2022-2023学年高二英语下学期期末复习阅读理解词义猜测

(1) My parents ran the Pagonis restaurant, a small eatery in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and my first real job, when I was six years old, was shining diners' shoes. My duties increased as I grew older. By the age of ten I was clearing tables and working as the janitor(清洁工). Dad beamed when he told me that I was the best “mop guy” he'd ever had. Working in the restaurant was a source of great pride because I was pitching in for the good of the whole family. But my father made it clear. I had to meet certain standards to be part of the team. I had to be responsible, hard-working and polite to the customers. ... What do the underlined words “pitching in” mean in Paragraph 2? A. Doing my bit. B. Making a sacrifice. C. Setting an example. D. Swallowing my pride. (2) ... As the pandemic began to take its toll on New York in March 2020, Invisible Hands Deliver witnessed a massive outpouring of support from like-minded individuals in the community. Besides volunteering to deliver groceries for free, New Yorkers also reached out to translate the Invisible Hands flyers into over a dozen languages,enabling the organisation to reach out to more members of the community. ... What does the underlined phrase “take its toll” mean in paragraph 3? A. Cause great damage. B. Reduce the impact. C. Fill a huge gap. D. Recover slowly. (3) ... “A survey shows that less than 70 percent of women aged 35 and under agree that a life with children is complete,” he said, adding that given the low fertility rate in China, it would be extremely difficult to raise the fertility without strengthened efforts to foster a longing for marriage and family. ... What does the word “foster”mean in Para.7? A. polish B. raise C. attain D. tackle (4) ... Inevitably, female referees are carefully examined, as they straddle(跨越) two traditionally male-dominated fields: football and leadership. “There are many questions involved if she's there because she's a woman” Frappart recalls when she made her deb