(二)句义推测
1.同义法
例⑥(NMET2001,B篇,60)
Holiday makers who are bored with baking beaches and overheated hotel rooms head for a big igloo. Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world's first igloo hotel. Built in a small town in Lapland, it has been attracting lots of visitors, but soon the fun will be over.
In two weeks' time Bergqvist's ice creation(作品)will be nothing more than a pool of water."We don't see it as a big problem,"he says."We just look forward to replacing it."
60.When the writer says"the fun will be over,"he refers to the fact that ____.
A.hotel guests will be frightened at the thought of the hard test
B.Bergqvist's hotel will soon become a pool of water
C.holidaymakers will soon get tired of the big igloo
D.a bigger igloo will replace the present one
解析:由文中可以看出,igloo hotel在两周内将不复存在，而变成一泓清水(be nothing more than a pool of water)。游客住进冰屋是一种冒险的体验。A、C、D在文中未出现,故答案为B。
2.因果关系
在上下文中，由从属连词because,since,so等连接。据此，可根据已知的"因"推出未知的"果"。
例⑦(NMET2000,E篇,73)
Excused from recycling(回收利用)because you live in a high rise with a rubbish chute(垃圾道)? You won't before long. Miami's Mark Shantzis has made it simple for those living in tall buildings to use the chute and recycle too.
73.When he says"You won't before long"the writer means that____.
A.you'll soon be living in a cleaner building
B.rubbish chutes will become out of date before long
C.you won't wait long for your turn to recycle rubbish
D.it won't belong before you'll have to recycle your rubbish
解析：首先弄懂be excused from意为"被免于做某事"。而Mark Shantzis对垃圾道进行了改造，装上了垃圾分装盒，使居住在高层的人们免于对自家的垃圾分类并进行回收利用。因此，住高层的人们不久也要对垃圾进行分类回收利用了。由于文中未提到高层住宅卫生状况差以及本装置并未过时,而且在对垃圾的回收利用中,不会有轮着哪一家的情况。所以A，B，C皆不对,故答案为D。
3.情景推断法
例⑧(NMET'99,D篇,62)
Maybe ten-year-old Elizabeth, put it best when she said to her father,"But Dad, you can't be healthy if you're dead."
Dad, in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten to wear his safety belt-a mistake 75% of the US population make everyday. The big question is why.
There have been many myths about safety belts ever since their first appearance in cars some forty years ago.
62.Why did Elizabeth say to her father,"But,Dad, you can't be healthy if you're dead"?
A.He was driving at GREatspeed.
B.He was running across the street.
C.He didn't have his safety belt on.
D.He didn't take his medicine on time.
解析：因匆忙回家，忘记系安全带。Elizabeth跟父亲说："爸，如果人死了就谈不上健康了"可以推知答案为C。
