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    To some people, happiness is something to do with simplicity, and it is the ability to extract pleasure
    from the simplest things-such as a peach stone (桃核). It is obvious that it has nothing to do with success.
    For Sir Henry Stewart, it was certainly successful. I remember some ten years ago when he was made King's Counsel, Amos and I went to congratulate him. We smiled happily; he merely looked as miserable
    as though he'd received a punishment. He took his success as a child does his medicine. And not one of
    his achievements brought even a sign of a smile to his tired eyes.
    I asked him one day what it was like to achieve all one's ambitions. He looked down at his roses and
    went on watering them. Then he said, "The only value in achieving one's ambitions is that you then realize
    that they are not worth achieving."
    Yesterday, I was passing his house and he called me, "Come and see, Jan. Look! I have done it at last! "There he was, holding a small box of earth in his hand. I observed three tiny shoots out of it.
    "And there were only three!" he said, his eyes laughing to heaven.
    "Three what?" I asked.
    "Peach stones," he replied."I've always wanted to make peach stones grow, even since I was a child,
    when I used to take them home after a party, or as a man after a banquet. And I used to plant them, and
    then forgot where I planted them.But now at last I have done it. I had only three stones, and three shoots," he counted.
    Then Sir Henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievement-his achievement of
    simplicity.
    1. From what fact could we see Sir Henry was successful?
    A. He felt happy from the simplest things.
    B. He was made King's Counsel.
    C. He was able to make the peach stones shoot.
    D. He didn't take his success seriously.
    2. The author compares Sir Henry's attitude towards his success to a child's taking medicine________.
    A. to show that Sir Henry felt miserable when he was promoted
    B. to prove that Sir Henry didn't want to be successful
    C. to suggest that Sir Henry's future job would be hard to do
    D. to tell us that Sir Henry took his success as a tiny thing in his life
    3. According to Sir Henry Stewart, the value in achieving one's ambitions is________.
    A. that he discovers it valueless
    B. that he finds it worth his efforts
    C. that he has achieved it
    D. that he fails to realize it
    4. The writer's opinion about Sir Henry's attitude towards success is________.
    A. criticism
    B. disapproval
    C. admiration
    D. tease
    本题信息:2011年山西省同步题英语阅读理解难度较难 来源:张铁富(高中英语)
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这类文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局,有人物、时间、地点和事件。命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手,考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。


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1、抓住文章的6个要素:
阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后顺序。因此,无论是顺叙还是倒叙,阅读此类文章时,必须要找到它结构中的5个W(when, where, who, why, what)和1个H(how),不过不是每篇都会完整地交待六个要素。毫无疑问,寻出这些元素是能够正确快速解题的一个先决条件。
2、注意作者的议论和抒情:
高考英语阅读理解故事类文章常伴随着作者思想情感的流露和表达,因此议论和抒情往往夹杂其中。行文时或按事情发生发展的先后时间进行或按事情发生发展的地点来转换,也可能按事情发展的阶段来布局。在引出话题,讲完一件事情后,作者往往会表达个人感悟或提出建议等。这些体现作者观点或思想的语句在阅读时可以划线,它们往往体现文章中心或者写作意图,属于必考点,所以要仔细体会。
3、结合前两点归纳文章中心,把握作者态度:
故事类文章是通过记叙一件事来表达中心思想的,它是文章的灵魂。归纳文章中心思想时,尤其要分析文章的结尾,因为很多文章卒章显志,用简短的议论、抒情揭示文章中心;文章中议论抒情的句子往往与中心密切相关;也有的文章需要在结合概括各段大意的基础上归纳中心。另外,叙述一件事必有其目的,或阐明某一观点,或赞美某种品德,或抨击某种陋习,这就要求我们在阅读时,通过对细节(第1点中的六要素)的理解,把握作者的态度。
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