(完整版)阅读理解之猜测词义老师版

Exercises for guessing the meaning

I. Guess the meaning of the underlined parts and write down in the blanks. Mark the information which is useful to guess the meaning. （Yesterday's homework）

No. 1. （2011湖南卷）（如在家里一样舒适的，家常的）

Owned by a local couple, this Persian restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that many restaurants lack.

No. 2.（必需品）

A cellphone is a must for today's older workers instead of young people.

No. 3. （2011年湖南卷A篇）（引人注目的，重要的）

Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customers, especially those experienced in the delights of Middle Eastern cooking. 1

No.4. （who is ••下定义，木匠）

A person who is skilled at making or repairing wooden objects is called a carpenter .

No. 5 （or,同义同位，B）

"Background music, or ' Muzak ' , can be used by marketers to impose cultures ---- such as the commercialisation of Christmas--- onto consumeer and influence their behavior, " experts said.

“Muzak" now refers to.

A. a company

B. a kind of music C a song D. an instrument

No. 6 （because因果关系+常识，A）

Pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots（嫩芽）,or young leaves of trees.

The word " pruning " means

A. Regular cutting （修剪）of the plants

B. Frequent watering

C. Regular use of chemicals

D. Growing the plants high in the mountain

No. 7 （like,举例归纳，C）

Positive thinking stories can create change in a person. Whether you 're struggling through a

pernicious habit like smoking or drug taking, or you are finding it hard to get out of an abusive （虐待的）relationship, reading success stories from people whohave experienced what you 're going through can help encourage you to finally change the things that you don 't like about yourself.

What does the underlined word pernicious " mean?

A. Mental

B. Healthy

C. Harmful

D. Lifelong

No. 8 （ 05广东卷）（对比转折unlike, D ）

Unlike vitamin C, leadership skills can 't be easily swallowed down. They must be carefully cultivated.”

The underlined word roughly means.

A. encouraged

B. compared

C. examined

D. developed

No.9 （but,对比转折B）

Plants were expected to get larger with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but changes in temperature, humidity, and nutrient availability seem to have trumped the benefits of increased carbon dioxide," said researchers from the National University of Singapore.

The underlined word trumped "in the first paragraph can be replaced by.

A. increased

B. beaten

C. strenghthened

D. equaled

No. 10 （上下文提示，C）

His family still holds a controlling stake （控股权）in The New York Times. He was a strong

believer in family ownership of newspapers. He once joked: My conclusion is simple. Nepotism

works.”

What does the underlined word Nepotism " probably refer to?

A. Friendship

B. Politics

C. Family ownership

D. Freedom of speech

No. 11. （2011年湖南卷B）（代词回指，上下文，A）

He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war.

For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He said it_was because of the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s.

The underlined word it "in Paragraph 6 refers to the father . ' s

A. weak heart

B. taking a shore job

C. failure to return to sea

D. injury caused by a torpedo

No. 12（常识；日食）

China will see the longest solar eclipse in 500 years on July 21, a scientist Wang said on Saturday.

The total eclipse will last up to six minutes, and it is the longest eclipse that can be seen in China in almost years from 1814 to 2309, " he said.

II. Read the following strategies of guessing the meaning. Find the proper strategy for each example and write the correspondent letter in the brackets. （Yesterday ' s homework）

A. Definition（定义描述）:一般通过定义，定语（从句）或同位语（从句）

信号词：be, be called, means, be defined as破定义为）,that is （to say）, in other words,—（破折号），to put it another way引出一些具体的解释性的短语解释生词。

B. Contrast （对比转折）：利用文中的反义词以及表对比关系的词（词组）

信号词:yet, but, while, though, however, otherwise, on the one hand ••- on the other hand, for one thing••- for another, instead; instead of , rather than , unlike, on the contrary 等。

C. Similarity （同义同位）:利用同义词，近义词（词组）或相似的结构

信号词: or, like, as, as-- as, the same as

D. Cause & effect （因果关系）：从原因推测结果，从结果推测原因

信号词：because, since, as, for, due to, owing to, on account of, thanks to, so, therefore, thus, so…that, such…that;

E. Examples （举例归纳）:利用文中的举例猜测词义

信号词：for example/instance, such as, like, include, consist of ;