2022年译林版高考英语总复习第二部分核心考点培优训练二十七 选择性必修第四册Unit 3Careers and skills.docVIP

PAGE 12 - 　二十七　选择性必修 第四册　Unit 3　Careers and skills (限时60分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2022·衡水模拟) 　　When my mother died a few years ago,we looked through boxes in which she had lovingly stored her children’s lives. Handwritten report cards from grade school. News cuttings about games. Postcards from summer camps. And so many photos:birthdays,graduations,weddings and trips to wonderful places. 　　After my father’s death,I found many handwritten pity letters from his friends. Rereading them once a year,I am transported back to the time I miss so much. Of course,I received many emails about Dad as well,but I wouldn’t begin to know how or where to find them. Besides,personal messages are more meaningful when presented in the hand of the sender. 　　My kids,now in their 20s,have mostly digital keepsakes. Increasingly they rely on Facebook to store memories. Their letters from college,sent by email,are long gone. Many photos,never printed,have disappeared. I really worry that for them. 　　In Andrew Hoskins’ new book Digital Memory Studies,he concludes,“Despite the gradual disappearance of photographs,letters and other objects that are reminders of people and past experiences,their keeping is like holding on to those people and experiences.” Digital items offer nothing of the kind. 　　Mark B. McKinley explained that collecting physical memorabilia(值得纪念的事物)can serve as a means of control to bring out a comfort zone in one’s life,calming fears and easing worries. It’s no wonder that children are fond of collecting things—it’s important to their development. 　　One mother says,“My son collects pieces of broken stones.”The kid might become a great geologist or a successful businessman. But will his mom print out a photo of that unique collection? Will his degree in geology be memorialized on paper,or will he be given a digital diploma? And will he collect his first paycheck or will he be paid by direct deposit? 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了随着社会的发展,现在越来越多的人使用电子产品来代替传统的物品来保存记忆,这让作者开始担忧起来。 1.What can be conc