2018英语专八阅读理解：词汇题解答步骤说明
【解题方法】：1. 构词法猜词 2.语法猜词
【解题步骤】
1. 拆分词词根词缀
2. 联系上下文语法猜词
【例题】
22. Tommasini regards Gilbert as an artist who is
[A]influential. [B]modest. [C]respectable. [D]talented.
One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is comparatively little known. Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilbert's appointment in the Times, calls him "an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him." As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.
【解题步骤】
第一步：本题表面是细节题，定位为
题干：Tommasini 文章：Tommasini
regards…as… call…(as)…
Gilbert him
an an
artist musician
who is unpretentious
第二步：本题转化为猜词题
词根词缀猜词：un+pretent+ious，其中pretent是pretend(假装)的词根，单词的表面意思是"不假装的"，意思就是"谦虚的，低调的"，因此选B。
