tailieunhanh - Third Grade Reading Comprehension Success_3

Bây giờ, tất cả các công việc rất đáng kính, nhưng họ là khá phổ biến, vì vậy họ sẽ không thể được mô tả như là duy nhất hoặc đặc biệt. Hơn nữa, chúng tôi có thể nói rằng b là câu trả lời chính xác bởi vì chúng ta có thể thay thế các từ tối nghĩa với các từ không rõ hoặc tầm thường trong câu và cả hai sẽ có ý nghĩa. | DEFINING VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT 1. Before they become household names the waitresses hairdressers investment bankers counselors and teachers are a. famous and notorious. b. unknown and undistinguished. c. unique and distinctive. The correct answer of course is b. It certainly can t be a because we know that these people are not yet famous. The reality shows will make them famous but until that happens they remain obscure. Answer c doesn t really make sense because we know from the passage that these people are waitresses hairdressers investment bankers counselors and teachers. Now these are all very respectable jobs but they are fairly common so they wouldn t be described as unique or distinctive. Furthermore we can tell that b is the correct answer because we can substitute the word obscure with the word unknown or undistinguished in the sentence and both would make sense. Review Finding Facts Here s a quick review of what you learned in Lesson 1. Reality TV has the ability to take ordinary people and make them famous. However another reason people participate in reality TV shows is 2. a. for money. b. because they feel lucky. c. because they are bored. A quick check of the facts in the paragraph will tell you the answer is a for money. What Does Proliferate Mean Look again at the sentence in the passage in which proliferate is used Whatever their attraction these shows are among the most popular on television and every season they proliferate like weeds in an untended garden. Again even if you have no idea what proliferate means you can still tell what kind of word it is by the way it is used. You know for example that these shows proliferate like weeds in an untended garden. Therefore you can answer this question 3. Proliferate is a word associated with a. growth. b. reduction. c. disappearance. The answer of course is growth. How can you tell Well we all know that weeds have a tendency to grow wherever they can. Now that you ve established that proliferate .