这期我专门谈一下词汇题到底如何来做的问题。我们尽量在考试前背好单词,但依然可能存在这样的问题:我们在考试现场考的词汇不认识,在这种情况下我们如何解决呢?其实很好解决,因为文章上下文是有关系的,我们可以利用上下文的关系来直接去判定,这样我们就可以在不认识的情况下把题目做出来了或者认识这个词但考的是一个生辟的含义情况下把含义猜出来。首先我们要认出词汇题,这个相信不难大家都会判断,TOEFL的词汇题考是都是近义词,题目常见的问法如下:the word(or phrase) X is closest in meaning to ……,the word(or phrase) x could be best replaced by
看清题型后寻求解决方法--阅读上下文,找到关系常考的关系如下:
1)直接反义—该词前或后出现的内容提示我们是反义关系。从中文看逻辑会看的更清楚,我们先举个中文的例子:丽丽是个---人,相反她是一个内向的人。从后面的内向可以推出前面应该是个外向之类的词。所以我们要关注的是 rather than instead unlike contrast on the contrary.
For example: The main conflict in the novel is between a mother who places a high value on hard work and honor and a son who repudiates his mother’s values instead preferring the easier path to fortune and celebrity
问题:the word repudiates in the passage in closest in meaning to __ A) refuses to accept B) lives up to C) tries to understand D) makes the best of
2)利用并列关系去判定: 并列关系词如下:and not only ..but also as…as and both … and either… or neither… nor 我们先举个中文例子看看: 丽丽和俞敏洪老师跳舞就好比美女与__跳舞。答案一定是正面的而不象少数同学内心比较阴暗认为答案是野兽.正确答案是帅哥.
For example:She embarked on her career by working as a newspaper reporter in Wisconsin and soon began writing novels.
问题: The phrase embarked on in this sentence is closest in meaning to A) took a trip to B) started out on C) improved upon D) had a opinion about
我们可以从前后关系判定,首先我们看到一个词career职业生涯—care(关心) er(人)—关心这件事情的人,从事这个职业. 我们在这句中看到关健词 and 其后出现soon began告诉我们前后方向是一致的,前面也必然和began有关,所以本题目的正解是B。 3)解释关系:后面的句子或短词,单词来解释前面的词常见的标志词:contribute to be responsible for account for since therefore for because in which
For example: The oxidation of exhaust gases is one of primary sources of the world’s pollutions. The brown haze that is poised over some of the world’s largest cities is properly called photochemical smog.