标题解释：
考试里的assume 的意思和生活里的assume 的意思是一样的
目前来看没有一个北美类的考试出现的单词意思是非常冷门的：只有我们自己接触的意思的片面，不存在考试的刻意刁难。
关于assume 这个单词的意思，如果是研究生考试的（GRE/GMAT/LSAT）会非常熟悉，是考察argument 逻辑关系的题目。
但这个单词来阅读题里面也是常出现。在SAT 的阅读里面assume 作为单词题出现过两次
202205 Asia Question 36
原文
Bemard Shaw has pointed out that business in its proper sphere is, as it were, quite all right; but that when it assumes the role of governing, as in America it is a source of destructive behavior.
题目
As used in line 67,“assumes” most nearly means
undertakes
pretends
supposes
expects
202203 Asia Question 15
原文
Reacher, as the psychologist Toshio Yamagishi pointed out, the mistake is for participants to assume that they are emgaging in a social exchange interaction, in which people can reciprocate favors.
题目
As used in line 62, "assume" most nearly means
believe
pretend
undertake
guess
这两个的意思本身不同，和逻辑题里的assume 的意思都是不同的。
我们再看下如果阅读其他题目里出现的时候，assume 考察的是什么意思
202203 NA Q51
题目
Based on Passage 2, it can most reasonably be inferred that the validity of the researchers' claim in the last paragraph of Passage 1 depends on which assumption about geologic conditions during the time of the breakup of Rodinia?
从提问方式上看，和逻辑题里的assume/assumption 的意思是类似的，就是某个说法要成立的的“假设前提”。
比如
证据是 x=y
结论是 x=z
问：上面这个证据到结论的逻辑关系要成立的“假设前提”（assumption）是什么？
assumption: y=z
这当然是最直白的一种assumption 。
而我们在202203 NA Q51 这个阅读文本题问的assumption 的意思，就是这种逻辑里的assumption。
又比如以下
202205 Asia Q11
It can most reasonably be inferred from the passage that researchers design their selflessness experiments with the assumption that
202112 Asia Q9
Based on the passage, the narrator assumes that in order for the US Expansion Project to succeed, employees planning it must be able to
以上，可以发现，除了单独词汇题里的assume 的意思得看语境，其他的在阅读题干出现的考察的都是逻辑关系里的“假设前提”。
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