英语高考阅读理解之猜测词义.ppt

Here is an example from the test paper of the 2008 final exams. 分析：此题考查考生猜词的能力。青少年太早来到学校上课，就坐在桌旁打盹。而且我们知道“nod”有点头的意思。根据常识，打盹的时候会情不自禁地垂下头。 幻灯片 38 eg： A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren’t used to the early hour. 49. The underlined phrase “nod off” most probably means “ _______”. turn around B. agree with others C. fall asleep D. refuse to work ? Here is another example from the test paper. 分析：此题考查考生猜词的能力。根据上下文原则里的并列关系，我们通过一个and可以断定apprehensive跟nervous是同义词。 eg：A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon she summoned the courage to approach her employer. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise. 54. The underlined word in the second paragraph most probably means______ A. worried B. eager C. certain D. happy ? Here is another example from the test paper. 分析：此题考查考生猜词的能力。根据解释定义原则，我们通过下文对cuisine这个词的补充解释，来判定它的基本意思为食物。 eg：Each region has a distinctive local flavor. Here, we’d like to introduce the best of Chinese cuisine. Now, there might be Chinese restaurants almost everywhere in the world, but I couldnt think of a better place or time to show the charm of it than at the Beijing Olympics. 41. The underlined word in paragraph 1 most probably means______ A. cooker B. cook C. food D. tradition ? Here is another example from the test paper. 分析：此题考查考生猜词的能力。根据解释定义原则，我们通过下文对leg这个词的补充解释，来判定它的基本意思为这个bike tour的一部分，不要误选A。 A bike tour and race will be held on Aug 26 and 27. At 5:30 am, the riders will leave Tiananmen Square and ride the first 35 km as a training leg. Then the next 55 Km leg from Yanjiao