好,接下來看第23題
23. which of the following would Shaw and Newman most probablyagree on?
[A] It is writers’ duty to fulfill journalistic goals.
[B] It is contemptible for writers to be journalists.
[C] Writers are likely to be tempted into journalism.
[D] Not all writers are capable of journalistic writing.
還是那三板斧,第一步,找關(guān)鍵詞并定位,第二步,確定讀的范圍。第三步,讀文章。關(guān)鍵詞Shaw andNewman,很快我們就找到了這句話Theirs was aserious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learninglightly, like George Bern ard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could betrusted to know what they were a bout. These men believed injournalism as a calling, and were proud to be publishedin the daily press. “So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enoughto keep their own end up in journalism, ”Newman wrote, 再讀選項我們很快發(fā)現(xiàn),選項d和文章中So few authors havebrains enough or literary gift enough 契合度很高,于是做出選擇就不太困難了。但是根據(jù)我決不放棄任何一個選項的原則,另外三個我們一定要認(rèn)真辨別,找出排除的確切理由,a,有個詞duty,明顯言過了,何況文章壓根就沒談什么fulfilljournalistic goals。b,還是一樣,作家不屑與成為記者,邏輯錯誤,弄反了。c是值得大家特別關(guān)注的一個選項,因為選項中有一個短語,be likely to,和may意思差不多,但由于作家想成為記者文章并沒有提到,所以pass掉。于是d是最佳選項。總結(jié)這一題發(fā)現(xiàn),在靠近關(guān)鍵詞附近找答案的確還靠譜。
看24題:
24. What can be learned about Cardus according to the last twoparagraphs?
[A] His music criticism may not appeal to readers today.
[B] His reputation as a music critic has long been in dispute.
[C]His style caters largely to modern specialists.
[D]His writings fail to follow the amateur tradition.
老樣子,第一步,找關(guān)鍵詞并定位,第二步,確定讀的范圍。第三步,讀文章。關(guān)鍵詞 Cardus,the last twoparagraphs。由于提到最后兩段,按著我的習(xí)慣,我一般就直接看第一段了,于是我們很高興的發(fā)現(xiàn)第一句是這樣一句話Unfortunately,these critics are virtually forgotten. Unfortunately我們是不是太熟悉了,直接就表明了作者的態(tài)度,更讓我高興的是后面還說了thesecritics are virtually forgotten,讓我知道了作者為什么失望,再讓我們看看選項,剛看到a,竟然又讓我發(fā)現(xiàn)了may,而且讀后發(fā)現(xiàn)竟然和第一句話的意思那么吻合,被忘了不就是代表著作品不再吸引今天讀者了嗎,好了a鐵定是跑不了了,不過按照每個選項都認(rèn)真看的原則,大家還是不能激動,耐著性子把選項看完。在這里bcd排除難度不大,我就不再細(xì)說了。
好,在看最后一題25:
25. What would be the best title for the text?
[A] Newspapers of the Good Old Days.
[B] The lost Horizon in Newspapers.
[C] Mournful Decline of Journalism.
[D] Prominent Critics in Memory.
這種題恐怕是最讓大家為難的了,不過,大家只要把握好全文(就是第一段和每段的第一句在重讀下),然后再細(xì)細(xì)的研讀選項(很多人讀選項都不仔細(xì)),作出正確的判斷也不是那么困難,雖不說能達(dá)到百分百,也能做到個八九不離十,所以,這種題,需要認(rèn)真。我們先來回顧一下文章的主題,講的不就是藝術(shù)報道的衰落嘛,再看選項,acd明顯不對頭,a著重說的是報紙c著重說的是journalism,范圍放的太大了d文章重點不是講評論家,就算是評論家也應(yīng)該講的是藝術(shù)評論家,怎么看怎么是錯的,所以唯一的選擇只能是b了,b小時的視野,這不就指藝術(shù)評論的衰落進(jìn)而是報紙上少了一道風(fēng)景線嘛,大概就是這個意思了。
好,整篇還剩下一個沒做,我們沒有碰過的選項就是c,唯有c沒有選過,但是很遺憾的是,22題cd我們都已經(jīng)排除了,于是由回到了起點。到了這個份上,如果實在想不出來,隨便選一個也就是了,因為浪費太多時間也不太劃算。不過這題也并不是無解,如果你能注意到我們做21題提到過的一個詞seriousness,那么這個詞就不難了,再看看ab,a說的是隨意的主題,b說的是隨意的風(fēng)格,因為seriousness的存在,b就鐵定不可能了,因為b和seriousness的意思剛好相反,所以但最終選a??磥砜拷P(guān)鍵詞找答案也并比一定百分百。
做完一篇閱讀,我們發(fā)現(xiàn),其實做題并不需要讀的太多,至于讀多少,每題每篇都不盡相同,個人之間可能也不盡相同,更加需要的是臨場的把握,但只要把握好原則,另外加上長期的練習(xí),我相信你一定會找到適合自己的方式。 |