2.詞匯題
標志：在題干中明確指出原文中某處的單詞或詞組，要求辨別其意思
例2.（2005年高考英語湖南卷閱讀理解B篇）Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection. "We've collected foreign coins for years – since our families went on holiday to Tenerife." she explains. "That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in." Lauren continues: "I find a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. I'm in hospital and then I die." Charlotte adds: "Or she might not die. I haven't decided yet."
60. The underlined word "pesetas" in Paragraph 2 is a kind of _____.
A. story B. collection
C. inspiration D. foreign coin
解析：做題的關(guān)鍵在于：該單詞本身并不重要，重要的是該單詞的上下， 如果該單詞認識，并不超出大綱，則其字面意思必然不是正確答案，其正確答案是根據(jù)上下文推測的一個更加深刻的含義（家長學院：父母學習成長的最佳學校）。要找到正確的詞義，關(guān)鍵在于在上下文中尋找同詞性的詞或詞組。如在本題中，根據(jù)句式我們可以判斷pesetas是一個名詞，在pesetas的上下文附近出現(xiàn)了的名詞有coin,Euro（歐元），road等，根據(jù)I find a coin in the road（我在路上發(fā)現(xiàn)埋著一枚硬幣），可以知道埋在地下的是pesetas是硬幣之類的東西，所以正確答案是D.foreign coin.
3.句子理解題
標志：在題干中明確指出原文中的一句話，要求理解其意思
例3.（2005年高考英語天津卷閱讀理解C篇）Tim pulled on a sweater and put some apples into his schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He' d eat after he' d been through the cave, sitting on the rocks and staring at the sea.
He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches-but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches, she' d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table: Gone to Michael' s. Back tonight, Tim.
44. He settled for some biscuits （ in Paragraph 3 ） means that Tim_______.
A. had to leave the biscuits on the table
B. liked biscuits better than sandwiches
C. had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches
D. could only find some biscuits in the kitchen
解析：做題的關(guān)鍵在于：返回原文對出題的句子進行上下文分析，要精確理解其涵義； 正確答案與原句之間是一種同義關(guān)系，可以通過推理得出正確答案。在本題中，在句子He settled for some biscuits的上文中說but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches, she' d want to know why he had to leave so early.（如果他拿面包當三明治吃，他的媽媽就會醒來問他為什么這么早就離家。）所以，為了不驚醒他媽媽，他settled for some biscuits（只好拿一些餅干了），所以，正確的答案只能是C. had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches 。
