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Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.How are context clues used in the sentence “The village had most of the usual amenities: a pub, a library, a post office, a village hall, a medical centre, and a school.”?
【正确答案】：

HYPONYMY IS USED AS A CONTEXT CLUE IN THIS SENTENCE. SUPERORDINATES AND SUBORDINATES OFTEN DEFINE AND EXPLAIN EACH OTHER, THUS FORMING AN IMPORTANT CONTEXT CLUE. THE WORDS AFTER AMENITIES ARE SUBORDINATES , WHICH PROVIDE A GENERAL IDEA OF THE MEANING OF AMENTITY.

【题目解析】：这个句子使用下义词作为上下文线索。上义词和下义词经常相互定义和解释，从而形成一条重要的上下文线索。“amenities”后面的词是下义词，它提供了“amentity”含义的一般概念。