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David Cameron sets out the seven major changes he wants to make to the European Union to stop Britain being “sucked into a United States of Europe”.
In an , the Prime Minister declares that he will campaign for Britain to stay in the EU in a referendum planned for 2017, if Brussels agrees to his terms.
He discloses his broad agenda for renegotiating Britain’s membership, including demands for reform to Europe’s immigration, human rights and trade laws, as the price for remaining in the EU.
However, the Conservative leader warns Right-wingers in his party that achieving these changes will take “time and patience”, and urges Eurosceptics not to engage in “shouting from the sidelines”.
“I completely understand and share people’s concerns about the European Union,” Mr Cameron writes.
“People are worried that Britain is being sucked into a United States of Europe. That may be what some others want, but it is not for us.”
In his article, Mr Cameron warns that public support for the EU is now “wafer thin” and for the first time sets out his seven “specific changes” that he wants to secure. These are:
:: New controls to stop “vast migrations” across the continent when new countries join the EU;
:: Tighter
to ensure that migrants come to Britain to work, not as tourists planning to cash in on “free benefits”;
:: A new power for groups of national parliaments to work together to block unwanted E
:: Businesses to be freed from red tape and “excessive interference” from Brussels, and given access to new markets through “turbo charging” free trade deals with America and A
:: British police and courts liberated from “unnecessary interference” from the European Court of Human R
:: More power “flowing away” from Brussels to Britain and other member states, rather than increasingly centralising laws in the EU;
:: Abolishing the principle of “ever closer union” among EU member states, which Mr Cameron says is “not right for Britain”.
The intervention is seen in Downing Street as a “serious and sober” contribution to the EU debate that adds significant detail to Mr Cameron’s negotiating strategy for securing major changes in Europe. It follows an investigation by The Telegraph which found that EU passports were being sold for ?150,000 to non-Europeans in Bulgaria, a disclosure that will add to public concerns over European migration rules.
Last year, Mr Cameron promised to secure a better deal for Britain and put the resulting new terms of EU membership to voters in an in-out referendum by the end of 2017, if the Conservatives win next year’s general election.
However, while the pledge temporarily satisfied his Eurosceptic MPs, Mr Cameron has come under increasing pressure to adopt an even tougher policy towards Europe.
Earlier this year,
supported calls for Parliament to be given the power to veto all aspects of European law, a demand which Downing Street rejected as “impossible” to deliver without leaving the EU altogether.
Senior Tories privately admit that they are facing a “very tough” battle with the UK Independence Party, which is expected to perform well in the European Parliament elections in May.
However, Conservative strategists are more concerned that Ukip will derail their hopes of winning a majority in next year’s general election.
Mr Cameron’s strategy will be broadly endorsed by a group of leading pro-European Conservative MPs tomorrow when they publish a report on the Tory party’s relationship with the EU. The report, by the Conservative European Mainstream group, features articles from 18 Tory MPs, including government aides and former Cabinet ministers.
In the essays, the MPs collectively say that the Conservatives must campaign vigorously for Britain to stay in the EU instead of “being marginalised at the fringes” of Europe.
Damian Green, the policing minister, will speak at the launch of the paper in London. In his essay for the pamphlet, he warns that Britain will lose vital opportunities for greater economic prosperity by leaving Europe and calls on his colleagues to promote the case for the UK’s “full and enthusiastic” membership of the EU. “I welcome the chance to engage the public in a serious debate about our future. Bring it on,” he says.
“For the moment, though, we need to start making the basic economic case that we are Better Off In.”
Privately, senior Tory figures regard Ukip as the greatest obstacle to defeating Labour, as polling shows that the anti-Europe party is splitting the Right-wing vote in key marginal constituencies.
Last week, Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, attempted to settle his party’s policy on European referendum, but caused confusion by almost ruling out such a vote while promising to hold one if significant changes occur in Brussels.
In today’s article, Mr Cameron says that the Conservatives are the only party that will deliver an in/out referendum for voters after the 2015 general election.
