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专题十二 词义推断阅读 81
专题十二 词义推断阅读
对应学生用书起始页码 P234
一、根据上下文的解释判断词义
I am Peter Hodes,a volunteer stem cell courier. Since
March 2012, Ive done 89 trips—of those, 51 have been abroad.
I have 42 hours to carry stem cells(干细胞) in my little box be⁃
cause Ive got two ice packs and thats how long they last. In all,
from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor(捐献者)
to the time they can be implanted in the patient, weve got 72
hours at most. So I am always conscious of time.
I had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in
America. I picked up the stem cells in Providence, Rhode
Island, and was meant to fly to Washington then back to London.
But when I arrived at the check⁃in desk at Providence, the lady
on the desk said: “Well, Im really sorry, Ive got some bad news
for you—there are no flights from Washington.” So I took my box
and put it on the desk and I said:“In this box are some stem cells
that are urgently needed for a patient—please, please, youve got
to get me back to the United Kingdom.” She just dropped every⁃
thing. She arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for
me, re⁃routed(改道)me through Newark and got me back to the
UK even earlier than originally scheduled.
For this courier job,youre consciously aware that in that box
youve got something that is potentially going to save somebodys
life.
Which of the following can replace the underlined word
“courier”in Paragraph 1?
A.provider B.delivery man
C.collector D.medical doctor
【方法解读】 词义推断题有多种解题方法,其中最重要
的方法之一就是根据上下文的解释和说明来判断目标词的
词义。 设题词一般是一个生词,但是,在该词的上下文中,我
们一定可以找到对该词的解释内容,从而猜测词义。
本文中,设题的词 courier 是一个生词,但是,文章后面的
故事表明“我”的旅行就是运送干细胞,从而可以判断出该词
的词义就是“delivery man”, 意为“运送之人”。
二、根据上下文的特殊关系词判断词义
Henrietta Lacks was born in 1920 in Virginia and
raised on a tobacco farm. She married her cousin, David Day and
later settled in Turner Station where Day worked at a steel mill.
After giving birth to her fifth child, she was diagnosed with cervi⁃
cal cancer. She was treate