高考英语阅读指导：猜测词义.ppt

What are the main question designs? ◎ The biggest finding in brain research in the last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly plastic. If you ask your brain to learn, it will learn. And it may even speed up while in the process. By saying “the brain at any age is highly plastic”, the writer means the brain can be _____. A.used B. mastered C. developed D. researched What are the main question forms? How can we guess the exact meanings of the WORDS? 苏北四市2012届高三三模联考试题(C -65) ◎ …From time to time, according to his theory, passing ships and planes set off the crystal, which confuses their instruments and engulfs them into the ocean. 65. The underlined word “engulfs” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______. A. drops B. sucks/covers completely C. puts D. throws ◎ When he reached the place with his army, he found an impassable river in front of him. ◎ It’s true that lighthouse were built in out-of-the-way place. ◎ When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life? ◎ The biggest finding in brain research in the last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly plastic. If you ask your brain to learn, it will learn. And it may even speed up while in the process. By saying “the brain at any age is highly plastic”, the writer means the brain can be _____. A.used B. mastered C. developed D. researched ◎真题体验( 05广东卷) “Unlike vitamin C, leadership skills can’t be easily swallowed down. They must be carefully cultivated.” The underlined word roughly means ____. A. encouraged B. compared C. examined D. developed ◎真题体验(06陕西卷) The homeless people may have become jobless and then been unable to pay their rent and so no longer have a roof over their heads. In paragraph 2, “ a roof over their heads” most probably means ______. A. a cap B. a car C.