1. evade 避开，回避

4. What did the second paragraph mainly describe?

[A]. The activities of missionaries in Britain.

[B]. The conversion of English people to Protestantism was far from complete.

[C]. The young in Britain began to convert to Catholicism

[D]. Most families offered hospitality to missionaries.

Vocabulary

3. Through what way did the Rome recover some of the lost land?

[A]. Civil and military ways.　　 [B]. Propaganda and attack.

[C]. Persuasion and criticism.　　 [D]. Religious and military ways.

2. What was Martin Luther’s religions?

[A]. Buddhism.　　 [B]. Protestantism.　　 [C]. Catholicism.　　 [D]. Orthodox.

1. The main idea of this passage is

[A]. The continuity of the religious struggle in Britain in new ways.

[B]. The conversion of religion in Britain.

[C]. The victory of the New religion in Britain.

[D]. England became prosperous.

50.(2009陕西卷，C篇) The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means“_______”.

　 A. to be believable　　 B. to be valuable　　 C. to be admirable　　 D. to be suitable

[解析]A。请看文章原句：Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales文章中本句意思是：即使科学能告诉我们一些传统的想法是经不起检验的，但“老人言”中还有很多正确的东西。根据前后转折的意思可知，hold water在此处意思是：经得起检验的，值得相信的。

(2008江苏卷，A篇) 56. The underlined word “ally” in Para. 3 most likely means somebody or something that is ______.

　 　　A. your slave and serves you　　　　　　　　 B. your supporter and helps you

　 　　C. under your control and obeys you　　　 D. under your influence and follows you

[解析]B。请看原文：We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it our ally. 前一句说“我们可以让时间流逝或让它成为我们的敌人”，下面一句由or引出，表示相反的意思，即：我们可以控制时间，让时间成为我们的朋友来支持我们。

7、根据转折或对比关系进行猜测

根据上下句的连接词，如but, however, otherwise等就可以看到前后句在意义上的差别，从而依据某一句的含义，来确定另一句的含义。另外，分号也可以表示转折、对比或不相干的意义。例如：

She is usually prompt for all her class, but today she arrived in the middle of her first class.

but一词表转折，因此but 前后的意思正好相反。后半句的意思是她今天“第一节上了一半才来”，因此反向推理，可得出她平时一向“准时”的结论。

[考例]

37.(2009天津卷，A篇) What does the underlined phrase “die hard” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Change suddenly.　　　　　　　　　　 B. Change significantly.

C. Disappear mysteriously.　　　　　 D. Disappear very slowly.

[解析]D。请看原文：Frequently it happens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost. 根据下文“the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost”可知前后是同义关系，die hard意思是“顽固”，同D项意义接近。