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猜测词义，读懂文章 -高三英语阅读指导（阅读篇）i_1. the football player was penalized for unnecessary rudeness and the punishment was a good lesson for him.2. the old woman has a strange habit to keep over 100 cats in her house. her neighbors all called her an eccentric lady.3. rainforests like the amazon are important for mopping up co2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming . currently the trees in the amazon take in around 500 million tons of co2 each yearq: the underlined phrase “mopping up” in the second paragraph means . acleaning up btaking in cwiping out dgiving out ii_1. he had been getting better but during the night his condition deteriorated. 2. his father despises while his mother loves him very much.3. most of us agreed. however, bill dissented.a. have a different opinion b. support c. like it very much d. doesnt show his ideas4. a childs birthday party doesnt have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun, according to beth anaclerio, an evaston mother of two, ages 4 and 18 months.q: what does the underlined word “hassle” probably mean? a. a party designed by specialists b. a plan designed by specialist c. a situation causing difficulty or trouble d. a demand made by guestsiii_1. ive found lucy is quite liberal. for example, whenever she meets a beggar, she gives some coins to him.2. i like to read periodicals, such as “crazy english”, “news week”, “readers digest” etc.3. before long, many dinners stayed open around the clock. in other words, people were able to eat in a dinner at any time.4. for chocolate snobs，who think that they have a better knowledge of chocolate than others, the connoisseur series uses cocoa beans from togo, cuba, venezuela, and ghana, among others.q: the words “chocolate snobs” probably refer to people who _.aare particular about chocolate bknow little about cocoa beansclook down upon others dlike to try new flavorsiv_1. he is a resolute man. once he makes up his mind to do something, he wont give it up halfway. a. strong b. firm c. kind d. clever2 charlottes tale was inspired by the girls coin collection. “weve collected foreign coins for years-since our families went on holiday to tenerife ,”she explains. “that was before the euro, so we put pesetas in.” lauren continues: “i find a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over.” q: the underlined word “pesetas” is a kind of_. a.story b.collection c.inspiration d.foreign coin3. most women in ghana the educated and illiterate, the urban and rural, the young and old work to earn an income in addition to maintaining their roles as housewives and mothers. their reputation for economic independence, self-reliance, and hard work is well known and well deserved.q: which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “illiterate” ?a. repeat b. reiterated c. uneducated d. sick4. “i dont need a yes man. you never tell me what you think. you just smile as though everything is fine.” “but,” said kim, “i feel that since you are my superior (领导,上司), it would be presumptuous of me to tell you what to do.”q: the word “presumptuous” in the middle of the passage is closest in meaning to “_”.a. full of respect b. too confident and rude c. lacking in experience d. too shy and quiet5. that museum is so immense that it will be impossible to see all the exhibits in one day. a. very large b. crowded c. noisy d. good高考真题：1（2014江西卷d篇）with the communicationgadgets, such as mobile phones andipads, people often do not take the effect to visit one another personally.q: the underlined word“gadgets”is closest in meaning to _. a. tools b. messages c. barriers d. skills2（2014福建卷a篇）by now paramedics（救援人员）had arrived, and were attending the injured woman. as we walked up to her, my son becameintimidatedby all the blood and medical equipment. he said he was just too scared to go up to her.q: the underlined word “intimidated” in the fourth paragraph probably means “_”.a. astonished b. struck c. frightened d. excited3（2014辽宁卷b篇）situation ivq: if i remember my friends birthday a day late, should i apologize or just wish her a happy birthday like nothing happened?a: this is the reason why the wordbelatedwas invented. happy belated birthday! is short for: well, i know i forgot, but then i remembered. forgive me and happy birthday.q：the underlined word belated in situation iv probably means.a. predicted b. returned c. cancelled d. delayed4（2014四川卷d篇）research findings have shown that about 20 percent of people can beclassifiedas night owls andonly10 percent can be classified as early birds - the other 70 percent are in the middle.q: which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word classified?a. criticized.b. grouped. c. organised. d. named.5（2014北京卷d篇）but while e-shops can use sights and sounds, only bricks-and-mortar stores（实体店）can offer a full experience from the minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave. another brand store seeks to be much more than a shop, but rather a destination. and scent is just one way to achieve this.q: the underlined word “destination” in paragraph 5 means_a. a platform that exhibits goods b. a spot where travelers like to stayc. a place where customers love to go d. a target that a store expects to meet 6（2014陕西卷b篇） her mother ran a boardinghouse in galveston, a seaside town near houston, texas. she was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. on its top page were the words, “by o. henry”. it was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at smu, who showed it to my father. my father had never read the story before, but it sounded like o. henry, and he knew that o. henry had once lived in houston. so it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the gainestown boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. my father visited an o. henry expert at columbia university in new york, who authenticated the story as o. henrys.q: the underlined word “authenticated” in paragraph 2 probably means _.a. named b. treated c. proved d. described7（2013北京卷a篇）the advanced ep also heats the room evenly, wall to wall and floor to ceiling. it comfortably covers an area up to 350 square feet. other heaters heat rooms unevenly with most of the heat concentrated to the center of the room. and they only heat an area a few feet around the heater. with the ep, the temperature will not vary in any part of the room.q: the underlined word “evenly” in paragraph 4 probably means_. a. continuously b. separately c. quickly d. equally8（2013重庆卷d篇）it is filled withsymbioticexistences，too：unimaginable quantities of creatures，little and large alike，mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony，giving to the waters a feeling of heartbeat，a kind of sub-ocean vitality.q: what does the underlined word “symbiotic” mean?a. living together. b. growing fast. c. moving harmoniously. d. breathing peacefully9（2013辽宁卷d篇）we also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design. that meaning dates