高考英语二轮复习 第三部分 专题一 第4课时 顺藤摸瓜明辨词义猜测类题目练习.docx

1、高考英语二轮复习 第三部分 专题一 第4课时 顺藤摸瓜明辨词义猜测类题目练习专题一 第4课时 顺藤摸瓜-明辨词义猜测类题目题组一体验真题Passage 1体裁：说明文话题：项目介绍词数：300时间：6(2015新课标全国卷，C)Salvador Dali (19041989) was one of the most popular of modern artists.The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with

2、 an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings，sculptures，drawings and more.Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces，most importantly The Persistence of Memory.There is also LEnigme sans Fin from 1938，works on paper，objects，and projects for stage and s

3、creen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artists showman qualities.The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning，the world of birth.The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.The exhib

4、ition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限).“From the infinity small to the infinity large，contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus：amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museumtheatre in Figueras，” explains the Pompidou C

5、entre.The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作)with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid，Spain，and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St.Petersburg，Florida.【语篇解读】这篇短文主要介绍了现代著名艺术家Dali的作品风格及the world of Dali中的展品情况。1.Which of

6、 the following best describes Dali according to Paragraph 1?A.Optimistic. B.Productive. C.Generous. D.Traditional.答案B推理判断题。短文首段介绍了艺术家Dali的作品。由“.with an exhibition bring together over 200 paintings，sculptures，drawings and more.”一句可知，Dali的作品众多，是一个多产画家。故答案为B。2.What is Dalis The Persistence of Memory co

7、nsidered to be?A.One of his masterworks.B.A successful screen adaptation.C.An artistic creation for the stage.D.One of the best TV programmes.答案A推理判断题。根据第一段“.the visitors will find the best pieces，most importantly the Persistence of Memory”可知，该作品在Dali的最佳作品中是最重要的，由此可以推断它是Dali的杰作之一。3.How are the exhib

8、its arranged at the World of Dali?A.By popularity. B.By importance.C.By size and shape. D.By time and subject.答案D事实细节题。根据第二段末句中的“.follows a path of time and subject.”可知，Dali的作品是按时间和主题进行布展的。答案选D。4.What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to?A.Artworks. B.Projects. C.Donations. D

9、.Documents.答案A词义猜测题。由最后一段可知，展出的作品主要来源于两个途径：一是与马德里的一家艺术馆密切合作；一是靠像Salvador Dali Museum这样的机构的捐赠。联系全文大意及前一分句不难推测其它机构捐赠的是艺术作品。因此答案为A。Passage 2体裁：记叙文话题：享受生活词数：330时间：7(2015四川卷，B)Nothing could stop Dad.After he was put on disability for a bad back，he bought a small farm in the country，just enough to grow fo

10、od for the family.He planted vegetables，fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.And every week he cleaned Old Man McColgins chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料).The smell really burned the inside of your nose.When we complained about the terrible smell，Dad said the stronger the manure，the healt

11、hier the crops，and he was right.For example，just one of his cantaloupes filled the entire house with its sweet smell，and the taste was even sweeter.As the vegetables started coming in，Dad threw himself into cooking.One day，armed with a basket of vegetables，he announced he was going to make stew(炖菜).

12、Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages，eggplants，potatoes，corns，onions and carrots.For about half an hour，the pressure built and the vegetables cooked.Finally，Dad turned off the stove，the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam.If we thou

13、ght Dads pile of chicken manure was bad，this was 10 times worse.When Dad took off the lid，the smell nearly knocked us out.Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house.Just how bad was it? The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!Determined，Da

14、d filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around.It didnt look that bad，and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell，it didnt offend the nose so much，either.I took a taste.It would never win a prize in a cooking competition，but it was surprisingly edible，and we drank up ev

15、ery last drop of soup.【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了作者的父亲买了一个小农场，在里面种满了各种蔬菜、果树甚至还养了蜜蜂。但作者的父亲收获的时候，他炖了一锅蔬菜，闻到味道时，作者和其他人觉得烧得很糟糕，但是最后全部都吃光了。5.Why did Dad clean Old Man McColgins chicken house regularly?A.To earn some money for the family.B.To collect manure for his crops.C.To get rid of the terrible smell.D.To set a go

16、od example to us.答案B细节理解题。 根据文章第一段的And every week he cleaned Old Man McColgins chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料).可知是为了收集肥料。6.What can we infer about Dads stew?A.It is popular among the neighbors.B.It contains honey and vegetables.C.It looks very wonderful.D.It tastes quite delicious.答案D推理判断题。

