届高考英语二轮题海特训营11阅读理解词义猜测三含答案.docx

1、届高考英语二轮题海特训营11阅读理解词义猜测三含答案阅读理解-词义猜测三1、 The Edinburgh International Film Festival, after 60 years as one of the citys cultural focuses in August, will move to June from next year. Artistic director Hannah McGill said the festival needed more breathing space. “There are huge advantages in having all t

2、hese cultural events in one place and time,” she said. “But there is limited space. Its like when a child has a birthday on Christmas Day it all comes on top of each other.” Ms McGill said that the film festival wanted to use extra places to organize events and conferences which Edinburgh was too cr

3、owded to provide in August. She spoke of her difficulty, for example, being unable to hold an exhibition as part of the film festival because of limited space. However, Jon Morgan, the director of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, deprecated the film festival s move which suggested the city was overbur

4、dened in August. “There are still hundreds of spaces that arent used,and there is still room for it to expand,” he said The move to June made sense. It would allow more air between it and the London Film Festival, providing for more distinctive (有特色的)programming. “Junewillgive us the breathingspacet

5、o expand and create our own identity, allowing us to further developourposition as one oftheworldsmost innovative(创新的) and challenging annual film events,” Ms McGill said The festival organisers thought that the move to June would not reduce audiences,saying film-lovers would visit Edinburgh in earl

6、y summer. Ginnie Atkinson, the festivals managing director, said, “Our audiences are very film-focused. Last year we asked in our market research if they would come if we were the only show in town and they said yes.”1.The passage intends to tell us that the Edinburgh International Film Festival_.A.

7、needs improvingB.enjoys great successC.needs more breathing spaceD.will move to “quieter” June2.The underlined sentence in the second paragraph suggests that_.A.having two important events in one place and time has many advantagesB.having two important events in one place and time will cause pressur

8、eC.wonderful things always go hand in handD.having a birthday on Christmas Day is a lucky thing3.The underlined word “deprecated” in Paragraph 4 probably means_.A.disagreed toB.approved ofC.supportedD.held4.We can infer from the passage that_.A.the move to June will affect the number of people who v

9、isit EdinburghB.the festival is one of the world s most innovative and challenging annual film eventsC.the festival has been one of Edinburghs cultural focuses for 60 yearsD.it is generally believed that August is a busy month to the cultural circles in Edinburgh2、 Stonehenge, the world-famous circl

10、e of stone columns may 12. have had a brother. A much bigger, older brother. University of Bradford researchers announced they had discovered about 100 stones covering several acres thought to have been built around 4,500 years ago. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project discovered the monument, w

11、hich is near Durrington Walls, also known as “ superhenge”. Stonehenge, which is believed to have been completed 3,500 years ago, is about 2 miles away. What we are starting to see is the largest surviving stone monument, preserved underneath a bank, that has ever been discovered in Britain and poss

12、ibly in Europe,” said Vince Gaffney. The evidence was found under 3 feet of earth. Some of the stones are thought to have stood 15 feet tall before they were toppled. Our radar data have shown an amazing row of up to 90 standing stones, a number of which have survived after being pushed over, and a

13、large bank placed over the stones, said professor Wolfgang Neubauer, director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology. “ In the east,up to 30 stones . have survived below,” he said. “The extraordinary scale and details of the evidence produced by the

14、Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, which the new discoveries at Durrington Walls, is changing fundamentally(根本上) our understanding of Stonehenge and the world around it, Neubauer added. Everything written before about the Stonehenge landscape and the ancient monuments within it will need to be re

15、written,” said Paul Garwood, a scientist and lead historian on the project at the University of Birmingham. The findings were announced on the first day of the British Science Festival being held at the University of Bradford.1.It is believed that the superhenge is _earlier than the Stonehenge.A.1,0

16、00 yearsB.2,500 yearsC.3,500 yearsD.4,500 years2.What do researchers think of the superhenge?A.It is the biggest monument discovered in the world.B.It was built much later than the Stonehenge.C.It is the largest surviving stone monument found in England.D.It is better protected than the Stonehenge.3

17、.What do the underlined word “toppled” most probably mean?A.Set up.B.Pushed down.C.Moved away.D.Brought up.4.What is the best title of the passage?A.The southern England has many historic sitesB.The British Science Festival will be held againC.Bigger Brother to Stonehenge has been discoveredD.The Pr

18、oject at the University of Birmingham3、 If you are a fruit groweror would like to become onetake advantage of Apple Day to see whats around. Its called Apple Day but in practice its more like Apple Month. The day itself is on October 21, but sinceit has caught on, events now spread out over most of

19、October around Britain.Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety of apples. To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still

20、in existence, such as Decio which was grown by the Romans. Although it doesnt taste of anything special, its still worth a try, as is the knobbly(多疙瘩的) Cats Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else. There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. One of the very bes

21、t varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but youll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so its a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.At the events, you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and because these are f

22、amily affairs, children are well catered for with apple-themed fun and games.Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including stately gardens and commercial orchards(果园).If you want to have a real orchard experience, try visiting the National Fruit Collection at

23、Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent.1.What can people do at the apple events?A.Attend experts lectures.B.Visit fruit-loving families.C.Plant fruit trees in an orchard.D.Taste many kinds of apples.2.What can we learn about Decio?A.It is a new variety.B.It has a strange look.C.It is rarely seen now.D.It

24、has a special taste.3.What does the underlined phrase “a pipe dream” in Paragraph 3 mean?A.A practical idea.B.A vain hope.C.A brilliant plan.D.A selfish desire.4.What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A.To show how to grow apples.B.To introduce an apple festival.C.To help people select appl

25、es.D.To promote apple research.4、 In the depths of the French Guianese rainforest, there still remain unusual groups of indigenous(土著的) people. Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs. And yet, people in this area are in fact French citizens because it

26、has been a colony(殖民地) of the French Republic since 1946. In theory, they should live by the French law is often ignored or unknown, thus making them into an interesting area of “lawlessness” in the world. The lives of these people have finally been recorded thanks to the effects of a Frenchman form

27、 Paris called Gin. Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250,000 living in its capital, Cayenne. “I have a special love for the French Guianese people. I have worked there

28、on and off for almost ten years,” says Gin. “Ive been able to keep firm friendships with them. Thus I have been allowed to gain access to their living environment. I dont see it as a lawless land. But rather I see it as an area of freedom.” “I wanted to show the audience a photographic record touchi

29、ng upon the uncivilized life,” continues Gin. “I prefer to work in black and white, which allows me to show different specific worlds more clearly.” His black-and-white pictures present a world almost lost in time. These pictures show people seemingly pushed into a world that they were unprepared fo

30、r. These local citizens now have to balance their traditional self-supporting hunting lifestyle with the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic, which brings with it not only necessary state welfare, but also alcoholism, betrayal and even suicide.1.Why does the author feel surprised about t

31、he indigenous people in French Guiana?A.They seldom follow the French law.B.They often ignore the Guianese law.C.They are separated from the modern world.D.They are both Guianese and French citizens.2.Gin introduced the special world of the indigenous Guianese as _.A.a tour guideB.a geographerC.a fi

32、lm directorD.a photographer3.What is Gins attitude towards the lives of the indigenous Guianese?A.Cautious.B.Doubtful.C.Uninterested.D.Appreciative.4.What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?A.The modern French lifestyle.B.The self-supporting hunting.C.The uncivilized hunting.D.The French Republic.5、Ind