“The British people now have a very clear choice: if you want a referendum on whether Britain should stay in the EU or leave, only the Conservative Party will guarantee to hold one,” he writes. “If I am Prime Minister after the election, I will negotiate a new settlement for Britain in Europe, and then ask the British people: do you wish to stay in the EU on this basis, or leave?”
He argues that “the status quo” in Europe is not working” and needs to change.
“While it would not be a very smart negotiating tactic to lay all Britain’s cards on the table at the outset, I know people want more detail about the specific changes we will seek. So I can confirm today that addressing these concerns will be at the heart of our approach.”
In what will be seen as a message to his own Eurosceptic MPs, Mr Cameron admits that his plan for “a new European Union” is “ambitious”, adding: “Delivering it will take time and patience, as well as strong relationships with our key allies and goodwill – not shouting from the sidelines.”
He is clear that changes to existing EU treaties will be required, despite claims from Fran?ois Hollande, the French president, that no treaties will be rewritten before a British referendum.
Mr Cameron describes his critics who say his plans are impossible to deliver as “defeatists”, and urges voters who want a reformed EU not to back Labour, the Liberal Democrats or Ukip at the forthcoming European elections. “Only Conservative candidates will campaign for this agenda in the European elections in M we need a strong team elected who will fight Britain’s corner,” he says.
The 62 MPs in the European Mainstream group are broadly supportive of Mr Cameron’s strategy. Laura Sandys, the Tory MP for South Thanet and the convener of the group, issued a thinly veiled criticism of her Eurosceptic colleagues.
“Some people have a disappointingly defeatist attitude to the UK’s status on the world stage,” she said. “We need to persuade our colleagues and the public that Britain is not a downtrodden country in Europe but a leading reformer whose voice and interests are frequently dominant.”
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＞＞＞When I was seven, my parents gave me a doll, a doll’s house..
When I was seven, my parents gave me a doll, a doll’s house and a book. The Arabian Nights, came wrapped in red paper. I was just ready to read when my mother walked into my room．“Isn’t your doll just beautiful?” my mother asked. I looked at the doll, with fair hair in a pink dress----I’ll have to call her “she” because I never gave her a name. I folded my lips and raised my eyebrows, not really knowing how to let my mother down easily.