2020版高考英语大一轮复习课时达标13Unit3TheMillionPoundBankNote(含解析)新人教版.docxVIP

课时达标 ( 十三 ) Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note Ⅰ 阅读理解 A 课标话题 人与社会·社会热点问 体裁 记叙文 题 词 数 304 难度 (2019 ·重庆一中月考 )As years went by, I realised that one of the biggest problems of these adults was worry. A large majority of my students were businessmen, executives, salesmen, engineers, accountants: a cross section of all the trades and professions — and most of them had problems ！There were womenin the classes — business womenand housewives. They, too, had problems! Clearly, what I needed was a textbook on how to conquer worry —so again I tried to find one. I went to New York ’s great public library at Fifth Avenue and Forty-se cond Street and discovered to my astonishment that this library had only twenty-two books listed under the title WORRYI. also noticed, to my amusement, that it had one hundred and eighty-nine books listed under WORMS. Almost nine times as many books about worms as about worry! Surprising, isn ’ t it? Since worry is one of the biggest problems facing mankind, you would think, wouldn ’ t you, that every high school and college in the land would give a course on “How to Stop Worrying ”？ Yet, if there is even one course on that subject in any college in the land, I have never heard of it. No wonder David Seabury said in his book Howto Worry Successfully ：“Wegrow up with as little preparation for the pressures of experience as a bookworm asked to do a ballet( 芭蕾舞 ) ．” The result? More than half of our hospital beds are occupied by people with nervous and emotional troubles. I looked over those twenty-two books on worry, reposing( 靠 ) on the shelves of the New York Public Library. In addition, I purchased all the books on worry I could find; yet I couldn ’ t discover even one that I could use as a text in my course for adults. So I decided to write one by myself. 语篇导读 本文讲述了作者去图书馆找有关焦虑的书， 来帮助学生，但没找到合适的书， 决定自己写书的故事。 1． What made the writer realise one of the adults  ’  biggest problems? A． His wide reading.  B． His practical survey. C．