雅思阅读猜词练习的几大方法总结

 　　雅思阅读猜词技巧：

　　1.定义猜词。即在该词后面有用冒号或者破折号，进行进一步解释说明的。比如......this is rather like placing a textbook on a wet sponge: the weight squeezes the water out, causing both water and sponge to settle lower. 通过冒号后的解释sponge的意思就更为清楚了。

　　2.词根词缀法猜词。(关于词根词缀我会下面的博文中详细讲)

　　比如pre-表示前，领先的意思，那么prewar就是战前的意思。。。掌握一些常用的词根词缀对于扩大词汇量很有用处。

　　3.根据context，即上下文的意思来猜。

　　4.根据common sense猜，当然，同学要记住，不能用common sense 来做T/F/NG的题，这是雅思阅读的大忌。

　　5.还有，有的词如果不影响你的阅读，那么就不要去管他什么意思了。做雅思阅读，Time is limited.一定要好好控制自己的时间。关于时间分配我也会在下面的博文中详细讲。

　　雅思阅读猜词练习：

　　In the following exercise, do NOT try to learn the italicized words. Concentrate on developing your ability to guess the meaning of unfamiliar¹ words using context clues. Read each sentence carefully, and write a definition, synonym², or description of the italicized word on the line provided.

　　1.____________________ The major points of your plan are clear to me, but the details are still hazy³.

　　2. _____________________ By anticipating the thief’s next move, the police were able to arrive at the bank before the robbery occurred.

　　3.______________________ All of the palace’s laundry, when gathered for washing, formed a massive bundle that required the combined efforts of all the servants to carry.

　　4.______________________ “Give me specific suggestions when you criticize my work,” said the employee. “Vague comments do not help me improve.”

　　5._______________________ The apple appeased⁴ my hunger temporarily, but I could still eat a big dinner.

　　6.________________________ After the attacks on civilians⁵ by army troops, a committee met to try to discover what could have provoked such ation.

　　7.________________________ The king manifested his pleasure with a hearty⁶ laugh.

　　8.________________________ The nation’s highway death toll⁷ has increased every year since the invention of the automobile⁹.

　　9.__________________________ The workers’ lives were wretched, they worked from morning to night in all kinds of weather, earning only enough money to buy their simple food and cheap clothes.

　　10.__________________________ In a series of bold moves, government attorneys attacked the mammoth¹⁰ auto⁸ industry, saying that the size o the business endangered the financial freedom of the individual buyer.

　　猜词练习(2)

　　In the following exercise, do NOT try to learn the italicized words. Concentrate on developing your ability to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues. Read each sentence carefully, and write a definition, synonym, or description of the italicized word on the line provided.

　　1._______________ As he reached for the rock above him, his rope broke and he hung precariously¹¹ by one hand as the rescues ran toward him.

　　2.________________ The tired soldiers trudged¹² through knee-deep mud for hours before they found a dry place to sleep.

　　3._________________ In the past, the world seemed to run in an orderly way. Now, however, everything seems to be in a state of turmoil¹³.

　　4.__________________ Monkeys are well known for their grooming¹⁴ habits; they spend hours carefully cleaning bits of dirt and straw from their coats.

　　5.___________________ Matrimony doesn’t seem to agree with Liz—she’s been unhappy ever since she got married.

　　6._________________ Using a long, slender instrument called a probe, doctors are able to locate and remove pieces of metal form a patient’s wounds.

　　7._________________ The following Monday, when the president convened¹⁵ the second meeting of the committee, we all sat down quietly and waited for him to begin.

　　8.____________________ We think of plants in general as absorbing water and food; of animals as ingesting or “eating it”.

　　9._____________________ Robben is considered an automatic administrator¹⁶ because he makes decisions without seeking the opinions of others.

　　猜词练习(3)

　　This exercise is designed to give you practice using context clues from a passage. Use your

　　generally knowledge along with information from the entire text below to write a definition, synonym, or description of the italicized word on the line provided. Read through the entire passage before making a decision. Note that some of the words appear more than once; by the end of the passage you should have a good idea of their meaning. Do not worry if your definition is not exact; a general idea of the meaning will often allow you to understand the meaning of the written text.

　　People in Americas before Last Ice Age?

　　A site in northeastern Brazil has yielded evidence of the earliest known human occupation in the Americas, approximately 32,000 years ago, according to a report by two French scientists.

　　Although the discovery, reported in June 19 NATURE, does not resolve long-standing archaeological disputes over when and how people first arrived in the New World, the site is much older than others where human occupation has been firmly established. Several such finds in the southwestern United States date to 11,500 years ago, and a rock shelter near Pittsburgh is thought to contain evidence of use by human 19,000 years ago; previously¹⁷, the earliest known site occupied by humans in South America was 14,200 years old.

　　Site:_________________________________________________________________

　　Occupation:___________________________________________________________

　　NATURE:____________________________________________________________

　　Resolve:______________________________________________________________

　　Disputes:_____________________________________________________________

　　Firmly:_______________________________________________________________

1 unfamiliar   

adj.陌生的，不熟悉的

参考例句：

• I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
• The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。

2 synonym   

n.同义词，换喻词

参考例句：

• Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.诸葛亮在民间传说中成了智慧的代名词。
• The term 'industrial democracy' is often used as a synonym for worker participation. “工业民主”这个词常被用作“工人参与”的同义词。

3 hazy   

adj.有薄雾的，朦胧的；不肯定的，模糊的

参考例句：

• We couldn't see far because it was so hazy.雾气蒙蒙妨碍了我们的视线。
• I have a hazy memory of those early years.对那些早先的岁月我有着朦胧的记忆。

4 appeased   

安抚，抚慰( appease的过去式和过去分词 )； 绥靖（满足另一国的要求以避免战争）

参考例句：

• His hunger could only be appeased by his wife. 他的欲望只有他的妻子能满足。
• They are the more readily appeased. 他们比较容易和解。

5 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

6 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。

7 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

8 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

9 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

10 mammoth   

n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的

参考例句：

• You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
• Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。

11 precariously   

adv.不安全地；危险地；碰机会地；不稳定地

参考例句：

• The hotel was perched precariously on a steep hillside. 旅馆危险地坐落在陡峭的山坡上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The phone was perched precariously on the window ledge. 电话放在窗台上，摇摇欲坠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 trudged   

vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He trudged the last two miles to the town. 他步履艰难地走完最后两英里到了城里。
• He trudged wearily along the path. 他沿着小路疲惫地走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

14 grooming   

n. 修饰, 美容，（动物）梳理毛发

参考例句：

• You should always pay attention to personal grooming. 你应随时注意个人仪容。
• We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。

15 convened   

召开( convene的过去式 )； 召集； （为正式会议而）聚集； 集合

参考例句：

• The chairman convened the committee to put the issue to a vote. 主席召集委员们开会对这个问题进行表决。
• The governor convened his troops to put down the revolt. 总督召集他的部队去镇压叛乱。

16 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

17 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。