2021屆高考英語復(fù)習(xí)之高考真題閱讀詞塊精析（三十六）

2021高考英語復(fù)習(xí)之高考真題閱讀詞塊精析（三十六）

2020江蘇卷（D篇）

IwasinthemiddleoftheAmazon（亞馬遜）withmywife,whowasthereasamedical

researcher.Weflewonasmallplanetoafarawayvillage.Wedidnotspeakthelocallanguage,

didnotknowthecustoms,andmoreoftenthannot,didnotentirelyrecognizethefood.Wecould

nothavefeltmoreforeign.

Wewereraisedonbooksandcomputers,highwaysandcellphones,butnowwewereliving

inavillagewithoutrunningwaterorelectricityItwaseasyforustogotosleepattheendofthe

dayfeelingalittlemisunderstood.

ThenoneperfectAmazonianevening,withmonkeyscallingfrombeyondthevillagegreen,

weplayedsoccer.Iamnotgoodatsoccer,butthateveningitwaswonderful.Everyoneknewthe

rules.Weallspokethesamelanguageofpassesandshots.Weunderstoodoneanotherperfectly.

Asdarknesscameoverthefieldandthematchended,thegoalkeeper,Juan,walkedovertome

andsaidinamatter-of-factway,MInyourhome,doyouhaveamoontoo?'*Iwassurprised.

AfterIexplainedtoJuanthatyes,wedidhaveamoonandyes,itwasverysimilartohis,I

feltasortofawe（敬畏）atthepossibilitiesthatexistedinhisworld.InJuan'sworld,eachvillage

couldhaveitsownmoon.InJuan'sworld,theunknownandundiscoveredwasvastandmarvelous.

Anythingwaspossible.

Inoursociety,weknowthatEarthhasonlyonemoon.Wehavelookedatourplanetfrom

everyangleandfoundallofthewildestthingslefttofind.Ican,frommycomputerathome,pull

upsatelliteimagesofJuansvillage.Therearenomorecontinentsandnomoremoonstosearch

for,littlelefttodiscover.Atleastitseemsthatway.

Yet,asIthoughtaboutJuan'squestion,Iwasnotsurehowmuchmorewecouldreallyrule

out.Iam,inpart,anantbiologist,somythoughtsturnedtowhatweknowaboutinsectlifeandI

knewthatmuchintheworldofinsectsremainsunknown.Howmuch,though?Howignorant

（無知的）arewe?Thequestionofwhatweknowanddonotknowconstantlybotheredme.

Ibegancollectingnewspaperarticlesaboutnewspecies,newmonkey,newspider...,andon

andontheyappear.Mydrawerquicklyfilled.Ibeganaseconddrawerformoregeneral

discoveries:newcavesystemdiscoveredwithdozensofnamelessspecies,fourhundredspeciesof

bacteriafoundinthehumanstomach.TheseconddrawerbegantofillandasitdidIwondered

whethertherewerebiggerdiscoveriesoutthere,notjustspecies,butlifethatdependsonthings

thoughttobeuseless,lifeevenwithoutDNA.Istartedathirddrawerforthesebigdiscoveries.It

fillsmoreslowly,butallthesame,itfills.

Inlookingintothestoriesofbiologicaldiscovery,Ialsobegantofindsomethingelse,a

collectionofscientists,usuallybrilliantoccasionallyhalf-mad,whomadethediscoveries.Those

scientistsveryoftenseethesamethingsthatotherscientistssee,buttheypaymoreattentionto

them,andtheyfocusonthemtothepointofexhaustion（窮盡），andattheriskoftheridiculeof

theirpeers.Inlookingforthestoriesofdiscovery,Ifoundthestoriesofthesepeopleandhow

theirliveschangedourviewoftheworld.

Wearerepeatedlywillingtoimaginewehavefoundmostofwhatislefttodiscover.We

usedtothinkthatinsectswerethesmallestorganisms（生物），andthatnothingliveddeeperthan

sixhundredmeters.Yet,whensomethingnewturnsup,moreoftenthannot,wedonotevenknow

itsname.

