结合例题剖析。选择题很难,从6个里边选出正确的3个更是难,不知道同学们对于做托福阅读6选3题目时有没有技巧呢?为了给考生们这种题目上的支持,今天
【例】TPO31 Speciation in Geographically Isolated Populations最后一段:
Graves drew two conclusions from these observations. First, at least some of the observed differences between the enzymes of the Atlantic and Pacific fish populations were not random but were the result of evolutionary adaptation. Second, it appears that closely related populations of fishes on both sides of the isthmus are starting to genetically diverge from each other. Because Graves’ study of geographically isolated populations of isthmus fishes offers a glimpse of the beginning of a process of gradual accumulation of mutations that are neutral or adaptive, divergences here might be evidence of allopatric speciation in process.
【解析】这是一道托福阅读六选三题目
很多同学刚看到这一段会很开心,因为第1句说Graves得到了两个结论。于是很自然的会以为这个段落是总分结构,后面会讲结论一、结论二,于是第1句就是这一段的主旨。
But!!!两个结论仅仅到第3句就结束了,第4句顺承前3句,进一步的讲,由于Graves得到的证据,因而表明了物种形成的开始。所以第4句才是本段主旨。也正是这个原因,这篇文章最后一道六选三其中一个正确选项就是“Graves’s study of fish populations separated by the Isthmus of Panama may well provide a picture of the beginning stages of speciation.”(Graves的研究提供了物种形成初始阶段的观察)。
那么什么才是归纳文章或段落主旨的正确打开方式呢?或者说,怎么才能做对最后的六选三,排除其中的细节选项呢?
方法只有一个——利用3s阅读法(survey略读,skimming浏览,scanning扫读)和句间关系。
利用这两招,上面的段落就可以看成两句话:前3句组合成一个大句子,讲两个结论;第2句就是原文第4句,讲Graves的结论的意义。两个大句子之间是顺承关系,重点在后面,所以主旨就是最后一句。
托福阅读6选3做题的中心就是这样的了,不知道大家学会了没?如果你有不明白的地方请咨询网的在线老师吧!希望大家认真复习,开心考试!加油!