2020届二轮复习阅读理解热点话题专题之十一：一位80岁的老太太成为阿拉巴马大学最年长的毕业生 10页

‎2020届二轮复习阅读理解热点话题专题之十一： 一位80岁的老太太成为阿拉巴马大学最年长的毕业生80-Year-Old Woman Becomes Alabama University’s Oldest Graduate 读前导读：‎ 一位80岁的老奶奶创造了历史，是年纪最大的大学毕业生，她希望用自己的故事提醒他人，年龄不过是个数字而已。‎ 一：高级实词荟萃 1. remind vi 2. accomplishment n 3. dedicate vt 4. likely adj/adv 5. proud adj 6. ‎ semester. n 7. Foster vt 8. eventually adv 9. enroll vt 10. quit vi 11. commitment n 12. strength n 13. perseverance n 14. dedication n 15. compassion n 16. passion n 二：高级词汇拓展 1. accomplishments成就n. vt取得_____________________‎ 2. dedicate奉献vt n. ______________奉献精神 3. proud自豪的adj n骄傲______________‎ 4. foster寄养 vt adj寄养的 ______________‎ 1. eventually最后adv adj 最后______________‎ 2. enroll登记vt n登记______________‎ 3. commitment承诺n vt承诺；致力于；承诺______________ ‎ 4. strength力量 n adj强壮的______________ vt增强 ______________‎ 5. perseverance毅力 n adj 毅力的 ______________‎ 6. passion.激情 n adj热情的 ______________‎ 7. compassion同情 n adj同情的 ______________英 /kəmˈpæʃənət/ ‎ 三：高级短语荟萃 1. an 80-year-old woman ‎ 2. make history ‎ 3. by becoming her university's oldest graduate 4. walk across the stage ‎ 5. get her bachelor's degree a 6. at a police department 7. earn an associate's degree ‎ 8. late-night studying 9. ‎ praise her persistence 10. believe in yourself."‎ 原汁文章思维能力提升训练 ‎ An 80-year-old woman is hoping to remind others that age is nothing but a number after she ‎ made history by becoming her university's oldest graduate.‎ Donzella Washington walked across the stage to get her bachelor's degree at Alabama A&M University — an accomplishment she said was dedicated to her late husband.‎ She likely would have made him very proud, considering Washington graduated magna cum laude with a 3.64 GPA — and a 4.0 in her final semester.‎ Over the years, Washington and her husband Jeff fostered 32 children together at their home in California, and she worked at a police department and in a bank.‎ After Jeff's death, Washington moved to Alabama to live with her daughter, and eventually started taking college courses at Lawson State Community College in 2013.‎ ‎"Learning is just really fun," she told Fox.‎ She earned an associate's degree in 2017, but felt no need to stop there, eventually enrolling at A&M.‎ ‎"Even though there was a lot of tears and late-night studying at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning, I was determined," she said. "I never felt like quitting."‎ Her daughter Kimberly Washington praised her persistence, telling FOX that her mother is a fine example of "commitment and strength and perseverance and dedication and compassion and passion."‎ ‎"It's never too late," Washington said. "You have a dream, please finish that dream. You can do it. You just have to believe in yourself."‎ 五：报刊复杂句式品鉴。‎ ‎1.What do you think made 80-Year-Old Woman achieve her dream?‎ ‎2.What can we do to achieve our dream?‎ 五：报刊复杂句式品鉴。‎ She earned an associate's degree in 2017, but felt no need to stop there, eventually enrolling at A&M.‎ 翻译：____________________________________________________________‎ 解析：本句中enrolling at A&M.为____________________词短语做状语，表示主动和___________________。‎ 双语赏析 ‎80-Year-Old Woman Becomes Alabama University’s Oldest Graduate ‎ ‎— and She’s Magna Cum Laude!‎ An 80-year-old woman is hoping to remind others that age is nothing but a number after she made history by becoming her university's oldest graduate.‎ 一位80岁的老奶奶创造了历史，是年纪最大的大学毕业生，她希望用自己的故事提醒他人，年龄不过是个数字而已。‎ Donzella Washington walked across the stage to get her bachelor's degree at Alabama A&M University — an accomplishment she said was dedicated to her late husband.