----浅谈英语谚语在高考中的运用

　　　谚语是洋溢着文化气息的哲理性语言，是智慧的结晶。

　　历年的高考英语试题中的谚语的出现频率越来越高，它通常与情景对话题、交际用语题、完形填空题、阅读理解等题型结合，用来提供情景或点明观点主旨。在写作中，如果考生能够运用几句谚语表达，会更提升作文层次，使自己的作文在众多高考作文中让阅卷老师眼前一亮。

　　一、 情景交际中的谚语知识

　　英语谚语文字精练、表达生动、情景性强，因此常用在情景交际题中作为试题背景。如2007年高考英语再次出现了考查谚语知识的试题：

　　（2007年江苏卷26）You may not have played very well today, but at least you’ve got through to the next round and ___.

　　 A. tomorrow never comes B. tomorrow is another day
二、阅读理解中的谚语知识

　　谚语包含了朴素的哲理和深刻的寓意，用在阅读理解题中常用来推断、总结、做结论。



考试需要透过文字的表层信息进行推理、分析、理解文章的真正内涵，找准文章意义与谚语寓意的切入点。请看下面两篇阅读理解：

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　　You hear the same complaint all the time: “My memory is terrible.” Is it all in the mind, or do real changes take place in the brain with the passing of time? The answer is that the brain’s cells decline and die with age. However, according to Professor Arthur Shimamura of the University of California, people vary greatly in how they change mentally with age, as well as how much their mental ability declines.

　　There are three main ways in which mental function changes. The first concerns speed, such as how quickly you can react to fast-moving incidents on the road. Drivers in their late teens react quickly but often drive too fast, while the over -60’s are more careful but react more slowly. This type of mental slowing results from a reduction in the efficiency with which the brains’s neurons (神经细胞) work.

　　The fact that adults find it harder to learn musical instrument than children points to a second type of mental decline, the loss of learning ability with age. The part of the brain which is known to control new learning is particularly sensitive to the effects of ageing. This means we have to depend more on diaries and other mental aids as we get older, take longer to learn a new language and are slower to master new things at work.

　　“Working memory” is the third brain function that is sensitive to the effects of ageing. Absentmindedness occurs at all ages because of imperfections in the working memory system. For example, you may continually lose your glasses, or find yourself walking into a room of your house only to find that you cannot remember what you came for. Such absent-mindedness also occurs more often as we get older.

　　However, evidence also shows that the principle “use it or lose it” applies to the ageing brain. Professor Shimamura studied a group of university professors who were still mentally active, and compared their performance on neuro–psychological tests with that of others of their age group, as well as with younger people. He found that on several tests of memory, the mentally active professors in their 60’s and early 70’s performed better than those of the same age, and as well as the younger group.

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