大题06 词汇填空 -【大题精做】冲刺2024年高考英语大题突破+限时集训（上海专用）

专题06 词汇填空 词汇填空题语篇约350词。文章首句不设空；一般每隔15-30个词会有一个空；空与空之间有完整意群； 方框中词汇难度中高级，以实词为主，即名词、动词、形容词、副词；语法方面考察词性之间关系和句子结构分析能力；逻辑方面考察上下文联系。特别提示：近几年高考词汇题常出现构词法知识、一词多性、一词多义及熟词生义现象。 （2022年上海市七宝中学第二学年英语期中考试） A. convincing B. correct C. discouraging D. encouraging E. festive F. increase G. instead H. knowledge I. misperceptions J. otherwise K. untrue Changing Someone’s Mind at the Dinner Table Family gatherings can bring up topics we prefer to avoid. With the ___11___ season in full swing it might be hard to stay away from some annoying relatives. At some point, you know they will say something like: “Genetically modified foods are not safe to eat” or “Climate change is a conspiracy (阴谋)”. (Again, all these statements are___12___.) If this happens, you don’t have to just sit there quiet. “Is it worth making an effort to ___13___ people?” says Jason Reifler at the University of Exete, who studies ways of challenging ___14___. “I think so.” Obviously, it is far more difficult to prove false beliefs wrong than to spread them. Anyone can spread a lie, but it usually takes a bit of time and ___15___ to explain why a statement is wrong. Take a classic: “The climate has always changed, it’s nothing to do with humans.” To fight this, you need to explain how the world is now warming at an alarming rate, when ___16___ it would be cooling slightly were it not for our carbon dioxide emissions. But sometimes there are shortcuts to make your point ___17___. “Parallel” arguments can often highlight logical errors very effectively, says John Cook of George Mason University. For instance, the “climate is always changing” myth is like claiming that because people have always stolen from each other, leaving your house unlocked won’t ___18___ the risk of burglary (入室抢劫). But you need to be aware of the backfire effect. This is the idea that trying to change someone’s false belief can make them believe it more strongly. This was ___19___ news for the fight against false beli