高三英語培優(yōu)外刊閱讀外刊精選｜接受自己的平庸，真的很難嗎？你有沒有過這樣的經(jīng)歷：總是拍不出自己滿意的照片，于是漸漸不再拍照了；想去打球或者跳舞，但一直做不好也就慢慢放棄了。我們經(jīng)常會因為自己做不好一件事，而干脆放棄，那為什么不能坦然接受自己的差勁，單純地享受這件事帶來的快樂呢？今天這篇《華爾街日報》的文章也許會帶給你一些啟發(fā)。為什么人們不愿意接受自己的不完美？設(shè)定怎樣的自我期待才合適？TheCaseforAllowingYourselftoBeBadatSomethingByRachelFeintzeigManyofusareterribleatbeingterrible.Facedwithevidenceofourownmediocrity,wewiltinembarrassment,avoidthethingorquitaltogether.Weusedtobebetteratbeinglousy.Overtime,competitionforeducationandjobshasrampedup,explainsThomasCurran,professorofpsychologyandbehavioralscienceattheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience.Imagesofperfectionfilloursocial-mediafeeds,alongwithadsassuringuswewouldn’tbesodeficientifwejustboughtthisthingortriedthatproduct.Ourownexpectationsdon’thelp.Istarteddabblinginyogathissummer.WhenIlamentedtoSydSchulz,aprofessionalmountainbiker,thatIwasterribleattheposes,herresponsewaswhatdidyouexpect?"It’salittleinsultingtopeoplewhohavespentyearsandyearsoftheirlivesacquiringskillstothinkthatyoushouldhavethoseovernight,"saysMs.Schulz."Weexpectlinearprogress."Yearsspentworkingonhercyclinghavetaughtherthatimprovementoftencomesinhaltingsteps,precededbylongstretchesofstagnationorevengettingworse.【詞匯過關(guān)】請寫出下面文單詞在文章中的中文意思。1.case[ke?s]n.______________________________________2.mediocrity[?mi?di?ɑ?kr?ti]n.______________________________________3.lousy[?la?zi]adj.______________________________________4.feeds[fi?dz]n.______________________________________5.deficient[d??f??nt]adj.______________________________________6.lament[l??ment]v.______________________________________7.halting[?hɑ?lt??]adj.______________________________________8.stagnation[st?ɡ?ne??n]n.______________________________________【詞塊學(xué)習(xí)】請從文章中找到下面中文相對應(yīng)的文詞塊。1______________________________________不擅長某事2.______________________________________極其不擅長做某事3.b______________________________________面臨，面對......4.______________________________________在羞愧中失去信心5.______________________________________增加6.______________________________________幫不上忙7.______________________________________淺嘗某事8.______________________________________冒犯某人9.______________________________________線性進步10.______________________________________前面是......11.______________________________________連續(xù)的一段時間的......拓展練習(xí)閱讀理解In1837,Darwinsketcheda“treeoflife”inhisnotebook,12yearsbeforethepublicationofhisOriginofSpecies.Sincethen,thetreehasbeenroutinelyusedbybiologiststoexplainhownewspeciesemergefromacommonancestor.Butsomescientistsbelievethatnewspeciescanalsoarisefromtwoparentalspeciescombiningtheirgenomes(基因組).Nowthereisproof.Today,scientistsreportinthejournalNaturethattheAmazonianbutterflyspeciesHeliconiuselevatusarosefromthecombiningoftwoothers.Bycomparingthegeneticblueprintsofotherbutterflyspecies,researchersledbyHarvardUniversityresearchassociateNeilRosser,demonstratedthattheH.elevatusgenomeisamixtureof1percentofthespeciesH.melpomeneand99percentofH.pardalinus.Twodecadesago,MalletrealizedthatallthecloserelativesofH.elevatusworeapatterncalled“tigermimicryring.”H.elevatus,ontheotherhand,worea“nailheadray”outfitthatwasonlysharedbyH.melpomene,adistantrelative.ItwasasifH.elevatusshowedupatthefamilyreunionwithanoutfitborrowedfromastranger.ThiswasasmokinggunthatH.elevatuswasahybrid(雜交的)species,butMallethadtowaitfortwodecadesforgenomicdatatoconfirmhissuspicion.WhileMalletandcolleaguesgatheredgenomicsequencesofHeliconiusbutterflies,RossersetupbutterflycagestoobserveH.elevatusbehavior.ThecombinedeffortofMallet’sgenomicsequencingandRosser’sbehavioralstudiesledtothediscoveryofkeyregionsintheH.elevatusgenomeassociatedwithcolorpattern,hostplantpreference,andmatingpreference.ToRosserandMallet’ssurprise,allofthesecrucialgenescamefromH.melpomene.Althoughonly1percentoftheH.elevatusgenomecomesfromH.melpomene,thesearespreadacrosstheH.elevatusgenomein44independent“geneticislands,”andcontrolcharacteristicscrucialtospeciesidentity.BothMalletandRosserthinktherearemanymorehybridbutterflyspeciesoutthere.Tofindthesehybridspecies,peopleneedtostartgatheringgenomicdataforallbutterflies.13．