任何一篇文章都是围绕某一中心或某一话题张开,必须通过各种手段来说明它,反应它。绝大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主题展开的细节。细节题往往直接问到文章的某一具体段落,句子,甚至单词和短语,但多数的细节题不采用文章的原话,通过释义或重述的形式设计题。常见的形式有:1)According to the passage, who/when/where/what/why/how/how many/how much......? 2)According to the passage,,which of the following is mentioned?3)In the passage the writer states that...? 4) which is the right order of event?
1) The author's view is ______?2)The author thinks that______?3)The author suggests that_________? 4) The author gives the impression that________.5)Which of the following can best describe the attitude of the author towards......6) What is the tone of the passage?
A biography is the story of a persons' life written by someone else.
根据定义,biography 的意思是有别人写的生平叫传记。
(2) 根据同义词或同义关系,反义词或反义关系
---I think we are being watched. ---Really? What makes you think we are under surveillance?
根据语境,可判断being watched 和 under surveillance 是同义关系。
During the concert,the children were quiet,but afterwards,they became boisterous. but 表示转折关系,因此boisterous 是quiet 的反义词,意思为吵吵嚷嚷的。
(3) 根据举例
Several other gases,such as argon, comprise the remaining one percent of the volume of dry air.
Such as 提示argon 为某种气体。
(4) 根据因果关系
She did not hear what you said because she was completely engrossed in her reading. because 之前的分句表示结果,之后的分句表示原因,可推理她没听到的原因是她完全被阅读吸引住了或她正全神贯注的看书。因此,engrossed 的意思是被吸引的,全神贯注的。
(5) 根据句意或上下文语境
If he thinks he can invite me out , he is all wet. I don't like to be with him.
2、“总说-分述”结构。首段做总的说明,其他段落分别说明或具体论述首段的观点,属于这种结构的文章主题在首段。最典型的是新闻报道类文章,此类体裁的文章在近年高考阅读中逐渐增多。一般这类文章都有固定格式:城市名称(新闻社)———新闻内容。掌握一些国际知名新闻社的英文名称是必要的,路透社Reuters,美联社Associated Press,法新社Agence France Presse。