词汇(Vocabulary)是四级阅读理解测试中重要的一项。词汇类其实是就细节进行提问,词汇题往往要求对文章中的某个单词、短语甚至句子等找出近义词或最合适的解释。因此考生可以利用上下文的特定语境推断生词的意思。阅读理解中词汇类问题的常见提问方式有下列几种:
(1)According to the author ,the word "…"means_______.
(2)What does the author probably mean by"..."in...paragraph?
(3) Which of the following is nearest in meaning to "…"?
(4) From the passage, we can infer that the word"..."is ____.
(5) The term ".."in paragraph… can be best replaced by ….
(6) What does the author probably mean by"..."in...paragraph?
(7)What's the meaning of "…"in line …of paragraph….?
(8)As used in the line …, the word "…"refers to _______.