高考英语阅读理解专题指导－猜测词义题

　　Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.

　　It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.

　　Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame, and a name remembered today.

　　5. According to the passage, Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on _______.

　　A. his special tricks and supernatural powers       B. his unusual ability and a skeleton key

　　C. his magic tricks and unhuman powers                    D. his wisdom and magic tricks

　　6. In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this” refers to _______. www.16qiuxue.com 　

　　A. his first prison escape       B. the year 1898     C. the publicity      D. Harry Houdini’s success

　　7. It can be inferred from the passage that Houdini became famous _______.

　　A. in 1894             B. before he married             C. at the age of 17         D. when he was about 24

　　8. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

　　A. A Skeleton Key                           B. A Man of Many Secrets

　　C. World-wild Fame                          D. Great Escape

　　A篇【答案与解析】

　　1. A词义猜测题。根据They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. 可知这个词与癌症有关，故可推出carcinogenic意为"致癌的"。

　　2. C细节题。根据People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out.可知还没有人知道"苏丹红"名称的由来。

　　3. B推断题。根据EU officials have been striving to remove some food products from the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled.可知某些食品因含有"苏丹红"而被召回。故可推断"苏丹红"经常用作食品添加剂。

　　4. B主旨大意题。根据there has been confusion over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever. 可知本代主要讲"苏丹红"与苏丹这个国家是否有联系的问题，故B最佳。

　　B篇【答案与解析】本代介绍了Harry Houdini特技成功的经历和方法。

　　5. B。细节题。根据第4段第2句：Harry把手、脚都训练得很灵活来摆脱手链脚铐及第4句后半部分：妻子通过接吻传给他万能钥匙，可推知此题答案为B。

　　6. A。单词理解题。根据语境，this指上代所表演的事情：第一次越狱成功。由此可推知此题答案为A。

　　7. D。推断题。第3段第1句：他步入娱乐圈时是1891年，17岁；倒数第2句：第一次成功是1898年，时隔七年，应是24岁，可推知此题答案为D

　　8. D。主旨题。由代章第1段第2句：He was a man famous for his escapes — from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water，可知Harry 因逃脱出名，后面列举的例子谈的是他从监狱成功地逃出，所以答案为D。

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