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专题05 易错点--一词多义和熟词生义易失分
[技法指导]
在英语中,有些单词有两个甚至多个意思,我们把这种现象称之为一词多义。一词多义是很普遍的语言现象。在完形填空的选项中,有时也会出现一些多义2词。如果考生对这类词的多层意思掌握得不够全面,就会给答题带来很大的干扰,导致错选或误选,尤其值得注意的的是:近几年高考完形填空对高频多义词和熟词生义的考查逐渐增多。
[示例]
在复习词汇的过程中,我们要特别关注和积累一词多义,特别是常用动词及其短语,在解题过程中,注意认真思考,不要“望文生义”。本文加★号题目在做题时要谨防“望文生义”!
Our younger son,Tim, was in his senior year of high school. Every student is madly trying to get good 1 and complete college applications.There was an essay he had to write and the 2_ was drawing near. We're good parents. We do our best at keeping our_3 shut- whenever possible. Tim knew what he should do, but he had a tendency to 4 anything. Weekend homework was never done until Sunday night, no matter how much free time there might have been.
★1.A.grades B. comments C.salaries D. jobs
2.A.competition B. meeting C.deadline D. celebration
3.A. eyes B. hearts C.doors D. mouths
★4.A.worry about B. put off C. note down D. figure out
【答案】
这是一篇记叙文,讲的是作者读高中最后一年的儿子正处在努力拼搏的阶段。
1.选A 根据上文“Our younger son, Tim, was in his senior year ( of high school.”及下文“complete college applications”可知,作者的儿子蒂姆在读高中最后一年,每一位学生都在努力取得好成绩并完成大学申请。grade 常用意义为“年级;等级,级别”,此处意为“成绩”。
2.选C 根据下文内容可知,作者的儿子有一篇文章要写,截止日期马上要到了。deadline 意为“最后期限,截止日期”。
3.选 D 根据下文“Tim knew what he should do”可知,作者和丈夫在可能的情况下尽力闭嘴,因为蒂姆知道自己应该做什么。
4.选B 根据下文“Weekend homework was never done until Sunday night”可知,无论有多少空闲时间,作者的儿子总是拖到周日晚上才开始写周末作业。故作者的儿子有拖沓的倾向。put off 常意为“推迟,延期,阴碍”.
【高考常见熟词生义词汇】
单词 熟义 生义
① air n.空气 v.抒发,倾诉n.气氛
② fine adj.美好的,健康的 v.对……处以罚款
③ fire v.开火 v.开除
④ industry n.工业 n.努力,勤勉
⑤ hand n.手 n.帮助
⑥ freeze v.结冰 v.惊呆,吓呆v.不许动
⑦ long adj.长的 v.渴望
⑧ trip v.旅行/摔倒 v.说话磕磕绊绊,即磕巴
⑨ stumble n.绊倒/错误 n.结巴
⑩ employ v.雇用 v.利用,开发,发掘v.利用
⑪ shade n.阴凉处,背阴 n.浓淡,深浅,色度
⑫ escape v.逃跑 n.解脱/消遣
⑬ fuel n.燃料 v.刺激,加强
⑭ bridge n.桥梁 vt.缩短……差距
⑮ blow-up n.突然发怒 n.放大的照片
⑯ single adj.单一的,单个的 n.一元纸币
⑰ name n.名字,名称 v.选中,评为
⑱ grill vt.烧烤/烤制 vt.追问,盘问
⑲ pick v.拾取/挑选 v.举例
⑳ plant n.植物/工厂/发电厂 v.种植/栽种vt.稳固地放置
21 location n.位置/地方 n.外景拍摄地
22 fill v.(使)充满/装满 v.打发/消磨
23 bear vt.忍受/承受/负起 vt.携带/持有/拿着
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