程黛苑:GRE语文填空题答题技巧

  GRE语文填空题答题技巧

  

  俗话说,不怕同桌是学霸,就怕同桌过暑假。那么,这个暑假,我们一起定个小目标——拿下GRE!

  射人先射马,擒贼先擒王。拿下GRE,咱们重中之重就是首先攻克GRE的Verbal部分。GRE考试每个Verbal部分20题中有10道Reading Comprehension(阅读理解),6道Text Completion(文本填空),4道Sentence Equivalence(句子等价)。其中的Text Completion和Sentence Equivalence即为我们的填空题型。以下是官方指南对于填空题型的介绍以及身为一名GRE填空老司机的Monica穷尽毕生心血总结出的GRE考试填空的那些答题精髓。

  自古深情留不住,总是套路的人心。

  一、 GRE填空题型介绍

  关于Text Completion(文本填空)题型的介绍,官方指南给我们的解释是这样的:

  Text Completion (TC)

  A short passage composed of 1–5 sentences, with crucial words omitted. (由1-5个句子组成,重要的词被省略了)

  Single blank, 5 choices; or 2–3 blanks, 3 choices per blank. Choose 1 choice per blank.(单空题,配有5个选项;双空题或三空题,每个空配有3个选项。每个空选出一个选项。)

  Use the remaining information as the basis for selecting words/phrases to fill in the blanks and create a meaningful and coherent whole. (用题干中的剩余信息做基础,挑选出的词或短语,带入句子中使句子有意义,语义连贯)Single set of correct answer.

  No credit for partially correct answer.(只有一组正确答案,部分选对没有分)。单空题,双空题,三空题长相如下

  单空(one blank)

  A new television documentary focuses on one of the prime ministers defining contradictions, portraying her as a woman who cultivated an image of ______ but who liked to live grandly.

  A. irascibility

  B. abstemiousness

  C. contentiousness

  D. insouciance

  E. surreptitiousness

  双空(two blanks)

  Shirky argues that the Internet (i)______ the need for hierarchical structures and the sluggish organizations that (ii)______ them: the Internet makes it possible to do things cheaply and efficiently on one's own.

Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

A. delineates

D. circumvent

B. obviates

E. perpetuate

C. redoubles

F. undervalue

  三空题 (three blanks)

  Some climatologists dismiss as (i)______ the debate among geophysicists over the role of carbon dioxide in global climate change across many millions of years. These climatologists say the evidence of a tie between carbon dioxide and planetary warming over the last few centuries is so (ii)______ that any longer-term evidence against such a link must somehow be (iii)______.

Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

Blank (iii)

A. unavoidable

D. unlikely

G. tainted

B. irrelevant

E. controversial

H. accommodated

C. undecidable

F. compelling

I. reinforced

  关于Sentence Equivalence(句子等价)题型的介绍,官方指南给我们的解释是这样的:

  Sentence Equivalence (SE)

  A single sentence with one blank. (一个句子一个空)

  Single blanks, choose 2 choices out of 6. (从6个选项中选出2个选项填入空中)

  Find 2 answer choices that both lead to a complete, coherent sentence and that produce sentences that mean the same thing.(两个选项代入句中,使得句子完整连贯,并且意思一模一样)

  Single set of correct answer. No credit for partially correct answer.(只有一组正确答案,部分选对没有分)

  After many years of feeling ______ by his senior managers, Clark was becoming hopeful of advancement.

  A. vilified

  B. stymied

  C. hindered

  D. aggrieved

  E. circumvented

  F. overlooked

  看完这些题目,大家应该不难发现,单词在我们GRE填空中有举足轻重的地位,所以想取得理想成绩的小伙伴们,一定一定要在考前把GRE考试词汇背熟!!!

  二、 GRE填空解题技巧

  1. 上过Monica课程的宝宝们都知道,Monica讲题的时候一般进行以下三个步骤(填空解题精髓之所在):

  

  • 看空格,判断空格填入的内容

  

  • 看句子的逻辑连接词,确定逻辑连接的类型

  

  • 根据逻辑连接的类型,确定语义连接的方向(同义对应 or 反义对应)

  这里解释一下上面提到的逻辑连接与语义连接:

  逻辑连接:由逻辑连接词、标点符号连接,决定了句子之间的逻辑关系。

  语义连接:句子中的概念的同义对应和反义对应。使得句子语义保持连贯。是逻辑关系的具体体现。

  练习:大家一起找一下下面两个句子的逻辑连接与语义连接

  The unironic representation of objects from everyday life is missing from serious American art of the twentieth century: “high” artists ceded the straightforward depiction of the commonplaces to illustrators, advertisers, and packaging designers.