詞塊梳理

1：faraway

英Jfa:rowe［美［farJwe］

adj.遙遠(yuǎn)的；恍惚的；遼；偏遠(yuǎn)

雙語例句

l.Everofever,afarawayhistoryandalsoiseternalmemorial.

曾經(jīng)的曾經(jīng)，是遙遠(yuǎn)的歷史，也是永恒的紀(jì)念.

2.Onceuponatimeinafarawaylandtherelivedaprincessinabigcastle.

從前，在很遠(yuǎn)的地方，有一位美麗的公主住在一座很大的城堡里.

3.How,then,canthesepreciousgrainsfromfarawaystarsbelocated?

那么如何定位這些來自遙遠(yuǎn)星辰的無價之寶呢？

2：recognize

英Jrekagnaz］美Jrekagna。］

vt.認(rèn)出；識別；承認(rèn)

vi.承認(rèn)，確認(rèn)；［法律］具結(jié)，立保證書

變形

過去分詞：recognized

現(xiàn)在分詞：recognizing

過去式：recognized

第三人稱單數(shù)：recognizes

雙語例句

1.1couldscarcelyrecognizehim.

我簡直認(rèn)不出他來了.

2.Thepeople'sRepublicofChinadoesnotrecognizedualnationalityforany

Chinesenational.

中華人民共和國不承認(rèn)中國公民具有雙重國籍.

3.Thegovernmentdoesnotrecognizethelegalityofthiscourt.

政府不承認(rèn)這個法庭的合法性.

3：electricity

英［iilekkrsati］美［iileklrssti］

n.電；強烈的感情：

雙語例句

1.Theywillwirethenewhouseforelectricity.

他們將給新房屋安裝電線.

2.Atnightthesestreetsarebrilliantwithapearlyradianceofelectricity.

夜里,珍珠般的電燈把這些街道照得一片輝煌.

3.Woodisapoorconductorofheatandelectricity.

木頭是熱和電的不良導(dǎo)體.

4：similar

英Jsmola(r)］美［bmolar］

adj.類似的

變形

比較級：moresimilar

最高級：mostsimilar

雙語例句

1.Theyaresimilarinappearance.

他們在外貌上相似.

2.Peoplewithepilepsyandsimilardiseasescantakepillstostabilizetheir

condition.

癲癇病和類似疾病患者可吃藥丸穩(wěn)定病情.

3.Theyfoundasimilardrugbeingtestedagainstarhinovirus一anothercause

ofthecommoncold.

他們又發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種類似的用于對抗鼻病毒的藥物，這種病毒是誘發(fā)普通感冒

的另一個原因.

5：marvelous

英Jma：valas]美Jmarvolas]

adj.引起驚異的；不可思議的；非凡的；神乎其神：

雙語例句

1.It'seemstomeamostmarvelousbook.

這本書我覺得奧妙之至.

2.Themarvelousactingcompensatedfortheplay'sweakscript.

本劇的精彩表演彌補了劇本的不足.

3.LinHong:Lookatthispage.Allthesemarvelousgadgetsforabath!

林紅：來看看這頁的內(nèi)容，這些用于洗浴的小玩意真是不可思議！

6：satellite

英Jsaetolat]美[kaetalat]

n.衛(wèi)星；人造衛(wèi)星；衛(wèi)星國；衛(wèi)星區(qū)

變形

復(fù)數(shù):satellites:

雙語例句

l.Thesatellitewaslaunchedintoorbitaroundthemoon.

衛(wèi)星被射入環(huán)繞月球的軌道.

2.Theprogramisbeingrelayedbysatellite.

節(jié)目正在通過衛(wèi)星轉(zhuǎn)播.

3.Oursatelliteitselfwillorbitaroundthemoonforaperiodoftwodays.

我們的人造衛(wèi)星本身將繞月球運行兩天的時間.

7：continent

英Jkontnont］美［kcrntnont］

n.大陸；歐洲大陸

變形

名詞：continence

復(fù)數(shù):continents:

雙語例句

1.Theselocustsaretravelingacrossthecontinenteatingeverythingintheirpath.

