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1、高考提能练(四十)Module4 MusicBorninAmericaⅠ.阅读理解A[2019·湖南长郡中学检测]OnWednesday,nearly300kidswilltakepartintheNationalSpellingBee.Fewerwillmakeittothefollowingday'ssemifinals,whereonemistakemeanselimination(淘汰).I'dbetthatmanyofthemwillbesilentlypraying—notonthefirstwor
2、d.IknewitbecauseIwasthere17yearsago.Iwasa14yearoldgirlthen.MymotherandIhadflownfromKentuckytoWashington,butthecapitalwasnostrangetoher.Myoldersisterhadalreadycompetedatthenationallevel.Whenmysisterwas14andIwas12,wetrainedtogether.WebeganwiththeSuggestedListg
3、ivenoutatschool—hundredsofwordsprintedonaposterthatcouldbefoldeduplikeamap.Whenthewordsalongthecreases(褶痕)begantodisappear,weboughtadditionalspellinglists.Sometimesmymothertestedus,readingwordsmostEnglishteacherswouldn'tknowhowtopronounce,letalonemyIndianbor
4、nmother.Whenshepointedoutthemisspelledwords,Iblamedheraccentformyerrors!Whenitwasmyturn,Iapproachedthemicrophoneandwaitedformyfirstword.Theannouncerwassomewheretomyleft,amanwhopronouncedclearly.“Barbican,”hesaid.Itseemedthatmycompetitorsweresecretlycomplaini
5、ngabouttherelativeeaseofmyword.WouldtheylaughatmeifIcouldn'tspellit?Wouldmymotherbedisappointedinme?Thatlastsyllablecouldgotwoways:CANorCON.Whichonewasright?FinallyIdecidedonCON.Ofcourse,IwaseliminatedandguidedtotheComfortRoom,whereparentscouldn'tenter.Insid
6、e,recentlosersweresittingaroundatableabundantwithjunkfood.Wecasuallymentionedthewordsthatdefeatedus,likeaspecialceremonytowelcomeeachnewarrival.Thenwechangedthesubjectifwe'dalreadymovedonfrommissedwordsandlostopportunities.Eventually,Iwentoutandsawmymother.“
7、Well,”shesaid,“I_guess_you_won't_be_doing_this_again.”Yes,nextyearIwouldbe15andnotallowedtotakepartinthecompetition.体裁:记叙文 题材:人生经历 主题:参加英文拼字大赛【语篇解读】 本文主要叙述了“我”14岁时参加全国英文拼字大赛的经历。【难句分析】 Sometimesmymothertestedus,readingwordsmostEnglishteacherswouldn'tknowhowto
8、pronounce,letalonemyIndianbornmother.分析:该句为复合句。句中mostEnglishteacherswouldn'tknowhowtopronounce为省略了关系词的定语从句,修饰先行词words;letalone为固定搭配,意为“更不用说”。译文:有时,我妈妈测试我们,她读的一些单词大多数英语老师都不知道怎么发音,更不用说我的出生在印度的母亲了。