【词汇积累】英语习语在高考真题中的考查.docxVIP

【词汇积累】英语习语在高考真题中的考查 习语(idiom)是语言中的某些局部经过长期反复使用后自然沉积形成的短语或短句， 包括比喻性词组(metaphorical phrase) 俚语(slang) 俗语(colloquialism) 谚语(proverb) 等。在结构上，构成习语的单词不可任意变换；在逻辑上，习语的意义通常并非单词意义的 简单组合。掌握一定的习语有助于扫除阅读理解中的障碍，增强写作中语言的表现力。今天 我们来看看以往高考真题中对英语习语的考查。 阅读以下句子或语段，写出划线局部习语的含义。 get the ball rolling But the phrase penny paper“ caught the publics fancy, and soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny. This new trend of newspapers for the man on the street did not begin well. Some of the early ventures (企业)were immediate failures. Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition. It took a few youthful and daring businessmen to get the ball rolling. go a long way True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new from it. We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways. There are a dozen different things you can do with them. Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity. hands down Of course, not only are today5 s top Western designers being influenced by China-some of the best designers of contemporary fashion are themselves Chinese. Vera Wang, Alexander Wang, Jason Wu are taking on Galliano, Albaz, Marc Jacobs-and beating them hands down in design and sales J adds Hill. have a way with Monkeys seem to have a way with numbers. After running hundreds of tests, the researchers noted that the monkeys would go for the higher values more than half the time, indicating that they were performing a calculation, not just memorizing the value of each combination. keep tabs on In fact, Hollywood has been hot on live animals lately. One nonprofit organization, which monitors the treatment of animals in filmed entertainment, is keeping tabs on more than 2,000 productions this year. make ends meet Around twenty years ago I was living in York. Though I had a lot of experience and a Masters degree, I c