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托福阅读中提高正确率的方法有什么

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托福阅读中提高正确率的方法有什么

  考生往往感觉到托福阅读的题量太大,选答案的正确率又不是很高。下面是百分网小编整理的托福阅读中提高正确率的方法,希望对你有帮助。

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  托福阅读中提高正确率的方法

  1)段意对:如果某个选项恰好是刚刚笔记上记下的段意,则选项为正确选项。托福阅读题干要求选出三个能概括文章主要内容的选项,用正常的思维去想一想,我们一般用什么来概括文章的主要内容呢?当然是段意了。

  2)细节错:人家要的是文章的主要内容,细节显然是错误答案。关键是怎么判断细节--标准就是细节是不需要被解释的内容。举个例子:我说“你是个好人”这就不是细节,这个需要解释:你为什么是好人。可是我说“你朋友借了你100块钱不还你也不催债”,这就是个细节。这句话不需要解释,它是用来解释你是个好人这句话的。所以说,看到一个选项,觉得这话没什么要解释的,那这个选项一定错了。

  3)托福阅读和文意相反的选项是错的:这个理由很明白,不用解释什么,关键是你怎么知道哪个选项是和文意相悖的呢?你不是说只读每段的首末句和转折句吗?很多含有细节的句字都读不到呀。这个问题的解决办法在于做题中积累信息。开始的快速阅读只是构建文章的框架,做主旨题之前的题目的过程就是积累细节的过程,这个不用刻意为之,因为之前的题目都是句子定位或者段落定位的,做题的过程中自然会读到每段的细节。

  4)托福阅读编造出来的选项是错的:有一种情况是比较让人郁闷的,就是看到一个选项,又不是段意,也不能准确判断就是个细节,并且也判断不出这个选项和文中的那个内容有所违背。这时候有些考生就慌了,觉得自己是文章没有读仔细,又返回去读文章,可是慌慌张张读了半天还是找不到和这个选项有关的内容。其实不必回去读文章了,关键是头脑要冷静。人家要的文章的主要内容,主要内容一定是某一段的段意或者某几段段意的总结,所以这时候要做的惟一事情就是把段意再总结一遍,如果这个选项和某一段或某几段的段意相符,那么正确,否则这就是一个编造选项,当机立断地把它排除掉!

  托福阅读总结题的做法

  “挖坑——填坑”两部曲

  挖坑指的是,我们迅速阅读原文每段首尾句,总结段落大意并将文章除首(两)段代表文章引入部分的正文部分划分为3-4个极为简略的大概意思,这就是挖坑。

  TPO3-2 Depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer

  我们快速阅读每段话首尾句(共10句),可将除1-2段(大体介绍该蓄水层)之外的段落分为1. Ogallala带来的好处;2. Ogallala遇到的问题;3. 解决该问题的数个方案。

  以上三个大体文章意思的分类,就是我们挖好的坑。

  填坑指的是,符合以上主题的选择,我们保留,不符合的排除。

  A.The use of the Ogallala for irrigation has allowed the High Plains to become one of the most productive agricultural regions in the United States.

  A.选项符合“Ogallala带来的好处”坑要求,保留。

  B.Given the aquifer’s low recharge rate, its use for irrigation is causing water tables to drop and will eventually lead to its depletion.

  B.选项符合“Ogallala遇到的问题”坑要求,保留。

  C.Releasing capillary water and introducing drought-resistant crops are less-promising solutions to the water supply crisis than bringing in river water.

  C.选项不符合“解决该问题的数个方案”,而是方案之间的对比,排除。

  D.The periodic deepening of wells and the use of more-powerful pumps would help increase the natural recharge rate of the Ogallala.

  D.选项不符合“解决该问题的数个方案”,而是单独的某一个解决方案,排除。

  E.In Texas, a great deal of attention is being paid to genetic engineering because it is there that the most critical situation exists.

  E.选项不符合“解决该问题的数个方案”,而是单独的某一个解决方案,排除。

  F.Several solutions to the upcoming water supply crisis have been proposed, but none of them promises to keep the costs of irrigation low.

  F.选项符合“解决该问题的数个方案”,而是方案之间的对比,保留。

  以上,我们没有进行任何的原文比对,只做了“选项是否能够填坑”的大致比较,且部分选项并不用全部读完,如F选项读到Several solutions表达的时候就已经符合填坑条件。

  少数遇到只能排除2个选项的情况,可将剩下4个选项中来自同一坑的2个选项带入原段落进行比对,同样避免了满篇找词的尴尬,工作量大大减少。

  托福阅读化长为短的技巧

  1. 长句子

  俗话说得好,世上本没有长难句,修饰成分多了便有了长难句。面对一个难以理解的长句子,我们首先去反应一个问题,这个句子的生词多不多?如果有较多不认识的生词,那么先从单词的查漏补缺开始做起。然而本文的重点不是单词的记忆,而是面对单词基本都认识,句子还是不理解或者读不下去的问题该怎么办。那么,问题的关键在于句子的语法结构你是否能够明析,能否快速判断出句子的主干和细节。接下来我们用一个例子加以说明。

  A few art collectors Tames Bowdoin of Boston, William Byrd of Virginia, and the Aliens and Hamiltons of Philadelphia introduced European art traditions to those colonists privileged to visit their galleries,especially aspiring artists,and established in their respective communities the idea of the value of art and the need for institutions devoted to its encouragement.

  这个句子的单词难度比较适中,但是句子本身的难度并不小。原因在于句子结构比较复杂,我们来对它进行庖丁解牛。

  A few art collectors introduced European art traditions to those colonistsand established in their respective communities the idea and the need.

