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furniture n. 家具（总称），是不可数名词。如： This old table is a valuable piece of furniture. 这张旧桌子是件珍贵的家具。（不能直接说a furniture，而要借助piece“件”这个量词来表达。） [身临其境] 2002年高考单项填空第31题： We thought of selling this old furniture, but we’ve decided to ______ it. It might be valuable. A. hold on to B. keep up with C. turn to D. look after 我们曾想到过要把这件旧家具卖掉，但我们决定不卖它了。它可能很有价值。（答案是A。） general n. 将军 adj. 一般的；普通的；全面的；大概的。如： The general commanded his soldiers to march on. 将军命令他的士兵们继续前进。 Price of goods is a matter of general interest. 物价是一件大家普遍感兴趣的事。 Please tell me the general idea of your plan. 请告诉我你计划的大概内容。（general idea大意，大概内容） [身临其境] 2001年高考阅读理解第5篇： “In general,” writes Rubin in her new book, “women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support ...” “一般来说，”鲁宾在她的新书中写道，“女性之间的友谊是建立在共同的情感和支持之上的……” [词形变化] 加-ly变副词generally：大概，一般。如： Generally speaking, we have completed our plan. 总的来说，我们已经完成了计划。 glance vi. 扫视；匆匆一看；浏览 n. 一瞥；匆匆一看。如： She glanced at her watch for the time. 她瞥了一下手表，看看时间。 He gave me a glance but said nothing. 他看了我一眼，但什么也没说。 [身临其境] 2000年高考阅读理解第2篇： I glanced through my cookbook and chose a menu which included homemade bread. 我浏览了一下菜谱，选择了一道包括家庭自制面包的菜。 high adj. 高的 adv. 高；向高处。如： The aircraft is high in the sky. 那架飞机在高空飞行。（句中high是形容词。） This kind of bird cannot fly high. 这种鸟儿是飞不高的。（句中high是副词。） [身临其境] 2002年高考单项填空第27题： Boris has brains. In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has ______ IQ. A. a high B. a higher C. the higher D. the highest
鲍里斯很聪明。事实上，我不相信班里有比他智商更高的人。（答案是B。） 2003年高考阅读理解第72题： The growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to ______. A. the rapid development of small businesses B. the opening up of new markets C. the printing of high quality copies D. the increased use of the Internet （选项C的意思是：打印高质量的复印件。） [拾零] high和tall的区别： high一词指的是物体距离地面的高度，物体本身并不一定着地，可以用来形容飞机高飞，山峰的高度等； tall一般用于相对较低的高度，如人的个头，也可以指高而窄的事物。如：tall factory chimneys工厂的高烟囱。建筑物用high和tall均可。 名词height：高度 hire vt. 雇；租用 n. 出租。如： This firm hired 40 people. 这家公司雇用了40个人。 The last bus has gone. We have to hire a taxi. 末班公交车已经开走了，我们只好租车了。 The car is for hire now. 这辆车正等待出租。（出租车“空车”牌的英文就是“for hire”。） [身临其境] 1996年高考阅读理解第4篇： They hired a bathing machine. 他们租用了一台热水器。 [拾零] employ和hire的区别： 这两个词在劳动关系上都是“雇”的意思。employ比较正式，一般指的是长期雇用（很多场合要签劳动合同），雇员们拿的是salary（薪水）； hire则显得比较随便，多指“短工”，雇员们拿的是wage（工钱）。 hope n. 希望；信心 v. 希望；期望。如： The result gave him some hope. 这个结果给了他一些信心。 Don’t give up hope even when you are sad. 当你心情不好的时候也不要放弃希望。（give up hope丧失信心） I hope you’ll come back soon. 我希望你能很快回来。 [身临其境] 1995年高考单项填空第22题： I hope there are enough glasses for each guest to have ______. A. it B. those C. them D. one 我希望有足够的玻璃杯，能让每位客人都有一只。（答案是D。） [词形变化] 加-ful变形容词hopeful：充满希望的 加否定后缀-less变形容词hopeless：毫无希望的 [拾零] in the hope of/in hopes of ... 抱有……的希望 idea n. 办法；主意；想法；意见；印象。