成人本科学位英语解题及应试的技巧

（1） 主题思想常见提问方式及答题技巧

主题思想题在考试中出现的频率较高，因为这类题可考查考生抓主要信息的能力，而能够抓住文章的主要信息又是阅读能力的一个极为重要的方面。

这类题在设题时常会用到title,subject,main idea,topic,theme等词。常见的提问形式有以下几种：

What is the main idea of the passage？

Which of the following would be the best title？

What's the best title for the passage？

The main idea of the passage is that _____.

This passage tells us _____.

Which of the following statements best expresses the main ideaofthe passage？

What does the passage mainly discuss？

做这类题时常用略读法，把注意力放在抓主要信息上，不去过分注意细节事实，否则会造成“只见树木，不见森林”的结果。通常的办法是，快速阅读文章时注意找出各段主题句。英文文章各段主题句常放在段首，有时也放在段尾或段落中间，有时不明确写出，通读文章后把各段主题句联系起来，一般就能得出文章主题。

就整篇文章来讲，首段和尾段一般对于解这类题更为重要。我们以97年统考试卷中阅读理解部分的第一篇文章为例：

How often one hears children wishing they were grown up,andoldpeople wishing they were young again. Each age has itspleasuresand its pains,and the happiest person is the one whoenjoys whateach age gives him without wasting his time in uselessregrets.

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities tomakelife difficult. If a child has good parents,he is fed,lookedafter and loved,whatever he may do .It is impossible that hewillever again in his life be given so much without having todoanything in return .In addition,life is always presentingnewthings to the child——things that have lost their interest forolderpeople because they are too well-know. But a child has hispains:he is not so free to do what he wishes to do;he iscontinuallybeing told not to do things,or being punished for whathe has donewrong.

When the young man starts to earn his own living,he can nolongerexpect others to pay for his food,his clothes,and hisroom,buthas to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spendsmost ofhis time playing about in the way that he used to as achild,hewill go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society ashe used tobreak the laws of his parents,he may go to prison. Ifhowever,heworks hard,keeps out of trouble and has good health，he can havethe great happiness of building up for himself his ownposition insociety.

文章后面第四个问题是：

The main idea of the passage is that _____.

A. life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains

B. young men can have the greatest happiness if they workhard

C. childhood is the most enjoyable time in one's life

D. one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age inhislife

文章的第一段讲的是人们常听说孩子们盼着长大成人，老年人则希望返老还童。人生的每个阶段总是欢乐伴着苦恼，而最幸福的人则是那些既享受人生每一阶段所带来的欢乐，又没有因虚度年华而终生后悔的人。第二段讲述了一个人儿童时代的欢乐与苦恼，第三段则告诉读者青年人的责任与义务，机遇和挑战。从以上三段文字来看，第一段中第二句即是主题句，所以我们应选D为正确答案。

（2） 主要事实和细节题设题思路及答题技巧

主要事实和细节题就是我们平时所说的由who,what,where,when,why,which,how引出的问题。这是极为常见的阅读理解题。这类题主要是针对论证支持主题的事实或例证设题，可能涉及数学计算、概念理解以及是非判断等。

这类题的方法一般是先用寻读法找出与问题相关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行细读，找出问题答案。

这类题提问的形式多种多样，常见的有以下几种：

Which of the following （statements） is Not mentioned inthepassage？

According to the passage,which of the following statementsistrue？

According to the passage,all of the following are trueexcept_____

How many…？

What…？

Why…？

解这类题时，审题是关键，首先一定得看清问题。比如一句结论性的话后边到底是…is true，还是isnottrue.另外，由于细节题比较容易，有时为了增加测试难度，命题人员在题干或选项中要增加一些文字或意义上的干扰。所以考生很少能在原文中找到一模一样的现成答案。

我们引用2002年试题为例。

On Novr 19,1863,Abraham Lincoln went to GettysburginPennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. TheCivilWar was still going on. There was much criticism ofPresidentLincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He hadbeen invitedto speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. Theprincipalspeaker was to be Edward Everett,a famous statesman andspeaker ofthe day. Everett was a handsome man and verypopulareverywhere.

It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the trainwhilegoing to Gettysburg. Late that night,alone in his hotel roomandtired out,he again worked briefly on the speech. The nextdayEverett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes.Hisspeech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day.ThenLincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paidlittleattention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the endtherewas little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked,Ihave failed again. On the train back to Washington,he saidsadly,That speech was a flat failure,and the peoplearedisappointed.

Some newspapers at first criticized the speech. But littlebylittle as people read the speech they began to understandbetter.They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deepmeaning. Itwas a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could havemade.

Today,every American school child learns LincolnsGettysburgAddress by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of thegreatestspeeches ever given in American history.

