2020高考英语阅读猜词类模拟预测题组训练

专题四猜测词义

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Passage 1(2019河南天一大联考Ⅴ,D) 词数:307 Even the biggest and brightest dream can lose radiance(光辉)in the face of self-doubt. Where does self-doubt come from?It results from fear. After all, if you’re quite confident of your ability to accomplish something you care deeply about, then you won’t have doubt. However, without some degree of fear to overcome, confidence can never truly be built. It’s a classic chicken-and-egg problem. Confidence comes from, in large part, the experience of overcoming scary things and moving past fear.

Self-doubt grows larger when we forget, even momentarily, the purpose behind what we are doing. When our purpose is conspicuous, self-doubt will still be there, but it will be kept in its place.

When you receive a vaccine(疫苗), you are injected with a weak strain of a virus, to support the development of resistance to something much more severe that you might meet down the road. Similarly, self-doubt is a process by which you can see opportunities for failure ahead of time, but also the possibilities of facing and defeating it. Self-doubt prepares you against the things that might ruin you later on.

Have you ever noticed that when you doubt yourself, you automatically think of all the little things you need to do to accomplish your goal?You become cautious and careful. Doubt promotes a rundown of your mental checklist to ensure that everything is taken care of. It produces a greater sense caring about what you are doing and the skills you can apply to get the job done.

Self-doubt is a necessary part of personal growth and achievements. Without it, we would make all sorts of unforced errors during the course of achieving our goals. The choice we have, however, is to approach the barrier of self-doubt as an opportunity for learning, reflection and improvement, and not as a dream killer.

1.What is confidence mainly based on?

A.Defeating fear.

B.Powerful skills.

C.Great determination.

D.Making wise choices.

2.The underlined word“conspicuous”in Paragraph 2 can be best replaced by“”.

A.random

B.ambiguous

C.urgent

D.evident

3.How is Paragraph 3 mainly developed?

A.By listing examples.

B.By making comparisons.

C.By making classifications.

D.By analyzing cause and effect.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.The Effects of Self-doubt

B.The Origins of Self-doubt

C.The Benefits of Self-doubt

D.Different Attitudes to Self-doubt

答案

[语篇解读]本文为说明文。你平时会自我怀疑吗?如果会的话,不必过分担心,自我怀疑未必是件坏事。

1.A事实细节题。本题题干意为:自信主要基于什么?根据第一段中的“However, without some degree of fear to overcome, confidence can never truly be built...Confidence comes from, in large part, the experience of overcoming scary things and moving past fear.(然而,如果不或多或少地克服一些困难,自信心永远不会被真正地建立……自信心在很大程度上来源于克服恐怖的事和抛开过去的恐惧的经历。)”可知,自信主要来源于战胜恐惧的经历,故答案为A项(战胜恐惧)。B:强大的技能;C:巨大的决心;D:做明智的选择。

2.D猜测词义题。本题题干意为:第二段中的画线词“conspicuous”最适合被“”替换。根据第二段(当我们忘记,即使是瞬时忘记我们所做的事的目的时,自我怀疑会越来越严重。当我们的目的明确时,自我怀疑仍会存在,但是它会保持在属于它的位置。)可推知画线词“conspicuous”的意思是“明显的,明确的”,故答案为D项。A:任意的;B:模棱两可的,模糊不清的;C:紧急的。