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，有助于学生从故事中汲取营养，积极地去实现人生的梦想。主题：积极实现梦想 学科素养：思维品质From my second grade on，there was one event I feared every year：the piano recital.A recital meant I had to practice a boring piec
2、e of music and perform before strangers who knew the notes much better than I.Each year I would ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”.And each year hed shake his head，muttering something about building self-confidence and working towards a goal.So it was with really great satisf
3、action that I stood in church one recent Sunday，video camera in hand，and watched my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt before rising to play the piano in his very first recital.My father had longed to play music since childhood，but his family was poor and couldnt afford lessons.A kind couple h
4、elped him，but he soon stopped after being teased by other boys.He could have gone on regretting it，as too many of us do.But though he was rooted in his past，he wasnt stuck there.When he retired three years ago，he persuaded his church music director to take him as a student.For a moment after my fath
5、er sat down at the keyboard，he simply stared down at his fingers.Has he forgotten the notes? I worried，remembering those split seconds decades ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would freeze.But then came the beautiful melody，from the same fingers that once baited my fishing lines.And I
6、realized he had been doing what music teachers always stress：concentrate on the music and pretend the others arent there.“Im proud of him for starting something new at his age， ” I said to my son Jeff.“Yeah，and doing it so nicely， ” Jeff added.My father may not have reached his peak musically，but as
7、 far as his grandson is concerned，he s at the top of the mountain.语篇解读 作者的父亲从小就渴望演奏音乐， 但是因为穷而没有机会。在退休之后开始学习弹钢琴。作者描述了父亲在台上进行表演的情景。父亲的表演受到作者儿子的崇拜。1.One of the reasons why the author used to fear the piano recital was that .A.she had to play the same piece of music for monthsB.her father would say thin
8、gs that hurt her confidenceC.her father had high expectations for her performanceD.she thought the audience knew the music much better than she did答案 D解析 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“A recital meant I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers who knew the notes much better than I.”可知， 作
9、者认为观众比自己更理解这支曲子。2.Which of the followings is TRUE about the authors father?A.He started taking up the piano after he retired.B.He did a part-time job to pay for the music lessons.C.He wasnt able to attend any piano lessons when he was small.D.He couldnt stand little boys making fun of him because of
10、 his old age.答案 A解析 细节理解题。根据第三段末句“When he retired three years ago，he persuaded his church music director to take him as a student.”可知， 父亲在退休后开始学钢琴。故选 A 项。3.When her father stared down at his fingers without starting to play，the author .A.knew he only needed a moment to relaxB.was sure that his mind
11、had gone blankC.later realized he was actually trying to concentrateD.was somehow satisfied he could finally experience what had feared答案 C解析 细节理解题。根据第四段末句“And I realized he had been doing what music teachers always stress：concentrate on the music and pretend the others arent there.”可知， 后来作者意识到，父亲是在
12、努力集中注意力。4.From the last three paragraphs，we can learn that the author .A.was ashamed that her father was more skillful than she was even if he hadnt reached his peakB.was impressed that her father had kept his calm to the end of the recitalC.decided to tell her son what it means to work toward a goa
13、lD.believed her father had earned her sons respect答案 D解析 推理判断题。根据文中最后一句的“but as far as his grandson is concerned，hes at the top of the mountain”可知， 父亲的表演赢得了作者儿子的尊敬。Notes：.高频词汇1.perform v.演出；执行；做2.satisfaction n.满足；满意3.persuade v.说服，劝说4.concentrate on 集中；全神贯注于5.as far as sb.be concerned 就某人而言.长难句分析So
14、 it was with really great satisfaction that I stood in church one recent Sunday，video camera in hand，and watched my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt before rising to play the piano in his very first recital.分析：这是一个强调句。强调了状语部分 with really great satisfaction；stood，watched是并列谓语；video camera in hand 是独立主格结构；sweating in his shirt 是现在分词作宾补；before 用作介词，后接动名词作宾语。翻译：因此近期的一个星期天，我非常满足地站在教堂里，手里拿着视频相机，看着我68 岁的老父亲在他的第一次钢琴演奏会登台前汗水湿透了衬衫。
