选择题为雅思阅读中题型的一种,分为单项选择题和多项选择题。虽然此类题目总体出现次数相对较少,但是难度却非常大,很多学生都对此非常头疼。本篇主要以单项选择题为例,为大家讲解一下提高解题正确率的两种方法。大家可以先通过这两种方法学会排除错误选项,然后再通过基础阅读能力的提高进行正确选项的选择。
单项选择题之所以难是因为此类题目需要学生在理解四个选项的同时,对原文的某一句或几句话进行细节的理解。做一个单项选择题的时间和精力相当于做四个判断题,且每个选项之间又相互干扰,使得基础段的学生做起来难度更大。因此在做这类题目时我们先不要讲注意力集中在正确选项是谁,而是可以换一种思路,先进行错误选项的剔除,从而提高自己的正确率。
首先,当问到段落主旨或例子以及引用的作用时,排除与题目中例子或引用内容相同的具体选项。很多单选题会问到的一类问题就是原文举例子或者引用某句话的目的是什么,当问到此类问题是,若选项是对例子或者话语的转述或重复,那么此选项可以排除。为什么呢?这就不得不提到例子或者引用的意义了。无论是我们自己写作文还是雅思文章中都经常会出现例子或者引用,它们的出现往往不是为了新观点的提出,而是为已经存在的观点进行支撑。因此当问到此类目的时,答案一定是脱离了具体和细节,转而关注抽象和宏观的。下面我们看两个例子。
剑桥雅思八Test 3 Passage 1
The main topic discussed in the text is
A. the damage caused to US golf courses and golf players by lightning strikes.
B. the effect of lightning on power supplies in the US and in Japan
C. a variety of methods use in trying to control lightning strikes.
D. a laser technique used in trying to control lightning strikes.
我们通过四个选项定位到原文会发现,AB选项在原文中的句子都是作为具体例子出现的,而题目问的是main topic,也就是文章主旨,所以AB选项不可能作为题目答案。
剑桥雅思七Test 1 Passage 3
In this passage, the author uses the examples of a book and a lecture to illustrate that
A. both of these are important for developing concentration
B his theory about methods of learning is valid
C reading is a better technique for learning than listening
D we can remember things more easily under hypnosis
通过题目中的book和lecture定位到原文我们会发现,CD选项中的reading,listening和hypnosis等关键词都涉及到了两个例子的具体信息,因此这两个选项应该被首先排除。
最后我们以一个练习结束本篇内容,请根据原文排除具体选项(答案会在连载二公布):
William Curry is a serious, sober climate scientist, not an art critic. But he has spent a lot of time perusing Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s famous painting ‘George Washington Crossing the Delaware,’ which depicts a boatload of colonial American soldiers making their way to attack English and Hessian troops the day after Christmas in 1776. ‘Most people think these other guys in the boat are rowing, but they are actually pushing the ice away,’ says Curry, tapping his finger on a reproduction of the painting. Sure enough, the lead oarsman is bashing the frozen river with his boot. ‘I grew up in Philadelphia. The place in this painting is 30 minutes away by car. I can tell you, this kind of thing just doesn’t happen anymore.’
The writer uses paintings in the first paragraph to illustrate
A. possible future climate change.
B. climate change of the last two centuries.
C. the river doesn’t freeze in winter anymore.
D. how George Washington led his troops across the river.
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