1、专项限时训练(二十八)阅读理解之推理判断和猜测词义(限时：25分钟)一、推理判断1The earthquake may rightly be ranked as one of the most disastrous forces known to man: since records began to be written down, it has been estimated (估计) that earthquakerelated deaths have numbered in the millions, and that earthquakerelated loss has been be
2、yond calculationThe great majority of all earthquakes occurred in two particular areas in historyIt is doubtful that man will be ever able to control earthquakes and get rid of their damage altogether.But as how and why earthquakes happen become better understood, man will become more and more able
3、to deal with their possible damage before they occur. The authors purpose in writing the passage probably is to_Ainform the reader Bentertain the readerCsupport a theory Dquestion a theory 2Why isnt your newspaper reporting any good news? All I read about is murder, bribery and death. Frankly, Im si
4、ck of all the bad news. The authors attitude towards the newspaper reporting is to _Acomplain BapologizeCamuse Dinform 3With the past in mind, preparations the 2013 season included sweeping changes on both the technical and personal sides. The management at Toyota Motorsport GmbH was restructed, wit
5、h John Howett moving from Toyota Motor Marketing Europe to become President, thus enabling the company founder, Ove Anderson, more time to concentrate on the operation of the race team at the track. Andersons value as an inspirational leader was one of the teams biggest asserts(财富) in 2012. What wil
6、l the next paragraph talk about if the passage goes on?APreparations for the 2013 season. BThe value of Ove Anderson.CHow to improve the European market? DChanges on the technical side.4As a young boy, I sometimes travelled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mail carrier, and on Saturdays
7、 he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: there were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.In spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy, it was such fun to stick your
8、 finger through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.On Dads final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailboxes to thank him for his friendship and his years of s
9、ervice. “Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route，” he used to say, “and a story at every one. ” One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.Mailboxes were sometimes used for things o
10、ther than mail. One note left in a mailbox read, “Nat, take these eggs to Marian; shes baking a cake and doesnt have any eggs. ” Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the ground, but the mail was always delivered. On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for h
11、im with a cup of hot chocolate. A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to $ 32，000.A dozen y
12、ears ago, when I travelled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dads death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasnt the case.As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, thos
13、e poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.I made a turn at the corner an
14、d drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mum and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dads postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.At one po
15、int Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. “What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas？” he asked.“The letters？”“I guess you never knew. ”“Knew what？”“Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your da
16、d who answered all those letters every year.”I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasnt hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old oak table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during the
17、ir childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.1. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as_Agreat chances to help ot
18、her peopleBhappy occasions to play with baby chickensCexciting experiences with a lot of funDgood opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies2. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that_ADad had a strong sense of dutyBDad was an honest and reliable manCDad had a strong sense of
19、honourDDad was a kind and generous man3According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most?ADad read letters for a blind lady for years.BDad paid for the stamps for a young girl.CDad delivered some eggs to Marian.DDad answered childrens Christmas letters every year.4The method
20、 the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is_Aoffering analyses Bproviding explanationsCgiving examples Dmaking comparisons二、猜测词义1A childs birthday party doesnt have to be a hassle;_it can be a basket of fun.What does the underlined word “hassle” probably mean?AA party designed by specialists.BA plan
21、requiring careful thought.CA situation causing difficulty or trouble.DA demand made by guests.2I feel that since you are my superior, it would be presumptuous of me to tell you what to doThe underlined word “presumptuous” in the middle of the passage is closest in meaning to “ _”Afull of respect Bto
22、o confident and rudeClacking in experience Dtoo shy and quiet3William Shakespeare said, “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn(纱线)，good and ill together.”The underlined word “mingled” most probably means “_”Asimple BmixedCsad Dhappy4I had always travelled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was
23、the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.Which of the following words can best take the place
24、 of the word “relish”？AChoose. BEnjoy.CPrepare for. DCarry on.5Thats why slight differences in conversational styletiny little things like microseconds of pausecan have a great effect on ones life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problemseven in the mind of the woman herself,
25、 who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.The underlined word “assertiveness” probably means “_”Abeing willing to speak ones mindBbeing able to increase ones powerCbeing ready to make ones own judgmentDbeing quick to express ones ideas confidently专项限时训练(二
26、十八)一、推理判断(一)1A推理判断题。 文章第一段介绍地震给人类造成的危害，第二段分析地震频发的地方，第三段分析地震预防方面的前景。 因此可以推断写作的目的不是娱乐，也不是就某一理论提出质疑，而是给读者提供一些信息，教育读者。答案是A。2A推理判断题。作者一是向读者说明这份报纸上只刊登不好的新闻，如凶杀、行贿、死亡等，二是在字里行间流露出自己的抱怨情绪，故最佳答案是A 。3D推理判断题。本段第一句介绍球队备战2013赛季经历了技术和人事安排上的巨大变化，紧接着陈述具体的人事安排，因此，下文应介绍技术层面的变化，所以，正确答案是D。(二)【要点综述】 本文主要讲述了邮递员爸爸的简单、丰富而又充
27、实、有趣的邮递员生活，尤其回复孩子们给圣诞老人的信更是感人至深。1C推理判断题。根据文章的前两段，作者和父亲一起经历的所见、所闻、所感，可知那些是愉快的经历，故C符合文意。2B推理判断题。商人把那么多钱放在邮箱里托付给爸爸存入银行，可见爸爸是一个诚实的、可以信赖的人，故B符合文意。3D推理判断题。文章最后几段详细介绍了父亲回复孩子们给圣诞老人的信的这件事，由此可以推断出D符合文意。4C推理判断题。根据对第四段的整体理解，可知本段主要用了举例的写作手法，故C符合文意。二、猜测词义1C猜测词义题。根据对比关系，这里hassle 和 a basket of fun 是相反的意义， 很容易判断题的答案
28、为C。2B猜测词义题。 根据since 引导的原因状语从句的内容(“既然你是我的上司”)，我们可以推断这里presumptuous的意思是“冒失的，放肆的”，后半句的意思是：我告诉你怎么做，会是一种放肆/冒失的行为。对应的答案为B。3B猜测词义题。句中good and ill together 更具体地说明了 a mingled yarn的意义，据此我们不难推测mingled的意思是“混合的，交织的”，答案为B。4B猜测词义题。有些学生连particularly也不认识，直接发蒙而无法正确猜测词义。本段画线词relish的语境：作者不太喜欢漫长的列车旅途，于是准备了许多本杂志，由此判断画线词的含义是“喜爱，从中得到乐趣”。5D猜测词义题。本词的前面有registered，这对于很多考生也是生词，导致学生无法猜测词义。根据本段对这位女士的描述可以得知她的问题出在哪里，因此D项符合题意。答案为D。
