专题练(十五) 记叙文阅读 (2022·浙江6月) I have a drawer full of letters to Santa.Each year my children would write up their Christmas wish lists.They were polite requests for the latest game or toy.As the children got older，they would give Santa some hints(提示) on where to buy their presents. 31 Those letters taught my children a valuable lesson about writing：It has a purpose.Sometimes our purpose is to achieve something；other times it may be to entertain，inform，or persuade. 32 And when writing doesn’t seem to have any purpose or get any kind of ①meaningful response，then it can be hard to get excited about doing it. Christmas is a great time of year for children to communicate with others through writing.When children write for real audiences and real purposes，they can learn to choose their words ②accordingly. 33 You write “Dear Santa” because you don’t know him personally and you want to show him respect. 34 Texting，online messaging，live chats while playing video games all mean that they are constantly producing written messages.However，because they are usually writing to family and friends，they use informal language most of the time. There is nothing wrong with this kind of writing.It suits the audience and the purpose and gets the job done. 35 This type of writing won’t be rewarded by the school examiner，nor by a future employer or a potential client.The very best communicators are those who know how to adjust their language to match their audience. A．It isn’t that these young people can’t write. B．But it is always ③purposeful—or at least it should be. C．The age of pen-and-paper letter writing may have passed. D．As a result，each year they received something they wanted. E．You write “Hi Nanna and Pop” because you are close to them. F．As technology develops，young people are writing more than they ever have. G．But if this is the only kind of writing young people do，it will cause problems. 语境猜词 ①meaningful＝(派)meaning＋ful_____ ②accordingly＝(派)according＋ly_____ ③purposeful＝(派)purpose＋ful _____ A (2024·福建漳州二模) A little more than three months ago，I began on a journey—one that required neither a backpack nor a plane ticket.Instead，all I needed was a notebook and a pen. 1 ①Come rain or shine.No excuses.Just words on paper，day after day. Now，as I’ve crossed the finish line of this ②self-challenge，I’m here to share the ③invaluable insights I’ve gained，hopefully inspiring you to give this powerful tool a shot. I’m a great listener to everyone except myself.Most of us spend our days listening to others，through meetings，phone calls，podcasts，or social media.But in that process，we often drown out(淹没) the most important voice—our own. 2 My mind is an ocean，sometimes calm，often stormy.Through journaling，I was able to see my thought patterns like never before.Some days，my journal entries were as calm as a peaceful ocean. 3 It was a daily exercise in understanding that our minds ... ...
