高三英语词意猜测典型试题(3页)

高三英语词意猜测典型试题
Passage 1
A man’s position among the black-tent people depends on his ancestors, relatives, and fellow tribesmen. If they are honored, he is also honored. If they are disgraced, he too is disgraced. Therefore one carefully guards the honor of his family, his lineage(宗系), and his tribe.
The word “disgrace” means _________ in this text.
A. honor
B. endanger
C. proud
D. shame
Passage 2
The ruler had been so cruel and dishonest that after the revolution he was banished. A few members of the Senate(参议院) opposed this decision, but the majority voted that the ruler should leave the country for ever.
The underlined word “banished” mean_______.
A. killed by stoning
B. sent away
C. imprisoned
D. punished by whipping
Passage 3
My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fields. I would walk behind an ox, guiding him with a broomstick. For $ 1 a day, I worked eight hours straight, with no food breaks. It was very tedious work, but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us, I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could.
What does the underlined word “tedious” probably mean?
A. interesting
B. tiresome
C. relaxing
D. challenging
Passage 1
Do you know what a “territory”is ? A territory is an area that an animal ,usually the male,
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claims as its own.
What is a bird’s “territory”?
A. A place where families of other species are not accepted.
B. A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.
C. An area for which birds fight against each other.
D. An area which a bird considers to be its own.
Passage 2
For Sheila, wasting time or money is a crime, and luxury is unthinkable while Perri enjoys the occasional small luxury ……
The word “luxury” in Paragraph 3 means ______.
A. something rare but not pleasant
B. something that cannot be imagined
C. something expensive but not necessary
D. something that can only be enjoyed by boys
Passage3
Even the Ethiopian public has only seen Lucy twice. The Lucy skeleton (骨骼)on exhibition at the Ethiopian National Museum in the capital, Addis Ababa, is a replica while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom.
What does the words “a replica” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. A painting of the skeleton.
B. A photograph of Lucy
C. A copy of the skeleton.
D. A written record of Lucy.
Passage4
My son could not follow the teacher’s directions, he told me, and thus, cola was disrupting
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the class. Did’t he know my son did not speak English yet?
Q: What does the underlined word “disrupting” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Breaking B .Following
C .Attending
D .Disturbing
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