2025届高考英语二轮复习高频阅读词组+练习五十六含解析.doc

2025届高考英语高频阅读词组+练习（五十六）

一：词组梳理

outofthequestion毫无可能的

outoftouch不联系,不接触

overandover(again)一再地,一再地

priorat在...之前

quiteafew相当多,不少

ratherthan不是...(而是)

regardlessof不顾,不惜

rightaway马上,马上

speakabout谈及

setin开头

setapartfrom把...区分开

sidebyside肩并肩,一起

sofar迄今为止

soonerorlater迟早,早晚

stepbystep逐步地

suchas例如,诸如

thanksto由于,多亏

thatis(tosay)就是说,即

tothepoint切中要害,切题

undercontrol处于掌握之下

underthecircumstances这种状况下

uptodate在进行中

upto多达;直到;胜任;取决于

whatif假使...将会怎样

whatabout...怎么样

withrespectto假如...将怎样

withregardto关于,至于

withoutexception无一例外，一律

withtheexceptionof除...之外

wordforword逐字地

二：习题训练

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TheUSpresidentDonaldTrumphaspopularizedthephrase“fakenews”.ButnottoolongagothesewordsincombinationwouldhavemeantlittletoeverydayEnglishspeakers.

AnatolyLiberman,aGerman,writesabouttheoriginsoftheword“fake”.Theword,itturnsout,hasaverydarkpast.Thebestguessathow“fake”becamethemainstream,arguesLiberman,isthatitwasakindusedbythievesintheLondonunderworld.But“howitgotthere,nobodyintheworldknows,andprobablynobodywilleverknow,”hetellsQuartz.

LibermanisaprofessorattheUniversityofMinnesotaandtheauthorofWordOriginsandHowWeKnowThem.Hewritesthatearlyrecordsof“fake”asanEnglishadjectiveappearedaroundthemiddleofthe18thcentury.Thewordlikelycomesfromcant,orthiefjargon(行话).

TheOEDmentions“fake”asaverbstartingin1819,whichbasicallymeant“todo”injargon,butalso“tokill,wound,orrob”.Anentryfromadictionarythatyearreads:

“Tofakeanypersonorplace,torobthem;tofakeapersonmayalsoimplytoshoot,wound,orcut;tofakeamanoutandout,istokillhim.”

LibermantracesthewordnexttoCharlesDickens,whoused“cly-faker”,where“cly”meanspocket,inOliverTwist.Thisishowhebelievestheknowledgeof“fake”asawordthatmeanstosteal,sp