Welcometomyclass!閱讀理解技巧之猜測詞意2009年考試說明中關于閱讀理解的要求

本部分共分兩節，測試考生的英語閱讀理解能力。要求考生讀懂書、報、雜志、網絡中關于一般性話題的文字材料以及公告、說明、廣告等（生詞量不超過3％），并能從中獲取相關信息。考生應能：１、理解主旨要義；２、理解文中具體信息；

３、根據上下文推斷生詞的詞義；４、作出簡單判斷和理解；５、理解文章的基本結構；６、理解作者的意圖和態度。How

toguessthemeaningsofwords

Ways

ofGuessingWords一.Explanation（解釋）二.Context（上下文）三.Word-formation（構詞）四.Examples（例子）五.Commonsense（常識）

eg：Itwillbeveryhardbutalsoverybrittle

---thatis,itwillbreakeasily.

eg：Modernmedicinebeganwiththestethoscope,amedicaltoolusedforlisteningtothemovementsofaperson’slungandhisheartbeats.

一、Explanation易碎的，脆弱的聽診器利用文章中用不同的話對同一概念的解釋，猜測詞義。信號詞：be,becalled,means,bedefinedas，thatis,等等，標點符號有：——等◎Apersonwhoisskilledatmakingorrepairingwoodenobjectsiscalledacarpenter.◎Hisuncleisazoologist,anexpertwhodoesresearchonanimals.◎Theherdsman,wholooksaftersheep,earnsabout650yuanayear.◎Weareonthenightshift---workingfrommidnightto8a.m.---thisweek.木匠

動物學家

牧人夜班Ex.1

carpenter,zoologist,herdsman,nightshifte.g.

Johnusuallywastesalotofmoneyonsuchuselessthings,hiswife,however,isveryabstemious.goone.g.ThoughTom’sfacehasbeenwashedquiteclean,hisneckstillremainsgrubby.1.對比關系污穢的,邋遢的有節制的,節約的

◎Inthepasttheworldseemedtoruninanorderlyway.Now,however,everythingseemstobeinastateofturmoil.◎Ifyouagree,write“yes”;ifyoudissent,write“no”.◎Somehumanactionsarelearned,butquiteafewotheractionsareinnate.◎Althoughalargenumberofpeopleconsideredhimtohavestolenthemoney,Iwassurethathewasinnocentofthetheft.混亂

無辜的天生的不同意Ex.2

turmoil,dissent,innate,innocente.g.Motherwastall,fatandmiddle-aged.Myauntwasanoldwoman,almostasplumpasmother,andmuchshorter.圓胖的,豐滿的

e.g.Thenewtaxlawsupersedesorreplacesthelawthatwasineffectlastyear.取代,接替,撤換Ex.3

symptoms,volatile,shivered◎Oneofsymptomscausedbythiskindofillnessisahighfever.◎Becausethischemicalliquidishighlyvolatile,wemustkeepitinabottlewhichhasatightlid.◎Inthestrongwind,thebeggarshiveredwiththeterriblecold.

癥狀易揮發的顫抖，哆嗦3.因果關系:信號詞：如because，as，since，for，so，thus，asaresult,so…that,such…that，therefore等表示前因后果。e.g.Rubbercanbemadetostretchmorethanninetimesitsnormallengthbecauseitisvery

elastic.e.g.Theriverisso

turbid

thatitisimpossibletoseethebottomevenwhenitisshallow.有彈性的混濁的◎SinceIcouldnotaffordtopurchasetheoriginalpainting,Iboughtareplica.Aninexperiencedeyecouldnottellthedifference.◎He’ssuchashrewdbusinessmanthathelosesnomoneyinanytrade.◎Shewantedthehairdressertotrimherhairabitbecauseitwastoolong.復制品精明的

