英语阅读专项——词义理解.pptVIP

1. The herdsman, who looks after sheep, earns about 650 yuan a year. 2. When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life? 3. When he reached the place with his army, he found an impassable river in front of him. pass → passable → impassable 方法二： Using context clues （利用上下文线索） The heat of sun warms some ocean water. The surface of the water evaporates， forming a cloud of warm, wet air that moves upward． “evaporates” means “______________” 4. Mr. Brown is an amateur photographer．He is an engineer．But in his free time he likes to take pictures． A. as a hobby B．for money C．as a job D．as work 5. .Chicken pox can be very serious for a child who is not in good health．The child develops red spots，and feels hot and uncomfortable． A healthy child gets well quickly． A. a kind of animal B．a kind of food C. a kind of childhood disease D. a lack of pure water Read the following passages and see if you understand the words or phrases that may be new to you: Passage 1. We can not feel speed. But our sense let us know that we are moving. We see things moving past and feel that we are being shaken. We can feel acceleration, an increase in speed. But we notice it for only a short time. For example we feel it during the takeoff run of an airplane. 1. Acceleration is the name for _______. A. any kind of movement B. the movement of a plane C. a steady speed D. an increase in speed Passage 2. A tornado can do a lot of damage. The wind of a tornado rushes at great speed around a funnel-shaped cloud. It travels in a path a few hundred feet wide and about twenty-five miles long. As the wind circles, the funnel spirals higher and higher. 2. A tornado is a _______. A. rainstorm B. d