WhatimplicationdoesthediscoveryofH.elevateshave?A．Itdiscreditsatheory. B．Itexplainsaphenomenon.C．Itjustifiesanassumption. D．Itcorrectsamisconception.14．WhichishardevidenceindicatingH.elevatusisahybrid?A．Itsbodysize. B．Itsbehaviors.C．Itscolorpattern. D．Itsmatingpreference.15．WhatdidMalletandRosserdoaboutH.elevatusinthetwodecades?A．Theypreserveditskeyhabitats. B．Theydiscloseditsrealidentity.C．Theychangeditsgeneticmechanism. D．Theyimproveditsuniqueappearance.16．Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?A．HybridButterfliesFoundB．Darwin’sTheoryOverturnedC．GeneticMapofNewSpeciesCompletedD．BreakthroughMadeinButterflies’Preservation

外刊精選答案【詞匯過關(guān)】請寫出下面文單詞在文章中的中文意思。1.case[ke?s]n.理由，論據(jù)；案件，案例2.mediocrity[?mi?di?ɑ?kr?ti]n.平庸，庸才，無足輕重，平平無奇3.lousy[?la?zi]adj.糟糕的4.feeds[fi?dz]n.信息流，推送的信息5.deficient[d??f??nt]adj.不足的6.lament[l??ment]v.抱怨7.halting[?hɑ?lt??]adj.斷斷續(xù)續(xù)的8.stagnation[st?ɡ?ne??n]n.停滯【詞塊學(xué)習(xí)】請從文章中找到下面中文相對應(yīng)的文詞塊。1.bebadatsomething不擅長某事2.beterribleatdoingsomething極其不擅長做某事3.befacedwithsomething面臨，面對......4.wiltinembarrassment在羞愧中失去信心5.rampup增加6.somethingdoesn’thelp幫不上忙7.dabbleinsomething淺嘗某事8.beinsultingtosomebody冒犯某人9.linearprogress線性進步10.beprecededbysomething前面是......11.(a)stretchofsomething連續(xù)的一段時間的......【全文翻譯】你不必事事都出色的原因在接受自己很糟糕這件事上，我們許多人都做得很糟糕。當(dāng)自己很平庸的證據(jù)擺在眼前，我們會尷尬難堪而失去自信，會選擇逃避，甚至徹底放棄。曾經(jīng)，我們更容易接受自己的差勁。倫敦政治經(jīng)濟學(xué)院心理與行為科學(xué)教授托馬斯·柯倫（ThomasCurran）解釋說，但時間一長，學(xué)業(yè)和職場上的競爭越來越激烈；而我們的社交媒體上充斥著各種完美的形象，還有一旁的廣告向我們保證，只要購買或嘗試該產(chǎn)品，我們就不會有那么多缺點。在這件事上，建立對自己的期待并沒有什么幫助。今年夏天，我開始接觸瑜伽。希德·舒爾茨（SydSchulz）是一位山地自行車職業(yè)運動員，我向她抱怨有些瑜伽體式自己總是做不好，她的回答是，你到底期待著什么？舒爾茨說：“如果你期待能在一夜之間，就掌握了別人年復(fù)一年地努力才掌握的技能，這對于他們來說就有點侮辱人了。我們總是期待一種線性的進步?！倍嗄甑尿T行訓(xùn)練讓她明白，進步往往是斷斷續(xù)續(xù)的，而且在取得進步之前還會經(jīng)歷長時間的停滯不前，甚至是退步。拓展練習(xí)閱讀理解13．C14．C15．B16．A【導(dǎo)語】本文是一篇調(diào)查研究。文章主要介紹了科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種雜交的蝴蝶，證明了一種新的進化方式是存在的。13．推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段“Butsomescientistsbelievethatnewspeciescanalsoarisefromtwoparentalspeciescombiningtheirgenomes(基因組).(但一些科學(xué)家認(rèn)為，新物種也可以由兩個親本物種結(jié)合它們的基因組而產(chǎn)生)”，第二段“Nowthereisproof.(現(xiàn)在有了證據(jù))”以及第三段“Today,scientistsreportinthejournalNaturethattheAmazonianbutterflyspeciesHeliconiuselevatusarosefromthecombiningoftwoothers.Bycomparingthegeneticblueprintsofotherbutterflyspecies,researchersledbyHarvardUniversityresearchassociateNeilRosser,demonstratedthattheH.elevatusgenomeisamixtureof1percentofthespeciesH.melpomeneand99percentofH.pardalinus.(今天，科學(xué)家們在《自然》雜志上報告說，亞馬遜蝴蝶物種Heliconiuselevatus是由另外兩種蝴蝶結(jié)合而成的。通過比較其他種類蝴蝶的基因藍圖，由哈佛大學(xué)研究助理NeilRosser領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的研究人員證明，H.elevatus的基因組是1%的H.melpomene和99%的H.pardalinus的混合物)”可知，H.elevates的發(fā)現(xiàn)意味著一個假設(shè)是正確的。故選C項。14．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“Twodecadesago,MalletrealizedthatallthecloserelativesofH.elevatusworeapatterncalled“tigermimicryring.”H.elevatus,ontheotherhand,worea“nailheadray”outfitthatwasonlysharedbyH.melpomene,adistantrelative.ItwasasifH.elevatusshowedupatthefamilyreunionwithanoutfitborrowedfromastranger.ThiswasasmokinggunthatH.elevatuswasahybrid(雜交的)species,butMallethadtowaitfortwodecadesforgenomicdatatoconfirmhissuspicion.(二十年前，馬萊特意識到H.elevatus的所有近親都帶有一種名為“虎擬態(tài)環(huán)”的圖案。另一方面，H.elevatus則穿著一種“釘頭射線”的外衣，這種外衣只被遠(yuǎn)親H.melpomene所共有。就好像H.elevatus在家庭聚會上穿著從陌生人那里借來的衣服一樣。這是一個確鑿的證據(jù)，表明H.elevatus是一個雜交物種，但馬萊特不得不等待二十年的基因組數(shù)據(jù)來證實他的懷疑)”可知，H.elevatus的顏色圖案是它一個雜交物種的確鑿證據(jù)。故選C項。15．推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段“ThecombinedeffortofMallet’sgenomicsequencingandRosser’sbehavioralstudiesledtothediscoveryofkeyregionsintheH.el