hewantstodothingsdifferentlyfromthewayhisfamilydid.However,heisaskedtogoundercoverandpretendtobetheverythinghewasdeterminednottobecome.Inaway,however,Colinisanevenmoretragiccharacter.HeacceptedafalsesetofvaluestaughtbyCostellowhenhewasyoungandtrulybel