阅读 L3 词义猜测 讲义

（2019 安徽）

①　 The world uses about a thousand million tons of water a day. Water is

a human right and everyone should have their share. Yet more than 700
million people around the world have trouble getting clean, safe water.

②　 Treating wastewater is a good way to provide fresh water for us. And it

also helps the environment by keeping waste out of rivers and oceans. 80% of
wastewater around the world is not treated at all, and it is running into oceans.
But now we have got the technology to treat and reuse the wastewater.

③　 While 75% of our planet is covered with water, only about 2% is fresh

water—that comes from rivers, lakes, ice and snow. The rest, 98% of the
water, is in seas and oceans. It is too salty to drink. Then desalination
businesses come in. More than 19,000 factories have been built around the
world, mostly in coastal countries. They process more than 92 million tons of
water every day. But the technology they use requires a lot of energy.
1. How many people have trouble in getting clean water around the world?
A. Under 10 million. B. Only 19 million.
C. About 92 million. D. Over 700 million.
2. Treating wastewater helps the environment by ___________.
A. storing waste in ice and snow
B. letting waste run into oceans
C. keeping waste out of rivers and oceans
D. sending waste to coastal countries
3. What does the underlined word "desalination" in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. 远洋运输 B. 潮汐发电 C. 食盐销售 D. 海水淡化

4. At present, the technology to process water ___________.

A. needs much energy B. saves much money
C. satisfies everyone D.causes pollution
5.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Water should be a human right. B. The water problem is still serious.
C. Our planet is covered with water. D. Everyone has enough clean water.
D. In a science book

e.g. It is important for people to do sports regularly. Exercise builds muscle.

But it also strengthens bones.
Q: The underlined word “strengthen” probably means “_____”.
A. 购买 B. 增强 C. 培训 D. 转变

e.g. Whales die in plastic fishing nets. Birds die because of eating plastic
bottle caps. It endangers ocean life.
Q: The underlined word “endangers” probably means ________.
A. brings B. loses C. saves D. harms

e.g. There was also a kind of clotheshorse that we used to hang all our
clothes on.
Q: The underlined word “clotheshorse” here means ______.
A. 晾衣架 B. 马的衣服 C. 晾衣杆 D. 衣架

①　 The loveliest house that I have ever lived in was one that my

grandparents owned．This house was called Crosslands and I lived there

when I was a child．

②　 I had some very happy times at Crosslands．It seemed so big to me

as a child．It had a beautiful living room with a piano in it and a hall area
 with lots of carpets and antiques （古董）．And there was a mysterious

drawing room which we only used on Sundays or on special occasions．

③　 I used to be amazed by this room because it had the best furniture in

it but it was covered up with sheets （床单）．It was as if all the furniture

was wearing clothes and it seemed ridiculous （荒谬的） to me that we

couldn’t enjoy this lovely furniture all week long．

④　 My favorite room was probably the kitchen ． It had a lovely red

floor，which was always polished，and one big cooker to heat the whole

room so it was always warm．There was also a kind of clotheshorse（晒

衣 架 ） above it that we used to hang all our stuff on ， and it was just

lovely．It was a very warm room and my grandmother used to make ice

cream that we'd eat there．

⑤　 I spent a lot of time in the vegetable garden，picking peas and eating

them．My grandmother used to get really cross with me because I would

pick all the vegetables and fruit for dinner ， but eat half of it before she
 could start cooking．The homegrown food tasted so fresh and delicious．

