二、文意選填(20%)(AB) such as (AC) figure out (AD) ease (AE) above (BC) surrounding (BD) appears(BE) rather (CD) For example (DE) further (ABC) Very often     
An important part of improving your reading skills is learning how to guess what unfamiliar words mean from their contexts. “Context” here means ___26_____ words, phrases, or sentences that help a reader ___ 27_____ the meanings of the unfamiliar words. ___28_____ a word that you have never seen before __29_____ in a sentence. But don’t reach for a dictionary immediately! Often you can find out what a word means from its context clues.____30____, look at the following sentence: “Because it was such as a hot day, he reached for a cold drink to assuage his thirst.” You may never have seen the word “assuage” before. But other words in the sentence, ___31____ “hot day” “cold drink,” and “thirst,” provide you with context clues for understanding what the new words means. You’ve probably already guessed that it means “to ___32______” or “to satisfy,” right?Two more example sentences are given below for __33___ practice; use what you have learned ___34____ to guess the meanings of the underlined words in them: “My plan for the new project is still rather vague; I need to work out the details; “unlike my gregarious mother, my father is ___35_____ unsocial and does not like to go to parties.”
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