act reading session詞匯與短語(yǔ)題考察在文章中含義

ACT閱讀32ACTReadingSession Session ACTReading 的詞匯與短語(yǔ)可以是常用詞匯與短語(yǔ)，也可以是難詞或者不常見(jiàn)的短語(yǔ)會(huì)給出文 Session ACTReadingVocabVocabandAsitisusedinlineAsitisusedinline82,thetermmostnearlyTheprocessof“electrocution”mentionedinline62mostnearlyrefersto:Asisusedinline17,thewordcircumscribedDemonstrationDemonstrationIn paragraph,thephrase“thetriumphthehopeoverexperience”(line57-58)isanexpressionofthebeliefthat:Session ACTReading

Session ACTReadingFurthermore,evenwithregardtohigh-visibilityissues,significantcommunicationbetweentheelec-torateandpublicofficialsisextremelycircumscribed.Mostseriouspoliticalcommunicationislimitedtoforty-fivesecondsonthenetworkeveningAsitisusedinline17,thecircumscribedF.G.H.J.Session ACTReading 單詞circumscribed在文章中含義，而不是直接更加單詞意思選擇答案單詞在句子中比較難以準(zhǔn)確理解。但是作為舉例說(shuō)明的下一句話可以幫助理解。單詞。該題的答案設(shè)置簡(jiǎn)單，不需要尋找limited的一詞多義或者同義詞。所以正確答案是GSession ACTReadingThishadbeentheirsilentcommunion,thesteadypresenceoflovethatflowedregularly,daily—food.Thepresenceofhismotherpreparingit,hisgreatappetiteandobviousenjoymentofit—hisnosesmell-ingeverything,seeinghismothermorevividlythanwithhiseyes.Asitisusedinthepassage,thesilentcommunion(line12)referstowaythatwithoutusingwordsTedcommunicateshisdisappointmentstopromiseTedmadetohimselfthathewouldnotreturntothehouseallsummer,evenforfood.wayathoughtshiftedinTed’smindfromfeelinglikesomeoneelse’stofeelinglikehisown.exchangeofwarmemotionsbetweenTedandVidaduringthepreparationandsharingofSession ACTReading 短語(yǔ)silentcommunion在文章中含義。僅憑借短語(yǔ)字面意思只能做“無(wú)聲的交流”解釋“thesteadypresence…daily—food”解釋說(shuō)明了“silentcommunion”正確答案D里的內(nèi)容與原句形成同義替換：“warmemotion”替換“thesteadypresenceof“flowed”Session ACTReadingStepStepStepStepSession ACTReadingSprawl’sothermostfamiliarform—spread-outresidentialsubdivisionsthat“l(fā)eapfrog”fromtheurbanfringeintothecountryside—isdrivenlargelybytheAmericandreamofadetachedhomeinthemiddleofagrassylawn.Asitisusedinline51,thewordmostnearlyF.G.setH.brokenJ.takenSession ACTReadingStep1:定位原文line51Step2:原文破折號(hào)內(nèi)解釋了“mostfamiliarform”，也就是“Americandreamofadetachedhome”是怎樣的Step3:“l(fā)eapfrogfromtheurbanfringeintothecountryside”在原文中解釋了detachedhome的意思，即detachedhome是那些地處鄉(xiāng)間、獨(dú)立的房屋。Step4:答案GSession ACTReadingEvenFrischerandotherscholarswhohaveembracedinctive3-Dmodelingcautionthattheirreconstructionscanneverbeacceptedasfact,partlybecausenewinformationisalwayssurfacing.“We’reworkingthestuffout,”saidMarkWilsonJones,amemberoftheUCLAcommitteeofRomanarchitectureexpertsandalecturerinarchitecture.WhenMarkWilsonJonestalksabout“workingthestuffout”(line81),heismostlikelyreferringto:correctingerrorsincomputermodelsasnewdataemerge.eliminatingseriousflawsinthesoftwareusedtomakecomputermodels.endingthebetweensupportersandcriticsofcomputeregratingarchitecturearchaeologyintohisclassroomSession ACTReadingStep1:定位原文line81。該題重點(diǎn)解決短語(yǔ)中的“thestuff”Step2:原文“thestuff”Step3:原文“thestuff”包含了一對(duì)因果關(guān)系，即“theirreconstructionscanneverbeaccepted”和“becausenewinformationisalwayssurfacing”。Step4:原文“workthestuffout”意思是要解決這些問(wèn)題，即解決因?yàn)樾滦畔映霾桓F導(dǎo)致重建總是存在問(wèn)題。