“This doll is different.” My mother explained, trying to talk me into playing with it.Thinking the doll needed love, I hugged her tightly for a long time. Useless, I said to myself. Finally, I decided to play with the doll’s house. But since rearranging the tiny furniture seemed to be the only active possible, I lost interest. I caught sight again of the third of my gifts The Arabian Nights, and I began to read it. From that moment, the book was my constant companion.Every day I climbed our garden tree, nestled among its branches, I read the stories in The Arabian Nights to my heart’s content. My mother became concerned as she noticed I wasn’t playing with either the doll or the little house. She insisted that I take the doll up the tree with me.Trying to read on a branch 15 feet off the ground while holding on to the silly doll was not easy. After nearly falling off twice, I tied one end of a long vine around the doll’s neck and the opposite one around the branch, letting the doll hang in mid air while I read. I always looked out for my mother, though. I sensed that my playing with the doll was of great importance to her. So every time I heard her coming, I lifted the doll up and hugged her. The smile in my mother’s eyes told me my plan worked.The inevitable(不可避免的) happened one afternoon. Totally absorbed in the reading, I didn’t hear my mother calling me. When I looked down, I saw my mother staring at the hanging doll. Fearing the worst of scolding, I climbed down in a flash, reaching the ground just as my mother was untying the doll. To my surprise, she didn’t scold. She kept on staring at the doll．The next day, my father came home early and suggested he and I play with the doll’s house. Soon I was bored, but my father seemed to be having so much fun, I didn’t have the heart to tell him. Quietly I slipped out, picking up my book on my way to the yard. So absorbed was he in arranging and rearranging the tiny furniture that he didn’t notice my quick exit.Almost 20 years passed before I found out why the hanging-doll incident had been so significant for my parents. By then I was a parent myself. After recalling the incident, my mother said all those years she had been afraid whether I would turn out to be a most loving and understanding mother to my son．My mother often thanks God aloud for making me a good parent, pointing out that with education I might have been a rich dentist instead of a poor poet. I look back on that same childhood incident, recalling my third gift, the book in red-paper, and I take advantage of the experiences that have made me who and what I am. Sometimes I pause to wonder at life’s wonderful ironies （讽刺）.小题1:Why didn’t the author give the doll a name?A．Because the gift was given by her parents.B．Because the girl didn’t care much for the doll.C．Because her parents would give the doll a name.D．Because the doll had little in common with her.小题2:The author’s account of a childhood incident shows that, as a young girl, she viewed her parents as people who&&&&&&&&.A．hoped to shape their children’s futureB．were unconcerned about their behaviorC．ruined their children’s dreams completelyD．might withdraw their love at any moment小题3: What can we infer from the last paragraph?A．The mother is now satisfied with her daughter’s career.B．The daughter now regrets what she did when she was a girl.C．The mother thinks the daughter’s achievements are unsatisfactory.D．The daughter wishes that she had been allowed more freedom as a child.
