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，有助于学生了解人生哲理，为别人着想，积极想办法克服困难，这对以后的生活是非常有帮助的。主 题 ： 工 作 时 不 要 打 扰 到 别 人 学 科 素 养 ： 思 维 品 质Brenda Bongos was a happy，artistic girl.She had one big dreamto play the drums in a band
2、.But one big problem lay in her way.To be good enough to play in a band，Brenda had to practice a lot， but she lived nextdoor to a lot of old people.Many of them are sick.She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves.So，she had tried playing in the strangest places：a basem
3、ent， a kitchen，and even in a shower.But there was always someone it would annoy.One day，while watching a science documentary on TV，she heard that sound cannot travel in space，because theres no air.At that moment，Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.With the help of a lot of ti
4、me，books and work，Brenda built a space bubble.This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside.All that would be left inside was a drum kit and a chair.Brenda got into the space suit she had made，entered the bubble，turned on the machine，and played those drums like
5、 a wild child.It wasnt long before Brenda Bongos came very famous.Many people came to see her play in her space bubble.Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts.Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey.Finally，Br
6、enda was a real musical astronaut，and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band.Years later，when asked how she had achieved all this，she thought for a moment，and said， “If those old people nextdoor hadnt mattered so much to me，I wouldnt have found a solution，and none of this
7、would have ever happened.”语篇解读 本文介绍了一个练习打鼓的女孩，为了不影响老人们休息，她发明了一个特别的真空打鼓装置，最后取得了意外成功的故事。1Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places?ABecause she didnt want others to hear her play.BBecause she didnt mean to disturb others.CBecause she didnt have her own room.DBecause she didnt like her neighbo
8、rs.答案 B解析 细节理解题。由第一段中的“she lived nextdoor to a lot of old people.Many of them are sick.She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves.So，she had tried playing in the strangest places”可知，Brenda 家附近住了很多老人，而且大都身体不好。打鼓的声音会影响老人，所以她试着在一些奇怪的地方练习，避免打扰他们。故选 B。2Brenda started to giv
9、e concerts .Aafter she practiced in her space bubbleBwhen she became part of the unique space journeyCafter she became a real musical astronautDwhen people came to see her in the space bubble答案 A解析 细节理解题。由第四段中的“Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts.”可知，在从玻璃球中出来没多久
10、，她就开始在音乐会中演出。由前文可知，她在玻璃球中练习打鼓。故选 A。3Brenda became famous because .Ashe was good at music and scienceBshe became a real musical astronautCshe invented a special way of practiceDshe played well and had a talent答案 C解析 细节理解题。由第四段第一句“It wasnt long before Brenda Bongos came very famous.Many people came to
11、 see her play in her space bubble.”可知，Brenda 没过多久就出名了，许多人都来看她在她的太空玻璃球中打鼓。所以，她出名是因为她发明了特别的真空打鼓装置。故选 C。4It can be inferred from the text that：“ ”AHe who laughs last laughs longestBIts never too old to learnCTwo heads are better than oneDOne good turn deserves another答案 D解析 推理判断题。A 项：笑到最后的才是赢家； B 项：活到老
12、学到老；C 项：三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮；D 项：善有善报。由文章大意可知，如果 Brenda 没有顾及附近老人们的感受，她就不会想办法去减少打鼓的噪音，也就不会有真空玻璃球这一装置的出现，她也不会出名。所以文章暗示了一个道理：善有善报。故选 D。Notes：.障碍词汇1documentary n纪录片2bubble n气泡；泡状物3kit n成套设备4ambition n雄心，野心.长难句分析Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey.分析：这是一个复合句。so.that.连接结果状语从句；第二个 that 引导宾语从句；suggest在本句中意为“建议” ，所以其后的宾语从句的谓语动词用(should) be part. 。翻译：她声名远播，所以政府建议她参加一次独一无二的太空旅行。
