2019年高考英语完形填空中的熟词生义

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1. The glaciers（冰川）are disappearing， changing the _____ of Kilimanjaro.（全國Ⅰ卷）

A. position        B. age        C. face        D. name

析：选C项，face 指“面貌，外观特征”;其熟义为“脸”。

2. The environmental challenges are________but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be paying off.（全国Ⅰ卷）

A. new      B. special      C. significant      D. necessary

析：选C项，significant意为“（数量或程度）大的，巨大的”;其熟义为“重要的”。

3. The environmental challenges are significant but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be________.（全国Ⅰ卷）

A. paying off                 B. spreading out

C. blowing up                D. fading away

析：选A项，pay off意为“取得成功，得到好结果”;其熟义为“还清（欠债等）”。

4. More and more people joined me and two dozen Cuddle Buddies _____ were established across the nation.（天津春季卷）

A. companies                B. committees

C. branches                  D. institutes

析：选C项，branches意为“分支机构，分公司”;其熟义为“树枝，枝条”。

5. I will go to college with these _____ in mind and continue my work with Cuddle Buddies， even when I engage in a whole new set of exciting academic and nonacademic pursuits.（天津春季卷）

A. plans        B. images        C. lessons       D. motives

析：选C项，lesson意为“启示，经验”;其熟义为“课，功课”。

6. Immediately， I contacted agencies that support those children and they said the stuffed animals would certainly ______ childrens spirits.（天津春季卷）

A. capture         B. reflect         C. lift         D. record

析：选C项，lift意为“（使）振奋，提升（情绪）”;其熟义为“举起，抬起”。

7. I never dreamed Cuddle Buddies would _____ this way. （天津春季卷）

A. decline       B. work       C. increase       D. react

析：选B项，work意为“奏效，起作用”;其熟义为“工作”。

8. She said she _____ my wallet on a bus seat.（天津卷）

A. moved       B. placed       C. opened       D. spotted

析：选D项，spot意为“发现”，是动词;其熟义为“地点”，是名词。

9. Wilson has _____ an astonishing 64， 000 miles， and has had countless pleasant and often humorous conversations with the students he transports to and from school.（北京卷）

A. paved      B. covered      C. measured      D. wandered

析：選B项，cover意为“行走（一段路程）”;其熟义为“覆盖，遮盖”。

10. Wilson said.“Its such a（n） _____ to be a part of these kidslives， even just for a few hours， getting to know them and hearing their stories.”（北京卷）

A. effort      B. ambition      C. privilege     D. convenience

析：选C项，privilege意为“荣幸，幸运”;其熟义为“特权”

11. How can we _____ the ever-widening gap that separates us from other animals？（江苏卷）

A. leave       B. bridge       C. open       D. identify

析：选B项，bridge意为“弥补（差距），消除（分歧）”，是动词;其熟义为“桥”，是名词。

12. Born at an international crane foundation， Emma was

______ by human caretakers.（江苏卷）

A. found       B. chosen       C. raised       D. seized

析：选C项，raise意为“养育，抚育”;其熟义为“提高，举起”。

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