Ⅱ.Read the sentences carefully and circle the context clues of the underlined words.
1. The waterproof garments can protect you from the rain.
2. These organizations have done excellent and outstanding work in promoting friendship and cooperation between the countries.
3. Man’s Fate, which has been translated into sixteen languages, is probably his masterpiece, the best piece of his works.
4. Problems caused by new technologies cannot be foreseen, or expected before.
5. Strong leadership, the ability to be a leader, is needed to captain the team.
6. A significant breakthrough, the important development in your daily routine, can lead you to do your work more efficiently than ever before.
7. Jack is always absent-minded in class, so he is forgetful about the knowledge.
8. Some of their football was breathtaking, a delight to watch.

1. protect you from the rain 2. excellent
3. the best piece of his works 4. expected before
5. the ability to be a leader 6. the important development
7. forgetful 8. a delight to watch

【分析】本题要求找出划线单词的上下文线索，解题思路是：在每个句子中，划线单词附近会有对其含义进行解释、说明或同义表述的内容，这些内容即为上下文线索，需定位并提取对应部分。
【解析】1. 划线词waterproof后“protect you from the rain”是对其功能的说明，为线索；2. outstanding与excellent并列，excellent为线索；3. masterpiece后“the best piece of his works”是对其的解释，为线索；4. foreseen与expected before同义，expected before为线索；5. leadership后“the ability to be a leader”是对其的解释，为线索；6. breakthrough后“the important development”是对其的解释，为线索；7. absent-minded与forgetful同义，forgetful为线索；8. breathtaking后“a delight to watch”是对其的解释，为线索。
【答案】1. protect you from the rain 2. excellent 3. the best piece of his works 4. expected before 5. the ability to be a leader 6. the important development 7. forgetful 8. a delight to watch
【知识点】英语词义猜测
【点评】本题考查通过上下文线索猜测词义的基础能力，需准确识别对划线词起解释作用的语境内容，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5