标题: 四级阅读备考策略大起底 [打印本页] 作者: dlxd1 时间: 11-3-29 06:45 标题: 四级阅读备考策略大起底 对于绝大部分考生而言，这个十月意味着我们已经正式进入到备战阶段，单纯的背诵单词业已无法满足要求。更为重要的是，我们必须把复习的重点由基本词汇的积累和构建逐步转移到熟悉命题特征、摸索考题规律上来，以求有的放矢、迅速突破，为最后的冲刺阶段打下坚实的基础。那么命题的规律是什么，近年真题又能对我们有什么启发？正所谓温故而知新，下面北京新东方老师结合近两次的精细阅读和选词填空考题为大家逐一解开疑惑。
综观近年考题，一个很有意思的趋势就是文章段落数在不断增加。2008年12月份的两篇文章首度突破十段话的大关，到了2009年12月份更是涨到了14段。今年6月份的考题整体难度偏低，但两篇文章也都有6、7段。由此看来，现在的命题者似乎特别偏好这样一类文章——“散文”。当然，此处笔者所谓的散文不是指文体，而是就其结构特点而言：文章段落多，每段话却又只有寥寥数语。
碰到这种文章，考生朋友们似乎都感觉很棘手。文章不仅篇幅冗长而且结构模糊，林林总总十几段话着实不知道该从何下手。试图全文通读，怎奈阅读速度所限无法实现；想逐个击破，却又不知从何处读起只好望洋兴叹。
其实应对这种考题模式万变不离其宗的规律就是从题干入手，挑选关键词，藉由关键词的提示迅速判断有效段落的位置，各个击破，从而提高效率。在此不妨以2009年12月份的阅读文章为例。（有删节）
Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates and how they'll change America. Rightly so. But selfishly, I'm more fascinated by Michelle Obama and what she might be able to do, not just for this country, but for me as an African-American woman. As the potential First Lady, she would have the world's attention. And that means that for the first time people will have a chance to get up close and personal with the type of African-American woman they so rarely see.
…Even in the world of make-believe, black women still can't escape the stereotype of being eye-rolling, oversexed females raised by our never-married, alcoholic (酗酒的) mothers.
These images have helped define ….
It won't be easy. Because few ….
Just as she will have her critics, she will also have millions of fans who usually have little interest in the First Lady. Many African-American blogs have written about what they'd like to see Michelle bring to the White House ----mainly showing the world that a black woman can support her man and raise a strong black family. Michelle will have to work to please everyone — an impossible task, But for many African-American women like me, just a little of her poise (沉着), confidence and intelligence will go a long way in changing an image that's been around for far too long.
A) Encouraging positive thinking many do more harm than good.
B) There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems.
C) Unhappy people cannot think positively.
D) The power of positive thinking is limited.
按照刚才我们所讲的规律，其中的Canadian自然就是关键词。依此线索很快找到文章第二段，Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are。那么最后这个小分句——it can simply highlight how unhappy they are（这只能凸显出他们心情有多么糟糕）——非常明显地证明了积极思考（positive thinking）的局限性，因此选择D选项。