2)领会观点意图
该类考题涉及作者观点、意见和态度。解答时,要把握文章的发展脉络,注意隐喻、引申的技巧运用,要尊重作者原意,不能把个人观点强加于原文。例:
(1)Human services cannot be performed by machines.It has been well observed that“there is no labor-saving device as useful as a housemaid”.
〈1〉The author thinks that human services.
A)can not be replaced by any device
B)can be performed only by housemaids
C)are more or less wasteful of labor
D)are not so useful as services performed by machines
〈2〉The author thinks that the statement“there is no labor-saving devices as useful as a housemaid”is.
A)under careful examination B)generally noticed
C)open to discussion D)quite true
答案:〈1〉A),〈2〉D)
(2)Had Kenneth Copley left his play,Sunshine Charpley,on his writing desk rather than allowing it to be brought to the stage,he would have been doing theatergoers a favor.
Q:Which of the following is the author's attitude toward Kenneth
Copley's new play?
A)It has a plot that shows promise.
B)It should never have been staged.
C)It needs much more support from the reviewer.
D)It might find success in New York next month.
答案:B)
(3)Opinion polls are now beginning to show an unwilling general aGREement that,whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on,high unemployment is probably here to stay.This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely.
Q:What idea did the author derive from the recent opinion polls?
A)Available employment should be restricted to a small percentage of the population.
B)New jobs must be created in order to rectify high unemployment figures.
C)Jobs available must be distributed among more people.
D)The present high unemployment figures are a fact of life.
答案:C) |