Question

Homesick is a compound (復(fù)合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning they are used together? The definition (定義) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.

Now think for a minute SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are , the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, you want to be is at sea.

Have you ever a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken. And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

1.A. word B. phrase C. sentence D. passage

2.A. how B. why C. when D. where

3.A. for B. from C. about D. like

4.A. get B. fit C. read D. have

5.A. right B. wrong C. same D. different

6.A. homesick B. heartsick C. seasick D. carsick

7.A. the first place B. the last place C. the only place D. the safe place

8.A. thought over B. thought out C. heard from D. heard of

9.A. hurt B. hit C. loved D. moved

10.A. hobby B. height C. heaven D. handbag

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要告訴我們復(fù)合詞的含義和用法。復(fù)合詞是有兩個(gè)單詞合成的，每個(gè)單詞有每個(gè)單詞的意思，但把他們放在一塊就有了其它意思。

1.考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。由上句可知本句意思是：你知道每個(gè)單詞都有自己的意思。A. word單詞；B. phrase短語(yǔ)； C. sentence句子； D. passage段落。故選A.

2.考查疑問(wèn)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：但是你知道當(dāng)它們組合在一塊時(shí)的意思嗎？A. how……怎么樣； B. why為什么；C. when當(dāng)……時(shí)候；D. where哪里。故選C。

3.考查介詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：現(xiàn)在為暈船想一分鐘。A. for為； B. from從； C. about關(guān)于； D. like像。故選A。

4.考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：如果你把單詞家改到單詞海洋的意思里去，還會(huì)適合單詞暈船的意思嗎？A. get得到；B. fit適合；C. read讀；D. have有。故選B。

5.考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。聯(lián)系上下句可知句意：它的意思是相當(dāng)不同的。A. right正確的； B. wrong 錯(cuò)誤的； C. same同樣的，前面加the; D. different不同的。故選D。

6.考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。由下句你唯一想去的地方就是家可知此句當(dāng)你想家的時(shí)候。故選A想家的。

7.考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：當(dāng)你暈船的時(shí)候，你想去的最后一個(gè)地方就是大海。A. the first place第一個(gè)地方； B. the last place最后一個(gè)地方； C. the only place唯一的地方； D. the safe place安全的地方。故選B。

8.考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：你曾經(jīng)聽說(shuō)過(guò)悲痛心酸的人嗎？A. thought over考慮； B. thought out想出； C. heard from收到某人的信； D. heard of聽說(shuō)。故選D。

9.考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：當(dāng)人們內(nèi)心受傷很深就好像心碎了一樣時(shí)就是說(shuō)人們是悲痛的。A. hurt受傷，hurt的過(guò)去分詞，是不變的； B. hit撞擊； C. loved被愛的； D. moved被感動(dòng)的。故選A。

10.考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。句意：結(jié)合上句我們也有其它的復(fù)合詞，可知此空填復(fù)合詞，故選D，手提包。

考點(diǎn):文化類短文。