2.用构词法猜词重要的是记好词干意义
在运用上下文猜测词义的同时,还可以“拆分词汇”,通过构词法的线索来有效猜词。
我们知道,单词从构词法来说,可以有:前缀+词干+后缀,其中词干决定单词的基本词义,前缀可以在基本词义基础上衍生不同词义的单词,而后缀通常表明词性。在猜词中,我们可以利用这方面的知识,对生词加以识别。这其中,最关键的是要多记词干的意义。
例一: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 hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.
The underlined word "detour" in the paragraph means .
A.a drive through the town
B.a race across the fields
C.a round about way of travelling
D.a journey in the mountain area
例二:Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horserace.
The underlined word "finale" in the paragraph most probably means the ________of the opening day.
A. first part B. middle
C. last part D. whole
答案C。fin=end,我们所了解的final(adj.最终的,n.决赛),finish(v.结束),finite(adj.有限的)等词,都含着“结束”之意。这里的finale就是终曲,终场之意。又如下面一题:
There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the "hundred most important books of Western Civilization. " "More than anything else in my life," the professor told the reporter with finality , " these books have made me all that I am. " That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore (忽视). I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles.
The underlined phrase "with finality" probably means _____.
A. firmly B. clearly
C. proudly D. pleasantly
The underlined word "disposable" in the passage probably means_______.
A. acceptable B. valuable
C. throw-away D. long-lasting
答案C。disposable=dis+pos+able,其中pos=place;put,dis=apart,able表示可能的,这就有了可任意处置、用完即丢的含义。
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