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高考英语阅读思路分析与解题方法-- 猜词 词义理解题常见的题型有: The author uses the word “…” to mean ____. The underlined word (phrase, term) “…” means _____. According to the passage, the word “…” properly means _____. The word “…” in paragraph … refers to ____. By “…”, the author means _____. which of the following is closest in meaning to “…”? What is “…”? 1.定义法： 一般通过定义、定语（从句）或同位语（从句）来确定词义。信号词：be, be called, means, be defined as ,that is, that is to say,in other words,----- (破折号)等. It will be very hard but very brittle — that is , it will break easily. The herdsman , who looks after sheep, earns about 650 yuan a year. A mosquito is a small flying pest that thrust the skin and then drink blood. Desert can be defined as a large area of land where there is not enough rain and vegetation to support human life. A person who is skilled at making or repairing wooden objects is called a carpenter. His uncle is a zoologist, an expert who does research on animals. They are vertebrates, that is , animals have backbones. The period of adolescence , i.e. the period between childhood and adulthood ,may be long or short. 【实战练习】 “Getting the cold shoulder” means that some one is actually in a way that makes you feel unwanted. The very words create a picture: You can imagine a friend turning away so that, instead of a warm greeting, you receive only his shoulder– a “cold” shoulder. The expression “getting the cold shoulder” means ____. being treated rudely by paying no attention to you greeting you friendly greeting you by rubbing shoulders with you feeding you cold meat 2.对比法：利用文中的反义词以及表对比关系的词（组）猜测词义。表示对比的信号词有yet, but,while ,though however, otherwise, on the one hand…on the other hand, for one thing…for another thing, instead of 等。 Though Tom’s face has been washed quite clean, his neck still remains grubby. John usually wastes a lot of money on such useless things, his wife, however, is very thrifty. In the past the world seemed to run in an orderly way. Now, however, everything seems to be in