例题The new design was well received by the reception staff of the hotel chain._________
正确选项句子为:They all believe that its introduction has led to a modern , more professional corporate image and greater confidence among them.
例题分析:选项中的they是一个复数人数主格代词,对应空格前句中的staff。staff是一个集合名词(全体员工),是个复数概念。代词中有一类叫不定代词,常见的有:one, everyone, everybody, each, both, all, many, these, this等,特别要注意它们所指代的名词概念的单复数性质,考生如果对此比较敏感,对解题有很大的帮助。
例题:It is important, therefore, that we should know what people using our stores want of us.__________ During the past two years, we have been working hard to improve the standard of our products in both these areas.
正确选项句子为:Research commissioned by the company shows that, above all else, customers expect fashion and value.
例题分析:空格后的句末in both these areas中both这个不定代词提示考生空格中一定出现两个并列的名词概念,即fashion and value。当然该题也可通过同义词对应解题:选项中的expect对应空格前的want,表"需求"。
例题:Laura Ashley made a fortune by looking back to past centuries, searching for old designs to decorate a variety of clothes and household furnishings. _____.
正确的选项是:These traditional products created a huge wave of demand from the States and elsewhere.
例题分析:空格前句中的old和选项中的traditional是近义词,是很明显的同义对应关系。
例题:A Norwegian company, Cortex, has patented a cork, made from man-made materials which it claims is superior to the real thing. ________.
正确的选项是:I hope to be making 200million of its synthetic corks a year by the end of the decade.
例题:These days, Dan Baird runs Front Line Developments, his own computer games business, and has just sold his latest game to the American software giant. _______."The computer game is now a totally accepted means of entertainment", she says.
正确的选项是:She thinks that a lot of people feel that computer games are just a passing fad, but her view is that they are not.
例题:A recently study by American management institute shows that the processing of documents takes up 60% of office works'time, 40% of labor costs and up to 10% of business income. ______.
正确的选项是:These figures are hardly surprising since documents convey nine-tenths of all information.
例题:Certain key products have been subject to a thorough review, most notably menswear, where significant advances have been made in product design and manufacture. ____________.All of these have reported an increase in market share.
正确的选项是:Other areas where product innovation has been particularly effective are in lingerie, gifts and home ware.
例题分析:空格后句开头的all of these 提示我们空格里面肯定出现大于等于三个并列的名词概念,正是选项中的lingerie(女士内衣), gifts(礼品)and home ware(家居用品),这三个名词与前句中的menswear(男士服装)属于同一范畴类的事物,都是百货商店中的常见商品类别。从这道例题我们还能得出这样一个有用的结论:很多题目的衔接可能不止一个,我们可以从不同的角度来解题或对答案进行验证。
二.逻辑衔接根据前后句之间的逻辑关系又细分为:解释关系、例证关系、因果关系、顺逆关系。
1.解释关系
前后句之间含有解释的逻辑关系,这样的逻辑关系是很隐蔽的。
例题:By 1995, the year she died, the business had grown so much that she had decided to remain involved only in the area of design. ______.
正确选项:the creative side of things was what she had always enjoyed most.
例题分析:design这个词的中文意思肯定是所有新东方读者熟知的,但笔者如果提个问题,不知道有多少读者能回答出来:What is the essential quality(nature) of a successful designer? ---一个成功的设计师的基本素质是什么?究竟怎样的人可以被称之为设计师?答案是:He or she must have original mind. ---必须具有创新思维。选项中的the creative side of things是对前句中the area of design的最好解释。其实任何语言学习的最高境界就是对语言所表达的思想的精确理解,而不是表面的语言现象。笔者留一个简单的问题给读者思考:who can be called entrepreneurs(企业家)?
例题:Manager should provide regular feedback to their staff.______.
正确选项:For example, when good work has been done it must be praised.
例题分析:选项是对前句举了一个十分明显的例子。
3. 因果关系
前后句的逻辑是因果关系,常见的逻辑表达有:because, for, since, as, the reason is that,result in/ from, be due to, be attributed to 等等。还有一些表示因果逻辑关系的表达是比较隐蔽的,如:underlie(前者构成后者的基础,实际是前者是因,后者是果),再如:in response to(前者作为后者的回应,即后者是因,前者是果)。希望考生在平日英语学习中多作总结,这对考研的各个部分的解题都有好处。
例题:There is no doubt that, in an increasingly competitive trading environment, we are better equipped than ever to compete and to win and we feel increasingly optimistic.______.
正确选项:This is due to our now having a clear strategy with a focus on the customer, product improvement and store refurbishment.
