8-11 阅读理解猜词技巧.docVIP

Reading Attack Skill Using Context Clues for Word Meanings: Context Clue I: Definition The harbor is protected by a jetty----a wall built out into the water. Jane is indecisive, that is, she can’t make up her mind. The purpose of the campaign was to catch ringers, students who take tests for other students. Context Clue II: Restatement He had a wan look. He was so pale and weak that we thought he was ill. Carbon monoxide（CO）is a noxious gas which can cause death. I am a resolute man. Once I set up a goal, I won’t give it up easily. Context Clue III: General Knowledge The door wa so low that I hit my head on the lintel. Mark got on the motorbike, I sat behind him on the pillion, and we roard off in to the night. We have found that no one in the freshmen class add, multiply, substract or divide simple sums. … Therefore, we are setting up a special remedial arithmetic course, … She read my letter slowly to the end and then tore it to shreds. Context Clue IV: Related Information She went to school for 12 years and she can’t write a sentence? They made an illiterate out of my daughter. Timken was now angry … Once again flew into a rage. Just before the exam Carl’s hands shook and sweated so much that he could not hold a pen. His heart beat fast and his stomach ached. Even though he knew the subject well. He really had a strange phobia about taking tests. Context Clue V: Examples Select any of these periodicals: Time, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest or The New Yorker. She is studying glaucoma and other diseases of the eye. They had been putting in place the tools of my new business: currycomb, brush, pitchfork --- everything … Context Clue VI: Comparison The snow was falling. Big flakes drifted with the wind like feathers. The hot-air balloon taook off. It was as buoyant in the air as a cork in water. Context Clue VII: Contrast Jane was talking with others while Eliza remained reticent all the time. Most of us agreed; however, Bill dissented. Peter was not frugal since he spent