因果关系、 类属关系 相对关系等 并列，就是指 由and或or连接 的并列成分 同类关系 [例1]These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows
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and pale and has changed so much that it is almost unrecognizable to the parents.
23. A. sick
B. slim
C. short
D. small 因果关系 [解析] 选项中只有ill才与pale有相关性(因果关系)，即因为“生病”，所以脸色才会“苍白”，故选A。 [例2]Edgar Allan Poe, whose life was short and seemingly unhappy, wrote stories and poems of mystery and
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insanity(疯狂) and death. (2009届佛山二模) 22. A. happiness
B. science
C. society
D. terror 同类关系 [解析]因为只有terror(恐怖)才与mystery(神秘)、insanity(疯狂)和death(死亡)是表示同类意义的名词，而不可能是与“happiness(幸福)”“science(科学)”或“society(社会)”并列，故选D。 [例3]Edgar Allan Poe is also remembered as the father of modern detective fiction, stories of an investigator who has to solve murders and other
27 (2009届佛山二模) 27. A. accidents
B. crimes
C. events
D. incidents 类属关系 [解析]因为“murder(凶杀)”是各种“crimes(犯罪)”行为中的一种，所以与“murder(凶杀)”并列应是“其他各种犯罪行为”，故选B。 [例4] When Christ was born nearly two thousand?years?ago, many people, rich and _______, gave him presents. A. ill B. healthy C. poor D. tall 相对关系 [解析]因为由句意可知，应当是指“耶稣出生时，许多人，无论贫富，都给他礼物”，故选择与rich相对意义的poor，即选C。 Nobel was upset to find out not that he had died, but that, when his time was up, he would be thought of only as one who profited from _____and destruction.
A. death B. disease
C. trouble
D. attack 1. A。与destruction (毁灭)并列应当是death(死亡)，故选A。 即时练习 2. The poverty(贫困) was?worse than anything my young companions had ever imagined. Back in the hotel, an air of sadness settled over the group. Many?________and cried. (2009年浙江28题)
gave up?????????
B. broke down?????
C. set off????????????
D. held on 2. B。与cried(哭)并列应当是break down(情绪失控)，故选B。 3. It’s not easy being a teenager– nor is it easy being the parent of a teenager. You can make your child feel angry, hurt, or ______ by what you say without realizing it yourself.
dismissed
B. misunderstood
C. misled
D. satisfied 3. B。与angry (生气)和hurt (伤害)意义相关的应当是misunderstood(误解)，故选B。 4. …my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America …I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see--the strange and _____ places I had known only from books and pictures.
unfrequented
B. remote
C. different
D. magical 4. D。与strange(陌生的)并列应当是magical(神奇的)，故选D。 5. When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important… This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education is _____ and important for all students. beneficial
B. available
C. expensive
D. powerful 5. A。与important(重要的)并列，且符合语境的，应当是beneficial(有益的)，句意为：“音乐教育对所有学生来说，是有益的，也是重要的。”