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1、2019高考英语(二月)阅读理解精选(8)及解析维C阅读理解(每题2分,满分8分)选材相似度:★★★★设题相似度:★★★难度系数:★★★★Despitethepopularityofschoolspellingcompetitions,adultsintheUSperformedpoorlyinasurveycomparinghowEnglishspeakersonbothsidesoftheAtlanticdealwithcommonlymisspeltwords.SixtytwopercentofAmericansgot“embarrassed”wrong,against54
2、percentofBritonswhostruggledwiththewordinasurveylastyear.AdultsintheUSperformedlesswellonmostofthetenwordstested,includingmillennium(52percentwrong,against43percentintheUK),liaison(61percentto54percent)and“accommodation”(42percentto36percent).Only“definitely”and“friend”werespeltcorrectlybymor
3、eAmericans.JackBovilloftheSpellingSociety,whichsponsored(发起)theresearch,saidthehighinaccuracyratesinbothcountriesshowedtheneedfortheEnglishspellingsystemtobemodernized.“Whenasked,onlyaquarterofadultsthoughttheyhadaproblemwithspelling.Theanswersinthetestprovethatthis_is_far_from_the_case,”hesa
4、id.“WhatisholdingtheUKandtheUSAbackistheirregularspellingsystem.”ProfessorEdwardBaranowski,oneacademicconsultantfortheproject,said,“Wehavedifferentspellingsforthesamesound,andasystemwhichreflectshowEnglishwasspokeninthe13thto15thcenturies,nothowitisspokentoday.Somanysoundchangeshaveoccurredin
5、thelanguage,whichisnotreflectedinmodernspelling,thatweareleftwitha‘fossilized(僵化旳)’system.”Thestudyfoundthat40percentoftherespondentswouldsupportupdatingwordsthatcausedproblemswhile16percentopposedtheidea.And31percentsaiditdidn'tmatter.TheUSsurveyinvolvingasampleof1,000adultswascarriedoutonli
6、nebyIpsosMORIlastmonth,withthemethodbasedonasurveyof1,000BritonsinAprillastyear.【语篇解读】一项调查发现,美国人在单词拼写方面不如英国人·1.Theunderlinedword“inaccuracy”inParagraph3canbestbereplacedby________.A.successB.errorC.correctnessD.growth答案B[词义猜测题·根据本句旳“showedtheneedfortheEnglishspellingsystemtobemodernized”,联系第二
7、段英美成年人较高旳拼写错误率,可知inaccuracy可用error来代替,都是“错误”旳意思·]2.Theunderlinedpart“thisisfarfromthecase”inParagraph3impliesthat________.A.mostoftheAmericanscanspellcorrectlyB.therearemorepeoplehavingspellingproblemsC.adultsperformworseinspellingthankidsD.i
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