阅读理解猜测词义

Practice
1. In 2005 , after the fall of the Taliban（塔利 班）,which had outlawed TV, 1 in 5 Afghans had one. A. allowed B. banned C. offered D. refused
2. When he reached the place with his army, he found an impassable river in front of him.
•Ignore them and continue reading •Guess the meaning
猜测词义 读懂文章
猜测词义： 单词的猜测能力是阅读理解能
力的主要组成部分，历年高考都把这一项作 为考生应该掌握的一项阅读技能列入试题
近三年高考英语（广东卷）阅读理解考点分布
年份
2011年 2012年 2013年
What does “囧” mean？
今天好囧啊， 等了半天打不到的士。 囧：无奈，郁闷，尴尬
槑：很呆，很天真，傻到家了
If you come across new
words when reading,
? What will you do
•Look them up in the dictionary
勿忘我 (4)Today it’s his turn to empty the rubbish. 倒空
特征：
1、利用前缀和后缀构成新的单词 overwork, dissatisfied
2、利用合成两个意义不同的词组合构成新 的单词 forget-me-not 3、利用转变单词的词性构成新的单词
empty
4. The underlined word “…” means ______.
......
猜测词义的方法？
语境法
Context
猜测词义
构词法 Word formation
一、构词 (o1v)eOr过ve分rw的o、rk过m量ay法的c＋auwsoerdki＝seoavseersw.ork“工作过度”。
方法探究二： 转折或对比
Mrs. Smith is loquacious while her husband
is the silent type.
A. 活泼的
B. 好动的
C. 多嘴多舌的 D. 可爱的
归纳技巧2： 转折或对比
Tips：
but, yet, however, while, unlike, otherwise（否则），in spite of , despite（尽管）, though although, even though, instead (of), rather than（而不是）, on the other hand, on the contrary（相反）， by/in contrast（对比）, …
pass→passable→impassable
adj. 无法通行的, 无法通过的
二、语境法
?
方法探究
方法探究一： 定义描述
He is a resolute man. In other words, once he
makes up his mind to do something, he won’t
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 close to the meaning of ______.
3. What do you think the expression “…” stands for?
事实细节
11 10 11
词义猜测
1 2 2
推理判断ຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidu
6 6 4
主旨大意
1 2 3
对考纲外生词的猜测
Many United Nations employees are polyglots: Mr. Jim, for example, speaks five languages fluently. “polyglot” most probably means “_______________.”
对短语和句义的猜测
• The phrase “around the corner” in Paragraph2 means__________.（A篇阅读27题）
• By saying “the brain at any age is highly plastic”, the writer means _____.
give it up halfway.
The underlined word means____.
A. strong
B. determined
C. kind
D. clever
归纳技巧1： 定义描述
Tips:
means, refer to（指代…）, be defined as(定义 为）, in other words, that is , that is to say（也 就是说…）, 定语从句…..
对考纲内熟词新义的猜测
…Miss Watkins was a nobody. She was a drifter. No fa mily, no close friends. … The underlined word “nobody” in the second paragraph is close to the meaning of ________
(2)There was a dissatisfied look in the manager's eyes. dis “不” + satisfied“满意的”=dissatisfied “不满意 的”。
(3) Saint Valentine‘s Day is a time of happiness for lovers．Boys like to give girls flowers as presents．On that day，he came to see me with a forget-me-not in his hand．