例题分析:选项句中有一个非常重要的形容词clear,这个词足以说明该公司的strategy(战略)是正确的,一家公司有着清晰而正确的战略思想当然会使其蒸蒸日上。空格前面一句正是讲的该公司踌躇满志,十分乐观。空格句开头的this is due to 反映出这样的因果逻辑关系。
例题:Company both large and small have spend large sums of money on improving office computer facilities._______. It seems that business have failed to apply the developments in technology to greater effect.
正确选项: However, this enormous investment has not improved productivity as expected.
例题分析:空格前句作者如果不是正面也至少可以说是中性的描述:公司无论大小都在改进自己的办公室的硬件方面不惜血本投资。空格后面的一句中有一个鲜明表示负面评价的词汇:fail to。如果没有空格中的这句话,前后两句的逻辑出现了断层(logical gap)。所以考生可以在备选项中搜寻转折逻辑的各种表达法,很快就能找出正确的选项。
41题解析
原题空格前后两句:For Williams, these activities become what he calls "electronic heroin". (41) __________. In 1997 he lost $21,000 to one slot machine in two days. In March 1997 he lost $72,186.
正确选项:(C)By the time he had lost $5,000, he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit, one night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.
42题解析
原题空格前后两句:Noting the "medical /psychological" nature of problem gambling behavior, the letter said that before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical / psychological information demonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or well-being. (42)________.The Wall Street Journal reports that the casino has 20 signs warning, "enjoy the fun and always bet with your head, not over it."
正确选项:(A)Although no such evidence was presented, the casino's marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.
分析:空格前面一句中的letter一词和选项中的mailings是同义词对应。第二层对应也是同义词的对应:空格前句中的patronizing the casino(光顾赌场)和选项中entered the casino(进入赌场)其实是相同的意思。
43题解析
原题空格前后两句:Nevertheless Williams's suit charged that the casino, knowing he was "helplessly addicted to gambling", intentionally worked to "lure" him to "engage in conduct against his will" well. (43)_______.The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders says "pathological gambling" involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit loss of money than of the thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall.
正确选项:(B) It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative?
分析:这道题是很明显的同词重复现象:lure和will的重复出现。
44题解析
原题空格前后两句:The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders says "pathological gambling" involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit loss of money than of the thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall. (44) . Pushed by science, or what claims to be science, society is reclassifying what once were considered character flaws or moral failings as personality disorders akin to physical disabilities.
正确选项:(F) It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.
分析:此题有多层的对应关系。第一层对应为:空格前句的diagnostic(诊断上的),选项中的medicalize(医学化)以及空格后面的physical(身体上的)虽然不是近义词或同义词,但很明显它们属于同一范畴,属于医学范畴,因此是同一范畴词汇对应;第二层对应为:选项中的defining as(注意选项中有倒装结构,原结构应该是define…as…)与空格后的reclassifying…as…是近义词表达法,都是表示"归类为,定义为";第三层对应为:选项中的weakness of will (意志上的弱点)和空格后句中的character flaws(性格的缺陷)是上下义词的关系,前者属于后者。
45题解析
原题空格前后两句:Pushed by science, or what claims to be science, society is reclassifying what once were considered character flaws or moral failings as personality disorders akin to physical disabilities. (45)___________. Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying degrees dependent on---you might say addicted to---revenues from wagering.
正确选项:(D) Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is the government.
分析:此题有两层对应。第一层对应是:空格后面的"Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying degrees dependent on---you might say addicted to---revenues from wagering."(44个州发行各种彩票,29个州开设赌场,大多数州在不同程度上依赖于赌场收入)是以具体的例子来说明选项中的"Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever"(赌博已经成为美国生活中的一个司空见惯的现象),是上文总结的例证逻辑关系。第二层对应是:空格后句中的revenues(收入)一词是个专业术语,特别指国家政府的财政收入。它与空格后的government属于同一范畴词汇对应关系。
好,下面结合大纲的例子说一下我的双两点一线法的操作:
给出段:
第一段:Long before Man lived on the Earth, there were fishes, reptiles, birds, insects, and some mammals. Although some of these animals were ancestors of kinds living today, others are now extinct, that is, they have no descendants alive now. 41). _______.
第二段:Very occasionally the rocks show impression of skin, so that, apart from color, we can build up a reasonably accurate picture of an animal that died millions of years ago. The kind of rock in which the remains are found tells us much about the nature of the original land, often of the plants that grew on it, and even of its climate.
第三段:42). _____. Nearly all of the fossils that we know were preserved in rocks formed by water action, and most of these are of animals that lived in or near water. Thus it follows that there must be many kinds of mammals, birds, and insects of which we know nothing.
