“We didn’t take any notice of it,”Simard says sadly.“Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying,but we never give them chance.”If we could put across the message to the forestry industry,we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.
roles as housewives and mothers. Their reputation for
economic independence, self-reliance, and hard
work is well known and well deserved.
破折号后出现解释
Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly. If metal is heated and then cooled very quickly, for example by dipping (浸) it in water, it will be very hard but also very brittle-that is, it will break easily. Metal that has been annealed is soft but does not break as easily. It is possible to make metal as hard or as soft as it is wished, by annealing it. The metal is heated, and allowed to cool slowly for a certain length of time. The longer the heated metal takes to cool slowly, the softer it becomes. Annealing can also be used on other material, such as glass.
2014辽宁C
29.The underlined sentence “the opposite is true” in Paragraph 2 probably means that trees______. pete for survival B.protect their own wealth C.depend on each other D.provide support for dying trees
生词 旧词新意 短语新意 句子引申义
猜词（一）
代入语境翻译（2014全国大纲卷） 文中出现同义词或者反义词提示 破折号后出现解释
方法（一）——看后面
文中出现同义词或者反义词提示
Q: Which of the following is closest in meaning to the
underlined word “illiterate”
A. repeat
B. reiterated
C. uneducated
D. sick
Most women in Ghana —— the educated and
illiterate, the urban and rural, the young and old work
to earn an income in addition to maintaining their
31.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to______. A.how “tree societies” work B.how trees grow old C.how forestry industry develops D.how young trees survive
Simard talks about “mother trees”,usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend.She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation,transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow.When humans cut down “mother trees” with no awareness of these highly complex “tree societies”or the networks on which they feed,we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest.

Nitrogen(氮)and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi(真菌)networks,making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy.This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons(神经元)in our brains,and when one tree is destroyed,it affects all.
试译（一）
1.His father has died. 2.His father has passed away. 3.His old man has kicked the bucket. 4.His beloved father has joined the heavenly choir.
试译（二）
30.“Mother trees” are extremely important because they______. A.look the largest in size in the forest B.pass on nutrition to young trees C.seem more likely to be cut down by humans D.know more about the complex“tree societies”
2020年高考阅读理解——猜词题专项模拟讲义总复习
阅读理解
猜词
1.He is a good Christian. 2.He is a good father. 3.He is a good child. 4.He is a good husband. 5.She is a good wife. 6.She is a good teacher. 7.He is a good friend.
UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true:trees survive through their co-operation and support,passing around necessary nutrition “depending on who needs it”.
代词 It, they, them,he, she…
方法（二）——看前面
猜词（二）
Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation?