高三英语复习阅读第一期（个人情感与人际关系）2
【导读】常言道：学无止境，看看这位老太太是怎样做的吧。
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know.
I stood up to look around, when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with smile that lit up her entire being. \are you in college at such a young, innocent age?\I asked. She jokingly replied, \\this challenge at her age.
\me. After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us.
“You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.
If you are 19 years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn 20 years old. If I am 87 years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything, I will turn 88.\doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets.”
The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.\speech by courageously singing \lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.
One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over 2,000 college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be. 【文章大意】
一个年逾古稀的老奶奶在她生命的最后阶段仍坚持追求梦想，她用实际行动告诉大家，任何人都会变老，无论你是天才还是蠢才，但并不是每个人都在不断成长，追求梦想永远不会太晚。
【篇章结构】 段落 P1--2 P3 P4--6
关键词 大意猜测 get to know；find；was 初识老太 curious instant friends；made 成为朋友 friends wherever she went. invited Rose to speak；have 老太演讲 1
a dream；difference between growing older and growing up；finding the opportunity in change； P7 taught by example；never 文章主旨 too late to be 【信息提取】
1. Why is the old lady in college at a such age? A. Because she wants to meet a husband. B. Because she wants to get a degree. C. Because she is not happy.
D. Because she was curious the campus. 2. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. The author didn’t understand what the old lady said. B. The author wanted to know how old the lady was.
C. The author wondered why such an old lady were learning at college. D. The author wanted to know what the old lady was doing.
3. What do people usually regret when they are old according to the old lady? A. Something wrong they did. B. Evreything they did.
C. Something they didn’t do. D. Something they did.
4. What can we learn form Rose? You are never too old to learn. Rome is not built in one day.
Where there is a will, there is a way. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 【解析】
B 细节理解题。通过倒数第二段最后一句At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.以及老太太的演讲，可知答案。 C 猜测句意题。通过第二段内容，可以看出作者对老太太上大学表示不理解。
C 细节理解题。通过倒数第二段第一句话: The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do.可知：老年人往往对未做的事情表示后悔。
A 主旨大意题。文章通过老太太挑战自己的年龄，来大学学习的故事，告诉人们：活到老学到老。
【词汇扩充】
1.wrinkled adj.布满皱纹的 His face was ~d with age. 他因年老而脸部起了皱纹
2.humor (U) (了解) 幽默; 可笑,滑稽 a sense of ~幽默感
3.productive adj. 富有创造性的
I spent a very productive hour in the library. 我在图书馆里这一小时收获很大.
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4.funeral n. 葬礼 attend a ~ 参加葬礼
5.challenge v. 向<某人>挑战[…][to] He ~d me to another game of chess. 他向我挑战 [他要求我] 再比赛一盘西洋棋 【句子分析】
I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age. 【分析】本句是个主从复合句。What may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.是表语从句。What做主语。
【句意】我对她这么大的年龄是什么激励她还来上大学表示好奇。
The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do.
【分析】该句是主从复合句。主句是The elderly usually don't have regrets for，从句是what we did。是宾语从句。What在宾语从句中做宾语。
【句意】老年人通常对做过的事不后悔，而是后悔没做过的事情。 3. Over 2,000 college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be. 【分析】本句是一个主从复合句。who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be. 是定语从句，修饰先行词the wonderful woman. 在定语从句中that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.是一个宾语从句，做taught的宾语。
【句意】两千多名学生参加了她的葬礼，以赞扬哪位年老的女士，她通过自身的事迹教会我们：实现自我，挑战自己，永远也不晚。 【语法点滴】
I'll never forget what she taught us. What在名词性从句做主语、宾语、表语。 1. 【09江苏】Many young people in the West are expected to leave __ could be life’s most important decision—marriage—almost entirely up to luck.
A. as B. that C. which D. what 【答案】D
【解析】预计许多西方年轻人会把可能是人生中最重要的抉择－婚姻, 几乎完全交由幸运之神掌握。 “__ could be life’ s most important decision”是leave的宾语从句, 从句缺少主语, 因此用what。答案D。
2. 【2011北京卷 31】The shocking news mad me realize ________ terrible problems we would face.
A. what B. how C. that D. why 【答案】A 【解析】由句中的IS可知其前面是由what引导的主语从句，且what在从句中作offer的宾语，故答案为A项。
3. 【10湖北】I want to be liked and loved for I am inside. A. who B. where C. what D. how 【答案】C
【解析】我想别人喜欢我是因为我的内在。也就是我inside的品质。作表语。
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高三英语 阅读第一期(个人情感与人际关系)复习素材2
