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话题二十五 社会热点问题
第一部分 话题词汇积累
单词&短语
1.picnic n.__________________
2. pioneer n.__________________ v.__________________
3.plain adj.__________________ n.__________________
4.poisonous adj.__________________
5.precise adj.__________________
6.predictable adj.__________________
7.preference n.__________________
8.prejudice n.__________________
9.prepared adj.__________________
10.prescription n.__________________
11.presentation n.__________________
12.preview vt.__________________ n.__________________
13.primitive adj.__________________
14.principle n.__________________
15.principal n.__________________
16.priority n.__________________
17.procedure n.__________________
18.__________________adj.塑料制的；可塑的；做作的；虚伪的
19.__________________n.诗人
20.__________________adj.宝贵的；珍贵的；珍稀的；被珍惜的
21.__________________n.政策；方针；原则；为人之道；保险单
22.__________________adj.政治上的；政府的；政权的；政党的
23.__________________n.政治；权术；政治信仰；政治学
24.__________________n.污染；污染物
25.__________________adj.积极的；正面的；明确的；完全的
26.__________________v.拥有；具备；控制；使言行失常
27.__________________n.职位；邮件v.张贴；邮寄；派驻；发布
28.__________________adj.潜在的；可能的
29.___________________adj.实用的，可实施的；实际的；明智的
30.__________________n.预言；预告；预测
31.__________________adj.主要的；基本的；首要的；初等的
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】32.__________________n.囚犯；俘虏；为……所困的人
33.__________________adj.私人的；私用的；私营的；私下的
34.__________________n.特权，特殊待遇；荣幸；优惠
35.__________________n.产品；产物；结果；乘积
36.__________________n.生产；制造；制作；产量；产生；形成
37.__________________adj.专业的；职业的；专门从事的
38.__________________n.教授；(大学的)讲师，教员
39.__________________vt.禁止；阻止，使不可能
40.___________________adj.有希望的；有前途的
41.__________________vt.促进；推动；提升____________________n.提升
42.__________________n.压力；挤压；压强；催促；强迫；紧张
43.__________________adv.在……之前adj.先前的；以前的
44.__________________n.瘾君子；对……入迷的人
45.__________________n.震惊；令人震惊的事；休克；剧烈震动
46.__________________n.趋势，倾向；规范；风尚
47.in place__________________
48.___________________为……喜欢；受……欢迎
49.in possession of/take possession of___________________
50.过着贫困的生活____________________________________
51.practice makes perfect____________________________________
52.因……赞扬某人____________________________________
53.为……做准备__________________
54.in the presence of sb.__________________
55.at the price of___________________
56._____________________________________自豪地
57.______________________________________把某人关进监狱
58.in the process____________________________________
59.取得巨大进步__________________
60.__________________做出承诺
词汇拓展
1.promote v.促进；推动；促销；推销；提升；晋升
The area is being______________as a tourist destination.这个地区正被推广为旅游景点。
If you keep your nose clean,the boss might______________you.
如果你行为规矩，老板可能会提升你。
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】The meeting discussed how to______________cooperation between the two countries.
会议讨论了如何促进两国的合作。
You don't have to sacrifice environmental protection to ______________economic growth.
不必为了促进经济增长而牺牲环境保护。
【联想】promotion n.提升；提拔；晋升；(体育运动队的)晋级，升级；促销活动；广告宣传
promotional adj.增进的；促销的
promoter n.赞助人；发起者
2.possess v.有；拥有；具有(特质);支配；控制
To have another language is to ____________a second soul.
掌握另一门语言就是拥有第二个灵魂。
Different workers ____________different skills.不同的工作者有不同的技能。
They are rich who____________ friends.有友者富。
【搭配】possess sth.=be possess of sth.拥有某物
possess oneself of sth.使某人拥有某物
【联想】possession n,具有；拥有；个人财产；私人物品；控球状态
(be)in possession of...; get/take possessionof...拥有/占有……
(be)in the possession of sb.为某人所拥有
come into the possession of sb.落人某人手中
People had lost their homes and all their possessions.人们失去了自己的家园和所有的财物。
【辨析】 have,hold,own,possess,keep区别
这些动词均有“有，具有，持有”之意。
have为最常用的词，可指任何情况下的具有，无论是物质的或精神的。
hold指拥有并保持财产或持有见解等，暗示不让别人拿走或占有。
own不及possess正式，多指所属关系，强调所有权，不管所属物是否在物主手中。
possess较正式，指拥有或占有并能加以控制与支配，强调其归属；也指具有某种品质、才能、特点或性能等。
keep指长时间地持有，保存某物，防止别人占去，强调安全和感情上的依附。
活学活用
一、阅读下列句子，在空白处填入1个单词或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.The supermarkets had to lower the prices____________(promote)sales.