如： I have my own ideas about the school reform. 对于学校改革，我有自己的想法。 I have no idea about that accident ten years ago. 对10年前发生的那起车祸我没有印象了。 [身临其境] 2000年高考阅读理解第3篇： One mistaken idea about business is that it can be treated as a game of perfect information. 对商业的一个错误概念是把它看作是一个纯粹信息的游戏。 [拾零] idea的常用搭配： have no idea that ...不知道，不了解，没有印象 have some idea that ...对……知道一些，有些了解 have an idea that ...认为，觉得 imagine v. 想象；设想；假想；以为。如： Try to imagine that you are on a deserted island. 试着设想一下，你现在正在一个无人的荒岛上。 This will be the most beautiful park that you can imagine. 这将是你能想象到的最美丽的公园。 He always imagines that no one believes in him. 他总是认为没人信任他。 [身临其境] 2002年高考阅读理解第1篇： H.G. Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. H.G. 韦尔斯只不过是想象到月球旅游。（注意：句中travel不是动词而是名词。） [词形变化] 去e加-ation变名词imagination：想象力。如： You must have imagination if you want to do something great. 如果你想成就大事，就要有想象力。 叶硕/著《爱上背单词 高考关键词》 天津教育出版社 Exercise: 用上述所讲单词的适当形式或适当的介词填空。 1. —I’m sure that I saw Brian in the park today. —No, you must be _______ things. Brian hasn’t lived here for nearly fifteen years. 2. He kicked the ball high _______ the air, over the heads of the crowd. 3. Tom glanced _______ his shoulder; the man was coming towards him, pushing through the crowd. 4. _______ speaking, the more expensive the stereo, the better it is. 5. I helped him choose the _______ for his house. 6. Can you give me a rough idea _______ how much the repairs will cost? Key: 1. imagining 2. into 3. over 4. Generally 5. furniture 6. of 高考必会词详解精练 (8) lack n./v. 缺少；缺乏。如： Due to lack of time, we can only do this much. 由于时间不够，我们只能做这么多了。（名词lack后面一般跟of。） He is a good student but lacks work experience. 他是个好学生，但是缺乏工作经验。 Something seems to be lacking. 好像缺了点什么东西。 [身临其境] 2001年高考阅读理解第3篇： Careless methods of production and lack of consumer demand for environment friendly products have contributed to the pollution problem. 不负责任的生产方式以及消费者对环保产品的需求不足，进一步加重了污染的程度。 （这里的lack是名词。） [拾零] 辨析：lack, want, shortage 这三个词都有“缺少”的意思。lack可以指“一无所有”或“严重短缺”；want除了表示缺乏，还多了“迫切的需要”这一层意思，主观性较强；而shortage强调的是一时的短缺，暗示在可见的将来可以弥补。 如： All his wants are satisfied. 他的所有需求都得到了满足。 There is a shortage of teachers in the school this year. 今年学校比较缺教师。 land n. 陆地；国家；国土。如： We traveled by land until we reached the seashore. 我们在陆路旅行，一直到海边。（land是相对sea和air而言的。） After living in foreign lands for many years, he went back home at last. 在外国居住了多年之后，他终于回到了家。 v. 着陆；登岸。如： The plane will land on Lanzhou airport. 飞机将降落在兰州机场。 The troops landed on the island at dawn. 部队已于黎明时分在岛上登陆。 [身临其境] 2003年高考阅读理解第1篇： ... often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land — is Easter Island, which lies 1,260 miles east of its nearest neighbor, Pitcairn Island ... ……经常被错误地称为“最遥远的陆地”的复活节岛，距离它最近的邻居皮特克恩岛有1260英里…… limit n. 界限；限度；限制。如： Can you see the limit of this field? 你能看到这块田地的边界吗？ As a driver, don’t you know the speed limit?&n
