阅读微技能 猜测词义 在阅读过程中根据背景知识、上下文语境等猜测生词词义是真实语言活动中的一项重要技巧,也是高考阅读理解中必考的题型
考生应学会通过定义、同位、对比、因果、同义、反义、构词及上下文线索等确定生词的词义
一、常见的设题形式:1
The underlined word “
” in Paragraph
most probably means “_____”
The underlined phrase in Paragraph
most probably means “_____”
What does the underlined phrase “
” in Paragraph
probably mean
The word “
” in the middle of the passage is closest in meaning to “_____”
The underlined word “
” in Paragraph
can best be replaced by “_____”
The word “
” is most likely to mean “_____”
二、词义猜测题的解题策略 做这种类型的题,要根据词、词组、句子所处的语境来判断其意义
因此熟练掌握一些猜词技巧是做好这类题的关键
以下是常用的几种猜词技巧:1
根据定义或解释猜测词义 有时作者在文章中对一些重要的概念、难懂的词汇等往往会用定义、定语从句、同位语、举例以及标点符号等形式进行解释和说明,这就给学生提供了很好的猜词线索
定义与释义的信号词:如:to be, be called, mean, be defined as, refer to, that is, or, namely, that