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1、 2021高考英語(yǔ)復(fù)習(xí)之高考真題閱讀詞塊精析（三十六） 2020江蘇卷（D篇） I was in the middle of the Amazon (亞馬遜) with my wife, who was there as a medical researcher. We flew on a small plane to a faraway village. We did not speak the local language, did not know the customs, and more often than not, did not entirely recognize t

2、he food. We could not have felt more foreign. We were raised on books and computers, highways and cell phones, but now we were living in a village without running water or electricity It was easy for us to go to sleep at the end of the day feeling a little misunderstood. Then one perfect Amazonian

3、 evening, with monkeys calling from beyond the village green, we played soccer. I am not good at soccer, but that evening it was wonderful. Everyone knew the rules. We all spoke the same language of passes and shots. We understood one another perfectly. As darkness came over the field and the match

4、ended, the goal keeper, Juan, walked over to me and said in a matter-of-fact way, "In your home, do you have a moon too?" I was surprised. After I explained to Juan that yes, we did have a moon and yes, it was very similar to his, I felt a sort of awe (敬畏) at the possibilities that existed in his w

5、orld. In Juans world, each village could have its own moon. In Juans world, the unknown and undiscovered was vast and marvelous. Anything was possible. In our society, we know that Earth has only one moon. We have looked at our planet from every angle and found all of the wildest things left to fin

6、d. I can, from my computer at home, pull up satellite images of Juans village. There are no more continents and no more moons to search for, little left to discover. At least it seems that way. Yet, as I thought about Juans question, I was not sure how much more we could really rule out. I am, in p

7、art, an ant biologist, so my thoughts turned to what we know about insect life and I knew that much in the world of insects remains unknown. How much, though? How ignorant (無知的) are we? The question of what we know and do not know constantly bothered me. I began collecting newspaper articles about

8、 new species, new monkey, new spider…, and on and on they appear. My drawer quickly filled. I began a second drawer for more general discoveries: new cave system discovered with dozens of nameless species, four hundred species of bacteria found in the human stomach. The second drawer began to fill a

9、nd as it did I wondered whether there were bigger discoveries out there, not just species, but life that depends on things thought to be useless, life even without DNA. I started a third drawer for these big discoveries. It fills more slowly, but all the same, it fills. In looking into the stories

10、of biological discovery, I also began to find something else, a collection of scientists, usually brilliant occasionally half-mad, who made the discoveries. Those scientists very often see the same things that other scientists see, but they pay more attention to them, and they focus on them to the p

11、oint of exhaustion (窮盡), and at the risk of the ridicule of their peers. In looking for the stories of discovery, I found the stories of these people and how their lives changed our view of the world. We are repeatedly willing to imagine we have found most of what is left to discover. We used to t

12、hink that insects were the smallest organisms (生物), and that nothing lived deeper than six hundred meters. Yet, when something new turns up, more often than not, we do not even know its name. 詞塊梳理 1：faraway 英[?fɑ:r?we?] 美[?fɑr??we] adj. 遙遠(yuǎn)的；恍惚的；遼；偏遠(yuǎn) 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.Ever of ever, a faraway history and a

13、lso is eternal memorial. 曾經(jīng)的曾經(jīng), 是遙遠(yuǎn)的歷史,也是永恒的紀(jì)念. 2.Once upon a time in a faraway land there lived a princess in a big castle. 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, can these precious grains from faraway stars be located? 那么 如何定位這些來自遙遠(yuǎn)星辰的無價(jià)之寶 呢 ? 2：recognize 英[?rek?ɡna?z] 美[?rek?ɡna?z] v

14、t. 認(rèn)出；識(shí)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(yǔ)例句 1.I could scarcely recognize him. 我簡(jiǎn)直認(rèn)不出他來了. 2.The peoples Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national. 中華人民共和國(guó)不承認(rèn)中國(guó)公民具有雙重國(guó)籍. 3.The government do

15、es not recognize the legality of this court. 政府不承認(rèn)這個(gè)法庭的合法性. 3：electricity 英[??lek?tr?s?ti] 美[??lek?tr?s?ti] n. 電；強(qiáng)烈的感情: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.They will wire the new house for electricity. 他們將給新房屋安裝電線. 2.At night these streets are brilliant with a pearly radiance of electricity. 夜里,珍珠般的電燈把這些街道照得一片輝煌. 3.Wo

16、od is a poor conductor of heat and electricity. 木頭是熱和電的不良導(dǎo)體. 4：similar 英[?s?m?l?(r)] 美[?s?m?l?r] adj. 類似的 變形 比較級(jí)：more similar 最高級(jí)：most similar 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.They are similar in appearance. 他們?cè)谕饷采舷嗨? 2.People with epilepsy and similar diseases can take pills to stabilize their condition. 癲癇病和類

17、似疾病患者可吃藥丸穩(wěn)定病情. 3.They found a similar drug being tested against a rhinovirus — another cause of the common cold. 他們又發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種類似的用于對(duì)抗鼻病毒的藥物,這種病毒是誘發(fā)普通感冒的另一個(gè)原因. 5：marvelous 英[?mɑ?v?l?s] 美[?mɑrv?l?s] adj. 引起驚異的；不可思議的；非凡的；神乎其神: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.Itseems to me a most marvelous book. 這本書我覺得奧妙之至. 2.The marvelous

18、acting compensated for the plays weak script. 本劇的精彩表演彌補(bǔ)了劇本的不足. 3.Lin Hong : Look at this page. All these marvelous gadgets for a bath! 林紅: 來看看這頁(yè)的內(nèi)容, 這些用于洗浴的小玩意真是不可思議! 6：satellite 英[?st?la?t] 美[?st?la?t] n. 衛(wèi)星；人造衛(wèi)星；衛(wèi)星國(guó)；衛(wèi)星區(qū) 變形 復(fù)數(shù)：satellites: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.The satellite was launched into orbit aroun

