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25. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? (2008年 text 1)
[A] Strain of Stress: No Way Out?
[B] Responses to Stress: Gender Difference
[C] Stress Analysis: What Chemicals Say
[D] Gender Inequality: Women Under Stress
解析:题干中问“下列哪一个选项是文章最好的标题?”,相当于问一篇文章的题目是什么,而我们知道题目是一篇文章的核心思想,所以问“标题”也就是问“主旨大意”。此题为主旨大意题。
当然主旨大意题的提问方式不唯一,还可以问文章的主题–“subject”,或者文章最主要讨论或关于什么–“mainly discuss”“mainly about” 。
此外主旨大意题,往往出现在一篇文章的最后一题。
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25. What can we infer from the last paragraph?(2005年 text 1)
[A] Monkeys can be trained to develop social emotions.
[B] Feelings of fairness evolved from an uncertain source.
[C] Animals usually show their feelings openly as humans do.
[D] Cooperation among monkeys remains stable only in the wild.
解析:题干中问“从最后一段中我们能推断出来什么?”,对文章中的整个段落进行提问,这种提问方式称之为段落推断题。
此外从XX段中推断出了…?还可以表达为一下几种:
1)What can we infer from X paragraph?
2) It can be inferred from Paragraph X that ______.
3) What can be concluded from X paragraph?
其他标志词:imply;learn;suggest;indicate;conclude
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57. The author uses the example of cancer patients to show that ______.(2003年 text 4)
[A] medical resources are often wasted
[B] doctors are helpless against fatal diseases
[C] some treatments are too aggressive
[D] medical costs are becoming unaffordable
解析:题干中问“作者采用癌症病人的例子证明了什么?”,是对文章中采用的例子所证明的论点进行提问,这种提问方式称之为“例证题”。注意:show此处含义为“证明”。
“证明”含义的词可以换成:illustrate;present;demonstrate;quote等。
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22. The author’s attitude toward Americans’ watching TV is ______.(英二2014年 text 1)
[A] critical
[B] supportive
[C] sympathetic
[D] ambiguous
解析:此题为“态度题”,态度题的识别非常简单,题干中往往有attitude一词,选项也非常鲜明,只有一个表达态度的词(形容词或名词)。
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23. The word “expedited” (Para. 5) is closest in meaning to ______.(2017年 text 1)
[A] quieter
[B] faster
[C] wider
[D] cheaper
解析:此题为“词意句意题”,识别也非常简单,题干中有双引号,提问双引号中的单词短语或小分句的含义。
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32. Which of the following plays a key role in body growth according to the text?
[A] Genetic modification
[B] Natural environment
[C] Living standards
[D] Daily exercise (2018年 text 3)
解析:此题为“细节题”。细节题是阅读题目中考察最多的题型,本题型没有明显统一的问法,题干中会涉及文中的细节信息,考生们可以通过排除以上五种题型来识别细节题。