例8 Q: Early peoples found it easier to count by using fingers rather than a group of pebbles. (剑6 Test 2 Q40)

原文:… because it is possible to count by matching the items being counted against a group of pebbles, grains of corn, or the counter’s fingers.

在本例中,题目把finger和pebble进行了比较,但是原文中者两个词是并列关系,根本没有进行比较,因此答案选NOT GIVEN。

例9 Q: Girls are more likely than boys to hold mistaken views about the rainforest’s destruction.

原文1:More girls (70%) than boys (60%) raised the idea of rainforest as animal habitats.

原文 2:More girls (13%) than boys (5%) said that rainforests provided human habitats.

在这道题目中,比较考点词是more likely to hold mistaken views,原文中虽然也出现了比较,但是比较的内容与题目完全不同,因此答案选NOT GIVEN。

此外,如果一道题目没有出现明显的考点词,或者题目的重心位置中出现some, may, likely, not al l等语气保守的词的时候,这道题目选FALSE/ NO的概率就很小,选TURE/YES的概率相对较大。

例10 Q: Not all of the assistants survived to see the publication of the Dictionary.

原文:He was also helped by six assistants, two of whom died whilst the Dictionary was still in preparation。(剑5 Test 13)

题目中没有明显的考点词,但是not all这个词语气非常保守,正好对应的原文中的two of whom died,因此答案选YES。

例11 Q: Some peoples with simple number systems use body language to prevent misunderstanding of expression of number.

原文:But in real situations the number and words are often accompanied by gestures to help resolve any confusion.

本题同样没有明显的考点词,但是some 这个词语气保守,与原文中的often正好对应,故选TRUE。

判断题可以说是雅思阅读中中国学生最头疼的题型,因为中国人一贯的做题逻辑与雅思考官的命题思路往往大相径庭。但是经过大量的分析我们发现,一旦通过大量的实践熟悉了雅思判断题的题型,明白了判断题的类别和做题方法,考生做题的正确率将会有一个很大的提高。