答案A中“correct”替換原文“workout”，“errorsincomputermodels”替換“theirreconstructionscanneverbeaccepted”“asnewdataemerge”替換“becausenewinformationissurfacing”（注意原文和選Session ACTReadingPracticeSincethepopulaceatlargeismorethantodelegateevaluationofthetechnicalaspectsof-ernmenttosomebodyelse,itinevitablyfollowsthatvotingisanegativeexercise,notapositiveone.Intheparagraph,thephrase“thetriumphofhopeoverexperience”(lines57-58)isanexpressionofthebeliefthat:newlyelectedofficialswillernbetterthantheonejustdefeated.expertiseinatechnicalfieldisaqualificationforholdingoffice.Ifthevotersgetangryenough,officialswilldoabetternewspapersandevisionwilleventuallyprovidebetternewscoverage.votersturntherascalsoutand,inthetriumphofhopeoverexperience,letnewrascalsin.Whatvotersareunabletodo—becausetheythemselvesdonotstandthetechnicalquestions—isltherascalshowtodotheirjobsbetter.ACTACTReadingSessionPracticeStep1:定位到原文，注意解決提干中“thetriumph”Step2:原文句子本身就解決了這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的指代問(wèn)題，“thetriumphofhopeoverexperience”，也就是句子中所說(shuō)的“Angryvotersturntherascalsoutandletthenewrascalsin”。Step3:原文中的“l(fā)etthenewrascalsin”“thetriumphStep4:正確答案A中的“newlyelectedofficials”替換原文“thenewrascals”，“will ernbetterthan”替換“thetriumph”，“onejustdefeated”替換“therascalsout”。Session ACTReadingPracticePeople,onthiscriterion,arescarcelyworthmen-tioning—5millionyearsperhapssinceAustralopithecus,amere50,000forourownspecies,Homosapiens.Trytheultimatetestwithinoursystemofvalues:DoyouknowanyonewhowouldwagerasubstantialsumevenatfavorableoddsonthepropositionthatHomosapienswilllastlongerthanBrontosaurus?Asitisusedinline82,theAustralopithecusmostnearlyF.thelastofthedinosaurs,whichbecameextinct5millionyeasago.G.thefirstHomosapiens,whoappearedonearth50,000yearsago.H.anearlyversionofhumankind,butdifferentJ.aphysicallylargerspeciesofhumanwithamuchsmallerbrain.Session ACTReadingPracticeStep1:定位到原文，專(zhuān)有名詞不會(huì)其真實(shí)含義Step2:該專(zhuān)有名詞前給出了定語(yǔ)“5millionyears”，逗號(hào)后的部分又補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明“amere50,000forourownHomosapiens”Step3:該專(zhuān)有名詞前后的部分的時(shí)間有助于解題，特別注意Homosapiens與Australopithecus不是同一個(gè)物種，出現(xiàn)Step4:正確答案HSession ACTReadingPractice…Already,somecompaniesaredesigningtheirprocessessothatanywastethatfallsontheproduction-roomfloorisvaluableandcanbeusedbysomeoneelse.Inthisgameof“designedoffal,”aprocesswithlotsofwaste,aslongasit’s“wantedwaste,”maybebetterthanonewithasmallamountofwastethatmustbelandfilledorburned.Theauthorusestheterm“designedoffal”(line51)toindicatethat:companiescandesignwaysinwhichproductscanbeused.industrialecologistshavedesignedwaystoreducewasteproducts.technologyhasnotkeptpacewithhowdisposeofwastecompaniescanlearntodesignmoreefficientlandfillspaces.Session ACTReadingPracticeStep1:Step2:由于該短語(yǔ)出現(xiàn)在“inthisgameof”后，所以該短語(yǔ)的具體內(nèi)容應(yīng)該文出現(xiàn)過(guò)了Step3:原文“Already,somecompaniesaredesigning…canbeusedbysomeoneelse”這句話就是“designedoffal”的Step4:正確答案ASession ACTReadingPracticePracticeernmentateverylevelisernmentateverylevelisriddledwithpoliciesthatdateorencourage-yedonalevelthatthegameisn’tPeoplewhosaythatsprawlismerelytheproductof satworkfailtocitiesneedlesslyduplicateessentialhighertaxesforsomepeoplemaketheirlivesmoredifficult. sareaternmentaldecisions Session ACTReadingPracticeWhyIpersistedincarryingitaroundandingitscrowdedpagesateveryopportunity,Ihavenoidea.Thebookwasstubborn:well,Iwasstubborn,too;thatwaspartofit.AndIhadnochoicereallynotifIwantedtogetin.Alandscapemaybehandsomeintheaggregate,butthisbookledtotheparticularsandthat’swhatIAsitisusedinline56,thephrasegetmostnearlyarriveataphysicalbechosenforgrouptrulyunderstandthebefriendlywithSession