高考真题阅读理解之猜测词义 讲义-2024届高三英语二轮复习

1.[2023·全国甲卷] B Terri Bolton is a dab hand when it comes to DIY (do-it-yourself). Skilled at putting up shelves and piecing together furniture, she never pays someone else to do a job she can do herself. She credits these skills to her late grandfather and builder Derek Lloyd. From the age of six,Terri, now 26, accompanied Derek to work during her school holidays. A day’s work was rewarded with ￡5 in pocket money. She says:“I’m sure I wasn’t much of a help to start with painting the rooms and putting down the flooring throughout the house. It took weeks and was backbreaking work,but I know he was proud of my skills.” Terri, who now rents a house with friends in Wandsworth, South West London, says DIY also saves her from losing any deposit when a tenancy(租期) comes to an end. She adds:“I’ve moved house many times and I always like to personalise my room and put up pictures. So,it’s been useful to know how to cover up holes and repaint a room to avoid any charges when I’ve moved out.” With millions of people likely to take on DIY projects over the coming weeks, new research shows that more than half of people are planning to make the most of the long, warm summer days to get jobs done. The average spend per project will be around ￡823. Two thirds of people aim to improve their comfort while at home. Two fifth wish to increase the value of their house. Though DIY has traditionally been seen as male hobby, the research shows it is women now leading the charge. (　)24.Which is closest in meaning to “a dab hand” in Paragraph 1? A.An artist. B.A winner. C.A specialist. D.A pioneer. 【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了Terri Bolton是怎样成为DIY高手的以及她是怎样从中受益的。文章最后还说明了目前女性在DIY中占主导地位。 24.C　词义猜测题。根据文章第一段中的“Skilled at putting up shelves and piecing together furniture, she never pays someone else to do a job she can do herself.”可知,Terri Bolton擅长搭架子和拼接家具,她从不付钱让别人做她自己能做的工作。所以她在 自己动手做东西的方面是专家。故选C。 2.【2022年新高考全国Ⅱ卷】B We journalists live in a new age of storytelling, with many new multimedia tools. Many