2014高考英语阅读理解精析精练：27（含答案）.docVIP

2014高考英语阅读理解精析精练（27）及答案 阅读理解 Below is a page adapted from an English dictionary stick ?verb (stuck, stuck )push sth in[+adv./prep.] to push sth, usually a sharp object, into sth; to be pushed into sth: [VN] The nurse stuck the needle into my arm. ◆ Dont stick your fingers through the bars of the cage. ◆ [V] I found a nail sticking in the tyre.attach[+adv./prep.] to fix sth to sth else, usually with a sticky substance; to become fixed to sth in this way: [VN] He stuck a stamp on the envelope. ◆ We used glue to stick the broken pieces together. ◆ I stuck the photos into an album. ◆ [V] Her wet clothes were sticking to her body. ◆ The glues useless-the pieces just wont stick.put[VN +adv./prep.] (informal) to put sth in a place, especially quickly or carelessly: Stick your bags down there. ◆ He stuck his hands in his pockets and strolled off. ◆ Can you stick this on the noticeboard? ◆ Peter stuck his head around the door and said, Coffee, anyone? ◆ (spoken) Stick em up! (= put your hands above your head-I have a gun)become fixed[V] ~ (in sth) to become fixed in one position and impossible to move: The key has stuck in the lock. ◆ This drawer keeps sticking.difficult situation(BrE, informal) (usually used in negative sentences and questions) to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation or person: [VN] I dont know how you stick that job. ◆ Theyre always arguing-I cant stick it any longer. ◆ The problem is, my mother cant stick my boyfriend. ◆ [V -ing] John cant stick living with his parents.become accepted[V] to become accepted: The police couldnt make the charges stick (= show them to be true). ◆ His friends called him Bart and the name has stuck (= has become the name that everyone calls him).[V] to not take any more cardsIdioms: stick in your mind (of a memory, an image, etc.) to be remembered for a long time: One of his paintings in particular sticks in my mind.stick in your throat / craw (informal)(of words) to be difficult or impossible to say: She