阅读理解词义猜测题解题技巧

The river is so turbid that it is impossible to see the bottom even when it is shallow.
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When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective.(04广东高考题）
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Exercise 2 污秽的 节约的
1. Though Tom’s face has been washed quite clean, his neck still remains grubby.
2. John usually wastes a lot of money on such useless things, his wife, however, is very thrifty.
B.It is important to make an effort C.It is right to stick to one’s belief.
D It is enough to do the necessary.
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（2015全国卷阅读C）
The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration(合作）with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.
(adj. 大的)
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因果关系
弹性的
混浊的
信号词: because, since, as, for, due to, so, therefore, so…that, such…that, thus
Rubber can be made to stretch more than nine times its normal length because it is very elastic.
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“Getting the cold shoulder” means that some one is actually in a way that makes you feel unwanted. The very words create a picture: You can imagine a friend turning away so that, instead of a warm greeting,
the poor. But it has become an important
marker of an affluent world city. 65. The underlined word “affluent” in the last
paragraph probably means ________.
(v. 不同意)
7. She is usually prompt for all her classes, but today she arrived in the middle of her first class.
A. on time B. late C. slowly D. quickly
3. __S_im_i_la_ri_ty_相__似_法_：利用___同_义_词_、 __近__义_词_（__词_组_）_ 或相似的结构猜测词义。
31. What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Artworks. B Projects
C. Donations D. Documents
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词义猜测题常用的提问方式有：
1. The word “…” refers to / probably means
B. greeting you friendly
C. greeting you by rubbing shoulders with you
D. feeding you cold meat
2. _C__on_t_ra_s_t_对_比__法_： 利用文中的反义词以及表对比关系的 词（组）猜测词义。
◎ Cycling was once a means of transport for
/ could best be replaced by _______. 2.The word “…” is most likely to mean
______. 3. What do you think the expression “…”
stands for? 4. The underlined word “…” means ______.
特别注意下列信号词：
●be, be called, means, be defined as ,that
is, that is to say,in other words,----- (破 折号)等.
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Ex. 1 木匠 动物学家 脊椎动物 ◎A person who is skilled at making or
One who is destitute has a great need for food and clothing.
(adj. 贫穷的,穷困的)
That museum is so immense that it will be impossible to see all the exhibits in one day.
Mother was tall, fat and middle-aged. My aunt was an old woman, almost as plump as mother, and much shorter.
代替
圆胖的,
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4_. _C_a_us_e____E_ff_ec_t_因__果_法_：从_原_因__推测 _结__果__，从_结__果__推测__原__因__。
The herdsman , who looks after sheep, earns about 650 yuan a year.
(n. 牧羊人) A mosquito is a small flying pest that
thrust the skin and then drink blood. (n.蚊子)
65. The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off” (in para.3) means that the colours
_______ D
A. attracted the customers strongly
B. had weak effects on the customers
阅读理解能力提高技巧
猜测词义
高三英语组
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Lead-in(导入)
（2014湖南卷阅读B） In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male
student who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort. One day, this approach threw me into embarrassment. In Mrs. Totten’s eighth-grade math class at Central Avenue School in Anderson, Indiana, we were learning to add and subtract decimals (小数). 61. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 indicate? A.It is wise to value one’s time.
you receive only his shoulder– a “cold” shoulder.
The expression “getting the cold shoulder” means ____.
A. being treated rudely by paying no attention to you
repairing wooden objects is called a carpenter.
◎His uncle is a zoologist, an expert who does research on animals.
◎They are vertebrates,that is ,animals have backbones.
A beautiful B. famous C. big D. wealthy
表示对比的信号词有yet, but,while ,though however, otherwise, on the one hand…on the other hand, for one thing…for another thing, instead of 等。
(adj. 巨大的;极大的)
当被猜的词前后有信号词: or, like , as…as, the same as等就可以通过同义词、近义词来确定词 义了。
The new tax law supersedes, or replaces, the law that was in effect last year.
C. tricked the customers into shopping
D. caused the customers to lose interest
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5. __E_xa_m__pl_e_例__举_法__：利用文中的举例 猜测词义。常见的举例的信号词有for
instance, for example, such as: such, like, especially, include, consist of 等
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1._D__ef_in_i_t_io_n_定__义__法__ ： 一般通过 _定_义__、__定__语_（__从__句__）__或_同__位__语__（_从__句__）来确定词义。
It will be very hard but very brittle — that is , it will break easily. (adj. 易碎的, 脆的)
5. Although a large number of people considered him to have stolen the money, I was sure that he was innocent of the theft.
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6.Most of us agreed, however, Bill dissented.
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混乱 天生的 无辜的
3.In the past the world seemed to run in an orderly way. Now, however, everything seems to be in a state of turmoil.
4.Some human actions are learned, but quite a few other actions are innate.
Cleaning up waterways is an enormous task .The job is so large, in fact, that the government may not be able to save some of the rivers and lakes which have been polluted.