Reading skills guessing the meaning of the new words

Survey（调查）

What stops your understanding when you are reading? （ ）

? a. The structures(结构) of some sentences. ? b. The new words or phrases.

? c. The culture or background(背景). ? d. Reading habits.

? e. Other knowledge besides English. 中考实战演习

1 、 To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan. However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter.” What does the word “tan ” mean in Chinese?

A. 晒黑

B. 晒白 C. 能量

2、What to do

In the UK students study and live together. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres.

The underlined word ‘facilities’ means _______. A. 教师 B. 设施 C. 活动

D. 课程

3、Don’t be scared if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a time to grow fastest during adolescence. The age for starting adolescence is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later-between 7 and 13 for girls and 9 and 15 for boys.

What does the underlined word “adolescence” mean in Chinese? A. 婴儿时期 B. 童年时期 C. 青春期 D. 学生时期

4、Scientists said that in the future there might be too many people on the earth．But not enough was done. By the year 2300，there were so many people that food became scarce and the water also became less to grow food and all of the fish in the lakes and seas died because of pollution． What’s the meaning of “scarce” in the passage？ A、昂贵的 B、充足的 C、缺乏的

D、特殊的

5、Many people are nervous when they are talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. It’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown. ? The word “unknown” means: A. without somebody knowing B. without somebody liking C. unfriendly

D. unpleasant

6、 More than 12,000 people have agreed to the idea. Some of them ask for more than one key.

Although there are not enough bikes, an official(官员) from the government said that they would find some ways to deal with such a shortage.

In the passage, the underlined word “shortage” means “___” in Chinese.

A. 挑战 B. 缺点 C. 短缺

7 、The most enjoyable way to discover Liverpool is by boat. The first thing to do is to take a ferry across the River Mersey. It’s the best way to find out about this city’s long and interesting history. The Liverpool Ferry, which is the oldest ferry service in Europe, started more than 800 years ago.

The word ferry in the first paragraph is most likely to be a kind of _______.

A. bus B. boat C. train D. bicycle

8、 The people you meet affect your life, and the successes and failure you experience, create who y

ou are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.

The underlined word poignant in the passage means ______ . A. 平淡的 B. 明显的 C．深刻的 D. 艰苦的

9、 You must also try your best to protect your eyes from harmful things. For example, sunglasses are

not just for fashion but they can also serve as a great way to protect your eyesight form UV rays. What do the underlined words “UV rays” mean?

A. 沙尘 B. 闪电 C. 紫外线 D. 超声波 10、 Accept it

Instead of trying to deny your anger, make it clear to yourself and accept it. See your anger for what it is and quickly deal with it so that you will not be so angry.

Stop making excuses for it

You may feel you have a right to be angry. You may think you’re right and the other person is wrong.

The underlined word “deny” in the passage means “________”. A. 误解 B. 否认 C. 疏远 D. 减轻

11、 In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do some dangerous and difficult jobs for humans.

Robots also help disabled people, for example, blind people. Today many blind people have a guide(导向dog to help them.

The underlined word “disabled” means “________.

A. 不能 B. 有害的 C. 失灵的 D. 残疾的 12、 Very often people who travel to the United States forget to tip（付小费）.It is usual to tip porters who help carry your bags，taxi drivers and waiters.

? 53.The underline word “porters” in the passage means . ? A. 搬运工 B. 清洁工 C.接线员 D. 售票员

? 2010(青海宁夏)

? Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be

lower than the other, and paining（疼痛）too. In India, most of us would look at the reduction

（减少）of textbooks as a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called goReader has created a \the size of a laptop computer（笔记本电脑).

? 56. What does the underlined word “bulky” in the first line mean? ? You will also find that the people of Finland are easy-going. This might be because they spend a

lot of time relaxing together in saunas(桑拿室). Finland even has a contest that is about spending time in one sauna. In the Sauna World Championships, people try to stay as long as

they can in a hot sauna. In the Sauna World Championships, people try to stay as long as they can in a hot sauna. This is really a sweaty competition!

? 49.What does the underlined word “sweaty” mean in paragraph 2? ? A. terrible

B. useful C. relaxed

D. sweat-covered

A. light B. small C. big and heavy D. old

? 2009(天津)

? On Tuesday afternoon the letters were sorted. Zip codes were used to sort the mail. A machine

picked up a letter and held it. A worker read the zip code. Then the worker pushed five buttions on another machine.

? 64. What does the underlined word “Zip codes” mean in Chinese? ? A. 密码

B. 电话号码

C. 邮政编码

D. 身份证号码

? 2012江苏连云港

? After half a year of medical treatments and recovering exercises , I could not make any more

progress for over a year . What was worse , I suffered a lot from depression.On top of this , I suffered from insomnia , making every minute of the light seem to last forever. Hopelessly , mom and I came back to my hometown, which is small town in Guangdong.

? 39. What does the underlined word “ insomnia” in the third paragraph mean in Chinese? A. 失眠 B. 失忆 C. 麻木 D. 低烧 ? 2012江苏省徐州市

? You can collect stamps from letters, ask your friends to let you have their old stamps, or you can

buy used stamps. When you get a letter with a stamp on it, carefully cut out the stamp. Leave lots of space around the stamp so that you will not damage it. Put the stamp in water and wait until you can safely remove the stamp. Carefully remove the stamp off the letter. Place the wet stamp between two clean pieces of paper. A stamp can get wrinkled(褶皱的) when it dries, so put some books on top.

? What does the underlined work “damage” mean?

? A.损坏 B.保存 C.利用 D.删除 ? 2012山东泰安

? Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

? 54. The underlined word “shelter” in the last paragraph means ________. ? A. something to eat

B. something to wear ? C. somewhere to study

D. somewhere to stay

? 2012 大庆