阅读理解―词义猜测题Step 1: Warming-up---guess the meanings of the underlined words.1. The company’s profits are decreasing year by year due tomismanagement.2. She did not hear what you said because she was completelyengrossed in her reading.3. If you agree, write “Yes”; if you dissent, write “No”.4. It will be very hard but also very brittle —that is, it will breakeasily.Step2: 词义猜测题基本方法：___________; __________●构词法1. Valentine’s Day is a time of happiness for lovers. Boys like togive girls flowers as presents. That day, he came to see me witha forget-me-not in his hands.2. When he reached the place with his army, he found animpassable river in front of him.构词法通常考虑_________和_____________●语境法常利用以下技巧➢利用同义（向）关系：and，also，or（或者）…3. Doctors believe that smoking cigarettes is detrimental to yourhealth. They also regard drinking as harmful.♦Which of the following words can replace “detrimental”? ____A. helpfulB. usefulC. harmfulD. meaningful4. Frequently it happens that a place has two names: One is namedby the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits die hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.♦What does the underlined phrase “die hard” probably mean? ____A. Change suddenly.B. Change significantly.C. Disappear mysteriously.D. Disappear very slowly.➢利用对比或转折词5. Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefsdon’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales.After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated (积累) from thousands of years of experience in family health care.♦The phrase “hold water” most probably means“_______”.A. to be believableB. to be valuableC. to be admirableD. to be suitable6. Gray wolves once were seen here and there in the Yellowstonearea and much of the continental United States, but they weregradually displaced by human development. By the 1920s, wolves had practically disappeared from the Yellowstone area.♦What does the underlined word “displace” mean？_____A. TestedB. SeparatedC. Forced outD. Tracked down表示对比或转折的常见信息词有:______________________________ _______________________________________________________➢利用解释―定义、举例或同位语、定语从句7. The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or see eachother without even leaving their homes. With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and iPads, people often do not take the effort to visit one another personally.♦The underlined word “gadgets” is closet in meaning to ____A. toolsB. messagesC. barriersD. skills8. Without examinations, employers will look for employees from thehighly respected schools and from families known to them—a form of favoritism will replace equality.♦The word “favoritism” is used to describe the phenomenon that _______.A. bright children also need certificates to get satisfying jobs.B. children from well-respected schools tend to have good jobsC. poor children with certificates are favored in job marketsD. children attending ordinary schools achieve great success9. When Andrea Peterson got her first teaching job, she faced thedaunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.♦The underlined word “daunting” most probably means _____.A. discouragingB. interestingC. creativeD. unbearable表示释义或举例词语的信息词有:____________________________________________________________________________________➢利用因果关系10. One of the best varieties(apples) for eating quality is OleansReinette, but you’ll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so it’s a pipe dream for most apple lovers.♦What does the phrase “a pipe dream” mean? _____A. A practical ideaB. vain hopeC. A brilliant planD. selfish desire11. The TV set worked so beautifully when I first got it home that Iwould keep it on until stations signed off for the night. Fortunately,I didn’t get any channels showing all-night movies or I wouldnever have gotten to bed.♦Which of the following can best replace the phrase “signed off”?A. ended all their programsB. provided fewer channelsC. hanged to commercialsD. showed all-night movies表因果关系的信息词有：______________________________________ ______________________________________________________➢利用上下文: 上下文逻辑关系（结合其他技巧使用）代词指代关系（人称代词，指示代词，关系代词）12. “My friend said: ‘Now we believe your stories,’” Welty added,“And I said: ‘Now you know. These are the people that make mewrite them.’ ”“I don’t make them up,” she said of the characters in her fi ctionthese last 50 or so years. “I don’t have to.”♦The underlined word “them” refers to _______A. readersB. partiesC. friendsD. stories14. These super-thin sport shoes are causing a stir(骚动) in theworld of running and fitness. Why? Because some expertsbelieve they could make you a better, more efficient runnerand…♦The underlined word “they” in paragraph 2 refer to _______A. expertsB. feetC. shoesD. runners15. We were in Boston, a place not always known for smallconversation between strangers. The woman stopped uploadingher basket and looked at me. She smiled. It was a nicesmile--warm and reassuring--and I returned her gift by smilingback.♦What does the underlined p hrase “her gift” refer to? _____A. Her words.B. Her smile.C. Her flowers.D. Her politeness. Step3:词义猜测真题语篇练习P55 B篇；P102 D篇。