对于一些同学而言,单词往往是他们通往高分路上的拦路虎。有些同学解题技巧掌握的非常好,也知道去哪里找答案,偏偏碰到一个单词题就倒下了,殊为可惜。
对于一些单词题而言,我们其实可以通过上下文的关联对其词义进行推测,这样不失为一种猜测的好方法。
以TPO 8-1 的一道单词题为例:
原文:
Paragraph 3: This last factor is at least circumstantially implicated inTeotihuacán's rise. Prior to 200 B.C., a number of relatively small centers coexisted in and near theValley of Mexico. Around this time, the largest ofthese centers, Cuicuilco, wasseriously affected by a volcanic eruption, with much ofits agricultural land covered by lava. With Cuicuilco eliminated as a potentialrival, any one of a number of relatively modest townsmight have emerged as a leading economicand political power in Central Mexico. The archaeological evidence clearlyindicates, though, thatTeotihuacán was the center that did arise as thepredominant force in the area by the firstcentury A.D.
8. The word “predominant” in the passage is closest inmeaning to
○most aggressive
○most productive
○principal
○earliest
阅读原文发现,predominant作为形容词修饰的是Teotihuacán。而我们再去往前找,发现有leading economic and political power,我们发现leading和predominant二者的语义应该相似,因为它们都是来形容Teotihuacán的地位的。而leading我们都知道是“主要的”意思,因此四个选项中与之相近的只有principal,正确选项就是C。