2017届高考英语二轮语法复习训练：《“顺藤摸瓜”——明辨词义猜测》
<p> 专题四 “顺藤摸瓜”——明辨类题目</p><p> Ⅰ.体验高考</p><p> (2017·课标Ⅰ卷)<span word="Passenger">Passenger</span> <span word="pigeons">pigeons</span>(旅鸽)<span word="once">once</span> <span word="flew">flew</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="unbelievable">unbelievable</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span>.<span word="Written">Written</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> 18<span word="th">th</span> <span word="and">and</span> 19<span word="th">th</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span> <span word="described">described</span> <span word="flocks">flocks</span>(群)<span word="so">so</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="darkened">darkened</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sky">sky</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>.</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="calculated">calculated</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="point">point</span>，<span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 3 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="passenger">passenger</span> <span word="pigeons">pigeons</span>－<span word="a">a</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="equal">equal</span> <span word="to">to</span> 24 <span word="to">to</span> 40 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="bird">bird</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>，<span word="making">making</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="abundant">abundant</span> <span word="bird">bird</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>.<span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="as">as</span> 1870 <span word="when">when</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="smaller">smaller</span>，<span word="a">a</span> <span word="flock">flock</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> 1 <span word="mile">mile</span> <span word="wide">wide</span> <span word="and">and</span> 320 <span word="miles">miles</span> (<span word="about">about</span> 515 <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span>) <span word="long">long</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</span>.</p><p> <span word="Sadly">Sadly</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="abundance">abundance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="passenger">passenger</span> <span word="pigeons">pigeons</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="undoing">undoing</span>.<span word="Where">Where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="birds">birds</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="abundant">abundant</span>，<span word="people">people</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ever">ever</span><span word="lasting">lasting</span> <span word="supply">supply</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span>.<span word="Commercial">Commercial</span> <span word="hunters">hunters</span> <span word="attracted">attracted</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="clearings">clearings</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="grain">grain</span>，<span word="waited">waited</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="pigeons">pigeons</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="settled">settled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="feed">feed</span>，<span word="then">then</span> <span word="threw">threw</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="nets">nets</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="them">them</span>，<span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="time">time</span>.<span word="The">The</span> <span word="birds">birds</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="shipped">shipped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sold">sold</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="restaurants">restaurants</span>.</p><p> <span word="By">By</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="closing">closing</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 19<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="hardwood">hardwood</span> <span word="forests">forests</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="passenger">passenger</span> <span word="pigeons">pigeons</span> <span word="nested">nested</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="damaged">damaged</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span>' <span word="need">need</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="wood">wood</span>，<span word="which">which</span> <span word="scattered">scattered</span>(驱散)<span word="the">the</span> <span word="flocks">flocks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="birds">birds</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="farther">farther</span> <span word="north">north</span>，<span word="where">where</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="temperatures">temperatures</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="spring">spring</span> <span word="storms">storms</span> <span word="contributed">contributed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="decline">decline</span>.<span word="Soon">Soon</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="flocks">flocks</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="gone">gone</span>，<span word="never">never</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="again">again</span>.</p>
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