修剪Ex.4

replica,shrewd,trim

1.Withtheirshiningbrowneyes,waggingtails,andunconditionallove,dogscanprovidethenonjudgmental

listenersneededforabeginningreadertogainconfidence.unconditional:nonjudgmental:無條件的，絕對的沒有判斷力的根據構詞法：三.Word-formationeg：Theyoverestimatetheinterviewee'sabilityandaskedhimmanydifficultquestions.在overestimate詞中over-是前綴，意為“過分”。因此overestimate的詞義可以猜測為“過高估計”的意思。猜一猜:

minicar postwar

supermarket

preschool

recall

irrelative

nonstandarddisloyalunlockco-workeroveractivevicepresident

微型汽車戰后超市學前回憶,回想無關系的不標準的不忠誠的開鎖合作者過分活躍副總統eg:Metalexpandswhenheatedandcontractswhencooled.

eg:Whenyouthrowastoneintostillwaterofalake,youwillwatcha

ripplespreadinringsonthesurfaceofwater.五.Commonsense膨脹，擴大收縮，縮小波紋，細浪1.Inolddays,whengirlsfromrichfamiliesweremarriedtotheirhusbands,theyexpectedtobringwiththemselvesalargequantityofdowry.

Mostoftherosesarebeginningtowither

becauseofthecold.

3.Whenadoctorperformsanoperationonapatient,heusuallygivesananaesthetic

tomakehimunconscious,becausehedoesnotwanthispatienttofeelpainortoknowwhatishappeningtohim.

Ex.5

dowry,wither,anaesthetic嫁妝枯萎麻藥Letusdosomeexercisestoconsolidateit.Thistimewewillhaveagroupcompetition.Thegroupwhowinswillgetasurprisefromme.

DiscussionExercisesLet‘shaveagroupcompetition小試身手Albert’ssuccessaftermucheffortandpracticeprovesthevalueofpersistence.

2.Allhisattemptstounlockthedoorwasfutile,becausehewasusingthewrongkey.3.ThoughMr.Smithhasbeenmanagerforjust3months,hehasalreadymademuchgreaterachievementsthanhispredecessors.

祝功成你!A.timeB.competitionC.perseveranceA.成功的B.徒勞的C.有效的D.匆促的A.上級B.前任C.同事D.下級7.Theofficialaskedthemanwhathisoccupationwas.Themantoldhimthatheworkedasanengineer.

8.Thosenewcomerswerenotusedtothelifeinthesuburbswhichwassodifferentfromthatinsidethecity.9.Youcantakeanyoftheperiodicals:TheWorldofEnglish,ForeignLanguageTeachinginSchool,orEnglishLearning.

祝功成你!小試身手A.workB.studyC.nameD.interestA.townB.capitalC.countryD.houseA.dictionariesB.story-booksC.magazinesD.newspapers10.Theflowersinthevasewitheredbecausetheyhadnowater.

11.Justforfun,theydecidedtotryaverycircuitouscountryroadinsteadofthemoredirecthighway.

12.Thatmuseumissoimmensethatitwillbeimpossibletoseealltheexhibitsinoneday.

祝功成你!小試身手A.becamesweeterB.becameredC.becamedryA.directB.indirectC.straightA.smallB.largeC.dullNowlet’strysomeexamplesinthepassages.Herearesomeexamplesintheexams.Trytoguessthemeaningsoftheunderlinedwordsinthefollowingpassages.

Hereisanexamplefromthetestpaperofthe2008finalexams.分析：此題考查考生猜詞的能力。青少年太早來到學校上課，就坐在桌旁打盹。而且我們知道“nod”有點頭的意思。根據常識，打盹的時候會情不自禁地垂下頭。eg：

ABrownUniversitysleepresearcherhassomeadviceforpeoplewhorunhighschools:Don’tstartclassessoearlyinthemorning.Itmaynotbethatthestudentswhonodoffattheirdesksarelazy.Anditmaynotbethattheirparentshavefailedtoenforce(確保)bedtime.Instead,itmaybethatbiologicallythesesleepyheadstudentsaren’tusedtotheearlyhour.49.Theunderlinedphrase“nodoff”mostprobablymeans“_______”.turnaroundB.agreewithothersC.fallasleepD.refusetowork

