2020屆高考英語閱讀理解之主旨大意題復習
it’s not the news that makes someone angry. it’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. a doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. a boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.
unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. when you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? when you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter mainly told you that he just served the last piece? it makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.
had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, i would have appreciated his warming .had the greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, i probably would have said, ” oh, that’s all right i’ll catch the next one.” big winners, when they bear bad news ,deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded(被轟炸的)person is sure to have.
56.what is the main idea of the text?
a. delivering bad news properly is important in communication.
b. helping others sincerely is the key to business success.
c. receiving bad news requires great courage.
d. learning ancient traditions can be useful.
【答案】a
【解析】主旨大意題。整體把握文意，文中多次提到人們對帶給自己壞消息的人經常心生怨恨，找準關鍵詞"deliver bad news"，選a。
10.【 浙江 a】
adrian’s “amazing race” started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. in a special school for the hearing-impaired (聽覺受損的)，he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children. however, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. she wanted him to lead a normal life. so after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.
later on, adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school. but the headmaster tried to prevent them from doing so, saying regular school couldn’t take care of a special needs students. his parents were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work everyday because they wanted to prove that, given the opportunity, he could do anything. adrian made the grade and got accepted. it was a big challenge. the pace （節奏）was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn’t always easy. but he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work after school.