1).He began to shave his whiskers, which had grown thick on both cheeks.胡须
2). He takes a special interest in botany which concerns the study of pla植nts物. 学
• According to the author the word "..."means __________. • By word "..." the author means __________. • Which of the following is nearest/ closest in meaning to "..." ?
（punctual 与 over 10 minutes late 形
成鲜明的对比。“守时的”）
善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
Many United Nations employees are polyglots; Mr Simoson, for example ,speaks five languages fluently.
B.beautiful words
3. He lived a hard life in pre-liberation days.
A. before liberation
B.after liberation
liberation
C. since
4. The first thing Jim did when he got off the train was to look for a porter.
TIPS
•Words, like people, are frequently known by the company they keep. A word’s context or surroundings, can provide clues to meaning.
善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
A.one who sells tickets
B. taxi
C. one who carries luggage(行李）
Exercise 1
--To tick off the correct choice from A,B,and C.
1. Charles asked the bank for a small
善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
He was a prestidigitator who entertained the children by pulling rabbits out of hats, swallowing fire, and other similar tricks.
变戏法的人
5.修饰性线索(词，短语，从句）
smelled.
感觉不到的
3).Desert can be defined as a large area of land where
there is not enough rain and vegetation to support
human life.
沙漠
善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
Mr Smith loves to talk, and his wife is similarly
漫步
3.反义词线索(yet, but ,unlike, however, while ,not…but, instead, on the contrary, in contrast, rather than)
1.Unlike the United States, where many different nationalities make up the population, Japan’s population is quite
通晓多种语言的人 4.例证性线索
(for example, for instance, such as, like etc.) Cars must have certain safety devices such as
设备 seat belt, headlights, and good brakes.
第二专题 抓住主题思想
• 主题思想是作者在文章中要表达的核 心内容，也是作者始终要说明的问题。
loquacious
多话的
2.同义词线索 (or ,like, similarly，also )

Doctors believe that smoking is detrimental to your health. They also regard drinking as harmful.
有害的
1.Like her younger sister who is gregarious, Alice also likes to make friends.
loan so that he could repair his
house. A.sum of money B.load C. tool
2. One who is destitute has a great
need for food and clothing. A.very tall B.very poor C.very rich
英语复习 阅读技巧
高三英语备课组
一 猜测词义 二 抓住主题思想 三 进行推理和判断 四 确定作者的观点和态度
阅读中的生词问题
1.生词
生 词
2.熟词生用
3.一词多义
语 境 context 线 clues 索
所谓猜测词义,是指在阅读过程中根据对语篇的信息、 逻辑、背景知识及语言结构等的综合理解去猜测或推 断某一生词、难词、关键词的词义,它是一种非常有用 的阅读技巧,获得这种技巧之后,读者在阅读过程中能 很快通过上下文提供的线索或生词本身的结构特点推 断出词义来,从而提高阅读速度和阅读能力.
同类的
homogeneous.
2.Written language tends to be static, while spoken language constantly changes.
静止不变的
Mr.Wang is a gentleman who is always punctual for all his classes, but he arrived over 10 minutes late yesterday morning .
( 根据常识，在旧社会，有钱人家的姑娘出嫁当 然要带很多“嫁妆”）
（四）利用构词法知识
•英语中的构词法主要有三种： •（Derivation） 派生 •（Conversion） 转化 •（Compounding） 合成
-To select the definition of italicized word or phrase
1. Don’t listen to his nonsense. A. foolish talk; meaningless words C. clever talk; meaningful words
2. He misunderstood me. A.understood wrongly B.understood rightly C. understand truly
1．The people who survived the earthquake cried bitterly over the bodies of their relatives． 2．The pupils ass幸em存bled in front of the school hall．They came together to listen to the headmaster announce the result of the sports meeting．
（一）利用比喻关系
The hot-air balloon took off. It was buoyant in the air as a rose leaf in water.
(buoyant 为adj. 把热气球升在空中比作玫瑰花瓣
在水中“漂浮的”）
（二）利用因果关系
All his attempts to unlock the door was futile; because she was using the wrong key.
资金 3.In some countries where there is very little rain, the farmers have to irrigate, or water, their fields.
灌溉
善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
Some people like to walk quickly home, but I prefer to stroll home and look at the store windows along the way
(分号前为“果”，后为“因”。因为用错了钥匙， 所以“开门”的一切尝试都失败了。“无效的，徒劳
（三）利用生活常识
In old days, when girls from rich families were married, they expected to bring with themselves a large quantity of dowry.
3. The flowers in the vase withered because they had no water. A.became sweeter B.became red C.became dry
4. Just for fun, they decided to try a very circuitous country road instead of the more direct highway.