ACTReadingPracticeButscientistsstilllackdefinitiveevidenceoftheprairieturnip’sceintheprehistoricBlackfootdiet,saysPeacock,whomaintainsthatmoststudiesoftriballifestyleshaveinsteadfocusedonbuffalobones,andoccasionallytheremainsofmedicinalnts.Toclinchtheissue,sheproposesthatarchaeologistsundertakeanextensivesearchfortheburntremainsofP.esculentaandotherpit-roastednts,sincecharringwouldhaveprotectedthemfromchemicalorbacterialdegradation.Asitisusedinline80,thewordclinchmostnearlymeansto:settleorstickgrasporfastenfirmlySession ACTReadingPracticeYetnowtheideaofwalkingeventheshortestdis-tanceexhaustedme,andmyn(whichI’dneverexpectedhimtoagreeto)seemedtodemandimpossiblestamina—thoughlessthanitwouldhavetakentoshakemyheadno.Itoldhimtobeonthelookoutfortherightmoment,andmyvoicedoppleredbackatmethroughanechochamberofAsitisusedinthepassage(line58),thewordstaminamostnearlymeans:Session ACTReadingPracticeOpponentsofwolfreintroductionassumethatbecausetherearenowolves,thereshouldbenowolves.Theyhavepromotedtheideathatthereturnofissomehowradicalorextreme,somesortofenviron-mentalluxury,someromanticnonsensethatonlyurbanitesandrichEasternersadvocateattheexpenseofthepoor,beleagueredWesternlivestockindustry.(Infact,surveysshowthatWesternerssupportthereintro-duction.)Theindustry’scryofeconomiclosshaseclipsedthecoststothegeneralpublicofnothavingwolves.IntheWestwenowliveina“wolf-”envi-ronment.Orisit“wolf-deprived”?Whohasgainedandwhohaslost?Howdoweassignavaluetotheimpor-tanceofpredatorintheecosystem?…HavingwolvesinYellowstoneisnotaluxurybutaright.Asitisusedinline54,thewordmostnearlyF.G.H.J.Session ACTReadingPractice5whenIstopataridgeabovethecanopy,aresup-portedprecariouslyuponathin,fragiletissueofThe“assemblagesoflife”referredtoin10microbesandorganicmatter,matterthatisturnedA.therain’ssmallesttransformedbymillipedes,sowbugs,ants,andB.largegroupsofrainmofothertinycreatures.Withoutthesehidden,C.Morphocaterpillarsandunseenassemblagesoflife,thegiantswouldbeD.mushroomsandscarabmore.ButthisexquisiteassociationbetweenbigandtheEarth’stiniestcreatureshasstructuredguidedthedevelopmentofCentralAmerica’sSouthAmerica’srainsformillionsofSession ACTReadingPracticeIcouldbeconnectedtotheouterworldbyreason,ifIchose,orIcouldyieldtowhatamountedtoanarr-ativefiction,toashowinlightprojectedontheroom’sblueAsitisusedinline87,thephrase“ashowinlight”mostnearlyrefersto:afictionalstorythenarratorhasamoviethenarratorsawatatheworkofreasoninlinkingatotheouterworld.afantasycreatedbytheSession ACTReadingPractice…Theyadheretoablue-printforsuccessdrafted40yearsagowhenmenwenttoworkandwomenstayedhome.Inthisconception,workisfirmlyinthecenterand“allife”issqueezedintowhateverspaceremains.The“blueprintforsuccess”mentionedinlines9-10mostlikelyreferstotheideathat:F.companiesneedtobeflexibletomodateworkers.G.companiesmustconstantlyreeducatetheirworkers.H.workandallivesshouldbeinJ.workshouldcomebeforeone’salSession ACTReadingPractice…Asweage,thethymusglanddiminishesinfunctionandsize—fromnearlythesamesizeastheheartininfantstoalmostundetectableinelderlypeople.Thishappensinbothhumansandanimals.Althoughlongconsideredanormalprocess,itappearsrelatedtozincnutritionalstatus.Azincsupplementgiventoagingmicerestoredthefunctionoftheirthymusglandsandledtotheglands’regrowth.Researchersthus,concludedthattheusualinvolutionofthethymusglandisnotinevitableandcanbereversedwithzincsupplements.Asitisusedinline56,thewordmostnearlyF.G.H.J.Session