2025届高三英语上学期一轮复习培优外刊阅读学案：考上清北，人生就稳赢了？

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜高考出分：考上清北，人生就稳赢了？ 从6月23日起，全国各地开始陆续公布高考成绩。年年此时，有人欢呼，有人垂泪。高考真的决定了我们的人生吗？今天这篇讨论“天赋”的《纽约时报》文章，也在某种程度上呼应了高考的话题。那些从小就天赋异禀的孩子，后来是否稳赢了？人生的成败，究竟是哪些因素在起作用？ What Happens to Gifted Children By David Brooks What happens to the extremely intelligent? Do they go from success to success, powered by their natural brilliance? The social science answer is that higher intelligence correlates strongly with positive educational and career outcomes. But there is another way to look at precocious kids that is more personal and subjective. Some brilliant people lack ambition. Some brilliant people don't want to spend their lives at work, slaving away for eminence. A person's intelligence is embedded in and interacting with all that person's other qualities — whether she is self-confident, conscientious, resilient or open to new experiences, whether she has experienced unconditional love, deep friendships, rich intellectual conversations. Just because some traits are easier to measure doesn't mean we can isolate them and not see everything that goes into this precious and never-to-be-repeated person. Great accomplishment is the marriage of ability and interest. The people who contribute most aren't worrying about how smart they are; they are focused on continual improvement, compounding what they learn day by day. When you look at who really achieves great things, you notice that most of them were not prodigies. They didn't wow people at age 18, but over the course of their adulthood they found some deep interest in something, and they achieved mastery. Many of society's great contributors didn't have an easily identifiable extraordinary ability; they had the right mixture of slight advantages and character traits that came together in the right way. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.precocious英 [prɪˈkəʊʃəs] 美 [prəˈkoʊʃəs]adj. __________________________ 2.ambition英 [æmˈbɪʃn] 美 [æmˈbɪʃn]n. __________________________ 3.slave n. __________________________ 4.eminence英 [ˈemɪnəns] 美 [ˈemənəns]n. __________________________ 5.conscientious英 [ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəs] 美 [ˌkɑːnʃiˈenʃəs]adj. __________________________ 6.resilient英 [rɪˈzɪliənt] 美 [rɪˈzɪljənt]adj. __________________________ 7.intellectual英 [ˌɪntlˈektʃuəl] 美 [ˌɪntlˈektʃuəl]adj.__________________________ 8.compound英 [kəmˈpaʊnd] 美 [kəmˈpaʊnd]v. __________________________ 9.prodigy英 [ˈprɒdɪdʒi] 美 [ˈprɑːdədʒi]n. __________________________ 10.wow英 [waʊ] 美 [waʊ]v. __________________________ 11.mastery英 [ˈmɑːstri] 美 [ˈmæstəri]n. __________________________ 【词块学习】 请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。 1.__________________________与某物息息相关 2.__________________________拼命苦干 3.__________________________无条件的爱，纯粹的、不求回报的、没有任何利益诉求的爱 4.__________________________化合物，混合物 拓展练习阅读理解 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a planet, WASP-107b. The planet, which orbits a K-type star in under six days, has already caught the attention of astronomers and been considered an odd thing, for its size is about 1,316 times larger than that of Earth but its mass only about 30 times heavier, earning it the name of the “candyfloss” (棉花糖) planet. The latest observations give a strange world beyond our solar system. “Our understanding of other planets depends on what we know from our own planet,“ says Prof. Leen Decin, first author of the research. “That’s very restricted knowledge. But exploring space requires more.” The planet was discovered in 2017, after astronomers spotted light from its host star, each time the planet passed in front of it. “It’s like a fly in front of a street lamp,” says Decin. James Webb takes these observations to the next level by measuring starlight shining through the planet’s atmosphere. Because distinct elements absorb light of distinct wavelengths, the band of colored starlight indicates which gases are present. The latest observations of the “candyfloss” planet reveal evidence of gases like water vapor (水蒸气) in the atmosphere. It is also the first time that the chemical composition of clouds on another planet has been identified-in this case, a kind of special sand. The planet’s atmosphere would feature something similar to the Earth’s water cycle but involve sand cycling between solid and gaseous states. From the hotter, lower levels, with temperatures close to 1,000℃, some steam would rise up, cool and form grains of sand too small to see. Eventually, these clouds of sand would become heavy enough and they would rain back. “The universe has so many surprises,” says Decin. “I do visualize various alternative ways for life to form on another planet. It might be very different from something you know here on Earth. We have to broaden our imagination.” 