第17课时 词义猜测.pptVIP

* 阅读理解 第17课时 词义猜测 三 词义或句意猜测题中的词、词组或句子都是可以根据文章内容推知其含义的，这是命题的基本要求。不管是熟悉的单词，还是生词，我们都可以采用以下的方法：构词法(派生、合成、转化)，同义词或反义词，同位语或定义，解释性的词语(如that is, that is to say, or, namely, in other words)以及标点符号(如破折号、括号)引出的对该词的解释性词或句，或通过具体语境中体现出来的某种关系(如：因果关系、转折关系、同类关系、对比关系)，以及生活常识来猜测。 (2011·湖南卷) … The scientists used detailed genetic analysis to prove that the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant have been distinct species for several million years. The divergence of the two species took place around the time of the divergence of Asian elephants and woolly mammoths. This result amazed all the scientists. … 67. The underlined word “divergence” in paragraph 4 means “______”． A. evolution B. exhibition C. separation D. examination 【点拨】词义猜测题。根据语境所表达的关系来猜测。前一句the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant have been distinct species，后一句承接前句The divergence of the two species…可知。文中divergence of the two species指代前文the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant have been distinct species, divergence与distinct同义替换， 对应选项C。