第15讲 阅读理解之猜词题
根据与上下文之间的关系猜测词义
根据同义词的替代关系猜测词义
根据对比关系猜测词义
根据因果关系猜测词义
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题一: One of the city’s biggest headaches, traffic over-crowding, is talked about every day. The local government is trying to solve the problem, including building new roads and crossovers, sending out more policemen and assistants to keep the order on the road. But these actions did not result in success.
What does the underlined word “headaches” probably mean?
A. New roads. B. Traffic lights.
C. Accidents. D. Problems.
题二:Today, many hutong have been pulled down because they lack (缺少) clean water and proper toilets. Many people are sorry about this. They say that hutong are part of Beijing people’s life and should be kept as part of the culture.
The phrase “pull down” in the last paragraph most probably means ______.
A. make it gone B. rebuild it
C. repair it D. keep it
题三:She was only about five feet tall and probably never weighed more than 110 pounds. But Miss Bessie was a towering presence in the classroom. She was the only woman who can make me read Beowulf and think for a few stupid days that I liked it. From 1938 to 1942, she taught me English, history —and a lot more than I realized.
The underlined words “towering presence” in the first paragraph means _________.
A. Miss Bessie was strong enough to influence(影响) her students
B. Miss Bessie was watching the students all the time
C. Miss Bessie was tall and heavy in fact
D. the students felt afraid of her
题四:Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is totally
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different from red hot music. Blues is slow and sad. Someone who is blue is very sad.
What’s the real meaning of the underlined phrase “red hot music” in English?
A. slow and sad music
B. slow and happy music
C. quick and sad music
D. quick and happy music
题五:I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey so I brought along a lot of magazines to read and reread. I looked around the train. There was not one familiar(熟悉的) face. I sat down and began to read my magazines.
Which of the following words can best take the place of the word "relish" in the second
paragraph?
A. choose B. enjoy
C. prepare for D. go on
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第15讲 阅读理解之猜词题
题一:D 题二:A 题三:A 题四:D
题五:B
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