17、根据最后一段的 we drank up every last drop of soup.可知选择D。意为父亲的炖菜非常美味。7.What does the underlined word “offend” in the last paragraph mean?A.To attract. B.To upset.C.To air. D.To shut.答案B词义判断题。根据文章上文的 the first wave had shut down my ability to smell可知，此处指的是鼻子闻不到那种味道，意为搅乱。8.What can we learn about Dad from th

18、e text?A.He is an experienced cook.B.He is a troublesome father.C.He has a positive attitude to life.D.He suffers a lot from his disability.答案C推理判断题。根据文中内容可知，父亲在背部受伤后，不愿意休息，而是自己经营着小农场，而且在收获后，还自己种菜。可知父亲对生活有着积极的态度。Passage 3体裁：说明文话题：环境与自然词数：298时间：6(2014新课标全国卷，B)Passenger pigeons(旅鸽)once flew over much

19、of the United States in unbelievable numbers.Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky for hours.It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point，there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to

20、 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States，making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller，a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.Sadly，the abund

21、ance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing.Where the birds were most abundant，people believed there was an everlasting supply and killed them by the thousands.Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain，waited until pigeons had settled to feed，then threw large nets ove

22、r them，taking hundreds at a time.The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.By the closing decades of the 19th century，the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans need for wood，which scattered(驱散)the flocks and forced the birds to go farther

23、north，where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline.Soon the great flocks were gone，never to be seen again.In 1897，the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons，but by then，no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years.The last c

24、onfirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County，Ohio，in 1900.For a time，a few birds survived under human care.The last of them，known affectionately as Martha，died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1，1914.【语篇解读】本文叙述了旅鸽逐渐消失的过程。9.In the 18th and early 19th cent

25、uries，passenger pigeons _.A.were the biggest bird in the world B.lived mainly in the south of AmericaC.did great harm to the natural environmentD.were the largest bird population in the US答案D事实细节题。根据文章第一段所述在18和19世纪，美国大群的旅鸽飞起来可以遮住天空几个小时，所以美国旅鸽的数量是最大的，故选D。10.The underlined word“undoing”probably refers

26、 to the pigeons _.A.escape B.ruinC.liberation D.evolution答案B词义猜测题。根据文章第三段中“where the birds were abundant.by the thousands”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀，所以ruin和undoing词义相似，故选B。11.What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?A.To seek pleasure. B.To save other birds.C.To make money. D.To protect crops.答案C

27、事实细节题。根据文章第二段中“Commercial hunters attracted them.sold in restaurants”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀的主要原因是捕杀者要赚钱。故选C。12.What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?A.It was ignored by the public.B.It was declared too late.C.It was unfair.D.It was strict.答案B推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“In 1897，the state of.for 10 years”可知通过法律后的1

28、0年，鸽群数量仍然不多，所以制定法律为时已晚，故选B。Passage 4体裁：记叙文话题：社会生活词数：251时间：5(2014重庆卷，D)One moment it was quiet and calm in the forest，the next，the air was charged with tension.The elephant had heard the distant alarm calls of animals and her mood suddenly changed.I urged the elephant deeper into the forest.We sounde

29、d like a forest firecrackling，snapping，trailblazing.But through all the noise came a sharp warning cry.The elephant stopped and we heard it againthe telltale call of a spotted deer.I looked quickly around the shadows of the forest.Rays of sunlight shone through tree branches，beneath which the patchw

30、ork (交错) of green plants and shadowswithinshadows would make tiger stripes (条纹) look more attractive.Apart from an occasional noise from the elephants stomach，the forest was silent.Gradually，the tension slipped from our bodies.The elephant seized a nearby branch and put it into her mouth.I reached f

31、orward and gently moved my hand over the elephants neck；there was a soft part，free of wrinkles and hairs，behind her ear.This was my fourth time to_sense_the_aura of the forest in Corbett，although I saw no tigers in the end.Located at the foot of the Himalayan mountains，Corbett is home to about 135 B

32、engal tigers，but the forest seemed to be guarding their whereabouts(出没处)，a silent reminder of their secrecy and rarity.Still，I was happy enough touching the elephant behind the ear.If I had so desperately wanted to see a tiger，I could have gone to a zoo.After all，spotting tigers merely confirms their beauty；tracking them can make you aware of something more.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述