高中英语阅读理解词义猜测简单题.docVIP

高中英语阅读理解词义猜测（简单题） 1.（2014浙江省温州十校联合体高三上学期期末考试，B） Below is adapted from an English dictionary. Idiom pull / pul / n. 1 [C] act of pulling; tug: I felt a pull at my sleeve and round. 2 [sing] the ~ ?of sth (a) physical force or magnetic attraction in nature: The tides depend on the pull of the moon. (b) force that influences a person’s behavior, career, etc: the pull of wondering life. 3 (infml) influence over other people: He has a lot of pull in affecting my character. 4 ~(at sth) (a) action of drinking deeply: take a pull at a bottle (b) action of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, pipe, etc: She took a long pull at her cigarette. 5 [sing] prolonged effort (in walking, rowing etc): It was a hard pull up the mountain hut. 6 [C] (esp in compounds) handle for pulling sth: a bell-pull pull / pul / v 1 (a) use force on sth in order to move it towards oneself: In a tug-of-war, the competitors pull as hard as they can. (b) [Tn] use this force on (sth); tug: Fred pulled his sister’s hair and made her cry. (c) cause (sth) to move (in a specified direction) by using this force; draw sth: How many coaches can that locomotive pull? 2 [Tn] remove (sth) by using force; draw sth out: pull a cork, tooth, stopper * pull a gun (on sb), ie from a pocket, holster, * pull (a pint of beer), ie draw it out from a barrel 3[ I, Ipn, Tn] ~(for sth) (cause a boat to ) move through the water by the action of oars: They pulled hard and reached shore. 4 [Ipr] ~at /on sth (a) give a tug on sth (b) draw or suck sth ?5 [Tn] move(a switch) in order to operated a mechanism: pull the trigger, ie ? fire a gun 6 [Tn] (sl) attract (sb sexually: He can still pull the girls. bring/pull sb up short/sharply make sb stop suddenly pull the carpet / rug (out) from under sb’s feet (infml) take the help or support away from sb suddenly: His mother pulled the carpet from under his feet by announcing that she was selling the house. pull the strings/wires control events or the actions of other peop