廣州環球教育分享雅思閱讀選擇題解題策略

­　　環球教育袁宇坤老師此次為大家解析雅思閱讀選擇題解題策略。講解之前，同學們不妨先做一下例題1的熱身訓練：

­　　【例1】The writer quotes from the Worldwide Fund for Nature to illustrate how

­　　A.influential the mass media can be.

­　　B.effective environmental groups can be.

­　　C.the mass media can help groups raise funds.

­　　D.environmental groups can exaggerate their claims.

­　　【例1】原文：

­　　Secondly, environmental groups need to be noticed by the mass media. They also need to keep the money rolling in. Understandably, perhaps, they sometimes overstate their arguments. In 1997, for example, the World Wide Fund for Nature issued a press release entitled: "Two thirds of the world"s forests lost forever". The truth turns out to be nearer 20%.

­　　選擇題中有一種出題方式為：作者意圖(purpose)，其題干模式為：

­　　The writer quote/refer to/mention + examples + to illustrate/demonstrate

­　　即作者引用/提及 某例子來說明xx道理，示例如下：

­　　The writer quotes from the Worldwide Fund for Nature to illustrate how

­　　這時候，我們要學會切換視角，從讀者視角切換到作者視角，即假設你是作者，你想說服別人相信某一個點，于是舉例說明，那么，你的論點會在哪里？如何提出？

­　　小明經常說謊。舉個栗子，他身高才160，卻到處跟別人說是170。

­　　在以上例子中，作者想讀者相信的是：小明經常說謊。

­　　用來論證的事例是：小明虛報其身高為170。

­　　連接詞是：舉個栗子

­　　歸納模式：中心+例子(for example/for instance/in fact)

­　　即先提出中心句，再提出事例論證

­　　了解模式后，我們回到原文去分析這道題目及選項

­　　Secondly, environmental groups need to be noticed by the mass media. They also need to keep the money rolling in. Understandably, perhaps, they sometimes overstate their arguments. In 1997, for example, the World Wide Fund for Nature issued a press release entitled: "Two thirds of the world"s forests lost forever". The truth turns out to be nearer 20%.

­　　思路：

­　　當我們在第三行發現for example，我們可以將這一句定性為例子，那么，作者舉例說明的中心在哪里呢？---上一句，即they overstate their arguments-夸大說法。鎖定答案句，并根據答案句關鍵詞 overstate、arguments尋找對應選項，不難發現答案為D。

­　　替換詞總結：

­　　overstate=exaggerate、arguments=claims

­　　【例2】In the second paragraph, the writer refers to a shape-matching test in order to illustrate

­　　A.the subjective nature of art appreciation.

­　　B.the reliance of modern art on abstract forms.

­　　C.our tendency to be influenced by the opinions of others.

­　　D.a common problem encountered when processing visual data.

­　　提示：定位例子-往前找中心句-根據中心句尋找替換、

­　　【例2】原文：

­　　Could the same approach also shed light on abstract twentieth-century pieces, from Mondrian"s geometrical blocks of colour, to Pollock"s seemingly haphazard arrangements of splashed paint on canvas? Sceptics believe that people claim to like such works simply because they are famous. We certainly do have an inclination to follow the crowd. When asked to make simple perceptual decisions such as matching a shape to its rotated image, for example, people often choose a definitively wrong answer if they see others doing the same. It is easy to imagine that this mentality would have even more impact on a fuzzy concept like art appreciation, where there is no right or wrong answer.

­　　解析：答案C

­　　中心句：(原文第4行/5行) We certainly do have an inclination to follow the crowd.

­　　關鍵詞：inclination傾向+follow the crowd跟從大眾

­　　尋找替換：C.our tendency to be influenced by the opinions of others.

­　　inclination=tendency、be influenced by the opinions of others=follow the crowd