①Thesubject/topicofthepassage/articleis…
②Whichofthefollowingbestexpressesthemainidea/thethemeofthepassage?
③Whatdoesthepassage/authormainlydiscuss?
④Whatsthemainpoint/mainidea/centralthoughtofthepassage/author?
⑤Thebestsummaryoftheparagraphis…
⑥What/Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleofthepassage?
⑦Thetitlethatbestexpressesthemainideais…
⑧Thepassageismainlyconcernedabout…
⑨Whichofthefollowingbestsummarizestheauthor'sopinion?
在测试中,有些题目是根据文章中的事实和细节而设计的,对阅读理解来说,理解字面意义是最起码的要求,也就是说起码应该理解文字已明确表达的信息,当然,这里也需要运用综合和判断的能力。此类题的目的在于考察考生对组成文章的主体部分的理解程度。这类问獍ㄑ嗜?who)、物(what)、时间(when)、地点(where)、文中的数据(data)、事情发生的原因和结果(causeandeffect)等。常见的问题形式有:
①Accordingtothepassage,whatwasthe…?
②WhichofthefollowingisTRUE(orNOTTRUE)?
③Whichofthefollowingis/isntmentionedasafact?
⑤Whowasinfavorof/wasagainst…?
⑥Whichofthefollowingbestsupportstheideaofthepassage?
⑦Whichofthefollowingmayleadto(cause)…
⑧Themainreasonfor…isthat…
⑨Themaindifferencebetween…and…isthat…
推论、推理类型题要求考生阅读时,把句子水平的阅读理解提高到语篇水平的阅读理解,包括要求考生在宏观上理解上下文的逻辑关系、通过分析判断归纳总结并概括出合理的结论、理解作者的态度、根据文中内容并利用已有的知识来进行合理的预测与推断。即在考试中要能在理解原文直接陈述观点的基础上,领悟作者的言外之意(implicationorimpliedmeaning),进行合乎逻辑的推理(makinglogicalinference),得出一个合理的结论。所谓合理,是指准确地从原文中推理,而不是说读者主观认为的合理。
①Itcanbeinferred/concludedfromthepassagethat…
②Whichofthefollowingcan/cantbeinferredfromthepassage?
③Thepassagesuggests/impliesthat…
④One/Wecanconcludefromthepassagethat…
⑤Whatdoesthearticle/passagesayabout…?
⑥Accordingtothepassage/paragraph,whichofthefollowingistrue/false?
⑦Theauthormayprobablyagreewith/support…
⑧Bythefirst/lastsentenceofthepassage/thefirst,secondparagraph,theauthormeans…
⑨Theauthorseemstobeinfavorof/beagainst…
⑩Thetoneofthepassage/authormaybe…
B11Theauthorspurposeofwritingthispassageis…
词汇是语言的建筑材料,这类试题主要测试考生利用上下文猜测生词的词义或确定常用词汇在特定语言环境中确切含义的能力。出题对象一般为文中的关键词语,如生词、多义词、复杂句式等。