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第四讲 词义猜测题
[设问方式把握]
词意类
①The underlined word/phrase...probably means/can be replaced by ________ .
②Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word/phrase...?
指代类
①What does the underlined word“this/that/it/they...”refer to?
②The underlined word“this/that/it/they...”refers to ________ .
句意类
①The underlined sentence in the...paragraph probably means ________ .
②What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph...?
[考查角度明晰]
(1)猜测生词或熟词生义;
(2)猜测短语的意义;
(3)猜测替代词所替代的内容(如it, one, they, this, that, these, those等);
(4)猜测句意。
[正确选项特征]
[干扰选项特征]
1.含义和其字面意思一般没有关系。
2.上下文逻辑通顺。
3.与原句意思最接近。
1.与所考词汇形似。
2.如果考的是熟词,含有常规词义的往往是错误选项。
3.句子解释中含有过多原句中已有的词和短语的选项一般是错误选项。
根据转折或对比关系进行猜测
◆[解题攻略]
有些需要猜测词义的词或短语前后会出现表示转折或对比的词语,运用这些词语也可以帮助猜测词义。能体现转折、对比关系的词汇很多,常见的有but,yet,however,while,unlike,instead (of),on the other hand,rather than,on the contrary等。
◆[小题夯基]
①A child's birthday party doesn't have to be a hassle ;it can be a basket of fun.
[解题示范] 从分号前后两句的意思可以看出,hassle和 a_basket_of_fun 是相反的意义,所以不难判断hassle的意思是“ 困难,麻烦 ”。
②She is usually prompt for all her classes,but today she arrived in the middle of her first class.
[解题示范] but 一词表示转折,因此but前后的意思正好 相反 。根据后半句的意思“她今天第一节课上了一半才来”,可得出她平时一向“ 准时 ”的结论。
③The players in the World Cup are professionals,while those who play in the Olympics must be amateurs .
[解题示范] 由于转折词“ while ”引导的两个分句前后意义相反,我们可推测出amateurs是professionals(专业人士)的反义词,意思为“业余人士,业余选手”。
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