托福阅读词汇题得分技巧。托福阅读中有一种题型叫做词汇题。词汇题在每篇阅读中会出现四道左右，比重比较大。托福考生必须注意这些题的得分。词汇是托福阅读的基础，那么怎么做才能拿到这些基础分呢？先了解一下词汇题的出题方式：
The word X in the passage is closest in meaning to ...
词汇题考察重点是理解在特定语境下的单词。
那如何做托福阅读的词汇题呢？
首先，如果我们认识考查的单词，那就可以秒杀了。只需要选项中直接找出该词的同义词或近义词，再带入文章验证即可。例：
Paragraph 3: The fossil consists of a complete skull of an archaeocyte, an extinct group of ancestors of modern cetaceans. Although limited to a skull, the Pakicetus fossil provides precious details on the origins of cetaceans. The skull is cetacean-like but its jawbones lack the enlarged space that is filled with fat or oil and used for receiving underwater sound in modern whales.
The word precious in the passage is closest in meaning to
Exact
Scarce
Valuable
Initial
考生知道precious的意思是“宝贵的、珍贵的”，那就可以直接去选项中找同义词。很容易就能发现，只有valuable表达类似的意思。然后把valuable带入原文验证，说“Pakicetus化石提供了宝贵的细节”，说得通，所以正确。
那如果不认识要考查的单词，该怎么办呢?有以下三种办法：
1、词根词缀法
2、词汇色彩
3、同义反义
例如：Paragraph 4: In lowland country almost any spot on the ground may overlie what was once the bed of a river that has since become buried by soil; if they are now below the water’s upper surface (the water table), the gravels and sands of the former riverbed, and its sandbars, will be saturated with groundwater.
The word “overlie” in the passage is closest in meaning to
cover
change
separate
surround
这个例子要考查的单词是overlie. over 表示“在上面”，lie 表示“躺着”。在上面躺着也就是“覆盖”的意思。那么表达这个意思的就是cover。再把cover带入句子中验证，也是合理的，所以正确。
例：In seeking to describe the origins of theater, one must rely primarily on speculation, since there is little concrete evidence on which to draw. The most widely accepted theory, championed by anthropologists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, envisions theater as emerging out of myth and ritual.
The word “championed” in the passage is closest in meaning to
changed
debated
created
supported
这个题考查的是championed,，是一个动词。学生一般会认识champion作为名词的时候，是“冠军”的意思，但不知道作为动词是什么意思。这个时候，可以判断词性。“冠军”肯定是褒义的词，那它作为动词，应该也是褒义的。那选项中的褒义词就是support：支持。再代入原文中验证，说“最被广泛接受的理论，被人类学家所支持”，能说得通，所以正确。
例：Joy and sadness are experienced by people in all cultures around the world, but how can we tell when other people are happy or despondent?
The word “despondent” in the passage is closest in meaning to
Curious
Unhappy
Thoughtful
Uncetrtain
这道题考查的单词是despondent。学生如果不认识，就可以看到具体的句子。Despondent前面是happy or，or表示选择，那despondent和happy就应该是反义词。学生一般都知道happy表示“高兴的”，那反义词就是“不高兴的”，对应B选项的unhappy。
通过以上例句的论证和解析大家有没有明白托福阅读词汇题得分技巧呢？如有疑问随时欢迎您来百利天下咨询。
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