在阅读理解的文章中有时会出现与生词同义、近义或词义完全相反的词，它往往暗示了该词在文章中的意义。

例2：

Rest can't be skimped.Without enough rest, good work is impossible.This is why we say that rest is another kind of rest.

Q：The underlined word “skimped” in the paragraph most probably means________.

A. not supplied with enough of what is in need

B. strengthened in spite of the conditions

C. recharged during the time of working

D. invested without any of the cost

[解析]　词义猜测题。从文中的“Without enough rest，good work is impossible.”可知，作者认为“没有足够的休息，就不可能工作好”，由此可知，此处skimped和句中的without enough rest同义，意为“节省，少给，克扣”。

[答案]　A

3. 利用已有的构词法知识、生活经历或常识等猜测词义

有时文章中出现的生词并没有学过，但是运用我们学过的构词法知识或生活常识等，我们就可顺利地猜测出单词或短语的含义。

例3：Countries that plan to combat global warming by planting trees may have to think again.Solutions to environmental problems are often more complex than they first appear，and understanding the Earth's climate is a very great challenge.

Q：The underlined word “combat”in the paragraph means________.

A. learn about               B. give up

C. live with                    D. fight against

[解析]　词义猜测题。根据常识我们知道，目前世界各国都在通过各种方式来试图解决全球变暖的问题，同全球变暖这一威胁人类生存的自然灾害作斗争，故combat意为“作斗争”，“fight against” 符合此处的词义。

[答案]　D

阅读理解专题训练

Test 1

A long time ago there lived a poor man.He did not want to do any work but dreamed of being rich one day.He got his food by knocking at others' doors.One morning he got a bowl of milk.He was very delighted and went home.He boiled the milk, drank some of it and put the remaining milk in a pot.He added some curd （凝乳）in the pot for turning the milk into curd.He then lay down to sleep.

Soon he started dreaming about the pot of curd while he lay asleep.He dreamed on：“By the morning the pot of milk would turn into curd.I will heat the curd and make butter out of it.I will then go to the market and sell the butter and make some money.With the money I will buy a hen.The hen will lay many eggs which will hatch and there will be many chickens.These chickens will in turn lay hundreds of eggs and I will soon have a chicken farm of my own.I will sell all the hens and buy some cows，and open a milk factory.All the people in the town will buy milk from me.I will be so rich that I am able to marry a beautiful girl from a rich family.Soon I will have a handsome son.If he makes trouble I will hit him with a stick.”

During this dream, he picked up the stick next to his bed and thought that he was