高考英语阅读理解专题——猜测词义.pptVIP

Chen Jiao Middle School (2008广东卷)　A Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager. “I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album 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. Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families… 6. The underlined word gulf in Para.3 most probably means _________. A. interest　　　　B. distance　　C. difference　　D. separation Passage 1 The reasons for a visit to a lighthouse are not all so backward-looking in time. It is true that lighthouses were built in out-of-the-way places. But on a pleasant sunny summer day，this very isolation has a natural beauty that many people will love to experience.　　The underlined phrase “out-of-the-way” means ________ .　　A.far away B.dangerous C.ancient D.secret Passage 2: The ruler had been so cruel and dishonest that after the revolution he was banished. A few members of the Senate (参议院)opposed this decision , but the majority voted that the ruler should leave the country for ever. The underlined word “banished” mean__________. A killed by stoning B sent away C imprisoned D punished by whipping Passage 3.(2008全国卷 A) The next day dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my fathe