1. When Lenore Skenazy’s son was allowed to take the subway alone, he .
A) was afraid that he might get lost
B) enjoyed having the independence
C) was only too pleased to take the risk
D) thought he was an exceptional child
利用幾個關鍵詞,在原文中定位句:
Still, when Lenore Skenazy, a columnist for the New York Sun, wrote about letting her son take the subway alone to get back to her Manhattan home from a department store on the Upper East Side, she didn’t expect to get hit with a wave of criticism from readers.
“Long story short: My son got home, overjoyed with independence,” Skenazy wrote on April 4 in the New York Sun.
于是正確答案即為B項,enjoyed having the independence。正是原文的再現(xiàn)。
大家對于閱讀題的普遍認識是有五種題型,分別為:細節(jié)題、主旨題、推斷題、態(tài)度題和語義題。那么這其中實際上是有內(nèi)在聯(lián)系的,細節(jié)題和主旨題是相對獨立的關系,而推斷題實際上并不要求考生根據(jù)文章的信息去推理和分析,而要從兩個角度去思考,有的推斷題在題干中會給出一些信息,如2007年12月22日的傳統(tǒng)閱讀的第58題:What do we learn from Mortimer Zuckerman’s lamentation?在這里我們看到推斷題的信號詞learn,同時又發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個專有名詞(人名),說明此處的推斷是從原文中引用句來的,需要去研究一下引用的具體語言,這種做法正是細節(jié)題的解題思路。又如2009年6月20日傳統(tǒng)閱讀的第一題: We can learn from the first paragraph that______,這道題干也有信號詞learn,但是又給出了第一段這個范圍,可并沒有說是根據(jù)哪一句,我們通常就要去研究一下這第一段的段落主旨來解決了,所以是主旨題的解題思路了。通過這兩個題干,我們會發(fā)現(xiàn),推斷題說到底是細節(jié)題和主旨題的變體考法,之所以叫推斷是由于推斷題的信息往往不是原文直接表述的,而是通過對比、比較、轉(zhuǎn)折等手段間接說出來的,但具體做法還是細節(jié)題或主旨題。
54. What constitutes a major threat to the survival of turtles according to Elizabeth Griffin?
A) Their inadequate food supply.
B) Unregulated commercial fishing.
C) Their lower reproductively ability.
D) Contamination of sea water
根據(jù)關鍵詞會找到一處引用Elizabeth Griffin的原話,“The threat is from commercial fishing,” says Griffin.于是選項自然產(chǎn)生了。
再如2009年6月20日真題的第58題:
58. The two Harvard economists note in their study that, for much of the 20th century, ________.
A) enrollment kept decreasing in virtually all American colleges and universities
B) the labor market preferred high-school to college graduates
C) competition for university admissions was far more fierce than today
D) the gap between the earnings of college and high-school graduates narrowed
根據(jù)關鍵詞會找到如下的部分:
A 2008 study by two Harvard economists notes that the “l(fā)abor-market premium to skill”—or the amount college graduates earned that’s greater than what high-school graduate earned—decreased for much of the 20th century, but has come back with a vengeance (報復性地) since the 1980s.
61. What is the chief consideration when students choose a college today?
A) Their employment prospects after graduation.
B) A satisfying experience within their budgets.
C) Its facilities and learning environment.
D) Its ranking among similar institutions.
通過關鍵詞,考生一般可以查找到如下的句子作為解題句。
As with automobiles, consumers in today’s college marketplace have vast choices, and people search for the one that gives them the most comfort and satisfaction in line with their budgets.
此句與題干的對應,接下來把多余信息去除后,剩下這樣一個說法,即加粗顯示的部分,而選項B,A satisfying experience within their budgets.正是該句的同義替換,結(jié)構基本一致,把In line with改成了一個單詞within。
48. By promoting “body activism,” University of Texas psychologists aim to prevent ________.
可以在原文中找到如下的句子:
What is surprising is the method psychologists at the University of Texas have come up with to keep girls from developing eating disorders. Their main weapon against super skinny (role) models: a brand of civil disobedience dubbed “body activism.”