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猜测词义技巧之-----通过上下文进行猜测( 学案 ) 班级__________ 姓名_______________ Step Ⅰ、Lead in (2011·C篇) …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 Step Ⅱ、Presentation “…” in the sentence could be replaced by _________. 2) The world “…” in the paragraph refers to ______. 3) What is the meaning of the underlined word in the paragraph? / What does the underlined word mean? 4) Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the phrase”…”? 5) The world “…” most nearly means ______ . 6) What do you think the expression “…” stand for? … ● 考点诠释 猜词是英语阅读的重要技巧，也是高考中常考的题型，在数量上通常至少有道题。考生 要学会“顺藤摸瓜”，通过定义、对比、因果、联想、上下文、构词等线索(各种已知信 息)确定词义。要求猜测词义的词一般为实词(动词、名词、形容词等)。就方法来说，主 要根据上下文线索和构词法。高考阅读文章中更侧重前者。近几年的分布题量分布： 2008 2009 2010 2011 1 1 1 1 ● 技巧点拨 【例1】 In slang the term jam constitutes a state of being in which a person finds himself or herself in a difficult situation. 词义：_______________ ★Skill 1： 通过__________________________（ 定义或释义关系 ）进行猜测 定义句的谓语动词多为：be , mean, deal with, be considered, to be, refer to, be called, be known as, define, represent等。 Practice : In fact，only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat , exist in the U.S. today, (NMET 2005浙江) 词义：_______________ 【例2】 1) They traveled a long way, at last got to a castle, a large building in old times. ___________ 2) We are on the night shift---from midnight to 8 a.m.---this week. ___________ 3) The “Chunnel”, a tunnel(隧道) connecting England and France, is now c