  红色部分划出了这个句子的核心主干(即主谓宾),间隔很大,支离破碎。注意后半部分嵌入了倒装句established in their respective communities the idea and the need,establish是及物动词,后面却加了介词in,说明此处有倒装,还原正常语序应是established the idea and the need in their respective communities。倒装出现的意义在于idea和need在原句中的后置定语(即蓝色划线部分)太长,为了防止头重脚轻。

  原句中绿色部分是人名的并列,也是本句主语art collectors的同位语。紫色部分是colonists的非谓语动词后置定语,黄色部分是插入语用来进一步解释art collectors。

  综上所述,本句运用了多种语法结构(并列,倒装,同位语,后置定语,插入语)把主干部分分割得支离破碎,如果对这些语法结构不熟悉的同学肯定会一下子摸不着头脑。而如果能够尽最大努力把握其用法,那么对阅读的速度和正确率的`提升都有很大帮助。

  翻译:几位艺术收藏家(此处省略几位艺术家名字)将欧洲艺术传统介绍给那些被特许参观他们画廊的殖民者,尤其是有抱负的艺术家们,并在他们各自的社区建立了艺术具有价值的观念和致力于鼓励其发展的机构的需要。

  2. 长文章

  说完句子结构,下面来说说段落和文章结构的重要性。面对比较长的段落和文章,要在短时间内快速抓住重点信息,做对题目,那么对文章的行文套路要有非常清晰的把握。下面以一篇OG真题文章Nineteenth-Century Politics in the United States的段落为例来讲解。

  In some ways the social makeup of the two parties was similar. To be competitive in winning votes, Whigs and Democrats both had to have significant support among farmers, the largest group in society, and workers. Neither party could win an election by appealing exclusively to the rich or the poor. The Whigs, however, enjoyed disproportionate strength among the business and commercial classes. Whigs appealed to planters who needed credit to finance their cotton and rice trade in the world market, to farmers who were eager to sell their surpluses, and to workers who wished to improve themselves. Democrats attracted farmers isolated from the market or uncomfortable with it, workers alienated from the emerging industrial system, and rising entrepreneurs who wanted to break monopolies and open the economy to newcomers like themselves. The Whigs were strongest in the towns, cities, and those rural areas that were fully integrated into the market economy, whereas Democratsdominated areas of semisubsistence farming that were more isolated and languishing economically.

  对于这种较长的段落,如何快速辨别段落内部结构和句与句之间的逻辑是理解的关键。[一般来说,段落的主题常出现的位置在段首和段尾,但是也有例外,比如段落内部出现转折,那么要注意转折后的内容与前面相反而且是重点。]

  这个段落,首句在讲两个党派的社会组成是相似的,接着的第二三句出现了both、neither表示“都”、“都不”,提出了两点相似之处。第四句出现了关键性的however,而该句以及接下来的句子主语也发生了转变,都变为两个党派的其中一个。那么,可以推断出however之后的内容与前面相反,所以段落的主题落在了Democrats和Whigs社会组成的不同之处。

  3. 长题目

  (包括选项)

  有些学生过五关斩六将,好不容易将文章意思弄懂的差不多了,一看题目和选项瞬间又一脸懵x。于是只能依靠“经典口诀”来蒙答案,三短一长选一长,三长一短选一短,参差不齐就选c。大家不要模仿哦!

  选项看不懂这种情况的出现是为什么呢?主要原因在于选项的同义改写。

  同义,意味着核心意思保持一致;改写,意味着换一种说法,简单的例如替换同义词语,复杂的例如改变句子结构。下面,我们结合前面所讲的长难句理解内容来做一道句子简化题。

  The Whigs were strongest in the towns, cities, and those rural areas that were fully integrated into the market economy, whereas Democrats dominated areas of semisubsistence farming that were more isolated and languishing economically.

  Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.

  A. Whigs were able to attract support only in the wealthiest parts of the economy because Democrats dominated in other areas.

  B. Whig and Democratic areas of influence were naturally split between urban and rural areas, respectively.

  C. The semisubsistence farming areas dominated by Democrats became increasingly isolated by the Whigs' control of the market economy.

  D. The Democrats' power was greatest in poorer areas while the Whigs were strongest in those areas where the market was already fully operating.

  答案:选D

  单词:

  integrate v. 使融合;使结合

  dominate v. 主宰

  semisubsistence n. 半自给自足

  languish v. 失去活力

  快速做法:

  Step 1:根据逻辑排除A,因果逻辑无

  Step 2:根据主干结构排除C,主语不对

  Step 3:细读B和D,发现B与原句矛盾,排除。

  详细解析:

  原句的结构比较简单易懂,主语是红色部分。句子逻辑是绿色的whereas,表示“然而”。所以这句话是在对比Whigs和Democrats势力分布上的区别。

  A选项的极端词only、最高级wealthiest、because因果逻辑均无体现

  B选项表示两个党派的势力在城市和乡村地区各自自然分布,与原句前半句矛盾

  C选贤偷换主干,原句主干不是farming areas

  D选项涉及同义改写,whereas与while同义替换,逻辑对应。poorer areas同义对应原句的more isolated and languishing economically;market fully operating同义对应原句的fully integrated into market economy

  综上,对于托福阅读长难句,首先按照逻辑排除与原句不对应的改写,其次注意主干结构是否原句一致。掌握好这两个关键的步骤,很大程度上可以帮助我们快速排除掉“一本正经胡说八道”的选项了。


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