2021届高考英语阅读高频词汇复习（二十） 学案

2021高考英语阅读高频词汇复习（二十）

Exercise 1：高频词汇梳理与解析

①　household [ˈhaʊshəʊld] n. 家庭，户 

②　lest [lest] conj. 唯恐，免得 

③　liable [ˈlaɪəbl] a. 可能的，大概的；(to)易于...的 

④　liberal [ˈlɪbərəl] a. 自由得 

⑤　liberty [ˈlɪbəti] n. 自由 

⑥　license [ˈlaɪsns] n. 许可证，执照 

⑦　moisture [ˈmɔɪstʃə(r)] n. 潮湿 

⑧　motivate [ˈməʊtɪveɪt] vt. 激励，激发 

⑨　motive [ˈməʊtɪv] n. 动机，目的 

⑩　oxygen [ˈɒksɪdʒən] n. 氧 

⑪　respond [rɪˈspɒnd] vi. 回答，答复；反应 

⑫　response [rɪˈspɒns] n. 回答，答复；反应 

⑬　sensible [ˈsensəbl] a. 明智的 

⑭　sensitive [ˈsensətɪv] a. 敏感的，灵敏的 

⑮　tremble [ˈtrembl] vi. 颤抖 

⑯　tremendous [trəˈmendəs] a. 巨大的；精彩的 

⑰　trend [trend] n. 趋向，倾向

⑱　trial [ˈtraɪəl] n. 审讯；试验

⑲　learn [lɜːn] v. 学习；获悉；了解到

⑳　show[ʃəʊ] v. 显示,表明；n.演出; 展出

21　pass[pɑːs] v.经过；传递；流逝 n.及格

22　well[wel] adv.好；满意地；完全地 adj.健康的 n.井 vi.流出

23　write[raɪt]  v.写,写信

24　agree[əˈɡriː]  v.同意；承认；约定

25　however[haʊˈevə(r)] adv. 然而 conj.无论如何; 不管多么

26　turn[tɜːn] v.转动; 变成 n.转弯处；转折点

27　believe[bɪˈliːv] vt.相信；认为

28　change[tʃeɪndʒ] v.改变；交换,兑换 n.变化；零钱

29　discover[dɪˈskʌvə(r)] v.发现；发觉；找到

30　promise[ˈprɒmɪs] n.许诺 v.答应,许诺；有指望

Exercise 2 高考英语阅读理解练习

Throughout the world, parents talk differently to babies than they do to adults. With their young kids, parents use baby talk, featuring long pauses and a roller coaster of pitch(音高)changes.

While parents may feel a bit silly using baby talk, they shouldn’t in fact. Babies not only prefer listening to it, but they also learn new words more easily from it. By highlighting the structure of speech, such as the differences between the vowels“a” and “o”, baby talk helps babies translate sounds into meaningful units of language.

Actually, the timbre(音色)plays a role. The timbre of an instrument clearly affects how we experience music, but its role in language is less obvious. Looking into the timbre of baby talk, researchers made some surprising discoveries. In a new study published in Current Biology, researchers reported for the first time that mothers shifted their overall vocal timbre when speaking to their babies, as if they were changing their voice into a different instrument to address these unique little listeners.

In the Princeton Baby Lab, where researchers study how children learn, they recorded English-speaking mothers while they talked with their 7-to-12-month-old babies and while they spoke to an adult experimenter, and found that adult-directed and baby-directed speech had consistently different timbres.

Most surprisingly, in a second sample of non-English-speaking mothers, researchers found that this timbre shift was also highly consistent across nine diverse languages. This suggests these timbre shifts may represent a universal form of communication with babies.

Being able to identify baby talk across multiple languages could give us rich information about the amount and type of language children hear at preschool across different cultural environments. This could help researchers and educators predict and improve outcomes such as vocabulary and success at school.

Parents should feel conscious of their own baby talk: with it they’re helping their baby learn.

1.What is the advantage of parents’ using baby talk?

A.It is good for babies to change pitch.

B.It helps translate sounds into different languages.

C.It makes babies learn more languages.

D.It helps babies improve their language ability.

2.What did the study published in Current Biology find?

A.Mothers usually changed their timbre when talking with their babies.

B.Mothers avoided using instruments to talk with babies.

C.Non-English-speaking mothers spoke to babies with a consistent timbre.

D.English-speaking mothers were good at changing timbre when speaking with adults.

3.What is Paragraph 6 mainly about?

A.The aim of the research.

B.The process of the research.

C.The effect of parents’ timbre shifts.

D.The meaning of studying baby talk.

4.What may be the author’s suggestion to parents with babies?

A.Teaching babies to talk early.

B.Practicing mothers’ timbre often.

C.Using baby talk to communicate with babies.

D.Being conscious of babies’ emotional need.

参考答案：DADC

Exercise 3 新题型写作练习

读后续写  阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

  Brady was a recently retired search and rescue dog. He was not happy and missed his owner Al because Al had gone out on a rescue mission without him. Al’s nephew Steve took Brady along when he and his friend Zach went on a overnight hike. But suddenly Steve and Zach smelled something burning and they realized that lightning had set the woods on fire. Wind-blown flame had leaped from the top of one tree to another. The long dry summer had turned the forest into a tinderbox(火绒箱) and the thunderstorm wasn’t helping much. It had more wind and lightning than rain. Zach pulled Steve’s arm. “Let’s go! We can make it back to the river we crossed today.” Steve pulled Brady’s leash（皮带） and their heads down against the strong fire-wind, they hurried down the path they had followed earlier. The air was full of smoke，and pine branches broke from burning trees with a crisp sound. Steve kept his eyes on the route. All they had to do was to make it down to the river…

   Brady barked a sharp warning. Ahead of them lay a dense curtain of smoke across the path. They’d never make it through that. They would have to find another escape route. The dog was pulling at his leash trying to draw them away from the smoke. This was what Brady was trained to do, and yet Steve was uneasy. It seemed to him they were moving away from the river.

   Brady lifted his head and smelled the smoky wind. Suddenly, the dog ran away and disappeared. The boys yelled and shouted for him，but he didn’t come back.

   They had no choice but to leave him behind. Heartsick, Steve and Zach went up aslope（斜坡）. He couldn’t blame Brady for panicking and escaping. He himself wanted to run even though he didn’t have a clue which way. They hadn’t gone far when there was a familiar bark, and Brady came running toward him.

Paragraph1：

“Where’ve you been?” Steve cried.

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Paragraph 2：

   Brady led them back down the slope and into the trees.

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Paragraph 1:

“Where’ve you been?” Steve cried. Brady stopped directly in front of him and started pushing him back toward the slope they’d just climbed. When Steve still didn’t get it, Brady grabbed the boy’s jeans and pulled harder. The message was clear, but Steve hesitated. Of course he remembered what his uncle had said about Brady saving his life, but that had been a long time ago. Was he still sharp enough to get them through this? Brady pulled again, urgently. “OK, big guy,” Steve decided.

Paragraph 2:

Brady led them back down the slope and into the trees. Several times the big dog stopped to get his escape route. Often he changed direction. How long they’d walked Steve had no idea. He just held onto Brady’s leash with one hand and kept putting one foot in front of the other. He was almost numb when he heard the wonderful sound of rushing water. The river! With a yell the boys ran unsteadily forward until they jumped in cool, running water. “Brady, you did it!”