2025届高考英语高频阅读词组+练习（五十六）
一：词组梳理
outofthequestion毫无可能的
outoftouch不联系,不接触
overandover(again)一再地,一再地
priorat在...之前
quiteafew相当多,不少
ratherthan不是...(而是)
regardlessof不顾,不惜
rightaway马上,马上
speakabout谈及
setin开头
setapartfrom把...区分开
sidebyside肩并肩,一起
sofar迄今为止
soonerorlater迟早,早晚
stepbystep逐步地
suchas例如,诸如
thanksto由于,多亏
thatis(tosay)就是说,即
tothepoint切中要害,切题
undercontrol处于掌握之下
underthecircumstances这种状况下
uptodate在进行中
upto多达;直到;胜任;取决于
whatif假使...将会怎样
whatabout...怎么样
withrespectto假如...将怎样
withregardto关于,至于
withoutexception无一例外，一律
withtheexceptionof除...之外
wordforword逐字地
二：习题训练
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TheUSpresidentDonaldTrumphaspopularizedthephrase“fakenews”.ButnottoolongagothesewordsincombinationwouldhavemeantlittletoeverydayEnglishspeakers.
AnatolyLiberman,aGerman,writesabouttheoriginsoftheword“fake”.Theword,itturnsout,hasaverydarkpast.Thebestguessathow“fake”becamethemainstream,arguesLiberman,isthatitwasakindusedbythievesintheLondonunderworld.But“howitgotthere,nobodyintheworldknows,andprobablynobodywilleverknow,”hetellsQuartz.
LibermanisaprofessorattheUniversityofMinnesotaandtheauthorofWordOriginsandHowWeKnowThem.Hewritesthatearlyrecordsof“fake”asanEnglishadjectiveappearedaroundthemiddleofthe18thcentury.Thewordlikelycomesfromcant,orthiefjargon(行话).
TheOEDmentions“fake”asaverbstartingin1819,whichbasicallymeant“todo”injargon,butalso“tokill,wound,orrob”.Anentryfromadictionarythatyearreads:
“Tofakeanypersonorplace,torobthem;tofakeapersonmayalsoimplytoshoot,wound,orcut;tofakeamanoutandout,istokillhim.”
LibermantracesthewordnexttoCharlesDickens,whoused“cly-faker”,where“cly”meanspocket,inOliverTwist.Thisishowhebelievestheknowledgeof“fake”asawordthatmeanstosteal,sp