高考英语阅读策略——-词义猜测 南京市第九中学 夏正敏 一、根据下文，猜测词义，按要求填空。 (1) I suppose I was an avid reader of "literature" between the ages of nine and fourteen. I had enough time to be White Fang, Robinson Crusoe, and Bilbo Baggins and Jeeves. Of course there was room in the schoolboy's imagination for some real historical figures: Scott of the Antarctic, all of the Vikings, and Benjamin Franklin were good friends of mine. (2) Then, in adolescence, I began a long search for strange and radical ideas. I wanted to challenge my elders and betters, and stir up my peers with amazing points of view. Of course, the only place to look was in books. I hunted out the longest titles and the authors with the funniest names, I scoured the library for completely unread books. Then I found one which became my bible for the whole of 1982, it had a title composed of eleven long words and an author whose name I didn't know how to pronounce. It was really thick and looked serious. Even better, it put forward a whole world-view that would take days to explain. Perfect. I took it out of the library three times, proud to see the date-stamps lined up on the empty library insert. (3) Later, I went to university. Expecting to spend long evenings in learned discussion with clever people, I started reading philosophy. For some reason I never found the deep-thinking intellectuals I hoped to meet. Anyway, I was ready to impress with my good knowledge of post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism. These things are usually explained in rather short books, but they take a long time to get through. They were the end of my youthful reading. 单词 出处 词词义 1. 猜测依据 性 2. 猜测策略（上下文/构词法） stir up P2L2 1 peer P2L2 scour P2L4 bible P2L5 post-structuralism P3L4 高考英语阅读策略——-词义猜测 南京市第九中学 夏正敏 二、必答题：根据语境和构词法，选择最佳词义。 1.（2010江苏卷A篇） Some family names were made by adding something to the father’s name. English-speaking people added –s or –son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; The Roberts family’s ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the MacDonnells and the McDonnlls and O’Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell. The underlined word “descendants” means a person’s _______. A. later generation B. friends and relatives C. colleagues and partners D. later sponsors 2. （2009年江苏卷D篇 Water Beneath the Soil ） Surface water collects and flows above the ground in lakes, ponds and rivers. Once in the soil or rock，it is called groundwater. Gravity pulls groundwater through the soil in a process called percolation（渗透）. Eventually the water reaches a layer called the water table. Under this is bedrock through which water cannot percolate. As water percolates downward，it dissolves organic matter and minerals from the soil and carries them to deeper layers. This causes a serious problem because plants require these nutrients for growth. The underlined word “dissolve” is used to express the idea that organic matter and minerals from soil are . A. rushed away into the river B. cleaned and purified by water C. destroyed and carried away by water D. mixed with water and become part of it 3. （2014 江苏卷B篇） Say you intend to watch a football match but the tickets are expensive and it will take you a couple of hours to get to and from the stadium. Why not, you might reason, watch the game from home and use the leftover money and time to have dinner with friends? The “leftover„time” probably refers to the time______. A. spared for watching the match at home B. taken to have dinner with friends C. spent on the way to and from the match D．saved from not going to watch the match 4. (2014浙江卷A篇) Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New year’s Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, yes, but you have to put something in to it. What does the underlined word “something” most probably refer to? A. Money B. Gifts C. Financial success D. Good luck 2 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/d4d3afc8dd36a32d72758150.html