它們穿越非洲大陸，一邊行進(jìn)，一邊吞噬沿途的生物.

2.NeitherKingnorCourtnorchurchcouldstretchovertheoceantothewild

continent.

無論皇帝、宮廷或教堂都不能延伸到大洋彼岸的陸地.

3.Foratransitoryenchantedmomentmanmusthavebreathinthepresenceof

thiscontinent.

在那曇花一現(xiàn)的神妙的瞬間，人面對這個新大陸一定屏息驚異.

8：biologist

英［baiblod3Rt］美［baib：lad36t］

n.生物學(xué)家

變形

復(fù)數(shù)：biologists:

雙語例句

l.Thisisthatbiologisthavingrescuedherlife.

這就是救了她生命的那個生物學(xué)家.

2.Onebiologisthasaradicalidea:pickthemupandmovethemSuzanne

Goldenberg.

一位生物學(xué)家提出了一個全新的想法：那就是將這些物種遷移至其它地方.

蘇珊娜?戈登伯格報道.

3.Themultiplelenswillhelpthebiologistobservethebacteriabetter.

多重濾鏡能幫助生物學(xué)家更好的觀察細(xì)菌.

9：ignorant

英［舊noront］美［Inoront］

adj.無知的，愚昧的；由無知引起的；無學(xué)識的

變形

副詞：ignorantly

比較級：moreignorant

最高級：mostignorant:

雙語例句

l.Thefirststeptoknowledgeistoknowthatweareignorant.

獲取知識的第一步，是承認(rèn)自己無知.

2.Somepeopleareratherproudofbeingignorantofsuchanimportantmatter.

有些人因不知道如此重要的一件事而頗感自豪.

3.Orworse,theymaythinkthatyouareignorantofimportantprofessionalnews.

或更糟的是，他們可能會以為你對重要的專業(yè)新信息一無所知.

10：constantly

英Jk/onstantli］美［kcrnst3ntii］

adv.不斷地，時常地；始終；一直：

雙語例句

l.Adogthatbarksconstantlycanbeasourceofannoyancetotheneighbours.

吠個不停的狗會惹鄰居煩惱.

2.Wemustconstantlyadjusttheamountofmoneyincirculation.

我們必須對貨幣的流通不斷進(jìn)行調(diào)節(jié).

3.Thespeechsoundsofalllanguagesaregraduallybutconstantlychanging.

各種語言的語音總在不斷變遷.

11：bother

英［bndo(r)］美［bcrdor］

V.麻煩，操心；使苦惱；打擾，糾纏；使疼痛

n.麻煩，困難；令人煩惱的事/人

int.真討厭（表示對某人/事煩惱）

變形

過去分詞：bothered

現(xiàn)在分詞：bothering

過去式：bothered

復(fù)數(shù)：bothers

第三人稱單數(shù)：bothers:

雙語例句

l.Yourcomingrelievedmeofthebotherofwritingalongletter.

你來了，省去我寫長信的麻煩了.

2.Wehadalotofbotherfindingourwaytohishouse.

我們費了很大勁才找到他的家.

3.Don'tbothermewhileIamtakingmynap.

我小睡的時候不要打擾我.

12：nameless

英［hemiss］美［hemls］

adj.不知名的；無名的；不可名狀的；（因聽者知道你所指或不想令某人難

堪）不會指名道姓：

雙語例句

l.Thenamelessandtheblamelessmakeaquickshufflethestage.

那些無名無辜者很快在舞臺上難覓蹤影.

2.1wasseizedbyanamelesshorror.

我為不可名狀的恐慌所控制.

3.Thetouchofthenamelessdaysclingstomyheartlikeroundthetree.

無名歲月的感觸縈繞在我心頭,像寂寂的青苔依附著老樹.

13：occasionally

英［oke印oli］美［okemoli］

adv.偶爾；偶然；有時候：

雙語例句

1.FarmersoccasionallyploughupoldIndianrelics.

農(nóng)夫們偶爾能犁出古老的印第安人遺物.

2.Occasionallytheywillt