ACTReadingPractice…InthenineteenthcenturyAbrahamLincoln,whoalsoknewhowtochangehistorywithwords,articulatedwithcharacteristiceloquencethequasi-religiousviewofThomasJeffersonastheorig-inalAmericanoracle:“AllhonortoJefferson—tothemanwho,intheconcretepressureofastrugglefornationalindependencebyasinglepeople,hadthecool-ness,forecaste,andcapacitytointroduceintoamerelyrevolutionary,an truth,andsotoembalmitthere,thattodayandinallcomingdays,itshallbearebukeandastumblingblocktotheveryhar-bingersofreappearingtyrannyandoppression.”Useofthephrasecharacteristic(line19)todescribeAbrahamwordsindicatestheA.useofironytodescribewordswrittenLincolnthattheauthorfindsdifficultB.beliefthatLincolnwasusuallypersuasive,expressivespeakerC.notionthatLincolnwasabitofcharacterbecauseofhisD.feelingsofregretthatLincoln’swordssooftendifficultformodernreadersSession ACTReadingPracticeOnestunningmomentontheRomeoandJulietCD-ROMisabriefaudioclipofaninterviewwiththeactressGwenFfrangcon-Davies,whohadyedJulietin1924.Theintervieweraskshertorecitesomelinesfromthebalconyscene,andafterabriefdemurral,shebeginstospeaktheenchantinglinesinalushstylecompleydifferentfromClaireBloom’squietlyrestrainedrendition.Foraminuteorsowegetaglimpseofwhatthetechnologycando.Ifastageper-formanceatitsbestmakesusexperienceacertaininevitability,leadingustothinkoftheactors’interpre-tationofthey,“Thismustbeso,”thenaCD-ROMhasthepowertomakeusthink,“itcouldbesodif-ferent.”Wecouldcomparethreeorfourradicallydif-ferentperformancesofthesamescene,justasweforthefirsttimeeasilycomparedifferencesintheItismostreasonabletoinferthatinline77thephrase“whatthetechnologycando”referstothecapacityofCD-ROMsto:F.interferewiththeywright’soriginalG.reduceaytothelevelofaevisionH.inviteanappreciationforthepossibilitiescontainedinaShakespeare simplifyShakespeare’scomplexmessagesbyconveyingtheminmodernSession ACTReadingPractice…h(huán)owever,AnnVickeryandJayMelosh,twonetaryscientistsfromtheUniversityofArizona,havebeenexploringafarmorespectacularending:mostofMars’atmosphere,theysuggest,wasblastedawaybyasuccessionofasteroidsandcomets.“Thebasicidea,”Meloshsays,“isthatanimpactdoesn’tjustopenacrater.Withhighvelocities,theprojectilevaporizesandexpandsintotheatmosphere.”Thewordprojectileinline35refersalargemassofchargedparticlescarriedbythewind.alargemassofcarbonateaplumeofwateranasteroidorSession ACTReadingPractice…Itwasthefirsttimeanyonehadattemptedtoimagesnowcrystalswithscanningelec-tronmicroscopy,whichprovidesprecisedetailaboutthecrystals’shape,structuralfeaturesandmetamor-phosedconditions(crystalsoftenchangeonceonthegrounddependingonthesurroundingenvironment).Itcanreasonablybeinferredthatthephrasemetamorphosedconditions(lines47-48)referstothe:temperatureandhumidityatwhichcrystalscessbywhichsnowcrystalsdevelopfromaspeckofdustandwatervapor.stateofsnowcrystalsaftertheythemajorchangesinenvironmentalSession ACTReadingPracticeBymanipulatingthetemperatureandhumiditywithinanincubationchamber(andbyaddinganelec-triccurrentorvariousgasesattimes),Libbrechtcreates“designer”snowflakesinhislab.Suchexperimentsarehelhimdeterminehowcrystalsform.Theterm“designer”snowflakes(line32)refersdirectlytothefactthat:F.notwosnowflakesareG.LibbrechtproducesthesnowflakesinhisH.snowflakesarepartofthe-granddesignofnature.J.Libbrecht’ssnowflakesexhibitSession