阅读理解测试题型分析（4）

2）解释句意题

该类试题要求从四个选择项中找出的答案，意思上能对题句进行解释。题目常针对某些复杂难句，涉及到诸如倒装、省略、否定、虚拟语气、复合句、非谓语动词等语法现象，或者在特定上下文环境中具有特殊意义的句子。要求对句子语义作出正确解释时，一个句子可以从若干角度命题测试，拟定的题目非常灵活。例：

（1）Only a fool like John would believe Robert's statement．

Q：1．John thought Robert's statement was_________．

A）foolish B）exaggerated  C）true D）clever

答案：C）

Q：2．Robert's statement was _________．

A）indisputable B）unconvincing  C）misinterpreted D）unfair

答案：B）

（2）A country doctor in check the place name．Oxford-shire，has offered a ＄5，000 interest-free loan to help young couples in the area to form a housing society．Dr．Gordon Scott，aged 66，who lives in the Cotswolds village has put up the money because young people are unable to afford the high price of local property．M any of the small cottages around the village have been bought as weekend retreats by the wealthy and Dr．Scott thinks it is pitiful that the young should have to leave the villages where they were born．New houses are far beyond the pockets of young couples．

Q：“New houses are far beyond the pockets of young couples．”

means _________．

A）Young couples have to buy new houses in the village

B）Young couples cannot afford new houses

C）New houses are too far from the village

D）There is little money in young couples'pockets

答案：B）

（3）A visa is not a guarantee of entry into the United States．The bearer of a visa is subject to inspection at the port of entry by U．S．Immigration officials who have authority to deny admission．Therefore，the recipient of a visa should carry with him ，for possible presentation to immigration inspectors，the evidence submitted to the consular officer when the visa was obtained．

Q：In this section，what is meant by“A visa is not a guarantee of entry into the United States．”？

A）A visa cannot be used to prove that someone is in the United States．

B）Although someone possesses a visa，he or she might not allowed to enter the United States．

C）Both A and B．D）None of the above．

答案：B）

（4）They are among the 250，000people under the age of 25who are out of work in the Netherlands，a group that accounts for 40 percent of the nation's unemployed．A storm of anger boils up at the government-sponsored youth center，even among those who are continuing their studies． “We study for jobs that don't exist．”Nicollete Steggerda，23，said．

Q：What Nicollete Steggerda said（Paragraph 2）means that _________．

A）school education is not sufficient

B）what the students learn is more than necessary

C）the students cannot get work after graduation

D）the students'aim in study is not clear

答案：C）