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阅读5 之词义猜测题
词义猜测题解题规律——“垫脚石”法
垫脚石法：利用文章的出现的垫脚石来得出词义
常见的提问方式：underlined word/phrase/expression
1、举例的词：for example、such as
比如：我喜欢吃balabla 比如：苹果、葡萄、香蕉。请问blabla 是什么意思？
2、表示因果关系的词：because、so、as a result、 so that
比如：She loves reading all kinds of books. She didn’t hear what you said because
she was completely engrossed her reading.
请问：engrossed 是什么意思？？
专注、放弃、厌恶、漠视
3、选项的上下文出现的近义词或者反义词。（这种方式考得非常多，所以一定
要注意！猜不出来夺取上下文反复找找）
比如：这个人很blabla，我那天看见了他，简直长得让人震碎三观，就跟车祸
现场似的。
请问：blabla 是什么意思？
可爱的、清新的、丑的、巨大的
4、利用文章的中心主旨和逻辑关系来选！
The complex (复杂的) steps make it hard to hand down the folk art.
She said “ I hope more and more young people enjoy the folk art and pass it down”
请问：hand down 是什么意思？
传承、提高、酷爱、放弃
5、利用词根词缀选
比如：inexpensive 是什么意思？
比如：safeguard 是什么意思？
6、利用文章对这个词的解释来选。比如：定语从句、同位语、破折号、引号
定语从句：
The herdsman, who looks after sheep, earns bout 650yuan a year.
请问：herdsman 啥意思？
商人、工人、牧人、农民
例题1
Anyway, we went on our way to the lions‘ place where we had to lock ourselves
in the car as we knew lions could be dangerous. A lion came up very close to us. The
next thing we knew ，it was on the bonnet （车盖）.It looked calm but we felt
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terrified. Aunt Emily，who isn't very brave, started to call for help. The kids started
crying. Only my brother,George,stayed cool.I sounded the horn（喇叭）but nobody
heard us.
(1)What does the underlined word “terrified” probably mean?
A.excited
B.bored
C.interested
D.scared
表示转折关系信号词：but，yet，however，while，instead of，rather than 等
表示因果关系信号词：because，for，so，therefore，as a result 等
例题2
London has a lot of famous museums, and the most popular one among them is
the Science Museum in London. It is the most friendly museum in London. As is
known to all,shouting and running are not allowed in most museums，and touching
the exhibits （展品）is also forbidden. But the Science Museum in London is
different. It is noisy! People talk about what they can see and do here, and there are
some very noisy machines as well.If you want answers to any of your questions about
science, this is the right place for you.
(2)The underlined word “forbidden” means in Chinese.
A.允许
B.禁止
C.欢迎
表示同义或近义信号词：and, or, like, as well, too, also, either, similarly, just
as, just like 等
例题3
A group of students from Zhejiang University have successfully developed an “air
hand-washing machine＂. The machine uses an infrared ray induction system（红外
线感应系统），which can feel the presence of our hands. If it feels there are
hands， the water with the air will come from the tap.And it has been proven that it
is nearly as effective as traditional hand-washing. It uses only ten percent of the water
that regular hand-washing does. The students have even set up a company to
introduce the product to the public.
(3)The underlined word “presence” means
A.形状
B.存在
C.距离
D.影响
