中考阅读复习专项--猜测词义

阅读专项之猜测词义

2011海淀期末 B

My Daddy on Campus

One time, I ran into his class crying. My friends had rejected me, and I wasn’t even sure why they always left me alone. Professor told me, “Linda, life gives you ashes（灰尘）. But learning its lessons will turn those ashes to jewels. The hard stuff will help you become a better person.” Ⅰlearned to look at my troubles differently because I know I’ll grow in difficult times.

51．The underlined word “rejected” means.

A．refused B．accepted C．annoyed D．frightened

2011东城期末 D

The Romans built great aqueducts to carry fresh water from the mountains to the cities. Many of these aqueducts are still standing today. The Romans also built great pipes under the ground to carry away the dirty water. In Rome, one of these pipes is still used today; it is 2,000 years old. The Roman Emperors even set up a government health service. They built the first great public hospitals in Europe, and they paid doctors to look after poor people.

57. The underlined word “aqueduct” means something for __________.

A. storing water

B. making water clean

C. sending water

D. carrying away dirty water

2011海淀二模 D

Our coaches not only teach us to play sports, but show class and good sportsmanship while playing them. It’s never fun when you lose to have the competitor rub it in your face. That’s why our coaches teach us to show class when we lose; also, when coaches get onto you, don’t get down. They onl y want to see you improve and learn from what they say. When you do badly and they don’t shout loudly is when you should start worrying because they are giving up on you.

58. The underlined phrase “get onto you” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.

A. point out your mistakes

B. take up your time

C. worry about your future

D. look into your privacy

2011西城二模C

Another lesson that a child can learn from having a dog is empathy, the ability to put oneself in another person’s, or in this case another creature’s situation and imagine that person’s or creature’s feelings or problems. A dog cannot express itself with speech, so its owner must learn how to interpret its behavior. ...The result of learning to read a dog’s

behavior is that the child develops empathy. This leads to the child becoming a more considerate and caring person.

55．The underlind word “empathy” in paragraph means____ __.

A．to learn from another person.

B．to take care of another person.

C．to share another person’s feelings.

D．to express another person’s feelings.

2012海淀二模 C

British Humor

Another thing that can make it difficult to understand “British humor”is that we don’t always laugh or even smile when we say something funny. We often “keep a straight face”even when we’re making a joke.

54. The underlined phrase “keep a straight face” means the British_______.

A. look confused

B. stop laughing

C. make a face

D. seem expressionless

2014 房山期末D

Study Techniques

You should always study in the same place. You shouldn’t sit in a position that you use for another purpose. For example, when you sit on a sofa to study, your brain will think it is time to relax. Don’t watch TV while you are studying. Experts warn that your concentration may be reduced(减少) by 50 percent if you study in this way. Always try to have a white wall in front of you, so there is nothing to distract you. Before sitting down to study, gather together all the things you need. Apart from your textbooks, pens, pencils and knives, make sure you have a dictionary. If your study desk or table is needed when you are not studying, store all your things in a box beside it.

( ) 57. What does the underlined phrase “distract you” mean?

A. Make you more worried.

B. Make you less concentrated.

C. Make you more relaxed.

D. Make you less comfortable.

2013密云一模 D

Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses happen in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy(嫉妒) of the emptiest headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人). He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he wants to join in the buzz and