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When you read in English, you are likely to come across words or phrases that you don’t understand. Looking these up in a dictio

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问题    When you read in English, you are likely to come across words or phrases that you don’t understand. Looking these up in a dictionary can be very time-consuming and frustrating, how ever. This makes it difficult to enjoy reading, and it is impractical as well, if you have to read pages at a time.
   When you read in your native language, what do you do if you come across a word that you don’t know? You may occasionally check with a dictionary, but most of the time you guess the meanings of unfamiliar words from the context. You can do the same when you read in English.
   If you don’t know the word "euphemism" and you read it in the sentence, "Pass away is a euphemism for die." How do you figure out what it means without looking in a dictionary? If you look at the other major words in the sentence--pass away and die--you see that they mean almost the same thing, but that pass away is an indirect or less harsh way of saying die. There fore, a euphemism must be an indirect or less harsh way of saying something. You are able to figure out the meaning of a word that you didn’t know by looking for clues in the context.
   Sometimes an author will tell you the meaning of an unfamiliar word, or restate the idea in a way that gives you a clue to the meaning of the unfamiliar word. The sentence "His ideas are really half-baked; he just does not think them out well," is an example of a restatement of the idea. The second half of the sentence restates the idea of the first, so half-baked means "not thought out well".
   An author may also give an example or illustration of an unfamiliar word. In the sentence, "I was very apprehensive, as if I were waiting to see the dentist," the feeling being described is compared with the common experience of waiting to see the dentist. How do you feel when waiting to see the dentist? You probably feel nervous about what might happen, and that’s what apprehensive means.
   Another kind of clue to look for is a word or phrase that is contrasted with the unfamiliar word. In the sentence, "When you remember how shy he used to be, it’s hard to believe how outgoing he is now." the word shy, which you probably know, is contrasted with the word outgoing, which may be unfamiliar. Since the opposite of shy is friendly, or eager to mix socially, you can guess what outgoing probably means.
   You Should keep in mind that it is not always necessary to understand the exact meaning of a word when you are reading. If you are able to get a general idea of the meaning of an unfamiliar word, that is sufficient for most types of reading.
The author uses the word "euphemism" as an example to maintain that______.
选项 A、you can’t understand the exact meaning of an unfamiliar word according to its surrounding words
B、you can always guess the meanings of difficult words because of the context
C、you express yourself in an indirect and less harsh way sometimes
D、you can sometimes find clues to the meanings of unfamiliar words in their context
答案D
解析 推理判断题。根据第三段的内容，作者举euphemism一词的例子后，在句末指出：通过寻找上下文的线索就可以搞清你不认识的词的意思。所以选项D是正确答案。
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