专题 1高考英语知识阅读理解词义猜测题解题技巧.ppt

;猜测词义; 词义猜测题常用的提问方式有： 1. The word “…” refers to / probably means / could best be replaced by _______. 2.The word “…” is most likely to mean ______. 3. What do you think the expression “…” stands for? 4. The underlined word “…” means ______. ......;1. Definition 定义法; It will be very hard but very brittle — that is , it will break easily.; ●信号词：be, be called, means, be defined as ,that is, that is to say,in other words,----- (破折号)等. 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.;Ex. 1 ◎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.;“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.;2. Contrast 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.;Ex. 2 ◎In the past the world seemed to run in an orderly way. Now, however, everything seems to be in a state of turmoil. ◎Some human actions are learned, but quite a few other actions are innate. ◎Although a large number of people considered him to have stolen the money, I was sure that he was innocent of the theft.;Most of us agreed, however, Bill dissent