托福阅读词汇题在前程百利小编看来是托福阅读中最没有“个性”的题型，因为往往有很多考生词汇基础很好，解答这种题目时，连文章都不会看一眼就选出答案，在小编看来，这样的答题简直就是对ETS的侮辱，大家把人家的文章当什么了!但是，ETS比我们想象中高深的多，小编在这类题目上也摔了跟头。
词汇题在每篇文章中有3-5题，占据了托福阅读题目的1/3左右，实在不容小觑。它考察词汇在上下文中最贴切、最符合语境的意思。所以，对于词汇量不足的考生、看到单词毫无熟悉感的考生，只能依靠自己的上下文理解来解题了。
第一次摔：
By far the most abundant form of geothermal energy occurs at the relatively low temperatures of 80°to 180°centigrade. Water circulated through heat reservoirs in this temperature range is able to extract enough heat to warm residential, commercial, and industrial spaces. More than 20,000 apartments in France are now heated by warm underground water drawn from a heat reservoir in a geologic structure near Paris called the Paris Basin. Iceland sits on a volcanic structure known as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, is entirely heated by geothermal energy derived from volcanic heat.
The word “abundant” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A economical
B familiar
C plentiful
D useful
这个题如果单词基础好的话，直接选出C选项。但是，不是每个学生都有足够优秀的词汇基础，所以，按照唯一的上下文分析套路，小编看到单词形容的是form,形式。“地热能最什么样的形式发生在一个温度范围”，单纯依靠这句话，觉得除了A每个选项都说的通，所以因为没自信很快找到答案，看完了整段，发现后半段都是在讲用途，终于找到了依据，选D还是有自信的。但是正选是C。
原来，上下文也是有限制的，不然整篇都是上下文的内容，难道要把整篇文章看过来解题?只要看到第二句的“t enough heat”,然后看到和“ abundant form of geothermal energy”的相关性就能找到选项。
如此，词汇题在我看来真的不简单。
第二次摔：
Another suggestion is that before children can talk about past events in their lives, they need to have a reasonable understanding of the self as a psychological entity. The development of an understanding of the self becomes evident between the first and second years of life and shows rapid elaboration in subsequent years. The realization that the physical self has continuity in time, according to this hypothesis, lays the foundation for the emergence of autobiographical memory.
The word “reasonable” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A Consistent
B Sufficient
C Apparent
D Deep
首先，如果对5个单词都很熟悉，那么恭喜大家，更加选不出答案。要记住，托福阅读词汇题考的不仅仅是同义词，而是在语境下的“可以替换的词”。所以，解题一定要看语境。这个题目的正确答案是B选项。大家可以用这个题目检验一下自己对托福阅读词汇题的了解程度。
经过以上“两连摔”，小编觉得ETS已经把英语的魅力展现地淋漓尽致了，大家是要在考试中尽情体会这种魅力中，还是在这里摔跤，都要看自己的水平够不够了。最后，前程百利小编希望大家可以切实从英语能力出发来备考，扫清所有的题目障碍，得到满意的托福考试成绩!
