第四講 如何做閱讀理解題(二)
1、細節題
大綱對考生學會的閱讀能力的第二條需要是:知道講解主旨的事實和細節。也就是說大家在閱讀一篇文章時,除去抓住文章的主旨和大意料之外,還需要弄清文中的一些要緊事實或細節,由于它們是作者得出結論或說明論點的依據。知道這類事實或細節能夠幫助領會并確定文章的主題思想。
細節類題目在職稱英語等級考試的閱讀理解題中占的比率最大,涉及的內容也非常廣,因此,大家在復習應考時,應注意在該類題目上多下功夫。細節題常出why, when, where, what, who等疑問詞引導的句子提問。解答細節題的重點在于從問題中找出問題的關鍵字,即能表達問題所涉及內容的中心詞,然后飛速在短文中用查讀的辦法找出關鍵字在短文中的地方,與包括所需信息的句子或短語,最后依據這類句子或短語做出正確的選擇。
細節類題目容易見到提問形式有:
What causes...?
Why does the author mention...?
How many...?
where in the passage does the author describe...?
What time does the writer think is ...?
The author mentions that...?
The writer states...?
等等
對于這種題型,考生可以第一從問題中找到關鍵字,然后以此為線索,運用查讀的辦法到文章中探尋這一細節,找到后再把這一部分內容仔細閱讀一遍,從而保證對這一細節的正確理解,最后確定正確答案。
Let Them Watch It
One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn't or couldn't sleep, I tried everything I could think of : a warm bottle, songs, and gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable1 TV into his room, figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill off the hours until dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes, focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then tiptoed out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi's fortyfifth birthday. My wife and I heard no more of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.
I found in my baby's behaviour a metaphor2 for the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don't read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however