英语猜词技巧练习.doc

Directions: Guess the meaning of each underlined word. The doctor is studying glaucoma and other diseases of the eye． The harbor is protected by a jetty—a wall built out into the water． Skimming means looking over a passage quickly to get the main idea before you begin to read it carefully． The early scientific study of chemistry，known as alchemy，grew up in Egypt in the first few centuries A．D． 5. A glacier is a river of ice. 6. The nation’s skies were temporarily closed to all air travel. Travelers remain frightened and are avoiding flying. 7. She is usually prompt for all her class, but today she arrived in the middle of her first class. 8. John usually wastes a lot of money on such useless things, but his wife is very thrifty. 9. The museum is so immense that it will be impossible to see all the exhibitions in one day. 10. The lack of movement caused the muscle to weaken. Sometimes the weakness was permanent. So the player could never play the game again. 11. The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel. 12. My uncle was a nomad, an incurable wanderer who could never stay in one place. 13. Procrastinators are people who have a chronic habit of putting things off，usually until the last minute and sometimes until it is too late altogether． 14. Insomnia is the inability of fall asleep or sleep restlessly． 15. More recently, scientists have documented an alarmingly high occurrence of frogs with malformations. 16. In the strong wind, the beggar shivered with the terrible cold. 17. Jean was born with spina bifida, a birth illness that damages the spine (脊骨). 18. Saint Valentine’s Day is a time of happiness for lovers．Boys like to give girls flowers as presents．On that day, he came to see me with a forget-me-not in his hand． 19. When he reached the place with his army, he found an impassable river in front of him． 20. The womans feet hurt, so she went to a podiatrist． 21. Mr. Smith always arrive home punctually