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2017-07-18 11:55:45来源:上海新东方 石昊月

  四:修辞目的题

  Paragraph 3: The first wells were drilled into the Ogallala during the drought years of the early 1930’s. The ensuing rapid expansion of irrigation agriculture, especially from the 1950’s onward, transformed the economy of the region. More than 100,000 wells now tap the Ogallala. Modern irrigation devices, each capable of spraying 4.5 million liters of water a day, have produced a landscape dominated by geometric patterns of circular green islands of crops. Ogallala water has enabled the High Plains region to supply significant amounts of the cotton, sorghum, wheat, and corn grown in the United States. In addition, 40 percent of American grain-fed beef cattle are fattened here.

  In paragraph 3, why does the author provide the information that 40 percent of American cattle are fattened in the High Plains?

  ○To suggest that crop cultivation is not the most important part of the economy of the High Plains

  ○To indicate that not all economic activity in the High Plains is dependent on irrigation

  ○To provide another example of how water from the Ogallala has transformed the economy of the High Plains

  ○To contrast cattle-fattening practices in the High Plains with those used in other region of the United States

  这题问作者为什么要提到“40 percent of American cattle are fattened in the High Plains”,这个信息在段落的最后一句,它与前一句的连接词“in addition”不可忽略,说明与前一句之间的关系是并列,所以前一句并不是作者的目的,要跳过前一句的并列信息再往前找观点,这种情况答案一般在段落的开头,这一段的第一句是介绍背景的,第二句是作者的观点,即是答案C选项所说的内容,其中的another example 刚好印证了in addition.

  五:句子简化题

  Numerous insects occupy the marsh, feeding on living or dead cordgrass tissue, and redwing blackbirds, sparrows, rodents, rabbits, and deer feed directly on the cordgrass.

  • Insects feed only on dead cordgrass, while most other marsh inhabitants feed on live cordgrass.

  • The marsh is a good habitat for insects, but a relatively poor one for birds and animals.

  • Although cordgrass provides food for birds and animals, it gives insects both food and a place to live.

  • Cordgrass provides food for numerous insects, birds, and other animals.

  句子简化题判断正确选项的一大标准就是如果原句有明显的逻辑关系,那么这种逻辑关系是不能变的。以上这题原句是and连接的并列关系,快速浏览四个选项发现A是while连接的比较关系,B和C分别是but和although 连接的转折关系,只有D是并列关系,这样可以迅速的锁定选项,再与原句比对验证一下,即可得到答案。

  除了以上在各个题型中的应用,not only…but (also)…如果位于段首,还起到了承上启下的作用,意识到这一点,对于梳理文章脉络可起到重要作用,比如在 Nineteenth-century Politics in the United States 这篇文章中,第四段的开头是这么写的:Whigs and Democrats differed not only in their attitudes toward the market but also about how active the central government should be in people's lives. 由此可以推测出,文章的第三段讲的是Whigs 和Democrats这两个党对于市场态度的不同(即not only的内容),第四段后面会开始讲两个党对于政府在人民生活中该有多活跃的不同意见(即but also的内容)。如果我们能够迅速捕捉到这些点,读文章的时候也会更轻松一些,另外在自己写作文的时候也可以加以应用,使段落之间衔接的更自然连贯。

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