四級考試閱讀理解技巧——怎樣回答閱讀理解中的詞匯問題(下)

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3. 利用文章中對詞的定義猜測詞義
    Example:
    Such experiences are not unusual for the amateur conchologists, people who collect shells.
    Conchologists的意思可以根據(jù)該詞后面的同位解釋"people who collect shells"理解為收集貝殼的人或貝殼收藏家。
    Example :
    Jack is now a florist, who keeps a shop for selling flowers in our district.
    "florist" 的意思就是其后定語從句"who keeps a shop for selling flowers 所描述的"擁有一家專門賣花的商店的人",即"花店主"
    4. 利用文章中對詞的舉例及解釋猜 測詞義
    Example :
    Today young couples who are just starting their households of ten spend lots of their money on appliances ,for instance ,washing machines , refrigerators and color TVs.
    通過所舉的例子(washing machines ,refrigerators and color TVs)
    可以看出,"appliances" 應是這些名詞的總稱,即"家用電器"。
    Example :
    Finally the enemy surrendered .They threw down their weapons and walked out of the home with their hands over their heads
    通過后一句對"surrendered"的解釋:扔掉武器(throw down their weapons ),舉起雙手(with their hands over heads )可知其意是"投降"
    5. 利用構詞法知識(前綴和后綴)猜測詞義
    Example :
    They overestimate the interviewee's ability and asked him many difficult questions
    "estimate"是"估計"的意思,"over-"是前綴,意為"過分,過度,超 過"等,因此"overestimate"就是"高估"的意思 。
    Example :
    We were told that ours was the most spacious room in the hotel .That was why we had to pay so much for it .
    "spacious"是由"space(名詞,空間)"+"+-ious(形容詞后綴 "變化而來的,因此,可猜測其詞義為"寬敞"。
    各種各樣的前、后綴可以構成名詞、形容詞、動詞、副詞等,這些詞綴需要平時不斷地積累和記憶。掌握構詞法知識是擴大詞匯量和猜測生詞詞義的辦法。。