2.Mary left her most precious____________(possess)—a small bookcase—to her niece.
3. America has also produced jazz,_____________is popular with all age groups all over the world.
4.After____________(promise)to keep the book for me,he broke his word and sold it to someone else.
5.The governments pass laws to limit tobacco production and prohibit____________(smoke)in public places.
二、翻译句子
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】1.Another favorite proverb among our listeners is 'Practice makes perfect.' This means you will become good at something
if you keep doing it.
______________________________________________________________________
2.我许诺，我一到北京就给你写信。(promise)
______________________________________________________________________
3.如果你坚持练习英语口语，你很快就会取得很大的进步。
______________________________________________________________________
4.他幼年时生活清苦，酷爱读书，喜欢书法和篆刻。(live a life)
______________________________________________________________________
第二部分 话题阅读训练
（A）阅读理解
Six months before she died, my grandmother moved into an old people’s home and I visited her there. The room was
clean and warm, and the care assistants were kind and cheerful. A general knowledge quiz show was on the television, and
the only other sound was snoring. People moved only when they needed to be helped to the bathroom. It was disappointing.
Grandmother talked a lot about how much she missed seeing her grandchildren, but I knew from my sister that they hated
going to visit her there.
So I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people’s homes in France. The idea is
simple, but revolutionary — combining a residential home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The
children and the residents eat lunch together and share activities. In the afternoons, the residents enjoy reading or telling
stories to the children, and if a child is feeling sad or tired, there is always a kind lap to sit on.
The advantages are huge for everyone concerned. The children are happy, because they get a lot more individual
attention. The residents are happy because they feel useful and needed. And the staff are happy because they see an
improvement in the physical and psychological health of the residents and have an army of assistants to help with the
children.
Nowadays there is less and less contact between the old and the young in an increasing number of countries. There are
many reasons for this, including the breakdown of the extended family, working parents with no time to care for ageing
relations, families that have moved away, and smaller flats with no room for grandparents. But the result is the same-
increasing numbers of children without grandparents and old people who have no contact with children, and more old
people who are lonely and feel useless, along with more and more families with young children who desperately need more
support. Ifs a major problem in many societies.
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】That’s why intergenerational programs, designed to bring the old and the young together, are growing in popularity all
over the world.
1．What does the underlined word “residents” in paragraph 2 probably refer to?
A．Old people. B．School teachers. C．Assistants. D．Staff.
2．How were the old people at the home the author’s grandmother was in?
A．They felt lonely and useless. B．They weren’t allowed to be visited.
C．They weren’t looked after properly. D．They lived in a dirty and uncomfortable room.
3．What does the author think is a major problem in many societies today?
A．The extended family is broken down.
B．There isn’t much room for grandparents.
C．Working parents have no time to care for their children.
D．There isn’t much contact between the old and the young.
4．What will be probably talked about later in the passage?
A．Advice on how to communicate with children.
B．Plans for setting up more homes for old people.
C．Examples of successful intergenerational programs.
D．Ways of teaching entertainment skills to old people.
（B）语法填空
While mothers in most families decide what the family has to eat, fathers’ words are often seen as more important
when it comes ____1____ major family issues, such as investment. All these details are sending ____2____ signal: Men
are still in a dominant position in society, according to the ninth Global Gender Gap Report.
The report, ____3____(release) by the nonprofit organization the World Economic Forum on Oct 28th, found that
although the gender gap ____4____(narrow) in the past years, men still get more opportunities in education, the economic
and political worlds, and even healthcare.
It tracked the gender gaps in1 142 countries and found that in most cases, boys get more chances to go to school than
girls. When they grow up, women are more ____5____(like) to be full- time moms with no pay and have less say in family
decisions.
____6____ men dominate the adult world, many countries have witnessed a turning point in boys — they are losing
____7____(they) edge. In 2010, about 64 percent of outstanding high school students in the US were girls. About 45
developing ____8____(country) have more girls attending middle school than boys. Especially in China, female students
account for 51. 35 percent of the students in higher educational institutions.
US author Richard Whitmire once wrote that boys are more ____9____(easy) distracted by video games and have
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】fewer male teachers _____10_____(follow) at school.
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