高考英语阅读技巧

高考英语阅读技巧内容摘要：

blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and phoned the manage, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel in the hall before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycle”. Robert Friedlander, an American , arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia Which started last December in New Delhi, India. Ahen he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the silk Road. Now, after 44years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early freams were ing true. Robert Friedlander’s next destinations were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will plete his trip in Pakistan. hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander ing to the hotel because _______. A. He asked to see the manager B. he entered the hall with bicycle C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him 2. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order_______ A. China, India, and Pakistan B. India, China, and Pakistan C. Pakistan, China, and Inkia D. China, Pakistan, and India can be said to be _____. A. clever D. strongminded 4. What made Friedlander want to e to China? A. The stories about Marco Polo B. The famous sights in Xi’an C. His interest in Chinese silk D. His childhood dreams about bicycles 5. The best headline for his newspaper article would be ______. A. The Kingdom of Bicycles B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road D. An American Achieving His Aims A radar set produces radio waves and then gives them out into space by means of its antenna. When the radio waves get to an object, they will e back to the radar antenna. The radar set then changes the radio echoes into an image. And from this image, we can find out the direction of the object and its distance from the set. How can the radar show us the distance to the object then? Radio waves go out at a known speed about 300,000 kilometres every second. If the radio waves e back in 1/1000 second, then they just have some 300 kilometres. So the object must be half that distance, that is, 150 kilometres away. Which of the following orders show correctly how a radar works? a. The operator determines the distance and the direction according to the image. b. Radio waves are sent out into space by radar. c. The antenna receives the radio echoes and changes them into an image. d. The image of an object is shown on the screen. A. a, d, c, b B. b, c, d, a C. a, b, d, c D. a, c, b, d C. Literal Comprehension  Words in context: Guess the meaning of a new word or phrase  Question forms: 1. The word “…” refers to/probably means/could best be replaced by _________. 2. The word “…” most likely means _________. 3. What do you think the expression “…” stands for? 4. By saying “…” we mean _________. 5. “…” , as used in the passage, can best be defined as _________.  Skill: Make full use of context clues TIPS Words, like people, are frequently known by the pany they keep. A word’s context or surroundings, can provide clues to meaning. calendar is a list of days, weeks,months of a particular year. 2. Today young couples who are just starting their household often spend lots of money on appliances, for instance, washing –machines, fridges and color TVs. 3. Unlike his brother, who is truly a handsome man, John is quite homely. 4. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths and coughing, collasped on the lawn. 5. We watched as the cat came quietly through the grass toward the bird. When it was just a few feet from the victim, it gathered its legs under itself and pounced… 6.“ Even when a man is said to be a best friend,” Rubin writes, “ the two share little about their innermost feelings…..” 7. Heart transplants began ten years ago. Why have British doctors done only four since then. Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve metres. They do best in areas that have very cold winters. Although no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree. The word yielded in the last sentence means __ A. improved。