辽宁省沈阳市第二十一中学高考英语阅读理解专题猜测词语意思复习课件概要.ppt

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album (威瑟乐团的专辑)is really great. How do you like it? ” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.” Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits. 41. The underlined word “gulf ” in Para.3 most probably means _____. A. Interest B. distance C. Difference D. separation Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. 4.C据近义或反义推测。因 “Music was not the only gulf ”与上段末句是递进关系, 可见gulf与gap是近义关系; 这里是回忆过去与现在(文章首段)的对比, 可见这里的gulf与文章首段首句中的alike和same是反义关系, 因此, gulf的意思是“差异(difference)”。 (5) Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say (有发言权). “My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side, ” explains Mr. Ballmer. 44. By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year -olds, were on the ‘after’ side.” the author means that today’s parents ____. A. follow the trend of the change B. can set a limit to the change C. fail to take the change seriously D. have little difficulty adjusting to the change 5.A据上文推断。结合上一段可知, today’s parents就是 60年代后的父母，他们与孩子有更多的交流, 更加民主, 他们应当是“顺应这种变化趋势”的, 故选A。 [课外作业] (1) We have two daughters：Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner... The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids. Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age. I