高考英语阅读理解 猜测词意
高考英语阅读理解考纲关于阅读理解部分考纲要求：
阅读部分 要求考生能读懂书、报、杂志中关于一般性话题的简短文段以及公告、说明、广告等，并能从中获取相关信息。考生应能：（1）理解主旨要义；（2）理解文中具体信息；（3）根据上下文推断单词和短语的含义；（4）做出判断和推理；（5）理解文章的基本结构；（6）理解作者的意图、观点和态度。
需要特别说明的是，考试说明中强调：“阅读部分要求学生读懂选自英语原版书籍、报纸和杂志（含网络版）的关于一般性话题的简短文段以及公告、说明、广告等，并能从中获取相关信息。文体包括记叙文、议论文、说明文和应用文等。” 网络版英语文章也有可能成为阅读理解命题的材料。
1.If you have a juicer, you can simply feed in frozen bananas and some berries or sliced fruit. Out comes a “soft-rve” creamy desrt, to be eaten right away. This makes a fun activity for a children’s party; they love feeding the fruit and frozen bananas into the top of the machine and watching the ice cream come out below.
What is “a juicer” in the last paragraph?
A. A desrt. B. A drink.C. A container. D. A machine.
2. Adults understand what it feels like to be flooded with objects. Why do we often assume that more is more when it comes to kids and their belongings? The good news is that I can help my own kids learn earlier than I did how to live more with less.
What do the words “more is more” in paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. The more, the better.
B. Enough is enough.
C. More money, more worries.
D. Earn more and spend more.
3. There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you'll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so it's a_pipe_dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.
What does the underlined phra “a pipe dream” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．A practical idea. B．A vain hope.
C．A brilliant plan. D．A lfish desire.
4. This of cour created a new problem: dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in Chicago. Building owners were faced with a choice: either change the first floors of their buildings into baments, and the cond stories into main floors, or hoist the entire buildings to meet the new street level. Small woodframe buildings could be lifted fairly easily.
The underlined word “hoist” in Paragraph 4 means “________”．
A．change B．lift
C．repair D．decorate
5. Some 2,500 years ago Greece discovered freedom. Before that there was no freedom. There were great civilizations, splendid empires, but no freedom anywhere. Egypt and Babylon were both tyrannies,_ one very powerful man ruling over helpless mass.
What does the underlined word“tyrannies”in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．Countries where their people need help.
B．Powerful states with higher civilization.
C．Splendid empires where people enjoy freedom.
D．Governments ruled with absolute power.
6. The objects around you are visible becau they interact with light .Light typically travels in a straight line.But some materials slow and scatter (散射) light，bouncing it away from its original path.Others absorb light，stopping it dead in its tracks. Both scattering and absorption make an object look different from other objects around it，so you can e it easily.
The underlined word “dead” in Paragraph 3 means ________．
A．silently B．gradually
C．regularly D．completely
7. My color television has given me nothing but a headache.I was able to buy it a little over a year ago becau I had my relatives give me money for my birthday instead of a lot of clothes that wouldn’t fit.I let a salesclerk fool me into buying a discontinued model.I realized this a day later，when I saw newspaper advertiments for the t at ventyfive dollars less than I had paid.The t worked so beautifully when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signed_off for the night.Fortunately，I didn’t get any channels showing allnight movies or I would never have gotten to bed.
Which of the following can best replace the phra “signed off” in Paragraph 1?_______
A．ended all their programs
B．provided fewer channels
C．changed to commercials
D．showed allnight movies
真题短文读一读
A man’s position among the black-tent people depends on his ancestors, relatives, and fellow tribesmen. If they are honored, he is also honored. If they are disgraced, he too is disgraced. Therefore one carefully guards the honor of his family, his lineage(宗系), and his tribe.
The word “disgrace” means _________ in this text.
A. honor B. endanger C. proud D. shame
The ruler had been so cruel and dishonest that after the revolution he was banished. A few members of the Senate(参议院) oppod this decision, but the majority voted that the ruler should leave the country for ever.
The underlined word “banished” mean_______.
A. killed by stoning B. nt away
C. imprisoned D. punished by whipping
