【正文】 e genius,” wrote German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, “l(fā)ights on his age like a et into the paths of the plas.” Consider Einstein’s impact on physics. With no tools available other than the force of his own thoughts, he predicted in his general theory of relativity that massive accelerating objects—like black holes orbiting each other—would create ripples (波紋 ) in the fabric of spacetime. It took one hundred years, enormous putational power, and massively sophisticated technology to definitively prove him right, with the physical detection of such gravitational waves less than two years ago. Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the very laws of the universe. But our understanding of how a mind like his works remains stubbornly stagnant. What set his brainpower, his thought processes, apart from those of his merely brilliant peers? What makes a genius? Philosophers have long been puzzling over the origins of genius. Early Greek thinkers believed an overabundance of black bile—one of proposed by Hippocrates—endowed poets, philosophers, and other famous souls with “extraordinary powers,” says historian Darrin McMahon, author of Divine Fury: A History of Genius. Phrenologists (骨相學(xué)家 ) attempted to find genius in bumps on the head。 附： 一 、試題來(lái)源 《鹽城市 2017年高考沖刺英語(yǔ)學(xué)科試題選編（一）》主要由原創(chuàng)題，改編題和各大市或名校 優(yōu)秀考題匯編而組成。 ⑸ 來(lái)自于 Reader’s Digest中一篇題為 Polite Ways to Eat Tricky Foods Like Sushi 的文章。 3. 閱讀理解原文出處： ⑴ A篇改編自 National Geographic中的一篇題為 What Makes a Genius?的前半部分。議論文則重點(diǎn)把握論點(diǎn)和論據(jù)，對(duì)于作者主觀或者客觀的態(tài)度也一定要明確。書(shū)面表達(dá)強(qiáng)調(diào)首先要寫(xiě)正確的句子，其次才考慮高級(jí)詞匯和復(fù)雜句型，不可弄巧成拙， 內(nèi)容（學(xué)生的思想和表達(dá)的方式）和 書(shū) 寫(xiě)并重 ！ 四、答案及解析 （一）單項(xiàng)填空 110 BDACD ABCDC 解析： 1. B形容詞詞意辨析；句子意思為“藝術(shù)家大部分人深信，自然不僅是人們眼前的所見(jiàn)，更包含了對(duì)靈魂的內(nèi)在描繪。 解題技巧：需要學(xué)生明確的是在解題時(shí)，句中可能會(huì)存在多個(gè)動(dòng)作，一定要按照所填動(dòng)作發(fā)生的時(shí)間進(jìn)行判斷，部分學(xué)生往往在多個(gè)動(dòng)作的時(shí)間把握上出現(xiàn)紕漏。 6. A 動(dòng)詞辨析。 might 在本句中 表示“ 不肯定的猜測(cè) ”， 或者在部分語(yǔ)法資料中，把 might的本句用法歸類為“委婉的建議”。和文章 24空有前后關(guān)聯(lián)， official 表示“公開(kāi)的，正式的 ” 14. 考察動(dòng)詞。 take off 表示“起飛，脫衣服，快速成名等”； drop off表示“打瞌睡；讓某人下車(chē)；下降”； break off表示“掙脫，終止關(guān)系，突然不說(shuō)話”； chase off表示“追趕，趕走” 19. 考察介詞。 beyond表示“超越，超出”，句意為“ Switzer 的運(yùn)動(dòng)不僅僅局限于讓女子參加體育賽事” 27. 考察副詞。 D選項(xiàng)作為干擾選項(xiàng)，無(wú)論是本句話或者是第一段文中都沒(méi)有直接或者暗示說(shuō)明來(lái)參觀的人數(shù)巨多。 解析：閱讀文章第一段之后對(duì) multitask有基本的了解，同時(shí)對(duì)原文和 D 選項(xiàng)中 sequential 進(jìn)行猜測(cè)詞義。 解析：代詞是閱讀的重難點(diǎn)，學(xué)生閱讀的低效往往始于代詞；本句目的在于使實(shí)驗(yàn)更加嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)，有極少數(shù)女性展現(xiàn)出“多 任務(wù)” +“高效率”，但是大部分人依然與生俱來(lái)地應(yīng)該專注于一項(xiàng)任務(wù)進(jìn)行完成。 42. 信息轉(zhuǎn)換提。 46. 信息提取題。s mind, it bees extremely challenging for one to make any positive changes to the circumstances. Ridiculous as it may sound, it is not unmon for us to see some vivid examples around. For instance, some of us invariably blame our failure in exams on our poor genes inherited from our parents, thus never adopting any effective approaches to polish up this subject. (80 words) To eliminate this vicious thinking pattern, I should determinedly resort to my teachers or parents for help. I will talk my problems through and seek their suggestions. Once finding out the underlying reasons for my fi xed thinking pattern, I will think out of the box and see things from a different angle. (51 words) 。 47. 信息轉(zhuǎn)換題。 43. 信息提取題。文章第一段和第二段中的“ feeling accepted”可以轉(zhuǎn)換得來(lái)。 36. B 細(xì)節(jié)推理題。 34. B 結(jié)構(gòu)續(xù)寫(xiě)題 解析： A答案作為最強(qiáng)干擾項(xiàng)具有非常強(qiáng)的迷惑性。 28. 考察動(dòng)詞。 mark不作“標(biāo)記”，這里表示“慶?！钡囊馑? 21. 考察動(dòng)詞。 sign可以使用 sign up for 的短語(yǔ)。 A表示“完全失敗”； B表示“尷尬，出丑”， C表示“謹(jǐn)慎處事 ”， D表示“孤注一擲” 10. C 考察定語(yǔ)從句。 解題技巧：這兩年考題中經(jīng)常在詞意辨析中出現(xiàn)“熟詞新義”的考察；學(xué)生在解題的過(guò)程中需要明確的是，首先選項(xiàng) 從詞性上往往是一致的，不會(huì)出現(xiàn)部分名詞，部分動(dòng)詞的情形。題中 suggest后的賓語(yǔ)從句謂語(yǔ)從句的主動(dòng)詞已經(jīng)存在，為 has， takes 則為定語(yǔ)從句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，因此可以判斷 benefiting from interactive music class 為后置定語(yǔ)。名詞和形容詞的辨析需要學(xué)生對(duì)于整體句意要有良好的把握，此類提醒中往往還存在了斷句或識(shí)別句子成分的障礙；例如：（鹽城三模）中的名詞辨析題， The artist is among the few who continue to draw after childhood is ended without the traditional _____ of academic training. 相當(dāng)學(xué)生對(duì)于狀語(yǔ)從句 after childhood is ended未 能識(shí)辨，導(dǎo)致句意不能掌握；同時(shí)，形容詞和名詞辨析題中需要學(xué)生對(duì) 與答案具有密切聯(lián)系的“詞眼“有較高的識(shí)別能力；例如本題的答案 invisible 和 inner picture之間形成了相對(duì)的關(guān)系；而上述三模例題中 academic training的理解則非常重要，直接關(guān)系到答案的選擇。任務(wù)型閱讀難度不高，較為強(qiáng)調(diào)文章結(jié)構(gòu)和信心尋找能力，詞形變化和詞形轉(zhuǎn)換難度也不是很高，注重基礎(chǔ)。 二、選編意圖 單項(xiàng)填空選編囊括了高考題型中的常見(jiàn)詞義辨析考點(diǎn)和重點(diǎn)語(yǔ)法考點(diǎn)，意圖在于強(qiáng)化核心語(yǔ)法知識(shí)，鍛煉學(xué)生在詞義辨析題中忽視的句式分析和關(guān)鍵詞理解的能力，希望各位老師和 學(xué)生在最后的沖刺階段能在核心主干知識(shí)和歸納分析能力上再多下功夫，達(dá)到最后的沖刺效果。 ⑺ 改編題，將原題中的 foresee換成了新增 50詞的 anticipate。完形填空和閱讀理解的文本也選自外文網(wǎng)站或雜志，內(nèi)容積極且緊扣高考常見(jiàn)語(yǔ)篇類型。 2017 年高考沖刺英語(yǔ)學(xué)科試題選編（一） 一、單項(xiàng)填空 1. Lots of artists tend to believe that nature is not only all that is ________ to the eye but it also includes the inner pictures of the soul. A. relevant B. visible C. similar D. close 2. It is writers’ traditional role to absorb different popular social ________ and reflect them back into their books. A. customs B. controversies C. constitutions D. currents 3. McDonald’s USA announced that it ________ to serve fresh beef or pork, prepared when ordered, in all burgers across the majority of its restaurants by mid2018. A. had decided B. will decide C. would decide D. has decided 4. Now a recent Canadian study suggests that a young baby ________ from interactive music classes has better munication skills than one who takes a lessactive class. A. benefited B. benefit C. benefiting D. to benefit 5. ________ you obviously would not eat Spaghetti with your fingers, using a spoon to twist it into a basketball mound of noodles is incorrect. A. When B. As C. Since D. While 6. —It looks you are feeling down. Any trouble? —All my hopes were ________ when my application was denied. A. crushed B. hammered C. sunk D. faded 7. To have faith is to believe that the path we are traveling along is longer than