1、轻松搞定推测 单词与短语题,李仕才,猜测词意题，直接考查对短文中某个句子、短语、 单词的语意的理解，有时是理解一个中学英语中没 有学过的生词，有时是理解在短文中具有特殊语意 的常见词，有时是分析代词所指代的是哪些名词。,一、试题特点,理解语意时一定要结合上下文的语境去理解，这也 是考查语意理解的真正目的。,语意理解题的干扰项往往使我们很难辨析，如果我 们的词汇量不够大，就会感到特别困难。,1. The word in paragraph refers to _. 2. The underlined word means _.,词义/句义猜测题常考问题:,3. The word could be
2、 replaced by _. 4. Which of the following words can take the place of ?,Every summer they take a test in each subject. Each test lasts about an hour. These exams dont count for much. Even if a student does really badly they still progress to the next year.,二、 举例说明,The underlined phrase “dont count f
3、or much” means .A. 难以计数 B. 不太重要 C. 期望不多 D. 数量不多,答案B.,1. 通过因果关系猜词，首先是找出生词与上下文之间 的逻辑关系，然后才能猜词。有时文章借助关联词 (如because，as，since，for，so，thus，as a result，of course，therefore等等)表示前因后果。,三、解题办法,He is so busy. He cannot afford enough time with his son _ he wants to.A. even ifB. as ifC. becauseD. before,2. 通过同义词和
4、反义词的关系猜词。,3. 通过构词法猜词。,例如：But sometimes，no rain falls for a long，long time. Then there is a dry period，or drought.,4. 通过定义或释义关系来推测词义,从 drought 所在句子的上文我们得知很久不下雨， 于是便有一段干旱的时期，即 drought，由此可见 drought 意思为“久旱“，“旱灾“。而 a dry period 和 drought 是同义语。这种同义或释义关系常由 is， or，that is，等来表示。,描述即作者为帮助读者更深更感性地了解某人或某物 而对该人或该物作出的外在相貌或内在特征的描写。,5. 通过描述猜词,例: The penguin is a kind of sea bird living in the South Pole. It is fat and walks in a funny way. Although it cannot fly，it can swim in the icy water to catch the fish.,从例句的描述中可以得知penguin是一种生活在南极 的鸟类。后面更详尽地描述了该鸟类的生活习性。,Have a nice day!,
