• The phrase “ mopping up” in the paragraph means______.
• A. cleaning up B. taking in • C. wiping out D. giving out
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• 真题演练：
• “The promise was that you could use less chemicals and boost production. But neither is true.” said Bill Christison. (2011陕西）
the weather or to help calculate the height above
sea level.
气压表
2．利用事例或解释猜生词 。例如：
The doctor is studying glaucoma and other
diseases of the eye． a kind of disease of the eye 青光眼
a）…，and other Germanic and Nordic peoples， who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon（or Old English），a Germanic language．
b）… The "Chunnel"，a tunnel（隧道）connecting England and France，is now complete．
2. Most of the roses are beginning to wither because of the cold. “wither” refers to __d_r_y_u_p_a_n_d_d_i_e__.
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• 真题演练：
• （福建卷） Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming.
• What does the underlined word “boost” probably mean?
• A. control B. evaluate C. obtain D. increase
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Strategy II:
Language context & 源自ogical Connection
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• The word “address” in the second line probably means “______”. (2011 辽宁） 对考纲内熟词新义的猜测
• The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to “_______”. (2011福建） 对代词的猜测
英语高考阅读理解解题策略之
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2012年高考大纲中关于阅读理解的要求
• 要求考生读懂书、报、杂志、网络中关于一般 性话题的短文以及公告、说明、广告等，并能 从中获取相关信息。考生应能：
• １、理解主旨要义； • ２、理解文中具体信息； • ３、根据上下文推断生词的词义； • ４、作出判断和推理； • ５、理解文章的基本结构； • ６、理解作者的意图、观点和态度。
refers to …
(2011 湖南、福建等）
• 4. By saying…, the author means to say that…
th
( 2011 浙江)
• 5. The underlined sentence in… paragraph implies/ refers to/ means …(2011江西、天津等）
对考纲外生词的猜测
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常见的猜测词义题设问方式
• 1. The underlined word is closest in meaning to
the word…?
(2011广东等)
• 2. We can learn from the underlined part…
that…
(06辽宁)
• 3. The underlined word ”it” in paragraph…
1.根据上下文/语境解释作出判断 2. 3.2.利用逻辑关系进行判断
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（一）根据上下文/语境解释做出判断：其方法主要有：
1．根据文中的定义、解释猜生词 。例如：
Barometers are used to measure the pressure of
the air in order to help judge probable changes in
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Useful strategies 猜词技巧
• Strategy I: Common sense 常识
1. Birds fly with their wings, and they pick up their foods, and then eat them with their beaks and they use their claws for tearing, seizing, pulling or holding objects. “beak” here means _a_b_i_r_d_’s_m_o_u_t_h___.
3．利用重复解释的信息猜生词 。例如：
Mr. Smith always arrives home punctually，neither
early nor late．
按时地，准时地 9
4．根据同位关系进行判断：
阅读中出现一些难词，有时后面就是一个同位语，对前 面的词进行解释，这种解释有时也用连词“or”连接。 此外，也可根据定语从句来进行判断。
• By “we were all beside ourselves”, the writer means that they all_______. (2011浙江） 对句义的猜测
• The underlined word “spin-off” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to _______. (2011江西）