⑥　 I went back to Crosslands a few years ago and it was a big

mistake ． They've modernized the house and got rid of those lovely old

fireplaces ． They've also knocked a wall down so the drawing room and

living room have become one big modem room ． I think what upset me

most about going back was the feeling that the house had shrunk （ 缩

小 ） ． It had become smaller and my memory of this

lovely ， large ， warm ， comfortable house was completely different ． It

taught me a valuable lesson：we can't always recapture （再体验） the

past but at least we can keep the beautiful memories of it with us．

63．In the author's eyes，the house is the loveliest because _________．

A．it's full of her childhood memories

B．it is both beautiful and ridiculous

C．it's her grandparents’ house

D．it is huge and fall of antiques

64．What is the main purpose of Paragraph 5？

A．To explain why her grandma often got cross with her．

B．To show how wonderful the vegetable garden is．

C．To explain why the garden is her favorite place in the house．

D．To talk about her memories of the vegetable garden．

65．Which of the following is TRUE about the drawing room？

A．It had a lovely polished red floor．

B．It was a well-furnished room but not used very often．

C．It was where the author had the most fun．

D．It was open every day except on Sundays and festivals．

66．Why did the author think it was a mistake to go back to the house？

A．The house was in a terrible condition．

B．She didn't want to recapture the past．

C．She preferred to keep it in her sweet memory．

D．The house wasn't what she remembered it to be．

（2018 绵阳）
①　 Chinese buyers used to prize foreign brands, thinking that products

made by American or

②　 European companies are of higher quality( 质量) than Chinese ones.

Increasingly, that’s no longer the case.

③　 Chinese people born before 1985 generally think that foreign brands

are better than Chinese

④　 ones, billionaire William Li told Business Insider during a recent

interview on CCTV 9. But for those who were born after 1985, it is a
different picture.

⑤　 “When I first went to the United Kingdom in 1997, I thought that the

difference between China and Europe was quite big,” Li said. “But for
those born in the 1990s, when they visit Europe or the US, they do not
think there is a big difference.”

⑥　 The change in thinking among Chinese buyers is showing up in many

markets in China where western companies used to control. A study by

Credit Suisse published in March found that young Chinese buyers are
increasingly showing a home brand bias.”

⑦　 More than 90% of young Chinese buyers would prefer to buy home

appliance brands, according to the study. Meanwhile, home companies

producing food, drinks, or personal care products increased their share of
the market by 3, 3% over the last ten years to nearly 70%.

⑧　 “Chinese buyers, especially the younger ones, don’t just believe that

foreign brands are better.

⑨　 Right now, Chinese buyers think China is good and ‘Made in China’ is

not bad at all,” Charlie Chen, head of China buyer research at Credit
Suisse, told South China Morning Post in March.

⑩　 The Chinese smartphone market is controlled by home companies—

Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Apple is the only foreign brand in the top
five, but it has lost large ground to the home brands in recent years. Its
market share is believed to he down to 37% from a 2015 high of 54%.

36. What is this passage mainly about? （ ）

A. The quality of ‘Made in China’.

B. The change in Chinese buyers’ thinking.
C. Chinese products in the eye of foreigner.
D. Difference between older and younger Chinese buyers.

37. Which of the following is true according to the text? （ ）

A. More and more foreigners go to buy Chinese products.

B. Foreign products are more expensive than Chinese ones.
C. More and more Chinese buyers prefer Chinese products.
D. Older Chinese people don’t like foreign products any more.

38. Which fact best explains “home brand bias”? （ ）

A. Apple had a market share of 54% in 2015.

B. More than 90% of young Chinese buyers prefer home brands.
C. Chinese people born before 1985 think that foreign brands are better.
D. William Li found a big difference between China and Europe in 1997.

39. Who did most of the research for this report? （ ）

A. Credit Suisse. B. CCTV 9.

C. South China Morning Post. D. Business Insider.
40. What’s the best tide for this passage? （ ）

A. Chinese products get more popular at home

B. Young Chinese are crazy for foreign brands
C. ‘Made in China’ is welcomed all over the world
D. Apple has lost large ground to Huawei in China

e.g. People like interesting shows because they can get fun from them.
People don’t like boring shows because they don’t want to be dull.
Q: The underlined word “dull” means “______” in English.
A. tired B. angry C. sad D. boring

e.g. In the ancient city of Rome, we visited every mansion, church, theatre
and other public halls.
Q: What does the underlined word “mansion” mean in Chinese?
A. 建筑物 B. 地址 C. 货物 D. 客户

