人教大纲版2011届高三二轮专题复习讲义阅读理解题型突破（四）

——词义猜测题

1．词义猜测题的提问方式

(1)The word “...” refers to/probably means________.

(2)The underlined word “...” could best be replaced by________.

(3)What do you think the expression “...” stands for?

(4)By saying “...” we mean________.

(5)“...” as used in the passage can best be defined as________.

(6)Which of the following words can take the place of the word “...”？

2．词义猜测题的解题策略

(1)利用“同义关系”猜测词义

①被考查的词汇在文章中往往被同义词、同位语、定语从句等来解释或限定,根据这些词可以很容易猜测词义。

②作者常常会用be,mean,refer to,in other words,that is (to say)等指示性词或词组来对某一词或词组进行解释,那么所给生词和指示词后的含义相同。