第四段:43). _______. There were also crab-like creatures, whose bodies were covered with a horny substance. The body segments each had two pairs of legs, one pair for walking on the sandy bottom, the other for swimming. The head was a kind of shield with a pair of compound eyes, often with thousands of lenses. They were usually an inch or two long but some were 2 feet.
第五段:44). ____________. Of these, the ammonites are very interesting and important. They have a shell composed of many chambers, each representing a temporary home of the animal. As the young grew larger it grew a new chamber and sealed off the previous one. Thousands of these can be seen in the rocks on the Dorset Coast.
第六段:45). ____________.
第七段:About 75 million years ago the Age of Reptiles was over and most of the groups died out. The mammals quickly developed, and we can trace the evolution of many familiar animals such as the elephant and horse. Many of the later mammals, though now extinct, were known to primitive man and were featured by him in cave paintings and on bone carvings.
选项:
A. The shell fish have a long history in the rock and many different kinds are known.
B. Nevertheless, we know a great deal about many of them because their bones and shells have been preserved in the rocks as fossils. From them we can tell their size and shape, how they walked, the kind of food they ate.
C. The first animals with true backbones were the fishes, first known in the rocks of 375 million years ago. About 300 million years ago the amphibians, the animals able to live both on land and in water, appeared. They were giants, sometimes 8 feet long, and many of them lived in the swampy pools in which our coal seam, or layer is formed. The amphibians gave rise to the reptiles and for nearly 150 million years these were the principal forms of life on land, in the sea, and in the air.
D. The best index fossils tend to be marine creatures. These animals evolved rapidly and spread over large areas of the world.
E. The earliest animals whose remains have been found were all very simple kinds and lived in the sea. Later forms are more complex, and among these are the sea-lilies, relations of the star-fishes, which had long arms and were attached by a long stalk to the sea bed, or to rocks.
F. When an animal dies the body, its bones, or shell, may often be carried away by streams into lakes or the sea and there get covered up by mud. If the animal lived in the sea its body would probably sink and be covered with mud. More and more mud would fall upon it until the bones or shell become embedded and preserved.
G. Many factors can influence how fossils are preserved in rocks. Remains of an organism may be replaced by minerals, dissolved by an acidic solution to leave only their impression, or simply reduced to a more stable form.
操作:
第一步、通读分析,找出要义
1、 分析第一段有两个句子,第一句是大概交代在人之前,历存生物的列数,喀嚓,不靠虑!为啥?因为下面来了个让步关系的句子,按照文章段落结构常规,这样关系的句子就有表明段落要义的成分;再分析,大家都知道Although引导的句子只是铺垫,而重点显然是others are now extinct, that is, they have no descendants alive now,好,that is表明同位结构,喀嚓就剩下others are now extinct,至此为止,得出本给出段要义――extinct,也就是那些个生物都死翘了!
2、 分析第二段同样也是两个句子,第一句是个因果关系的句子,显然重点是后半句apart from color, we can build up a reasonably accurate picture of an animal that died millions of years ago。重点是build up ~picture,意思是能给那些死翘的生物展现它们的全貌!
第二句是个结构稍繁的简单句,抓住主语rock,对照上句一看,上面已提到rock而且还进一步说明它能build up ~picture,显然这句的重点不在rock,否则这句是废话!当然是分析什么样的rock拉,一看从句主语the remains are found以及紧跟的从句谓语tells,显然tells就表明后面的是对the remains are found的阐述拉,同位意思直接喀嚓!好!那究竟build up ~picture和the remains are found哪个是第二段要义?搞不清?好先放着儿,姑且都认为是要义!
3、 分析第三段还是两个句子,第一句是个强调句,强调的重点是fossils,再看看有关这个强调fossils的两个并列句,一个强调all of the fossils 一个强调most of these(fossils),它们都谈到water action的问题,显然第一句的要义是fossils与water action有关!第二句一看,得!又是开篇第一句话的翻版,再罗列一次吧拉巴拉的演化,要是这种话是重点,那全文每句话都成重点咯!喀嚓!本段要义――fossils与water action有关!
4、 分析第四段爽啊!哗啦四个关系明了的句子,第一句一提crab-like creatures,后面一阵解说到底,得!本段要义――crab-like creatures!
5、 分析第五段,哈,跟第四段一样,一眼就逮着四句的相同主语ammonites,不好!这单词不认识!再一看第二句对它的长相的表述(3、4句讲的是习性)have a shell composed of many chambers,得!第四段要义――讲述带壳儿的生物!
