高考英语阅读理解的猜词技巧

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　　猜词义，是指在阅读过程中根据对语篇提供的信息、行文逻辑、背景知识及语言结构等的综合理解去猜测或推断某个生词、难词、关键词的词义。英语词语的意义非常丰富，语境不同，词义也就不同。所以解决此类题目要掌握一定的猜词策略。

　　-根据上下文语境进行猜测

　　一个单词或词组的确切含义是和它所处的上下文语境分不开的，所以我们可借助上下文语境对需要猜测的词或短语进行合乎逻辑的推测。

　　例1.(2002年全国卷，B篇)“Organic produce is always better，”Gold said.“The food is free of pesticides(农药)，and you are generally supporting family farms instead of large farms.And more often than not it is locally(本地)grown and seasonal，so it is more tasty.”Gold is one of a growing number of shoppers buying into the organic trend，and supermarkets across Britain are counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business.

　　62.What is the meaning of “the organic trend”as the words are used in the text？

　　A.growing interest in organic food

　　B.better quality of organic food

　　C.rising market for organic food

　　D.higher prices of organic food

　　分析：由最后一句话可知，越来越多的人购买organic food，说明人们越来越看好organic food。致使全英国的超市增加了organic food business，以期望有更多像Gold这样的人前来购买。因此答案为A。

　　-根据同义、反义关系进行猜测

　　在文章中，当词或短语之间有并列连词and或or时，其前后的两项内容在含义上是接近的或递进的，由此我们可以确定同等关系中的某个生词所属的义域。如happyandgay即使你不知道gay的意思，也能猜出其意为“快乐的”。

　　例2.(2003年全国卷，C篇)Fermats Last Theorem(定理).First put forward by the French mathematician Pierrede Fermat in the seventeenth century，the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds，including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem，and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecole Polytechnique.

　　65.Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word “baffle” as it is used in the text？

　　A.To encourage people to raise questions.

　　B.To cause difficulty in understanding.

　　C.To provide a person with an explanation.

　　D.To limit peoples imagination.

　　分析：由句中不难看出Fermat的定理使得最具数学头脑的科学家绞尽脑汁(beat)，并且在句中beaten和baffled由and连接，处于同等并列关系，据此推断出baffle为“使困惑、难倒、难以理解”的意思。故答案为B。