Hereisanotherexamplefromthetestpaper.分析：此題考查考生猜詞的能力。根據上下文原則里的并列關系，我們通過一個and可以斷定apprehensive跟nervous是同義詞。

eg：Aheart-warmingstorytellsofawomanwhofinallydecidedtoaskherbossforaraiseinsalary.Alldayshefeltnervousandapprehensive.Lateintheafternoonshesummonedthecouragetoapproachheremployer.Toherdelight,thebossagreedtoaraise.54.Theunderlinedwordinthesecondparagraphmostprobablymeans______A.worriedB.eagerC.certainD.afraid

Hereisanotherexamplefromthetestpaper.分析：此題考查考生猜詞的能力。根據解釋定義原則，我們通過下文對cuisine這個詞的補充解釋，來判定它的基本意思為食物。

eg：Eachregionhasadistinctivelocalflavor.Here,we’dliketointroducethebestofChinesecuisine.Now,theremightbeChineserestaurantsalmosteverywhereintheworld,butIcouldn'tthinkofabetterplaceortimetoshowthecharmofitthanattheBeijingOlympics.41.Theunderlinedwordinparagraph1mostprobablymeans______A.cookerB.cookC.foodD.tradition

Hereisanotherexamplefromthetestpaper.分析：此題考查考生猜詞的能力。根據解釋定義原則，我們通過下文對leg這個詞的補充解釋，來判定它的基本意思為這個biketour的一部分，不要誤選A。

AbiketourandracewillbeheldonAug26and27.At5:30am,theriderswillleaveTiananmenSquareandridethefirst35kmasatrainingleg.Thenthenext55KmlegfromYanjiaotoJixian,willbethefirstcompetition.

Theunderlinedword“leg”probablymeans_______.A.

raceB.practiceC.partofthetrainingD.partofthetour

Homework:Domoreexercisesonyourpaper.ReadingComprehensionThankyouforyourattentionBye-bye！eg：Oneofthepredominantconcernstodayisthefutureofournaturalresources.Thisissueisofgreatestimportancebecauseitisbecomingcleartomanypeoplethatourpresentresourceswillnotlastforever.

文中“predominant”的詞義可猜測為具有與“ofgreatestimportance”相近的意思。

eg：Pantomimereferstoashortplayinwhichnowordsarespoken．手勢,啞劇,舞劇eg：Cleaningupwaterwaysisanenormous

task.Thejobissolarge,infact,thatthegovernmentmaynotbeabletosavesomeoftheriversandlakeswhichhavebeenpolluted.文中“enormous”的詞義可猜測為與“large”的意思相近。

eg：Unlikehergregarioussister,Janeisashyperson,whodoesnotliketogotoparties,ortomakenewfriends.

根據文中“unlike...”的意思，可將gregarious理解為與文中“ashypersonwhodoesnotliketogotoparties,ortomakenewfriends.”相反的意思，即：表示“好交際的”。eg：Theoldmanputonhisspectacles

andbegantoread.

spectacles的詞義，從下文“戴上‘spectacles’后開始閱讀”可以猜得其詞義“眼鏡”。eg：Someartistsplantheirpaintingsaroundgeometric

formslikesquares,circlesandtriangles.geometricforms的意思，可從文中所列舉的三角形，正方形、圓形來猜得其意義為“幾何圖形”。

eg：Weweretoldthatour'swasthemostspaciousroominthehotel.Thatwaswhywehadtopaysomuchforit.Spacious是由詞根space(空間)+ious(形容詞后綴)構成。由此我們可以猜得其大概意思為“有空間的，寬敞的”。

gooneg：Americanbusinessmenexpectemployeestobepunctual.Theydonotexpectthattheworkerswillcomelate.文中bepunctual的意思，可理解為“notcomelate”，即“準時，不遲到”。e.g.MrSmithlovestotalk,andhiswifeissimilarlyloquacious.

顯然，similarly是個語境線索，它暗示loquacious意為lovetotalk。-er-or-ian-ist-ese-ess后綴,構成可數名詞猜一猜:solutionsolvedruggistdrugelectricianelectricgreatnessgreatreminderremind構詞法-ment-tion-ness-sion-ery-ing后綴,構成抽象名詞-al-ble-ern