高中英语猜词题技巧整理版

1、定义或解释说明

1. be called… 3. means… 4. be defined as…to

We can feel acceleration, which is an increase in speed. But we notice it for only a short time. For example we feel it during the takeoff run of an airplane.

1. the underlined word acceleration means _______.

A. any kind of movement

B. the movement of a plane

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C. a steady speed

D. to make something mover faster

2、对比关系

1. but/however/yet/while…

2. otherwise/or/or else…

3. instead of though/as

◎John usually wastes a lot of money on such useless things, his wife, however, is very thrifty.

◎If you agree, write “yes”; if you dissent, write “no”.

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◎Although a large number of people considered him to have stolen the money, I was sure that he was innocent of the thing.

(2008江苏卷，A篇) We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy(敌人). However, we can also take control of it and make it our ally.

56. The underlined word “ally” in Para. 3 most likely means somebody or something that is ______.

A. your slave and serves you

B. your supporter and helps you

C. under your control and obeys you

D. under your influence and follows you

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3、因果关系

since/as/for/due to…therefore/thus/consequently……that/such…that

◎He’s such a shrewd businessman that he loses no money in any trade.

◎She wanted the hairdresser to trim her hair a bit because it was too long.

◎The river is so turbid that it is impossible to see the bottom even when it is shallow(浅的).

(2009安徽卷，B篇) Of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In fact, th ey are seen as “boats on land” for their ability to carry loads.

60. The words “boats on land” underlined in paragraph 2 refer to __

A．animals for taking goods

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B. creatures for pulling plows（犁）

C. treasures of the folk culture

D. tools in the farming economy

4、举例法

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1. such as/for example/ for instance

2. Like including 5. consist of

◎Cars must have certain safety devices such as seat belt, headlights, and good brakes（刹车）.

◎On the farm they mainly raise poultry, such as chickens, ducks and geese, for their eggs and meat.

(09福建卷，E篇) In his book, he had challenged readers to make deep cuts in personal emissions(排放物) to keep the world from reaching extremely important tipping points, such as the melting(融化) of the ice sheets in Greenland or West Antarctica.

73. The underlined words “tipping points” most probably refer to “_______”.

A. freezing points

B. burning points

C. melting points

D. boiling points

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5、重述

is ( to say )… 2. in other words/or…put it another way…

◎In some countries where there is very little rain, the farmers have to irrigate, or water their fields.

◎All whales consist of two groups, those with teeth and those without, Dolphins belong to odontoceti, that is to say, they are toothed whales.

6. 前后缀猜词

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1). 常见前缀

dis-/in-/non-/ir- 否定前缀re- 再… mini- 小

over- 过度super- 超过pre- 前

猜词：recall irrelative nonstandard disloyal

2).常见后缀

-er/-or/-ian/-ist/-ese …人

special a.特别的specialist n.专家

-able/-ful/-ish/-ern 形容词后缀

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reach v. 到达reachable adj.可获得的

-ment/-tion/-ture/-ness 名词后缀