2023届高三英语二轮复习阅读理解猜词题专项训练1

阅读理解—词义猜测专题一 1 British employees currently work longer hours on average than most European countries, while at the same time the UK has seen a slump in productivity. A typical British worker spends 42 hours a week at work but produces 16% less on average than other European countries, according to the Office for National Statistics. 23. The underlined word “slump” is closest in meaning to _______. A. decrease B. gain C. growth D. improvement 2 I am Peter Hodes，a volunteer stem cell courier. Since March 2012，I’ve done 89 trips—of those, 51 have been abroad，I have 42 hours to carry stem cells(干细胞) in my little box because I’ve got two ice packs and that’s how long they last. In all，from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor(捐献者) to the time they can be implanted in the patient，we’ve got 72 hours at most. So I am always conscious of time. 29．Which of the following can replace the underlined word “courier” in Paragraph 1? A．provider B．delivery man C．collector D．medical doctor 3 In 2004, when my daughter Becky was ten, she and my husband Joe, were united in their desire for a dog. As for me, I shared none of their canine lust. But why, they pleaded. “Because I don't have time to take care of a dog.” But we'll do it. “Really? You're going to walk the dog? Feed the dog? Bathe the dog?” Yes, yes and yes. “I don't believe you.” We will. We promise. They didn’t. From day two (everyone wanted to walk the cute puppy that first day)，neither thought to walk the dog. While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots，to schedule her vet appointments，to feed and clean her，Misty knew this on day one. As she looked up at the three new humans in her life (small，medium，and large)，she calculated，“The medium one is the sucker in the pack.” Quickly，she and I developed something very similar to a Vulcan mind meld(心灵融合)．She’d look at me with those sad brown eyes of hers，beam her need，and then wait，trusting I woul