高中英语阅读理解文章材料
高中时期，除了常规的英语课文以外，我们还可多阅读一些课外英语文章，这样可以增加我们的阅读词量。今天为大家奉上高中英语阅读理解文章，时间难得，何不深入了解一下让自己的收获更多呢?
高中英语阅读理解文章(一)
Almost back on his feet
Liao Bo hopes to go back to school as soon as possible.
HAVING correctly fitted himself into his artificial left leg, Liao Bo stood up and walked around for a few minutes. When a sudden stab of pain (刺痛) came, the 17-year-old had to stop. "It still doesn't work well," he said, with a trace of anxiety (一丝焦虑) on his face.
A lot can happen in a second. The May 12 earthquake turned this typical basketball-loving teenager into an amputee (截肢者), robbing him of both his friends and his left leg. It took six major operations to save what remains of Liao's leg above the knee.
Liao finally received his artificial leg on February 13, after spending nine months in hospital. His first excited thought, when he got the artificial leg, was that he would soon be able to go back to school! He did. He was even back in time to start the new semester. He is now a Senior 1 student at Beijing No 4 High School.
Liao says he likes his new school. His classmates, 48 in total, are "smart and versatile (多才多艺的)" he says, and everyone is nice to him. They remind him of his old classmates in Beichuan Middle School, who were as close as a family. Fifty-three of Liao's 69 classmates died in the earthquake. Only three of those who survived are healthy. They include Li Yang, who held a drip for Liao when he was buried below the rubble. Li is now a Senior 2 student at Beichuan, and Liao is thankful that he has a new "family".
On Liao's first day at his new school, the PE assistant was especially helpful. When they sat together at lunch he encouraged Liao to join some student societies and sports teams. Liao was almost motivated (鼓励) to sign up for the school's basketball team as the school's basketball court looked so inviting.
Unfortunately, he felt very uncomfortable with his stump (腿残留部分) the next day. Doctors have since warned him that his artificial leg needs to be improved. They have told him his return to school must wait, something he hated hearing. "The course of true love never did run smooth (顺利的)," his doctor jokingly comforted him.
The earthquake has made Liao aware of how tough he is, so he is not afraid to suffer more pain. However, he is increasingly worried that he is falling behind in his studies.
"I must work harder to make up for my long absence from school once I get used to my new 'leg'," Liao said.
高中英语阅读理解文章(二)
Embracing life with an open heart
Rachel Liang has learned to have a positive life attitude.
PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC CHINA
LIFE didn't take care of Taiwanese singer and actress Rachel Liang (梁文音) when she lost both her parents at age 12. However, Liang said the experience taught her an important life lesson: she learnt to accept reality rather than bear a grudge (怨恨) when life is unfair.
"Once I used to ask myself why unlucky things only seemed to happen to me, but doing so only filled my heart with pain and resentment (怨恨)," said Liang. "Thinking such thoughts couldn't change the past, and won't do any good for the present."
Liang's life began to take off after she opened her mind to life's possibilities. When she acted in the Taiwan blockbuster Cape No 7 (《海角7号》), she received a lot of attention from the media. Recently, she has also released her debut album Love Poem (《爱的诗篇》).
Liang rose to fame through a series of singing competitions, such as One Million Stars (星光大道), in which she was a runner-up (亚军) in the program's second season.
"I developed my singing talent when I was a member of the chorus group in high school," said Liang, who enrolled as an English major at National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (云林科技大学) in Taiwan,
Despite her strong passion for singing, she chose English as her major, because she thought it would be great fun to learn the language. Her English teacher taught her the language in light-hearted ways, such as playing films and songs, or hosting group discussions.
She says her English ability has helped her a lot when she's recorded songs in the studio. "A lot of introductions on how to operate the machines are written in English," she said, "I've always been able to easily learn how to use them."
