2019年高考英語知識(shí)點(diǎn)：閱讀理解猜詞技巧

　　高考備考閱讀理解中的猜詞技巧

　　1. The ruler had been so cruel and dishonest that after the revolution she was

　　banished. A few members of the Senate opposed this decision, but the majority voted that the ruler should leave the country forever.

　　A. killed by stoning           B. sent away

　　C. imprisoned               D. punished by whipping

　　2. The prisoner seemed to relax but actually he was thinking hard, while his hand

　　moved so slowly that the movement was imperceptible. It was only when the keys accidentally fell from the table that the guard suddenly realized that the prisoner's hand had almost reached them.

　　A. hardly noticeable                       B. heavy-handed

　　C. not capable of fast or immediate action    D. a matter of habit

　　3. Mrs. Morgan's son was intelligent and charming, but his continual extravagance

　　made her wonder if she could continue to support him. Each month she was going deep into debt, attempting to pay for his expensive purchases.

　　A. superior manner

　　B. wastefulness or carelessness in spending money

　　C. showing too great concern for current fashions

　　D. insults to family or close friends

　　4. Twelve-year-old Sally was an active girl, while her sister was quite sedate.

　　A. pretty     B. calm     C. protective     D. energetic

　　5. I wanted to stay in New York, but my friend tried to dissuade me.

　　A. deceive     B. frighten    C. talk out of it    D. accompany

　　6. Albert's success after much effort and practice prove the value of persistence.

　　A. time       B. competition     C. perseverance    D. beginning again

　　7. He felt very lonely; he had lived in Baltimore City for a month and had met no one in the inhospitable city.

　　A. unfriendly    B. uncomfortable    C. unhealthy     D. enormous

　　8. I found a secluded area where no man or animal could be seen for miles around.

　　A. cool        B. isolated        C. quiet       D. noisy

　　9. The archaeologist spent years studying and searching for remains of the Chinese civilization.

　　A. one who studies the mind      B. one who studies cultures

　　C. one who studies the body      D. one who studies animals

　　10. CARDIFF, Wales (De, 15) - Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling. "It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions, and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here." Ambrose said.

　　A. controlled by rich people        B. grasped by good storytellers

　　C. taken good care of             D. protected by kind people

　　11. Eleven people were wounded, several seriously. When the two gunmen walked into the crowded Rising Sun Pub in Greysteel, some 120 kilometers northeast of Belfast, carrying guns. It is said that they went near a frightened teenage girl and made the old "trick or treat" greeting that children world-widely use to get sweets from their neighbors. "I don't think that's funny." She replied, then she was shot down.   A. usually used by children to get sweets from others

　　B. a warning used by criminals to snatch something

　　C. a secret was used by protestant gunman to kill somebody

　　D. an old saying, but not used now

　　12. Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive circle, beauty can become a liability.

　　A. disadvantage     B. advantage    C. misfortune     D. trouble

　　13. If a language has a large number of speakers or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by millions of speakers. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand speakers from other parts.

　　A. a special language spoken by Chinese

　　B. the sign used by the Chinese people in a special area

　　C. the difference between the old and today's Chinese

　　D. the form of a language used in one part of the country

　　14.  If you are a recent social graduate who has had to listen about unemployment from your computer major classmates, you may have had the last laugh. There are many advantages for the social science major because this high-tech "Information Age" demands people who are flexible and who have good communication skills.

　　By saying that "You may have had the last laugh," the author means that you

　　may have ______________.

　　A. shared the jokes with computer majors

　　B. earned as much as computer majors

　　C. found jobs more easily than computer majors

　　D. stopped joking about computer majors

　　15.    A traditional Chinese proverb says, "The worst ingratitude towards one's parents is not to have a child." But such thinking is being abandoned in the cities. A March survey of nearly 720 women in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu suggested that nearly one-fifth do not want any children.

　　The underlined word "abandoned" means ________ in this passage.

　　A. accepted     B. discussed     C. given up    D. criticized

　　16.    Finally, although some social science majors may still find it more difficult than their technically trained classmates to land the first job, recent graduates report that they don't regret their choice of study.

　　The underlined word "land" probably means ____________.

　　A. keep for some time           B. successfully get

　　C. immediately start             D. lose regretfully

　　17.  It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That's more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty. "I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto Highway 40, blue lights and sirens going, I fell in behind a Gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder."

　　The meaning of "panicked" is related to ___________.

　　A. shame          B. hate       C. anger       D. fear

　　18.   In my mind, attending my dream university would be the only way to realize my dream of becoming ass writer. My parents understood how I felt. They told me that even though it would be a financial problem, I could go wherever I would be happiest. But as I was always careful with money, I wasn't sure what to do. One of the schools that offered me a full ride had an information dinner one night in the spring. Considering my parents' financial difficulties, I decided to drive the 45 minutes and attend. At first, all I had planned to do was smile politely, eat free food, and listen quietly. But I surprised myself.

　　In the passage, "offered me a full ride" can be replaced by "__________".

　　A. would pay for transport to the school

　　B. would show me around the campus

　　C. would offer free meals at all events

　　D. would charge me nothing for tuition

　　19.      An 18th - century statesman Edmund Burke once said, "All that is needed for the success of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing." One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights to decide whether to be used in research. Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose argument are puzzling the public and threaten advances in health knowledge and care. Leaders of the animal rights movement attack biomedical research because it depends on public funding, and few people understand the process of health care research. Hearing the false reports of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are puzzled that anyone would harm an animal on purpose.

　　The underlined word "threaten" in paragraph 1 means __________.

　　A. doing a favor            B. drawing attention to

　　C. causing a danger to       D. making their way to

　　20.    One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were sure that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponent victory was unfair. Their manager was in great anger when he said, "This wasn't hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished." The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension of the term for at least three years.

　　What did the manager mean by saying, "Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished?"

　　A. His team would no longer take part in international games.

　　B. Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions.

　　C. There should be no more Hockey matches organized by the Federation.

　　D. The Federation should break up

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　　高考備考閱讀中的主旨大意題練習(xí)

　　1.   Grown-ups know that people and objects are solid. At the movies, we know that if we reach out to touch Tom Cruise, all we will feel is air. But does a baby have this understanding?

　　To see whether babies know objects are solid, T. Bower designed a method for projecting an optical illusion of a hanging ball. His plan was to first give babies a real ball, one they could reach out and touch, and then to show them the illusion. If they know that objects are solid and they reached out for the illusion and found empty air, they could be expected to show surprise in their faces and movements. All the 16-to 24-week-old babies tested were surprised when they reached for the illusion and found that the ball was not there.

　　The passage is mainly about _______________.

　　.   A. babies' sense of sight             B. effects of experiments on babies

　　C. babies' understanding of objects    D. different tests on babies' feelings

　　2.  That night, the man of his own village came to school. For a while no one said anything. At last Carlos spoke, "We want to thank you for being in our village," he said. "We want to thank you for teaching our children." Ed looked at him. "I like

　　teaching your children," he said. "Then please don't leave us," Carlos said.

　　Ed understood. Now he knew why the men were there. They had heard Ed talk about other village. They thought he was going there to teach.

　　"But I am not leaving," Ed said, "This is my home as long as I'm in Educator. John F. Kennedy No. 1 is my school."

　　What's the main idea of this passage?

　　A. The school Ed had visited was a great school.

　　B. The men of the village wanted to thank Ed.

　　C. Ed liked teaching the children of the village he lived in.

　　D. Ed was loved and respected by the villagers of the village he worked in.