提到詞匯題一般大家都會(huì)覺(jué)得很簡(jiǎn)單，不就是考察詞匯量嗎?我把單詞背熟了，自然就能選得出答案。對(duì)于大家熟悉的托福閱讀詞匯題來(lái)說(shuō)，的確如此，但是對(duì)于ACT閱讀詞匯題來(lái)講，可不僅僅是認(rèn)識(shí)了單詞就一定可以做對(duì)題的哦!不信就來(lái)試試下面的五道ACT閱讀里的詞匯題，看你可以選對(duì)幾個(gè)呢?
Most beautifully,when the band had finished its last encore, when
everybody, even the kids hanging off the rooftops,were chanting “Tito!” he bowed
to the audience, sent kisses flying and then began to walk off the stage.That’s
when our lead singer, Santiago, who had passed the concert jumping up and down
in place, scrambled toward him.
1，pass (2006-06-63F-30 )continue tosucceededgone byexperienced這題你是不是選的gone
by ? The day was dawning,and the shepherd urged his sheep in the direction of
the sun. He drank a bit, and he gathered his jacket closer to his body.
2，gather (2007-06-65C-10)attachedliftedassembledpulled這題你是不是很想選attached ?
Every writer has met the guy at the party who says he,too, has always wanted to
write a novel, if only he had the time,because he’s got such a great story to
tell.And it seems to me that it’s that same guy asking the questions at the
reading.Maybe this is why the question rises so often:because the guy really
wants to know how to do it.
3，rises (2007-12-65E-26)ascendssoarsswellsmaterializes這題是不是在ascends
和soars里糾結(jié)? To me the world of poetry is a house with thousands of glittering
windows. Our words and images, land to land, era to era, shed light on one
another. Our words dissolve the shadows we imagine fall between.
4，shadow
(2009-12-68A-25)outlinesreflectionsspiritsbarriers這題是不是糾結(jié)reflections? The
telescope would have to be mounted in an enormous wooden gantry,capable of being
turned safely on its axis by just two workmen, but also susceptible to the
finest figertip adjustment by the observing astronomer.
5，finest
(2015-04-73G-15)slightestfairestthinnestgreatest這題是不是想秒選greatest?
解析在這：這五道詞匯題考察的都是非常簡(jiǎn)單常見(jiàn)的詞匯，單詞意思相信大家也都很熟悉，可是你根據(jù)熟知的意思所篩選的是否就是正確的呢?
在ACT的Prep Guide第三版里關(guān)于題型的部分，對(duì)于詞匯題有著非常明確的表述：Questions about meanings of words
ask you to determine from context what a particular word, phrase, or statement
most nearly means. In some cases, the word or words will probably be unfamiliar
to you, but even when familiar words are tested, you’ll have to look at the
context in which they appear to determine the closest synonym or phraphrase.
這段表述里，大家要重點(diǎn)關(guān)注的信息就是determine from
context也就是說(shuō)單詞意思必須基于原文內(nèi)容，即使是familiar熟悉的詞匯也必須基于原文。
知道了這一點(diǎn)回頭再看到這五道詞匯題，首先第一題里，背景是在一個(gè)樂(lè)隊(duì)表演的過(guò)程中，考察的單詞passed放在That’s when our lead
singer, Santiago, who had passed the concert jumping up and down in place,
scrambled toward
him.的定語(yǔ)從句里用來(lái)修飾人物Santiago,從事太來(lái)看，整個(gè)句子是過(guò)去式，而定語(yǔ)從句用的是過(guò)去完成時(shí)態(tài)，表明這一行為在當(dāng)時(shí)已經(jīng)完成，所以passed的意思不該是經(jīng)過(guò)演唱會(huì)而是經(jīng)歷過(guò)，所以選擇experienced。
第二題里He drank a bit, and he gathered his jacket closer to his
body.很多同學(xué)都會(huì)選attached覺(jué)得把衣服貼的更近，但是仔細(xì)讀句子發(fā)現(xiàn)，后面跟的單詞是closer，用到closer表明原來(lái)衣服和body之間是有距離的，attach一詞表示貼服貼合是沒(méi)有空間距離的，所以選pulled更能生動(dòng)的體現(xiàn)句中任務(wù)的動(dòng)作，喝了點(diǎn)水然后把外套像身體拉近了一些。
第三題rise的確和ascend以及soar一樣都有上升的意思，但在句子里Maybe this is why the question rises
so often:because the guy really wants to know how to do
it.更多的是表現(xiàn)問(wèn)題出現(xiàn)或者浮現(xiàn)比較的頻繁，這樣一來(lái)ascend以及soar的意思就不太貼合了，swell表示膨脹更不合適，而materialized除了大家熟悉的物質(zhì)化之外還可以表示具體化，浮現(xiàn)的意思，所以擱在這里與句意更為貼合。
第四題shadow表示陰影，很多同學(xué)誤選reflection，而句子Our words and images, land to land, era
to era, shed light on one another. Our words dissolve the shadows we imagine
fall between.
表述我們的文字和圖像，領(lǐng)土對(duì)領(lǐng)土，時(shí)代對(duì)時(shí)代，彼此闡明光輝交射。我們的文字融解了我們之間的陰影，可見(jiàn)此處陰影為負(fù)面意思的單詞，排除中性的outlines,
reflections, spirits選有負(fù)面性質(zhì)的barriers隔閡一詞。
最后一題其實(shí)很簡(jiǎn)單，fineset大家太熟悉了，除了表示極好的之外還可以表示細(xì)小的意思，擱在此處句中The telescope would have
to be mounted in an enormous wooden gantry,capable of being turned safely on its
axis by just two workmen, but also susceptible to the finest figertip adjustment
by the observing astronomer. but之后表示易受觀察的天文學(xué)家最為細(xì)微的指尖調(diào)整的影響，所以對(duì)應(yīng)slightest最為貼切。
希望通過(guò)以上的五個(gè)例子可以讓你體會(huì)和領(lǐng)悟ACT閱讀詞匯題的解題方法。夯實(shí)詞匯基礎(chǔ)的同時(shí)，多聯(lián)系語(yǔ)境體會(huì)單詞的用法和妙處。除了掌握解題方法之外，感受閱讀的魅力，提升閱讀能力。
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