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词根词缀+思维导图·巧记妙用高考 3500 词汇
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一.地道短语理解:请将下列英文翻译成中文。
1. deserve sympathy
2. a commercial bank
3. the educational system
4. beyond comprehension
5. a complete set of china
二.地道佳句理解:请体会下列句子的意思并将加粗部分翻译成中文。
1. But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
[George Orwell]
2. One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s
work is terribly important. [Bertrand Russell]
3. Those two books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night.
[2017·浙江卷]
4. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension.
[2014·浙江卷]
5. When combined with berries or slices of other fruits, frozen bananas make an
excellent base for thick, cooling fruit shakes and low fat “ice cream”.
[2018·全国卷Ⅱ]
三.高考真题理解:请注意理解加粗部分的意思并完成相应练习。
(一)As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story
The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort. Scott’s last
journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world’s
imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds. [2016·全国卷Ⅱ]
[问题]What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage?
A. Artistic creation. B. Scientific research.
C. Money making. D. Treasure hunting.
(二)It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a
fixation(痴迷) with the weather finds expression in Dr. Johnson’s famous comment that
“When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnson’s observation is
as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come
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up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak. [2013·重庆卷]
[问题]The author mentions Dr. Johnson’s comment to show that .
A. most commentators agree with Dr. Johnson
B. Dr. Johnson is famous for his weather observation
C. the comment wa