高考阅读微技能训练 猜词技巧

高考阅读微技能训练1---猜测词义

一、利用上下文猜测词义

Definition and Explanation:

1. Skimming means looking over a passage quickly to get the main idea before you begin to read it more carefully. The word “skimming” means ______________.

2. Ecology can be defined as a branch of biology that deals with the habits of living things, especially their relation to their environment. The word “ecology” means _______________.

3. That man will live for ever; he’s immortal. The word “immortal” means ______________.

4. They are vertebrates, that is, animals that have backbones. The word “vertebrates” means_____. Examples and Classification:

5. Select any of the periodicals: Time Magazine, News Week, Reader’s Digest or the New Yorker. The word “periodicals” means ________________.

6. Household appliances, especially TV sets, washing-machines and tape-recorders are not selling well these days. The word “household appliances” means ______________. Comparison and Contrast:

7. There were no fillip seats available, so they were forced to buy expensive ones. The word “fillip” means _____________.

8. Food is to man what manure to crops. The word “manure” means _____________.

9. Mother was tall, fat, and middle aged. The headmaster was an older woman, almost as plump as Mother and much shorter. The word “plump” means ____________.

Description:

10. The worker’s life were wretched. They worked from morning to night in all kinds of weather,

earning only enough money to buy their simple food and cheap clothes.

The word “wretched” means ___________.

Repetition of concepts or sentence structures

11. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood

anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn’t the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.

The phrase “make out” means ____________.

二、利用语法知识猜测词义

1. The researchers made great progress in the early 1970’s when they discovered that oncogenes, which are cancer-causing genes, are inactive in normal cells. “Oncogenes” means__________.

2. The period of adolescence, the period between childhood and adulthood, may be long or short, depending on social expectations. The word “adolescence” means ____________.

3. Most of us agreed; however, Bill dissented. The word “dissented” means ____________.

4. There are two types of fat: external fat (fat under the skin) and internal fat (fat inside the body wall). The word “external” means __________. The word “internal” means ___________.

5. Careful and thoughtful readers always think about what they are reading, trying to interpret

― explain and understand ― the ideas presented in a reading passage.

The word “interpret” means _________.

三、利用常识猜测词义

1. The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel. The word “lintel” means __________.

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