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怎样解答六级阅读理解中的语意理解题 语义理解题 (一)题干表现形式 此类题目常见的题干表现形式有： 1. What does the author mean by saying …? 2. The word … is closet in meaning to … 3. By saying …, the author means that … 4. According to the passage, … means … 5. The word … most probably means … 6. … means that … 7. The word … means … 8. The word … probably refers to … 9. According to the passage, … probably refers to … 10. By using the phrase …, the author refers to … (二)题型分析与应试技巧 语义理解题考查的是考生对阅读文章中出现的关键词、短语、句子含义的理解能力。完成这类题目时不能孤立地根据某个句子或短语作出判断，应把它放到上下文中去理解。 这类题目的考查方式通常为两种，一种是对单词和短语的考查，一种是对句子含义的考查。而对于文中单词的考查又无外乎两种情况：一种是多义常用词在特定语境中的具体含义；一类是可以根据上下文推测出含义的生僻词汇。无论是上述的哪一种情况，弄清上下文之间的逻辑和语义关系都是解题的关键。下面我们就介绍几种利用上下文线索来推测词义的方法： 1．利用定义或重述 一篇文章中，作者常会对关键词或难词用直接定义或简单明了的语言进行解释或重述。考生弄清了解释性文字的含义，也就明白了要考查单词的意思。 【例】（1997年1月Passage 3） … In the workplace, men have long had well-defined precedents and role models for achieving success. It has been otherwise for women. A good many women in the business world are uncertain about the appropriate mixture of masculine and feminine attributes they should convey by their professional clothing. The variety of clothing alternatives to women has also been greater than that available for men. Male administrators tend to judge women more favorably for managerial positions when the women display less feminine grooming (打扮) — shorter hair, moderate use of make-up, and plain tailored clothing. … Q: The word precedent (Para.4) probably refers to ____. ［A］ early acts for men to follow as examples ［B］ particular places for men to occupy especially because of their importance ［C］ things that men should agree upon ［D］ men’s beliefs that everything in the world has already been decided 2．利用相关信息 一部分生词，考生可以利用上下文中给出的相关信息作为线索进行推测。 【例】（2003年9月Passage 4） … If sufficient rest is not included in a training program, imbalance between excess training and inadequate rest will occur, and performance will decline. The over-training syndrome(综合症) is the name given to the collection of emotional, behavioral, and physical