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be reserved for the end. 28. According to the passage, the speaker on \

made ... in the use of humor. A) one mistake B) two mistakes C) three mistakes D) no mistakes 29. \ A) to make your audience go away at once. B) likely to cause your audience to lose interest. C) to switch their thoughts to other things. D) invites your audience to laugh with you. 30. Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the passage? A) The opening part of your speech should not be long. B) Humor is important in the success of your speech. C) Your humor should be relevant and timely. D) An outstanding speech is full of jokes.

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26. Unless you tune in your audience in the first 60 seconds 告诉我们开场白最重要。故答案为C)项。 27. His bit of humor, ... has no connection, 说明幽默的关键是要切题。逗乐而不切题是无济于事的。故选A)。 28. 两个错。第一，笑话与报告内容毫不相关，为笑而笑。第二，引笑得不是时候，很难再将听众的心收回来。故选B). 29. Turn off其意为\关灯；离开\，转意为\生厌；反感\。故选B). 30. A)和B)只讲了全文的一个方面，全文关于开场白有三个要点：要有幽默感，要切题，不可太长。 D).的意思与文章不符。故选C)。

第九章 如何猜测词义（二） 四. 利用文中的反义词猜测词义。 表示对比的词有but, while, however, otherwise 等。 1.American businessmen expect employees to be punctual. They do not expect that the workers will come late. 文中be punctual.的意思, 可理解为not come late, 即\准时, 不迟到\。 2.Unlike her gregarious sister, Jane is a shy person, who does not like to go to parties, or to make new friends. 根据文中Unlike的意思, shy person, who does not like to go to parties, or to make new friends.应该表达了\相反的意思, 所以gregarious的意思为\好交际的\。 3.A vegetarian does not want meat, but may rate the utility of banana very highly, while a meat-eater may prefer steak. 句中vegetarian通过while与meat-eater对比, 可猜为“吃素者”。 4.Most of them agreed; however, John dissented. dissented通过however与agreed对比, \反对\。 5.I try hard not to make serious mistakes, but inevitably I slip up. slip up通过but与make serious mistakes对比, 可猜为\犯小错误\。 6.Jane was talking with others while Bliza remained reticent all the time. 根据while的提示, 前后对照, reticent的含义是\沉默寡言\。 7.All of these ideas about the

communication of the future are fantasies, to be sure, but many of them are fantasies that are very likely to become realities. fantasies与realities意义相反, 可猜测其词义为\幻想\。 8.104 studies, involving 15,000 people is proving that optimism can help you to be happier, healthier and more successful. Pessimism leads, by contrast, to hopelessness, sickness and failure, and is linked to depression, loneliness and painful shyness. optimism\乐观主义\与Pessimism意义相反, 可猜Pessimism之意为\悲观主义\。 五. 利用同义词, 近义词或词组。 1.Should the government regulate the cost of resources such as oil and gas? Some people do not believe that government control is the solution to the problem of the rising cost of fuel. 文中regulate的词义可猜测为与government control的意思相近。 2.One of the predominant concerns today is the future of our natural resources. This issue is of greatest importance because it is becoming clear to many people that our present resources will not last forever. 文中predominant的词义可猜测为与of greatest importance的意思相近。 3.Cleaning up waterways is an enormous task. The job is so large, in fact, that the government may not be able to save some of the rivers and lakes which have been polluted. 文中enormous 的词义可猜测为与so large 的意思相近。 4.Doctors, scientists, and public health experts often travel to

these regions to solve the mystery of a long healthy life; the experts hope to bring to the modern world the secrets of longevity. 生词longevity，的意思为“长命的、长寿的”。 5.All the other members are of the same opinion. They are unanimous. unanimous与of the same opinion同义, 可猜为“ 一致同意的”。 6.I see people, old and young alike, are now taking tests of intelligence, education and skill. I wonder why there is not test of one's virtue or goodness. 句中or后的goodness解释了virtue, 其意为“善行”。 六. 利用下文定义的句子猜测词义。 1.In some cultures, certain foods are taboo. Taboo is a word from the language of the Fiji Islands, used to describe something forbidden. 根据句子内容, 可猜测Taboo为“禁忌”。 2.Instinctive behavior is a pattern of behavior that an animal is born with. 根据句子内容, 可猜测Instinctive behavior为“本性”。 3.An expedition is a long, organized trip or journey, which is made into an unfamiliar area for a particular purpose by a group of people. 句中which引导的定语从句进一步解释了expedition之意为“远征队”。 4.Some computer scientists are developing artificial-intelligence machines that they say will think like people. 根据定语从句, 可猜测artificial-intelligence之意为“人工智能”。 5.A gorilla always makes me think of the word aloof-- not friendly, of distance from others. 破折号后的内容是aloof一词\不友好, 冷漠\的释意。 6. We all use onomatopoeic words --words that sound like the noise they are describing. 不难猜出

onomatopoeic words意为\象声词\。 7. English speakers use a lot of euphemisms---polite, less direct words for thing or ideas that cause embarrassment. euphemisms意思是\委婉说法\。 8. Children also need convictions -- something (and someone)to trust, to hold up as worthy of admiration. convictions意为\信念\。 9. Globalization---one world one economy integration, is the buzz word of the 1990s. 破折号后one world one economy integration是Globalization一词\全球经济一体化\的释义。 七. 利用构词法猜测词义。 1.They overestimate the interviewee's ability and asked him many difficult questions. 在overestimate词中是前缀, 意思是\过分---\。因此, overestimate的词义可猜测为\过高估计\。 2. We were told that ours was the most …… 此处隐藏：8189字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……