话题10节假日活动 (Festivals, holidays and celebrations),本文主要介绍为了让人们了解民间音乐的真正意义而举办的一个节日the Edmonton Folk Music Festival。 1. D词义猜测题。后缀-ee的意思是“one who receives”，如employee 雇员，trainee 运动员。attend的意思是“出席、参加”。attendee的意思是“出席者，参加者”。,美文研读,2. B细节理解题。 根据“Since its beginning in 1980, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has been commemorating the true feeling of what folk music is all about and thats the traditional togetherness that is felt when people gather to share stories and feelings through song”不难得知答案。 3. A推理判断题。由第二段第一句话This year will be the sixth year when volunteer Riedel will be offering up her time to the festival可推知Riedel至少做志愿者5年了，故A正确。,4. B推理判断题。第三段中With so many years of experience, the festival has become a well-oiled machine可知，该节目组织得井井有条，故B正确。a well-oiled machine本意是“一台加足了油的机器”。 5. B主旨大意题。文章主要介绍the Edmonton Folk Music Festival这一节日，且根据文中“all different kinds of musical tastes”和“develop everyones musical interest”等词知道B为最佳答案。 6. how people come to the Edmonton Folk Music Festival,Talent 2. volunteer 3. pleasure 4. Experience 5. comfortable 6. Completely 7. 民间音乐 8. 停车场 9. 系统 10. 推荐 11. 可得的 12. 提供,复记强化,一、句子翻译 1. falls on August 15th, important traditional festivals 2. a bright moon, eat moon cakes, sharing 3. a family reunion, enjoying 4. activities, among, around, respect 5. In recent years, known as,知识运用,6. Not only is the Dragon Boat Festival popular in China, but it is also celebrated in many other Asian countries. 7. As society develops, many people in China, especially young people, celebrate more and more foreign festivals instead of our traditional festivals. 8. If we dont make every effort to keep these traditional festivals, we will lose our own cultural characteristics.,二、短文填空 is celebrated draws near take part in in various shapes On the evening solve the riddles good fortune folk performances is full of take great pride in,1. D代词指代题。由表示对比的while可知，麻雀餐馆的顾客对连锁店持非常肯定的态度，而别的快餐连锁店的顾客也不愿意离开“它们”。这个“它们”应是指“别的快餐连锁店”。 2. D代替前句中的public transport，将其代入it的位置，理解上下文，看语意是否连贯：现在到了晚上10点钟后宁愿花一大笔钱坐出租车也不坐公交车了。我过去常坐公交车，但现在害怕了。上下文语意贯通，故选D。,实战演练,考点集训,3. B句中that引导定语从句并代表先行词dogs作approach的宾语；从句主语they指什么？即需要接近狗的是什么?当然是“驯狗师”，故选B。 4. D联系上句可知答案。前句说总统开始在公共场合使用替身(look-alikes)，后来Dave有机会成为了其中的一员，可以猜测出one应该是a look-alike。,本文是一篇调查报告。本文讲述了缩短假期的好处和原因，作者认为缩短假期对孩子的学习和照顾及对家庭都是有好处的。 1. is setting out a plan for a five-term year, seeking to reduce the summer holiday down to four and a half weeks,篇章集训,2. B分析句子结构可知这是一个由and连接的并列句。and前一句是holidays are expensive，其主语是holidays，而and后一句是they are often unobtainable，其主语是they。显然，这个they指代holidays。本句意思是“假期旅游对于那些收入很低或是靠救济金生活的人来说昂贵得无法企求”。,3. B 仔细推敲画线短语所在的这句话的意思，并把四个选项代入句子敲定答案。“我访问了一些诺丁汉的学校，那里有许多有经验的教职工来为孩子提供(contribute to)一个贴心、积极的学习环境”。,4. D细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段中的In setting out its plans for a five-term year, Nottingham City Council is seeking to reduce the summer holiday down to four and a half weeks, with a more balanced five terms of roughly eight weeks, each followed by a two-week break（诺丁汉城市委员会拟定了一个计划，将一学年划分为五学期，并将暑假的时间减少为四周半。这样一来，每学期八周的时间更加均衡，每个学期之后都有两周的休息时间。）可知，关于放假的问题是Nottingham City Council探讨的事情，所以这篇文章很可能是一名委员会成员写的。,5. B细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第一句seeking to reduce the summer holiday down to four and a half weeks（力图将暑假的时间减少为四周半）可知。,6. C细节理解题。根据第一段第二句to experience new environments and learn in different ways（体验不同的环境，用不同的方法去学习）可知作者认为假期对孩子的学习和经历都很重要。根据倒数第三段可知现行的长假期可能导致an inability to afford the inspiring experiences that help children to continue their learning（不能给孩子们提供一个激励他们继续学习的机会），又根据倒数第二段可知短假期will give real “down time” for school staff and pupils alike but will be short enough not to cause a real break in learning（将使学校教职工和学生都拥有一个真正的假期，而且由于其时间较短也不会使孩子们的学业荒废）。总之，作者认为假期缩短对孩子大有好处，故选C。,7. D推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中We acknowledge that this change may be difficult for some school staff, particularly whose own children are educated in other authorities. However, this must be weighed against the benefits for city children for whom we all have the greatest duty of care（我们承认这样的改变对那些自己孩子在别的地方上学的教职工来说颇为不易。但与之相比，我们更应该考虑那些我们有责任照顾的孩子的利益。）可推知一些教职工可能会反对这个计划。,experience 2. wage 3. welfare 4. inspiring 5. balanced 6. 总计 7. 致力于 8. 无能力 9. 承认 10. 当局,复记强化,这是一篇记叙文。作者告诉我们用心制作的礼物才是最特别、最珍贵、最完美的礼物。 1. how the author thought out what he should send to his father as a Christmas gift/ how the author created the suitable/right gift he thought his father would truly appreciate 2. D从第三段“The poem was written by Edgar Allan PoeI typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it”可以看出此处的it指的是上句提到的作家Edgar Allan Poe所写的诗。,实战演练,3. C从文章的二段第三句和最后一句：在看母亲的信息时(I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom)，碰巧看到了之前父亲发给自己的信息(I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father)，作者的想法逐渐形成，决定送给父亲一件特殊的圣诞礼物。 4. A从第二段“My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in WyomingThe flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me”可知作者送礼物的灵感来自在Wyoming所拍摄的一张花的照片。,5. D从第三段“The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found th