猜测词义题型阅读解题技巧(技巧总结)

猜测词义题型阅读解题技巧题型介绍高考大纲要求考生能“根据上下文推断生词的词义”。

词义猜测题一般占阅读理解总题量的10%左右。

所猜词汇可以是生词，也可以是熟词新义，还可以是人称代词的指代内容。

常见提问方式The underlined word “______”in the passage means ______.What does “_______” in the third paragraph stand for?The word/phrase “________” most near ly means ______.The word/phrase “______” could best be replaced by ______.The word/phrase “______” in Line…, Para …refers to______.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase/word/sentence “________”?What’s the meaning of “______” in Line …, Para …?The underlined sentence in the first /second... paragraph probably means that ________.正确选项的特点1. 对于超纲词汇的正确解释，如果将它代入回原文，则符合逻辑，使文章通顺易懂。

2. 对于未超纲的词或短语的正确解释，往往是熟词新义，是根据上下文推测的一个特定场合的含义。

干扰项的特点1.字面意思：对于熟悉的词，干扰项会列出它的字面意思或常规含义。

2.无关意思：除了字面意思，出题人还常用凭空杜撰出来的其它意思来干扰考生，但只要将此意思带入原文，不符合逻辑就能够排除。

解题思路1. 返回原文，结合上下文，理解该词的意思。

2. 搜索时应注意同位语、特殊标点、定语从句、（表示上下文之间的逻辑关系）关键提示词及前后缀，特别注意找出其中和生词处于同一位置的词去推测。

特别提示：1.不管这个词多超纲,根据上下文都能得出其意思。

2.不管这个词多熟悉,都要通过上下文得出其在特定场合的意思。

解题技巧构词法派生词：通过分析派生词，猜测划线单词的意思。

Napoleon, as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, is more than once described as having “fat little hands”. Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse”. He is said to be “undersized” with “short legs” and a “round stomach”.undersized=under (低于) +size (尺寸、大小)，通过构词法可知以-ed结尾的派生词可作形容词(如three-legged 三只脚的)，再结合后面的short legs (短腿)，可猜出undersized意为“身材矮小的”。

Overwork may cause diseases.前缀over-的意思是“过分的，过量的”，故overwork 的意思应为“工作过度”。

There was a dissatisfied look in the manager’s eyes.satisfied 的意思是“满意的”，前缀dis-的意思是“不”，故dissatisfied的意思应该是“不满意的”。

合成法：指由两个或两个以上单词组合成一个新词。

通常情况下，合成词的词义为组成词的词义之和。

He never wore ready-made clothes.ready-made由ready和made加连字符合成一个词，该词在clothes前，可知其词性为形容词，结合各个词的本意：ready“准备就绪的”，made“做好的”，可知句中的ready-made是“现成的、做好的”的意思。

转化法：指单词的词形不改变，只通过词性的改变来使单词具有新的意义和作用。

而这种单词叫转化词。

Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.say一般作动词，意为“说、表达”。

观察句子，say前面带a，表示say在此转化为名词，意为“发言权、决定权”。

语境法利用释义词(句)、举例或同位语：同位语是对所修饰词语的进一步说明和解释，若对所修饰的词语不熟悉，可通过其后同位语的“说明或解释”来确定其词义。

表示释义或举例词语的信息词有for example, for instance, such as, in other words, that is to say, namely, or, also known as, to put it differently, refer to等，符号则有e.g. (举例) 、i.e. (也就是) 。

In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U.S. today.利用生词后面的同位语an endangered wild cat，可知ocelot是一种猫。

Yes, that is the Tai Mahal, one of the most famous buildings in the world. (全国卷)由后面的同位语的解释我们清楚地知道Tai Mahal就是一座著名的建筑物。

A linguist is a person who studies the science of language.Linguist就是一个“研究语言科学的人”，即“语言学家”。

They described him as a loon, or a mad man.句中的or是对loon的解释，即loon与a mad man同义，即表示“疯子”。

It will be very hard but also very brittle, that is, it will break easily.句中的that is表明it will break easily是对brittle的解释，从而猜测出其意为“易碎的”。

“脆的”In the ancient city of Rome, we visited every mansion, battle site, theatre and other public halls.因为mansion与“战场遗址”、“剧院”、“其它公众厅”并列，所以mansion也应该属于建筑物或场所。

利用对比、类比或转折词表示对比、类比或转折的常见信息词有but, yet, however, while, unlike, in contrast, on the other hand, on the contrary, despite, in spite of, instead, rather than, though等，有时也用破折号或冒号等符号。

Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius to sell it.由but可知genius是与fool(蠢才)相对的，由此推测其意为“有才能的人”、“天才”。

He had been getting better, but during the night his condition deteriorated.句中的but表明deteriorate应该与get better的意思相反，即“恶化”。

In many countries there are two financial extremes, from penury to great wealth.上文说两个经济上的极端，那么下文中penury应与great wealth相对，即表示“贫困”。

Mrs. Smith is loquacious while her husband is the silent type.while表对比，意为“而”，所以loquacious应是silent的反义，即“多嘴的”。

If you agree, draw a circle; and a cross if you dissent.既然画圈表示同意，画叉便是“不同意”(dissent)。

利用因果关系表示因果关系的信息词有because, as, since, for, thus, so, so\such… that, hence, therefore, as a result等。

That museum is so immense that it will be impossible to see all the exhibits in one day.既然一天之内看不完所有的展品，那么immense 的意思应该是“很大”了。

Everyone agreed that the woman in the photo was gorgeous. It was easy to see why she had won the beauty contest.既然“她在选美比赛中获胜”，说明她“很美丽”(gorgeous)。

利用上下文(结合生活常识、背景知识）猜测词义题在考查熟词新义以及代词指代内容时往往需要综合考虑上下文，有时也需要结合常识和背景知识。

It’s said that B ill Gates is the most affluent person in the world.根据常识，Bill Gates 为世界首富，所以affluent 可能是“富有的”。

As a scientist, Edison is very famous for his contrivances.根据常识，Edison为发明大王，他应因“发明”而闻名于世。

The snake slithered through the grass.根据有关蛇的生活习性的知识，我们可以推断出slither的词义为“爬行”。

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