高考英语猜词训练配套练习

高考英语猜词训练配套练习 阅读训练(21)阅读技巧点拨—猜测词义 (1) n dvertisement is just like Somebody Else sys quottion(引语) in news story. The newspper does not sy tht wht the dvertiser sys is true. ll the newspper sys is, “This is wht the dvertiser sys.” To ind out whether it is true or not will be let to the reder. ll the sttements in the ds re the dvertiser’s sttements, not the pper’s. Q: Wht does “Somebody Else” in the prgrph reer to? . The editor o the pper. B. The reder o the pper. C. The uthor o the pssge. D. The dvertiser o the ds. (2) Emm hd never red it, nor hd she ever purchsed copy. But, when she opened it up, she ws loored to see her own nme nd ddress inside the cover, in her own hndwriting. It turned out tht the summer beore, t concert bck in Montrel, Emm hd met Cliornin who ws in town visiting riends. They decided to exchnge ddresses, but neither o them hd ny pper. The mn hd opened up book he ws crrying in his bckpck nd sked Emm to write her nme nd ddress inside. When he returned to Cliorni, he let the book behind in Montrel, nd his riend lex kept it. When lex lter relocted to Jeruslem, he took the now-tresured book long. Q: Wht does the underlined word “loored” in the prgrph men? . interested B. shocked C. rightened D. excited (3) Oxygen is vitl to lie; it is needed by the body cells o ll nimls. It is lso very useul in industry. The method Priestley used produces only smll quntities. The lrge mounts needed or industry re produced in dierent wy. ir is put into continers under gret pressure. This turns it into liquid nd mkes it very cold. It is then grdully wrmed up nd ech substnce evportes t dierent temperture. The boiling point o oxygen is -183?C. It is cught nd stored in strong steel cylinders t pressure o 136 tmospheres. The process is known s rctionl distilltion. Q: Which word hs the rough mening o “vitl”? . importnt B. useul C. helpul D. interesting (4) These dierent kinds o lerning disbilities re known by dierent nmes. or exmple, person who hs diiculty reding my hve dyslexi. Someone who cnnot do mthemtics my hve disorder clled dysclculi(计算困难). Q: The underlined word “dyslexi” in the prgrph probbly mens _______. . diiculty in seeing B. problem in reding C. trouble in listening D. brin disorder (5) child’s birthdy prty doesn’t hve to be hssle; it cn be bsket o un, ccording to Beth nclerio, n Evston mother o two, ges 4 nd 18 months. Q: Wht does the underlined word “hssle” probbly men in the prgrph? . prty designed by specilists B. pln requiring creul thought C. sitution cusing diiculty or trouble D. demnd mde by guests (6) nd i you’ve gthered your riends round you to rebuild hppy mily tmosphere(气氛), you my er tht sying no will bring bck the kind o conlict you grew up with— or destroy the nice tmosphere you now enjoy. Q: The underlined word “conlict” in the prgrph mens . . dependent lie B. ierce ight C. bd mnners D. pinul eeling (7) “She is shmed nd embrrssed but doesn’t relly hve ny explntion why she did this,” Miss Du sid. “She didn’t intend to stel when she went into the store. She is t loss to explin it. She is otherwise very respectble nd intelligent young ldy .She went to her doctor nd sked or dvice becuse she wnts to know i there is nything in prticulr tht cused her to do this.” Q: Wht does the underlined sentence “She is t loss to explin it” men? . In her opinion it ws loss to the clothes shops where she stole things. B. She doesn’t hve ny ide why she hs the desire to stel rom shops. C. She thinks it is loss or her to explin why she stole things rom shops. D. Personlly she eels shmed nd embrrssed or her shopliting ctions. (8) One o the best-known syings must be “Erly to bed nd erly to rise mkes mn helthy, welthy nd wisdom”. The promises o helth, welth, nd wisdom to those who join the tems o erly retirees nd rises must be prticulrly plesing to mny people in our modern society. Q: The underlined word “ retiree” here reers to_________. . people who give up their work B. people who hve lot o ree time C. people who go to bed D. people who live in quiet plce (9) The resons or visit to lighthouse re not ll so bckwrd-looking(思想过时的) in time. It is true tht lighthouses were built in out-o-the-wy plces. But on plesnt sunny summer dy, this very isoltion hs nturl beuty tht mny people will love to experience. Q: The underlined phrse “out-o-the-wy” probbly mens __________. . r-wy B. dngerous C. ncient D. secret (10) Our own ntive lnguge nd culture re so much prt o us tht we tke them or grnted. When we trvel to nother country, it’s s i we