大题预测04 写作训练上 -【大题精做】冲刺2024年高考英语大题突破+限时集训（天津专用）

大题预测04写作训练（阅读表达+书面表达） （上） 目录 时长 （第1组） 建议用时40分钟 满分：35分 （第2组） 建议用时40分钟 满分：35分 （第3组） 建议用时40分钟 满分：35分 （第4组） 建议用时40分钟 满分：35分 （第5组） 建议用时40分钟 满分：35分 （第1组） （建议用时：40分钟 满分：35分） 第三部分: 写作 第一节:阅读表达(共5小题;每题2分，总分值10分) 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语答复以下问题。 （2023上·天津北辰·高三校考阶段练习）Science has a lot of uses. It can uncover laws of nature, cure diseases, make bombs, and help bridges to stand up. Indeed science is so good’ at what it does that there’s always a temptation (诱惑) to drag it into problems where it may not be helpful. David Brooks, author of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to resist the temptation. Brooks gained fame for several books. His latest book The Social Animal, however, is more ambitious and serious than his earlier books. It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics. The book focuses on big questions: What has science revealed about human nature? What are the sources of character? And why are some people happy and successful while others aren’t? To answer these questions, Brooks surveys a wide range of disciplines (学科). Considering this, you might expect the book to be a dry recitation(背诵)of facts. But Brooks has structured his book in an unorthodox (非常规的), and perhaps unfortunate, way. Instead of introducing scientific theories, he tells a story, within which he tries to make his points, perhaps in order to keep the reader’s attention. So as Harold and Erica, the hero and heroine in his story, live through childhood, we hear about the science of child development and as they begin to date we hear about the theory of sexual attraction. Brooks carries this through to the death of one of his characters. On the whole, Brooks’ story is acceptable if uninspired. As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair, some chapters stand out above the rest. I enjoyed, for instance, the chapter in which Harold discovers how to think on his