2. 细节理解题
历年来的专四阅读理解试题中细节题占比例较大。学生感觉,记叙文的细节题比较容易,因为有故事情节,而其他文体的细节比较难记住。细节题的难度在于,由于需要记住众多的细节信息,阅读速度会慢下来。这就需要一些解题技巧和策略来帮助学生。
英语专业四级细节题是对文章的理解而言的,题目形式通常表现为正选和反选两种。正选就是要求选出符合文章内容的选项,其他三项都不符合文章意思或推断不出来; 而反选则是选出与文章内容不相符的一项,其他三项都符合文章意思。纵观历年考题,反选题比例更高些,但由于考试紧张的缘故,常会忽略题目中表示否定的黑体词,选择符合文章内容的选项。
(1) 正选题的提问形式如下:
问时间: When did scientist discover that …?
According to the passage, when does the cobra look for food?
问地点: Where did Jane spend most of her childhood?
Where did the parents find the child?
问事物的某个方面: Which aspect of …is discusd the least in the passage?
清炒莴苣丝 Which of the following is mentioned as one of Picasso’s interests?
问“…之最”:Which of the following is the lowest point in the United States?
Where is the highest point in the United States located?用餐英语
问原因: Why does the honest public have to pay higher prices when they go to the shops?
Bees are called social incts becau they …
墙体发霉其他形式:According to the passage, how do students in class often react to …?
The color of honey in its final stage depends on …
(2) 反选题的提问形式一般采取大写的NOT或表示否定的前缀,具体形式有:
Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?
Which of the following is NOT true?
Which of the following aspects is INCORRECT about the ________?
【真题示例】2006年
For veral days I saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the morning he emed much occupied with business, and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighborhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him. When his foot was well enough, he rode out a great deal.
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During this time, all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the hou, when he would sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me, becau I saw that I had nothing to do with the cau of them.
91. At the beginning Miss Eyre’s impressions of Mr. Rochester were all EXCEPT _________.
A. busy B. sociable C. friendly D. changeable
【解题点拨】由于题干中的impressions定位到第一、二段中Miss Eyre对Mr. Rochester的描述。首段第二句,In the morning he emed much occupied with business, and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighborhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him. 说明Mr. Rochester很忙,交际很广,排除选项A和B;第二段第一句when he would sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and smile.说明Mr. Rochester喜怒无常,排除选项D,因此答案为C巴基斯坦婚礼。
【注意】细节题是专四阅读理解题中出现频率最高的题型,因此要高度重视。主要考查学生对文章中具体信息的理解程度,如时间、地点、人物、事件、原因、数字、方式等。尤其需要注意的是其中的反选题,即选择与文章内容不相符的一项,通常会出现INCORRECT, EXCEPT等词语。由于考试时学生精神高度紧张,时常有读错题的情况发生,因此应该平时养成认真读题、冷静判断、准确作答的习惯。
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3. 分析推理题
阅读理解过程也是分析推理的思维过程。在许多文章中,作者的意图或态度会隐含在字里行间,这就要求学生综合文章中的线索,以文章表面文字信息为依据进行分析、推理、判断和检验,理解文章的深层意义。
对考生来讲,推理题是具有一定难度的题目,要求考生根据文章内容对所给选项进行判断和选择,考查的不仅是考生对文章的理解能力,还有考生的逻辑思维能力和对各种知识的综合运用能力。在解题时,仅靠捕捉字面信息还是不够的,重要的是掌握文章的主旨,把每句话都放到全篇中去考虑以得出综合的判断。该题型常见的提问方式有:
(1) 题目中使用infer一词,明确要求考生进行推理判断。主动、被动语态均有,如:
It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
We can infer from the passage that the writer intends to ___________.
From the last paragraph we can infer that the writer is ____________.
(2) 题目中用imply一词,要求考生推理得出文章中没有直接表达的内容,也就是含义,如:
我的舅妈It is implied in the passage that ________.
What is implied at the very end of the passage?
The passage implies that it is easy to buy the following things in the country EXCEPT_____.
(3) 题目中使用conclude 一词,要求考生根据文章内容得到某种推论,这种形式常常要求推断出总体的印象和含义,常为大意题的一种形式,但主要在于推理和得到相应的结论。如:
We can conclude from the passage that the author is _______.
It can be concluded from the passage that ________.
Which of the following can NOT be concluded from the passage?
(4) 题目中使用suggest 一词,“间接地表示”,如:
It suggests that the central problem is relationships between _________.
The passage as a whole suggests that ___________.
At the end of the passage the author ems to suggest that life in future is _________.
(5) 题目中使用em一词,要求我们根据所读的印象回答问题,但不能草率地根据模糊的印象就决定选择答案;而必须根据文章中各种线索进行分析推理。如:
According to the passage, science and engineering cours em to be more ________ than art cours.
The passage ems to indicate at the end that children ________________.
At the end of the passage, the author ems to emphasize ________ in an increasingly high-tech world.
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(6) 数字计算或大小比较题,有些考题需要考生经过计算或类似分析得出结论,也是推理题的一种。如:
By 1965 HMS Belfast had been in rvice for _______ years.
How long had the Persians occupied the northern region of Pakistan?
(7) 题目中用名词impression,这里的“印象”只能通过主观的分析推理得到,如:
The general impression of snorkeling the writer gives is that _______.
We get the impression from the first paragraph that the author __________.