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2019-2020
年初三英语时文阅读
(5
月
25
日)
（材料一）想拥有
“
点金术
”
?
但是，它真的能带给你幸福吗？
King Midas and his Golden Touch
Long long ago, there lived in Greece a king whose name was Midas. He
was a greedy man and loved gold better than anything else in the world.
One day, he asked a god to give him more gold. The god decided to
punish him and said, “Your wish is granted already. Everything you touch
will turn to gold.”
Midas was overjoyed when he heard this. The next morning, he got up
early to test his skill. When he touched h
is bed, it turned to gold. “Gold!”
cried Midas, laughing like a naughty little boy. “It works!”
Not only stones, flowers, and the furnishings of his house turned to gold,
but
，
when he sat down to table, so did the food he ate and the water he drank.
He was unhappy now. Just then his daughter ran up to him, Midas touched
her hand. At once her body became cold and stiff. Midas was holding a gold
statue!
At last, he begged the god to free him from his wish. “Go to the river and
bathe in it,” the god sai
d. So Midas did, and the water took away his golden
touch. He would never forget this lesson: gold did not bring happiness.
This is a Greek myth. Nowadays, the idiom “have the Midas touch”
means to have the ability to be successful, especially the ability to make
money easily. Well, do you want to have the Midas touch and become a
millionaire?
（材料二）交换了衣服，是否也就交换了命运？
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain tells the story of Tom Canty,
the son of a beggar and thief, and young Edward Tudor, the only son of
King Henry VIII
(
亨利八世
) of England.
Tom’s life in the back streets of London is hard. He is forced by his
father, John Canty, to go out begging every day, and if he returns
empty-handed, he will be beaten. Tom loves stories about
nobility
(
贵族
),
and he always dreams of living such a life.
One day, Tom’s daydreaming leads him out of the city of London, past
the palaces of the rich, and finally to
Westminster Palace
(
威斯敏斯特宫
),
where he actually sees Edward, the prince, on the other side of a fence. At
the same time, the prince notices Tom and invites him into the palace.
Each of the boys is
fascinated
(
使
……
着迷
) by the other’s life. They
exchange clothing and discover that they look very much alike. The guard,
believing that the prince is the pauper, pushes Edward out of the palace. So
Tom begins to
play
(
装成
) the prince at Westminster Palace, while Edward,
the prince, has to learn to
survive
(
存活
) in the harsh and violent world
outside his palace.
At first, Tom enj
oys his new life very much, but soon he’s in trouble.
People in the
court
(
宫廷
) become very confused about the “prince’s” rude
behavior, saying that the prince is mad. Then Henry VIII sends two people
to
watch over
(
监督
) the “prince” and to remind him of wha
t he should do.
With some guidance, Tom learns quickly and gradually gets used to his
court life.
In the meantime, Edward is living with John Canty and is forced to beg
and steal. One night, he manages to
slip away
(
逃走
) from the family.
The scene then moves to a royal dinner, where Tom is told that Henry
VIII is dead. Tom thus suddenly becomes the king. He uses every
opportunity to learn, and to remember, important royal matters.
While Tom is becoming more like an
heir
(
继承人
) to
the throne of
England
(
英国王位
), the real prince is trying his best to deal with a lot of
trouble. John Canty, still believing Edward is his son, keeps
tracing
(
追踪
)
him and wants to catch him. Edward then wanders alone across the
countryside,
driven away
(
赶走
) whenever he begs for food or rest. Along
his journey, he hears many stories about the
injustices
(
不公平、
非正义的行
为
) of English laws and gets a close look at the common people’s life.
As Edward is returning to London, Tom is rapidly learning to be a king
and is preparing for his
coronation
(
加冕
). On Coronation Day, just as the
crown is about to be put on Tom’s head, Edward stops it. The real prince
finally becomes the king, and Tom is made the “
King’s Ward
(
国王护卫
).”
Throughout his
reign
(
统治
), Edward always remembers his adventures and
reigns more
mercifully
(
仁慈地
) because of them.
（材料三）当甲型
H1N1
流感全球 蔓延，世界卫生组织表示：不排除把
流感大流行警告级别提升至
6
级的可能性。
World Tackles A-H1N1 Flu
The
World Health Organization
(WHO
世界卫生组织
) said recently
that the risk of a pandemic caused by the
A-H1N1 virus
(
甲型
H1N1
流感病
毒
) is still very high and there is still the possibility to raise the alert level to
Phase 6 from the current Phase 5. Phase 6 means outbreaks have been found
in two or more regions in the world and a pandemic is under way.
So far, a total of 985 A-H1N1 flu infections, including one case in
China’s Hong Kong, have been confirmed in 20 countries. In
Mexico City
(
墨西哥城
), the government has ordered a five-day holiday to stem new
infections. In the USA, more than 430 schools with confirmed cases had
closed for at least 14 days. In China, the government has started a daily
report on influenza A-H1N1, and is making stringent checks on people
entering the country by air, land, and sea in an attempt to prevent the new
flu from spreading to the country.
Some scientists said that they had found the first human to come down
with the flu: a four-year-
old Mexican boy. To everyone’s surprise, he is
recovering! Some believed that he could hold the key to the source of the
virus.
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