AEIS英文考试的阅读部分想要拿满分,除了平时词汇量的积累,最重要的,是清楚地了解出题老师想法,知道一般会在文章的哪个地方出题。下面小编整理了一些出题策略,一起来看看吧。
1、转折对比处
转折句或转折关系常常是文章内容的强调之处,是作者表达观点或陈述事物的关键地方。一般而言,转折后的内容是语义的重点,它往往是作者的真实意图所在,所以命题者常对转折处的内容进行提问。考生应特别注意此处内容。转折一般通过however, but, yet, in fact等词或短语来引出。
强对比也是作者用来强调论证自己观点的一种方法,常由unlike, until, not so much…as等词或短语引出。命题者常就被对比者的属性设题。
2、举例处
作者在文章中经常引用具体的例子来使文章更有说服力,而这些例子很可能会成为考点,需加以注意。文章中常用as, such as, for example, for instance, take…as an example等引出的短语或句子作为例证。
例,But privacy does matter—at least sometimes. It’s like health; when you have it, you don’t notice it. Only when it’s gone do you wish you’d done more to protect it.
Q: According to the passage, privacy is like health in that ______.
A) people will make every effort to keep it
B) its importance is rarely understood
C) it is something that can easily be lost
D) people don’t cherish it until they lose it
作者把隐私同健康进行比较,当人们拥有健康时,不曾注意到它,一旦失去才知其珍贵。D)中的cherish it与原文中的wish you’d done more to protect it意思一致。
3、因果关系处
两个事件内在的因果关系常常成为出题人的命题点,一般来讲,这种选择题有两种形式,给出原因推断结果,或给出结果推断原因。
例,In the past few years, prominent schools around the world have joined the trend. In 2003, when Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard, another former Yale provost, as its vice-chancellor, the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen “a major strengthening of Yale’s financial position.”
Q: Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard as its vice-chancellor chiefly because ______.
A) she was known to be good at raising money
B) she could help strengthen its ties with Yale
C) she knew how to attract students overseas
D) she had boosted Yale’s academic status
剑桥大学公开强调Alison Richard在以前的工作中负责监督财务,“是耶鲁大学财政状况提升的主要力量”,基于这个才能,剑桥大学聘请她担任常务副校长一职。A)she was known to be good at raising money表达的与此句相同,故为答案A。
4、定义结论处
很多文章中会出现考生不熟悉的概念,作者往往会对这些概念给出相应的定义,这些定义很容易成为考查的内容。很多文章都涉及一些调查或实验,而这些调查、实验的结果、结论又常常成为考点,因此考生一定要注意find, show, reveal, conclude等动词引出的宾语从句以及thus等表示结论的词语。
例,Most hydrogen and oxygen atoms in water are stable, but traces of both elements are also present as heavier isotopes. The heaviest rain falls first. As a result, storms that form over the Pacific deliver heavier water to California than to Utah.
Q: What is said about the rainfall in America’s West?
A) There is much more rainfall in California than in Utah.
B) The water it delivers becomes lighter when it moves inland.
C) Its chemical composition is less stable than in other areas.
D) It gathers more light isotopes as it moves eastward.
在太平洋上形成的风暴给加利福尼亚州带来的雨水要比带给犹他州的更多。 B) The water it delivers becomes lighter when it moves inland (雨水由沿海进入内陆地区时会变小),加州属沿海地区,犹他是内陆地区,因此,该选项是对原文的概括,故为答案B。
5、列举并列处
列举并列处是指用First(ly)… Second(ly)… Third(ly)… Finally…; Not only…but also…; In addition; Furthermore; Moreover; Above all; On the one hand…, on the other hand…等表示顺承关系或递进关系的词语列举出的事实。列举并列处是设置事实细节题的主要出处,若为正面出题,则与原文内容相同的选项为正确答案;若题干为反面设题,则与原文意思相反的选项为此题的正确答案。
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