6、 分析第七段共三句,每句主语分别是Reptiles、mammals、primitive man(虽非主语但mammals已提到,重点强调primitive man),好!这会儿轮到吧拉巴拉的罗列咯!文章都结尾了自然要综述一下,对照开篇综述句Long before Man lived on the Earth, there were fishes, reptiles, birds, insects, and some mammals.(反的说)一看,得!本段要义――比75 million years 还早的生物!
第二步、分析两点,找到一线
这一步开始,就可以一边找线,一边开题拉~
PS:可能你会说,为啥第一步你不顺带做题?我想问你有没有考虑时间的统筹啊?除非你是周伯通――左右脑一块玩转,我是没那儿本事!
1、 分析第一段要点extinct和第二段要点build up ~picture或the remains are found的关系,发现前面总之一个死,后边怎么都能活,整个转折关系;扫一眼选项B,爽!Nevertheless!不过还不能确定!分析B项得知它的第二句无论主语fossils还是句意和第二段的第一句有明显的顺承关系!B的第二句说道从化石可以推断那些死翘生物的体形、习性,而第二段第一句紧接着说道从化石中推断出的信息可以描绘出N多年前那些死翘生物的原貌景象,太顺承了,41题选B。
2、 分析第二段要点the remains are found(为什么不靠虑build up ~picture啦?一是刚才贴了上句用过了,而是它和42题隔了一句)和第三段要点water action之间的关系,发现前者是讲这些个仍保存的化石能反应当时的环境,而后者提到这些个化石本身受到过水的作用,而且变成化石的那些个生物也曾经生活在水边;这两者之间应该是时空关系,中间那段必然要提到那些个生物当年在当时的与水有关的环境下,由生入死,变为化石的过程!你会说,考试的时候哪来那么多相象力?不会吧,读了这么多年E文总该知道叙事文都会有场景描写的吧?显然场景描写不会太短,再加上跟water action有关,却有D/E/F三项(注:其实F的内容太贴切了,这个题目本身就比较简明,但为了更有力度的说明我的这个由句子分析为主导的双保险思路,姑且不考虑太多语感因素)晕!还好这只是第二步!
3、 分析第三段要点water action和第四段要点crab-like creatures之间的关系发现,还是有水在里头!好!先分析D/E/F的后半句(贴近下文嘛):D大意说最好的例子算是海洋生物的化石了,因为它们又广又多,可是下文的There were also crab-like creatures怎么理解?既然also了,那上文必然有与crab-like creatures相关的东东!反观上文,根本没提到,那么肯定就藏在43项里!因此D可以肯定的删除(如果你觉得我这样分析还没道理的话,我是想不出什么办法了,你去看看李和王的解释吧,一个运气一个感觉,我当时有点晕)!分析E项的后半句正好提及类似crab-like creatures的东西,F根本没沾边!显然答案选E项!
4、 分析44项,找寻第四段要点crab-like creatures和第五段要点ammonites之间的关系,应该可以用并列来描述,对于并列的东西,我第一反应就是思考它们之间的有连词意味的词句!当然这就很自然的注意到:Of these!那么44项的主语必须是一个复数概念!同时还考虑到44既然是Of那些个ammonites-have a shell composed of many chambers,必然是有shell生物的大范畴!显然只有A项符合!
5、 太明显的时间关系了!而且在第一步的6就以分析出,45必然有比75 million years 还早的生物的叙述,只有C符合了!
第三步、代入原文,找点确证
1、 先看42题,只剩下D/F,到目前为止,文章大意应当基本明了,还是分析句子但着眼点变了,从重点归纳转到细节成分的核实!我毫不犹豫的扣住Nearly all of the fossils,什么意思?作者为什么要说几乎所有的,而不是所有的?,你看E项第一句的后半句may often be carried away by streams into lakes or the sea,注意:often!常常、大多时候!范围限定和42空简直是天衣无缝啊!再看D项,不管它扯什么!你只管那个The best index fossils中的The best,范围呢?以上只是从语法角度分析的!你也许会说我吹毛求疵,但是如果D项中有两个关键名词你不认识呢?你不会自我安慰的选F,又或者被王若平成为缺乏(语感)逻辑的"怪人"吧?
2、 其他的不用我再一个个代入分析了吧?李玉枝在这方面的讲解就像变戏法!
不过这个戏法好像只在这个题上比较省事!我觉得这道题的关键词比较明显,也算是个严重的BUG!我相信王若平的分析:05年填空阅读难度必定比这道题大!毕竟听力取消后整体难度下降,只能由它来提高了!
