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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,阅读理解,第,26,课时 词义猜测题,四,1,体验高考,(2011,重庆卷,A,篇,),There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care.To water his flowers,he used two buckets.One was a shiny and new bucket.The other was a very old and,dilapidated,one,which had seen many years of service,but was now past its best.,56.What does the underlined word“dilapidated”probably mean?,A.Dirty.B.Dark.,C.,Wornout,.D.,Plainlooking,.,2,C,词义猜测题。根据,One was a shiny and new bucket.The other was a very old and dilapidated one.,可知一只桶是崭新的,而另一只是破旧不堪的。注意下文特别提到,The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes:before it reached the flowerbeds,much water had leaked along the path.,可知是漏水的,当然就破了。,思路点拨,体验高考,3,高考指南,猜词是英语阅读的重要技巧,也是高考中常考的题型。考生要学会,“顺藤摸瓜”,通过构词、定义、对比、因果、联想、上下文等线索,(,各种已知信息,),确定词义。要求猜测词义的词一般为实词,(,动词、名词、形容词等,),。就方法来说,主要根据上下文线索和构词法。高考阅读文章中更侧重前者。,4,高考指南,根据定义猜测词义,通过定义、定语从句,/,词组或同位语从句,/,词组等来确定词义。,1.,直接定义:如果生词是句子或段落所解释的定义,理解句子或段落本身就是推断词义。如:,In slang the term,jam,constitutes a state of being in which a person finds himself or herself in a difficult situation.,根据上下文的定义可知,jam,一词在俚语中的意思是“困境”。定义句的谓语动词多为:,be,mean,deal with,be considered,to be,refer to,be called,be known as,define,represent,等。,5,高考指南,根据定义猜测词义,2.,同位语:构成同位关系的两部分之间多用逗号连接,有时也使用破折号、冒号、分号、引号和括号等。需要注意的是:同位语前还常有,or,similarly,that is to say,in other words,namely,or other,say,i,e.,等副词或短语出现。,3.,定语从句:定语从句有时起着解释和说明的作用,据此我们可以推断出所修饰词的含义。如:,The,herdsman,_who,looks after sheep,earns about 650,yuan,a year.,定语从句中,looks after sheep,就表明了,herdsman,的词义为“牧羊人”。,6,高考指南,根据上下文及生活常识猜测词义,1.,根据对比关系猜测词义,在一个句子或段落中,有时对两个事物或现象进行对比性的描述,我们可以根据生词的反义词来猜测其词义。英语中表示对比关系的词汇和短语主要是,unlike,not,but,however,despite,in spite of,in contrast,和,while,引导的并列句等。如:,Andrew is one of the most,supercilious,men I know.His brother,in contrast,is quite humble and modest.,7,高考指南,根据上下文及生活常识猜测词义,该例中,supercilious,对许多人来说可能是个生词,但是句中短语,in contrast(,相对照的,相对比的,),提示我们,supercilious,和后面词组,humble and modest(,谦卑又谦虚,),是对比关系。分析出这种关系后,我们便能猜出,supercilious,意为“目空一切的,傲慢的”。,8,高考指南,根据上下文及生活常识猜测词义,2.,根据类比关系猜测词义,表示类比关系的词和短语主要有,similarly,like,just as,also,as well,等。如:,Green loves to talk,and his brothers are similarly,loquacious,.,该句中副词,similarly,表明短语,loves to talk,与生词,loquacious,之间为类比关系。以此可以推断出,loquacious,词义为“健谈的”。,9,高考指南,根据上下文及生活常识猜测词义,3.,根据因果关系猜测词义,在句子或段落中,若两个事物、现象之间构成因果关系,我们可以根据这种逻辑关系推知生词词义。如:,Tom is considered an,autocratic,administrator because he makes decisions without seeking the opinions of others.,根据原因状语从句的内容,我们可以推断出生词,autocratic,指“独断专行的”。,10,高考指南,根据上下文及生活常识猜测词义,4.,根据同义词的替代关系猜测词义,在句子或段落中,我们可以利用熟悉的词语,根据语言环境推断生词词义。如:,Although he often had the opportunity,Mr.,Tritt,was never able to steal money from a customer.This would have endangered his position at the bank,and he did not want to,jeopardize,his future.,作者为避免重复使用,endanger,一词用其同义词,jeopardize,来替代它,由此推知,jeopardize,词义为“使,陷入危险,危及、危害”。,11,高考指南,根据上下文及生活常识猜测词义,1.,我们可以根据上下文与生词密切相关的句子,对生词进行合情合理同时合乎上下文语境的推测。我们也可以根据生词后举出的有关例子进行适当归纳,猜测生词的词义。例如:,You can take any of the,periodicals:,_The,World of English,Foreign Language Teaching in Schools,or English Learning.,根据下文举出的英语杂志名称可知,,periodicals,是“期刊”之意。,12,高考指南,根据上下文及生活常识猜测词义,2.,有时仅靠分析篇章内在逻辑关系无法猜出词义。这时,就需要运用生活经验和普通常识确定词义。例如:,The snake,slithered,through the grass.,根据有关蛇的生活习性的知识,我们可以推断出,slither,的词义为“爬行”。,13,高考指南,根据构词法来猜测词义,英语单词的构成方法主要有三种,即复合法、派生法和转化法。英语单词大多是由词根、词头,(,前缀,),、词尾,(,后缀,),所组成。词根是单词最基本的部分,表达单词的基本含义。在词根前头或后头加上前缀或后缀,可以用来引申或转变原词的意义。只要我们掌握了各种词根、词头、词尾的基本含义,那么就可以很容易地猜测所构成的新词的含义了。中学英语中常见的前缀和后缀有:,14,高考指南,根据构词法来猜测词义,super(,超,),inter(,在,之间,),able(,能,的,),mini(,极少的,微型的,),,,micro(,极微小的,),re(,再,反复,),sub(,分支的,底下,),co(,共同,),post(,后,),pre(,前,),trans(,超越;转换,),under(,在,之下;低于,;不足,),hood(,状态;性质;时期,),ish,(,如,的;有点儿,的,);proof(,防,的;,不能穿透的,),scope(,景,),ship(,身份;资格;权力;性质,),some(,易于,的,),wards(,向,),mis,(,误;恶,),un(,不;非,),in(,不;非,),im,(,不;非,),dis,(,不,),non(,不;非,),,,less(,不;无,),anti(,反;防,),sino,(,中国,),。如:,He fell into a ditch and lay there,semiconscious,_for,a few minutes.,15,高考指南,根据构词法来猜测词义,根据词根,conscious(,清醒的,有意识的,),,结合前缀,semi(,半,部分的,不完全的,),我们便可猜出,semiconscious,词义“半清醒的,半昏迷的”。,16,高考指南,判断代词的确指对象,代词,that/it/they/them,所指代的内容多在这一句的前、后句中,(,特别是前句,),,或者前几个句子中,找到指代的内容后把它放在那个代词的位置上,看看这句话是否合理,与前面的内容是否一致,然后再判断它是否为正确答案。,17,
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