1、核心素养拓展练素养解读 2017 版普通高中课程标准首次提出“学科核心素养” 。英语学科核心素养由语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力构成。随之而来，以后的英语考试将更加坚持能力立意，突出核心素养的考查。下面文段就是围绕“思维品质”这一学科素养展开，告诉读者在繁忙的生活中，我们可以放下一切，去做自己想做的事情。主 题 ： 环 球 之 旅 学 科 素 养 ： 思 维 品 质One day in March，seven years ago，during happy hour at a bar in my hometown of Fayetteville，Arkansas ，I made a su
2、rprising announcement to my friends：I was going to shut down my law practice and attempt to travel around the globe in a year.Whats more，I would do it without taking any flights or making a single advance reservation of any kind.My announcement drew mixed reactions from my friends.Some offered suppo
3、rt and encouragement，while others were more doubtful.Once I had said the words，there was no turning back.It took months to shut down my law practice and get things in order.Once I set off on my adventure in December 2008，I found travelling without using planes was not easy.Trying to circle the globe
4、 in 16 months (it took me a bit longer than the initial 12 months I planned) made it even harder.Even so，travelling overland was the most amazing way to truly understand the immensity(浩瀚无际) of our wonderful planet.I took three consecutive(连续的 ) overnight buses to travel 3,000 km through Argentina，fr
5、om Ushuaia to the capital Buenos Aires.I would look out of the windows for hours on end at the completely unspoiled plains，as if humans had never touched it.It took seven consecutive days and nights on trains to get from Moscow to Beijing，each day spent staring out of the windows for hours as the Si
6、berian plains swept by.Sometimes，I wouldnt see a village or a human being for 10 hours.Later in my journey，it took 22 days on a cargo freighter(货船) to get from New Zealand through the Panama Canal and back to Philadelphia，to finish my roundtheworld adventure.It turned out that travelling with no res
7、ervations was far less difficult than I had imagined.Pulling into a city on a bus with a backpack，looking in a guidebook for a few suggestions of accommodations(住所) ，and then finding an empty room was never much of a problem anywhere.It also kept me flexible(灵活) and open about all my travel plans，wh
8、ich is advice I give everyone who asksplan far less than you think you should.语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。作者打算将律师工作停工一年去环游世界。沿途中他不坐飞机，也不预先做任何预定，历时 16 个月完成了他的环球之旅。1.The authors trip was special in that .A.he made it at the expense of giving up his jobB.it hardly cost him anythingC.he did not make advance booking o
9、r travel by airD.it was a global trip答案 C解析 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“.I would do it without taking any flights or making a single advance reservation of any kind.”及第二段中的“.I found travelling without using planes was not easy.”可知，作者这次旅行的特别之处是旅行中不乘坐飞机也不事先做任何预定。2.The author most probably returned to the United Sta
10、tes in .A.June 2009 B.December 2009C.February 2010 D.April 2010答案 D解析 数字计算题。根据第二段可知，作者于 2008 年 12 月开始他的环球旅行，历时 16 个月，即可推断其结束旅行的时间大概在 2010 年 4 月。3.The authors travelling route was .Moscow Philadelphia New ZealandUshuaia Beijing Buenos AiresA. B.C. D.答案 B解析 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“I took three consecutive(连续的)
11、overnight buses to travel 3,000 km through Argentina，from Ushuaia to the capital Buenos Aires.”和第四段中的“It took seven consecutive days and nights on trains to get from Moscow to Beijing”以及“Later in my journey，it took 22 days on a cargo freighter(货船) to get from New Zealand through the Panama Canal and
12、 back to Philadelphia”可确定其旅行路线应为 B 项。4.What did the author think of his aroundtheworld tour?A.Challenging but pleasant.B.Dangerous but wonderful.C.Boring and disappointing.D.Costly and painful.答案 A解析 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“.I found travelling without using planes was not easy.”可知，环球旅行具有挑战性；再根据第三段所描述的沿途中看到的景色
13、可知，这种经历也很美好，令人感到愉快，故选 A 项。Notes.障碍词汇1.shut down 关闭；使停业2.reservation 预定 3.set off 出发，启程4.on end 连续地5.turn out 结果是；证明是.长难句分析Once I set off on my adventure in December 2008，I found travelling without using planes was not easy.分析：本句是一个复合句。从句是一个由 once 引导的时间状语从句；主句的主干是主谓宾结构，宾语是省掉连接词 that 的宾语从句，该从句为主系表结构，其主语是 travelling without using planes。翻译：在 2008 年 12 月，我一开始我的冒险之旅时，我就发现不乘飞机旅行还真不容易。