高中英语人教阅读理解 04 猜测词义 Word版含解析.docx

阅读理解 解密04 猜测词义（分层训练）
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1.【河北省张家口市部分学校2022-2023学年高三上学期期中】
Professor Smith was teaching his class. All the students in the class were listening to the lecture with great interest. But among those students, there was Nick, who was sitting quietly and in a bad mood.
The professor took notice of Nick on the first day but did not say anything. But when this went on for a week, he called Nick in his office after the class and asked, “You are depressed all the time. What is the matter?” Nick said with some hesitation, “Sir, something has happened in my past, due to which I remain troubled. I don’t know what to do.”
Professor called Nick at his house in the evening. When Nick arrived, the professor went to the kitchen and started making lemonade. He deliberately put more salt in the lemonade. Then he gave a glass of lemonade to Nick. As soon as Nick took a sip, due to the taste of excess salt, his mouth became sour. Seeing this, the professor asked, “What happened? Did you not like the Lemonade?” “No sir, this is not the case. Just a little excess salt in the drink.” Nick said, “Hey, now give me the glass. I will throw it away.” The professor reached out to get the drink from Nick. But Nick refused, saying, “No sir, just salt is more. If you add more sugar, the taste will be fine.” Upon hearing this, the professor became serious and said, “You are right. Now see, this lemonade is like your life. Just as salt cannot be taken out of the lemonade, similarly those bad experiences also cannot be separated from life. But by adding more sugar it can change the taste of lemonade.” Nick nodded and smiled in relief.
1．Why did Nick fail to focus on the class?
A．He was disturbed by the past. B．He was too nervous to concentrate.
C．Professor Smith was too demanding. D．The lecture was boring and hard to understand.
2．What does the underlined word “excess” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．Rare. B．Too much. C．Poisonous. D．Smelly.
3．Which of the following words can best descri