托福阅读中需要重视问句出现的地方

2022-05-21 06:46:04

  在做

  我们知道一般提出问题后,紧接着后面的句子是问题的回答或者答案,但是托福阅读文章中也有好多句子不是那种自问自答式,而是反而对问题的进一步解释从而加强疑问,在解题中如果能分清句子是在回答问题还是加强疑问,便可迅速提高做托福阅读试题效率和准确率。

  1 自问自答式也就是提出问题,后面句子给予回答,这个很简单,一般都不会出错。在这里就不一一列举了。

  2 加强疑问

  Example 1 TPO5-3 The Cambrian Explosion

  Paragraph 2: Scientists have asked important questions about this explosion for more than a century. Why did it occur so late in the history of Earth? The origin of multicellular forms of life seems a relatively simple step compared to the origin of life itself.

  译文:科学家提出的一些问题。为什么Cambrian Explosion在地球历史这么晚的时候才发生?相比生命的起源,多细胞动物的起源应该是很简单的一步才对。

  很显然,这问号问句后面的句子不是在回答为什么出现晚的问题,反而是进一步在追问和强调问题,既然多细胞动物的起源相比生命起源更简单,为什么还那么晚出现呢?进一步质疑。

  Example 2 TPO8-2 Extinction of the Dinosaurs

  Paragraph 3: If true, though, why did cold-blooded animals such as snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles survive the freezing winters and torrid summers? These animals are at the mercy of the climate to maintain a livable body temperature. It’s hard to understand why they would not be affected, whereas dinosaurs were left too crippled to cope, especially if, as some scientists believe, dinosaurs were warm-blooded.

  译文:如果真是这样(极端温度变化导致了恐龙的灭绝),那么为什么冷血动物,比如蛇类、蜥蜴、乌龟和鳄鱼却能够幸免于寒冬和酷夏呢?这些动物都是依赖于气温以使其身体保持适合生存的温度。很难理解它们为什么毫不受影响,然而恐龙却如此的无能以至于无法适应,尤其是有些科学家认为恐龙是热血动物。

  理解了句子含义,解题便很简单了,如下所示Q3。

  Q3. Why does the author mention the survival of “snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles” in paragraph 3?

  ○To argue that dinosaurs may have become extinct because they were not cold-blooded animals

  l To question the adequacy of the hypothesis that climatic change related to sea levels caused the extinction of the dinosaurs

  ○To present examples of animals that could maintain a livable body temperature more easily than dinosaurs

  ○To support a hypothesis that these animals were not as sensitive to climate changes in the Cretaceous period as they are today

  托福阅读解析:题目问问为什么作者要提及蛇,蜥蜴,海龟和鳄鱼的幸存。先通过snakes, lizards, turtles and crocodiles定位到段首句,这句说如果是对的,那么为什么这些动物可以在寒冬炎夏幸存呢。If true,说的是之前的内容,也就是上一段说的极端气候变化引起恐龙灭绝的理论如果是对的,though表示转折,所以通过这个问句,可以看出来,如果理论是对的,那么这些动物也该灭绝了,既然它们幸存了,那说明是理论有问题,所以这句提出的问题就是在质疑前文观点的可靠性,答案选B。

  A选项恐龙不是冷血动物所以才灭绝了,错误,原文表达的是冷血动物对气候更敏感,更不容易活,既然它们都活下来了,那理论就有问题了。

  C说冷血动物比恐龙更容易保持身体温度,错误,应该是更难才对。

  D选项说冷血动物对气候变化不如恐龙敏感,错误,应该是更敏感才对。

  通过上面对于托福阅读文章中带问号的句子的解析可以看出大家从这种句子的后面经常能总结出很多有助于解答托福阅读试题的信息,希望大家能利用好这个方法攻克托福阅读。

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