PART 01

2021年高考真题熟词生义

1.determine

[熟义]v. (使)下决心，(使)做出决定

[生义]vt.左右,直接影响

(2021•全国甲卷•D)And the more we look, the more we will see that social factors(因素)like gender, race, and class do not determine the appearance of genius.

句意：我们看得越多，就越会发现像性别、种族和阶级这样的社会因素并不能直接影响天才的出现。

2.dry

[熟义]adj.干的;口渴的

[生义]ut.把……弄干vi.变干

(2021•新高考I卷•C)Millions of acres of wetlands were dried to feed and house the ever increasing populations, greatly reducing waterfowl habitat (栖息地).

句意：数百万英亩的湿地被人为弄干涸，以养活和容纳不断增加的人口，大大减少了水禽的栖息地。

3.entry

[熟义]n.进入;入口

[生义]n.参赛作品

(2021•全国甲卷•A)Each year，the high standard of entries has shown that the Awards are the perfect platform to showcase the very best photography of the British landscape.

句意：每年，参赛作品的高水准表明，该奖项是展示英国风景最佳摄影作品的完美平台。

4.event

[熟义]n.事件,大事

[生义]n.比赛项目

(2021•全国乙卷•A)All these stadiums are still functional, still open and still hosting the biggest events in world sport.

句意：所有这些体育场馆仍在使用,仍在开放，仍在举办世界上最大的体育赛事。

5.excite

[熟义]vt.使激动，使兴奋

[生义] vt.激发,引起

(2021•新高考I卷•D)Although the continuing popular appeal of emotional intelligence is desirable, we hope that such attention will excite a greater interest in the scientific and scholarly study of emotion

句意：尽管情商继续受到大众的关注是可取的，但我们希望这种关注能激发人们对情感的科学和学术研究更大的兴趣。

6.flow

[熟义]v.(使)流动,涌流;流通

[生义]n.连贯,流畅

(2021•新高考I卷•B)His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn't have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves.

句意：他的工作就是坐在钢琴师旁边，翻动乐谱，这样音乐家就不用自己动手破坏音流了。

7.given

[熟义]prep.考虑到

[生义]n.基本事实

(2021•全国乙卷•完形填空)Oh，this isn't for the care I had. I take that as a given.

句意：哦，这不是为了我接受过的照顾。我认为这是理所当然的。

8.grade

[熟义]n.成绩，年纪

[生义]n.程度

(2021•全国乙卷•完形填空) And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different grades of gratitude.

句意：然后我意识到，如果我们有一系列表达不同程度感激的词汇，事情会简单得多。

9.gray

[熟义]adj.灰色的;苍白的

[生义]adj.阴沉沉的

(2021•全国甲卷•C)When I was 9, we packed up our home in Los Angeles and arrived at Heathrow, London on a gray January morning.

句意：我9岁的时候，我们收拾好在洛杉矶的房子，在一月的一个阴天早晨到达了伦敦希思罗机场。

10.head

[熟义]n.头

[生义]n.负责人

(2021•全国甲卷•B)Paul Beer, head of rhino section at Port Lympne, said:“Obviously we're all absolutely delighted to welcome another calf to our black rhino family...”

句意：林普尼港犀牛部门的负责人保罗•比尔说:“显然，我们都非常高兴地欢迎另一头小犀牛加入我们的黑犀牛家族……”