【正文】 people are lefthanded. ? They have believed the reason is geic. ? Researchers in Britain recently identified a gene that helps confirm this. ? They say the gene increases the chance of being lefthanded. Vegetarians in the US ? Americans define a vegetarian diet in several ways. ? Some vegetarians do not eat any meat products or any food made from animal labor, ? including milk products, eggs and honey. ? But most vegetarians include dairy products in their diet ? and many vegetarians eat eggs. ? Some people consider themselves partial vegetarians, ? because they do not eat meat or farm birds, but they do eat fish. ? There are many reasons people choose to be vegetarian. ? Some religions observe vegetarianism as part of an effort of nonviolence towards animals. ? Many other people have nonreligious moral reasons for not eating meat. ? They believe that killing farm animals for food is immoral and cruel. ? Other vegetarians believe it is more healthful to eat a plantbased diet. ? And some vegetarians reject eating meat for environmental reasons. ? Some studies show that the industry of raising large farm animals ? leads to water and air pollution, land damage and climate change. 6大聽(tīng)寫(xiě)必備知識(shí)點(diǎn) 知識(shí)點(diǎn) ? 知識(shí)點(diǎn) ? 1）節(jié)間標(biāo)點(diǎn) ? （ 1）若停頓前的意群主謂賓結(jié)構(gòu)已經(jīng)完整，且后面是有獨(dú)立主謂賓結(jié)構(gòu)的另一意群，前面停頓處即為句號(hào)。 ? But to those who are new to this system, it can sometimes be confusing. / October is usually the busiest month in the academic calendar.(2022年真題 ) ? (2)若前后兩個(gè)分句在意思上是獨(dú)立的 , 但兩句中間有連詞連接 (如 and, but, thus, so, because等 ,),則兩個(gè)分句間或連詞前用逗號(hào) . ? After all, the British weather wasn’t very good, even in summer, / so a lot of people left the country for a vacation. (2022真題 ) ? (3)若兩小節(jié)雖然朗讀上有停頓 ,但意義上卻屬于完整的一句話 ,則停頓處沒(méi)有標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào) ,這種情況一般出現(xiàn)在固定搭配 ,位于句末的時(shí)間或條件叢句 . ? They always have to remind their customers /of the name and qualities of their products by advertising. (2022真題 ) ? (4)若停頓后的意群是停頓前的一個(gè)意群的同位成分 ,則停頓處為破折號(hào) . ? There is one thing that all New Year’s Eve parties have in mon/the countdown to midnight,/(2022真題 ) ? The countdown to midnight 是 one thing的同位語(yǔ) 2)節(jié)內(nèi)標(biāo)點(diǎn) ? (1)句首的副詞 ,時(shí)間狀語(yǔ) ,地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ) ,不定式后面一般需要有逗號(hào) (時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)也可以不加逗號(hào) ,不扣分 .) ? Luckily, there will be thousands of others in the same boat as you.(2022真題 ) ? In the late 1970s, air travel became affordable.(2022真題 ) ? (2)小節(jié)內(nèi)的插入語(yǔ)需用逗號(hào)分隔 .如 ? The idea, for example, of being a painter or a musician may seem very attractive,/ (2022真題 ) ? (3)若前后兩個(gè)分句在意思上密切相關(guān) ,但中間沒(méi)有連詞連接 ,則兩個(gè)分句間用分號(hào) . ? Some people hold a house party。others attend street parties,/ (2022真題目 ) ? (4)節(jié)內(nèi)一般不出現(xiàn)句號(hào) ? (5)合成詞 ,詞綴與詞根 (或詞 )之間需用連字符 . ? Britain has a wellrespected higher education system./ (2022真題 ) ? He sometimes employs salesgirls to distribute samples of his products,/(2022真題 ) 知識(shí)點(diǎn) 2:關(guān)于大小寫(xiě) ,需要大寫(xiě)的情況 ? . ? . ? The teacher said, ―The earth goes around the sun.‖ ? be后的完整句子的首字母需要大寫(xiě) ? The truth is: He didn’t lie to you. ? .書(shū)籍 .文章標(biāo)題等除不位于句首的冠詞 ,介詞和連詞外 ,其他的單詞的首字母需大寫(xiě) . A Tale of Two Cities/The Economist ? 5. 人名 .地名 .國(guó)名 .月份 .星期 .大型節(jié)日 .著名事件 .組織機(jī)構(gòu)的名稱等 ,首字母需大寫(xiě) ? Laura/ Spain/September/Monday/New Year’s Eve/ the Second World War/ World Trade Organization ? ? Mr. Green/ Dr. li ? .民族的名詞或形容詞首字母需大寫(xiě) ? English/ Chinese ? ? Buddhist/ Christian 知識(shí)點(diǎn) 3:關(guān)于數(shù)字的聽(tīng)寫(xiě) ? 1001: a/one thousand (and)one ? 3235:three thousand two hundred(and)thirtyfive ? 1,000,000: one million ? 1,000,900: one million nine hundred ? 1,000,000,000: one billion ? 1,000,090,000: one billion niy thousand ? :如果是簡(jiǎn)單的一位數(shù) ,可直接寫(xiě)阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字或單詞 . ? :如果是較復(fù)雜的兩位或多倍數(shù) ,通常用阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字表示 ? 3,以 thousand,million,billion等為單位的數(shù)的寫(xiě)法 ,記數(shù)時(shí)可每三位用一逗號(hào)隔開(kāi) . ? 知識(shí)點(diǎn) ,縮寫(xiě) ,或采用速記符號(hào) ? 知識(shí)點(diǎn) :發(fā)音拼寫(xiě)不同 ? 知識(shí)點(diǎn) ? all together—altogether ? Band—banned ? Bare—bear ? Floor—flaw ? Flour—flower 三 .難度訓(xùn)練 American Indians ? American Indians are the native people in the United States. ? They belong to more than five hundred Indian tribes. ? Many tribe members live on reservations. ? These are areas that the United States government set up for native tribes ? that had lost their lands to European settlers. ? Some reservations are larger than American states. ? The Bureau of Indian Affairs supervises these territories. ? Tribes on reservations have limited selfrule. ? Generally, American Indians do not enjoy the same economic and educational success as other Americans. ? They earn less money and have more unemployment than other Americans. ? They also have higher rates of disease ? and die younger than other American groups. ? However, the American Indian economy has grown at three times the national rate since the 1980s. ? Some of the improvement has e from expansion of the American Indian gambling industry. ? Many Indian tribes have legalized gambling on their reservations. 專業(yè)八級(jí)考試題型與分布