1 Introduction A. example B. locating C. alone D. discouraged E. character F. like G. necessary H. rescuing I. searched J. likely What does an adventurous life look like? Why is it exciting and attractive to the average person? For many people around the world, the _1_of Indiana Jones, played by the well-known actor Harrison Ford is the definition of a person who lives an exciting and adventurous life. Indiana travels throughout the world _2_ priceless artifacts and solving ancient mysterious and he is an excellent _3_ of a fictional superhero, explorer, and fortune hunter. Indiana is not _4_, however, in his enthusiasm to uncover mysteries and treasure. Throughout the world, there are many examples of present-day explorers and adventurers. _5_ for example, Robert Ballard, the man who searched for over 10 years to locate the underwater wreck of the Titanic. The tale of finding the Titanic is one of determination, perseverance, and luck. _6_any exciting Indiana Jones s adventure, Ballard was faced with many different obstacles from financial worries to poor weather and severe conditions. Ballard began to actively search for the Titanic in 1973 but was _7_by the lack of special technological equipment that was _8_ to locate the wreck over 2.5 miles below the surface. As technology advanced, Ballard s chances of _9_ the site became better and better. E H A C I F D G B 2 Presentation阅读专题（猜词悟义）近几年的高考阅读理解题越来越重视对考生猜词悟义能力的考查，猜测词悟义的能力， 即掌握一些猜测生词词义的方法，对排除阅读中生词的干扰、 降低生词率、提高阅读速度和理解能力是必不可少的，这是考生英语阅读理解能力的一个重要组成部分。这种不用词典而通过上下文来认识生词的能力是每一个考生所必须具备的能力。 这类题主要考查考生对文中的重点词句的理解，要求考生对文章中的个别难词、关键词、词组或句子作出解释或推测其义。常用的问题形式：1. He underlined word（phrase ）in the passage means _ 2. The word “it（them）“in the first paragraph refers to _ 3. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means _ 4. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word in the second paragraph ？ 5. What does （do）the underlined word（words）refer to？ 6. According to the passage, , probably means _. 7. The author uses the word to mean _. 8. The underlined word/phrase/team means _. 9. The word in paragraph , refers to _. 10. What does in the second paragraph stands for? 11. The sentence means _. 例如 : Apple trees may grow as tall as 12 metres and they grow best in areas that have cold winters. Although no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree. The underlined word yielded most probably means_. A. sold B. bought C. improved D. produced Key：D Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional practices handed down form father to son, or mother to daughter, of old country customs, of folklore. All this is very difficult for a college student to examine, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separate good plants form wild grass. The college student should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wide, confused wilderness and how often scientific discoveries of what had existed in this area long ago. In this paragraph the phrase this wide, confused wilderness refers to _. A. personal experience B. wild weeds among good plants C. the information from the parents D. the vast store of traditional practices Key：D 3 解题方法：一、针对性解释 针对性解释是作者为了更好地表达思想，在文章中对一些重要的概念、难懂 的术语或词汇等所作的解释。 这些解释提供的信息具有明确的针对性，利用它们 猜词义比较容易。 1、根据定义猜测词义 定义解释形式多样，常由be, mean, deal with, be considered, to be, refer to, be called, be known as, define, represent, or , that is to say, in other words, be called 等 词汇或破折号来表示。例如： (1) Anthropology is the scientific study of man. (2) In slang the term jam constitutes a state of being in which a person finds himself or herself in a difficult situation. (3) A mosquito is a small flying pest that thrust the skin and then drinks blood. (4) A person who skilled at making or repairing wooden objects is called a carpenter. 2、根据复述猜测词义 (1) Semantics , the study of the meaning of words, is necessary if you are to speak and read intelligently. （语义学） (2) His uncle is a zoologist , an expert who does research on animals. (3) The new building, a five-story e difice, was completed last month.（大建筑 物） (4). Capacitance , or the ability to store electric change, is one of the most common characteristics of electronic circuits. ) (5) Some organizations of United Nations prefer to take on Polyglotsas their workers- those who can understand as well as speak many languages. (6) Krabacber suffers from SAD, which is short for seasonal affective disorder, a syndrome characterized by severe seasonal mood swings. 3、根据举例猜测词义 (1) The consequences of epochal events such as wars and great scientific discoveries are not confined to a small geographical area as they were in the past. (2) You can take any of the periodicals : The World of English,