ACTReadingPracticewateriscriticaltocropirrigationandhydroelectricpower,aswellasrecreationanddomesticwatersup-plies,fisheriesmanagementandfloodAsitisusedinline59,thewordcriticalmostnearlymeans:Session ACTReadingPractice5Septemberislikeaquietdayafterawholeweekofwind.Imeanrealwindthatblowsdirtintoyoureyesandhairandbetweenyourteethandroarsinyourearsafteryou’vegoneinside.Theharvestingisdoneandthewheatstoredawayandyou’rethroughworryingabouthailordroughtorgrasshoppers.Asitisusedinline2,thewordrealmostnearlymeans:Session ACTReadingPracticeForthelastweek,wehadbeenlillytiptoeingthroughourrooms,afraidthatanylittlecreakorscrapewoulddisturbher….Webroughthersoftdrinks,tea,magazines.Itriedtothinkupactivitiesbesidese-vision,anythingthatmightpiqueherinterest.Asitisusedinline65,thephrasepiqueherinterestmostnearlymeans:F.gethertocareaboutG.makeherwanttocreateaH.causehertoseeJ.makeherSession ACTReadingPractice…Surprisingme,helocksmeinanembracethatisbothmachoandcompass-sionateandhedoesn’tletgofirst,whichisforeigntomesinceIcancount,ononehand,thepaucityofocca-sionswhenmyfatherhasembracedme;andinhistouchIcanfeel,almostpalpably,hisgratificationinseeinghisfirstbornforthe.firsttimesincetwoChrist-masesago.Asitisusedinline31,thewordforeignmostnearlymeans:faraway.Session ACTReadingPracticeHere,then,wehaveasystemofpublicAsitisusedinlines81-82todescribecation,connectedtoeveryaddressinthenation,thatallowsfortheconveyanceofprivatemessagesinsealedpackages.Mail,thecirculationsystemofwritingandotherlightweightcargo,wasnolonger,locallythetermcreaturesofdisseminationmostnearlymeansthatletters:A.allowedtwopeopletohaveainspectedtothesamedegree.Stamps,envelopes,dropboxesmadetheindividualsenderinprinciplesov-ereignovertheletter.Thepostofficehadthusmadeaninherentlypublicandpluralsignifyingsystemintooneernedbytheprivatewillofthesender.Thepostoffice,bymodatingsender-imposedrestrictionsonreceivers,hadtransformedlettersfromcreaturesofdisseminationintocreaturesofapparentdialogue.conversationwitheachwerethevehiclesusedbypostmasterstocensorvidedinformationtomanytendedtostartSession ACTReadingPractice5Once,Ienrolledinaweeklongseminartolearnhowtheernmentdelineateswetlands.Theern-ment’sguidetofindingtheedgeofaswampisfiftypageslong,completewithgraphsandsoilmapsyou,needamagnifyingglasstodecipher.Butaliquidland-scapecannotbenaileddownwithmapsandchartsany,morethan,lovecanbeunderstoodasabiochemicalreactionofpheromones.Asitisusedinthepassage,thephrase“abiochemicalreactionofpheromones”(lines7-8)represents:aernment-sponsoredwetlandanexchangethenarratorobservesinthefocusoftheweeklonganabsurdlyinsufficientdefinitionofSession ACTReadingPracticeOnce,aschildren,mytwinsisterandIfashionedourownseedpodbythreadinganoldropethroughthefourcornergrommetsofatarpaulinandflingingtherope’sfrayedendoveralargelimbofamapleinfrontofthehouse.Wesatcross-leggedinthemiddleofthetarpandpulledontheropeuntilthefourcornersrosearoundus,enclosingus,andthesackbegantoriseofftheground.Wewereactuallyabletohoistourselvesafewfeetintotheairthiswayanddanglethere,akhaki-greensackoftwins,apodhangingheavyonthevine,itsseedshiddeninside,suspendedandswayingoverthefrontlawnofasuburbanneighborhood.Thewordseedsinline36referstoF.author’sG.authorandherH.nextgenerationofwetlandJ.fragileSession ACTReadingPractice5It’sa y80degreesFahrenheitinChristopherViney’slab,indefe