2019 浙江台州
Brooke wanted a dollhouse and some sugar cookies. So the 6-year-old asked Alexa to
get them. Alexa wasn’t her mom or babysitter. It was a voice-activated home assistant

powered by AI（人工智能）. And it made Brooke’s wishes come true. A few days

later, much to her parents’ surprise, a $ 170 dollhouse and four pounds of cookies
showed up. They ate the cookies and gave away the dollhouse to a local hospital. And
that’s not the end of the story. When a news reporter told the story of what happened

on TV, Alexa devices（设备）in many listeners’ homes woke up and tried to order

dollhouses!
Alexa isn’t the only AI willing to serve you. Apple Home Pod has Siri, Google Home
has its Assistant, and the upcoming Galaxy Home device will have Bixby. People who
have these devices use them mainly for listening to music, checking the weather, and
setting timers. According to a report from The Information, nowadays voice shopping

is rare. But many scientists predict a boom （ 增 长 ） in voice shopping in the near

future. Is that a good thing?

. You can shout out an order as soon as you think of it, even if you are cooking,
cleaning, or driving. In addition, people with disabilities who are unable to use a
keyboard or mouse can shop without any help.
But voice shopping has its disadvantages. Unwanted dollhouses aren’t the biggest
problem. It’s usually very easy to cancel an order or return products. The thing that
worries some people is that these assistants are always listening. They have to be able
to respond when you want them. So they listen for" Alexa" or "OK Google" or
another order. When they hear it, they start recording the conversation. Some have
worried about what happens shopping habits. And what if someone hacks （ 入
侵）the device? The CIA found a way to hack smart TVs to turn them into spies that
listen all the time. Others could do the same with any smart device.
What do you think? Are you ready to start voice shopping?
38. From the passage, we know that Alexa .
A. can look after the baby B. can cook delicious food
C. is a toy doll sold online D. is one kind of AI device
39. The underlined word" rare" in Paragraph 2 probably means.
A. unusual B. expensive C. harmful D. impossible
40. Which of the following is the best to fill in the “A” in Paragraph 3?
A. Convenience is the main advantage of voice shopping
B. The cost of voice shopping is lower than other ways
C. The popularity of voice shopping is increasing
D. The technology of voice shopping needs improving
41. Paragraph 4 mainly tells us that when people try voice shopping.
A. AI sometimes forgets people’s orders
B. personal information might be hacked
C. it’s difficult to cancel or return products
D. the needs for products can’t be satisfied

①　 Searching for parking spaces has long been a headache for many

office workers in many big cities of China, especially for those working in
central business districts. Parking near their companies for five days a
week could cost them a lot of money. At the same time, even with prices

for parking lots in residential areas( 居 民 区 ) rising, most of their spaces

remain idle during workdays. Now a new form of sharing economy has
appeared in China—the shared parking space. It has become a huge
market in some big cities.

②　 In Qingdao, a coastal(海岸的) city in Shandong, up to 10,000 personal

parking spaces have been turned into shared ones with the help of
“Airparking”, an online shared parking platform developed by a network
company from Guangzhou.

③　 Through a special app, users can either share or order a parking

place. Owners who have idle parking spaces can share some information,

including the parking position, license number and time limit( 限制) on the

platform. With the information, users can easily find the nearest place to

park. The average (平均的) parking cost for shared parking is 4 yuan each

hour, almost the same as the service cost in traditional parking spaces.

④　 Qingdao is one of the Chinese cities that encourage shared parking.

Some other big cites, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hefei, have also
 begun to try this idea. The Shanghai government, for example, has set up
more than 6,500 shared parking spaces to encourage the public to use.
Shared parking will be more and more helpful to the drivers.
1.In the first paragraph, the writer points out that________.
A. we should find a good way to use parking spaces in big cities
B. prices of parking spaces are rising quickly in China
C. it’s difficult to find parking space in central business districts
D. many people want to find parking spaces in residential areas during
workdays
2.The underlined word idle probably means ________ in Chinese in this
passage.

A. 无所事事的 B. 停顿的 C. 闲置的 D. 懒惰的

3.If you want to use shared parking in Qingdao, you should________.

A. love the city B. use a special app
C. have an idle parking space D. share your personal information
4.How much should you pay if you use a shared parking space for 5 hours in
Qingdao?
A. 15 yuan. B. 20 yuan. C. 25 yuan. D. 30 yuan.
5.The purpose of the passage is to tell us that ________.
A. it’s hard to find parking spaces in residential areas during workdays
B. Qingdao has fewer shared parking spaces than Shanghai
C. shared parking will probably become more and more popular
D. shared parking is more expensive than traditional parking service

e.g. Sometimes a robot catches viruses and causes a lot of problems.

