阅读猜词技巧讲与练

高考阅读理解—词义猜测解题技巧

Strategy I: 利用经验和常识猜词

1. Birds fly with their wings, and they pick up their foods, and then eat them with their beaks and they use their claws for tearing, seizing, pulling or holding objects. “beak” here means ______________.a bird’s mo uth

2. Most of the roses are beginning to wither because of the cold. “wither” refers to ______________.dry up and die

3.In the old days, when girls from rich families were married to their husbands, they expected to bring with themselves with plenty of dowry. 嫁妆

4.The snake slithered through the grass.爬行

总结：利用经验和常识猜词，例如：Young Hoover died. Over a thousand people attended his funeral.

分析：通过“年轻的Hoover去世了”，根据我们的常识猜测出一千多人参加的应该是他的“葬礼”

真题演练：

1.（福建卷）Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming.

The phrase “ mopping up” in the paragraph means______.

A. cleaning up

B. taking in

C. wiping out （消灭）

D. giving out B

2.“The promise was that you could use less chemicals（化学药品）and boost production. But neither is true.”said Bill Christison. (2011陕西）

What does the underlined word “boost” probably mean?

A. control

B. evaluate (估计，评价)

C. obtain

D. increase D

Strategy II: 根据文中的定义猜生词。

1.Barometers are used to measure the pressure of the air in order to help judge probable changes in the weather or to help calculate the height above sea level. 气压表

2．A calendar is a list of the days, weeks , months of a particular year. 日历

3．Sociology is the term used to describe the scientific study of human society. 社会学

4．(2013新课标II)And for chocolate snobs, who think that they have a better knowledge of chocolate than others.

5．It will be very hard but also very brittle---that is ,it will break easily.易碎的

总结：有些文章，特别是科技文章，通常会对一些关键词给予定义，我们可以利用定义来猜测这些词的意思。释义法就是根据文章中的字里行间，对生词以定语（从句）、表语甚至用逗号、破折号等标点符号引出并加以解释说明的方式。

Strategy III: 利用事例猜生词。

1．The doctor is studying glaucoma and other diseases of the eye．青光眼

2．Boys and girls may learn about such virtues as selflessness, courage, discipline, and love of one’s country.美德; 德行; 价值; 长处

3．There are many consequences of global warming ,higher temperature for example.结果，成果

4．With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and ipad, people often do not take the effort to visit one another personally. 小玩意; 小配件; 小装置;

总结：为了说明或证实，文章中经常会举例，往往用来列举说明前面较难理解的词，这些例子可帮助我们猜测生词。举例时，常常会用一些连接性的词，如：such as, like, for example, for instance等。

Strategy IV: 利用重复解释或根据同位关系进行判断.

1．Mr. Smith always arrives home punctually，neither early nor late．按时地，准时地

2．…，and other Germanic and Nordic peoples，who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon（or Old English），a Germanic language．

a tunnel（隧道）connecting England and France，is now complete．通道(channel+tunnel) 英吉利

4．The purpose of the campain is to catch“ringers”,students who takes tests for other students.抢手

总结：为了强调某个观点或把某事叙述得更明白，作者有时运用不同语句来复述同一概念，这时可以利用这些重复和