41．Why is WASP-107b thought strange? A．It has shining starlight. B．It orbits the parent star quickly. C．It is large but relatively light. D．It is in the shape of candyfloss. 42．What restricts people’s knowledge of other planets? A．Unforeseen problems in space exploration. B．Limited information from Earth. C．Strict requirements for direct observations. D．Lack of support for in-depth research. 43．Which aspect of WASP-107b is mainly talked about in paragraph 4? A．Its sand cycling. B．Its similarities to Earth. C．Its weather patterns. D．Its atmospheric conditions. 44．What do Decin’s words imply in the last paragraph? A．Astronomy improves life on Earth. B．Life might exist in outer space. C．Life on other planets brings surprises. D．Researchers should be more creative. 外刊精选答案 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.precocious英 [prɪˈkəʊʃəs] 美 [prəˈkoʊʃəs]adj. 智力超常的，早熟的 2.ambition英 [æmˈbɪʃn] 美 [æmˈbɪʃn]n. 雄心壮志 3.slave n. 奴隶 4.eminence英 [ˈemɪnəns] 美 [ˈemənəns]n. 卓越 5.conscientious英 [ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəs] 美 [ˌkɑːnʃiˈenʃəs]adj. 认真负责的 6.resilient英 [rɪˈzɪliənt] 美 [rɪˈzɪljənt]adj. 有韧性的，有抗逆力的 7.intellectual英 [ˌɪntlˈektʃuəl] 美 [ˌɪntlˈektʃuəl]adj. 和智慧有关的 8.compound英 [kəmˈpaʊnd] 美 [kəmˈpaʊnd]v. 使……加剧；混合，复合 9.prodigy英 [ˈprɒdɪdʒi] 美 [ˈprɑːdədʒi]n. 神童 10.wow英 [waʊ] 美 [waʊ]v. 惊叹 11.mastery英 [ˈmɑːstri] 美 [ˈmæstəri]n. 精湛，精通 【词块学习】 请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。 1.correlate with something与某物息息相关 2.slave (away) for something拼命苦干 3.unconditional love无条件的爱，纯粹的、不求回报的、没有任何利益诉求的爱 4.compound n. 化合物，混合物 【全文翻译】 那些“天才儿童”后来怎么样了？ 那些天赋异禀的人后来都怎么样了？他们会凭借自己的卓越天赋，从一个成功走向另一个成功吗？社会科学给出的答案是：更高的智商往往会带来学业和事业方面更好的结果。 但是还有另外一种视角来看待这些早慧的孩子，这个视角更加个人化，也更加主观。 有些聪明的人缺乏雄心壮志。有些高智商的人不愿把所有时间都花在工作上，不愿为了出类拔萃而拼命工作。 一个人的智力是内嵌于其他品质之中的，并且和其他品质相辅相成。比如，这个人是否自信？是否认真负责？是否坚韧不拔？是否愿意了解新事物？是否体验过无条件的爱、深厚的友谊和丰富的智性交流？我们不能仅仅因为某些特质更好衡量就把它们单独分离出来，从而忽略一个人的全貌。每个人都是一个珍贵的、永远不能被复制的个体。 伟大的成就是能力与兴趣的结合体。那些做出最多贡献的人，并没有在关注自己到底有多聪明，他们关注的是自己的持续进步，不断学习、日积月累。 如果我们去看那些获得巨大成就的人，你会发现他们中大部分人并不是神童出身。他们并没有在18岁的时候技惊四座，而是在长大成人的过程中，在某件事上找到了浓厚的兴趣，并在此领域达到了精湛的水平。我们社会中大多数做出了杰出贡献的人，并不具备某种轻易就能识别的杰出能力；他们所拥有的是各种微小的优势和一些性格特征，两者以一种正确的方式恰到好处地结合在一起。 拓展练习阅读理解 41．C 42．B 43．D 44．B 【导语】这是一篇说明文，文章主要讲述美国宇航局太空望远镜发现了一颗下沙雨的行星WASP-107b，介绍了这颗行星的情况。 41．细节理解题。根据第一段“The planet, which orbits a K-type star in under six days, has already caught the attention of astronomers and been considered an odd thing, for its size is about 1,316 times larger than that of Earth but its mass only about 30 times heavier, earning it the name of the “candyfloss” (棉花糖) planet.(这颗行星绕一颗k型恒星运行一周不到6天，已经引起了天文学家的注意，并被认为是一件奇怪的事情，因为它的大小约为地球的1316倍，但质量仅为地球的30倍左右，因此被称为“棉花糖”行星)”可知，WASP-107b被认为很奇怪是因为它很大，但相对较轻。故选C。 42．细节理解题。根据第二段“That’s very restricted knowledge. But exploring space requires more.(这是非常有限的知识。但探索太空需要更多)”可知，来自地球的信息有限限制了人们对其他星球的了解。故选B。 43．主旨大意题。根据第四段“The latest observations of the “candyfloss” planet reveal evidence of gases like water vapor (水蒸气) in the atmosphere. It is also the first time that the chemical composition of clouds on another planet has been identified-in this case, a kind of special sand. The planet’s atmosphere would feature something similar to the Earth’s water cycle but involve sand cycling between solid and gaseous states. From the hotter, lower levels, with temperatures close to 1,000℃, some steam would rise up, cool and form grains of sand too small to see. Eventually, these clouds of sand would become heavy enough and they would rain back.(对这颗“棉花糖”行星的最新观测揭示了大气中存在水蒸气等气体的证据。这也是第一次在另一颗行星上发现云的化学成分——在这种情况下，是一种特殊的沙子。这颗行星的大气特征与地球的水循环相似，但包括固体和气体状态之间的沙循环。在温度接近1000℃的较热较低的地方，一些蒸汽会上升，冷却，形成小得看不见的沙粒。最终，这些沙云会变得足够重，然后又会下雨)”可知，第4段主要讨论了WASP-107b的大气条件。故选D。 44．推理判断题。根据最后一段““The universe has so many surprises,” says Decin. “I do visualize various alternative ways for life to form on another planet. It might be very different from something you know here on Earth. We have to broaden our imagination.”(“宇宙有很多惊喜，”德金说。“我确实设想了在另一个星球上形成生命的各种不同方式。它可能与你在地球上所知道的非常不同。我们必须拓宽我们的想象力。”)”可知，Decin在最后一段的话暗示了外太空可能存在生命。故选B。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$