在高三英語的複習過程中，我們要怎樣做好閱讀理解題呢?或許面對英語閱讀理解，有很多學生會感到害怕，但是隻要掌握正確的方法，所有 的難題都會迎刃而解。不妨看看。
一、根據上下文解釋進行猜測
有時短文中出現一個需要猜測其意義的詞或短語，下面接著出現其定義或解釋，這就是判斷該詞或短語意義的主要依據。如：
1.(NMET2002, B篇) 62. What’s the meaning of“the organic trend”as the words are used in the text?
A. growing interest in organic food
B. better quality of organic food
C. rising market for organic food
D. higher prices of organic food
原文：Gold is one of a growing number of shoppers buying into the organic trend, and supermarkets across Britain are counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business.由此可知，越來越多的人購買organic food，所以全英國的超市才增加了organic food business，以期望有更多像Gold這樣的人前來購買。因此，“the organic trend”就是指購買organic food這樣一種流行趨勢，所以，此題答案為A。
2.(NMET2001, A篇)56. the words“deluxe sedans”，“minivans”and“station wagons”used in the text refer to _________.
A. cars in the making
B. car rental firms
C. cars for rent
D. car makers
原文：Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of choices—deluxe sedans, minivans, station wagons, coaches. Santana sedans are the big favorite.由此可知，car rental center是計程車公司，所以，這裡應選擇的只能是cars for rent(出租汽車)。
二、根據上下文的指代關係進行猜測
文章中的代詞it, that, he, him或them可以指上文提到的人或物，其中it和that還可以指一件事。有時代詞指代的物件相隔較遠，需要認真查詢;有時也需要對前面提到的內容進行總結，才能找出代詞所指代的事物。如：
1.(NMET2002, A篇) 57. What does the underlined word“it”(paragraph 2) refer to?
A. Discovering the moon’s inner space.
B. Using the earth’s inner space.
C. Meeting the“moon people”again.
D. Traveling to outer space.
原文：However, the question that“moon people”asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.由此可以看出it指上句中的the question，而the question又指第一段中“月球人”所提的問題。所以根據第一段中的問題“Why are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”就可以判斷出答案為B。
2. (NMET2002, D篇) 67. the underlined word“them”(paragraph 1) refers to _______.
A. red herrings B. treasure hunts
C. HenryⅧ’s six wives
D. readers of Masquerade
文中提到…but Williams put in a lot of“red herrings”， or false clues, to mislead them.意思是作者在書中用一些假線索誤導他們，顯然，他們(them)就是指書的讀者，故答案為D。
三、根據因果關係進行猜測
根據原因可以預測結果，根據結果也可以找出原因。如：
Biggest power failure in the city’s history…All of our ice-cream and frozen foods melted.後一句承接前一句，前一句的原因導致後一句的結果。根據因果關係，停電很可能導致冰淇淋和冷凍食品融化，所以melted的詞義應為“融化”。
四、根據轉折或對比關係進行猜測
根據上下句的連線詞，如but, however, otherwise等就可以看到前後句在意義上的差別，從而根據某一句的含義，來確定另一句的含義。另外，分號也可以表示轉折、對比等意義。如：
(NMET2002, E篇) does the underlined word“hassle”(paragraph 1) probably mean?
A. a party designed by specialists
B. a plan requiring careful thought
C. a situation causing difficulty or trouble
D. a demand made by guests
通過上下句，A child’s birthday party doesn’t have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun…可以看出，hassle和a basket of fun肯定是近乎相反的意義。所以不難判斷，答案為C。
五、根據同位關係進行猜測
閱讀中出現一些難詞，有時後面就是一個同位語，對前面的詞進行解釋，這種解釋有時也用or連線。如：
1.(NMET2001, D篇)…and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon (or Old English)，a Germanic language.
Anglo-Saxon也就是古英語(Q吧)(Old English)，是日耳曼語(a Germanic language)的一種。
2. (NMET2002, A篇) the“Chunnel”， a tunnel(隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete.此句中a tunnel是Chunnel的同位語。因此，The“Chunnel”就是英法之間的海底隧道。
六、根據構詞法(轉化、合成、派生等)進行猜測
在英語中，有很多詞可以在前面加字首，在後面加字尾，從而構成一個詞，乍看起來，這個詞可能是生詞，但掌握了一定的`構詞法知識，就不難猜出它的詞義。如：
1.(NMET2002, B篇) Market research shows that Gold and others who buy organic food can generally give clear reasons for their preferences—but their knowledge of organic food is far from complete.
我們知道，prefer的意思是“寧願、願意、喜愛”，根據上下文可以判斷prefer的名詞形式preference的含義應是“偏愛、愛好”。
2.(NMET2002, E篇)“Our parties are aimed for children 2 to 10,”Anaclerio said,“and they’re very interactive(互動)and creative in that they build a sense of drama based on a subject…”
文中interactive是由字首inter-(相互的)和active(活動的、活躍的)而構成的，即使文中不給出其含義，根據上下文的意思也可以判斷，該詞的含義應是“互動的”。
七、根據生活常識猜測詞義
In old days, when girls from rich families were married to their husbands, they expected to bring with themselves a large quantity of dowry.
根據常識，在舊社會，有錢人家的姑娘出嫁當然要帶很多“嫁妝”。
總之，利用各種已知資訊，靈活運用猜詞技巧，你就會在閱讀文章時如魚得水，遊刃有餘。
高三英語閱讀理解題原文：
Violin prodigies (神童), I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world’s greatest violinists the reason for this phenomenon. “It is very clear,” he told me. “They were all Jews and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill-treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage.” As a result, every Jewish parent’s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.
Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society, with stronger discipline than ours,” says Isaac Stern, children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War II, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well. The Koreans and Chinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.
That’s a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance(遺傳) plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.
高三英語閱讀理解題題目：
53. Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music school because ________.
A. it would allow them access to a better life in the West
B. Jewish children are born with excellent musical talent
C. they wanted their children to enter into the professional field
D. it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country
54. Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that ________.
A. are highly motivated in the education of music
B. treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full development
C. encourage people to compete with each other
D. promise talented children high positions
55. Which of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies according to the passage?
A. a natural gift. B. extensive knowledge of music.
C. very early training. D. a prejudice-free society.
56. Which of the following titles best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
A. Jewish Contribution to Music B. Training of Musicians in the World
C. Music and Society D. The Making of Music Prodigies
高三英語閱讀理解題答案：
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