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高考英语报纸试卷词汇量拓展积累
(一)
1.electric cars电车;gas-powered cars油车
2.conduct a huge survey进行了大量调查
3.cross-breed plants杂交繁殖的植物
4.industrial mixer工业搅拌机
5.urban planner城市设计师
6.high-rise高层
7.expressways高速公路
8.geological地质的
9.sediments沉积物
10.spike尖刺;尖头
11.acres(acre)英亩
12.subject sb to使某人服从
13.context-free excerpts(excerpt)没有上下文的节选;无语境的节选
14.workbooks练习册
15.solitude独处
16.by choice出于选择;自愿
17.by nature在本质上
18.denied(deny)否认
19.by different means通过不同的方式
20.sped(speed) up the downfall of the Qin Dynasty加快了秦朝的垮台(downfall垮台;衰落)
21.shrug my shoulders耸耸肩(显示某人不在乎)
22.the college entrance examination高考
【长难句理解】
1.If the test is always set, the best way to prepare for it is with a battery of activities that most closely look like the test itself.如果考试已经确定了,那么最好的准备方法就是参加一连串的模拟考试活动。(a battery of 一连串的)
2.One can even point the finger at a culture in which we just read headlines instead of articles.一个人甚至能够指责这种只读标题,不读文章的文化。(point the finger at sth指责:blame;charge; criticize)
3.(七选五)Ask open-ended questions.问开放性的问题。
4.(完形)When you come to a(n) clearing where the sunlight makes it to the forest floor, you can sometimes catch a hint of something. I don’t know what to call it. Words fail. But it feels something like a root or a(n) unvoiced song of the world’s own presence.
当你到达阳光能照射下来的森林空地时,你感受到了某种暗示。我不知道该如何命名这种暗示,语言失效了。但它像某种根源,或者一首世界自身就存在的无声之歌。(clearing林中空地;fail失败,句中是拟人的表达;unvoiced无声的)
5.(完形)You can understand what Henry David Thoreau meant when he said, “I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
你可以理解亨利·大卫·卢梭说“我找不到像独处这样亲密的伴侣”这句话的含义了。(Henry David Thoreau卢梭,美国作家,哲学家,长篇散文《瓦尔登湖》的作者,提倡回归本心,亲近自然。)
6.(完形)As the great John Muir put it: “Keep close to Nature’s heart once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the wild to wash your spirit clean.”
正如伟大的约翰缪尔说过:“偶尔靠近大自然的内心,爬山,或者在野外过一周,洗净我们的灵魂。”(John Muir约翰缪尔,被称为美国的徐霞客,是早期环保运动的领袖。put it有“说过,写过”的意思)
(二)
1.trail小径
2.slope斜坡
3.separately分开地;各自地
4.shy away from回避
5.put sth on hold暂停某事
6.misconception误解
7.plantation drives造林运动(dr