文章的最后一题是：

Which of the following statements is NOT true according tothepassage？

A. Lincolns Gettysburg Address has deep meaning.

B. Lincolns Gettysburg Address is simple in style.

C. Lincolns Gettysburg Address is memorized by everyAmericanschoolchild.

D. Lincolns Gettysburg Address is the greatest speecheverdelivered in the United States.

答案可以在文章的第三段和第四段找到。“他的演讲含义深刻、风格简朴；如今美国所有的在校的学生都能背诵他的演讲”；文章中他谈到：“现在所有的人都认为他的演讲是美国历的演讲之一。”而不是美国的演讲。所以D是错误的。

推理性试题大多含有infer,imply,suggest,conclude,（most）probably等关键词。以下是一些常见的提问方式：

It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

The passage implies that _____.

The passage suggests that _____.

What is implied in the passage？

The graph following （proceeding） this passage probablywilldiscuss （discusses）_____.

推理性试题不能从文章中直接找到答案。

解这类题需要考生在正确理解原文语言字面意义的基础上，运用逻辑推理的方法去理解文章字里行间的意义。对原文中找到的所有相关信息要进行仔细分析，摸清它们相互之间时间、方位、因果、对比等逻辑关系，在此基础上进行综合推理，选定答案。

我们仍以2002年试题中的阅读理解文章为例。

On Novr 19,1863,Abraham Lincoln went to GettysburginPennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. TheCivilWar was still going on. There was much criticism ofPresidentLincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He hadbeen invitedto speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. Theprincipalspeaker was to be Edward Everett,a famous statesman andspeaker ofthe day. Everett was a handsome man and verypopulareverywhere.

It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the trainwhilegoing to Gettysburg. Late that night alone in his hotel roomandtired out,he again worked briefly on the speech. The nextdayEverett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes.Hisspeech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day.ThenLincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paidlittleattention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the endtherewas little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked ，Ihave failed again. On the train back to Washington,he saidsadly,That speech was a flat failure,and the peoplearedisappointed.

Some newspapers at first criticized the speech. But littlebylittle as people read the speech they began to understandbetter.They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deepmeaning. Itwas a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could havemade.

Today,every American school child learns LincolnsGettysburgAddress by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of thegreatestspeeches ever given in American history.

文章后面的第五题就是一个推理性试题。

It can be inferred from the text that _____.

A. Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he wenttoGettysburg

B. Lincoln was very busy at the time and didnt have much timetoprepare his speech

C. Lincolns speech was full of rich words

D. Lincolns speech was very long

文章的第二段有这样的话：“It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech onthetrain while going to Gettysburg. Late that night,alone inhishotel room and tired out,he again worked briefly onthespeech.”“据说林肯是在去葛底斯堡的火车上准备他的演讲的。那天深夜，在宾馆的房间里，他既孤独又疲倦，只是又简单准备了一下。”所以通过这些句子我们可以判断林肯非常的忙，没有更多的时间准备他的演讲，B是正确答案。A，C，D，均不符合文章的内容。

作者的语气态度往往不会直接写在文章里，只能通过细读文章，从作者的选词及其修饰手段中体会出来。这种题型常见的提问形式有：

The author seems _____.

The author's tone in this passage is _____.

The purpose of the author in writing this passage is _____.

The author's intention in writing the passage is to _____.

The writer probably feels that _____.

In the author's opinion， _____.

这类考题中，询问语气态度的题，选择项里常出现以下一些重要的词：sympathetic同情的；critical批评的；doubtful怀疑的；tive客观的；enthusiastic热情的，matter-of-fact实事求是的；hostile敌对的；satisfied满意的；friendly友好的；indifferent冷淡的；subjective主观的；optimistic乐观的；pessimistic悲观的；disappointed失望的；neutral中立的。

询问写作目的的题，选择项里常出现的词是：

explain解释；persuade劝说；comment评论；

criticize批评；interest引起……的注意或兴趣；

entertain使欢乐；argue辩论；demonstrate举例说明，示范；

tell讲述；prove 证明；urge激动；advise劝告；analyze分析；

praise赞扬，view看待，等等。

例：

One bcenter spot in the U.S. economy in 1979 was thesurprisingdecline in gasoline use. Rising fuel costs are finallyproddingAmericans to cut back on consumption， and the need for thisbecomesmore acute all the time.

有关作者态度或观点的问题是：

How does the author view the decline in gas consumption？

A. He is indifferent.B. He thinks it is a good sign.

C. He doesn‘t see the need for it.D. He is unhappy about it.

作者把“the decline in gas consumption”描述为“one bcenter spot in theU.Seconomy”，可见答案应该是B。