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高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
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高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
How do you deal with the unfamiliar
words or phrases while reading?
•Ignore them and continue reading
•Look them up in the dictionary
•Guess the meaning
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Guess the missing words
1. I removed the ______ from the shelf.
book from the shelf and
I removed the ______
began to read.
2. He would ______ the gold from his grandma.
steal the gold
Harvey is a thief: he would ______
from his grandma and not feel guilty.
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Guess the missing words
3. Unlike his brother, Hobart is quite ______.
Unlike his brother, who is truly a handsome
homely/plain
person, Hobart is quite ____________.
4. Tom got a new ______ for his birthday.
car for his birthday. It is a
Tom got a new ______
sports model, red, with white interior and two
air bags.
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Guess the meaning of the
following words:
Egret
Pelt
Ravenous
Salvage
Pounce
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
In spite of the fact that the beautiful
egret is in danger of dying out completely,
many clothing makers still offer handsome
prices for their long, elegant tail feathers,
which are used as decorations on ladies hats.
A kind of bird
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
The man thought that the children were
defenseless, so he walked confidently up to
the oldest and demanded money. Imagine
his surprise when they began to pelt him
with rocks.
To cast or throw
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
After a day of hunting, Harold is ravenous,
Yesterday, for example, he ate two bowls of
soup, salad, a large chicken, and a piece of
chocolate cake before he was finally
satisfied
Extremely hungry
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
After the accident, the ship went down
so fast that we weren’t able to salvage
any of our personal belongings.
to rescue or save
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
We watched as the cat came quietly
through the grass toward the bird.
When it was just feet from the victim,
it gathered its legs under itself , and
pounced.
To attack suddenly;
jump to seize/catch…
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Guess the meaning of the
following words
maladjustment
pseudoscience
foreground
postscript
ex-husband
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Guess the meaning of the
following words
maladjustment
pseudoscience
foreground
postscript
ex-husband
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
To improve our guessing ability,
we can :
•Using context clues:
•Using word analysis:
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Using context clues:
1. Using synonym（同义词）Context Clues
2. Using Antonym（反义词）Context Clues
3. Use definition/ example/description
4. Use common sense/related information
5. Use grammar and punctuation clues
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Using synonym(同义词)Context Clues
1. The football player was penalized for
unnecessary roughness and the punishment
was a good lesson for him.
punish
2. He replied quickly, but after he considered
the problem more carefully, he regretted
having made such a hasty decision.
Rapid; quick
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
3.... Tribes roamed all over, searching for
food. This wandering life went on until
some people discovered that they could
plant seeds and raise crops...
wander
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Using Antonym Context Clues
With the help of words like: unlike; but
1.He had been getting better but during the
night his condition deteriorated.
Get worse
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
2. Unlike her gregarious sister, Jane
is a shy, unsociable person who
does not like to go to parties or
make new friends.
sociable.
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Using Definition
1. Mark Twain was not the author’s real
name; it was a pseudonym.
a pen name.
2. But sometimes，no rain falls for a long，
long time. Then there is a dry period，or
drought.
A long period of shortage of rainfall
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Using description
1. Jim just hummed the tune of the song; he
didn’t sing the words.
To produce a tune without opening the lips or
forming words.
2. Before long, many dinners stayed open
around the clock. In other words, people were
able to eat in a dinner at any time.（99年高考题）
A place or stand where people can have a dinner
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Using common sense/related Information
1. He is a resolute man. Once he makes up
his mind to do something, he won’t give it
up halfway.
A.strong B. firm C. kind D. clever
2. In spite of the fact the fishermen were
wearing sou’westers, the storm was so
heavy that they were wet through.
A kind of raincoat
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Using causes and effects relations
With the help of conjunctions like:
because, as，since，for，so，thus，
as a result，instead，therefore. etc.
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
1. “But,” said Kim, “ I feel that since you are my
superior(领导,上司), it would be presumptuous
of me to tell you what to do.”
A. Full of respect
B. too confident and rude
C. Lacking in experience
D. too shy and quiet
( 2005 上海 B)
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
2. Usually if restaurant food is poorly
prepared, I don’t criticize the waiter.
