SAT閱讀之詞匯題

SAT的閱讀是很多中國(guó)學(xué)生較弱的一科，不僅是因?yàn)閱卧~量或者閱讀體裁比如小說(shuō)類(lèi)文章的問(wèn)題，而且還有邏輯和做題思維的問(wèn)題。我們今天要講的是閱讀當(dāng)中相對(duì)基礎(chǔ)和簡(jiǎn)單的一類(lèi)題目，但從這類(lèi)題目當(dāng)中我們能看到同學(xué)們對(duì)于閱讀的理解深度以及偏差的問(wèn)題。

詞匯題的題目通常的提問(wèn)形式是“XX”(詞或短語(yǔ))serve to/effect... 這個(gè)題目并不只是考察對(duì)詞匯的認(rèn)知，而是從深層次上考察詞匯在文章當(dāng)中的所代表的意義。我們來(lái)看看下面這道題：

Winterbourne reflected for an instant as lucidly as possible - “we” could only mean Miss Daisy Miller and himself. This program seemed almost too agreeable for credence; he felt as if he ought to kiss the young lady’s hand. Possibly he would have done so and quite spoiled the project, but at this moment another person, presumably Eugenio, appeared. A tall, handsome man, with superb whiskers, wearing a velvet morning coat and a brilliant watch chain, approached Miss Miller, looking sharply at her companion. “Oh, Eugenio!” said Miss Miller with the friendliest accent.

In the last paragraph, the words “reflected”, “lucidly” and “felt” primarily serve to

A. Highlight the narrator’s neutral and objective point of view

B. Foreshadow the future actions of a character

C. Introduce a new character into the passage

D. Shift the focus to a character’s subjective thoughts

這段文章當(dāng)中給出的三個(gè)詞是兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞和一個(gè)副詞，那我們首先要知道的是動(dòng)詞的發(fā)出者和承受者是誰(shuí)，被副詞修飾的內(nèi)容是什么，這樣才能清楚這些詞的討論對(duì)象。動(dòng)詞的發(fā)出者都是Winterbourne這個(gè)人，沒(méi)有直接承受者，lucidly是修飾reflected這個(gè)動(dòng)詞的。通過(guò)這個(gè)討論對(duì)象，我們就能夠排除掉A和C了，因?yàn)锳中的討論對(duì)象是narrator，而C的討論對(duì)象是new character。

然后我們?cè)賮?lái)看B當(dāng)中的核心詞是future actions, 而D當(dāng)中的核心詞是thoughts, 很明顯這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞體現(xiàn)的都不是動(dòng)作，而是一種心理狀態(tài)，所以B的actions是不對(duì)的，答案就選擇D。

這就是我們做這種詞匯題的方法，簡(jiǎn)單來(lái)說(shuō)就是先搞清楚所給單詞的描述對(duì)象，然后再搞清楚所給單詞的denotation和connotation分別是什么，以此來(lái)驗(yàn)證選項(xiàng)中的核心內(nèi)容是否在正確。這樣才是在理解的基礎(chǔ)上去做題，而不只是知道單詞意思而已。

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