高考英语阅读理解猜词专项

Group11）They described him as a loon, or a mad man. His father is an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of language.2）It will be very hard but also very brittle, that is, it will break easily.3）In your spare time, you may look through any of these periodicals : Time Magazine, News Week, or The New Worker.4）Mother was tall, fat and middle-aged. My aunt was an old woman, almost as plump as mother, and much shorter.Group21）If you agree, draw a circle; and a cross if you dissent.2）He had been getting better, but during the night his condition deteriorated .3）In many countries there are two financial extremes, from penury to great wealth.4）Although a large number of people considered him to have stolen the money, I was sure that he was innocent of the thing.Group31) It’s said that Bill Gates is the most affluent person in the world.2）That museum is so immense that it will be impossible to see all the exhibits in one day.3) Tom can’t play tennis now because he can’t find his w hite sneakers.4) The vixen was not as fortunate as her mate, and was caught in the trap. Her red fur would bring a good price. One more skill1) Overwork may cause diseases.2）There was a dissatisfied look in the manager’s eyes.3）Don't listen to his nonsense.4）Jason is a language specialist.1.(2002年全国卷，B篇)“Organic produce is always better，”Gold said.“The food is free of pesticides(农药)，and you are generally supporting family farms instead of large farms.And more often than not it is locally(本地)grown and seasonal，so it is more tasty.”Gold is one of a growing number of shoppers buying into the organic trend，and supermarkets across Britain are counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business.A.growing interest in organic foodB.better quality of organic foodC.rising market for organic foodD.higher prices of organic food2.(2003年全国卷，C篇)Fermat's Last Theorem(定理).First put forward by the French mathematician Pierrede Fermat in the seventeenth century，the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds，including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem，and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecole Polytechnique.A.To encourage people to raise questions.B.To cause difficulty in understanding.C.To provide a person with an explanation.D.To limit people's imagination.3.(2006年福建卷，A篇) The schools are reluctant to take time off--even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.A.kindB.unwillingC.freeD.careless4.(2005年全国卷，C篇)Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story.And even if they start again，Chen holds little hope of catching the crimin al.“We have more important things to do，”he said.A.criminalsB.pigeonsC.the stolen carsD.demands for money5.(2005年北京卷，D篇)However obvious these facts may appear at first glance，they are actully not so obvious as they seem expect when we take special pains to think about the subject.A.try very hardB.take our timeC.are very unhappyD.feel especially painful6（2000年全国卷）Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels，or struggling with their ballalators through the scribe.These words，which I have just made up，have to stand for things and ideas that we simply can’t think of.Spundels and ballalators are used in the text to refer to ________.A.tools used in farmingB.ideas about modern lifeC.unknown things in the futureD.hunting skills in the Stone Age7 “But，” began Kim，“I feel that since you are my superior，it would be presumptuous of me to tell you what to do.”A.full of respectB.too confident and rudecking in experienceD.too shy and quiet8（2005年广东卷）“Unlike vitamin C，leadership skills can’t be easily swallowed down.They mus t be carefully cultivated.”A.encouragedparedC.examinedD.developed9Quietly，the graying of America has made us a very different society one in which people have a quite different ideas of what kind of behavior （行为）is suitable at various ages.A.a societyB.AmericaC.a placeD.population10 2005年广东卷）The reasons for a visit to a lighthouse are not all so backward-lookingin time.It is true that lighthouses were built in out-of-the-way places.But on a pleasant sunny summer day，this very isolation has a natural beauty that many people will love to experience.A.far awayB.dangerousC.ancientD.secret11 the new tax law supersedes, or replaces, the law that was in effect last year.a. superviseb. reviewc. take the place ofd. start to enforce12. the football player was penalized for his rudeness and the punishment was a good lesson for him.a. calledb. praisedc. paidd. punished13. he replied quickly, but after he considered the problem more carefully, he regretted having made such a hasty decision.a. carefulb. hardc. goodd. quick14 those new comers were not used to the life in the suburbs which was so different from that inside the city.a. townb. capitalc. countryd. house15. he had been getting better but during the night his condition deteriorated.a. became betterb. got worsec. stayed the samed. did not change16. the house looked quite normal outside, but inside it was very exotic with fascinating objects on display.messy and untidy b. rich and expensivec. comfortable and calmingd. foreign and unusual17 everywhere we turn we find paper. without it our modern world would come to a standstill.a. in the state of not movingb. of a person standing stillc. of a person who is not movingd. standing without moving18 his anti-slavery policy had set millions of black free and his strength and wisdom had guided the nation through the war to peace and reunion.a about slaveryb for slaveryc against slaveryd supporting slavery19 what does the word “reunion”mean?a coming back againb becoming one againc meeting someone againd seeing someone again21. you can take any of the periodicals: the world of english, foreign language teaching in schools, or english learning.a. dictionariesb. story-booksc. magazinesd. newspapers22．reading at risk : a survey of literary reading in america presents a detailed review of the decline of reading’s role in the nation’s culture.reading at risk merely shows a great cultural change that most americans have already noted---our society’s turn to electronic media for entertainment and information..from oral culture to electronic media b from print culture to electronic mediac. from electronic media to oral cultured. from electronic medial to print culture23 …yet, shopkeepers may have to spend extra hours to deal with problems, such as shoplifters, who always take away things from the shop without paying for them. …a. a thiefb. a guide in a shopc. the owner of a shopd. a porter24 ．mark twain was not the author’s real name; it was a pseudonym.a. a pen nameb. a true namec. his family name25. before long, many dinners stayed open around the clock. in other words, people were able to eat in a dinner at any time.a. the meals that people have everydayb. the food that people eat in their mealsc. the places where people can have dinner/eatd. the people who serve in a restaurant26 . he is a resolute man. once he makes up his mind to do something, he won’t give it up halfway.a. strangeb. firmc. kindd. clever27. when a doctor performs an operation on a patient, he usually gives an anaesthetic to make him unconscious, because he does not want his patient to feel pain or to know what is happening to him.a. a kind of booksb. a piece of advicec. a kind of medicined. a kind of animals29 . when some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colors turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective.a. attracted the customers stronglyb. had weak effect on the customersc. tricked the customers into shoppingd. caused the customers to lose interest30 first of all the ingredients such as flour, sugar, fat and water, are put into a mixing machine. the mixture comes out of the mixing machine in the form of dough (面团)。