Instead, I reprimand the manager.
To scold severely, especially in a
formal or official way.
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Use grammar and punctuation clues
1. You can take any of the periodicals: The
World of English, Foreign Language Teaching
in Schools, or English Learning.
A.dictionaries
B. story-books
C. magazines
D. newspapers
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
2. Most women in Ghana ---the educated
and illiterate, the urban and rural, the
young and old--- work to earn an income in
addition to maintaining their roles as
housewives and mothers.
Having little or no formal education.
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
examples from 2005 NMET
Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US
citizens in that area so they can enter the country
when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the
US stopped a similar program last May. That forces
the people to a 200-mile detour along high hilly
roads to get home through another border
checkpoint. (2005全国 I)
A.
B.
C.
D.
A drive through the town
A race across the field
A roundabout way of traveling
A journey in the mountain area.
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
The plant is often pruned so that it
remains only 60-90 centimeters high.
Pruning is important because it
encourages the growth of tender shoots,
or young leaves. It is from these shoots
that the best tea is got. (2005 江西 D)
A. Regular cutting of the plants
B. Frequent watering
C. Regular use of chemicals
D. Growing the plants high in the mountain
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
“The safety issue is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney,
who quickly discovered he was not alone in his
worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar
concerns, and the same question was always asked:
what about crime? But when college officials always
gave the same answer “ That’s
Not a problem here.” Mahoney began to feel uneasy.
“No crime whatsoever?” comments Mahoney today.
“ I just don’t buy it.” Nor should he: in 1999 the U.S.
department of education had reports of nearly 400,000
serious crimes on or around our campus.
The underlined word “buy” means:
A. Mind B. admit C. believe D. expect
2005 山东 A
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
A.
B.
C.
D.
DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop
robotic vehicles for future battlefields，But the Grand
Challenge, as it was called, just proved how difficult it is
to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert
without human guidance.
From the passage we know “robotic vehicles” are a
kind of machines that ________
Can do effortless whatever tasks living things can
Can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time
limit
Can show off their ability to turn themselves upside
down
Can move from place to place without being driven by
human beings .
(2005 湖北 D)
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
In the story these become love letters, burned by a cruel
stepmother. Lauren’s best friend Charlotte is the
stepmother. “I’m in Charlotte’s story too,” says Lauren,
“and I get run over.” Charlotte’s tale was inspired by
the girl’s coin collection. “ We’ve collected foreign coins
for years --- since our families went on holidays to
Tenerife,” she explains. “ That was before the Euro, so
we put pesetas in.” Lauren continues: “ I find a coin in
the road, go to get it and get run over. I’m in hospital
and then I die.” Charlotte adds: “ Or she might not die.
I haven’t decided yet.”
The underlined word “ pesetas” in Paragraph 2 is a kind of
_______:
A. story
B. collection
C. inspiration
D. foreign coin
2005 湖南 B
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Rainforests like the Amazon are important for
mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping
to slow global warming, Currently the trees in the
Amazon take in around 500 million tons of CO2
each year: equal to the total amount of CO2
giving off in the UK each year.
The underlined phrase “ mopping up” means:
A: cleaning up
B. taking in
C. Wiping out
D. giving out
2005 福建 C
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Being considered a leader in our society is
indeed of high praise. Leadership means
power,commands respect and, most important,
encourages achievement. Unlike vitamin C,
leadership skills can’t be easily swallowed down.
They must be carefully cultivated.
The underlined word “ cultivated” roughly means:
A. Encouraged
B. compared
C. Examined
D. developed
2005 广东 B
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
(2005 浙江 B)
Builders of eco-passages try to make them
look like a natural part of an area of by planting trees
on and around them. Animals seem to be catching on.
Animals as different as salamanders and grizzly bears
are using the bridges and underpasses.
When the writer says that animals seem “ to be
catching on”, he means:_____
A. animals begin to realize the dangers on the road.
B. animals begin to learn to use eco-passages
C. animals are crossing the road in groups
D. animals are increasing in number
高三英语解题指导(阅读篇)
Enjoy English, Enjoy life!