阅读猜词题

　 英语专项训练（十二）

　阅读（3-1）

　1．理解生词／不熟悉的词汇

　 请用自己的话解释下面画线的词，并说出你的理由。

　 (1)How do people climb the wall?To climb，you need special shoes and a harness around your chest to hold you．There are ropes tied to your harness．

　 (2)Climbing attracts people because it's good exercise for almost everyone．You use your whole body，especially your arms and legs．This sport gives your body a complete workout．When you climb，both your mind and your body can become stronger．

　 (3)Far from the land of Antarctica，a huge shelf of ice meets the ocean．At the underside of the shelf there lives a small fish，the Antarctic cod．

　 (4)There has been an upsurge of interest in this aspect of reading difficulty，which he has been variously described as word blindness，dyslexia or specific reading disability．

　 (5)We did not have time to read the whole novel，so the teacher prepared a synopsis

　 for us．

　 (6)Green loves to talk，and his brothers are similarly loquacious．

　(7)Rather than liking the movie，as I expected them toall my friends detested

　it．

　 (8)Shrugging，or lifting of the shoulders，is a typical French gesture to show that one doesn't know or doesn't care about something．

　 (9)Cold beverages like iced tea，fruit juice，Coca-Cola and milkshake are purchased

　 everywhere on a hot day．

　 (10)“My son has been in school for 12 years and he cannot write a sentence．”Tom

　 shouted to the headmaster，“You’ve made him an illiterate．”

　 (11)Mr．Johnson's paintings show his attention to geometric shapes ot all kinds．The

　 paintings contain circles，squares，triangles，ovals，pentagons，etc．

　 (12)There was no flip seat available，so they had to buy expensive ones．

　 (13)Some good readers find it helpful to use their sense to visualize—or picture—what they read．

　 (14)Like horses，human beings have a variety of gaits：they walk，amble，stride，jog，and sprint．

　 (15)Cartoon movies are produced by taking pictures of thousands of drawings．This kind of movie is called an animation．

　 (16)They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliments because they believe they are unworthy of praise．

　 (17)Our two major objectives are：improving the living conditions in the village by modernizing community infrastructure such as roads，drinking water，solar energy，as well as building health centres and secondary schools．

　 (18)The returning boomerang，a curved club which can be thrown so that its flight will bring it back near the place whence it was thrown，was made only in the east and west and was unknown to Aborigines in the center and the north．

　(1) (2) _________ (3) _________ (4) ________________

　(5)__________ (6) _________ (7) _________ (8) ________________

　(9)__________ (10) _________ (11) _________ (12) ________________

　(13)__________ (14) _________ (15) _________ (16) ________________

　(17)__________ (18) _________

　阅读（3-2）

　1．理解生词／不熟悉的词汇 The food we eat seems to have a deep effect on our health，Although science has made great steps in making food more fit to eat，it has，at the same time made man foods unfit to eat．Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well，especially cancer of the colon．Different cultures are more likely to be struck by certain illnesses because of the food that are liked by people in these cultures．That food related to illnesses is not a new discovery．In 1945，government researchers realized that nitrites，commonly used to keep and protect colour in meats，and other

　food additives caused cancer．These carcinogenic additives remain in our food，and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful．The additives which we eat are not all so direct．Farmers often give penicillin to beef and poultry，and because of this，penicillin has found in the milk of tested cows．Sometimes similar drugs are used on animals not for medical purposes，but for financial reasons．The farmers are simply tying to fatten the animals in order to get a higher price on the market Although the Food and Drug Administration(FDA)has tried repeatedly to control these procedures，the practice continues．

　 请根据上下文的语境提示及背景知识，猜测画线单词的大概意思：

　 (1)colon：___________________________

　 (2)nitrite：_________________________

　 (3)additive：________________________

　 (4)carcinogenic：____________________

　 A．trouble-causing B．money-making C．producing cancer D．effort-taking

　1．理解生词／不熟悉的词汇

　 Do you know anyone who uses the truth to deceive? When someone tells you something that is true，but leaves out important information that should be included，he can give you a false picture．

　 For example，someone might say，“I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery．It was great．I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!”

　 This guy's a winner，right? Maybe，maybe not．We then discover that he bought$200

　worth of tickets，and there was only one wining ticket．He's really a big loser!

　 He didn't say anything that was false，but he left out important information on purpose．That's called a half-truth．Half-truths are not technically lies，but they are just as dishonest．

　 Some politicians often use this trick．Let's say that during Governor Smith's last term，her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs．Then she seeks another term．One of her opponents says，“During Governor Smith's term，the state lost one million jobs!” That's true．However，an honest statement would have been，“During Governor Smith's term，the state had a net gain of two million jobs．”

　 Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths．It's against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth．An advertisement might say，“Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache．”It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company．

　 This kind of deception happens too often．It's a sad fact of life：Lies are lies，and sometimes

　the truth can lie as well．

　 (1)What does the underlined words“net gain”in paragraph 5 mean?

　 A．Final increase． B. Big advantage． C．Large share．D．Total saving．

　 (2)What does the underlined word “deception” in the last paragraph mean?

　 A．Creation． B．Information． C．Cheating．D．Phenomenon．

　(1) safety belt (2) exercise (3) a kind of fish (4) a kind of reading disability ( 5) a shortened version (6) talkative (7) disliked (8) lifting of the shoulders (9) drinks (10) a person who cannot write (11) geometric shapes : geometrie可忽略，意为(几何)图形；pentagons : a kind of geometric shapes(12) a kind of cheap (seat) ; opposite to expensive (13) to form a picture in the mind (14) ways of walking or moving forward (15) cartoon movie (16) praises (17) basic facilities基础设施 (18) boomerang:回飞镖；Aborigines: people who live in the center and the north

　KEY: (3-2) (1) a part of the body (2) a chemical

　(3) something added to food (4) C