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小题1:B小题2:A小题3:C试题分析：本文介绍作者七岁的时候收到父母的3件礼物，而作者只对《一千年一夜》这本书感兴趣。父母希望作者能够通过礼物能够塑造作者的未来。小题1:B细节理解题。根据文章第三段But since rearranging the tiny furniture seemed to be the only active possible, I lost interest.以及后面作者多次提及她对玩具娃娃并不感兴趣。故B正确。小题2:A大意推测题。根据文章倒数两节可知她父母希望通过礼物来塑造她的未来。故A正确。小题3:C大意推测题。根据文章最后一段作者母亲的话My mother often thanks God aloud for making me a good parent, pointing out that with education I might have been a rich dentist instead of a poor poet.可知作者母亲对作者的成就并不满意。故C正确。
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人物传记类文章的文体特征：
人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。 人物传记类文章的阅读策略和解题技巧：
1、把握文体特征，注意写作手法如前文所述，人物传记是记叙文体的一种，因此在阅读时要把握好时间、地点、人物和事件这四大要素。其次，还应该注意人物传记类文章的结构多按时间顺序排列，一般采用倒叙的写作手法，有时也采用插叙和补叙等手段。弄清楚人物传记类文章的特征和写作手法，能帮助考生在阅读和回答问题时做到高效省时、准确无误。 2、抓住题干关键词，采用寻读的方法查找细节描述事实细节题是人物传记类文章的主要题型，一般常见以下几种类型： (1)对号入座题：这种题的答案一般在原文中可以直接找到，只要读懂文章，掌握文章中的事实，如时间、地点、事件等细节问题，就能选对正确答案。 (2)词义转换题：这种题常常是原文有关词语和句子的转换，而不能在原文中直接找到。它要求考生能理解原文中某个短语或句子的含义，从而找到与答案意思相同的词语和句子。 (3)是非题：该题型俗称“三缺一”题型，即题目四个选项中有三个符合文章内容，剩下一个不符合。题干多为：Which of the following isTRUE?或者三个不符合文章内容，剩下一个符合，题干多为：Which of the following…isNOTtrue?或All the following are true EXCEPT(4)排序题：这种题要求考生根据动作发生的先后顺序和句子之间的逻辑关系，找出事件发生的正确顺序。可采用“首尾定位法”，即先找出第一个动作和最后一个动作，迅速缩小选择范围，从而快速选出正确答案。 (5)指代理解题：一般是在人物或事物关系比较复杂的情况下使用的一种题型，所以理清人物及事物之间的逻辑关系是关键所在。可采用“逻辑关系梳理法”，使人物或事件关系清晰条理。不管题型如何，在做事实细节题时，可采用比较实用的方法一有目的的阅读。在阅读时，首先看题目要求我们理解什么细节，找出关键词，然后以此为线索，运用寻读的技巧迅速在文章里找出相应的段落、句子或短语。认真比较选项和文中细节的区别，在正确理解细节的前提下，确定最佳答案。这样一来，既提高了阅读的速度，又能确保答案的准确率。同时，建议阅读文章时把与答案相符的句子或短语用红线标示出来，标号注上是哪一题答案的相关句子，这样在检查时就不必重新阅读整篇文章了。 3、抽丝剥茧，推理判断深层含义推理判断题主要提问那些未曾在文中说明，但已特别暗示的内容，考查考生对文章的准确理解和判断。人物传记类文章常见的推理判断题型为： (1)细节推断题：要求考生根据语篇关系，推断具体细节，如时间、地点、人物关系、人物身份、事件等。一般可根据短文提供的信息，或者借助生活常识进行推理判断。 (2)因果推断题：要求考生根据已知结果推测导致结果的可能原因。考生要准确掌握文章的内涵，理解文章的真正含义。 (3)人物性格、作者态度及观点判断题：人物传记类文章中有些是考查考生对作者的主导思想、被描写人物的语气、言语中流露的情绪、性格倾向和作者或文中人物态度、观点等方面的理解题。推理判断题要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上做出一定推论和判断，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。解答此类题时，要注意： (1)吃透文章的字面意思，从字里行间捕捉有用的提示和线索，这是推理的前提和基础。 (2)对文字的表面信息进俐宅掘加工，由表及里，由浅入深。从具体到抽象，从特殊到一般，通过分析、综合、判断等进行符合逻辑的推理。不能就事论事，断章取义，以偏概全。 (3)基于文章内容，以文章提供的事实和线索为依据，立足已知，推断未知。不能主观臆想，凭空想象，随意揣测，更不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点。 (4)把握句、段之间的逻辑关系，了解语篇的结构。要体会文章的基调，揣摸作者的态度，摸准逻辑发展的方向，悟出作者的弦外之音。 (5)注意文中所用词句的感情色彩，是讽刺性的，批评性的，赞成性的，还是反对性的，以便推测作者的观点和态度。故事类阅读概念：
这类文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。故事类阅读应试技巧：
1、抓住文章的6个要素：阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后顺序。因此，无论是顺叙还是倒叙，阅读此类文章时，必须要找到它结构中的5个W（when, where, who, why, what）和1个H（how），不过不是每篇都会完整地交待六个要素。毫无疑问，寻出这些元素是能够正确快速解题的一个先决条件。 2、注意作者的议论和抒情：高考英语阅读理解故事类文章常伴随着作者思想情感的流露和表达，因此议论和抒情往往夹杂其中。行文时或按事情发生发展的先后时间进行或按事情发生发展的地点来转换，也可能按事情发展的阶段来布局。在引出话题，讲完一件事情后，作者往往会表达个人感悟或提出建议等。这些体现作者观点或思想的语句在阅读时可以划线，它们往往体现文章中心或者写作意图，属于必考点，所以要仔细体会。 3、结合前两点归纳文章中心，把握作者态度：故事类文章是通过记叙一件事来表达中心思想的，它是文章的灵魂。归纳文章中心思想时，尤其要分析文章的结尾，因为很多文章卒章显志，用简短的议论、抒情揭示文章中心；文章中议论抒情的句子往往与中心密切相关；也有的文章需要在结合概括各段大意的基础上归纳中心。另外，叙述一件事必有其目的，或阐明某一观点，或赞美某种品德，或抨击某种陋习，这就要求我们在阅读时，通过对细节（第1点中的六要素）的理解，把握作者的态度。 4、有章有据进行解题判断：分析文章，归纳主题，属于分析、概括、综合的表述能力的考查。切忌脱离文章，架空分析，一定让分析在文章中有依据。
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