试题情况
阅读理解 4题
难度：中等
小编建议：
在阅读过程中，不可避免地会碰到不认识的单词，考试中又不允许查词典，有些不认识的单词对文章的理解影响不大，可以忽略。但有些不认识的单词则会影响阅读者对文章理解的正确性。在这种情况下，必需猜测词的含义，这就需要利用猜词的技巧了。
最基本的猜词技巧有两种：一是根据构词法的规则猜，构词法的规则在前面的章节中已有介绍，这里就不重复了；另一种猜词的技巧是根据上下文的描述、解释、列举、比较等，运用已有的知识，分析、推断该词的含义。常用的猜词技巧可归纳为以下几种：
（1）利用词根、词缀构词法推测词义。通过构词法推测词义是最常用的方法之一。
（2）分析文中对该词的直接定义推测词义。
真题模拟：
In 1889 all Paris admired the Eiffel Tower. It was the engineering wonder of the world. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel had completed his masterpiece in steel.
Steel as a building material was then still new. The 984-foot tower was a lacy network of girders （支架）。 There were thousands of steel pieces. Two and a half million rivets （铆钉） joined them.
From four corners， the legs of the tower slope inward. They rise to form a pointed top. Lifts carry visitors to three platforms at different heights. On a clear day， countryside sixty miles off is viewed from the top platform.
As Eiffel planned， his structure is a landmark of Paris. It is even higher today. A station later constructed for radio and television has added almost fifty feet to the original height of the tower.
1. The Eiffel Tower was completed in ______.
A. 1949 B. 1869 C. 1889 D. 1899
选项中一般有地点、人物和时间的题都比较容易。
答案：C
2. The tower bears the name of ______.
A. the main river of Paris B. a president of France
C. its builder D. None of the above
bear v 为人所知 过去式bore 过去分词borne.
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel 人物名
masterpiece 著作、代表作
答案：C
3. The tower was an engineering wonder because of ______.
A. its sideways slant B. the use of steel
C. the use of glass D. its location
engineering wonder 工程奇迹
slant=slope 斜坡
sideways 一旁的， 向侧面的
答案：B
4. The article describes the tower as being ______.
A. lacy B. solid C. Needle like D. spidery
describe 描述
lacy 花边状的
solid 坚固的
Needle like 像针一般的
spidery 蜘蛛状的
答案：A
5. To reach the top platform， sightseers use ______.
A. lifts B. escalators
C. steel ladders D. spiral stairways
platform 平台
escalator 电动扶梯
ladder 梯子
spiral stairways 螺旋梯
答案：A
思维启发
thousands of 成千上万的
inward 向里面地
slope 倾斜
rise vi 升起
landmark （航海）陆标， 地界标， 里程碑， 划时代的事
even 常用于比较级前，起修饰作用。
constructed for radio and television 过去分词短语作定语修饰主语station.
对于文章中的长难句，要进行语法和句法分析。
foot adj作定语修饰tower当有“-”联字符时，则foot用单数形式。
例如：a 3000-word composition 一篇3000字的文章
network 网状物
