依据反义词和对比关系猜测词义。运用对比手法描述事物或现象是文章写作的一种常用的修辞手法。在这种修辞手段下,作者常借用一些信号词来提供相反信息,从而表明一个词与前面的另一个词互为反义。常用的英语词汇立体记忆信号词有: but/yet/however/nevertheless; while/whereas; otherwise/or else; unlike/instead/ rather than; by contrast/compared to; on the contrary/ on the other hand 等。
词义猜测主要的设题方式有:
1)The underlined words "took off " in paragraph 2 mean "_____".
2)What does the underlined word "them" in the last paragraph refer to?
3)The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that_______.
4)Which of the definitions is closest in meaning to the word "exotic" in the third paragraph?
5)The underlined phrase " turn his back on" (paragraph 6) most probably mean _______.
6)By saying " We need them yesterday "(paragraph 7), Stover means that snakelike robots _______.