高一英语阅读理解指导及练习：词意理解题

　　
　　
　　解题方法：

　　（1）从文章的上下文中去找答案， 可能在某句话中就有对它的解释， 或者是近义词，反义词等线索。

　　（2）依据构词法来猜测词义，

　　（3）根据上下文从句子的意思来猜测词义。

　　Example：

　　1. In the 19th century thousands of Indians were cruelly driven from their won good land and taken to reservations. Often these reservations were hundreds of miles away from their real home. Today a large number of North American Indians still live on reservations.

　　（1）The word " reservations" in the passage is probably _____ .

　　A. a piece of land set apart for the black people to live on

　　B. a piece of land set apart for the North American Indians to live on

　　C. a place for the people who break the law to live in

　　D. a place for tourists from all over the world to live in

　　答案： B

　　2. The volcano is one of the most surprising frightening forces of nature. Maybe you have seen pictures of these "fireworks" of nature. Sometimes when a volcano erupts, a very large wall of melted rock moves down the side of a mountain. It looks like a " a river of fire."

　　（1）The underlined word "erupts" means ______ .

　　A. moves downB. breaks away

　　C. builds upD. suddenly throws out lava

　　答案：D