crry long with our pssports. We view the new environment using our own culture s the stndrd, nd lthough not purposely, our wys o thinking nd cting oten get in the wy o our understnding other lnguges nd cultures. The bility nd willingness to chnge lenses(视角) when we look t dierent culture is both the cure nd prevention or such culturl blindness. Studying new lnguge provides us the opportunities to prctise chnging lenses when we lso lern the context or the culture to which it belongs. Q: The underlined word “it” in the lst sentence reers to __________. . the context B. the culture C. the lnguge D. the opportunity 11. pple trees my not grow s tll s twelve metres. They do best in res tht hve very cold winters. lthough no ruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good or the tree. Q: The underlined word “yielded” in the lst sentence mens_____ . improved B. incresed C. produced D. sold 12. These dys green building mens more thn just the color o the pint. Green building cn lso reer to environmentlly riendly houses, ctories, nd oices. Green building mens, “reducing the impct o the building on the lnd”, T ryn Holowk o the U.S. Green building council in Wshington, D.C. sid. Q: In the second prgrph, the underlined phrse “the building” most probbly reers to ___. . n ordinry building B. n energy-sving building C. green-colored building D. building in Wshington, D.C. 13. Without exmintions, employers will look or employees rom the highly respected schools nd rom milies known to them? orm o voritism will replce(代替)equlity(公平). (3)Q: The word “voritism” in prgrph 3 is used to describe the phenomenon(现象) tht_____. . bright children lso need certiiction to get stisying jobs B. children rom well-respected schools tend to hve good jobs C. poor children with certiiction(证书、资格)re vored in job mrkets D. children ttending ordinry schools chieve gret success. (14). s you move round your home, tke good look t the things you hve. It is likely tht your living room will hve television set nd video, nd your kitchen wshing mchine nd microwve oven. Your bedroom drwers will be illed with lmost three times s mny clothes s you need. You lmost certinly own cr nd possibly home computer, holidy brod t lest once yer nd et out t lest once week. Now, perhps, more thn ever beore, people re wondering wht lie is ll bout, nd wht it is or. Seeking mteril success is beginning to trouble lrge numbers o people round the world. They eel tht the long hours work culture to mke more money is eting up their lives, leving them very little time or energy or mily or pstimes. Mny re turning to other wys o living nd downshiting is one o them. Six percent o workers in Britin took the decision to downshit lst yer. One couple who downshited is Dniel nd Liz. They used to work in centrl London. He ws newspper reporter nd she used to work or n interntionl bnk. They would go to work by trin every dy rom their lrge house in the suburbs, leving their two children with nnny. Most evenings Dniel wouldn't get home until eight or nine o'clock nd nerly twice month he would hve to ly to New York or meetings. They both erned lrge mount o money but begn to eel tht lie ws pssing them by. Nowdys, they run rm in the mountins o Wles. "I lwys wnted to hve rm then," sys Dniel, "nd we took lmost yer to mke the decision to downshit. It's tken some getting used to, but it's been worth it. We hve to think twice now bout spending money on cr repirs nd we no longer hve ny holidys. However, I think it's mde us stronger s mily, nd the children re lot hppier. Liz, however, is not quite sure. "I used to enjoy my job, even though it ws hrd work nd long hours. I'm not relly country girl, but I suppose I'm grdully getting used to looking ter the nimls. One thing I do like, though, is being ble to see more o my children. My dvice or other people wnting to do the sme is not to think bout it too much or you might not do it t ll." 14(Wht does the uthor men by sying"the long hours work culture to mke more money is eting up their lives" in the second prgrph ? (People work long hours to ern their living. B(To mke more money through hrd work is the im o people's lie. C(Long hours o hrd work occupy too much o people's lie. D(People spent too much time nd money eting mels. 15(The underlined word "downshiting" in the second prgrph reers to _________. (repiring your cr by yoursel B(spending money creully C(moving out to the countryside to live simpler nd better lie D(living in big house in the suburbs nd dining out once week