2022年高考英语阅读理解分主题专项强化01个人篇之个人经历解析版.docVIP

2022年高考英语阅读理解分主题专项强化01

个人篇之个人经历

Igotthisstrangeideainmyeightgrade:torunforthepresidentofthestudentUnion.Itisnotasurprisingdecisionformostoutgoing,popularpeople.ButIwasneither.InfactItendedtodaydream,readbooksthatwerenotontherequiredlist,andsitatthefarcornerofthecafeteriawiththeonlytwofriendsIhad,DeniseandJanice.

However,Claire,myenemy,motivatedmetosignuptorunagainsther.Denisedecidedweshouldformagroupofadvisorstogetmeelected.Wemeteveryday,rightafterschool,reviewingeverystudent.Wetriedtofigureoutwhyourschoolmatesmightwanttovote,intheirowninterestsformeor(morelikely)againstClaire.

Wecreatedcascades,atermwelearnedfromDenise’ssister.Inotherwords,welookedforstudentswhoweremostlikelytoinfluenceagroupofotherstudents.Thosearethepeoplethatoneofusapproachedfirst.Mynarrowvictorywasasurprisetomanyincluding,frankly,thethreeofus.

That’showIgotmyfirsttasteofthepoweroftheso-calledCollectiveIntelligenceanditturnedouttobethebestmethodofsucceedinginvariouswork.

Whenagroupcommitstosupportingeachotherbymeetingregularlyandobeyingthenegotiatedrules,remarkablethingshappen.Wetendtobringtobringthethethebestoutother,asthousandshavelearnedaroundtheworld.Whenindividualsbecometight-knitteams,webecomehappierandhigher-performingwithandforeachother.Itisnevertoolateforustostartourownadvisinggroupofnomorethansevenmembersaroundastrongsweetspotofcommoninterest—whichwillhelpusachievesomethingdifferentandmoremeaningfulovertheyears.

1．Whatcanweknowabouttheauthoraccordingtothefirstparagraph?

A．Shehasalotoffriends. B．Shelovesreading.

C．Sheenjoyspublicdebating. D．Sheisveryrealistic.

2．Whichofthefollowingbestexplainstheunderlinedword“cascades”inparagraph3?

A．Boardsofadvisors B．C