19、d the moon. 衛(wèi)星被射入環(huán)繞月球的軌道. 2.The program is being relayed by satellite. 節(jié)目正在通過衛(wèi)星轉(zhuǎn)播. 3.Our satellite itself will orbit around the moon for a period of two days. 我們的人造衛(wèi)星本身將繞月球運(yùn)行兩天的時(shí)間. 7：continent 英[?k?nt?n?nt] 美[?kɑ?nt?n?nt] n. 大陸；歐洲大陸 變形 名詞：continence 復(fù)數(shù)：continents: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.These locusts a

20、re traveling across the continent eating everything in their path. 它們穿越非洲大陸,一邊行進(jìn),一邊吞噬沿途的生物. 2.Neither King nor Court nor church could stretch over the ocean to the wild continent. 無論皇帝、宮廷或教堂都不能延伸到大洋彼岸的陸地. 3.For a transitory enchanted moment man must have breath in the presence of this continent.

21、 在那曇花一現(xiàn)的神妙的瞬間,人面對(duì)這個(gè)新大陸一定屏息驚異. 8：biologist 英[ba???l?d??st] 美[ba??ɑ?l?d??st] n. 生物學(xué)家 變形 復(fù)數(shù)：biologists: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.This is that biologist having rescued her life. 這就是救了她生命的那個(gè)生物學(xué)家. 2.One biologist has a radical idea: pick them up and move themSuzanne Goldenberg. 一位生物學(xué)家提出了一個(gè)全新的想法: 那就是將這些物種遷移至其它地方.

22、蘇珊娜?戈登伯格報(bào)道. 3.The multiple lens will help the biologist observe the bacteria better. 多重濾鏡能幫助生物學(xué)家更好的觀察細(xì)菌. 9：ignorant 英[??ɡn?r?nt] 美[??ɡn?r?nt] adj. 無知的，愚昧的；由無知引起的；無學(xué)識(shí)的 變形 副詞：ignorantly 比較級(jí)：more ignorant 最高級(jí)：most ignorant: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.The first step to knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

23、 獲取知識(shí)的第一步,是承認(rèn)自己無知. 2.Some people are rather proud of being ignorant of such an important matter. 有些人因不知道如此重要的一件事而頗感自豪. 3.Or worse, they may think that you are ignorant of important professional news. 或更糟的是, 他們可能會(huì)以為你對(duì)重要的專業(yè)新信息一無所知. 10：constantly 英[?k?nst?ntli] 美[?kɑ?nst?ntli] adv. 不斷地，時(shí)常地；始終；一直

24、: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.A dog that barks constantly can be a source of annoyance to the neighbours. 吠個(gè)不停的狗會(huì)惹鄰居煩惱. 2.We must constantly adjust the amount of money in circulation. 我們必須對(duì)貨幣的流通不斷進(jìn)行調(diào)節(jié). 3.The speech sounds of all languages are gradually but constantly changing. 各種語(yǔ)言的語(yǔ)音總在不斷變遷. 11：bother 英[?b??(r)

25、] 美[?bɑ??r] 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(duì)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(yǔ)例句 1.Your coming relieved me of the bother of writing a long letter. 你來了,省去我寫長(zhǎng)信的麻煩了. 2.We had a lot of bother finding our way to his house.

26、 我們費(fèi)了很大勁才找到他的家. 3.Dont bother me while I am taking my nap. 我小睡的時(shí)候不要打擾我. 12：nameless 英[?ne?ml?s] 美[?neml?s] 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(huì)指名道姓: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.The nameless and the blameless make a quick shuffle the stage. 那些無名無辜者很快在舞臺(tái)上難覓蹤影. 2.I was seized by a nameless horror. 我為不可名狀的恐慌所控

27、制. 3.The touch of the nameless days clings to my heart like round the tree. 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[??ke??n?li] 美[??ke??n?li] adv. 偶爾；偶然；有時(shí)候: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.Farmers occasionally plough up old Indian relics. 農(nóng)夫們偶爾能犁出古老的印第安人遺物. 2.Occasionally they will take Stephen to some restau

28、rant in Chinatown. 偶爾他們會(huì)帶斯蒂芬到唐人街的一家餐館去. 3.The smaller of its hands occasionally slipped round on the pivot, and thus, though the minutes were told with precision, nobody could be quite certain of the hour they belonged to. 表上的時(shí)針在軸上滑動(dòng), 這樣, 雖然分鐘仍很準(zhǔn)確, 但是點(diǎn)鐘就沒有人能完全肯定了. 14：exhaustion 英[?ɡ?z??st??n] 美

29、[?ɡ?z??st??n] n. 精疲力竭；枯竭: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.Exhaustion, with what method to adjust oneself? 疲憊了, 用什么方法調(diào)節(jié)自己? 2.He is in a state of exhaustion. 他在疲憊狀態(tài)中. 3.In their exhaustion they often blunder against each other. 當(dāng)他們疲勞不堪時(shí),常常是踉蹌地互相碰撞. 15：repeatedly 英[r??pi?t?dli] 美[r??pi?t?dli] adv. 反復(fù)地，重復(fù)地；再三地；屢次地；不停地 變形 形容詞：repeated: 雙語(yǔ)例句 1.As we have repeatedly tested, the battery working hours for 20 hours. 經(jīng)我們反復(fù)測(cè)試, 電池工作時(shí)間為20小時(shí). 2.Promises of reform have been made repeatedly before. 此前已經(jīng)作過許多有關(guān)改革的承諾. 3.I object to being repeatedly dropped on in this manner. 我反對(duì)用這種方式屢次被挑中.