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龙源期刊网http://www.qikan.com.cnTreasureWhatYouHave作者：吕浙来源：《新高考·高一英语》2012年第01期Words:346字建议阅读时间为：5分钟难度：★★★☆☆John,afamousmusician,tookhispricelessviolinandplayeditinthecrowdedsubwaystation.Themusicfromtheviolinwasbeautiful.However,duringtheone-hourplay,onlysixorsevenpeopleweretrulylisteningtoit.Johnonlygot52U.S.dollarsforhisworkthatday.However,onnormaldays,whenJohnisabouttoholdaconcert,oneticketcanbesoldatmorethan100dollarsanditisveryhardtobuyaticketevenatsuchahighprice.Therefore,later,manypassers-byinthestationthatdayfeltdeeplyregretfulfornotrecognizingthefamousmusicianandmissingsuchavaluablebutcheapperformance.Here’sanotherstory.Ihaveaverybusyfriendwhohadtotallychangedafterknowingthathiswifecamedownwithseriousillness.Hecookedbyhimselfforthefamilyandtookawalkwithhiswifeeveryday.Buthiswifestilldidnotmanagetoconquertheillnessandpassedawayafterthreemonths.Afterthat,heoftensighedthatduetohispastbusylife,hehadmissedalotofbeautifultimewithhiswife.Butnow,itisimpossibletomakeupforit.Fromthestoriesabove,wecouldknowthatitisnousecryingoverspilt(泼洒掉的milk.Wehavemissedalotofpreciousthingsinourlifewithoutknowingtovaluethem.Actually,Ialsomissedsomethingpreciousbefore.Thereasonwhywewouldhavemissedthosepreciousthingsislessthansimple:wehadthoughtthatwecouldstillownthemtomorrow.However,tomorrowisactuallybynomeansreliable.Inmanypeople’slives,theyhaveonlydonetwothings:waitingandregretting.Theresultisthattheywerealwaystoolatetovaluewhattheyhadbeforetheylostit.Wewouldoftenwishtodosomethingwhenwegrowup,orwhenwehavemoneyorwhenwebecomeold,etc.However,whenwereachtheconditionwehaveexpected,wecouldnolongerdorealizeourwishanymore,becausewehavelostitbythen.【理解试题】1.Whydidn’tthepassers-byinthestationlistentoJohn’splaythatday？A.Becausetheywerehurriedtogotoworkorcomebackhome.B.Becausetheywerenotfondofmusic,especiallythemusicfromtheviolin.
龙源期刊网http://www.qikan.com.cnC.Becausetheydidn’thearthemusicinthecrowdedsubwaystation.D.Becausetheywantedtowastenotimelisteningtoanon-famousperson’splay.2.Theunderlinedword“conquer”inParagraph3mostprobablymeans.A.findoutB.getthebetterofC.sufferfromD.takecareof3.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage？A.Thewriterofthispassageoncedidn’ttreasuresomethingheowned.B.Thewriterofthispassagewasinthesubwaystationbychancethatday.C.Thewriterofthispassageaskedustovaluemilkandneverspillit.D.Thewriterofthispassagetoldustodoanythingassoonaswewantto.4.Whichofthefollowingproverbs（谚语）canbestsummarizethemainideaofParagraph6？A.Timetriesfriendsandfiretriesgold.B.Timetriesallthings.C.Timeisthefatheroftruth.D.Taketimewhiletimeis,fortimewillbeaway.5.What’sthebesttitleforthispassage？A.TreasureNowNoLongerMissed.B.NeverCryoverSpiltMilk.C.LookforWhatYouDoNotHave.D.NeverDoTwoThings.【答案分析】1.D。根据第二段最后一个句子可知，那天由于路过地铁站的人没有认出拉琴的是著名的音乐家，故匆匆而去。换句话说，他们不愿意浪费时间听一个不知名的人演奏。
龙源期刊网http://www.qikan.com.cn2.B。根据其后passedaway的信息，作者朋友的妻子最终没能战胜病魔死了。conquer是“战胜”的意思，与getthebetterof同义。3.A。根据第5段第一个句子Actually,Ialsomissedsomethingpreciousbefore推断，该文作者也曾未珍惜过自己所拥有的一些东西。4.D。第6段最后一个句子起到概括该段中心思想的作用。该句子的意思是“但是，等我们到了我们所期待的状况时，我们已经不能实现自己的希望了，因为机会已经错过。”故用“机不可失，时不再来”这句谚语来概括该段的中心思想。另外三个谚语的意思依次是：时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金；时间考验一切；时间是真理之父。5.A。该文主要说明了两层意思：珍惜现在所拥有的东西和后悔是无济于事的。故用“珍惜现在，不再错过”作为该文的最佳标题最为恰当。【词汇讲解】1.recognizev.认出；识别例如：HelookedattheenvelopeandrecognizedJenny’shandwritingimmediately.他看了看信封，马上认出是珍妮的笔迹。IrecognizedPeteralthoughIhadn’tseenhimfor10years.虽然我有10年没看到彼得了，但我认出了他。注意：recognize指所辨认的人或物多是以前所熟悉的。know则表示“认识；熟悉”。例如：Iknowhimverywell.我对他非常熟悉。2.comedownwith染上病；随之而降例如：Wecomedownwithillnessesmoreeasilywhenunderstress.在有压力的情况下，我们更容易生病。Thatpricewouldcomedownwithmassproduction.此价格只能在大量生产的时候会有所降低。3.managev.设法；管理；经营例如：Imanageateamofsixengineers.我管理六个工程师的小组。
龙源期刊网http://www.qikan.com.cnCanyouimagineawomanwithseriousillnessmanageawebsitebyherself？你能想象一个病魔缠身的妇女独自经营一个网站吗？Howonearthdidyoumanagetoescape?你究竟怎样设法逃脱的呢？注意：managetodo与trytodo均可以表示“设法做……”。但managetodo含有“成功；办成”的意思，强调结果。而trytodo强调“试图做某事”的过程，并不牵涉成功与否的结果。
