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.But one big problem
2、 lay in her way.To be good enough to play in a band，Brenda had to practice a lot， but she lived next-door 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 basement， a kitchen，and
3、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 time，books and work，B
4、renda 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 a wild child.It wa
5、snt 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，Brenda was a real mus
6、ical 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 next-door hadnt mattered so much to me，I wouldnt have found a solution，and none of this would have ever ha
7、ppened.”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。1.Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places?A.Because she didnt want others to hear her play.B.Because she didnt mean to disturb others.C.Because she didnt have her own room.D.Because she didnt like her neighbors.答案 B解析 细节理
8、解题。由第一段中的“she lived next-door 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。2.Brenda started to give concerts
9、.A.after she practiced in her space bubbleB.when she became part of the unique space journeyC.after she became a real musical astronautD.when 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，她就开始在音
10、乐会中演出。由前文可知，她在玻璃球中练习打鼓。故选 A。3.Brenda became famous because .A.she was good at music and scienceB.she became a real musical astronautC.she invented a special way of practiceD.she 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 s
11、ee 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。4.It can be inferred from the text that：“ ”.A.He who laughs last laughs longestB.Its never too old to learnC.Two heads are better than oneD.One 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
12、：活到老学到老；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：.高频词汇1.documentary n.纪录片2.bubble n.气泡；泡状物3.kit n.成套设备4.ambition 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。
