几个小时前和一些家长聊天，他们都对英文非常重视，知道这门学科不但在高中、大学，而且在今后的就业上有举足轻重的作用。英文好的人，自然有了个巨大的优势，因为：

______, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.

A. Other things being equal                        B. Were other things equal

C. To be equal to other thing                       D. Other things to be equal

顺便说一下，此题选A，固定表达，独立主格。

英文菜与不菜，很大程度取决于词汇量。请看今年高考阅读C篇，请你数一下有多少字不认识：




   Human remains of ancient settlements will be reburied and lost to science under a law that threatens research into the history of humans in Britain, a group of leading archeologists (考古学家) says. In a letter addressed to the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, 40 archaeologists write of their “deep and widespread concern” about the issue. It centers on the law introduced by the Ministry of Justice in 2008 which requires all human remains unearthed in England and Wales to be reburied within two years, regardless of their age. The decision means scientists have too little time to study bones and other human remains of national and cultural significance.

   “Your current requirement that all archaeologically unearthed human remains should be reburied, whether after a standard period of two years or a further special extension, is contrary to basic principles of archaeological and scientific research and of museum practice,” they write.

   The law applies to any pieces of bone uncovered at around 400 dig sites, including the remains of 60 or so bodies found at Stonehenge in 2008 that date back to 3,000 BC. Archaeologists have been granted a temporary extension to give them more time, but eventuallly the bones will have to be returned to the ground.

   The arrangements may result in the waste of future discoveries at sites such as Happisburgh in Norfolk, where digging is continuing after the discovery of stone tools made by early humans 950,000 years ago. If human remains were found at Happisburgh, they would be the oldest in northern Europe and the first indication of what this species was. Under the current practice of the law those remains would have to be reburied and effectively destroyed.

   Before 2008, guidelines allowed for the proper preservation and study of bones of sufficient age and historical interest, while the Burial Act 1857 applied to more recent remains. The Ministry of Justice assured archaeologists two years ago that the law was temporary, but has so far failed to revise it.

   Mike Parker Pearson, an archaeologist at Sheffield University, said: “Archaeologists have been extremely patient because we were led to believe the ministry was sorting out this problem, but we feel that we cannot wait any longer.”

   The ministry has no guidelines on where or how remains should be reburied, or on what records should be kept.

 

本篇阅读共392字。据语言学界比较公认的数据，需要知道一篇文章里98%的单词，才能比较好的读懂。所以，392*2%=7.84。就是说你不认识的字基本要控制在8个以内。

 

再看一下复旦今年自主招生词汇题：

 They declared the war, for they believed that country had        the weapons of mass destruction.

   A. liberated      B. countered      C. approved          D. proliferated

 

The journalist reported the         of children labors who had worked many days on end.

   A. expansion      B. expedition  C. exploitation D. exploration

 

At 85，Dons，single，diabetic and living alone，was becoming increasingly forgetful and  ____.

    A．acute      B．frail      C．significant        D．offensive

 

答案：D C B

也就是说高三第一学期结束，你要认识这些词（大学英语6级），你自主招生的英文才有胜算，而自主招生是大势所趋。

 

再来看看托福iBT的分类词汇：

 

geography 地理
geographer 地理学家
hemisphere 半球
meridian 子午线，经线
parallel 平行圈，纬线
latitude 纬度
longitude 经度
elevation 海拔
altitude 高度
horizon 地平线
equator 赤道
Arctic 北极
Antarctic(Antarctica) 南极
expedition 探险
navigation 航海
topography 地形，地形学
continent 大陆
continental shelf 大陆架
continental drift 大陆漂移说
plain 平原
plateau (highland) 高地
lowland 低地
basin 盆地
cavern (cave) 洞穴
oasis （沙漠）绿洲
cleft (flaw) 裂缝
crevice (rift; slit) 裂缝
summit 山顶
range （山）脉
valley 峡谷
gorge 峡谷
 

暑假是让单词飙升的黄金时间。个人认为至少可以积累1500个。建议每天被20-30个。如果有空，还可以结合《高考英语分类复习--词汇》（上海教育出版社），在背的同时，做点习题，反复巩固，这样不记牢也难。