2.根据举例猜测词义

恰当的举例能够提供猜测生词的重要线索。

例4. The course gives you chances to know great power polities between nation states. It will provide more space to study particular issues such as relationship among countries in the European Union, third world debt, local and international disagreement, and the work of such international bodies as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, and the World Bank.(2004年辽宁卷)

[分析]根据such as 后面列举的一系列例子，我们应该能推断出句中的issue 是指“议题”。

二是内在逻辑关系

根据内在逻辑关系推测词义是指应用语言知识分析和判断相关信息之间存在的逻辑关系，然后根据逻辑联系推断生词词义或大致义域。

1.根据定义(definition)猜测词义

如果生词有一个句子(定语从句或是同位语<同位语前常有 or, similarly, that is to say, in other words, namely, or other, say,　 i.g. 等>或是同位语从句)或段落来定义,或使用破折号，冒号，分号后的内容和引号括号中的内容加以解释和定义，那么理解这个句子或段落本身就是推断词义。定义常用的谓语动词多为：be, mean, deal with, be considered, to be, be called, define, represent, refer to, signify 等。

例1.Do you know what a “territory” is ? A territory is an area that an animal ,usually the male, claims(声称)as its own.(2005年湖北卷)

[分析]由定义可推知，这里territory指的是：“动物的地盘”。

例2.In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U.S. today．(2005年浙江卷)

[分析]由同位语an endangered wild cat我们很快猜出生词ocelots的义域：一种濒临灭绝野猫。

例3. Here is The Pines ,whose cook has developed a special way of mixing foreign food such as caribou ,wild boar ,and reindeer with surprising sauces . (2004年福建卷)

According to the passage ,The Pines is a 　　　　.

A．place in which you can see many mobile homes

B．mountain where you can get a good view of the valley

C．town which happens to be near the Banff National Park

D．restaurant where you can ask for some special kinds of food

[分析]通过whose引导的定语从句，我们可以推测到：The Pines 是一家餐馆的名字，由此不难推出理解题的答案为：D。

38. China has promised to revise its existing regulations and ___ new policies according to WTO requirements. ( 2006上海春招)

A. forming 　　　　　 B. to form 　　　　　　　　　 C. to be forming 　　　　　 D. have formed

37. ___ the employees' working efficiency, the supervisor will allow them to have a coffee break. ( 2006上海春招)

A. Improving 　　　　　　　 B. To improve　 　　　　　 C. Having improved 　　 D. Improved

36. There are hundreds of visitors ___ in front of the Art Gallery to have a look at Van Gogh’s paintings. ( 2006上海春招)

A. waited 　　　　　　 B. to wait 　　　　　　　　　 C. waiting 　　　　　　　　　 D. wait

35. The parents suggested ___ in the hotel room but their kids were anxious to camp out during the trip. ( 2006上海春招)

A. sleep 　　　　　　　 B. to sleep 　　　　　　　　　 C. sleeping 　　　　　　　　　 D. having slept

34. Don’t respond to any e-mails 　　　　　personal information, no matter how official they look. ( 2006天津卷)

A. searching　　 B. asking　　　　 C. requesting　　　　 D. questioning

33. A good story does not necessarily have to have a happy ending, but the reader must not be left

　 　　　　. ( 2006天津卷)

A. unsatisfied　　　　　　　　　　 B. unsatisfying　

C. to be unsatisfying　　　　　　　 D. being unsatisfied

32. Mr. Green stood up in defence of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one 　　　　．(2006安徽卷)

A．blamed　　　　 B．blaming　　 C．to blame　　　　　　 D．to be blamed

31. My cousin came to see me from the country, 　　　　　me a full basket of fresh fruits．(2006安徽卷)

A．brought　　　　　　　　　 B．bringing

C．to bring　　　　　　　　　 D．had brought