  (Answer:逻辑连接:冒号,表示解释说明。语义连接:The unironic representation of objects from everyday life 与 the straightforward depiction of the commonplaces 同义对应; serious American art 与 “high” artists 同义对应; missing from 与ceded ... to 同义对应)

  

  The great limitation of most books that examine the American presidency is their ideology bias, but for the most part, this volume on the presidency maintains an impressive degree of objectivity.

  (Answer:逻辑连接:but,表示转折。语义连接:most books that examine the American presidency与 the straightforward depiction of the commonplaces 反义对应; ideology bias 与 objectivity 反义对应)

  

  2. 真题训练

  文本填空

  Scientists have argued not only that the chains of atoms called ladder compounds have ______ theoretical interest but also that studies of such systems can lead to important practical applications.

  A. limited

  B. dubious

  C. superfluous

  D. unidimensional

  E. intrinsic

  【分析】

  ① 空格要求填入一个形容词,表示理论兴趣(theoretical interest)的特征。

  ② 两句话逻辑连接为not only… but also 表递进,因此not only A but also B中的A, B 同义对应。

  ③ but also的部分说对于这类系统的研究可以导致重要的实践应用(that studies of such systems can lead to important practical applications),即我们对这样的系统是正面的评价。因此not only的部分也要体现对such system的正面评价。

  ④ Such system指代的是被称为梯形化合物的原子链(the chains of atoms called ladder compounds),因此_____ theoretical interest (空格的理论兴趣)体现正评价即可。A. limited(有局限性的)B. dubious(可疑的)C. superfluous (多余的) D. unidimensional (肤浅的) 均为负评价词汇,因此选E. intrinsic (内在的)。

  【翻译】科学家声称被称为梯形化合物的原子链不仅有内在的理论兴趣,而且对于这类体系的研究可以产生重要的实践应用。

  World demand for oil had been intensified, but it slackened because China's surge in oil consumption had (i)______. Moreover, high oil prices had themselves started to act as a short-term (ii)______ the global economy, thus further dampening demand.

  Blank (i)

  Blank (ii)

  A. spread

  D. spur to

  B. commenced

  E. drag on

  C. slowed

  F. panacea for

  【分析】

  ① 第一空所在两句话逻辑连接为because表因果,因的部分与果的部分取同。

  ② 第一空所在的句子说,it slackened because China’s surge in oil consumption had (i)______ (世界上对于石油的需求减缓了,因为中国对于石油的消费第一空格了)。这里的it指代的前面的demand for oil (对于石油的需求)。因此因的部分填入的动词表示中国的消费减缓了即可,选C. slowed (减缓)。

  ③ 第二空所在句子的逻辑连接为thus引导因果,因的部分与果的部分取同。 第二空所在的句子:石油高昂的价格本身对于全球的经济有一个短期的第二空格的作用,因此进一步抑制了需求。果的部分:further dampening demand (需求被进一步抑制了),说明高昂的石油价格对于需求是不利的,所以第二空格填入对于全球经济的动作,应该填入表示抑制的词,因此选 E. drag on (拖累)

  ④ 综上选CE。

  【翻译】虽然世界对于石油的需求增加了,但是需求增长的速度减缓了,因为中国对于石油的消费减缓了。并且,高昂的油价本身也开始拖累全球经济,因此进一步地抑制了需求。

  句子等价

  While normal floods resulting from usual monsoon rainfall are ______ the growth of crops, recently there has been an increase in the frequency of high-intensity floods that do not have such welcome effects.

  A. conducive to

  B. hindered by

  C. devastating for

  D. deleterious to

  E. essential for

  F. indispensable to

  【分析】

  ① 空格要求填入一个形容词,表示normal floods(通常的洪水)对于农作物生长的作用。

  ② 逻辑连接为while,引导让步转折,让步部分与转折部分取反。

  ③ 让步的部分说由于季风降雨带来的正常洪水对农作物生长是空格的,转折的部分说最近频度和强度都增加了的洪水并没有这种受欢迎的效果。

  ④ 因此让步的部分体现正常的洪水对作物生长的好处是正面的即可。

  ⑤ 符合预期的是A. conducive to (对……有益),E. essential for(重要的,必要的)和F. indispensable(重要的,必要的)。

  ⑥ 句子等价题型我们优先选择符合句意的同义词组,所以选EF。

  【翻译】虽然由于季风降雨带来的正常洪水对农作物生长是必要的,但是最近频度和强度都增加了的洪水并没有这种受欢迎的效果。

  三、 GRE填空我们应该刷哪些题?

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  本文作者:程黛苑

  北京新东方学校GRE填空主讲。从事教学工作多年,拥有丰富的出国留学考试教学经验,多次参加托福GRE考试并获得GRE语文166的高分,熟知考题套路,在教授学生解题技巧的同时,特别强调学生逻辑思维能力的培养。

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