结语:
我考虑到填空式阅读的句子难度一般不会太大,所以选择以句子分析为主要切入点;听过王若平的FLASH后感到五大关系的分析十分重要,所以作为解题的核心思想;同时感到李玉枝的以关键词为主导的方法十分灵活,将它列入我的第三步解题模式中去。
也许你会问:用得着这么费事的分析吗?时间够么?
我的经验是:上面的步骤一般不会多于20步,而你算算看,你分析这样容易的句段每步要花1分钟么?通常这样按部就班的做,最后模棱两可的选项只有一个,也就是说,按照王若平的只剩一项,两空填一个的原则,最少要拿8分!而光按关键词或者语感做,一旦做得手忙脚乱无所选择时,你可能会只得2分(运气好的话)!
你是不是觉得攻克填空阅读是保分的捷径呢?
我个人觉得只要摸索出一套比较合理的思路,在此基础上再用好题训练,提高对关键词的敏感度并增强段句关系分析能力,一定能拿下8分以上!
希望大家能一起来完善或提出更好的方案!
解题策略三:句子衔接六法则
连贯使文章的每个段落、每个句子甚至每个短语融为一体。段落一致与句子衔接是文章连贯
的两个必要因素。
1)重复
在诸多句子中,后一句重复使用前一句子中的某个词语。
As the saying goes,"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," but I've also heard people say "All play and no work makes Jake a dumb boy."中重复了使用了work, play, makes... boy等。
2)同义语:重复的词语的同义语。
大纲样题第一段第一句与第二句,'fishes, reptiles, birds, insects and some mammals'和'the sea animals'属于重复词语的同义语。
3)反义语:使用反义语也可以实现句子衔接。
4)指代:使用代词等手段来指代前面提到过的内容。例如:"these,this"的使用。
5)列举:使用明显的顺序标记来彰显各个意思之间的联系。例如"First,Second,Third.
6)平行:重复某一句子的句子结构。
解题策略四:寻找句子连接标志词六法则
1)同位:表明一致性、同一性。例如:that is, that is to say,in other words...
2)因果:表示逻辑性。例如:therefore, so, consequently, as a consequence, thus, as a result hence, because, since, for...
3)递进:表示连续性。例如:and, too, also, furthermore, moreover, in addition, besides, in the same way, again, another, similarly, a similar, the same...
4)转折:表示对比关系。例如:but, yet, however, nevertheless, still, though, although, where-as, in contrast, rather...
5)让步:表明作者意愿。例如:admittedly, I admit, true, I grant, of course, naturally, some believe,some people believe,once it was believed,there are those who would say...
6)举例:表示从一般到特殊。例如:for example, for instance, after all, an illustration of, even, indeed,in fact, it is true, of course, specifically, to be specific, that is, to illustrate, truly...
解题策略五:段落衔接
词可以帮助组织起段落的主要组成部分:
1)顺序:表示先后,例如:First,Second,and Third.....
2)例证:解释说明主题。例如:for example,for instance,one example of this is ,as another example,Another example of ...is that...
3)并列:表达一个问题的两个方面。例如:On the one hand...,on the other hand...;However ...;Not only...,but also..
文章结论
结论是对文章进行总结,多在文章的最后一段。结论段对文章的要点进行总结,有时甚至是重复各个主题句,有时提出建议,发出呼吁,从而结束文章。
在某一标题或主题的限定下而展开论述,我们一般情况下可以采用如下方法:
1.分类法:这种方法常用于阐述某一概念。它通过对概念中所包括的事物进行分门别类,分别加以叙述,使考生对于这一概念获得更为清晰的认识。如:标题中有"various forms of communication"等词,那么,作者就可能将其分为oral speech,sign language,body language或other forms of nonlinguistic language来加以阐述。
2.例证法:即举例法,指用典型、具体而生动的事例来证明、阐述一个观点,支持文章标题。此种方法通常用于主题比较抽象的文章中,通过使抽象意义具体化而使文章通俗易懂并有说服力。
如:讲如何学习,就可能举几个类似于如何记单词的例子来使文章更加生动、具体。
3.列举法:就是在文章中用一个个细节来对标题所体现的主题思想进行说明的方法。列举法的使用会使文章显得思路清晰,有条有理。
4.因果法:即通过分析事物发展的原因和结果将文章标题阐述清楚的一种方法。因果法有两种:先因后果法和先果后因法。顾名思义,就是原因和结果在段落中出现的顺序不同。
5.比较、对比法:即在文章中找出两个或两个以上不同种类的事物之间的共同点或不同点进行阐述的方法。比较对比法有两种具体写作方法:一是进行整体的比较和对比,二是进行逐项的比较和对比。
二、根据标题选内容题型具体的解题方法