高考英语阅读词义猜测.doc

阅读专题二. 英语阅读词义猜测 一、???通过对其定义推测出它的词义。常用“to be called, to mean, to refer to, that is (to say), in other words, namely”等词语来提示。还有一些标点符号，如：冒号、破折号、括号等都表示后文要解释前文。如： 1. The schools are reluctant to take time off --- even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off. (06福建A) kind B. unwilling C. free D. careless 2. Here is the Pines, whose cook has developed a special way of mixing foreign food such as caribou, wild boar, and reindeer with surprising sauces. (04 福建E) Place in which you can see many mobile homes Mountain where you can get a good view of the valley Town which happens to be near the Banff National Park Restaurant where you can ask for some special kinds of food It will be very hard but very brittle-- that is, it will break easily. fragile B. soft C. weak D. strong 4. The herdsman, who looks after sheep, earns about 650 yuan a year. ( ) 二、 通过前面或后面出现的反义词或对比词语推知生词的意思。体现对比关系的词主要有but, yet, however, while, unlike, instead, on the other hand, on the contrary, in contrast with等。标点符号分号也可表示对比。如： 1. Lack of parent willpower may contribute more to juvenile obesity than under-exercising or overeating.（05 天津 D） adult education B. childhood overweight C. parents’ influence D. growing pains 2．We tried to borrow white shirts everywhere so as to take part in the evening party. But we tried in vain. Every one of us looked disappointed at the bad news. A. in surprise B. uselessly C. in silence D. usually 3. She is usually prompt for all her classes, but today she arrived in the middle of her first class. A. late B. slowly C. punctual D. quickly 4. My mind was in a million different places. Thanks to the strict training, Bell is now no longer nervous and a lot more confident. A. She was absent-minded B. She was nervous C. She was excited D. She was curious. 5. The?main?point?of?the?plan?is?clear?to?me,?but?the?details?are?s