问题二:缺乏猜测生词的能力【问题描述与分析】按照考纲要求,高考的阅读文章允许有 3%以内的生词。这就需要考生尽可能利用这些词所处的语境来猜测词义。高考阅读理解中比重最大也是比较基础的题型就是词义猜测和细节理解题,这类题是考生争取的重点,它要求考生快速而准确地获取信息,从而拿到最基本的分数。考生最常见的问题就是见到生单词就头脑发蒙,无法从已知信息中找到有用的线索,从而造成失分。【例 1】 I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “relish” in the second paragraph? (2010·全国Ⅰ卷)A.choose B.enjoyC.prepare for D. carry on解析:有些学生连 particularly 也不认识,直接发蒙无法正确猜测。本段画线词的语境说,作者不太喜欢漫长的列车旅途,于是准备了许多本杂志,由此判断画线词的含义是B。她觉得这样的长途火车旅行是很枯燥的,她不喜欢。答案:B【例 2】 That’s why slight differences in conversational style—tiny little things like microseconds of pause-can have a great effect on one’s life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems -even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.The underlined word “assertiveness” in the last paragraph probably means________。(2010·北京卷)A.being willing to speak one’s mindB.being able to increase one’s powerC.being ready to make one’s own judgmentD.being quick to express one’s ideas confidently解析:本词的前面有个 register 对于很多考生也是生词,导致学生无法猜测词义。根据本段对这位女士的描述可以得知她的问题出在哪里,因此 D 项符合题意。答...