如何猜测句子中生词的意思
一个句子中难免出现一两个生字。在这种情况下，不必马上查字典，只要根据上下文的关系，就可能猜测生字的意思了。 下面这些例子，值得大家参考：
⒈利用括号内的解释，如： ① The power of the tribune (one million people read it every day) is enormous. 什么东西能吸引 100 万人来阅读呢？既然这东西吸引了 100 万人，它必定神通广大。这么一来，“enormous”的意思，也不问而知了。
② To write, you need a sharp tool and a quick mind (the first of which can be easily obtained from a book store). 这里的“sharp tool”是“利器”吗？不是，括号内注明这利器可以在书店买到；显然，这就是“笔”了。
⒉利用名词同位语，如： ③ The epidermis, the outer layer of skin, protects us from germs. 这里的“the outer layer of skin”是名词“epidermis”的同位语。既然如此，“epidermis”指的当然是“皮肤的外层”了。
⒊利用句中的代替词，如： ④ What can the government do in order to alleviate or lesn
the problem of inflation? 这里的“lesn”和“alleviate”同义。“Lesn”的意思是 “减少”；“alleviate”的意思不是很明显了吗？
⒋利用字的构造，如： ⑤ Jason is a language specialist. “Special”是“unusual”（不寻常的）之意；后缀“-ist”指人。“Specialist”就是“不寻常的人”；也就是“专家”之意。
⒌利用比较词语中的含义，如： ⑥ The army, numerous as the sand in the a, marched forward fearlessly. “军队”的人数有如海中的沙石；“numerous”的意思不就是“ 很多”吗？
⒍利用逻辑性的推理，如： ⑦ With such a meagre vocabulary, you should work hard to learn more new words. 既然必须用功增加词汇，就是词汇不足。“Meagre”的意思应该是“不足”或“贫乏”了。
⒎利用字的定义，如： ⑧ By an array of dots, I mean an orderly arrangement of dots in columns and rows. 从句中的定义看来，“array”的意思不就是“有秩序的排列” 吗？
⒏利用句中的例子，如： ⑨ Apply an antiptic, such as alcohol, on the skin. “酒精”（
alcohol）可以防毒；“antiptic”准是“消毒药”了。
⒐利用句子中的“重点词”，如： ⑩ The children sat under the shady old elm, while the birds were singing overhead on its branches. 从重点词“shady”（遮阳）和“branches”（树枝），不难猜到孩子们所处的环境，“elm”肯定是一种树，不可能是洋房或凉亭。
高考备考阅读理解中的猜词技巧
1. The ruler had been so cruel and dishonest that after the revolution she was
banished. A few members of the Senate oppod this decision, but the majority voted that the ruler should leave the country forever.
A. killed by stoning B. nt away
C. imprisoned D. punished by whipping
2. The prisoner emed to relax but actually he was thinking hard, while his hand
moved so slowly that the movement was imperceptible. It was only when the keys accidentally fell from the table that the guard suddenly realized that the prisoner’s hand had almost reached them.
A. hardly noticeable B. heavy-handed
C. not capable of fast or immediate action D. a matter of habit
3. Mrs. Morgan’s son was intelligent and charming, but his continual extravagance
made her wonder if she could continue to support him. Each month she was going deep into debt, attempting to pay for his expensive purchas.
A. superior manner
B. wastefulness or carelessness in spending money
C. showing too great concern for current fashions
D. insults to family or clo friends
4. Twelve-year-old Sally was an active girl, while her sister was quite date.
A. pretty B. calm C. protective D. energetic
5. I wanted to stay in New York, but my friend tried to dissuade me.
A. deceive B. frighten C. talk out of it D. accompany
6. Albert’s success after much effort and practice prove the value of persistence.
A. time B. competition C. perverance D. beginning again
7. He felt very lonely; he had lived in Baltimore City for a month and had met no one in the inhospitable city.
A. unfriendly B. uncomfortable C. unhealthy D. enormous
8. I found a cluded area where no man or animal could be en for miles around.
A. cool B. isolated C. quiet D. noisy
9. The archaeologist spent years studying and arching for remains of the Chine civilization.
A. one who studies the mind B. one who studies cultures
C. one who studies the body D. one who studies animals
10. CARDIFF, Wales (De, 15) – Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling. “It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions, and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.” Ambro said.
A. controlled by rich people B. grasped by good storytellers
C. taken good care of D. protected by kind people
11. Eleven people were wounded, veral riously. When the two gunmen walked into the crowded Rising Sun Pub in Greysteel, some 120 kilometers northeast of Belfast, carr
ying guns. It is said that they went near a frightened teenage girl and made the old “trick or treat” greeting that children world-widely u to get sweets from their neighbors. “I don’t think that’s funny.” She replied, then she was shot down.
