高考阅读微技能训练猜词技巧

1、高考阅读微技能训练 1-猜测词义一、利用上下文猜测词义definition and explanation:1. skimming means looking over a passage quickly to get the main idea before you begin to read it more carefully. the word “skimming” means _.2. ecology can be defined as a branch of biology that deals with the habits of living things, especially

2、 their relation to their environment. the word “ecology” means _.3. that man will live for ever; hes immortal. the word “immortal” means _.4. they are vertebrates, that is, animals that have backbones. the word “vertebrates” means_. examples and classification:5. select any of the periodicals: time

3、magazine, news week, readers digest or the new yorker. the word “periodicals” means _.6. household appliances, especially tv sets, washing-machines and tape-recorders are not selling well these days. the word “household appliances” means _.comparison and contrast:7. there were no fillip seats availa

4、ble, so they were forced to buy expensive ones. the word “fillip” means _.8. food is to man what manure to crops. the word “manure” means _.9. mother was tall, fat, and middle aged. the headmaster was an older woman, almost as plump as mother and much shorter. the word “plump” means _.description:10

5、. the workers life were wretched. they worked from morning to night in all kinds of weather, earning only enough money to buy their simple food and cheap clothes.the word “wretched” means _.repetition of concepts or sentence structures11. he sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute

6、 or so before i understood anything. even then all i could make out was that someone called milly had had a very bad accident. i hadnt the slightest idea who she was but i obviously had to go.the phrase “make out” means _.二、利用语法知识猜测词义1. the researchers made great progress in the early 1970s when the

7、y discovered that oncogenes, which are cancer-causing genes, are inactive in normal cells. “oncogenes” means_.2. the period of adolescence, the period between childhood and adulthood, may be long or short, depending on social expectations. the word “adolescence” means _.3. most of us agreed; however

8、, bill dissented. the word “dissented” means _.4. there are two types of fat: external fat (fat under the skin) and internal fat (fat inside the body wall). the word “external” means _. the word “internal” means _.5. careful and thoughtful readers always think about what they are reading, trying to

9、interpret explain and understand the ideas presented in a reading passage.the word “interpret” means _.三、利用常识猜测词义1. the door was so low that i hit my head on the lintel. the word “lintel” means _.12. -how do you know weve bought a tv set?-i saw an antenna on the top of your house. the word “antenna”

10、 means _.3. a fish breathes in water with gills. the word “gills” means _四、利用构词法知识猜测词义1. if you can spare two or three hours a day, break them up into some periods to avoid brain overload. the word “overload” means _.2. unlike the western competitors, chinese exhibitors dont give away a lot of freeb

11、ies during exhibitions. the word “freebies” means _.3. the athlete cheated in the olympic games by taking some forbidden drugs. his behavior was a dishonor to his country. the word “dishonor” means _.practice:1. the days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. ent

12、er the red hat society - a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.“my grandmothers didnt do anything but keep house and serve everybody. they were programmed to do that,” said emily cornette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old red hat society.the word “chapter” means _.a. one bran

13、ch of an organization b. a written agreement of a clubc. one part of a collection of poems d. a period in a societys history2. lack of parent willpower may contribute more to juvenile obesity than under-exercising or overeating.research suggests that having overweight parents is a big influence upon

14、 a child s weight, with one study finding that children with overweight parents were four times more likely to be overweight themselves.the phrase “juvenile obesity” means _.a. adult education. b. childhood overweight.c. parents influence. d. growing pains.3. “but,” said kim, “ i feel that since you

15、 are my superior, it would be presumptuous of me to tell you what to do.”“im not asking you to tell me what to do, but what you think we could do. to make suggestions. i employed you because i respect your experience in this field, but you are not communicating your thoughts to me.”the word “presump

16、tuous” is closest in meaning to_.a. full of respect b. too confident and rudec. lacking in experience d. too shy and quiet4. william shakespeare said, “the web of our life is of a mingled yarn (纱线), good and ill together.” the above brief review of the application of only one part of human activitie

17、s-science seems to prove what shakespeare said. but does it have to be so? must the ill always go together with the good? are we biologically programmed for war?the word “mingled” most probably means _. a. simple b. mixed c. sad d. happy22225. rainforests like the amazon are important for mopping up

18、 co from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming. currently the trees in the amazon take in around 500 million tons of co each year: equal to the total amount of co giving off in the uk each year.the phrase “mopping up” means _.a. cleaning up b. taking in c. wiping out d. giving out6. do y

19、ou know what a “territory” is? a territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims as its own. only he and his family are welcome there. no other families of the same species are welcome. your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome.what is a bird

20、s “territory”? _.a. a place where families of other species are not accepted.b. a place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.c. an area for which birds fight against each other.d. an area which a bird considers to be its own.7. being considered a leader in our society is indeed of high pra

21、ise. leadership means power, commands, respect and, most important, encourages achievement. unlike vitamin c, leadership skills cant be easily swallowed down. they must be carefully cultivated.different from popular belief, most good leaders are made, not born. they learn their skills in their every

22、day lives. but which do they develop? how do they get others to follow?the word “cultivated” roughly means _.a. encouraged b. compared c. examined d. developed8. “waves are one of nature s ways of picking up energy and then sending it off on a journey. when waves come toward the shore, people can se

23、t up dams to block the water and send it through a large wheel called a turbine ( 涡轮机 ). the turbine can then power an electrical generator to produce electricity.the phrase “picking up” is closest in meaning to _.a. starting again b. speeding up c. gathering d. improving9. the plants are about one metre apar