2012届高考英语专题经典复习 能力培养系列（十三）.docVIP

PAGE 2012届高考英语专题经典复习能力培养系列（十三） 时事新闻类阅读材料在近年高考中屡屡涉及。这类材料往往语言地道，内容时新， 贴近生活， 时效性强。阅读材料的组成有一个共同的特点， 即都是由标题(Headlines)、导语(Introductions)、背景(Background)、主体(Main body)和结尾(Ends)五部分构成。此类文章主题鲜明， 文章的第一句话或第一自然段往往就是对整篇文章的高度概括， 文章的主题大意即出于此。 此外， 此类文体的设题常有一个最佳标题的选择， 而标题也恰好就是文章的主题大意， 因此读懂首句或首段是至关重要的。考生在阅读时事新闻时， 要善于捕捉新闻细节， 根据问题找到相关句并能分析理解长难句， 善于根据上下文猜测单词、短语的含义， 善于归纳、概括、推理、判断及简单计算， 这样才能做好这部分试题。 真题典例 [2011·四川卷] The multi-million pound new Library of Birmingham(LoB)will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization(数字化)of everyday life. Set to open in 2013, the ￡188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment. As digital media(媒介)is important to its_idea,_the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies. Brian Gambles, the LoB project director，says it is about giving people the right tools for learning：“The aim is to mix the physical with the digital, providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.” The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public. Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual(虚拟的)LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens. Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are also working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in