tailieunhanh - Reading comprehension success part 6

Tham khảo tài liệu 'reading comprehension success part 6', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | DEFINING VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT Practice Read the following passages and determine the meaning of the words from their context. The answers appear immediately after the questions. Although social work is not a particularly lucrative career I wouldn t do anything else. Knowing I m helping others is far more important to me than money. 6. Lucrative means. a. highly profitable. b. highly rewarding. c. highly exciting. When you are in an interview try not to show any overt signs that you are nervous. Don t shift in your chair shake or stutter. 7. Overt means. a. embarrassing awkward. b. subtle suggestive. c. obvious not hidden. By the time our staff meeting ended at 8 00 I was ravenous. I had skipped lunch and hadn t eaten since breakfast. Answers 6. a. The writer says money is not important to him. If money is not an issue it is okay that social work is not highly profitable that it doesn t earn a lot of money. 7. c. Shifting shaking and stuttering are all obvious not hidden signs of nervousness. They are not b subtle or suggestive and though they may make the interviewee feel a embarrassed or awkward the signs themselves are not embarrassing or awkward. 8. b. Because the writer hadn t eaten since break- fast she is extremely hungry greedy for food. She may also be c exhausted but the context tells us that this word has something to do with eating. Summary The ability to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words from their context is an essential skill for reading comprehension. Sometimes there will be unfamiliar words whose meaning you can t determine without a dictionary. But more often than not a careful look at the context will give you enough clues to meaning. 8. Ravenous means a. like a raven bird-like. b. extremely hungry greedy for food. c. exhausted ready for bed. Skill Building until Next Time Circle any unfamiliar words you come across today and the rest of the week. Instead of looking them up in a dictionary try to figure out the meanings of these words .