SAT考试中生僻词汇和熟词僻义的掌握方法
- 2014年06月24日16:28 来源:小站整理
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SAT考试每次都会有 “新”的词汇,那些所谓“新”单词指考生从来没见过的或熟词僻义。因为这些词汇本身有生僻意思,或进行了变形,考生不要忽视这些词汇,因为这些词汇在SAT考试中起着关键作用。以下就是小站教育为大家整理词汇的掌握方法,供大家参考。
一、关于多义单词
关于这类多义单词汇,因为词汇本身考生认识,但是却没有掌握全面的意思,有些生僻词汇的意思正是SAT填空所考察的,小站教育给大家举个例题:
Just as glass windows offer buildings both light and insulation, certain atmospheric gases___ incoming sunlight and___ heat radiated from the ground, preventing warmth from escaping.
A. conduct…..release
B.deflect…..transmit
C. admit…..contain
D. absorb…..dispense
E.resist…..trap
正确答案:C
考生要先通过as判断句子的逻辑关系,然后找出关键词light和insulation,对应下面__ incoming sunlight和___ heat radiated from the ground,这就不难推断出第一空格是有,第二空格没有,依此需找答案,发现选项C是符合的。这里考察的是contain的一个生僻意思,即是抑制。
而这个意思在考试中反复出现的,例如:
The attempts of epidemiologists to___ the infectious disease ultimately proved futile: as soon as they managed to___ it in one community, it would emerge somewhere else.
正确答案:contain…check
二、变义单词
变义词汇也是SAT填空题或阅读词汇题常考类型。所谓的变义单词是已知的词汇,加了ed或者ing之后单词发生了词义非常规变化,例如:
Although visitors initially may find touring the city by subway to be ______, they are pleased to discover that subways are an inexpensive and ______ way to get around.
A. wasteful generous
B. daunting efficient
C. extravagant prohibitive
D. convenient solitary
E. enjoyable easy
这道题很简单,但是很多同学没有把prohibitive的考点搞清楚,这里意思应该是“昂贵的”,与前面inexpensive成反义词,如果从逻辑判断或从叫感情色彩角度判断,考生会很快排除错误答案。