‎ 阿拉巴马农工大学，唐泽拉·华盛顿穿过舞台去领取她的学士学位，她表示要把这项成就献给她已故的丈夫 She likely would have made him very proud, considering Washington graduated magna cum laude with a 3.64 GPA — and a 4.0 in her final semester.‎ 如果可能的话，华盛顿会让他感到非常骄傲的，老奶奶的毕业成绩是优等二级，平均学分绩点3.64，她最后一个学期是4.0。‎ Over the years, Washington and her husband Jeff fostered 32 children together at their home in California, and she worked at a police department and in a bank.‎ 多年来，华盛顿和她的丈夫杰佛在加利福尼亚家中共同收养了32个孩子，她在警察局和银行上过班。‎ After Jeff's death, Washington moved to Alabama to live with her daughter, and eventually started taking college courses at Lawson State Community College in 2013.‎ 杰佛去世后，华盛顿搬到了阿拉巴马，和她女儿生活在一起，她2013年开始在劳森州立社区学院上学。‎ ‎"Learning is just really fun," she told Fox.‎ 她向福克斯新闻表示：“学习真的非常有意思。”‎ She earned an associate's degree in 2017, but felt no need to stop there, eventually enrolling at A&M.‎ ‎2017年，她获得了准学士学位，但华盛顿觉得没有必要就此罢休，她最终进入了阿拉巴马大学。‎ ‎"Even though there was a lot of tears and late-night studying at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning, I was determined," she said. "I never felt like quitting."‎ 她表示：“即使经常哭泣，学习到半夜一两点，但我下定了决心。我绝不想放弃。”‎ Her daughter Kimberly Washington praised her persistence, telling FOX that her mother is a fine example of "commitment and strength and perseverance and dedication and compassion and passion."‎ 她女儿金伯莉·华盛顿赞扬了她的坚持，她告诉福克斯新闻她的母亲是“承诺、力量、毅力、奉献、怜悯和热情”的优秀例证。‎ ‎"It's never too late," Washington said. "You have a dream, please finish that dream. You can do it. You just have to believe in yourself."‎ 华盛顿表示：“永远都不会太迟，有了梦想就请去实现。你可以的。你只是需要相信自己。”‎ 同话题泛读材料 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ A 90-year-old has been awarded “Woman Of The Year” for ___61___ (be)Britain's oldest full-time employee-still working 40 hours a week. Now Irene Astbury works from 9am to 5pm daily at the pet shop in Maccles field， ___62___ she opened with her late husband Les. Her years of hard work have ___63___(final)been acknowledged after a customer nominated(提名)her to be Cheshire's Woman Of The Year.‎ Picking up her “Lifetime Achievement” award，proud Irene ___64___(declare) she had no ‎ plans ___65___ (retire) from her 36-year-old business. Irene said，“I don't see any reason to give up work. I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I ___66___(make) over the years. I work not because I have to, ___67___ because I want to.”‎ Granddaughter Gayle Parks，31-who works alongside her in the family business-said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award. She said，“We don't have any idea who put grandma forward. When we got a call ___68___ (say)she was short-listed，we thought it was ___69___ joke. But then we got an official letter and we were blown away. We are so proud of her. It's ___70___ (wonder).”‎ ‎【答案】61. being ‎ ‎62. which 63. finally ‎ ‎64. declared ‎ ‎65. to retire ‎ ‎66. have made ‎ ‎67. but 68. saying ‎ ‎69. a 70. wonderful ‎【解析】‎ 本文为记叙文。讲述了九十高龄的Irene作为英国最年长的全职员工，依然在宠物店做着朝九晚五的工作，没有退休的打算，她被颁发 “年度女士”称号。‎ ‎【61题详解】‎ 考查非谓语动词。根据其前介词for可知，此处用动名词形式作宾语，故填being。‎ ‎【62题详解】‎ 考查非限制性定语从句。分析句子结构可知，先行词为the pet shop，在非限制性定语从句中作opened一词的宾语，故用which。‎ ‎【63题详解】‎ 考查副词用法。根据空格所处位置可知，此处应用副词形式作状语，修饰谓语动词have been acknowledged，意为“最终得以认可”，故填finally。‎ ‎【64题详解】‎ 考查谓语动词。根据上下文可知，该句主语为Irene，此处为谓语成分，根据后文had 以及said 可知用一般过去时态，故填declared。‎ ‎【65题详解】‎ 考查不定式作定语。此处用to do sth做后置定语,用来修饰前面的名词plan,表示“…的计划”，故填to retire。‎ ‎【66题详解】‎ 考查动词时态。根据该定于从句中的时间状语“over the years”可知，此处用现在完成时态，句意：我喜欢到这里来看看我的家人和我这些年来交到的朋友们。故填have made。‎ ‎【67题详解】‎ 考查并列连词。根据句意逻辑可知，此处为转折关系，句意：我工作不是因为我不得不做，而是因为我想做。此处用but与前文not 呼应，构成“不是…而是 …”之意，故填but。‎ ‎【68题详解】‎ 考查非谓语动词。根据其后所接的宾语从句可知，此处用现在分词形式saying作后置定语，解释名词call的内容，call与say是主动关系，故填saying。‎ ‎【69题详解】‎ 考查冠词用法。根据句意“我们还以为这是一个玩笑” 可知，此处joke为泛指，故填a。‎ ‎【70题详解】‎ 考查形容词作表语。根据句子结构可知，在系动词is之后用形容词形式作表语，故填wonderful。‎ 你的泛读笔记