Q: The underlined word “viruses” refers to ______.
A. 病毒 B. 主人 C. 未来 D. 理想

When you are curious about something and want to know more about it you
can use the way of asking questions ． Asking questions is the first step to

make discoveries and find interesting answers ． The following steps can

guide you during the research．

Step 1

Write down the subject that you are interested in on a piece of paper ．Just

get the main idea down．For example you might write：

Discover more about robots．

Step 2
Stop and think for a moment about what you have already known about your

subject．List what you have already known like the sentences below：

1．The first robot appeared in the USA in 1959．

2．A robot can do housework and act as a teacher．

3．Sometimes a robot catches viruses and causes a lot of problems．

Step 3
What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions start

writing down questions about the robots on the paper：

1．What might robots be like in the future?

2．What other things can robots do for people?

 3．What kind of power will robots possibly use in five years?

Step 4
Armed with your list of questions you can now go to the nearest library or

computer to begin your research．As you learn more about your subject you'll

probably discover some new questions．

For example you might discover that robots can help scientists explore

dangerous places like the sea and outer space ． How? What happened?

Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely．

The next time you find something interesting to research take time to organize

your thinking by asking good questions ． And remember that learning more

always brings more questions．

1. What does the writer advise us to do when we're curious about something?

A．To read more books about it．

B．To look it up in the dictionary．

C．To turn to the teacher for help

D．To raise questions and find the answers．

2. What does the underlined part “Armed with your List of questions” mean?

A．Writing down your list of questions．

B．Discussing your questions with others．

C．Taking your list of questions with you．

D．Putting your list of questions under your arm．

3. What might be the correct order of the steps when you do research?

①List what you want to learn．

②Find new problems．

③List what you've already known．

④Choose a research subject．

A．④③①②

B．④①③②

C．②③④①

D．③②①④

4. What might be the best title for this passage?

A．Doing Research on Robots

B．Asking Good Questions While Doing Research

C．Having Interesting Answers on Robots

D．Finding Subjects before Doing Research

答案：

2018-2019 学年广东省广州市番禺区八年级(上)期末英语试卷
e.g. In 2015, Dong received an invitation from the director of Chinese Poetry
Congress asking her to be the hostess. Because of her passion for poems,
Dong accepted the job.
Q: The underlined word “passion” probably means _______.
A. 热爱 B. 幸福 C. 惊喜 D. 自信

e.g. It is helping us to understand what the difficulties are for older drivers and
how we might use technology to address these problems.
Q: The underlined word “address” refers to ______.
A. 解决 B. 地址 C. 面临 D. 抛弃

e.g. The post has gained the attention of social media users all over the world,
receiving more than 184,000 shares in just three days.
Q: The underlined word “shares” probably means _______.
A. 共享 B. 点赞 C. 评论 D. 转发

e.g. Those sailors who wanted to ensure a safe return would drop money into
the box. It was kept on board until the ship came home safely.
Q: The underlined word “it” refers to ______.
A. sailors B. a safe return C. money D. the box

e.g. At that time only children from noble(贵族的) families could go to school,
but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn.
Q: The underlined word “they” probably means _______.
A. schools B. children C. noble families D. everyone

1. If you water plants, you pour water over them in order to help them to grow.
Q: The underlined word “water” probably means ____.
A. 水     B. 浇水   C. 井    D. 摘取

2. Mom called the school to say it was unfair, but the school scolded me for
complaining too much.
Q: The underlined word “scolded” probably means ____.
A. punished     B. agreed C. celebrated    D. suggested
3. The umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office or by royal
people such as the kings or queens.
Q: The underlined word “royal” might mean ______.
A. 皇室的 B. 富裕的 C. 中产的 D. 平民的

4. Jack’s dog closed the door and rushed out of the room with everyone in it
shocked.
Q: The underlined word “it” might refer to ______.
A. the door B. the room C. the dog D. Jack