(猜词技巧训练练习)

Reading practice on word guessing.

(猜词技巧训练练习)

佛山一中英语科组陈丽云

Passage 1.

The biography(传记) of Abraham Lincoln has always been inspirational to the American people. His whole life is a legend. His election in 1860 provoked the southern states to break away from the Union and led to a four-year tragic civil war. Yet this tall, awkward man has placed the mark of his greatness upon American history. His anti-slavery policy had set millions of blacks free and his strength and wisdom had guided the nation through war to peace and reunion. His being re-elected could have meant so much for the post-war American, yet death came to him with dramatic violence before his work was done. However, death has only quickened his elevation to a place beside George Washington in the memory and gratitude of his countrymen.

1. What does the word “anti-slavery” mean? _______.

A. about slavery

B. for slavery

C. against

slavery D. supporting slavery

2.What does the word “ reunion” mean? _________.

A. coming back again

B. becoming one

again

C. meeting someone again

D. seeing someone

again

3.What does the “post-war” mean? ___________.

A. before the war

B. during the war

C. after the

war D. at the beginning of the war

Passage 2.

Peter was childish and trusting, quite unlike his brother Tom, who was quite sophisticated.

The underlined word “sophisticated” means _________.

A. 幼稚的

B.生疏的

C.难以接近的

D. 老于世故的

Passage3.

When you buy a share of stock, you buy a little part of an incorporated business. The corporation uses your money to help run or expand its business. If the corporation makes a profit it sends you a check for your share of the profit—say $ 1.00 for each share of the stock. The money is called a dividend.

A dividend is ________.

A.a one-dollar bill

B.the money you earn from selling your stock

C.a two-dollar bill

D.a share of the company’s profits

Passage 4.

Yesterday we did some exercises together. I made numerous mistakes in my exercises, but Jack made only a few.

The underlined word “numerous” means _______.

A. 很少

B. 很多

C. 粗心的

D. 紧张的

Passage 5.

When the dark-haired 16-year-old girl, Sharon Wilson, straggled into the chevron station in rural Bon Elder Country, Utah, to call 911, her backs, arms and legs were badly bruised and her face was bloody. She told the sheriff a grim story of polygamy. Being the child of her father’s second wife, one of the six wives that her father has, she had been beaten by the father when she refused to become her cousin’s third wife.

What does the word “polygamy” mean? _______. A. the practice of marrying more than once. B. the practice of one husband and several wives

C. the practice of unlawful marriage

D. the practice of having more than one child

Passage 6.

Tens of thousands of tourists visit New York every year. The city is a big tourist center. The tourists come to see the skyscrapers of Manhattan. The city is famous for its many very tall buildings.

The underlined word “ skyscrapers” means _______.

A. kites in the sky

B. jet planes in the sky

C. tall buildings in the city

D. tall trees in the city