第1部分 专题1 第2讲 第3节 考点3 词义猜测题-【金版教程】2023高考英语大二轮专题复习冲刺方案全书word（新教材，创新版）

第三节　考点3　词义猜测题

指代判断题——“顺藤摸瓜”法

典例片段　(2022·江苏省七市高考二模)

It was an early blow to my self­confidence. I was attending my first group meeting in the lab as a postdoc, and I was pleased that I could follow most of the discussion. Then, in front of everyone, the professor turned to me and asked about my previous accomplishments. I froze. As a PhD student, I had achieved lots to be proud of. But all of those were in my home country of Brazil. Now I was in Washington. DC and I didn't know what the word “accomplishment” meant. So all I could say was “I don't know”．

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　What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．I didn't give a proper response in a lab meeting.

B．The paper I intended to publish did not materialize.

C．I was asked to speak more slowly because of my accent.

D．I reminded myself that I had potential.

①锁定内容：“It was an early blow to my self­confidence.”。

②明确句意：这是早期对我自信心的一次打击。

③分析文本：根据第一段中的“I was attending my first group meeting in the lab as a postdoc ... I froze.”以及“So all I could say was ‘I don't know.’”可知，作者作为博士后参加了实验室的第一次小组会议，教授问她以前的成就，她愣住了，没有给出合适的回答。这件事让她的自信心受到了打击。故选A。

词义猜测题——“线索追踪”法

典例片段　(2021·新高考Ⅱ卷)

I have worked as a keeper at the National Zoo for 11 years. Spot and Stripe are the first tiger cubs (幼兽) that have ever been born here. Globally, a third of Sumatran cubs in zoos don't make it to adulthood, so I decided to give them round­the­clock care at home.

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As they grew more mobile, we let them move freely around the house during the day, but when we were asleep we had to contain them in a large room, otherwise they'd get_up_to_mischief. We'd come down in the morning to find they'd turned the room upside down, and left it looking like a zoo.

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What do the underlined words “get up to mischief” mean in paragraph 3?

A．Behave badly.  B．Lose their way.

C．Sleep soundly.  D．Miss their mom.

①题干定位：由题干“get up to mischief”可定位到文中画线部分。

②锁定信息：画线部分下文“We'd come down in ... and left it looking like a zoo.”。

③分析推测：根据画线部分下文可知，老虎把整个房间弄个底朝天，由此推测，作者把老虎关在一个大房间里是因为它们会调皮捣蛋，表现不好。即画线部分意为“表现不好”。故选A。

  句意理解题——“意义吻合”法

典例片段　(2022·山西省高考一模)

(第四段)By 1982, he had owned six chemist's shops, when Bhikhu, a then financial analyst, joined him, adding some “financial discipline” to his company. Vijay says: “I simply couldn't have done it without him.” As he puts it, “Brought_up_under_one_roof,_we_understand_one_another_from_A_to_Z．”

Which can probably replace the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4?

A．We share something in common.

B．We know each other inside out.

C．We count on each other in career.

D．We two together create fire and water.

①题干定位：根据画线句定位至该段。

②联系前文：到1982年，他已经拥有了六家药店，当时的财政分析师